bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Nuclear Physics with Gravitational Waves from Neutron Stars Disrupted by Black Holes
Authors: Clarke Teagan A. , Chastain Lani , Lasky Paul D. , Thrane Eric 
Published: May 2023

Abstract
Gravitational waves from neutron star–black hole (NSBH) mergers that undergo tidal disruption provide a potential avenue to study the equation of state of neutron stars and hence the behavior of matter at its most extreme densities. We present a phenomenological model for the gravitational-wave signature of tidal disruption, which allows us to measure the disruption time. We carry out a study with mock data, assuming an optimistically nearby NSBH event with parameters tuned for measuring the tidal disruption. We show that a two-detector network of 40 km Cosmic Explorer instruments can measure the time of disruption with a precision of ≈0.5 ms, which corresponds to a constraint on the neutron star radius of ≈0.7 km (90% credibility). This radius constraint is wider than the constraint obtained by measuring the tidal deformability of the neutron star of the same system during the inspiral. Moreover, the neutron star radius is likely to be more tightly constrained using binary neutron star mergers. While NSBH mergers are important for the information they provide about stellar and binary astrophysics, they are unlikely to provide insights into nuclear physics beyond what we will already know from binary neutron star mergers.
Cure thermale en double orientation “Rhumatologie-Phlébologie”
Authors: Françon Alain , Muela-Garcia Araceli , Erol-Forestier Begum , Forestier Romain 
Published: May 2023

La cure en double orientation “Rhumatologie-Phlébologie” connait un succès grandissant. Ce succès peut s’expliquer non seulement par la fréquence de l’association des pathologies articulaires et veineuses dans la population des curistes mais aussi la bonne efficacité respective des traitements thermaux pour ces pathologies. Certaines pathologies articulaires sont susceptibles d’aggraver l’insuffisance veineuse et inversement l’insuffisance veineuse serait susceptible d’être un facteur aggravant comme pour le cas de l’arthrose du genou : un effet bénéfique croisé des traitements thermaux pour la pathologie phlébologique ou rhumatologique associée peut être également évoqué. La prescription des soins thermaux doit dans certains cas être adaptée pour tenir compte de certaines contre-indications. Une évaluation clinique rigoureuse des effets de la double cure “Rhumatologie-Phlébologie” est nécessaire.
Prudential Redemption and Its Significance
Authors: Liu Ying 
Published: May 2023

The Shape-of-a-Life phenomenon is widely recognized by philosophers of well-being: an upward life trajectory seems better than its downward equivalent if the sum of momentary well-being is held fixed. But what if we hold fixed the sum of momentary well-being in an upward trajectory, are certain ways to improve from the bad times better than the others? Velleman suggests that a redemptive trajectory is better than a bare upward trajectory. In this paper, I elaborate this proposal by developing a mediating factor account of prudential redemption. I argue that, in redemptive trajectories, there is a mediating factor that bears certain relations with the negative and the positive events respectively, one that does not necessarily appear in bare upward trajectories. Prudential redemption, compared to mere improvement, can enhance a person’s lifetime well-being because a redeemed event is made less bad by virtue of the mediating factor. This result has implications for making decisions in the face of equally good options and for evaluating the rationality of honoring sunk costs.
Les adolescents face aux stratégies de TikTok
Authors: Philippe Sandrine 
Published: May 2023

Très populaire auprès des adolescents, TikTok répond au modèle de plateforme dans le contexte du digital labor. Ses revenus provenant des données d’activité des usagers, elle emploie des stratégies pour capter leur attention et les encourager à consacrer davantage de temps à la consultation de contenus. Nous avons cherché à mieux connaître l’expérience d’adolescents sur TikTok et leur perception de ces stratégies grâce à des entretiens semi-directifs menés avec 22 jeunes âgés de 11 à 18 ans. Ils sont d’abord séduits par l’économie temporelle particulière de l’application, qui leur permet de rentabiliser les moments creux de leur emploi du temps. Pour autant, ils regrettent le temps excessif qu’ils consacrent parfois à TikTok et perçoivent alors certains mécanismes à l’origine de leur perte de repères. Leurs propos révèlent alors une méconnaissance du fonctionnement et des intérêts des plateformes.
L’incommunication : une nouvelle vision de la délibération
Authors: Dacheux Éric 
Published: May 2023

Pour J. Habermas, la légitimation de la norme démocratique est liée à la délibération publique, sans cette dernière les décisions prises en suivant les procédures institutionnelles sont légales, mais non légitimes. Mais qu’est-ce au juste que la délibération ? Pour le philosophe allemand c’est un échange d’arguments rationnels permettant de déboucher sur un consensus. Or, les sciences de l’information et de la communication conduisent à remettre en cause cette définition : même en cas de volonté réciproque d’entrer en communication de la part d’acteurs appartenant au même monde vécu, la communication est souvent un échec, nous disent les chercheurs réfléchissant à l’incommunication. Autrement dit, l’incompréhension est la règle de la communication, puisque chacun est, pour l’autre, une altérité radicale (qui possède donc des interprétations différentes) et libre (à qui l’on ne peut imposer un sens). Il convient donc, pour penser correctement le processus communicationnel qu’est la délibération, de renoncer à une théorie de l’agir communicationnel au profit d’une pensée dialogique mettant en relation communication et incommunication. C’est, en tout cas, la thèse que nous défendrons dans cet article théorique qui propose de définir la délibération comme un conflit intégrateur qui vise à construire un monde commun en permettant la reconnaissance des positions de chacun.
Quelle mise en visibilité des méthodologies de recherche en SIC ?
Authors: Pinède Nathalie , Dussarps Clément 
Published: May 2023

Dans cette étude, nous cherchons à identifier les principales méthodes mobilisées en Sciences de l’Information et de la Communication (SIC) et la manière dont se matérialise la démarche méthodologique choisie dans la production scientifique en SIC. Nous nous appuyons pour cela sur l’analyse (selon une grille pré-établie) d’un corpus de 245 articles (issus d’un tirage aléatoire effectué sur une sélection de revues reconnues en SIC). Les analyses nous montrent que les articles étudiés ont majoritairement une vocation empirique, mais avec des degrés de précision variables sur la restitution du processus méthodologique. L’approche qualitative apparait comme étant la plus utilisée. Nous proposons également une comparaison entre articles empiriques et non empiriques, ainsi qu’entre les articles écrits par des auteurs en SIC et hors SIC.
Institutionnalisation des « SIC sénégalaises » : entre émergence et transfert de modèles
Authors: Correa Patrice , Ndiaye Marième Pollèle 
Published: May 2023

Cet article est issu d’un projet de recherche en cours visant à révéler les singularités des sciences de l’information et de la communication au Sénégal. Plus précisément, en partant du constat de l’influence francophone notamment française en matière de SIC au Sénégal, l’hypothèse avancée est qu’il existerait des « SIC sénégalaises » avec une littérature fragmentée susceptible d’être reconstituée dans un processus de mise en lien des idées. La contribution dresse alors un état des lieux synthétique de la naissance de la discipline à l’échelle locale en intégrant la diversité des trajectoires des auteurs et les thématiques de recherche abordées. Finalement, l’étude révèle que si les SIC au Sénégal se déploient progressivement ; elles ont besoin de mieux se structurer en coordonnant l’institutionnalisation officielle avec l’institutionnalisation empirique, à l’échelle tant locale que globale.
Quelle(s) réponse(s) à l’enjeu d’acculturation aux données ? Un état de l’art des caractéristiques de la data literacy
Authors: Verdi Ugo 
Published: May 2023

La donnée, objet conceptuel ayant connu une nouvelle mise en lumière avec l’apparition du big data, de l’open data, de l’intelligence artificielle, du machine learning et des algorithmes, considérée comme le « nouvel or noir économique du 21e siècle » (Lemaire, 2022), comme avantage compétitif certain (Cnil et BpiFrance 2018) et comme pilier de l’industrie 4.0 (Mandon et Bellit, 2021), est l’objet de guerres commerciales et l’enjeu de débats citoyens récurrents. La nécessité de sa maitrise est constamment évoquée, réaffirmée depuis la pandémie de Covid-19 (Commission Européenne, 2020). Dans ce contexte, la data literacy est vue comme la solution miracle, la compétence-clé du XXIe siècle (Alliancy, 2021) centrale pour la formation de « lettrés de la donnée » capables de comprendre et de maîtriser ce phénomène. Se pose alors la question de la manière dont la data literacy s’empare de cet enjeu d’acculturation aux données : quelles visions déploie-t-elle ? À quelles compétences et connaissances forme-t-elle ? Apporte-t-elle une solution unique ou une pluralité d’applications ? Parlons-nous alors de data literacy ou de data literacies ? Pour y répondre, nous apporterons un éclairage sur ses caractéristiques en rappelant ses héritages, ses évolutions et en listant les questionnements qui s’imposent à elle.
Efficacy of a Dual-Epitope Dendritic Cell Vaccine as Part of Combined Immunotherapy for HER2-Expressing Breast Tumors
Authors: Vincent Benjamin G , File Danielle M , McKinnon Karen P , Moore Dominic T , Frelinger Jeffrey A , Collins Edward J , Ibrahim Joseph G , Bixby Lisa , Reisdorf Shannon , Laurie Sonia J , Park Yara A , Anders Carey K , Collichio Frances A , Muss Hyman B , Carey Lisa A , van Deventer Hendrik W , Dees E Claire , Serody Jonathan S 
Published: May 2023

Abstract
Previous work from our group and others has shown that patients with breast cancer can generate a T cell response against specific human epidermal growth factor 2 (HER2) epitopes. In addition, preclinical work has shown that this T cell response can be augmented by Ag-directed mAb therapy. This study evaluated the activity and safety of a combination of dendritic cell (DC) vaccination given with mAb and cytotoxic therapy. We performed a phase I/II study using autologous DCs pulsed with two different HER2 peptides given with trastuzumab and vinorelbine to a study cohort of patients with HER2-overexpressing and a second with HER2 nonoverexpressing metastatic breast cancer. Seventeen patients with HER2-overexpressing and seven with nonoverexpressing disease were treated. Treatment was well tolerated, with one patient removed from therapy because of toxicity and no deaths. Forty-six percent of patients had stable disease after therapy, with 4% achieving a partial response and no complete responses. Immune responses were generated in the majority of patients but did not correlate with clinical response. However, in one patient, who has survived &gt;14 y since treatment in the trial, a robust immune response was demonstrated, with 25% of her T cells specific to one of the peptides in the vaccine at the peak of her response. These data suggest that autologous DC vaccination when given with anti-HER2–directed mAb therapy and vinorelbine is safe and can induce immune responses, including significant T cell clonal expansion, in a subset of patients.
Statistical optimization for polyhydroxybutyrate production by locally isolated Bacillus safensis using sugarcane molasses under nutritional stressed conditions
Authors: Gomaa Sanaa K. , El-Refai Heba A. , Allam Reda F. , Shafei Mona S. , Ahmed Hanan M. , Zaki Rania A. 
Published: May 2023

Background and objective
Biodegradable polymers, such as polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHAs), have recently been recognized as polyesters owing to their properties as biodegradable thermoplastics.

Materials and methods
The main objective of this study was to isolate an efficient polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) producer from soil collected from different rhizospheric areas in Egypt. The potent strain was identified using 16 s rRNA sequence analysis. Plackett–Burman and central composite sequential designs were used to investigate cultural variables influencing PHB production (central composite sequential design).

Results and conclusion
Of a total of nine different isolates, three were found to be PHB positive based on the color using Nile Red stain. The potent strain was identified as Bacillus safensis (NR_113945.1). Using one factor at a time experiments, sugar molasses and ammonium sulfate, respectively, were the best carbon and nitrogen sources, whereas the best inoculum was 10 ml/100 ml of fermentation medium. Cultural variables influencing PHB production were studied using Plackett–Burman and central composite sequential designs. Accordingly, the most influential factors on PHB production were sugarcane concentration, inoculum size, and KH2PO4. Under the optimized conditions, a PHB content (93% cell dry weight) of 1.17 folds was attained. Furthermore, the Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and 1H-NMR results confirmed the produced polymer as PHB. These results give insight into the use of locally isolated bacteria (B. safensis (NR_113945.1) utilizing inexpensive substrate such as sugarcane molasses for PHB production.
Potential of Arthrobacter nicotiniae to Preferentially Remove Lead, Cadmium, Silver and Zinc from Contaminated Soil from Amaonye-Ishiagu Agricultural Forest, Ebonyi State, Nigeria
Authors: Etuke J. O. , Ihimekpen N. I. 
Published: May 2023

This study evaluates the potential of Arthrobacter nicotiniae to preferentially remove lead, cadmium, silver and zinc from contaminated soil from Amaonye-ishiagu Agricultural Forest, Ebonyi State, Nigeria using standard methods. The study revealed optimum values of factor as 8ml of nutrient volume, 5g of the organism, 30oC of temperature, pH of 8 and stirring frequency of 4pw. The study showed 79.78% removal of lead, 61.50% removal of cadmium, 48.59% removal of arsenic and 7.04% removal of zinc on the 35th day. The organism is thus good for lead and cadmium pollution control, arsenic pollution abatement but it is neither good for zinc pollution control, nor abatement.
Phytochemicals, Elemental and Proximate analyses of Piper Guineense Leaves
Authors: Uzoekwe N. M. , Ezenwajiugo C. E. 
Published: May 2023

Piper guineense leaves were studied for their phytochemical, proximate, and mineral content. Standard methods, such as elemental determination with an atomic absorption spectrophotometer and Flame Photometry, were used for the analyses. The carbohydrate content, crude fat, crude protein, crude fiber, ash content, and moisture content were 40.60%, 2.00%, 17.55%, 9.55%, 14.00%, and 12.00%, respectively, according to the experimental results. Phytochemical analysis revealed that the leaf samples included a high quantity of alkaloids, flavonoids, reducing sugar, phenols, tannins, quinones, and cardiac glycosides. The mineral compositions of the investigated leaf show the presence of Fe (20.49 ± 0.25 Mg/100g), Zn (5.67 ± 0.10 Mg/100g), Mg (23.03 ± 5.10 Mg/100g), K (12.06 ± 0.10 Mg/100g) and Ca (120.98 ± 10.00 Mg/100g). The presence of essential minerals, phytochemicals such as alkaloids, flavonoids, tannins, and cardiac glycosides, as well as carbohydrate and crude protein, suggests that it might function as a spice, food, preservative, insecticide, herbal medicine, fragrance in the cosmetic industry, and alternative source of medicine.
Total Quality Management for Competitive Advantage in the UAE
Authors: Alneyadi Amal 
Published: May 2023

Purpose: The study purposed to examine the influence of total quality management on the competitive advantage of businesses in the United Arab Emirates. TQM has been studied in the past but not in the context of competitive advantage, especially in business in the United Arab Emirates. The paper aimed to examine TQM practices and their influence on businesses' competitive advantage in the United Arab Emirates.
Methodology: The study utilized a quantitative method aligned with a positivist philosophy and a deductive approach. A structured questionnaire was used to glean data from 54 participants. The sample was chosen through random sampling. The questionnaire was launched online and withdrawn after the allocated timeline was depleted. The response rate was 90% at the time of the withdrawal. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics.
Findings: The results showed that different TQM practices such as customer focus, effective communication, continual improvement, fact-based decision making, strategic and systematic approach, integrated system, employee involvement, and process approach increased the business's competitive advantage in the United Arab Emirates. Also, the results showed that businesses that adopt TQM practices get time-based, cost, first mover, product differentiation, and price advantages through increasing customer satisfaction, reducing costs and defects, customer attraction, product quality loyalty, and product differentiation. Lastly, the result showed that TQM positively affects UAE business by increasing overall competitiveness.
Unique Contribution to Theory, Practice and Policy: The study was anchored on customer focus theory which focuses on the customer, the modern market has arguably embraced this in the business environment where information systems development is considered. The findings of this study are insightful to business managers as they underpin the importance of implementing different TQM practices and leveraging them for competitive advantage
Significance of Internal Business Processes on Entrepreneurial Orientation in Kenya Business Hotels
Authors: M. Gikutha Dr. Lilian 
Published: May 2023

Purpose: The purpose of the research was to examine the significance of internal business processes on the entrepreneurial orientation of Business hotels in Kenya.
Methodology: The study used a mixed-method design. Both Qualitative methods were used. A survey questionnaire was used and focus group discussions were also employed in the study. The target population was business hotels in Kenya where 246 hotels were sampled. The data was analyzed using, mean and standard deviation and binary logistic regression model to test the significance of business process to entrepreneurial orientation.
Findings: The findings indicate that hotels were risk takers when it came to projects involving their business processes. These daring moves were risky because there was no guarantee that the profits would cover the cost of their establishments. Hotels were moderately proactive in initiating and implementing changes as the market demanded. To maximize their returns on process innovations, hotels actively sought new processes, placed emphasis on them, and marketed their process offering to customers. When faced with uncertainties, the hotels took aggressive approaches to maximize opportunities on business processes. The focus group discussion revealed that although the processes were practiced by employees most hotels did not have documented processes. Hotels with the more structured business process are more likely to be proactive than those with fewer business processes. Business processes were found to be a significant predictor of Entrepreneurial Orientation.
Unique Contribution to Theory, Practice, and Policy: The study provides insights into the Entrepreneurial Strategic Posture idea by explaining how the hotel uses its business process to create strategic positioning of its products and services. As a service industry, the hotel industry relies on the processes it employs to provide services in order to create memorable experiences for guests. These processes provide a significant interpretation of service quality to guests, which is critical to the hotel business. Being proactive or reactive to these processes gives hotels a competitive advantage, which benefits hotel performance. Hotels are encouraged to continuously improve and innovate their processes to ensure they remain competitive in their industry competition landscape.
The Crowing Political Matriarchy in Homa Bay County (1963-2022)
Authors: Orondo John Akumu , Budi Nashon Budy , Okoth George Odhiambo , Onjala Isaya Oduor 
Published: May 2023

Purpose: Crowing Political matriarchy in Homa Bay describes the female’s political take over as an impact of the prolonged pursuit of gender equality in Kenya. The takeover is due to policy frameworks intended to address gender gap. While these policy frameworks have been instrumental, historical aspects relating to gender egalitarianism has been underscored to providing elaborate intervention on gender inequality. This paper investigated the impact of the pursuit of gender egalitarianism amidst the survival of patriarchy in Kenya with specific reference to Homa-Bay County since 1964.
Methodology: Study is guided by Patriarchal Theory of Robert Filmer which highlights how patriarchal ideology elevated men to superior positions. In the contrary, policy framework; legislative, institutional, and administrative interventions adopted towards gender egalitarianism appear to bear fruits in Homa Bay. A historical research design was applied together with non-probability sampling methods and procedures to identify informants during the study. Other primary data was gathered from the National Archives while secondary data were collected from theses, journal articles, books, and other publications from the internet, university, and other libraries. The data collected has been thematic analysis based of period. The findings may guide policy makers to review and re-assess the impact of the strategies established in the pursuit of gender egalitarianism. Paper deals with the state of gender and political transformation in Homa-Bay County since 1992.
Findings: Publication indicates that, legislative, institutional, and administrative interventions adopted in Kenya challenge the patriarchal legitimacy and political entitlement.
Unique Contribution to Theory, Policy and Practice: This treatise reports that the gender egalitarian policies and practices make political voices of females in Homa Bay to crow louder than men. Female political voices in Homa Bay began with Asiyo and Bondo who were elected Member of Parliament and councilor respectively in 1980’s. Nevertheless, the gender egalitarian policies have been legalized by the Kenya constitution 2010 to the advantage of females leading to the pinnacle of political matriarchy in Homa Bay.
The Slave Sublime
Authors: Lettman Stacy J. 
Published: May 2023

In this interdisciplinary work, Stacy J. Lettman explores real and imagined violence as depicted in Caribbean and Jamaican text and music, how that violence repeats itself in both art and in the actions of the state, and what that means for Caribbean cultural identity. Jamaica is known for having one of the highest per capita murder rates in the world, a fact that Lettman links to remnants of the plantation era—namely the economic dispossession and structural violence that still haunt the island. Lettman contends that the impact of colonial violence is so embedded in the language of Jamaican literature and music that violence has become a separate language itself, one that paradoxically can offer cultural modes of resistance. Lettman codifies Paul Gilroy’s concept of the “slave sublime” as a remix of Kantian philosophy through a Caribbean lens to take a broad view of Jamaica, the Caribbean, and their political and literary history that challenges Eurocentric ideas of slavery, Blackness, and resistance. Living at the intersection of philosophy, literary and musical analysis, and postcolonial theory, this book sheds new light on the lingering ghosts of the plantation and slavery in the Caribbean.