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Extremely primitive groups and linear spaces
Authors: Lee Melissa , Verret Gabriel 
Published: June 2023

AbstractA finite non-regular primitive permutation group G is extremely primitive if a point stabiliser acts primitively on each of its nontrivial orbits. Such groups have been studied for almost a century, finding various applications. The classification of extremely primitive groups was recently completed by Burness and Lee, who relied on an earlier classification of soluble extremely primitive groups by Mann, Praeger and Seress. Unfortunately, there is an inaccuracy in the latter classification. We correct this mistake, and also investigate regular linear spaces which admit groups of automorphisms that are extremely primitive on points.
Effect of construal level on the drivers of online-review-helpfulness
Authors: Chatterjee Swagato 
Published: June 2023

AbstractThe purpose of this study is to explore the effect of purchase context on the relative importance of the drivers of online review helpfulness and also to explore the psychological process behind it. This will help the review management team of online retailers to create a better review ranking system that considers purchase context. Based on the theory of helpful behavior, we propose that review-helpfulness is driven by review characteristics such as review diagnosticity and vicarious expression in the review, and reviewer characteristics such as reviewer-trustworthiness. Moreover, following construal level theory, we explain the relative importance of the review and reviewer characteristics. Using four experimental studies, we find that, at low construal, review characteristics have higher relative importance than high construal, while reviewer characteristics have lower relative importance. The current study contributes to the literature on online review-helpfulness and the application of construal level theory in consumer behavior. The study proposes a unique method of ranking the reviews based on consumers’ purchase context and predicted psychological state while displaying them on the platforms. This is the first paper that explores the impact of construal level on review and reviewer characteristics on review-helpfulness.
Biological Purposes Beyond Natural Selection: Self-Regulation as a Source of Teleology1
Authors: González de Prado Javier , Saborido Cristian 
Published: June 2023

Abstract
Selected-effects theories provide the most popular account of biological teleology. According to these theories, the purpose of a trait is to do whatever it was selected for. The vast majority of selected-effects theories consider biological teleology to be introduced by natural selection. We want to argue, however, that natural selection is not the only relevant selective process in biology. In particular, our proposal is that biological regulation is a form of biological selection. So, those who accept selected-effects theories should recognize biological regulation as a distinctive source of biological teleology. The purposes derived from biological regulation are of special interest for explaining and predicting the behavior of organisms, given that regulatory mechanisms directly modulate the behavior of the systems they regulate. This explanatory power, added to the fact that regulation is widespread in the biological world, makes the idea that regulation gives rise to its own form of teleology a substantial contribution to the debate on biological teleology.
Am I Socially Related to Myself?
Authors: Bengtson Andreas 
Published: June 2023

Abstract
According to relational egalitarianism, justice requires equal relations. The theory applies to those who stand in the relevant social relations. In this paper, I distinguish four different accounts of what it means to be socially related and argue that in all of them, self-relations—how a person relates to themselves—fall within the scope of relational egalitarianism. I also point to how this constrains what a person is allowed to do to themselves.
Multi-adaptive spatial discretization of bond-based peridynamics
Authors: Ongaro Greta , Shojaei Arman , Mossaiby Farshid , Hermann Alexander , Cyron Christian J. , Trovalusci Patrizia 
Published: June 2023

AbstractPeridynamic (PD) models are commonly implemented by exploiting a particle-based method referred to as standard scheme. Compared to numerical methods based on classical theories (e.g., the finite element method), PD models using the meshfree standard scheme are typically computationally more expensive mainly for two reasons. First, the nonlocal nature of PD requires advanced quadrature schemes. Second, non-uniform discretizations of the standard scheme are inaccurate and thus typically avoided. Hence, very fine uniform discretizations are applied in the whole domain even in cases where a fine resolution is per se required only in a small part of it (e.g., close to discontinuities and interfaces). In the present study, a new framework is devised to enhance the computational performance of PD models substantially. It applies the standard scheme only to localized regions where discontinuities and interfaces emerge, and a less demanding quadrature scheme to the rest of the domain. Moreover, it uses a multi-grid approach with a fine grid spacing only in critical regions. Because these regions are identified dynamically over time, our framework is referred to as multi-adaptive. The performance of the proposed approach is examined by means of two real-world problems, the Kalthoff–Winkler experiment and the bio-degradation of a magnesium-based bone implant screw. It is demonstrated that our novel framework can vastly reduce the computational cost (for given accuracy requirements) compared to a simple application of the standard scheme.
Can protected areas and habitats preserve the vulnerable predatory bush cricket Saga pedo?
Authors: Ancillotto Leonardo , Labadessa Rocco 
Published: June 2023

Abstract
Inconspicuous species challenge conservationists when it comes to delineate long-term conservation planning or assess their status, particularly when their actual distribution is poorly known. Invertebrates in particular feature among the less represented taxa in conservation assessments. Here we follow a multidisciplinary approach for assessing the conservation coverage and address future management of the threatened orthopteran Saga pedo across Europe, shedding light on its ecological preferences and associations with protected habitats at continental and regional scales. When assessing coverage by Natura2000 and Nationally Protected Areas, we found that ca. 30% of the known populations of the species are currently not protected across Europe. However, this value is likely to be an underestimate as our species distribution models showed that ca. 70% of the potential range is not protected. At regional scale, we disclose that the species is more likely to occur in legally protected dry grassland habitat types than in non-protected grassland, yet not all protected habitats seem to represent an effective tool for the species’ conservation.

Implications for insect conservation
Taken together, our results provide an effective framework for addressing knowledge gaps and evaluate the conservation coverage not only of our target species, but more in general of poorly investigated species, at the same time pointing at the urgent need of transnational, coordinated, and increased efforts in monitoring and conserving insects, particularly in the case of threatened species.
Effect of flux activator in reflow process related flux residue on the climatic reliability of surface-mount electronic devices
Authors: Li Feng , Lakkaraju Anish Rao , Jellesen Morten Stendahl , Ambat Rajan 
Published: June 2023

AbstractThis paper investigated the effect of flux activator used in reflow flux formulation on the electrochemical reliability of electronic devices. The focuses were placed on the perspective of surface insulation resistance (SIR), cleanliness, and its morphology transformation and redistribution behavior of flux residue under climatic exposure. Standardized accelerated climatic test on SIR comb-structure pattern was performed to benchmark the humidity interaction of the tested flux formulations used in solder paste. The influence of stand-off height for the surface-mount component on the humidity robustness was analyzed using an in-house designed dummy test rig and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. Scanning electron microscopy and conductivity measurement was used to understand the hydrolytic degradation of the flux residue and the release of the conductive ionic residues during climatic exposure. Results indicate the spreading area and the hydrolytic degradation behavior of the flux residue were influenced by the type of flux activators used in flux formulation. The climatic reliability was influenced by the combined effect of the aggressiveness of flux activator and the spreading of the flux residue. However, result also shows that the climatic reliability of the surface-mount device can be improved by increasing the stand-off height of the components together with selected flux formulation.
The Efficacy of Psychosocial Interventions in Minimising the Harm Caused to Affected Others of Problem Gambling: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Authors: Vassallo Matthew , DeGiovanni Katya , Montgomery Paul 
Published: June 2023

AbstractProblem gambling not only impacts gamblers but also protrudes onto several affected others who experience adverse impacts, including financial, health, relationships, and psychological problems. The aims of this systematic review were twofold; to identify the psychosocial interventions to minimise the harm caused to affected others of problem gambling and to assess their efficacy. This study was conducted as outlined in the research protocol PROSPERO (CRD42021239138). Database searches were conducted in CENTRAL, MEDLINE, Social Science Database, CINHAL Complete, Academic Search Ultimate and PsycINFO. Randomised controlled trials of psychosocial interventions that aimed to minimise the harm caused to affected others of problem gambling written in English were eligible for inclusion. Risk of bias for included studies was assessed using the Cochrane ROB 2.0 tool. The identified interventions focused on two approaches to supporting affected others: interventions involving both the problem gambler and affected others, and interventions involving affected others only. As the interventions and outcome measures used were sufficiently similar, a meta-analysis was conducted. The quantitative synthesis revealed that generally, treatment groups were unable to show greater benefits over control groups. The goal for future interventions aimed at affected others of problem gambling should focus primarily on the wellbeing of affected others. The standardisation of outcome measures and data collection time points for better comparison of future research is needed.
Time to Smile: How Onset Asynchronies Between Reciprocal Facial Expressions Influence the Experience of Responsiveness of a Virtual Agent
Authors: Kroczek Leon O. H. , Mühlberger Andreas 
Published: June 2023

AbstractHuman social interactions are highly coordinated in time and involve the reciprocal exchange of facial emotional expressions. While timing has been identified as an important factor in social communication via gaze or speech, so far there has been no systematic investigation on how the temporal delays in the exchange of facial emotional expressions between interactive partners influence the experience of responsiveness. In the present study, 40 participants were cued to direct a facial emotional expression (angry or happy) towards a virtual agent in front of them and the virtual agent would then react with a congruent facial expression. The temporal delay between the cue and the reaction was manipulated as an independent variable. Exact delays between facial expressions were determined based on the onset latencies of participants’ facial expressions measured via facial EMG (M. Zygomaticus and M. Corrugator). Ratings of experienced responsiveness of the virtual agent were collected as a dependent measure. Using a linear mixed effect model in a growth curve analysis revealed that experienced responsiveness peaked at delays around 700 ms. Moreover, experienced responsiveness at shorter temporal delays was higher when happy versus angry facial expressions were exchanged, while the reversed pattern was found at longer delays. Our results demonstrate a crucial role of timing in non-verbal communication, suggesting that temporal relations between facial expressions are processed as social information. Furthermore, our results can inform the implementation of virtual social interactions.
Development of polyimide aerogel stock shapes through polyimide aerogel particles
Authors: Dayarian Shima , Yang Liu , Majedi Far Hojat 
Published: June 2023

AbstractPolyimide aerogels have excellent thermal and mechanical properties, resulting in various applications, especially in insulation areas. However, the conventional methods for directly producing aerogel blocks can be time-consuming and expensive due to the long-term solvent exchange and drying. This study developed two alternative techniques, adding dimethyl sulfoxide solvent and epoxy into the polyimide aerogel particles and consolidating them to obtain PI aerogel blocks or stock shapes. This approach reduced the cycle time of the process by nearly 60% compared to the directly obtained stock shapes. Samples with epoxy look promising in appearance and mechanical properties compared to the stock shapes made directly. The compression test shows that adding epoxy improves the mechanical property and compressive strength at 10% strain by 18%. In the same context, the samples made using dimethyl sulfoxide as a solvent exhibit higher thermal stability and porosity when compared to directly made stock shapes. These techniques provide a range of good thermal and mechanical properties for polyimide aerogel stock shapes prepared from the particles.
“Won’t you?” reverse-polarity question tags in American English as a window into the semantics-pragmatics interface
Authors: Scheffler Tatjana , Malamud Sophia A. 
Published: June 2023

AbstractWe model the conventional meaning of utterances that combine two distinct clause types: a (positive) declarative or imperative (in rare cases, interrogative) anchor and a (negative) interrogative tag, such as won’t you?. We argue that such utterances express a single speech act, and in fact, a single conventional update of the conversational scoreboard. The proposed model of this effect is a straightforward extension of prior proposals for the semantics of declaratives, imperatives, and preposed-negation interrogatives. Ours is the first unified account of these phenomena that addresses the sentential force of these utterances and outlines how the speech act effects arise from the scoreboard update and contextual factors. We enrich the conversational scoreboard, interpreted as a model of sentential force, to include graded commitments and non-at-issue meanings. A consequence of our model is that modified utterances can create “blended” speech acts which share some, but not all, properties with the unmodified utterances. The proposal has implications for models of other utterance modifiers, as well as for negative interrogatives and negation in general, and for imperative/jussive constructions.
On Properties and Applications of Gaussian Subordinated Lévy Fields
Authors: Merkle Robin , Barth Andrea 
Published: June 2023

AbstractWe consider Gaussian subordinated Lévy fields (GSLFs) that arise by subordinating Lévy processes with positive transformations of Gaussian random fields on some spatial domain. The resulting random fields are distributionally flexible and have in general discontinuous sample paths. Theoretical investigations of the random fields include pointwise distributions, possible approximations and their covariance function. As an application, a random elliptic PDE is considered, where the constructed random fields occur in the diffusion coefficient. Further, we present various numerical examples to illustrate our theoretical findings.
Towards a concept of embodied autonomy: In what ways can a patient’s body contribute to the autonomy of medical decisions?
Authors: Lewis Jonathan , Holm Søren 
Published: June 2023

Abstract“Bodily autonomy” has received significant attention in bioethics, medical ethics, and medical law in terms of the general inviolability of a patient’s bodily sovereignty and the rights of patients to make choices (e.g., reproductive choices) that concern their own body. However, the role of the body in terms of how it can or does contribute to a patient’s capacity for, or exercises of their autonomy in clinical decision-making situations has not been explicitly addressed. The approach to autonomy in this paper is aligned with traditional theories that conceive autonomy in terms of an individual’s capacities for, and exercises of rational reflection. However, at the same time, this paper extends these accounts by arguing that autonomy is, in part, embodied. Specifically, by drawing on phenomenological conceptions of the experience of autonomy, we argue that, in principle, the body is a necessary component of the capacity for autonomy. Secondly, through the presentation of two different cases, we highlight ways in which a patient’s body can contribute to the autonomy of treatment choices. Ultimately, we hope to encourage others to explore additional conditions under which a concept of embodied autonomy should be employed in medical decision making, how its underlying principles might be operationalised in clinical situations, and its consequences for approaches to patient autonomy in healthcare practice, policy, and law.
Fast template matching and object detection techniques using φ-correlation and binary circuits
Authors: Annaby Mahmoud , Fouda Yasser 
Published: June 2023

AbstractIn this paper, two new accelerated and robust template matching and object detection algorithms are established. The algorithms retain the accuracy measures compared to relevant well-known standard and recent schemes, and remarkably accelerate the execution time simultaneously. Instead of dealing with images in the grayscale or color representations, the proposed methods are established by measuring resemblance on extracted binary images. The two different techniques are based on the φ-correlation coefficient and logical circuits. Both techniques enhance the accuracy, compared to two classical and two recent methods, while giving very efficient running time. The algorithms are carried out on two different datasets used in state-of-the-art methods with performance and comparison analysis. Robustness of the proposed algorithms against normal and artificial noises is examined and assured as well.
Something to Run for: Stated Motives as Indicators of Candidate Emergence
Authors: Green Jon , Conroy Meredith , Hammond Ciera 
Published: June 2023

AbstractPatterns in candidate emergence affect who voters can choose from, and thus the quality of representative democracy. Despite extensive work considering factors that contribute to political ambition and factors that contribute to candidate emergence separately, we know less about the transition from the former to the latter. We investigate the role of motives using a novel dataset of over 10,000 open-ended statements of interest collected by Run for Something, a progressive non-profit that encourages political amateurs to run for state and local office. We find that politically ambitious future candidates talk about their interest in running differently than politically ambitious future non-candidates, suggesting that stated motives provide meaningful signals of likely candidate emergence. Respondents who articulated their motives in terms of general political interest, core values, and personal background were less likely to run than respondents who emphasized specific issues, political opportunity, or progressive populist sentiments, respectively. We further find that white and male respondents were likelier to articulate their interest in terms negatively associated with candidate emergence, consistent with prior work showing that members of underrepresented groups wait longer, until they are more qualified, before expressing their interest in running for office.
Classification shifting using income-decreasing special items: measurement and valuation issues
Authors: Abdalla Ahmed M. , Clubb Colin D. B. 
Published: June 2023

AbstractResearch suggests that the standard model used to detect opportunistic shifting of core expenses to special items is potentially biased. Such bias has been attributed to the use of accruals, including special item related accruals, as a control for the impact of performance on core earnings in this model. This paper provides an improved classification shifting model which both tests for such accruals-related bias and controls for other sources of error in the measurement of shifting. The paper also modifies conventional market rationality tests in accounting research to examine new dimensions of rationality in relation to measurement and valuation of shifting. The main empirical findings are as follows. First, the improved classification shifting model provides strong evidence of shifting and rejects the hypothesis that inclusion of accruals in the model causes bias. Second, estimates of shifted core expenses generated by the improved model exhibit forecasting properties of shifted earnings. Third, rationality test results are broadly consistent with rationality in relation to shifted core expenses but indicate possible partial (ir)rationality in relation to adjusted special items (i.e., special items excluding shifted core expenses). Further analysis of the latter findings, however, suggests they are more likely related to risk than irrationality. Overall, the paper contributes to improved measurement of shifting and highlights the importance of considering rational expectations when examining stock returns associated with shifting.
The Allocation of Housework in Same- and Different-Sex Partnerships: Recent Evidence from the U.S
Authors: Lazarus Amit , Mandel Hadas 
Published: June 2023

AbstractResearch on the division of housework among same-sex partners is limited. This is because gender-cultural theories – which emphasize the significance of gender identity and motivate many studies on the topic – are implicitly assumed to be less relevant in this case. Attending to admonitions that the division of housework in same-sex households is not free from gendering processes and practices, in this study we use the high-quality data of the American Time Use Survey (ATUS; 2003-2019), to compare the association between housework and relative earnings across partnership types. Since gender-cultural theories are based on the performance of gender identity by different-sex partners, we utilize the differences between same- and different-sex partners to better understand the effect of gender-cultural determinants on the division of housework. Our comparison of the relation across partnership-types validates the power of gender-cultural mechanisms in different-sex partners, provides a better assessment of the differences in housework patterns between different types of households, and serves as a novel quantitative test of gender-cultural mechanisms in same-sex partners.