bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Learning from Hometown and Current City
Authors: Ding Jingtao , Yu Guanghui , Li Yong , Jin Depeng , Gao Hui
Published: December 2019

With more and more frequent population movement between different cities, like users' travel or business trip, recommending personalized cross-city Point-of-Interests (POIs) for these users has become an important scenario of POI recommendation tasks. However, traditional models degrade significantly due to sparsity problem because travelers only have limited visiting behaviors. Through a detailed analysis of real-world check-data, we observe 1) the phenomenon of travelers' interest drift and transfer co-exist between hometown and current city; 2) differences between popular POIs among locals and travelers. Motivated by this, we propose a POI Recommendation framework with User Interest Drift and Transfer (PR-UIDT), which jointly considers above two factors when designing user and POI latent vector. In this framework, user vector is divided into a city-independent part and another city-dependent part, and POI is represented as two independent vectors for locals and travelers, respectively. To evaluate the proposed framework, we implement it with a square error based matrix factorization model and a ranking error based matrix factorization model, respectively, and conduct extensive experiments on three real-world datasets. The experiment results demonstrate the superiority of PR-UIDT framework, with a relative improvement of 0.4% ~ 20.5% over several state-of-the-art baselines, as well as the practicality of applying this framework to real-world applications and multi-city scenarios. Further qualitative analysis confirms both the plausibility and validity of combining user interest transfer and drift into cross-city POI recommendation.
Glaze
Authors: Kapetanovic Zerina , Saffari Ali , Chandra Ranveer , Smith Joshua R.
Published: December 2019

Existing Internet of Things (IoT) solutions require expensive infrastructure for sending and receiving data. Emerging technologies such as ambient backscatter help fill this gap by enabling uplink communication for IoT devices. However, there is still no efficient solution to enable low-cost and low-power downlink communication for ambient backscatter systems. In this paper we present Glaze, a system that overlays data on existing wireless signals to create a new channel of downlink communication for IoT backscatter devices. In particular, Glaze uses a new technique that introduces small perturbations to existing signals to convey data. We evaluate the performance of Glaze and show how it can be used across wireless standards such as FM, TV, or Wi-Fi to communicate with devices with minimal impact on existing data transmissions.
Personalized Context-aware Collaborative Online Activity Prediction
Authors: Fan Yali , Tu Zhen , Li Yong , Chen Xiang , Gao Hui , Zhang Lin , Su Li , Jin Depeng
Published: December 2019

With the rapid development of Internet services and mobile devices, nowadays, users can connect to online services anytime and anywhere. Naturally, user's online activity behavior is coupled with time and location contexts and highly influenced by them. Therefore, personalized context-aware online activity modelling and prediction is very meaningful and necessary but also very challenging, due to the complicated relationship between users, activities, spatial and temporal contexts and data sparsity issues. To tackle the challenges, we introduce offline check-in data as auxiliary data and build a user-location-time-activity 4D-tensor and a location-time-POI 3D-tensor, aiming to model the relationship between different entities and transfer semantic features of time and location contexts among them. Accordingly, in this paper we propose a transfer learning based collaborative tensor factorization method to achieve personalized context-aware online activity prediction. Based on real-world datasets, we compare the performance of our method with several state-of-the-arts and demonstrate that our method can provide more effective prediction results in the high sparsity scenario. With only 30% of observed time and location contexts, our solution can achieve 40% improvement in predicting user's Top5 activity behavior in new time and location scenarios. Our study is the first step forward for transferring knowledge learned from offline check-in behavior to online activity prediction to provide better personalized context-aware recommendation services for mobile users.
Tourgether
Authors: Chang Yung-Ju , Yang Chu-Yuan , Kuo Ying-Hsuan , Cheng Wen-Hao , Yang Chun-Liang , Lin Fang-Yu , Yeh I-Hui , Hsieh Chih-Kuan , Hsieh Ching-Yu , Wang Yu-Shuen
Published: December 2019

We developed Tourgether, an app that enables tourists' mutual sharing of their experiences via check-ins in real time, to enhance their awareness and exploration of various points of interest (POIs) in a tourism region. We conducted formative studies and a between-subjects field experiment to assess how tourists used Tourgether in their travels, and the influence of real-time experience-sharing on unplanned POI visits, respectively. The results of the formative studies indicated that seeing shared real-time experiences encouraged tourists to explore and make unplanned visits to less well-known POIs, and that their decisions to make unplanned POI visits were dependent on familiarity, worthiness, and convenience. The app also created a feeling of co-presence among tourists, boosting their desire to interact with others. Two strong motivators for tourists to check in on the app were identified: contributing to other tourists, and recording journeys. Our experimental results further showed that seeing shared real-time experiences prompted the participants to make more unplanned visits than would have been the case if they had not seen them. This influence was more prominent among tourists who planned more POI visits. Other differences in the usage and influence of Tourgether across these two groups will also be discussed.
Interaction of Vibration and Air Flow-Accelerating Droplet Emission from the Gas Diffusion Layer of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell
Authors: Chen Sitong , Wang Xueke , Zhu Tong , Xie Xiaofeng
Published: December 2019

In order to explore the influence of vibration that the vehicles are often subjected on water management of PEMFC, the dynamic characteristics of vibrating droplet on gas diffusion layer (GDL) surface were investigated through a high-speed image technology. The operating condition of vertical and horizontal excitations separately or coupled with air flow under different frequencies and amplitudes are applied on the substrate, so that the laws for the transition from Wenzel-Cassie regime to Cassie regime and the contact angle, the deformation rate for the width and height are obtained. It is observed that the wetting diameter of the droplet is smaller than the initial value under vertical vibration, making it easier for the gas to discharge the water droplets from the PEMFC. For the horizontal excitation, the droplet is pulled apart when the applied energy exceeded the cohesive energy at elevated frequency and amplitude. Moreover, as to the interaction of vibration and air flow, the droplet was more likely to move forward under the gas-driven force.
Optical Mouse Sensor for Eye Blink Detection and Pupil Tracking: Application in a Low-Cost Eye-Controlled Pointing Device
Authors: Tresanchez Marcel , Pallejà Tomàs , Palacín Jordi
Published: December 2019

In this paper, a new application of the optical mouse sensor is presented. The optical mouse is used as a main low-cost infrared vision system of a new proposal of a head-mounted human-computer interaction (HCI) device controlled by eye movements. The default optical mouse sensor lens and illumination source are replaced in order to improve its field of view and capture entire eye images. A complementary 8-bit microcontroller is used to acquire and process these images with two optimized algorithms to detect forced eye blinks and pupil displacements which are translated to computer pointer actions. This proposal introduces an inexpensive and approachable plug and play (PnP) device for people with severe disability in the upper extremities, neck, and head. The presented pointing device performs standard computer mouse actions with no extra software required. It uses the human interface device (HID) standard class of the universal serial bus (USB) increasing its compatibility for most computer platforms. This new device approach is aimed at improving comfortability and portability of the current commercial devices with simple installation and calibration. Several performance tests were done with different volunteer users obtaining an average pupil detection error of 0.34 pixels with a successful detection in 82.6% of all mouse events requested by means of pupil tracking.
Signal Detection Based on Parallel Group Detection Algorithm for High-Load Massive MIMO Systems
Authors: Nguyen Thanh-Binh , Le Minh-Tuan , Ngo Vu-Duc
Published: December 2019

In this paper, a parallel group detection (PGD) algorithm is proposed in order to address the degradation in the bit error rate (BER) performance of linear detectors when they are used in high-load massive MIMO systems. The algorithm is constructed by converting the equivalent extended massive MIMO system into two subsystems, which can be simultaneously detected by the classical detection procedures. Then, using the PGD and the classical ZF as well as the QR-decomposition- (QRD-) based detectors, we proposed two new detectors, called ZF-based PGD (ZF-PGD) and QRD-based PGD (QRD-PGD). The PGD is further combined with the sorted longest basis (SLB) algorithm to make the signal recovery more accurate, thereby resulting in two new detectors, namely, the ZF-PGD-SLB and the QRD-PGD-SLB. Various complexity evaluations and simulations prove that the proposed detectors can significantly improve the BER performance compared to their classical linear and QRD counterparts with the practical complexity levels. Hence, our proposed detectors can be used as efficient means of estimating the transmitted signals in high-load massive MIMO systems.
An Atypical Cause of an Epiglottic Abscess
Authors: Rabeea Muneera , Al Ansari Hasan , Al Abdulla Amal
Published: December 2019

An epiglottic abscess is a rare complication of acute epiglottitis and is life threatening. We describe a case report of a diabetic adult male, who presented with an epiglottic abscess. Culture results showed Aeromonas hydrophila, an organism rarely reported as a cause of acute epiglottitis. Early recognition can be lifesaving.
Ultrasound-mediated Delivery of Paclitaxel for Glioma: A Comparative Study of Distribution, Toxicity, and Efficacy of Albumin-bound Versus Cremophor Formulations
Authors: Zhang Daniel Y. , Dmello Crismita , Chen Li , Arrieta Victor A. , Gonzalez-Buendia Edgar , Kane J. Robert , Magnusson Lisa P. , Baran Aneta , James C. David , Horbinski Craig , Carpentier Alexandre , Desseaux Carole , Canney Michael , Muzzio Miguel , Stupp Roger , Sonabend Adam M.
Published: December 2019

Purpose:

Paclitaxel shows little benefit in the treatment of glioma due to poor penetration across the blood–brain barrier (BBB). Low-intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPU) with microbubble injection transiently disrupts the BBB allowing for improved drug delivery to the brain. We investigated the distribution, toxicity, and efficacy of LIPU delivery of two different formulations of paclitaxel, albumin-bound paclitaxel (ABX) and paclitaxel dissolved in cremophor (CrEL-PTX), in preclinical glioma models.

Experimental Design:

The efficacy and biodistribution of ABX and CrEL-PTX were compared with and without LIPU delivery. Antiglioma activity was evaluated in nude mice bearing intracranial patient-derived glioma xenografts (PDX). Paclitaxel biodistribution was determined in sonicated and nonsonicated nude mice. Sonications were performed using a 1 MHz LIPU device (SonoCloud), and fluorescein was used to confirm and map BBB disruption. Toxicity of LIPU-delivered paclitaxel was assessed through clinical and histologic examination of treated mice.

Results:

Despite similar antiglioma activity in vitro, ABX extended survival over CrEL-PTX and untreated control mice with orthotropic PDX. Ultrasound-mediated BBB disruption enhanced paclitaxel brain concentration by 3- to 5-fold for both formulations and further augmented the therapeutic benefit of ABX. Repeated courses of LIPU-delivered CrEL-PTX and CrEL alone were lethal in 42% and 37.5% of mice, respectively, whereas similar delivery of ABX at an equivalent dose was well tolerated.

Conclusions:

Ultrasound delivery of paclitaxel across the BBB is a feasible and effective treatment for glioma. ABX is the preferred formulation for further investigation in the clinical setting due to its superior brain penetration and tolerability compared with CrEL-PTX.
Treatment Outcome of Auditory and Frontal Dual-Site rTMS in Tinnitus Patients and Changes in Magnetoencephalographic Functional Connectivity after rTMS: Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial
Authors: Noh Tae-Soo , Kyong Jeong-Sug , Park Moo Kyun , Lee Jun Ho , Oh Seung Ha , Chung Chun Kee , Kim June Sic , Suh Myung-Whan
Published: December 2019

Background: Recently, the role of neural modulation in nonauditory cortices via repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) for tinnitus control has been emphasized. It is now more compelling to consider these nonauditory cortices and the whole “tinnitus network” as targets for tinnitus treatment to achieve a better outcome. Objective: We aimed to investigate the effects of active dual-site rTMS treatment in tinnitus reduction using a double-blind randomized controlled trial. Method: In study 1, the dual-site rTMS treatment group (n = 17) was treated daily for 4 consecutive days. The sham group (n = 13) also visited the clinic for 4 days; they received sham treatment for the same duration as the dual-site rTMS treatment group. In study 2, the rTMS treatment protocol was exactly the same as in study 1. Magnetoencephalography recordings were performed before and 1 week after the last rTMS treatment. The outcome measure was the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI) score and the visual analog scale score. The effects of treatment were assessed 1, 2, 4, and 8 weeks after rTMS treatment in study 1. Then the mean band power and network changes were compared between pre- and post-treatment values after rTMS in study 2. Result: Patients in the dual-site rTMS treatment group exhibited significantly improved THI scores at 2, 4, and 8 weeks after rTMS treatment compared with the pretreatment scores. However, the sham group did not show any significant reduction in THI scores. When the mean band power changes were compared between pre- and post-treatment assessments, an increased oscillation power was observed in the alpha band after rTMS. Conclusion: A beneficial effect of rTMS on tinnitus suppression was found in the dual-site active rTMS group, but not in the sham rTMS group.
Interventions for the prevention of risk factors and incidence of type 2 diabetes in the work environment: a systematic review
Authors: Inolopú Jorge , Hilario-Huapaya Nélida , Tantaleán-Del-Águila Martín Alonso , Hurtado-Roca Yamilee , Ugarte-GilI Cesar
Published: December 2019

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness of interventions aimed at the prevention of risk factors and incidence of type 2 diabetes in the workers population. METHODS: Systematic review of interventions aimed at adult workers at risk of type 2 diabetes published in Medline, Embase, Web of Science, Central Cochrane Registry of Controlled Trials, and Lilacs. Randomized trials, quasi-experimental research and cohort studies were selected; in English, Spanish and Portuguese; published from 2000 to 2017. Intervention effectiveness was evaluated concerning the incidence of type 2 diabetes and a significant reduction in body weight, or another anthropometric or metabolic parameter. RESULTS: 3,024 articles were generated, of which 2,825 that did not answer the research question were eliminated, as well as 130 that did not evaluate original interventions, 57 carried out outside the workplace and two reviews; so that 10 selected items remained. Interventions based on structured programs previously evaluated and integrated into the workplace had a favorable impact on the reduction of body weight and other risk factors. CONCLUSIONS: The effectiveness of lifestyle interventions for the prevention of type 2 diabetes should be based on structured programs with proven effectiveness and adapted to the workplace, with employer participation in the provision of schedules and work environments.
GeoLink Data Set: A Complex Alignment Benchmark from Real-world Ontology
Authors: Zhou Lu , Cheatham Michelle , Krisnadhi Adila , Hitzler Pascal
Published: December 2019

Ontology alignment has been studied for over a decade, and over that time many alignment systems and methods have been developed by researchers in order to find simple 1-to-1 equivalence matches between two ontologies. However, very few alignment systems focus on finding complex correspondences. One reason for this limitation may be that there are no widely accepted alignment benchmarks that contain such complex relationships. In this paper, we propose a real-world data set from the GeoLink project as a potential complex ontology alignment benchmark. The data set consists of two ontologies, the GeoLink Base Ontology (GBO) and the GeoLink Modular Ontology (GMO), as well as a manually created reference alignment that was developed in consultation with domain experts from different institutions. The alignment includes 1:1, 1:n, and m:n equivalence and subsumption correspondences, and is available in both Expressive and Declarative Ontology Alignment Language (EDOAL) and rule syntax. The benchmark has been expanded from its original version to contain real-world instance data from seven geoscience data providers that has been published according to both ontologies. This allows it to be used by extensional alignment systems or those that require training data. This benchmark has been incorporated into the Ontology Alignment Evaluation Initiative (OAEI) complex track to help researchers test their automated alignment systems and algorithms. This paper also analyzes the challenges inherent in effectively generating, detecting, and evaluating complex ontology alignments and provides a road map for future work on this topic.
Cinna and Crassicius
Authors: Conrau-Lewis Kyle
Published: December 2019

This paper argues that an anonymous epigram about the commentator Crassicius marrying Cinna’s Zmyrna is a satirical poem playfully evoking the incest of Zmyrna in order to make a more pointed critique of the genre of commentary. The poem suggests that like Zmyrna herself, the Zmyrna is libidinous, an unfaithful and Catullan mistress who cannot be trusted by her commentator. The poem therefore invites the reader to think more broadly about the relationship between author and commentator and about issues of textual ownership. In antiquity, poems are often imagined as sexual partners, while conversely sex itself is conceptualised as a grammatical activity. Sexuality therefore becomes a site for thinking about grammar and literary criticism and the relationship of commentator to text.
Roman Agamemnon
Authors: Rebeggiani Stefano
Published: December 2019

This article examines three sections of the proem to Lucretius’ De rerum natura: the so-called hymn to Venus (Lucr. 1.1-43), the praise of Epicurus (1.62-79), and the Iphigenia passage (1.80-101). The article’s goal is to show that distinct, interconnected political echoes are perceptible in these three sections of Lucretius’ proem, and that Lucretius intertwines his philosophical teaching with Roman political culture in such a way as to make his Epicurean message more acceptable to Roman audiences. The article demonstrates Lucretius’ interaction with the use of myth in political language in Rome in the 60s and 50s BCE. It analyzes the relevance of the Mithridatic wars to Roman discussions of imperialism and Lucretius’ exploitation of this conflict’s iconic status. This article suggests that Memmius’ political action in the 60s may have made him a particularly suitable addressee for Lucretius’ poem. It also explores the implications of this new reading of the proem for the date of Lucretius’ De rerum natura.
Distribution patterns of the warrior swimming crab, Callinectes bellicosus, fishery in Bahía Magdalena, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Authors: Castro-Salgado Juan C. , Ramírez-Rodríguez Mauricio , la Cruz-Agüero Gustavo-De , Castañeda-Fernández-de-Lara Verónica
Published: December 2019

Spatial and temporal distribution patterns of the warrior swimming crab Callinectes bellicosus fishery in the Mexican Pacific were investigated. Geo-referenced commercial trap capture data derived from 44 trips in the Bahia Magdalena were analysed. Three fishing zones (Z1, inner; Z2, middle; Z3, mouth of the bay) and two climate seasons (warm, July-December; and cold, January-June) were defined previously. There were 1099 traps in Z1, 715 in Z2 and 2111 in Z3; in the warm season, 2091 traps were checked, whereas 1834 were checked in the cold season. The average number of individuals per trap (CPUE) varied by sex, zone and season, however, male crabs always predominated. During the warm season, large males (CW > 115 mm) exhibited the greatest value of CPUE. On average, the males represented 77% during the warm season and 84% during the cold season. The average size of the males (125 ± 0.843 mm CW) was significantly higher than the average size of females (121 ± 1.140 mm CW). The catch was composed of large mature males but females were absent in Z1; in comparison, both large mature males and females, in addition to ovigerous females, composed the catch at the mouth of the bay (Z3). Crab abundance was notably reduced in the cold season, especially for female crabs. The temporal behaviour of the warrior swimming crab in Bahia Magdalena is similar to that reported from the coastal lagoons of the Gulf of California; however, the low presence of females throughout the year could be related to their preferred environmental conditions, which include deeper areas with more current circulation, like those that occur at the mouth of the bay. These data corroborate the necessity to interpret with caution the crab population dynamics solely based on results derived from fishing with traps in coastal lagoons.
A simple method for classifying data in relative growth analysis of crustaceans
Authors: Zambrano René
Published: December 2019

Relative growth in crustaceans is a topic of quite high importance that allows, among other things, to estimate their size at the onset of morphometric sexual maturity. In this process, it is usual to start from a transition point and then generate regressions that reflect phases of the sexual development of the individuals (i.e., mature and immature). There are several statistical methods that allow data to be classified into subsets, but according to the specific growth pattern at issue, those methods may or may not be usable. This paper proposes a simple method to classify data into two subsets, viz., when they are overlapping over a wide range of sizes. The actual procedure consists of a linear regression that divides the data. Subsequently, a linear regression is applied to the groups generated by adjusting the parameters through maximum log-likelihood. The observed values will be classified according to the smallest residual difference generated with each regression line. The proposed method was tested by separating the sexes of Goyazana castelnaui, using real data. The efficiency of the method was analysed based on the percentage value between the number of total data and the number of correctly classified data. Additionally, the k-mean cluster was used as a conventional method, the results of which were reclassified by a linear discriminant analysis. The efficiency of the proposed method was >80% while that of the conventional method was >60%. The values misclassified by the proposed method were mixed with those of the opposite sex, so it was expected to fail in those cases. The proposed method is a simple alternative that can serve as a basis for subsequent morphometric analysis, especially for acquiring an initial insight in the structure of a dataset collected for a study of relative growth.
SEM study of a topotype population of Paracrobeles psammophilus Navarro & Lluch, 1999 (Rhabditida: Cephalobidae) and its taxonomic implications
Authors: Ruiz-Cuenca Alba N. , Abolafia Joaquín
Published: December 2019

Paracrobeles psammophilus from the type locality is redescribed based on SEM studies. In addition, material of P. psammophilus previously described from Sicily (Italy) is revised. Species of Paracrobeles are analysed and form two morphological groups: the laterellus-group with three species (P. kelsodunensis, P. laterellus and P. mojavicus) having a lip region with two guard processes at both primary and secondary axils and shorter and more robust spicules, and the psammophilus-group with two species (P. deserticola and P. psammophilus) having primary axils bearing two guard processes and secondary axils with only one guard process and longer and slender spicules. Another four species (Acrobelinema cornis, Cervidellus cancellatus, C. rarus and C. sonorensis), having an intermediate morphology between Paracrobeles and Nothacrobeles, are transferred to Nothacrobeles (= Acrobelinema n. syn.).
Marx’s Economic Manuscript of 1867–68 (Excerpt) Translator’s Introduction
Authors: Panzer Herbert
Published: December 2019

This Introduction describes the approach and rules applied when translating a 25-page excerpt from Marx’s Manuscript of 1867–68, as published in the MEGA, Volume II/4.3. The draft status and terseness of the text required that the translation (see pp. 162–92) proceed along with a working-out of its mathematical content. The translation’s main guideline was to translate the draft such as it stood, while correcting figures and formulas wherever possible. Remaining major deficiencies and inconsistencies are discussed in depth, showing also what an outstanding level of acuity Marx had already achieved in a manuscript at first-draft stage.
A Hermeneutical Approach against Whiteness
Authors: Smythe Shannon Nicole
Published: December 2019

This article provides a constructive reading of Barth’s interpretation of Romans 2 in the Römerbrief in conversation with his treatment of the sinful human attempt to construct a worldview in opposition to the saving activity of Jesus in Church Dogmatics IV/3. I argue that dialectical theology provides Western Christianity with a hermeneutical approach against whiteness grounded in a Reformational theology of justification by faith alone. In this way, dialectical theology is a resource for constructing Christian identity free of whiteness as well as for carving out new space for a decolonial option within Christian theology.
Ancient Greek οι-stem
Authors: Monzó Carlos
Published: December 2019

The semantics of ancient Indo-European noun stems has not yet received enough attention from scholars. However, the noun stems exhibit an inner semantic coherence arranged in accordance with the basic linguistic principles of categorisation. My aim in this paper is to demonstrate the internal semantic coherence of the Ancient Greek οι-stem noun category and to compare it with other well-studied morphosemantic categories in order to suggest a particular meaning structure.
Dimensions of social meaning in Post-classical Greek
Authors: Bentein Klaas
Published: December 2019

Especially in the first half of the twentieth century, language was viewed as a vehicle for the transmission of facts and ideas. Later on, scholars working in linguistic frameworks such as Functional and Cognitive Linguistics, (Historical) Sociolinguistics and Functional Sociolinguistics, have emphasized the social relevance of language, focusing, for example, on linguistic concepts such as deixis, modality, or honorific language, or embedding larger linguistic patterns in their social contexts, through notions such as register, sociolect, genre, etc. The main aim of this article is to systematize these observations, through an investigation of how the central, though ill-understood notion of “social meaning” can be captured. The starting point for the discussion is the work that has been done in the framework of Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL). This framework distinguishes “social” (“interpersonal”) meaning from two other types of meaning, and offers a typology of different types of contexts with which these different meanings resonate. In order to achieve a more satisfactory account of social meaning, however, I argue that we need to connect SFL to a theory of how signs convey meaning. The discussion is relevant for Ancient Greek in its entirety, but focuses specifically on Post-classical Greek: as a case study, I discuss five private letters from the so-called Theophanes archive (IV AD).
On the Epitaph for Argotas from Neapolis Scythica
Authors: Makarov Igor A.
Published: December 2019

This article contains a re-publication of a verse epitaph found in Neapolis Scythica (SEG 53, 775). After correcting a number of readings and restorations of the editio princeps, the author demonstrates that lines 4-8 contain a description of the deceased Argotas and not of King Skiluros, as the scholars publishing the inscription had suggested. There are no grounds for treating the φιλο[φροσύνη] Ἑλλάνων mentioned in the text as evidence of Argotas’ Greek origin. Thus there is no reason for viewing him as a figure similar to Posideos, son of Posideos, known to us from Neapolis epigraphy. The man buried here was a representative of the Scythian nobility, who could be probably identified as the husband of the Bosporan queen Kamasarya mentioned in one of the inscriptions found in Pantikapaion (CIRB 75).
The kṛṣṇāṣṭamīvrata in the Śivadharmaśāstra
Authors: Kafle Nirajan
Published: December 2019

This article investigates the textual basis of the kṛṣṇāṣṭamīvrata, an observance first attested in the tenth chapter of the Śivadharmaśāstra. Given the great variety in readings of the versions contained in manuscripts that are of distinctly variegated geographical provenance and age, it is argued that at least during the 6th to 7th centuries—and even possibly later—the kṛṣṇāṣṭamīvrata had not yet developed a consistent form. The variable form of this particular vrata stands in stark contrast to its Vaiṣṇavite precursors that at the time of composition of the Śivadharmaśāstra had already developed into a standardized, canonical form. Hence, we argue, the regional variation of the manuscripts is indicative of a living, widespread Śaivite tradition that gives rise to different lines of transmission. Since the chief aim of this contribution is to display and study this variation, the kernel of this article consists of a ‘comparative edition’ of the tenth chapter of Śivadharmaśāstra, furnished with translation and philological commentary.
Reading an Aramaic Qina Framed by a Biblical One
Authors: Bernstein Moshe J.
Published: December 2019

The author of the first poem of a manuscript from the Cairo Geniza, CUL T-S H14.64, used the verses in Lamentations 1 as a technical device to frame his poem, while he found a variety of ways to connect the stanzas of the poem with verses from Lamentations and other biblical verses. He linked the stanzas of the poem forward and backward through themes and language that are significant in the poem as a whole. This study also follows the trajectories of both the first- and third-person voices, reflecting on how their interchange might contribute to our understanding of the message of the poem.
Africanisms
Authors: Palmié Stephan
Published: December 2019

This essay attempts to chart the career of the concept of ‘Africanisms’ in the anthropology and history of the African Diaspora in the Americas. After surveying the origins of the concept, I focus on the role of Melville J. Herskovits’ highly influential mobilisation of the concept, its major mid-20th century critiques, and a highly influential late 20th century reaction to the terms of these debates. I will conclude by indicating how Africanist historians have come to repurpose this concept around the turn of the millennium, and how more recent scholarship might indicate the end of its usefulness as an analytical category.
The Aarhus Convention in Practice: Challenges and Perspectives for German Environmental Authorities
Authors: Gieseke Dr. Ulrich
Published: December 2019

The Aarhus Convention aims to democratize environmental decision-making. Since its adoption 20 years ago, the Aarhus Convention has led to a fundamental change in German environmental administration. This article explores the administrative capacities, organizational structures and enforcement requirements, identifies challenges for environmental authorities and outlines prospects for better implementing the Aarhus Convention. The main challenges are: extended responsibilities for authorities, greater complexity of environmental decisions, increased transparency, more external communication, stricter procedural requirements, extended access to justice and the reduction of enforcement deficits. The success of the Aarhus Convention largely depends on high-capacity administration, which adapts its way of decision-making to these challenges. In addition, substantive environmental law is the foundation upon which the three pillars of the Aarhus Convention rest. Therefore, this article argues that legal instruments and a high level of substantive environmental law are essential for environmental authorities to achieve effectively the objective of the Aarhus Convention.
“(In)comparable Poetries and Transpacific Networks of Translation”
Authors: Azuaje-Alamo Manuel
Published: December 2019

In 1957, writing in Spanish, the Mexican poet Octavio Paz (1914–1998) published the first complete translation into a Western language of the famous travel diary Oku no Hosomichi (The Narrow Road to the Deep North, 1702) by Matsuo Bashō (1644–1694). A thoroughly revised second edition followed in 1970, which included freer translations of Bashō’s haikus. In this definite edition, Paz attempted to synthesize the poetic effect of Bashō’s work for a Latin American readership. By using a textual and archival-based approach, this article analyses Paz’s two Spanish versions against the Japanese original text and its intertextualizations of classical Chinese poetry and contextualizes the background behind the publication of these epoch-making translations. It highlights the textual refractions and translation issues that occur when East Asian literature circulates in the Global South and the transpacific literary networks that made these literary exchanges possible.
The Nature and Promise of Analytic Theology
Authors: Crisp Oliver D. , Arcadi James M. , Wessling Jordan
Published: December 2019

In the past decade analytic theology has established itself as a flourishing research program that includes academic journals, monograph series, a dedicated annual conference, research centers on several continents, and a growing and diverse body of work produced by scholars drawn from philosophy, theology, and biblical studies. In this short monograph Oliver Crisp, James Arcadi, and Jordan Wessling introduce readers to analytic theology. The work provides an account of analytic theology, some of the main areas in which analytic theologians have worked, and some of the prospects for the future of analytic theology going forward. It also addresses some key objections to analytic theology as a theological method, and aims to acquaint scholars and students with this new and promising theological movement.
Applied History, Applied Economics, and Economic History
Authors: Colvin Christopher L. , Winfree Paul
Published: December 2019

As a new field of academic enquiry, applied history has a unique opportunity to learn lessons from other applied fields. In this essay, we set out how we think applied historians can learn from past successes and mistakes of applied economists and economic policymakers in their use, and abuse, of economic theory and economic history. What we call here the “New Applied History” has great potential to improve the way policymaking is conducted. But only if its practitioners understand the power, and limitations, of theory. We apply our ideas to the case of budgetary policymaking in the United States.
Education and the Reconstruction of a Democratic Society: Two Main Themes in Dewey’s Philosophy of Education
Authors: Chengbing WANG , Ming DONG
Published: December 2019

Education and the reconstruction of a democratic society are two themes about which Dewey was especially concerned throughout his life. On the one hand, Dewey regarded education as growth, emphasizing that the end of education is nothing but itself. Dewey received a barrage of criticism for this, as some people saw it as a theory advocating the aimlessness of education. On the other hand, the growth in Dewey’s theory is more than the growth of the individual: it also involves thinking from a social perspective, and thus is democracy-oriented growth. However, Robert B. Westbrook and Aaron Schutz point out that Dewey’s method of starting with local communities to develop a Great Community has its problems, and his proposal to transform society through schools also faces enormous difficulties. This paper firstly clarifies Dewey’s concept of growth. Then, it discusses the relationships among growth, education, and democracy in Dewey’s thoughts. Finally, it analyzes the problems that existed during the development of a democratic society and argues for Dewey’s ideal of a Great Community, which has been questioned.
Why Did Hu Shi Introduce Deweyan Pragmatism to China as Only a Method?
Authors: Kang ZHAO
Published: December 2019

Before and during John Dewey’s visit to China, Hu Shi, who was one of the most famous and influential Chinese intellectuals of the time, intensively introduced pragmatism to China. Hu stressed that pragmatism was only “the scientific method applied to philosophy.” This interpretation of Deweyan pragmatism not only caused insufficient understanding and even misunderstandings of Dewey’s philosophy (including his philosophy of education), but has also been considered by many Chinese scholars today as a kind of transformation of Dewey’s pragmatism. This essay explores why Hu introduced Deweyan pragmatism as only a method in China. Hu’s reception and interpretation of Deweyan pragmatism was a complicated process; thus, it must be investigated from Hu’s worldview, the particular sociopolitical context in China at the time as well as his life history. The paper concludes that labeling Hu Shi as an advocator of the total Westernization of China is not accurate.
Recent Studies on Dewey’s Visit to China (1919–1921)
Authors: Hongyu ZHOU , Yong LI
Published: December 2019

John Dewey, an American philosopher and educator, was invited to visit the Republic of China on April 30, 1919. Attracted by the May 4th Movement and consequent social changes in China, Dewey stayed in China until August 2, 1921, mainly delivering talks or lectures in China. During his visit, he promoted his pragmatism which was widely accepted and became popular in the new wave of educational thoughts, reform and improvement that time in China. One hundred years later, Dewey’s visit to China was studied again by researchers in China to continuously explore his influence on Chinese education. This article reviews the latest studies on his visit to China.
Rheological properties of micro-nano magneto-rheological fluid
Authors: Wang Hongbo , Liang Xinyi , Guo Jifan , Zhu Chungeng
Published: December 2019

In this paper, a novel micro-nano Magneto-rheological Fluid (MR) is proposed, and its mechanical performance, mainly including the shear torque and normal stress, is studied. Here, the magnetic particle in this kind of smart fluid is composed by the micro and nano particle, that is,
produced by adding some nano magnetic or nonmagnetic particles into the traditional MR fluid (its particle size about 1–10 μm). A set of testing system, mainly including the plate-on-plate shearing test rig, is built to investigate the effect of the added percent of particles
on the mechanical performances of MR fluid. In the condition of a constant shear rate, if the mass fraction of the nano particles is a constant, for example 4%, with the increasing of the magnetic induction intensity, the shear torque will also increase. The normal force increases rapidly
with the increasing of mass fraction of the nano particles and decrease gradually.
Immobilization of polyoxometalate on aminosilane-modified silicate: Synthesis, characterization and antibacterial performance
Authors: Wu Kuo-Hui , Chang Yin-Chiung , Wang Je-Chuang
Published: December 2019

This paper presents studies on the immobilization of the polyoxometalate (H5PV2Mo10O40) on aminosilanemodified silicate as a new barrier of biological toxicant. The polyoxometalate-doped aminosilane-modified silicate (Ormosil/POM hybrid and
Ormosil + POM blend) were synthesized by an in situ sol–gel route under acidic conditions. The physical properties of the samples were examined using NMR, SEM, XPS and TGA spectroscopy. The results indicated that POM was immobilized in channels by covalent linkages with the Ormosil
of the Ormosil/POM hybrid, and that POM was incorporated into the Ormosil after impregnation from the Ormosil + POM blend. The covalent bond resulted from the reaction of Ormosil with POM, in which Si species were inserted into the vacancy of lacunary POM to form Si–O–Mo bonds.
The antibacterial effects of samples were investigated with zone of inhibition testing, the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC). The Ormosil/POM hybrid and Ormosil + POM blend possessed excellent antibacterial abilities and the antibacterial
performance of the Ormosil/POM hybrid was better than that of the Ormosil + POM blend.
A top–down approach for the preparation of bulk layered metal/organic hybrid material
Authors: Zeng Longfei , You Chaoping , Zhang Xuehui , Liang Tongxiang , Liu Jinping
Published: December 2019

Although the potential of layered metal/organic hybrid material has long been recognized, manufacturing analogous materials in large-scale remains extremely difficult owing to the lack of a suitable fabrication process. Here, a top–down approach that combines accumulative roll
bonding technique with selective etching and vacuum impregnation process was first developed to fabricate bulk layered Ta/polymer hybrid material with controlled layer thickness (h) of 100 μm ≥ h ≥ 1 μm. This approach can be generalized to fabricate other layered
metal/polymer hybrid material with a large number of material combinations and a wide range of layer dimensions. This kind of material, which is comprised of hard and soft phases arranged in complex hierarchical architectures, has potential for application as lightweight and energy absorption
structural materials.
Sampling Error Correction Evaluated Using a Convective-Scale 1000-Member Ensemble
Authors: Necker Tobias , Weissmann Martin , Ruckstuhl Yvonne , Anderson Jeffrey , Miyoshi Takemasa
Published: December 2019

State-of-the-art ensemble prediction systems usually provide ensembles with only 20–250 members for estimating the uncertainty of the forecast and its spatial and spatiotemporal covariance. Given that the degrees of freedom of atmospheric models are several magnitudes higher, the estimates are therefore substantially affected by sampling errors. For error covariances, spurious correlations lead to random sampling errors, but also a systematic overestimation of the correlation. A common approach to mitigate the impact of sampling errors for data assimilation is to localize correlations. However, this is a challenging task given that physical correlations in the atmosphere can extend over long distances. Besides data assimilation, sampling errors pose an issue for the investigation of spatiotemporal correlations using ensemble sensitivity analysis. Our study evaluates a statistical approach for correcting sampling errors. The applied sampling error correction is a lookup table–based approach and therefore computationally very efficient. We show that this approach substantially improves both the estimates of spatial correlations for data assimilation as well as spatiotemporal correlations for ensemble sensitivity analysis. The evaluation is performed using the first convective-scale 1000-member ensemble simulation for central Europe. Correlations of the 1000-member ensemble forecast serve as truth to assess the performance of the sampling error correction for smaller subsets of the full ensemble. The sampling error correction strongly reduced both random and systematic errors for all evaluated variables, ensemble sizes, and lead times.
Testing the automaticity of an attentional bias towards predictive cues in human associative learning
Authors: Luque David , Molinero Sara , Jevtović Mina , Beesley Tom
Published: December 2019

It is well established that associative learning, such as learning new cue–outcome pairings, produces changes in attention: cues that are good predictors of relevant outcomes become prioritised compared with those that are non-predictive or redundant. However, there is controversy about whether such a learnt attentional bias results from a controlled orientation of attention, or whether it can be involuntary in nature. In three experiments, participants learned that cues of certain colours were predictive or non-predictive, and we assessed attention to cues using a dot-probe task. On dot-probe trials, participants were instructed to control attention by orienting towards a cue of a certain shape (target), while trying to ignore another cue (distractor). Although the colours of the cues were critical for the associative learning task, they were irrelevant for the dot-probe task. The results show that, even though participants’ controlled attention was focused on the target shape (as evident in response times and accuracy data), response times to the probe were slower (Experiments 1 and 2) and error rates were higher (Experiments 2 and 3) when the distractor was of a (previously) predictive colour. These data suggest that attention was captured involuntarily by the predictive value of the distractor, despite this being counterproductive to the task goal.
Hierarchical transcriptional control regulates Plasmodium falciparum sexual differentiation
Authors: van Biljon Riëtte , van Wyk Roelof , Painter Heather J. , Orchard Lindsey , Reader Janette , Niemand Jandeli , Llinás Manuel , Birkholtz Lyn-Marie
Published: December 2019

Background

Malaria pathogenesis relies on sexual gametocyte forms of the malaria parasite to be transmitted between the infected human and the mosquito host but the molecular mechanisms controlling gametocytogenesis remains poorly understood. Here we provide a high-resolution transcriptome ofPlasmodium falciparumas it commits to and develops through gametocytogenesis.

Results

The gametocyte-associated transcriptome is significantly different from that of the asexual parasites, with dynamic gene expression shifts characterizing early, intermediate and late-stage gametocyte development and results in differential timing for sex-specific transcripts. The transcriptional dynamics suggest strict transcriptional control during gametocytogenesis inP. falciparum,which we propose is mediated by putative regulators including epigenetic mechanisms (driving active repression of proliferation-associated processes) and a cascade-like expression of ApiAP2 transcription factors.

Conclusions

The gametocyte transcriptome serves as the blueprint for sexual differentiation and will be a rich resource for future functional studies on this critical stage ofPlasmodiumdevelopment, as the intraerythrocytic transcriptome has been for our understanding of the asexual cycle.