bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Computational study on lightweight concrete beam incorporating palm oil fuel ash (POFA) and mussel shell ash (MSA) as partial cement replacement
Authors: Goh W I , Kamaruddin S , Mutalib A N , Rahman A F , Mohamad N 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
The combination both palm oil fuel ash (POFA) and mussel shell ash (MSA) have a high potential in improving the foamed concrete strength at the same time reduce the cement usage. Instead of accommodating costly disposal cost process, this residue can be transform into other noble practice. Finite element analysis (FEA), a high-end computational analysis that applied in this studies as the alternative method in estimating the flexural behaviour of the foamed concrete beam in term of ultimate load, load-deflection profile and cracking failure distribution which completed by using ABAQUS. Therefore, a research was undertaken to construct a computational model of a foamed concrete beam integrating partial cement replacement with 20% POFA and 10% MSA. The aim of this research is to model the foamed concrete beam by ABAQUS software and to study the flexural behaviour of foamed concrete beam subjected to transverse load using finite element analysis. In terms of ultimate load, load deflection profile, and cracking, the flexural behaviour of a foamed concrete beam was observed and documented. Following that, validation was performed to compare the results of the experimental study in terms of ultimate load-deflection. The experimental and simulation findings differed somewhat, with an error of 5.34 percent and 10.80 percent for the control and POFA + MSA beam, respectively. From this study, it was proven that FEA utilising ABAQUS was capable of accurately predicting the flexural behaviour of structural components.
Utilisation of industrial waste materials in the production of geopolymer concrete
Authors: Farrag S , Abushammala M F M , Al-Balushi I 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
Cement production is one of the primary sources of carbon dioxide emissions. Oman produces around 1.5 million tons of industrial waste annually, of which more than 1.2 million tons are slag and Fly Ash from the mining industry. This study aims to utilize the waste materials stagnating in landfills to develop an alternative to OPC (OPC) concrete. GPC is an innovation in building materials that replaces cement in concrete with ground-granulated blast-furnace slag (GGBS) and Fly Ash. This study used compressive strength to compare the two types of concrete. The test results were obtained after seven days, fourteen days, and twenty-one days using six different mixed concrete designs. The results indicated that the compressive strength of GPC altered along with the mix proportions. The best mix proportion of 25% Fly Ash and 75% GGBS reached 41 MPa within seven days, significantly higher than OPC concrete. Finally, GPC can be used as an alternative to OPC concrete with the potential to reduce the pollution from producing Portland cement, offering a greener approach to the construction industry as a sustainable material.
High-density geopolymer using slag and Palm Oil Fuel Ash (POFA)-based geopolymer concrete: Engineering properties.
Authors: Alnahhal A M , Rushdi Amir M A , Alengaram U J , Tarek M , Mat Desa S , Idris Ibrahim M S 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
This research aims to determine high density geopolymer concrete, utilising abundance industrial waste material such as FA, GGBS and POFA as binder content of the concrete producing high density geopolymer concrete. This will provide for a more sustainable alternatives and eco-friendly option for construction structure. The concrete tested for various testing to assess its quality and engineering properties such as density, compressive strength and some of durability tests such as water absorption and sorptivity. The results indicated that the compressive strength of the POFA/slag-based concrete was in range of 33 to 45 MPa, whereas the density was found about 2700 kg/m3. The increase of POFA replacement the increase of the water absorption.
Exploring the Effects of Reinforcement Ratio on Concrete Rigid Pavement Structure in Malang, Indonesia: Experimental Study and Analysis
Authors: Rasidi Nawir , Aditya Candra , Mudjanarko Sri Wiwoho 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
Rigid pavement, known for its superior stiffness compared to flexible asphalt pavements, demands thorough scrutiny of deflection characteristics. Insufficient evaluations of concrete quality, slab thickness, and reinforcement levels can result in significant deflection issues, including slab cracks, pumping, and pavement faulting. This study seeks to evaluate deflection behavior in rigid pavement, considering various reinforcement ratios through experimental analysis using a monotonic static line load. A rectangular concrete slab is placed on soil with a specific California Bearing Ratio (CBR) value to provide support. Reinforcement ratios vary from the smallest to the largest values. Concrete quality is denoted by fc’ with a specified MPa value, and steel quality is indicated as fy with a predetermined MPa value. The findings indicate that deflection in rigid pavement is influenced by the reinforcement ratio, with higher ratios leading to reduced deflection for a given load. The most pronounced deflection is observed in rigid pavement with a particular reinforcement ratio, subjected to a specific load and stress, resulting in a specific deflection magnitude. The relationship between deflection and stress is characterized by sharp and gentle increments in deflection within different stress ranges, as described by proposed linear equations.
Deforestation drivers in northern Morocco: an exploratory spatial data analysis
Authors: Boubekraoui Hamid , Maouni Yazid , Ghallab Abdelilah , Draoui Mohamed , Maouni Abdelfettah 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
Formulating effective policies to address or mitigate deforestation requires a comprehensive understanding of the contributing factors. This study examines the drivers of deforestation from 2001 to 2020 in the Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima (TTA) region, a northern Moroccan area distinguished by the country’s highest deforestation rate. Through an extensive review of existing literature and employing Geist and Lambin’s deforestation framework, we identified five key causes: infrastructure extension, agricultural expansion, logging, wildfires as direct causes, and demographic factors as an indirect cause. Data on deforestation and its contributing factors were sourced from diverse databases, including Global Forest Change (GFC), Global Land Analysis and Discovery (GLAD), Burned Area Product (MODIS Fire_CCI51), World Population, Forest Proximate People (FPP), and National Forest Inventory (NFI) datasets. Pixel-level analysis of GFC data indicated that wildfires are the primary driver of deforestation in the region, accounting for 35.2%, followed by agricultural expansion (30.6%), logging (13.2%), and infrastructure extension (10.1%). The remaining 10.9% of losses were attributed to other disturbances, such as illegal extraction, pests, and dieback. Spatial patterns were further analyzed through Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis (ESDA) methods at a 1 km2 gridded scale, revealing strong clustering for all studied factors. Spatial relationships were explored using the bivariate local Moran’s index, which highlighted the highest spatial dependence between deforestation and fires (I = 0.21). Correlations between deforestation and other factors, including agricultural expansion, logging, infrastructure extension, and demographic pressure, were assessed at 0.18, 0.17, 0.08, and 0.05, respectively. Landscape pressures (LSP), encompassing deforestation, agricultural expansion, fires, infrastructure extension, and demographic pressure, were analyzed using the local Geary index, revealing a positive correlation in approximately 59% of spatial units. Last, a composite map of LSP clusters and an explanatory diagram illustrating dominant patterns in the TTA region were generated based on the results from local Geary’s multivariate and local Moran’s univariate tests.
Strategies of flowering plants to avoid pollen collection by undesirable flower visitors. A commentary on ‘High toxin concentration in pollen may deter collection by bees in butterfly-pollinated Rhododendron molle’
Authors: Ruedenauer Fabian A 
Published: June 2024

This article comments on:
Hui-Hui Feng, Xiao-Wen Lv, Xiao-Chen Yang and Shuang-Quan Huang, High toxin concentration in pollen may deter collection by bees in butterfly-pollinated Rhododendron molle, Annals of Botany, Volume 134, Issue 4, 1 October 2024, Pages 551–559 https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcae047
SlowMoMan: a web app for discovery of important features along user-drawn trajectories in 2D embeddings
Authors: Deol Kiran , Weber Griffin M , Yu Yun William 
Published: June 2024

Abstract

Motivation
Nonlinear low-dimensional embeddings allow humans to visualize high-dimensional data, as is often seen in bioinformatics, where datasets may have tens of thousands of dimensions. However, relating the axes of a nonlinear embedding to the original dimensions is a nontrivial problem. In particular, humans may identify patterns or interesting subsections in the embedding, but cannot easily identify what those patterns correspond to in the original data.

Results
Thus, we present SlowMoMan (SLOW Motions on MANifolds), a web application which allows the user to draw a one-dimensional path onto a 2D embedding. Then, by back-projecting the manifold to the original, high-dimensional space, we sort the original features such that those most discriminative along the manifold are ranked highly. We show a number of pertinent use cases for our tool, including trajectory inference, spatial transcriptomics, and automatic cell classification.

Availability and implementation
Software: https://yunwilliamyu.github.io/SlowMoMan/; Code: https://github.com/yunwilliamyu/SlowMoMan.
In between Participatory Practice Research and Practitioner Research—Concepts in Transition
Authors: Uggerhøj Lars , Andersen Maja Lundemark 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
The article focuses on the possibilities and challenges when using two defined types in practice research: Practitioner Research and Participatory Practice Research and how positions in between defined approaches can be helpful for both researchers and practitioners in social work. As a part of the analyses, the article discusses central concepts and methodological questions in practice research. The aim is to illustrate the needed and challenging practice research ‘shuttle’ between academic traditions/demands, practice needs and learning processes and, in this way, contribute to a methodological innovation that enables genuine co-production among social work practitioners, service users and researchers. The exemplified research design has deliberately been developed to push the boundaries of integrating research and practice in professional settings, to address questions of access to participation for practitioners and service users in research and subsequently to reflect different perceptions and genres of knowledge outputs. The approach shown in this article is based on theoretical, methodological elements and on a specific research project where the researchers worked together with a department of social services and where both researchers and practitioners turn out to be positioned ‘in between’ the types.
Imagining identity in Meta’s metaverse: a genealogy of imagined future realms in computer culture
Authors: Katachie Solomon , Kessler Asher 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
Woven into the fabric of Meta’s Metaverse, and core to its selling point, is a social imaginary of a new realm within our grasp, one in which individuals are imagined to possess greater control over their positionings and social markings. This liberational promise underlying Meta’s metaverse is inherited from past visions of the future within the history of American computer culture. Employing a genealogical approach, we investigate some advertisements for imagined new realms at various points in that history—The Whole Earth Catalog (WEC), an ad campaign for cyberspace, and Meta’s “Are We There Yet”—focusing on how identity is (re)constructed in each.
Black Lady meets Mammy: Analyzing the emergent televisual trope of the Black Lady therapist
Authors: Cerja Cecilia L , Bernabo Laurena E 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
This article explores the recent trend of Black women playing therapists in U.S. television programs to understand how these programs negotiate the controlling images of two seemingly unrelated tropes: the Mammy and the Black Lady. Using sociocultural analysis of two programs featuring a Black Lady Therapist (BLT) from the past decade, we argue the BLT typically functions as a “false positive” representation and she is, in fact, a plastic character whose race is generally reinforced through a combination of boundary violations and asexuality. We aim to articulate how BLTs in television programming rely on and reinforce intersectional oppressions against Black women while simultaneously recognizing the ways their presence serves to advance progressive representations of Black women. Exceptions to these patterns point to the potential for more meaningful representations of Black women professionals on television.
Safety evaluation and sublethal effect of broflanilide on Aphidius gifuensis
Authors: Yang Han-Zhi , Zhang Sen-Wen , Yang Hong , Ding Bo , Zhang Chao , He Li , Yang Mao-Fa 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
Ensuring the safety of insecticides to natural enemy insects of pests is crucial for integrating chemical and biological control strategies. Broflanilide, a novel meta-diamide insecticide, exhibits high insecticidal activity against Myzus persicae (Sulzer) (Hemiptera: Aphididae). To integrate chemical and biological control against M. persicae, we assessed the toxicity of broflanilide to Aphidius gifuensis, and evaluated its safety and sublethal effects. The LC10, LC25, and LC50 values of broflanilide against A. gifuensis were 0.733 mg/L, 1.613 mg/L, and 3.852 mg/L, respectively. The selectivity toxicity ratio of broflanilide to A. gifuensis was 1.516, indicating higher toxicity to M. persicae compared to A. gifuensis. The risk quotient of broflanilide to A. gifuensis adults was 6.18. The percent reduction in the emergence of the parasitoid pupae was −1.15, with a risk grade of 1. The sublethal concentration of broflanilide had no significant influence on the intrinsic rate of increase (r), finite rate of increase (λ), net reproductive rate (R0), and mean fecundity (F) of A. gifuensis in the F1 generation. The mean generation time (T) increased by 0.51 days and 0.39 days in the LC10 and LC25 treatments, respectively; the difference between LC10 treatment and the control was significant, while the difference between LC25 treatment and the control was not significant. The results showed that the sublethal concentration of broflanilide did not have a significant inhibitory effect on the population growth of A. gifuensis.
Energy Tax Exemptions and Industrial Production
Authors: Gerster Andreas , Lamp Stefan 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
This paper investigates the impact of a large electricity tax exemption on production levels, employment and input choices in the German manufacturing industry. For two policy designs, we show that exempted plants increase their electricity use. This effect is larger under a notched exemption policy, where passing an eligibility threshold yields infra-marginal benefits, compared to a policy without such benefits. We detect no significant impact of the exemptions on production levels, export shares and employment. Using counterfactual simulations, we document that notched policies substantially distort firms’ production input choices when financial stakes are high and compliance costs are low.
Genetic counselling legislation and practice in cancer in EU Member States
Authors: McCrary J Matt , Van Valckenborgh Els , Poirel Hélène A , de Putter Robin , van Rooij Jeroen , Horgan Denis , Dierks Marie-Luise , Antonova Olga , Brunet Joan , Chirita-Emandi Adela , Colas Chrystelle , Dalmas Miriam , Ehrencrona Hans , Grima Claire , Janavičius Ramūnas , Klink Barbara , Koczok Katalin , Krajc Mateja , Lace Baiba , Leitsalu Liis , Mistrik Martin , Paneque Milena , Primorac Dragan , Roetzer Katharina M , Ronez Joelle , Slámová Lucie , Spanou Elena , Stamatopoulos Kostas , Stoklosa Tomasz , Strang-Karlsson Sonja , Szakszon Katalin , Szczałuba Krzysztof , Turner Jacqueline , van Dooren Marieke F , van Zelst-Stams Wendy A G , Vassallo Loredana-Maria , Wadt Karin A W , Žigman Tamara , Ripperger Tim , Genuardi Maurizio , Van den Bulcke Marc , Bergmann Anke Katharina 
Published: June 2024

Abstract

Background
Somatic and germline genetic alterations are significant drivers of cancer. Increasing integration of new technologies which profile these alterations requires timely, equitable and high-quality genetic counselling to facilitate accurate diagnoses and informed decision-making by patients and their families in preventive and clinical settings. This article aims to provide an overview of genetic counselling legislation and practice across European Union (EU) Member States to serve as a foundation for future European recommendations and action.

Methods
National legislative databases of all 27 Member States were searched using terms relevant to genetic counselling, translated as appropriate. Interviews with relevant experts from each Member State were conducted to validate legislative search results and provide detailed insights into genetic counselling practice in each country.

Results
Genetic counselling is included in national legislative documents of 22 of 27 Member States, with substantial variation in legal mechanisms and prescribed details (i.e. the ‘who, what, when and where’ of counselling). Practice is similarly varied. Workforce capacity (25 of 27 Member States) and genetic literacy (all Member States) were common reported barriers. Recognition and/or better integration of genetic counsellors and updated legislation and were most commonly noted as the ‘most important change’ which would improve practice.

Conclusions
This review highlights substantial variability in genetic counselling across EU Member States, as well as common barriers notwithstanding this variation. Future recommendations and action should focus on addressing literacy and capacity challenges through legislative, regulatory and/or strategic approaches at EU, national, regional and/or local levels.
Trends in gestational diabetes in Iceland before and after guideline changes in 2012: a nationwide study from 1997 to 2020
Authors: Ontiveros Jamie , Gunnarsdóttir Jóhanna , Einarsdóttir Kristjana 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
Internationally accepted diagnostic criteria recommendations for gestational diabetes (GDM) in 2010 resulted in a rise in global prevalence of GDM. Our aim was to describe the trends in GDM before and after Icelandic guideline changes in 2012 and the trends in pregestational diabetes (PGDM). The study included all singleton births (N = 101 093) in Iceland during 1997–2020. Modified Poisson regression models were used to estimate prevalence ratios (PRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for risk of GDM overall and by maternal age group, as well as overall risk of PGDM, according to time period of birth. The overall prevalence of GDM by time period of birth ranged from 0.6% (N = 101) in 1997–2000 to 16.2% (N = 2720) in 2017–2020, and the prevalence of PGDM ranged from 0.4% (N = 57) in 1997–2000 to 0.7% (N = 120) in 2017–2020. The overall relative GDM prevalence rate difference before and after 2012 was 380%, and the largest difference was found among women aged &lt;25 years at 473%. Risk of GDM increased in 2017–2020 (PR 14.21, CI 11.45, 17.64) compared to 1997–2000 and was highest among women aged &gt;34 years with PR 19.46 (CI 12.36, 30.63) in 2017–2020. Prevalence rates of GDM and PGDM increased during the study period. An accelerated rate of increase in GDM was found after 2012, overall, and among all maternal age groups. Women aged &gt;34 years had the greatest risk of GDM throughout all time periods, while women aged &lt;25 years appear to have a higher relative rate difference after 2012.
A biological circuit to anticipate trend
Authors: Frank Steven A 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
Organisms gain by anticipating future changes in the environment. Those environmental changes often follow stochastic trends. The steeper the slope of the trend, the more likely the trend’s momentum carries the future trend in the same direction. This article presents a simple biological circuit that measures the momentum, providing a prediction about future trend. The circuit calculates the momentum by the difference between a short-term and a long-term exponential moving average. The time lengths of the two moving averages can be adjusted by changing the decay rates of state variables. Different time lengths for those averages trade off between errors caused by noise and errors caused by lags in predicting a change in the direction of the trend. Prior studies have emphasized circuits that make similar calculations about trends. However, those prior studies embedded their analyses in the details of particular applications, obscuring the simple generality and wide applicability of the approach. The model here contributes to the topic by clarifying the great simplicity and generality of anticipation for stochastic trends. This article also notes that, in financial analysis, the difference between moving averages is widely used to predict future trends in asset prices. The financial measure is called the moving average convergence–divergence indicator. Connecting the biological problem to financial analysis opens the way for future studies in biology to exploit the variety of highly developed trend models in finance.
Historic doubts about the survival of the Princes in the Tower after 1485
Authors: Hicks Michael 
Published: June 2024

ABSTRACT
This note assesses Philippa Langley’s four proofs for the survival of the two Princes in the Tower after 1485. Neither the Lille document nor supporting evidences prove that Lambert Simnel was really Edward V rather than Edward, earl of Warwick. The Gelderland manifesto recounting the escape of Richard, duke of York and the pretender’s pledge to Duke Albert of Saxony were propaganda as necessary for the imposter Perkin Warbeck as for the real prince. The blemishes of Warbeck’s body cannot be shown to identify him as the younger prince. While useful additions to the continental plots against Henry VII, these new evidences do not prove that either prince lived beyond the reign of Richard III.