bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Misselling in Self-placement and Bank Resolution under BRRD2
Authors: Malvagna Ugo , Sciarrone Alibrandi Antonella 
Published: November 2020

Abstract1. Bank crises and the treatment of retail investors in the BRRD era. – 2. The problem of misselling in the context of self-placement of securities issued by banks. – 3. The (loose) interplay between investor protection and bank resolution in the current regulatory environment. – 4. The Single Resolution Board’s policy on the treatment of retail clients’ holdings for the purpose of MREL eligibility. – 5. Art. 44 a BRRD 2 on the «selling of subordinated eligible liabilities to retail clients». – 6. The need for a more effective integration between investor protection and bank resolution discipline: from an ex-post to an ex-ante approach. The role of product governance under MiFID 2. – 7. Concluding remarks.
European Insider Trading Theory Revisited: The Limits of the Parity-of-Information Theory and the Application of the Property Rights in Information Theory to Activist Investment Strategies
Authors: Taleska Ana 
Published: November 2020

AbstractParity-of-information is purported to be the single overarching policy rationale for the European Union (EU) regulation on insider trading. This is because securities trading on the basis of informational advantages is generally prohibited under EU rules, as is tipping (and issuers’ selective disclosure) of material, non-public information. Yet, EU regulations allow market actors, including investment professionals and analysts, that have discovered valuable information -and thereby, have an informational advantage vis-à-vis their trading counterparties- to trade on this information. Relatedly, issuers of financial instruments, takeover bidders and merging parties can share information with a selected group of investors prior to public announcement of the transaction (market sounding), whereas firms can delay public disclosure of inside information and prevent all other market participants from trading on this information. I argue that these exceptions from the parity-of-information theory are -from a doctrinal standpoint- best explained as property rights in information of market actors that have developed new proprietary information with respect to European listed securities. This article, therefore, aims at providing a property rights account of the exceptions to the parity-of-information theory and it illustrates the trade-offs between the parity-of-information and the property rights in information theories underlying European insider trading rules. By extension, I analyze the specific case of activist campaigns as inside information and argue that it would be consistent with the property rights approach to allow activist investors to share their investment and trading strategies with other market participants that further their activist agenda.
The Reflected-Shifted-Truncated Lindley Distribution with Applications
Authors: Dey Sanku , Waymyers Sophia , Kumar Devendra 
Published: November 2020

AbstractIn this paper, a new probability density function with bounded domain is presented. The new distribution arises from the Lindley distribution proposed in 1958. It presents the advantage of not including any special function in its formulation. The new transformed model, called the reflected-shifted-truncated Lindley distribution can be used to model left-skewed data. We provide a comprehensive treatment of general mathematical and statistical properties of this distribution. We estimate the model parameters by maximum likelihood methods based on complete and right-censored data. To assess the performance and consistency of the maximum likelihood estimators, we conduct a simulation study with varying sample sizes. Finally, we use the distribution to model left-skewed survival and failure data from two real data sets. For the real data sets containing complete data and right-censored data, this distribution is superior in its ability to sufficiently model the data as compared to the power Lindley, exponentiated power Lindley, generalized inverse Lindley, generalized weighted Lindley and the well-known Gompertz distributions.
Electrical equivalent circuit modelling of various fractal inspired UWB Antennas
Authors: Biswas Balaka , Karmakar Ayan 
Published: November 2020

Abstract
This paper presents electrical equivalent circuit modelling of various fractal-based UWB antennas. Three different designs have been discussed here as case studies, whose characteristics are diversified in nature. Even the implemented fractal geometries are also unique in nature for these antenna problems. An easy circuit model for each antenna structure is proposed which deciphers the insight device physics of the structure. Without applying much more complicated mathematical jugglery, the models have been presented here. Finally, a comparison of FEM simulated data and the result obtained from circuit modelling is concluded, which establishes the validity of the proposed models.
Numerical simulation for the effects of waves and grain size on deltaic processes and morphologies
Authors: Liu Yang , Chen Hongde , Wang Jun , Yang Shuai , Chen Anqing 
Published: November 2020

AbstractCurrently, the sedimentation process concerning the formation of the morphological changes of deltas under the action of waves has received little attention. Two numerical simulations were carried out in this study to explore the sedimentary morphological changes of deltas under wave action. In the first experiment, the morphological characteristics of river-dominated deltas and wave-dominated deltas were compared. Results showed that a wave-dominated delta was more likely to produce slender and stable rivers relative to a river-dominated delta. In the second experiment, the morphologies of wave-dominated deltas with sediments of different grain sizes were compared. Results indicated that delta morphology was not significantly correlated with the median grain size (ϕ50{\phi }_{50}) of the sediment, and the average grain size of the coarser sediments (ϕ25{\phi }_{25}) was an important factor affecting delta morphology. Moreover, a delta with a largerϕ25{\phi }_{25}value of the input sediment, a smaller topset gradient, and a smaller number of active river channels had a more arcuate shape. The results showed that the hydrodynamic numerical simulation method has the ability to reveal the evolution of deltas under the action of waves. The final simulation results were consistent with the actual delta data.
On functions continuous with respect to a density type strong generalized topology
Authors: Hejduk Jacek , Loranty Anna 
Published: November 2020

Abstract
In the paper, some properties of functions continuous with respect to a density type strong generalized topology are presented. In particular, it is proved that each real function is approximately continuous with respect to this generalized topology almost everywhere. Moreover, some separation axioms for this generalized topological space are investigated.
Determination of life cycle GHG emission factor for paper products of Vietnam
Authors: Ta Thi Yen , Thi Anh Tuyet Nguyen 
Published: November 2020

AbstractThe paper industry is an essential but energy-intensive economic sector. This study aims to propose an appropriate inventory method to first determine the GHG emission factor in the life cycle of paper products of Vietnam. The approach overcomes the limitations of the ISO 14067 method by including the environmental burdens from the paper mill’s processes. In 2018, the amount of GHG emitted from cradle to gate when producing a ton of carton box, writing paper, and tissue products ({\text{EF}}_{{\text{CO}}_{\text{2eq}}}) was 1,366 kg CO2eq, 1,224 kg CO2eq, and 751 kg CO2eq, respectively. High energy intensity is identified as the main reason that causes high life cycle analysis (LCA) GHG emission factors and virgin paper-based products often emit higher LCA GHG amounts than recycled paper-based products. To reduce the emission, the Vietnamese paper mills should increase the use of recycled paper and replace fossil fuels with environmentally friendly energy resources.
“If we don’t quarrel, we joke”: Emic perspectives on Belarusian families’ humorous folklore
Authors: Fiadotava Anastasiya 
Published: November 2020

Abstract
The paper discusses Belarusian couples’ reflections on the role of humorous folklore in their daily family interactions. The interviewees generally regarded being humorous as a positive feature and identified (explicitly or implicitly) several functions of humor, such as framing group boundaries, offering criticism, and sharing ideas that would otherwise be difficult to communicate. A recurring distinction evoked by respondents was between “good” (benevolent) and “bad” (offensive) humor. However, interviews also revealed that the actual perception of humor, especially in the form of mocking and teasing, can be very context-specific, and the boundary between aggression and playfulness is not always clear-cut. The paper explores this ambiguity by examining self-reported instances of mocking and teasing, whereupon the producer and the recipient of humor need to resolve the tension between “having a good sense of humor” and using humor in an offensive or aggressive way. The couples’ attitudes towards family humor are discussed within the broader context of the value of humor in modern society. The paper also reflects on the limitations of using the interview as a data collection method for studying family humor.
Slavic *ljuby and the heterogeneity of the inflectional class in *‑y
Authors: Majer Marek 
Published: November 2020

Abstract
The inherited Proto-Slavic feminine nouns in nom. sg. *‑y, oblique *‑ъvare conventionally thought to go back to one source only, namely Proto-Indo- European stems in *‑uh‑. However, a handful of previous studies have already demonstrated the possibility that other inherited items could join this paradigm by phonologically developing a nom. sg. in *‑y from other sources (particularly *‑ōs). Accordingly, in the present article, it is hypothesized that the well-known PSl. noun *ljuby *ljubъve f. ‘love’ may go back to an amphikinetic s‑stem *lewbʰ‑ōs. Such a reconstruction makes it possible to explain a number of otherwise problematic features of the complex of *ljuby, such as: 1) the enigmatic OCS acc. sg. ljuby (for expected ljubъvь) in the collocations (prě)ljuby (sъ)tvoriti or (prě)ljuby dějati ‘commit adultery’; 2) the unexpected presence of *‑s‑ in the Balt. cognate, Lith. liaupsė̃ f. ‘praise, adoration’; 3) the occurrence of PSl. *‑y as an abstract marker (a function in which PIE amphikinetic s‑stems in *‑ōs are securely, even if marginally, found, particularly in the domain of emotions and mental states - cf. Gk. αἰδώς αἰδόος f. ‘reverence, awe’, ἔρως *ἔροος m. ‘love, desire’, Ved. bhiyás‑, Av. biiah‑ m. ‘fear’ - while no such function can convincingly be reconstructed for a formation in *‑u‑h₂).
Research on intelligent substation monitoring by image recognition method
Authors: Tang Weijie , Chen Honggang 
Published: November 2020

Abstract
This study mainly analyzed the improved three-frame difference algorithm for the identification of active targets in the intelligent substation. The improved three-frame difference algorithm introduced the Gaussian mixture background algorithm on the basis of the traditional three-frame difference method. The Gaussian mixture background algorithm, traditional three-frame difference method, and improved three-frame difference method were tested in the actual substation. The results showed that the improved difference method eliminated the non-target background more thoroughly when recognizing the moving target in the image; in the tested video, the improved algorithm had the highest precision and recall ratios for the active target in the video. To sum up, the improved three-frame difference method can more accurately and effectively identify the active targets in the monitoring video, so as to provide an effective support for the unmanned monitoring of intelligent substation.
Distributed consensus of multi-agent systems with increased convergence rate
Authors: Cao Ke-cai , Chai Yun , Liu Chenglin 
Published: November 2020

Abstract
Consensus problem with faster convergence rate of consensus problem has been considered in this paper. Adding more edges such as that connecting each agent and its second-nearest neighbor or changing the consensus protocol such as mixing asymptotic terms and terms of finite-time has been proved to be possible ways in increasing the convergence rate of multi-agent system in this paper. Based on analysis of Laplacian matrix, increasing of the convergence rate has been proved using the second-smallest eigenvalue for the first method. Concerning the second method, advantages of asymptotic consensus protocol and finite-time consensus protocol have been mixed together with the help of homogeneity function and theory of Lyapunov. Simulation results using matlab are also presented to illustrate the newly designed consensus protocols in increasing the convergence rate.
Optimization approach to the constrained regulation problem for linear continuous-time fractional-order systems
Authors: Si Xindong , Yang Hongli 
Published: November 2020

AbstractThis paper deals with the Constrained Regulation Problem (CRP) for linear continuous-times fractional-order systems. The aim is to find the existence conditions of linear feedback control law for CRP of fractional-order systems and to provide numerical solving method by means of positively invariant sets. Under two different types of the initial state constraints, the algebraic condition guaranteeing the existence of linear feedback control law for CRP is obtained. Necessary and sufficient conditions for the polyhedral set to be a positive invariant set of linear fractional-order systems are presented, an optimization model and corresponding algorithm for solving linear state feedback control law are proposed based on the positive invariance of polyhedral sets. The proposed model and algorithm transform the fractional-order CRP problem into a linear programming problem which can readily solved from the computational point of view. Numerical examples illustrate the proposed results and show the effectiveness of our approach.
Indigenization in a downgraded continuum: Ideologies behind phonetic variation in Namibian Afrikaans
Authors: Stell Gerald 
Published: November 2020

AbstractThis study generally looks at indigenization in languages historically introduced and promoted by colonial regimes. The case study that it presents involves Namibia, a Subsaharan African country formerly administered by South Africa, where Afrikaans was the dominant official language before being replaced by English upon independence. Afrikaans in Namibia still functions as an informal urban lingua franca while being spoken as a native language by substantial White and Coloured minorities. To what extent does the downranking of Afrikaans in Namibia co-occur with divergence from standard models historically located in South Africa? To answer this question, the study identifies variation patterns in Namibian Afrikaans phonetic data elicited from ethnically diverse young urban informants and links these patterns with perceptions and language ideologies. The phonetic data reveal divergence between Whites and Non-Whites and some convergence among Black L2 Afrikaans-speakers with Coloured varieties, while suggesting that a distinctive Black variety is emerging. The observed trends generally reflect perceived ethnoracial distinctions and segregation. They must be read against the background of shifting inter-group power relations and sociolinguistic prestige norms in independent Namibia, as well as of emergent ethnically inclusive Black urban identities.
Evaluation of efficacy of Aloe vera (L.) Burm. f. gel solution in methylcellulose-induced ocular hypertension in New Zealand white rabbits
Authors: Vaghela Jhanvi J. , Barvaliya Manish J. , Parmar Sugnesh J. , Tripathi Chandrabhanu R. 
Published: November 2020

Abstract

Objectives
The present study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of Aloe vera in the methylcellulose-induced ocular hypertension model.

Methods
Fifty-six rabbits were randomly divided into seven groups. Intraocular pressure (IOP) was raised by anterior chamber injection of 2% methylcellulose in all the groups except the normal control group. Disease control animals were treated with sterile water and active control with topical 0.5% timolol 12 hourly; 6 and 12% A. vera gel topical solutions 8 hourly were given in group IV and V, respectively; 6 and 12% A. vera gel solutions along with timolol were given in group VI and VII animals, respectively. Mean IOP values and percentage of reduction in IOP were compared at 15 min, 30 min, 1 h, 2 h, 4 h, 8 h, 12 h, 24 h, 36 h, and 48 h.

Results

A. vera gel solutions (6 and 12%) showed a significant reduction in mean IOP from 4 to 2 h time points, respectively, whereas, A. vera gel solutions (6 and 12%) + timolol showed significant less mean IOP from a 30 min time point as compared with disease control. A. vera gel solutions (6 and 12%) showed 8.6 and 10.4% more reduction in IOP, respectively (66.8 ± 4.9% and 68.6 ± 5.4% vs. 58.2 ± 2.3%; p > 0.05), whereas 6 and 12% A. vera gel solutions along with timolol showed 14.5 and 16.2% more reduction in IOP, respectively (72.7 ± 4.7% and 74.4 ± 4.1% vs. 58.2 ± 2.3%; p < 0.05), than disease control group at 48 h.

Conclusions
Six and twelve percent A. vera gel solutions reduced the IOP effectively. Concurrent treatment with 12% A. vera gel and timolol produced the maximum reduction in IOP.
Spirometry in adult hypothyroid patients: a comparative study
Authors: Mohammed Rasha N. , Kadhum Haithem J. , Hashim Ali R. 
Published: November 2020

Abstract

Objectives
Hypothyroidism adversely affects pulmonary function, which may improve by thyroxine therapy. Limited studies about the effect of hypothyroidism on spirometric parameters in adult patients were conducted in Basra, south of Iraq. Moreover, the effect of thyroxine therapy on spirometric parameters was not covered by these studies. In this study, pulmonary function in adult’s hypothyroid patients was evaluated by spirometry to detect any impairment, type of impairment, and to evaluate the effect of thyroxine therapy.

Methods
A comparative study was conducted in Al-Faiha Specialized Diabetes, Endocrine, and Metabolism Center (FDEMC) in Al-Faiha teaching hospital, Basrah, Iraq. Subjects are divided into four groups: uncontrolled hypothyroid group (n=72), controlled hypothyroid group (n=60), newly diagnosed hypothyroid group (n=52), and control group (n=110). Spirometry was done to all subjects in sitting position, it’s repeated at least three times and the best result was recorded.

Results
A significantly (p<0.05) less spirometric parameters and more abnormal pulmonary function test (PFT) were noticed in hypothyroid groups, the reduction were more pronounced in the uncontrolled hypothyroid group. The abnormality in PFT was mostly of restrictive type. A significantly (p<0.05) negative correlation has been found between thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and spirometric parameters, while the correlation of fT4 is significantly (p<0.05) positive with FVC% and FEV%.

Conclusion
In hypothyroidism, high TSH and low fT4 are recognized causes of a reduction in spirometric parameters. Therefore, spirometry can be used to detect pulmonary function changes in hypothyroidism.
Zinc oxide nanoparticles with green tea extract complex in the pancreas of rats against monosodium glutamate toxicity
Authors: Hamza Reham Z. , Al-Salmi Fawziah A. , El-Shenawy Nahla S. 
Published: November 2020

Abstract

Objectives
Nanotechnology is an exciting field for investigators. Green zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) with Camellia sinensis extract complex are proved to be used in the treatment of the toxicity of monosodium glutamate (MSG) in the liver, kidney, and testis of rats. Therefore, the synthesized complex of green nanoparticles using green tea extract (GTE) was tested against the toxicity of MSG on the pancreas.

Methods
The glucose and insulin levels were estimated as well as some biochemical parameters for evaluating the antioxidant status of the pancreas tissue. The histopathological change of the pancreas also has been determined.

Results
It indicates the biomedical capability of ZnO NPs/GTE to act as potent antidiabetic through decreasing blood glucose and increasing serum insulin also, inhibition of lipid peroxidation and enhancement of the antioxidant parameters.

Conclusions
The ZnO NPs/GTE enhanced the pancreatic cell and Langerhans islets as well lowered the sugar levels and stimulated insulin.
Rewriting Trauma: The Legacy of W.B. Yeats in Marina Carr’sBy the Bog of Cats . . .
Authors: He Chu 
Published: November 2020

AbstractWhile a most original and creative playwright in contemporary Ireland, Marina Carr is still unmistakably influenced by her male predecessors. This article will argue that her most renowned workBy the Bog of Cats . . .(1998) is a bold rewriting of W. B. Yeats’sPurgatory(1938). Like Yeats’s play,BytheBogofCats . . .focuses on abandonment, betrayal, and murder as its main sources of trauma. While Carr’s play is a direct descendant fromPurgatoryin terms of its theme, plot, and symbolism, Carr rewrites Yeats’s pathetic, shiftless Old Man into a daring, strong, and responsible woman who may be embittered by her domestic trauma, but instead of escaping, she eventually faces up to her own guilt and crime. Hester is not a flat, helpless victim but a complex, well-rounded woman full of agency, passion, and honesty as well as vices. This way, Carr rewrites both the stereotypical stage image of Irish women and the unredeemable Old Man.
A Fallen-Soufflé Crisis inDinner with Friends
Authors: Dubost Thierry 
Published: November 2020

AbstractInDinner with Friends(1999), which received the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 2000, Donald Margulies stages two couples – one of them impacted by the other’s divorce – and he uses food to evaluate the characters’ response to a marital breakup. Sociologically, food and eating rituals help characterize communities and identities, and inDinner with Friends, the characters’ culinary choices become revelatory features of their bourgeois community. In the midst of a friendship crisis, Margulies uses culinary talks to examine East Coast intelligentsia. Beyond their specific approach to ethnic food, he sheds some light on the invisible consequences of their expertise as foodies, bearers of inflexible norms, who resort to soft power to assert their immutable principles. Viewed through the lens of Lauren Berlant’sCruel Optimism, the enactment of eating strategies – not to mention people’s capacity to cook a good meal – will serve to analyze connections between food and power. Beyond thematic aspects illustrating a crisis, Margulies’s dramatic use of food may reveal his aesthetic strategies in performing crisis.
Groups that have a partition by commuting subsets
Authors: Foguel Tuval , Hiller Josh , Lewis Mark L. , Moghaddamfar Alireza 
Published: November 2020

Abstract
Let 𝐺 be a nonabelian group.
We say that 𝐺 has an abelian partition if there exists a partition of 𝐺 into commuting subsets

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,

A
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A_{1},A_{2},\ldots,A_{n}

of 𝐺 such that

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\lvert A_{i}\rvert\geqslant 2

for each

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.
This paper investigates problems relating to groups with abelian partitions.
Among other results, we show that every finite group is isomorphic to a subgroup of a group with an abelian partition and also isomorphic to a subgroup of a group with no abelian partition.
We also find bounds for the minimum number of partitions for several families of groups which admit abelian partitions – with exact calculations in some cases.
Finally, we examine how the size of a partition with the minimum number of parts behaves with respect to the direct product.