bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
BERT4FCA: A method for bipartite link prediction using formal concept analysis and BERT
Authors: Peng Siqi , Yang Hongyuan , Yamamoto Akihiro
Published: June 2024

Link prediction in bipartite networks finds practical applications in various domains, including friend recommendation in social networks and chemical reaction prediction in metabolic networks. Recent studies have highlighted the potential for link prediction by maximal bi-cliques, which is a structural feature within bipartite networks that can be extracted using formal concept analysis (FCA). Although previous FCA-based methods for bipartite link prediction have achieved good performance, they still have the problem that they cannot fully capture the information of maximal bi-cliques. To solve this problem, we propose a novel method for link prediction in bipartite networks, utilizing a BERT-like transformer encoder network to enhance the contribution of FCA to link prediction. Our method facilitates bipartite link prediction by learning more information from the maximal bi-cliques and their order relations extracted by FCA. Experimental results on five real-world bipartite networks demonstrate that our method outperforms previous FCA-based methods, a state-of-the-art Graph Neural Network(GNN)-based method, and classic methods such as matrix-factorization and node2vec.
Allocation of the household food budget among shopping basket items: How is it influenced by promotions?
Authors: Mehaba Wafa , Rahmani Djamel , Gil José Maria
Published: June 2024

Retailers have been using promotion as a differentiation strategy that influences consumers’ expenditures and their shopping basket budgetary allocation. This study assessed the effect of retail promotions on total shopping basket expenditure and determined whether promotions provoke a reallocation of the shopping budget. The analysis was performed on a chain of supermarkets in Catalonia, Spain using a consumer scanner data set from Kantar Worldpanel for 2017. The methodological approach had two steps: prediction of the effect of promotion on household expenditures using an expenditure regression model and estimation of the promotion own- and cross-effect using the censored Exact Affine Stone Index. Promotion had a positive own-effect and mostly a negative asymmetric cross-effect, implying a small but significant budget reallocation.
An Efficient Approach to Extract and Store Big Semantic Web Data Using Hadoop and Apache Spark GraphX
Authors: Salih Mohammed Wria Mohammed , Ju Maa Alaa Khalil
Published: June 2024

The volume of data is growing at an astonishingly high speed. Traditional techniques for storing and processing data, such as relational and centralized databases, have become inefficient and time-consuming. Linked data and the Semantic Web make internet data machine-readable. Because of the increasing volume of linked data and Semantic Web data, storing and working with them using traditional approaches is not enough, and this causes limited hardware resources. To solve this problem, storing datasets using distributed and clustered methods is essential. Hadoop can store datasets because it can use many hard disks for distributed data clustering; Apache Spark can be used for parallel data processing more efficiently than Hadoop MapReduce because Spark uses memory instead of the hard disk. Semantic Web data has been stored and processed in this paper using Apache Spark GraphX and the Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS). Spark's in-memory processing and distributed computing enable efficient data analysis of massive datasets stored in HDFS. Spark GraphX allows graph-based semantic web data processing. The fundamental objective of this work is to provide a way for efficiently combining Semantic Web and big data technologies to utilize their combined strengths in data analysis and processing. First, the proposed approach uses the SPARQL query language to extract Semantic Web data from DBpedia datasets. DBpedia is a hugely available Semantic Web dataset built on Wikipedia. Secondly, the extracted Semantic Web data was converted to the GraphX data format; vertices and edges files were generated. The conversion process is implemented using Apache Spark GraphX. Third, both vertices and edge tables are stored in HDFS and are available for visualization and analysis operations. Furthermore, the proposed techniques improve the data storage efficiency by reducing the amount of storage space by half when converting from Semantic Web Data to a GraphX file, meaning the RDF size is around 133.8 and GraphX is 75.3. Adopting parallel data processing provided by Apache Spark in the proposed technique reduces the required data processing and analysis time. This article concludes that Apache Spark GraphX can enhance Semantic Web and Big Data technologies. We minimize data size and processing time by converting Semantic Web data to GraphX format, enabling efficient data management and seamless integration.
REKLAMCILIK ALANINDAKİ AKADEMİSYEN ÖZGEÇMİŞLERİNİN İNCELENMESİ: BİR İÇERİK ANALİZ ÇALIŞMASI
Authors: Yapıcıoğlu Ayaz Yeliz
Published: June 2024

İnsanoğlunun var olduğu süreçten itibaren yaşam içerisinde yer almaya başlayan reklamlar, geçmişten bugüne çeşitli formlardan geçmiştir. Toplumsal bazdaki değişiklikler reklamcılığın da formatında belirli değişikliler yapılmasını gerektirmiştir. Günümüz yaşam düzeninde üreticiler ve tüketiciler arasındaki iletişimin sürdürülebilirliği noktasında tüketim toplumu yapısının önemli bir dinamiği haline gelmiştir. Reklamcılığın profesyonel bir meslek dalı olarak yer almaya başlaması alanda akademik eğitimlerin alınması gerekliliğini ortaya çıkartmıştır. Alanın akademide yer alması öncelikli olarak gazetecilik okulları ile başlamış sonrasında ise iletişim fakültelerinin kurulması ile gerçekleşmiştir. Üniversitelerde reklamcılık bölümleri ilk aşamada devlet üniversitelerinde yer almaya başlamıştır. 1999 yılı ile beraber vakıf üniversitelerinde iletişim fakültelerinin kurulması ile bu üniversitelerde akademik eğitim alınmasının yolu açılmıştır. Reklamcılık alanının devlet ve özel üniversiteler bünyesinde 2 yıllık ve 4 yıllık programlar çerçevesinde yapılandırıldığı görülmektedir. Reklamcılık bölümü akademik çerçevede bölümlerdeki akademik personellerin nitelikleri ve özgeçmişleri ile doğru orantılı olarak değerlendirilebilmektedir. Devlet ve özel üniversiteler bazında akademik personellerin yetkinlikleri çeşitli değişkenler çerçevesinde analiz edilebilmektedir. Üniversite web sitelerinin kullanıldığı araştırmada, araştırmanın evrenini Türkiye’de yer alan 48 iletişim fakültesi; örneklemini ise bu üniversitelerde görev yapan 175 akademisyen oluşturmaktadır. Akademik özgeçmişlerdeki ortak başlıklardan yola çıkılarak oluşturulan 14 kategori nitel bir yöntem olan içerik analizi ışığında analiz edilmiştir. Kategori başlıkları; ‘Devlet ve özel üniversiteler’, ‘Bölümler’, ‘Akademisyen sayıları’, ‘Akademisyen cinsiyetleri’, ‘Unvanlar’, ‘Mezun olunan üniversiteler ve bölümler’, ‘Yüksek lisans ve doktora mezun olunan üniversiteler ve bölümler’, ‘Araştırma alanları’, ‘Çalışma yılları’, ‘Verilen dersler’ şeklinde belirlenmiştir. Çalışmanın bu konuda gelecekte yapılacak çalışmalara örnek teşkil etmesi hedeflenmiştir.
Slum Upgrading and Changes in the Welfare of Home-Based Entrepreneurs in Kampung Bahari Tambaklorok, Indonesia
Authors: Tyas Wido Prananing , Damayanti Maya , Hutama Julius Kevin Putra , Rachma Renesia
Published: June 2024

This study examines changes in community welfare, especially among home-based entrepreneurs in Kampung Bahari Tambaklorok, Semarang, Indonesia. This study hypothesizes that after planning the development of Kampung Bahari Tambaklorok as a tourist destination for five out of twenty years, there has been a change in the socio-economic welfare conditions of the community, primarily home-based enterprise actors. Research data were obtained through observations, questionnaires, and interviews. In addition, this study conducted a descriptive analysis, scoring, and Likert Scale to obtain an overview of changes in socio-economic conditions based on community perceptions. These two analyses examine the changes in welfare experienced by the Tambaklorok community, especially home-based entrepreneurs. Thus, it may impact the sustainability of development planning for the Kampung Bahari Tambaklorok Semarang. However, the result of this study is that only the environmental aspects have an impact. Meanwhile, the other two economic and social aspects have stayed the same. Therefore, the results show that, in general, the welfare condition of the Tambaklorok community did not change after the development of the Tambaklorok Tourism Village in the first five years. Therefore, it needs further action. Keywords: environmental, home-based enterprises, slum, socio-economic, sustainable settlement
Programy rewitalizacji – uniwersalny czy unikatowy sposób rozwiązywania problemów? Krytyczna analiza programów rewitalizacji wybranych gmin wiejskich i miejsko-wiejskich
Authors: Mróz Agata , Paczek Beata , Zwęglińska-Gałecka Dominika
Published: June 2024

Celem artykułu jest wykazanie spójności strategii rewitalizacji (wyznaczonych programami rewitalizacji) z istniejącymi sytuacjami kryzysowymi w gminach (zdiagnozowanymi w programach), czemu służyć będzie, po pierwsze, zdefiniowanie sytuacji kryzysowych, a po drugie, identyfikacja strategii naprawczych w różnych typach gmin (wiejskich i miejsko-wiejskich). Zastosowaną metodą badawczą była analiza treści i analiza porównawcza. Założono, że charakterystyka gminy determinuje sposób działania samorządu terytorialnego, a tym samym przyczynia się do wyboru konkretnej strategii, według której prowadzona jest rewitalizacja. Analizie poddano gminy wybrane celowo – różnią się one strukturą zatrudnienia i związanym z nią rodzajem struktury społecznej, określonej specyficznym układem grup społeczno-zawodowych. Przeanalizowano 15 programów rewitalizacji – już tak niewielka liczba zbadanych przypadków pozwoliła wskazać pewne prawidłowości w wyborze ścieżki rewitalizacji. Na podstawie analizy stwierdzono niepokojąco dużą liczbę podobieństw w zakresie analizowanych elementów programów rewitalizacji. Okazało się, że charakter podmiotu nie determinuje wyboru ścieżki przeprowadzenia procesu rewitalizacji. W dokumentach znalazły się ujednolicone diagnozy i projekty rewitalizacji. Ponadto zidentyfikowano szereg uchybień w konstrukcji dokumentów, które mogą negatywnie wpłynąć na skuteczność ich wdrażania.
Advanced autopilot design with extremum-seeking control for aircraft control
Authors: Baran Haci , Bayezit Ismail
Published: June 2024

The aim of this research is to enhance adaptive autopilots for the effective management of aircraft systems, control maintenance, and the rejection of external disturbances. To achieve this objective, we propose the design of an autopilot integrated with the extremum-seeking control (ESC) algorithm. Although autopilots proficiently manage the lateral and longitudinal modes of aircraft control, they lack filtering or adaptive capabilities, thereby exposing the system to significant external threats. To mitigate these risks, the ESC method is employed. This adaptive approach can operate in a disturbance rejection manner by adjusting parameters for unknown inputs and restoring the system to its original controlled response. ESC represents a versatile control method suitable for effective application in simulations or experimental models. Through the incorporation of this method, the pitch attitude hold autopilot, altitude hold autopilot, and yaw autopilot acquire advanced disturbance rejection capabilities with adaptive ESC features. The novelty of the proposed method lies in providing advanced disturbance rejection properties to conventional autopilots, thereby rendering them innovative and superior disturbance rejection controllers. The newly developed autopilots are capable of eliminating severe disturbances from the system response, including ramp, sinusoidal, and step disturbances. The integration of autopilots with ESC offers significant advantages, such as superior disturbance rejection properties for the aircraft unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system. The proposed method successfully eliminates severe disturbances, as demonstrated in simulation results, surpassing previous methods in effectiveness. Furthermore, the Autopilot-ESC method enhances aircraft operation even under disturbances, minimizing energy consumption and ensuring stability and control. This novel method reduces operator workload and ensures reliable and efficient autonomous flight capabilities. Additionally, the adaptability of the Autopilot-ESC to changing environmental conditions make it well-suited in aircraft UAVs. This upgraded version of autopilot surpasses other robust controllers, such as Linear Quadratic Gaussian (LQG) regulator and Model Predictive Control (MPC), as it can effectively address ramp, sinusoidal, and step disturbances, which LQG and MPC cannot handle.
Biosynthesis and characterization of silver nanoparticles from Cedrela toona leaf extracts: An exploration into their antibacterial, anticancer, and antioxidant potential
Authors: Javed Muhammad Ammar , Ali Baber , Sarfraz Muhammad Hassan , Ali Sikander , Liaqat Erum , Afzal Muhammad Sohail , Wang Yanting , Peng Liangcai , ur Rehman Asad , Aftab Muhammad Nauman , Alarjani Khaloud Mohammed , Elshikh Mohamed Soliman
Published: June 2024

This research work aims to synthesize environmentally benign and cost-effective metal nanoparticles. In this current research scenario, the leaf extract of Cedrela toona was used as a reducing agent to biosynthesize silver nanoparticles (AgNPs). The synthesis of AgNPs was confirmed by the color shift of the reaction mixture, i.e., silver nitrate and plant extract, from yellow to dark brown colloidal suspension and was established by UV-visible analysis showing a surface plasmon resonance band at 434 nm. Different experimental factors were optimized for the formation and stability of AgNPs, and the optimum conditions were found to be 1 mM AgNO3 concentration, a 1:9 ratio of extract/precursor, and an incubation temperature of 70°C for 4 h. The Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy spectra indicated the presence of phytochemicals in the leaf extract that played the role of bioreducing agents in forming AgNPs. X-ray diffraction patterns confirmed the presence of AgNPs with a mean size of 25.9 nm. The size distribution and morphology of AgNPs were investigated by scanning electron microscopy, which clearly highlighted spherical nanoparticles with a size distribution of 22–30 nm with a mean average size of 25.5 nm. Moreover, prominent antibacterial activity was found against Enterococcus faecalis (21 ± 0.5 mm), Bacillus subtilis (20 ± 0.9 mm), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (18 ± 0.3 mm), Staphylococcus aureus (16 ± 0.7 mm), Klebsiella pneumoniae (16 ± 0.3 mm), and Escherichia coli (14 ± 0.7 mm). In addition, antioxidant activity was determined by DPPH and ABTS assays. Higher antioxidant activity was reported in AgNPs compared to the plant extract in both DPPH (IC50 = 69.62 µg·ml−1) and ABTS assays (IC50 = 47.90 µg·ml−1). Furthermore, cytotoxic activity was also investigated by the MTT assay against MCF-7 cells, and IC50 was found to be 32.55 ± 0.05 µg·ml−1. The crux of this research is that AgNPs synthesized from the Cedrela toona leaf extract could be employed as antibacterial, antioxidant, and anticancer agents for the treatment of bacterial, free radical-oriented, and cancerous diseases.
Characterization of Co–Ni–TiO2 coatings prepared by combined sol-enhanced and pulse current electrodeposition methods
Authors: Liu Zihan , Zheng Songling , Miao Zengcheng , Liu Jiaming , He Zhen , Guan Jiajian
Published: June 2024

This research comprehensively explores the synthesis of Co–Ni–TiO2 coatings employing a hybrid methodology that integrates sol-enhanced and pulse current electrodeposition techniques. The investigation examined the surface morphology and intrinsic properties of Co–Ni–TiO2 coatings, revealing the significant influence of pulse duty cycle variations on the characteristics of coatings. A detailed analysis indicates that a pulse duty cycle of 0.4 optimized the coating’s performance, offering superior attributes compared to other duty cycle settings. The study elucidates that lower duty cycles foster hydrogen evolution reactions on the cathode surface, culminating in the formation of a porous, needle-like coating structure. Conversely, higher duty cycles are found to mitigate the effects of material replenishment, thereby affecting the coating’s quality and performance. The findings of this investigation not only shed light on the critical relationship between the pulse duty cycle and the properties of Co–Ni–TiO2 coatings but also lay a foundational framework for the further refinement and optimization of these coatings for advanced applications.
The role of coarticulatory tonal information in Cantonese spoken word recognition: an eye-tracking study
Authors: Qin Zhen , Zhang Jingwei
Published: June 2024

Previous eye-tracking studies suggest listeners closely track coarticulatory segmental information to facilitate spoken word recognition. In tonal languages such as Cantonese, the F0 value of high-level and rising tones is higher when preceding a low tone than preceding a high tone. Given the tonal coarticulation effect in Cantonese, this study used a printed-word version of the visual-world eye-tracking paradigm to investigate Macau Cantonese listeners’ real-time processing of coarticulatory information through two types of word pairings, in which target words and competitor words are either matched or mismatched in coarticulatory pattern (i.e., preceding a low or high tone). The results of the growth curve analysis on the difference between target and competitor fixations show that a fixation advantage of target words increases more quickly over time in the mismatch condition than in the match condition. The overall findings suggest that native listeners closely attend to the coarticulatory tonal information to facilitate lexical activation during moment-by-moment processing. Since the mechanisms of the coarticulatory effect may differ between segments and lexical tones, this research calls for further eye-tracking studies that manipulate coarticulation cues in segmental and suprasegmental domains.
Digital-SMLM for precisely localizing emitters within the diffraction limit
Authors: Jia Zhe , Zhou Lingxiao , Li Haoyu , Ni Jielei , Chen Danni , Guo Dongfei , Cao Bo , Liu Gang , Liang Guotao , Zhou Qianwen , Yuan Xiaocong , Ni Yanxiang
Published: June 2024

Precisely pinpointing the positions of emitters within the diffraction limit is crucial for quantitative analysis or molecular mechanism investigation in biomedical research but has remained challenging unless exploiting single molecule localization microscopy (SMLM). Via integrating experimental spot dataset with deep learning, we develop a new approach, Digital-SMLM, to accurately predict emitter numbers and positions for sub-diffraction-limit spots with an accuracy of up to 98 % and a root mean square error as low as 14 nm. Digital-SMLM can accurately resolve two emitters at a close distance, e.g. 30 nm. Digital-SMLM outperforms Deep-STORM in predicting emitter numbers and positions for sub-diffraction-limited spots and recovering the ground truth distribution of molecules of interest. We have validated the generalization capability of Digital-SMLM using independent experimental data. Furthermore, Digital-SMLM complements SMLM by providing more accurate event number and precise emitter positions, enabling SMLM to closely approximate the natural state of high-density cellular structures.
Magneto-plasmonic “switch” device for magnetic field detection
Authors: Bsawmaii Laure , Giraud Pascal , El Haber Gerges , Halagacka Lukas , Chatelon Jean-Pierre , Jamon Damien , Jourlin Yves , Royer François
Published: June 2024

This paper introduces a novel class of low-loss and cost-effective optical planar structures tailored for magnetic detection applications. These structures represent unconventional magneto-plasmonic devices specifically optimized for an ‘optical switch’ configuration. The structure consists of a 1D deep sinusoidal gold grating covered by a thin cobalt layer. In this unique arrangement, the excited plasmon induces a high-contrast switching phenomenon between the reflected free space intensity of specular (0th) and −1st diffracted orders, sensitive to any transverse magnetic fields applied to the cobalt layer. The use of these two distinct diffracted orders induces differential measurements, effectively mitigating common drift and perturbations. This innovative approach results in an enhanced detection sensitivity, showcasing the potential of these structures for advanced magnetic field sensing applications.
The crystal structure of 1-cyclohexyl-3-(p-tolyl)urea, C14H20N2O
Authors: Dou Jiayuan , Tang Wenqiang , Gao Yanrong
Published: June 2024

C14H20N2O, monoclinic, P21/c (no. 14), a = 12.6793(11) Å, b = 9.0970(7) Å, c = 11.4964(10) Å, β = 98.008(8)°, V = 1,313.11(19) Å3, Z = 4, R

gt
(F) = 0.0585, wR

ref
(F
2) = 0.1595, T = 293 K.
The crystal structure of ethyl 3-(1-methyl-1H-indole-2-carbonyl)-2-phenylquinoline-4-carboxylate, C28H22N2O3
Authors: Wang Mengdan , Wang Junling , Zhou Yinhai , Li Jianyue , Han Zhenquan , Wang Jinlong , Ma Jun-Ying
Published: June 2024

C28H22N2O3, triclinic, P

1
‾

$\overline{1}$

(no. 2), a = 9.7431(6) Å, b = 12.2795(6) Å, c = 12.6009(6) Å, α =71.454(2)°, β =68.694(2)°, γ=72.563(2)°, V = 1,302.36(12) Å3, Z = 2, Rgt
(F) = 0.0655, wRref
(F
2) = 0.1988, T = 293(2) K.
The crystal structure of 1,4-bis(1H-imidazol-3-ium-1-yl)benzene dinitrate, C12H12N4
2+·2(NO3
−)
Authors: An Hangyi , Wang Xiaoli , Wang Airong , Shi Zhongfeng , Li Jiaming
Published: June 2024

[H2(C12H10N4)]2+·2(NO3)−, monoclinic, P21/c (no. 14), a = 3.6937(3) Å, b = 15.5641(10) Å, c = 12.3322(8) Å, β = 93.201(7)°, V = 707.86(9) Å3, Z = 2, R

gt
(F) = 0.0377, wR

ref
(F
2) = 0.1076, T = 298.15 K.
Ultrasound-guided radiofrequency ablation combined with puncture and aspiration for intrauterine treatment of fetal sacrococcygeal cystic solid teratoma: a case report and literature review
Authors: Zou Qingguo , Kan Guangjuan , Han Yutian , Wang Minyan , Fu Xiaofeng , Liu Shanshan , Ye Jingjing , Xiang Qingyi , Luo Qiong , Zhu Jiang
Published: June 2024

Objectives

To explore the value of ultrasound-guided radiofrequency ablation combined with puncture and aspiration in the intrauterine treatment of fetal sacrococcygeal cystic and solid teratoma.

Case presentation

A 27-year-old pregnant woman was diagnosed with a cystic and solid tumor in the fetal sacrococcygeal region at 25 weeks of gestation. As the tumor grew, our clinical team creatively performed ultrasound-guided radiofrequency ablation combined with puncture and aspiration at 28 weeks of gestation, followed by puncture and aspiration only at 32 weeks of gestation, to reduce the tumor volume and control its growth rate. The fetus grew safely to term and underwent surgical excision of the tumor after 7 days of birth with a favorable prognosis.

Conclusions

Ultrasound-guided radiofrequency ablation combined with puncture and aspiration is a safe and effective method for the treatment of fetal sacrococcygeal cystic-solid teratoma.
Phytochemicals as potential active principal components for formulation of alternative antifungal remedies against Trichophyton spp.: a systematic review
Authors: Zhou Rudo , Dzomba Pamhidzai , Gwatidzo Luke
Published: June 2024

In this age of emergent resistance to antimicrobial agents, pathogenic fungi are not an exception. Diverse strategies have been implemented to curb rampant fungal infections including screening new drugs and stewardship programs. A plethora of recent studies have proved that phytochemicals are efficacious against pathogenic fungi and have potent antifungal activity. This review examines the use of phytochemicals as possible alternative antifungal agents against dermatophytes particularly Trichophyton spp. Literature search was done using three search engines namely Google Scholar, PubMed and Science Direct limited to the year 2019–2023 only. A total of 30 articles were included and 48 plant extracts were evaluated. The major phytochemicals that proved to be potent antifungals both in vitro and in vivo were terpenoids and phenolics. The antifungal potential of phyto-compounds was significantly elevated by incarnation with nanotechnology. Although much has been done in screening of herbal extracts as possible antifungal agents huge gaps still exist on full characterization of all active herbal extracts with antifungal potential especially against resistant strains, together with their mechanism of action, formulation of pharmaceutical dosage forms and clinical trials.
Par-delà règles et licences : les ajustements perspectifs dans la controverse Bassi-Tibaldi (1569–1572)
Authors: Farhat Georges
Published: June 2024

This article revisits the controversy reported on in Martino Bassi’s 1572 Dispareri, a pamphlet denouncing Pellegrino Tibaldi’s noncompliance with rules of perspective and architecture in adapting Milan Duomo to the requirements of Tridentine Reform. The inquiry involves a social, material, and technical approach to both the pamphlet and the Annunciation relief that lies at the heart of the controversy. Along with showing inconsistencies and deceit in Bassi’s account, this study explores the widespread, yet unconceptualized practice of perspectival adjustments that mediates conflicts between optics and geometry in image making. Findings suggest new ways to revise traditional understandings of naturalism in art history all while contributing to the historiography of perspective.
Trinitarian Theology, Neapolitan Painting: Paolo De Matteis and Francesco Solimena
Authors: Hansen Morten Steen
Published: June 2024

In early eighteenth-century Naples, Paolo De Matteis created a series of frescoes featuring the Trinity in imitation of a mural at the Escorial by his former teacher, Luca Giordano. By showing the Trinity with its patrilinear procession from the Father to the Son, the younger artist could claim an artistic lineage in competition with Francesco Solimena. De Matteis’s and Solimena’s Trinitarian murals reveal theological disagreements between religious orders in Naples. An unknown drawing in the Seattle Art Museum can be associated with De Matteis’s group of works.
Relationships Between Physical Ability Test Performance and Fitness in Recruits From a Southeastern U.S. Police Department
Authors: Lockie Robert G. , Orr Robin M. , Sanchez Kristine J. , Gonzales Stephen M. , Viramontes Erika , Kennedy Kelly , Dawes J. Jay
Published: June 2024

Lockie, RG, Orr, RM, Sanchez, KJ, Gonzales, SM, Viramontes, E, Kennedy, K, and Dawes, JJ. Relationships between physical ability test performance and fitness in recruits from a southeastern U.S. police department. J Strength Cond Res 38(8): 1472–1478, 2024—Police recruit occupational ability may be predicted by a physical ability test (PAT). This study determined relationships between a department-specific PAT and fitness test performance among police recruits. Retrospective analysis was conducted on recruit data (1,069 men and 404 women) from one department collected during 2005–2009 and 2016–2020. The following data were provided: grip strength; sit-and-reach; 60-second push-ups; 60-second sit-ups; 2.4-km run; and the PAT. The PAT involved exiting a vehicle and opening the trunk; running ∼201 m; completing an obstacle course; dragging a 68-kg dummy 31 m; completing an obstacle course and running ∼201 m; dry firing a weapon 6 times with each hand; and trunk item placement and vehicle reentry. Relationships between the PAT and fitness tests were measured by partial correlations and stepwise linear regression, both controlling for sex. The PAT was completed in a mean time of 4:16 ± 1:07 minutes:seconds. The PAT significantly (p < 0.001) related to all fitness tests. Moderate relationships were found for push-ups (r = −0.35), sit-ups (r = −0.41), and the 2.4-km run (r = −0.43). Small relationships were found with grip strength (r = −0.19) and the sit-and-reach (r = −0.17). The final regression model, which included sex and all fitness tests except the sit-and-reach, explained ∼53% of the variance. Sex and the 2.4-km run explained ∼47% of the variance. Aerobic fitness appeared to have the greatest impact on PAT performance, which may have related to the PAT design and duration. Tasks completed in succession, and the use of a relatively light dummy, may stress aerobic fitness and muscular endurance to a greater extent.
Acute Upper-Body and Lower-Body Neuromuscular Fatigue Effect on Baseball Pitchers' Velocity: A Pilot Study
Authors: Tremblay Mathieu , Anderson Sirois Samuel , Verville William , Auger Mathis , Abboud Jacques , Descarreaux Martin
Published: June 2024

Tremblay, M, Anderson Sirois, S, Verville, W, Auger, M, Abboud, J, and Descarreaux, M. Acute upper-body and lower-body neuromuscular fatigue effect on baseball pitchers’ velocity: A pilot study. J Strength Cond Res 38(8): 1447–1452, 2024—The purpose of this pilot study was to explore the acute effect of upper-body and lower-body neuromuscular fatigue protocols on baseball pitchers' velocity. Sixteen baseball pitchers were recruited, and a crossover design was used to meet the study purpose. Pitchers were tested twice, 7 days apart, with their upper-body and lower-body explosiveness, pitching velocity, and muscle soreness perception of their throwing arm (forearm flexors, biceps, anterior deltoid, and upper trapezius muscles) assessed before and after an upper-body and lower-body neuromuscular fatigue protocol. Two-way analysis of variances and paired t tests (p < 0.05) were used to identify and compare prescores and postscores. Following both fatigue protocols, results revealed a significant decrease in time for pitching velocity (p = 0.005, ηp2 = 0.462), and increases in muscle soreness perception of the forearm flexors (p = 0.005, ηp2 = 0.470), anterior deltoid (p = 0.045, ηp2 = 0.274), and upper trapezius (p = 0.023, ηp2 = 0.339) muscles. Paired t test results showed a significant decrease in preneuromuscular and postneuromuscular fatigue protocol in the upper-body (p < 0.01) and lower-body (p < 0.01) explosiveness scores. These pilot study results show the impact of different exercise protocols on pitchers' explosiveness, velocity, and muscle soreness perception emphasizing the need for further investigation into the acute effect of exercise targeting the upper or lower-body on pitching performance, specifically at the pitcher's position.
Brain Network Interconnectivity Dynamics Explain Metacognitive Differences in Listening Behavior
Authors: Alavash Mohsen , Obleser Jonas
Published: June 2024

Complex auditory scenes pose a challenge to attentive listening, rendering listeners slower and more uncertain in their perceptual decisions. How can we explain such behaviors from the dynamics of cortical networks that pertain to the control of listening behavior? We here follow up on the hypothesis that human adaptive perception in challenging listening situations is supported by modular reconfiguration of auditory–control networks in a sample ofN = 40 participants (13 males) who underwent resting-state and task functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Individual titration of a spatial selective auditory attention task maintained an average accuracy of ∼70% but yielded considerable interindividual differences in listeners’ response speed and reported confidence in their own perceptual decisions. Whole-brain network modularity increased from rest to task by reconfiguring auditory, cinguloopercular, and dorsal attention networks. Specifically, interconnectivity between the auditory network and cinguloopercular network decreased during the task relative to the resting state. Additionally, interconnectivity between the dorsal attention network and cinguloopercular network increased. These interconnectivity dynamics were predictive of individual differences in response confidence, the degree of which was more pronounced after incorrect judgments. Our findings uncover the behavioral relevance of functional cross talk between auditory and attentional-control networks during metacognitive assessment of one's own perception in challenging listening situations and suggest two functionally dissociable cortical networked systems that shape the considerable metacognitive differences between individuals in adaptive listening behavior.
Regional COVID-19 cases and Bitcoin volatility: Assessment through the Markov switching prism
Authors: Phan Dat Minh , Hoang Sinh Duc , Duy Dao Tung , Pham Tien Phat
Published: June 2024

The 21st century has become the century of technology, which has spread to the currency market, presenting the international economic system with a new challenge – the challenge created by digital currency, which has determined a change in the rules of operation in the market. The main property of cryptocurrencies in general, and Bitcoin in particular, is constant volatility and mutual sensitivity to each other. This article aims to analyze the cryptocurrency market landscape from both short-term and long-term perspectives. Additionally, the article seeks to quantitatively assess the contradictions, trends, and patterns of price volatility in Bitcoin by employing the framework of Markov switching during the period spanning from 2020 to 2022. The Markov switching model was used in the study. In this study, the factors influencing volatility on different modes of the Markov switch are the COVID-19 pandemic and the Pearson correlation statistical method. The Chisquared test was estimated to identify the connection between Bitcoin volatility switching modes and the COVID-19 pandemic spread. This analysis enables international investors to diversify with maximum efficiency and returns using available hedging tools. However, several open questions remain for future research. Future studies can analyze different cryptocurrencies’ volatility. This research helps to assess the nature of the relationship of cryptocurrencies in statistics (the correlation of cryptocurrencies as of December 1, 2021, when no significant events in the financial market and political upheavals were recorded) and dynamics (the Markov switching models for the postpandemic period of 2020–2022). The article contributes to understanding the interdependence and sensitivity of different cryptocurrencies in relation to each other.
Modernism as Liberation: J. Max Bond Jr. at Mississippi’s Mary Holmes College
Authors: Goldstein Brian D.
Published: June 2024

From early in his career, J. Max Bond Jr. (1935–2009) brought the civil rights movement to bear on architecture, insisting that modernism live up to its promise to build a better world. Exemplary of this effort was the first completed work of Bond Ryder Associates, the Neigh Dormitory (1968–70) at Mary Holmes College in West Point, Mississippi. This article offers a close reading of this overlooked project in the context of Bond’s own encounters with modern architecture as an African American, the realities of Mississippi in the 1960s, and the experiences of the students who made this dorm their home. It contends that Bond Ryder shaped a liberatory modernism here especially focused on the freedom and self-determination of the dorm’s Black residents amid ongoing racial violence. In doing so, the article provides a novel perspective on the role that architecture played as a force for racial equality and that, in turn, the long civil rights movement played in shaping architectural modernism. While modern architecture had caused much harm by midcentury, this dorm’s history reveals an unexpected source for the rejuvenation of modernism’s social promise: the long struggle for racial justice.
Fatores associados à completude vacinal contra hepatite B entre profissionais de saúde da atenção primária
Authors: Gomes Cecília Natielly da Silva , Mâcedo Danielle Nedson Rodrigues de , Feitosa Luany do Nascimento , Silva Emanoelle Fernandes , Magalhães Maria Laura de Lima Brito , Martins Breno Dias de Oliveira , Magalhães Rosilane de Lima Brito
Published: June 2024

Objetivo: analisar os fatores associados à completude vacinal contra a hepatite B entre profissionais de saúde da atenção primária. Métodos: pesquisa transversal analítica envolvendo trabalhadores de saúde da atenção primária com aplicação de instrumento, verificação do cartão de vacina e coleta de sangue para a detecção dos marcadores sorológicos. Resultados: a prevalência da completude vacinal foi 108 (68,5%). Estiveram associadas significativamente (p<0,05) a uma redução da prevalência de completude vacinal as cores de pele branca, parda e amarela, e ter mais de um vínculo empregatício. Ter ensino médio/técnico ou superior/especialização foram fatores que aumentaram a completude vacinal. Conclusão: a completude vacinal foi satisfatória, em decorrência da elevada prevalência. Fatores sociais, como a cor da pele e a escolaridade, assim como o número de vínculos empregatícios, exerceram influência na completude vacinal. Contribuições para a prática: o estudo pode orientar práticas e intervenções na área da saúde, visando a promoção da saúde dos trabalhadores da atenção primária.
Determinants of Voluntary Compliance on A Changing Tax Policy
Authors: Cahyonowati Nur , Ratmono Dwi , Dewayanto Totok
Published: June 2024

Purpose: This study aims to examine the effect of trust, power, procedural fairness, distributive fairness, tax morale, and tax complexity on voluntary compliance. This study is conducted in an environment where taxpayers have to adopt new practices in tax reporting.Method: This study applied a survey of staff and lecturers in one of the state universities in Semarang, Central Java. The questionnaires were distributed online. The final sample comprised 165 participants. The regression model will be analyzed using SmartPLS.Findings: The results suggested that procedural fairness, distributive fairness, and tax morale had a significant role to achieve voluntary compliance. However, this study failed to provide empirical evidence about the effect of trust, power, and tax complexity on voluntary compliance.Novelty: The dynamic at the organizational level has brought consequences for the members of the organization. The consequence includes a practical change in tax reporting i.e. from zero payment in tax returns to underpayment in tax returns. Under this background, this study investigates voluntary compliance and its determinants. The investigation is important since the practical changes in tax reporting tend to increase the tax burden, which could promote tax evasion.
Decentralisation and Ethnic Politics: A Reflection of Two Decades of Indonesia’s Decentralisation
Authors: Mukrimin Mukrimin
Published: June 2024

This article aims to examine what Indonesia has achieved in the last decades of decentralisation. In other words, has decentralisation brought about what its prominent advocators yearned for? How do “decentralisers”-- supporters and prominent advocators of local autonomy - play their roles in re-actualising or reinventing their local identities? How has local identity emerged within the state’s territory? Empirically, most new splitting regions (pemekaran) (both province and district) are formed through mobilisation of etnhnic and religious sentiments. Specifically, ethnic politics continue to contribute to the development of the West Sulawesi. Decentralisation, at the changing political landscape, has been seen as a new opportunity and arena for local elites to compete against others to control the local governments.
The Benefits of Conditional Cash Transfers: Learning from the Recipients of PKH Aid in Alor, East Nusa Tenggara
Authors: Setiadi Setiadi
Published: June 2024

Conditional cash transfers in Indonesia is better known as the Keluarga Harapan Program (PKH). This program offers aid to poor members of society and is intended to break the poverty cycle through education and healthcare. This aid is granted continuously, with certain conditions that must be met by recipients. The question is to what extent usage patterns are linked to the program's conditioning and its social function for recipients, and how local contexts influence the program's institutional and functional conditioning. This conditioning and usage patterns cannot be separated from the social, ecological, and economic conditions of the local community. After making the desire changes to social welfare, this aid has other effects, particularly as related to social aspects. These involve the usage patterns and strategies of aid recipients in adapting the aid programs implemented by the government for community members who live in poverty. As such, this article is hoped to provide a better understanding and ease interpretation of the topic. Data for this research was collected from four villages in East Nusa Tenggara using qualitative methods (observation, interviews, FGDs) and an MSC approach. Â Bantuan tunai bersyarat di Indonesia lebih dikenal dengan Program Keluarga Harapan (PKH). Program ini memberikan bantuan pada kelompok masyarakat paling miskin dengan tujuan memutus rantai kemiskinan melalui aspek pendidikan dan kesehatan. Bantuan ini diberikan secara berkelanjutan dengan kondisi yang harus dipatuhi oleh penerima.Pertanyaannya adalah bagaimana pola pemanfaatan bantuan berkaitan dengan pengkondisian program PKH dan bagaimana fungsi sosial bantuan tersebut terhadap pesertanya. Bagaimana pengaruh konteks lokalÂ  bagi pengkondisian aspek sosial yang meliputi kelembagaan dan fungsional program. Pengkondisian ini berkaitan erat dengan pola pemanfaatan bantuan dan tidak bisa dilepaskan dari kondisi ekonomi, ekologis dan sosial masyarakat setempat. Kemudian selain membawa perubahan dan kesejahteraan yang diharapkan bantuan ini ternyata juga membawa dampak lain, terutama berkaitan dengan aspek sosial. Dampak ini berkaitan dengan pola pemanfaatan dan strategi penerima bantuan dalam rangka adaptasi terhadap sebuah program yang diterapkan oleh pemerintah kepada masyarakat sangat miskin. Oleh sebab itu tulisan ini diharapkan memberi gambaran yang menambah pemahaman dan penafsiran yang berkaitan dengan topik tersebut. Data dalam penelitian ini dikumpulkan dari empat desa di NNT dengan metode kualitatif antara lain observasi, wawancara, dan FGD dengan pendekatan MSC.
The Aural Experience of Laughing and the Sociality of Sound (Re)Production in Communication
Authors: Rosyid Nur , Laksita Dhimas Unggul
Published: June 2024

This paper explores laugh as an aural and hearing experience in our everyday communication. So far, most of studies understood laugher by its causality explanation and has been paying less attention to the context that laughter is a form of non-verbal and aural experience. We assume that laughter has certain indexicality dimension and social significance to convey meanings and certain sociality in communication. This research tries to develop the method to use audio/ sound in research and how it will be presented in our academic writing and discourses. This study uses ethnographic methods to emphasize the direct subject participation by recording the conversation process. After that, these recordings are transformed into phonography—since this transcription itself is problematic—to understand the intentions and attentions of laughter as well as to decipher the meaning of sound. The results show that laughter has an indexicality dimension to convey implicit meaning. It appears from the intentions of laugh level present(ed) in each specific moment in communication. As we found in some cases, there are different levels of intention to provoke particular attention: audience’s sign to the performer, lessen the formality in a formal meeting, mediating and recalling memory in everyday conversation, and the intention to make friends. Therefore, laugh has different social significances and intentions in everyday interaction and communication. It is not only serve as the sound of liberation or something to make someone feels freer.
Theorizing Internet, Religion and Post Truth: an Article Review
Authors: Alimi Moh Yasir
Published: June 2024

Landscape of Indonesian politics is overshadowed by wide and massive distribution of hoaxes and bullshits. This article reviews 70 latest articles to answer the following questions: what is underlying behind massive distribution of hoaxes? Why do many Indonesian educated publics believe and share hoaxes?Â  Why are there more religion-based hoaxes than science or economy sciences based hoaxes in Indonesia? The author finds that the massive distribution of hoaxes and their easy acceptance by Indonesian publics reveals the emergence of post truth, a mind set where emotion is regarded to be more important than fact, evidence, or truth. In religius context, post truth illustrates the distribution of banal religion, un-verified forms religious interpretation, in internet and social media. Political competition during the presidential election accelerates the distribution of religion-based hoaxes.
Thermal expansion of amorphous chalcogenide materials around their glass transition temperature
Authors: Tsyhyka V.V. , Chychura I.I. , Rubish V.M. , Meshko R.O.
Published: June 2024

The patterns of thermal expansion of chalcogenide materials in the temperature range from room temperature to the beginning of deformation of the samples under the action of the measured force of the dilatometer cell were investigated. Above the glass transition temperature, the coefficient of linear thermal expansion of stabilized samples increases dramatically. For tempered glasses, the course of the temperature dependences of the relative elongation of the samples significantly depends on their thermal history and is of a complex nature. According to dilatometric measurements, the characteristic temperatures of the glass transition interval were determined, a qualitative assessment of structural changes was made depending on the temperature-time regimes of synthesis and annealing of chalcogenide glasses.
The Color of Togetherness: A Theoretical Contribution to the Research on Color Effects
Authors: Gierl Heribert
Published: June 2024

The purpose of this paper is twofold. The first purpose is to contribute to knowledge about the effect of color on brand attitude in a specific case of advertising: the coloration of ads that promote togetherness or avoidance of loneliness. We found that reddish coloration is associated with the feeling of togetherness when compared to blueish coloration and natural color. The second purpose is more methodological. Since Cohn’s publication, 130 years of academic research on color effects have resulted in thausands of papers. Many authors in this field regret that the assumptions of most work are based on intuition and that researchers have presented a wealth of data based on colorimetic designs but have not provided generalizable findings. This problem arises from the fact that authors do not derive hypotheses from specific color theories or general psychological theories before conducting empirical work. For the case of colors in a togetherness/loneliness situation, we show that schema-congruity/incongruity theory, the hiercharcial-network model from schema theory, and regulatory-fit theory in combination with insights about the promotion or prevention orientation of colors enable the development of hypotheses. This article therefore also contributes to research into color effects by providing a perspective on how more theory-based research can be carried out.