bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
The Urgency of Reforming the Death Penalty Policy for Narcotics Distributors Post the Constitutional Court Decision Number 2-3/PUU-V/2007
Authors: Apriyanti R.A. Indah 
Published: December 2023

<p class="Abstract-Eng-Text">The most questioned severe punishment that can be given for someone is death penalty as with death penalty someone’s existence can be vanished and it is irrevokeable. Since there is no way for turning back the time and bring<span lang="IN">s</span> the life of the person that has already executed. With the establishment of death penalty, Article 28J Paragraph (1) of the 1945 Constitution and Article 29 Paragraph (2) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights cannot be enforced. Basic Rights directly bind the three areas of state power to obey and respect them. The application of death penalty for narcotics dealers in Indonesia is not only limited to producing legal products, but the implementation of these laws also imposed by the state or the Indonesian government. The issue of whether or not the death penalty is appropriate remains and continues in Indonesia. Nevertheless, The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Indonesia in its decision Number 2—3/PUU-V/2007stated that death penalty is not against Article 28A and Article 28I 1945 Constitution. Hence, the act of distributing narcotics has also violated the human rights of many people in a nation because it can have a devastating impact on future generations of youth. This Normative legal research will be focus on:</p><p class="Abstract-Eng-Text">1. Whether the constitutional interpretation regarding the death policy for narcotics dealers in the Constitutional Court Decision Number 2—3/PUU-V/2007 according to the review of non-derogable rights?</p><p class="Abstract-Eng-Text">2. The need to reforms towards the death penalty policy for narcotics dealers in Indonesia?</p>
Penguatan Perlindungan Masyarakat Hukum Adat Dayak Paser di Kabupaten Panajam Paser Utara Dari Dampak Pemindahan Ibukota Indonesia
Authors: Rahayu Sri Lestari , Mulyanto Mulyanto 
Published: December 2023

<p class="Abstract-Eng-Text">The decision of the Indonesian government to move its capital from Jakarta to North Penajam Paser Regency (PPU) in East Kalimantan Province has affected the vulnerable local indigenous people (MHA). This study aims to determine the impact of this relocation and formulate a strategy that protects Dayak Paser in PPU Regency as a traditional community despite challenges from modern society. Historical and statutory approaches were used for literature documentation., while qualitative data analysis was based on inductive and deductive reasoning logic. The results showed that capital relocation affects Dayak Paser's existence in economics, environment, natural resources, environment, politics, livelihood, and security fields, though three strategies can be adopted for legal protection. These include drafting and ratifying a law on the State Capital for regulating the legal protection of indigenous people in the PPU Regency area, guaranteeing the determination of the legal standing of MHA automatically and permanent human rights for people of MHA origin. Therefore, the government and legislature should use these findings to formulate policies and regulations about the existence of the state capital. <strong></strong></p>
The mechanical strength of which in operation directly of the introduction into highly filled halogen-free plastics production
Authors: Antonets Yuri , Shurupova Alina , Shchebeniuk Lesia , Holyk Oksana 
Published: December 2023

With the introduction into highly filled halogen-free plastics production, the mechanical strength of which in operation directly depends on the flame retardant content and application technology, it becomes important to control the cable sheath mechanical characteristics in a fireproof design. Polymeric materials and their compositions are viscoelastic materials for which the mechanical properties depend on the technological process of extrusion. The results of estimating the elongation at break of samples from the uniaxial stretching. It is shown that the inner and outer layers of the halogen-free plastic cable sheath have significantly different values of the plasticity normative parameter: differences evidence in the polymer structure in the inner and outer layers of the sheath due to the forced deformation process during extrusion, which is forced polymer structure orientation. It is shown that the inner and outer layers of the halogen-free plastic cable sheath have significantly different values of the relative change in specific mass of polymer samples. Analysis of the statistical covariance of the relative elongation at break and of the relative change in specific mass of polymer samples different in structure similar filled halogen-free polymers. With the introduction into highly filled halogen-free plastics application technology, it becomes important to control the cable sheath mechanical characteristics in fireproof design for the inner and outer layers
Effects of the vertical and horizontal components of near-field ground motions on the seismic behavior of buildings considering soil-structure interaction
Authors: Farazmand Mehdi , Behnamfar Farhad , Aziminejad Armin 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
Three-dimensional nonlinear dynamic analyses of 3-, 6-, 9-, and 12-story steel buildings with special concentrically braced frame and special moment-resisting frame systems on soft and very soft soils are accomplished using OpenSees software. All buildings are modeled once as fixed-base and then taking nonlinear soil-structure interaction effects into account as a flexible-base case. They are excited under the effect of concurrent two and three translational components of near-field ground motions. Beams and columns considering
– ∆ effects are simulated using force-based beam-column elements with nonlinear material behavior at their two ends, and the finite-length plastic hinge approach is used to model the behavior of beam-column joints. By taking
– ∆ and imperfection effects into account, braces are modeled using displacement-based fiber elements with distributed plasticity behavior. The Beam-on-Nonlinear-Winkler-Foundation is used to model the nonlinear behavior of soil. Results show that the vertical component of earthquake can increase uplift and the total vertical force in the buildings up to about 50% and 80%, respectively. For the soft soil, the provision provided in ASCE code to consider the vertical component of ground motion in loading combinations for design turns out to be unconservative. Additionally, soil-structure interaction causes inter-story drifts to increase, especially for taller braced frames where the increase is up to 80% in the first story. Earthquake record characteristics can also have an increasing effect on the story drifts due to the flexibility of foundation, especially in the lower stories. In most cases, the maximum increase of the inter-story drift due to the base flexibility corresponds to the story where the same response is the lowest in the fixed-base condition. Using the obtained results, an equation is proposed to convert the lateral displacements of a fixed-base building to those in the flexible-base case.
The impact of gravity on functional movements: kinematic insights and features selection
Authors: Bucchieri Anna , Tessari Federico , Buccelli Stefano , De Momi Elena , Laffranchi Matteo , De Michieli Lorenzo 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
Exploring the impact of gravity on daily upper-limb movements is crucial for comprehending the complexities of upper-limb impairments. The present study delves into the relationship between the gravitational force and the functional aspects of upper-limb mobility. Starting from 9 pick-and-place tasks, hand trajectories of 24 healthy subjects were acquired using a motion capture system. Five in-use and two novel kinematic metrics were extrapolated by such trends and tested across conditions. Results suggest movements performed against and propelled by gravity lead to statistically significant changes in motor behaviour in terms of planning, smoothness, efficiency, and accuracy of the movement, underlining the need of differentiating the study of such movements in impaired subjects.
Cerebral Vasomotor Reactivity Impairment in Resistant And Non-Resistant Hypertension: The Role Of The Autonomic Nervous System.
Authors: Miceli Giuseppe , Velardo Mariachiara , Casuccio Alessandra , Basso Maria Grazia , Tuttolomondo Antonino 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
Purpose: Hypertension reduces the ability of the vessel wall to constrict or dilate in response to one of many possible stimuli. Cardiovascular autonomic impairment contributes to the development of hypertension and it can influence cerebral vasomotor reactivity. Little is known about the effect of resistant hypertension. This study aims to analyze the role of sympathovagal imbalance in a cohort of patients with resistant (RH) and non-resistant hypertension (NRH) and its influence on cerebral vasomotor reactivity.
Methods: Forty consecutive hypertension patients, 20 with NRH and 20 with RH, underwenttime-domain heart rate variability analysis and transcranial color-coded Doppler at rest and during breath-holding maneuver to evaluate cerebral vasomotor reactivity.
Results: Hypertensive individuals presented statistically significant reduction of Breath Holding Index (BHI) and time-domain parameters (SDNN and SDANN) in comparison to the control group (BHI control group 1.32 ± 0.41 vs hypertensive patients 0.92 ± 0.65; p=0,018; SDNN control group 137.87± 27.5 vs hypertensive 108.44± 26.48; p <0.0001; SDANN control group 125.76± 24.96 vs hypertensive 87.65± 20.63; p<0.0001). RH patients presented a significant reduction in BHI (NRH group BHI 1.15 ± 0.65 vs RH group BHI 0.70 ± 0.58; p=0.027) and HRV parameters (SDNN in NRH group 118.48 ± 26.01 vs RH group 96.41 ± 23.47; p=0.015; SDANN in NRH group 95.09 ± 22.12 vs RH 80.21 ± 16.36; p=0.021).
Conclusions: Our results show that RH is associated with impairment of sympathovagal balance and cerebral vasomotor reactivity impairment. Autonomic dysfunction could be a concurrent cause of cerebral vasomotor reactivity impairment.
On the Evolution of Water Use Efficiency among Spanish Regions and its Determinants
Authors: Hernández Asensio Buendía , André Francisco Javier , SANTOS-ARTEAGA FRANCISCO JAVIER 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
Water scarcity is prone to be an important source of stress and conflict in the coming future. In the case of Spain, economic growth has relied, to a large extent, on some water-intensive sectors, such as construction, leisure, and agriculture. Spanish regions display important heterogeneities both in terms of water stress and economic structure. In this paper we analyze the determinants of water efficiency in Spain, differentiating by groups of agents (companies, households and municipalities) and paying particular attention to inter-regional differences and, most specifically, to the sectoral structure of these regions. Our objective is to identify the main socio-economic forces that explain the observed differences in the evolution of efficiency across regions. This is done by means of a panel data Tobit model combined with efficiency measures obtained using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) methodology. In turn, the efficiency measures are obtained under two different approaches: with and without considering the circular aspects of water. Our results suggest that considering these aspects tends to provide more credible and accurate efficiency measures as well as more robust results about the key driving factors to explain them.
Fair Link Prediction with Overlapping Groups
Authors: Pal Manjish , Sikdar Sandipan , Ganguly Niloy 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
In this paper, we consider the problem of ensuring fairness in graph data, more specifically the implementation of fair link prediction. In the context of link prediction in graphs, the fairness notions of demographic parity and equalized odds tries to ensure equal average linking probability and true positive rates across different demographic groups consisting of various node pairs. In this paper, we propose novel algorithms to implement these fairness notions while taking overlapping and intersectional groups into account that arise in the case of multiple sensitive attributes, unlike most of the existing methods which only consider a single sensitive attribute. Assuming that the link prediction model generates a prediction score for each node pair to form an edge, we formulate a convex optimization problem that minimizes the squared Euclidean distance between the original prediction scores and transformed scores, subject to the fairness constraints. The transformed scores are then utilized for fair link prediction. We refer to our overall framework as Fair Link Prediction for Graphs (FairLPG) and demonstrate our method's effectiveness on real-world datasets and graph neural network based link predictions models. It outperforms or performs competitively with existing methods both in terms of fairness and prediction accuracy. To the best of our knowledge, this work is the first to handle the case of intersectional sensitive groups in the graph setting.
Cooperation in green R&amp;D and Environmental Policies: Tax or Standard
Authors: Cabon-Dhersin Marie-Laure , Raffin Natacha 
Published: December 2023

Abstract

In this article, we compare a tax and a standard as environmental tools depending on firms' R&D strategy and the government's ability to credibly commit to its policy. We consider a duopoly model where production is polluting and in an effort to mitigate emissions, firms invest in green R&D (in the presence of technological spillovers) either cooperatively or non-cooperatively. We explore two policy games in which the regulator establishes an emission tax or an emission standard either before or after firms engage in R&D. We endogenize both the firms' R&D strategy and the regulator's choice of policy instrument. We find that when firms choose not to cooperate, an emission standard is socially preferable. Conversely, a tax is the better choice when firms collaborate in green R&D.
Code JEL: L13, 032, P48, Q55.
Underwater Acoustic Target Recognition in Passive Sonar Using Spectrogram and Modified MobileNet Network Classifier
Authors: Akbarian Hassan , Sedaaghi Mohammad hosein 
Published: December 2023

Abstract

When the surface and subsurface floats move in the water, they emit sounds due to their propulsion engines as well as the rotation of their propellers. One of the best methods in underwater automatic target recognition (UATR) is to use deep learning to extract features and supervised train acoustic datasets that are used in the world’s naval forces. In this article, to achieve reliable results by deep learning methods, we collected the raw acoustic signals received by the hydrophones in the relevant database with the label of each class, and we performed the necessary pre-processing on them so that they become a stationary signal and finally provided them to the spectrogram system. Next, by using short-term frequency transformation (STFT), the spectrogram of high resonance components is obtained and used as the input of the modified MobileNet classifier for model training and evaluation. The simulation results with the Python program indicate that the suggested technique can reach a classification accuracy of 97.37% and a validation loss of less than 3%. In this research, a model has been proposed that, in addition to reducing complexity, has achieved a good balance between classification accuracy and speed.
Spatiotemporal variations and spillover effects of regional water resources metabolism efficiency with heterogeneous resource endowments
Authors: Meng Lihong , Liu Youcun , Ma Weijing , Tan Ziyu , Yu Tao , Lu Xinxia , Wan Zhiwei 
Published: December 2023

Abstract

Scientific evaluation of water resources metabolism efficiency (WME) has essential theoretical and practical value for regional water resources security and sustainable utilization. Based on the framework of the water resources metabolism process and construction of the indicator system of WME, the spatiotemporal variations of WME were analyzed using the weighted summation method in the Eastern, Central, and Western regions of China during the period from 1990 to 2020 with heterogeneous resource endowments. The exploratory spatial data analysis (ESDA) and spatial Durbin model were applied to analyze the spatial autocorrelation patterns and reveal spillovers of the WME. The results show that (1) The WME increased at different speeds in the Eastern, Central, and Western regions from 1990 to 2020 with heterogeneous resource endowment, and the spatial variation of WME in the Eastern and Central regions was significantly higher than in the Western regions. (2) The WME had significant spatial autocorrelation except in 2015, indicating obvious spatial agglomeration characteristics and spatial heterogeneity simultaneously. (3) The spatial spillover effects analysis indicated that the waste virtual recycling use ratio, the ratio of output virtual water and input virtual water, and industrial water ratio were the primary factors influencing WME.
Texture Depth Measurement using a Micro-volume Measurement Technique for Gyratory Compactor Specimens
Authors: Akraym Hatim. M. , Muniandy Ratnasamy , Jakarni Fauzan Mohd , Hassima Salihudin 
Published: December 2023

Introduction:
Road safety plays a pivotal role in transportation infrastructure, as the quality of road surfaces is a crucial factor in ensuring safe driving conditions. One of the main indicators of road quality is the Mean texture depth (MTD), which greatly affects a vehicle's traction and skid resistance. Multiple methods are available for analyzing fabric depth, with the volumetric method, known as the sand patch test and standardized under ASTM E 965 – 96, being the traditional approach.

Aim:
This research aims to adapt a Sand Patch test procedure to evaluate surface texture depth on laboratory specimens with a 100 mm diameter and determine the required amount of sand, both in terms of weight and volume, to conduct this test effectively.

Methods:
To achieve this, the relationship between the amount of sand required and the sample size was determined. Two different types of asphalt mixtures were studied Stone Mastic Asphalt (SMA) and Asphalt Concrete (AC), with five gradation limits for each.

Results:
In the case of the AC10 mixture, the MTD ranged from 0.60 to 1.139 mm, while in SMA 20, the MTD ranged from 1.91 to 2.574 mm. These results are consistent with previous studies, confirming the reliability of the testing methodology, even when working with limited sample areas.

Conclusion:
In conclusion, the study highlights the potential simplicity and cost-effectiveness of using the Sand Patch micro-volume measurement method. When employed at the initial design stage, this method can provide valuable insights into surface texture, enhancing the design process and potentially further improving road safety.
HSV-2 Induced Cerebellitis: A Case Report of HSV-2 Reactivation by SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Authors: Ehsanipur Fahimeh , Vafaee-Shahi Mohammad , Tahernia Leila , Riahi Aina 
Published: December 2023

Background:
Herpes simplex virus type 2 rarely causes encephalitis in humans. Some DNA viruses, such as HSV-1 and HSV-2, can be reactivated by COVID-19 infection. SARS-CoV-2 causes a wide spectrum of neurological deficits, such as stroke, delirium, movement disorders, and neuropathy.

Case Presentation:
An unusual manifestation of HSV-2 was diagnosed as cerebellitis in our patient. It was concluded that SARS-CoV-2 can reactivate DNA viruses, such as HSV-2. Here, we reported a 1-year-old female infant with cerebellitis due to herpes simplex virus type 2 infection.

Conclusion:
The patient was treated with intravenous acyclovir and oral prednisolone for three weeks. Finally, during her 9-month neurological follow-up, she was able to walk with minimal ataxia.
Asymmetric Folded Plate with Parallel Edges in Validation of their Static Behavior by Combining Vlasov Torsion Theory with Bernoulli Bending Theory
Authors: Makarios Triantafyllos K. , Bakalis Athanasios P. , Athanatopoulou Asimina 
Published: December 2023

Aims:
A new hybrid procedure that combines the Vlasov torsion theory with the Bernoulli bending theory is presented herein, to demonstrate qualitatively and quantitatively the operation of asymmetric folded plates with parallel edges, which are loaded with gravity static loads.

Background:
A recently proposed technique based on Vlasov torsion theory is used for the exact calculation of the Principal Elastic Reference System in a reinforced concrete folded plate having an asymmetric thin-walled open cross-section with parallel edges. Moreover, the warping moment (or bi-moment) concept of the Vlasov theory is combined with the pure-bending around two axes, according to the Bernoulli bending theory, to determine the normal stresses along the longitudinal dimension of the folded plate.

Methods:
Τhe warping properties of a thin-walled open cross-section are determined by calculating: (a) the elastic characteristics (elastic center, principal axes) of the section, (b) the principal start point, the sectorial coordinates, the wrapping moment of inertia and the wrapping stiffness of the section. Finally, the normal stresses along the longitudinal dimension are calculated considering the bi-axes flexure with the bi-moment phenomenon.

Results:
Τhe exact solution of normal stresses at the middle section of an examined folded plate along the longitudinal dimension is found by combining the Bernoulli bending theory for prismatic beams and the Vlasov torsion theory for thin-walled open sections.

Conclusion:
The current procedure can be used as a benchmark analysis method of asymmetric folded plates in order to evaluate the reliability of the results of various analysis F.E.M. software, covering an open issue of the structural analysis of special structures.