bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Job Prestige and Mobile Dating Success: A Field Experiment
Authors: Neyt Brecht , Baert Stijn , Vynckier Jana
Published: September 2022

Research using data on offline couple formation has confirmed predictions from evolutionary psychology that women (not men) attach value to the earnings potential of a potential partner. In this study, we examine whether the partner preferences with respect to earnings potential survive in an online context with fewer search and social frictions. We did this by means of a field experiment on the popular mobile dating app Tinder. Thirty-two fictitious Tinder profiles that randomly differed in job status and job prestige were evaluated by 4800 other, real Tinder users. We find that both men and women do not use job status or job prestige as a determinant of whom to show initial interest in on Tinder. However, we do find evidence that, after this initial phase, men less frequently start a conversation with women when those women are unemployed. Still, also then men do not care about the particular job prestige of employed women.
Disguising Reddit sources and the efficacy of ethical research
Authors: Reagle Joseph
Published: September 2022

Concerned researchers of online forums might implement what Bruckman (2002) referred to asdisguise. Heavy disguise, for example, elides usernames and rewords quoted prose so that sources are difficult to locate via search engines. This can protect users (who might be members of vulnerable populations, including minors) from additional harms (such as harassment or additional identification). But does disguise work? I analyze 22 Reddit research reports: 3 of light disguise, using verbatim quotes, and 19 of heavier disguise, using reworded phrases. I test if their sources can be located via three different search services (i.e., Reddit, Google, and RedditSearch). I also interview 10 of the reports’ authors about their sourcing practices, influences, and experiences. Disguising sources is effective only if done and tested rigorously; I was able to locate all of the verbatim sources (3/3) and many of the reworded sources (11/19). There is a lack of understanding, among users and researchers, about how online messages can be located, especially after deletion. Researchers should conduct similar site-specific investigations and develop practical guidelines and tools for improving the ethical use of online sources.
MISTRAL and its KIDs
Authors: Paiella A. , de Bernardis P. , Cacciotti F. , Coppolecchia A. , Masi S. , Barbavara E. , Battistelli E. S. , Carretti E. , Columbro F. , Cruciani A. , D’Alessandro G. , De Petris M. , Govoni F. , Isopi G. , Lamagna L. , Marongiu P. , Mele L. , Molinari E. , Murgia M. , Navarrini A. , Orlati A. , Pettinari G. , Piacentini F. , Pisanu T. , Poppi S. , Presta G. , Radiconi F.
Published: September 2022

The MIllimetric Sardinia radio Telescope Receiver based on Array of Lumped elements KIDs, MISTRAL, is a cryogenic W-band (77–103 GH) LEKID camera which will be integrated at the Gregorian focus of the 64 m aperture Sardinia Radio Telescope, in Italy, in Autumn 2022. This instrument, thanks to its high angular resolution ($$\sim 13~{\mathrm{arcsec}}$$

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The circadian night depression of photosynthesis analyzed in a herb, Pulmonaria vallarsae. Day/night quantitative relationships
Authors: Pupillo Paolo , Sparla Francesca , Melandri Bruno A. , Trost Paolo
Published: September 2022

Although many photosynthesis related processes are known to be controlled by the circadian system, consequent changes in photosynthetic activities are poorly understood. Photosynthesis was investigated during the daily cycle by chlorophyll fluorescence using a PAM fluorometer in Pulmonaria vallarsae subsp. apennina, an understory herb. A standard test consists of a light induction pretreatment followed by light response curve (LRC). Comparison of the major diagnostic parameters collected during day and night showed a nocturnal drop of photosynthetic responses, more evident in water-limited plants and consisting of: (i) strong reduction of flash-induced fluorescence peaks (FIP), maximum linear electron transport rate (Jmax, ETREM) and effective PSII quantum yield (ΦPSII); (ii) strong enhancement of nonphotochemical quenching (NPQ) and (iii) little or no change in photochemical quenching qP, maximum quantum yield of linear electron transport (Φ), and shape of LRC (θ). A remarkable feature of day/night LRCs at moderate to high irradiance was their linear-parallel course in double-reciprocal plots. Photosynthesis was also monitored in plants subjected to 2–3 days of continuous darkness (“long night”). In such conditions, plants exhibited high but declining peaks of photosynthetic activity during subjective days and a low, constant value with elevated NPQ during subjective night tests. The photosynthetic parameters recorded in subjective days in artificial darkness resembled those under natural day conditions. On the basis of the evidence, we suggest a circadian component and a biochemical feedback inhibition to explain the night depression of photosynthesis in P. vallarsae.
In silico studies of Mpro and PLpro from SARS-CoV-2 and a new class of cephalosporin drugs containing 1,2,4-thiadiazole
Authors: Delgado Cássia Pereira , Rocha João Batista Teixeira , Orian Laura , Bortoli Marco , Nogara Pablo Andrei
Published: September 2022

The SARS-CoV-2 proteases Mpro and PLpro are important targets for the development of antivirals against COVID-19. The functional group 1,2,4-thiadiazole has been indicated to inhibit cysteinyl proteases, such as papain and cathepsins. Of note, the 1,2,4-thiadiazole moiety is found in a new class of cephalosporin FDA-approved antibiotics: ceftaroline fosamil, ceftobiprole, and ceftobiprole medocaril. Here we investigated the interaction of these new antibiotics and their main metabolites with the SARS-CoV-2 proteases by molecular docking, molecular dynamics (MD), and density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Our results indicated the PLpro enzyme as a better in silico target for the new antibacterial cephalosporins. The results with ceftaroline fosamil and the dephosphorylate metabolite compounds should be tested as potential inhibitor of PLpro, Mpro, and SARS-CoV-2 replication in vitro. In addition, the data here reported can help in the design of new potential drugs against COVID-19 by exploiting the S atom reactivity in the 1,2,4-thiadiazole moiety.
Intentionality and Machines
Authors: Gräbe Hans-Gert , Kleemann Ken Pierre
Published: September 2022

This text discusses aspects of Human-Machine Interaction from the perspectives of an engineer and a philosopher. Machines are viewed not so much as tools, but more as complex socio-technical systems. On this basis, the relation between production and use of such systems and its influence on the interaction between human and machine is examined. The concept of intentionality serves as a common thread, and its close connection with the concepts of usefulness, purpose, and functionality as well as the more socio-culturally shaped concept of destination is shown. We also discuss the connection of these considerations to current philosophical debates around Floridi’s “Onlife Manifesto”. The core of our argumentation is the significance of the unintended in the interplay between justified expectations, the intended, and experienced results of real-world cooperative action. We extend the meaning of this term up to the negatively intended as harmful effect in order to highlight the prominent position of problem solving in the socio-cultural development of humankind. We focus on information processes in that Human-Machine Interaction and the concept of unintended information. With the advancing digital transformation and the growing possibilities of digital monitoring, the importance of information processes as forms of description is growing, too. We show how the concept of non-intended information is linked to such concepts of control of development, in which the non-intended is marginalised and thus an essential driver of socio-cultural development is deactivated. We compare this with Floridi’s reflections on “fears and risks in a hyperconnected era”.
Interactive Effects of Problem-Gambling Severity, Gender and Alcohol Consumption on Electronic Gaming Machine Behaviour
Authors: Stuart George , Hing Nerilee , Russell Alex M. T.
Published: September 2022

While comorbidity of problematic alcohol and gambling use is well established, much less is known about the way in which alcohol consumption while gambling interacts with problem-gambling severity and other individual differences. We hypothesised three factors that would interact with alcohol consumption while gambling on electronic gaming machines (EGMs) to influence four behavioural gambling measures: preferred number of lines bet, average duration of play, average spend per session and preferred electronic gaming machine denomination. The latter is a measure of gambler’s preference for the monetary denomination in which EGM bets are placed (e.g. 1 cent, 2 cents, 5 cents, 10 cents, 20 cents, $1), with higher denomination EGMs being higher risk since bets can be placed in larger amounts and money can be lost more rapidly. The three hypothesised interacting factors were problem-gambling severity, presence/absence of alcohol use disorder and biological gender. A total of 1557 male and female participants completed a questionnaire, measuring their problem-gambling status, problem alcohol status, consumption of alcohol at the gambling venue, preferred EGM denomination, preferred number of lines bet, average duration of play and average spend per session. We found the anticipated gender-differential spending effect with males spending more than females, but we also found a surprisingreverse differential spending effectfor problem gamblers such that females spent more than males. We also found that alcohol consumption while gambling was generally associated with a preference for higher denomination machines and that those players without alcohol problems who drank at the venue preferred to bet on more lines, suggesting adouble-maxstrategy amongst gamblers who drank at the venue. Finally, for non-problem and low-risk gamblers, concurrent alcohol consumption was related to preference for higher denomination EGMs in female players, but not for male players. These findings are discussed in the context of the physiological and psychological effects of alcohol.
Theorie-Praxis-Relationierung im Praxissemester: Die Perspektive der Mentor*innen. Eine explorative Studie
Authors: Caruso Carina , Neuweg Georg Hans , Wagner Marlene , Harteis Christian
Published: September 2022

In der Mehrheit der deutschen Bundesländer ist ein Langzeitpraktikum (Praxissemester) Bestandteil der Lehramtsstudiengänge. Es zielt insbesondere darauf, Theorie und Praxis miteinander in Beziehung zu setzen. Trotz der gewichtigen Rolle, die den Mentor*innen dabei zugeschrieben wird, ist deren Perspektive noch wenig untersucht. Die empirisch auffindbaren Unterschiede in der Betreuung Studierender könnten u. a. auf unterschiedliche Vorstellungen von der Beziehung zwischen Theorie und Praxis seitens der Mentor*innen zurückzuführen sein. Diese Vorstellungen interessieren in der im Folgenden dargestellten explorativen Interviewstudie, deren Daten einer strukturierenden Inhaltsanalyse unterzogen wurden. Nachstehenden Forschungsfragen wird nachgegangen:

1) Sind die Mentor*innen auf die Aufgabe der Verknüpfung von Theorie und Praxis vorbereitet?

2) Werden in den Erzählungen der Mentor*innen zu gelingenden und misslingenden Betreuungserfahrungen Theorie-Praxis-Relationierungsfiguren sichtbar, wenn ja, welche und zeigen sich Bemühungen der Verknüpfung von Theorie und Praxis?

3) Werden in den Erzählungen der Mentor*innen zur eigenen Lerngeschichte Theorie-Praxis-Relationierungsfiguren sichtbar, wenn ja, welche und welche relative Rolle spielt das Ausbildungswissen aus Sicht der Mentor*innen für die Entwicklung ihres Könnens?

4) Welches Wissensverständnis der Mentor*innen zeigt sich in den Transkripten und welche Relevanz wird Wissen im Vergleich zu Erfahrung, Reflexion von Erfahrung und Persönlichkeit zugeschrieben?

Es zeigt sich, dass die Mentor*innen das Theorie-Praxis-Verhältnis in den Gesprächen selten thematisieren, die Begriffe „Wissen“ und „Können“ synonym verwenden und der Erfahrung für die Entwicklung von Können eine höhere Relevanz beimessen als dem didaktischen und pädagogischen Ausbildungswissen.
Expertise Development in the Workplace Through Deliberate Practice and Progressive Problem Solving: Insights from Business-to-Business Sales Departments
Authors: Köhler Daniel P. , Rausch Andreas
Published: September 2022

Expertise is featured by continued high performance in a particular domain. Expertise research has primarily focused on absolute expertise in structured domains such as chess and emphasized the significance of deliberate practice for expertise development. We investigated the development of relative expertise in commercial domains as part of ill-structured domains. Due to the ill-structuredness and acknowledging the use of the term expert in organizational practice, we developed a taxonomy to distinguish between four types of experts in the broader sense (relative expert, managerial relative expert, evolved specialist, and native specialist). Eighteen peer-nominated individuals from business-to-business sales departments from four German organizations participated in our interview study. A content analysis was applied using both deductive and inductive categorizations. The interview data clearly corresponds to the concept of progressive problem solving rather than to the concept of deliberate practice. Almost all our respondents referred to either “being thrown in at the deep end” by others (assigned complex tasks) or “jumping in at the deep end” of one’s own accord (self- selected complex tasks). However, the interview partners described features of deliberate practice for novices. In this very early stage of expertise development, more experienced colleagues structure parts of the ill-structured domain and enable deliberate practice while for advanced beginners and later stages expert development rather resembles progressive problem solving. Our results provide implications on how to foster expertise development in ill-structured domains. Possible limitations arise from the small sample, the peer-nomination process, and the retrospective nature of interview data.
Redox Condition and Mineralogical Evidence of the Magma Mixing Origin of the Mafic Microgranular Enclaves (MMEs) from Sircilla Granite Pluton (SGP), Eastern Dharwar Craton (EDC), India
Authors: Ashoka Ch. , Babu E.V.S.S.K. , Dash Sarbajit , Santhosh G.H.N.V.
Published: September 2022

Mafic microgranular enclaves (MMEs) and Syn-plutonic dykes (SPD) are commonly observed in granitoids and are believed to have a similar period of origin as that of the host. Here the petrographical and mineralogical characteristics of the MMEs and Syn-plutonic dykes from Sircilla granite pluton (SGP), eastern Dharwar craton (EDC), Southern India is presented. The contact relationships of MMEs with the host granite are diffusive or gradational, implying under-cooling and disaggregation of MMEs. Petrographic features such as quartz ocelli, bladed biotite, and acicular apatite grains in mafic enclaves suggest magma mixing/ mingling-related processes. Consequently, crystallization temperature and pressure of hornblende and biotite from SPD indicate rapid undercooling and hence suggest their emplacement towards the final stage of pluton evolution. Mineral chemistry studies reveal that the plagioclase in host SGP compositionally varies from An 23 -An 27, while the Fe# in biotite vary from 0.47-0.52. The composition of plagioclase and mafic phases in MMEs and the SPDs exhibit variation in compositional range, plagioclase (An 26 -An 30), hornblende Mg# (0.42-0.55), and biotite Fe# (0.46-0.54). A decreasing trend in fO2 value in MMEs and SPD during progressive crystallization suggest an orogenic tectonic setting of magma formation. Intermediate composition of biotite and plagioclase from MMEs suggest control of magma mixing processes for their formation.
Palaeoclimate, Palaeoecology and Palaeovegetation in and around Nandira Colliery, Talcher Basin, Odisha, India during Early Permian: Inferences from Typical Karharbari Palynofloral and Palynofacies Analysis
Authors: Aggarwal Neha , Patel Roshni , Goswami Shreerup
Published: September 2022

Palynofloral study along with palynofacies analysis has been undertaken in Nandira colliery, Talcher basin, Odisha, India. Recovered palynoassemblage is characterized by the dominance of monosaccate pollen grains viz., Parasaccites spp. (25%), Plicatipollenites spp. (5%), Potonieisporites sp. (1%) and Diavarisaccus lelei (1%) along with nonstriate bisaccate Scheuringipollenites maximus (35%). The recovered palynoflora shows its affinity towards the Upper Karharbari palynoflora of the early Artinskian age. The organic matter studied from the palynofacies investigation includes palynomorphs (SP), structured phytoclasts/ translucent phytoclasts (ST), opaque phytoclasts/ charcoal (CH), degraded organic matter (DOM), and amorphous organic matter (AOM). The carbonaceous shale (Sample Na) is dominated by SP (34.67%) and sub-dominated by ST (22%) along with CH (13.34%), DOM (19%), and AOM (11%). Coal samples (Nb to Ne) are completely devoid of palynomorphs. They are mainly dominated by CH (24.87-62.34%) and ST (20.20-73.38%) with presence of DOM (0.7-8.7%) and AOM (0.4-8.7%). Deposition of the sediments in a lower carbonaceous shale bed (Na) might have occurred in a dysoxic forest swamp in low-energy settings. The coal beds (Nb to Ne) have been deposited in the oxidized swamps in the proximal setting. The predominant occurrence of the opaque phytoclasts associated with the coal sediments may indicate a regular occurrence of palaeofires during the Artinskian.
AVA Analysis of BSR in Fractured filled Gas-hydrates Reservoir in Krishna-Godavari Basin, India
Authors: Vivekanand Pandey , Kalachand Sain
Published: September 2022

Gas-hydrates, a major unconventional energy resources of the future, are delineated by seismic experiment through the identification of an anomalous reflector, known as the bottom simulating reflector or BSR on seismic data. The amplitude variation with angle (AVA) from the BSR can be used for quantitative assessment of gas-hydrates and free-gas across the BSR. We have performed the AVA analysis of BSR in the Krishna Godavari (KG) basin of India, where gas-hydrates have been recovered in fractured shale by Exp-01 of Indian National Gas Hydrates Program. The study shows negative intercept and positive gradient along two perpendicular seismic lines, one passing through the well at site-10 of Exp-01. The intercept of -0.01 to -0.15 and gradient of 0.01 to 0.4 are interpreted as class-IV anomaly, which is due to anisotropy caused by fractures filled with gas-hydrates. We have modelled the observed AVA pattern using anisotropic equation for horizontally symmetric transversally isotropic (HTI) media in which gas-hydrates occur in the fractures, roughly aligned at angle of 45° above the BSR and patchy gas distribution below the BSR. The results show 0-31% variable gas-hydrates in fractured morphology and 0-11% free gas below the BSR respectively.
Application of Geospatial Techniques to Determine Coastal Erosion and Accretion along the Ramanathapuram Shore, Tamil Nadu, India
Authors: Pereira Glitson Francis , Gurugnanam B. , Goswami Santonu , Choudhury Saroj
Published: September 2022

The coastal region is one of the most sensitive areas on earth. This region has a diversified ecosystem. Erosion and accretion are common natural phenomena that can be seen in this region. In some circumstances, these changes become hazardous to the coastal ecosystem. Natural processes such as rainfall, flood, cyclone, longshore drift, and tectonic shifts can trigger irregular coastal changes. Similarly, anthropogenic factors such as urbanization, unscientific land usage, mining, etc., enhance coastal dynamics and make larger changes. Hence identification of such region has great importance. Geospatial technology has brought various advanced methods for shoreline change studies. It has decreased the huge effort for getting an accurate result for a larger area. Landsat satellite imageries with 30 m spatial resolution have been used for studying the changes in the shoreline of Ramanathapuram for the years 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015 and 2020. In Geographic Information System (GIS) software, the Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS) tool is added for shoreline change analysis. DSAS will build the baseline transects. The rate of shoreline change was calculated using the MATLAB feature runtime function for ArcGIS. Based on the DSAS output, the region of high erosion, low erosion, stable, and low accretion, high accretion zones have been identified on the shore. The results reveal that 5.1% of the shoreline, around 9.3 km is under high erosion, 11.5% of the shoreline, which is around 20.8 km, is under low erosion, 71% of the shoreline, around 128 km, is a stable region, 6.7% of shorelines, around 12 km, have low accretion, and 5.6% of shorelines, around 10.1 km, have high accretion. The coastal villages, namely, Mayakulam, Keelakakrai, Periapattinam, Mandapam, West-Pamban, and East-Rameswaram, have a high erosion with a maximum rate of change between 2.29 to 5.11 m/y. The coastal villages Ervadi, Kalimankund, Sattankonvalsai, South-Pamban and South-Rameswaram have high accretion with a maximum rate of change between 2.34 to 5.24 m/y.
Sustainable Valorisation of Animal Manures via Thermochemical Conversion Technologies: An Inclusive Review on Recent Trends
Authors: Rout Prangya Ranjan , Pandey Daya Shankar , Haynes-Parry Macsen , Briggs Caitlin , Manuel Helmer Luís Cachicolo , Umapathi Reddicherla , Mukherjee Sanjay , Panigrahi Sagarika , Goel Mukesh
Published: September 2022

Purpose

With its substantial CO2eq emissions, the agricultural sector is a significant greenhouse gas (GHG) emitter. Animal manure alone contributes 16% of the total agricultural emissions. With a rapidly increasing demand for animal-based protein, animal wastes are expected to rise if sustainable manure management practices are not implemented. Manures have the potential to be treated to generate valuable products (biofertiliser and biocrude) or feedstock for energy production. Thermochemical conversion technologies such as pyrolysis, combustion, supercritical gasification (SCWG), etc., have demonstrated their potential in manure management and valorisation. This study provides a broader overview of these technologies and envisages future manure valorisation trends.

Methods

The paper presents a state-of-the-art review of manure valorisation. Characterisation of manure, modelling and optimisation of thermochemical conversion technologies along with life cycle anaalysis (LCA) are also reviewed.

Results

The literature review highlighted that the thermochemical conversion technologies can generate bio-oils, syngas, H2, biofuels, heat, and biochar as carbon-free fertiliser. The reported calorific value of the produced bio-oil was in the range of 26 MJ/kg to 32 MJ/kg. However, thermochemical conversion technologies are yet to be commercialised. The major challenges associated with the scale-up of manure derived feedstocks are relatively high moisture and ash content, lower calorific value and higher concentration of impurities (N, Cl, and S). LCA studies conclude that gasification presents a sustainable option for manure valorisation as it is economical with modest environmental threats.

Significance of Study

This review briefly states the current challenges faced in manure management and presents the case for a sustainable valorisation of animal manures using thermochemical technologies. The economic, environmental and societal advantages of these technologies are presented in order to promote the scientific and industrial development of the subject in the academic and research community.

Conclusions

Thermochemical conversion technologies are promising for manure valorisation for energy and nutrient recovery. However, their commercialisation viability needs wide-ranging evaluations such as techno-economics, life-cycle analysis, technology take-up and identification of stakeholders. There should be clear-cut policies to support such technologies. It should be advocated amongst communities and industries, which necessitates marketing by the governments to secure a clean energy future for the planet.

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RNA sequencing reveals lncRNA-mediated non-mendelian inheritance of feather growth change in chickens
Authors: Qiu Mohan , Yu Chunlin , Zhu Shiliang , Liu Siyang , Peng Han , Xiong Xia , Chen Jialei , Jiang Xiaosong , Du Huarui , Li Qingyun , Zhang Zengrong , Yang Chaowu
Published: September 2022

Background

Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) play an essential role in biological processes. However, the expression patterns of lncRNAs that regulate the non-Mendelian inheritance feather phenotypes remain unknown.

Objective

This study aimed to compare the expression profiles of lncRNAs in the follicles of the late-feathering cocks (LC) and late-feathering hens (LH) that followed genetic rules and the early-feathering hen (EH) and early-feathering cock (EC) that did not conform to the genetic laws.

Methods

We performed RNA sequencing and investigated the differentially expressed lncRNAs (DElncRNAs) between the early- and late-feathering chickens, which function by cis-acting or participate in the competing endogenous RNA (ceRNA) network.

Results

A total of 53 upregulated and 43 downregulated lncRNAs were identified in EC vs. LC, and 58 upregulated and 109 downregulated lncRNAs were identified in EH vs. LH. The target mRNAs regulated by lncRNAs in cis were enriched in the pentose phosphate pathway, TGF-β signaling pathway and Jak-STAT signaling pathway in EC vs. LC and were associated with the TGF-β signaling pathway, Wnt signaling pathway, p53 signaling pathway and Jak-STAT signaling pathway in EH vs. LH. In addition, the lncRNA-mediated ceRNA regulatory pathways of hair follicle formation were mainly enriched in the TGF-β signaling pathway, Wnt signaling pathway, melanogenesis, and calcium signaling pathways. The levels of ENSGALG00000047626 were significantly higher in the late-feathering chickens than in the early-feathering chickens, which regulated the expression of SSTR2 by gga-miR-1649-5p.

Conclusion

This study provides a novel molecular mechanism of lncRNA’s response to the feather rate that does not conform to the genetic laws in chickens.
Credit risk assessment mechanism of personal auto loan based on PSO-XGBoost Model
Authors: Rao Congjun , Liu Ying , Goh Mark
Published: September 2022

As online P2P loans in automotive financing grows, there is a need to manage and control the credit risk of the personal auto loans. In this paper, the personal auto loans data sets on the Kaggle platform are used on a machine learning based credit risk assessment mechanism for personal auto loans. An integrated Smote-Tomek Link algorithm is proposed to convert the data set into a balanced data set. Then, an improved Filter-Wrapper feature selection method is presented to select credit risk assessment indexes for the loans. Combining Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) with the eXtreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost) model, a PSO-XGBoost model is formed to assess the credit risk of the loans. The PSO-XGBoost model is compared against the XGBoost, Random Forest, and Logistic Regression models on the standard performance evaluation indexes of accuracy, precision, ROC curve, and AUC value. The PSO-XGBoost model is found to be superior on classification performance and classification effect.
High-Transconductance, Highly Elastic, Durable and Recyclable All-Polymer Electrochemical Transistors with 3D Micro-Engineered Interfaces
Authors: Wang Wenjin , Li Zhaoxian , Li Mancheng , Fang Lvye , Chen Fubin , Han Songjia , Lan Liuyuan , Chen Junxin , Chen Qize , Wang Hongshang , Liu Chuan , Yang Yabin , Yue Wan , Xie Zhuang
Published: September 2022

Organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) have emerged as versatile platforms for broad applications spanning from flexible and wearable integrated circuits to biomedical monitoring to neuromorphic computing. A variety of materials and tailored micro/nanostructures have recently been developed to realized stretchable OECTs, however, a solid-state OECT with high elasticity has not been demonstrated to date. Herein, we present a general platform developed for the facile generation of highly elastic all-polymer OECTs with high transconductance (up to 12.7 mS), long-term mechanical and environmental durability, and sustainability. Rapid prototyping of these devices was achieved simply by transfer printing lithium bis(trifluoromethane)sulfonimide doped poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene): poly(styrene sulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS/LiTFSI) microstructures onto a resilient gelatin-based gel electrolyte, in which both depletion-mode and enhancement-mode OECTs were produced using various active channels. Remarkably, the elaborate 3D architectures of the PEDOT:PSS were engineered, and an imprinted 3D-microstructured channel/electrolyte interface combined with wrinkled electrodes provided performance that was retained (> 70%) through biaxial stretching of 100% strain and after 1000 repeated cycles of 80% strain. Furthermore, the anti-drying and degradable gelatin and the self-crosslinked PEDOT:PSS/LiTFSI jointly enabled stability during > 4 months of storage and on-demand disposal and recycling. This work thus represents a straightforward approach towards high-performance stretchable organic electronics for wearable/implantable/neuromorphic/sustainable applications.
Is the Cure Worse than the Disease? The Ethics of Imposing Risk in Public Health
Authors: Silva Diego S. , Smith Maxwell J.
Published: September 2022

Efforts to improve public health, both in the context of infectious diseases and non-communicable diseases, will often consist of measures that confer risk on some persons to bring about benefits to those same people or others. Still, it is unclear what exactly justifies implementing such measures that impose risk on some people and not others in the context of public health. Herein, we build on existing autonomy-based accounts of ethical risk imposition by arguing that considerations of imposing risk in public health should be centered on a relational autonomy and relational justice approach. Doing so better captures what makes some risk permissible and others not by exploring the importance of power and context in such deliberations. We conclude the paper by applying a relational account of risk imposition in the cases of (a) COVID-19 measures and (b) the regulation of sugar-sweetened beverages to illustrate its explanatory power.
Profiling of Sleep Models Based on Voluntary and Involuntary Sleep in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes
Authors: Oda Azusa , Katayama Miho , Aijo Ritsuko , Kato Chinatsu
Published: September 2022

Purpose

The purpose of this study is to generate the concept of voluntary sleep (V) and involuntary sleep (IV) in sleep, to build sleep models using them, and to profile by diabetes control in adults with type 2 diabetes.

Methods

We obtained 595 nights of sleep data from 50 participants. Participants measured sleep with the sleep meter HSL-101 (Omron Healthcare, Kyoto) and answered the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). They were operationally defined as V and IV.

Results

"V1: sleep self-determination" and "V2: conscious sleep quantity" were generated from voluntary sleep, and "IV1: continuous deep sleep" and "IV2: actual sleep quantity" were generated from involuntary sleep. Using cluster analysis, they were classified into three models, "CL1: sleep satisfaction model", "CL2: short sleep model", and "CL3: dissatisfaction sleep model". When the diabetes controls in each cluster were compared by ANOVA and Bonferroni's test, HbA1c was higher in the order of CL1, CL2, and CL3, and there was a significant difference between CL1 and CL3 (p = 0.029). Similarly, age was low in the same order and BMI was high in the same order, with a significant difference between CL1 and CL3 (p = 0.030, 0.037).

Conclusions

Sleep in adults with type 2 diabetes could be clustered into three models based on V and IV, each of which could be profiled by a significantly characteristic diabetes control index. It will be possible to identify the patient's sleep model from the diabetes control and appropriately approach voluntary sleep and involuntary sleep.
Indirect Measurement Methods for Quality and Process Control in Nanomanufacturing
Authors: Fan Zhaoyan , Hu Xiaochen , Gao Robert X.
Published: September 2022

Rapid advancement over the past decades in nanomanufacturing has led to the realization of a broad range of nanostructures such as nanoparticles, nanotubes, and nanowires. The unique mechanical, chemical, and electrical properties of these nanostructures have made them increasingly desired as key components in industrial and commercial applications. As the geometric dimension of nano-manufactured products is on the sub-micron to nanometer scale, different mechanisms and effects are involved in the nanomanufacturing process as compared to those for macro-scale manufacturing. Although direct measurement methods using atomic force microscopy and electron beam microscopy can determine the dimensions of the nano structure with high accuracy, these methods are not suited for online process control and quality assurance. In comparison, indirect measurement methods analyze in-process parameters as the basis for inferring the dimensional variations in the nano products, thereby enabling online feedback for process control and quality assurance. This paper provides a comprehensive review of relevant indirect measurement methods, starting with their respective working principles, and subsequently discussing their characteristics and applications in terms of two different approaches: data-based and physics-based methods. Relevant mathematical and physics models for each of the methods are summarized, together with the associated effect of key process parameters on the quality of the final product. Based on the comprehensive literature conducted, it was found that: (1) indirect measurement, especially the data-based method, plays a critical role when it comes to online process control and quality assurance in nanomanufacturing, because of the short processing time compared to the direct method, and (2) physics-based method is providing a way to optimize the process set up for desired geometrical dimensions.
Inequality and income segregation in Brazilian cities: a nationwide analysis
Authors: de Sousa Filho José Firmino , dos Santos Gervásio F. , Andrade Roberto F. Silva , Paiva Aureliano S. , Freitas Anderson , Castro Caio Porto , de Lima Friche Amélia A. , Barber Sharrelle , Caiaffa Waleska T. , Barreto Maurício L.
Published: September 2022

Residential segregation has brought significant challenges to cities worldwide and has important implications for health. This study aimed to assess income segregation in the 152 largest Brazilian cities in the SALURBAL Project. We identify specific socioeconomic characteristics related to residential segregation by income using the Brazilian demographic census of 2010 and calculated the income dissimilarity index (IDI) at the census tract level for each city, subsequently comparing it with Gini and other local socioeconomic variables. We evaluated our results’ robustness using a bootstrap correction to the IDI to examine the consequences of using different income cut-offs in substantial urban and regional inequalities. We identified a two minimum wage cut-off as the most appropriate. We found little evidence of upward bias in the calculation of the IDI regardless of the cut-off used. Among the ten most segregated cities, nine are in the Northeast region, with Brazil's highest income inequality and poverty. Our results indicate that the Gini index and poverty are the main variables associated with residential segregation.
Existence of radial weak solutions to Steklov problem involving Leray–Lions type operator
Authors: Razani A. , Safari F.
Published: September 2022

We make use of variational methods to prove the existence of at least one positive radial increasing weak solution to a Leray–Lions type problem under Steklov boundary conditions.
The Carbon Market Challenge
Authors: Betz Regina , Michaelowa Axel , Castro Paula , Kotsch Raphaela , Mehling Michael , Michaelowa Katharina , Baranzini Andrea
Published: September 2022

Carbon markets – both emission trading systems and baseline and credit systems – are an increasingly common policy instrument being introduced to address climate change mitigation. However, their design is crucial to ensure that they deliver cost-effective emission reductions while maintaining environmental integrity. This Element puts together a comprehensive, principle-based overview of the risks and abuses to environmental integrity and cost effectiveness that have emerged for carbon markets at all jurisdictional levels around the world, provides concrete examples, and offers effective policy and governance solutions to overcome such risks. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Looking Back to Think Forward: What we Might Learn from Cold War Feminist Movements
Authors: Engle Karen
Published: September 2022

The end of the Cold War wrought a shift in international legal priorities and preoccupations, including among feminists. When feminist approaches to international law, particularly to human rights and humanitarian law, began to make headway in the early 1990s, they had already left behind some of the anti-imperial and anti-military emphases of much of the internationally informed feminism of the 1970s and 80s. Here, I revisit some of those Cold War feminist approaches, with the hope of informing today's much-needed international legal attention to peace, disarmament—including nuclear disarmament—and global inequality.
Determination of wind-fed model parameters of neutron stars in high-mass X-ray binaries
Authors: Taani Ali , Karino Shigeyuki , Song Liming , Zhang Chengmin , Chaty Sylvain
Published: September 2022

We have studied several neutron star high-mass X-ray binaries (HMXBs) with super-giant (SG) companions using a wind-fed binary model associated with the magnetic field. By using the concept of torque balance, the magnetic field parameter determines the mass accretion rate. This would help us to consider the relationship between wind velocity and mass-loss rate. These parameters significantly improve our understanding of the accretion mechanism. The wind velocity is critical in determining the X-ray features. This can be used to identify the ejection process and the stochastic variations in their accretion regimes. However, even in systems with a long orbital period, an accretion disk can be created when the wind velocity is slow. This will allow the HMXB of both types, SG and Be, to be better characterised by deriving accurate properties from these binaries. In addition, we have performed segmentation in the parameter space of donors intended for several SG-HMXB listed in our sample set. The parameter space can be categorised into five regimes, depending on the possibility of disk formation associated with accretion from the stellar wind. This can give a quantitative clarification of the observed variability and the properties of these objects. For most of the systems, we show that the derived system parameters are consistent with the assumption that the system is emitting X-rays through direct accretion. However, there are some sources (LMC X-4, Cen X-3 and OAO1657-415) that are not in the direct accretion regime, although they share similar donor parameters. This may indicate that these systems are transitioning from a normal wind accretion phase to partial RLOF regimes.
On the optimization of the first weighted eigenvalue
Authors: Biswas Nirjan , Das Ujjal , Ghosh Mrityunjoy
Published: September 2022

For $N\geq 2$, a bounded smooth domain $\Omega$ in $\mathbb {R}^{N}$, and $g_0,\, V_0 \in L^{1}_{loc}(\Omega )$, we study the optimization of the first eigenvalue for the following weighted eigenvalue problem:
\[ -\Delta_p \phi + V |\phi|^{p-2}\phi = \lambda g |\phi|^{p-2}\phi \text{ in } \Omega, \quad \phi=0 \text{ on } \partial \Omega, \]where $g$ and $V$ vary over the rearrangement classes of $g_0$ and $V_0$, respectively. We prove the existence of a minimizing pair $(\underline {g},\,\underline {V})$ and a maximizing pair $(\overline {g},\,\overline {V})$ for $g_0$ and $V_0$ lying in certain Lebesgue spaces. We obtain various qualitative properties such as polarization invariance, Steiner symmetry of the minimizers as well as the associated eigenfunctions for the case $p=2$. For annular domains, we prove that the minimizers and the corresponding eigenfunctions possess the foliated Schwarz symmetry.
Conditional Congressional communication: how elite speech varies across medium
Authors: Blum Rachel , Cormack Lindsey , Shoub Kelsey
Published: September 2022

Elected representatives have more means of public-facing communication at their disposal than ever before. Several studies examine how representatives use individual mediums, but we lack a baseline understanding of legislators’ relative use patterns across platforms. Using a novel data set of the four most widely used forms of written, constituent-facing communication (press releases, e-newsletters, Facebook posts, and Twitter tweets) by members of the US House of Representatives in the 114th (2015–2017), 115th (2017–2019), and 116th (2019–2021) Congresses, we generate a baseline understanding of how representatives communicate across mediums. Our analyses show that institutional, legislator, and district characteristics correspond with differential use of mediums. These findings underscore why medium choice matters, clarifying how a researcher's choice of mediums might amplify the voices of certain legislators and dampen those of others. In addition, they provide guidance to other researchers on how to select the medium(s) that best correspond with different research aims.
Do winners spread more words? Factional competition and local media reports on corruption investigation in China
Authors: Hong Ji Yeon , Yang Leo Y.
Published: September 2022

This paper explores how factional competition shapes local media's coverage of negative political news. Employing news reports that appeared in Chinese national and local newspapers (2000–2014) coupled with data on the networks of elites, we find that local bureaucrats connected to strong national leaders tend to criticize members of weaker factions in politically damaging news reports. These adverse reports indeed harm the promotion prospects of the province leaders reported on in the articles, weakening the already weak factions and expanding the relative power of the strong factions. Our findings suggest that the loyalty-based competitive behaviors of political elites further tilt an already uneven playing field across political factions and facilitate power concentration in China.
STABLE ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS AND RADIOCARBON DATING OF MICROPOGONIAS FURNIERI OTOLITHS (SCIAENIDAE) FROM SOUTHEASTERN BRAZILIAN COAST: SEASONAL PALAEOENVIRONMENTAL INSIGHT
Authors: Samor Lopes Mariana , Dufour Elise , Sabadini-Santos Elisamara , Gaspar Maria Dulce , Macario Kita , Neto Bruna da Silva Mota , Tombret Olivier , Fiorillo Denis , Lemoine Michel , Pessoa Leandro Amaro , Grouard Sandrine , Aguilera Orangel
Published: September 2022

Isotopic analysis of Micropogonias furnieri otoliths were used to get insight into palaeoceanographic conditions in the Guanabara Bay and Saquarema Lagoon, Rio de Janeiro state (RJ), located on the southeastern coast of Brazil, under upwelling influence of the Cabo Frio system. Archaeological otoliths come from two Holocene shellmounds (or sambaquis): Galeão and Beirada. For the first time, radiocarbon analysis using high accuracy techniques were performed at Galeão. Age range was determined to be between 5820 and 4980 cal BP, which extends the chronology of human settlement in the Guanabara Bay. Micro-samples of the otoliths were collected sequentially from the core to the edge, to provide continuous δ18O and δ13C isotopic profiles over the lifetime of the individual fish. Derived-δ18Ooto palaeotemperature estimates vary according to seasonality, resulting in a palaeoceanographic variation between 8 to 31°C for Guanabara Bay and 8 and 28°C for the Saquarema Lagoon. Our data indicate that whitemouth croakers were captured during the Middle Holocene from the Guanabara Bay and Saguarema Lagoon and resided in cooler temperatures compared to temperatures of current conditions.
Partisanship and Racial Attitudes in U.S. Civil War Enlistment
Authors: Ramanathan Kumar , Kalmoe Nathan P.
Published: September 2022

In this article, we investigate why millions of northern white men volunteered to fight in the Civil War. Prior studies have found that Republican partisanship played a significant role in boosting Union enlistment but do not test the competing hypothesis that views about slavery and race motivated them instead. Such views were highly salient among party elites before and during the war, which was sparked by a presidential election between parties divided over the expansion of Black enslavement. However, among the white mass public, we argue that partisanship rather than race-related attitudes explains patterns of war mobilization. Linking Union war participation records with election returns, we show that county-level war participation is better explained by Republican partisanship rather than views about the status of Black Americans (as measured by support for equal suffrage referenda and the Free Soil party). Analyzing a sample of partisan newspaper issues, we further show that Republican elites de-emphasized slavery as they sought to mobilize mass war participation while antiwar Democrats emphasized antiabolition and white supremacy, suggesting each party’s elites saw antislavery messaging as ineffective or even detrimental in mobilizing mass enlistment. This analysis offers additional evidence on the power of partisanship in producing mass violence and sheds more light on political behavior during a critical period in the history of U.S. racial politics.
XENOPHON'SHYBRIS: LEADERSHIP, VIOLENCE AND THE NORMATIVE USE OF SHAME INANABASIS5.8
Authors: Zaccarini Matteo
Published: September 2022

Through a detailed analysis of Xenophon's defence against a charge forhybrisamong the Ten Thousand, this paper discusses violence, reputation and hierarchy in Greek military and social contexts. Contrary to other recent treatments of the episode, the study highlights the centrality of honour/shame dynamics and of desert in establishing and upholding social order, showing that these notions are found consistently in numerous examples as early as Homer. Addressing the apparent lack of strict discipline in Greek armies, the paper concludes that shame and peer pressure had a strong normative power in acknowledging and reconciling personal claims and common interests within a group.