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How population aging impacts the perception of national security and military spending
Authors: Shi Jiachen 
Published: December 2024

Abstract
In a multipolar world order, the demographic shift resulting from rapid population aging is affecting the fundamental unit of national power—the population—which, in turn, can influence a state’s perception of national security. This article examines the relationship between population aging and national security within the framework of “geriatric peace” by Haas (Int Secur 32(1):112–147, 2007). Utilizing panel data from 150 countries between 1992 and 2021, this study reveals two key findings. First, population aging leads to a relative increase in the priority given to social security over national security, resulting in a crowding-out effect on military spending. Second, the crowding-out effect of population aging on military spending is more pronounced in older countries compared to younger ones. To address potential endogeneity, this study employs instrumental variables (IV) estimation, treating population aging as an independent variable rather than a conditional one.
Digital Twins for Smarter Iranian Cities: A Future Studies Perspective
Authors: Zali Nader , Soltani Ali , Najafi Peyman , Qajari Salima Ebadi , Mehrju Mehrdad 
Published: December 2024

AbstractThis study explores the future of Urban Digital Twin (UDT) in urban planning systems of developing countries, with a focus on Iran. Despite UDT's growing popularity, its implementation in developing countries is limited. The research identifies critical factors influencing UDT development, including organisational acceptance, urban infrastructure, policy and legislation, and technology and innovation. Using a futures studies approach, the study employs the Delphi method, MICMAC (Matrix Impact Cross-Reference Multiplication Applied to a Classification) technique, and SISMW (Strategic Uncertainties and Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities and Threats Matrix) methodologies to analyse these factors. The study reveals that international sanctions, organisational factors, technological factors, and infrastructure limitations hinder UDT development in Iran. However, UDT technology has the potential to transform urban planning in developing countries. The study provides a roadmap for collaboration between public and private sectors and research institutes to facilitate UDT implementation, highlighting the importance of legislative frameworks, digital infrastructure, innovation, and stakeholder engagement. Policy implications suggest that governments should prioritise supportive policies, investments in digital infrastructure, and collaborative efforts to address data privacy, security, and ownership issues. By addressing these challenges, developing countries can leverage UDT technology to improve urban planning, resource management, and quality of life.
Assessing the Impact of Geopolitical Risk on Longevity Bond Pricing: Insights from Bayesian Multivariate Regression
Authors: Sithole Yethu , Rapoo Eeva Maria , Gyamerah Samuel Asante 
Published: December 2024

AbstractThis paper investigates the multivariate pricing of coupon longevity bonds (CLBs) using the Fama–French–Lee–Carter (FF–LC) five-vector model in the framework of Bayesian integrated nested Laplace approximation (INLA) in the presence of geopolitical risk (GPR). The variance-covariance and correlation matrices are utilized to capture the interdependence between factors. We prove the generalization of multivariate Bayesian INLA with the basic probability assignment which is utilized as a posterior uncertainty belief associated with the GPR uncertainty category (a rich representation of GPR uncertainty) that is an element of the frame of discernment in the CLB posterior estimation. INLA Bayesian principal component analysis (INLA-BPCA) is applied to the model prediction parameters generating a multivariate normally distributed posterior. The deviance information criterion (DIC) assesses optimal factor selection. The results show that the BPCA posterior gains a feature that allows for a balance between the goodness-of-fit and complexity in hierarchical model selection by incorporating the retained principal components (or the effective number of parameters) from the DIC formula. Furthermore, it is also evident in our results, that the DIC outperforms the Bayesian information criterion (BIC), and Watanabe–Akaike information criterion (WAIC). The DIC is more suitable for Bayesian-based parametric models with high complexity. Lastly, the INLA-BPCA-DIC is applied to select the best longevity factors that yield a low longevity price of risk for insurers and practitioners, to attenuate the risks associated with investing in CLBs in the presence of geopolitical uncertainty shocks.
The tesselle Project: A Collection of R Packages for Research and Teaching in Archaeology
Authors: Frerebeau Nicolas 
Published: December 2024

Abstract
The use of programming languages in archaeological research has witnessed a notable surge in the last decade, particularly with R, a versatile statistical computing language that fosters the development of specialized packages. This article introduces the tesselle project (https://www.tesselle.org/), a comprehensive collection of R packages tailored for archaeological research and education. The tesselle packages are centered on quantitative analysis methods specifically crafted for archaeology. They are designed to complement both general-purpose and other specialized statistical packages. These packages serve as a versatile toolbox, facilitating the exploration and analysis of common data types in archaeology—such as count data, compositional data, or chronological data—and enabling the construction of reproducible workflows. Complementary packages for visualization, data preparation, and educational resources augment the tesselle ecosystem. This article outlines the project's inception, its objectives, design principles, and key components, along with reflections on future directions.
Exploring national infrastructures to support impact analyses of publicly accessible research: a need for trust, transparency, and collaboration at scale
Authors: Kemp Jennifer , Drummond Christina , Watkinson Charles 
Published: December 2024

Abstract
Usage data on research outputs such as books and journals is well established in the scholarly community. Yet, as research impact is derived from a broader set of scholarly outputs, such as data, code, and multimedia, more holistic usage and impact metrics could inform national innovation and research policy. While usage data reporting standards, such as Project COUNTER, provide the basis for shared statistics reporting practice, mandated access to publicly funded research has increased the demand for impact metrics and analytics. In this context, stakeholders are exploring how to scaffold and strengthen shared infrastructure to better support the trusted, multistakeholder exchange of usage data across a variety of outputs. In April 2023, a workshop on Exploring National Infrastructure for Public Access and Impact Reporting supported by the United States (US) National Science Foundation (NSF) explored these issues. This paper contextualizes the resources shared and recommendations generated in the workshop.
This is the way the world ends; not with a bang but a whimper: Estimating the number and ongoing rate of extinctions of Australian non-marine invertebrates
Authors: Woinarski John C.Z. , Braby Michael F. , Gibb Heloise , Harvey Mark S. , Legge Sarah M. , Marsh Jessica R. , Moir Melinda L. , New Tim R. , Rix Michael G. , Murphy Brett P. 
Published: December 2024

Abstract
Biodiversity is in rapid decline, but the extent of loss is not well resolved for poorly known groups. We estimate the number of extinctions for Australian non-marine invertebrates since the European colonisation of the continent. Our analyses use a range of approaches, incorporate stated uncertainties and recognise explicit caveats. We use plausible bounds for the number of species, two approaches for estimating extinction rate, and Monte Carlo simulations to select combinations of projected distributions from these variables. We conclude that 9,111 (plausible bounds of 1,465 to 56,828) Australian species have become extinct over this 236-year period. These estimates dwarf the number of formally recognised extinctions of Australian invertebrates (10 species) and of the single invertebrate species listed as extinct under Australian legislation. We predict that 39–148 species will become extinct in 2024. This is inconsistent with a recent pledge by the Australian government to prevent all extinctions. This high rate of loss is largely a consequence of pervasive taxonomic biases in community concern and conservation investment. Those characteristics also make it challenging to reduce that rate of loss, as there is uncertainty about which invertebrate species are at the most risk. We outline conservation responses to reduce the likelihood of further extinctions.
Cephalopods of the San José Formation of Peru (Floian, Early Ordovician) and their paleogeographic significance
Authors: Kröger Björn , Chacaltana César A. , Gutiérrez-Marco Juan Carlos 
Published: December 2024

Abstract
The existence of Ordovician Peruvian cephalopods has been known since at least the 1910s. However, they have not been effectively documented previously with only a few described taxa listed in open nomenclature. Here, we describe a cephalopod assemblage at the finest taxonomic level possible. The specimens were collected from the Floian section (Baltograptus minutus graptolite Zone) of the San José Formation from the Kimbiri area, northwest of Cuzco (= Cusco), and from a section along the Inambari River, southeastern Peru. The dark mudstone-siltstone of the San José Formation was deposited within the Central Andean Basin. The assemblage contains five species of small orthoceracones belonging to four families and three orders, consisting of one indeterminate dissidocerid, one bathmoceratid (Saloceras sp.), one rioceratid (Rioceras? sp.), and two baltoceratids belonging to Annbactroceras grecicostatum (Kobayashi, 1937), and Bactroceras cocafolium new species. The dominance of small orthoceracones is typical for early Paleozoic pelagic cephalopod assemblages. One species, A. grecicostatum, is known from elsewhere in the Central Andean Basin. The other taxa indicate a peri-Gondwana-Avalonia paleogeographical relationship of the cephalopod fauna, which is consistent with previously published data from brachiopods and trilobites.
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The effect of coenzyme Q10 pretreatment on ovarian reserve in women undergoing hysterectomy with bilateral salpingectomy: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
Authors: Micaraseth Kanockpetch , Tantanavipas Siriluk , Hongsakorn Woradej , Singwongsa Artitaya 
Published: December 2024

AbstractThe effect of diminished ovarian reserves after undergoing hysterectomies with bilateral salpingectomies is one of the health concerns among reproductive-age women with benign gynecological diseases. Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10), an antioxidant, is crucial in mitochondrial energy production, improving oocyte quality and quantity. This study compares the benefit of a 14-d preoperative (CoQ10) v. placebo on ovarian reserve by measuring anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) in women undergoing hysterectomy with bilateral salpingectomy. A double-blinded, randomised, placebo-controlled trial was conducted. Forty-four women with benign gynecological diseases were randomised to receive either oral CoQ10 300 mg per d or placebo for 14 d before undergoing hysterectomy with bilateral salpingectomy. Serum AMH levels were collected for analysis before taking CoQ10 and 6 weeks postoperatively in each group. The baseline demographic, clinical characteristics and baseline AMH levels were comparable between the groups (1·47 (0·45, 2·49) v. 1·29 (0·47, 2·11), P = 0·763). The serum AMH levels after the surgery were significantly decreased from preoperative levels (median 0·99 (0·37, 1·63) v. 1·34 (0·57, 2·30)), P = 0·001. However, there was no significant difference in the AMH change between the CoQ10 group and the placebo group (AMH per cent change −28·2 % (64·09, −4·81) v. −20·07 % (–61·51, −2·92)), P = 0·99, respectively. Age, gynecological disease, operative time and blood loss were not significantly associated with the AMH change. There were no significant side effects or adverse operative outcomes among CoQ10 users. In conclusion, hysterectomy with bilateral salpingectomy led to a significantly decreased AMH level. However, pretreatment with CoQ10 for 2 weeks was ineffective in protecting an ovarian reserve.
A gradient-based preference for sonority markedness constraints in reading: evidence for intact phonological grammar in developmental dyslexia
Authors: Maïonchi-Pino Norbert , Runge Élise 
Published: December 2024

AbstractHow do children with developmental dyslexia process unattested or ill-formed phonological sequences in their native language? This question warrants attention because these children are primarily characterized by a phonological deficit. In this study, we support the hypothesis that intact phonological grammar allows segmenting and recognizing (pseudo)words through sensitivity to sonority markedness constraints. We administered a lexical decision task in silent reading to 21 French children with developmental dyslexia, comparing them with 21 chronological age-matched and 21 reading level-matched peers. Children were presented with words and pseudowords that either respected or transgressed syllable boundaries (⟨ar*gent⟩, money vs. ⟨a*rgent⟩ vs. ⟨arg*ent⟩). For pseudowords, we manipulated the sonority profiles of unattested intervocalic ⟨C1C2⟩ clusters from unmarked, well-formed (⟨rj⟩ in ⟨yrjyde⟩; high-fall) to marked, ill-formed clusters (⟨vl⟩ in ⟨uvlyde⟩; high-rise). Results confirmed preferences for syllable segmentation in words (⟨ar*gent⟩ is preferred to ⟨a*rgent⟩ or ⟨arg*ent⟩) regardless of distributional properties. We found a sonority projection effect that illustrated a gradient-based preference for sonority markedness constraints with pseudowords. However, pseudowords conforming to expected sonority-based segmentation (⟨yr*jyde⟩ or ⟨u*vlyde⟩) were more difficult to reject, possibly due to interferences from lexical attestedness. We discuss a phonological deficit that does not stem from degraded language-specific or universal phonological representations.
Derivative Recognition and Intersystemic Interpretation
Authors: Varsava Nina 
Published: December 2024

AbstractIn intersystemic cases, a court applies the law of a foreign system. Scholars have argued that the court ought to use the interpretive methodology of the foreign system’s courts. I argue against that intuitive position. First, interpretive methodology is not bound up with primary rights and duties such that it constitutes substantive law for conflict of laws purposes. Second, although interpretive methodology has epistemic value and may affect case outcomes, a given methodology might not have the same epistemic value or the same effect on outcomes for differently situated interpreters. Further, the approach that the foreign judges take to interpreting their own law is necessarily anchored to the foreign system’s rule of recognition, which is not true of the approach of external judges. Descriptive facts might align such that external interpreters would have to use the internal methodology to identify the applicable law, but that’s an empirical question the answer to which will vary from case to case.
Herbicide strategies for weed control in Wisconsin conventional-tillage corn production systems
Authors: Mobli Ahmadreza , DeWerff Ryan P. , Arneson Nicholas J. , Smith Daniel H. , Werle Rodrigo 
Published: December 2024

Abstract
Selection of effective herbicide strategies (i.e., one-pass versus two-pass and timing [preemergence versus postemergence]) is of great importance to corn growers. Field studies were conducted to evaluate overall end-of-season weed control efficacy of multiple herbicide strategies in conventional tillage corn production systems. These studies were carried out over six site-years at four locations in Wisconsin: Arlington (2018 and 2019), Brooklyn (2019), Lancaster (2019), and Janesville (2018 and 2019). Herbicide strategy treatments included one-pass preemergence, one-pass postemergence, two-pass preemergence followed by (fb) postemergence, and two-pass preemergence fb postemergence with layered residual herbicides. The weed species present at the experimental site-years included common lambsquarters, giant foxtail, giant ragweed, velvetleaf, and waterhemp. Except Arlington-2019, the herbicide strategy was not as influential for the site-years infested with common lambsquarters, giant foxtail, velvetleaf, and waterhemp species (e.g., Arlington-2018, Brooklyn-2019, Lancaster-2019), as effective overall end-of-season control (>90%) was achieved regardless of the herbicide strategy, and no significant differences were observed in the combined weed biomass across strategies. A two-pass strategy (e.g., preemergence followed by postemergence, or preemergence followed by postemergence with layered residual herbicides) was necessary for effective overall end-of-season control at the site-years infested with giant ragweed (Janesville-2018 and -2019). Weed interference reduced corn yield by 11% to 75% across site-years. Although certain weed communities can be effectively controlled by a one-pass herbicide strategy, two-pass strategies provided the greatest and most consistent overall end-of-season weed control and corn yield across all site-years, regardless of weed species composition and environmental conditions. Hence, a two-pass herbicide strategy is recommended for conventional-tillage corn production in Wisconsin to ensure effective end-of-season weed control while protecting yield potential of the crop, particularly in fields infested with moderate to high density of troublesome weeds such as giant ragweed.
Diurnal Variations in Tropical Cyclone Formation and Associated Convective Features
Authors: Hong Jiacheng , Wu Qiaoyan 
Published: December 2024

AbstractThis study investigates the diurnal variations in the formation of tropical cyclones (TCs) and their linkage to convective features. Using best‐track data from 2001 to 2020, it was found that TC formation shows a clear diurnal variation, peaking between 0300 and 0900 local solar time (LST) in most regions. Before a TC forms, the radial gradient in infrared (IR) brightness temperatures (BT) is mainly influenced by the expansion of clouds with IR BT below 208 K. These clouds are most abundant between 0300 and 0600 LST and least abundant between 1500 and 1800 LST. Clouds within 200 km of the circulation center have a higher fraction and greater diurnal variation compared to those located at radii of 200–500 km. A higher fraction of early morning clouds with IR BT < 208 K within 200 km of the circulation center increases the radial IR BT gradient, enhancing the likelihood of TC formation during morning hours.
Tracing Groundwater‐Surface Water Interactions in a Volcanic Maar Lake Using Stable Isotopes and 222Rn
Authors: Esquivel‐Hernández Germain , Montealegre‐Viales Emanuel , Sánchez‐Gutiérrez Rolando , Villalobos‐Forbes Mario , Pérez‐Salazar Roy , Sánchez‐Murillo Ricardo , Mena‐Rivera Leonardo , Birkel Christian , Ortega Lucía 
Published: December 2024

AbstractIsotope hydrological studies to understand groundwater‐surface water interactions in tropical, high‐elevation catchments are limited. These interactions are important in controlling lake water residence time, aqueous biogeochemistry, and water availability for downstream communities and ecosystems. To better comprehend the complexity of spatio‐temporal variations in the aquifer‐lake domain in tropical volcanic regions, a multi‐tracer approach including water and inorganic carbon stable isotopes (δ2H, δ18O, δ13CDIC), hydrochemistry, and 222Rn was applied in Lake Hule, northern Costa Rica. Seasonal isotope mass balance calculations using lake, stream, precipitation, and groundwater compositions were supplemented with local hydrometeorological information. Evaporation to inflow ratios (E/I) revealed a small variability between the dry (December–April) and wet seasons (May–November), with relatively low evaporation losses, 2.9 ± 1.0 % and 3.2 ± 1.8 %, respectively. Bayesian end‐member analysis indicated that annual inputs from groundwater, precipitation, and runoff represented 61.3 ± 8.1%, 24.4 ± 8.4, and 14.3 ± 5.9% of total lake inflow, respectively. Temporal variations of δ13CDIC confirmed the key role volcanic carbonate buffering plays in this lake and indicated greater CO2 degassing from groundwater sources in the wet season. This tracer‐aided assessment in a volcanic lake maar of northern Costa Rica provides evidence of previously unknown groundwater‐surface water interactions and illustrates the application of isotopic tools for estimating water balances and seasonal variability of groundwater discharge into natural lakes across the volcanic front of Central America.
Radiation Exposure and Shielding Effects on the Lunar Surface
Authors: Matthiä Daniel , Berger Thomas 
Published: December 2024

AbstractThe Moon will be a primary target for human space exploration in the near future. A limiting factor for a crewed mission to the Moon is the radiation dose during their stay on the lunar surface. While the total dose is expected to be dominated by the galactic cosmic radiation (GCR), the potential occurrence of large solar energetic particle events may lead to severe short‐term effects and endanger the success of the mission. This work investigated the expected dose rates for maximum GCR intensity and the total dose from several historical solar energetic particle events, including the NASA reference event, through the application of numerical simulations with the Geant4 Monte‐Carlo framework. An evaluation of the shielding effect of lunar regolith was carried out. For the solar particle events a shielding of more than 4 g/cm2 of regolith would reduce the expected dose to below the current 30‐day limits and a shielding of more than 10 g/cm2 would result in a safety margin factor of two. For GCR adding additional mass shielding did not reduce the absorbed dose significantly. The estimated total dose equivalent received utilizing around 180 g/cm2 of regolith amounted to 200 mSv/year, which is only about 25% below the corresponding estimates for an unshielded environment. The comparison to model and experimental data from literature showed reasonable agreement to measurements but the analysis of various earlier model results revealed, that substantial differences between the models exist, despite all improvements that have been achieved in recent years.