bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Ranking water utilities in a competitive scenario using two years of information and data envelopment analysis
Authors: Gidion Dickson K. 
Published: February 2025

ABSTRACT
Urban water utilities (UWUs) efficiency assessment in a competitive scenario and sunshine regulation are considered the main drivers of competitive services improvement in the water industry. The conventional data envelopment analysis (DEA) assessment technique is weak in accounting for the nature and operation environment of the UWU. Despite numerous use cases, conventional DEA has not successfully benchmarked UWUs in a competitive scenario. Thus, to account for the nature of a UWU environment, regulators employ a performance indicator (PI, single gap) system and other empirical analyses to rank UWU performance. This study has developed a network form of the conventional DEA that employs two years of information to benchmark UWU efficiency in a competitive scenario and compare efficiency results with the PI system. The comparison of the computations was demonstrated to obtain tractable results. The assessment indicates that the proposed network DEA approach includes variables with zero values and places UWUs in a competitive scenario beyond the single gap system. In this way, the best, mediocre and worst performances are revealed, and inefficient UWUs can learn management practices from efficient UWUs and improve water service delivery.
Análise de estabilidade de taludes usando uma abordagem probabilística
Authors: Neves Matheus Veras , Garcês Thâmara Ingrid Costa , Azevedo George Fernandes , Bazán Felipe Alexander Vargas , Queiroz Paulo César de Oliveira , Barreira Ronnan Wembles Martins , Batalha Luanne de Fátima Pereira 
Published: February 2025

Este artigo apresenta um estudo que utiliza implementações computacionais dos métodos FOSM e Monte Carlo. Estes métodos visam determinar a probabilidade de ruptura de encostas em áreas suscetíveis a deslizamentos rasos. O estudo concentra-se na região da Vila Rabelo, situada na zona administrativa de Sobradinho II, Distrito Federal. A abordagem computacional emprega duas ferramentas de programação distintas: o MATLAB para o método FOSM, e o FORTRAN para o método de simulação de Monte Carlo. A análise revela que o método Monte Carlo tende a produzir valores de probabilidade de ruptura mais elevados em comparação com o método FOSM, especialmente em terrenos íngremes. Foi realizada uma análise de convergência para o método de Monte Carlo, a fim de ilustrar como é determinado o número de simulações adequado. Além disso, os resultados indicam proximidade espacial e ocasionalmente valores mais altos na distribuição espacial de probabilidades de ruptura obtidas a partir do método Monte Carlo em comparação com o método FOSM. As variações nos valores de probabilidade de ruptura alcançados por meio de métodos probabilísticos decorrem das configurações de distribuição da variável coesão, que é um dos dados de entrada.
Linking Leader's Avoidant Behavior to Counter productive work behavior: A Mediated Moderated Model
Authors: Saleem Irfan , Zamir Shumaila 
Published: February 2025

Introduction. Extant research has focused on the antecedents of culture, suggesting that a group's culture results from internal and external changes experienced by the group members or successfully transferred by the group leader. The current study aims to understand leaders' role in shaping organisational culture based on their behaviour in temporary work settings. Research to date has mostly focused on leadership styles, not behaviours such as Avoidant behaviour, and yet to examine How leaders' behaviours influence Individual and Organizational Outcomes in project-based firms. Methods. Two hundred ninety-seven leaders and followers (project manager and team members) from Lahore and Islamabad's NGOs participated in the study. Results. A leader's avoidant behaviour positively impacts conflict culture, which affects the individual's performance and organisational well-being. Results identified that CC is a product of behaviour that positively influences counterproductive work behaviour. The present research cannot prove moderation with suggested relations, but direct results unfold the interesting facet. Discussion. The research has found consistent results concerning previous studies. The research has also contributed theoretically and contextually. The research has implications for companies, leaders, and employees. Future researchers might broaden the study's scope by incorporating other constructs, such as employee promotive voice.
Physician Perspectives on the Potential Benefits and Risks of Applying Artificial Intelligence in Psychiatric Medicine: Qualitative Study
Authors: Stroud Austin M , Curtis Susan H , Weir Isabel B , Stout Jeremiah J , Barry Barbara A , Bobo William V , Athreya Arjun P , Sharp Richard R 
Published: February 2025

Background
As artificial intelligence (AI) tools are integrated more widely in psychiatric medicine, it is important to consider the impact these tools will have on clinical practice.

Objective
This study aimed to characterize physician perspectives on the potential impact AI tools will have in psychiatric medicine.

Methods
We interviewed 42 physicians (21 psychiatrists and 21 family medicine practitioners). These interviews used detailed clinical case scenarios involving the use of AI technologies in the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of psychiatric conditions. Interviews were transcribed and subsequently analyzed using qualitative analysis methods.

Results
Physicians highlighted multiple potential benefits of AI tools, including potential support for optimizing pharmaceutical efficacy, reducing administrative burden, aiding shared decision-making, and increasing access to health services, and were optimistic about the long-term impact of these technologies. This optimism was tempered by concerns about potential near-term risks to both patients and themselves including misguiding clinical judgment, increasing clinical burden, introducing patient harms, and creating legal liability.

Conclusions
Our results highlight the importance of considering specialist perspectives when deploying AI tools in psychiatric medicine.
Spatiotemporal Characteristics and Influential Factors of Electronic Cigarette Web-Based Attention in Mainland China: Time Series Observational Study
Authors: Zhang Zhongmin , Xu Hengyi , Pan Jing , Song Fujian , Chen Ting 
Published: February 2025

Background
The popularity of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) has steadily increased, prompting a considerable number of individuals to search for relevant information on them. Previous e-cigarette infodemiology studies have focused on assessing the quality and reliability of website content and quantifying the impact of policies. In reality, most low-income countries and low- and middle-income countries have not yet conducted e-cigarette use surveillance. Data sourced from web-based search engines related to e-cigarettes have the potential to serve as cost-effective supplementary means to traditional monitoring approaches.

Objective
This study aimed to analyze the spatiotemporal distribution characteristics and associated sociodemographic factors of e-cigarette searches using trends from the Baidu search engine.

Methods
The query data related to e-cigarettes for 31 provinces in mainland China were retrieved from the Baidu index database from January 1, 2015, to December 31, 2022. Concentration ratio methods and spatial autocorrelation analysis were applied to analyze the temporal aggregation and spatial aggregation of the e-cigarette Baidu index, respectively. A variance inflation factor test was performed to avoid multicollinearity. A spatial panel econometric model was developed to assess the determinants of e-cigarette web-based attention.

Results
The daily average Baidu index for e-cigarettes increased from 53,234.873 in 2015 to 85,416.995 in 2021 and then declined to 52,174.906 in 2022. This index was concentrated in the southeastern coastal region, whereas the hot spot shifted to the northwestern region after adjusting for population size. Positive spatial autocorrelation existed in the per capita Baidu index of e-cigarettes from 2015 to 2022. The results of the local Moran’s I showed that there were mainly low-low cluster areas of the per capita Baidu index, especially in the central region. Furthermore, the male-female ratio, the proportion of high school and above education, and the per capita gross regional domestic product were positively correlated with the per capita Baidu index for e-cigarettes. A higher urbanization rate was associated with a reduced per capita Baidu index.

Conclusions
With the increasing popularity of web-based searches for e-cigarettes, a targeted e-cigarette health education program for individuals in the northwest, males, rural populations, high school and above educated individuals, and high-income groups is warranted.
Challenges in Global Group Audits: Evidence from Component Audit Leaders
Authors: Gold Anna , Trotman Andrew J. 
Published: February 2025

SYNOPSIS
Regulators and standard setters have expressed concerns about global group audit (GGA) quality, as deficiencies in group audits account for a significant proportion of all audit deficiencies worldwide. To explore how both the group and component auditor processes and behaviors impact the quality of component audits, we conduct an experiential questionnaire with 86 experienced component audit (CA) leaders. The qualitative responses confirm regulators’ concerns about insufficient involvement of group auditors in the component audit. Specifically, CA leaders experience a lack of group auditor involvement in the staffing, planning, and fieldwork phases of the component audit as well as insufficient review of component auditor work. Regulatory and cultural barriers, along with insufficient fees, pose further challenges for CA teams. However, CA leaders also report positive experiences, perceived to improve audit quality, when group auditors work collaboratively with the CA team during planning and fieldwork.
Data availability: The data are not publicly available. The authors signed a nondisclosure agreement with the Foundation of Audit Research (FAR), and participants were informed that the data were only available to the FAR and the researchers.
JEL Classifications: M42.
Meningskonstruktion under læsning af litterære tekster: Verbal Reports fra elever i læseforståelsesvanskeligheder
Authors: Gøttsche Nina Berg 
Published: February 2025

I denne artikel undersøges, hvordan elever i læseforståelsesvanskeligheder konstruerer mening, når de læser litterære tekster. Studiets forskningsinteresse retter sig således mod elevers kognitive læseforståelsesproces under læsning af en særlig teksttype (litterære tekster) i en særlig kontekst (litteraturundervisningen). Følgelig er studiets teoretiske rammeværk flerfokalt og omfatter dels kognitionspsykologisk teori om læseforståelsesprocessen samt sociokognitiv teori om læsning af litterære tekster i en skolekontekst. Gennem metoden Verbal Protocol udskilles tre læserprofiler: infererende læsere, parafraserende læsere og associative læsere, som tilsammen tegner et nuanceret billede af, hvordan læseforståelsesprocessen kommer til udtryk hos elever med læseforståelsesvanskeligheder uden afkodningens mellemkomst.
English abstract
Constructing Meaning While Reading Literary Texts – Verbal Reports From Pupils With Reading Difficulties
This article examines how pupils with reading comprehension difficulties construct meaning as they read literary texts. The study is directed at pupils’ reading comprehension process while reading a particular type of text (literary texts) in a particular context (literature tuition). As a consequence, the study’s theoretical framework includes a cognitive approach regarding the reading process and a socio-cognitive approach regarding literary texts in a school setting. Applying Verbal Protocol as a research method, three reader profiles have been distinguished: inferring readers, paraphrasing readers and associative readers. These provide an opportunity for qualifying our understanding of the comprehension process in pupils with reading comprehension difficulties as they comprehend without decoding.
Meneropong Relevansi Konsep Kebebasan Fichte Terhadap Pandangan Kebebasan dalam Etika Kontemporer
Authors: Aja Dominikus M. , Dedi S. Se Eduardus , Righo Isfridus Damasus , Naibina Gualbertus A. 
Published: February 2025

Filsafat abad pertengahan adalah sistem filsafat yang menekankan pentingnya peran wahyu dalam bidang ilmu pengetahuan sehingga berusaha untuk menyintesiskan teologi Kristen dengan filsafat Yunani. Penekanan yang demikian membuat banyak filsuf melahirkan berbagai pemikiran yang bersifat dogmatis. Pemikiran-pemikiran yang dogmatis selalu mengarah pada konsep kebebasan manusia sebagai kebebasan yang semu dan bukan kebebasan yang absolut sehingga hidup sesuai dengan determinasi adalah hidup yang baik sedangkan hidup yang sebaliknya adalah keburukan. Konsekuensi dari pemikiran tersebut adalah penghilangan martabat manusia sebagai makhluk yang otonom dan berakal budi. Pemikiran kebebasan yang semu dan dogmatis sangat dikritik dan ditentang oleh Fichte. Melalui berbagai pemikirannya dalam idealisme subjektif dan etika. Fichte menegaskan bahwa semua manusia adalah makhluk yang bebas dan otonom karena memiliki kesadaran dan akal budi dalam dirinya sendiri. Sebagai makhluk yang otonom dan berakal budi, setiap manusia dapat menentukan hidupnya dengan bebas tanpa ada paksaan dari luar dirinya. Selain itu, kebebasan manusia menurut Fichte adalah kebebasan yang bertanggungjawab terhadap sesama yang lain. Artinya, kebebasan seseorang dalam bertindak tidak boleh melanggar kebebasan orang lain karena semua manusia memilki martabat yang sama. Pemikiran Fichte yang demikian bertolak belakang dengan konsep kebebasan kontemporer yang bersifat individual dan mengabaikan solidaritas sosial. Tulisan ini ingin mengulas tentang konsep kebebasan Fichte dan relevansi terhadap pandang kebebasan dalam etika kontemporer. Kajian ini menggunakan metode analisis deskriptif kualitatif dengan cara studi literatur dalam mengumpulkan data baik primer maupun sekunder tentang pemikiran filsafat dan kebebasan Fichte.
Consideraciones en torno a las audiencias públicas y aportes para su optimización
Authors: Asís Damasco Luis 
Published: February 2025

En el presente artículo, analizamos el instituto de la audiencia pública, dúctil herramienta que combina la participación social, y la tarea legislativa. Asimismo, trazamos un esbozo de su fundamentación que, enfocado desde el trialismo jurídico, creemos que se le puede dotar del marco epistemológico necesario que le provea, junto con una adecuada y pertinente participación, de la sistematicidad y organicidad que ampliará su potencial actual.
El cine: la ficción impulsa al espectador a reflexionar sobre su propia realidad
Authors: De Dios Flavio 
Published: February 2025

Una película que relata la pelea judicial entre un pequeño agricultor canadiense enfrentándose a Monsanto, me permite reflexionar sobre el camino que ha comenzado a desandar la Ley de Semillas en Argentina, limitando el uso propio a partir del dictado de varias resoluciones.
Solidarność jako wartość w dydaktyce polonistycznej
Authors: Morawska Iwona 
Published: February 2025

The topic signaled in the title constitutes an integral part of general and Polish language content at every stage of education. It is related to the realization of goals and tasks that motivate students to explore values of crucial importance to human life. One of these values is solidarity. The article presents theoretical findings regarding the ways of understanding this category in scientific discourse and social communication. The subject of a broader discussion is the results of an educational diagnosis, focusing on schoolchildren' statements about solidarity, its significance, forms, and indicators. In addition, the article references several methodological solutions associated with the ethos of solidarity within literary education. In the summary, several general conclusions and reflections on the title issue are formulated.
Noise Reduction of Distributed Propulsion by Optimized Phase Synchronization
Authors: Liu Hanru , Zhao Xingyu , Li Jiahui , Feng Yuyao , Zhang Lin 
Published: February 2025

Distributed propulsion systems with high aerodynamic efficiency and low noise have received extensive attention in recent years. A highly efficient prediction method for aerodynamic noise based on lifting line theory combined with the Ffowcs Williams-Hawkings method is developed. The noise prediction method is validated through computational fluid dynamics and experimental results. By using phase delay processing at the observation location to superimpose sound pressure signals, multisource noise for ducted fans is investigated. The developed noise prediction method is used to assess fan noise reduction through phase synchronization. The phase angles are optimized by a genetic algorithm to minimize overall noise radiation. For the aircraft configuration considered in this paper, through phase synchronization in distributed propulsion systems, the overall sound pressure level can be reduced by 2.14 dB in the ground radiation area and 1.22 dB on the cabin wall. For variations of [Formula: see text] of the incoming velocity or 5% of the phase angle, noise reduction effects on the objective area are maintained. However, noise reduction of phase synchronization is sensitive to the distance between the axes of two adjacent fans, and under the off-design installation condition it can cause a decline of 6.07% of the noise reduction effect.
Understanding High-Speed Aeroelastic Stability of a Gimballed Proprotor
Authors: Akinwale Akinola , Datta Anubhav 
Published: February 2025

A 4.75-ft-diameter dynamically scaled proprotor was tested on a semispan wing pylon in airplane mode up to high speeds of 200 kt. Aeroelastic stability data was acquired at two wind tunnels: Navy Carderock tunnel and the University of Maryland Glenn L. Martin tunnel, and for two hub configurations: gimballed and gimbal locked. The data consisted of frequency and damping of beam, chord, and torsion modes of the coupled rotor–wing-pylon system at a Froude-scale rpm of 1050. The eigenvalues were extracted with moving-block and Prony methods and were compared. The tests shed light on the nature of roots in high-speed tiltrotor flight. The key conclusions were the following: 1) the beam and chord damping for the gimballed rotor remained low, around 1–2%; 2) torsion damping was higher, around 3–6%; 3) the gimbal-locked condition increased chord and torsion damping significantly and also changed their trends with speed; 4) the model remained flutter-free up to 200 kt, which is equivalent to 458 kt in full scale; and 5) moving block and Prony are methods equally effective for extracting damping from time-series data for these test conditions.
Aerodynamic Performance of Propeller–Wing in Continuous Transition Mode Under Different Strategies
Authors: Wang Mengtian , Jin Tai 
Published: February 2025

Transition mode, which is characterized by highly nonlinear aerodynamic properties critical to the safety and stability of the electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft during flight, is still not well understood with respect to aerodynamics and flight dynamics. This paper establishes a simulation method based on the overset mesh method, which is suitable for the aerodynamic performance research during continuous transition mode. A calculation method for the transition corridor is proposed based on the variation law of wing aerodynamic coefficients with tilt angle obtained from simulations. The impact of different aerodynamic coefficient settings on the transition corridor boundary is analyzed. The aerodynamic performance of the propeller–wing system under different tilt routes within the transition corridor is analyzed. It is found that the system’s aerodynamic performance is superior when there is a pause during tilting compared to tilt with uniform velocity. The pause angle should be set in the early phase of the tilt, not less than 60 deg, and the pause duration should be about 9% of the total tilt time. These provide references for calculating more accurate transition corridors and optimizing transition strategies.
On-Demand Urban Air Mobility Scheduling with Operational Considerations
Authors: Ko Jaeyoul , Ahn Jaemyung 
Published: February 2025

This paper introduces an on-demand sequencing and scheduling framework for Urban Air Mobility (UAM) with electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. Safety and efficiency, considering factors such as battery state of charge and charging infrastructure, are critical factors for UAM operations. A new scheduling framework integrating considerations for battery consumption, parking and charging infrastructure, vertiport throughput, and fleet heterogeneity to maximize the operational efficiency of the eVTOL UAM fleet is proposed. A solution methodology utilizing a genetic algorithm and receding horizon scheduling achieves near-optimal solutions with an average optimality gap of 5.8% and a runtime of less than 1 min for dynamic scheduling. A case study based on the 2024 Paris Olympic air taxi operations demonstrates the efficacy of the proposed problem formulation and solution method.
Pseudorotation Adjoint-Based Aerodynamic and Aeroacoustic Optimization Method for Isolated Rotors
Authors: Zhi Haolin , Deng Shuanghou , Chang Jiahao , Xiao Tianhang , Lu Yujin 
Published: February 2025

The present study proposes a pseudorotation adjoint-based aerodynamic and aeroacoustic optimization method for the application on isolated rotors with both accuracy and efficiency. The pseudorotation adjoint-based optimization methodology incorporates two innovative techniques: i) a hybrid computational fluid dynamics–computational aeroacoustics method closely integrating with Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes equations under a rotating reference frame within a pseudorotation moving-medium Ffowcs Williams-Hawkings formulation to evaluate aerodynamic performance and tonal noise, and ii) a unified architecture for steady-state adjoint-based sensitivity analyses of both aerodynamics and aeroacoustics leveraging the pseudorotation approach, thereby facilitating effective multi-objective weighted optimizations within one comprehensive framework. The proposed pseudorotation steady adjoint-based optimization method is applied to a bidiscipline optimization problem of rotor blades compared with our previous on-the-fly unsteady adjoint method. Results of the comparative study demonstrate that the pseudorotation steady approach exhibits good agreement with the unsteady approach in predicting aerodynamics and aeroacoustics as well as their sensitivity derivatives. Furthermore, the steady adjoint optimization demonstrates its capability in achieving an optimum rotor design that closely resembles the outcome from unsteady adjoint optimization while exhibiting a 20-fold acceleration in computational time. These results highlight the potential of this proposed pseudorotation adjoint-based optimization method in efficiently exploring fundamental principles governing high aerodynamic performance and low tonal noise emissions for isolated rotors.