bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
RESEARCH ON MODAL IDENTIFICATION OF HIGH- SPEED MAGLEV GUIDEWAY STRUCTURE BASED ON DATA FUSION AND GENETIC ALGORITHM
Authors: HUANG JINGYU , ZHANG ZIYANG , WANG XIAONONG , ZHENG YUHAO
Published: December 2023

High-speed maglev guideway structures are an important part of high-speed maglev transportation systems. A precise and efficient modal identification method for guideway structures is proposed to study the dynamic characteristics of highspeed maglev systems. Ensuring the safety of high-speed maglev transportation systems is of great significance. Taking the high-speed maglev guideway structure as the research object, this paper proposes a method for optimizing the sensor arrangement based on a genetic algorithm and a method for identifying the multiorder modes of the guideway structure based on data fusion. By optimizing the arrangement of the piezoelectric acceleration sensors and fiber Bragg grating sensors, data on the various dynamic characteristics of the high-speed maglev guideway structure under the excitation of high-speed maglev trains were obtained. The multimode characteristics of the high-speed maglev guideway structure were identified using the natural excitation technique and eigensystem realization algorithm through the fusion of multisource data of different types of dynamic characteristics in this study. The effectiveness of the proposed method is demonstrated by comparing the results of modal identification in different situations, for instance fusion of multi-source data. The research results indicate that the optimization of the arrangement scheme of sensors of high-speed maglev guideway structures based on genetic algorithm can effectively reduce the number of sensors on the premise of ensuring the accuracy of modal identification results, and multisource data fusion can significantly improve the accuracy of modal identification of the guideway structure, which proves the efficiency and accuracy of the methods proposed in this paper. The research results can provide effective methods for optimizing the sensor arrangement scheme for testing the dynamic characteristics and analyzing the dynamic characteristics of high-speed maglev guideway structures.
SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION VIA AUTO-ENCODERS: A COMPARISON BETWEEN DATA-DRIVEN AND PHYSICS-INFORMED SOLUTIONS
Authors: CUMBO ROBERTA , MORELLI ROBERTO , NICOLOSI ALESSANDRO , KUMAR ABHISHEK
Published: December 2023

Variational Auto-Encoders (VAE) and Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) are investigated in this article in the framework of Structural Health Monitoring (SHM). The presented approaches aims to combine sensor data with numerical modelling of the dynamical system in a Reduced Order Modelling setting. Two Finite Element case-of-study are proposed with the scope of identify non-linear forces and physical parameter degradation. Starting from a reduced set of sensors data and different levels of knowledge of the physical system, the reconstruction capabilities of time series data are presented and compared for both proposed architectures.
VERTICAL SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION OF A 52-STORY HIGH-RISE BUILDING USING SEISMIC ACCELERATIONS
Authors: VELA VIVIANA , TACIROGLU ERTUGRUL , KOHLER MONICA
Published: December 2023

In this study, various system identification approaches are utilized to estimate the dominant, vertical-component modes of a 52-story, steel, moment-and-braced frame building in downtown Los Angeles resulting from vertical seismic accelerations. Tall buildings exhibit complex threedimensional responses during an earthquake due to the varying material and geometric properties along the building’s height. For high-rise buildings, the dynamic response during shaking events is often sensitive to multiple vibration modes, and multiple-mode structural behavior under horizontal ground motion has been extensively studied. However, the vertical component of ground motion can also excite higher modes and vertical-polarity propagating seismic waves. Their effects are seldom studied due to the scarcity of data. Still, they are important because they can provide information on the axial loads on columns or stresses at floor slab connections. The 52-story high-rise, with its dense triaxial sensor array distributed vertically along the height of the building, provides a suitable basis for examining vertical responses. System identification is performed using state-space methods with low-amplitude earthquake data. Given the high spatial density of the building recordings, we show how we can detect modal characteristics and identify the type of deformation that can occur when considering the vertical component of seismic responses.
DAMAGE LOCALIZATION IN AN ALUMINUM PLATE USING BUILT-IN PIEZO-ELECTRIC SENSOR INDUCED ULTRASONIC SIGNALS
Authors: CHEN KAI JUN , JIANG GALEN , WANG RUIDE “READER” , HEDDING EVAN , SINGH SANJOT “SUNNY” , OLUWALANA DANIEL , LEE JOONGHYUN , MAITRA NEILABJO , COLOBONG ISAIAH , FARHANGDOUST SAMAN , AHMED SHABBIR , CHANG FU-KUO
Published: December 2023

This paper summarizes a study by students taking the class of AA257 Structural Health Monitoring of Spring of 2023 at Stanford University as a term project to predict the location and size of a single crack in an Aluminum plate using ultrasonic waves induced by surface-mounted piezoelectric discs as sensors or actuators. Three methods were presented for determining cracks in the structure, which include: i) calculating the ratio of the raw signals for different paths, ii) evaluating the ratio of the scattered signals for different paths, and iii) determining the damage index for different paths. Of the three methods presented, the second and the third method using the scatter and the damage index, respectively, are the most accurate in locating the crack.
Respuestas institucionales frente a amenazas naturales en la Gobernación de Chile: El terremoto y tsunami de 1657 en la ciudad de Concepción
Authors: Noria Peña Andrea
Published: December 2023

El 15 de marzo 1657, las autoridades civiles y eclesiásticas dieron cuenta de la ruina de la ciudad de Concepción producto de un terremoto y un tsunami. Esta investigación analiza la manera en que la población y las autoridades reaccionaron frente al impacto de esas amenazas naturales, y las diversas prácticas desplegadas en el proceso de recuperación y reconstrucción inmediata de la ciudad.
“Tendremos que vivir en este lado”: construcción de habitabilidad desde la perspectiva de género
Authors: Martínez Marina A.
Published: December 2023

La Vuelta del Paraguayo es un barrio ribereño de la ciudad de Santa Fe (Argentina) que se localiza en el valle aluvial del río Paraná y tiene la peculiaridad de que cíclicamente sufre inundaciones. En este artículo se indaga por las estrategias de construcción de habitabilidad en sus propias casas que se despliegan para poder convivir con la “invasión” del río. La categoría de habitabilidad es la que guía todo el escrito, ya que es una noción que permite leer la problemática en clave de género, porque son las mujeres quienes socialmente están encargadas de hacer habitables los espacios para la reproducción. A partir de la realización de entrevistas etnográficas a mujeres que habitan el barrio, se identificó que la construcción del espacio “habitable” tiene diferentes estrategias en función de la altura del río.
A collaborative success
Authors: Whayman Kathy
Published: December 2023

Outgoing RCN GI Forum Chair, Kathy Whayman, celebrates the successes of the Forum in 2023 and looks ahead to their plans in 2024, as well as how you can get involved
SÜLEYMANİYE KÜTÜPHANESİ YAZMA BAĞIŞLAR BÖLÜMÜNDE BULUNAN 5902 NUMARALI CÖNK HAKKINDA
Authors: DENİZ Sabahat , ŞAHİN Gizem
Published: December 2023

ÖZ: Cönkler, ait olduğu toplumun sosyal ve kültürel yaşamına dair bilgiler içermesi bakımından Türk folklorunun önemli yazılı kaynakları arasında yer almaktadırlar. Aşağıdan yukarıya doğru uzunlamasına açılan el yazması defterler olarak bilinen cönklerin muhtevasında hemen her konuda manzum ve mensur şekillerde yazılmış metinler bulunmaktadır. Bu nedenle cönkler, Türk kültür ve edebiyatımızın vazgeçilmez yazılı kaynaklarındandır. Türkiye’de yapılmış olan cönk konulu araştırmaların çoğunluğu cönk metinlerinin Latin harflerine aktarımından oluşmaktadır. Cönkleri farklı bakış açılarıyla ele alan çalışmaların sayısının azlığı ise dikkat çekmektedir. Günümüzde kişilerin şahsi kütüphaneleri ile devlet kütüphanelerinde çalışılmayı bekleyen yüzlerce cönk bulunmaktadır. Geçmiş dönemlere ait kültürel ürünler ile edebi bilgilerin geleceğe aktarımı açısından önem arz eden bu eserlerin farklı bakış açılarıyla incelenerek kültürümüze kazandırılması gerekmektedir. Bu makalenin konusu, Süleymaniye Kütüphanesi Yazma Bağışlar bölümünde bulunan 5902 numaralı cönkün tanıtılması ile cönkteki metinlerin şekil ve muhteva özellikleri bakımından incelenmesidir. Makale kapsamında, yeni bir cönkün gün yüzüne çıkartılarak edebiyatımıza kazandırılması ve söz konusu cönkün bütüncül bir bakışla değerlendirilip farklı disiplinlere katkı sağlayıp sağlamayacağının tespiti amaçlanmıştır. Süleymaniye Kütüphanesinden dijital görüntüleri alınan cönk, 208 varaktan oluşmaktadır. Makalenin konusunu oluşturan eserin, başta edebiyat olmak üzere dil, tarih, ilahiyat, tıp, mûsikî, sosyoloji gibi farklı disiplinlere de katkı sağlayacak zenginlikte bir muhtevaya sahip olduğu tespit edilmiştir.
The Intimate Infopolitics of Township Sociality in Cape Town: Mobile Phones, Mothers, and Respectability
Authors: Schneidermann Nanna Thorsteinsson
Published: December 2023

ABSTRACT: How are young women’s access to and the use of mobile media technologies negotiated and distributed at the urban margins of the tech revolution? This article explores questions and contestations of the legitimate use of phones among women living in township areas on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa. I introduce the concept of “intimate infopolitics” to highlight how mobile phones are given meaning and negotiated by and through intimate relations and gendered ideals of knowledge and spatial belonging, condensed in the idea of ordentlikheid (respectability). Paying attention to historical political processes and scale in the gendered access and use of digital media invites researchers to recognize questions of sovereignty and power beyond tech-optimistic discourses on gendered empowerment, and to follow the fraught, partial, and ambiguous processes of managing information and knowledge through media. Hoe word jong vroue se toegang tot en die gebruik van mobiele mediategnologieë onderhandel en versprei by die stedelike grense van die tegnologierevolusie? Hierdie artikel ondersoek vrae en betwistings oor die wettige gebruik van telefone onder vroue wat in township-gebiede aan die buitewyke van Kaapstad, Suid-Afrika woon. Ek stel die konsep van “intieme infopolitiek” bekend om uit te lig hoe selfone betekenis gegee word en onderhandel word deur en deur intieme verhoudings en geslagsideale van kennis en ruimtelike behoort, saamgevat in die idee van ordentlikheid. Aandag te gee aan historiese politieke prosesse en skaal in die geslagtelike toegang en gebruik van digitale media nooi navorsers uit om vrae oor soewereiniteit en mag buite tegnologie-optimistiese diskoerse oor geslagsbemagtiging te erken, en om die belaaide, gedeeltelike en dubbelsinnige prosesse van die bestuur van inligting en kennis deur middel van media.
A ‘Book of Drawings’ and the ‘Writing Pen’: Women Artists’ Self-Teaching and Transnational Print Culture in Early Modern Europe
Authors: Haselberger Mallory N.
Published: December 2023

Abstract: In early modernity, artistic education began and endured with the student’s drawing practice—first in replicating works from the master, then of antiquity, and finally in the student master’s creation of new ‘invenzione’ to express artistic command. For women, this learning process was less straightforward. This article considers the changing nature of women’s artistic education between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, where the book and textual knowledge production come to mark the onset of women’s artistic practice. With case studies exploring artistic texts by Giovanna Garzoni, Élisabeth-Sophie Chéron, and Catherine Perrot, I trace the private means by which women artists utilised rising access to print culture for artistic instruction, commensurate with the growth of printing across Europe.
Universal Verse: The Cosmological Poetics of Anne Southwell
Authors: Gorman Cassandra
Published: December 2023

Abstract: This article explores Anne Southwell’s understanding of the human and specifically female responsibility in making knowledge and contact with the divine, acts that she figures through cosmic movement and, crucially, poetic forms. For Southwell, moving through—and discovering one’s place in—space is part and parcel of poetic creation in its broadest sense: writing divinely informed verse, realising one’s self-potential, and understanding God’s work. The article considers Southwell’s approach to writing physical and astronomical encounters via a series of recurring images: the wax ball or tablet, a pliant material ready to take impressions from above; and acts of flight and celestial revolution. Between them, Southwell’s methods for astronomical exploration and poetic gain reveal the capability of poetry and its expansive opportunities for the female writer.
After Women’s Agency in Early Modern Europe
Authors: Blake Liza
Published: December 2023

Abstract: This afterword to the special issue on ‘Women’s Agency in Early Modern Europe’ takes up the question of agency from a posthumanist perspective, asking not how we can expand or extend the concept of agency beyond the (male) human, but instead whether we as scholars of early modern women might not be in a position to consider ourselves ‘after’ a focus on agency. It explores challenges to the overvaluation of agency, and reviews different ways the articles in the special issue offer challenges to the concept of agency, or methodologies for thinking beyond agency.
Meadowing in Common: Towards a Poethics of Overgrowth
Authors: Sledmere Maria
Published: December 2023

Abstract: Building on Daniel Eltringham’s notion of the “kinetic commons,” this essay offers “meadowing” as an experiment in putting to creative-critical work the multi-sensory dreamscape of abundance, desire, exposure, and biodiversity signified by meadow. Through close readings of contemporary texts by Verity Spott, Tom Raworth, and Myung Mi Kim, and drawing on Sedgwick’s “reparative reading” and other critical concepts, it explores how meadowing works as a poethic practice. It proffers a lyric architecture whose fieldwork of study and dream is ongoing, whose bounds are messily incomplete, and whose orientations are improvisatory and immersive.
Computer-generated holography with ordinary display
Authors: Shigematsu Otoya , Naruse Makoto , Horisaki Ryoichi
Published: December 2023

We propose a method of computer-generated holography (CGH) using incoherent light emitted from a mobile phone screen. In this method, we suppose a cascade of holograms in which the first hologram is a color image displayed on the mobile phone screen. The hologram cascade is synthesized by solving an inverse problem with respect to the propagation of incoherent light. We demonstrate three-dimensional color image reproduction using a two-layered hologram cascade composed of an iPhone and a spatial light modulator.
Advanced technique of myocardial no-reflow quantification using indocyanine green
Authors: Sonin Dmitry , Papayan Garry , Istomina Maria , Anufriev Ilia , Pochkaeva Evgeniia , Minasian Sarkis , Zaytseva Ekaterina , Mukhametdinova Daria , Mochalov Daniil , Aleksandrov Ilia , Petrishchev Nickolay , Galagudza Michael
Published: December 2023

The post-ischemic no-reflow phenomenon after primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is observed in more than half of subjects and is defined as the absence or marked slowing of distal coronary blood flow despite removal of the arterial occlusion. To visualize no-reflow in experimental studies, the fluorescent dye thioflavin S (ThS) is often used, which allows estimation of the size of microvascular obstruction by staining the endothelial lining of vessels. Based on the ability of indocyanine green (ICG) to be retained in tissues with increased vascular permeability, we proposed the possibility of using it not only to assess the severity of microvascular obstruction, but also the degree of vascular permeability in the zone of myocardial infarction. The aim of our study was to investigate the possibility of using ICG to visualize no-reflow zones after ischemia-reperfusion injury of rat myocardium. Using dual ICG and ThS staining and the FLUM multispectral fluorescence organoscope, we recorded ICG and ThS fluorescence within the zone of myocardial necrosis, identifying ICG-negative zones whose size correlated with the size of the no-reflow zones detected by ThS. It is also shown that the contrast change between the no-reflow zone and nonischemic myocardium reflects the severity of blood stasis, indicating that ICG-negative zones are no-reflow zones. The described method can be an addition or alternative to the traditional method of measuring the size of no-reflow zones in the experiment.
Quantifying the relationship between arboviral infection prevalence and human mobility patterns among participants of the Communities Organized to Prevent Arboviruses cohort (COPA) in southern Puerto Rico
Authors: Phillips Maile T. , Sánchez-González Liliana , Shragai Talya , Rodriguez Dania M. , Major Chelsea G. , Johansson Michael A. , Rivera-Amill Vanessa , Paz-Bailey Gabriela , Adams Laura E.
Published: December 2023

Human movement is increasingly being recognized as a major driver of arbovirus risk and dissemination. The Communities Organized to Prevent Arboviruses (COPA) study is a cohort in southern Puerto Rico to measure arboviral prevalence, evaluate interventions, and collect mobility data. To quantify the relationship between arboviral prevalence and human mobility patterns, we fit multilevel logistic regression models to estimate odds ratios for mobility-related predictors of positive chikungunya IgG or Zika IgM test results collected from COPA, assuming mobility data does not change substantially from year to year. From May 8, 2018–June 8, 2019, 39% of the 1,845 active participants during the study period had a positive arboviral seroprevalence result. Most (74%) participants reported spending five or more weekly hours outside of their home. A 1% increase in weekly hours spent outside the home was associated with a 4% (95% confidence interval (CI): 2–7%) decrease in the odds of testing positive for arbovirus. After adjusting for age and whether a person had air conditioning (AC) at home, any time spent in a work location was protective against arbovirus infection (32% decrease, CI: 9–49%). In fact, there was a general decreased prevalence for individuals who visited locations that were inside and had AC or screens, regardless of the type of location (32% decrease, CI: 12–47%). In this population, the protective characteristics of locations visited appear to be the most important driver of the relationship between mobility and arboviral prevalence. This relationship indicates that not all mobility is the same, with elements like screens and AC providing protection in some locations. These findings highlight the general importance of AC and screens, which are known to be protective against mosquitoes and mosquito-transmitted diseases.
Machine learning based prediction of recurrence after curative resection for rectal cancer
Authors: Jeon Youngbae , Kim Young-Jae , Jeon Jisoo , Nam Kug-Hyun , Hwang Tae-Sik , Kim Kwang-Gi , Baek Jeong-Heum
Published: December 2023

Purpose

Patients with rectal cancer without distant metastases are typically treated with radical surgery. Post curative resection, several factors can affect tumor recurrence. This study aimed to analyze factors related to rectal cancer recurrence after curative resection using different machine learning techniques.

Methods

Consecutive patients who underwent curative surgery for rectal cancer between 2004 and 2018 at Gil Medical Center were included. Patients with stage IV disease, colon cancer, anal cancer, other recurrent cancer, emergency surgery, or hereditary malignancies were excluded from the study. The Synthetic Minority Oversampling Technique with Tomek link (SMOTETomek) technique was used to compensate for data imbalance between recurrent and no-recurrent groups. Four machine learning methods, logistic regression (LR), support vector machine (SVM), random forest (RF), and Extreme gradient boosting (XGBoost), were used to identify significant factors. To overfit and improve the model performance, feature importance was calculated using the permutation importance technique.

Results

A total of 3320 patients were included in the study. After exclusion, the total sample size of the study was 961 patients. The median follow-up period was 60.8 months (range:1.2–192.4). The recurrence rate during follow-up was 13.2% (n = 127). After applying the SMOTETomek method, the number of patients in both groups, recurrent and non-recurrent group were equalized to 667 patients. After analyzing for 16 variables, the top eight ranked variables {pathologic Tumor stage (pT), sex, concurrent chemoradiotherapy, pathologic Node stage (pN), age, postoperative chemotherapy, pathologic Tumor-Node-Metastasis stage (pTNM), and perineural invasion} were selected based on the order of permutational importance. The highest area under the curve (AUC) was for the SVM method (0.831). The sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy were found to be 0.692, 0.814, and 0.798, respectively. The lowest AUC was obtained for the XGBoost method (0.804), with a sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of 0.308, 0.928, and 0.845, respectively. The variable with highest importance was pT as assessed through SVM, RF, and XGBoost (0.06, 0.12, and 0.13, respectively), whereas pTNM had the highest importance when assessed by LR (0.05).

Conclusions

In the current study, SVM showed the best AUC, and the most influential factor across all machine learning methods except LR was found to be pT. The rectal cancer patients who have a high pT stage during postoperative follow-up are need to be more close surveillance.
Digestibility of dinosaur food plants revisited and expanded: Previous data, new taxa, microbe donors, foliage maturity, and seasonality
Authors: Howell Mariah M. , Gee Carole T. , Böttger Christian , Südekum Karl-Heinz
Published: December 2023

Although the living relatives of the Mesozoic flora were once assumed to constitute a nutritionally poor diet for dinosaur herbivores, in vitro fermentation of their foliage has shown that gymnosperms, ferns, and fern relatives can be as highly digestible as angiosperm grasses and dicots. Because nutritional information cannot be preserved in the fossil record, this laboratory approach, first published in 2008, provides a novel alternative to evaluate the digestive quality of the plants that were available to dinosaur megaherbivores such as sauropods. However, very few further studies have since been conducted to supplement and confirm the high fermentative capacity of nonangiospermous taxa. Here we show that the living relatives of the Araucariaceae and Equistaceae are consistently highly digestible, even between taxa and when influenced by environmental and biological factors, while fern taxa are inconsistent on the family level. These results reinforce previous findings about the high energetic potential of Jurassic-age plant families. Fourteen species of fern and gymnosperm foliage from five Jurassic families were collected in the spring and fall, then analyzed for their digestibility using the in vitro Hohenheim gas test. Equisetum, Araucaria, and Angiopteris were the most digestible genera in both seasons, while Agathis, Wollemia, and Marattia were the least digestible. The season in which specimens were collected was found to have to a significant effect on gas production in four out of 16 samples (P < 0.05). Furthermore, leaf maturity influences digestibility in Marattia attenuata (P < 0.05), yet not in Cyathea cooperi (P = 0.24). Finally, the species of the rumen fluid donor did not influence digestibility (P = 0.74). With the original data set supplemented by one new genus and four species, this study confirms and expands previous results about the nutritional capacity of the living relatives of the Jurassic flora.
Impact of University agricultural research and development spillovers on Chinese agribusiness firms’ performance
Authors: Wang Yi , Yu Danni
Published: December 2023

The spillover effect of university-based agricultural research and development (R&D) has been recognized as a crucial factor contributing to the enhanced performance of the agricultural industry. Nonetheless, the psychological impact of organizational inertia on individuals and groups may shape the influence of such spillovers for agribusiness firms. To date, there has been limited exploration of the interplay between university agricultural R&D spillovers and agribusiness firms. Utilizing panel data from Chinese listed agribusiness firms between 2009 and 2019, our empirical investigation reveals a negative short-term relationship between university agricultural R&D spillovers and agribusiness firm performance due to the similarity in knowledge backgrounds. In the short term, organizational inertia, stemming from familiar and parallel knowledge, renders university agricultural R&D spillovers unfavorable to agribusiness firm performance, thereby reducing their value to the enterprises. Conversely, the long-term influence of university agricultural R&D spillovers on agricultural enterprise performance is positive, as organizational inertia dissipates over time. Additionally, our findings indicate that university non-agricultural R&D spillovers serve to positively moderate the relationship between agricultural R&D spillovers and agribusiness firm performance in the short term, while exerting a negative moderating effect in the long term. Lastly, our analysis reveals a negative correlation between the effect of university agricultural R&D spillovers and the geographical distance between agribusiness firms and universities. This suggests that proximity to academic institutions may play a role in shaping the impact of R&D spillovers on agribusiness performance. In summary, our study highlights the complex dynamics between university agricultural R&D spillovers and agribusiness firm performance, revealing both short-term and long-term effects. We also underscore the importance of considering the influence of organizational inertia and the moderating role of non-agricultural R&D spillovers. Understanding these relationships is crucial for informing strategic decisions and fostering innovation within the agricultural industry.
Differentiating attack-defense performance for starting and bench players during the Tokyo Olympics men’s basketball competition
Authors: Sun Wenping , Chee ChenSoon , Kok LianYee , Lim FongPeng , Samsudin Shamsulariffin
Published: December 2023

This study aimed to explore the differences in attack-defense performance between the top and bottom teams for starting and bench players during the Tokyo Olympics men’s basketball competition, to determine the relationship between the attack-defense performance of starting and bench players and the final competition rankings, as well as with each performance indicator. The rank-sum ratio (RSR) comprehensive evaluation was employed to describe the attack-defense performance of starting and bench players. Additionally, an independent sample t-test, Spearman Rho Correlation, and Pearson Correlation were conducted to test the differences and relationships between the various variables at a 0.05 level of significance, respectively. The results indicated that the top four teams showed significant differences in the attack-defense performance of their starting players compared to the bottom four teams (p = 0.021), mainly in terms of 3-point shooting percentage (p = 0.042) and free throw shooting percentage (p = 0.044). Besides that, the attack-defense ranks of both starting players (p = 0.004, r = 0.757) and bench players (p = 0.020, r = 0.658) had a significant correlation with the final rankings. Points per game, 2-point field goal percentage, and assists had a statistically significant (p<0.01) and strong positive correlation (0.70<r<0.90) with the attack-defense performance of both starting and bench players. 3-point field goal percentage, offensive rebounds, defensive rebounds, steals, and blocks were the technical indicators that distinguish starting from bench players. In conclusion, one of the common characteristics of the top national basketball teams was the strong attack-defense ability of the starting players. It is recommended that coaches select players with stronger 3-point shooting ability and more accurate free-throw shooting into the team’s starting rotation.
Para além do vidro: diálogos com «Janela indiscreta: crónicas da emergência», de Isabel Cristina Mateus
Authors: Marques Marta
Published: December 2023

Aquele mês de março de 2020 veio trazer ao mundo uma nova realidade que, depois de três anos volvidos, não voltaria a ser a mesma: instituiu-se o teletrabalho, começou a valorizar-se mais a casa enquanto lar, mas também enquanto espaço de recolhimento do “eu”. Aquele 2020 pandémico veio assinalar um marco na literatura portuguesa, sobretudo num género que se permitiu ser escrito em simultâneo com os acontecimentos, testemunhando a guerra sanitária lá fora e os conflitos internos vividos pelo cronista que, olhando para si, usou a janela do olhar também para os outros. O presente artigo visa propor uma reflexão sobre o modo como a crónica literária e, em particular, a antologia de Isabel Cristina Mateus veio documentar um tempo detergente, com tanto de medo como de possibilidades de descoberta interior/exterior.
Exploring Divergent Views on Word Structure
Authors: R. Luís Ana
Published: December 2023

How the morphosyntactic meaning is expressed through inflected word forms is one of the central questions in linguistics and one which has been responsible for conflicting views of word structure. In this paper we discuss some of the ways in which this question has been approached by providing an overview and understanding of two competing perspectives in morphological thinking within the context of Generative Grammar. These perspectives, known as the morpheme-based model and the word-based model, will be discuss to show how they deal with the form-meaning correspondence. With this paper, I offer a critical analysis of the approaches, highlighting their implications for our understanding of word structure.
Ataque corsário neerlandês a Buarcos em 1629 – Novos contributos
Authors: Maria Jordão Pinto Inês , Penajoia Marco
Published: December 2023

Neste artigo apresentamos um contributo para avaliar a importância que a faixa marítima central portuguesa deteve na Época Moderna. Depois de uma breve caracterização do contexto arqueológico e histórico do território do atual município da Figueira da Foz, analisa-se o ataque corsário holandês em Buarcos no ano de 1629. Apesar de serem conhecidas algumas fontes e estudos sobre os aspetos defensivos de Buarcos, muito há ainda por investigar, como se comprova pelas fontes pouco conhecidas ou mesmo inéditas relevantes aqui apresentadas, as quais, permitem uma nova leitura sobre um episódio menos conhecido da história local e um confronto de pontos de vista. A metodologia desta investigação centrou-se numa análise cruzada de informações, relacionando diferentes fontes, numa abordagem de micro-história.
Identidade(s) e Conflito(s) em Territórios da Espera
Authors: Castro Fátima Velez de
Published: December 2023

Os lexemas “conflitualidade” e “conflito” retratam a contemporaneidade geopolítica europeia, onde proliferam medos relacionados com potenciais riscos conhecidos e desconhecidos. Este artigo pretende ser uma reflexão sobre a atualidade migratória, em que se cruzam a temática da identidade, do conflito, do risco social e da espera num território de migração. Para isso, será realizada a análise de conteúdo visual do filme “Samba” (2014) de Eric Toledano e Olivier Nakache, por se tratar de uma obra que retrata a dimensão da reterritorialização e da identidade, numa lógica de conflito omnipresente na(s) quotidianidade(s) do protagonista, um jovem imigrante senegalês. Trata-se de discutir a perspetiva das identidades, culturas e territórios em conflito.
Luta de classes e internacionalismo em António José Saraiva e João Martins Pereira
Authors: Dos Santos Moreira João Carlos
Published: December 2023

Este artigo analisa o modo como os conceitos de luta de classes e internacionalismo, fundamentais no edifício teórico-político do marxismo, foram sendo interpretados por João Martins Pereira e por António José Saraiva, ao longo do período balizado entre meados da década de 1960 e meados da década de 1980. No âmbito da história das ideias, este estudo procurou compreender a reflexão destes dois intelectuais, tanto no domínio público, como no âmbito privado, através da análise crítica de um conjunto diversificado de fontes, entre elas, entrevistas, manuscritos inéditos e artigos publicados na imprensa escrita, livros e cartas.
Dos conflitos étnico-sociais ao extermínio. Representações literárias do Holocausto no contexto da II Guerra Mundial
Authors: Neto Mariano Maria do Rosário
Published: December 2023

A partir da década de 30 do século xx, o nacional-socialismo e o nazismo passam a dirigir os destinos da Alemanha e, logo depois, da Europa. Estas ideologias inspiram-se no darwinismo social e no eugenismo, operando uma radicalização sem precedentes do racismo e do antissemitismo nas políticas sociais. No decurso da Segunda Guerra Mundial, a hostilidade e os conflitos étnico-sociais para com os judeus na Alemanha e, sobretudo, nos países europeus de Leste, onde a percentagem de judeus era mais relevante, atingem uma dimensão aterradora. Das perseguições aos atos de violência de todo o género, e da criação de guetos à deportação para campos de extermínio, ocorre aquilo que justamente se designou por Holocausto. Muitos foram os escritores que nos legaram narrativas escritas a partir das suas vivências dos campos de extermínio. Daremos voz a dois desses escritores.
Assustadoramente normais
Authors: Diogo João Emanuel
Published: December 2023

Pensar a Segunda Grande Guerra Mundial implica pensar em dois tipos de guerra. A primeira implica sobretudo a soberania do espaço exterior. No plano da “outra” guerra as necessidades eram outras e bem dentro dos limites do espaço conquistado ou mesmo do espaço alemão que tal guerra se tornaria eficaz. Estas guerras tinham dois objetivos distintos: por um lado, o imperialismo alemão queria o espaço; por outro, o antissemitismo, que pretendia (além da confiscação de bens – e por isso fortuna) a eliminação física de populações específicas (não só os judeus, como ciganos, homossexuais, doentes mentais, idosos terminais, etc.).

O campo de concentração Auschwitz adquiriu uma capacidade simbólica, sendo considerado como o maior exemplo do mal moral, como Lisboa (o terramoto de Lisboa) tinha sido do mal natural. Ao contrário do que muitas vezes queremos admitir Hitler, e todos aqueles que participaram na Shoah eram homens comuns. Tinham as mesmas qualidades e defeitos que nós. E mais do que a inumanidade, o que está ali expresso é uma faceta da humanidade que muitas vezes gostamos de não ver.

Existem imensos exemplos de homens comuns: como Franz Stangl, que participa em tantos assassínios de judeus e as formas de justificação que ele levanta para si mesmo e para os que o rodeiam são também elas banais; ou do autêntico quebra-cabeças do julgamento de Eichmman; ou ainda de Hoess, o construtor de Auschwitz. Eles próprios se tinham nessa pouca conta.
Conflict as a Narrative Tool in Postcolonial Writing - The case of Margaret Mascarenhas’ novel ‘Skin’
Authors: Barbosa Noronha Jeanette Camilla , Gomes Anthony
Published: December 2023

This study investigates the significance of conflict in Margaret Mascarenhas' novel ‘Skin’ as a literary tool, using Robert Stanton's notions of internal and external conflict. The primary goal is to investigate how conflict progresses the narrative and creates thematic discourse in the text. Internal conflicts are caused by characters' inner struggles with opposing emotions, impulses, and ethical dilemmas, whilst external conflicts are caused by fights with nature or supernatural factors. This study underlines the centrality of conflict in literature, impacting character development, narrative advancement, and thematic exploration. It offers light on the complexity of Goan literature, identity formation, and the interplay between colonial and postcolonial forces, by merging postcolonial concepts and conflict analysis, highlighting the critical role of conflict as a catalyst for narrative development.
A interpretação da cultura confucionista do P. Nicolao Longobardo
Authors: Zhang Minfen
Published: December 2023

Longobardo foi o Superior da missão na China após a morte de Matteo Ricci, porém, também foi um dos missionários que se opuseram fortemente à estratégia evangélica do seu antecessor e, para o efeito, escreveu um tratado intitulado Resposta breve sobre as controvérsias do Xám Tí Tiēn Tí Lîm Hoên e outros nomes e termos sínicos. Neste tratado, expõe o seu conhecimento sobre os clássicos chineses e confucionismo, a doutrina Li e a produção do Universo, também critica a teoria Ván uŏe Yĕ Tì, no sentido de demonstrar que a cultura chinesa é fundamentalmente diferente da cultura católica. Este tratado constitui não apenas um dos documentos históricos mais importantes da Igreja chinesa, como também para a história dos intercâmbios culturais entre a China e o Ocidente, para a história da transmissão de clássicos chineses para o Ocidente e para a história das missões jesuítas na China. O tratado teve um impacto profundo no conhecimento e compreensão da religião chinesa, do confucionismo e dos intercâmbios culturais sino-ocidentais.
Reflexos do Pacto Ecológico nos Serviços Ecossistêmicos Culturais e no Acordo Comercial entre a União Europeia e o Mercosul
Authors: Bós e Silva Débora
Published: December 2023

Este ensaio analisa os reflexos do Pacto Ecológico nos serviços ecossistêmicos culturais e no acordo comercial entre a União Europeia e o Mercosul, redefinindo o compromisso de enfrentar os desafios climáticos, por meio de uma estratégia pautada por uma cooperação global. No aspecto metodológico, adota-se o procedimento documental e o método de abordagem hipotético-dedutivo, com técnica de pesquisa bibliográfica. Os resultados sinalizam a importância da cooperação, com a finalidade de mitigar os efeitos negativos da degradação da natureza, que impactam os serviços ecossistêmicos, especialmente diante de políticas ambientais, afetando negativamente o trabalho dos órgãos ambientais e o interesse dos investidores.
O Uso de Agrotóxicos e a Pulverização Aérea no Brasil: A Conjuntura dos Desastres e as Consequências de um Acordo Comercial entre União Europeia e Mercosul
Authors: Bregolin Bertuzzo Tiago
Published: December 2023

O estudo tem como objetivo demonstrar a real face da Revolução Verde e do Agronegócio, tão populares em território brasileiro e empregados como salvadores da economia de forma a ocultar os grandes desastres acometidos na população, a qual está sofrendo com estas práticas – exemplo da pior delas, qual seja, a pulverização aérea. Objetiva‑ se ainda analisar as possíveis consequências ambientais e sociais decorrentes da eventual assinatura do acordo comercial entre a União Europeia e o Mercosul. Com a criação da união econômica, é factível a ocorrência de desastres, sejam ambientais ou sociais, sendo necessária a criação de diretrizes. O presente artigo visa apresentar a dinâmica do uso e comércio de agrotóxicos, de modo que substancie conhecimento ao debate acerca do tema.
Medidas agroambientais e climáticas da Política Agrícola Comum enquanto instrumento de valorização, restauração e proteção dos serviços ecossistémicos na União Europeia
Authors: Altmann Alexandre
Published: December 2023

As medidas agroambientais constituem um mecanismo já consolidado na União Europeia enquanto instrumento de confluência das políticas agrícola e ambiental. Desde o início da integração da Europa, nos anos 1950, a agricultura constitui um setor estratégico e prioritário, recebendo um significativo aporte de recursos financeiros. Mais recentemente, a partir de 1993 e, em particular com a entrada em vigor do Tratado de Maastrich, o ambiente passa a integrar as mais diversas políticas públicas da União Europeia. Dentro da Política Agrícola Comum (PAC), o ambiente tem nas medidas agroambientais e climáticas um instrumento de grande alcance, considerando que essa política impacta a maior parte do território da Europa. Nesse contexto, essas medidas têm um grande potencial para a proteção da biodiversidade e restauração dos ecossistemas. Diante das últimas alterações para o período 2014-2020 e das discussões acerca da próxima revisão da PAC pós-2020, o presente artigo analisa o potencial das medidas agroambientais e climáticas enquanto instrumento voltado para a valorização, restauração e preservação dos serviços ecossistémicos no âmbito da União Europeia.
Look who’s talking: gender differences in academic job talks
Authors: Glazer Amanda K. , Luo Hubert , Devgon Shivin , Wang Catherine , Yao Xintong , Ye Steven Siwei , McQuarrie Frances , Li Zelin , Palma Adalie , Wan Qinqin , Gu Warren , Sen Avi , Wang Zihui , O’Connell Grace D. , Stark Philip B.
Published: December 2023

The “job talk” is a standard element of faculty recruiting. How audiences treat candidates for faculty positions during job talks could have disparate impact on protected groups, including women. We annotated 156 job talks from five engineering and science departments for 13 categories of questions and comments. All departments were ranked in the top 10 by US News & World Report. We find that differences in the number, nature, and total duration of audience questions and comments are neither material nor statistically significant. For instance, the median difference (by gender) in the duration of questioning ranges from zero to less than two minutes in the five departments. Moreover, in some departments, candidates who were interrupted more often were more likely to be offered a position, challenging the premise that interruptions are necessarily prejudicial. These results are specific to the departments and years covered by the data, but they are broadly consistent with previous research, which found differences comparable in magnitude. However, those studies concluded that the (small) differences were statistically significant. We present evidence that the nominal statistical significance is an artifact of using inappropriate hypothesis tests. We show that it is possible to calibrate those tests to obtain a proper P-value using randomization.
Beliefs and understandings of assessment theories and terminologies by university lecturers
Authors: Taras Maddalena , Molina Irma , Gallardo Katherina , Morales-Piñero Juan Carlos
Published: December 2023

This study investigated the beliefs and practices of university lecturers around assessment theories and their links with teaching practices. Given the discrepancies in the literature, the research explored the gap in theoretical understandings of summative and formative assessment and the relationship between them, as well as the relationship with lecturers’ own practices. In total, 109 lecturers from a Colombian institution of higher education participated. An instrument consisting mainly of quantitative questions, with some qualitative questions, which was originally designed to investigate these beliefs and practices among higher education lecturers in England, was used. The translation, validation and reliability processes of the instrument were carried out. Thus, an exploratory factorial study was performed to establish the dimensions of the instrument, determining seven factors. The results indicate discrepancies between what lecturers understand by formative and summative assessment and their practices in the classroom. This coincides with the theoretical contradictions also found in the analysis of specialised literature. It is concluded that a detailed understanding of the discrepancies between beliefs and practices would be valuable in redesigning the ways in which the training of lecturers’ assessment competencies is approached.
El impedimento de rapto del CIC de 1983 (c. 1089) en el contexto del matrimonio forzado
Authors: Hurtado de Mendoza Domínguez Carlos
Published: December 2023

El impedimento de rapto regulado en el Código de la Iglesia latina y en el Código de Cánones de las Iglesias Orientales contempla dos de los mecanismos coactivos más radicales para obtener el consentimiento matrimonial, el rapto y la retención intuitu matrimonii. El presente estudio analiza el c. 1089 del CIC de 1983 con la finalidad de valorar la conveniencia y oportunidad de mantener esta figura canónica. Y para ello es necesario tener en cuenta la fenomenología del matrimonio forzado, en cuanto a sus causas, formas expresivas de la coacción y consecuencias, descrita en la actualidad por la normativa internacional. Son varias las cuestiones que se plantean en esta reflexión. En primer lugar, si la configuración del impedimento, únicamente en relación con la mujer raptada, constituye una discriminación y si responde a esquemas normativos propios de una técnica jurídica reparadora; en segundo término, cómo ha de interpretarse el sujeto activo de la norma dirimente, atendiendo a los contextos sociales y culturales del matrimonio forzado; y, finalmente, si desde la experiencia de las víctimas existe un «lugar seguro y libre» que garantice un umbral mínimo de autonomía para el cese ordinario del impedimento o si, por el contrario, el conjunto de fuerzas coactivas que opera en el matrimonio no deseado refuerza la presunción del defecto de consentimiento y sugiere atender al proceso de formación de la voluntad nupcial, integrando las situaciones de rapto y de retención con miras al matrimonio en el capítulo de vis vel metus.
Technology hype: Dealing with bold expectations and overpromising
Authors: Bareis Jascha , Roßmann Maximilian , Bordignon Frédérique
Published: December 2023

To date, the study of hype has become a productive but also eclectic field of research. This introduction provides an overview of the core characteristics of technology hype and distinguishes it from other future-oriented concepts. Further, the authors present promising approaches from various disciplines for studying, critiquing, and dealing with hype. The special issue assembles case studies, methodological and theoretical contributions that analyze tech hypes’ temporality, agency, and institutional dynamics. It provides insights into how hypes are triggered and fostered, but also how they can be deconstructed and anticipated.
Handling the hype: Implications of AI hype for public interest tech projects
Authors: Züger Theresa , Kuper Freia , Fassbender Judith , Katzy-Reinshagen Anna , Kühnlein Irina
Published: December 2023

Based on theories of expectations of technology and empirical data from expert interviews and case studies, this research article explores how actors in the field of public interest technologies relate to and within the dynamics of AI hype. On an affirmative note, practitioners and experts see the potential that AI hype can serve their own purposes, e.g., through improved funding and support structures. At the same time, public interest tech actors distance themselves from the dynamics of AI hype and criticize it explicitly. Finally, the article discusses how engagement with AI hype and its impact affects society as a whole and, more specifically, society’s ability to develop and use technologies in response to societal problems.