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Radiomic profiling of high-risk aneurysms with blebs: an exploratory study
Authors: Dier Carlos , Sanchez Sebastian , Sagues Elena , Gudino Andres , Jaramillo Rodrigo , Wendt Linder , Samaniego Edgar A 
Published: September 2024

BackgroundBlebs significantly increase rupture risk of intracranial aneurysms. Radiomic analysis offers a robust characterization of the aneurysm wall. However, the unique radiomic profile of various compartments, including blebs, remains unexplored. Likewise, the correlation between these imaging markers and fluid/mechanical metrics is yet to be investigated. To address this, we analyzed the radiomic features (RFs) of bleb-containing aneurysms and their relationship with wall tension and shear stress metrics, aiming to enhance risk assessment.MethodsAneurysms were imaged using high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). A T1 and a T1 after contrast (T1+Gd) sequences were acquired. 3D models of aneurysm bodies and blebs were generated, and RFs were extracted. Aneurysms with and without blebs were matched based on location and size for analysis. Univariate regression models and Spearman’s correlations were used to establish associations between bleb-dependent RFs and mechanical/fluid dynamics metrics.ResultsEighteen aneurysms with blebs were identified. Fifty-five RFs were significantly different between blebs and body within the same aneurysms. Of these RFs, 9% (5/55) were first-order, and 91% (50/55) were second-order features. After aneurysms with and without blebs were matched for location and size, five RFs 5% (5/93) were significantly different. Forty-one out of the 55 RFs different between bleb and body sac of the primary aneurysm were moderately and strongly correlated with mechanical and fluid dynamics metrics.ConclusionAneurysm blebs exhibit distinct radiomic profiles compared with the main body of the aneurysm sac. The variability in bleb wall characteristics may arise from differing mechanical stresses and localized hemodynamics. Leveraging radiomic profiling could help identify regions with a heightened risk of rupture.
Integrated ground-penetrating radar and electromagnetic induction techniques for characterizing boreal podzolic soil in western Newfoundland
Authors: Pathirana Sashini , Lambot Sébastien , Krishnapillai Manokararajah , Smeaton Christina , Cheema Mumtaz , Galagedara Lakshman 
Published: September 2024

Geophysical methods like ground-penetrating radar (GPR) and electromagnetic induction (EMI) offer non-destructive, high-resolution alternatives for soil sampling. This study aims to understand subsurface stratifications in boreal podzolic soil employing an integrated GPR–EMI technique and soil sampling. The GPR and EMI confirmed each technique's findings. They provided insights into the spatial variability of electrical conductivity, textural changes, and stratification (detected mainly by GPR reflections) in the soil profile. The assessed soil properties revealed the existence of two contrasting layers within 0–0.60 m depth. The study highlights the potential of using integrated GPR–EMI to identify subsurface stratification in boreal podzolic soil.
On the search for the two poles of the $$\Xi (1820)$$ in the $$\psi (3686) \rightarrow \bar{\Xi }^+ \bar{K}^0 \Sigma ^{*-}(\pi ^- \Lambda )$$ decay
Authors: Duan Man-Yu , Song Jing , Liang Wei-Hong , Oset E. 
Published: September 2024

AbstractWe propose the reaction $$\psi (3686) \rightarrow \bar{\Xi }^+ \bar{K}^0 \Sigma ^{*-}$$

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production reduces the effect of the lower mass resonance, magnifying the effect of the higher mass resonance that shows clearly over the phase space. The estimated rate of the production is bigger than the one of the $$\psi (3686) \rightarrow \bar{\Xi }^+ K^- \Lambda $$

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reaction, where a clear peak for $$\Xi (1820)$$

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Genetic Programming for Automatically Evolving Multiple Features to Classification
Authors: Wang Peng , Xue Bing , Liang Jing , Zhang Mengjie 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
Performing classification on high-dimensional data poses a significant challenge due to the huge search space. Moreover, complex feature interactions introduce an additional obstacle. The problems can be addressed by using feature selection to select relevant features or feature construction to construct a small set of high-level features. However, performing feature selection or feature construction might only make the feature set suboptimal. To remedy this problem, this study investigates the use of genetic programming for simultaneous feature selection and feature construction in addressing different classification tasks. The proposed approach is tested on 16 datasets and compared with seven methods including both feature selection and feature construction techniques. The results show that the obtained feature sets with the constructed and/or selected features can significantly increase the classification accuracy and reduce the dimensionality of the datasets. Further analysis reveals the complementarity of the obtained features leading to the promising classification performance of the proposed method.
Interpretation and Truth in Kant’s Theory of Beauty
Authors: Sweet Kristi 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
This essay argues that the interpretations we develop through the activity of reflection have a share of the truth. I argue this, first, by outlining the relationship of concepts to intuitions in Kant’s theory of cognition, which presents the measure for truth in his philosophy. I turn, second, to explicate in detail the relation of the faculties in Kant’s descriptions of the free play between the imagination and the understanding in judgments of taste. Here, we find that concepts relate to what appears in a partial but also multiple way, leading to a conclusion that our reflective judgments share in the truth. This is important, I note, for the need we have to inhabit a shared world where we can communicate with each other about the way that things are, even about things that are not objects of ‘knowledge’ proper.
A Study of Nigerian Army’s Involvement in African Union Peacekeeping Mission in Darfur, 2004–2007
Authors: Eyeh Emmanuel T. 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
This study investigated the role of the Nigerian Army in the African Union-initiated peace mission in Darfur between 2004 and 2007, in a conflict between the Government of Sudan and two rebel groups in Darfur. This qualitative research which was anchored on Relative Deprivation, Frustration and Aggression, and Role theories, adopted a historical research design. Instruments for, and methods of data collection were primarily direct interviews conducted with Nigerian soldiers. Sample was drawn from officers and men of the Nigerian Army who had participated in the peace mission. The paper finds that even though the mission was beset with numerous challenges, the activities of Nigerian soldiers helped ameliorate the dire situation and restored hope to the embattled people of Darfur. The paper concludes that the nexus between leadership failure in the African Union and inadequate support from the international community accounted for the challenges that befell the mission.
Typology of Plurality in Turkish, Classical Arabic and Cukurova Arabic and the Effect of Plurality in Turkish on Cukurova Arabic
Authors: Özezen Muna Yüceol , Ordem Eser 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
Noun pluralisation has been of paramount importance in typological studies, considering a wide range of varieties in different languages. This study examines the relationships between Classical Arabic, Turkish, and Cukurova Arabic – an Arabic dialect spoken in the Eastern Mediterranean region (Antakya, Adana, and Mersin) in Turkey – in the context of noun plurality inflection. In fact, considering Cukurova Arabic-Turkish relations, the latter affects the former more extensively – as a consequence of political and social situations. In other words, Cukurova Arabic codecopies Turkish elements in almost all linguistic levels (e.g., phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics). What is more, time passes against Cukurova Arabic because code-copying tends to disconnect itself from Syria-Lebanon Coastal Dialect Groups of which Cukurova Arabic is a part, and even brings it to the point of extinction. The devastating effect of Turkish on Cukurova Arabic needs to be elaborated on. However, code-copying at all linguistic levels was hardly delved into but morphological code-copying features were, in general, analyzed. A qualitative method was used while collecting the data collected through participatory observation, field note, and natural recording. By specifying morphological code-copying, the study remained limited to the disconnection of quantification in grammaticalization in Cukurova Arabic from Classical Arabic, and the effects of plurality typology in Turkish on Cukurova Arabic. In line with this explanation, regular plurality inflections in Cukurova Arabic (cäm>ü’l-sǟlim, particularly regular feminine inflections operated with +ǟt / +ât suffixes) are increasing, and irregular cases (cäm>ü’l-mükässär) are replaced by regular of which. The complex quantity category in Classical Arabic is represented as a simpler aspect inCukurova. This change is experienced through the effect of the plural suffix +lAr in Turkish and quite simply of plurality typology. The study yields evidence of a transition from complex quantification to a simpler system of pluralisation in Cukurova Arabic.
Kinship Terminologies of the Circum-Baltic Area
Authors: Milanova Veronika , Metsäranta Niklas , Honkola Terhi 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
Contact and areal studies of kinship terminologies have by now received too little attention in social anthropology and linguistics. To fill in one of numerous research gaps, we investigated kinship terminologies of the Circum-Baltic (CB) area. We discovered many heterogeneous overlapping micro- and macro-convergences belonging to different temporal strata and contact situations. This was especially the case with loanwords, whereas certain calques had a wider spread covering most of the CB area. It suggests that semantic patterns may be more prone to borrowing than lexical items. The analysis of structural properties showed that CB kinship terminologies combine both West European and East European/West Asian strategies. It indicates that CB kinship terminologies indeed possess a marked combination of properties. However, most of them are shared with their neighbours, which confirms that the CB area is a Contact Superposition Zone as suggested in Koptjevskaja-Tamm and Wälchli (2001).
Khoekhoe Loanwords in isiXhosa and isiZulu
Authors: Christie Camilla Rose 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
A precolonial language contact event between languages in the Nguni group of the Bantu family and extinct undocumented languages in the Khoekhoe branch of the Khoe family left an enduring impact on the linguistic landscape of South Africa. isiXhosa and isiZulu gained a massive lexis of Khoekhoe loanwords that remains understudied. Prior research has focused primarily on the behaviour of click consonants during loan, and more general descriptions of phonological and morphological adaptations are lacking. This paper describes some general adaptive processes, with the especial aim of facilitating the improved detection of loanwords. By comparing the extant Khoekhoe-branch languages Nama, Damara, and Kora with the loaned Khoekhoe-branch material preserved in isiXhosa and isiZulu, details of the phonology and morphology of the undocumented Khoekhoe donor languages are inferred. Finally, comparative material from the Kalahari-branch languages in the Kwadi-Khoe family is also introduced to compensate for lacunae in the historical linguistic record.
Freezing storage combined with freeze-drying of black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae to produce oil rich in free lauric acid
Authors: Hurtado-Ribeira R. , Franco Á. , Martin D. 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
The fat of Hermetia illucens larvae (black soldier fly, BSFL) is a rich source of lauric acid (LA), and its free fatty acid (FFA) form holds valuable potential for applications in food, feed, pharmaceuticals, or cosmetics. This study aimed to establish specific processing conditions of BSFL that naturally promote lipolysis, resulting in a high free LA (FLA) rich oil. Freezing was used for slaughtering, with different times of frozen storage (1, 7 and 14 d). Then, thermal (oven-drying) and non-thermal (freeze-drying) drying processes were compared. Additionally, the impact of 24 h restrictive vs non-restrictive feeding before slaughtering was tested. Free acidity, free fatty acid profile, lipid oxidation (peroxide value, PV; TBARs test) and antioxidant activity (DPPH test) were measured at days 0 and 30 of processing. Freeze-dried samples exhibited higher free acidity (42%) compared to oven-drying (4%), progressively increasing with frozen storage (24% at day 1 vs 51% at day 14). A restricted diet caused up to 60% free acidity. Nevertheless, the FFA profile was similar for both diet conditions, with LA as the major FFA (41% of total FFAs and 27% of total fat). After 30 days of storage, free acidity approached 70%. Oven-drying caused the highest PV (4.5 mEqO2/kg), especially after 14 d of frozen storage (>5.0 mEqO2/kg) and under restricted diet (6.1 mEqO2/kg). Conversely, freeze-drying maintained the lowest PV in all cases (0.6 mEqO2/kg). TBARs values mirrored the PV pattern. Antioxidant capacity was lower for freeze-drying compared to oven-drying (46% and 71%, respectively), regardless of frozen storage. Irrespective of the drying method, worse antioxidant activity was observed after restrictive diet. After 30 days of storage, the antioxidant activity decreased for all samples. The proposed strategy of freezing slaughtering, followed by frozen storage and freeze-drying offers a promising approach to naturally obtain a FLA-rich product from BSFL.
Medieval Islamic Evidence along the Southern Coast of Oman: The Region of Ḥāsik
Authors: Pavan Alexia 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
This contribution aims to present the results of a brief survey conducted on some ports in the Dhofar region, along the southernmost coast of the Sultanate of Oman, dated to the medieval Islamic period. The research carried out by the University of Naples L’Orientale at the site of al-Balīd and more broadly in the Dhofar region aims not only to advance new study and research activities but also to reinterpret and analyze existing materials, with the goal of developing a more complete understanding of the region’s role during the Islamic era. During this time, the port of al-Balīd, along with Ṣuḥār and Qalhāt in the northern part of the country, was one of the key centres in the trade networks of the western Indian Ocean. However, there were several satellite ports involved in long- medium and short distance trade networks which may have played an important role in communications with the interior where the frankincense resin was collected. The paper will focus on two of these ports: Sūq al-Ḥāsik and Ḥāsik Qadīm.
Youth and Education: Past, Present and Future Inequalities in Argentina
Authors: Corica Agustina María , Otero Analía E , Miranda Ana 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
Within the framework of the post-pandemic and in the educational context that has been experienced in Argentina in recent years, inequalities appear, with new aspects to debate about youth and education in the current young generations. With this idea, the article presents past, present and future debates on the opportunities and aspects of youth that have been recorded during longitudinal research carried out in the last twenty years with different cohorts of young people. In particular, it presents the results of an ongoing investigation into the young population and secondary education in different areas of Argentina. The main objective is to debate the aspects and contexts that occurred and caused inequalities in youth transitions. The central hypothesis of the article is that the processes and effects of inequality in each of the generations studied are explained and described both within the circumstances and conjunctures in which the youth trajectories occur.
Marx on Colonization and Bonded Labor: The End of Capital and the Beginning of a Journey
Authors: McNally David 
Published: September 2024

The concluding chapter of Karl Marx’s Capital (volume 1) has received remarkably little scholarly commentary. This is especially surprising as Marx addresses there “the modern theory of colonization” developed by Edward Gibbon Wakefield. But rather than systematically pursue the issue of colonialism, Marx investigates Wakefield’s theory in order to illuminate the processes of primitive accumulation (or “originary dispossession”) that gave birth to capitalism in Europe. This article suggests directions in which Marx ought to have gone in order to analyze the globalization of capitalism outside of Europe by means of colonialism. In so doing, it proposes the need to recenter bondage, slavery, colonialism, and racism as constitutive elements of capitalism as a global system. JEL Classification: B51, N3, P1
Union Coverage and Men’s Participation in Unpaid Social Reproduction in the United States
Authors: Small Sarah F. 
Published: September 2024

Unions foster group solidarity, training individuals to think and act for the collective rather than for purely individual gain. In this article, I study the extent to which union membership is associated with men’s participation in unpaid social reproduction. Descriptive models using American Time Use Surveys indicate that, on average, men with union coverage dedicate more time to unpaid care of household members compared to men without. I offer theoretical explanations for this relationship and explore how union membership has shaped men’s participation in unpaid social reproduction through the lens of community solidarity. JEL Classification: B54, J51, D13
Breastfeeding Basic Competence in Primary Care: A Spanish Translation and Cross-Cultural Validation of the CAPA Questionnaire
Authors: Romero-Domínguez Victor , Ponjoan Anna , Vidal Mireia , Alves-Cabratosa Lia , Pol-Pons Anna 
Published: September 2024

Background: The number of validated questionnaires that assess the level of breastfeeding competence of primary care professionals who attend lactating mothers is limited. Research Aim: To validate the CAPA (Competència en l’Atenció Primària sobre Alletament [Breastfeeding Competence in Primary Care]) questionnaire into Spanish in collaboration with professionals from the primary care services of the Comunidad de Madrid (Spain). Methods: In this multicentric study, four bilingual healthcare professionals translated the CAPA questionnaire into Spanish and back-translated it into Catalan. The cross-cultural adaptation included a discussion by an expert committee, a review by a philologist, and a pilot study that involved 13 healthcare residents. We randomly selected professionals from specialties involved in breastfeeding. The re-test was conducted 3 weeks later, aiming to avoid changes in the studied population. We performed a factor analysis to identify underlying constructs and hypothesis-testing to assess the validity of the questionnaire and estimated the Cronbach Alpha and intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) to assess its reliability. Results: A total of 198 professionals participated by responding to the questionnaire. Factorial analysis showed that the questionnaire was unidimensional. Hypothesis testing showed that, of all the considered professional groups, midwives achieved the highest mean score ( M = 131.7, SD = 10.9, p < 0.001). Amongst the other professionals, only 26.5% achieved a basic level of breastfeeding competence. The Cronbach alpha and ICC were 0.852 (95% CI [0.821, 0.880]) and 0.890 (95% CI [0.800. 0.937]). Conclusions: The Spanish CAPA questionnaire is a valid and reliable tool for assessing breastfeeding basic competence among primary care professional groups who attend lactating mothers.
Evaluation of Sphenoid Sinus Variations in Cleft Lip and Palate Patients: A Comprehensive Cone Beam Computed Tomography Analysis
Authors: Tepe Rabia Duman , Guray Beliz , Akca Elif Akbas , Karabas Hulya Cakir 
Published: September 2024

Objective This study aims to compare sphenoid sinus variations between unilateral and bilateral cleft lip and palate (CLP) patients and healthy controls using CBCT images. It is notable for its large sample size and comparison of unilateral and bilateral cleft patients, cleft and noncleft sides, and different age groups. Design Retrospective cohort study. Setting University Hospital. Patients CBCT images of 97 CLP patients (76 unilateral, 21 bilateral) and 97 healthy controls were evaluated. Main Outcome Measures: Sphenoid sinus main types, sellar subtypes, clival, and lateral extensions were assessed for all groups. Results A significant increase in the anterior type was observed in both unilateral and bilateral CLP groups. The bilateral CLP group had a higher prevalence of the lesser wing type. In CLP and control groups, lesser wing, combined type, and lateral type were statistically significantly lower under 13 years of age. Conclusions The study highlights an elevated prevalence of anterior pneumatization in unilateral and bilateral CLP individuals, emphasizing its significance in surgery planning due to proximity to critical structures like the optic nerve and sphenopalatine artery. The increased prevalence of the lesser wing type in bilateral CLP patients requires extra caution during anterior clinoidectomy. Lower pneumatization rates in CLP patients under 13 suggest their sphenoid sinus development is similar to that of healthy individuals. Understanding these variations is crucial for appropriate surgical planning and avoiding complications during transsphenoidal surgery.