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Diagnosis and surgical management of a type IVb dermoid sinus in a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
Authors: Danciu Cecilia‐Gabriella , Briola Chiara , Volckaert Veerle , McCready Daniella , Pittaway Rachel , Fitzmaurice Sue 
Published: December 2023

AbstractA 6‐year‐old, male, neutered Cavalier King Charles Spaniel dog was referred with a 4‐year history of an intermittently draining fistula on the midline of the frontal bones of the skull. Magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography scan of the head demonstrated an extra‐axial mass in the midline between the frontal lobes, contacting the meninges and extending rostrally through a defect in the frontal bones. The mass was surgically excised via a frontal craniotomy. Histopathology of the mass demonstrated stratified squamous and keratinising epithelium with adnexal structures, consistent with the diagnosis of a dermoid sinus. Previous reports have documented dermoid sinuses in the nasal region in dogs and cats with intracranial extension. This case report documents a dermoid sinus in the frontal region with intracranial extension in a dog, confirmed by advanced diagnostic imaging, histopathology, and successfully treated surgically.
Poverty, Income Inequalities and Migration in the Global South
Authors: Casentini Giulia , Hammond Laura , Bakewell Oliver 
Published: December 2023

AbstractIn this chapter, we critically engage with the existing literature to explore how the condition of countries of origin, the situation in countries of destination and the role of remittances relate to the key analytical instruments of poverty and income inequalities. We analyse the ways in which income inequalities contribute to patterns of migration; the mechanisms by which resources are transferred back to places of origin and their impacts on poverty and income inequalities; and the impact of migration on patterns of inequalities in places where people move. We discuss whether migration can play a role in reducing income inequality, by helping increase incomes and contribute to poverty alleviation, or whether it is a very selective phenomenon that tends to exacerbate inequalities. Global South and South–South migration are included in the analysis, albeit through a critical approach, that highlights the need to consider the historical dimensions involved in their creation, the political construction of these categories and the limitations embedded in their theoretical application.
Why, When and How? The Role of Inequality in Migration Decision-making
Authors: Mazzilli Caterina , Hagen-Zanker Jessica , Leon-Himmelstine Carmen 
Published: December 2023

AbstractThis chapter explores how migration decision-making intersects with both tangible and intangible inequalities. We define tangible inequalities as those that can be measured, such as wealth, differences in education or health, while intangible inequalities refer to those that are less observable and more subjective, such as imagination, personality traits, emotions, feelings, beliefs and values based on individual’s perceptions. With the literature on tangible inequalities and migration decision-making being well established, the key contribution of this chapter is to instead amplify emerging literature in the Global South on the synergies between intangible inequalities and migration. First, we show that perceptions of inequality are multi-dimensional, intersectional and overlapping. Second, we argue that focusing on perceptions in addition to quantitative data can dramatically increase our understanding of migration decision-making. Third, we explore how these perceptions are shaped and experienced by migrants at different stages of the migration cycle. Additionally, we also consider the role that policies intended to address inequalities play in migration decision-making, given that such policies are often designed to deter migration from the Global South.
Overcoming and Reproducing Inequalities: Mediated Migration in the “Global South”
Authors: Jones Katharine , Sha Heila , Bhuiyan Mohammad Rashed Alam 
Published: December 2023

AbstractIn many societies, it is not possible to migrate without the assistance of one or more intermediaries, including friends, family, recruiters, travel agents, “smugglers” and many others. In these contexts, brokerage is viewed as a normalised and entirely legitimate cultural practice to navigate many aspects of everyday life. Whilst not new, the nature of intermediaries’ involvement in migration has dramatically transformed over the past 50 years. Today, intermediaries are significant actors in influencing how migration happens, migrants’ experiences of migration as well as in shaping developmental outcomes. From migrants’ perspectives, intermediaries make mobility possible in a world in which immobility is often the norm. This chapter poses the question: how are global inequalities in relation to migration mediated by intermediaries? To address it, the authors review the relationships between intermediaries, mediated migration and inequalities associated with (1) borders, (2) income and poverty and (3) living in new destinations.
The Design and Use of Digital Technologies in the Context of South–South Migration
Authors: Harindranath G. , Unwin Tim , Lorini Maria Rosa 
Published: December 2023

AbstractThe use and design of digital technologies plays an important role in South–South migration, from migrant decision-making, orientation and route planning, to integration into host communities and connecting with those left behind. Digital technologies can be leveraged to increase access to opportunities and rights for migrants, thereby boosting migration’s developmental benefits at the interface between migrants and host communities. Yet structural inequalities in migration contexts mean that access and use are almost always socially contingent, often leading to further inequalities. This chapter outlines key themes from the existing literature on migrant use of digital technologies in the context of South–South migration drawing also on new data generated through the MIDEQ Hub.
The Governance of South–South Migration: Same or Different?
Authors: Carella Francesco 
Published: December 2023

AbstractWhile trying to pinpoint some features that distinguish South–South migration from migration to the Global North, this chapter reflects on the challenges of defining South–South migration, since the concept of Global South itself is deliberately vague and flexible. The chapter approaches South–South migration as a complex and diverse phenomenon, the governance of which is rendered particularly challenging by inequalities at the global level, as well as between southern countries and within them. Since South–South migration often occurs in challenging contexts characterised, among others, by the prevalence of labour market informality, irregular status and/or temporariness, it requires southern responses adapted to specific needs. The chapter considers the implications of these characteristics of migration between the countries of the Global South for migration governance policies, identifying some tools, practices and guidance for policy and programmatic responses that can facilitate the good governance of South–South migration and the protection of the rights of migrants and refugees in the Global South.
Perú and Migration from Venezuela: From Early Adjustment to Policy Misalignment
Authors: Mazza Jacqueline , Villarreal Nicolás Forero 
Published: December 2023

AbstractPerú has become the second largest recipient of Venezuelan migrants worldwide with more than 1.5 million arriving by December 2022. The country’s policies towards Venezuelan migrants changed sharply over the seven years of Venezuela’s forced migration crisis. In a first policy phase (2015–2018), Perú was openly accommodating to Venezuelans, providing a special work permit, and welcoming their socio-economic inclusion. The policy swerved sharply towards restriction and exclusion beginning with President Martin Vizcarra. Under Phase II (2018–March 2020), Perú restricted legal migration, erecting criteria that it knew were difficult to comply with. Perú’s restrictive policies are found in this chapter to be both ineffective in reducing forced migration flows and counterproductive by inducing the greater marginalisation of Venezuelan migrants that only accelerated during the third phase brought on by the COVID-19 health crisis. Perú’s restrictive policies, the chapter concludes, were increasingly misaligned with the dynamics of forced migration and ultimately undermined Perú’s own socio-economic and political development as a result.
Unfair and Unjust: Temporary Labour Migration Programmes in and from Asia and the Pacific as Barriers to Migrant Justice
Authors: Oberoi Pia , Sheill Kate 
Published: December 2023

AbstractTemporary labour migration programmes (TLMPs) are the most available option for regular migration available to low-wage migrant workers from Asia and the Pacific, and widely promoted by States and international actors as a development solution. This is in spite of longstanding evidence that such programmes carry considerable risks to the rights and well-being of the migrants on the programmes and for their families including in their access to justice. Many are consistently excluded by policy or practice from access to justice and remedies for human rights abuses whether in or outside the workplace. This chapter concurs that enhancing remedy for migrant workers is important, but we seek to go further in advocating for a comprehensive rights-based approach to labour migration that considers the migrant as fully human, with life and rights beyond the workplace. Building from an understanding of social justice as a societal organising principle that centres fairness in relations between individuals within society, this chapter takes an intersectional lens to argue that TLMPs are fundamentally unfair from both a human rights and social justice perspective and calls for systemic policy reform of labour migration pathways along these migration corridors.
Global Trends in South–South Migration
Authors: Schewel Kerilyn , Debray Alix 
Published: December 2023

AbstractOver one-third of all international migration is between countries of the Global South, a greater share than South–North migration in 2020. This chapter reviews global, regional, and county-level trends in South–South migration between 1990 and 2020 using the most geographically comprehensive database available on international migrant stocks (UN DESA, 2020). It shows most migrants from the Global South move to countries within their home region, particularly in areas like Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, and South America. However, extra-regional migration is on the rise as more international migrants travel further distances. Migration from South Asia to the Middle East is now the largest South–South migration corridor in the world.
Connecting Agile with Theory of Change
Authors: Eckstein Jutta , Holyer Steve 
Published: December 2023

AbstractThe majority of non-profit organizations, including those in the sustainability sector, use Theory of Change to define, plan, and evaluate their change initiatives [14, 26]. “Theory of Change is essentially a comprehensive description and illustration of how and why a desired change is expected to happen in a particular context.” [5] Both, Theory of Change and Agile acknowledge that before a plan is validated by implementation, everything is an assumption and all assumptions may have to change until validated by delivery. Therefore, planning and evaluation must both be responsive to change, and both must incorporate new learning. This paper presents an overview of Theory of Change and examines how it can align and connect with Agile. The agile community is starting to take more responsibility for sustainability, and it is beginning to support the sustainability sector as the second appearance of the “Workshop on Agile Sustainability” at the XP 2022 conference shows. However, when supporting the sustainability sector, agile practitioners are likely to encounter Theory of Change, and they will need to understand it. Thus, this paper provides an overview of Theory of Change and identifies connections between the Theory of Change approach and agile mindsets, methods, and practices. This will especially help and encourage agile practitioners to support the sustainability sector.
Industry Expectations for Product Ops Professionals: A Review of Job Advertisements
Authors: Moroz Bogdan , Saltan Andrey , Hyrynsalmi Sami 
Published: December 2023

AbstractThis paper aims to provide clarity on the emerging role of Product Operations (Product Ops) in software-developing organizations. As organizations increasingly acknowledge the benefits of having a dedicated Product Ops function, inconsistencies and uncertainties surrounding the role’s responsibilities persist. By analyzing job advertisements for Product Ops positions, this study identifies and categorizes the expected skills and responsibilities, subsequently ranking them by frequency. The results offer a clearer understanding of the Product Ops role based on industry expectations expressed in the job postings.
Unveiling the Spectrum of Hybrid Work in Software Engineering: Research Directions
Authors: Paasivaara Maria , Wang Xiaofeng 
Published: December 2023

AbstractDespite the heated debate on whether hybrid work would be the new normal in the post-pandemic world, it is an exciting, if not new, research phenomenon for Software Engineering (SE) researchers. Hybrid work has a wide range of dimensions and aspects that need exploration and understanding for modern software companies to truly benefit from it. In this paper, we propose a framework that incorporates multiple perspectives on hybrid work in software engineering. We applied the framework to group a set of research topics collected at the GoHyb (Global and Hybrid Work in Software Engineering) workshop collocated with the XP2023 conference, and extrapolated some new topics based on the framework, to demonstrate various research questions that can be asked on hybrid work in software engineering. We conclude the paper with a remark on the need of more contextual and nuanced understanding of hybrid work in software engineering.
Survey of AI Tool Usage in Programming Course: Early Observations
Authors: Saari Mika , Rantanen Petri , Nurminen Mikko , Kilamo Terhi , Systä Kari , Abrahamsson Pekka 
Published: December 2023

AbstractThis study explores the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in university teaching, with a focus on the teaching of programming. Despite the growing use of AI in education, both students and teachers often struggle to understand its role and implications. To address this gap, we conducted a survey of a wide group of students (n = 200) to assess their experiences and perspectives on the use of AI in programming education. The survey results suggest that AI is becoming increasingly involved in university teaching, particularly in the teaching of programming. However, students require guidance from teachers in order to use AI tools effectively in their studies. The study concludes that the goal of teaching programming should be to guide students in the responsible use of AI. Overall, the study highlights the need for greater awareness and understanding of AI in university teaching and the fact that teachers have an important role to play in providing guidance to students on the responsible use of AI tools.
ChatGPT as a Fullstack Web Developer - Early Results
Authors: Abrahamsson Pekka , Anttila Tatu , Hakala Jyri , Ketola Juulia , Knappe Anna , Lahtinen Daniel , Liukko Väinö , Poranen Timo , Ritala Topi-Matti , Setälä Manu 
Published: December 2023

AbstractThe arrival of ChatGPT has caused a lot of turbulence also in the field of software engineering in the past few months. Little is empirically known about the capabilities of ChatGPT to actually implement a complete system rather than a few code snippets. This paper reports the first-hand experiences from a graduate level student project where a real-life software platform for financial sector was implemented from the scratch by using ChatGPT for all possible software engineering tasks. The main conclusions drawn are as follows: 1) these findings demonstrate the potential for ChatGPT to be integrated into the software engineering workflow, 2) it can be used for creating a base for new components and for dividing coding tasks into smaller pieces, and 3) noticeable enhancements in ChatGPT-4, compared to ChatGPT-3.5, indicate superior working memory and the ability to continue incomplete responses, thereby leading to more coherent and less repetitive dialogues.
SVD entanglement entropy
Authors: Parzygnat Arthur J. , Takayanagi Tadashi , Taki Yusuke , Wei Zixia 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
In this paper, we introduce a new quantity called SVD entanglement entropy. This is a generalization of entanglement entropy in that it depends on two different states, as in pre- and post-selection processes. This SVD entanglement entropy takes non-negative real values and is bounded by the logarithm of the Hilbert space dimensions. The SVD entanglement entropy can be interpreted as the average number of Bell pairs distillable from intermediates states. We observe that the SVD entanglement entropy gets enhanced when the two states are in the different quantum phases in an explicit example of the transverse-field Ising model. Moreover, we calculate the Rényi SVD entropy in various field theories and examine holographic calculations using the AdS/CFT correspondence.
Narain CFTs from nonbinary stabilizer codes
Authors: Alam Yasin Ferdous , Kawabata Kohki , Nishioka Tatsuma , Okuda Takuya , Yahagi Shinichiro 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
We generalize the construction of Narain conformal field theories (CFTs) from qudit stabilizer codes to the construction from quantum stabilizer codes over the finite field of prime power order ($$ {\mathbbm{F}}_{p^m} $$

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with p prime and m ≥ 1) or over the ring ℤk with k > 1. Our construction results in rational CFTs, which cover a larger set of points in the moduli space of Narain CFTs than the previous one. We also propose a correspondence between a quantum stabilizer code with non-zero logical qubits and a finite set of Narain CFTs. We illustrate the correspondence with well-known stabilizer codes.
Moduli space reconstruction and Weak Gravity
Authors: Gendler Naomi , Heidenreich Ben , McAllister Liam , Moritz Jakob , Rudelius Tom 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
We present a method to construct the extended Kähler cone of any Calabi-Yau threefold by using Gopakumar-Vafa invariants to identify all geometric phases that are related by flops or Weyl reflections. In this way we obtain the Kähler moduli spaces of all favorable Calabi-Yau threefold hypersurfaces with h1,1 ≤ 4, including toric and non-toric phases. In this setting we perform an explicit test of the Weak Gravity Conjecture by using the Gopakumar-Vafa invariants to count BPS states. All of our examples satisfy the tower/sublattice WGC, and in fact they even satisfy the stronger lattice WGC.
Stability of the Spectral Gap and Ground State Indistinguishability for a Decorated AKLT Model
Authors: Lucia Angelo , Moon Alvin , Young Amanda 
Published: December 2023

AbstractWe use cluster expansion methods to establish local the indistiguishability of the finite volume ground states for the AKLT model on decorated hexagonal lattices with decoration parameter at least 5. Our estimates imply that the model satisfies local topological quantum order, and so, the spectral gap above the ground state is stable against local perturbations.
Liver condition of 0 and 1-group cod (Gadus morhua) in the Barents Sea
Authors: Langnes Øyvind , Eriksen Elena , Folkvord Arild 
Published: December 2023

AbstractLiver condition is hypothesized to be a better condition index for juvenile cod than other somatic condition indices, since cod store most of their excess energy in their liver. It is suggested that population changes in liver condition can be used as a proxy for overwinter mortality. Here, we have collected 0- and 1-group cod from the same cohort in the Barents Sea before and at the end of the winter season. We have taken measurements for somatic- and liver-based condition indices, as well as enumerating nematode endoparasites found in each individual cod. The average wet weight of sampled cod increased by 85% (approx. 0.4% day−1) from 6.0 to 10.1 g from September to February, while the average liver wet weight decreased by 15%. The relative water content of the liver also increased significantly over the winter, resulting in a 42% reduction in average dry liver weight from 0.116 to 0.067 g over the 4–5-month period between samplings. About 30% of the 1-group cod surviving the winter had less than 20% of the liver energy content of same-sized 0-group cod. The liver condition was also 5–10% lower in cod with high nematode endoparasite load than the cod without nematode endoparasites. The significance of the loss of liver energy content is discussed in relation to the marked seasonality combined with climate change and the challenges this imposes on the survival of 0-group cod in high-latitude environments during their first winter.
Population genomics unveils the century-old invasion of the Seagrass Halophila stipulacea in the Mediterranean Sea
Authors: García-Escudero Catalina A. , Tsigenopoulos Costas S. , Manousaki Tereza , Tsakogiannis Alexandros , Marbà Núria , Vizzini Salvatrice , Duarte Carlos M. , Apostolaki Eugenia T. 
Published: December 2023

AbstractThe tropical seagrass Halophila stipulacea invaded the Eastern Mediterranean Sea in the late nineteenth century and progressively spread throughout the basin ever since. Its spread is expected to continue north-westward as the Mediterranean Sea becomes warmer, potentially changing the seagrass biogeography of the basin. Given the power of genomics to assess invasion dynamics in non-model species, we report the first ddRAD-seq study of H. stipulacea and small-scale population genomic analysis addressing its century-old Mediterranean invasion. Based on 868 SNPs and 35 genotyped native (Red Sea) and exotic (from Cyprus, Greece, and Italy) samples, results suggest that genetic structure was high, especially between major geographic discontinuities, and that exotic populations maintain comparably lower genetic diversity than native populations, despite 130 years of invasion. The evidence of high heterozygosity excess, coupled with previously reported male-dominated and rare flowering records in the exotic range, suggests that clonal propagation likely played a pivotal role in the successful colonization and spread of H. stipulacea in the Mediterranean. This shift in reproductive strategy, particularly evident in the Italian populations located closest to the western boundary and representing more recent establishments, underscores the importance of this cost-effective mode of reproduction, especially during the initial stages of invasion, raising questions about the species future expansion trajectory. Our findings serve as a catalyst for future research into the species’ invasion dynamics, including deciphering the intricate roles of acclimatization and rapid adaptation, important for a comprehensive assessment of invasion risks and improving management strategies aimed at conserving seagrass ecosystems.