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Latin hypercubes for constrained design of experiments for data-driven models
Authors: Schneider Fabian , Hellmig Ralph J. , Nelles Oliver 
Published: October 2023

AbstractThe quality of data used for data-driven modeling affects the model performance significantly. Thus, design of experiments (DoE) is an important part during model development. The design space is constrained in many applications. In this work, the constrained case is investigated. An Latin hypercube based approach is applied and analyzed for strongly constrained design spaces. Contrary to commonly used optimization techniques, an incremental procedure is proposed. In every step, new data are added to the design. Each new point is selected by a distance-based criterion. The performance of the created designs is evaluated by the quality of the trained models. For different constraints, artificial data sets are created with a function generator. The performance of local model networks and Gaussian process regression models trained with those designs is evaluated and compared to models trained on data sets based on Sobol’ sequences.
Fast power tracking control of PV power plants for frequency support
Authors: Schulte Horst , Kusche Stephan 
Published: October 2023

AbstractA power tracking controller for frequency support by photovoltaic power plants without battery storage is presented. Due to the decreasing inertia, regenerative systems such as wind turbines and photovoltaic power plants must provide an instantaneous reserve for fast frequency support in power systems. To provide grid support by PV power plants, a control scheme, and a design procedure are introduced to ensure power reserve by leaving the optimal operating point. A model-based generalized design procedure in the Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy framework for PV system with switched-mode DC-DC converter is presented to achieve the specified control objectives. Simulation studies show the applicability of the control scheme.
Hinzutreten, Verwandeltsein, Anderssein
Authors: Edinger Sebastian 
Published: October 2023

Abstract
Transformative theories of what distinguishes human beings from animals face the problem of conceptually managing the transition from animal to human. This paper will show that this transition contains logical problems that are more rhetorically glossed over than logically solved by the concept of second nature. In the first part, I develop two main concepts of transformative theories, namely that of Hinzutreten (additive capacities occurring in humans) and that of Verwandeltsein (humans already being of a different kind), before outlining in the second part Helmuth Plessner’s anthropological approach as one that elaborates not a transformation, but a holistic difference in the structure of human life as well as a non-metaphysical process of nature’s self-differentiation in human beings as opposed to animals.
Die Formierung der zweiten Natur: künstliche Natürlichkeit oder natürliche Künstlichkeit?
Authors: Schüz Simon 
Published: October 2023

Abstract
Transformative theories of human nature posit that the genus of animality is wholly transformed by the specific difference of reason. The aim of this paper is to show that the two most prominent transformative approaches, ‘resolute’ and dialectical’, face a dialectical impasse that Helmuth Plessner’s philosophical anthropology is able to resolve. First, I outline objections to the resolute approach which motivate the ‘dialectical’ turn to second nature. Second, I show that the dialectical approach faces a dilemma. It either runs into an internal ‘interaction problem’ by its qualitative distinction of nature and spirit. Or it assimilates both in a way that either amounts to a collapse into the resolute approach or which creates the problem of a merely ‘artificial naturalness’. Third, I reconstruct Plessner’s ‘form-typological’ approach to how the genus living being is differentiated into structural types. This enables a dilemma-free rendition of transformation as ‘natural artificiality’: it is human first nature to seek embodied expression in second nature.
From Letter Collections to Letter Writing Manuals
Authors: Chernoglazov Dmitrij 
Published: October 2023

Abstract

It is well known that Byzantine and post-Byzantine manuscript letter collections had a didactic function serving as manuals on epistolary art. An important task is to examine how and to what extent this function influenced the structure of collections and the method of reworking epistolary material. The subject of the present paper is the letter collection surviving in cod. Heid. Pal. gr. 356 ( 13th c. ). The collection contains Pseudo-Libanios’ ‘Epistolary Styles’, letters of Phalaris, Libanios, Gregory of Nazianzos, Symeon Logothetes, Michael Psellos and other authors. The collection is analyzed in terms of its content and structure. Its following features are revealed: Firstly, from letters of different authors, those are selected that correspond to common epistolary situations. Most of the letters presented in the collection are recommending, reproaching for silence, accompanying the gift, etc. Secondly, letters belonging to the same type or epistolary situation are often grouped together. Thirdly, letters are reworked so that it is more convenient to use them as models. Gregory of Nazianzos’ letters are presented in short excerpts, many of them being transformed so that they serve as models for certain letter types – friendly, commendatory, etc.
The Emergence of a Global Knowledge Network
Authors: Labisch Alfons 
Published: October 2023

Abstract
Today we live in a global network of knowledge–as shown recently by the worldwide interactive research on Covid-19. Nevertheless, knowledge is distributed differently around the world and is perceived and valued differently in different cultures. This also applies to different strata within societies. The fact of a global world of knowledge and its horizontally and vertically different perception, interpretation and usage raises several problems. These can be explained above all by the sociogenesis of the global knowledge world and its fundamental lines and moments of development. Even a brief look at history shows that knowledge has been and is exchanged from earliest times till nowadays. This fact in turn raises questions and problems that we want to address systematically. What is “knowledge”? Sciences? Arts and crafts? When, by whom, in what form was knowledge disseminated? What is knowledge transfer? Exchange? Is it a mere transport, a deliberate exchange, or a kind of silent appropriation of foreign knowledge? In the following, some of these questions will be dealt with systematically. The historical material as well overarching question is the exchange of knowledge in Eurasia and here specifically the transfer and exchange of knowledge between Europe and China. After a preliminary clarification of terms and questions, the transfer of knowledge between Europe and China from the earliest times up to the Yuan Dynasty will be surveyed. Subsequently, the basic concepts and questions can be discussed and sharpened for further research. An outlook on the historical phase of a deliberate transfer and finally exchange of knowledge between China and Europe since the early modern period concludes the study. The aim of this work is not primarily to describe the historical course of individual exchange processes, but to clarify questions and problems for future empirical studies regarding the research landscape.
A review on design, development and characterization of plasmonic nano-antenna for photonic applications
Authors: Singh Ashish , Kavitha Shekhara , Shastrimath Veena Devi , Aneesh Mahammad 
Published: October 2023

Abstract
This article provides an overview of plasmonic nano-antennas for photonic applications. This paper delves into the theoretical analysis of nano/optical antennas, including optical antenna impedance, near and far field characteristics, and directivity. The materials used for manufacturing optical antennas are discussed in the context of terahertz communication. The comparative analysis of different types of fabrication techniques on the nanoscale is presented as a requirement for the implementation of nano-antennas. The testing mechanism of the nano-antenna using microscopy techniques is also presented. A detailed review of the different shapes of the nano-antennas that are used for applications in the field of photonics is discussed. According to this review article, graphene, gold, and silver are the most promising materials. It is also noticed that pen-dip and direct growth are fast and inexpensive techniques for nano-antenna fabrication.
Inhibitory TMS over Visual Area V5/MT Disrupts Visual Speech Recognition
Authors: Jeschke Lisa , Mathias Brian , von Kriegstein Katharina 
Published: October 2023

During face-to-face communication, the perception and recognition of facial movements can facilitate individuals' understanding of what is said. Facial movements are a form of complex biological motion. Separate neural pathways are thought to processing (1) simple, nonbiological motion with an obligatory waypoint in the motion-sensitive visual middle temporal area (V5/MT); and (2) complex biological motion. Here, we present findings that challenge this dichotomy. Neuronavigated offline transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) over V5/MT on 24 participants (17 females and 7 males) led to increased response times in the recognition of simple, nonbiological motion as well as visual speech recognition compared with TMS over the vertex, an active control region. TMS of area V5/MT also reduced practice effects on response times, that are typically observed in both visual speech and motion recognition tasks over time. Our findings provide the first indication that area V5/MT causally influences the recognition of visual speech.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENTIn everyday face-to-face communication, speech comprehension is often facilitated by viewing a speaker's facial movements. Several brain areas contribute to the recognition of visual speech. One area of interest is the motion-sensitive visual medial temporal area (V5/MT), which has been associated with the perception of simple, nonbiological motion such as moving dots, as well as more complex, biological motion such as visual speech. Here, we demonstrate using noninvasive brain stimulation that area V5/MT is causally relevant in recognizing visual speech. This finding provides new insights into the neural mechanisms that support the perception of human communication signals, which will help guide future research in typically developed individuals and populations with communication difficulties.
The Causal Role of Temporoparietal Junction in Mediating Self–Other Mergence during Mentalizing
Authors: Sun Fanru , Yang Tianshu , Liu Ning , Wan Xiaohong 
Published: October 2023

Mentalizing is a core faculty of human social behaviors that involves inferring the cognitive states of others. This process necessitates adopting an allocentric perspective and suppressing one's egocentric perspective, referred to as self–other distinction (SOD). Meanwhile, individuals may project their own cognitive states onto others in prosocial behaviors, a process known as self–other mergence (SOM). It remains unclear how the two opposing processes coexist during mentalizing. We here combined functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) techniques with intranasal oxytocin (OTint) as a probe to examine the SOM effect in healthy male human participants, during which they attributed the cognitive states of decision confidence to an anonymous partner. Our results showed that OTintfacilitated SOM via the left temporoparietal junction (lTPJ), but did not affect neural representations of internal information about others' confidence in the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex, which might be dedicated to SOD, although the two brain regions, importantly, have been suggested to be involved in mentalizing. Further, the SOM effect induced by OTintwas fully mediated by the lTPJ activities and became weakened when the lTPJ activities were suppressed by rTMS. These findings suggest that the lTPJ might play a vital role in mediating SOM during mentalizing.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENTEvery human mind is unique. It is critical to distinguish the minds of others from the self. On the contrary, we often project the current mental states of the self onto others; that is to say, self–other mergence (SOM). The neural mechanism underlying SOM remains unclear. We here used intranasal oxytocin (OTint) as a probe to leverage SOM, which is typically suppressed during mentalizing. We revealed that OTintspecifically modulated the left temporoparietal junction (lTPJ) neural activities to fully mediate the SOM effect, while suppressing the lTPJ neural activities by transcranial magnetic stimulations causally attenuated the SOM effect. Our results demonstrate that the lTPJ might mediate SOM during social interactions.
ENTRE CANDADOS Y CERROJOS. VIOLENCIA SIMBÓLICA SOBRE LAS MUJERES DESDE EL NEOPENTECOSTALISMO EN COSTA RICA
Authors: Vindas Benavides Ruth 
Published: October 2023

La violencia simbólica hacia las mujeres se ejerce en diferentes espacios, como el religioso, en donde pasa desapercibida por completo; al no visualizarse, es normalizada sin que se cuestione a quienes la ejercen y más bien se les aprueba. En los espacios religiosos este mal provoca en las féminas otras formas de violencia que son las que finalmente, se llegan a visualizar. Con la finalidad de profundizar en este tema, proponemos, en este artículo como objetivo general, indagar sobre el impacto que genera la violencia simbólica de género que se ejerce sobre las mujeres evangélicas a través de discursos y prácticas religiosas neopentecostales en Costa Rica. Para ello, usamos la metodología de investigación cualitativa, haciendo uso de la técnica de observación en dos congregaciones neopentecostales de zona rural y urbana, y entrevistas a dos mujeres de cada congregación. Por medio de los resultados logramos evidenciar desde diferentes variables, las formas de violencia simbólica que se ejercen desde estos espacios. Con los resultados obtenidos realizamos un análisis crítico desde los derechos humanos de las mujeres y de la teología feminista latinoamericana de la liberación. Concluimos que, por medio de interpretaciones literales de los textos bíblicos y el uso de imágenes de Dios elaboradas desde el patriarcalismo, el machismo y el androcentrismo, entre otros, se ejerce una fuerte violencia simbólica de la cual las mujeres no son conscientes. De ahí la importancia de hacer visible esta forma de violencia para encontrar alternativas de superación.
Language Awareness of Upper Silesia Inhabitants Displaced from the Former Southeastern Provinces of the Second Republic of Poland
Authors: Sagan-Bielawa Mirosława 
Published: October 2023

The paper considers attitudes towards varieties of Polish on the example of people born in the former southeastern provinces of the Second Republic of Poland and forced to emigrate after the Second World War to Upper Silesia. These people are a language community that represents the dual identity of culture and language. Their first identity was formed on the Polish-Ukrainian borderland during the childhood and adolescence period. However, these people are part of the Upper Silesian speech community. They are strongly professionally and privately bound to the region.
The paper is based on interviews with 33 people conducted at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries. All of interviewers had secondary or higher education. The analysis refers to the opinions of respondents about the role of language in their own lives and in the activities of the displaced persons community. This work examines the social evaluation of variants and feelings that the language invokes, in particular, the Polish spoken in the former southeastern borderland compared to the Silesian dialect. It may be concluded that elements of the pre-war dialect of the city of Lviv constituted for these people an indicator of belonging to the community whereas the Silesian dialect was treated with reserve.
Plasma concentration of leptin is related to food addiction in gambling disorder: Clinical and neuropsychological implications
Authors: Etxandi Mikel , Baenas Isabel , Mora-Maltas Bernat , Granero Roser , Fernández-Aranda Fernando , Tovar Sulay , Solé-Morata Neus , Lucas Ignacio , Casado Sabela , Gómez-Peña Mónica , Moragas Laura , Pino-Gutiérrez Amparo del , Tapia Javier , Valenciano-Mendoza Eduardo , Potenza Marc N. , Gearhardt Ashley N. , Diéguez Carlos , Jiménez-Murcia Susana 
Published: October 2023

AbstractBackgroundData implicate overlaps in neurobiological pathways involved in appetite regulation and addictive disorders. Despite different neuroendocrine measures having been associated with both gambling disorder (GD) and food addiction (FA), how appetite-regulating hormones may relate to the co-occurrence of both entities remain incompletely understood.AimsTo compare plasma concentrations of ghrelin, leptin, adiponectin, and liver-expressed antimicrobial peptide 2 (LEAP-2) between patients with GD, with and without FA, and to explore the association between circulating hormonal concentrations and neuropsychological and clinical features in individuals with GD and FA.MethodsThe sample included 297 patients diagnosed with GD (93.6% males). None of the patients with GD had lifetime diagnosis of an eating disorder. FA was evaluated with the Yale Food Addiction Scale 2.0. All patients were assessed through a semi-structured clinical interview and a psychometric battery including neuropsychological tasks. Blood samples to measure hormonal variables and anthropometric variables were also collected.ResultsFrom the total sample, FA was observed in 23 participants (FA+) (7.7% of the sample, 87% males). When compared participants with and without FA, those with FA+ presented both higher body mass index (BMI) (p < 0.001) and leptin concentrations, after adjusting for BMI (p = 0.013). In patients with FA, leptin concentrations positively correlated with impulsivity, poorer cognitive flexibility, and poorer inhibitory control. Other endocrine measures did not differ between groups.Discussion and conclusionsThe present study implicates leptin in co-occurring GD and FA. Among these patients, leptin concentration has been associated with clinical and neuropsychological features, such as impulsivity and cognitive performance in certain domains.
Confucianism: Ancient ideology or driving force of the future? A scoping review on the effect of Confucian culture on innovation
Authors: Koczkás Sára 
Published: October 2023

AbstractThis paper explores the ambiguous relationship between Confucian culture and innovation based on the scholarly literature. Applying a scoping review approach, the purpose of the literature review is to uncover the reasons behind the ambiguities of empirical research results and conceptualizations of how Confucianism affects innovation on the individual and on the organizational level. The paper builds on the assumption that the different operationalizations of Confucian culture are behind these contradictions. Since Confucianism is an ideology that has developed for over 2000 years, and even its most often cited virtues and principles are quite heterogenous, approaches to its operationalization in the field of management are also diverse. The results of the literature review indicate that different approaches to Confucian culture indeed show homogeneity in the conceptualization of the Confucianism-innovation relationship. Virtues and principles related to rigid hierarchies and great power distance have a detrimental effect, while others a rather positive one. Therefore, the paper argues that a more specific denomination of cultural factors should be necessary to avoid biased and unspecified results in both theoretical and empirical approaches.
Clinico-mycological study of dermatophytosis in children
Authors: Mahadik Anushka Y , Gautam Manjyot , Patel Reeya , Kardile Himali , Godse Kiran V 
Published: October 2023

The picture of dermatophytosis in pediatric population is changing and requires data from different geographical locations. The present study was conducted to assess the clinico-mycological characteristics of dermatophytosis in children presenting to our department. Aim of the study was to assess the clinico-mycological characteristics of dermatophytosis in children We included patients aged 18 years or less with suspected dermatophytosis infectionand a complete physical examination of the skin, including nails and hair, was performed on all children. All the children were subjected to potassium hydroxide (KOH) examination and culture on Sabouraud’s Dextrose Agar. 150 patients were included, 104 were aged more than 10 years, 81 out of 150 were males and most common clinical variant was that of Tinea cruris (48.7%) followed by corporis (35%). KOH positive patients were fungal culture positive. Most common species on culture was Trichophyton rubrum followed by Trichophyton mentagrophyte. 55 patients were using topical corticosteroids and it was found that KOH positivity was higher among the patients not using topical corticosteroids (91.6%) n=87 compared to those using corticosteroids (67.30%) n=37.: Our study represents a changing clinical scenario of paediatric dermatophytosis in western India. Education and counselling the parents regarding hygiene practices are very important and should be included in the management strategy.
Efficacy of luliconazole combination shampoo in patients with seborrheic dermatitis
Authors: Khalse Maneesha , Sharma Aseem , Pandey Amarendra , Parekar Reshma 
Published: October 2023

Seborrheic dermatitis (SD) is a frequently occurring chronic inflammatory disease of the skin which causes scalp erythema, scaling and itching. Though it isn't a life-threatening skin condition, it significantly impacts the quality of life. Luliconazole is a newer antifungal agent with comparable or greater potency than existing agents with better tolerability. We aimed to evaluate its efficacy and tolerability as an initial active and maintenance regimen.In this 12-week, prospective, non-comparative and single-center study, adult subjects with a valid clinical diagnosis of SD of the scalp with a combined score for scaling and erythema between 2 and 4 were included. The primary endpoint was a change in the degree of scaling using a 4-point scale; the secondary endpoints were a change in the degree of erythema and the degree of scalp itching on the scalp at week 4 and week 12. A clinical examination was also performed to assess the tolerability of the shampoo. A subjective self-assessment questionnaire was used to assess patient perception of the efficacy and tolerability of the product.At week 4 and week 12, the scalp scaling was significantly reduced by 69% and 78.6%, and erythema by 77.1% and 92.4%, respectively. Consequently, there was a progressive reduction in itching from 91.2% at week 4 to 94.7% by week 12. At Week 4, 37.8% and Week 12, 55.6% of the participants showed complete clearance of dandruff. Mean scalp dryness assessment scores decreased from 0.31 at week 4 to 0.16 by week 12.None of the subjects reported any symptoms of intolerance or recurrences.The current 12-week study demonstrated significant effectiveness and tolerability of Luliconazole-containing shampoo in the active phase and maintenance treatment of SD with initial twice- and subsequently once-weekly regimens.