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Jaws 30
Authors: Langdon W. B. 
Published: November 2023

AbstractIt is 30 years since John R. Koza published “Jaws”, the first book on genetic programming [Genetic Programming: On the Programming of Computers by Means of Natural Selection. MIT Press (1992)]. I recount and expand the celebration at GECCO 2022, very briefly summarise some of what the rest of us have done and make suggestions for the next thirty years of GP research.
A/Ā-Operations at the Mongolian Clausal Periphery
Authors: Gong Zhiyu Mia 
Published: November 2023

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-operations such as thematic topicalization and wh-licensing at the Mongolian embedded clausal periphery. Building on a previous proposal that ECM targets Spec CP, which can be an A-position in Mongolian (Fong 2019), I argue that thematic topicalization and wh-licensing are associated with an $$\hspace{1.27777pt}\overline{\hspace{-1.27777pt}\text {A}\hspace{-1.27777pt}}\hspace{1.27777pt}$$

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-interactions at the Mongolian clausal periphery, while also making concrete predictions confirmed by independent facts from this language. I then compare the Mongolian case with typical cases of improper movement, and discuss the implications of the current account for a general theory of movement typology.
A Pragmatic Theory of Computational Artefacts
Authors: Buda Alessandro G. , Primiero Giuseppe 
Published: November 2023

AbstractSome computational phenomena rely essentially on pragmatic considerations, and seem to undermine the independence of the specification from the implementation. These include software development, deviant uses, esoteric languages and recent data-driven applications. To account for them, the interaction between pragmatics, epistemology and ontology in computational artefacts seems essential, indicating the need to recover the role of the language metaphor. We propose a User Levels (ULs) structure as a pragmatic complement to the Levels of Abstraction (LoAs)-based structure defining the ontology and epistemology of computational artefacts. ULs identify a flexible hierarchy in which users bear their own semantic and normative requirements, possibly competing with the logical specification. We formulate a notion of computational act intended in its pragmatic sense, alongside pragmatic versions of implementation and correctness.
Cómo lograr el éxito con una reedición: 1964, el Ferdydurke de Sudamericana y Ernesto Sabato
Authors: Nogales Baena José Luis 
Published: November 2023

AbstractIn 1964, Sudamericana Publishing House printed in Buenos Aires the second edition of the Spanish version of the novel Ferdydurke (1937) by Polish writer Witold Gombrowicz. Apparently, it was identical to the first publication in Spanish (by Argos Publishing House, Buenos Aires, 1947); however, the text had been extensively revised according to Ernesto Sabato’s indications. Furthermore, a new prologue written by Sabato substituted the previous initials materials. This article documents and explains how this revision, the new prologue, the decision to publish in Sudamericana, and the publicity given to the book were conscious decisions either by Gombrowicz or by Sabato in search of editorial success. Their final goal was to place the novel and its author in a visible and privileged place in the Argentine and Spanish-speaking literary system. The study also focuses on the textual differences between Ferdydurke’s first and second Spanish editions: it tries to explain how and why specific changes were made and the implications of these changes.
Sharp changes in fractal basin of attraction in passive dynamic walking
Authors: Okamoto Kota , Akashi Nozomi , Obayashi Ippei , Nakajima Kohei , Kokubu Hiroshi , Senda Kei , Tsuchiya Kazuo , Aoi Shinya 
Published: November 2023

AbstractA passive dynamic walker is a mechanical system that walks down a slope without any control, and gives useful insights into the dynamic mechanism of stable walking. This system shows specific attractor characteristics depending on the slope angle due to nonlinear dynamics, such as period-doubling to chaos and its disappearance by a boundary crisis. However, it remains unclear what happens to the basin of attraction. In our previous studies, we showed that a fractal basin of attraction is generated using a simple model over a critical slope angle by iteratively applying the inverse image of the Poincaré map, which has stretching and bending effects. In the present study, we show that the size and fractality of the basin of attraction sharply change many times by changing the slope angle. Furthermore, we improved our previous analysis to clarify the mechanisms for these changes and the disappearance of the basin of attraction based on the stretching and bending deformation in the basin formation process. These findings will improve our understanding of the governing dynamics to generate the basin of attraction in walking.
Meta-analysis unveils differential effects of agroforestry on soil properties in different zonobiomes
Authors: Ngaba Mbezele Junior Yannick , Mgelwa Abubakari Said , Gurmesa Geshere Abdisa , Uwiragiye Yves , Zhu Feifei , Qiu Qingyan , Fang Yunting , Hu Bin , Rennenberg Heinz 
Published: November 2023

AbstractAimsCurrent comprehensive meta-analysis study aims to explore how agroforestry practices influence soil quality across different climate zones. Since numerous studies proposed agroforestry as the promising agroecological farming systems over conventional monoculture systems to maintain soil quality and to regenerate disturbed soil to counteract the negative consequences of global extensive agricultural approaches.MethodsBy employing the comprehensive meta-analysis technique on data from 125 studies conducted in tropical, temperate, and Mediterranean environments, we quantitatively assessed the effects of agroforestry on physical, chemical, and biological soil quality indicators.ResultsRates of soil erosion, the most important indication of land degradation, were improved in agroforestry systems compared to monocultures, especially in temperate (-138%) and Mediterranean soils (-40%), due to agroforestry-induced improved soil texture, aggregate stability, and soil water regulation. Soil acidification was decreased in tropical (-128%) and Mediterranean soils (-96%), but increased in temperate soils (+ 104%) due to agroforestry practices. Low temperate soil pH suggests high Ca2+leaching losses as evidenced by decreased Ca2+(-68%) and increased Fe2+(+ 129%) and Al3+(+ 235%) contents. Agroforestry systems increased organic matter accumulation in temperate (+ 86%) and Mediterranean soils (+ 65%), carbon sequestration in all climatic zones (+ 48%: 33–73%), and respiration rates in temperate (+ 119%) and tropical soils (+ 105%). Soil microbial communities, enzyme activities as well as nutrient cycling and availability were generally enhanced in agroforestry systems compared to monocultures.ConclusionsOur results provide compelling evidence that agroforestry practices can contribute substantially to sustainable improvement of global soil quality.
High-speed train timetable optimization based on space–time network model and quantum simulator
Authors: Xu Hui-Zhang , Chen Jun-Hua , Zhang Xing-Chen , Lu Te-Er , Gao Tian-Ze , Wen Kai , Ma Yin 
Published: November 2023

AbstractTimetable scheduling is a combinatorial optimization problem that presents formidable challenges for classical computers. This paper introduces a pioneering methodology for addressing the high-speed train timetabling problem through quantum computing. Initially, a comprehensive binary integer programming model, grounded in the space–time network, is proposed (M1). To manage the intricacy of model M1, a knapsack problem reformulation is employed to establish a simplified binary integer programming model (M2). Both M1 and M2 are subsequently converted into quadratic unconstrained binary optimization (QUBO) models to harness the potential of quantum computing. Several techniques, including the Gurobi solver, simulated annealing, and the coherent Ising machine (CIM) quantum simulator, are deployed to solve the model across four distinct scenarios of varying complexity. The findings indicate that CIM quantum simulator outperforms the simulated annealing method in terms of solution quality for medium-scale problems.
Lottocracy Versus Democracy
Authors: Rummens Stefan , Geenens Raf 
Published: November 2023

AbstractThis paper critically compares a deliberative system based on parliamentary elections (an electoral system) and a deliberative system based on sortition (a lottocratic system). Both systems are analyzed in three dimensions. The epistemic dimension concerns the rational quality of the democratic process. The power dimension concerns the distribution of power and the extent to which citizens genuinely control all decisions. The motivational dimension, finally, concerns citizens’ identification with the decision-making process and their willingness to abide by its outcomes. We argue that an electoral system is, in all three dimensions, normatively superior to a sortition-based system. Most prominently, we claim that electoral mechanisms provide visibility to the decision-making process. This enables a form of interactive representation in which citizens and their representatives engage in a joint process of opinion and will formation. Sortition, in contrast, is characterized by a democratically much poorer form of descriptive representation. The selected citizens are a representative sample of the wider citizenry, but they deliberate in a forum that remains mostly disconnected from that wider citizenry and therefore cannot shoulder the process of collective self-government.
The importance of involving experts-by-experience with different psychiatric diagnoses when revising diagnostic criteria
Authors: Fellowes Sam 
Published: November 2023

AbstractPhilosophers of science have recently called for experts-by-experience to be involved in revising psychiatric diagnoses. They argue that experts-by-experience can have relevant knowledge which is important for considering potential modifications to psychiatric diagnoses. I show how altering one diagnosis can impact individuals with a different diagnosis. For example, altering autism can impact individuals diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Schizoid Personality Disorder through co-morbidity and differential diagnostic criteria. Altering autism can impact the population making up the diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Schizoid Personality Disorder which can then influence which behaviour each diagnosis covers and which parts of the causal structure each diagnosis covers. Expanding one diagnosis can mean, if differential diagnostic criteria are present, that individuals who have a different diagnosis, or would one day have been diagnosed with that different diagnosis, are instead now diagnosed with the expanded diagnosis. Alternatively, if two diagnoses can be co-morbid then expanding one diagnosis can mean individuals who have a different diagnosis can now also receive the expanded diagnosis. Changing these can then impact the adequacy of symptoms formulated to cover behaviour and causal mechanisms formulated to cover the causal structure. This means experts-by-experience representing a range of diagnoses should be involved in decisions over modifying diagnoses they do not have. For example, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder individuals should be involved in decisions to modify autism. I discuss practical issues relating to how much say people with a range of diagnoses should have in relation to modifying a diagnosis which they do not have. We should employ a principle of equality whereby the level of say individuals with one diagnosis should have on another diagnosis should be equally reciprocated.
Modeling the Effect of Excess Vacancies on Precipitation and Mechanical Properties of Al–Mg–Si Alloys
Authors: Myhr Ole Runar , Marioara Calin Daniel , Engler Olaf 
Published: November 2023

AbstractA model for vacancy annihilation during aging has been combined with a precipitation model for coupled nucleation, growth, and coarsening in AA 6xxx series aluminum alloys. The simulation results were compared with precipitation parameters from TEM measurements and hardness data obtained for various times during artificial aging. Both simulations and measurements indicated that a combination of an excess concentration of non-equilibrium vacancies at the start of aging and a fast vacancy annihilation rate significantly affected the resulting precipitation and strength evolution. Hence, the model reproduced the short aging time required to reach the maximum strength when direct artificial aging was applied (DAA). In contrast to the fast aging response of DAA, the hardness measurements showed a much slower aging response when artificial aging was performed after prolonged natural aging. This aging behavior was captured in the model simulations by assuming that an equilibrium vacancy concentration is present from the start of the aging.
Pilze als Beweger und Gestalter im Untergrund
Authors: Wick Lukas Y. 
Published: November 2023

AbstractMycelial networks allow fungi to spread efficiently and traverse air-filled pores. By transporting nutrients from nutrient-rich and to nutrient-poor areas, they also promote bacterial growth and cometabolic degradation of contaminants. Mycelia likewise connect microhabitats and act as dispersal vectors (fungal highways) for aerobic and anaerobic bacteria. Co-transport with hyphal-riding bacteria allows phages to move in water-poor habitats and enhances the fitness of invading bacteria in host precolonised zones.
Unkonventionelle Sekretion von Nanobodies für die Virusdetektion
Authors: Philipp Magnus , Pohlentz Joana Charlot , Wegmann Simon , Schipper Kerstin 
Published: November 2023

AbstractThe fungus Ustilago maydis is a natural producer of diverse compounds with biotechnological relevance. Synthetic biology approaches have further expanded the portfolio by heterologous molecules like pharmaceutical proteins. Recently, we engineered U. maydis for the production of nanobodies directed against the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. Applying a chitin-binding carrier, we established nanobody immobilization, paving the way for inexpensive antigen tests based on a ubiquitous biogenic material.
Robot’s Gendering Trouble: A Scoping Review of Gendering Humanoid Robots and Its Effects on HRI
Authors: Perugia Giulia , Lisy Dominika 
Published: November 2023

AbstractThe discussion around gendering humanoid robots has gained more traction in the last few years. To lay the basis for a full comprehension of how robots’ “gender” has been understood within the Human–Robot Interaction (HRI) community—i.e., how it has been manipulated, in which contexts, and which effects it has yielded on people’s perceptions and interactions with robots—we performed a scoping review of the literature. We identified 553 papers relevant for our review retrieved from 5 different databases. The final sample of reviewed papers included 35 papers written between 2005 and 2021, which involved a total of 3902 participants. In this article, we thoroughly summarize these papers by reporting information about their objectives and assumptions on gender (i.e., definitions and reasons to manipulate gender), their manipulation of robots’ “gender” (i.e., gender cues and manipulation checks), their experimental designs (e.g., demographics of participants, employed robots), and their results (i.e., main and interaction effects). The review reveals that robots’ “gender” does not affect crucial constructs for the HRI, such as likability and acceptance, but rather bears its strongest effect on stereotyping. We leverage our different epistemological backgrounds in Social Robotics and Gender Studies to provide a comprehensive interdisciplinary perspective on the results of the review and suggest ways to move forward in the field of HRI.
A full-scale bioremediation study of diesel fuel-contaminated soil: the effect of plant species and soil amendments
Authors: Predikaka T. C. , Kralj T. , Jerman M. S. , Mastnak T. 
Published: November 2023

AbstractThis article presents a comprehensive on-site bioremediation of an excavated diesel fuel-contaminated soil aided by various soil amendments and plant species. In the first 125 days, the excavated soil was placed in a land treatment unit, mixed with compost, and seeded with white clover (Trifolium repens). In the next 155 days, the land treatment unit was re-established and divided into four experimental plots. Experimental plots 2 and 3 were seeded with a mixture of plant seeds (Trifolium alexandrinum, Fagopyrum esculentum Moench, Trifolium incarnatum, Phacelia tanacetifolia, Sinapis alba, Trifolium repens), while experimental plots 1 and 4 were left without seeded vegetation. Moreover, a zeolite and an Ascophyllum nodosum-based biostimulant were added to experimental plots 3 and 4. The objectives were to select the most beneficial plant species for the plant-based bioremediation process, to evaluate applicability of different soil amendments for an enhanced hydrocarbon biodegradation, and to study their effects on the microbial community in soil. Our results showed an overall reduction in hydrocarbon pollution by more than 95% within 280 days. The rates of hydrocarbon degradation and changes in the microbial population were not affected by the presence of the zeolite and the biostimulant. In addition, the use of different plant species did not have a statistically significant effect on hydrocarbon degradation but affected microbial population dynamics, confirming stabile and diverse indigenous hydrocarbon-degrading microbial community in the native soil.
Intact FGF23 concentration in healthy infants, children, and adolescents, and diagnostic usefulness in patients with X-linked hypophosphatemic rickets
Authors: Baroncelli G. I. , Sessa M. R. , Pelosini C. , Bertelloni S. , Michelucci A. , Toschi B. , Piaggi P. , Peroni D. , Comberiati P. 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
Objective
FGF23 measurement may have a diagnostic role to investigate patients with phosphate disorders. However, normal values for infants, children, and adolescents have not been defined.

Methods
In a total of 282 (males 145, females 137) healthy infants (n = 30), prepubertal (n = 147), pubertal (n = 59), and postpubertal (n = 46), and in twenty patients with X-linked hypophosphatemic rickets (XLH, age 10.2 ± 5.6 years) serum phosphate (automated analyzer), and plasma intact FGF23 (immunochemiluminescent sandwich assay, DiaSorin) concentrations were measured.

Results
Intact FGF23 concentrations were higher in healthy infants than in prepubertal (P < 0.01) and postpubertal subjects (P < 0.05); pubertal subjects showed higher values (P < 0.05) than postpubertal subjects. Serum phosphate concentrations were higher (P < 0.001) in healthy infants than in prepubertal, pubertal, and postpubertal subjects. Pubertal subjects had higher (P < 0.001) serum phosphate concentrations than postpubertal subjects. Intact FGF23 and serum phosphate concentrations did not differ (P = NS) by sex, age of menarche, and time after menarche. In healthy subjects, there was no correlation between intact FGF23 and serum phosphate concentrations. Intact FGF23 concentrations were higher (P < 0.0001) in patients with XLH than in healthy subjects according to chronological age and pubertal development. In all patients, intact FGF23 concentrations were above 40 pg/mL; intact FGF23 concentrations were inversely correlated with serum phosphate concentrations (r = −0.65; P < 0.01).

Conclusion
In healthy subjects, chronological age and puberty were main determinants of intact FGF23 concentrations. Intact FGF23 concentrations may be a useful marker for the early diagnosis of XLH in pediatric patients.
Recent Advances in Bioorthogonal Ligation and Bioconjugation
Authors: Zielke Florian M. , Rutjes Floris P. J. T. 
Published: November 2023

AbstractThe desire to create biomolecules modified with functionalities that go beyond nature’s toolbox has resulted in the development of biocompatible and selective methodologies and reagents, each with different scope and limitations. In this overview, we highlight recent advances in the field of bioconjugation from 2016 to 2023. First, (metal-mediated) protein functionalization by exploiting the specific reactivity of amino acids will be discussed, followed by novel bioorthogonal reagents for bioconjugation of modified biomolecules.
Spinel ferrites for resistive random access memory applications
Authors: Gayakvad Ketankumar , Somdatta Kaushik , Mathe Vikas , Dongale Tukaram , W Madhuri , Patankar Ketaki 
Published: November 2023

AbstractCutting edge science and technology needs high quality data storage devices for their applications in artificial intelligence and digital industries. Resistive random access memory (RRAM) is an emerging nonvolatile memory used for recording and reproducing the digital information. Earlier studies on RRAM applications suggest that spinel ferrite is a potential material. We envisage that the spinel ferrite prepared by a particular route, namely spin coating, will in future optimize the essential parameters for optimal functioning of RRAM. An assertion to our assumptions, few researchers have already obtained important findings for spin coated spinel ferrites. Spin coated spinel ferrites, namely zinc ferrite, nickel ferrite, cobalt ferrite and mixed spinel ferrites, have been investigated for their applications as switching layers in RRAM devices. Particularly, spin coated cobalt ferrite, nickel ferrite and doped nickel ferrite were widely used as resistive switching layers. However, it is noticed that there is a tremendous scope for synthesis and resistive switching characterization of spin coated pure and doped zinc ferrite. Proper doping of special element into spinel ferrite can enhance the resistive switching performance of RRAM devices. Insertion of nano structures and metal layers within switching layer uplifts the performance of spin coated spinel ferrite-based RRAM devices. Active layer in RRAM device synthesized by spin coating technique exhibited good resistive switching properties, namely retention of $$10^{3}$$

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