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BxC Toolkit: Generating Tailored Turbulent 3D Magnetic Fields
Authors: Maci Daniela , Keppens Rony , Bacchini Fabio 
Published: July 2024

Abstract
Turbulent states are ubiquitous in plasmas, and the understanding of turbulence is fundamental in modern astrophysics. Numerical simulations, which are the state-of-the-art approach to the study of turbulence, require substantial computing resources. Recently, attention shifted to methods for generating synthetic turbulent magnetic fields, affordably creating fields with parameter-controlled characteristic features of turbulence. In this context, the BxC toolkit was developed and validated against direct numerical simulations (DNSs) of isotropic turbulent magnetic fields. Here, we demonstrate novel extensions of BxC to generate realistic turbulent magnetic fields in a fast, controlled, geometric approach. First, we perform a parameter study to determine quantitative relations between the BxC input parameters and the desired characteristic features of the turbulent power spectrum, such as the extent of the inertial range, its spectral slope, and the injection and dissipation scale. Second, we introduce in the model a set of structured background magnetic fields,
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0, as a natural and more realistic extension to the purely isotropic turbulent fields. Third, we extend the model to include anisotropic turbulence properties in the generated fields. With all these extensions combined, our tool can quickly generate any desired structured magnetic field with controlled, anisotropic turbulent fluctuations, faster by orders of magnitude with respect to DNSs. These can be used, e.g., to provide initial conditions for DNSs or easily generate synthetic data for many astrophysical settings, all at otherwise unaffordable resolutions.
Crowdfunding Campaign Influences on Market Pricing Decisions
Authors: Konhaeusner Peter , Semmerau Sharon-Maria 
Published: July 2024

As an integral part of the marketing mix, pricing is related to the expected value of the products it supports (Feng et al. 2019, Zhang and Chiang 2020). The adequately set price will therefore result in a higher demand on the market and in maximizing the profit of the firm constrained by the quantity of products or services offered (Feng et al. 2019). Identifying, projecting, and influencing the price sensitivity of customers represents an important strategic marketing task (Graciola et al. 2018, Zhang and Tian 2021). Crowdfunding might be used as a preselling method as it supports the identification of target groups and future demand (Brown et al. 2017).
This article explores the possibility to use crowdfunding as a method to set the price for a subsequent market entry (Popp and Woratschek 2017, Pater and Cristea 2018, Dowling et al. 2019). Recent research highlighted how the pricing mechanisms in crowdfunding campaigns work, leaving out the managerial implications for the time after the campaign (Roma et al. 2018, Peng et al. 2020, Tseng 2021, Konhäusner et al. 2021). Furthermore, the right pricing for shares in an equity-based crowdfunding campaign has been analyzed, but the view has not been expanded outside of the campaign timeline (Krämer and Kalka 2016, Feng et al. 2019).
Therefore, this work discusses theoretically the use of crowdfunding campaigns as a pre-sale method to set the right price when launching the product on the market (Sayedi and Baghaie 2017). By means of case studies focusing on Kickstarter campaigns supported by data from Amazon using the online Tool Keepa, the article highlights the differences between the pricing strategy of the offered products in the crowdfunding campaigns and in the market after the successful ending of the campaign. It is discussed how crowdfunding campaigns can point customers towards new products and help marketers to set the right price based on the feedback from the crowd.
With the help of the different analyzed use cases, it became evident that the feedback from the crowdfunding users can help the campaign runners to set the pricing of a product. Furthermore, most of the campaign runners used the feedback of the successful campaigns to set even a higher price on the market.
Further research could evaluate unsuccessful crowdfunding campaigns which sell their products. Given more available data the analysis could be broadened to directly observe the difference in pricing between the last day of the campaign and the first day of the product on the market. Additionally, the adapted approach analyzing use cases in this study should be further applied and evaluated.
Exploring Identity and Possible Selves Across Ensemble Musicians
Authors: Adams Rebecca , Cartwright Philip A. , Barbolla Zapater Maria 
Published: July 2024

This research reports initial results from a study focused on better understanding the formation of self-identity and possible selves amongst a sample of professional musicians, dancers, and actors of various ages. The study dives deeper into applying the he original concept of possible selves to ensemble musicians.
Much literature concerns the development of self-identity and possible selves in adolescents, which is an important foundation for understanding the formation of identity. To dive deeper, this study also includes respondents of middle aged and elder respondents within performing arts.
The goal brings insight to how identity evolves throughout the entire lifespan of a performing artist with respect to their own attachment and conviction to the self. A secondary objective is to understand the extent to which perceptions of possible selves changes (typical of adolescents) amongst older respondents.
A survey consistent with meeting ethical standards is distributed electronically to a not-publicly available list of professional ensemble musicians, ballet dancers and actors. Twenty-five survey statements are presented in six categories: Association, Emotional Attachment, Conviction, External Factors, Goals and The Ensemble & Me. Five-point Likert scale responses are analyzed using conventional methods (i.e., correlation, cluster and factor analysis). Further, a Musical Identity Measure (MIM) consistent with other researchers is applied to investigate an individual's self-identities and possible selves and consistency relative to the six categories of questions.
The authors expect the results will provide insights into respondent self-identity based motivations to engage with performing arts activities and to the extent these activities and associations regulate behavior. Furthermore, identifying areas that require additional support or guidance, and supporting future oriented decision making. The measure may also support educators and researchers to better understand and support processes of development and skill acquisition, while upholding modifications and new investigation into self-identity for performing artists.
To access the references mentioned in the full length text please see the document attached titled "Selected References".
A new record and a novel morph description of Boiga stoliczkae (Squamata, Colubridae) from China
Authors: Weng Shiyang , Yang Dian-Cheng , Wei Cong , Li Peng , Cui Zhangbo , Jiang ZhiHao , Huang Song 
Published: July 2024

The Asian Cat Snake genus Boiga Fitzinger, 1826 includes 37 species, with high species diversity. Five species of Boiga have been recorded in China including B. multomaculata (Boie, 1827), B. kraepelini (Stejneger, 1902), B. cyanea (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854), B. guangxiensis (Wen, 1998) and B. siamensis (Nutaphand, 1971). Previously, the validity of the species Boiga stoliczkae (Wall, 1909) was controversial. B. stoliczkae was considered in synonymy with B. ochracea. Currently, the taxonomy of B. multomaculata and B. ochracea (Theobald, 1868) was revised so that B. multomaculata and B. ochracea actually represent a single species and B. stoliczkae was recognised as a valid species. B. stoliczkae was previously known to be found in the west from central Nepal through Darjeeling, Sikkim and Bhutan to Arunachal Pradesh and Assam in north-eastern India.
One adult female specimen of the Asian Cat Snake was collected from Gyirong County, near the China-Nepal border, Tibet, China during fieldwork on August 2023. We compared morphology and mitochondrial DNA sequence data with all the species of the genus Boiga. Both datasets strongly supported referring the Chinese specimens to B. stoliczkae (Wall, 1909) due to the 21 mid-dorsal scale rows and the uncorrected p-distance (mitochondrial DNA gene cytochrome b) between this specimen and B. stoliczkae which is 1.7%. We further described morphological characters of the Chinese specimen in detail and compared these with the specimens that had been previously described. The dorsal ground colour of the Chinese specimen is dark brown, with a black stripe distributed almost evenly across the tail. This is a novel morph of the species B. stoliczkae. The newly-collected Chinese specimen expands the distribution of the species on the Himalaya range.
Trends in American Alligator Pods in Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge
Authors: Brandt Laura A. 
Published: July 2024

Abstract
American alligators are an important component of the Greater Everglades, serving as ecosystem engineers, predator, and prey and are tightly tied to water depth patterns. Because of their importance to ecosystem function and link to hydrology, American alligators are an ecological indicator for Everglades restoration. I used data from fall nighttime spotlight surveys of American alligators in the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, to describe the trend in number of hatchling pods from 1998 to 2021 and relate that trend to hydrologic parameters hypothesized to influence American alligator production. I used an information-theoretic approach to evaluate 14 models created from combinations of year of observation and three hydrologic variables: average and range in water depth from 16 April of the previous year to 15 April of the nesting year (breeding potential window) and average water depth from 16 April to 31 May of the nesting year (courtship and mating window). Number of pods ranged from 16 in 1998 to 0 in 2011. Each of the four top models included year and one or more of the hydrologic variables as predictors and explained 26–34% (D-squared) of the variation in number of pods. Year was the predictor for which the 95% confidence interval (CI) did not contain 0 and indicated a declining trend (from −3 to −8%; 95% CI). I included all hydrologic variables in the top models, indicating that they contribute some information to explaining the trend; however, contrary to my hypotheses, there was not a clear relationship between any of the hydrologic variables and number of American alligator pods. I based my hypotheses on information synthesized in the American alligator production suitability index model used in Everglades restoration planning, and my results suggest the need for additional refinement of that model.
Notas sobre la primera jornada del manuscrito de Troya abrasada de Calderón (¿y Rojas Zorrilla?) Res. 78 de la BNE
Authors: Hernando Morata Isabel 
Published: July 2024

La segunda y tercera jornadas del manuscrito de Troya abrasada (Res. 78 de la BNE) son autógrafas de Calderón, mientras que la primera, atribuida por la tradición filológica a Juan de Zabaleta, fue copiada por tres amanuenses. Este artículo se propone detectar las intervenciones de los censores en la primera jornada, así como de Calderón, que realizó varios atajos y modificó drásticamente el final.
El laboratorio creativo de Juan Bautista Diamante, entre la escritura en solitario y la escritura en colaboración
Authors: Vaccari Debora 
Published: July 2024

En el artículo se estudian los autógrafos del dramaturgo Juan Bautista Diamante (1625-1687). Dos son de comedias escritas en solitario, El veneno para sí (1653) y La cruz de Caravaca (1664), y dos escritas en colaboración: la segunda mitad de la segunda jornada de Vida, muerte y colocación de San Isidro (1669) y la segunda jornada de El vaquero emperador y gran Tamerlán de Persia. Primera parte (1672).
The Lessons We Still Have to Learn from Nomima
Authors: Osborne Robin 
Published: July 2024

The two volumes of Nomima, published in 1994–5, were of great scientific importance. With a total of 211 inscription, they enabled new questions to be raised. This valuable work illuminates a range of themes from the archaic Greek world, including: civic identity, interactions with the gods in sanctuaries, Greek laws and also relations between cities. Nomima’s methodology is also innovative because it tries to understand archaic Greece through the historical perspective of the inscriptions. Thus, it offers a history of this period through the words of the inhabitants of Greek cities, evoking the problems of their daily lives that got inscribed. This article treats about Nomima’s organization, detailing their contribution volume by volume. Although now dated, there is still much to learn from Nomima.
The Public and the Private: kitharistai and a kerameus in Archaic Crete
Authors: Oikonomaki Niki , Tzifopoulos Yannis Z. 
Published: July 2024

This article presents two archaic inscriptions from Crete: a public contract from Eleftherna and a potter’s signature from Prinias. The reading of the kitharistas inscription offers new readings that were facilitated by a recently developed method of 3D imaging of squeezes. The potter’s signature discusses broader issues of private epigraphy in archaic Crete that seems to follow the epigraphical habits evident in other parts of the ancient world.
Le cautionnement est‑il mentionné dans les lois de Gortyne ?
Authors: Loginov Alexandr 
Published: July 2024

Cet article se focalise sur la signification des mots ἀν[δ]εκσάμ̣[ε]νος, ἀνδοκάν, ἀνδοκᾶδ, ἀνδέκσεται et [ἐν]κ̣οιοτάνς, ἐνκοιοτᾶν dans les lois de Gortyne du ve siècle av. J.‑C. Plusieurs chercheurs ont supposé que ces mots désignaient le cautionnement. Cette recherche a pour but de démontrer que cette supposition est plutôt erronée et que le cautionnement est difficile à imaginer dans les lois de Gortyne du ve siècle av. J.‑C. En plus, le cautionnement de l’époque classique n’était pas bien élaboré. Cette institution mettait en danger le créditeur et surtout la caution. Probablement c’est pour cette raison que le cautionnement ne se rencontre qu’à partir du ve siècle av. J.‑C. (il y a même des témoignages que la sûreté réelle était pour les athéniens plus préférable même au ive siècle av. J.‑C.). Il est difficile de trouver le cautionnement dans le droit civil des lois de Gortyne, qui est moins élaboré par rapport à celui des discours des orateurs athéniens.
Archaic Cretan Inscriptions: Texts or Things?
Authors: Whitley James 
Published: July 2024

Archaic Crete has recently received much attention from historians and epigraphers (Seelentag, 2015; Gagarin & Perlman, 2016). Both these works recognise that Cretan legal inscriptions are both things and texts: what matters is not only what the Greek words on the inscriptions say but also how and where they were set up (in or near sanctuaries, sometimes forming part of the fabric of temples) and what the words are written on (generally stone). This paper explores further the role of inscriptions as things and considers the “biography” (sensu Kopytoff, 1986) of three of them: the Dreros kosmos inscription (Gagarin & Perlman, 2016, 200–7); the Praisos Eteocretan inscription (IC 3.6.1); and the Gortyn Law Code itself (IC 4.72). In all cases the archaeological context matters. In both Praisos (Bosanquet, 1902) and Dreros (Gaignerot Driessen, 2013) the inscriptions were deliberately destroyed when their respective political communities were brought to an end in the 2nd century BCE—a fact which demonstrates their symbolic importance for these two political communities. The Gortyn Law Code however was not destroyed but later incorporated into a Roman Odeion. This surely has implications for our understanding of social memory in ancient Crete.
Nomima and the Laws of Ancient Crete: A Personal Memoire
Authors: Gagarin Michael 
Published: July 2024

My paper discusses the influence Nomima had on The Laws of Ancient Crete c. 650–400 BCE, a collection of inscriptions I produced together with my colleague Paula Perlman. Nomima influenced both the format and the content of our work. I also discuss the benefits of this format, which I feel is a model for epigraphical publication. I also describe the influence Henri van Effenterre had on me and my career and relate a few of the memorable episodes during the course of our thirty‑year friendship.
Local Scripts and State Formation in Northern Greece and the Northern Aegean
Authors: Boufalis Angelos 
Published: July 2024

Beyond the colonial city-states on the coast and their immediate vicinity, several local scripts are attested across the Thracian and Macedonian hinterland in the Archaic period. These are not only different to one another but also foreign to the area, coming either from the colonies or from other parts of Greece. Having demonstrated that a uniform script is characteristic of a state, it is argued that the lack of local scripts among the ethnê implies not just lack of a developed epigraphic habit, but also lack of developed political institutions. It is further argued that the earliest evidence of an epigraphic habit in Macedonia occurs in the latter half of the 4th century BCE, concurrently with the socio-political transformation of the kingdom following the consolidation of Macedonia in the mid‑4th century BCE.
« […] ces incendies de livres que je vais avoir tant de plaisir à filmer ». Fahrenheit 451 par François Truffaut
Authors: Saignes Anna 
Published: July 2024

Cet article se propose de réfléchir sur les raisons profondes qui ont pu inciter François Truffaut à adapter le roman de Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451. Il avance l’hypothèse que dans le roman de science-fiction le réalisateur emblématique de la Nouvelle Vague a trouvé matière à travailler l’idée d’une opposition entre les livres et les écrans (de télévision ou de cinéma) et à s’interroger sur la valeur rédemptrice de la littérature.
De la relégation à l’appropriation : (re)lire la citadinité à Khartoum au prisme de la transformation matérielle, sociale et symbolique de ses périphéries
Authors: Pérez-Houis Corten , Franck Alice 
Published: July 2024

Dans le contexte du conflit en cours au Soudan depuis avril 2023, cet article propose d’analyser les citadinités qui se sont construites dans les périphéries de Khartoum durant les deux dernières décennies. En partant des transformations matérielles et morphologiques de la capitale soudanaise, nous proposons d’étudier le rapport de ses habitants au logement et à la ville, à l’intersection de processus de production de la ville par le haut (logiques des plans d’aménagement, construction de logements sociaux, stratégies de sociétés immobilières…), des pratiques des habitants (stratégie d’accession à la propriété, trajectoires résidentielles…) et de revendications populaires. Elle repose sur la convergence de deux enquêtes longitudinales qualitatives menées entre les années 2000 et 2022 sur le logement, le foncier et les matériaux de construction à Khartoum.
Negotiating a place in town. Street vending in Thika (Kenya)
Authors: Kariuki Nathan Mwangi , Racaud Sylvain 
Published: July 2024

Cet article montre comment, dans un contexte précaire et conflictuel, des vendeurs négocient leur place en ville en s’appropriant des rues. Les rues marchandes sont l’objet de lutte de pouvoir entre les autorités locales et les vendeurs qui légitiment leur présence en s’appuyant sur des textes de lois nationaux. L’empilement et la discordance de textes caractérisent la régulation publique et un cadre institutionnel ambigu, avec des contradictions entre des textes locaux et des textes nationaux. Cette ambiguïté génère des conflits, également nourris par des écarts entre les textes et les pratiques quotidiennes, notamment illustrées par la petite corruption. Ces rues marchandes « informelles » illustrent la confrontation entre deux types de légitimité : celles des acteurs aux petits revenus et celle des promoteurs d’une modernité urbaine « globale ». Le vente de rue est un moyen de construire des identités, une vie sociale et un sens d’appartenance dans l’environnement précaire de villes africaines.
Une oraison mobile : itinéraire d’un Notre Père en « langue des Sauvages »
Authors: Simon Fabien 
Published: July 2024

Le texte de huit lignes apparaît dans le Thresor de l’histoire des langues de cest univers de Claude Duret (1613). Il est intitulé « Oraison dominicale en langue des Sauvages ». Nous souhaitons ici en suivre l’itinéraire, en amont – la prière étant prélevée, par l’humaniste de Moulins, dans la Cosmographie universelle d’André Thevet (1575) – et en aval de l’ouvrage de Duret, jusqu’au début du xixe siècle, avec le Mithridates d’Adelung et Vater (1806-1817). Le texte connaît, en effet, de multiples reprises, le Notre Père circulant d’un ouvrage à un autre, pendant près de deux siècles. Or, au cours de cet itinéraire, l’oraison se voit transformée d’une prière en tupi, langue amérindienne du Brésil, en oraison « en langue mexicaine ». L’enjeu de l’étude de ce quiproquo linguistique de longue durée est double : il s’agit, d’une part, d’y voir les effets concrets du copier-coller, y compris au sens propre, en jeu dans la fabrique des textes et donc dans la matérialité de ce savoir. D’autre part, tout circonscrit qu’il soit, le cas du Notre Père « en langue des Sauvages » permet de réfléchir, plus largement, aux formes de réception offertes aux langues américaines, entre xvie et xixe siècle : en quoi cette prière en tupi, devenu du mexicain, pourrait-elle constituer l’illustration d’une forme d’angle mort linguistique, dans lequel seraient confinées les langues américaines, du moins dans ce genre d’ouvrages particuliers que sont les collections de Notre Père, notamment à partir de la fin du xviie siècle ?
Hernie inguino-scrotale géante à l'Hôpital La Charité à Mbandaka : à propos d'un cas rare pris en charge plus de 30 années après le début de l’affection
Authors: Mosolongo Tresor Yebe , Mongondi Landry Egbende , Punga-Maole Augustin Monga Lembe 
Published: July 2024

La hernie inguino-scrotale géante est irréductible par perte de droit de cité. La gravité de cette entité pathologique est liée à l’hyperpression intra abdominale des viscères lors de la cure. Nous décrivons un cas rare d’une hernie inguino-scrotale géante traitée plus de 30 ans après le début de l’affection. La particularité de ce cas est caractérisée par sa prise en charge tardive sans complication, la réparation pariétale sans usage d’une prothèse ainsi que la prise en charge simultanée de la grosse hernie et l’hydrocèle. Les suites opératoires ont été simples.

English title: Giant inguino-scrotal hernia at the Charity Hospital in Mbandaka, the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a case report
The giant inguino-scrotal hernia is irreducible by loss of right of way. The intra-abdominal hyperpressure induced by the reintegration of the viscera during the cure makes it serious. We report an observation of giant inguinoscrotal hernia lasting more than 35 years associated with hydrocele recently treated in a hospital in Mbandaka. The particularity of this case is characterized by its late management without complications, the parietal repair without use of prosthesis as well as the simultaneous management of the large hernia and the hydrocele. The surgical aftermath was simple.