bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Tighter uncertainty relations based on Wigner–Yanase skew information for N quantum channels
Authors: Zhang Quan , Zheng Xu , Guo Qiong 
Published: August 2024

Abstract
In this paper, we build some uncertainty relations for arbitrary N quantum channels based on the Wigner–Yanase skew information. It is shown that our lower bounds are stronger than the ones proposed by Zhang et al (2021 Phys. Lett. A 387 127029; 2021 Laser Phys. Lett.
18 095204) respectively in all intervals. In particular, we derive several uncertainty relations for N unitary channels. Moreover, we establish several descending sequences of lower bounds for the uncertainty relations of N quantum channels. Detailed examples are provided.
Pairing correlation of the kagome-lattice Hubbard model with the nearest-neighbor interaction
Authors: Yang 杨 Chen 晨 , Chen 陈 Chao 超 , Ma 马 Runyu 润宇 , Liang 梁 Ying 颖 , Ma 马 Tianxing 天星 
Published: August 2024

Abstract
A recently discovered family of kagome lattice materials, AV3Sb5 (A = K,Rb,Cs), has attracted great interest, especially in the debate over their dominant superconducting pairing symmetry. To explore this issue, we study the superconducting pairing behavior within the kagome-lattice Hubbard model through the constrained path Monte Carlo method. It is found that doping around the Dirac point generates a dominant next-nearest-neighbor-d pairing symmetry driven by on-site Coulomb interaction U. However, when considering the nearest-neighbor interaction V, it may induce nearest-neighbor-p pairing to become the preferred pairing symmetry. Our results provide useful information to identify the dominant superconducting pairing symmetry in the AV3Sb5 family.
Generation of broadband polarization-orthogonal photon pairs via the dispersion-engineered thin-film lithium niobate waveguide
Authors: Zhang 张 Ji-Ning 继宁 , Zhang 张 Tong-Yu 同宇 , Duan 端 Jia-Chen 家晨 , Gong 龚 Yan-Xiao 彦晓 , Zhu 祝 Shi-Ning 世宁 
Published: August 2024

Abstract
Broadband photon pairs are highly desirable for quantum metrology, quantum sensing, and quantum communication. Such sources are usually designed through type-0 phase-matching spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC) that makes the photon pairs hard to separate in the frequency-degenerate case and thus limits their applications. In this paper, we design a broadband frequency-degenerate telecom-band photon pair source via the type-II SPDC in a dispersion-engineered thin-film lithium niobate waveguide, where the polarization modes of photon pairs are orthogonal and thus are easily separated deterministically. With a 5-mm-long waveguide, our design can achieve a bandwidth of 5.56 THz (44.8 nm), which is 8.6 times larger than that of the bulk lithium niobate, and the central wavelength can be flexibly adjusted. Our design is a promising approach towards high-quality integrated photon sources and may have wide applications in photonic quantum technologies.
Anisotropic regularization for inversion of fast-ion loss detector measurements
Authors: Simmendefeldt Schmidt Bo , Sauer Jørgensen Jakob , Rueda-Rueda José , Galdon-Quíroga Joaquín , García-Muñoz Manuel , Salewski Mirko ,   the ASDEX Upgrade Team
Published: August 2024

Abstract
We introduce an anisotropic regularization framework for the reconstruction of distribution functions from measurements, utilizing an approach that applies distinct regularization techniques such as non-negative constrained Tikhonov, total variation, and Besov-space priors, either penalizing the one-norm or the two-norm, in each dimension to reflect the anisotropic characteristics of the multidimensional data. This method, applied to fast-ion loss detector (FILD) measurements, demonstrates a significant improvement over conventional nonnegative-constrained zeroth-order Tikhonov regularization because the prior information of the form of the distribution allows better reconstructions. The validity of the approach is corroborated through FILD measurements of prompt fast-ion losses in an ASDEX Upgrade discharge, where the reconstructed distribution function agrees well with the prompt-loss distribution predicted by ASCOT simulations. Moreover, we develop a composite quality metric, Q, that combines the mean squared error and the Jaccard index for a comprehensive evaluation of reconstruction accuracy and spatial fidelity. Finally, anisotropic regularization is applied to FILD measurements at ASDEX Upgrade to study fast-ion acceleration by edge-localized modes. The refined analysis resolves fine structure in the pitch of the accelerated ions and clearly shows that some ions are accelerated to over twice the injection energy.
The crossover from a dynamical percolation class to a directed percolation class on a two dimensional lattice
Authors: Saif M Ali 
Published: August 2024

Abstract
We study the crossover phenomena from the dynamical percolation class (DyP) to the directed percolation class (DP) in the model of disease spreading, susceptible-infected-refractory-susceptible (SIRS) on a two-dimensional lattice. In this model, agents of three species S, I, and R on a lattice react as follows:

S
+
I
→
I
+
I

with probability λ,

I
→
R

after infection time τ

I
and

R
→
I

after recovery time τ

R
. Depending on the value of the parameter τ

R
, the SIRS model can be reduced to the following two well-known special cases. On the one hand, when

τ
R

→
0

, the SIRS model reduces to the SIS model. On the other hand, when

τ
R

→
∞

the model reduces to the SIR model. It is known that whereas the SIS model belongs to the DP universality class, the SIR model belongs to the DyP universality class. We can deduce from the model dynamics that SIRS will behave as the SIS model for any finite values of τ

R
. The model will behave as SIR only when

τ
R

=
∞

. Using Monte Carlo simulations, we show that as long as the τ

R
is finite the SIRS belong to the DP university class. We also study the phase diagram and analyze the scaling behavior of this model along the critical line. By numerical simulations and analytical arguments, we find that the crossover from DyP to DP is described by the crossover exponent

1

/

ϕ
=
0.67
(
2
)

.
Seed coating formula made from plant-based fungicide to maintain the quality of cocoa seeds (Theobroma cacao L.)
Authors: Fitri IK , Sutrisno  , Samsudin  
Published: August 2024

Abstract
Cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) is one of the largest commodities in Indonesia and is a very important commodity in world trade. Providing cacao seeds in the form of beans for rootstock often encounters problems, because they have a short shelf life and are easily contaminated by fungus, so they require proper handling. This research aims to analyze the effect of using seed coating made with a combination of several plant-based fungicides on the quality of cacao seeds. Forastero cacao beans with an average moisture content above 30% were used as research material. Seed coating solution made from pectin, with a combination of 3% and 5% each of citronella oil, clove oil, and nutmeg oil. Seed coating was applied using the dipping method once for five minutes. The research results showed that the combination of pectin and plant-based fungicides affected maintaining the quality of cacao seeds, i.e., minimizing contaminants, moisture content losses, seeds germinating at storage, rotted seeds at storage, and germination rate. From all six seed coating solutions investigated, seed coating with a combination of pectin and 5% nutmeg oil is the best one to maintain the quality of cacao seeds.
Performance and Economic Evaluation of Rice Combine Harvester in the Innovation Village of Subang, West Java, Indonesia
Authors: Desrial  , Fauzan I D , Wiyono S 
Published: August 2024

Abstract
Traditional rice harvesting in Indonesia involves manual techniques with significant grain loss. This study assesses the performance and economic viability of a rice harvester, comparing it to manual methods in Subang Innovation Village. The research examines various parameters, including performance indicators (effective field capacity, theoretical field capacity, field efficiency, and harvesting losses) and economic indicators (harvesting costs). Results show that manual cutting yields an average effective field capacity of 0.021 ha/hour/person and a field efficiency of 82.5%, while combine harvester-assisted cutting achieves 0.504 ha/hour with a field efficiency of 82.2%. Combine harvesters significantly reduce losses to 0.07%, and the associated cost drops from 3,531,577 Rp/ha for manual harvesting to 1,857,143 Rp/ha with combine harvesters.
Heat Transfer Analysis of Double Pipe Condenser on the Liquid Smoke Production of Cocoa Pod Husk Using Computational Fluid Dynamics
Authors: Sucahyo L , Ihsan F H , Yulianto M , Samsudin  , Supriyanto  
Published: August 2024

Abstract
Cocoa pod husk (CPH) is the waste material generated during cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) production after removing the beans from the fruit. One utilization of CPH is pyrolysis, which produces charcoal and liquid smoke. The condensation process of liquid smoke occurs in the double pipe condenser. The parameter of temperature is very influential on the yield of liquid smoke production. This study aims to conduct heat transfer analysis on a double pipe heat exchanger as a condenser with CPH material using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). Pyrolysis was carried out with three variations of CPH mass 250, 500, and 1000 gr. The condenser uses counter water flow as a coolant at an input temperature of 25.22-25.54 °C and a debit rate of 2.43 L/h. The experimental results showed the temperature of the pyrolysis reactor ranged from 732.97-822.01 °C, the smoke 72.15-94.06 °C, the liquid smoke 27.91-30.95 °C and the water outlet 29.13-32.84 °C. The yield of charcoal produced is 34.05-41.21%, and the yield of liquid smoke is 21.32-30.85%. Simulation with CFD shows that the temperature distribution in the condenser was close to the actual conditions at an error value of 16.20%. The total heat transfer of the liquid smoke condensation process in the condenser for a mass of 250, 500, and 1000 gr, respectively, were 4.971, 7.95, and 11.863 watts. The best quality results of liquid smoke were obtained at pyrolysis treatment of 250 gr with a pH value of 3.84, total acid 2,04%, phenol value of 0,16%, density 995.55 g/L, and yellow to brown colour.
Prediction of the purity of stingless bee honey using fluorescence-based UV-visible spectrum data with a generative model approach
Authors: Maulana Hata , Purwanto Yohanes Aris , Wijaya Sony Hartono , Sukoco Heru , Suhandy Diding 
Published: August 2024

Abstract
The stingless bee has limitations in producing honey, the price of the honeycomb is relatively more expensive, and the characteristic of honey is that it has a high water content, which affects the short shelf life. According to information obtained from cultivators in several different locations, managing this type of honey also has a number of challenges. Starting from weather factors that influence food/vegetation conditions, limited markets, and to predators that are always lurking. From these several things, the opportunity for the presence of innovation on the downstream side could help significantly in meeting the need for stingless honey products whose purity is maintained. Several studies in the field of spectroscopy show that some of the algorithms used are discriminant model approaches. One of the problems of using discriminant models that is observed in this research is the overlapping data distribution, high outliers, and the accuracy and performance values of the model can still be improved. A generative model approach with Expectation Maximization (EM) algorithm for this research shows the results of increasing the accuracy value from 89% to 94%, and the model performance shows from 2.8 seconds to 0.5 seconds.
Fluid-structure interaction modeling of dry wire drawing by coupling OpenFOAM models of lubricant film and metal wire
Authors: Vervaecke M , Fauconnier D , Degroote J 
Published: August 2024

Abstract
A steady 2D axisymmetric fluid-structure interaction model of dry wire drawing is developed to numerically investigate the interaction between the thin lubricant film and the plastically deforming steel wire. To reduce the computational cost, a layering technique is implemented in the axially moving structure. Additionally, a no-slip condition, imposed on the implemented sliding fluid-structure interaction interface, captures accurately the physics during the plastic deformation of the wire. An Arbitrary-Langrangian-Eulerian cell-centred finite volume solution methodology using pimpleFoam has been adopted to model the fluid, while a Lagrangian cell-centred finite volume solution methodology in foam-Extend executes the structural calculations. Moreover, the Python-based in-house FSI coupling code CoCoNuT performs the coupling of the flow solver and the structural solver by using the quasi- Newton IQN-ILS technique. The stresses with corresponding displacements are shown on the structure side. On the fluid side, the focus is on the behaviour of the loads of the lubricant. Additionally, the evolution of the fluid film thickness and the lubricant flow field are validated in terms of Couette and Poiseuille flow. Finally, the presented multi-physical problem shows a converged solution with a good performance of the IQN-ILS solver.
Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances removal in water and wastewater treatment plants: overall efficiency and performance of adsorption
Authors: Peng Yaru , Hu Wei , Niu Xi-Zhi 
Published: August 2024

Abstract
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in aqueous environment attracted prodigious attention due to the deleterious effects and environmental persistence. Many studies suggested that adsorption is an economical and efficient method to remove PFAS and a variety of adsorbents were developed. However, few adsorbents were conveniently applicable in real wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) or drinking water treatment plants (DWTPs). This review discusses the gap between laboratory results of PFAS removal by adsorbents and the realistic efficiency in water treatment. First, the overall performance of PFAS removal by conventional WWTPs and DWTPs was discussed. Second, PFAS removal efficiencies by different units along the treatment trains of DWTPs were compared and summarized. Third, benchtop results for the efficiency of different adsorbents including activated carbon, ion exchange resin, minerals, and metal–organic frameworks were reviewed. These studies collectively concluded that dissolved organic matter in water is the most consequential component influencing the absorptive removal of PFAS; PFAS removal efficacy was discounted in water enriched in organic matter due to competitive absorption. To obtain application implications, research on novel adsorbents of high selectivity is suggested to couple with realistic demonstration. As the battle with ‘forever chemicals’ escalates, this is a timely and insightful review to help future research efforts bridge the gaps between laboratory performance and realistic removal of PFAS applying adsorbents.
Collaborative Governance of the EU Digital Single Market Established by the Digital Services Act
Authors: Schneider Jens-Peter , Siegrist Kester , Oles Simon 
Published: August 2024

Abstract
This chapter focuses on decision-making procedures implementing EU policies for the Digital Single Market, specifically addressing the gatekeeper function of very large online platforms (VLOPs) and very large online search engines (VLOSEs). It explores the evolution of EU legislation, particularly the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and the Digital Services Act (DSA), to regulate the private governance of significant portions of the digital economy. The chapter analyses the collaborative governance approach, incorporating due diligence obligations and accountability structures for these platforms, and examines the impact on public values such as democracy and free speech. Additionally, it highlights knowledge gaps and epistemic uncertainties related to the economic and societal impacts of the expanding digital economy, emphasizing the need for effective sector-specific regulation and coordination among competent authorities.
Intervention in Private Life
Authors: Vale Gina 
Published: August 2024

Abstract
This chapter shifts focus to Islamic State’s (IS) increasing intervention in civilians’ private lives. Through its directives on family relations, marriage rites, and even raising children, IS sought to instil its values into the hearts and households of its governed populations. The dissolution of boundaries between the private home space and the public sphere was neither universally experienced nor welcomed, prompting the need for a more complex understanding of ‘private’ acts and their significance for those differentially located in relation to axes of power. For some women, physical seclusion within the private home space offered a ‘safe haven’ from public scrutiny, discrimination, and violence. For others, particularly Yazidi captives, the domestic sphere constituted an unregulated space of victimization, wherein private violations—some perpetrated by pro-IS women—served an ideo-political purpose. In this context, women’s resilience and acts of private resistance take on public, political significance.
Plastome evolution in Santalales involves relaxed selection prior to loss of ndh genes and major boundary shifts of the inverted repeat
Authors: Edlund Maja , Anderson Benjamin M , Su Huei-Jiun , Robison Tanner , Caraballo-Ortiz Marcos A , Der Joshua P , Nickrent Daniel L , Petersen Gitte 
Published: August 2024

Abstract

Background and Aims
Biological aspects of haustorial parasitism have significant effects on the configuration of the plastid genome. Approximately half the diversity of haustorial parasites belongs to the order Santalales, where a clearer picture of plastome evolution in relation to parasitism is starting to emerge. However, in previous studies of plastome evolution there is still a notable under-representation of members from non-parasitic and deep-branching hemiparasitic lineages, limiting evolutionary inference around the time of transition to a parasitic lifestyle. To expand taxon sampling relevant to this transition we therefore targeted three families of non-parasites (Erythropalaceae, Strombosiaceae and Coulaceae), two families of root-feeding hemiparasites (Ximeniaceae and Olacaceae) and two families of uncertain parasitic status (Aptandraceae and Octoknemaceae). With data from these lineages we aimed to explore plastome evolution in relation to the evolution of parasitism.

Methods
From 29 new samples we sequenced and annotated plastomes and the nuclear ribosomal cistron. We examined phylogenetic patterns, plastome evolution, and patterns of relaxed or intensified selection in plastid genes. Available transcriptome data were analysed to investigate potential transfer of infA to the nuclear genome.

Results
Phylogenetic relationships indicate a single functional loss of all plastid ndh genes (ndhA–K) in a clade formed by confirmed parasites and Aptandraceae, and the loss coincides with major size and boundary shifts of the inverted repeat (IR) region. Depending on an autotrophic or heterotrophic lifestyle in Aptandraceae, plastome changes are either correlated with or pre-date the evolution of parasitism. Phylogenetic patterns also indicate repeated loss of infA from the plastome, and based on the presence of transcribed sequences with presequences corresponding to thylakoid luminal transit peptides, we infer that the genes were transferred to the nuclear genome.

Conclusions
Except for the loss of the ndh complex, relatively few genes have been lost from the plastome in deep-branching root parasites in Santalales. Prior to loss of the ndh genes, they show signs of relaxed selection indicative of their dispensability. To firmly establish a potential correlation between ndh gene loss, plastome instability and evolution of parasitism, it is pertinent to refute or confirm a parasitic lifestyle in all Santalales clades.
Community as Gesamtkunstwerk: Dick Ket’s Self-Portraiture and the Debt of Epic Film
Authors: Lebas Huber Stephanie 
Published: August 2024

Abstract
This essay posits that Weimar-era film sets—in their evocation of Richard Wagner’s concept of the Gesamtkunstwerk—served as a previously unseen visual source for painters that in some cases pushed back against interwar aesthetics of power. Focusing on the Dutch figurative painter Dick Ket, it investigates the ways in which this artist’s self-portraits from 1930–1940 acted as a memory index of his experience of the mises-en-scènes in Fritz Lang’s 1924 epic two-part film Die Nibelungs through Langian devices such as heavy geometric patterning, leitmotifs and subjugation of the human figure to the set. Ket’s work evinces the artist’s own sensation of confinement in his parents’ home as a result of a terminal heart condition while also reckoning with Adolf Hitler’s extremist rhetoric and expansionist policies in the years that preceded the German Occupation of the Netherlands.
653 An Audit of the Cancer Diagnosis Timeline Utilising a Telephone Triage System in the Two Week Wait (2WW) Head & Neck (H&N) ENT Clinic
Authors: Mandal P , Dranova S , Rajmohan S , Molena E 
Published: August 2024

Abstract

Aim
There is increasing focus on re-designing 2WW clinic pathways to improve their efficiency – aiming to diagnose cancer within 28 days and deliver treatment within 62 days. Our audit assessed if implementing a telephone triage system via a H&N Clinical Nurse Specialist could achieve this in the H&N 2WW Clinics.

Method
Following local audit approval, H&N 2WW referrals to the ENT department were reviewed – 2 months data prior to telephone triaging, and 2 months data utilising telephone triage as an adjunct to clinic. Patient demographics, primary referral symptom, diagnosis, timeline of consultations, and treatment were recorded using clinic letters, electronic records, and MDT outcomes.

Results
273 patients were analysed; identification of 12 cancer patients from before telephone triage dataset and 14 cancer patients from the after dataset (non-H&N cancers, patients from other hospitals and those under maxillofacial were excluded). Tere was no significant difference in mean time to initial consultation (p=0.1875), mean time to diagnosis (p=0.0620), or mean time till first definitive treatment (p=0.7747). Analysing telephone triage consults alone (n=7), the mean time to initial consultation was reduced (p=0.0198), but the mean time to diagnosis (p=0.3130) and first treatment (p=0.7542) were similar.

Conclusions
This audit demonstrates objective evidence that telephone triaging does not delay cancer clinics or treatment from the current standard. If patients referred to 2WW clinic are initially telephone triaged, there is potential to significantly reduce the time to initial contact and there may be greater patient acceptability in terms of patient transport, time taken off work, etc.