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Boundary Hölder continuity of stable solutions to semilinear elliptic problems in 𝐶1,1 domains
Authors: Erneta Iñigo U. 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
This article establishes the boundary Hölder continuity of stable solutions to semilinear elliptic problems in the optimal range of dimensions

n
≤
9

n\leq 9

, for

C

1
,
1

C^{1\smash{,}1}

domains.
We consider equations

−

L
⁢
u

=

f
⁢

(
u
)

-Lu=f(u)

in a bounded

C

1
,
1

C^{1\smash{,}1}

domain

Ω
⊂

R
n

\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^{n}

, with

u
=
0

u=0

on

∂
Ω

\partial\Omega

, where 𝐿 is a linear elliptic operator with variable coefficients and

f
∈

C
1

f\in C^{1}

is nonnegative, nondecreasing, and convex.
The stability of 𝑢 amounts to the nonnegativity of the principal eigenvalue of the linearized equation

−
L

−

f
′

⁢

(
u
)

-L-f^{\prime}(u)

.
Our result is new even for the Laplacian, for which [X. Cabré, A. Figalli, X. Ros-Oton and J. Serra, Stable solutions to semilinear elliptic equations are smooth up to dimension 9, Acta Math.
224 (2020), 2, 187–252] proved the Hölder continuity in

C
3

C^{3}

domains.
Temporal discontinuity trials and randomization: success rates versus design strength
Authors: Knaeble Brian , Kummerfeld Erich 
Published: November 2024

Abstract

Objectives
We consider the followingcomparative effectiveness scenario. There are two treatments for a particular medical condition: a randomized experiment has demonstrated mediocre effectiveness for the first treatment, while a non-randomized study of the second treatment reports a much higher success rate. On what grounds might one justifiably prefer the second treatment over the first treatment, given only the information from those two studies, including design details? This situation occurs in reality and warrants study.

Methods
We consider a particular example involving studies of treatments for Crohn's disease. In order to help resolve these cases of asymmetric evidence, we make three contributions and apply them to our example.

Results
First, we demonstrate the potential to improve success rates above those found in a randomized trial, given heterogeneous effects. Second, we prove that deliberate treatment assignment can be more efficient than randomization when study results are to be transported to formulate an intervention policy on a wider population. Third, we provide formal conditions under which a temporal-discontinuity design approximates a randomized trial, and we introduce a novel design parameter to inform researchers about the strength of that approximation.

Conclusions
Overall, our results indicate that while randomization certainly provides special advantages, other study designs such as temporal-discontinuity designs also have distinct advantages, and can produce valuable evidence that informs treatment decisions and intervention policy.
Navigating power and impoliteness in criminal court discourse
Authors: Mısır Hülya , Akın Gülay 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
This study uses an interactional pragmatic approach to examine impoliteness in Turkish High Criminal Court proceedings, offering an alternative perspective compared to the Anglo-American contexts typically explored in legal discourse research. Grounded in (Culpeper, Jonathan. 1996. Towards an anatomy of impoliteness. Journal of Pragmatics 25. 349–367.) impoliteness super strategies, the analysis draws from 45-min audio recordings of seven criminal trials, focusing on impoliteness during the examination-in-chief. The findings reveal a significant register clash, especially from a defendant who deviates from formal legal norms through misalignment, mock impoliteness, threats, and profanity. This disruption challenges courtroom decorum, affects power dynamics, and influences trial progression and interaction, underscoring the complex interplay between institutional authority and individual behavior, which shapes overall (im)politeness in the courtroom.
Übersetzungsorientierte Didaktisierung juristischer Phraseologie
Authors: Bielawski Paweł 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
Legal phraseology is an essential component of legal language, and thus of legal communication, in both quantitative and qualitative terms. It is also one of the main problems in legal translation since legal phraseological units are determined by law-specific factors, and as such are usually unknown to legal translators, who in most cases are not lawyers. As there are still no aids to support the translation of legal phraseology, legal translators struggle with legal phraseology. This is problematic for interlingual legal communication since certain fixed word combinations induce certain extra-linguistic actions in legal practice, thereby triggering legal consequences. A bad translation can cause the action intended by the sender to be omitted or another action to occur. Therefore, the didactization of legal phraseology for purposes of legal translation is a very important task for phraseodidactics. Since there is still no corresponding phraseodidactic approach, this paper proposes a didactic concept for the translation of legal phraseology to familiarize prospective and practicing legal translators with features of legal phraseology, teach them strategies for translating this phraseology, and show them how to develop tools for translating legal phraseology on its own. The paramount goal of such didactics is to ease the translation of legal phraseology and, ipso facto, improve the quality of interlingual legal communication. With this objective in mind, this article first outlines the most important prerequisites of legal translation and then highlights the features of legal phraseology, characterizing the individual types of legal phraseology by their communicative functions using German legal language as an example. Thereafter, the focus shifts to phraseodidactics, which can provide remedies for legal phraseology translation, analyzing the most important phraseodidactic methods so far proposed by phraseodidacticians. In concluding, the article presents a didactic concept for the translation of legal phraseology.
Los fraseologismos en el aula de prácticas de traducción: estudio de caso sobre el impacto de los traductores automáticos
Authors: Sanz-Villar Zuriñe 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
The use of machine translation (MT) systems by undergraduate and postgraduate students has been analysed in different studies (Sycz-Opoń and Gałuskina 2017; Jia et al. 2019; Loock and Léchauguette 2021, to mention a few). An analysis of the German-into-Basque translation of multi-word expressions (Sanz-Villar 2024) observed that students’ dependence on MT systems was very high; i.e., traces of the MT proposals were found in the outputs of translation trainees. To specifically analyse the impact of MT proposals on students’ translations, two tasks were designed in 2021 in which nine students participated. Both tasks consisted of translating an excerpt of a children’s literary text from German into Basque. The first translation task was done with the aid of MT tools and the second was a from-scratch translation where the use of MT systems was not allowed. The goal of the present study is to compare the results of both tasks, focusing on the translation of phraseological units (PUs) to observe the features of students’ translations accomplished with and without the aid of MT tools. Since students used MT outputs during the first translation task, machine-translated texts are also compared to human-translated ones. The results show that the tendency to retain the phraseological character of the original text is stronger in professional translations than in machine-translated texts. In general, reliance on MT system outputs when translating PUs is quite strong among trainee translators. When comparing the results of the two tasks, it was observed that for some students, the number of techniques used to maintain the phraseological level of the original text increased in the translation done without MT. Interestingly, examples of creative translations were found in the translations done without the aid of MT tools.
Long-Run Volatility Memory Dynamics and Inter-Market Linkages in GCC Equity Markets: Application of DCC-FIGARCH Models
Authors: Mohamed Riyath Mohamed Ismail , Aldabbous Nagham 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
The study investigates volatility persistence, long-term memory and time-varying conditional correlations among the stock markets of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Daily equity index data between 2012 and 2024 were analyzed using univariate fractionally integrated generalized autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity (FIGARCH) models to examine long-memory behavior and multivariate dynamic conditional correlation (DCC) models to assess conditional correlations between these markets. For each of the GCC equity markets, the analysis highlighted large degrees of long-memory and volatility persistence. Finally, the DCC model shows that strong and dynamic Intermarket links among the GCC, especially between KSA and UAE, exist and reflect significant volatility spillover from good economic ties. This study fills the gap in the literature by providing a comprehensive understanding of long-run volatility memory and inter-market associations in the GCC stock markets.
Effects of Shoe-Leather Cost on Consumer Cash Withdrawal Behavior
Authors: Chen Heng , Strathearn Matthew , Voia Marcel 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
This paper studies an empirical model of shoe-leather cost applied to consumer cash withdrawal. The unique feature is to estimate the effect of shoe-leather cost from the cash inventory model by filtering out free-type consumers who do not incur shoe-leather costs. When compared to the costly-type consumers, the free-type do not need to go out of their ways from home to visit banks to withdraw cash because they can economise their travel costs by combining withdrawals with other activities, such as, one-stop multi-purpose trip on either their ways to work or shopping. We find that the cash withdrawal frequency significantly decreases with the travel distance; otherwise the estimated shoe-leather cost without distinguishing between free- and costly-types is close to zero and insignificant. This finding suggests that in order to maintain cash accessibility, the policy need not only consider the supply of physical branch infrastructure, but also account for consumer’s travel pattern.
Ethical entanglements: human remains, museums and ethics in a European perspective
Authors: Nilsson Stutz Liv , Peyroteo Stjerna Rita , Tarlow Sarah 
Published: November 2024

AbstractThe ethical treatment of human remains after excavation is a core debate in archaeology. This project explores the treatment of human remains in some European museums with an aim to support open discussion of complex ethical issues among research and heritage professionals involved in the care of human remains.
Multidimensional and Longitudinal Impact of a Genetic Diagnosis for Critically Ill Infants
Authors: Wojcik Monica H. , del Rosario Maya C. , Feldman Henry A. , Smith Hadley Stevens , Holm Ingrid A. 
Published: November 2024

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES
Many genetic conditions present in the NICU, where a diagnostic evaluation is pursued. However, understanding of the impact of a genetic diagnosis on clinical outcomes and health-related quality of life for these infants remains incomplete. We therefore evaluated parent-reported outcomes complemented by clinical outcomes measures over one year for a cohort of infants in the NICU undergoing genetic evaluation.

METHODS
Prospective cohort study evaluating outcomes after genetics consultation in a level IV NICU via parent report and electronic medical record review. Eligible infants were genetically undiagnosed at enrollment. Parent surveys were administered at baseline and 3, 6, and 12 months following enrollment and assessed genetic testing utility as well as parent-reported infant health-related quality of life using the Infant Toddler Quality of Life Questionnaire.

RESULTS
A total of 110 infant–parent pairs were enrolled. Infants had a median age at enrollment of 15 days (interquartile range 8–37.75). At baseline, 74% (81/110) of parents endorsed high importance of finding a genetic diagnosis, but perceived importance significantly decreased over time. Over the study period, 38 infants received a molecular diagnosis per parent report, although this was discordant with electronic medical record review. Identification of a diagnosis did not significantly impact health-related quality of life across most domains, which was lower overall than population norms.

CONCLUSIONS
A genetic diagnosis is highly desired by parents in the NICU, though waning interest over time for undiagnosed families may reflect parental emotional adaptation and acceptance. Additional supports are needed to improve perceived quality of life.
Bunt przeciw uprzedmiotowianiu Teodycea, sny i niesamowitość w literaturze obozowej
Authors: Papp-Zakor Ilka 
Published: November 2024

Istnienie obozów nazistowskich i sowieckich było skandaliczną niesprawiedliwością, i praktycznie każdy tekst literacki napisany na ich temat traktuje je jako taką. Jednym z elementów rozważań nad tematyką obozów jest pytanie o to, czy można się spodziewać zadośćuczynienia po wydarzeniu, podczas którego było się upokorzonym, wręcz odczłowieczonym, żyło się w każdym momencie w zagrożeniu egzystencjalnym, często tracą całą rodzinę, zdrowie fizyczne i psychiczne? I czy martwi mogą liczyć na jakiekolwiek zadośćuczynienie? Niektóre teksty wydają się twierdzić, że do pewnego stopnia tak.Najbardziej tradycyjnym sposobem na udowodnienie, że wydarzeniom wojennym jednak nie udało się do końca zniszczyć porządku świata, jest teodycea, stosowana mniej lub bardziej otwarcie zwłaszcza w literaturze mitotwórczej, a także jej odwrotność, otwarta negacja jakiegokolwiek porządku metafizycznego, jakiejkolwiek opatrzności, będąca gestem zadośćuczynienia, przywracającym narratorowi aktywną podmiotowość poprzez akt buntu.Literatura obozowa obfituje jednak i w motywy symbolizujące odwrócenie porządku świata w mniej dosłowny sposób. Tak w tekstach o lagrach, jak i w tych o łagrach spotykamy się dość często z obrazami snów, nieraz spełnionych. Z badań historio-psychologicznych wiemy, że wspólne omawianie sennych widzeń w obozach było czynnością istotną z wielu powodów: między innymi dlatego, że wróżenie łudziło pewnym, choć raczej ograniczonym, odzyskaniem kontroli nad swoim własnym losem. Ale wspomnienia powstałe już po wyzwoleniu, napisane skądinąd w duchu realistycznym, też podchodzą z powagą do wróżebnej mocy snów, powtarzając gest – w momencie pisania – już anachroniczny, którego funkcja nie ulega jednak zmianie, ponieważ jest działaniem dążącym do odzyskania kontroli.Drugim często spotykanym narzędziem stosowanym (między innymi) w wyżej wymienionym celu jest niesamowitość (w znaczeniu freudowskim). I ta może mieć różne odmiany, od reprezentacji duchów poprzez miejsca naznaczone niesamowitością aż do języka, na pozór niewinnego, lecz sygnalizującego między wierszami rzeczywistość zbrodni. Niesamowitość można rozumieć, w zależności od tekstu, jako oznakę ciągłego istnienia ofiar (więc jako namiastkę, alternatywę życia), lub też jako zemstę przeszłości nad przyszłością (tj. naszą teraźniejszością), będącą warunkiem wstępnym do ewentualnego katharsis. Paranoiczne czytanie, paranoiczne odczytywanie języka również są gestami nakierowanymi na odzyskanie kontroli.Postpamięć, mimo wszystko patrząca na literaturę tworzoną przez ofiary bezpośrednie z pewnym dystansem, podchodzi do powyższych motywów w sposób kreatywny, analityczny lub filozoficzny, nieraz kontestując je, czasem wręcz z ironią, aby otwierać nowe perspektywy związane z tematyką obozową.
Some characteristics of sediments in Cenozoic basins in Northern Vietnam: implication for Oligocene paleoclimate
Authors: Mai Thanh Tan , Dinh Van Thuan , Le Duc Luong , Tran Thi Thuy Van , Ngo Thi Dao 
Published: November 2024

Oligocene sediments in northern Vietnam have been extensively studied in terms of geology, stratigraphy, paleogeography, formation environments, tectonics, etc. However, relatively little attention has been paid to the paleoclimate. The Oligocene climate interpreted herein is based on features recorded in sediments taken from the Dong Ho (Hoanh Bo basin), Na Duong (Na Duong basin), and Co Phuc (Red River Trough) formations. These sediments were analyzed using thin-section microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and palynology with the Coexistence Approach. The sediments primarily consist of conglomerate, gritstone, sandstone, siltstone, claystone, and coal shale, deposited in continental environments and dated to the Oligocene based on palynomorph assemblages. The Oligocene paleoclimate is generally warm subtropical, with intermittent hot-humid or cold-dry periods and a slight influence of monsoons. An alternation of hot-humid and cold-dry climates was recorded in the Hoanh Bo basin. In the Red River Trough, the Oligocene climate exhibited a Mean Annual Temperature (MAT) of 9.3-22.2°C and a Mean Annual Precipitation (MAP) of 1122 to 1857 mm, based on the majority of palynological samples, indicating more continental, drier and colder conditions than present. In the Na Duong basin, a warm subtropical climate with a MAT of 9.3-21.7°C and MAP of 1122-1724 mm in the majority of samples was occasionally replaced by hot and humid subtropical periods; the variations in temperature and precipitation followed a similar pattern, suggesting an alternation between dry-cold and humid-hot phases.
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGE OF PSYCHOLOGY: CREATING AN INTEGRATIVE BILINGUAL ENVIRONMENT FOR TEACHING STUDENTS
Authors: Janković Nataša Z. , Buđevac Nevena M. 
Published: November 2024

Language acquisition and learning play a special part in any child’s cognitive and linguistic development. The younger the children are, the deeper insight into psychology it takes. Academic subject Foreign language learning at young learners’ age is grounded in psychology and psycholinguistics, as one of the EMI-based[1] courses within the ELM programme of the Faculty of Education in Belgrade. We investigated, through focus-group interviews, our students’ (N=32) experience with psychology and language teaching courses to see how they prepare for work with children. The results confirm that integrative courses largely support their personal and professional growth from academic bilinguals to responsible and caring teachers of young learners.

[1] English Medium Instruction – the use of English to teach academic subjects other than English itself in countries where the first language of the majority of the population is not English. (https://www.education.ox.ac.uk › research-groups › emi) [Accessed February 2024]
Andean bear tree selectivity for scent-marking in Ecuadorian cloud forests
Authors: Filipczykova Eva , Clapham Melanie , Horn Russell C. Van , Nevin Owen T , Barros Jorge Luis Armijos , Vorel Aleš 
Published: November 2024

Abstract

Olfactory signalling is the most efficient mode of animal communication between a signaller and a receiver when receiver's presence is unpredictable. Scent-marking requires selective strategies to increase the likelihood that these signals persist in the environment and are successfully received. Bears are solitary, non-territorial carnivores, which scent-mark trees, substrate, and other objects to communicate with conspecifics. Signallers place scent marks on trees to increase the detectability of their signals, and possibly also to communicate their size and status. We assessed scent-marking tree selectivity of Andean bears, Tremarctos ornatus, in Ecuadorian cloud forests at two spatial scales: the individual-tree level and at a local scale (3-m radius). We recorded characteristics of marked and unmarked trees along bear trails (5.49 km in total) in the Eastern Cordillera of the Ecuadorian Andes, near the Sumaco Biosphere Reserve. To decrease dimensionality and multicollinearity before explanatory analyses, we performed Principal Component Analysis on data from 467 trees (65 marked trees, 54 control trees, 348 radius plot trees) of 48 tree species. We then used Generalized Linear Models, model selection, and model averaging to discover that Andean bears preferred rubbing leaning trees, aromatic tree species, and hardwood trees with smaller and thicker leaves containing less nitrogen. Thirteen of 59 marking sites contained multiple marked trees, but site-level data do not indicate why bears marked multiple trees at some sites but not others. We thus encourage further analyses of marked-tree cluster sites and their relationship to productive food resources and reproduction, which might present important communication hubs for ursids.
Hearing impairment and vestibular function in patients with a pathogenic splice variant in the LHX3 gene
Authors: Kjellgren Åsa , Lundgren Elenor , Golovleva Irina , Kriström Berit , Werner Mimmi 
Published: November 2024

Abstract

Background: LHX3 is a gene coding for a LIM-homeodomain transcription factor important for the fetal development of several organs such as the pituitary gland, spinal motor neurons and the inner ear. Pathogenic and likely pathogenic variants in the LHX3 gene are infrequent and result in a rare syndrome known as Combined Pituitary Hormone Deficiency-3, CPHD3.
Methods: We have studied hearing and vestibular functions in a group of nine individuals, 8-36 years old, all homozygous for a specific variant in LHX3 (NM_178138.4) c.455-2A>G. We have re-examined the results of consecutive hearing-tests from newborn until April 2024.
Results: Our data show that all tested patients have a progressive sensorineural hearing deficiency ranging from moderately severe to complete loss. We have performed vestibular testing in six patients and, for the first time, demonstrated that a mutation in the LHX3 gene not only affects hearing, but also is associated with vestibular impairment.
Conclusion: The human pathogenic variant c.455-2A>G in the LHX3 gene on chromosome 9q34, present as a founder mutation in the population in northern Sweden, is responsible for phenotypes with progressive hearing loss and balance impairment. This proves that the LHX3 gene is crucial for the function of both cochlear and vestibular organs.
Preoperative [68Ga]Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT in patients with suspected brain tumors of glial origin – imply on diagnosis and early prognosis - a prospective clinical trial
Authors: Pełka Kacper , Koczyk Kacper , Koperski Łukasz , Dziedzic Tomasz , Nowak Arkadiusz , Królicki Leszek , Kunert Przemysław , Kunikowska Jolanta 
Published: November 2024

Abstract

PET/CT targeting prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) is commonly used in patients with prostate cancer. PSMA has been found in other solid tumours, including primary brain tumours. The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of [68Ga]Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT for preoperative diagnosis and 2-year prognosis. We prospectively screened patients with suspected glioma tumour. The PET/CT qualitative and quantitative results were compared to the histopathological examination. We compared glioblastoma (GBM) diagnostic data or between high-grade (HGG) and low-grade (LGG) gliomas. Overall (OS) and progression free survival (PFS) were analysed. Forty-four patients met the inclusion criteria. Twenty of them had positive and twenty-four negative scans. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value for HGG diagnosis were 71.4 (95% confidence interval – 51.3–86.8), 100.0 (79.4–100.0), 100.0 (83.1–100.0), and 66.7 (44.7–84.4), respectively. For differentiation between GBM vs non-GBM tumours, the best parameter was the tumor-to-background ratio, with the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve 0.81 (0.66–0.96; 42.2) (95% CI; cut-off). Patients with positive PET/CT scans had similar PFS and OS to patients with HGG. PSMA accumulation negatively affected the PFS and OS of patients with diagnosed GBM. [68Ga]Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT showed optimistic diagnostic results and may be prognostic a factor.
Registration at www.clinicaltrials.gov 09/06/2023 with number NCT05896449