bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Polarization-insensitive ultra-wideband tunable perfect absorber based on a vanadium dioxide metasurface
Authors: Peng Wanli , Xie Yilin , Luo Jinlin , Guo Zhihao , Li Zunzun
Published: November 2024

This paper provides a polarization-insensitive ultra-wideband tunable perfect absorber based on a patterned vanadium dioxide (VO2) metasurface. The absorption bandwidth reaches 18.5 THz, surpassing that of most previous studies, through integrating two distinct region patterns (A and B). The proposed absorber features a three-layer sandwiched structure and a simpler metasurface pattern, demonstrating the advantages of lower manufacturing cost and a simplified photolithography process. In addition, by optimizing geometric parameters and manipulating VO2 conductivity, the absorption spectrum reveals three specific perfect absorption peaks with the absorptance of 99.06%, 99.85%, and 99.85% at 10 THz, 14 THz, and 21.5 THz and shows polarization-insensitive performance due to the C4 rotational symmetry of the metasurface pattern. Furthermore, we illustrate that the intrinsic mechanism of the proposed perfect absorber arises from the lossy localized surface plasmon polarization (LSPP) excited by the incident wave, with the Fabry–Perot (FP) cavity enhancing LSPP absorption. The absorber reveals a good impedance matching with the free space, where the real and imaginary parts are close to 1 and 0, which also explains the perfect absorption from the perspective of the impedance matching theory. The device can transition between perfect absorption mode and total reflection mode, with relative absorptance also adjustable via manipulating the VO2 conductivity. Ultimately, the absorber displays an excellent angle tolerance maintaining absorptance above 90% in the range of 0°–50°. Consequently, the proposed polarization-insensitive ultra-wideband tunable perfect absorber can be applied in optical switching, object cloaking, and wireless communication.
Demonstration of daytime CubeSat-to-ground laser communication in OOK modulation with a dual-mode superconducting nanowire single-photon detector
Authors: Wan Chao , Liu Hao , Hao Hao , Li Zhijian , Wu Shichen , Li Wenzong , Xie Xuebin , Zhang Ke , Tu Xuecou , Jia Xiaoqing , Zhang Labao , Kang Lin , Chen Jian , Zhou Ziyuan , Zhao Qingyuan , Wang Huabing , Wu Peiheng
Published: November 2024

Single-photon detectors have been adopted in deep space laser communication to improve the sensitivity of the ground receiver. For low-earth-orbit (LEO) laser communication, a ground receiver with upgraded sensitivity offers several advantages, such as reducing the ground telescope aperture size for mobile applications, giving a large tolerance for atmosphere attenuation, and reducing the power requirement for the transmitter in space. On-off keying (OOK) is one of the most common intensity modulations in the LEO laser communications, but is not suitable for conventional single-photon detectors which output photon counting clicks. In this paper, we demonstrate an LEO cube-satellite (CubeSat) to ground communication with a dual-mode superconducting nanowire single-photon detector (SNSPD) that can both operate at single-photon counting regime and quasi-linear mode under 50 Mbps OOK modulation. The CubeSat-to-ground results show that the SNSPD can work well both during the day and at night, and cope effectively with the large fluctuation of optical power in satellite-to-ground links and the significant variation of background photon noise in a day. The optical power corresponding to bit error ratio less than 10−3 is estimated in a separate experiment, which is -45 dBm for low dark counts at night, and -35 dBm for high background noise in the daytime (∼10 Mcps upper limit). This work demonstrates the feasibility of adopting the modified dual-mode SNSPDs in the OOK format satellite-to-ground laser communications both at night and in the day.
Partially coherent diffractive optical neural network
Authors: Jia Qi , Shi Bojian , Zhang Yanxia , Li Hang , Li Xiaoxin , Feng Rui , Sun Fangkui , Cao Yongyin , Wang Jian , Qiu Cheng-Wei , Gu Min , Ding Weiqiang
Published: November 2024

Since their proposal, diffractive optical neural networks (DONNs) have attracted significant interest for their potential in information processing. However, current research on DONNs primarily focuses on coherent light, limiting their applications in practical environments. Although it is possible to realize DONNs under partially coherent light conditions by considering DONNs with both coherent and incoherent light simultaneously, the structures of coherence have been ignored. To overcome this limitation, we propose the partially coherent diffractive optical neural network (PC-DONN) by introducing the coherence length of light l for the Gauss-Schell model. The effectiveness of PC-DONN is demonstrated by recognizing handwritten digits in the visible spectrum both numerically and experimentally. Results show that, for our PC-DONNs trained with l=0.2mm, the accuracy keeps over 82% as the coherence of light diminishes to l=0.05mm, and it can reach 90% with further optimization. In contrast, the accuracy of conventional coherent DONNs experiences a drop from 91% to 26%. The physics of this strong robustness of PC-DONN are revealed in exploring the influence of interlayer distance d, the total number of random screens M, and the coherence to the network. PC-DONNs pave the way for the practical application of DONN, especially in low coherence or incoherent conditions, and shed new light on the understanding of DONN.
Phase-cycling and double-quantum two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy using a common-path birefringent interferometer
Authors: Timmer Daniel , Lünemann Daniel C. , Gittinger Moritz , De Sio Antonietta , Manzoni Cristian , Cerullo Giulio , Lienau Christoph
Published: November 2024

Ultrafast spectroscopy provides unique access to the coherent dynamics of atomic, molecular, and solid state quantum systems. A most powerful, yet experimentally challenging tool for this is two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy (2DES), allowing to isolate excitation pathways and to selectively probe coherent and incoherent couplings by controlling the phase of the ultrashort pulses that interact with the system. Its experimental implementation can in principle greatly be simplified by employing inherently phase stable birefringent in-line interferometers (TWINS), which, however, are thought to lack sufficient phase control. Here, we demonstrate an adaptation of TWINS providing full phase-cycling capabilities for 2DES. This is demonstrated by recording rephasing, non-rephasing, zero-quantum, and double-quantum 2DES on a molecular J-aggregate. This easy-to-implement extension opens up new experimental possibilities for TWINS-based 2DES in multidimensional all-optical and photoemission spectroscopy and microscopy.
Mechanism Interpretation and Math Description of
Hybrid Patterns of Non-Parallel-Double Slit Experiment
Authors: Peng Hui
Published: November 2024

The single slit, the curve-single slit, the parallel double slit, the non-parallel double slit, the curve-double slit, and the non-parallel-curve-double slit experiments show the PhotoWave phenomena. In this article, by utilize the PhotoWave concept, we interpret the mechanism of the production of the Hybrid pattern (i.e., the two interference patterns respectively embedded in two diffraction patterns) of the non-parallel-double slit experiment. Based on the interpretation, we propose the math description of the Hybrid pattern.
Study on the underwater Phaeocystis globosa monitoring based on ACE-DCP enhancement and YOLOv8 detection
Authors: Tong Yanbin , Zhang Wenjie , Zhang Weihong , Che Mingda , Li Xiaobo , Hu Haofeng , Zhai Jingsheng , Su Rongxin , Zhang Rongyong , Li Qi
Published: November 2024

Harmful algal blooms have emerged as a formidable menace to both human society and the ecological environment. Specifically, the occurrence of Phaeocystis globosa blooms poses a potential hazard to the safety of coastal nuclear power cooling systems. However, current ecological monitoring techniques fail to dynamically detect the densities of solitary cells of Phaeocystis globosa prior to the blooms, thus hindering timely interventions. This study proposes a framework for harmful algae monitoring by integrating underwater microscopic imaging, image processing, and object detection. Flume experiments were conducted using Phaeocystis globosa as the case study for monitoring object. The results indicate that the proposed framework exhibits favorable performance in recognizing different types of algae, particularly in distinguishing between Phaeocystis globosa and Chlorella. Despite their similar morphology observed from the underwater imaging device under dark field illumination, the false detection rate between Phaeocystis globosa and Chlorella is approaches 0 % when using the YOLOv8 object detection model. Adaptive Contrast Enhancement (ACE) amplifies the color discrepancies among algae and eliminates virtual focus interference, thus improving precision of algae classification. Subsequently, Dark Channel Prior (DCP) reduces the noise caused by image scattering and limits missed detection. Consequently, the accuracy of Phaeocystes globosa recognition using the YOLOv8 model in increased from 74 % to 91 %. This study presents an effective solution for in-situ monitoring of specific harmful algae, which has the potential to enhance the capabilities for dynamic detection and early warning of Phaeocystis Globosa blooms.
Evaluation of sequence-based tools to gather more insight into the positioning of rhizogenic agrobacteria within the Agrobacterium tumefaciens species complex
Authors: Vargas Ribera Pablo Roberto , Kim Nuri , Venbrux Marc , Álvarez-Pérez Sergio , Rediers Hans
Published: November 2024

Rhizogenic Agrobacterium, the causative agent of hairy root disease (HRD), is known for its high phenotypic and genetic diversity. The taxonomy of rhizogenic agrobacteria has undergone several changes in the past and is still somewhat controversial. While the classification of Agrobacterium strains was initially mainly based on phenotypic properties and the symptoms they induced on plants, more and more genetic information has been used along the years to infer Agrobacterium taxonomy. This has led to the definition of the so-called Agrobacterium tumefaciens species complex (Atsc), which comprises several genomospecies. Interestingly, the rhizogenic Agrobacterium strains are found in several of these genomospecies. Nevertheless, even up until today Agrobacterium strains, and in particular rhizogenic agrobacteria, are prone to misclassification and considerable confusion in literature. In this study, we evaluated different phylogenetic analysis approaches for their use to improve Agrobacterium taxonomy and tried to gain more insight in the classification of strains into this complex genus, with a particular focus on rhizogenic agrobacteria. The genome sequence analysis of 580 assemblies, comprising Agrobacterium, Allorhizobium and Rhizobium strains demonstrated that phylogenies based on single marker genes, such as the commonly used 16S rRNA and recA gene, do not provide sufficient resolution for proper delineation of the different genomospecies within the Atsc. Our results revealed that (in silico) multi-locus sequences analysis (MLSA) in combination with average nucleotide identity (ANIb) at a 94.0% threshold delineates genomospecies accurately and efficiently. Additionally, this latter approach permitted the identification of two new candidate genomospecies.
Introducing BPaL: Experiences from countries supported under the LIFT-TB project
Authors: Wares D. F. , Mbenga M. , Mirtskhulava V. , Quelapio M. , Slyzkyi A. , Koppelaar I. , Cho S. N. , Go U. , Lee J. S. , Jung J.-K. , Everitt D. , Foraida S. , Diachenko M. , Juneja S. , Burhan E. , Totkogonova A. , Myint Z. , Flores I. , Lytvynenko N. A. , Parpieva N. , Nhung N. V. , Gebhard A.
Published: November 2024

Background

Previously, drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) patients were treated with long, toxic, and relatively ineffective regimens. However, in recent years, there have been major improvements made. The 2020 World Health Organization DR-TB Treatment guidelines recommended the use of a 6-months all-oral BPaL (bedaquiline, pretomanid and linezolid) regimen under operational research (OR) conditions for selected DR-TB patients.

Methods

The processes, challenges, and interim results of introducing BPaL under OR conditions in 7 countries supported under the Korea International Cooperation Agency/TB Alliance-funded “Leveraging Innovation for Faster Treatment of Tuberculosis (LIFT-TB)” project are described here. The OR objectives were to explore the feasibility of introducing the BPaL regimen, and to estimate its effectiveness and safety in a select group of DR-TB patients.

Results

Between November 2020 and the end of March 2023, a total of 574 patients had been enrolled. Interim treatment success stands at an encouraging 90.9% (280/308). Although adverse events of special interest (AESI) were common, they were manageable, and only 1 patient had to discontinue the complete BPaL treatment regimen. In addition, no unexpected adverse events (AE) were seen.

Conclusion

With careful advocacy, frequent communication with partners, and following steps to strengthen essential aspects of the delivery system, the project’s experiences show that BPaL OR was feasible across different country settings. Project documents were constantly updated. The sharing of information, experiences, and interim results had a significant positive and motivating effect within and across countries. Interim OR results show excellent patient responses and are comparable to those seen under trial conditions. Although common, the observed AEs and AESIs were manageable, and no unexpected AEs were seen.
Sex differences in the impact of ventricular-arterial coupling on left ventricular function in patients with hypertension
Authors: Joo Seung-Jae , Boo Ki Yung , Lee Jae-Geun , Choi Joon-Hyouk , Kim Song-Yi
Published: November 2024

Increased arterial stiffness elevates aortic load, which can have adverse impacts on left ventricular (LV) function and contribute to the onset of heart failure. This impact is known to be more pronounced in women. Optimal coordination between ventricular contraction and the arterial system is required to maintain efficient cardiac function. This study aimed to investigate sex differences in the impact of ventricular-arterial coupling (VAC) on LV function in patients with hypertension at rest and after handgrip exercise. Echocardiographic indexes of LV volumes, systolic function, and diastolic function were obtained in the usual way. Effective arterial elastance (EA) and index (EAI) were calculated from stroke volume measured using LV outflow waveform. Effective LV end-systolic elastance (ELV) and index (ELVI) were obtained using the single-beat method. Central aortic pressure waveform was recorded using the applanation tonometry. Characteristic impedance (Zc) of aortic root and reflection magnitude (RM) was calculated after Fourier transformation of both aortic pressure and flow waveforms. Sixty-four patients (31 women and 33 men) with hypertension were enrolled. Women showed higher ELVI (1.33±0.34 vs. 1.10±0.29 mmHg/ml∙m2, P = 0.004) and EAI (1.14±0.25 vs. 0.93±0.26 mmHg/ml∙m2, P = 0.001), but VAC was not different (women: 0.88±0.17 vs. men: 0.85±0.11, P = 0.431). Zc and RM were not different between women and men. After handgrip exercise, an increase in ELVI (P = 0.021) and a decrease in VAC (P = 0.035) were observed specifically in men, with no corresponding changes noted in women. In women, VAC was significantly associated with E’ velocity (beta -0.344, P = 0.029) and left ventricular global longitudinal strain (beta 0.470, P = 0.012) after adjustment, but in men, no association was found. Hypertensive women demonstrated greater stiffness in both the left ventricle and arterial systems, along with impaired LV contractile reserve in response to handgrip exercise, as compared to men. The ventricular-arterial mismatch had a notable impact on LV diastolic and systolic dysfunction only in women, but not in men.
Method for detection of cerebral blood flow in neurointensive care using longitudinal arterial spin labeling MRI
Authors: Tapper Sofie , Tisell Anders , Hillman Jan , Wårdell Karin
Published: November 2024

Cerebral blood flow (CBF) is carefully monitored in the Neurointensive Care Unit (NICU) to prevent secondary brain insults in patients who have suffered subarachnoid hemorrhage. Including absolute MRI measurements of CBF in the NICU monitoring protocol could add valuable information and potentially improve patient outcomes. This is particularly feasible at Linköping University Hospital, which uniquely has an MRI scanner located in the NICU, enabling longitudinal CBF measurements while eliminating medical transportation risks. Arterial spin labeling is a subtraction-based MRI technique that can measure CBF globally in the brain without the use of contrast agents, and thus is suitable for repeated measurements over short time periods. Therefore, this work aims to develop and implement a methodological workflow for the acquisition, analysis, absolute quantification, and visualization of longitudinal arterial spin labeling MRI measurements acquired in the clinical NICU setting. At this initial stage, the workflow was implemented and tested using acquired test-retest data and longitudinal data from two healthy participants. Subsequently, the workflow was tested in clinical practice on an intubated and ventilated patient monitored in the NICU after suffering a subarachnoid hemorrhage. To ensure accurate day-to-day comparisons between the repeated measurements, the selection of processing and analysis methods aimed to obtain CBF maps in absolute units of ml/min/100g. These CBF maps were quantified using both the FMRIB Software Library and an openly available flow territory atlas. The test-retest data showed small variations (4.4 ml/min/100g between sessions), and the longitudinal measurement resulted in low CBF variability over 12 days. Despite the greater complexity of clinical data, the quantification and chosen visualization tools proved helpful in interpreting the results. In conclusion, this workflow including repeated MRI measurements could help detect changes in CBF between different measurement days and complement other conventional monitoring techniques in the NICU.
A collateral circulation in ischemic stroke accelerates recanalization due to lower clot compaction
Authors: Thalerová Sandra , Vítečková Wünschová Andrea , Kittová Patrícia , Vašátková Lucie , Pešková Michaela , Volný Ondřej , Mac Gillavry Danylevska Anna , Víteček Jan , Kubala Lukáš , Mikulík Robert
Published: November 2024

Collaterals improve recanalization in acute ischemic stroke patients treated with intravenous thrombolysis, but the mechanisms are poorly understood. To investigate it, an in vitro flow model of the middle cerebral artery was developed with or without collaterals. An occlusion was achieved using human blood clots. Recanalization time, thrombolysis (clot length decrease and red blood cell (RBC) release), pressure gradient across the clot and clot compaction were measured. Results showed that with or without collateral alteplase-treated RBC dominant clots showed recanalization time 98±23 min vs 130±35 min (difference 32 min, 95% CI -6-58 min), relative clot reduction 31.8±14.9% vs 30.3±13.2% (difference 1.5%, 95% CI 10.4–13.4%) and RBC release 0.30±0.07 vs 0.27±0.09 (difference 0.03, 95% CI 0.04–0.10). Similar results were observed with fibrin-dominant clots. In RBC dominant clots, the presence vs absence of collateral caused different pressure gradients across the clot 0.41±0.09 vs 0.70±0.09 mmHg (difference 0.29 mmHg, 95% CI -0.17–0.41 mmHg), and caused the reduction of initial clot compaction by 5%. These findings align with observations in patients, where collaterals shortened recanalization time. However, collaterals did not increase thrombolysis. Instead, they decreased the pressure gradient across the clot, resulting in less clot compaction and easier distal displacement of the clot.
A word on Ken Harrow: Scholar extraordinaire
Authors: Tomaselli Keyan G.
Published: November 2024

Kenneth Harrow, a distinguished scholar of African cinemas, was known to many through his exemplary works. This is, without doubt, a highly merited recognition given his prolific efforts and great labour in popularizing the study of African cinemas and spearheading its theoretical breakthroughs. I, however, have known him beyond his scholarly profile, having enjoyed a lengthy acquaintance at personal and professional levels. I have been in contact with him for many decades, sharing academic labours and maintaining a healthy and productive intellectual exchange. His passing on is thus a double loss to me. As I join the rest of his global community of friends in celebrating Harrow’s excellence and breakthroughs in African cinemas, I write this obituary as a note to a gone friend who generously lent me his hand throughout my academic sojourns.
What is illustration? A shadowy definition for illustration research
Authors: Grove Jaleen
Published: November 2024

The field of artistic research in illustration requires an updated definition of illustration to accompany recent exploratory research methods, concepts and media. A consideration of the etymology of ‘illustration’ and ‘illumination’ leads to the pre-Latin root,leuk(‘light’), and the problematic conflation of illustrating with enlightenment. Referring to Derrida’s Socratic theory of illustration and critique of mimicry, I argue for expanding illustration definitions to include ‘shadows’ – illustration’s propensity to mislead or falsify. I adopt the ancient wordghel(‘glow’) to recuperate the illusory aspect of illustrating as a more embodied, alternative conceptualization of shining light and casting shadow, one that puts visual and affectual meanings before verbal. Then I provide examples of how in practiceghel, iconoclasm and aniconism illustrate ‘non-representable’ events and experiences. I conclude with a definition of illustration for illustration research.
As if Franco had never existed? The intrusive past in Pedro Almodóvar’s Tacones lejanos/High Heels (Almodóvar 1991)
Authors: Hernández Cubo Abraham
Published: November 2024

Pedro Almodóvar’s film Tacones lejanos/High Heels (1991) portrays the interconnectedness between past and present in early 1990s Spain, when the country had seemingly become a modern nation and left the Transition behind. While in the 1980s Almodóvar had famously mentioned that he preferred to make films as if Franco had never existed, this work suggests otherwise. Tacones lejanos portrays a protagonist suffering a traumatic personal experience in her childhood during Spain’s dictatorship and its enduring impact on her present life in the early 1990s. The film employs cinematic devices such as flashbacks, memory triggers and dialogic relations with earlier films as tropes of memory. By studying individual memory to understand the workings of collective memory and national identity, I argue that Tacones lejanos provides an analogy to comprehend an unprocessed trauma and constitutes a symbolic illustration on how Spanish society at that time was dealing with its past, depicting it as something eventually inescapable which must be addressed.
Haunting photographs and temporal landscapes: Remembering through traces in La idea de un lago/The Idea of a Lake (Mumenthaler 2016)
Authors: Buesa Andrés
Published: November 2024

This article explores the links between memory and materiality in the Argentine film La idea de un lago/The Idea of a Lake. It assumes that material memory, understood as the process of remembrance that results from the engagement with material traces of the past (objects, places, landscapes), is a recurrent trope by which contemporary documentary filmmakers criticize official discourses on memory from the Kirchners’s era. In this context, it reads La idea de un lago as a fictional text that performs this mode by using photographs and landscape – as those traces of the past that bring it to the present – to embody the conflicting relationship that children of the disappeared hold with the traumatic absence of a parent. At the level of cultural memory, this translates into a narrative of the dictatorship that does not problematize – as non-fictional work did – but rather reinforces kirchnerist politics of memory.
Spanish Cinema against Itself: Cosmopolitanism, Experimentation, Militancy, Steven Marsh (2020)
Authors: Gutiérrez-Albilla Julián Daniel
Published: November 2024

Review of: Spanish Cinema against Itself: Cosmopolitanism, Experimentation, Militancy, Steven Marsh (2020)

Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 256 pp.,

ISBN 978-0-25304-630-7, h/bk, $80.00

ISBN 978-0-25304-631-4, p/bk, $32.00

ISBN 978-0-25304-633-8, e-book, $16.99
Esa Pareja Feliz: Inventos, Concursos y Verbenas, Marina Díaz López (ed.) (2021)
Authors: Aranzubia Asier
Published: November 2024

Review of: Esa Pareja Feliz: Inventos, Concursos y Verbenas, Marina Díaz López (ed.) (2021)

Málaga: Festival de Málaga, 246 pp.,

ISBN 978-8-40930-731-9, p/bk
Woman-Centered Brazilian Cinema: Filmmakers and Protagonists of the Twenty-First Century, Jack A. Draper III and Cacilda M. Rêgo (2022)
Authors: Pinazza Natália
Published: November 2024

Review of: Woman-Centered Brazilian Cinema: Filmmakers and Protagonists of the Twenty-First Century, Jack A. Draper III and Cacilda M. Rêgo (2022)

Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 288 pp.,

ISBN 978-1-43849-025-0, h/bk, $95.00
Uma análise da hegemonia do petróleo e os desafios da transição energética sob a perspectiva da economia política
Authors: Sauer Ildo Luís
Published: November 2024

Este trabalho faz uma análise das razões que levaram à hegemonia do petróleo como fonte energética e dos desafios para a transição energética propugnada por amplos setores acadêmicos, políticos e populares. Como arcabouço metodológico, recupera os principais elementos da economia política, como mais-valia absoluta, relativa e extraordinária, rendas diferencial, absoluta e de monopólio, preços e preços de produção, para interpretar o papel da apropriação da energia na emergência e consolidação do modo capitalista de produção e os fatores e atributos que nortearam as transições energéticas e conduziram à hegemonia do petróleo num quadro de múltiplas possibilidades de recursos energéticos. Analisa a estrutura geopolítica e as disputas pela renda dos recursos naturais, com foco no controle das reservas e produção do petróleo, sob coordenação da Opep+ (Organização dos Países Exportadores de Petróleo expandida), com suas empresas nacionais, em conflito com os interesses dos países da OCDE (Organização para a Cooperação e Desenvolvimento Econômico) e China e das empresas petrolíferas independentes. Finalmente, apresenta o quadro de possibilidades para a desfossilização da matriz energética brasileira e mundial mediante a indicação das alternativas baseadas nos vetores de eletricidade ou hidrogênio e analisa os desafios e impactos de sua adoção sobre a estrutura econômica, social e de poder político inerente ao sistema capitalista, cujo motor é o processo de acumulação baseado na ampliação da produtividade para a geração de excedentes econômicos.
Neue Wege einer Theologie der Religionen? Anmerkungen in religionswissenschaftlicher und interkultureller Perspektive
Authors: Wrogemann Henning
Published: November 2024

The article initially distinguishes between three directions of Christian theology of religions (dual, monistic, interactionist). Critical questions are then asked about conventional approaches to a theology of religions from the perspective of discourse theory, economics of religion, sociology of religion and spatial theory as well as an intercultural theology. The thesis is that a future theology of religions must pay greater attention to the actually existing conditions of interreligious relations. Finally the alternative approach of a theology of interreligious relations is proposed.
Scholars and Literati at the Agiati Academy in Rovereto (1750–1800)
Authors: Gualandris Tifenn , Vitale Mara , Zanardello Chiara
Published: November 2024

This note is a summary description of the set of scholars and literati at the Agiati Academy in Rovereto between its creation in 1750 and 1800. For more detailed information about these individuals, please visit the comprehensive database available at https://shiny-lidam.sipr.ucl.ac.be/scholars/.
Quantitative C
1-stability of spheres in rank one symmetric spaces of non-compact type
Authors: Silini Lauro
Published: November 2024

We prove that in any rank one symmetric space of non-compact type

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Kawamata–Miyaoka type inequality for ℚ-Fano varieties with canonical singularities
Authors: Liu Haidong , Liu Jie
Published: November 2024

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If additionally X is a threefold with terminal singularities, then a stronger inequality is also obtained.
Graphic Collections and Resources
Authors: Gundermann Christine , Wright Amie
Published: November 2024

The first special section of International Public History to focus on Graphic History as Pedagogy includes the Graphic Collections profiles the following collections: Yoshihiro Yonezawa Memorial Library of Manga and Subcultures; Latin American Comics Archive (LACA) – Carnegie Mellon University; Comic Archive at Goethe-University Frankfurt, Institute of Children’s and Young Adult Literature Research; The Center for the Study of Graphic Literature at the University of Hamburg; Graphic Medicine Collection – Countway Library Graphic Medicine Collection, Harvard Medical Library, Harvard University; and the Nextcomic-Festival. The collections profiled represent a fraction of comic collections and festivals worldwide. What is included is not definitive but rather a small sampling to hopefully spark larger dialogues and awareness of graphic history in all its spheres and discussions.
Towards a Techno-Hauntological Aesthetic: Immiscible Time and the Spiritual Imagination in Bodyless (Shishenji, 2019) by Huang Hsin-Chien
Authors: Remy-Handfield Gabriel
Published: November 2024

This article discusses and explores acclaimed new media artist Huang Hsin-Chien’s virtual reality (VR) experience Bodyless (Shishenji, 2019). In this film, through the process of the body illusion or the body replacement program, a component specific to VR, viewers embody the soul of a political prisoner deceased during Taiwan’s martial law era. Bodyless juxtaposes Taiwan’s traditional spiritual traditions with references to the Ghost Festival (中元節) and includes a dystopic vision of the future that appears towards the end of the film. This article establishes, through a close reading of several key sequences of the film, the emergence of a techno-hauntological aesthetic. It creates a dialogue between Huang’s dream-like imagery and various interpretation of Bliss Cua Lim’s concepts of immiscible time and heterogeneous space. How does Bodyless visually enact, perform, and develop a techno-hauntological aesthetic? How does the artist explore philosophical concepts related to memory, time, and space by using VR?
Introduction: Games, Gaming, and Interactive Aesthetics in Contemporary Chinese and Sinophone Cinema
Authors: Eyman Douglas , Guo Li , Sun Hongmei
Published: November 2024

Relatively few scholarly works or research publications in English have taken up the question of the relationship between Chinese cinema and Chinese games, a topic that is ripe for exploration and the focus of this special issue. There are key related works that focus on transmedia storytelling and the cross-media development of Chinese intellectual properties (IPs), as well as rich literature on literature-to-film and literature-to-game adaptations. In this introduction, we’ll first review the extant literature on games, films, and interactivity in Chinese cinema and then provide a historical overview of the development of English-language scholarship on games and film interconnections. The introduction finishes with an overview of the works in this special issue and their contributions to this area of research.
Constructing the Tabernacle and Providing for It: The Embodiment of Kingship in Moses’ Figure
Authors: Shapira Hananel
Published: November 2024

By examining Moses’ civic and cultic roles and comparing them to those of kings in the ancient Near East, I demonstrate that Moses, rather than the community or the high priest, holds a pivotal cultic position in P. Although lacking several typical royal attributes, Moses still holds responsibilities that align closely with those of ancient Near Eastern monarchs. He should be considered a de facto royal figure in the context of Priestly literature in its earliest stages, significantly impacting the interpretation of the relationship between religion and state according to P.
Bildverarbeitungsmethoden zur Prozessbewertung am Beispiel fliegender Späne
Authors: Sörqvist Erik , Kirik Oguzhan , Dilly Fabian , Huang Qing
Published: November 2024

Bildgestützte Anwendungen zur Videoüberwachung beginnen oft mit der Erkennung bewegter Objekte in Videosequenzen. In diesem Zusammenhang sollen in diesem Beitrag zwei Methoden zur Vorhersage der Position bewegter Frässpäne in Bilddaten miteinander verglichen werden. Die vorgeschlagenen Methoden sind eine neuartige Differenzierungs-Zentroid-Methode und eine auf optischem Fluss basierende Methode. Durch die Identifizierung der neuesten, aus dem Werkzeug fliegenden Späne in einem Haufen zuvor produzierter Späne kann der Echtzeitvorhersage der Produktionsqualität einen Schritt näher gekommen werden.
Herr der Lage bleiben
Authors: Lange Annika , Ihnen Deike Magret , Schwörer Jakob , Knothe Thomas
Published: November 2024

Ambidextre Produktionssysteme verfügen über die Eigenschaft, mit bekannten und unbekannten Prozessen umzugehen. Im operativen Betrieb stehen zahlreiche Daten zur Verfügung, die zu systematisieren sind. Diese Daten werden im interaktiven Lagebild visualisiert und unterstützen fundierte Entscheidungen. Jede Situation erfordert unterschiedliche Daten. Daher ermöglicht das Lagebild die Erstellung verschiedener Sichten. Dieser Beitrag thematisiert, welche Informationen und Strukturen im Lagebild erforderlich sind.
KI-gestützte Demontage von Elektrofahrzeugbatterien
Authors: Hertel Dominik , Bräunig Gerald , Reuter Thomas , Hummel Jonas
Published: November 2024

Im Jahr 2015 wurden seitens der internationalen Gemeinschaft 17 globale Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung definiert, welche die Schaffung einer menschlicheren Zukunft sowie den Erhalt natürlicher Ressourcen zum Ziel haben. Die Umstellung auf grüne Elektromobilität stellt ein entscheidendes Element zur Erreichung einiger der genannten Ziele dar. Ein bloßer Mobilitätswandel ist jedoch nicht ausreichend. Auch der Umgang mit den Batteriesystemen von Elektrofahrzeugen am Ende ihrer Produktlebensdauer sollte geregelt werden, um die Ressourcenschonung zu maximieren.
Digitaler Zwilling zur reaktiven Demontageplanung
Authors: Streibel Lasse , Jordan Patrick , Zäh Michael F.
Published: November 2024

Die Ineffizienz und Unsicherheit der Demontage sind Hindernisse für das Skalieren der industriellen Kreislaufwirtschaft. Eine datengetriebene, reaktive Demontageplanung kann die Hindernisse reduzieren, indem sie Demontagepläne während der Demontage flexibel an neue Informationen über Produkte, Prozesse und Ressourcen anpasst. Sie erfordert einen Digitalen Zwilling des Demontagesystems. Der Beitrag leitet die notwendige Abstraktionsebene und die Systemgrenze eines solchen Digitalen Zwillings her.
Generative KI zur No-/Low-Code-Wissensverarbeitung
Authors: Uhlmann Eckart , Polte Julian , Lelidis Philipp
Published: November 2024

Generative KI ermöglicht unter Verwendung von Prompt Engineering eine effiziente No-/Low-Code-Wissensverarbeitung zur Wissensanalyse, Informationsextraktion, Beantwortung von Fragen, Textklassifizierung und -erstellung. Methoden wie In-Context Learning und Retrieval Augmented Generation erweitern hierfür Anfragen um passende Kontextinformationen, ohne dass tiefgehende Programmierkenntnisse benötigt werden. Dies bietet insbesondere KMU neue Möglichkeiten, komplexe Datenverarbeitungsaufgaben zu bewältigen, wie beispielsweise die stetige Analyse von Sensordaten aus Produktionssystemen für eine effiziente Planung und Steuerung.
Analyse von Systemelementen und derer Ausprägungsformen zum modellhaften Nachbilden von Produktionssystemen
Authors: Jahangirkhani Tanya , Philipp Luca , Schmidt Matthias , Sigrist Eddie , Wulf Serjosha , Nyhuis Peter
Published: November 2024

Zur Sicherung der Zukunftsfähigkeit produzierender Unternehmen ist es die Aufgabe der Fabrikplanung, den Fabrikbetrieb auf aktuelle Anforderungen einzustellen. Um das realgetreue Verhalten eines Produktionssystems unter den Einflüssen der VUKA-Welt untersuchen zu können, wurden alle wesentlichen Gestaltungselemente sowie deren Ausprägungsformen identifiziert und analysiert. Dazu wurden zunächst die Begriffe des Produktionssystems sowie die Zukunftsfähigkeit definiert. Anschließend wurden mithilfe der Definition von Kriterien relevante Gestaltungselemente identifiziert. Damit produzierende Unternehmen ihre individuellen Produktionssysteme modellhaft nachbilden können, wurden abschließend relevante Ausprägungsformen pro Gestaltungelemente identifiziert und zusammengetragen. Somit können Produktionssysteme grundlegend modelliert und analysiert werden.
Activity-Dependent Internalization of Glun2B-Containing NMDARs Is Required for Synaptic Incorporation of Glun2A and Synaptic Plasticity
Authors: Storey Granville P. , Riquelme Raul , Barria Andres
Published: November 2024

NMDA-type glutamate receptors are heterotetrameric complexes composed of two GluN1 and two GluN2 subunits. The precise composition of the GluN2 subunits determines the channel's biophysical properties and influences its interaction with postsynaptic scaffolding proteins and signaling molecules involved in synaptic physiology and plasticity. The precise regulation of NMDAR subunit composition at synapses is crucial for proper synaptogenesis, neuronal circuit development, and synaptic plasticity, a cellular model of memory formation. In the forebrain during early development, NMDARs contain solely the GluN2B subunit, which is necessary for proper synaptogenesis and synaptic plasticity. In rodents, GluN2A subunit expression begins in the second postnatal week, replacing GluN2B-containing NMDARs at synapses in an activity- or sensory experience-dependent process. This switch in NMDAR subunit composition at synapses alters channel properties and reduces synaptic plasticity. The molecular mechanism regulating the switch remains unclear. We have investigated the role of activity-dependent internalization of GluN2B-containing receptors in shaping synaptic NMDAR subunit composition. Using molecular, pharmacological, and electrophysiological approaches in cultured organotypic hippocampal slices from rats of both sexes, we show that the process of incorporating GluN2A-containing NMDAR receptors requires activity-dependent internalization of GluN2B-containing NMDARs. Interestingly, blockade of GluN2A synaptic incorporation was associated with impaired potentiation of AMPA-mediated synaptic transmission, suggesting a potential coupling between the trafficking of AMPARs into synapses and that of GluN2A-containing NMDARs. These insights contribute to our understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying synaptic trafficking of glutamate receptors and synaptic plasticity. They may also have implications for therapeutic strategies targeting NMDAR function in neurological disorders.
Building a Nest in Human-Built Spaces
Authors: Nikkilä Eeva
Published: November 2024

This article seeks to understand how Finnish sows experienced human-built spaces in the first decades of the 1900s, during which commercial and modern swine production methods slowly began to transform their lives and living conditions. I approach the question of sows’ experiences by focusing on a particular behavior of sows (nest building) and how they performed it in modern piggeries. First, I outline the different features of farrowing pens, which were specifically designed for sows and their piglets and which were, consequently, the most common spaces sows experienced during nest building. Second, I analyze sows’ nest-building behavior in pens and how different spatial features and husbandry practices shaped its execution. I suggest that nest-building behavior can be seen as an example of sows’ own place-making processes and how they create meaningful places of their own in given circumstances. At the same time, these processes convey sows’ experiences and their own role in the production of those circumstances. Broadly, this article suggests that the analysis of animal behaviors at the intersection of spaces, materials, and practices creates possibilities to interpret animal experiences and how they have navigated their lives in specific historical circumstances.
El continuo léxico en el noroeste peninsular: voces gallegas y asturleonesas en documentación medieval berciana
Authors: Marcet Rodríguez Vicente J.
Published: November 2024

Este artículo está dedicado al estudio del vocabulario común durante la Edad Media entre el gallego y el asturiano-leonés, y en menor medida el castellano, con el propósito de mostrar la existencia del continuo lingüístico en el noroeste peninsular en el plano léxico. Nos centramos en dos campos semánticos muy concretos: las unidades de medida y recipientes, por un lado, y los espacios rurales, por otro. Nos servimos para nuestro estudio de un corpus integrado por más de 160 documentos redactados a lo largo del siglo xv en Vega de Espinareda y otras localidades bercianas conservados en la actualidad en el Archivo Histórico Nacional. Analizamos la etimología de cada palabra seleccionada, su extensión geográfica y sus primeras documentaciones tanto en asturiano-leonés y en gallego como en otros romances peninsulares. Nos servimos para ellos de diversos diccionarios en línea, así como de otros repertorios lexicográficos en línea y corpus lingüísticos.
¿Cómo hacer hablar a un texto? Prácticas de escritura en Escuelas Normales Rurales Femeninas (1941-1945)
Authors: Cabezas García Paula Alexandra
Published: November 2024

Based on 30 notebooks belonging to Soledad Díaz’s own personal archives, written from 1941 to 1946 in the normal school where she studied in Une, Cundinamarca (Colombia), this paper aims to answer the question of how to demonstrate writing practices at female rural normal schools. Two concepts will be used, one from literacy anthropology studies (literacy events) and another from reading sociology (reading scenarios). After an adaption of the concepts to writing practices, scenarios and writing events will reveal that these practices in rural women’s normal schools revolve around their professional training from a writing of care. Thus, the uses and function of writing are associated with the administration, order and direction, in this case, of their daily life as a head of the house, guide of the peasant and caretaker of the sick due to the orientation of educational policies towards the idea of the recognition of the population as functional individuals within a social nation.
Prácticas sociales, creatividad y habitar en las regiones Medellín, Antioquia (Colombia)
Authors: Múnera Barrios María Ginette
Published: November 2024

This reflection is based on some elements of debate, such as creative practices as art, design and architecture, known as activities that contribute to the creation of contemporary living and that are interdisciplinary. In this understanding it is alluded to the issues of social responsibility in the regions, current in countries like Colombia. In general terms, what is intended to show is how it is possible to leave academic scenarios to integrate into the reality of common life, with the idea to conceptualize the relevance of creative disciplines, and in the process, identify elements that account for the possible interventions of creativity in the regions. The case study will be the city of Medellín, Antioquia (Colombia); and with it we will advance in some notions with which we want to explore some of the creative ways,considered opportunities or intervention strategies, with which we will try the determined participation of the academics in the peace scenarios in the regions
Sleep-Related Sudden Unexpected Infant Death Among Infants Prenatally Substance Exposed
Authors: Deutsch Stephanie Anne , Loiselle Claire E. , Hossain Jobayer , De Jong Allan
Published: November 2024

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES

Maternal substance use during pregnancy heightens risk of sudden unexpected infant death (SUID), including through unsafe sleep practices. Families impacted by substance use frequently experience disproportionate social drivers of poor health and family vulnerability likely contributory to fatality risk. Characteristics of sleep-related SUID among infants born prenatally substance exposed versus nonexposed were compared to identify targeted prevention opportunities.

METHODS

Using the Sudden Death in the Young Registry, we examined SUID with sleep-related death between 2015 and 2020 across infants prenatally exposed versus nonexposed. Distribution of sleep environment characteristics, social drivers of poor health, and family vulnerability factors were examined using descriptive statistics and χ2.

RESULTS

Of 2010 infants who experienced sleep-related deaths, 283 (14%) were prenatally exposed. More than half of deaths involved an adult bed (52%, n = 1045) or surface sharing with an adult (53%, n = 1074). Supervisors of prenatally exposed infants were disproportionately impaired at infant death versus nonexposed (34%, n = 97 vs 16%, n = 279). Statistically significant associations between prenatal exposure history and vulnerability factors (insurance, child welfare involvement, intimate partner violence, health care barriers) were identified (P < .05).

CONCLUSIONS

Sleep-related SUID across infants prenatally exposed versus nonexposed differ in sleep environment characteristics and contributory social vulnerability. Disproportionate sleep environment hazards (surface sharing, supervisor impairment) are identified among prenatally exposed infants that should compel targeted prevention efforts, including safe sleep messaging, discouraging surface sharing, and engaging support persons during impairment periods. Addressing social needs and family vulnerability are also paramount to increase access to health care, safe sleep education, and material resource provision.