bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Multi-Modal Industrial IoT Networks: Recent Advances and Future Challenges
Authors: Elsas Robbe , Van Leemput Dries , Hoebeke Jeroen , De Poorter Eli 
Published: March 2023

AbstractWhile the ongoing fourth industrial revolution continues to be a major driver behind wireless communication technologies, some environments are so prohibitive that even state-of-the-art solutions can barely achieve ubiquitous wireless connectivity (if at all). For example, in industrial sites with large metal constructions (such as petrochemical plants), highly localized and time-varying changes in wireless link quality are quite common. Oddly enough, much of the capabilities needed to deal with such effects are already present at the physical layer (PHY), but remain largely unexploited by higher protocol layers. In fact, little Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) (IIoT) research has considered harnessing the full multi-modal capabilities of modern multi-PHY/multi-band IoT hardware in general. As such, in this vision paper, we: (1) analyze recent advances towards enabling multi-modal IIoT through link- and routing layer operations; and (2) describe challenges and opportunities for future IIoT deployments, based on the design choices that emerged from said analysis. In summary, we identify a combination of a modified/extended Time-Slotted Channel Hopping (TSCH) link layer, using either fixed or variable duration timeslots, together with a Parent-Oriented (PO) Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks (LLNs) (RPL) approach to be the most promising way forward.
Optimal Design, Development and Experimental Analysis of a Tension–Torsion Hopkinson Bar for the Understanding of Complex Impact Loading Scenarios
Authors: Xu Y. , Zhou J. , Farbaniec L. , Pellegrino A. 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
Background
Advanced testing methodologies and measurement techniques to identify complex deformation and failure at high strain rates have drawn increasing attention in recent years.

Objective
The objective of the current study is the development of a novel combined tension–torsion split Hopkinson bar (TTHB) conceived to generate a combination of tensile and torsional stress waves in a single loading case, and to measure material data representative of real case impact scenarios.

Methods
An energy store and release mechanism was employed to generate both the longitudinal and shear waves via the rapid release of a bespoke clamp assembly. A parametric study of the material and geometry of the clamp was implemented via numerical simulations to optimise critical aspects of the wave generation. Thin-walled tube specimens made of two metallic materials were utilised to examine the capability of the developed TTHB system by comparing the experimental measurements with those obtained from conventional split Hopkinson tension and torsion bars.

Results
The experimental results demonstrate that the synchronisation of the longitudinal and torsional waves was achieved within 15 microseconds. Different wave rise time were obtained via the controlled release of the clamp using fracture pins of various materials. The analysis indicates that the developed TTHB is capable of characterising the dynamic behaviour of materials under tension, torsion, as well as under a wide range of complex stress states.

Conclusions
The presented apparatus, testing and analysis methods allow for the direct population of the dynamic failure stress envelopes of engineering materials and for the accurate evaluation of existing and novel constitutive models.
Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco) in Europe: an overview of management practices
Authors: Nicolescu Valeriu-Norocel , Mason William L. , Bastien Jean-Charles , Vor Torsten , Petkova Krasimira , Podrázský Vilém , Đodan Martina , Perić Sanja , La Porta Nicola , Brus Robert , Andrašev Siniša , Slávik Martin , Modranský Juraj , Pástor Michal , Rédei Károly , Cvjetkovic Branislav , Sivacioğlu Ahmet , Lavnyy Vasyl , Buzatu-Goanță Cornelia , Mihăilescu Gheorghe 
Published: March 2023

AbstractDouglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii(Mirb.) Franco), one of the most commercially important tree species in western North America and one of the most valuable timber trees worldwide, was introduced to Europe in 1827. It became a major species for afforestation in Western Europe after WWII, currently grows in 35 countries on over 0.83 million ha and is one of the most widespread non-native tree species across the continent. A lower sensitivity to drought makes Douglas-fir a potential alternative to the more drought-sensitive Norway spruce so its importance in Europe is expected to increase in the future. It is one of the fastest growing conifer species cultivated in Europe, with the largest reported dimensions of 2.3 m in diameter and 67.5 m in height. Pure stands have high productivity (up to 20 m3 ha−1a−1) and production (over 1000 m3 ha−1). The species is generally regenerated by planting (initial stocking density from less than 1000 seedlings ha−1to more than 4000 ha−1), using seedlings of European provenance derived from seed orchards or certified seed stands. As the range of end-uses of its wood is very wide, the rotation period of Douglas-fir is highly variable and ranges between 40 and 120 years. When the production of large-sized, knot-free timber is targeted, thinnings are always coupled with pruning up to 6 m. There is an increasing interest in growing Douglas-fir in mixtures and managing stands through close-to-nature silviculture, but the species’ intermediate shade tolerance means that it is best managed through group selection or shelterwood systems.
Entrepreneurship in family firms: an updated bibliometric overview
Authors: Anwar Muhammad , Clauss Thomas , Meyer Natanya 
Published: March 2023

AbstractResearch on entrepreneurship in family firms has grown exponentially over the past two decades. Due to the various theoretical perspectives and contexts found here however, this body of research remains fragmented, with a unified understanding of the current state of knowledge and the opportunities for future research in the field continuing to lack. In this study, we address this gap by conducting an updated bibliometric analysis of the research on entrepreneurship in family firms. Here we integrate two different bibliometric methods to provide a more comprehensive picture of the field, unveiling its intellectual foundations and current research discourses and how these two are related. To do this, we first conduct a co-citation analysis clustering the intellectual foundations of the research on entrepreneurship in family firms. Second, a bibliographic coupling of recent publications from 2010 to 2021 provides a transparent structure of current research discourses. Third, analyzing which intellectual foundations are primarily cited in each current research stream unveils the dominant theoretical paradigms in the current state of research. Analyzing 570 published studies, we identified four intellectual foundations of entrepreneurship in family firms: socioemotional wealth (SEW), entrepreneurial orientation, family-embedded resources, and agency theory. The current research can be clustered into seven main discourses: entrepreneurial motivation, gender and success, entrepreneurial orientation, individual and firm-level characteristics, the family embedded network, family firm internationalization, and family heterogeneity. An integrative network diagram provides an overview of the research field’s development while also identifying the gaps to be addressed by future research.
Choosing to live environmentally childfree: private-sphere environmentalism, environmental activism, or both?
Authors: Nakkerud Erik 
Published: March 2023

AbstractChoosing not to have children can be considered a pro-environmental behaviour with a very high environmental impact. However, such impact calculations have been criticised for focusing only on private, individual actions. In the current article, the aim was to build on studies that have identified activist aspects of living environmentally childfree, and analyse whether this choice, in a Norwegian context, should be categorised as private-sphere environmentalism or environmental activism. This is explored through an analysis of interviews with 16 participants who have restricted reproduction due to environmental concerns, identifying three subthemes related to private-sphere environmentalism and three subthemes related to environmental activism. The results indicate that living environmentally childfree has central aspects of both private-sphere environmentalism and environmental activism, suggesting an interaction of different types of environmentally significant impacts. The implications of these results are that research on pro-environmental behaviour should look for an interaction of impacts and assess their significance beyond the immediate, individual level.
The Impact of Writing Notations and Response Types: A Spatial Representation Study on Fractions
Authors: Pan Yun , Zhang Jian , Zou Changlang , Li Mengmeng , Yang Huanyu 
Published: March 2023

AbstractThe combined effect of writing notations and response types on the spatial representation of fractions remains unclear. The present study explored this by employing a magnitude comparing task with irreducible and single-digit proper fractions as target stimuli as well as 1/2 ($$\frac{1}{2}$$

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) as benchmarks for right-handed undergraduate students (64 males, 76 females; Mean age = 20.65 years, SD = 1.75, with normal or corrected-to-normal vision) in E-Prime 2.0 Professional Software platform. We found that: 1) for the horizontal response type, the horizontal writing notation of fractions did not produce a reliable SNARC effect or reversed SNARC effect; 2) for the same response type, the vertical writing notation of fractions elicited a SNARC effect; 3) for the vertical response type, both vertical and horizontal writing notations of fractions led to a reversed SNARC effect. These results indicated a combined effect of writing notations and response types on the spatial representation of fractions. Specifically, writing notations can affect the spatial representation of fractions under the condition of horizontal response types but not the vertical response types.
Philosophical foundation of the right to mental integrity in the age of neurotechnologies
Authors: Lavazza Andrea , Giorgi Rodolfo 
Published: March 2023

AbstractNeurotechnologies broadly understood are tools that have the capability to read, record and modify our mental activity by acting on its brain correlates. The emergence of increasingly powerful and sophisticated techniques has given rise to the proposal to introduce new rights specifically directed to protect mental privacy, freedom of thought, and mental integrity. These rights, also proposed as basic human rights, are conceived in direct relation to tools that threaten mental privacy, freedom of thought, mental integrity, and personal identity. In this paper, our goal is to give a philosophical foundation to a specific right that we will call right to mental integrity. It encapsulates both the classical concepts of privacy and non-interference in our mind/brain. Such a philosophical foundation refers to certain features of the mind that hitherto could not be reached directly from the outside: intentionality, first-person perspective, personal autonomy in moral choices and in the construction of one's narrative, and relational identity. A variety of neurotechnologies or other tools, including artificial intelligence, alone or in combination can, by their very availability, threaten our mental integrity. Therefore, it is necessary to posit a specific right and provide it with a theoretical foundation and justification. It will be up to a subsequent treatment to define the moral and legal boundaries of such a right and its application.
A Meta-analysis Reveals Knowledge Gaps in Our Understanding of the Spartina-Geukensia Mutualism
Authors: Whaley Thomas , Alldred Mary 
Published: March 2023

AbstractThe relationship between Atlantic ribbed mussels (Geukensia demissa) and smooth cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora) represents a textbook example of a facultative mutualism. It is also foundational to wetland ecosystems along the Atlantic coast of North America.Spartinaplantings play an essential role in marsh reconstruction projects, andGeukensiais rapidly gaining popularity as a tool in coastal restoration to help marshes resist erosion and to remove nutrient pollution. However, it remains unclear whether positive effects documented primarily in natural settings will translate to urban and constructed estuaries where they are most needed. Using systematic review and meta-analysis, we compared the influence of theSpartina-Geukensiamutualism on growth of the species and on nitrogen-cycling processes. Our review suggests the potential for context dependence in this mutualism, with substantial implications for coastal marsh resilience and restoration. Notably, the positive effect of the species on the growth of their mutualist found in natural marshes was absent in constructed marshes and negative in urban marshes. Encouragingly, the effect of each species on nitrogen cycling was similar regardless of context. We found that this mutualism remains severely understudied in urban and constructed marshes, and we suggest future directions to address the knowledge gaps identified in our analysis.
Assessment of nutritional status using objective and subjective methods in Greek patients with cancer
Authors: Vamvakari Konstantina , Evangelou Iliana , Kalafati Ioanna Panagiota , Kipouros Michail , Kosti Rena I. , Kasti Arezina N. , Androutsos Odysseas 
Published: March 2023

Summary
Purpose
Malnutrition constitutes an important complication of cancer. Nutritional status is associated with the progression of malignant neoplasms. This study aimed to assess the nutritional status of patients with cancer using objective and subjective assessment methods.

Materials and methods
The following validated questionnaires were used to assess the nutritional status of 152 patients with cancer recruited in Attica, Greece: Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA), Nutritional Risk Screening-2002 (NRS-2002), Simplified Nutritional Appetite Questionnaire (SNAQ). Geriatric nutritional risk index (GNRI) was calculated, handgrip strength (HGS) test was carried out, and the arm circumference (MUAC) and triceps skinfold thickness (TSF) were measured.

Results
Based on the PG-SGA assessment, 54.9% of the individuals were severely malnourished. Imminent risk was observed in 83.6% (NRS-2002) and 48.7% of participants were at increased risk of a 5% reduction in body weight within the next 6‑months (SNAQ). Severely malnourished patients experienced significant weight reduction in the 6 months prior to recruitment and had lower HGS and TSF. MUAC was similar within the PG-SGA categories. High risk for malnutrition was estimated for geriatric patients (GNRI: 46.45 [IQR: 5.17]). Malnourishment, based on PG-SGA, was positively associated with percent weight loss within the past 6 months and negatively associated with body mass index (BMI), hemoglobin (Hgb), HGS, and MUAC (all p ≤ 0.05).

Conclusion
The present study highlighted a high risk of malnutrition in patients with cancer. Poor nutritional status was positively associated with weight loss, Hgb, and MUAC and negatively associated with BMI, HGS, and TSF.
Detection of past landscape elements in marginal mountain areas—the example of the Western Carpathians
Authors: Sobala Michał 
Published: March 2023

AbstractThere has been a growing interest in applying airborne laser scanning (ALS) in studies on past landscapes. This includes in marginal mountain areas; however, the usefulness of using ready-made ALS data has not been assessed quantitatively this type of area. This paper aims to compare the usefulness of different visualisation techniques of ready-made digital elevation model (DEM) to detect landscape elements connected with past human activity in marginal mountain areas in the Western Carpathians. Six different DEM visualisation techniques were compared, and some problems were identified in the detection of landscape elements using ALS data and field mapping. This study illustrates that it is impossible to point out the most useful DEM visualisation technique that could be applied in marginal mountain areas characterised by varied natural conditions. However, the results confirmed the usefulness of negative openness in road detection and positive openness during the detection of embankments of agricultural terraces and balks. Furthermore, it was indicated that DEM visualisation techniques provide the possibility to measure the length of detected embankments of agricultural terraces and balks on abandoned land and it is impossible to measure them during field mapping due to dense vegetation. On the contrary, in most cases it is impossible to detect stone mounds using DEM visualisation techniques due to their varied size. This study emphasises the necessity of being aware of limitations during using ready-made ALS data.
A Meyer-Itô formula for stable processes via fractional calculus
Authors: Santoyo Cano Alejandro , Uribe Bravo Gerónimo 
Published: March 2023

AbstractThe infinitesimal generator of a one-dimensional strictly $$\alpha $$
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-stable process can be represented as a weighted sum of (right and left) Riemann-Liouville fractional derivatives of order $$\alpha $$
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and one obtains the fractional Laplacian in the case of symmetric stable processes. Using this relationship, we compute the inverse of the infinitesimal generator on Lizorkin space, from which we can recover the potential if $$\alpha \in (0,1)$$

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and the recurrent potential if $$\alpha \in (1,2)$$

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. The inverse of the infinitesimal generator is expressed in terms of a linear combination of (right and left) Riemann-Liouville fractional integrals of order $$\alpha $$
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. One can then state a class of functions that give semimartingales when applied to strictly stable processes and state a Meyer-Itô theorem with a non-zero (occupational) local time term, providing a generalization of the Tanaka formula given by Tsukada [1]. This result is used to find a Doob-Meyer (or semimartingale) decomposition for $$|X_t - x|^{\gamma }$$

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with X a recurrent strictly stable process of index $$\alpha $$
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, generalizing the work of Engelbert and Kurenok [2] to the asymmetric case.
Improvement in binge eating and alexithymia predicts weight loss at 9-month follow-up of the lifestyle modification program
Authors: Conti Chiara , Di Nardo Maria , Lanzara Roberta , Guagnano Maria Teresa , Cardi Valentina , Porcelli Piero 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
Purpose
The aim of this longitudinal study was to examine the extent to which improved levels of binge eating (BE) behaviors, alexithymia, self-esteem, and psychological distress would predict a reduction in body mass at 9-month follow-up, following a lifestyle modification program for weight loss in obese or overweight patients.

Methods
A convenience sample of 120 obese or overweight patients were recruited. Body mass index (BMI), binge eating (BES), levels of alexithymia (TAS-20), perceived stress (PSS), depressive symptoms (SDS), and self-esteem (RSE) were assessed during their first medical examination (T1), and after a weight-loss treatment period of 9 months (T2).

Results
Compared with unimproved patients, improved patients reported a significant decrease in binge eating (p = 0.04) and perceived stress symptoms (p = 0.03), and a significant improvement in self-esteem (p = 0.02) over time. After controlling for gender, self-esteem, depressive symptoms, and perceived stress, baseline BMI (OR = 1.11, 95% CI  [1.04,1.19]), ΔBES (OR = 0.99, 95% CI  [0.98,0.99]), and ΔTAS-20 (OR = 1.03, 95% CI  [1.01,1.05]) significantly and independently predicted a ≥ 5% reduction in body mass from baseline.

Conclusions
Our finding supports the suggestion to consider psychological outcomes such as emotional aspects and dysfunctional eating behaviors when planning a weight loss programs to prevent a negative outcome.
Level of evidence: Level III, case–control analytic study.
The essentialism of early modern psychiatric nosology
Authors: van den Berg Hein 
Published: March 2023

AbstractAre psychiatric disorders natural kinds? This question has received a lot of attention within present-day philosophy of psychiatry, where many authors debate the ontology and nature of mental disorders. Similarly, historians of psychiatry, dating back to Foucault, have debated whether psychiatric researchers conceived of mental disorders as natural kinds or not. However, historians of psychiatry have paid little to no attention to the influence of (a) theories within logic, and (b) theories within metaphysics on psychiatric accounts of proper method, and on accounts of the nature and classification of mental disorders. Historically, however, logic and metaphysics have extensively shaped methods and interpretations of classifications in the natural sciences. This paper corrects this lacuna in the history of psychiatry, and demonstrates that theories within logic and metaphysics, articulated by Christian Wolff (1679–1754), have significantly shaped the conception of medical method and (psychiatric) nosology of the influential nosologist Boissier De Sauvages (1706–1767). After treating Sauvages, I discuss the method of the influential nosologist William Cullen (1710–1790), and demonstrate the continuity between the classificatory methods of Sauvages and Cullen. I show that both Sauvages and Cullen were essentialists concerning medical diseases in general and psychiatric disorders in particular, contributing to the history of conceptions of the ontology and nature of mental disorders.