bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Empowering EAP teachers of Chinese: a narrative inquiry into professional development for Chinese students’ listening instruction in Melbourne
Authors: Zhou Dan 
Published: February 2025

Abstract

As the programme of English for academic purposes (EAP) has gained popularity in recent decades, teachers’ professional development (PD) in this field has drawn increasing scholarly attention. The reason behind it is that PD significantly contributes to teachers’ teaching quality, facilitating effective classroom practices. However, given the complexity of students’ needs, concerns have emerged about whether current PD adequately supports teachers’ growth. This study investigates the current landscape of PD for EAP teachers of Chinese, specifically focusing on listening teaching for newly arrived Chinese tertiary students in Melbourne. Through narrative inquiry with semi-structured interviews, this research gathers personal accounts from three teachers. Grounded in sociocultural theory, thematic analysis is employed to synthesise the research data. The findings reveal that teachers strive to employ adaptive teaching strategies to address learners’ needs and proactively engage in PD. Also, their experiences suggest a need for frequent and systematic professional support to alleviate the challenges associated with listening teaching. This research not only provides EAP programme leaders with valuable insights for creating a supportive PD environment for listening teaching through systematisation, but also offers a sociocultural theoretical foundation for researchers to explore EAP teachers’ PD in listening teaching.
Flexoelectricity-driven giant polarization in (Bi, Na)TiO3-based ferroelectric thin films
Authors: Wang Danyang , Sun Yunlong , Niu Ranming , Song Zi Zheng , Tang Shiyu , Wang Huizhong , Geng Xun , Zhang Ji , Yang Jack , Cazorla Claudio , Guo Changqing , Chang Shery , Lou Xiaojie , Huang Houbing , Chen Zibin , Zhang Shujun 
Published: February 2025

Abstract

This study demonstrates the use of oxygen vacancy-induced planar defects to significantly enhance electrical polarization through a local flexoelectric effect. By introducing an appropriate level of aliovalent dopants, numerous local planar defects are induced in (Bi0.5, Na0.5)TiO3-based thin films. These defects, identified as oxygen-deficient structures through direct visualization of oxygen atoms and oxygen vacancies using integrated differential phase-contrast (iDPC) microscopy, result in the formation of head-to-head (H-H) domain structures. Geometric phase analysis (GPA) confirms that these structures exhibit a substantial local strain gradient of up to 109 m− 1, contributing significantly to the flexoelectric polarization. Consequently, a giant maximum polarization (Pm) of 161 µC cm− 2 under 750 kV cm− 1 and a remanent polarization Pr=115 µC cm−2 along with a coercive field of 250 kV cm−1 are achieved, allowing these BNT-based thin films to be used in low-power electronic applications. Crucially, the Pm and Pr of the thin films can be sustained at 133 and 98 µC cm−2, respectively, at 230°C. Additionally, they exhibit exceptional high-temperature fatigue endurance, with Pm and Pr demonstrating a negligible reduction of less than 9% after 107 cycles under 750 kV cm−1 at 230°C. To the best of our knowledge, these values establish a new record for oxide perovskite thin films at elevated temperatures, demonstrating potential applications of our thin films in high-temperature environments. Our findings offer promising avenues for advancing the application fields of ferroelectric thin films.
A Novel Hybrid Optimization Algorithm for Performance Improvement of Distribution Network by Optimal Allocation of Distributed Generators
Authors: Srivi J. P. , Sriniv K. , Jaisiva S. , Suresh R. 
Published: February 2025

Abstract

Uncertainty of loading in distribution system, which differs over time, raises difficulty in working and control over distribution system. Also, increased continuous load and makes the distribution system work nearby load limit. The load which increases steadily will cause more power losses, least voltages regulation, uncertainness, in secured traditional feedings system. This paper contributes enhancement in profile of voltage in transmission systems, which reduces voltage fluctuation and power loss. Electrical power which transfers in the same way throughout Radial Distribution Network (RDN) in power grid stations will results lower voltage continuity, voltage fluctuations which occur significantly and also loss of power in distribution networks even with higher load and power loss issue, in spite of mounting DG in RDS in maintaining voltage profiles using grid networks. The meta-heuristic optimization algorithms also hold major place which determines optimal location of DG which achieves the goal of the research. Here, in practical networks, the single objective optimized strategies were not used to solve power systems optimization issues of several types. Therefore, multi-objective function was mentioned. The major work of the research lies in investigating along with assigning the optimal locations of connecting DG, along with the evaluation of optimal DG configuration, which minimizes power loss thereby improving voltage profiles of distribution network using Gazelle Optimization + Dwarf Mongoose Optimization (GOA + DMO) algorithms. The standardized IEEE 37-bus Radial Distribution Systems (RDS) were used as testing bus system in testing execution and efficiency of optimization techniques. Illustrating effectiveness of devised algorithms, outcomes were compared using several optimization methods.
Drought resistance evaluation in hulless barley seedlings: physiological markers for climate-resilient crop breeding
Authors: Shi Yafei , Niu Liping , Bo La , Chen Shuaihao , Qin Zhongmengyi , Dondup Dawa , Namgyal Lhundrup , Quzong Xiruo , Ga Zhuo , Zhang Yanming , Hou Xin 
Published: February 2025

Abstract

Global climate change intensifies extreme weather-induced crop losses, necessitating drought-resilient crops. Qingke (Hordeum vulgare var. nudum), the staple barley of Tibet's climate-vulnerable plateau, offers genetic insights into stress adaptation. We established a seedling-stage drought evaluation system identifying four biomarkers: fresh weight, chlorophyll fluorescence (Fv/Fm, NPQ, RFD), photosynthetic parameters (E and gsw), and reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation. Systematic screening of the physiological traits revealed these parameters as optimal predictors of drought tolerance, enabling rapid germplasm classification. Application to three uncharacterized cultivars (ZY673, ZY1403, KL14) demonstrated weak drought resistance across all lines, with ZY1403 showing extreme sensitivity. This standardized protocol for hulless barley integrates photosynthetic efficiency and oxidative stress metrics, providing breeders with actionable thresholds for climate-resilient crop development in montane agroecosystems.
The New Generalized Odd Median Based Unit Rayleigh with a New Shape Oscillating Hazard Rate Function
Authors: Attia Iman Mohammed 
Published: February 2025

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In this paper, the author presents the generalized form of the Median-Based Unit Rayleigh (MBUR) distribution, a novel statistical distribution that is specifically defined within the interval (0, 1) expressing oscillating hazard rate function. This generalization adds a new parameter to the MBUR distribution that significantly addresses the unique characteristics of data represented as ratios and proportions, which are commonly encountered in various fields of research. The establishment of this generalization aims to deepen our understanding of these phenomena by providing a robust framework for analysis. The paper offers a thorough and meticulous derivation of the probability density function (PDF) for the MBUR distribution, illuminating each phase of the process with clarity and precision. It delves deep into the intricacies of the MBUR distribution's properties, presenting a rigorous examination of the accompanying functions that are vital for robust statistical evaluation. These functions—comprising the cumulative distribution function (CDF), survival function, hazard rate and reversed hazard rate function. The paper discusses real data analysis and how the generalization improves such analysis.
Письма пифагорейских женщин в историческом и философском контексте
Authors: Афонасина А.С. 
Published: February 2025

Письма пифагорейских женщин, считавшиеся до начала XIX в. достоверными, рассматриваются в данной статье в контексте существования риторических школ начала I в. н. э., а также как средство поддержания пифагорейского идеала воспитания в рамках возрождения интереса к пифагореизму в тот же период. Кроме того, помещая их в контекст пасторальных писем, можно предположить, что пифагорейские письма написаны также и с идеологической целью, а именно для создания некоего противовеса набирающему силу христианству. Свидетельства о Теано рассматриваются в порядке их появления, осуществляется их краткий анализ. Подвергается сомнению одна из датировок создания этих писем. Выдержка из письма Теано приводится в переводе автора статьи и звучит на русском языке впервые. Данная статья является введением к готовящемуся комментированному переводу писем пифагорейских женщин.
Antisthenes: Cynic or Aristocrat?
Authors: PROTOPOPOVA I.A. , GARADJA A.V. 
Published: February 2025

Review of: Kennedy, William John, ed. (2017) Antisthenes' Literary Fragments: Edited with Introduction, Translations, and Commentary. A thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Faculty of Arts, University of Sydney. (https://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/bitstream/2123/16595/1/Kennedy_WJ_Thesis%20Final.pdf). The review deals with a thesis by William John Kennedy devoted to Antisthenes. The authors of the review are chiefly interested in the first part of the work where Kennedy is attempting to substantiate his controversial view on Antisthenes' philosophical affiliation, asserting that he had nothing to do with the Cynics and in his ethical judgment abided by traditional tenets of Athenian aristocracy. The review is focusing on those hermeneutical devices, including rather biased translations that allow the author to come to a conclusion that breaks so starkly with the standard position in modern Classical studies.
Рецензия на диссертацию: Kennedy, William John, ed. (2017) Antisthenes’ Literary Fragments: Edited with Introduction, Translations, and Commentary. A thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Faculty of Arts, University of Sydney. (https://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/bitstream/2123/16595/1/Kennedy_WJ_Thesis%20Final.pdf). В рецензии рассматривается диссертация William John Kennedy, посвященная Антисфену. Авторы рецензии уделяют особое внимание первой части работы, в которой Кеннеди пытается обосновать свой новаторский взгляд на философскую принадлежность Антисфена: по мнению Кеннеди, он не имел никакого отношения к киникам и в этике исповедовал традиционные взгляды афинских аристократов. В рецензии рассматриваются прежде всего те интерпретаторские приемы, в т.ч. переводческие, с помощью которых Кеннеди приходит к такому нетривиальному для современного антиковедения выводу.
The theory and practice of torture in Ancient Athenian courts
Authors: Adamidis V. 
Published: February 2025

There has been much debate in scholarship over the actual existence of torture (basanos) of innocent slaves for evidentiary purposes in the courts of classical Athens in the age of the orators. In the absence of direct evidence in the forensic speeches, scholars have pointed to a putative inconsistency between theory and practice regarding this institution. On the one hand, belief in the reliability of torture is evident in the works of the Attic orators, as well as challenges to evidentiary torture. Furthermore, rhetorical theory (in Aristotle’s Rhetoric and Anaximenes’ Rhetorica ad Alexandrum) supposedly provides guidance to orators as if recourse to basanos was a real possibility and classifies torture under the category of artless or supplementary proofs. On the other hand, not even one of such challenges has evidently been accepted and actually carried out and the sources are silent as to the actuality of evidentiary torture. This study closely examines the evidence of the primary sources and seeks to provide a solution to the aforementioned putative inconsistency. It demonstrates that it is far from certain that Aristotle and Anaximenes referred to the particular type of evidentiary basanos, since closer analysis shows that the shape of this institution is complex and much nuanced. Moreover, the presence in the courts of testimonies elicited by other than evidentiary types of torture, points to the root of the Athenian belief in the reliability of torture. Consequently, it is plausible to suggest that by the time of the Attic orators, evidentiary basanos had become obsolete and its remnant was primarily of rhetorical value.
Вопрос о практике пыток (basanos) невиновных рабов в афинских судах классического периода вызывает разногласия среди исследователей. Поскольку прямые свидетельства об этом в речах аттических ораторов отсутствуют, считается, что древняя практика и теория в этом вопросе существенно расходились. С одной стороны, аттические ораторы выступали как за, так и против практики подобных пыток, а риторическая теория (Аристотелевская Риторика и Риторика к Александру Анаксимена) допускает пытки свидетелей в качестве реальной возможности, своего рода дополнительного свидетельства. С другой стороны, в наших источниках отсутствуют какие-либо свидетельства о реальном применении подобного рода пыток. Детальный анализ источников показывает, что Аристотель и Анаксимен вовсе не обязательно имели в виду именно basanos, понимаемый как пытка свидетелей. Можно, следовательно, предположить, что в работах ораторов классического периода упоминание о пытках является литературным приемом, относящимся к уже устаревшей практике.
About the Lesbian poets, about Hermes, the God of Fertility, and about the Mysteries of Artemis in Ancient Mytilene
Authors: Myakin T. 
Published: February 2025

The article finalizes the study of the erotic pre-wedding ritual of the mysteries of Artemis in ancient Mytilene. Comparative analysis of epigraphic, literary and new archaeological data shows that the Sapphic girls during this ritual seem to have sacrificed their virginity to the goddess Artemis (cf. Sapph. Fr. 99 (a-b), Fr. 114 Campbell; SEG XX 717, 84-97; IG XII (2) 255; Ps.-Aeschin. 10 etc.). In this case, the older girls in the course of these mysteries of Artemis seem to have acted as Hermes, the phallic deity of fertility (cf. Sapph. Fr. 141, Fr. 150 Campbell; TAM III/1 35, A1). New archaeological discoveries, made in Klopedi (North Lesbos), also testify in favor of this hypothesis.
Статья завершает исследование эротического ритуала предсвадебных мистерий Артемиды в античной Митилене и его отображения в поэзии Сапфо и Алкея. Девушки-невесты либо новобрачные, проходя посвящение в мистерии Артемиды, приносили в жертву Артемиде свою девственность (ср.: Sapph. Fr. 99 (a-b), Sapph. Fr. 114 Campbell; SEG XX 717, 84-97; IG XII (2) 255; Ps.-Aeschin. 10 и др.). При этом старшие девушки в ходе этого ритуала, по-видимому, выступали в образе Гермеса, фаллического божества плодородия (ср. Sapph. Fr. 141, Sapph. Fr. 150 Campbell; TAM III/1 35, A1). В пользу такой интерпретации свидетельствует сопоставительный анализ данных археологии, эпиграфики и литературной традиции.
The Christ-logos question in Amelius
Authors: ZAMORA CALVO J.M. 
Published: February 2025

The main thesis of Christians, according to which Jesus is the divine Logos, the Son of God, is unacceptably illogical for Plotinus closest disciples. The irrationality of Christian doctrine lies in having identified a unique, personal and corporal individual with the divine principle. Such a statement implies identifying God himself with something passive and irrational, which is inadmissible to Amelius and Porphyry. Amelius helps Plotinus to answer the Gnostic Christians attending the school of Plotinus. In his Praeparatio Evangelica (XI.19.1-8) Eusebius refers to Amelius’ comment to the prologue to the Gospel of John. Unlike Numenius, for whom the demiurgic intellect, compared to Zeus, is the second cause of what comes to be, for Amelius, this second cause is the logos, which is the formal cause ( kath’ hon ), the efficient cause ( di’ hou ) and the material cause ( en hôi ) of what comes to be. Amelius links this conception of logos - which is being, life and thought - with Heraclitus ( DK 22 B1) and with the prologue to the Gospel of John. Likewise, Amelius, based on the interpretation of Timaeus (39e7-9), established a triad of the demiurgic intellects (= the three Kings of the apocryphal Second Letter ). In his Neoplatonic rereading, the logos of the beginning of the fourth Gospel has a very similar function to that performed by the world soul. On the one hand, it is the supreme cause of all the things, which come to be, and, on the other hand, redirects its energy towards the superior god from which it comes
Основополагающий христианский тезис, согласно которому Христос - это божественный Логос, сын Бога, выглядел неприемлемо нелогичным в глазах ближайших учеников Плотина. Несуразность христианской доктрины прежде всего состояла в характерной для нее идентификации божественного начала с индивидуальным и телесным персонажем, что превращало божество в нечто пассивное и неразумное. Это было неприемлемо как для критикующего христиан Порфирия, так и для Амелия, который помогал Плотину в его критике христианских гностиков, посещавших школу Плотина. В своем Приготовлении к Евангелию (XI.19.1-8) Евсевий упоминает о комментарии Амелия к Прологу Евангелия от Иоанна. В отличие от Нумения, у которого демиургический ум, сравниваемый с Зевсом, является второй причиной становления, Амелий этой второй причиной считает Логос - в качестве формальной ( kath’ hon ), действующей ( di’ hou ) and материальной ( en hôi ) причин становления. Амелий сопоставляет logos - который является бытием, жизнью и мыслью - с теорией логоса Гераклита ( DK 22 B1) и христианским его толкованием. Кроме того, опираясь на известную интерпретацию Тимея (39e7-9), он вводит триаду демиургических умов (эквивалентную Трем царям апокрифического Второго письма ). Неоплатоническое прочтение Пролога четвертого Евангелия позволяет отвести упоминаемому там Логосу место Мировой души. Как и она, он другой стороны, он является высшей причиной всего сущего, а с другой - направляет свое действие на высшее божество, от которого происходит.
Концепция естественного права: от Платона к Филону
Authors: Светлов Р.В. , Алымова Е.В. 
Published: February 2025

Традиционно считается, что идеи, релевантные концепции естественного права, впервые тематизируются в полемике Сократа/Платона против конвенциональной доктрины софистов. Однако Платон полемизирует не только с софистами, но и с текучими, во многом антиномичными, нерефлексивными представлениями о праве рядовых афинян, где смешивались право и сила, право и статус. Апелляция Платона к мифологическому нарративу в ряде мест, где обсуждается тема естественного права, показывает, что и для него концепция всеобщего законодательства имеет гетерогенный и проблемный характер. Мы предполагаем, что именно с этим связано противопоставление Карнеадом естественного права праву позитивному. Цицерон наследует данную стратегию, причем еще более радикализирует ее. В его текстах проповедь идеи естественного права (в ее стоическом варианте) приобретает характер риторического топоса, хорошо понятного читателям. Вместе с тем, Цицерон высказывает сомнения в простой схеме, согласно которой позитивное право выступает особенным выражением права естественного, и ищет наличие особых причин для появления конкретных форм позитивного права.
It is traditionally considered that the ideas relevant to the concept of Natural Law were for the first time articulated in the polemic of Socrates/Plato against the sophistic doctrine of Conventional Law. But Plato was engaged in arguments not only with the Sophists - he also struggled against indefinite, in many respects antinomic, unreflective ideas of law expressed by average Athenians whereby Law and Power, Law and Status were confused. Plato's appeal to the mythological narrative in the places where he discusses the theme of Natural Law makes it clear that even to his mind the concept of Universal Legislation shows its heterogeneous and problematic character. We argue that Carneades' opposition of Natural and Positive Laws owes precisely to this problem. Cicero inherited this strategy and made it even more radical. His preaching of the idea of natural Law (in its Stoic version) becomes in his texts rhetorical topos, which was well known to the readers. Nevertheless Cicero expresses doubts about that simple scheme according to which Positive Law appears a specific representation of Natural Law and tries to trace particular causes, which motivated the concrete forms of positive Law.
Платон, эвиденциализм и JTB
Authors: Бутаков П.А. 
Published: February 2025

В литературе часто встречается утверждение о том, что Платоновское определение знания как «истинного мнения с объяснением» совпадает с современным JTB-определением знания как «оправданной истинной веры». Некоторые исследователи возражают против приписывания концепции JTB Платону. Я разбираю три известных аргумента против приравнивания учения Платона к концепции JTB и обосновываю их несостоятельность. Затем я привожу свой аргумент против этого приравнивания. Я утверждаю, что в современной трактовке формулы JTB «вера» понимается в значении не «мнения», а «степени уверенности». В свою очередь, «оправдание» также понимается как относящееся не к самому мнению, а к субъективной степени уверенности. Это утверждение также обосновывается через выявление различия между традиционным и современным пониманием термина evidence. В первом случае evidence - это свойство самой пропозиции, а во втором - это набор доводов в поддержку степени уверенности субъекта. Я заключаю, что Платоновское понимание знания как «истинного мнения, подтвержденного рациональным объяснением» не имеет ничего общего с современным JTB-пониманием знания как «достаточно подкрепленной субъективной степени уверенности в истинности пропозиции».
It is often claimed that Plato's definition of knowledge as “true opinion with an account” is in agreement with the contemporary analysis of knowledge as “justified true belief” (JTB). Some scholars disagree with the attribution of JTB to Plato. I analyze three influential arguments against the assumption of Plato's agreement with JTB, and refute them. Then I provide my own argument against the assumption. I argue that the contemporary interpretation of the JTB formula understands “belief” not in the sense of an “opinion,” but rather of a “degree of confidence.” Accordingly, “justification” is understood not as applying to the opinion itself, but rather to the person having a certain degree of confidence. I support this claim by showing the difference between the traditional and the contemporary understanding of “evidence,” the former referring to a property of the proposition, while the latter meaning the body of reasons, which supports the person's confidence to a certain degree. Thus, I conclude that Plato understands knowledge as “correct opinion validated by a rational explanation,” and it has very little in common with the contemporary understanding of knowledge as “sufficiently supported subjective degree of confidence in the truth of a proposition.”