bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Feasible Peer-Mediated Intervention for Autistic Children Using Minimal Speech: A Qualitative Intervention Development Process
Authors: O'Donoghue Michelle , Kennedy Norelee , Forbes John , Murphy Carol-Anne 
Published: February 2024

Purpose:
Qualitative engagement with stakeholders in the development of interventions can provide insight into strategies to maximize feasibility in real-life settings. We engaged stakeholders (autistic adults, early childhood educators, early childhood sector leaders and policy influencers, parents of autistic children, and speech-language pathologists) to inform the development of an educator-led peer-mediated intervention (PMI) for autistic preschoolers who use minimal speech that is feasible to implement in inclusive early childhood education and care (ECEC) settings.

Method:

A qualitative iterative intervention design process was utilized. Stakeholders (
N
= 15) attended an online workshop and completed a document review exploring the acceptability and feasibility of the proposed embedded PMI. A two-step analysis procedure using the Theoretical Domains Framework and template analysis was conducted to identify the barriers, enablers, and supports to the implementation of embedded PMI in early childhood settings.

Results:
While embedded PMI was unanimously acceptable to stakeholders, several participants expressed concerns regarding feasibility. Barriers to the successful integration and implementation of PMI in inclusive preschool contexts included access to skills, knowledge, and resources. Participants identified strategies to overcome modifiable barriers and to enhance the existing enablers. These strategies are reflected in the following themes: build on the familiar, build capacity in augmentative and alternative communication, adopt a whole center approach, adapt to meet the needs of the ECEC setting, and engage in proactive implementation.

Conclusion:
To address barriers to the implementation of embedded PMI, action is needed at various levels: macro (national/policy), meso (organization/setting), and micro (individual).

Supplemental Material:

https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.25155770
A fast and high‐accurate commutation failure identification method for LCC‐HVDC system
Authors: Feng Jing , Liu Zhijie , Li Kejun , Li Bingkun , Li Jiachen , Li Liangzi 
Published: February 2024

AbstractCommutation failure (CF) is one of the most common issues in line‐commuted converter‐based high voltage direct current systems (LCC‐HVDC), leading to critical power system security and stability problems. Accurate and rapid identification of CF is crucial to prevent subsequent CF in HVDC systems. However, the existing CF identification methods are lack of the required accuracy and speed. The relationship between bridge arm current, commutation voltage, and trigger pulse based on the commutation progress mechanism after the AC fault is analysed in this paper. A novel CF identification method is presented, which utilises the CF identification factor, enabling fast and high‐accurate identification without relying on the value of the extinction angle. The proposed method offers a simpler and more efficient implementation in engineering practice. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed method is verified in both the standard International Council on Large Electric systems HVDC model and the Hardware in Loop test using practical project parameters. The results demonstrate that the proposed method can accurately and fast identify CF.
A novel quantum key distribution resistant against large‐pulse attacks
Authors: Karabo Keaotshepha , Sekga Comfort , Kissack Connor , Mafu Mhlambululi , Petruccione Francesco 
Published: February 2024

AbstractQuantum key distribution (QKD) offers information‐theoretic security by leveraging the principles of quantum mechanics. This means the security is independent of all future advances in algorithm or computational power. However, due to the non‐availability of single‐photon sources, most traditional QKD protocols are vulnerable to various attacks, such as photon number‐splitting (PNS) attacks. Also, the imperfections in the measuring devices open a loophole for side channels that an eavesdropper may exploit to launch attacks such as large‐pulse attacks. As a result, this compromises the security of transmitted information. To address these challenges, the authors present a QKD protocol that is secure against both large‐pulse attacks and PNS attacks at zero‐error, in which the eavesdropper does not introduce any error, but still, the legitimate users of the system cannot distil a secure key. A notable feature of the proposed protocol is that it promotes greater robustness against both attacks than the Bennett‐Brassard 1984 (BB84) protocol or the Scarani‐Acin‐Ribordy‐Gisin 2004 (SARG04) protocol.
The impact of variation in water flow rate and temperature on reliability analysis of run of the river power plants
Authors: Ghaedi Amir , Sedaghati Reza , Mahmoudian Mehrdad 
Published: February 2024

AbstractA run‐of‐the‐river power plant is a renewable energy source used for electricity production. Its power output depends on the varying water flow rate over time, which can impact the reliability of the electric network. Previous research has not studied the effects of water flow rate and temperature variations on the hazard rate of the plant's components. This paper addresses this gap by investigating the impact of these variations on the reliability of electric networks with run‐of‐the‐river power plants. The analysis considers the hazard rates of the plant's components, incorporating the relationship between hazard rate and temperature based on the Arrhenius law. Parameters such as power output, current, power loss, operating temperature, and hazard rate are calculated for different water flow rates and ambient temperatures. Numerical simulations on a test system are conducted to examine the influence of water flow rate and temperature on the reliability indices of the electric network. The results demonstrate that water flow rate and temperature significantly affect the hazard rates of run‐of‐the‐river power plants. This highlights the need to consider these factors in the reliability analysis of electric networks incorporating these renewable resources.
Multi‐microgrid bi‐layer economic scheduling strategy considering evolutionary‐stackelberg hybrid game of electric vehicles
Authors: Zhang Qian , Wu Jiaqi , Sun Tao , Huang Yaoyu , Li Chunyan 
Published: February 2024

AbstractAiming at the problem that the mobility characteristics of electric vehicles (EVs) lead to the complexity of optimal scheduling among multiple decision‐making subjects, the authors propose a multi‐microgrid bi‐layer economic scheduling strategy considering evolutionary‐stackelberg hybrid game of EVs. Firstly, in order to accurately analyse the influence of interaction among EVs, an electric vehicle aggregator (EVA) selection strategy for EV users based on evolutionary game among microgrids and a reconciliation strategy of EVA service fee are established. Secondly, a two‐layer economic scheduling strategy for microgrids is proposed based on the Stackelberg game. The microgrid operator, as a leader, sets the internal price of microgrid based on the supply‐demand balance; aggregators, as followers, adjust their electricity consumption and EVA choices based on the internal price and the evolutionary game model. Then, a multi‐microgrid electricity‐sharing trading strategy is constructed using the supply‐demand ratio to encourage sub‐microgrids to participate in internal transactions. Finally, the case shows that the proposed strategy can optimise the distribution of EVs among microgrids. Combining the across‐time‐and‐space energy transmission potential of EVs and the flexible complementary capability of multi‐microgrid, it can improve the operating economy of each microgrid.
Exploiting sparsity for localisation of large‐scale wireless sensor networks
Authors: Khan Shiraz , Hwang Inseok , Goppert James 
Published: February 2024

AbstractWireless Sensor Network (WSN) localisation refers to the problem of determining the position of each of the agents in a WSN using noisy measurement information. In many cases, such as in distance and bearing‐based localisation, the measurement model is a non‐linear function of the agents' positions, leading to pairwise interconnections between the agents. As the optimal solution for the WSN localisation problem is known to be computationally expensive in these cases, an efficient approximation is desired. The authors show that the inherent sparsity in this problem can be exploited to greatly reduce the computational effort of using an Extended Kalman Filter (EKF) for large‐scale WSN localisation. In the proposed method, which the authors call the L‐Banded Extended Kalman Filter (LB‐EKF), the measurement information matrix is converted into a banded matrix by relabelling (permuting the order of) the vertices of the graph. Using a combination of theoretical analysis and numerical simulations, it is shown that typical WSN configurations (which can be modelled as random geometric graphs) can be localised in a scalable manner using the proposed LB‐EKF approach.
Global prevalence and risk factors of Enterocytozoon bieneusi infection in humans: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors: Wang Yanchun , Li Xiao-Man , Yang Xing , Wang Xiang-Yu , Wei Yong-Jie , Cai Yanan , Geng Hong-Li , Yang Xin-Bo , Yu Hai-Long , Cao Hongwei , Jiang Jing 
Published: February 2024

Enterocytozoon bieneusi is one of the most important zoonotic pathogens. In this study, we present a systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence of human E. bieneusi infection in endemic regions and analyze the various potential risk factors. A total of 75 studies were included. Among 31,644 individuals tested, 2,291 (6.59%) were E. bieneusi-positive. The highest prevalence of E. bieneusi in the male population was 5.50%. The prevalence of E. bieneusi in different age groups was varied, with 10.97% in teenagers. The prevalence of E. bieneusi in asymptomatic patients (6.49%) is significantly lower than that in HIV-infected patients (11.49%), and in patients with diarrheal symptoms (16.45%). Rural areas had a higher rate (7.58%) than urban ones. The prevalence of E. bieneusi in humans was the highest (6.42%) at altitudes <10 m. Moreover, the temperate zone marine climate (13.55%) had the highest prevalence. A total of 69 genotypes of E. bieneusi have been found in humans. This is the first global study regarding E. bieneusi prevalence in humans. Not only people with low immunity (such as the elderly, children, people with HIV, etc.), but also people in Europe in temperate marine climates should exercise caution to prevent infection with E. bieneusi during contact process with animals.
High-frequency magnetic response of crystalline and nanocrystalline antiferromagnetic NiO
Authors: Brzuszek Kacper , Ross Caroline A. , Janutka Andrzej 
Published: February 2024

Performing micromagnetic simulations, we study the efficiency of response of bulk and polycrystalline nickel oxide (NiO) to high-frequency (up to 100 GHz) magnetic fields with relevance to potential application of the antiferromagnet as a core material to high-frequency coils and resonators. NiO is advantageous due to its insulating property and high Néel temperature. Though the dynamical susceptibility of the antiferromagnet is low, the achievable product of susceptibility and frequency (“performance factor”) appears to be relatively high, comparable to that of previously considered superferromagnetic systems. This makes NiO a potential core material for operating at extremely-high (sub-THz) frequency. The influence of thermal fluctuations on the susceptibility is estimated to be weak up to room temperature even for a nanocrystalline antiferromagnet, whereas, the magnetic response is linear for much wider ranges of frequencies and field amplitudes than for ferromagnetic and superferromagnetic systems.
Relay interpreting (chongyi) as auspicious rhetoric in discourse on China-bound diplomatic
visits
Authors: Lung Rachel 
Published: February 2024

Abstract
Interpreting is considered no more than a technical necessity in modern times. Yet millennia ago, China-bound
relay interpreting, chongyi 重譯,
could symbolize auspiciousness, often foreshadowed via anomalies in plants or astrology. Its subtle ideological associations can
be inferred by analyzing related tokens of usage. Drawing on texts and treatises circulated and written before seventh-century
China, this article reports, from a close analysis of four texts, a rhetorical pattern on the formulaic references to
chongyi. Interestingly, these texts all depict “diplomatic visits to China through chongyi”
as an event validating an auspicious sign in nature spotted earlier. My analysis suggests that the documentation of
chongyi bears more of a figuratively auspicious, rather than a sheer mediating, connotation. The elevation of
a relay interpreting act to a cultural icon or ideological dimension is ubiquitous in the Han dynasty (202 BCE–220 CE) writings,
which served to leverage the state-sanctioned Confucian and divination overtones to reinforce the emperor’s mandate. This article
aims at examining the epistemology and ideology of classical references to chongyi and identifying a rhetorical
pattern denoting the conceptual link between chongyi and auspiciousness in the broader Confucian framework.
The language of threat
Authors: Andersson Marta 
Published: February 2024

Abstract
This paper examined news reports published by a Swedish alternative newspaper in connection with the Black Lives
Matter demonstrations in June 2020. The primary objective was to assess the role of strategic employment of distinctive linguistic
features in shaping a portrayal of the protests through implications of threat, fear, and xenophobia. As the results indicate, the
characteristics that contribute the most to such a depiction consistently involve an ominous vision of the spatial and ideological
proximity of external entities and values to the in-group (‘us’). These findings are related to the particulars of the corpus, as
the purpose of news reports is to create a sense of immediacy and reduce distance. However, since the goal of alternative news is
to appeal to readers’ sensibilities in critical areas of their lives, despite masquerading as traditional media, these outlets
tend to communicate threat and concern rather than a reliable picture of reality.
Making community policing work: A panacea to crimes and rural conflicts in Nigeria
Authors: Ibrahim-Olesin Sikiru , Ogunlade Israel , Adefalu Lateef Lawal , Ayandeji Lateef Akanbi , Njoku Loveday Chukwudi 
Published: February 2024

Abstract
In Nigeria, several community development initiatives abound either through the government or donor agencies. Despite all these efforts, little concern has been placed on the security of rural dwellers. This has enabled incessant conflicts in rural communities, leading to the loss of lives and an overall negative effect on food production. This chapter employed different conflict and mediation theories to explain the causes, drivers, and ways to resolve the conflicts. Materials were sourced from top-tier databases, including reports and publications from the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the African Policing Civilian Oversight Forum, and other reliable sources. It found that conflicts in rural communities have resulted in the destruction of lives and livelihood assets, a reduction in crop yield and income, an increase in fear and ethno-religious stereotypes, food shortages and rape. It identified a partial implementation of community policing strategy but noted the centralization of power to the Nigerian Police Force as an impediment to its effectiveness. Worthy approaches to ensuring the effectiveness of community policing strategy as a panacea to crimes and rural conflicts are: constitutional redress; developing programs and needed resources; training and re-training of officers and partners; planning an effective strategy using civilian volunteers; aligning performance measures of officers and partners; demonstrating leadership and taking risks; and making changes to the organization of departments under the community policing structure. However, it recommends operational community policing that incorporates all actors in the states and local governments with reliable legal frameworks for securing the farm and rural farming communities in Nigeria.
The Growth of Tourism and ‘Development’ in an Indigenous Setting: Exploring a Case of the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh
Authors: Rosy Sabiha Yeasmin 
Published: February 2024

Summary
This case study examines the process of tourism development in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh, where multidimensional concerns related to Indigenous communities are coming to the fore. This area contains valuable natural resources that provide huge potential for the growth of tourism. However, accounts of discrimination and violations by the state towards Indigenous peoples indicate the potential for inequality and exploitation while developing tourism. Eleven Indigenous groups live in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, a historically conflict-ridden area where there is tension between the dominant ethnic Bangalee and the Indigenous groups due to the latter's limited control over their way of life and the environment. Structurally, the state endorses mass tourism, where powerful actors – government, military, politically influential individuals, and companies – are engaged in determining the ‘development’ for the Indigenous people and modernising the place as a part of capitalist ventures to gain profits. Given that state actors or private investors wield power and control over tourism, exploitation ranges from Indigenous peoples' lack of control over the planning to limited participation in tourism. Therefore, this case study explores the implications of tourism development for Indigenous peoples, analysing the state’s economic intervention in favour of the Bangalee people, who are an ethnically dominant group in Bangladesh. Moreover, this case study raises questions about how the ‘development’ is taking place and identifies the practice of ‘development’ in an Indigenous setting and how the Indigenous peoples are situated in this capitalistic venture in a post-conflict setting. The case study is based on empirical findings collected through an ethnographic study as part of a PhD. The study followed ethical guidelines approved by the Macquarie University Ethics Committee in 2017.

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Quantum degeneracy and spin entanglement in ideal quantum gases
Authors: Zouari Ahmed Fatma , Meftah Mohammed Tayeb , Roscilde Tommaso 
Published: February 2024

Abstract
Quantum degeneracy is the central many-body feature of ideal quantum gases stemming from quantum mechanics. In this work we address its relationship to the most fundamental form of non-classicality in many-body system, i.e. many-body entanglement. We aim at establishing a quantitative link between quantum degeneracy and entanglement in spinful ideal gases, using entanglement witness criteria based on the variance of the collective spin of the spin ensemble. We show that spin-1/2 ideal Bose gases do not possess entanglement which can be revealed from such entanglement criteria. On the contrary, ideal spin-1/2 Fermi gases exhibit spin entanglement revealed by the collective-spin variances upon entering quantum degeneracy, due to the formation of highly non-local spin singlets. We map out the regime of detectable spin entanglement for Fermi gases in free space as well as in a parabolic trap, and probe the robustness of spin entanglement to thermal effects and spin imbalance. Spin entanglement in degenerate Fermi gases is amenable to experimental observation using state-of-the-art spin detection techniques in ultracold atoms.
The influence of Ohmic noise on the dynamics of three-spin open quantum system
Authors: Javed Muhammad , Salim Sidra , Said Sumayya , Shah Khushnood , ur Rahman Atta 
Published: February 2024

Abstract
The dynamics of open quantum systems under decoherence effects remain a hotly debated topic in the case of the practical deployment of quantum information processing. In this regard, we examine how the three-qubit mixed state is affected by changes in the cut-off frequency of the Ohmic spectral density in a harmonic reservoir. Specifically, the degree of quantum memory-assisted entropic uncertainty (QMA-EU), along with the entanglement, coherence, and purity of the system, is to be demonstrated. A thorough exercise is done to investigate any underlying relationship between the three-qubit quantum characteristics. We show that a harmonic reservoir controlled by Ohmic noise prevails a monotonic-like decay in the current case where, sooner or later, the state becomes completely disentangled, decoherent, and mixed. The QMA-EU has always been found to have an increasing function causing the quantum resourcefulness to be reduced. Although, there is no pathway to avoid the Ohmic noise consequences and complete decay, however, we provided parameterization which would lead to prolonged preservation of quantum correlations with time. Finally, we provide various settings for the tuning of cut-off frequency regarding the Ohmic type bath and state parameters on the initial as well as final levels of quantum features.
Estimating vegetation water content from Sentinel-1 C-band SAR data over savanna and grassland ecosystems
Authors: Bernardino Paulo N , Oliveira Rafael S , Van Meerbeek Koenraad , Hirota Marina , Furtado Mariana N , Sanches Isabela A , Somers Ben 
Published: February 2024

Abstract
Studying vegetation water content (VWC) dynamics is essential for understanding plant growth, water and carbon cycles, and ecosystem stability. However, acquiring field-based VWC estimates, consistently through space and time, is challenging due to time and resource constraints. This study investigates the potential of Sentinel-1 C-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data for estimating VWC in natural ecosystems in central Brazil. We assessed (i) how well Sentinel-1 SAR data can capture variations in VWC over three different vegetation types (i.e. dry and waterlogged grasslands, and savannas) and (ii) how the studied vegetation types respond to seasonal dry periods in terms of water content. Field data from 82 plots, distributed across the three vegetation types and revisited in four different seasons, were used to calibrate and validate a model for VWC estimation. The calibrated model, with an R
2 of 0.52 and RMSE of 0.465 kg m−2, was then applied to Sentinel-1 SAR backscatter data to generate monthly VWC maps for grassland and savanna ecosystems at 30 m spatial resolution between April 2015 and September 2023. These maps, combined with rainfall and potential evapotranspiration data, provided insights into how the studied vegetation types respond to water shortage during the dry season at the community scale. More specifically, savannas showed to be better able to retain higher levels of water content during the dry season, probably due to a higher water holding capacity of the woody component together with its deep-root system ability to access deeper groundwater. This research demonstrates the potential of Sentinel-1 SAR data for monitoring VWC in natural ecosystems, allowing for future studies to assess ecosystems’ response to drought events and changes in their functioning, ultimately supporting land management decisions.