bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Validation of the Malay version of the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS-M) among patients with cancer in Malaysia
Authors: Song Wenjun , Mansor Nor Shuhada , Shari Nurul Izzah , Azman Nizuwan , Zhang Ruiling , Leong Bin Abdullah Mohammad Farris Iman 
Published: November 2023

Background
The well-being and adaptive functioning of patients with cancer depend on their perception of social support. To accurately assess and understand the impact of social support in a diverse population, validated measurement tools are essential. This study aimed to adapt and validate the Malay version of the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS-M) among patients with cancer in Malaysia.

Methods
A total of 346 cancer patients with mixed disease types were recruited and completed the socio-demographic and clinical characteristics questionnaire and the MSPSS-M. The MSPSS-M was assessed for internal consistency, construct validity, face, content, convergent, discriminant validity, and confirmatory factor analyses.

Results
The MSPSS-M and its three domains demonstrated good internal consistency with Cronbach’s α ranging from 0.900 to 0.932. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) of the MSPSS-M supported the three-factor model of the original English version of the MSPSS. The MSPSS-M also exhibited good convergent validity and discriminant validity.

Conclusion
The MSPSS-M demonstrates favorable psychometric properties among patients with cancer in Malaysia. The validation of the MSPSS-M provides a culturally adapted and linguistically valid instrument to assess perceived social support among Malay-speaking patients with cancer in Malaysia.
Fake face detection based on a multi discriminator deep CNN architecture (MDD-CNN)
Authors: Bencheriet Chemesse Ennehar , Abdelmoumène Hiba , Sebbagh Abdennour , Yahiyaoui Abdennour , Taba Zahra 
Published: November 2023

Due to the robustness of the deep learning tools used to design these applications, fakes are becoming increasingly common as these applications become more widely available and accessible to the general public. These fakes are typically fake faces or even fake people, which are difficult to distinguish from real individuals. Therefore, we need more efficient applications for fraud detection. In this work, we propose a new multi-discriminator architecture to distinguish fake faces from real ones. The architecture consists of three deep networks (discriminators) competing with each other, each trained differently. The final decision is made by voting based on the decisions of the three discriminators. The core element of our architecture is the proposed new adversarial deep network discriminator (NDGAN), which is trained in three different ways, resulting in three distinct discriminators. Discriminator 1 undergoes adversarial training, discriminator 2 is trained using transfer learning, and the third discriminator undergoes supervised training with a standard CNN using examples and counterexamples. Training and testing were performed on 70 000 real faces from the Flickr-Face-HQ (FFHQ) dataset, while 70 000 fake faces were generated using Nvidia’s StyleGAN. The tests conducted on the three networks produced significant results, with accuracy ranging from 79 % to 98 % for fake faces, and from 80 % to 98 % for real faces. The reliability of the discriminators contributes significantly to the overall performance of the multi-discriminator system, achieving an accuracy of 96 % for fake faces and 98 % for real faces.
Improving QoS in mobile multimedia streaming with SCTP-PQ
Authors: Hüseynli Alisettar , Şimşek Mehmet , Akcayol M. Ali 
Published: November 2023

The Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) is often the preferred transport layer protocol in streaming applications. This protocol combines the best aspects of Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and User Datagram Protocol (UDP), but also offers additional features. SCTP supports multihoming and multi-streaming applications and has a congestion mechanism like TCP. Media streaming consists of different types of frames with different levels of importance. For example, I-frames carry more information than B-frames in Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG). Usually, MPEG frames are processed using the First-In-First-Out (FIFO) algorithm. In this paper, a four-level priority queue integrated protocol named SCTP Priority Queue (SCTP-PQ) has been developed to reduce jitter and delay in real-time multimedia streaming for mobile devices. As part of the development, priority and retransmitted packets are determined on the sending side and these packets are processed faster by using the priority queue on the receiving side. In this way, the average queue delay of priority packets on the receiving side is reduced by 90 % and the throughput values are increased by an average of 10 times. The developed protocol has been extensively tested and compared with SCTP. The results show that the SCTP-PQ outperforms the standard SCTP in terms of jitter and delay.
Effects of acute aerobic exercise on circulating sTLR and sRAGE profiles in normal‐ and abnormal‐glucose‐tolerant individuals
Authors: Perkins Ryan K. , Miranda Edwin R. , Varshney Pallavi , Farabi Sarah S. , Quinn Lauretta T. , Haus Jacob M. 
Published: November 2023

AbstractBMI‐matched normal‐ (NGT, n = 10, 41 ± 4y, 35.6 ± 3.0 kg/m2) and abnormal‐glucose‐tolerant (AGT, n = 16, 51 ± 3y, 34.3 ± 1.5 kg/m2) participants were evaluated for body composition, metabolic health (oral glucose tolerance test [OGTT]), and VO2max. Participants also completed a treadmill walking test at 65% VO2max for 30 min. Total sRAGE, esRAGE, sTLR2, and sTLR4 were assessed via ELISA, and cRAGE was calculated. AGT exhibited greater (p < 0.05) body fat % (+24%), fasting plasma glucose (+37%), OGTT AUC (+59%), and HOMA‐IR (+55%) and lower (p < 0.05) VO2max (−24%). sTLR2 was 33% lower in AGT than NGT (main effect, p = 0.034). However, sTLR2 did not change (p > 0.05) following AE. sTLR4 tended to be 36% lower in AGT than NGT (main effect, p = 0.096) and did not change following AE (p > 0.05). Total sRAGE and isoforms were similar (p > 0.05) between groups and did not change following AE (p > 0.05). sTLR2 was correlated with (p < 0.05) basal BG (r = −0.505) and OGTT AUC (r = −0.687). sTLR4 was correlated with basal BG (p < 0.10, r = −0.374) and OGTT AUC (p < 0.05, r = −0.402). Linear regressions were predictive of sTLRs in the basal state (sTLR2: R2 = 0.641, p = 0.01; sTLR4: R2 = 0.566, p = 0.037) and after acute exercise state (sTLR2: R2 = 0.681, p = 0.004, sTLR4: R2 = 0.568, p = 0.036).These findings show circulating sTLR profiles are disrupted in AGT and acute AE minimally modulates their levels.
Inference versus assumption in light of the Finnish evidential-modal adverbs näköjään and varmaan
Authors: Kittilä Seppo 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
Inference is usually defined as a speaker’s personal but indirect evidence that is based on something that the speaker can directly witness (such as the result of an event), while assumption is based on something such as the speaker’s general knowledge of the world. This paper is concerned with inference and assumption in light of the semantics of the Finnish inferential and assumptive adverbs näköjään (inference) and varmaan (assumption). These are examined by administering a questionnaire study. The discussed scenarios differ according to three factors: the presence or lack of visual or sensory evidence, the temporal relations between the evidence and the claim that is made, and the strength of the evidence. The results of the study clearly establish that inference and assumption are separate notions (coded by different adverbs) and that the (non-) observability of the evidence noted above explains only a part of the attested cases; in general, the use of the adverbs is determined by how reliable the speaker considers the evidence to be. As a consequence, this paper proposes new definitions based on the speakers’ selection of the appropriate inferential/assumptive adverb based on how strongly they are willing to vouch for the truth value of their statement.
Introduction to the Special Issue
Authors: Garnand Brien K. , Greene Joseph A. , Xella Paolo 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
This general introduction serves as a preface to each author’s contribution, outlining certain common standards and methods. These include the range of meanings we use for specific terms and the answers to basic yet often contested interrogatives relating to the precinct (the who, what, when, and where) and the history of polemical debates within the discipline (the why and how). By providing this background context here, oft repeated at the beginning of any study of tophet precincts, each author can instead focus on specific data and on analysis within their specialization.
Latin American ecolinguistics: deconstructing discourse studies, coloniality and industrial environmentalism
Authors: Forte Diego Luis 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
Latin American universities have a strong tradition in discourse studies. Beginning in the sixties, local discourse analysis approaches introduced a critical turn that started in linguistics and semiotics and crossed social sciences establishing a new critical perspective. Ecolinguistics and environmental studies, on the other hand, present a different case. As a theoretical approach, ecolinguistics has found a hard time establishing itself as an autonomous discipline in the universities of the region, struggling with the tradition built by discourse studies. This article aims to analyse the development of Critical Discourse Studies (CDS) and ecolinguistics in Latin America to present a possible explanation of the difficulties ecolinguists have found in the region to introduce their scope in formal academic institutions and why critical discourse analysis (CDA) have remained far from the eco-perspectives in South America. We argue that Latin American CDA still maintains a Eurocentric vision while environmental perspectives remain loyal to the anthropocentrism and industrial fatalism posed by the dominant discourses. We believe that if issues approached keep an anthropocentric perspective while theoretical frames present a Eurocentric thinking, ecolinguistics, along with critical animal studies (CAS) and gender studies, may present an alternative to human-nonhuman-nature relations.
Proverbs as an agent of cultural wisdom and identity among the Xhosa speaking people
Authors: Dlali Mawande 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
The Xhosa speaking people, in common with other African people, possess a rich folklore tradition comprising mostly of tales, proverbs, riddles and poetry. Of these verbal arts, proverbs are by far the most frequently employed, in a number of ways for different purposes. In their daily communication, the Xhosa speaking people often resort to proverbs as an important and most effective strategy to optimize the rhetorical effectiveness of their speech messages. Because proverbs are frequently used in normal, everyday speech situations, the Xhosa speaking people, like any other African communities, assign great socio-cultural importance to the proverbs. This paper explores the moral nature and significance of the Xhosa proverbs which contribute to the norms and conventions and cultural wisdom well-ordered society. In the Xhosa culture, a feeling for language, imagery and expression of abstract ideas through compressed and allusive phraseology is realized in proverbs. Data were gathered from two published sources in Xhosa language titled Izaci namaqhalo esiXhosa by EWM Mesatywa (1954) and IsiXhosa 4 by JA du Plessis (1978). The data for this paper also included my knowledge, experience and introspection, based on being a Xhosa native speaker and experienced academic in language-related culture dimensions of African languages.
Representation of culture-bound items in a culture dictionary for German readers
Authors: Nied Curcio Martina , Barozzi Francesca , Phoodai Chayanon 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
In an increasingly multilingual and multicultural society, many different cultures meet and often merge with one another. The true meaning of the word ‘culture’, what it precisely denotes, and how much it can be described through languages have long been points of discussion. This paper shows how linguistic and cultural exchange and metalexicographic discussion on culture, as practised in the EMLex-Master’s programme, have led to a lexicographic project based on culture-bound words. After a short treatise on the definition of culture and culture-bound items, the ongoing project of a culture dictionary with its concept (macro- and microstructure) and first draft of examples are presented.
Unpacking colonialist and racist ideologies in historical German lexicons: A critical analysis of the

Afrika Hand-Lexikon

(1885) and similar reference books
Authors: Kirchner Adam 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
This article
This article has been adapted from the author’s master’s thesis as part of completion of the European Master in Lexicography (EMLex).
delves into the impact of colonialist and racist ideologies as manifested in lexicons, with a special focus on the Afrika Hand-Lexikon (1885) and other lexicons from the German colonialist period (1884–1914). By examining the front matter and selected entries from these lexicons, the article uncovers the origins of racial hierarchies and scrutinizes dehumanization tactics, including the use of animal metaphors. Moreover, the article provides historical context to understand the language and rhetorical devices employed by lexicographers such as Paul Heichen in the Afrika Hand-Lexikon. Additionally, it emphasizes the pivotal role that colonialist ideologies played in influencing the ideologies embraced by the Nazi regime in its war of extermination. Through this analysis, the article sheds light on the historical significance of lexicons in perpetuating and legitimizing derogatory language, while also underscoring their relevance in comprehending the broader socio-political impact of colonialism and racism.
Creating specialised dictionaries using LexO
Authors: Bellandi Andrea , Piccini Silvia 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
Although the contribution of linguistics to terminology is widely recognized today, there remains a lack of tools allowing the construction of specialized dictionaries that deal with both the conceptual and the linguistic dimension of the terms. In this paper we present LexO, a collaborative web editor that was built with the aim of filling this gap. The guiding principles of LexO are the following: i) to allow terminologists to define the morphological, syntactic and semantic features of a term, w.r.t. the traditional onomasiological perspective; ii) to adhere to the open science philosophy and to the FAIR principles, so to create specialized dictionaries that can be shared and reused within the scientific community.
„Als Ziel gilt, den Wortinhalt allseits auszuleuchten, auch kleinste Facetten sichtbar zu machen“ – Funktionswörter im

Schweizerischen Idiotikon / Wörterbuch der schweizerdeutschen Sprache
Authors: Landolt Christoph 
Published: November 2023

Zusammenfassung
Anhand des vielseitig verwendeten und lexikographisch schwierig zu handhabenden Wortes zu gibt dieser Aufsatz einen Einblick in die Leistung eines wissenschaftlichen Wörterbuchs, das den schweizerdeutschen Wortschatz in seiner Schriftlichkeit und Mündlichkeit über eine Zeitspanne von sieben Jahrhunderten dokumentiert und dabei seit jeher großen Wert aufs Detail legt: das Schweizerische Idiotikon. Zuerst werden die mit dem Artikel zue/ze verbundenen Überlegungen vorgestellt und anhand ausgewählter Themen einige von dessen Inhalten präsentiert. Anschließend wird die über 140-jährige Geschichte der Darstellung der Funktionswörter in den bislang sechzehneinhalb Bänden des Schweizerischen Idiotikons aufgerollt. Den Schluss des Aufsatzes bildet ein Plädoyer für eine sorgfältige Berücksichtigung dieser hochfrequeten Lexeme durch die Lexikographie.
Advances in nonlinear metasurfaces for imaging, quantum, and sensing applications
Authors: Zheng Ze , Rocco Davide , Ren Hang , Sergaeva Olga , Zhang Yipei , Whaley K. Birgitta , Ying Cuifeng , de Ceglia Domenico , De-Angelis Constantino , Rahmani Mohsen , Xu Lei 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
Metasurfaces, composed of artificial meta-atoms of subwavelength size, can support strong light–matter interaction based on multipolar resonances and plasmonics, hence offering the great capability of empowering nonlinear generation. Recently, owing to their ability to manipulate the amplitude and phase of the nonlinear emission in the subwavelength scale, metasurfaces have been recognized as ultra-compact, flat optical components for a vast range of applications, including nonlinear imaging, quantum light sources, and ultrasensitive sensing. This review focuses on the recent progress on nonlinear metasurfaces for those applications. The principles and advances of metasurfaces-based techniques for image generation, including image encoding, holography, and metalens, are investigated and presented. Additionally, the overview and development of spontaneous photon pair generation from metasurfaces are demonstrated and discussed, focusing on the aspects of photon pair generation rate and entanglement of photon pairs. The recent blossoming of the nonlinear metasurfaces field has triggered growing interest to explore its ability to efficiently up-convert infrared images of arbitrary objects to visible images and achieve spontaneous parametric down-conversion. This recently emerged direction holds promising potential for the next-generation technology in night-vision, quantum computing, and biosensing fields.
Research on railroad locomotive driving safety assistance technology based on electromechanical coupling analysis
Authors: Li Jianlong 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
The reliability and effectiveness of a high-speed train’s operation depend heavily on the traction drive system. The purpose of this project was to construct an electromechanical connection model for a bullet train. The model contains the gear-to-gear connection, the differential output of the transmission, which circuits similar to those found in motors, and indirect power management. The purpose of this research is to investigate how modern railroad systems have implemented locomotive driving safety assistance technologies in order to get a deeper understanding of the effects that technological progress has on train operators. The purpose of this study is to learn how technological developments have altered the job of train operators. We will investigate the feasibility, compatibility, and potential consequences of introducing innovative technologies into established workflows. We will look at how well it works with current technologies, too. The current investigation has the authority to look at these issues. The ultimate goal of this project is to improve railway operations by providing essential insights for guaranteeing a balance between technological progress and human skill. The ultimate purpose of the project is to enhance the efficiency and security of railway operations. This may be achieved by strengthening the effectiveness and security of railway operations. In addition, the high-speed train model is simulated numerically to maintain that steady rate of travel, and grip, while slowing. The study determined that the stator current is the result of the interaction between the fundamental frequency and the higher harmonics of the rotational frequency. Furthermore, both frequencies can be detected even when traveling at a constant speed. Despite this, unless the rotation frequency is increased, they are often not visible. During traction, the root-mean-square (RMS) values of the rotor and stator currents are lower than that during braking. There is a significant rise in current when the wheels and brakes are first applied. The RMS value of the current lowers dramatically as grip and braking improve. As a result, it is essential to carefully consider how the change may influence the reliability of the system.
Increased recyclability of wet strengthened liquid packaging board, through synergetic effects of combining CMC and PAE – a case study in full scale
Authors: Christenson Sara , Sjöstrand Björn 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
There is an ever-increasing demand for renewable, recyclable and biodegradable packaging solutions, from consumers, producers of goods, and producers of packaging materials. Closing the material loop and increasing recyclability of fiber-based package materials is one of the keys to move forward towards a more sustainable future. While the recyclability rates of fiber-based packaging are high, packaging boards with high wet-strength can pose problems due to problems with repulping. This manuscript investigated the possibilities to reduce the use of polyamide-epichlorohydrin resins (PAE) by supporting the process system with carboxy-methylated cellulose (CMC) through machine trials in mill scale production. The focus of the investigation was on the wet-strength of the board product and the repulpability value. The results given from the full-scale trial were positive, indicating a potential in using CMC while reducing the PAE addition. The results showed that wet tear strength and wet tensile strength of the board were maintained, while higher repulpability rates were given, encouraging better recyclability of the board material. This will be beneficial to the environment both with lower use of non-renewable chemicals and possibilities for higher degrees of recycling of the board products.
Molecular view of ER membrane remodeling by the Sec61/TRAP translocon
Authors: Karki Sudeep , Javanainen Matti , Rehan Shahid , Tranter Dale , Kellosalo Juho , Huiskonen Juha T , Happonen Lotta , Paavilainen Ville 
Published: November 2023

AbstractProtein translocation across the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane is an essential step during protein entry into the secretory pathway. The conserved Sec61 protein‐conducting channel facilitates polypeptide translocation and coordinates cotranslational polypeptide‐processing events. In cells, the majority of Sec61 is stably associated with a heterotetrameric membrane protein complex, the translocon‐associated protein complex (TRAP), yet the mechanism by which TRAP assists in polypeptide translocation remains unknown. Here, we present the structure of the core Sec61/TRAP complex bound to a mammalian ribosome by cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo‐EM). Ribosome interactions anchor the Sec61/TRAP complex in a conformation that renders the ER membrane locally thinner by significantly curving its lumenal leaflet. We propose that TRAP stabilizes the ribosome exit tunnel to assist nascent polypeptide insertion through Sec61 and provides a ratcheting mechanism into the ER lumen mediated by direct polypeptide interactions.