bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Using narrative 360° video as a tool to promote breast self-examination
Authors: Farmer H. , Skoulikari E. , Bevan C. , Gray S. , Cater K. , Stanton Fraser D.
Published: January 2024

This experiment examined the feasibility of 360° video as a tool for public health messaging by investigating the effect that viewing the 360° documentary The Waiting Room VR had on female viewers’ sense of identification, attitudes to breast cancer screening and mortality salience. A key part of the documentary places participants in a viewpoint ambiguously aligned to that of the film’s director and subject, Victoria Mapplebeck (VM), in a scene that recreates her radiotherapy treatment for breast cancer. Eighty female participants watched the documentary either sitting upright with the chair back set at a 90° angle or reclining with the chair back set at a 140° angle (consistent with VMs posture) under conditions of either high or low cognitive load. The effect of posture type was measured explicitly using questionnaires on presence, identification and breast self-examination (BSE) intention as well as implicitly using a lexical decision task to measure death-thought awareness (DTA). Reclined posture led to a higher sense of spatial presence but no increase in identification with VM. Significantly increased identification with VM led to greater intention to conduct BSE. There were no effects of posture, cognitive load or identification on DTA. The implications of these results for using 360° video as a behaviour change tool, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the terror management manipulation and the relevance of spatial viewpoint in 360° video are discussed.
Machine learning approach for GNSS geodetic velocity estimation
Authors: Özarpacı Seda , Kılıç Batuhan , Bayrak Onur Can , Taşkıran Murat , Doğan Uğur , Floyd Michael
Published: January 2024

This study aimed to investigate the performance of machine learning (ML) algorithms in determining horizontal velocity at specific points using the current Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) velocity field. To achieve this objective, the analysis utilized the most comprehensive velocity field available for Turkey, where 70% of the GNSS velocities was allocated for training the ML algorithms, while the remaining 30% was used for testing. Contrary to the previous research, the significance of considering the tectonic structure within the study area was emphasized at this point. To determine the tectonic structure of the horizontal velocity field in the region, a preliminary clustering procedure was conducted. Subsequently, distinct ML algorithms were trained using velocity fields associated with different tectonic plates. Moreover, to investigate the impact of the tectonic domain, the entire velocity field was also tested using ML algorithms without considering the tectonic structure. Four different ML algorithms, namely, Gradient Boosting Machines (GBM), LightGBM, Random Forest (RF), and eXtreme Gradient Boosting Machines (XGBoost), were employed to estimate the horizontal velocities (east and north components). The findings imply that incorporating the tectonic structure improved the performance of machine learning predictions, as indicated by the GBM algorithm's decreased root-mean-square error values. In addition, when the tectonic structure was taken into account, the accuracy assessment values for the RF and XGBoost algorithms in the east component decreased significantly. In terms of predicting GNSS velocities, the RF algorithm exhibited the lowest root-mean-square error values compared to other algorithms. The horizontal velocity differences between averages of the reference velocity field and the RF velocity estimates are maximum 0.4 mm/yr.
Interaction of dietary garlic (Allium sativum), onion (Allium cepa), and probiotic on the growth performance and health status of juvenile rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
Authors: Güroy Derya , Emre Nesrin , Yalım Fatma Banu , Karadal Onur , Kaya Dogukan , Arifoğlu Nazan
Published: January 2024

Eight-week feeding trial was conducted to estimate the effects of dietary probiotic (P), garlic (G), and onion (O) powders on growth, hematology, and serum parameters in the juvenile rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Seven practical diets were formulated to be isonitrogenous (49% protein) and isolipidic (20% lipid) and the diets included the P, O, and G at the concentrations of 0.1, 1, and 1%, respectively, at the replace of wheat flour. Rainbow trout fed the G supplemented diet displayed a higher specific growth rate (SGR) when compared with fish fed the P and the mix of probiotics and onion (PO) (P < 0.05). The feed conversion ratio (FCR) of the fish fed the G diet was lower than the P diet (P < 0.05). Net protein utilization (NPU) of the juveniles fed the O and PO diets was higher than the other experimental groups, except the G (P < 0.05). The group fed the G diet exhibited significant differences in the packed cell volume (PCV) and hemoglobin (Hb) levels of groups fed the P and PO (P < 0.05). There were no significant differences in terms of white blood cell (WBC) and red blood cell (RBC) counts (P > 0.05). Significant differences were recorded among the serum alkaline phosphatase (ALP), while juveniles fed the G and PG diets were higher than the P and O groups (P < 0.05). The results of this study demonstrated that supplementing diets with garlic can improve some growth parameters such as SGR and PER for rainbow trout.
Communication-Aware Control of Large Data Transmissions via Centralized Cognition and 5G Networks for Multi-Robot Map merging
Authors: Damigos Gerasimos , Stathoulopoulos Nikolaos , Koval Anton , Lindgren Tore , Nikolakopoulos George
Published: January 2024

Multiple modern robotic applications benefit from centralized cognition and processing schemes. However, modern equipped robotic platforms can output a large amount of data, which may exceed the capabilities of modern wireless communication systems if all data is transmitted without further consideration. This research presents a multi-agent, centralized, and real-time 3D point cloud map merging scheme for ceaselessly connected robotic agents. Centralized architectures enable mission awareness to all agents at all times, making tasks such as search and rescue more effective. The centralized component is placed on an edge server, ensuring low communication latency, while all agents access the server utilizing a fifth-generation (5G) network. In addition, the proposed solution introduces a communication-aware control function that regulates the transmissions of map instances to prevent the creation of significant data congestion and communication latencies as well as address conditions where the robotic agents traverse in limited to no coverage areas. The presented framework is agnostic of the used localization and mapping procedure, while it utilizes the full power of an edge server. Finally, the efficiency of the novel established framework is being experimentally validated based on multiple scenarios.
Host versus home country influence on the immigrant entrepreneurial process: an imprinting perspective
Authors: Thai Mai Thi Thanh , Simba Amon , Dabić Marina
Published: January 2024

Since its first use in organisational research, nearly five decades ago, imprinting has gained recognition in entrepreneurship studies. Accordingly, this study utilises the behavioural concept to develop new theorisations to account for the entrepreneurial processes of immigrant entrepreneurs. It pays attention on its effects on immigrant entrepreneurs, particularly when it comes to their decision–making and behaviours towards business creation in Canada. A comprehensive analysis of a dataset generated from a systematically selected group of immigrant entrepreneurs revealed the complexity of their imprints at various stages of their entrepreneurial cycle in the North American country. It emerged that imprinting not only modified their behaviours, attitudes and cognition, but also shaped the trajectory of their entrepreneurial processes. That is, their imprints had an effect on how they identified business opportunities, the types of businesses they pursued, their level of entrepreneurial drive, and the types of resources they acquired or accessed in their new environment. Notably, following a period of normalisation in their new surroundings, their original imprints changed due to diminishing affinity with their country-of-origin. This holds research and policy implications as it uncovers an unfolding but less-understood entrepreneurship phenomenon.
Steroid Premedication and Monoclonal Antibody Therapy: Should We Reconsider?
Authors: Karlsen Emma-Anne , Walpole Euan , Simpson Fiona
Published: January 2024

Opinion statement

Monoclonal antibody (mAb) therapy is now considered a main component of cancer therapy in Australia. Although traditionally thought of as pure signalling inhibitors, a large proponent of these medications function through antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC). Currently, most protocols and institutional guidelines for ADCC-mediated mAbs promote the use of corticosteroids as premedication: this is implemented to reduce infusion-related reactions (IRRs) and antiemesis prophylaxis and combat concurrently administered chemotherapy-related syndromes. Concerningly, the inhibitory effects of ADCC by corticosteroids are well documented; henceforth, it is possible the current standard of care is misaligned to the literature surrounding ADCC. Subsequently, clinicians’ decisions to act in contrast to this literature may be reducing the efficacy of mAbs. The literature suggests that the redundant use of corticosteroids should be cautioned against when used in conjunction with ADCC-mediated mAbs—this is due to the consequent reduction in anti-tumour activity. Owing to the fact IRRs typically occur upon initial infusion, the authors advocate for individual clinicians and institutional protocols to considering augmenting their practice to corticosteroid premedication at the first dose only, unless clinically indicated. Additionally, product information (PI) and consumer medicine information (CMI) documents distributed by Australian and international regulatory agencies should consider disclosing the risk of concurrent steroids with these medications. Moreover, the authors suggest considering alternative medications for the management of side effects.
Healthy and Happy? An Ethical Investigation of Emotion Recognition and Regulation Technologies (ERR) within Ambient Assisted Living (AAL)
Authors: Hartmann Kris Vera , Rubeis Giovanni , Primc Nadia
Published: January 2024

Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) refers to technologies that track daily activities of persons in need of care to enhance their autonomy and minimise their need for assistance. New technological developments show an increasing effort to integrate automated emotion recognition and regulation (ERR) into AAL systems. These technologies aim to recognise emotions via different sensors and, eventually, to regulate emotions defined as “negative” via different forms of intervention. Although these technologies are already implemented in other areas, AAL stands out by its tendency to enable an inconspicuous 24-hour surveillance in the private living space of users who rely on the technology to maintain a certain degree of independence in their daily activities. The combination of both technologies represents a new dimension of emotion recognition in a potentially vulnerable group of users. Our paper aims to provide an ethical contextualisation of the novel combination of both technologies. We discuss different concepts of emotions, namely Basic Emotion Theory (BET) and the Circumplex Model of Affect (CMA), that form the basis of ERR and provide an overview over the current technological developments in AAL. We highlight four ethical issues that specifically arise in the context of ERR in AAL systems, namely concerns regarding (1) the reductionist view of emotions, (2) solutionism as an underlying assumption of these technologies, (3) the privacy and autonomy of users and their emotions, (4) the tendency of machine learning techniques to normalise and generalise human behaviour and emotional reactions.
The efficacy of compassion training programmes for healthcare professionals: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors: Alcaraz-Córdoba Andrea , Ruiz-Fernández María Dolores , Ibáñez-Masero Olivia , Miranda María Isabel Ventura , García-Navarro Esperanza Begoña , Ortega-Galán Ángela María
Published: January 2024

Continuous exposure to the suffering and death of patients produces certain syndromes such as compassion fatigue in health professionals. The objective of this study was to analyze the effect and the effectiveness of interventions based on mindfulness, aimed at training or cultivating compassion or self-compassion in compassion fatigue, self-compassion, compassion, and compassion satisfaction of health professionals. A systematic review is reported in line with the PRISMA guideline and was registered in PROSPERO. The PubMed, Web of Science, PsycINFO and CINAHL databases were used. Interventions based on compassion training or cultivation were selected, aimed at health professionals. A meta-analysis was performed using a random-effects model. The effect size and hetereogeneity of the studies were calculated. Eight articles were selected. Among the programmes for the cultivation of compassion we highlight Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT), Mindfulness and Self-Compassion (MSC), Compassionate Meditation (CM), and Loving Kindness Meditation (LKM). The interventions decreased compassion fatigue and increased compassion, self-compassion, and compassion satisfaction in healthcare professionals. Compassion fatigue in healthcare professionals is due to a deficit in empathic and compassionate skills. Health systems should incorporate programmes based on the cultivation of compassion and self-compassion in order to improve the work conditions and quality of life of health professionals.
Phytoremediation & Valorization of Cu-contaminated Soils Through Cannabis sativa (L.) Cultivation: A Smart Way to Produce Cannabidiol (CBD) in Mediterranean Soils
Authors: Vasilou Charikleia , Tsiropoulos Nikolaos G. , Golia Evangelia E.
Published: January 2024

Purpose

The potential of industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) for phytoremediation of copper-contaminated Mediterranean soils was investigated. The accumulation of copper in hemp’s parts and the effect of contaminated soil on the production of cannabidiol (CBD) were, also, of primary concern.

Methods

Two soil types, a Clay Loam & a Sandy Clay Loam, were exposed to two levels of Cu contamination, with low & high Cu concentrations. The soils’ total and available Cu content, along with Cu in plant tissues, were determined. Height, fresh aboveground biomass and leaf chlorophyll content were further evaluated. Furthermore, the amount of cannabidiol (CBD) in the hemp flowers was determined.

Results

Hemp appeared to be highly resistant, as can successfully grow in both soil types having low or high Cu levels. The maximum Cu content was detected in the highest part of the plant roots, with a progressive decline towards the upper parts of the plant (CuRoots > CuShoots > CuLeaf), in both soil types. It has been observed that more than 50% of the plant’s copper concentration is accumulated in the roots. Furthermore, the hemp plants cultivated in high Cu-contaminated soils produced greater amounts of cannabidiol (CBD).

Conclusion

Ηemp proved to be a promising plant for phytostabilization in Cu-contaminated soils, as its above-ground biomass is almost free of metals and can be used further for fiber production. The presence of Cu in soils did not appear to disrupt the production of the important secondary metabolite CBD, but rather increased following increasing soil Cu content.

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Groundwater Abstraction has Caused Extensive Ecological Damage to the Doñana World Heritage Site, Spain
Authors: Green Andy J. , Guardiola-Albert Carolina , Bravo-Utrera Miguel Ángel , Bustamante Javier , Camacho Antonio , Camacho Carlos , Contreras-Arribas Eva , Espinar José L. , Gil-Gil Teresa , Gomez-Mestre Iván , Heredia-Díaz Javier , Kohfahl Claus , Negro Juan José , Olías Manuel , Revilla Eloy , Rodríguez-González Patricia M. , Rodríguez-Rodríguez Miguel , Ruíz-Bermudo Fernando , Santamaría Luis , Schmidt Guido , Serrano-Reina José Antonio , Díaz-Delgado Ricardo
Published: January 2024

Acreman et al. (Wetlands 42:63, 2022) reviewed evidence for ecological damage to the Doñana wetlands (UNESCO World Heritage Site [WHS] and Ramsar site), Spain, associated with intensification of groundwater use, particularly for agriculture. Acreman et al. presented a multistep methodology for evidence-based risk assessment that involves identification of conservation issues, and a systematic review of scientific evidence for ecological damage and its causes. However, they involved few local scientists, used a questionable methodology in stakeholder selection and involvement, used a flawed conceptual framework, and an incomplete literature review. We propose improvements to their methodology. They overlooked or misinterpreted key evidence, and underestimated the impacts that abstraction for irrigation for red fruits (mainly strawberries), rice and other crops has had on Doñana and its biodiversity. They reported groundwater level depletion of up to 10 m in the deep aquifer, but wrongly concluded that there is no evidence for impacts on the natural marsh ecosystem, the dune ponds or the ecotone. Groundwater drawdowns are actually up to 20 m, and have inverted the formerly ascending vertical hydraulic gradient in discharge areas. Phreatic levels have been lowered from 0.5 to 2 m in some areas. Groundwater abstraction has caused multiple ecological impacts to temporary ponds and marshes in the WHS, as well as to terrestrial vegetation, and should be urgently reduced. Furthermore, Acreman et al. focused on groundwater quantity while overlooking the importance of severe impacts on quality of both surface and groundwater, intimately connected to the use of agrochemicals for irrigated crops.
Rural Radicalism and the Tactic of Third-Party Leverage: How Acholi Peasants Drew a UN Agency into Their Struggle against Land-Grabbing by the Ugandan State
Authors: Laing Tessa , Weschler Sara
Published: January 2024

This article analyzes a 2018 protest instigated by rural activists in northern Uganda, who chose to contest violent state-driven evictions by peacefully occupying a UN compound in the urban center of Gulu. With their contribution to this ASR forum on rural radicalism, Laing and Weschler argue that in militarized contexts such as Uganda, remote geographies present rural political actors pursuing radical goals with certain advantages but also unique challenges. The case they examine demonstrates the capacity of rural activists to draw on rural-urban ties and a tactic they have dubbed “third-party leverage” to imaginatively circumvent such constraints.
CONNECTing Concussion Care with Research Across Ontario
Authors: Hunt Cindy , MacKenzie Heather , Dosaj Anil , Zych Justina , Tartaglia Carmela , Bayley Mark , Wilcock Ruth , Zabjek Karl , Burke Matthew , Kristman Vicki , Hardy Billie , Fischer Lisa K. , Baker Andrew
Published: January 2024

Common data elements (CDEs) for concussion, as established by international bodies, are not being widely used in Ontario, resulting in significant variability in the data being assessed and collected across clinics. CDEs support standardization of care as well as large-scale data sharing for high impact research. A collaborative network – Concussion Ontario Network: Neuroinformatics to Enhance Clinical care and Translation (CONNECT) – comprised of health care professionals, researchers, members from advocacy groups, and patients was formed to establish and implement CDEs for concussion care and research. While the seeds have been planted and initial effectiveness demonstrated, future challenges exist.
Alcohol Use Disorder in Patients with Chronic Migraine: A Retrospective, Observational Study
Authors: Moskatel Leon S. , Zhang Niushen
Published: January 2024

Objective:

The relationship between migraine and alcohol consumption is unclear. We assessed the association between chronic migraine and alcohol use disorder(AUD), relative to chronic disease controls, and in conjunction with common comorbidities.

Methods:

We conducted a retrospective, observational study. The primary outcome was the odds ratio for AUD in patients with chronic migraine or with chronic migraine and additional comorbidities relative to controls.

Results:

A total of 3701 patients with chronic migraine, 4450 patients with low back pain, and 1780 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus met inclusion criteria. Patients with chronic migraine had a lower risk of AUD relative to both controls of low back pain (OR 0.37; 95% CI: 0.29–0.47, p < 0.001) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (OR 0.39; 95% CI: 0.29–0.52, p < 0.001). Depression was associated with the largest OR for AUD in chronic migraine (OR 8.62; 95% CI: 4.99–14.88, p < 0.001), followed by post-traumatic stress disorder (OR 6.63; 95% CI: 4.13–10.64, p < 0.001) and anxiety (OR 3.58; 95% CI: 2.23–5.75, p < 0.001).

Conclusion:

Patients with chronic migraine had a lower odds ratio of AUD relative to controls. But in patients with chronic migraine, those with comorbid depression, anxiety, or PTSD are at higher risk of AUD. When patients establish care, comorbid factors should be assessed and for those at higher risk, AUD should be screened for at every visit.
Characteristics of Ischemic Stroke Despite Oral Anticoagulant Use For Atrial Fibrillation
Authors: Dubé Marie-Christine , Ducroux Célina , Daneault Nicole , Deschaintre Yan , Jacquin Grégory , Odier Céline , Stapf Christian , Poppe Alexandre Y. , Romanelli Giovanni , Gioia Laura C.
Published: January 2024

Oral anticoagulation (OAC) prevents stroke in atrial fibrillation, yet a residual stroke risk remains. In this single-center retrospective analysis of acute ischemic stroke patients despite OAC, suboptimal OAC treatment is common (30%: inappropriate dosing (17%); patient non-adherence (13%)). Other causes of stroke included OAC interruption (14.5%), a competing stroke mechanism (11.0%), and undetermined breakthrough stroke in 44.5%. Overall, easily modifiable causes of ischemic stroke despite OAC are common. Accordingly, strategies to improve treatment compliance, including appropriate dosing along with guideline-based risk factor and periprocedural OAC management, should be emphasized to improve secondary stroke prevention in this patient population.
Simultaneous submission of seven CTSA proposals: UM1, K12, R25, T32-predoctoral, T32-postdoctoral, and RC2: strategies, evaluation, and lessons learned
Authors: Lema Carolina , Cheng Kwai Wa , Anderson Delanderia M. , Miller Charles C. , Karp Daniel D. , McPherson David D. , Kolar Satya Sree N.
Published: January 2024

Translation is the process of turning observations in the research laboratory, clinic, and community into interventions that improve people’s health. The Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) program is a National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) initiative to advance translational science and research. Currently, 64 “CTSA hubs” exist across the nation. Since 2006, the Houston-based Center for Clinical Translational Sciences (CCTS) has assembled a well-integrated, high-impact hub in Texas that includes six partner institutions within the state, encompassing ∼23,000 sq. miles and over 16 million residents. To achieve the NCATS goal of “more treatments for all people more quickly,” the CCTS promotes diversity and inclusion by integrating underrepresented populations into clinical studies, workforce training, and career development. In May 2023, we submitted the UM1 application and six “companion” proposals: K12, R25, T32-Predoctoral, T32-Postdoctoral, and RC2 (two applications). In October 2023, we received priority scores for the UM1 (22), K12 (25), T32-Predoctoral (20), and T32-Postdoctoral (23), which historically fall within the NCATS funding range. This report describes the grant preparation and submission approach, coupled with data from an internal survey designed to assimilate feedback from principal investigators, writers, reviewers, and administrative specialists. Herein, we share the challenges faced, the approaches developed, and the lessons learned.
Predicting social assistance beneficiaries: On the social welfare damage of data biases
Authors: Dietrich Stephan , Malerba Daniele , Gassmann Franziska
Published: January 2024

Cash transfer programs are the most common anti-poverty tool in low- and middle-income countries, reaching more than one billion people globally. Benefits are typically targeted using prediction models. In this paper, we develop an extended targeting assessment framework for proxy means testing that accounts for societal sensitivity to targeting errors. Using a social welfare framework, we weight targeting errors based on their position in the welfare distribution and adjust for different levels of societal inequality aversion. While this approach provides a more comprehensive assessment of targeting performance, our two case studies show that bias in the data, particularly in the form of label bias and unstable proxy means testing weights, leads to a substantial underestimation of welfare losses, disadvantaging some groups more than others.
Junior allies in wars of choice: Party politics and role conceptions in Danish and Romanian decisions on the Iraq War
Authors: Baciu Cornelia , Wivel Anders
Published: January 2024

When and how do party politics matter in junior allies’ decisions to engage in multinational military operations? Developing a new role theory model of party politics and multinational military operations, we put forward a two-level argument. First, we argue that the rationale for military action is defined in a contest between political parties with expectations of what constitutes the proper purpose (constitutive roles) and functions (functional roles) of the state. Second, we hold that material and ontological insecurities reduce political space for contestation and debate, but that junior allies tend to focus on role demands for ‘good states’ and ‘good allies’ rather than the nature and aim of the military operation. To unpack our argument, we analyse the debate among political parties in Romania and Denmark leading up to the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Concluding our analysis, we outline the implications for the changing security order and current debates in NATO member states on how to respond to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Which Sage Should I Follow (去宗哪個聖人)? Neo-Confucian Problems with Tradition in Sixteenth-Century Ming China
Authors: Spaar Immanuel
Published: January 2024

This article begins with biographical sketches of the Ming thinker Luo Rufang 羅汝芳 (js. 1553, 1515–1588), which take place in the Jiajing reign (1522–1566). This time period marks the first high tide of Wang Yangming's philosophy. As a lecturer, Luo Rufang headed discussion gatherings (jiangxue 講學) and implemented community compacts (xiangyue 鄉約), all of which derived inspiration from Wang Yangming. Although Luo could confidently instill Confucian values in his audience, behind his endorsement of moral learning lay a personal history of doubt, struggle, and search for authority. To uncover the personal search for meaning and moral authority, Luo is an excellent example. A selection of conversations Luo had with his students and followers reveal his personal struggles, which can be aligned with his biography. Luo's quest for sagehood is less abstract; it is a personal reflection on which sage ought to be followed.
A parametric large-eddy simulation study of wind-farm blockage and gravity waves in conventionally neutral boundary layers
Authors: Lanzilao L. , Meyers J.
Published: January 2024

We present a suite of large-eddy simulations (LES) of a wind farm operating in conventionally neutral boundary layers. A fixed 1.6 GW wind farm is considered for 40 different atmospheric stratification conditions to investigate effects on wind-farm efficiency and blockage, as well as related gravity-wave excitation. A tuned Rayleigh damping layer and a wave-free fringe-region method are used to avoid spurious excitation of gravity waves, and a domain-size study is included to evaluate and minimize effects of artificial domain blockage. A fully neutral reference case is also considered, to distinguish between a case with hydrodynamic blockage only, and cases that include hydrostatic blockage induced by the air column above the boundary layer and the excitation of gravity waves therein. We discuss in detail the dependence of gravity-wave excitation, flow fields and wind-farm blockage on capping-inversion height, strength and free-atmosphere lapse rate. In all cases, an unfavourable pressure gradient is present in front of the farm, and a favourable pressure gradient in the farm, with hydrostatic contributions arising from gravity waves at least an order of magnitude larger than hydrodynamic effects. Using respectively non-local and wake efficiencies

$\eta _{nl}$

and

$\eta _{w}$

, we observe a strong negative correlation between the unfavourable upstream pressure rise and

$\eta _{nl}$

, and a strong positive correlation between the favourable pressure drop in the farm and

$\eta _{w}$

. Using a simplified linear gravity-wave model, we formulate a simple scaling for the ratio

$(1-\eta _{nl})/\eta _{w}$

, which matches reasonably well with the LES results.
CHRONOLOGICAL MODELING ON A CALIBRATION PLATEAU: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE EMERGENCE OF AGRICULTURE IN THE DUTCH WETLANDS
Authors: Dreshaj Merita , Raemaekers Daan , Dee Michael
Published: January 2024

Short-duration archeological sites situated entirely within plateaus in the radiocarbon calibration curve pose unique challenges for our understanding of past processes at regional and global scales. This paper aims to overcome these limitations by leveraging the specific characteristics of two depositional contexts, the Early Neolithic Swifterbant Culture sites S3 and S4, located in the Dutch wetlands. These sites are of exceptional significance as they provide the earliest conclusive evidence of crop cultivation and animal husbandry outside the expansion of Linearbandkeramik (LBK) farmers in north-western Europe. Here, we present a customized approach that combines radiocarbon dating and Bayesian modeling, predicated on vertical sequences of short-lived plant remains. Our innovative approach enables us to determine, at a fine scale, the temporal position and duration of the prominent archeological contexts at S3 and S4, and explore the chronological relationship between the two sites. Through our analysis, we propose a new chronology for the onset of Neolithization in the Dutch wetlands.
Delivery of a telehealth supported home exercise program with dietary advice to increase plant-based protein intake in people with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: a 12-week randomised controlled feasibility trial
Authors: Freer Christine L. , George Elena S. , Tan Sze-Yen , Abbott Gavin , Daly Robin M.
Published: January 2024

This study evaluated the feasibility and safety of a telehealth delivered exercise plus plant-based protein diet in adults with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). This was a 12-week, randomised controlled feasibility trial including twenty-eight adults aged > 45 years with NAFLD randomised to a home muscle strengthening program (3 d/week) with increased protein intake (target ∼1·2–1·5 g/kg/d) from predominately plant-based sources and behavioural change support (3–4 text messages/week) (Pro-Ex n 14) or usual care (UC, n 14). Feasibility was assessed via retention (≤ 10 % attrition), adherence (exercise ≥ 66 %; recommended daily protein serves ≥ 80 %) and safety (adverse events). Secondary outcomes included macronutrient intake (3 × 24-h records), weight, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and 30 s sit-to-stand (STS) performance. Study retention was 89 %. Mean exercise adherence (Pro-Ex) was 52 % with one adverse event from 241 sessions. In Pro-Ex, mean daily plant protein serves increased (0·9 to 1·4/d) and animal protein decreased (1·5 to 1·2/d) after 12-weeks, but overall adherence (serves/day) was 32[RD1] % (plant) and 42 % (animal). Relative to UC, Pro-Ex experienced a mean 2·7 (95 % CI: 0·9, 4·4) increase in 30 s STS number, 46-minute (95 % CI: −153, 245) increase in MVPA, 1·7 kg (95 % CI: −3·5, 0·2) decrease in weight, 35·2 g (95 % CI: 11·0, 59·3) increase in protein. In adults with NAFLD a telehealth home exercise and dietary intervention was safe and improved habitual plant and animal protein intake, but overall adherence was modest suggesting more intensive healthcare support may be required.
A new species of Urocleidoides Mizelle & Price, 1964 from the gills of Schizodon nasutus Kner, 1858 (Characiformes, Anostomidae) in southeastern Brazil
Authors: Ebert M. , Osaki-Pereira M.M. , Pérez-Ponce de León G. , Silva R.J.
Published: January 2024

Based on an integrative approach, this study describes a new species of Urocleidoides infesting Schizodon nasutus in the Paranapanema River basin, Brazil. The new species can be distinguished from its congeners by specific morphological features, including the shape of the male copulatory organ and accessory piece, the ventral bar shape, and the shape and size of the hooks. Molecular analyses, particularly of the 28S rDNA gene, suggest a close relationship between the new species and Urocleidoides paradoxus. The phylogenetic and taxonomic arrangement of Urocleidoides is discussed, as the analyses of the 28S rDNA and COI mtDNA resolved the genus as non-monophyletic, with Diaphorocleidus, Rhinoxenus, and Cacatuocotyle nested within it. Additional morphological and molecular data of other congeneric species are required to investigate the phylogenetic position and classification of Urocleidoides. This study underscores the significance of using integrative approaches in understanding host–parasite associations and phylogenetic relationships, contributing to the description of the freshwater fish parasite biodiversity in South America, particularly in the Paranapanema river basin.
Resonant excitation of terahertz surface magnetoplasmons by optical rectification over a rippled surface of n-type indium antimonide
Authors: Srivastav Rohit Kumar , Panwar A.
Published: January 2024

We analysed the excitation of a surface magnetoplasmon wave by the mode conversion of a p-polarized laser beam over a rippled semiconductor (n-type)-free space interface. The pump surface magnetoplasmon wave exerts a ponderomotive force on the free electrons in the semiconductor, imparting a linear oscillatory velocity at the laser modulation frequency to them. This linear oscillatory velocity couples with the modulated electron density to produce a current density, which develops a resonant surface magnetoplasmon wave in the terahertz region. The amplitude of the terahertz surface magnetoplasmon wave can be tuneable with an external magnetic field and the semiconductor's temperature.
An improved fuzzy inference strategy using reinforcement learning for trajectory-tracking of a mobile robot under a varying slip ratio
Authors: Zaman Muhammad Qomaruz , Wu Hsiu-Ming
Published: January 2024

In this study, a fuzzy reinforcement learning control (FRLC) is proposed to achieve trajectory tracking of a differential drive mobile robot (DDMR). The proposed FRLC approach designs fuzzy membership functions to fuzzify the relative position and heading between the current position and a prescribed trajectory. Instead of fuzzy inference rules, the relationship between the fuzzy inputs and actuator voltage outputs is built using a reinforcement learning (RL) agent. Herein, the deep deterministic policy gradient (DDPG) methodology consisted of actor and critic neural networks is employed in the RL agent. Simulations are conducted with considering varying slip ratio disturbances, different initial positions, and two different trajectories in the testing environment. In the meantime, a comparison with the classical DDPG model is presented. The results show that the proposed FRLC is capable of successfully tracking different trajectories under varying slip ratio disturbances as well as having performance superiority to the classical DDPG model. Moreover, experimental results validate that the proposed FRLC is also applicable to real mobile robots.
Geographical distribution of invasive meningococcal disease and carriage: A spatial analysis
Authors: Milazzo Adriana , McMillan Mark , Giles Lynne , Page Kira , Flood Louise , Marshall Helen
Published: January 2024

Little information exists concerning the spatial relationship between invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) cases and Neisseria meningitidis (N. meningitidis) carriage. The aim of this study was to examine whether there is a relationship between IMD and asymptomatic oropharyngeal carriage of meningococci by spatial analysis to identify the distribution and patterns of cases and carriage in South Australia (SA). Carriage data geocoded to participants’ residential addresses and meningococcal case notifications using Postal Area (POA) centroids were used to analyse spatial distribution by disease- and non-disease-associated genogroups, as well as overall from 2017 to 2020. The majority of IMD cases were genogroup B with the overall highest incidence of cases reported in infants, young children, and adolescents. We found no clear spatial association between N. meningitidis carriage and IMD cases. However, analyses using carriage and case genogroups showed differences in the spatial distribution between metropolitan and regional areas. Regional areas had a higher rate of IMD cases and carriage prevalence. While no clear relationship between cases and carriage was evident in the spatial analysis, the higher rates of both carriage and disease in regional areas highlight the need to maintain high vaccine coverage outside of the well-resourced metropolitan area.
Valentin Kruchinin and the Queen of Mars: Early Musical Traces of Soviet Sci-Fi
Authors: McLAUGHLIN HANNAH C. J.
Published: January 2024

Valentin Kruchinin was the first major ‘Soviet sci-fi’ composer, writing the music for Yakov Protazanov's silent film Aelita: Queen of Mars in 1924. While his score is regrettably lost, evidence of Kruchinin's musical vision for Aelita remains, including a two-page piano piece, ‘Aelita’, seemingly designed to promote the film. Lacking any ‘space-age’ musical tropes, this brief work instead showcases Kruchinin's affection for ‘eccentric dance’. Resembling a slow foxtrot, Kruchinin's piece brings Aelita's cinematic world into contact with ‘light-genre’ popular fare, much of it borrowed from American jazz and maligned by critics for its ‘bourgeois’, ‘Western’ connotations. Within the context of Protazanov's anti-New Economic Policy film, Valentin Kruchinin's ‘Aelita’ comments on both the imperial past and the decadent allure of the Western present.
Characterization of multiple disease resistance in melons (Cucumis melo L.) against Meloidogyne incognita, Fusarium oxysporum and tomato leaf curl Palampur virus
Authors: Dhami Dalvir Singh , Kaur Sukhjeet , Sharma Abhishek , Sharma Sat Pal , Dhillon Narpinderjeet Kaur , Jain Sandeep
Published: January 2024

Melon is one of the important cucurbitaceous crops being cultivated widely in India and known for its delicious fruits. Crop is threatened by different biotic stresses including nematodes, fungi and viruses. The use of host resistance is the most economical, eco-compatible and long-lasting strategy to combat plant diseases. Keeping in mind this objective, 64 melon genotypes were screened against the prevalent Meloidogyne incognita, Fusarium oxysporum and tomato leaf curl Palampur virus (ToLCPalV) individually as well as with combined inoculations under artificial conditions. Out of 64 genotypes, three genotypes, MCPS, SM2012-1 and WM11 were found moderately resistant to M. incognita, nine genotypes (MM-KP15103, MM327, MM121103, KP4HM15, MM Sel.-103, SM2013-2, SM2012-1, SM2013-9 and WM11) recorded a resistant reaction against Fusarium wilt while four genotypes, WM11, SM2012-1, SM2013-9 and SM2013-2 exhibited a highly resistant reaction against ToLCPalV. A dendrogram constructed based on the resistance response of all the genotypes divided the genotypes into two groups and all resistant genotypes (MM1804, MM120103, SM2012-1, MM121103, SM2013-2, SM2013-9, WM11 and MM Sel.103) clustered in group II. The resistant genotypes when subjected to simultaneous inoculations of all three pathogens showed an increase in disease severity for each pathogen which negatively altered the resistance response of different genotypes. However, the genotypes SM2012-1, SM2013-9, SM2013-2 and WM-11 showing multiple disease resistance exhibited a good level of resistance even after combined inoculations of three pathogens. This study is the first to our knowledge identifying multiple disease resistance against root-knot nematode, Fusarium wilt and tomato leaf curl Palampur virus in muskmelon.
The effect of accumulated losses on perceptions of legitimacy
Authors: Kern Anna , Marien Sofie , Muradova Lala
Published: January 2024

How do citizens react to repeated losses in politics? This paper argues that experiencing accumulated losses creates strong incentives to externalize responsibility for these losses to the decision-making procedure, which can, in turn, erode legitimacy perceptions among the public. Using a survey experiment (N = 2,146) simulating accumulated losses in a series of direct votes among Irish citizens, we find that decision acceptance and the perceived legitimacy of the decision-making procedure diminish with every loss. Three accumulated losses depress the perceived legitimacy of the political system. These effects are mediated by procedural fairness perceptions, suggesting that even when democratic procedures are used, accumulated losses can induce a belief that the process and system are rigged.
Exposure of Global Rail and Road Infrastructures in Future Record‐Breaking Climate Extremes
Authors: Wang Qianzhi , Liu Kai , Wang Ming , Koks Elco , Wang Haizhong
Published: January 2024

Transport infrastructures built on historical experience are expected to face multiple threats under climate change, especially the continuous interruptive losses and additional maintenance costs caused by more intense or frequent record‐breaking extreme climate events. In this study, we investigated the change in the exposure of global rail and road infrastructures to eight record‐breaking meteorological hazards using the latest Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) climate data, including extreme temperature and extreme precipitation. Our findings suggest that higher extreme heat and increasing thaw‐freezing index ratio pose great threats to global rail and road infrastructures. The expected annual exposures of these two hazards are 4 and 2 times the average exposure level of eight hazards, respectively. Moreover, the exposure rapidly increases due to sharply increasing drought and heavy rain compound events as emissions growth and development accelerate, rising from 7% to 18% in eight hazard exposures. Sustainable and lower radiative forcing pathways would contribute to the exposure mitigation, with the peak exposure of eight hazards under the SSP2‐4.5 and SSP1‐2.6 scenarios averaging 29% and 52% lower, respectively, than that under the SSP3‐7.0, which is an extreme scenario we may be on track for under current global efforts. However, the fact that most areas will still be affected by multiple hazards is probably unavoidable. Thus, in parallel with global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, we recommend that the transport sector incorporate locally appropriate climate change adaptation strategies to avoid losses induced by record‐breaking extreme climate events.
Mountaintop Gamma Ray Observations of Three Terrestrial Gamma‐Ray Flashes at the Säntis Tower, Switzerland With Coincident Radio Waveforms
Authors: Chaffin Jeffrey M. , Smith David M. , Lapierre Jeff , Cummer Steve , Ortberg John , Sunjerga Antonio , Mostajabi Amirhossein , Rubinstein Marcos , Rachidi Farhad
Published: January 2024

We report on the mountain top observation of three terrestrial gamma‐ray flashes (TGFs) that occurred during the summer storm season of 2021. To our knowledge, these are the first TGFs observed in a mountaintop environment and the first published European TGFs observed from the ground. A gamma‐ray sensitive detector was located at the base of the Säntis Tower in Switzerland and observed three unique TGF events with coincident radio sferic data characteristic of TGFs seen from space. We will show an example of a “slow pulse” radio signature (Cummer et al., 2011, https://doi.org/10.1029/2011GL048099; Lu et al., 2011, https://doi.org/10.1029/2010JA016141; Pu et al., 2019, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL082743; Pu et al., 2020, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL089427), a −EIP (Lyu et al., 2016, https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL070154; Lyu et al., 2021, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL093627; Wada et al., 2020, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JD031730), and a double peak TGF associated with an extraordinarily powerful and complicated positive‐polarity sferic, where each TGF peak is possibly preceded by a short burst of stepped leader emission.
A CMIP6 Analysis of Past and Future Arctic Winter Stratospheric Temperature Trends
Authors: Bloxam Kevin , Huang Yi
Published: January 2024

Reanalysis data reveal a weak warming trend in the midwinter Arctic stratosphere, contrary to the cooling expectation based on the greenhouse gas effect. This trend is also influenced by the occurrence of sudden stratospheric warmings (SSWs). Using Phase 6 of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6) we investigate temperature trends over a similar timescale as ERA5 and find that CMIP6 models can replicate the positive midwinter temperature trend in the mid‐lower stratosphere. However, when considering the multi‐model mean, this positive temperature trend is much weaker than ERA5. Extrapolating to the future, we find that the SSW‐driven positive temperature trend will likely not continue in the future based on the SSP2‐4.5 and SSP5‐8.5 climate scenarios. Instead, the models project there will be widespread cooling throughout the Arctic winter stratosphere regardless of the occurrence of SSWs. Using a subsample of CMIP6 models which replicate the seasonality of the Arctic winter stratosphere most similarly to that of ERA5, we also find that the zonal wind strength during SSWs correlates the most with the temperature trends found there. However, trends in the zonal wind strength alone cannot account for the observed temperature trends among the CMIP6 models.