bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Enseñanza de acústica física con simulaciones en k-wave
Authors: Petrosino Jorge , Landini Lucas , Lizaso Georgina Alejandra , Kuri Antonio Ian , Canalis Ianina
Published: February 2020

Se presenta el uso del toolbox k-wave para apoyar la enseñanza de acústica. Este toolbox permite de modo simple y eficiente la simulación de propagación de ondas en el dominio del tiempo. Es ampliamente utilizado para simular el comportamiento de ondas ultrasónicas en medios biológicos. Mediante el agregado de un limitado número de instrucciones es posible simular la propagación de campos acústicos en dos dimensiones con diversas condiciones de contorno, basadas en una imagen de referencia (archivo BMP) en el cual puntos de diferentes colores representan elementos específicos de la simulación. Esto permite experimentar con diferentes condiciones utilizando el toolbox k-wave con mínimos conocimientos de MATLAB/Octave. Cualquier alteración en la imagen mediante operaciones simples de corte, pegado, desplazamiento o rotación produce nuevas condiciones de simulación.
Desarrollo de un sistema de medición de parámetros acústicos biaurales
Authors: Vechiatti Nilda , Iasi Federico , Tati Nicolás , Armas Alejandro , Tomeo Daniel , Cosentino Luis
Published: February 2020

Este trabajo trata del desarrollo de un sistema destinado al registro de sonido holofónico y a la obtención de parámetros acústicos biaurales que caracterizan la percepción espacial del sonido. En la primera parte se presenta la implementación de un prototipo de maniquí acústico de bajo costo, simulador de cabeza y torso (HATS), al que se le analizaron sus características antropométricas y sus respuestas en frecuencia. En la segunda parte se describen los algoritmos desarrollados para procesar los datos medidos a través del HATS. Finalmente se muestras algunos resultados calculados con el sistema desarrollado y se los compara con los obtenidos mediante un software comercial. Las aplicaciones del sistema de medición desarrollado son varias, entre ellas pueden mencionarse: el registro de sonidos 3D, el cálculo de parámetros subjetivos en acústica de salas, o la medición de dosis de ruido para evaluar el daño auditivo de las personas expuestas a ruido a través de auriculares.
Estudio de la señal de salida y diseño de la red de polarización de tubos fotomultiplicadores
Authors: Arnaldi Luis Horacio
Published: February 2020

Se realiza un análisis de los factores intervinientes en la formación de la señal de los tubos fotomultiplicadores. Estos dispositivos son detectores de luz extremadamente sensibles, muy utilizados en aplicaciones de conteo de fotones. Se aborda el estudio y diseño de la red de polarización de los tubos fotomultiplicadores, sentando las bases para pruebas de desempeño. A través del análisis detallado del funcionamiento de los tubos fotomultiplicadores y su electrónica de polarización, se espera que el usuario pueda separar la respuesta del circuito de polarización de la información que llevan los pulsos de salida.
El sistema internacional de unidades y las mediciones eléctricas
Authors: Bierzychudek Marcos Eduardo , Laiz Héctor
Published: February 2020

Constantemente utilizamos los resultados de medidas para comercializar, tomar decisiones, compatibilizar elementos o valorar riesgos. El Sistema Internacional de Unidades (SI) es imprescindible para expresar los resultados de manera clara y comparable. El SI es el resultado de una convención diplomática cuyo objetivo es lograr la compatibilidad internacional de las mediciones para el comercio, la ciencia y el desarrollo sustentable. Recientemente, se aprobó una nueva definición del SI, en la cual el sistema es definido en términos de siete constantes de referencia cuyo valor numérico es establecido por convención. De esta manera, se dejó de lado la definición del kilogramo basada en un artefacto, la definición del ampere basada en un experimento teórico, y la definición del kelvin y del mol basadas en propiedades de sustancias. Ahora, cualquier unidad del sistema puede ser derivada a partir de las constantes de referencia. Esta redefinición tiene como objetivo la estabilidad a largo plazo, la consistencia y la coherencia del sistema, adecuándose a las necesidades de los usuarios y brindado un marco formal para potenciar el crecimiento de la ciencia y la tecnologı́a. En este artículo, se dará especial atención a los efectos de la redefinición en las unidades eléctricas.
Behavioral flexibility: A review, a model, and some exploratory tests
Authors: Lea Stephen E. G. , Chow Pizza K. Y. , Leaver Lisa A. , McLaren Ian P. L.
Published: February 2020

This paper aimed to explore and clarify the concept of behavioral flexibility. A selective literature review explored how the concept of behavioral flexibility has been used in ways that range from acknowledging the fact that animals’ behavior is not always bounded by instinctual constraints, to describing the variation between species in their capacity for innovative foraging, a capacity that has repeatedly been linked to having a brain larger than would be predicted from body size. This wide range of usages of a single term has led to some conceptual confusion. We sought to find a more precise meaning for behavioral flexibility by representing it within a simple formal model of problem solving. The key to our model is to distinguish between an animal’s state of knowledge about the world and its observable behavior, using a construct of response strength to represent that underlying knowledge. We modelled behavioral flexibility as a parameter in the function that transforms response strengths into observable response probabilities. We tested this model in simulations based on some recent experimental work on animal problem solving. Initial results showed that parametric manipulation can mimic some of the behavioral effects that have been attributed to flexibility.
FLUORO​AN​HYDRITE COMPOSITIONS PLASTICIZED BY POLYCARBOXYLATE ESTERS
Authors: Kalabina Daria A. , Yakovlev Grigorij I. , Dufek Zdenek , Pervushin Grigoriy N. , Bazhenov Kirill A. , Troshkova Viktoriya V.
Published: February 2020

The influence of a plasticizer based on polycarboxylate esters on the properties of a high-strength fluoroanhydrite composition and
a lightweight composition with expanded perlite sand is investigated. It was shown that the addition of 2% polycarboxylate esters on water base to compositions
has increased compressive strength and a flexural strength up to 46% and 20% respectively compare to composite without any additives. Due to the structure’s
compaction of the compositions, water absorption decreased and the water resistance of the material increased. Microstructural analysis of the compositions
confirmed the improvement of physical and mechanical characteristics by changing the morphology of crystallohydrate formations, increasing the contact area
between new formations and modifying the structure by carbon nanotubes. The developed mixtures are supposed to be apply for self-leveling fluid mixtures for
floors with reduced thermal conductivity.
ASSESSING CONSTRUCTION LABOURS’ SAFETY LEVEL: A FUZZY MCDM APPROACH
Authors: Mohandes Saeed Reza , Sadeghi Haleh , Mahdiyar Amir , Durdyev Serdar , Banaitis Audrius , Yahya Khairulzan , Ismail Syuhaida
Published: February 2020

Risk decision matrix has widely been favoured by the researchers in the area of construction safety risk assessment. Although it provides the
construction safety professionals with the final illustration of the risks magnitude, it suffers from major shortcomings, including inability to considering the importance
of probability and severity, impaired analysis resulting from the use of raw numbers for ratings, and the limited range of classifications for assessing the risks. All
these shortages give an impaired insight to the concerned parties, deteriorating the involved workers’ safety. As such, this paper aims to develop a novel Risk Assessment
Model (RAM) through the integration of the Fuzzy Best Worst Method (FBWM) with the Interval-Valued Fuzzy Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution
(IVFTOPSIS). Based on the application of RAM to a real-life case study, it was observed that the developed RAM contributes to the body of construction safety risk assessment
in five unique ways: (1) computing the importance of the two risk parameters (i.e. probability and severity) using fuzzy-reference-based comparisons, (2) obviating the needs
for having statistical data, (3) prioritizing the identified risks using the combination of interval-valued triangular fuzzy numbers with TOPSIS, (4) providing the safety
analysts with wider ranges of classifications for conducting risk assessment, and (5) providing the safety professionals with appropriate evaluation strategies for controlling
the analysed risks. The developed model in the study can be applied to any projects, giving a conclusive plan to the concerned safety professionals for adopting the further
prudent mitigation measurements.
Discovery of a Low-mass Companion Embedded in the Disk of the Young Massive Star MWC 297 with VLT/SPHERE*
Authors: Ubeira-Gabellini M. Giulia , Christiaens Valentin , Lodato Giuseppe , Ancker Mario van den , Fedele Davide , Manara Carlo F. , Price Daniel J.
Published: February 2020

We report the discovery of a low-mass stellar companion around the young Herbig Be star MWC 297. We performed multi-epoch high-contrast imaging in the near-infrared with the Very Large Telescope (VLT)/Spectro-Polarimetric High-contrast Exoplanet REsearch (SPHERE) instrument. The companion is found at a projected separation of 244.7 ± 13.2 au and a position angle of 176.4 ± 0.1 deg. The large separation supports formation via gravitational instability. From the spectrum, we estimate a mass of 0.1–0.5 M
⊙, the range conveying uncertainties in the extinction of the companion and in evolutionary models at young ages. The orbit coincides with a gap in the dust disk inferred from the spectral energy distribution. The young age (≲1 Myr) and mass ratio with the central star (∼0.01) makes the companion comparable to PDS 70 b, suggesting a relation between formation scenarios and disk dynamics.
Integrative taxonomy of the genus Dudgeodes Sartori, 2008 (Insecta, Ephemeroptera, Teloganodidae) from the Philippines with description of new species and supplementary descriptions of Southeast Asian species
Authors: Garces Jhoana M. , Sartori Michel , Freitag Hendrik
Published: February 2020

COI sequences were used as an initial clustering method to delimit putative species of the genusDudgeodesin the Philippines. An overview of the diagnostic characters of Philippine species and characters with high intraspecific variability are given. Six new species ofDudgeodesare described and illustrated:D. bauernfeindiGarces & Sartori,sp. nov.,D. freitagiGarces & Sartori,sp. nov.,D. luntianGarces & Sartori,sp. nov.,D. pangantihoniGarces & Sartori,sp. nov.,D. tabangGarces & Sartori,sp. nov., andD. vonrinteleniGarces & Sartori,sp. nov., all known from the nymphal stage. Supplementary descriptions are provided forD. pescadoriSartori, 2008,D. hutanisSartori, 2008,D. stephaniSartori, 2008,D. ulmeriSartori, 2008, andD. celebensisSartori, 2008. A key to the nymphs of PhilippineDudgeodesspecies is proposed.
Motorsafe: An Android Application for Motorcyclists Using Decision Tree Algorithm
Authors: Van Nguyen Thang , Nguyen Van Dung , Nguyen Thi-Thu , Khanh Phung Cong Phi , Nguyen Tien-Anh , Tran Duc-Tan
Published: February 2020

In Vietnam, prohibitions on using the telephone while driving vehicles have effected in a long time. However, that is relatively common and dangerous for traffic participants in reality. Along with the continuous growing of smartphones, using phone while driving is becoming a bad habit and one of the major causes of crashes and accidents of traffic in Vietnam. MotorSafe is a novel application that has been practically implemented as a solution for this problem. From the obtained data of the accelerometer sensor on the smartphone, a proposed decision tree algorithm enables device to recognize the user's  status on driving a vehicle. Some necessary tasks are provided that will help drivers focus on driving instead of unnecessary behaviors.
Design and Implementation of Voice Time, Time Indicator Application for Diabetic Retinopathy Patients
Authors: Sarosa Moechammad , Febiyanti Defa , Darmono Hendro
Published: February 2020

Diabetic retinopathy is a major cause of blindness in diabetic patients around the world. Patient with diabetic retinopathy strongly rely on the sense of hearing in communication and the sense of touch in recognizing objects. However, there are some objects that they cannot recognize, such as time. Therefore, it is undeniable that patient with diabetic retinopathy need help from others in carrying out some activities. One of the crucial activities that patients with diabetic retinopathy need to do is taking medication regularly according to the doctor's instructions. This research studies the design and implementation of Voice Time application which is developed to help diabetic retinopathy patient to know the time. Using speech recognition, diabetic retinopathy patient can give commands to mobile devices by means of voice. This application is equipped with emergency call and location-sending features which allow the patient to call the emergency contact while simultaneously sending text containing latitude and longitude information so that the emergency contact can locate the patient with Google map. From the results of the speech recognition performance test for voice time and emergency call features using dB meter application in 20 tests at varying distances (between 1 – 100 cm), sound intensity (amplitude) between 15 – 83 dB and 1 second 84 ms average delay to execute voice in emergency call feature were obtained.
Application of Mobile Technologies for the Formation of Analytical Competence of Future Specialists
Authors: Galustyan Olga Vladimirovna , Smetannikov Alexander Pavlovich , Kolbaya Indira Grigoryevna , Palchikova Galina Sergeevna , Galigorov Denis Vasilyevich , Mazkina Olga Borisovna
Published: February 2020

The article deals with application of mobile technologies for the formation of analytical competence of future specialists. It discusses the concepts of mobile learning and mobile technologies. Advantages of using mobile technologies within the learning process are presented. The use of mobile learning is one of the most effective and affordable ways of formation of students' analytical competence. Managing, strategic, informational, reflexive components within the structure of analytical competence are revealed in the article. The results of experimental work of formation of analytical competence of future specialists by means of mobile learning technologies are presented. The authors conclude that formation analytical competence of future specialists using mobile devices expands the conventional framework by using the capabilities of mobile platforms and expands the learning environment.
Lens Application: Mobile Application Using Augmented Reality
Authors: Aljojo Nahla , Munshi Asmaa , Zainol Azida , Al-Amri Rahaf , Al-Aqeel Anan , Al-khaldi Maram , Khattabi Manar , Qadah Jamal
Published: February 2020

Smartphones and Mobile App are drawing closer to an acceptable learning tool, especially related to history that are viewed as a tool which control the present and build the future, and the study of history is the practical application of the Qur'an and the Sunnah, in which the stories of the sermon are frequently repeated. This paper we aim to add more entertainment and creative ways to teach history by using Augmented Reality in teaching process that will help both student to more interact and visualize the historical stories, and teachers by providing them a more helpful tool in teaching process at classrooms, through our goal we will rely on the 2030 vision by implementing the goal of” National Character Enrichment” vision program. In this project we are focusing on the book of social and national education (first history subject level) that contains units of Islamic history for the fourth grade students of elementary schools especially
Reconstitution of Circulating Mucosal-Associated Invariant T Cells after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: Its Association with the Riboflavin Synthetic Pathway of Gut Microbiota in Cord Blood Transplant Recipients
Authors: Konuma Takaaki , Kohara Chisato , Watanabe Eri , Takahashi Shunsuke , Ozawa Genki , Suzuki Kei , Mizukami Motoko , Nagai Etsuko , Jimbo Koji , Kaito Yuta , Isobe Masamichi , Kato Seiko , Takahashi Satoshi , Chiba Asako , Miyake Sachiko , Tojo Arinobu
Published: February 2020

Mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells are a type of innate lymphocyte and recognize riboflavin (vitamin B2) synthesis products presented by MHC-related protein 1. We investigated long-term reconstitution of MAIT cells and its association with chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD) in a cross-sectional cohort of 173 adult patients after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation. According to donor source, the number of MAIT cells significantly correlated with time after cord blood transplantation (CBT) but not with time after bone marrow transplantation or peripheral blood stem cell transplantation. The number of MAIT cells was significantly lower in patients with cGVHD compared with patients without cGVHD. We also examined the association between MAIT cell reconstitution and gut microbiota as evaluated by 16S ribosomal sequencing of stool samples 1 mo post-CBT in 27 adult patients undergoing CBT. The diversity of gut microbiota was positively correlated with better MAIT cell reconstitution after CBT. Phylogenetic Investigation of Communities by Reconstruction of Unobserved States analysis indicated that amounts of ribB and ribA genes were significantly higher in the microbiomes of patients with subsequent MAIT cell reconstitution after CBT. In conclusion, long-term MAIT cell reconstitution is dependent on the type of donor source. Our data also unveiled an important role for the interaction of circulating MAIT cells with gut microbiota in humans.
4-1BBL Regulates the Polarization of Macrophages, and Inhibition of 4-1BBL Signaling Alleviates Imiquimod-Induced Psoriasis
Authors: Miki Haruka , Han Kyung Ho , Scott David , Croft Michael , Kang Young Jun
Published: February 2020

4-1BBL, a member of the TNF superfamily, regulates the sustained production of inflammatory cytokines in macrophages triggered by TLR signaling. In this study, we have investigated the role of 4-1BBL in macrophage metabolism and polarization and in skin inflammation using a model of imiquimod-induced psoriasis in mice. Genetic ablation or blocking of 4-1BBL signaling by Ab or 4-1BB–Fc alleviated the pathology of psoriasis by regulating the expression of inflammatory cytokines associated with macrophage activation and regulated the polarization of macrophages in vitro. We further linked this result with macrophage by finding that 4-1BBL expression during the immediate TLR response was dependent on glycolysis, mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation, and fatty acid metabolism, whereas the late-phase 4-1BBL–mediated sustained inflammatory response was dependent on glycolysis and fatty acid synthesis. Correlating with this, administration of a fatty acid synthase inhibitor, cerulenin, also alleviated the pathology of psoriasis. We further found that 4-1BBL–mediated psoriasis development is independent of its receptor 4-1BB, as a deficiency of 4-1BB augmented the severity of psoriasis linked to a reduced regulatory T cell population and increased IL-17A expression in γδ T cells. Additionally, coblocking of 4-1BBL signaling and IL-17A activity additively ameliorated psoriasis. Taken together, 4-1BBL signaling regulates macrophage polarization and contributes to imiquimod-induced psoriasis by sustaining inflammation, providing a possible avenue for psoriasis treatment in patients.
Prototypical System to Detect Anxiety Manifestations by Acoustic Patterns in Patients with Dementia
Authors: Hernandez Netzahualcoyotl , Garcia-Constantino Matias , Beltran Jessica , Hecker Pascal , Favela Jesus , Rafferty Joseph , Cleland Ian , Lopez Hussein , Arnrich Bert , McChesney Ian
Published: February 2020

INTRODUCTION: Dementia is a syndrome characterised by a decline in memory, language, and problem-solving that affects the ability of patients to perform everyday activities. Patients with dementia tend to experience episodes of anxiety and remain for extended periods, which affects their quality of life.OBJECTIVES: To design AnxiDetector, a system capable of detecting patterns of sounds associated before and during the manifestation of anxiety in patients with dementia.METHODS: We conducted a non-participatory observation of 70 diagnosed patients in-situ, and conducted semi-structured interviews with four caregivers at a residential centre. Using the findings from our observation and caregiver interviews, we developed the AnxiDetector prototype and tested this in an experimental setting where we defined nine classes of audio to represent two groups of sounds: (i) Disturbance which includes audio files that characterise sounds that trigger anxiety in patients with dementia, and (ii) Expression which includes audio files that characterise sounds expressed by the patients during episodes of anxiety. We conducted two experimental classifications of sounds using (i) a Neural Network model trained and (ii) a Support Vector Machine model. The first evaluation consists of a binary discriminating between the two groups of sounds; the second evaluation discriminates the nine classes of audio. The audio resources were retrieved from publicly available datasets.RESULTS: The qualitative results present the views of the caregivers on the adoption of AnxiDetector. The quantitative results from our binary discrimination show a classification accuracy of 98.1% and 99.2% for the Deep Neural Network and Support Vector Machine models, respectively. When classifying the nine classes of sound, our model shows a classification accuracy of 92.2%. Whereas, the Support Vector Machine model yielded an overall classification accuracy of 93.0%.CONCLUSION: In this paper, we presented the outcomes from an observational study in-site at a residential care centre, qualitative findings from interviews with caregivers, the design of AnxiDetector, and preliminary qualitative results of a methodology devised to detect relevant acoustic events associated with anxiety in patients with dementia. We conclude by signalling future plans to conduct in-situ validation of the effectiveness of AnxiDetector for anxiety detection.
Diagnostic Accuracy and Value of Magnetic Resonance Imaging–Ultrasound Fusion Transperineal Targeted and Template Systematic Prostate Biopsy Based on Bi-parametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Authors: Noh Tae Il , Tae Jong Hyun , Kim Hyung Keun , Shim Ji Sung , Kang Sung Gu , Sung Deuk Jae , Cheon Jun , Lee Jeong Gu , Kang Seok Ho
Published: February 2020

Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate the diagnostic value of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)–ultrasound (US) fusion transperineal targeted biopsy (FTB) and fusion template systematic biopsy (FSB) for prostate cancer (PCa) and clinically significant prostate cancer (csPCa) (intermediate/high grade [Gleason score ≥ 3+4]) based on bi-parametric MRI (bpMRI).Materials and methodsRetrospectively, we analyzed 300 patients with elevated prostate-specific antigen (≥ 4.0 ng/mL) and/or abnormal findings in a digital rectal examination at the Korea University Hospital. All 300 men underwent bpMRI-US fusion transperineal FTB and FSB in the period from April 2017 to March 2019.ResultsPCas were detected in 158 of 300 men (52.7%), and the prevalence of csPCa was 34.0%. CsPCas were detected in 12 of 102 (11.8%) with Prostate Imaging-Reporting and Data System (PI-RADS) 3, 42 of 92 (45.7%) with PI-RADS 4, respectively; and 45 of 62 (72.6%) men with PI-RADS 5, respectively. BpMRI showed a sensitivity of 95.1% and negative predictive value of 89.6% for csPCa. FTB detected additional csPCa in 33 men (12.9%) compared to FSB. Compared to FTB, FSB detected additional csPCa in 10 men (3.9%).ConclusionBpMRI-US FTB and FSB improved detection of PCa and csPCa. The accuracy of bi-parametric MRI is comparable with that of multi-parametric MRI. Further, it is rapid, simpler, cheaper, and no side effects of contrast media. Therefore, it is expected that bpMRI-US transperineal FTB and FSB could be a good alternative to conventional US-guided transrectal biopsy, which is the current gold standard.
Sappho 44: Creativity and Pedagogy with Ancient Poetry, Pottery, and Modern Animation
Authors: Nevin Sonya
Published: February 2020

The Panoply Vase Animation Project has created a new animation from the decoration on an ancient Greek hydria. The vase depicts the poet Sappho with a lyre. The animation enables her to move, touch the strings, and play the instrument. It also features the words from Fragment 44 of her poetry and geometric figures acting out the poem. The music accompanying the animation was scored from the original poem and therefore offers the melody that the poem would have been sung to. This article discusses the decision-making process that informed the creation of the animation and suggests ways in which the animation and its vase can be used in the classroom or lecture-hall as a flexible learning resource.
Interrater Reliability and Concurrent Validity of the Neonatal Eating Outcome Assessment
Authors: Pineda Roberta , Liszka Lara , Kwon Jenny , Wallendorf Michael
Published: February 2020

Importance: Few neonatal feeding assessments are currently available, and the Neonatal Eating Outcome Assessment is the only one that identifies feeding impairment while considering the developmental changes that occur from preterm birth to term-equivalent age.

Objective: To determine the interrater reliability and concurrent validity of the Neonatal Eating Outcome Assessment.

Design: Prospective, observational study.

Setting: Level 4 neonatal intensive care unit.

Participants: A convenience sample of 7 neonatal therapists participated in reliability testing. For concurrent validity, a prospective cohort of 52 preterm infants born ≤32 wk gestation had feeding assessed at term-equivalent age.

Outcomes and Measures: Intraclass correlations (ICCs) and Fleiss’s κ statistics were used to define reliability across therapists, who independently scored five videos of preterm infants orally feeding using the Neonatal Eating Outcome Assessment. Concurrent validity was determined by evaluating relationships between the Neonatal Oral Motor Assessment Scale (NOMAS) and the Neonatal Eating Outcome Assessment using an independent-samples t test and χ2 analysis.

Results: The ICC for the Neonatal Eating Outcome Assessment total score was 0.90 (confidence interval [CI] [0.70, 0.99]). Fleiss’s κ scores for the 19 scorable items on the Neonatal Eating Outcome Assessment had predominately moderate, fair, and slight agreement, with 3 items having poor agreement. Dysfunctional NOMAS scores were related to lower Neonatal Eating Outcome Assessment scores (t[49.4] = 3.72, mean difference = 12.2, 95% CI [5.60, 18.75], p = .001).

Conclusions and Relevance: The Neonatal Eating Outcome Assessment has excellent reliability. Concurrent validity was established.

What This Article Adds: This article reports that the final version of the Neonatal Eating Outcome Assessment (Version 5.7) has excellent interrater and concurrent validity and is an important tool to assess the occupation of infant feeding in clinical practice.
Satire, Veneration, and St. Joseph in Art, c. 1300-1550
Authors: Williams Anne
Published: February 2020

Satire, Veneration, and St. Joseph in Art, c. 1300.1550 is the first book to reclaim satire as a central component of Catholic altarpieces, devotional art, and veneration, moving beyond humor's relegation to the medieval margins or to the profane arts alone. The book challenges humor's perception as a mere teaching tool for the laity and the antithesis of 'high' veneration and theology, a divide perpetuated by Counter-Reformation thought and the inheritance of Mikhail Bakhtin (Rabelais and His World, 1965). It reveals how humor, laughter, and material culture played a critical role in establishing St. Joseph as an exemplar in western Europe as early as the thirteenth century. Its goal is to open a new line of interpretation in medieval and early modern cultural studies by revealing the functions of humor in sacred scenes, the role of laughter as veneration, and the importance of play for pre-Reformation religious experiences.
Intimate Visualities and the Politics of Fandom in India
Authors: Gerritsen Roos
Published: February 2020

In Intimate Visualities and the Politics of Fandom in India, Gerritsen explores the circulation of images of a movie star named Rajinikanth. Cities and towns in the south Indian state Tamil Nadu are consistently ornamented with huge billboards, murals and myriad posters featuring political leaders as well as movie stars. A selective part of these images is put up by their fan clubs. Tamil movie fans typically manifest themselves by putting up images of their star in public spaces and by generating a plethora of images in their homes. Gerritsen argues that these images are a crucial part of the everyday affective modes of engagement with family members and film stars but they are also symbolizing the political realm in which fans situate themselves. At the same time, Gerritsen shows how these image productions seem to concur with other visual regimes articulated in government restrictions, world class imaginaries and upper class moralities as presented on India's urban streets.
The Symbolism of Marriage in Early Christianity and the Latin Middle Ages
Authors: Engh Line Cecilie , Firey Abigail , Hodne Lasse , G David , P Wolfgang , G Martha , Ramirez Marta , L Philip , Salvado Sebastián , Scafi Alessandro , Shuve Karl , Rebecca Anna , Turner Mark
Published: February 2020

In the Middle Ages everyone, it seems, entered into some form of marriage. Nuns - and even some monks - married the bridegroom Christ. Bishops married their sees. The popes, as vicars of Christ, married the universal Church. And lay people, high and low, married each other. What united these marriages was their common reference to the union of Christ and Church. Christ's marriage to the Church was the paradigmatic symbol in which all the other forms of union participated, in superior or inferior ways. This book grapples with questions of the impact of marriage symbolism on both ideas and practice in the early Christian and medieval period. In what ways did marriage symbolism - with its embedded concepts of gender, reproduction, household, and hierarchy - shape people's thought about other things, such as celibacy, ecclesial and political relations, and devotional relations? How did symbolic cognition shape marriage itself? And how, if at all, were these two directions of thinking symbolically about marriage related?
Infanticide in Tudor and Stuart England
Authors: Billingham Josephine
Published: February 2020

Infanticide in Tudor and Stuart England explores one of society’s darkest crimes using archival sources and discussing its representation in the drama, pamphlets and broadside ballads of the early modern period. It takes the reader on a journey through the streets and taverns where street literature was hawked, to the playhouses where the crime was dramatized, and the courts where it was tried and punished. Using a regional microstudy of coroners’ inquests and churchwardens’ presentments, coupled with theories of liminality, marginality and rites of passage, it reveals complex and contradictory attitudes to infants, women and the crime. As well as considering unwed women, the most common perpetrators of infanticide, the study shows that married women, men and the local community were also culpable, and the many reasons for this. Infanticide in Tudor and Stuart England is set in its European and historical contexts, revealing surprising continuities across time.
Minor Platforms in Videogame History
Authors: Nicoll Benjamin
Published: February 2020

Videogame history is not just a history of one successful technology replacing the next. It is also a history of platforms and communities that never quite made it; that struggled to make their voices heard; that aggravated against the conventions of the day; and that never enjoyed the commercial success or recognition of their major counterparts. In Minor Platforms in Videogame History, Benjamin Nicoll argues that 'minor' videogame histories are anything but insignificant. Through an analysis of transitional, decolonial, imaginary, residual, and minor videogame platforms, Nicoll highlights moments of difference and discontinuity in videogame history. From the domestication of vector graphics in the early years of videogame consoles to the 'cloning' of Japanese computer games in South Korea in the 1980s, this book explores case studies that challenge taken-for-granted approaches to videogames, platforms, and their histories.
Writing Japan's War in New Guinea
Authors: Eaves-Young Victoria
Published: February 2020

Tamura Yoshikazu is destined to die on the alien shores of the New Guinea warzone. Devoid of family contact, perplexed by the unfamiliarity of his environment, deprived of even meagre amenities and faced with the spectre of debilitating illness and starvation, this solitary soldier commenced a diary in the early part of 1943. Employed in the hard labour of building airstrips, he is ground down by tedium, disheartened by the now dysfunctional military hierarchy, consumed by grief at the meaningless deaths of comrades, and stripped of any chance of being involved in an aspect of war that he considers heroic and meaningful. Profoundly unsettled by all that appears to be at odds with the kokutai ideology, Tamura employs strategies through the vehicle of his diary to enable him to remain committed to the pathway of death on behalf of the Emperor.
Women and Geography on the Early Modern English Stage
Authors: Pilhuj Katja
Published: February 2020

In a late 1590s atlas proof from cartographer John Speed, Queen Elizabeth appears, crowned and brandishing a ruler as the map's scale-of-miles. Not just a map key, the queen's depiction here presents her as a powerful arbiter of measurement in her kingdom. For Speed, the queen was a formidable female presence, authoritative, ready to measure any place or person. The atlas, finished during James' reign, later omitted her picture. But this disappearance did not mean Elizabeth vanished entirely; her image and her connection to geography appear in multiple plays and maps. Elizabeth becomes, like the ruler she holds, an instrument applied and adapted. Women and Geography on the Early Modern English Stage explores the ways in which mapmakers, playwrights, and audiences in early modern England could, following their queen's example, use the ideas of geography, or 'world-writing', to reshape the symbolic import of the female body and territory to create new identities. The book demonstrates how early modern mapmakers and dramatists -- men and women -- conceived of and constructed identities within a discourse of fluid ideas about space and gender.
Remote sensing of lake water volumes on the Arctic Coastal Plain of Northern Alaska
Authors: Simpson Claire E. , Arp Christopher D. , Sheng Yongwei , Carroll Mark L. , Jones Benjamin M. , Smith Laurence C.
Published: February 2020

Abstract. The Pleistocene Sand Sea on the Arctic Coastal Plain (ACP) of northern Alaska is underlain by an ancient sand dune field, a geological feature that affects regional lake characteristics. Many of these lakes, which cover approximately 20 % of the Pleistocene Sand Sea, are relatively deep (up to 25 m). In addition to the natural importance of ACP Sand Sea lakes for water storage, energy balance, and ecological habitat, the need for winter water for industrial development and exploration activities makes lakes in this region a valuable resource. However, ACP Sand Sea lakes have received little prior study. Here, we use in situ bathymetric data to test 12 model variants for predicting Sand Sea lake depth based on analysis of Landast-8 Operational Land Imager (OLI) images. Lake depth gradients were measured at 17 lakes in mid-summer 2017 using a HumminBird 798ci HD SI Combo automatic sonar system (Simpson and Arp, 2018). The field measured data points were compared to Red-Green-Blue (RGB) bands of a Landsat-8 OLI image acquired on 8 August 2016 to select and calibrate the most accurate spectral-depth model for each study lake and estimate bathymetry (Simpson, 2019). Exponential functions using a simple band ratio (with bands selected based on lake turbidity and bed substrate) yielded the most successful model variants. For each lake, the most accurate model explained 81.8 % of the variation in depth, on average. Modeled lake bathymetries were integrated with remotely sensed lake surface area to quantify lake water storage volumes, which ranged from 1.056 × 10−3 km3 to 57.416 × 10−3 km3. Due to variation in depth maxima, substrate, and turbidity between lakes, a regional model is currently infeasible, rendering necessary the acquisition of additional in situ data with which to develop a regional model solution. Estimating lake water volumes using remote sensing will facilitate better management of expanding development activities and serve as a baseline by which to evaluate future responses to ongoing and rapid climate change in the Arctic. All sonar depth data and modeled lake bathymetry rasters can be freely accessed at https://doi.org/10.18739/A2SN01440 (Simpson and Arp, 2018) and https://doi.org/10.18739/A2TQ5RD83 (Simpson, 2019), respectively.
AIMERG: a new Asian precipitation dataset (0.1°/half-hourly, 2000–2015) by calibrating GPM IMERG at daily scale using APHRODITE
Authors: Ma Ziqiang , Xu Jintao , Zhu Siyu , Tang Guoqiang , Yang Yuanjian , Shi Zhou , Hong Yang
Published: February 2020

Abstract. Precipitation estimates with finer quality and spatio-temporal resolutions play significant roles in understanding the global and regional cycles of water, carbon and energy. Satellite-based precipitation products are capable of detecting spatial patterns and temporal variations of precipitation at finer resolutions, which is particularly useful over poorly gauged regions. However, satellite-based precipitation product are the indirect estimates of precipitation, inherently containing regional and seasonal systematic biases and random errors. In this study, focusing on the potential drawbacks in generating Integrated Multi-satellitE Retrievals for Global Precipitation Measurement (IMERG) and its recently updated retrospective IMERG in Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) era (finished in July, 2019), which were only calibrated at monthly scale using ground observations, Global Precipitation Climatology Centre (GPCC, 1.0°/Monthly), we aimed to propose a new calibration algorithm for IMERG at daily scale, and to provide a new AIMERG precipitation dataset (0.1°/half-hourly, 2000–2015, Asia) with better quality, calibrated by Asian Precipitation Highly Resolved Observational Data Integration (APHRODITE, 0.25°/Daily) at daily scale for the Asian applications. And the main conclusions included but not limited to: (1) the proposed daily calibration algorithm (Daily Spatio-Temporal Disaggregation Calibration Algorithm, DSTDCA) was effective in considering the advantages from both satellite-based precipitation estimates and the ground observations; (2) AIMERG performed better than IMERG at different spatio-temporal scales, in terms of both systematic biases and random errors, over the China Main land; and (3) APHRODITE demonstrated significant advantages than GPCC in calibrating the IMERG, especially over the mountainous regions with complex terrain, e.g., the Tibetan Plateau. Additionally, Results of this study suggests that it is a promising and applicable daily calibration algorithm for GPM in generating the future IMERG in either operational scheme or retrospective manner. The AIMERG data record (0.1°/half-hourly, 2000–2015, Asia) is freely available at http://argi-basic.hihanlin.com:8000/d/d925fecf60/. Additionally, the AIMERG data is also freely accessible at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3609352 (for the period from 2000 to 2008) and https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3609507 (for the period from 2009 to 2015) (Ma et al., 2020).
Optimality-Based Non-Redfield Plankton-Ecosystem Model (OPEMv1.0) in the UVic-ESCM 2.9. Part II: Sensitivity Analysis and Model Calibration
Authors: Chien Chia-Te , Pahlow Markus , Schartau Markus , Oschlies Andreas
Published: February 2020

Abstract. We analyse 400 perturbed-parameter simulations for two configurations of an optimality-based plankton-ecosystem model (OPEM), implemented in the University of Victoria Earth-System Climate Model (UVic-ESCM), using a Latin-Hypercube sampling method for setting up the parameter ensemble. A likelihood-based metric is introduced for model assessment and selection of the model solutions closest to observed distributions of NO3−, PO43−, O2, and surface chlorophyll a concentrations. According to our metric the optimal model solutions comprise low rates of global N2 fixation and denitrification. These two rate estimates turned out to be poorly constrained by the data. For identifying the “best” model solutions we therefore also consider the model’s ability to represent current estimates of water-column denitrification. We employ our ensemble of model solutions in a sensitivity analysis to gain insights into the importance and role of individual model parameters as well as correlations between various biogeochemical processes and tracers, such as POC export and the NO3− inventory. Global O2 varies by a factor of two and NO3− by more than a factor of six among all simulations. Remineralisation rate is the most important parameter for O2, which is also affected by the subsistence N quota of ordinary phytoplankton (QN0,phy) and zooplankton maximum specific ingestion rate. QN0,phy is revealed as a major determinant of the oceanic NO3− pool. This indicates that unraveling the driving forces of variations in phytoplankton physiology and elemental stoichiometry, which are tightly linked via QN0,phy, is a prerequisite for understanding the marine nitrogen inventory.
APPLICATION OF GROUND-BASED GPS WATER VAPOR DATA IN THE ANALYSIS OF TROPICAL CYCLONE SON-TINH HITTING HAINAN ISLAND
Authors: Wang S. T. , Lin Y. X. , Wang W. J. , Zhang B. Y. , Zhang D. H.
Published: February 2020

Abstract. Tropical cyclone as a disaster. In addition to bringing abundant precipitation to the island, the huge wind will affect the public facilities in the island. In serious cases, it directly endangers people's lives and property. Every year, the disastrous damage caused by tropical cyclone causes direct or indirect economic losses to Hainan Island.This paper studies this problem. Based on the tropical cyclone data provided by China Typhoon Network and the information provided by GPS satellite observation data and 16 meteorological observatories in Hainan Island, this paper takes the monitoring of tropical cyclone Son-Tinh No. 9 in 2018 as an example to analyze the changes of meteorological elements and precipitation during the influence period of tropical cyclone. The results show that: The changes of atmospheric pressure, temperature and relative humidity at the stations are very obvious for the transit of tropical cyclones. When the island is affected by tropical cyclones, these parameters will change significantly. Among them, the abnormal changes of atmospheric pressure and temperature can effectively express the time and extent of the influence of tropical cyclone. It can be used as one of the important indicators to judge tropical cyclone before and after landfall. Based on these obvious changes, the influence of the parameters of tropical cyclone Son-Tinh before and after landing on Hainan Island is analyzed. It can effectively analyze the disasters caused by tropical cyclones and provide some reference information.
Research on Short-term Ionospheric Prediction Combining with EOF and ARIMA Model Over Guangxi Area
Authors: Li C. , Peng H. , Huang L. K. , Liu L. L. , Xie S. F.
Published: February 2020

Abstract. According to the empirical orthogonal function (EOF), the non-stationary time series data are decomposed into time function and space function, so this mathematical method can simplify the non-stationary time series and eliminate redundant information, thus it performs well in non-stationary time series analysis. The ionospheric Vertical Total Electron Content (VTEC) is a non-stationary time series, which has non-stationary and seasonal variation and the activity of VTEC is more active in low latitudes. Guangxi is located in the middle and low latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere with abundant sunshine in summer and autumn. The energy released by solar radiation makes the ionospheric activity in this region more complex than that in the high latitudes. However, no expert or scholar has used EOF analysis method to conduct a comprehensive study of the low latitudes. The International GNSS Service (IGS) provided by high precision Global Ionospheric Maps (GIM) center in Guangxi are used in the modeling data, the GIM data of the first 10 days of different seasons are decomposed by EOF, and then the time function is predicted by ARIMA model. VTEC values for the next five days are obtained through reconstruction, and relative accuracy and standard deviation are used as accuracy evaluation criteria. The results of EOF-ARIMA model are compared with those of ARIMA model, and the prediction accuracy of EOF-ARIMA model at the equatorial anomaly is analyzed in order to explore the reliability of the model in the more complex region of ionospheric activity. The results show that the average relative precision of EOF-ARIMA model is 84.0, the average standard deviation is 7.45TECu, the average relative precision of ARIMA model is 81.5, the average standard deviation is 8.29TECu, and the precision of EOF-ARIMA model is higher than that of ARIMA model.; There is no significant seasonal difference in the prediction accuracy of EOF-ARIMA model, and the prediction accuracy of ARIMA model in autumn is lower than that of other seasons, which indicates that the prediction results of EOF-ARIMA model are more reliable; The prediction accuracy of the EOF-ARIMA model at the equatorial anomaly is not affected, and it is consistent with the accuracy of the high latitude area in Guangxi. It is shown that the EOF-ARIMA model has high accuracy and stability in the short-term ionospheric prediction in Guangxi at low latitudes of China, and provides a new and reliable method for ionospheric prediction at low latitudes.