bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Not-so-distant reading: A dynamic network approach to literature
Authors: Luczak-Roesch Markus , Grener Adam , Fenton Emma 
Published: February 2018

Abstract
In this article we report about our efforts to develop and evaluate computational support tools for literary studies. We present a novel method and tool that allows interactive visual analytics of character occurrences in Victorian novels, and has been handed to humanities scholars and students for work with a number of novels from different authors. Our user study reveals insights about Victorian novels that are valuable for scholars in the digital humanities field, and informs UI as well as UX designers about how these domain experts interact with tools that leverage network science.
Fuzzy Adaptive Genetic Algorithm for Improving the Solution of Industrial Optimization Problems
Authors: Vannucci Marco , Colla Valentina , Dettori Stefano , Iannino Vincenzo 
Published: February 2018

AbstractIn the industrial and manufacturing fields, many problems require tuning of the parameters of complex models by means of exploitation of empirical data. In some cases, the use of analytical methods for the determination of such parameters is not applicable; thus, heuristic methods are employed. One of the main disadvantages of these approaches is the risk of converging to “suboptimal” solutions. In this article, the use of a novel type of genetic algorithm is proposed to overcome this drawback. This approach exploits a fuzzy inference system that controls the search strategies of genetic algorithm on the basis of the real-time status of the optimization process. In this article, this method is tested on classical optimization problems and on three industrial applications that put into evidence the improvement of the capability of avoiding the local minima and the acceleration of the search process.
Estimating the duration of professional tennis matches for varying formats
Authors: Kovalchik Stephanie Ann , Ingram Martin 
Published: February 2018

AbstractThe duration of matches has been a common concern in professional tennis. Governing bodies have recently begun to introduce new match formats, like Fast4, to curb match lengths yet the impact of these formats on the professional game remains poorly understood. In this paper, we develop a shot-level Monte Carlo match simulation approach for estimating the duration, points played, and upset probability given a specific match format. Our model is built on validated models of the in-play and between-play time of matches using Hawk-eye tracking data and publicly available shot-level tennis statistics. When we applied our models to a variety of match formats with serve characteristics representative of current elite players, we found that Fast4 formats had an expected duration of 60 minutes, best of 3 averaged 90 minutes, and best of 5 averaged 120 minutes. Our results also showed that longer matches favor the better player and make match outcomes more predictable. Fast4 formats had a typical upset frequency of 20% compared to 13% for best of 3 matches and 10% for best of 5 matches. The modeling approach we have developed can be a useful resource for tennis governing bodies in assessing the impact of new match formats.
Space use and movement of jaguar (Panthera onca) in western Paraguay
Authors: McBride Roy T. , Thompson Jeffrey J. 
Published: February 2018

Abstract
Home range and core area size were estimated for jaguar (Panthera onca) in western Paraguay in the Dry Chaco, Humid Chaco and Pantanal using an autocorrelated kernel density estimator. Mean home range size was 818 km2 (95% confidence interval: 425–1981) in the Dry Chaco and 237 km2 (95% confidence interval: 90–427) in the Humid Chaco/Pantanal. Core areas, defined as the home range area where use was equal to expected use, was consistent across sexes and systems represented on average by the 59% home range isopleth (range: 56–64%). Males had a higher probability of larger home ranges and more directional and greater daily movements than females collectively and within systems. The large home ranges in the Dry Chaco are attributable to the relatively low productivity of that semi-arid ecosystem and high heterogeneity in resource distribution while larger than expected home ranges in the Humid Chaco/Pantanal compared to home range estimates from the Brazilian Pantanal may be due to differences in geomorphology and hydrological cycle. The large home ranges of jaguars in western Paraguay and a low proportional area of protected areas in the region demonstrate the importance of private ranchland for the long-term conservation of the species.
Oscillation of first order linear differential equations with several non-monotone delays
Authors: Attia E.R. , Benekas V. , El-Morshedy H.A. , Stavroulakis I.P. 
Published: February 2018

Abstract
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Random walk on spheres method for solving anisotropic drift-diffusion problems
Authors: Shalimova Irina , Sabelfeld Karl K. 
Published: February 2018

Abstract
We suggest a random walk on spheres based stochastic simulation algorithm for solving drift-diffusion-reaction problems with anisotropic diffusion. The diffusion coefficients and the velocity vector vary in space, and the size of the walking spheres is adapted
to the local variation of these functions. The method is mesh free and extremely efficient for calculation of fluxes to boundaries and the concentration of the absorbed particles inside the domain.
Applications to cathodoluminescence (CL) and electron beam induced current (EBIC) methods for
the analysis of dislocations and other defects in semiconductors are discussed.
Optical activity in chiral stacks of 2D semiconductors
Authors: Poshakinskiy Alexander V. , Kazanov Dmitrii R. , Shubina Tatiana V. , Tarasenko Sergey A. 
Published: February 2018

AbstractWe show that the stacks of two-dimensional semiconductor crystals with the chiral packing exhibit optical activity and circular dichroism. We develop a microscopic theory of these phenomena in the spectral range of exciton transitions that takes into account the spin-dependent hopping of excitons between the layers in the stack and the interlayer coupling of excitons via electromagnetic field. For the stacks of realistic two-dimensional semiconductors such as transition metal dichalcogenides, we calculate the rotation and ellipticity angles of radiation transmitted through such structures. The angles are resonantly enhanced at the frequencies of both bright and dark exciton modes in the stack. We also study the photoluminescence of chiral stacks and show that it is circularly polarized.
Experimental realization of a CMOS-compatible optical directed priority encoder using cascaded micro-ring resonators
Authors: Xiao Huifu , Li Dezhao , Liu Zilong , Han Xu , Chen Wenping , Zhao Ting , Tian Yonghui , Yang Jianhong 
Published: February 2018

AbstractIn this paper, we propose and experimentally demonstrate an integrated optical device that can implement the logical function of priority encoding from a 4-bit electrical signal to a 2-bit optical signal. For the proof of concept, the thermo-optic modulation scheme is adopted to tune each micro-ring resonator (MRR). A monochromatic light with the working wavelength is coupled into the input port of the device through a lensed fiber, and the four input electrical logic signals regarded as pending encode signals are applied to the micro-heaters above four MRRs to control the working states of the optical switches. The encoding results are directed to the output ports in the form of light. At last, the logical function of priority encoding with an operation speed of 10 Kbps is demonstrated successfully.
Crystal structure of diaqua-bis[N-phenyl-2-(quinolin-8-yloxy)acetamide-κ3-N,O,O′]-nitrato(κ2
O,O′)-cerium(III) dinitrate - acetone (1/2), C40H44N7O17Ce
Authors: Wu Hao , Li Hai-Yan , Wu Wei-Na 
Published: February 2018

Abstract
C40H44N7O17Ce, monoclinic, C2/c (no. 15), a = 28.5754(11) Å, b = 9.2819(3) Å, c = 20.2035(8) Å, β = 123.576(2)°, V = 4464.6(3) Å3, Z = 4, R
gt(F) = 0.0321, wR
ref(F
2) = 0.0844, T = 296(2) K.
Oὐ γὰρ ἴσον Κύκλωπι μελίσδεο: Intertextuality, Metalepsis, and Eulogistic Strategies inEB58–63
Authors: Di Nino Margherita Maria 
Published: February 2018

AbstractFrom the second half of the last century onwards, the term ‘metalepsis’ has been in common use in the field of narratology, and has gradually found a place in literary criticism more broadly, to denote the transgression of diegetic boundaries, whether by the narrator or the narratee. The present article provides a thorough analysis of the metaleptic depiction of Bion provided by his anonymous eulogist at lines 58–63 of theEpitaph for Bion. This passage describes Galatea’s reaction to Bion’s demise, with the result that the dead poet, who sang of the Cyclops in fr. 16, himself assumes Polyphemus-like traits. However, the parallelism between the poet and his character proves to be imperfect, because the text hints at a past liaison, and describes Galatea’s newly acquired status as a shepherdess, thus presenting Bion as a successful lover, and, more importantly, one who has been successful precisely where the Cyclops failed. The key to reading this ‘antagonistic’ portrayal of Bion is provided by analysis of the hidden web of intertextual connections that lies beneath this passage (Theoc.Idd. 6, 11, Bion frr. 3, 16), which brings to the fore its strong poetological meaning, revealing it to be a poetic tribute through which the anonymous poet celebrates Bion’s achievements as both a bucolic and an amatory poet.
Quadruple multi-wavelength conversion for access network scalability based on cross-phase modulation in an SOA-MZI
Authors: Ab-Rahman Mohammad Syuhaimi , Swedan Abdulhameed Almabrok 
Published: February 2018

AbstractThe emergence of new services and data exchange applications has increased the demand for bandwidth among individuals and commercial business users at the access area. Thus, vendors of optical access networks should achieve a high-capacity system. This study demonstrates the performance of an integrated configuration of one to four multi-wavelength conversions at 10 Gb/s based on cross-phase modulation using semiconductor optical amplifier integrated with Mach–Zehnder interferometer. The Opti System simulation tool is used to simulate and demonstrate one to four wavelength conversions using one modulated wavelength and four probes of continuous wave sources. The wavelength converter processes are confirmed through investigation of the input and output characteristics, optical signal-to-noise ratio, conversion efficiency, and extinction ratio of new modulated channels after separation by demultiplexing. The outcomes of the proposed system using single channel indicate that the capacity can increase from 10 Gb/s to 50 Gb/s with a maximum number of access points increasing from 64 to 320 (each point with 156.25 Mb/s bandwidth). The splitting ratio of 1:16 provides each client with 625 Mb/s for the total number of 80 users. The Q-factor and bit error rate curves are investigated to confirm and validate the modified scheme and prove the system performance of the full topology of 25 km with 1/64 splitter. The outcomes are within the acceptable range to provide the system scalability.
Industrial uses and applications of ionic liquids
Authors: Gutowski Keith E. 
Published: February 2018

Abstract
Ionic liquids are salts that melt at low temperatures (usually defined as less than 100 °C) and have a number of interesting properties that make them useful for industrial applications. Typical ionic liquid properties include high thermal stabilities, negligible vapor pressures, wide liquidus ranges, broad electrochemical windows, and unique solvation properties. Furthermore, the potential combinations of cations and anions provide nearly unlimited chemical tunability. This article will describe the diverse industrial uses of ionic liquids and how their unique properties are leveraged, with examples ranging from chemical processing to consumer packaged goods.
Missing Rich Offenders: Traffic Accidents and the Impartiality of Justice
Authors: Kurmangaliyeva Madina 
Published: February 2018

AbstractThis paper estimates the effect that wealth and power have on criminal justice outcomes by exploiting the random matching of drivers to pedestrians in traffic accidents. If justice is impartial, we should observe the same share of rich offenders both for poor and rich victims, conditional on location and time. Rich victims act as a control group to estimate the proportion ofmissingrich offenders whose victims are less powerful. I use this estimation approach on data from Russia, and find that its justice system is not impartial. The same approach can be applied not only to other countries but also to other characteristics that should be irrelevant to judicial outcomes in an impartial legal system, such as race and gender.
Thermal insulation of silica aerogel/PMMA composites with amino-capped polydivinylsiloxane phase interfaces
Authors: Li Hongyan , Song Limeng , Sun Cong , Li Ruyi , Fu Yongqiang , Zhang Hongjie , Yang Aiwu , Liu Hongli 
Published: February 2018

Abstract
Contradictions of strength and thermal insulation of silica aerogel (SA) are of wide concern. In this research, the mesoporous structure of SA was grafted with the polymers to increase the strength of SA and decrease the thermal conductivity of composites. The composites were characterized and analyzed using field emission scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, the thermal gravimetric analyzer (TGA), multi-assay gel permeation chromatography (GPC), a microcomputer control electronic universal testing machine and so on. The results indicated that amino-capped polydivinylsiloxane (AP) was successfully grafted on the SA surface and polymerized with methyl methacrylate (MMA) to form an AP high thermal insulation phase interface between the SA phase and poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) phase. The SA-AP/PMMA composite with a covalent bonding high thermal insulation phase interface had better mechanical properties and compressive strength than those of SA/PMMA. The obtained composite was an excellent thermal insulation material with lower thermal conductivity [0.045 W/(m·K)].
Exercise does not produce hypoalgesia when performed immediately after a painful stimulus
Authors: Gajsar Hannah , Nahrwold Katharina , Titze Christina , Hasenbring Monika I. , Vaegter Henrik B. 
Published: February 2018

Abstract

Background and aims:
Exercise-induced hypoalgesia (EIH) and conditioned pain modulation (CPM) are assumed to reflect descending pain inhibition. Potential interactions between EIH and CPM may be important in the therapy of chronic pain, as reduced CPM and increased pain after exercise are frequently observed. This study compared the EIH response after CPM was activated using a cold pressor task with the EIH response after a control condition.

Methods:
Thirty-one participants (age: 27.7±9.8; 15 female) completed two sessions: a cold pressor task (CPT) session, i.e. testing EIH with preceding CPM activation induced using a 2 min CPT at approximately 2°C, and a control session, i.e. testing EIH after a control condition (2 min of quiet rest). EIH was induced using a 15 min bicycling exercise at a target heart rate corresponding to 75% VO2 max. Repeated measures ANOVAs on pressure pain thresholds (PPTs) at the hand, back and leg were used to determine the effects of exercise after the cold pressor test and control condition. Furthermore, correlations between CPM and EIH, in the CPT session as well as control session, were calculated at each assessment site.

Results:
A significant time x condition interaction (F(1, 30)=43.61, p<0.001, partial η2=0.59), with Bonferroni-corrected post-hoc t-tests showed that PPTs increased after exercise in the control session (p<0.001), but not in the CPT session (p=0.125). Furthermore, there was a small positive correlation of EIH in the control session and CPM at the hand (r=0.37, p=0.043). There was a moderate negative correlation of EIH in the CPT session and CPM at the hand (r=−0.50, p=0.004), and smaller negative correlations at the back (r=−0.37, p=0.036) and at the leg (r=−0.35, p=0.054).

Conclusions:
Attenuated EIH after the CPM activation in comparison to a control condition suggests that EIH and CPM may share underlying pain inhibitory mechanisms on a systemic level. This assumption is further supported by the finding of small to moderate significant correlations between EIH and CPM at the hand. The attenuated EIH response furthermore suggests that these mechanisms are exhaustible, i.e. that its effects decline after a certain amount of inhibition.

Implications:
In patients with chronic pain, assessing the current capacity of the descending pain inhibitory system – as indicated by the CPM response – may aid to make better predictions about how patients will respond to exercise with respect to acute pain reduction.
Verschiedenheit religiöser Ansätze
Authors: Rötting Martin 
Published: February 2018

Zusammenfassung
Die spirituelle Identität ist in Bewegung: sowohl die Konzepte, um sie zu fassen, als auch die Inhalte, auf die sie sich bezieht. Plausibilitätsstrukturen und Weltsichten verschiedener Religionen, die sich im Zuge von Globalisierungs- und Migrationsprozessen begegnen, führen dazu, dass auch die Vorstellungen, Traditionen und Rituale im Umgang mit Tod und Sterben plural geworden sind. Dieser Artikel möchte zunächst diese Ausgangslage näher betrachten (1), um dann daraus Konsequenzen für die Genese spiritueller Identität (2) ziehen zu können. Hierzu kann auf die Ergebnisse einer größeren Studie zurückgegriffen werden. Die daraus gezogenen Konsequenzen werden an konkreten Prozessen des Interreligiösen Lernens (3) exemplarisch dargestellt. Abschließend können, ausgehend von den Einsichten zur spirituellen Identität und notwendigen interreligiösen Lernprozessen, die im Umgang mit den Themen Tod und Sterben anstehenden Herausforderungen und Konsequenzen (4) für die pastoraltheologische Arbeit der Religionen aufgezeigt werden.
Voting in Nigeria: Determinants of Turnout in the 2015 Presidential Election
Authors: Nwankwo Cletus Famous , Okafor Uchenna Paulinus 
Published: February 2018

AbstractThis paper investigates the determinants of voter turnout in the 2015 election in Nigeria. Variables drawn from political participation models were tested on the likelihood that they influence turnout. The paper finds that political trust and home ownership had a significant impact on participation more than other factors. However, it did not underestimate the influence socio-economic variables can have on voter turnout especially how they can sway the effect of political trust on individuals’ decision to turnout.
Zur Rückführung eines disziplinierten Frequenznormals auf gesetzliche Einheiten
Authors: Piester Dirk 
Published: February 2018

Zusammenfassung
Die Rückführung eines als Frequenznormal betriebenen disziplinierten Oszillators (DO) auf gesetzliche Einheiten im Rahmen von Akkreditierungen nach DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025 wird beschrieben. Der Fokus liegt dabei auf der für die Rückführung wichtigen Anbindung von in Kalibrierlaboren betriebenen DOs über die Zeitsignale von GPS, Galileo oder des Langwellensenders DCF77 an die Referenzzeitskala der Physikalisch-Technischen Bundesanstalt (PTB) und in einem weiteren Schritt an die koordinierte Weltzeit UTC. Die Anwendung der in diesem Zusammenhang relevanten Informationen aus dem PTB Time Service Bulletin wird detailliert beschrieben. Weiterhin werden exemplarisch Betriebseigenschaften zweier GPS-disziplinierter Oszillatoren untersucht. Die für den Anwender in Kalibrierlaboren wichtigen auftretenden Unsicherheitsbeiträge aus den in diesem Aufsatz behandelten Aspekten werden diskutiert und angegeben. Die größten Beiträge stammen dabei typischerweise von der Instabilität der verwendeten Oszillatoren.
Sex Differences in Y-Balance Performance in Elite Figure Skaters
Authors: Slater Lindsay V. , Vriner Melissa , Schuyten Kristen , Zapalo Peter , Hart Joseph M. 
Published: February 2018

Abstract
Slater, LV, Vriner, M, Schuyten, K, Zapalo, P, and Hart, JM. Sex differences in Y-balance performance in elite figure skaters. J Strength Cond Res 34(5): 1416–1421, 2020—Asymmetrical dynamic balance compared with normative populations have been associated with increased risk of injury in athletes; however, it is unclear if the current data are similar to balance performance in figure skaters. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to compare performance on the Y-balance test between sexes and disciplines in elite figure skaters. Thirty-two senior level figure skaters from 3 different disciplines (singles, dance, and pairs) completed the Y-balance test on the take-off and landing leg. Absolute differences between limbs (cm), normalized differences between limbs (% leg length), and composite scores (CSs; % leg length) were calculated for all skaters. A multivariate analysis of variance was used to identify differences in performance based on discipline and sex. Females had a greater absolute difference between limbs (mean difference = −3.62 cm) and a greater normalized difference between limbs on the posterolateral (PL) reach compared with males (mean difference = −4.26% leg length). Ice dancers had larger CSs on the take-off leg compared with pair skaters (mean difference = 6.42%). These results suggest that male and female figure skaters demonstrate differences in dynamic balance in the PL direction, with female skaters exhibiting decreased reach on the landing leg, which may suggest asymmetrical hip strength in female figure skaters and increase risk of lower extremity injury in the landing leg. Sport performance professionals should consider these sex differences when designing strength programs for elite figure skaters.