bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Metapragmatic markers and the instantiation of pragmatic frames: A cognitive-linguistic approach to the problem of current discourse
Authors: Spiess Oliver 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
Reference to current discourse is often cited as a definitional criterion for classifying linguistic units as metapragmatic. However, there is no consensus in research on the precise meaning and limits of this criterion. In this paper, a cognitive-linguistic perspective is adopted to address this issue by focusing on how interactants conceptualize discourse. A synthesis of Langacker’s (2001) current-discourse-space model (CDS model) and the notion of pragmatic frames is used to analyze metapragmatic practices in a television discussion. The analytical annotation process shows that metapragmatic markers (MPMs) evoke specific kinds of frame structures including the instantiation of pragmatic frames. Based on the annotation of the entire transcribed discussion, it will be argued that the visualization of discourse sequences in the CDS model and the examination of the specific frame structures evoked by MPMs contribute to a better understanding of the core of metapragmaticity. The paper concludes with a pilot study that uses quantitative methods to demonstrate the analytical potential of a cognition-centered categorization of MPMs. It is shown that the use of MPMs reflects different interactional roles (i.e., host or discussant) and the conversational strategies used to shape the conceptualization of argumentative discourse to pursue specific interactional goals.
Integrating approaches to the role of metaphor in the evolutionary dynamics of language
Authors: Pleyer Michael , Kuleshova Svetlana , Placiński Marek 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
Metaphor occupies a central role not only in language use, but also in language change and evolution. Specifically, semantic extension motivated by metaphor plays an important role in extending the lexicon of languages. It is this process that enables the emergence of one of the key properties of modern languages, namely that they are open-ended, systematic, polysemous, structured semiotic systems. Here, we review results from three approaches whose integration presents an important cornerstone for an interdisciplinary account of the role of metaphor in the evolutionary dynamics of language: (1) Historical linguistics and diachronic semantics (2) Computational approaches and natural language processing, and (3) Experimental semiotics. Research in historical linguistics has shown that metaphor is a major mechanism of semantic change. Diachronic semantic analyses have not only mapped detailed historical trajectories of semantic extension motivated by metaphor, but also identified common metaphoric pathways of change as well as shared cognitive principles underlying them. Computational approaches and natural language processing have used findings and data from historical linguistics in attempts to automate the detection of metaphoric semantic change and to build data-driven models models of the principles underlying it. Experimental semiotics is a paradigm in which participants have to create novel communication systems in the absence of language. It represents an experimental design that can investigate cultural linguistic evolution and the emergence of metaphors and metaphorical extensions under controlled laboratory settings to shed light on the interactional and cognitive principles involved in it. Combining results from these approaches represents an important first step towards an interdisciplinary, integrative account of the role of metaphor, and processes of polysemous meaning extension more generally, in the evolutionary dynamics of language.
The language of gratitude: An empirical analysis of acknowledgments in German medical dissertations
Authors: Hartmann Stefan , Hansson Nils , Loerbroks Adrian 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
Acknowledgment sections are a rich but underused resource for understanding how language is used for social purposes (such as expressing gratitude and communicating social relations networks), and how conventions and patterns emerge in this process. This paper presents a usage-based case study combining qualitative and quantitative methods for analyzing a dataset of >300 acknowledgment sections from medical dissertations written in German. In our quantitative analysis, we gauge keywords and key n-grams and assess the relative position of recurrent words in each text. Our analysis shows that this text type has developed clear conventions, with acknowledgments in the professional domain being followed by a usually smaller set of expressions of gratitude associated with the private domain. In addition, our quantitative analysis suggests recurrent patterns that can be linked to specific socio-pragmatic functions. For instance, an analysis of n-grams attested in text segments associated with the professional vs. the private domain shows some differences with regard to the typical patterns chosen in those segments. Our analysis also raises a number of future research questions, thus showing that acknowledgment sections are a highly interesting object of study that deserve to be investigated in more detail.
Internet terminology in modern German: semantics and structure
Authors: Kiyko Yuriy , Kiyko Svitlana 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
The article presents an in-depth analysis of the formation of terminology in the professional language of the Internet in German and offers predictions about its future development, in line with the evolution of this area of knowledge. Drawing from a corpus of about 8,000 terms and term combinations, the authors explore the dynamics of German Internet terminology, propose a timeline for the emergence of these terms in relation to advancements in science and technology, and identify key methods of term formation along with their semantic characteristics. The primary source of expansion in German Internet terminology comes from Anglo-American borrowings, which, during their adaptation into German, have undergone structural and semantic assimilation. The main methods of term formation within the examined terminology are compounding (with a predominance of binary structures), derivation, and abbreviation. German Internet terminology is characterized by synonymy and polysemy, reflecting the dynamic nature of network technology development. A distinctive feature of this terminology is the formal redundancy in expressing a single concept, leading to the formation of synonymous sets. The uniqueness of the semantic paradigm of these terms lies in the extralinguistic factors that influence terminological synonymy, polysemy, and the broader system of structural relations in German Internet terminology.
Green chemistry approach to synthesize titanium dioxide nanoparticles using Fagonia Cretica extract, novel strategy for developing antimicrobial and antidiabetic therapies
Authors: Almutairi Mikhlid H. , Khan Shahrukh , Fozia Fozia , Aslam Madeeha , Ahmad Ijaz , Sillanpää Mika , Almutairi Bader O. , Ziaullah Ziaullah 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
This groundbreaking study explores the eco-friendly production of titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO2 NPs) to investigate their impact on health. TiO2 NPs were synthesized utilizing a plant extract from Fagonia cretica, acting as both stabilizers and reducers. Various techniques, including energy dispersive X-ray (EDX), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), UV-Vis, and X-ray diffraction (XRD), were employed to analyze the synthesized TiO2 NPs. FT-IR revealed functional groups crucial for nanoparticle (NP) formation. SEM confirmed the particle size of synthesized TiO2 NPs, ranging from 20 to 80 nm. XRD analysis highlighted the rutile phase crystalline structure, and EDX determined the elemental composition of TiO2 NPs. These NPs displayed potent antimicrobial properties, proving toxic to bacterial and the fungal strains at 50 µg·mL−1 concentration. Impressively, TiO2 NPs showcased significant antidiabetic effects in adult male albino mice, effectively reducing Streptozotocin-induced hyperglycemia and hypercholesterolemia by the improvement in behavior via random blood glucose, triglyceride, low density lipoproteins, high density lipoprteins, very low density lipoproteins, and GTT pathway at 100 and 200 µL. Furthermore, they exhibited a remarkable impact on human liver cancer cell lines, with a 43.2% reduction in cell viability at 100 µg·mL−1 concentration. In essence, the study highlights TiO2 NPs as a safe, natural therapeutic agent with immense potential in diabetes treatment. The MTT assay was utilized to assess their cytotoxicity and biocompatibility, affirming their promising role in healthcare.
Toward “climate-driven”: innovation on legislation of modern marine fisheries law under era of blue carbon
Authors: Dou Xiaodong , Xiao Gengqi , Huang Xiurong 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
Over the past decade, there has been increasing interest in the blue carbon project, which uses marine activities and organisms to take up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store it in ocean. Important question in contemporary and future fisheries management is how to coordinate the relationship among the offshore fishery, the fisheries resource conservation and blue carbon projects. Through comparative studies and normative analysis, this study explores the legislative aims of some representative international and national fisheries legislation and their creative reforms in recent years. The legislative purpose of fisheries laws has traditionally been to keep fishery resources above the Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY) standard, while marine carbon sink resource protection is marginally inadequate. Given that the blue carbon project is inseparable from future fisheries industry development, the protection of marine carbon sink resources needs to be incorporated into the legislative aim of fisheries law in the future.
The Scarf and the Cloak Prestige Garments for Aegean Elites
Authors: Crowley Janice L 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
When seeking to identify elite personages in the Aegean iconographic record, the researcher faces the great problem that almost everyone seems to dress in the same rich apparel and there are no deciphered contemporary texts which can explain the meaning of the images. Yet the visual record does reveal that Aegean artists showed particular interest in fabric differentiation and this is especially true of the images on the Aegean seals, signet rings and sealings, each a piece of miniature relief art. The detail in these seal images provides a new lens through which to view gender and identity in Minoan Crete and Mycenaean Greece. This paper concentrates on an item that was named by Arthur Evans over a hundred years ago when he saw depictions of what seemed to be rolled-up cloth. He coined the term, “sacral knot” to describe it and so it has remained in the literature. However the seal detail published across the last 50 years establishes that there are actually two items subsumed under Evans’ term, one which we may call the “scarf knot” and the other the “cloak knot” and that the basis for these knots are two very different garments, the scarf and the cloak. When their characteristics are described with regard to the type of raw material used and the patterns observable and when attention is turned to their wearing, it becomes clear that the scarf designates elite females and that the cloak envelopes elite males. The primary use of these two prestige garments, with their underlying distinction of gender roles, is seen to provide the basis for their symbolic use in the knotted form. The scarf and the cloak are primarily Minoan prestige garments and both creations are testament to a sophisticated society that cherished their beautiful fabrics.
Microvariation in L2 acquisition of backward anaphora: Mandarin versus Japanese
Authors: Su Yi-Ching , Sorace Antonella , Hirose Yuki , Mochizuki Keiko , Hirakawa Makiko , Nakayama Mineharu 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
There are crosslinguistic variations for backward anaphora coreference readings although the languages, such as English, Italian, Russian, and Mandarin, that have been experimentally studied are constrained by Principle C. English allows backward anaphora coreference readings between the pronoun and the antecedent NP for sentences like “While he was dancing, Kermit ate the pizza”, but languages like Russian, Mandarin, and Japanese prohibit the coreference readings for some types of temporal subordinate clauses. In addition to the macrovariation between the English type of languages versus the Russian/Mandarin/Japanese type of languages, a microvariation exists between Mandarin and Japanese. Due to idiosyncratic constraints in Mandarin, the acceptance rate for the coreference reading in sentences with the ‘because’ clause was substantially lower in Mandarin than in Japanese. In this study, we report findings from an experiment on bi-directional L2 acquisition of backward anaphora between Mandarin and Japanese which demonstrate similar mechanisms underlying both macrovariation and microvariation for pronoun resolution of backward anaphora sentences.
Nano gold catalyst preparation and it’s p-nitrophenol catalytic degradation properties
Authors: Jia-li Xiao , Wen-yuan Wen , Long-sheng Zhou , Gui-hua Cao , Dong-fan Liu 
Published: November 2024

Abstract

Cacumen platyclade extracts were utilized as the reducing agent to prepare Au/Al2O3 composites. XRD, BET, SEM, TEM were employed to characterize the properties of the catalyst. The catalytic activity of Au/Al2O3 was studied by using NaBH4 as the reducing agent and nitrophenol as the pollutant. The results showed that the Au/Al2O3 catalyst, calcinated at 400 °C, exhibited the highest catalytic activity. With a catalyst dosage of 1 g L−1, 2 mL NaBH4 of 0.15 mol L−1 could degrade 96.5 % nitrophenol in 21 min at 298 K, with a reaction constant of 0.16 min−1. Furthermore, the p-nitrophenol degradation ratio decreased by 0.8 % after ten cycles.
CDR1as/miR-7-5p/IGF1R axis contributes to the suppression of cell viability in prostate cancer
Authors: Kaya Murat , Suer Ilknur , Aytatli Abdulmelik , Karatas Omer Faruk , Palanduz Sukru , Cefle Kivanc , Ozturk Sukru 
Published: November 2024

Abstract

Objectives
Prostate cancer is the most frequently diagnosed male cancer and the fifth highest cause of cancer mortality in men. CDR1as has played an essential role in the growth of several malignancies. However, its significance in the progression of prostate cancer has not been investigated. We aimed to investigate the role and mechanism of CDR1as in the development of prostate cancer and identify a new target for diagnostics and treatment.

Methods
CDR1as siRNA and miR-7-5p mimic were transfected into PC3 and DU145 PCa cell lines and their effects on cellular processes were investigated. Cell viability was measured by WST-8 assay. The role of CDR1as and/or miR-7-5p on PCa cell migration was detected using the scratch-wound assay. The apoptotic capacity of the cells was evaluated using the Caspase-3 kit. The potential targets of miR-7-5p were defined via in silico tools. mRNA and protein expression levels of IGF1R and EIF4E were detected by qRT-PCR and western blot assays, respectively. The matching between miR-7-5p and IGF1R was defined via luciferase reporter assay.

Results
Inhibiting CDR1as or restoring miR-7-5p reduced prostate cancer cell proliferation and migration while increasing apoptosis. Silencing CDR1as elevated the expression of miR-7-5p while decreasing IGF1R.

Conclusions
CDR1as functions as a miR-7-5p sponge, increasing IGF1R expression and promoting tumor development.
Zwi Werblowsky, the IAHR, and Religionswissenschaft as ‘Basic Science’
Authors: Wiebe Donald 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
In this essay I set out to defend the objectives of the International Association for the History of Religions (IAHR) to promote ‘religious studies’ in the modern university as a rigorous scientific enterprise in search of descriptive, explanatory, and theoretical knowledge of religious thought and behaviour. More often than not, however, the discipline has been, and currently still is, presented as a ‘life-enhancing-discipline.’ At the tenth IAHR world congress held in Marburg Germany in 1960, the conflict between these incommensurable approaches to the study of religion was resolved by the adoption of a set of ‘basic minimum presuppositions’ for the scientific agenda of the Association. In 2019, the Executive Committee of the IAHR again proposed an expansion of the IAHR’s mandate to include moral, theological, and political concerns. This paper calls for a reaffirmation of the framework for the field adopted in Marburg in 1960.
IMPACT OF REAL-LIFE ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURES ON REPRODUCTION: Phthalate exposure and reproductive effects in rodents: a model for approaches on the protective role of natural products
Authors: Scarano Wellerson Rodrigo , Guerra Marina Trevizan , Perobelli Juliana Elaine , Fernandes Glaura S A , Arena Arielle Cristina , de Aquino Ariana Musa , Rocha Vanessa Aguiar , Magosso Natalia , Souza Patrick Vieira , Barbisan Luis Fernando 
Published: November 2024

In briefExposure to phthalates, alone or in mixtures, at different periods of development alters the reproductive function of males and females, especially in rodents, where they have been most studied. This review addressed the most recent data (last 10 years) on exposure to phthalates in different scenarios and how the use of natural products could mitigate the harmful effects caused by exposure at different stages of development.AbstractThis review article summarizes the experimental findings in rodents published between 2014 and 2024 concerning phthalates exposure and reproductive outcomes. Rodents were chosen for this review because most studies that have focused on developmental aspects in different phases of exposure and that address more in-depth reproductive mechanisms have been carried out in mice and rats. The evidence of adverse effects of phthalates on fetal development and human and animal reproduction is extensive, with impacts ranging from gene expression to physiological alterations. Despite the large volume of scientific papers pointing out the harmful effects of exposure to phthalates, isolated or in mixtures, at different developmental periods, most of them are associated with the maternal exposure and long-term effects in the offspring. Regular vegetables, fruits, fish, dairy products, and whole grains intake rich in bioactive compounds can mitigate the adverse effects of endocrine-disrupting chemicals in humans and animals at different developmental periods. Various food bioactive compounds (FBCs), such as genistein, resveratrol, lycopene, vitamin E, curcumin, selenium, and plant secondary metabolites (PSMs), present antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antitumor, and other biological properties with the potential to reduce deleterious effects of phthalates on the reproductive tract. In this review, we aimed to summarize the main studies carried out in the last decade about phthalate exposure and reproductive disorders in males and females (at different developmental critical windows). In addition, we proposed some FBCs and PSMs that could attenuate the main adverse effects caused by phthalate exposure on male reproduction because there is a lack of studies with females.
Identification of the electric motor mathematical model based on a data sample with feature engineering
Authors: Korotynskyi Anton , Zhuchenko Liudmyla , Tsapar Vitalii , Savula Andrii 
Published: November 2024

The object of this study is a mathematical model of a synchronous electric motor, obtained on the basis of experimental data, which takes into account the temperature mode and uses artificial features to increase the accuracy of its operation. A characteristic feature of this work is that the model takes into account the temperature mode as a component of the technical-operational state of the object. The resulting mathematical model could make it possible to synthesize an optimal automatic control system in terms of the operational state of the object.
The problem addressed was to increase the accuracy of the identified mathematical models by applying the approach of feature engineering.
The results showed that the identification of mathematical models by the initial data leads to a low level of accuracy of the obtained models, namely 65–70 % for the first output channel, 80–85 % for the second, and 75–80 % for the third, fourth, and fifth output channels.
Accordingly, building models with a higher threshold of accuracy requires the use of other, more significant data for identification. This paper reports a method for reformatting the original data into artificial features and provides results of their effectiveness in relation to the original channels.
The resulting artificial features and the original features were used for further identification; the resulting mathematical model has on average higher accuracy thresholds, namely 82 %, 93 %, 88 %, 85 % for the corresponding output channels. The results prove the effectiveness of applying the principle of feature engineering since the accuracy of the resulting model is 5–10 % higher compared to the baseline.
The scope of practical application of the results includes the synthesis of automatic control systems based on mathematical models of control objects obtained as a result of identification.
Building a model of oil tank water cooling in the case of fire
Authors: Basmanov Oleksii , Oliinyk Volodymyr , Afanasenko Kostiantyn , Hryhorenko Oleksandr , Kalchenko Yaroslav 
Published: November 2024

The object of this study is the process of liquid combustion in spillage, and the subject is the temperature distribution along the wall of a vertical steel tank when it is heated under the thermal influence of fire and cooled by water. A system of equations describing the water cooling of the wall of a vertical steel tank under the conditions of the thermal effect of a fire spilling a flammable liquid has been constructed. The system consists of a heat balance equation for the tank wall, a heat balance equation for the water film flowing over the wall, and a mass balance equation for the water film. The equations take into account the radiative heat exchange with the flame, the environment, the internal space of the tank, as well as the convective heat exchange with the surrounding air, the vapor-air mixture, and the liquid inside the tank, as well as between the water film and the wall. The joint solution to the system of equations makes it possible to determine the temperature distribution along the tank wall and the water film at an arbitrary time point, as well as to determine the thickness and flow rate of the water film at a certain point.
The finite difference method was used to solve the system of heat and mass balance equations. It is shown that the insufficient intensity of water supply for cooling leads to boiling of water from the film, as a result of which the wall temperature in such areas can reach 300 °C. A delay in the supply of water, even with sufficient intensity, could lead to the establishment of a film-like mode of boiling. In such a situation, the water film is thrown away from the wall, as a result of which the part of the wall below the film boiling zone remains without cooling. The practical significance of the built model is the possibility of determining the necessary intensity of water supply for cooling the tank and the limit time for the start of cooling