bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Blood flow in deforming vessels
Authors: Białecki R , Adamczyk W , Borys D , Głowacki J , Gracka M. , Melka B , Psiuk-Maksymowicz K , Ostrowski Z , Rojczyk M , Wasilewski J 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
Blood flow is most often modeled in vessels whose shape does not change over time. This approach significantly simplifies the calculations and reduces their time. Temporal vascular deformations affect blood flow patterns, the deposition of atherosclerotic plaques, the formation of aneurysms, and many other phenomena. There are two methods to consider blood vessel deformations: registration of vascular geometry by diagnostic imaging such as CT, MRI, ultrasound or the use of the fluid-structure interaction (FSI) models. The first method requires additional procedures for processing image data, and the second requires knowledge of the material properties of the vessel walls, which is a very challenging task for in vivo experiments. The article will show the method to obtain a time-varying geometry of the coronary artery based on images obtained by angioCT. Emerging difficulties arise from the use of images of different resolutions and the need to generate numerical grids of the same topology at every time step. This problem was solved by using image segmentation, smoothing the resulting 3D geometry, and projecting the numerical grid on subsequent shapes of the vessel using diffeomorphism. The simulations have been validated using measurements on a phantom. The resulting velocity fields show the locations of intense oscillations of the shear stress of the wall where the atherosclerotic plaque is deposited.
On some computational aspects for electromagnetic-thermal dosimetry of mm waves
Authors: Cvetkovic Mario , Dodig Hrvoje , Poljak Dragan 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
This work is on the use of a state-of-the-art hybrid boundary element method/finite element method (BEM/FEM) for electromagnetic (EM) dosimetry and the coupled thermal dosimetry model based on the Pennes’ heat transfer equation (PHE) for biological tissue solved by means of FEM. The distribution of the induced electric field obtained in both homogeneous and non-homogeneous human head models using EM model is used as a distributed heat source in the piecewise homogeneous human head thermal dosimetry model. As the penetration depth is inversely proportional to the frequency of incident EM wave, we consider the heating depth in several human head models, to illuminate whether homogeneous models in the EM part of the model are pertinent in the thermal dosimetry part. If confirmed, the results could be found useful in standardisation efforts related to the assessment of human exposure to EM fields in the high frequency range.
Long-distance settling simulation of equiaxed dendrite by a moving-frame algorithm: phase-field lattice Boltzmann study with parallel-GPU AMR
Authors: Sakane S , Takaki T 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
In large-ingot castings, the settling of equiaxed dendrites often results in distinct cone-shaped negative segregation in the lower region of the ingot. To accurately predict and control such macrosegregation, it is important to understand the kinetic behavior of equiaxed dendrites in the melt. The phase-field lattice Boltzmann (PF-LB) model is powerful for simulating dendrite growth with melt convection and solid motion. However, it is computationally expensive and represents only the short-distance motion of dendrites in three-dimensional (3D) simulations. For an efficient 3D evaluation of the effect of dendrite motion and rotation on growth behavior, we introduce the moving frame algorithm to PF-LB simulations. Here, the computational domain tracks the settling dendrite to express long-distance settling without restricting the domain size. The PF-LB simulations were accelerated by parallel computing using a combination of multiple GPUs and adaptive mesh refinement (AMR), also referred to as parallel GPU-AMR. The moving-frame algorithm was modified to adapt to AMR. From the simulation results, we demonstrate that the proposed method helps evaluate the effect of dendrite rotation on the settling and growth velocities of equiaxed dendrites in 3D.
Mixed convection by buoyancy and magnetothermal forces
Authors: Kaneda M , Yoshimura S , Suga K 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
The magnetic force in the paramagnetic fluid depends on the local gradient of magnetic flux density and the temperature-dependent magnetic susceptibility. In the presence of the gravity, the buoyant force due to the temperature difference additionally overlaps, and the resultant flow becomes a mixed convection. In this study, the effect of the temperature-dependent magnetic force (magnetothermal force) on the natural convection was numerically investigated. The magnetic field formed by the permanent-magnet array was employed and effective one was discussed in terms of the heat transfer. A three-dimensional Rayleigh-Benard convection simulation was conducted with the magnet array below the bottom hot wall. It was found that the magnetothermal force enhances the convection not only where the magnet locates but also away from the magnet due to the force profile.
Water adsorption on microporous chabazites as thermal energy storage materials
Authors: Ristić A , Mal S , Zabukovec Logar N 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
Thermochemical energy storage can reduce fossil fuel consumption, which is still dominant in heating of buildings. The efficiency of the sorption technology is determined by the performance of the adsorbent, which should have a high water adsorption capacity and, consequently, a high energy storage density, stability under humid conditions, and fast kinetics of adsorption and desorption. In this study we investigated the effect of different elemental compositions of the commercial and laboratory prepared microporous aluminophosphates, natural and synthetic zeolites with chabazite structure and their modifications in powder and granular form on water adsorption capacity. The highest water uptake among the aluminophosphates was found for APO-34-IL, which was prepared by green synthesis with the low cost ionic liquid, while the highest water uptake of all the samples analysed was found for the composites of the natural zeolite with CaCl2.
Mercury stocks in discontinuous permafrost and their mobilization by river migration in the Yukon River Basin
Authors: Smith M Isabel , Ke Yutian , Geyman Emily C , Reahl Jocelyn N , Douglas Madison M , Seelen Emily A , Magyar John S , Dunne Kieran B J , Mutter Edda A , Fischer Woodward W , Lamb Michael P , West A Joshua 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
Rapid warming in the Arctic threatens to destabilize mercury (Hg) deposits contained within soils in permafrost regions. Yet current estimates of the amount of Hg in permafrost vary by ∼4 times. Moreover, how Hg will be released to the environment as permafrost thaws remains poorly known, despite threats to water quality, human health, and the environment. Here we present new measurements of total mercury (THg) contents in discontinuous permafrost in the Yukon River Basin in Alaska. We collected riverbank and floodplain sediments from exposed banks and bars near the villages of Huslia and Beaver. Median THg contents were 49+13/−21 ng THg g sediment−1 and 39+16/−18 ng THg g sediment−1 for Huslia and Beaver, respectively (uncertainties as 15th and 85th percentiles). Corresponding THg:organic carbon ratios were 5.4+2.0/−2.4 Gg THg Pg C−1 and 4.2 +2.4/−2.9 Gg THg Pg C−1. To constrain floodplain THg stocks, we combined measured THg contents with floodplain stratigraphy. Trends of THg increasing with smaller sediment size and calculated stocks in the upper 1 m and 3 m are similar to those suggested for this region by prior pan-Arctic studies. We combined THg stocks and river migration rates derived from remote sensing to estimate particulate THg erosional and depositional fluxes as river channels migrate across the floodplain. Results show similar fluxes within uncertainty into the river from erosion at both sites (95+12/−47 kg THg yr−1 and 26+154/−13 kg THg yr−1 at Huslia and Beaver, respectively), but different fluxes out of the river via deposition in aggrading bars (60+40/−29 kg THg yr−1 and 10+5.3/−1.7 kg THg yr−1). Thus, a significant amount of THg is liberated from permafrost during bank erosion, while a variable but generally lesser portion is subsequently redeposited by migrating rivers.
Improving dynamical-statistical subseasonal precipitation forecasts using deep learning: A case study in Southwest China
Authors: Nie Yanbo , Sun Jianqi 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
Subseasonal precipitation forecasting is challenging but critical for water management, energy supply, and disaster prevention. To improve regional subseasonal precipitation prediction, previous studies have proposed a dynamical-statistical projection model (DSPM). In this study, we develop a new method that combines the DSPM and deep learning (DL), called the DL-DSPM. The DSPM is developed using the observed relationships between large-scale atmospheric circulations and regional precipitation, and the dynamical forecasted atmospheric circulations from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) model. The DL-DSPM improves upon the DSPM by correcting biases in atmospheric circulation forecasts from the ECMWF model using two DL models, namely, residual network and U-Net models. In the case of Southwest China (SWC), DL models can improve atmospheric circulation forecasts at lead times beyond 5 pentads, including large-scale drivers of SWC precipitation variability. The DL-DSPM outperforms the ECMWF model and DSPM forecasts in predicting precipitation anomalies beyond 4 and 5 pentads over most SWC regions, respectively. In addition, the DL-DSPM is more skillful than the ECMWF model and DSPM in predicting extreme precipitation events more than 4 pentads in advance. The successful combination of DL and the DSPM provides a new possible direction for DL applications in subseasonal precipitation forecasting.
Large-scale vortex formation in three-dimensional rotating Rayleigh-Bénard convection
Authors: Sasaki Hirofumi , Takehiro Shin-ichi , Yamada Michio 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
Numerical experiments are performed on three-dimensional thermal convection between parallel plates in a rotating system with a larger horizontal region than in previous studies. It is confirmed that a large-scale vortex (LSV) with positive vorticity (cyclonic) is formed over a significant part of the region and its horizontal size increases if the horizontal region is extended. The correlation analysis in the vertical direction shows that the small-scale motion has a typical structure of the baroclinic vortex of thermal convection in the rotating system, whereas the large-scale motion is a barotropic vortex that is not associated with thermal convection. A horizontal spectral analysis of the individual terms in the kinetic energy equation reveals that the nonlinear effect of the small-scale vortex motion caused by the buoyancy force induces a large-scale toroidal component, and that the LSV is maintained by the balance between the nonlinear effect and the viscous dissipation of the large-scale motion. The results of this analysis indicate the importance of kinetic energy damping mechanism for the appearance of LSVs. When weak damping operates at larger scales, it is expected that the maximum extent of the vortex appears even if the horizontal region is extended further. On the other hand, the emergence of LSVs will be prevented when strong enough damping is effective at larger scales.
Follow Your Bliss and Other Lies about Calling
Authors: Miller-McLemore Bonnie J 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
This book challenges superficial ways people use the word calling, providing a revolutionary way to approach it, not as some glorified word but as a complicated, ambiguous, and even painful reality. Shallow renderings of calling in trendy self-help literature and religious circles (“follow your bliss”; “God has a plan for your life”) greatly diminish the power of the word and are not only inadequate but sorely misleading, especially given the complexity of life and the reality that callings always demand a great deal from people. Lofty expectations that a person can (or must) find the perfectly fitting job, the one and only special life partner, the ideally balanced life, or the one-time summons from God are deceptive and destructive. Calling means so much more than seeking gladness, job success, or God’s will. To truly grapple with calling requires consideration of how it evolves amid the constraints of life. Drawing on stories from memoirs, novels, cultural figures, and everyday people, the book looks at six difficulties in early, middle, and late adulthood, from leaving paths untrodden (missed callings) and running into impediments (blocked callings) to having competing callings (conflicted callings) and failing in one or more area (fractured callings) to managing unwanted demands (unexpected callings) and giving up what one has done and loved (relinquished callings). By insisting that callings have benefits and burdens across adult life, the book hopes to make the idea of calling more useful and real for all those who aspire to live meaningful, purposeful lives.
Unexpected Callings: With Great Power Comes Lots of Work
Authors: Miller-McLemore Bonnie J 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
This chapter returns to the beginning—the road not taken—but with the unexpected twist of time or aging and detritus or the accumulated baggage of life. As people age, they amass obligations. Callings mean, by definition, mounting entanglements. To agree to this job or to love this or that person means suddenly bearing unexpected duties. Unexpected callings can also emerge at any time of life, however, when duties arise within callings that they didn’t anticipate but must assume, often imposed from outside themselves. The chapter explores what it means to assume unexpected callings, discerning not just desire or talent but the need for service. It considers how to maintain the fine balance between self-care and appropriate sacrifice or sacrifices that are chosen and motivated by love, not forced, that rest on communal support and grace, and that require practice over time.
From Failure to Action
Authors: Sbisà Marina 
Published: June 2024

AbstractThis chapter deals with some main features of Austin’s philosophy of action that emerge from the papers he wrote in the late 1950s. It remarks that Austin’s approach to action is ‘negative’ in the sense that it is based on the examination of cases in which the agent does not really perform an action: distinct kinds of failures may reveal distinct components or ‘stages’ of the agent’s performance. It also discusses Austin’s idea that not all action verbs admit of any possible kind of adverbial modification in standard circumstances. It comments on Austin’s analysis of pretending (as a case of not really doing something), arguing that it is revealing of the plurality of trends of activity that may be present in one and the same stretch of behaviour. It concludes that Austin’s conception of action is responsibility-based and that the ascription of an action is an attribution of responsibility for a certain state of affairs to an agent. It adds some considerations about Austin’s remarks about the roles of responsibility and freedom as regards action.
Further Aspects and Implications of Austin’s View of Action
Authors: Sbisà Marina 
Published: June 2024

AbstractThis chapter completes the overview of Austin’s philosophy of action. It considers intention, which Austin takes to be a cognitive state of awareness of what we are up to that accompanies our behaviour, and its relation with attributions of responsibility. It explores what kind of an ontology of action is implicit in Austin’s philosophy and what kinds of components of an action Austin identifies as its ‘stages’ and ‘phases’. It discusses the implications of Austin’s view of action for the so-called ‘accordion effect’, concluding that he is open to action pluralism: when a stretch of behaviour gives rise to more than one effect, we do not need to establish which is the only real action, but for each effect we can identify which is brought about thanks to that stretch of behaviour, we can say that the agent performed the corresponding action. Finally, it summarizes the features of Austin’s philosophy of action expounded and discussed so far.
Meaning
Authors: Sbisà Marina 
Published: June 2024

AbstractThis chapter explores Austin’s views on meaning. It focuses on the notions of sense and reference and how he deals with them in the context of his works on truth, assertion, and speech acts. It examines how, in his view, sense is related to types of things or situations and discusses an ambiguity in his use of the notion of reference as regards the distinction between reference of words to items and reference of assertions to situations. It discusses the notions of descriptive and demonstrative conventions that Austin employs in the analysis of truth, arguing that the connections established by demonstrative conventions are unmediated by descriptive contents. It examines what place can be given to reference within the speech act, highlighting the central role of what Austin calls ‘point of utterance‘ as regards both illocutionary force and the interpretation of referential devices. Finally, it illustrates how Situation Semantics has taken inspiration from Austin’s views on truth and reference.
The Impact of a Digital Contraceptive Decision Aid on User Outcomes: Results of an Experimental, Clinical Trial
Authors: Espinosa Matthew , Butler Stephen A , Mengelkoch Summer , Prieto Laura Joigneau , Russell Emma , Ramshaw Chris , Rose-Reneau Zak , Remondino Molly , Nahavandi Shardi , Hill Sarah E 
Published: June 2024

Abstract

Background
Nearly 40% of unplanned pregnancies in the USA are the result of inconsistent or incorrect contraceptive use. Finding ways to increase women’s comfort and satisfaction with contraceptive use is therefore critical to public health. One promising pathway for improving patient outcomes is through the use of digital decision aids that assist women and their physicians in choosing a contraceptive option that women are comfortable with. Testing the ability of these aids to improve patient outcomes is therefore a necessary first step toward incorporating this technology into traditional physician appointments.

Purpose
To evaluate the effectiveness of a novel contraceptive decision aid at minimizing decisional conflict and increasing comfort with contraception among adult women.

Methods
In total, 310 adult women were assigned to use either the Tuune contraceptive decision aid or a control aid modeled after a leading online contraceptive prescriber’s patient intake form. Participants then completed self-report measures of decisional conflict, contraceptive expectations, satisfaction, and contraceptive use intentions. Individual between-subjects analysis of variance (ANOVA) models were used to examine these outcomes.

Results
Women using the Tuune decision aid (vs. those using the control aid) reported lower decisional conflict, more positive contraceptive expectations, greater satisfaction with the decision aid and recommendation, and more positive contraceptive use intentions.

Conclusions
Use of Tuune improved each of the predicted patient outcomes relative to a control decision aid. Online decision aids, particularly when used alongside physician consultations, may be an effective tool for increasing comfort with contraceptive use.

Clinical Trials Registration #
NCT05177783, ClinicalTrials.gov, https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05177783
A Turbid River of History and Law: The Procurement of Women in Imperial Japan and Colonial Korea
Authors: Kim Marie Seong-Hak 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
Japanese military brothels during the Pacific War, known as comfort stations, and the predicaments of women confined there still reverberate in public memory. Of late a growing number of scholars have called for approaching the comfort women issue from a broader historical context, linking it to Japan’s prewar state-regulated prostitution, later transplanted into its colonies, and human trafficking. This article discusses the legal frameworks of indentured contracts and criminal prosecution surrounding the procurement of women in imperial Japan and colonial Korea. Most women entered prostitution impressed by poverty when the law fully recognized their agency as independent contractors. The age-old machinery of advanced loan agreements, signed or guaranteed in many cases by destitute parents, revealed how the ill-guided idea of filial piety muddled the boundaries between the exercise of legal rights and their abuses. The judicial process dealing with prostitution contracts and also the crimes of abduction and kidnapping helps understand how law and state institutions operated in the Japanese colonial empire. The recent historiographical debate on the comfort women raises critical questions about the conditions under which the past is assessed.
Biological basis and treatment of frailty and sarcopenia
Authors: Sato Ryosuke , Vatic Mirela , Peixoto da Fonseca Guilherme Wesley , Anker Stefan D , von Haehling Stephan 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
In an ageing society, the importance of maintaining healthy life expectancy has been emphasized. As a result of age-related decline in functional reserve, frailty is a state of increased vulnerability and susceptibility to adverse health outcomes with a serious impact on healthy life expectancy. The decline in skeletal muscle mass and function, also known as sarcopenia, is key in the development of physical frailty. Both frailty and sarcopenia are highly prevalent in patients not only with advanced age but also in patients with illnesses that exacerbate their progression like heart failure (HF), cancer, or dementia, with the prevalence of frailty and sarcopenia in HF patients reaching up to 50–75% and 19.5–47.3%, respectively, resulting in 1.5–3 times higher 1-year mortality. The biological mechanisms of frailty and sarcopenia are multifactorial, complex, and not yet fully elucidated, ranging from DNA damage, proteostasis impairment, and epigenetic changes to mitochondrial dysfunction, cellular senescence, and environmental factors, many of which are further linked to cardiac disease. Currently, there is no gold standard for the treatment of frailty and sarcopenia, however, growing evidence supports that a combination of exercise training and nutritional supplement improves skeletal muscle function and frailty, with a variety of other therapies being devised based on the underlying pathophysiology. In this review, we address the involvement of frailty and sarcopenia in cardiac disease and describe the latest insights into their biological mechanisms as well as the potential for intervention through exercise, diet, and specific therapies.