bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Learning opportunities in peer-peer interaction: A case study of two L2 Mandarin Chinese learners
Authors: Jiang Dan 
Published: November 2020

Abstract
The roles of interaction have been studied for several decades. Recent studies have turned to investigate “the details of which components of interaction might be more or less effective in which contexts with which learners” (Loewen, Shawn & Masatoshi Sato. 2018. Interaction and instructed second language acquisition. Language Teaching 51(3). 285–329: 286). This case study, based on three unstructured interactions outside the classroom between two L2 Mandarin Chinese learners, investigates the learning opportunities these interactions brought about in terms of helping them to increase in control over forms that had already been encountered inside the classroom. Using the concept of the language-related episode (Swain, Merrill & Sharon Lapkin. 1998. Interaction and second language learning: Two adolescent French immersion students working together. The Modern Language Journal 82(3). 320–337), this study sets focus on learning opportunities for lexis- and grammar-related items. It finds learning opportunities arise as the two peers negotiate for meaning motivated by the need to comprehend, strive to use the L2 to express/co-express themselves, and improve their form through the other’s feedback. In addition, lexis-related learning is found to be very positive in this study. The dictionary played an indispensable role in facilitating the learners when they encountered lexis-related issues. Further, it enabled the learners to learn new vocabulary when driven by communicative needs. In comparison, the grammar-related learning is found to be relatively complicated. And the fact the learners had nowhere to resort to concerning grammatical issues attributed to it. In terms of the different types of interactions, compared to learning through negotiation for meaning and feedback, output and co-construction/collaboration were found to be most productive in promoting the learning.
Feuer und Flamme
Authors: Klettke Cornelia 
Published: November 2020

Riassunto
Il contributo prende in esame la poetizzazione dell’elemento ›fuoco‹ nell’aldilà dantesco. Nell’Inferno, l’universo metaforico associato al fuoco fa da contrappunto all’interiorizzazione e alla trascendenza che stanno alla base della concezione del fuoco nel Paradiso, dove esso, in senso astratto, viene trasformato in luce e rappresenta anche l’illuminazione spirituale. Dante mette in scena san Tommaso, presentando nelle varie figure il corpus spirituale, che tuttavia nell’Inferno era stato pervertito e caricato di una connotazione quasi parodistica, se confrontato alla solennità sacrale della luce spirituale nel Paradiso. Nella sua qualità di luce, l’elemento ›fuoco‹ diventa la componente più importante delle sfere del Paradiso. L’idea della permanenza di un regno di Dio è simbolicamente veicolata da un uso virtuosistico della gamma metaforica associata alla luce: la visualizzazione del principio supremo del Divino, come esso si costituisce nella dottrina cristiana, è affidata alla forza suggestiva della travolgente poesia.
Zwischen D’Ancona und Witte: Novati und die Edition der Briefe Dantes
Authors: Montefusco Antonio 
Published: November 2020

Riassunto
Il contributo studia l’apporto di Francesco Novati, ufficialmente incaricato dalla Società dantesca di attendere all'edizione critica delle opere minori latine, alla storia dell’edizione critica delle epistole dopo Witte. L’archivio Novati, conservato a Milano, permette di verificare lo stato del lavoro di edizione, che è risultato ancora molto parziale. L’analisi della documentazione permette di chiarire i criteri e la metodologia di Novati, che non mancò di confrontararsi continuamente, ma non esplicitamente, con le scelte critiche di Witte.
Structure and properties of edible packaging film prepared by soy protein isolate-eggshell membrane conjugates loaded with Eugenol
Authors: Li Lulu , Xia Ning , Zhang Hong , Li Tong , Zhang Huajiang , Chi Yujie , Zhang Yinglong , Liu Xixin , Li Hanyu 
Published: November 2020

Abstract
In this study, we reported a facile and economical strategy for producing a functional protein-based composite film that was based on soybean protein isolate (SPI), eggshell membrane (ESM) and eugenol (Eu). The composite films were also characterized by mechanical, water vapor permeability (WVP), UV barrier, water resistance, hydrophobicity, antioxidant and antimicrobial activity. The results suggested the appropriate content of ESM could significantly enhance the mechanical, barrier, water resistance and hydrophobicity performances of the film. The addition of Eu into the SPI/ESM film could improve not only these properties, but also antimicrobial and antioxidant properties. The intermolecular interaction between SPI, ESM and Eu was mainly hydrogen bond confirmed by the Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). The scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) indicated a good compatibility existed between SPI and ESM, and the Eu could be well emulsified and dispersed into the SPI/ESM film matrices network. Such edible films carried potentially developed in active packaging applications.
First-person and the semantic roots of Moore’s paradox
Authors: Delfitto Denis , Fiorin Gaetano 
Published: November 2020

Abstract
In this contribution, we argue that Moore's paradox has its roots in the semantics of first-person. We build up on some of Frege's concerns about the first-person, recently revived by Kripke as a criticism of the position according to which Kaplan's two-dimensional semantics is all is needed for an adequate semantics of the first-person. First, we discuss the so-called pragmatic approach to Moore's paradox, discussing its possible limitations, in accordance with some ideas expressed on the matter by Shoemaker. Second, we show that sentences where a predicate expressing a “phenomenal” property combines with a first-person pronoun are bound to express Stalnaker's diagonal proposition, and are true a priori. Crucially, the proposition expressed does not correspond to the ascription of a property to an independently established object. Finally, we provide significant empirical evidence to the effect that this emerging “subjective” layer of meaning is actually what is needed to solve some of the puzzles around Moore's paradox: the status of Moore's sentences essentially depends, in fact, on the interaction between the “objective” and the “subjective” layers of meaning.
Laughter through tears: Unprofessional review comments as humor on the ShitMyReviewersSay Twitter account
Authors: Dynel Marta 
Published: November 2020

AbstractThis paper explores the nature of public tweets posted on the ShitMyReviewersSay (@YourPaperSucks) Twitter account. The focus is on the content of recontextualized extracts from peer reviews, as well as the formal properties and the socio-pragmatic functions of the sharing practice on Twitter. The examination of a corpus of tweets (n = 397) yields several types of unprofessional review comments which correspond to the academic users’ rationale for sharing them publicly. The most frequent type of review comment is the aggressive one (n = 277), which harshly communicates negative evaluation, quite often in a creative manner (n = 91). This trenchant criticism, also when creatively formulated, represents purposeful acts of impoliteness. Whether or not originally intended to be wittily humorous, review comments publicized on Twitter, prototypically via Tumblr, display humorous potential, which may be boosted through the use of additional verbal commentaries and GIFs. Thus, situated in a different participation framework, the reported review comments are decontextualized and recontextualized in order to be publicly ridiculed and/or disparaged. Thereby, academics engage in solidarity-building, affiliative humor experience, which also gives them a sense of psychological relief.
Performance evaluation of real-time tightly-coupled GNSS PPP/MEMS-based inertial integration using an improved robust adaptive Kalman filter
Authors: Elmezayen Abdelsatar , El-Rabbany Ahmed 
Published: November 2020

Abstract
Typically, the extended Kalman filter (EKF) is used for tightly-coupled (TC) integration of multi-constellation GNSS PPP and micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) inertial navigation system (INS) to provide precise positioning, velocity, and attitude solutions for ground vehicles. However, the obtained solution will generally be affected by both of the GNSS measurement outliers and the inaccurate modeling of the system dynamic. In this paper, an improved robust adaptive Kalman filter (IRKF) is adopted and used to overcome the effect of the measurement outliers and dynamic model errors on the obtained integrated solution. A real-time IRKF-based TC GPS+Galileo PPP/MEMS-based INS integration algorithm is developed to provide precise positioning and attitude solutions. The pre-saved real-time orbit and clock products from the Centre National d’Etudes Spatials (CNES) are used to simulate the real-time scenario. The performance of the real-time IRKF-based TC GNSS PPP/INS integrated system is assessed under open sky environment, and both of simulated partial and complete GNSS outages through two ground vehicular field trials. It is shown that the real-time TC GNSS PPP/INS integration through the IRKF achieves centimeter-level positioning accuracy under open sky environments and decimeter-level positioning accuracy under GNSS outages that range from 10 to 60 seconds. In addition, the use of IRKF improves the positioning accuracy and enhances the convergence of the integrated solution in comparison with the EKF. Furthermore, the IRKF-based integrated system achieves attitude accuracy of 0.052°, 0.048°, and 0.165° for pitch, roll, and azimuth angles, respectively. This represents improvement of 44 %, 48 %, and 36 % for the pitch, roll, and azimuth angles, respectively, in comparison with the EKF-based counterpart.
Returns to Scale as an Established Scaling Indicator: Always a Good Advisor?
Authors: Dellnitz Andreas , Rödder Wilhelm 
Published: November 2020

Abstract
In data envelopment analysis (DEA), returns to scale (RTS) are a widely accepted instrument for a company to reveal its activity scaling potentials. In the case of increasing returns to scale (IRS), a company learns that upsizing activities improves its productivity. For decreasing returns to scale (DRS), the instrument likewise should depict a downsizing force, again for improving productivity. Unfortunately, here the classical RTS concept shows misbehavior. Under certain circumstances, it is the wrong indicator for scaling activities and even hides respective productivity improvement potentials. In this paper, we study this phenomenon, using the DEA concept, and illustrate it via little numerical examples and a real-world application consisting of 37 Brazilian banks.
New Law for New Enterprises: Cooperative Law in Germany, 1867–1889
Authors: Guinnane Timothy W. 
Published: November 2020

Abstract
The first modern German cooperatives began operations in the 1840s and faced, among other challenges, unfriendly legal rules. In Prussia, cooperatives experienced official harassment as allies of the then-oppositional Liberals. More importantly, cooperatives lacked the right to act as bodies, forcing them to engage in expensive legal workarounds for simple tasks such as contracting debts. The first German cooperatives law, Prussia’s 1867 Act, made clear the cooperatives had a right to exist and gave them the right to act as entities. Further development in the cooperative movement exposed flaws in the original act. The 1889 (Reich) Cooperatives Act legalized some organizational differences in the newer, rural cooperatives, and introduced compulsory external audits for cooperatives. Most famously, the 1889 Act first allowed cooperatives with limited liability, a step that made German cooperatives more similar to those elsewhere in Europe. The historical literature on cooperatives has neglected two important parts of this story: problems with the way unlimited liability operated under the 1867 Act, and the close connection between cooperative and company law.
Work Creation, Rearmament, Public and Private Investment in Germany 1933–1938: An Input-Output Analysis of their Impact on Employment and Production
Authors: Fremdling Rainer , Stäglin Reiner 
Published: November 2020

Abstract
Empirically, we apply the input-output table of Germany for the benchmark year of 1936 to assess the impact of work creation, rearmament, public and private investment on employment and production in Germany during the 1930s. Our analytical framework integrates the Keynesian multiplier into Leontief’s traditional model. Of course one can speculate about the counterfactual scenario of whether or not the NS-upswing would have taken place even without Hitler’s economic policy. On basis of our reassessment we can safely claim, however, that these programmes were a sufficient condition to create full employment as early as 1936.
HPREP: a comprehensive database for human proteome repeats
Authors: Mary Rajathei David , Parthasarathy Subbiah , Selvaraj Samuel 
Published: November 2020

AbstractAmino acid repeats are found to play important roles in both structures and functions of the proteins. These are commonly found in all kingdoms of life, especially in eukaryotes and a larger fraction of human proteins composed of repeats. Further, the abnormal expansions of shorter repeats cause various diseases to humans. Therefore, the analysis of repeats of the entire human proteome along with functional, mutational and disease information would help to better understand their roles in proteins. To fulfill this need, we developed a web database HPREP (http://bioinfo.bdu.ac.in/hprep) for human proteome repeats using Perl and HTML programming. We identified different categories of well-characterized repeats and domain repeats that are present in the human proteome of UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot by using in-house Perl programming and novel repeats by using the repeat detection T-REKS tool as well as XSTREAM web server. Further, these proteins are annotated with functional, mutational and disease information and grouped according to specific repeat types. The developed database enables the users to search by specific repeat type in order to understand their involvement in proteins. Thus, the HPREP database is expected to be a useful resource to gain better insight regarding the different repeats in human proteome and their biological roles.
Comparison of the rates of preterm birth and low birth weight of vanishing twin and primary pregnancies conceived with assisted reproductive technology
Authors: Guo Yongbing , Sun Yu , Yang Huixia , Xu Yang , Xue Qing , Kuai Yanrong , Gao Yan , Dai Fangfang , Guo Ying 
Published: November 2020

Abstract

Objectives
The purpose of this study was to compare the rate of preterm birth, low birth weight, and foetal growth restriction in assisted reproductive technology (ART) singleton pregnancies diagnosed with vanishing twin (VT) syndrome to those of ART pregnancies that were originally singleton pregnancies.

Methods
In this retrospective study, 177 pregnancies diagnosed with VT syndrome were matched and compared with 218 primary singleton pregnancies. The preterm birth and low birth weight rates of these two groups were evaluated. All pregnancies were conceived through ART and delivered at Peking University First Hospital and Hebei Xingtai Infertility Hospital from 2014 to 2016.

Results
The preterm delivery rate (20.90 vs. 8.72%, p<0.05) was significantly higher in the ART singletons with VT syndrome than in the control singleton group. The proportion of low-birth-weight (<2500 g) infants was also higher in the VT group than in the primary singleton group (10.73 vs. 3.67%, p<0.05). In addition, the preterm birth rate of the naturally conceived singletons was significantly lower than that of the ART singletons (6.00 vs. 14.18%, p<0.05).

Conclusions
ART singleton pregnancies with VT syndrome have higher rates of preterm birth and low-birth-weight new-borns than ART pregnancies that were originally singleton pregnancies.
Dasein and World: Heidegger’s Reconceiving of the Transcendental After Husserl
Authors: Keane Niall 
Published: November 2020

Abstract
The following examines Heidegger’s analysis of world and Dasein from a transcendental perspective. It is argued that Heidegger’s reflections on the interconnected themes of world and Dasein reveal the tensions that exist between the transcendental claims before and after Being and Time and the analysis of worldliness. It begins by looking at Heidegger’s early analysis of Husserl’s critique of psychologism and naturalism, assessing what this tells us about Heidegger’s analysis of world and nature. It subsequently addresses Heidegger’s transformation of Husserlian phenomenology, and intentionality in particular, arguing against interpreters who claim Heidegger’s interconnected concepts of Dasein and world are reducible to one another and hence phenomenologically problematic. In order to respond to this reading, the article examines the twin themes of, on the one hand, transcendental constitutive analysis in Heidegger’s work, Dasein as disclosive and ‘world entering’, and, on the other hand, the centrality of the world and the realm of nature as always more than Dasein’s constitutive relationship to it. In order to understand what Heidegger means by worldliness, the article will look at Heidegger’s reflections on nature as the world’s other, which nonetheless needs to be understood on the basis of worldliness.
Procurator rationis patrimonii: An Autonomous Equestrian Procuratorship or an Alternative Title of the procurator patrimonii?
Authors: Kłodziński Karol 
Published: November 2020

Summary
The way patrimonial procuratorships (of the patrimonium, ratio privata, and res privata) functioned at the beginning of the 3rd century CE remains controversial. A recently published inscription from Proconsular Africa featuring a new equestrian procurator rationis patrimonii of ducenarius rank, combined with re-interpreting the patrimonial procuratorships held by M. Aquilius Felix, argues convincingly that the reform of the administration of imperial property carried out at the beginning of Septimius Severus’ reign may have been more comprehensive than previously believed.
Crystal structure of {tetraaqua-bis(1-(4-hydroxy-2-oxotetrahydrofuran-3-yl)-2-((4aS,6R,8aS)-6-hydroxy-5-(hydroxymethyl)-5,8a-dimethyl-2-methylenedecahydronaphthalen-1-yl)ethane-1-sulfonato-k2
O,O') calcium(II)}-{triaqua-bis(1-(4-hydroxy-2-oxotetrahydrofuran-3-yl)-2-((4aS,6R,8aS)-6-hydroxy-5-(hydroxymethyl)-5,8a-dimethyl-2-methylenedecahydronaphthalen-1-yl)ethane-1-sulfonato-k2
O,O') calcium(II)} – water – acetone (1/1/8/2)
Authors: Chang Ying-Jie , Ding Yuan-Min , Zhu Lin-Yuan , Liu Hong-Min , Li Wen 
Published: November 2020

Abstract
C43H78CaO22S2, monoclinic, P21 (no. 4), a = 18.2539(3) Å, b = 15.3118(3) Å, c = 18.3718(4) Å, β = 91.2637(17)°, Z = 4, V = 5133.65(18) Å3, R

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ref
(F
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Polymer nanocomposite sunlight spectrum down-converters made by open-air PLD
Authors: Darwish Abdalla M. , Sarkisov Sergey S. , Wilson Simeon , Wilson Jamaya , Collins Eboni , Patel Darayas N. , Cho Kyu , Giri Anit , Koplitz Lynn , Koplitz Brent , Hui David 
Published: November 2020

Abstract
We report, for the first time to our knowledge, on the polymer nanocomposite sunlight spectrum down-converters made by the concurrent multi-beam multi-target pulsed laser deposition (CMBMT-PLD) of phosphor and polymer in ambient air. Phosphor PLD targets were made of down-converting rare-earth (RE)-doped fluorides NaYF4:Yb3+,Er3+, and NaYF4:Yb3+,Tm3+ with a Stokes shift of 620 nm (from 360 to 980 nm), minimizing the effect of re-absorption. The phosphors were synthesized by the wet method. Polymer target was made of poly (methyl methacrylate) known as PMMA. Target ablation was conducted with 1,064 nm beams from an Nd:YAG Q-switched laser. Beam intensity was 2.8 × 1016 W/cm2 for both targets. The substrate was a microscope glass slide. Phosphor nanoparticles with a size ranging from 10 to 50 nm were evenly distributed in the polymer matrix during deposition. The nanoparticles retained the crystalline structure and the fluorescent properties of the phosphor target. There was no noticeable chemical decomposition of the deposited polymer. The products of laser-induced reaction of the polymer target with atmospheric gases did not reach the substrate during PLD. Post-heating of the substrate at ∼90°C led to fusion of separate polymer droplets into uniform coating. Quantum yield of the down-conversion polymer nanocomposite film was estimated to be not less than ∼5%. The proposed deposition method can find its application in making commercial-size down-converter coatings for photo-voltaic solar power applications.
Smart textiles and wearable technologies – opportunities offered in the fight against pandemics in relation to current COVID-19 state
Authors: Ivanoska-Dacikj Aleksandra , Stachewicz Urszula 
Published: November 2020

AbstractRecent outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world dramatically, posing profound challenges to our healthcare infrastructure, economic systems, social and cultural life but also to our freedom. What this pandemic made us realize so far, is that, despite the tremendous advances in medicine and pharmacy, in the initial moments, which are crucial in the containment of spreading of any pandemic, the key role is played by the non-pharmaceutical measures. These measures are the ones that bridge the time between pandemic outbreaks and the development of drugs or vaccines and are crucial for the number of human lives spared. Smart textiles and novel materials as part of the personal protective equipment (PPE) and telemedicine are crucial factors in the healthcare system. Here, we present an overview on the use of textiles in the fight against pandemics, in the past and current COVID-19, we analyze the morphology of the commonly used face masks, made of cotton and typically used polypropylene (PP). We also present the perspective that smart textiles, wearable technologies and novel materials are offering in the fight against future pandemics, mainly as part of the personal protective equipment and telemedicine.
Bayesian approach to discriminant problems for count data with application to multilocus short tandem repeat dataset
Authors: Tsukuda Koji , Mano Shuhei , Yamamoto Toshimichi 
Published: November 2020

Abstract
Short Tandem Repeats (STRs) are a type of DNA polymorphism. This study considers discriminant analysis to determine the population of test individuals using an STR database containing the lengths of STRs observed at more than one locus. The discriminant method based on the Bayes factor is discussed and an improved method is proposed. The main issues are to develop a method that is relatively robust to sample size imbalance, identify a procedure to select loci, and treat the parameter in the prior distribution. A previous study achieved a classification accuracy of 0.748 for the g-mean (geometric mean of classification accuracies for two populations) and 0.867 for the AUC (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve). We improve the maximum values for the g-mean to 0.830 and the AUC to 0.935. Computer simulations indicate that the previous method is susceptible to sample size imbalance, whereas the proposed method is more robust while achieving almost identical classification accuracy. Furthermore, the results confirm that threshold adjustment is an effective countermeasure to sample size imbalance.