bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Analytical solution of a microrobot-blood vessel interaction model
Authors: Wang Gengxiang , Bickerdike Andrew , Liu Yang , Ferreira Antoine 
Published: October 2024

AbstractThis study develops a dynamics model of a microrobot vibrating in a blood vessel aiming to detect potential cancer metastasis. We derive an analytical solution for microrobot’s motion, considering interactions with the vessel walls modelled by a linear spring-dashpot and a constant damping value for blood viscosity. The model facilitates instantaneous state transitions of the microrobot, such as contact with the vessel wall and free motion within the fluid. Amplitudes and phase angles from the transient solutions of dynamics model of the microrobot are solved at arbitrary moments, providing insights into its transient dynamics. The analytical solution of the proposed system is validated by experimental data, serving as a benchmark to examine the influence of pertinent parameters on microrobot’s dynamic response. It is found that the contact force transmitted to the vessel wall, assessed by system’s transmissibility function dependent on damping and frequency ratios, decreases with increasing damping ratio and intensifies when the frequency ratio is below $$\sqrt 2$$

2

. At the frequency ratio is equal to 1, resonance phenomenon is dominated by the magnification factor linked to the damping ratio, increasing the amplitude of resonance as damping decreases. Finally, different sets of system parameters, including excitation frequency and magnitude, fluid damping, vessel wall’s stiffness and damping, reveal multi-periodic motions and fake collision of the microrobot with the vessel wall. Simulation results imply that these phenomena are minimally affected by vessel wall’s stiffness but are significantly influenced by other parameters, such as fluid damping coefficient and damping coefficient of the blood vessel wall. This research provides a robust theoretical foundation for developing control strategies for microrobots aimed at detecting cancer metastasis.
Two approaches to grounding moral standing: interests-first or value-first?
Authors: Elbro Daniel 
Published: October 2024

AbstractDo non-human animals have moral standing? Work on this question has focused on choosing the right grounding property (for example, personhood or sentience) while little attention has been paid to the various ways that the connection between grounding properties and moral standing has been explained. In this paper, I address that gap by offering a fresh way to approach the debate over the grounds of moral standing, including a novel taxonomy of positions, and argue that one kind of position, which takes a ‘value-first’ approach, is preferable to the other, which takes an ‘interests-first’ approach. According to value-first accounts, some individuals have moral standing because they have properties that make them valuable. According to interests-first accounts, some individuals have moral standing because they have interests, and any interest must always be taken into account. I argue that we should prefer value-first accounts because they engage directly with the problem the concept of moral standing is employed to solve, and because interests-first accounts cannot meet their explanatory burdens without begging the question against value-first accounts.
On value efficiency analysis and cone-ratio data envelopment analysis models
Authors: Ravanos Panagiotis , Karagiannis Giannis 
Published: October 2024

Abstract
In this paper we relate the Value Efficiency Analysis (VEA) efficiency scores with those of three different Cone-Ratio Data Envelopment Analysis (CR-DEA) models, when the chosen model Decision Making Units (DMUs) in CR-DEA jointly comprise the Most Preferred Solution (MPS) in VEA. In particular, we consider the cases where the set of feasible weight vectors is given respectively by (i) the weight vectors that are jointly optimal in DEA for all the model DMUs, (ii) every weight vector that is optimal in DEA for at least one of the model DMUs, and (iii) only those weight vectors with strictly positive input and output weights, each of which is jointly optimal in DEA for all the model DMUs. In each of these cases we show that the CR-DEA efficiency scores can be obtained or approximated by estimating either a VEA model or a series of VEA models, without the need of identifying a priori the set of feasible weight vectors. We illustrate the usefulness of our results by means of an empirical application using data on Japanese regional banks.
Censorship and Creative Communities: Fragility and Change of Fanfiction Writing in China
Authors: Wang Ran 
Published: October 2024

AbstractResearch on cultural production has recognized that artistic creation, especially fandom subcultures, depends on social interaction within artworlds. Yet less research has examined how creative production functions when exogenous social forces disrupt key forms of interaction. This study leverages the case of Chinese fanfiction writers’ response when state censorship interrupts and threatens fanfiction writing to better understand the vulnerability of creative communities. Based on interviews with Chinese fanfiction writers who experienced an unexpected intensification of online censorship in 2020, and following fandom studies in understanding fanfiction as rooted in a gift economy, I show how censorship discouraged writing by destabilizing interaction and interfering with gift exchanges. I find that censorship transformed cultural production by (1) reorganizing and fragmenting networks, (2) reshaping the meaning of visibility, and (3) opening up new opportunities in a disintegrated community. As this study argues, we need to go beyond asking whether censorship is effectively destructive or not. While creative communities are vulnerable to outside disruption, especially in online space, the pressure of censorship leads to new conventions, networks, and fields for artistic creation as censorship does not simply strangle creativity.
Merging Worklife Organizational Innovation and Educational Programs: Promoting Continuous Adaptations to the Global Economy
Authors: Haga Trond Sanne , Ravn Johan E. , Alias Oier Imaz , Greenwood Davydd J. 
Published: October 2024

AbstractThis essay honors the accomplishments of Morten Levin both by analyzing some of the key innovative educational programs he created and by extending the elements of that analysis to two other cases, that of Aker Solutions and the Mondragon Cooperatives. We acknowledge that the relationship between higher education institutions and manufacturing-service-public sector organizations is multiplex and has undergone multiple transformations over the decades. It is also affected by the national political economy and the scope and diversity of the higher education sector itself. Creating sustained and yet dynamic relations among these actors in service of both higher education and the efficacy and innovativeness of worklife organizations is a significant challenge which all the cases we present have addressed with some success. What the efforts have in common is a democratizing action research built on an ethos and worldview of the benefits of collaboration and co-creation, and organizational capabilities built on Actor Network strategies to promote collaboration and innovation as a way of adapting to the rapidly changing world conditions effectively. We argue that there are many more such examples in existence and that a key role for action research is to document them, show how more collaborative and adaptive organizational processes are possible and show how neoliberal New Public Management is an authoritarian “wrong turn” with dire consequences. Ultimately, this essay is an argument against the “iron cage” view of bureaucracy as always coercive and stultifying and show that it is not bureaucracy but the authoritarian approaches to creating coercive bureaucracies that destroy organizational collaborations and innovation.
Zur Wirksamkeit von systemischem Coaching im Arbeits- und Organisationskontext – Eine Metaanalyse
Authors: Bachmann Thomas , Willermann Lena 
Published: October 2024

ZusammenfassungIn der vorliegenden Metaanalyse werden Studien zur Wirksamkeit von professionellem systemischem Coaching im Einzelsetting gesichtet, systematisiert und statistisch zusammengefasst. Dabei werden die dokumentierten Wirkungen nach emotionalen, kognitiven und behavioralen Effekten kategorisiert. Insgesamt flossen k = 24 Studien mit 52 Effekten und n = 1405 Personen in die vorliegende Analyse ein. Eine Systematisierung nach Wirkfaktoren war aufgrund der Heterogenität der Studien nicht möglich. Im Ergebnis zeigen sich mittlere bis starke Effekte der Wirksamkeit von professionellem systemischem Coaching. Abschließend werden methodische Fragestellungen und weitere Forschungsansätze diskutiert.
Anti-Populism of the Left, Right, and Centre: Varieties of Anti-Populist Party Politics in the European “Populist Moment”
Authors: Kim Seongcheol 
Published: October 2024

AbstractThis paper examines varieties of anti-populist party politics from left to right that emerged against the backdrop of the much-discussed “populist moment” of the mid- to late 2010s in Europe. Situating the analysis in the special issue’s interest in an “anti-populist moment” that discursively co-constituted this “populist moment,” the paper keys in on the anti-populist campaign discourses of three political parties that took centre stage in the 2017 national parliamentary elections in their respective countries: GreenLeft in the Netherlands, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in Germany, and the Civic Democratic Party (ODS) in the Czech Republic. Drawing on and further developing a discursive approach to anti-populism as a political logic following Essex School or post-foundational discourse analysis, the paper identifies three distinct anti-populist constructions of the perceived threat of “populism”: a left-wing agonistic equating of populism with right-wing politics, a liberal-conservative claim to the centre ground against a horseshoe-like populist threat from left and right, and a right-wing appeal to resist an unholy alliance of “populists and communists.” The analysis situates each variety of anti-populism diachronically in these parties’ previous discursive-strategic orientations, especially their anti-far-right (GreenLeft) or anti-communist (CDU, ODS) appeals, as well as their subsequent developments over time.
Effect of layer thickness on the thermoelectric properties of fully sprayed poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl) thin films doped with chloroauric acid
Authors: Sochor Benedikt , Schraad Simon , Huber Linus F. , Hexemer Alexander , Laarmann Tim , Vayalil Sarathlal Koyiloth , Müller-Buschbaum Peter , Roth Stephan V. 
Published: October 2024

AbstractThe thermoelectric properties of fully sprayed thin films of poly(3-hexylthiophen-2,5-diyl) (P3HT) doped with chloroauric acid are investigated for different film thicknesses. The film thickness increases logarithmically with increasing amount of deposited material on the surfaces. Both the electrical conductivity and measured Seebeck coefficients of the doped thin films show an optimal polymer layer thickness between 275 and 310 nm and yield a maximum power factor of $$(1.77\,\pm \,0.22) \frac{\mu \text {W}}{\text {m}\cdot \text {K}^2}$$

(
1.77

±

0.22
)

μ
W

m
·

K
2

. The optimum layer thickness results from the optimal amount of dopant molecules per monomer between 1.1 and 1.3 at these ratios of P3HT and HAuCl$$_4$$

4

for the thin film fabrication.
Exploring the lived experience and coping strategies of Fear of Missing Out (FoMO) among emerging adults
Authors: Littman-Ovadia Hadassah , Russo-Netzer Pninit 
Published: October 2024

AbstractThe Fear of Missing Out (FoMO) phenomenon has become increasingly prevalent in the 21st century, fueled by the rise of social media. FoMO, characterized by the apprehension that others may be having more rewarding experiences and a desire to stay continually connected, has significant implications for mental health, particularly among emerging adults. This qualitative study aims to explore the subjective lived experiences of FoMO and the coping strategies employed by emerging adults. Data were collected through in-depth interviews, and thematic analysis was used to interpret the data. The findings revealed that participants experienced FoMO as involving feelings of exclusion, disconnection, and inadequacy upon becoming aware of experiences peers were having. However, FoMO was also perceived as an important signal of unmet needs, prompting reflection on the misalignment between one’s actual life and desired life. FoMO was amplified in contexts involving identity formation and pivotal life choices, such as social, professional (education/work/career), and dating situations. Participants described various spontaneous coping strategies, such as cognitive reappraisal and perspective-taking to reframe it constructively, emotional coping through self-soothing, and behavioral approaches like temporarily disconnecting from social media. These self-initiated coping methods suggest a potential for developing new interventions aimed at empowering emerging adults to manage the effects of FoMO on their well-being. While most research emphasizes the connection between FoMO and technology, this study advances the understanding of FoMO by highlighting its characteristics as an everyday experience in various life domains along with ways of coping during the developmental period of emerging adulthood.
Long-term safety profile of sutimlimab in adult Japanese patients with cold agglutinin disease
Authors: Miyakawa Yoshitaka , Sato Eriko , Ogawa Yoshiaki , Nishimura Jun-ichi , Nishimi Masashi , Kawaguchi Osamu , Tahara Sayaka , Yamaguchi Masaki 
Published: October 2024

AbstractSutimlimab, a complement inhibitor, has recently been approved in Japan for treating cold agglutinin disease (CAD). We report the safety and efficacy of sutimlimab in Japanese patients with CAD who completed a global phase 3 clinical trial (CARDINAL/CADENZA: 26-week treatment with 1–2 years of open-label extension [OLE] periods) and subsequently participated in the Japanese OLE study. Patients with a recent history of blood transfusion (CARDINAL, n = 3) and those without (CADENZA, n = 4) were analyzed (71.4% female; median [range] baseline age: 70 [46–83] years). For CARDINAL/CADENZA, the treatment duration (median [range]) was 140.9 (104.9–157.3) weeks, and the cessation period was 70 (61–133) weeks. For the Japanese OLE study, the treatment duration was 47.1 (15.1–49.1) weeks. Three (42.9%) patients experienced treatment-related and treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs): injection site erythema, cystitis bacterial, viral infection, and blood pressure increased during CARDINAL/CADENZA. One (14.3%) patient experienced one treatment-related TEAE (urinary tract infection) during the Japanese OLE study. One patient died of renal failure, considered unrelated to sutimlimab, that was exacerbated by hepatorenal syndrome due to liver cirrhosis and bacterial peritonitis, in addition to CKD. Hemoglobin and bilirubin levels improved during treatment but deteriorated after withdrawal and recovered on retreatment. Sutimlimab was well tolerated over a median of 3.8 years, with no new safety concerns identified during retreatment.
Notes on pseudo symmetric and pseudo Ricci symmetric generalized Robertson–Walker space-times
Authors: Syied Abdallah Abdelhameed , De Uday Chand , Bin Turki Nasser , Vîlcu Gabriel-Eduard 
Published: October 2024

AbstractWe establish two key results regarding pseudo symmetric and pseudo Ricci symmetric space-times. Firstly, we demonstrate that in pseudo symmetric generalized Robertson-Walker space-times either the scalar curvature remains constant or the associated vector field $$B_{i}$$

B
i

is irrotational. Secondly, in pseudo Ricci symmetric generalized Robertson-Walker space-times, we establish that either the scalar curvature is zero or the associated vector field $$A_{i}$$

A
i

is irrotational. We identify the conditions to ensure both $$B_{i}$$

B
i

and $$A_{i}$$

A
i

of these manifolds are acceleration-free and vorticity-free. We provide evidence that a pseudo symmetric and pseudo Ricci symmetric GRW space-time can be described as a perfect fluid. In a pseudo symmetric space-time, the state equation is given by $$p=\frac{4-n}{ 2n-2}\mu $$

p
=

4
-
n

2
n
-
2

μ

, whereas in a pseudo Ricci symmetric space-time, the state equation takes the form $$p=\frac{3-n}{n-1}\mu $$

p
=

3
-
n

n
-
1

μ

, where p and $$\mu $$
μ
are the isotropic pressure and the energy density. It is noteworthy that if $$n=4$$

n
=
4

, a pseudo symmetric space-time corresponds to the dust matter era, while a pseudo Ricci symmetric space-time corresponds to the phantom era.
Digital Duplicates, Relational Scarcity, and Value: Commentary on Danaher and Nyholm (2024)
Authors: Voinea Cristina , Mann Sebastian Porsdam , Register Christopher , Savulescu Julian , Earp Brian D. 
Published: October 2024

AbstractDanaher and Nyholm (2024a) have recently proposed that digital duplicates—such as fine-tuned, “personalized” large language models that closely mimic a particular individual—might reduce that individual’s scarcity and thus increase the amount of instrumental value they can bring to the world. In this commentary, we introduce the notion of relational scarcity and explore how digital duplicates would affect the value of interpersonal relationships.
Criticality assessment for raw materials: perspectives and focuses
Authors: Schicho Michaela , Tercero Espinoza Luis 
Published: October 2024

AbstractOver the last two decades, several methodologies have been developed to assess raw material criticality, and, more precisely, analyze risks jeopardizing a secure raw material supply in the present and the future. The scientific community has not yet established an international consensus on how to evaluate these risks. This might seem surprising, but is a logical outcome of differences in defining aspects such as strategic interests, local resource availability, past experiences of resource shortages or dependencies, the respective international context, and many others. These factors depend strongly on context and can vary over time. To associate methodological choices with different perspectives, this paper introduces a selection of major criticality studies, and anchors them in time, the economic position of the focal actor of the analysis, as well as the system under study. We find that the development of criticality methodologies is largely driven by demand-sided actors and has gained in detail and exhaustiveness over time. The evaluation of supply risk is central to all methodologies, whereas the associated damage is assessed at different levels depending on the complexity of the regarded system. Depending on the system perspective, the final purpose of the criticality assessment can vary from informing policies, comparing alternatives, identifying bottlenecks, or developing mitigation strategies.
Static or dynamic pear shapes in radioactive nucleus 224Rn?
Authors: Wu Xian-Ye , Cao Jin-Ze , Zhao Kun-Ning , Liu Zhong-Min , Xiang Jian , Zhou En-Fu 
Published: October 2024

AbstractWe report a comprehensive study on low-lying parity doublet states of 224Rn by mixing both quadrupole- and octupole-shaped configurations in multireference covariant density functional theory, in which broken symmetries in configurations are restored using projection techniques. The low-lying energy spectrum is reasonably reproduced when the shape fluctuations in both the quadrupole and octupole shapes are considered. Electric octupole transition strength in 224Rn is found to be $$B(E3; 3^-_1 \rightarrow 0^+_1)=43$$

B
(
E
3
;

3
1
-

→

0
1
+

)
=
43

W.u., comparable to that in 224Ra, whose data are 42(3) W.u.. Our results indicate that 224Rn shares similar low-energy structure with 224Ra despite the excitation energy of first $$3^-$$

3
-

state of the former nucleus is higher than that of the latter. This study suggests 224Rn is a candidate for the search for permanent electric dipole moment.
Quarta: quantum supervised and unsupervised learning for binary classification in domain-incremental learning
Authors: Loglisci Corrado , Malerba Donato , Pascazio Saverio 
Published: October 2024

AbstractQuantum machine learning recently gained prominence due to the promise of quantum computers in solving machine learning problems that are intractable on a classical computer. Nevertheless, several studies on problems which remain challenging for classical computing algorithms are emerging. One of these is classifying continuously incoming data instances in incremental fashion, which is studied in this paper through a hybrid computational solution that combines classical and quantum techniques. Hybrid approaches represents one of the current ways for the use of quantum computation in practical applications. In this paper, we show how typical issues of domain-incremental learning can be equally addressed with the properties of quantum mechanics, until to offer often better results. We propose the framework QUARTA to combine algorithms of quantum supervised learning, that is, variational quantum circuits, and techniques used in quantum unsupervised learning, that is, distance estimation. We aim at keeping the classification capabilities, which have learned on previously processed data instances, preserved as much as possible, and then acquiring new knowledge on new data instances. Experiments are performed on real-world datasets with quantum simulators.
Altitude, Land Use and Soil Depth Effects on Earthworm Density and its Relationship to Soil Properties in an On-Farm Study
Authors: Adhikari Ameeta , Bajgai Yadunath , Rabgyal Jimba , Lal Rattan , Tshering Nima , Gurung Sarda , Wangdi Tashi 
Published: October 2024

Abstract
Purpose
Earthworms play a critical role in soil ecosystem functions through the cycling of organic matter and nutrients. However, some land uses or environmental conditions are more favorable habitats for them than others. Thus, the objectives of this study were to evaluate the prevalence of earthworm density and its relationship to land uses and soil properties.

Methods
The study was conducted in three districts (Wangdue Phodrang, Chhukha and Dagana) in Bhutan in three land uses (organic fields - OrgF, conventional fields - ConF and natural vegetation - NatV) under three altitudes (high-, mid- and low-altitudes) and three soil depths.

Results
Overall, earthworm density at high-altitude was significantly (P < 0.001) higher than that at mid- and low-altitude sites. Further, across altitudes and soil depths, OrgF sites had a significantly (P < 0.001) higher earthworm density (120 earthworms m− 2) compared to that in the NatV (56 earthworms m− 2) and ConF (43 earthworms m− 2) sites, and the density decreased significantly (P < 0.001) and successively with the increase in soil depth. The coefficient of determination (R2 ≥ 0.51; P < 0.001) showed a positive and moderate relationship between the earthworm density with soil organic C and total N in OrgF sites, but the relationship was weak (R2 ≤ 0.22) in the ConF or none in the NatV sites.

Conclusions
Substituting chemical fertilizers with organic manures could increase earthworm density by enhancing soil health through the cycling of organic materials and nutrients in the soil. The findings demonstrate empirical evidence for earthworm prevalence in different land use types across altitudinal gradients and provide valuable decision-making insights to land users and policymakers alike.