bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Proteomic analysis of exosomes secreted during the epithelial-mesenchymal transition and potential biomarkers of mesenchymal high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma
Authors: Ferreira Germano Aguiar , Thomé Carolina Hassibe , Izumi Clarice , Grassi Mariana Lopes , Lanfredi Guilherme Pauperio , Smolka Marcus , Faça Vitor Marcel , Candido dos Reis Francisco José
Published: November 2023

Background

The epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) promotes cell signaling and morphology alterations, contributing to cancer progression. Exosomes, extracellular vesicles containing proteins involved in cell-cell communication, have emerged as a potential source of biomarkers for several diseases.

Methods

Our aim was to assess the proteome content of exosomes secreted after EMT-induction to identify potential biomarkers for ovarian cancer classification. EMT was induced in the ovarian cancer cell line CAOV3 by treating it with EGF (10 ng/mL) for 96 h following 24 h of serum deprivation. Subsequently, exosomes were isolated from the supernatant using selective centrifugation after decellularization, and their characteristics were determined. The proteins present in the exosomes were extracted, identified, and quantified using Label-Free-Quantification (LFQ) via Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). To identify potential biomarkers, the obtained proteomic data was integrated with the TGGA database for mRNA expression using principal component analysis and a conditional inference tree.

Results

The exosomes derived from CAOV3 cells exhibited similar diameter and morphology, measuring approximately 150 nm, regardless of whether they were subjected to EMT stimulation or not. The proteomic analysis of proteins from CAOV3-derived exosomes revealed significant differential regulation of 157 proteins, with 100 showing upregulation and 57 downregulation upon EMT induction. Further comparison of the upregulated proteins with the TCGA transcriptomic data identified PLAU, LAMB1, COL6A1, and TGFB1 as potential biomarkers of the mesenchymal HGSOC subtype.

Conclusions

The induction of EMT, the isolation of exosomes, and the subsequent proteomic analysis highlight potential biomarkers for an aggressive ovarian cancer subtype. Further investigation into the role of these proteins is warranted to enhance our understanding of ovarian cancer outcomes.
EZH2 K63-polyubiquitination affecting migration in extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma
Authors: Li Boheng , Zhou Qidi , Wan Qin , Qiao Xuan , Chen Shangying , Zhou Jianbiao , Wuxiao Zhijun , Luo Lei , Ng Siok-Bian , Li Jieping , Chng Wee-Joo
Published: November 2023

Background

Overexpressed EZH2 is oncogenically involved in the pathogenesis of different cancerous contexts including extranodal natural killer/T cell lymphoma (ENKTL). However, the underlying mechanisms of EZH2 upregulation have not been fully clarified and it is still difficult to target EZH2 in ENKTL.

Results

Current study identifies an E3 ligase TRIP12 that triggers K63-linked polyubiquitination of EZH2 in ENKTL and unexpectedly, stabilizes EZH2. As determined by gene expression profiling (GEP), TRIP12 and EZH2 levels correlate with each other in ENKTL patient samples. Aided by quantitative mass spectrometry (MS) and follow-up analysis, we identify K634 as the ubiquitination site of EZH2. Further study confirms that TRIP12-mediated EZH2 K634 ubiquitination enhances the interaction between EZH2 and SUZ12 or CDK1 and increases the level of EZH2 T487 phosphorylation. This study further demonstrates the TRIP12-EZH2 signaling might be regulated by cytoplasmic HSP60. Importantly, the TRIP12-EZH2 axis mediates ENKTL cell migration via accelerating epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT). Moreover, our study finds out dexamethasone treatment manipulates TRIP12-EZH2 signaling and may represent a novel therapeutic strategy against ENKTL metastasis.

Conclusions

Altogether, TRIP12 induces K63-linked site-specific polyubiquitination of EZH2 for stabilization, which promotes ENKTL cell migration and could be targeted by dexamethasone treatment.
Numerical and Experimental Behavior of Two-Story Confined Masonry Structure Subjected to Cyclic Loads
Authors: El-Diasity Mosaad , Salah Sayed , El-Hariri Mohamed O. R. , Gamal Amr A. , Elsalakawy Tarik S.
Published: November 2023

This research presents the numerical and experimental results of lateral cyclic loading applied on a two-story confined masonry structure utilizing local materials and standards. Two half-scale confined masonry structures were constructed using clay masonry units, confining columns, tie beams, and reinforced concrete slabs. The assemblies were tested up to failure using a displacement controlled loading methodology under vertical self-weight and lateral reversed cyclic loading. The walls of the assemblies have varying perforations (solid / windows / doors) to examine the influence of perforation on in-plane and out-of-plane performance. A strengthened assembly with an exterior layer of ferrocement has been used and this suggested upgrading approach enhanced the lateral resistance of the confined assembly by about (61–95%) while improving ductility and total energy absorbed by 27%. The maximum lateral drift at failure have been decreased to (23–31%), however the corresponding load for the first visible fracture have been raised by (150–175%). Furthermore, total failure has been delayed for the strengthened walls (all sides, particularly the perforated sides). Comparing distorted forms, fracture patterns, and capacity curves of finite element models included in this research yielded excellent agreement.
Koryŏ inlay celadon from Taicang Port of the Yuan Dynasty, China
Authors: Chang Dongxue , Zhang Zhiqing , Li Xiaoshuang , Zhang Liangren
Published: November 2023

Inlay celadon was a type of high-end ceramics of the Koryŏ dynasty (918–1392 AD) produced in the Korean Peninsula. It was conveyed to China during the Yuan dynasty (1279–1368 AD) as tribute or trade goods. In this study, the authors analyzed six samples of inlay celadon recently discovered at the prosperous Taicang Port of the Yuan and Ming dynasties in the lower Yangtze River, China. With scanning electron microscopy coupled with energy dispersive spectroscopy (SEM–EDS) and X-ray diffraction (XRD), the authors investigated the production technique, and compositional characteristics of these samples for the purpose of tracking their provenances. While the bodies are made of porcelain stone, the glazes are of porcelain stone and calcium-rich flux. The white inlay material in these samples is kaolinite-dominant, and the black one is made of quartz with high Fe content or a compound of quartz and raw materials with high Fe content. The results link the samples uncovered at the Taicang Port to the Samhǔngni Kiln in Kangjin-gun and the Uch'ǒlli and Chinsǒri Kilns in Buan-gun in Southern Korea. The products from these kilns were shipped to China in several shipments.
Corrosion of carbon steel rebar in binary blended concrete with accelerated chloride transport
Authors: Hoque Kazi Naimul , Presuel-Moreno Francisco , Nazim Manzurul
Published: November 2023

Samples with two different binary blended concrete mixes were prepared, one containing cement replacement of 50% slag (referred here as SL mix) and the other containing cement replacement of 20% fly ash (termed here as FA mix). The water to cementitious ratio used to produce concrete specimens was 0.41. On the top surface of each specimen, various reservoir lengths that ranged from 2.5 cm to 17.5 cm were fitted, and these reservoirs were filled with a 10% NaCl solution. Electromigration was used to accelerate the transport of chlorides, with an applied potential of 9 V at first, and subsequently reduced to 3 V after about a week. The electromigration was applied for a short period (few weeks to a couple of months). For a period of about 1100 days, the corrosion related parameters such as concrete solution resistance, rebar potential, and corrosion current were monitored via the rebar potential measurements, linear polarization resistance (LPR) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) measurements, the latter used only to obtain the solution resistance. The corrosion current values determined through experimental observations were then converted to mass loss using Faraday’s law. The readings of corrosion current values (last 7 sets of readings) as well as the calculated mass loss values were found to be larger for the rebars embedded in specimens prepared with SL mix, followed by rebars embedded in specimens prepared with FA mix. Corrosion current and calculated mass loss values in general tended to increase with increasing solution reservoir lengths. No cracks or corrosion products that reached the surface of the concrete were observed on the specimens for the duration of the reported monitored propagation period. This study offers a framework for future studies on accelerated steel corrosion in concrete.
NoOnesRose: An Interview with Pierre Joris
Authors: Bernstein Charles
Published: November 2023

Pierre Joris discusses his literary journey from Luxembourg to Bard College to Algeria to Paris and London and finally New York. Joris focuses on his translation of Paul Celan, his engagement with the poetry of the Maghreb (culminating in his coediting of The University of California Book of North African Literature, volume 4 of Poems for the Millennium), and the importance of French poet Edmond Jabès. He goes on to address his choice to write in his fourth language, English, and the formative readings of American poetry and his connection to some of the New American Poets of the generation older than him. In the course of the interview, Joris discusses his sense of a nomadic community—or perhaps better to say “negative” or “inoperable” community. Throughout, he comes back to his commitments to writing poetry and to translation as the core the practice of poetry.
The Darkness in the Poem, and the Light: Beyond Witness—the Visionary, Non-Soteriological Poetics of Paul Celan
Authors: Joris Pierre
Published: November 2023

Reflecting on a question posed to the author by the poet Gerrit Lansing concerning a possible soteriological dimension of Paul Celan's thought, this essay argues for Celan as a radically secular figure—revolutionary both politically and poetically—whose Jewishness was and remained an absolute for him, without this, however, having led to a retro-assimilation within a, or any, religious or theological stance. Using certain core images of Celan's poetry—his doors—and thinking their metaphoricity and polysemanticism through with the help of the painter Irving Petlin's series of works inspired by and reflecting on Celan's doors, the essay, after examining a range of critical takes on Celan—by the likes of Otto Pöggeler, George Steiner, Hans-Georg Gadamer, Jean Bollack, and others—comes to the conclusion that probably the only salvific quality for Celan lay in the act of writing itself, and was thus not a transcendental reach.
Computer Center Sabotage, 1968–1971: Luddism, Black Studies, and the Diversion of Technological Progress
Authors: Larson Max
Published: November 2023

Throughout the late 1960s and early 1970s students across the United States repeatedly seized and in some cases destroyed university computer centers. Supporters and detractors alike have tended to frame these incidents narrowly, in terms of a generalized war against technology. This essay offers a more expansive account, demonstrating that this brief yet intense rash of computer center sabotage was more complex and, frankly, more interesting than a bad case of technophobia. While it was clearly directed against computers, sabotage often had less to do with computerization itself than with imperialism and racial injustice. Saboteurs targeted computational collaborations with the Department of Defense, and they held computers hostage in exchange for increased support for Black students. This does not mean that computers themselves were irrelevant to computer center sabotage. Rather, it pushes us to rethink how computers and other technical devices become political objects.
From Transparency to Opacity
Authors: Diawara Manthia
Published: November 2023

Since 2015, Cheikh Ndiaye has been painting the most famous theaters between Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, and Dakar, Senegal, including their emblematic names: the Mansour, Liberté, VOG, Vox, ABC, Rio, the Medina, and Le Paris, et cetera. The artist’s obsessive paintings are without decorative or exotic intention. All of these movie houses stand, as if they were clichés of one another, as “realistic” representations of the chaos left behind by a foreclosed socialist utopia or a neo-liberal trash dump site; they interpellate the viewer/spectator. Cheikh Ndiaye’s paintings of old movie theaters are intriguing for more than one reason. They are as fascinating for the visual information they reveal as they are for what each painting seems to be hiding, or for the opacity it claims for itself. This essay provides a Glissantian reading of Ndiaye’s movie-theater paintings, not as transparent and nostalgic representations of iconic film houses, but as refigurations of landscape paintings. As Glissant puts it, landscape (le paysage) is not only a character on equal footing with the human and nonhuman species that occupy it in literature, paintings, and film; it has also become clear, for environmental and cultural reasons, that ignoring it risks undermining these art forms. Like Glissant, Ndiaye is revisiting the landscapes of closed movie-theaters for the purpose of reinvesting them with a new aesthetics, and a new way of visualizing the environment.
Development of motor activity in children 2-3 years old in the route game "Tourist path"
Authors: ILYINA GALINA V. , GORBUNOVA ZHANNA V. , SPASIBUKHOVA DIANA P. , POLYAKOVA YULIA A. , POZELOVA IRINA V.
Published: November 2023

Пособие адресовано педагогам дошкольного образования, специалистам, инструкторам по физической культуре учреждений дошкольного и дополнительного образования. Актуально для студентов направления подготовки 44.03.02 «Психолого-педагогическое образование», 44.03.05 «Педагогическое образование» очной и заочной формы обучения в ходе изучения дисциплин «Теории и технологии физического воспитания и развития детей раннего и дошкольного возраста», «Физкультурная деятельность детей в аспекте непрерывного образования», «Практикум по игровым технологиям», «Практикум по образовательной области «Физическое развитие». Удовлетворит требования педагогов дошкольных образовательных учреждений в систематизации планирования специально-организованной двигательной деятельности с детьми раннего возраста на основе маршрутной игры «Туристическая тропинка» с учетом интенсивности, тематики недели, этапов овладения детьми основных движений.
#NeverAgainMSD and the March for Our Lives Movement
Authors: Dziobak Marek
Published: November 2023

The United States gives citizens the right to own guns and has developed a specific culture of gun presence in everyday life. However, this privilege raises many controversies, and gun-related deaths are one of the most common causes of death in the U.S. Media often report on tragic shootings in the country. Nonetheless, there is still no clear regulation of legal issues in the field of gun control. This text is devoted to the issue of the March for Our Lives (MFOL) social movement created by a group of students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. The movement was established in response to a shooting that occurred at the school on February 14, 2018. The massacre caused shock almost all over the United States and gave rise to a series of great demonstrations in favor of gun control, which turned into the March For Our Lives social movement. Why did this movement appeared after the events at the Parkland school, and what was its formation like? Did the term “potential tipping point” in the context of gun control and MFOL come true? What is the balance between the organizers’ assumptions and the actual results? This text analyzes the events of 2018 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and attempts to answer the question about the essence of the March for Our Lives movement.
From Ipanema Across the Ocean – Brazil’s Image Abroad Through Music
Authors: Panek Carlos
Published: November 2023

Brazilian music carries strong characteristics of its people and has become one of the most recognizable features of the country abroad. In this study, I analyze how Brazil is pictured overseas by the means of music as an element of soft power of the country. Nonetheless, I bring attention to the importance of self-awareness of the Brazilian identity and its relations with the image that the country has abroad. I address the issue through analysis of the cases of Heitor Villa-Lobos, Carmem Miranda, bossa nova, and heavy metal. In this analysis, the role of the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is also taken into account. I suggest that Oswald de Andrade’s anthropophagic idea can apply to the reflections of Brazilians towards their image abroad.
Québec Separatism in the Polish Weekly Newspaper Czas [Polish Times]
Authors: Przygoda Kamila
Published: November 2023

Some processes in every country’s history are significant and well-known to any scholar who is interested in the subject. In the history of Canada, there are many processes of this kind, for example relations with the Indigenous People or attitude towards immigrants. Québec separatism is one of these processes. There are a lot of publications and vivid discussions about this issue, however, they lack opinions from ethnic groups other than English speakers. This paper presents the history of Québec separatism from 1960 to 1980 seen through the eyes of Poles in Canada and expressed in Czas [Polish Times] — a weekly newspaper published by the Polish Diaspora in Winnipeg, Manitoba, which is a city in the prairies distant from Québec and the second largest agglomeration of Poles in Canada after Toronto. Czas was the only newspaper in that area which shaped the opinions of Polish speakers. The author used content analysis to best show the various aspects of research. This paper aims to present different views on Québec separatism that changed over time from ignorance through compromise, warnings, and danger to the first separatist referendum in 1980. The elaboration proves that even though there were not many original articles about Québec separatism in Czas — many of them were reprints from other papers, the Polish Diaspora was involved in keeping Canada united. It was a result of devotion to the Land of Maple Leaf as well as a reflection of the situation in Poland.
Not All Shocks Are Created Equal: Assessing Heterogeneity in the Bank Lending Channel
Authors: Nogueira Gil , Farinha Luísa , Blattner Laura
Published: November 2023

We provide evidence that the yield impact of unconventional monetary policy is not a sufficient statistic to measure the strength of the bank lending channel of unconventional monetary policy. As a laboratory, we study three major positive events in the European sovereign debt crisis—the Greek debt restructuring (private sector involvement (PSI)), outright monetary transactions (OMT), and quantitative easing (QE)—using credit registry and security-level bank balance sheet data from Portugal, a country that was directly exposed to all three events. Even though the price of sovereign debt increased by substantially more after the PSI and OMT announcements, only QE led banks to reduce their net sovereign debt holdings and had statistically and economically significant effects on lending to firms and households. The differential effect on banks’ behavior reflects two forces. First, lower bank capitalization levels during the PSI and OMT episodes as well as disincentives to sell sovereign bonds because of their collateral value in the European Central Bank’s long-term refinancing operation facilities reduce the effectiveness of the recapitalization channel. Second, only QE involved direct asset purchases by the central bank and thereby induced a portfolio rebalancing channel from sovereign debt to loans.

This paper was accepted by Victoria Ivashina, finance.

Funding: The contribution by G. Nogueira to this paper has been prepared under the Lamfalussy Fellowship Program sponsored by the European Central Bank.

Supplemental Material: The online appendix and data files are available at https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2023.00104 .
Impacto da Ajuda Externa nas reformas neoliberais e democracia nos países Africanos - O Caso de Moçambique (1990-2016) | Impact of Foreign Aid on Democracy and Neoliberal Reforms in African Countries - The Case of Mozambique (1990-2016)
Authors: Fontes Policarpo Oscar
Published: November 2023

Neste trabalho analisa-se a relação entre a ajuda externa e reformas políticas nos países africanos de baixa renda com enfoque no estudo de caso de Moçambique, de 1990 até 2016. Este trabalho pretende refletir sobre a influência da ajuda externa no processo de democratização e boa governança. Argumenta-se que a ajuda externa por via de condicionalidades políticas tem impacto negativo na qualidade da democracia e boa governança nos países em desenvolvimento, em particular Moçambique. Para tal, analisa-se as condições pelas quais a ajuda externa afetou a trajetória democrática de Moçambique, desde a transição de sistema socialista para a democracia nos primórdios da década de 1990 até 2016.
Recebido em: 31 dez. 2021 | Aceito em 08 set. 2023.
Safeguards and the Nuclear-Powered Submarines of the NNWS: there is no gap; there is a first time | Submarinos de Propulsão Nuclear dos NNWS e as Salvaguardas da AIEA: Não Há Lacuna; Há Uma Primeira Vez
Authors: Silva Marcos Valle Machado da
Published: November 2023

Is there a gap in the Nuclear Weapons Nonproliferation Regime related to nuclear material for the propulsion of submarines by Non-nuclear Weapons States? This question arises with the steady advancement of the Brazilian nuclear-powered submarine program and within the AUKUS strategic partnership. This article argues that there is no such gap since the IAEA’s Comprehensive Safeguards Agreements (CSA) addresses this issue. What happens is that no Special Procedures models for this kind of nuclear material have yet been elaborated. The article proceeds in three steps. Firstly, it focuses on the discussion regarding the existence of such a gap. Then, it addresses the CSA signed by Australia and Brazil. The final remarks present the inferences regarding this kind of gap.
Received on: 30 Apr. 2023 | Accepted on: 18 Nov. 2023
Identifying and treating heart disease in Cavalier King Charles Spaniels
Authors: Pace Charlotte
Published: November 2023

Myxomatous mitral valve disease (MMVD) is the most common acquired heart disease in dogs. The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel is predisposed to myxomatous mitral valve disease and overrepresented in epidemiological studies. They are high risk for an early onset of the disease, and it is more likely to progress. The exact cause is unknown, which makes early diagnosis and treatment crucial. A consensus statement has been produced by the American College of Veterinary Medicine which has classified myxomatous mitral valve disease into four different stages and provides guidance on diagnosis and treatment. While treatment is now recommended at the preclinical phase of myxomatous mitral valve disease, time to cardiac death from the onset of heart failure remains at approximately 11–12 months. However, myxomatous mitral valve disease is a variable disease, and not all dogs will progress to heart failure.
Tele-Health Psychological Interventions in Breast Cancer at the Time of Coronavirus: A Narrative Review
Authors: Bertolucci Ilaria
Published: November 2023

Introduction: During the recent pandemic-related health emergency of COVID-19, the health system care has undergone several substantial and sudden changes to benefit the populations of patients affected by COVID-19 delaying the diagnosis and treatment of all other patients. One of the most vulnerable populations during this period was the oncological population. The use of telemedicine has become necessary to compensate for all this by forging medical and psychological support at a distance.

Objectives: The purpose of this narrative review is to offer an overview of the literature on present scientific papers regarding tele-health psychological interventions aimed at breast cancer patients during the pandemic period of COVID-19 and discussing the reported effects.

Methods: This narrative review has been realized through a revision of the scientific literature conducted from August to October 2023 using the following electronic databases: “PubMed”, “Science Direct” and “Google Scholar” typing keywords related to the pandemic period, breast cancer population and telehealth psychological interventions. For the evaluation of the effects of the interventions, the statistical indices of p-value and effect size measures were considered.

Results: Online mindfulness-based interventions have been found to be significant in reducing anxiety, depression and sleep problems, and in improving self-perception of body image, quality of life, and self-efficacy. No significant results are detected in the reduction of depression symptoms and stress levels between groups.

Discussions: Very limited studies investigated the topic. Further research is needed to better understand the efficacy of telepsychology during the pandemic period and deepen research in terms of other therapeutic approaches and other methods of treatment delivery. In addition, interventions based on a systemic approach, that involve both health care workers and caregivers, can be more effective for the overall well-being of breast cancer patients.
Derived Hecke action at p and the ordinary p -adic cohomology of arithmetic manifolds
Authors: Khare Chandrashekhar , Ronchetti Niccoló
Published: November 2023

Abstract: We study the derived Hecke action at $p$ on the ordinary $p$-adic cohomology of arithmetic subgroups of reductive groups ${\rm G}(\Bbb{Q})$. This is the analog at $\ell=p$ of derived Hecke actions studied by Venkatesh in the tame case, and is the derived analog of Hida's theory for ordinary Hecke algebras. We show that properties of the derived Hecke action at $p$ are related to deep conjectures in Galois cohomology which are higher analogs of the classical Leopoldt conjecture.
Asymptotic stability of solitary waves of the 3D quadratic Zakharov-Kuznetsov equation
Authors: Farah Luiz Gustavo , Holmer Justin , Roudenko Svetlana , Yang Kai
Published: November 2023

Abstract: We consider the quadratic Zakharov-Kuznetsov equation $$\partial_t u + \partial_x \Delta u + \partial_x u^2=0$$ on $\Bbb{R}^3$. A solitary wave solution is given by $Q(x-t,y,z)$, where $Q$ is the ground state solution to $-Q+\Delta Q+Q^2=0$. We prove the asymptotic stability of these solitary wave solutions. Specifically, we show that initial data close to $Q$ in the energy space, evolves to a solution that, as $t\to\infty$, converges to a rescaling and shift of $Q(x-t,y,z)$ in $L^2$ in a rightward shifting region $x>\delta t-\tan\theta\sqrt{y^2+z^2}$ for $0\leq\theta\leq{\pi\over 3}-\delta$.
“First in the Field”: Fashioning the Singular Identity of Harriet Boyd Hawes, Groundbreaking American Archaeologist
Authors: Bowers Jennifer
Published: November 2023

Abstract: American archaeologist Harriet Boyd Hawes was at the forefront of the discovery of the ancient Minoan civilization on Crete. Newspapers and periodicals on both sides of the Atlantic were fascinated with her excavation at Gournia, which they found particularly newsworthy because she was a woman. Boyd was not a passive recipient of the media’s portrayal, however, but actively developed her public persona. Press coverage from 1900 to 1910 reveals a preoccupation with framing Boyd through three dominant themes: her gender, the archaeologist as a romantic figure, and Boyd’s American nationality. This article demonstrates how Boyd fashioned her identity within and against popular media stereotypes, illuminating her adept subversion of the heroic (male) archaeologist model. Through her artful counternarratives, Boyd downplayed her role as an exceptional woman and emphasized fieldwork as a collective, scientific endeavor, underscoring the significance of Gournia as a Minoan town (not a palace).
Difficult Days, Bad Days: Daily Life Recipes
Authors: Stern Sacha
Published: November 2023

Abstract: Contribution to the essay forum "The Jewish Recipe."
The Total State of the Torah: Isaac Breuer and the Foundations of Radical Orthodox Politics
Authors: Ben Ami Itamar
Published: November 2023

Abstract: When did Orthodox Jewish politics become radical? Some contemporary forms of Orthodox politics incline indeed toward "totality" and antiliberalism; however, until the 1930s, Orthodox politics was mostly conservative and not radical. This essay excavates the invention of radical Orthodox politics in the writings of one of Agudath Israel's prominent ideologues, Isaac Breuer. Struggling with the crisis of modernity as it came to light in the Weimar Republic of the 1920s, Breuer developed a Gnostic worldview that deemed reality a site of corruption and sin. To rectify this situation, Breuer formulated a Jewish version of the "Conservative Revolution," calling to establish a "total state of the Torah" based on "the national socialism of the state of God." The essay reveals how deeply German right-wing thought influenced Breuer and his circle, and it presents the ideational context of Orthodox radicalism, pointing to Breuer's struggles with his early neo-Kantianism.
Growing Absurd: Sexuality, Development, and Virgin Time in Dorothy Richardson’s Pilgrimage
Authors: Oldham Julyan
Published: November 2023

ABSTRACT: This article proposes that virginity is a site of strange temporality in the modern novel, one that demonstrates the value of studying time and sexuality as intertwined concepts. With reference to late nineteenth-century ideas of time and development, I theorize ‘virgin time’ as a narrative mode in which a sexual future is constantly expected but never arrives. The article goes on to explore how Dorothy Richardson’s novel sequence Pilgrimage interrogates the pressures of individual and narrative developmental markers (such as virginity loss). I suggest that Pilgrimage emphasizes the eroticism of anticipation and curiosity rather than consummation, and consider the narrative implications of the protagonist Miriam’s long-foreshadowed virginity loss at the end of book ten, Dawn’s Left Hand . Drawing on critical responses to Pilgrimage , this essay also argues that virgin time can challenge reader expectations of sexual and narrative development.
Alimentary Temporalities: Queer Food, Asexuality, and the Global Culinary-Roman
Authors: Shishko Bonnie
Published: November 2023

ABSTRACT: This essay explores the queer temporalities figured within “culinary-romane”: those contemporary, coming-of-age novels that use food to interrogate the literary construct of the female journey. In opposition to the female Bildungsroman , which maps maturation via hegemonic temporal structures—historical, narrative, reproductive—the culinary-roman cleaves development from heteropatriarchal time. Instead, it conceives anti-normative models of female development via “alimentary temporalities”: atemporal narrative spaces constructed through recipes, food nightmares, family meals, and magical cooking and eating. Using Han Kang’s surrealist allegory The Vegetarian (2007) as a case study, this essay uncovers the ways strange alimentary temporalities in Han’s novel formally decenter sexual attraction as a marker of modern subject formation, uncovering the Bildungsroman ’s structural perpetuation of compulsory sexuality and its attendant abuses. Through its food-driven, double frame-tale narration, The Vegetarian unsettles received notions of narrative coherence, generic classification, and the relationship between sexuality and subjectivity.
3D phase imaging from intensity measurements with non-paraxial multiple scattering model
Authors: Zhu Jiabei , Tian Lei
Published: November 2023

We propose a novel algorithm based on the split-step non-paraxial model for different intensity diffraction tomography setups to recover the 3D refractive index distribution of multiple-scattering biological samples.
Multicolor 3D-fluorescence imaging flow cytometry with portable light-sheet optofluidic microscopy
Authors: Son Jeonghwan , Mandracchia Biagio , Jia Shu
Published: November 2023

Fluorescence imaging flow cytometry (IFC) has enriched both structural and functional information for diverse applications. We developed portable light-sheet optofluidic microscopy equipping simultaneous multicolor acquisition for high-throughput and multicolor 3D florescence IFC application.
Computational algorithm that enables synergetic phase compensation and automatic focusing for off-axis Digital Holographic Microscopy operating in telecentric mode
Authors: Castaneda R. , Trujillo C. , Doblas A.
Published: November 2023

We have developed a joint phase compensation and autofocusing method for telecentric off-axis Digital Holographic Microscopy (DHM), providing in-focus reconstructed phase images without phase distortions.
Real-time Holographic Display based on Dynamic Scene Reconstruction and Rendering
Authors: Liu Juan , Zhang Shijie , Ma Haowen
Published: November 2023

We propose an end-to-end real-time holographic display based on real-time capture of real scenes with simple system composition and affordable hardware requirements, the proposed technique will break the dilemma of the existing real-scene holographic display.
Hardware-implemented Photonic Neural Network for High-throughput and Low-latency Image Transmission
Authors: Chen Yitong , Zhou Tiankuang , Guo Yanchen , Wu Jiamin , Fang Lu , Dai Qionghai
Published: November 2023

We propose a photonic neural network and its experimental demonstration that enables high-throughput and low-latency image transmission by implementing most processing in optical domain, reducing latency of computation by more than four orders of magnitude.
Complete Stokes-Mueller matrix extraction using angular multiplexing polarization holography
Authors: Shan Mingguang , Yu Xintian , Zhong Zhi , Liu Lei
Published: November 2023

Angular multiplexing polarization holography was proposed to realize the measurement of the complete Stokes-Mueller matrix through only 6 recordings. Measurement experiments of isotropic and anisotropic media were conducted to demonstrate the validity of the proposed approach.
Experimental Investigation of Flame-Flame Interaction using Digital Holographic Interferometry
Authors: Agarwal Shilpi , Shakher Chandra
Published: November 2023

In this paper the impact of flame–flame interactions on the behaviour of the two identical diffusion flame has been investigated by using digital holographic interferometry.
Varifocal metalens based fluorescence optical sectioning microscopy
Authors: Chia Yu-Hsin , Chu Cheng Hung , Vyas Sunil , Huang Yi-You , Tsai Din Ping , Luo Yuan
Published: November 2023

Microscopy with structured illumination can achieve sectioning ability. However, moving optical elements in the axial direction for the 3D imaging restricts compact microscopic system design. Here, we utilize the metasurface to introduce the flat and miniaturized Moiré metalens to propose varifocal metalens based fluorescence optical sectioning microscopy. By adjusting the mutual angle between the two metasurfaces of the Moiré metalens, the focal length of the microscopy can be tuned. With the telecentric design, the microscopy can provide constant magnification during axial scanning for 3D imaging. Furthermore, we introduce the structured illumination based HiLo imaging technique to the system, which makes the microscopy has optical sectioning ability.
Accelerated Computation of Self-interference Incoherent Digital Holograms
Authors: Stoykova Elena , Hong Keehoon , Choi Kihong , Park Joongki
Published: November 2023

Design and analysis of a self-interference incoherent digital holographic system requires time-consuming numerical simulation. We consider similarities in the holograms of the point sources composing an object in a plane parallel to the hologram plane and propose accelerated computation of the incoherent object hologram.
Relationship Between Blend-Ratio of the Face Image and the Incident Angle for Spatial Blending of Aerial Images
Authors: Kishinami Kohei , Suyama Shiro , Yamamoto Hirotsugu
Published: November 2023

This paper clarifies relationship between the blend-ratio of the blended face images in spatial blending optics using aerial imaging by retro-reflection and the incident angle of light rays at which each proportional aerial image can be observed.
Machine Learning for Radiographic Source Optimization at Linear Induction Accelerators*
Authors: Koglin Jason E. , McKerns Michael , Scheinker Alex , Wakeford Dan
Published: November 2023

Adaptive machine learning (AML) techniques are being designed to use noninvasive diagnostic measurements to address the challenge of predicting the radiographic spot size, which depends on the accelerator performance and the conversion target.
FKeras: A Fault Tolerance Library for Keras
Authors: Weng Olivia , Meza Andres , Duarte Javier M. , Tran Nhan , Kastner Ryan
Published: November 2023

We present FKeras, an open-source tool that uses Hessian information to quickly find which parameters in a neural network are sensitive to radiation faults, reducing the usual 200% resource overhead needed to protect them.
3D-printed terahertz metamaterial lens
Authors: Jang Dahye , Ryu Heonseong , Maeng Inhee , Lee Sanggu , Seo Minah , Oh Seung Jae , Lee Sang-Hun
Published: November 2023

THz dielectric metalens was fabricated using 3D printing technology. The performance of this transmissive lens was compared with a conventional Teflon lens by both experiments and simulations.
Multimodal Imaging and Tomography
Authors: Wang Zhehui
Published: November 2023

A burning or ignited plasma source opens door to an integrated or holistic approach to neutron and X-ray (NeuX) Imaging and Tomography (IT). We present salient features and progress in NeuX IT, with an emphasis on experimental data and methods.
Real-time incoherent hologram recording with high-speed geometric phase switching device
Authors: Choi Kihong , Lee Jae-Won , Shin JungYeop , Hong Keehoon , Park Joongki , Kim Hak-Rin
Published: November 2023

A real-time incoherent hologram acquisition method is proposed, utilizing liquid crystal based geometric phase switching device. The principle involves recording three geometric phase-shifted interferograms at high speed to create a single complex-valued hologram.
An ADMM-inspired image reconstruction for Terahertz off-axis digital holography
Authors: Kirkove Murielle , Zhao Yuchen , Leblanc Olivier , Jacques Laurent , Georges Marc
Published: November 2023

We propose a reconstruction technique to off-axis Terahertz digital holography that jointly reconstructs the object field and the reference amplitude. The objective function combining data-fidelity and wavelet-based regularization terms is optimized with an ADMM-inspired approach.
Measurement of corrosion in power plant turbine rotors by digital holographic microscopy
Authors: Jamali Ramin , Olamaei Bita , Soltanloo Mostafa , Yeganeh Sayyed Ehsan Hosseini , Rad Vahideh Farzam , Esmkhani Jalil , Moradi Ali-Reza
Published: November 2023

We consider self-referencing digital holography microscopy (SR-DHM) for 3D measurement of corrosion in turbine rotors of thermal power plant. SR-DHM is an on-site alternative for the replica tests and provides morphometric information in a single-shot.
Fast Computational Algorithm to Obtain Phase Masks for Mode Conversion in Fiber Optics
Authors: Torres Jorge , Castaneda Raul , Correa Nelson , Herrera-Ramirez Jorge
Published: November 2023

We have developed a fast algorithm to optimize phase masks used for converting confined modes in optical fibers. The proposed method is based on the dual annealing stochastic global optimization algorithm.
Investigation of the dependence of spectral bandwidth on image resolution with Image Phase Alignment Super-Sampling
Authors: Caron James N.
Published: November 2023

ImPASS can produce image resolution that subceeds the optical diffraction limit by a factor of 1.5 with broadband and 2.6 for narrowband illumination. Here we study the influence of bandwidth on final image resolution.
Computational algorithm for soil organic carbon percentage estimation through NIR spectroscopy
Authors: Gomez Pablo , Garcia Hans , Arguello Henry
Published: November 2023

This work proposes a computational algorithm based on a spectral selection NIR range for soil organic carbon percentage estimation. The results show that the proposed algorithm outperforms traditional methods by up to 0.5 R2.
Graphene oxide based optical fiber humidity sensor having a linear response throughout a large dynamic range and optimum sensitivity
Authors: Mohan Sunil , Khijwania Sunil K.
Published: November 2023

The main objective of the present research is to develop an optical fiber relative humidity (RH) sensor with a high sensitivity, linear response over a wide dynamic range, and optimum response/recovery times by employing the simplest optical fiber sensing configuration. An optical fiber RH sensor that exploits the intensity modulation scheme through evanescent wave absorption spectroscopy and fulfills the objective is reported here. The fiber sensor employs graphene oxide (GO) diffused silica nanostructured thin sensing film as the cladding on the centrally decladded straight and uniform multimode optical fiber. Detailed experimental investigations are carried out to analyze the response characteristics of the proposed sensor. In comparison to other GO based optical fiber RH sensors, a linear response over the widest dynamic range (15.0%–95.3%RH) and shortest (fastest) response/recovery times (0.1436 s/0.1547 s) are observed for the proposed sensor. The linear sensitivity for the developed sensor is observed to be 0.1036 dB/%RH. In addition, the proposed sensor exhibits a very good degree of reversibility, reliability, and repeatability.
An scalable coding strategy for high resolution snapshot compressive temporal imaging at high compression ratios
Authors: Guzmán Felipe , Romero Bastian , Brady David J. , Vera Esteban
Published: November 2023

We propose a simple yet powerful mask design for high-speed, high-pixel count compressive temporal imaging. Simulation and experimental results demonstrate a reconstruction quality of over 30dB when recovering 512 frames of 2K videos from a single snapshot.
Compressive Fluorescence Microscopy with Targeted Illumination for Fast Voltage Imaging
Authors: Cai Changjia , Eybposh M. Hossein , Rodriguez-Romaguera Jose , Turaga Srinivas C. , Pegard Nicolas
Published: November 2023

We present a new microscopy technique for high-speed voltage imaging of neural activity. Our method leverages a digital micromirror device for patterned fluorescence excitation, and a mechanical streak camera to enable high SNR compressive imaging.
A Sphere Packing Approach to Design Multiplexed Multispectral Filter Arrays
Authors: Alvarado Alejandro , Díaz Nelson , Meza Pablo , Vera Esteban
Published: November 2023

We propose a method to design a multiplexed Multispectral Filter Array (MSFA) based on Optimal Sphere Packing (OSP) in a 4D-Euclidean space that promotes uniformity and improved signal-to-noise ratio in the measurement process of the 3D-datacube while delivering enhanced reconstructions.
Accurate and Fast VR Eye-Tracking using Deflectometric Information
Authors: Wang Jiazhang , Wang Tianfu , Xu Bingjie , Cossairt Oliver , Willomitzer Florian
Published: November 2023

We present two methods for fast and precise eye-tracking in VR headsets. Both methods exploit deflectometric information, i.e., the specular reflection of an extended screen over the eye surface.
Snapshot Non-Light-of-Sight Imaging with an Active Corner Camera
Authors: Seidel Sheila , Rueda-Chacón Hoover , Cusini Iris , Villa Federica , Zappa Franco , Yu Christopher , Goyal Vivek K.
Published: November 2023

We demonstrate accurate reconstructions of foreground objects, in a non-light-of-sight setting, while also introducing the capability of mapping the stationary scenery behind moving objects using a static laser and snapshots from a SPAD array.
Chemical Sensors with Deep Spatiotemporal Priors
Authors: Pham Thanh-an , Mondal Sandip , Boquet-Pujadas Aleix , Unser Michael , Barbastathis George
Published: November 2023

We propose a variational approach to recover concentration from raw fluorescence images of chemical sensors. This allows us to impose prior knowledge regarding the spatiotemporal distribution of the concentration while accounting for the sensor kinetics.
High-Quality Lensless Imaging with a Random Multi-Focal Lenslet Phase Mask
Authors: Kabuli Leyla , Wu Gina , Waller Laura
Published: November 2023

A lensless imager is demonstrated using a random multi-focal lenslet phase mask. This imager produces high-quality and high-resolution images with easy alignment and simple reconstruction algorithms with fast convergence.
Replica Artifacts in Phase Mask-Based Lensless Imaging Systems
Authors: Kabuli Leyla , Gu Chaoying , Waller Laura
Published: November 2023

Images from phase mask-based lensless cameras have artifacts, previously attributed to noise and model mismatch. We attribute one type of artifact to the point spread function autocorrelation and present artifact reduction methods.
Vibrational Nanoscopy of Intracellular Compartments via Visible Fourier Reweighted Stimulated Raman Scattering
Authors: Lin Haonan , Tan Yuying , Cheng Ji-Xin
Published: November 2023

We present visible Fourier-reweighted stimulated Raman scattering (VFR-SRS), a vibrational imaging scheme that achieves sub-100 nm resolution by computationally amplifying high spatial frequency components, enabling label-free nanoscopic imaging of intracellular compartments.
Non-invasive super-resolution imaging through scattering media with fluctuating objects
Authors: Zhu Xiangwen , Sahoo Sujit Kumar , Adamo Giorgio , Tobing Landobasa Y.M. , Zhang Dao Hua , Dang Cuong
Published: November 2023

We proposed a super-resolution imaging through scattering media technique by using speckle fluctuation. The camera captures many fluctuating speckle frames from fluctuating speckle illumination objects. By analyzing the higher-order cumulants of deconvolution frames, the noise artifacts are suppressed and resolution is enhanced.
Rolling Shutter Speckle Imaging for In Vivo Blood Flow Imaging
Authors: Yi Changyoon , Jung Jaewoo , Im Jeongmyo , Lee Kyung Chul , Byun Sangjun , Lee Yujin , Chung Euiheon , Lee Seung Ah
Published: November 2023

We propose a single-shot temporal speckle correlation imaging method using rolling shutter image sensors. It provides quantitative blood flow measurements by modeling the decorrelation time of elongated speckle patterns and multiple scattering regimes.
Plasma Dispersion Induced Self-Focusing of a Vortex Laser Beam in Silicon
Authors: Shabairou Nadav , Zalevsky Zeev , Sinvani Moshe
Published: November 2023

In this work, we demonstrate the focusing of a Gaussian laser beam, in silicon, by a vortex-shaped beam where both beams are at a wavelength of 775nm, which can sharpen the beam's PSF to improve the resolution in laser scanning microscopy.
Quality enhancement of Wigner inverse transform-based light field to computer-generated hologram by optimizing carrier wave
Authors: Min Kyosik , Min Dabin , Park Jae-Hyeung
Published: November 2023

We propose a novel method to ensure high reconstruction quality of the CGHs by using optimized carrier waves. The proposed method pre-optimizes the carrier waves for certain distances and uses them for synthesizing CGHs of various 3D objects, without requiring contents-wise training and optimization. The proposed method is verified with simulations.
Glass-Free Non-Contact Augmented Reality Interface With Aerial Imaging by Retro-Reflection (AIRR)
Authors: Yamamoto Hirotsugu
Published: November 2023

A floating screen that is visible without glasses can be formed by utilizing retro-reflector to converge light from a wide angle. This paper reviews developments of non-contact AR interfaces with aerial imaging by retro-reflection (AIRR).