bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Synchrony in adult survival is remarkably strong among common temperate songbirds across France
Authors: Ghislain Manon , Bonnet Timothée , Godeau Ugoline , Dehorter Olivier , Gimenez Olivier , Henry Pierre‐Yves 
Published: April 2024

AbstractSynchronous variation in demographic parameters across species increases the risk of simultaneous local extinction, which lowers the probability of subsequent recolonization. Synchrony therefore tends to destabilize meta‐populations and meta‐communities. Quantifying interspecific synchrony in demographic parameters, like abundance, survival, or reproduction, is thus a way to indirectly assess the stability of meta‐populations and meta‐communities. Moreover, it is particularly informative to identify environmental drivers of interspecific synchrony because those drivers are important across species. Using a Bayesian hierarchical multisite multispecies mark–recapture model, we investigated temporal interspecific synchrony in annual adult apparent survival for 16 common songbird species across France for the period 2001–2016. Annual adult survival was largely synchronous among species (73%, 95% credible interval [47%–94%] of the variation among years was common to all species), despite species differing in ecological niche and life history. This result was robust to different model formulations, uneven species sample sizes, and removing the long‐term trend in survival. Synchrony was also shared across migratory strategies, which suggests that environmental forcing during the 4‐month temperate breeding season has a large‐scale, interspecific impact on songbird survival. However, the strong interspecific synchrony was not easily explained by a set of candidate weather variables we defined a priori. Spring weather variables explained only 1.4% [0.01%–5.5%] of synchrony, while the contribution of large‐scale winter weather indices may have been stronger but uncertain, accounting for 12% [0.3%–37%] of synchrony. Future research could jointly model interspecific variation and covariation in breeding success, age‐dependent survival, and age‐dependent dispersal to understand when interspecific synchrony in abundance emerges and destabilizes meta‐communities.
Oligomer and Polymer: Self Assembly of [Cp*Fe(η5‐P5)] and Ag(I) Salts of Bulky Weakly Coordinating Anions
Authors: Mondal Bijan , Riesinger Christoph , Fleischmann Martin , Scheer Manfred 
Published: April 2024

AbstractReactions between the five‐fold symmetric building block [Cp*Fe(η5‐P5)] (A) and Ag(I) salts containing bulky weakly coordinating anions [TEF] and [FAL] ([TEF]=[Al{OC(CF3)3}4]–, [FAl]=[FAl{OC6F10(C6F5)}3]–) are presented. While, in the presence of Ag[TEF], A leads to the formation of a hitherto condensed 1D coordination polymer [{Ag(η2:η1‐A)2}]n[TEF]n (1), a new finite tetranuclear Ag(I) complex [{Ag4(η1‐A)2(η2:η1‐A)4(η1:η1‐A)2}][FAL]4 (3) was obtained with an Ag(I) salt bearing the weakly coordinating anion [FAl] increased in size. Various coordination modes (η2:η1; η1:η1 and η1) of A were observed in the solid‐state structure of 3, reflecting the adaptive coordination behavior of A towards Ag(I) ions. Structural modifications of the 1D polymer (1) can be controlled by the addition of a limited amount of MeCN yielding the unwound heteroleptic 1D polymer [{Ag(MeCN)2}3(η1:η1:η1‐A)2]n[TEF]3n (2). Moreover, in the presence of MeCN, the finite oligomeric compound 3 can also be converted into a new heteroleptic 1D polymer [{Ag(MeCN)}4(η1:η1‐A)5(η2:η1‐A)2]n[FAL]4n (4). The solid‐state structure of 4 discloses the existence of a unique 1,1,2‐η2:η1 (π,σ) coordination of A along with 1,3‐η1:η1 (σ) and 1,2‐η1:η1 (σ) coordination modes, while 1,2,4‐η1:η1:η1 (σ) coordination modes of A were found in 2. As revealed by X‐ray crystallography, in all the cases, the cationic moieties are well separated from the weakly coordinating anions in the solid state.
Synthesis and Optical and Theoretical Characterization of Imidazo[5,1‐a]isoquinolines and Imidazo[1,5‐a]quinolines
Authors: Rössiger Carina , Oel Thomas , Schweitzer Pascal , Vasylets Olesia , Kirchner Michael , Abdullahu Ajlin , Schlettwein Derck , Göttlich Richard 
Published: April 2024

AbstractImidazo[1,5‐a]quinolines emit intense blue luminescence, suggesting their possible use as emitter molecules in organic light‐emitting diodes. We synthesized several new imidazo[5,1‐a]isoquinolines and found they possessed a characteristic hypsochromic effect and even increased quantum efficiency compared to the homolog imidazo[1,5‐a]quinolines, as measured by UV‐vis‐ and fluorescence spectroscopy in solution. The energies of the highest occupied and lowest unoccupied molecular orbitals were calculated using density functional theory and experimentally determined by cyclic voltammetry in solution. We obtained a maximum fluorescence quantum yield of 48 % at 446 nm for the newly synthesized 3‐(4‐cyanophenyl)‐1‐(pyridyl)imidazo[5,1‐a]isoquinoline with an optimized substitution pattern. For 1‐phenyl‐3‐(2‐pyridinyl)imidazo[5,1‐a]isoquinoline, a quantum yield of 33 % was obtained at an even shorter emission wavelength of 431 nm.
The applicability of automated marine clay gully delineation using deep learning in Norway
Authors: Ganerød Alexandra Jarna , van Boeckel Mikis , Solberg Inger‐Lise 
Published: April 2024

AbstractGullies and ravines are common landforms in raised marine fine‐grained deposits in Norway. Gullies in marine clay are significant landforms indicative of soil erosion and natural hazards and are of high conservation value. As a result of the substantial impact of human intervention over the past century, marine clay gullies are now red‐listed. To monitor the condition of these landforms, we need to improve our understanding of their spatial extent, complexity and morphology. We explore the applicability of automated approaches that use a methodology of combining deep learning (DL), fully convolutional neural networks (FCNNs) and an unmodified U‐Net model with ArcPy libraries and ground truth data to derive a high‐resolution map of gullies in raised marine fine‐grained deposits. Predictors used comprise solely terrain derivatives to broaden the usage of the pre‐trained model to other regions. Our best model achieved a precision score of 0.82 and a recall of 0.75. We find that our pre‐trained model can successfully predict gullies, also in blind‐test areas. The model performs better in regions with similar geological settings, scoring a length‐weighted overlap of >70% with reference datasets. The novelty of this study is that we demonstrate that the model's applicability for mapping routines increases when we post‐process the predictions by eliminating noise, especially by using the predictions derived from ensembled models. We, therefore, conclude that the pre‐trained models can effectively be used to supplement the geomorphological mapping of marine clay gullies in Norway. The outcome of this research contributes towards mapping the spatial extent and condition of red‐listed landforms in Norway, as well as the development of monitoring systems for future landscape change.
Are financial sanctions truly “smart”? Evidence from the perspective of cross‐border capital flows
Authors: Liu Yang , Lang Wei , Wang Aihua 
Published: April 2024

AbstractFew studies are found to examine the impact of financial sanctions on cross‐border capital flows. Using a panel data from 48 countries from 2000 to 2019, this paper aims to examine the impact of financial sanctions on the volatility of cross‐border capital flows. We employ difference‐in‐differences (DID) and spatial DID (SDID) models, showing the result that financial sanctions lead to an exacerbation of the volatility of cross‐border capital inflows and outflows in the targeted country, with the channel of negative impact on the financial sector in the targeted country. The subsample regressions indicate heterogeneous impacts of financial sanctions depending on economic structure and capital account openness. Additionally, the result of the SDID model shows that financial sanctions cause cross‐border transmission of financial risks, and that the spatial spillover effect of financial sanctions will also have negative economic impacts on other countries in addition to the target country. The significance of this study lies in emphasizing that international financial sanctions affect the economy of target countries through cross‐border capital flows. Meanwhile, we confirm that financial sanctions pose a certain threat to global financial stability.
Skepticism about Selected Paranormal Events and Why Some Believe We Are Not Alone
Authors: Hanshaw Larry G. 
Published: April 2024

ABSTRACTThere is no evidence established so far that proves conclusively that humanity either is or is not alone in the universe. An estimated 548 to 701 unexplained cases, that could potentially say otherwise, either have not been investigated at all or have been frivolously dismissed, even though explanations based on natural phenomena have not easily explained important case‐by‐case details. All unexplained cases do not necessarily mean either the existence of an alien being or an alien technology connection. Such cases will need to be decided with more research. This is especially needed since a review of two key government investigations by qualified experts and scientists found: (1) the presence of seriously misleading explanations in key reports, (2) flaws in the scientific methodology of reports such as the Condon Report and Project Blue Book, and (3) predispositional thinking on the part of scientists charged with finding the truth. Such findings create uncertainty about the trustworthiness of those reports as the final word on UFOs and alien‐related phenomena. In spite of existing skepticism, this paper illustrates why the truth must be built on trustworthy information and not resolved with either the use of theory‐dependent hypotheses or the use of faulty definitions guiding any supposedly scientific effort. The search for extraterrestrial life has been pursued on the premise that if such life exists, it must either respond to radio signals or it must be detectable by tests or processes developed for such purposes. This search has created the hope that an acceptable answer will be found, even as movies and books on the fringes of science say otherwise. Skepticism, therefore, has apparently grown from the fertile soil of both genuine scientific pursuits and fantasy entertainment. This paper underscores the need for testable and reliable evidence needed to answer the question of whether or not humanity is alone in the universe.
The Simplification of NFL Team Logos: Television and Graphic Design in the 1950s and 1960
Authors: Mullen Lawrence , Ferri Anthony , Borchard Gregory A. 
Published: April 2024

AbstractThis study analyzes National Football League team logos and the way they have changed. Focusing on the relationship between television and logo design, it explores the influence of the medium on design, beginning in the 1950s, as influences in graphic design during this time apparently caused changes in logo design. This paper argues that the technical requirements of television and changes in aesthetic philosophy in the field of graphic design contributed to the makeover of football team logos during this era, with visual data corroborating our assumptions.
The Fourth Reich: Ishmael's Reed's The Terrible Twos and the Triumph of Celebrity Culture
Authors: Pérez Vincent 
Published: April 2024

AbstractDonald Trump's rise to the U.S. presidency was foretold in many 20th century works of dystopian fiction as well as Western Marxist scholarship written during and after the Nazi era. The most prescient modern dystopian novel, Ishmael Reed's The Terrible Twos (1982), has much in common thematically with earlier American dystopian fiction while also sharing the bleak vision of U.S. mass (media) culture postulated by Frankfurt School theorists such as Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer in The Dialectic of Enlightenment (1947). But Reed's novel diverges dramatically from these earlier writings, whether fictive or scholarly, through its farcical and absurdist postmodernist depiction of a future neo‐fascist America in which popular (media) culture reigns triumphant even as spaces of resistance take shape amid the seemingly overdetermined ideological and cultural landscape.
Order on the Net!! Juror Misconduct Via Social Media
Authors: Judge Reginia 
Published: April 2024

AbstractThe Internet is a powerful communication tool that also provides the ability to research a variety of topics. Unfortunately, Internet use threatens a defendant's right to a fair trial when jurors use it to investigate the cases they are hearing and post information about them online. Empaneled jurors are told not to converse with each other or anyone else about the trial they are reviewing. They are also told to avoid reading news articles and watching television shows that discuss the case they are deciding. Our high‐tech world also mandates, however, that they are cautioned against Internet use as well. Jurors are now warned against emailing, tweeting or posting info on social networks like Facebook or Twitter during the course of a trial. This article examines juror misconduct via the use of the Internet and judicial strategies for preventing it.
Baltimore's Hidden Communication: (Un)written Words by Harriet Tubman and Eleanor Roosevelt and Her Journalist, Lorena Hickok
Authors: Cottle Katherine 
Published: April 2024

Abstract“Baltimore's Hidden Communication: Un(written) Words by Harriet Tubman and Eleanor Roosevelt and her Journalist, Lorena Hickok” explores the hidden words used to divert secret communication around the societal and geographical borders and boundaries of 19th‐ and 20th‐ century America. Tubman's unwritten words and Eleanor Roosevelt's and Lorena Hickok's written (but inaccessible and/or destroyed) words passed through and influenced the Baltimore landscape; however, these communicative routes remain absent from standard public histories.
Expressions of Sorrow: Nonverbal Forms of Communication
Authors: Jeremiah Milford A. 
Published: April 2024

AbstractNonverbal forms of communication are just as important as verbal ones. This article investigates nonverbal communication observed in response to acts of tragedy, primarily those brought about by acts of terror or by untimely death. Nonverbal communication at these moments takes the form of balloons cards, candles, letters, pictures of the deceased, personal items and street protests. Furthermore, as an element of culture, these nonverbal expressions of sorrow convey meaning to those participants at the site of the tragedy and to those observing at a distance. In essence, both groups have a shared sense of thinking and responding to these events in almost a similar manner.
The Trajectory of a Comic Celebrity's Career: Robin Williams Does Television
Authors: Jackson Kathy Merlock 
Published: April 2024

Abstract:The whole world mourned when actor and comedian Robin Williams ended his life on August 11, 2014 at his home in Tiburon, California. The larger‐than‐life actor and comedian was best remembered for big‐screen performances as a warm paternal figure or caregiver, often a man‐child with traces of arrested development. Williams accomplished what many television actors today aspire to but cannot achieve: he made the transition from situation comedy star to movie star. This article explores Robin Williams's early career in television, arguing that his unconventional role in Mork and Mindy proved the perfect vehicle for this, informing his future roles and serving as a trajectory for his film career, thus offering a thematic lesson for comic actors seeking movie stardom.
Rediscovering the Pleasure Principle: Imaginology Versus Critical Theory in Post‐Trump Literary Studies
Authors: Keene Jarret 
Published: April 2024

Abstract:In this review, the author assesses the value of a new dismantling of poststructural theory and its ascendancy over what are supposed to be the objects of study, literary texts. Subjects discussed include the timing of the book's release, arriving as it does at a moment when university campuses are increasingly under threat from political clashes, microaggressions, safe spaces, censorship, and sexual assault. The author compares the book with an earlier effort to undermine the distinction between high and low culture. Ultimately, Beyond Literary Studies is necessary reading for anyone entering the field of literary studies or starting out as an English graduate student or junior faculty member in a humanities department.
When in Rome—Caesars Palace: The First Themed Casino in Las Vegas
Authors: Kirtley Patricia M. , Kirtley William M. 
Published: April 2024

ABSTRACT“Welcome to Caesars, I am your slave” intoned toga‐clad cocktail waitresses wearing high‐heeled sandals on the opening day of this stately pleasure dome. This single sentence typified the intent of the creator and builder of this sumptuous development, Jay Sarno (1922‐1984). He dreamed of building a casino‐hotel that afforded every “reveler”—a unique gaming experience: posh accommodations, fine dining, star‐studded entertainment, and up‐scale shopping. Sarno chose replicas of the world's most famous art to adorn his creation. This paper analyzes the realization of his dream through the theory of two philosophers fascinated by the reproduction of images. Roland Barthes (1915‐1980) elaborated upon the objective nature of art and what the viewer brings to it. Walter Benjamin (1892‐1940) developed the notion of phantasmagoria to describe the illusions of sound and light shows in Paris, an apt metaphor for this establishment in Paradise. Benjamin's thoughts on lithographs illuminate the characteristics of the art in Caesars: accessibility, flexibility, decorativeness, and anonymity. These attributes transformed this casino‐resort into an icon of popular culture. The authors take a deeper look into the simulacrum, pastiche, and theme of a place that caters to men's wants and desires. The authors also discuss the Forum, an extension of Caesars Entertainment Corporation's holdings. The Forum provides an opportunity for consumers to shop without guilt for the most exclusive products the world has to offer in a Roman themed environment. The authors conclude with an analysis of the Forum as a cathedral of consumption, an entrepreneur's dream where people pay, not for the intrinsic worth of goods and services; but for the status attached to them.
Why Mario Works: Super Mario as Transformative Icon for the Working Class
Authors: Williams G. Christopher , Simenson Brady 
Published: April 2024

ABSTRACTNintendo's Mario has transcended the realm of character and sits firmly in the realm of icon. Despite his appearance as a simple working man, nevertheless, just as Mario takes different forms throughout his adventure series, he is also a pliable figure of transformation throughout culture in general. Mario is a transformative and easily adaptable figure in the lineage of silent film stars, but Mario echoes them even further as a specifically transformative hero of the working class, a group who greatly desire the freedom of form that he represents. Thus, it is, perhaps, unsurprising that the 1980s, the era of Mario, would look for something of a solution to the problem of the working class or at least attempt to ameliorate their situation by adding a virtuous component to working hard in order to survive, a kind of heroics that comes along with hard work and economic struggle.
The Discourse of Memes: Regressive Politics and Internet Culture
Authors: Khayambashi Shahbaz 
Published: April 2024

ABSTRACTA new popular form of political debate has appeared in the meme, a simple, repeatable and ephemeral medium that mixes images and words to pass on information. This form has become extremely helpful for regressive and reactionary politics, as right‐leaning groups now use the meme to spread misinformation and disinformation to their supporters. This paper discusses the meme's use in the spread of willful disinformation in online spaces around the Black Lives Matter movement through humor, false information and appropriation of talking points.
“I Had A Weird Dream:” Atlanta and Afro‐Surrealism as Alternative Narrativization
Authors: Scroggins Emily 
Published: April 2024

ABSTRACTCharacterized by a feeling of unease, weirdness, or outright absurdity, the television show Atlanta utilizes Afro‐Surrealist storytelling to depict everyday experiences of minoritized individuals. By relying on the extraordinary, Afro‐Surrealism emphasizes the unusualness of Black lives in the United States and highlights the limitations of narrative in representing the voices and stories of marginalized individuals. These limitations have pushed media makers to adopt alternative narratives for those who cannot identify with traditional televisual narratives.
Associations of the fibrosis‐4 index with left atrial low‐voltage areas and arrhythmia recurrence after catheter ablation: cardio‐hepatic interaction in patients with atrial fibrillation
Authors: Yamada Shinya , Kaneshiro Takashi , Nodera Minoru , Amami Kazuaki , Nehashi Takeshi , Oikawa Masayoshi , Yamaki Takayoshi , Nakazato Kazuhiko , Ishida Takafumi , Takeishi Yasuchika 
Published: April 2024

AbstractBackgroundThe relationship between liver fibrosis and left atrial (LA) remodeling in atrial fibrillation (AF) remains uncertain. We examined the associations between the fibrosis‐4 (FIB4) index, an indicator of liver fibrosis, and both LA low‐voltage areas (LVAs) on electroanatomic mapping and AF recurrence postablation.MethodsWe recruited 343 patients who underwent radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA) or cryoballoon ablation (CBA) for AF. First, the association between the FIB4 index and LA LVAs (<0.5 mV) was evaluated in RFCA using electroanatomic mapping (n = 214). Next, the utility of a FIB4 index ≥1.3, recommended cut‐off value of liver fibrosis, was verified to assess the risk for AF recurrence in CBA without additional LVA ablation (n = 129).ResultsPatients with a FIB4 index ≥1.3 had a higher prevalence of LA LVAs (>5 cm2) compared to those without. Additionally, the quantitative size of LVAs showed a positive correlation with the FIB4 index (R = .642, p < .001). In multivariate logistic models, a FIB4 index ≥1.3 was related to the presence of LVAs after adjusting for LA diameter, right atrial end‐systolic area, and nonparoxysmal AF (odds ratio 2.508; p = 0.039). In CBA, AF recurrence rate was 13.1% during 3–12 months postablation. In multivariate Cox models, a FIB4 index ≥1.3 was an important predictor of AF recurrence (hazard ratio 3.796; p = .037), suggesting that LVAs might be associated with AF recurrence after CBA.ConclusionThe FIB4 index was a novel predictor of the existence of LA LVAs on electroanatomic mapping and AF recurrence after CBA.
Generalized log orthogonal functions spectral collocation method for two dimensional weakly singular Volterra integral equations of the second kind
Authors: Huang Qiumei , Wang Min 
Published: April 2024

AbstractIn this article, a generalized log orthogonal functions (GLOFs)‐spectral collocation method to two dimensional weakly singular Volterra integral equations of the second kind is proposed. The mild singularities of the solution at the interval endpoint can be captured by Gauss‐GLOFs quadrature and the shortcoming of the traditional spectral method which cannot well deal with weakly singular Volterra integral equations with limited regular solutions is avoided. A detailed convergence analysis of the numerical solution is carried out. The efficiency of the proposed method is demonstrated by numerical examples.