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Of Mice and (Wo)Men: Tampons, Menstruation, and Testing
Authors: Vostral Sharra L. 
Published: July 2020

AbstractVostral provides much-needed insight into the link between women’s bodily experiences with tampons and twentieth-century developments in material science, corporate research, and gynecological observations about menstrual cycles. She examines how design modifications to tampons, changes in material composition, and the cultivation of women test subjects exposed scientific assumptions, ideas about safety, and attitudes concerning gendered and menstruating bodies. Focusing on the practical work of tampon testing, Vostral examines the impact of broad cultural conditions: prevailing ideas about women’s bodies, gender differences, and the role of science and medicine in optimizing well-being. Finally, she shows how patterns of social power and privilege configured this research, with evidence taking different forms over time.
Monitoring Menses: Design-Based Investigations of Menstrual Tracking Applications
Authors: Fox Sarah , Epstein Daniel A. 
Published: July 2020

AbstractFox and Epstein interrogate and reimagine menstrual tracking technology, focusing on mobile applications designed to document and quantify menstrual cycle data. While such technology promises to provide users with new insights and predictions, the authors highlight how these apps are inscribed with particular visions of menstruation and encourage users to extract intimate information about their bodies. Apps regularly assume, for instance, that all possible users are women, heterosexual, and monogamous, have a “normal” cycle, and use tracking techniques exclusively to gauge fertility. Fox and Epstein present two case studies: (1) examining core issues of usability and inclusion in the design of existing applications; and (2) using participatory approaches to highlight the lived experiences of menstruators and introduce alternatives to dominant menstrual app protocols. In offering this two-part analysis, they point to important openings for exploring how these technologies might support the needs of a multiplicity of menstruating bodies.
“Life is Much More Difficult to Manage During Periods”: Autistic Experiences of Menstruation
Authors: Steward Robyn , Crane Laura , Roy Eilish Mairi , Remington Anna , Pellicano Elizabeth 
Published: July 2020

AbstractStarting from the assumption that menarche and menstruation are overwhelmingly negative events for developmentally disabled women, Steward et al. conduct much-needed research focusing on the experiences of women with autism. This preliminary investigation is a brief online survey on post-menarcheal autistic (n=123) and non-autistic (n=114) respondents. Although autistic respondents report many overlapping issues and experiences with non-autistic respondents, they also highlight distinct—and sometimes distressing—issues relating to menstruation, especially a cyclical amplification of autistic-related challenges, including sensory differences and difficulties with regulating emotion and behavior, which have a significant, negative impact on their lives. These initial findings call for systematic research on the potential causes, correlates, and consequences of menstrual-related problems in autistic individuals—across the spectrum and the lifespan.
The Modern Way to Menstruate in Latin America: Consolidation and Fractures in the Twenty-First Century
Authors: Tarzibachi Eugenia 
Published: July 2020

AbstractThe introduction of commercialized disposable pads and tampons during the twentieth century changed the experience of the menstrual body in many (but not all) countries of the world. From a Latin-American perspective, this new way to menstruate was also understood to be a sign of modernization. In this chapter, Tarzibachi describes and analyzes how the dissemination and proliferation of disposable pads and tampons have unfolded first in the United States and later in Latin America, with a particular focus on Argentina. She pays particular attention to how the Femcare industry shaped the meanings of the menstrual body through discourses circulated in advertisements and educational materials. Tarzibachi explores how the contemporary meanings of menstruation are contested globally, as the traditional Femcare industry shifts its rhetoric in response to challenges from new menstrual management technologies, new forms of menstrual activism, and the increasing visibility of menstruation in mainstream culture.
Challenging Menstrual Normativity: Nonessentialist Body Politics and Feminist Epistemologies of Health
Authors: Guilló-Arakistain Miren 
Published: July 2020

AbstractGuilló-Arakistain examines the ways in which alternative politics of menstruation are challenging the paradigm of sexual dimorphism and heteronormativity. She does this through consideration of discourses which challenge the ideology ofmenstrual normativityand the rigid, hegemonic, medical, and pathological approaches to the western biomedical vision of menstruation. Guilló-Arakistain links these discourses to specific bodies, incorporating experiences of non-menstruating cisgender women as well as transgender menstruators. It is necessary, she asserts, to dispense with the idea that menstruation is determinative of a very specific gender and social identity and the subsequent normative and reductionist take on menstrual experience (and more generally human experience).
Quantum soliton scattering manifolds
Authors: Halcrow Chris 
Published: July 2020

Abstract
We consider the quantum multisoliton scattering problem. For BPS theories one truncates the full field theory to the moduli space, a finite dimensional manifold of energy minimising field configurations, and studies the quantum mechanical problem on this. Non-BPS theories — the generic case — have no such obvious truncation. We define a quantum soliton scattering manifold as a configuration space which satisfies asymptotic completeness and respects the underlying classical dynamics of slow moving solitons. Having done this, we present a new method to construct such manifolds. In the BPS case the dimension of the n-soliton moduli space ℳn is n multiplied by the dimension of ℳ1. We show that this scaling is not necessarily valid for scattering manifolds in non-BPS theories, and argue that it is false for the Skyrme and baby-Skyrme models. In these models, we show that a relative phase difference can generate a relative size difference during a soliton collision. Asymptotically, these are zero and non-zero modes respectively and this new mechanism softens the dichotomy between such modes. Using this discovery, we then show that all previous truncations of the 2-Skyrmion configuration space are unsuitable for the quantum scattering problem as they have the wrong dimension. This gives credence to recent numerical work which suggests that the low-energy configuration space is 14- dimensional (rather than 12-dimensional, as previously thought). We suggest some ways to construct a suitable manifold for the 2-Skyrmion problem, and discuss applications of our new definition and construction for general soliton theories.
2D Assignment and quantitative analysis of cellulose and oxidized celluloses using solution-state NMR spectroscopy
Authors: Koso Tetyana , Rico del Cerro Daniel , Heikkinen Sami , Nypelö Tiina , Buffiere Jean , Perea-Buceta Jesus E. , Potthast Antje , Rosenau Thomas , Heikkinen Harri , Maaheimo Hannu , Isogai Akira , Kilpeläinen Ilkka , King Alistair W. T. 
Published: July 2020

AbstractThe limited access to fast and facile general analytical methods for cellulosic and/or biocomposite materials currently stands as one of the main barriers for the progress of these disciplines. To that end, a diverse set of narrow analytical techniques are typically employed that often are time-consuming, costly, and/or not necessarily available on a daily basis for practitioners. Herein, we rigorously demonstrate a general quantitative NMR spectroscopic method for structural determination of crystalline cellulose samples. Our method relies on the use of a readily accessible ionic liquid electrolyte, tetrabutylphosphonium acetate ([P4444][OAc]):DMSO-d6, for the direct dissolution of biopolymeric samples. We utilize a series of model compounds and apply now classical (nitroxyl-radical and periodate) oxidation reactions to cellulose samples, to allow for accurate resonance assignment, using 2D NMR. Quantitative heteronuclear single quantum correlation (HSQC) was applied in the analysis of key samples to assess its applicability as a high-resolution technique for following cellulose surface modification. Quantitation using HSQC was possible, but only after applying T2correction to integral values. The comprehensive signal assignment of the diverse set of cellulosic species in this study constitutes a blueprint for the direct quantitative structural elucidation of crystalline lignocellulosic, in general, readily available solution-state NMR spectroscopy.Graphic abstract
Zoogeography, ecology, and conservation status of the large freshwater mussels in Sweden
Authors: von Proschwitz Ted , Wengström Niklas 
Published: July 2020

AbstractThe Swedish fauna of native Unionids contains one Margaritiferidae species, six Unionidae species and four non-native species, one Unionidae, two Dreissenidae and one Mactridae. This is the first attempt to describe the Swedish freshwater mussel species in detail and put them in context with zoogeography, ecology, and conservation status. Detailed distribution maps for all species, based on all available material in museum collections, databases and literature are presented. Details in the distributions, and possible causes for the different geographical patterns exhibited, especially the so called limes norrlandicus—an important biogeographical transition zone in Central Sweden—are discussed. Information on the ecology, especially host fish species, and conservation status and projects are also given.
TZmCFI: RTOS-Aware Control-Flow Integrity Using TrustZone for Armv8-M
Authors: Kawada Tomoaki , Honda Shinya , Matsubara Yutaka , Takada Hiroaki 
Published: July 2020

AbstractControl-Flow Integrity (CFI) is a class of defensive techniques against control-flow attacks such as Return-Oriented Programming. We propose a light-weight CFI scheme for RTOS-based applications, TZmCFI, which utilizes TrustZone for Armv8-M, a hardware-assisted security feature for embedded systems with tight resource constraints. TZmCFI embodies several existing CFI techniques to provide a comprehensive protection. The traditional shadow stack technique is used to ensure stack integrity and validate function returns. To protect exception handlers, TZmCFI extends shadow exception stacks, which are a variant of the traditional shadow stack technique we proposed in our previous work, for RTOS integration and performance improvement. We conducted an experiment on Arm Versatile Express Cortex-M Prototyping System (V2M-MPS2+) to evaluate the run-time overhead of the proposed system.
On a Stochastic Camassa–Holm Type Equation with Higher Order Nonlinearities
Authors: Rohde Christian , Tang Hao 
Published: July 2020

AbstractThe subject of this paper is a generalized Camassa–Holm equation under random perturbation. We first establish local existence and uniqueness results as well as blow-up criteria for pathwise solutions in the Sobolev spaces$$H^s$$Hswith$$s>3/2$$s>3/2. Then we analyze how noise affects the dependence of solutions on initial data. Even though the noise has some already known regularization effects, much less is known concerning the dependence on initial data. As a new concept we introduce the notion of stability of exiting times and construct an example showing that multiplicative noise (in Itô sense) cannot improve the stability of the exiting time, and simultaneously improve the continuity of the dependence on initial data. Finally, we obtain global existence theorems and estimate associated probabilities.
A mesostructured hybrid CTA–silica carrier for curcumin delivery
Authors: Gallo Marta , Giudice Fabio , Banchero Mauro , Ronchetti Silvia , Manna Luigi , Onida Barbara 
Published: July 2020

AbstractCurcumin is a natural active principle with antioxidant, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties. Its use is limited by a low water solubility and fast degradation rate, which hinder its bioavailability. To overcome this problem, curcumin can be delivered through a carrier, which protects the drug molecule and enhances its pharmacological effects. The present work proposes a simple one-pot sol–gel synthesis to obtain a hybrid carrier for curcumin delivery. The hybrid consists of a mesostructured matrix of amorphous silica, which stabilizes the carrier, and hexadecyltrimethylammonium (CTA), a surfactant where curcumin is dissolved to increase its water solubility. The carrier was characterized in terms of morphology (FESEM), physicochemical properties (XRD, FTIR, UV spectroscopy) and release capability in pseudo-physiological solutions. Results show that curcumin molecules were entrapped, for the first time, in a silica-surfactant mesostructured hybrid carrier. The hybrid carrier successfully released curcumin in artificial sweat and in a phosphate buffer saline solution, so confirming its efficacy in increasing curcumin water solubility. The proposed drug release mechanism relies on the degradation of the carrier, which involves the concurrent release of silicon. This suggests strong potentialities for topical administration applications, since curcumin is effective against many dermal diseases while silicon is beneficial to the skin.
Polymer-dispersant-stabilized Ag nanofluids for heat transfer applications
Authors: Pavithra K. S. , Gurumurthy S. C. , Yashoda M. P. , Mateti Tarun , Ramam Koduri , Nayak Roopa , Murari M. S. 
Published: July 2020

Abstract
One-step wet chemical method has been employed for the synthesis of silver (Ag) nanofluids followed by the preparation of polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP), polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and PVP–PVA mixed-dispersant-stabilized nanofluids by varying the concentration ratio of dispersants for the viscosity and thermal conductivity analysis. The optical absorption studies indicate the presence of nanoparticles in the prepared fluids (or the formation of the silver nanoparticles). The shape and size of the nanoparticles are confirmed by the field emission scanning electron microscopy, and the particle size distribution and zeta potential analysis were carried out by using dynamic light scattering. It is observed that the thermal conductivity of Ag nanofluids increases with an increase in the dispersant concentration with respect to the temperature. The maximum thermal conductivity enhancement of Ag nanofluids was observed in the presence of an equimolar ratio of PVP–PVA (1:1:1) blends as stabilizers.

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Does Gender Diversity Affect Workplace Happiness for Academics? The Role of Diversity Management and Organizational Inclusion
Authors: Mousa Mohamed 
Published: July 2020

AbstractThe author investigated the relationship between gender diversity and organizational inclusion and moved forward to examine whether gender diversity, diversity management and organizational inclusion predict workplace happiness by collecting 320 questionnaires from academics in three public universities in Egypt. A t-test was used to identify how gender may affect perceptions of diversity management and organizational inclusion. Hierarchical regressions were applied to test whether gender diversity, diversity management, and organizational inclusion can predict workplace happiness. The findings showed no relationship between gender diversity and organizational inclusion, and the authors confirmed that gender diversity, diversity management, and organizational inclusion can effectively predict workplace happiness. Theoretical and empirical implications are discussed at the end of the paper.
Syntactic predictors for text quality in Dutch upper-secondary school students’ L1 argumentative writing
Authors: van Rijt Jimmy H. M. , van den Broek Brenda , De Maeyer Sven 
Published: July 2020

AbstractAmong other things, learning to write entails learning how to use complex sentences effectively in discourse. Some research has therefore focused on relating measures of syntactic complexity to text quality. Apart from the fact that the existing research on this topic appears inconclusive, most of it has been conducted in English L1 contexts. This is potentially problematic, since relevant syntactic indices may not be the same across languages. The current study is the first to explore which syntactic features predict text quality in Dutch secondary school students’ argumentative writing. In order to do so, the quality of 125 argumentative essays written by students was rated and the syntactic features of the texts were analyzed. A multilevel regression analysis was then used to investigate which features contribute to text quality. The resulting model (explaining 14.5% of the variance in text quality) shows that the relative number of finite clauses and the ratio between the number of relative clauses and the number of finite clauses positively predict text quality. Discrepancies between our findings and those of previous studies indicate that the relations between syntactic features and text quality may vary based on factors such as language and genre. Additional (cross-linguistic) research is needed to gain a more complete understanding of the relationships between syntactic constructions and text quality and the potential moderating role of language and genre.
Investigation of the Middle Corona with SWAP and a Data-Driven Non-Potential Coronal Magnetic Field Model
Authors: Meyer Karen A. , Mackay Duncan H. , Talpeanu Dana-Camelia , Upton Lisa A. , West Matthew J. 
Published: July 2020

AbstractThe large field-of-view of the Sun Watcher using Active Pixel System detector and Image Processing (SWAP) instrument onboard the PRoject for Onboard Autonomy 2 (PROBA2) spacecraft provides a unique opportunity to study extended coronal structures observed in the EUV in conjunction with global coronal magnetic field simulations. A global non-potential magnetic field model is used to simulate the evolution of the global corona from 1 September 2014 to 31 March 2015, driven by newly emerging bipolar active regions determined from Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) magnetograms. We compare the large-scale structure of the simulated magnetic field with structures seen off-limb in SWAP EUV observations. In particular, we investigate how successful the model is in reproducing regions of closed and open structures, the scale of structures, and compare the evolution of a coronal fan observed over several rotations. The model is found to accurately reproduce observed large-scale, off-limb structures. When discrepancies do arise they mainly occur off the east solar limb due to active regions emerging on the far side of the Sun, which cannot be incorporated into the model until they are observed on the Earth-facing side. When such “late” active region emergences are incorporated into the model, we find that the simulated corona self-corrects within a few days, so that simulated structures off the west limb more closely match what is observed. Where the model is less successful, we consider how this may be addressed, through model developments or additional observational products.
Metacognitive experience on Raven’s matrices versus insight problems
Authors: Chuderski Adam , Jastrzębski Jan , Kroczek Bartłomiej , Kucwaj Hanna , Ociepka Michał 
Published: July 2020

AbstractParticipants rated Intuition, Suddenness, Pleasure, and Certainty accompanying their solutions to items of a popular fluid intelligence test – Raven’s Advanced Progressive Matrices (RAPM) – that varied from easy (around 80% correct) to difficult (around 20% correct). The same ratings were collected from four insight problems interleaved with RAPM. Suddenness and Certainty substantially decreased from easy to difficult matrices (Pleasure strongly overlapped with Certainty). In easy matrices, subjective experience matched that observed during insight problems, suggesting the highly fluent processing resulting in vivid and univocal solutions. By contrast, processing difficult matrices seemed to involve effortful incremental combination of complex information that yielded uncertain outcomes, resembling full-blown analytic problems. Only Intuition, generally rated low, was unaffected by RAPM difficulty. These results suggest that RAPM constitutes a heterogeneous test, with easy vs. difficult items involving relatively distinct types of processing. This novel knowledge can help in understanding the processes underlying solving Raven’s matrices. The study also contributes to the understanding of the validity of subjective ratings as measures of metacognition.
Die klinisch-forensische Bedeutung des Selbstregulationsmodells sexueller Delinquenz und Rückfälligkeit bei pädosexuellen Straftaten
Authors: Gregório Hertz Priscilla , Rettenberger Martin , Welsch Robin , Turner Daniel 
Published: July 2020

ZusammenfassungDas Selbstregulationsmodell sexueller Rückfälligkeit („self-regulation model of the relapse process“, SRM) stellt eine Theorie zur Ätiologie sexueller Delinquenz und Rückfälligkeit dar, bei der sexuell motivierte Straftaten und Täter unterschiedlichen Rückfallpfaden und Entscheidungswegen zugeordnet werden, von denen aus wiederum auf individuelle Motive, Defizite und Ressourcen geschlossen werden kann. In der vorliegenden Studie wurde eine Stichprobe von N = 68 Männern, die mindestens eine sexuell motivierte Straftat gegen Kinder begangen haben, in Bezug auf die SRM-Typologisierung beurteilt und hinsichtlich verschiedener klinischer, demografischer und kriminologischer Merkmale verglichen. Unter Verwendung des SRM konnten 25 % (n = 17) dem annähernd-expliziten, 25 % (n = 17) dem vermeidend-passiven, 22,1 % (n = 15) dem annähernd-automatischen und 13,2 % (n = 9) dem vermeidend-aktiven Rückfallpfad zugeordnet werden. Männer mit Annäherungszielen wiesen im Vergleich zu denen mit Vermeidungszielen höhere Werte im Static-99 und ein entsprechend höheres Rückfallrisiko auf. Außerdem wurde bei Männern mit Annäherungszielen häufiger die Diagnose einer Pädophilie gestellt. Die Ergebnisse liefern erste Hinweise dafür, dass das SRM ein nützliches theoretisches Modell sein kann, um Gemeinsamkeiten zwischen Männern, die aufgrund eines Kindesmissbrauchsdelikt verurteilt wurden, aufzudecken.
Early silcrete heat treatment in Central Australia: Puritjarra and Kulpi Mara
Authors: Schmidt Patrick , Hiscock Peter 
Published: July 2020

AbstractHeat treatment of stone for tool making has important implications for our understanding of the early human history of the Australian continent. New data on the antiquity of Australian heat treatment and its evolution through time in different regions have posed questions about the origin and temporal stability of technical practices. In this paper, we present the first evolutionary sequence of the use of heat treatment in Central Australia, with a trend to lower levels of heat treatment over time. Different trends are found in other regions across Australia: on the eastern seaboard, heat treatment became more prevalent over time, while in the inland, semi-arid Willandra lakes region heat treatment gradually disappeared over time. In central Australia, the long-term trend is towards fewer heat-affected specimens over time, but this happens in a single transition from stable high levels in the Pleistocene to stable moderate levels in the Mid- to Late Holocene. These evolutionary trends are consistent with regional diversification, reflecting adaptations to local conditions, and are not consistent with technological uniformity across the continent.