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Stability Analysis and Distortion Compensation of Robot Structure Dynamics for a Hybrid Simulator
Authors: Qi Chenkun , Li Dongjin , Hu Yan , Gao Feng , Wang Wenlong , Ma Wei 
Published: March 2023

AbstractThe space docking process must be simulated on the ground to guarantee the success of the space docking task. By synthesizing a physical simulation and a numerical simulation, a hybrid simulator can simulate the complicated contact process of space docking. A hybrid simulator consists of a robot (i.e., lower platform), upper platform, docking mechanisms, contact force and torque measurement system, and numerical simulation system. To ensure the simulation accuracy, the robot is expected to have a high structure stiffness, high structure natural frequency, and high bandwidth frequency response. However, these performances are always limited in implementation. In this paper, how the structural dynamics of the robot affect the hybrid simulation accuracy is studied. Due to the structural dynamics of the robot, the divergence and convergence of the hybrid simulation are both possible. The stability conditions are given. A distortion compensation method for the structure dynamics of the robot is proposed. The stability analysis after the compensation is given. The software emulations and experiments are used to verify the analysis and the distortion compensation method. Experiments on real docking mechanisms are given to show the applications.
Influence of Correlations on the Thermal Performance Modeling of Parabolic Trough Collectors
Authors: Osorio Julian D. , Sensoy Tugba , Rivera-Alvarez Alejandro , Patiño-Jaramillo Gustavo A. , Ordonez Juan C. 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
The influence of correlations on the thermal performance modeling of parabolic trough collectors was analyzed in this work. A versatile model for a parabolic trough collector was developed that allows one- and two-dimensional analysis and enables the use of correlations to calculate thermophysical properties and convection heat transfer coefficients. The model also allows the use of constant values for properties and/or coefficients obtained from the evaluation correlations at a specific temperature. The effect of each correlation was evaluated independently, and the results were compared with a reference case that considered a two-dimensional approach and used all the correlations. For the analyzed cases, the correlation for the absorber emittance has the strongest impact on the collector efficiency, leading to a lower error when used. Based on the results, a one-dimensional model approach considering a correlation for the absorber emittance leads to efficiency errors below 3% for collector lengths of up to 243.6 m. Compared with the reference case, a one-dimensional approach using all correlations for a collector with a length of 500 m, and operating with an inlet temperature of 773 K, can result in errors around 9%. However, using constant values for properties and heat transfer coefficients could lead to errors of up to 50%. Multiple thermal models for parabolic trough collectors proposed in the literature rely on a one-dimensional approach, estimated values for the heat transfer coefficients, and constant thermophysical properties. The errors associated with those approaches are analyzed and quantified in this work as a function of the collector length and operation temperature.
Melt inclusion evidence for limestone assimilation, calc-silicate melts, and “magmatic skarn”
Authors: Xu Xinyue , Xu Xiaochun , Szmihelsky Marko , Yan Jun , Xie Qiaoqin , Steele-MacInnis Matthew 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
Chemical exchange between silicate magmas and carbonate rocks has major implications for igneous fractionation, atmospheric CO2 flux, and formation of mineral deposits. However, this process is only partly understood, and long-standing questions of whether, where, and how carbonate rocks can be digested by silicate melts remain controversial. We describe evidence for pervasive chemical exchange between silicate melt and carbonate rock in a shallow porphyry setting driven by limestone assimilation. Melt inclusions in endoskarn from the Chating Cu-Au deposit in eastern China reveal that the calc-silicate assemblage (diopside + andradite ± wollastonite ± epidote) was molten at the time of skarn formation and coexisted with CO2 vapor as well as sulfate- and chloride-salt melts. Hence, we argue that endoskarn at Chating formed by crystallization of an immiscible calc-silicate melt produced by assimilation of carbonate rock, aided by the presence of sulfate and other fluxes, which in turn promoted desilication of the intruding magma and drove vigorous CO2 release.
NAT10 Drives Cisplatin Chemoresistance by Enhancing ac4C-Associated DNA Repair in Bladder Cancer
Authors: Xie Ruihui , Cheng Liang , Huang Ming , Huang Lin , Chen Ziyue , Zhang Qiang , Li Hong , Lu Junlin , Wang Hongjin , Zhou Qianghua , Huang Jian , Chen Xu , Lin Tianxin 
Published: March 2023

Abstract

Epitranscriptomic RNA modifications constitute a critical gene regulatory component that can affect cancer progression. Among these, the RNA N4-acetylcytidine (ac4C) modification, which is mediated by the ac4C writer N-acetyltransferase 10 (NAT10), regulates the stabilization of mRNA. Here, we identified that the ac4C modification is induced upon cisplatin treatment and correlates with chemoresistance in bladder cancer. Both in vitro and in vivo, NAT10 promoted cisplatin chemoresistance in bladder cancer cells by enhancing DNA damage repair (DDR). Mechanistically, NAT10 bound and stabilized AHNAK mRNA by protecting it from exonucleases, and AHNAK-mediated DDR was required for NAT10-induced cisplatin resistance. Clinically, NAT10 overexpression was associated with chemoresistance, recurrence, and worse clinical outcome in patients with bladder cancer. Cisplatin-induced NFκB signaling activation was required for the upregulation of NAT10 expression, and NFκB p65 directly bound to the NAT10 promoter to activate transcription. Moreover, pharmacological inhibition of NAT10 with Remodelin sensitized bladder cancer organoids and mouse xenografts to cisplatin. Overall, the present study uncovered a mechanism of NAT10-mediated mRNA stabilization in bladder cancer, laying the foundation for NAT10 as a therapeutic target to overcome cisplatin resistance in bladder cancer.

Significance:
The mRNA ac4C writer NAT10 stimulates DNA damage repair to promote cisplatin chemoresistance in bladder cancer, identifying NAT10 inhibition as a potential therapeutic approach to enhance cisplatin sensitivity.
A New Block S-Random Interleaver for Shorter Length Frames for Turbo Codes
Authors: Salim Mohammad , Yadav R.P. , Narwal Kapil , Sharma Aarti 
Published: March 2023

In this paper, we have proposed a new design of interleaver based on S-random and block interleaver. The characteristics of both block and S-random interleaver are used by this proposed interleaver. There is a large influence of free distance in turbo codes due to interleaving as it lowers the error floor. The free distance of turbo codes can be increased by designing interleaver with high spread. In this case, the overall spreading factor is increased significantly for smaller length frames also. The simulations results are compared with full S-random interleavers. The bit error rate performance of proposed interleaver for Turbo codes is much better than full s-random interleaver at the cost of small delay.
Four‐Year Follow‐Up on the First‐in‐Human Experience With Nautilus Intrasaccular System Assisted Coiling for Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms
Authors: Sakai Nobuyuki , Kawabata Shuhei , Funatsu Takayuki , Okuda Tomohiro , Akiyama Ryo , Beppu Mikiya , Matsui Yuichi , Adachi Hiromasa , Horiuchi Kazufumi , Imamura Hirotoshi , Sakai Chiaki , Tani Shoichi , Adachi Hidemitsu , Sasaki Natsuhi , Tokunaga So , Fukumitsu Ryu , Shigematsu Tomoyoshi 
Published: March 2023

Background
The authors present the long‐term (4 year) results of a first‐in‐man, single‐center case series with the Nautilus Intrasaccular System for the embolization of wide‐neck intracranial aneurysms.

Methods
From February 2018 to July 2018, the authors enrolled 5 patients into a first‐in‐human study of the Nautilus device. After treatment, patients underwent 6 months with digital subtraction angiography and 3 years with magnetic resonance angiography according to institutional standard of care. Occlusion rates were core‐laboratory adjudicated for the digital subtraction angiography and independently assessed by a neurointerventionalist not part of the care team for the magnetic resonance angiography. Neurological outcome (modified Ranking scale score) was evaluated at 24 hours, 7 days, 6 months, and 1, 2, 3, and 4 years, and adverse events were collected during the first 6 months post treatment.

Results
Five patients with unruptured, wide‐necked aneurysms were treated and followed up for 4 years. Aneurysm locations included basilar bifurcation (2 of 5), internal carotid artery terminus (1 of 5), superior cerebellar artery (1 of 5), and the anterior communicating artery (1 of 5). The average aneurysm size was 7.6 mm and the average neck diameter was 5.2 mm. Immediate complete and near‐complete occlusion (Raymond–Roy classification class I and II) was achieved in 80% (4 of 5) of the aneurysms. Occlusion results improved at 6 months and remained stable at 3 years, without retreatment (Raymond–Roy classification class I 80%, class I and II 100%). All patients maintained good neurological outcome at all follow‐ups (modified Ranking scale 0).

Conclusion
This initial clinical experience provides early evidence of the long‐term safety and effectiveness of the new intrasaccular neck bridging device, Nautilus. The Nautilus appears to add a simple, safe, and effective option and solution to the coil embolization of the wide‐neck aneurysm.
Diagnosing Judah’s Distress and Restoration in the Isaiah Apocalypse: Frustrated Childbirth in Isaiah 26 and Mesopotamian Medical Discourse
Authors: Kozlova Ekaterina E. 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
Commenting on the metaphor in Isa. 26:17–18, i.e., ‘we were with child, we writhed in labour, but we gave birth to wind,’ scholars usually note that it is purely symbolic. The ‘wind’ in it indicates ‘nothingness’ representing Israel’s powerlessness to bring about its own salvation, let alone salvation on a larger scale. This article interrogates Isaiah 26 in light of pseudocyesis or false pregnancy, a condition recognised by the obstetrical knowledge of ancient societies and confirmed by modern medicine. More specifically, it explores the passage alongside Mesopotamian medical texts which feature the presence of ‘wind’ in the body describing illnesses in general and cases of abnormal births in particular.
Judiciary and Wealth in the Ottoman Empire, 1689–1843
Authors: Dörtok Abacı Zeynep , Akiba Jun , Coşgel Metin , Ergene Boğaç 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
This article examines the accumulation, temporal variation, and inequality of wealth in the Ottoman judiciary between the late seventeenth and early nineteenth centuries. Using information from the estate inventories, we calculate the gross and net wealth of judges at the time of death. Comparisons against contemporary economic indicators show low to moderate levels of wealth accumulation among the judiciary. Wealth levels varied significantly across judiciary subgroups and they dropped drastically in the latter part of the eighteenth century. Regression analysis shows that differences in motives for bequests and family connections to other members of the judiciary contributed to the inequality of wealth.
Comparing activity and space patterns of the European pond turtle, Emys orbicularis (L., 1758) in a Venice Lagoon wetland area: implications for conservation planning and management
Authors: Liuzzo Mirko , Borella Stefano , Ottonello Dario , Arizza Vincenzo , Malavasi Stefano 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
Behavioural and spatial distribution analyses were quantified during a phase of activity and lethargy in a wild population of the European pond turtle inhabiting a protected internal wetland area of the Venice lagoon. The marked individuals (13 males and 16 females) provided informative radiotracking data to study differential patterns of activity, dispersion and habitat use between the two study periods (“October-November both 2019 and 2020” and “June-July 2020”). The differences in the movements behaviours and habitat selection were affected by period. Movements were higher in the period of activity than lethargy, but they were not influenced by sex and size. The presence of the European pond turtle in the transitional woodland/shrubs and brackish water valley habitats was significantly higher in the period of activity than lethargy. During the latter one, pond turtles were observed to brumate gregariously in a small area for brumation, usually in shallow water. In contrast, all individuals have changed water bodies during the activity period. Part of those movements has occurred towards aquatic habitat with higher salinities 1-17 (mean: 10.64). These findings provide a set of information to better understand the behavioural ecology of Emys orbicularis in the lagoon area. This is of relevance for management actions and for the conservation of this threatened species.
Western Australian magpies respond to urgency information contained in conspecific alarm calls
Authors: Dutour Mylène , Walsh Sarah L. , Blackburn Grace , Ridley Amanda R. 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
Many animals provide information about predator proximity in their alarm calls. In response to predators further away, Western Australian magpies (Gymnorhina tibicen dorsalis) produce alarm calls containing fewer notes compared to those produced when predators are closer. Since the ability to make fine-scale adjustments to antipredator responses by being sensitive to the level of urgency in calls may be beneficial, receivers are expected to be able to appropriately decipher and respond to this information. We conducted playbacks to test whether magpies can respond to urgency information in conspecific alarm calls. Magpies were exposed to low-urgency calls (calls with one note), high-urgency calls (calls with four notes), and one- and four-note control calls. Receivers showed greater levels of responsiveness following playbacks of high-urgency calls compared to playbacks of low-urgency and control calls, providing evidence that magpies can respond to information about the urgency of a predator threat from conspecific alarm calls.
Durable Solution to the Problem of Externally Displaced Persons from the Syrian Arab Republic in OIC Member States
Authors: Ivanov Dmitry Vladimirovich , Pchelitseva Valeria Viktorovna 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
According to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the majority of the 5.7 million UNHCR registered refugees from the Syrian Arab Republic (SAR) reside in five Member States of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), namely Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey. The present study aims to discover the impact of the measures taken by UNHCR, European Union (EU), OIC, and states in question on the durable solution of the problem of externally displaced persons from SAR in accordance with applicable international law. It explores the scope of states’ international law obligations, their concepts of ‘burden sharing’ and ‘durable solution’ as well as legal aspects of the cooperation between the international organisations and states in question. The difference in legal positions of states and international organisations results in the lack of available forms of durable solution to the problem of external displacement from SAR.
Towards a Statute on European Union Citizenship: A Manifesto
Authors: Kostakopoulou Dora , Venables Tony 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
EU citizenship is almost thirty years old and there are many reasons for thinking in a more holistic and constructive way about it. This can be done through the adoption of an EU Citizenship Statute which brings together all EU citizenship rights and dimensions, links clearly EU citizenship rights with the European Pillar on Social Rights, and fundamental rights, that is, the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, enriches its rights and includes responsibilities for EU citizens. This idea has been supported by the European Parliament and the citizen-led Conference on the Future of Europe. In this manifesto, we present this institutional proposal, examine its drivers and its obstacles and propose the text of its possible articles before lending our attention to the steps required for the statute’s empirical implementation. The adoption of a statute would contribute to the creation of a rights-based and inclusive European community with an effective EU citizenship and enhanced living and working conditions.
The Constraint Against Doing Harm and Long-Term Consequences
Authors: Unruh Charlotte Franziska 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
Many people hold the constraint against doing harm, the view that the reason against doing harm is stronger than the reason against merely allowing harm, everything else being equal. Mogensen and MacAskill (2021) have recently argued that when considering indirect long-term consequences of our everyday behavior, the constraint against doing harm faces a problem: it has the absurd implication that we should do as little as possible in our lives. In this paper, I explore the view that, for behavior that does not increase anyone’s ex ante risk of suffering harm, the reason against doing harm is not stronger than the reason against merely allowing harm, everything else being equal. I argue that this view is plausible, show how it solves the paralysis problem, and defend it against objections.
Projecting China: Trade Engagement in Beijing’s Half Century
Authors: Zeiler Thomas W. 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
The People’s Republic of China has confronted the United States with diplomatic challenges ever since Washington recognized Beijing in January 1979. Basic to this engagement was and continues to be economics, and particularly trade, which elicited American responses ranging from enmity, fear, and uncertainty to cooperation, amity, and hope. Scholarship has not focused enough attention on the ideals and values that undergirded commercial relations as the principal American approach to China. Beginning with President Richard M. Nixon’s opening to Beijing and ending with President Donald J. Trump’s trade war (with touchstones in the Nixon, George H. W. Bush, William J. Clinton, Barack Obama, and Trump years), this article analyzes how a bilateral trading relationship that so transformed the world evolved from recognition to rivalry. The answer to the wax and wane lies in the near-century long practice of American free-trade internationalism that followed the principles of the “capitalist peace” paradigm, long embraced by the United States as a pillar of its foreign policy.
Disposal constructions in Chaoshan Southern Min
Authors: LIN Shuhan , SZETO Pui Yiu 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
This study examines the use of various types of disposal constructions in the Chenghai dialect of Chaoshan Southern Min. Based on the distinction between head-marking and dependent-marking grammar, we identify four types of disposal constructions, depending on the position of the marker. We performed the fruit cart task to elicit disposal constructions from 30 native speakers of this dialect. Our results indicate that zero-marking is the most dominant construction type, where topicalization represents the most common subtype; this observation is in line with Southern Min’s strong tendency towards topicalized structures. Nonetheless, despite its dominance at present, the frequency of this construction type increases with age, which suggests that it may be losing ground. Notably, according to our preliminary observation, another topicalized structure in Chenghai Southern Min also seems falling into disfavour, suggesting that the declining use of topicalization in this Chaoshan dialect may be systemic.
Revisiting the Profitability of Slavery
Authors: Rönnbäck Klas 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
This article revisits the scholarly debate on the profitability of historical slavery. The article examines the case of the antebellum US South, using slave hire rates as a proxy for the net rent on investments in slavery. It employs empirical data and a more advanced methodological approach to the issue than in previous research. The results suggest that the profitability of slavery was much higher than what most previous research has shown, around 14–15 per cent per year on average after adjusting for mortality risk, but that the return also fluctuated over time. It was on average more profitable for Southern capital owners to invest in slaves than investing in many alternatives such as financial instruments or manufacturing activities in the US South, as long as slavery remained a legal institution.
“Therefore I Said to the Samaritan Woman …”
Authors: Annese Andrea 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
This article provides some data and remarks on the reception of the Gospel of John in the Pistis Sophia (Codex Askew), with the twofold aim to shed new light on Pistis Sophia’s use of canonized Scriptures, and to contribute to the research on the Gnostic reception of the Gospel of John. Selected Johannine references in Pistis Sophia are listed and commented on, especially those in Pistis Sophia 4.141, a dense section which is key to understanding the distinctive soteriology and Christology of this text. The analysis shows that certain passages from John play an important role for Pistis Sophia. Pistis Sophia may have elaborated its soteriology in response to criticisms from “mainstream” Christianity and in parallel with certain developments that occurred in Sethianism and Valentinianism.
Sethian Luminaries in the Texts of Ritual Power and Related Coptic Compositions
Authors: Piwowarczyk Przemyslaw 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
Several texts of ritual power in Coptic contain the names of four spiritual powers known in the Sethian sources as luminaries. The article explores the relations between luminaries of the Nag Hammadi works and the “magical” and related texts. Two aspects are analysed. First, the sequence of luminaries, which is highly standardised in the Nag Hammadi Sethian dossier, and deviations from this standard in other texts help assess relations with original Sethian sources. Second, the texts of ritual power portray luminaries singing and playing musical instruments. The article traces the elements of the heavenly concert already in the Sethian texts. It also presents a development of this motif under the influence of the common Christian concept of the angelic concert in heaven.
Minority Converts in a Majority Church
Authors: Scheer Catherine 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
Conversion to Christianity among Southeast Asian highland minorities has been recurrently interpreted as a way of joining a valorised religion that distinguishes converts from often-Buddhist ruling majorities and sometimes as a means of adopting a ‘modern’ way of life. Neither of these explanations, however, seems to appropriately describe the situation of Bunong highlanders who turned to Christianity in Cambodia’s capital in the early 1970s. Under the pro-American regime of Lon Nol (1970–75), these spirit-practising inhabitants of the margins were brought to Phnom Penh to enrol in the national army. Khmer majority preachers visited them and led them to integrate themselves into the Khmer Evangelical Church. As light is shed on the astonishing trajectories of these Bunong recruits, it becomes possible to reflect upon what ‘entering Christianity’ meant for them. They were few in number, but the particularities of their experiences highlight the importance of an unprejudiced approach to Southeast Asian highlanders’ conversions.