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Economical microscale predictions of wind over complex terrain from mesoscale simulations using machine learning
Authors: Milla-Val Jaime , Montañés Carlos , Fueyo Norberto 
Published: August 2023

AbstractThe ability to assess detailed wind patterns in real time is increasingly important for a variety of applications, including wind energy generation, urban comfort and environmental health, and drone maneuvering in complex environments. Machine Learning techniques are helping to develop accurate and reliable models for predicting local wind patterns. In this paper, we present a method for obtaining wind predictions with a higher resolution, similar to those from computational fluid dynamics (CFD), from coarser, and therefore less expensive, mesoscale predictions of wind in real weather conditions. This is achieved using supervised learning techniques. Four supervised learning approaches are tested: linear regression (SGD), support vector machine (SVM), k-nearest neighbors (KNn) and random forest (RFR). Among the four tested approaches, SVM slightly outperforms the others, with a mean absolute error of 1.81 m/s for wind speed and 40.6$$^{\circ }$$

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for wind direction. KNn however achieves the best results in predicting wind direction. Speedup factors of about 290 are achieved by the model with respect to using CFD.
The impact of institutional context on research in religious education: results from an international comparative study
Authors: Riegel Ulrich , Rothgangel Martin 
Published: August 2023

AbstractOn the one hand, research on religious education is done according to a transnational scientific paradigm, on the other hand, it is performed within particular institutional contexts which vary from nation to nation.This raises the question of how institutional context affect research on religious education. The paper addresses this question on the basis of an international study. N = 49 colleagues across Europe as well as Israel, South Africa, South Korea, and Turkey filled in an online-questionnaire regarding their own research. Despite the international character of the sample, research on religious education seems to be practiced quite coherently in regard of the objects of inquiry, the applied methods, and the disciplines the colleagues refer to. The few significant differences indicate that theology and educational studies are slightly more important in contexts of denominational religious education as well as analysing both pupils and processes of teaching and learning. In the context of non-denominational RE, instead, religious studies is slightly more important. These results will be discussed.
‘Through the unknown, remembered gate’: the Brian Nettleton lecture – Outdoors Victoria conference, 2022
Authors: Wattchow Brian 
Published: August 2023

AbstractThis paper is an adapted version of the Brian Nettleton Lecture given at the Outdoors Victoria Conference, 2022. It explores how the last two decades have seen an ever-accelerating Digital Revolution which has impacted on almost every aspect of human experience to the point that it is now omnipresent. Life is now mediated through the screen. As a result, children and young people have become hyper-vigilant, overly anxious, experience a sense of climate trauma, and have decreasing access to, and time spent in, the outdoors. In addition, children have just experienced two years of isolation as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and evidence suggests that they are already experiencing significant mental health issues as a result. This paper considers the implications of this for Outdoors Victoria and Outdoor Education.
Regularization Methods for High-Dimensional Data as a Tool for Seafood Traceability
Authors: Yokochi Clara , Bispo Regina , Ricardo Fernando , Calado Ricardo 
Published: August 2023

AbstractSeafood traceability, needed to regulate food safety, control fisheries, combat fraud, and prevent jeopardizing public health from harvesting in polluted locations, depends heavily on the prediction of the geographic origin of seafood. When the available datasets to study traceability are high-dimensional, standard classic statistical models fail. Under these circumstances, proper alternative methods are needed to predict accurately the geographic origin of seafood. In this study, we propose an analytical approach combining the use of regularization methods and resampling techniques to overcome the high-dimensionality problem. In particular, we analyze comparatively theRidge regression, LASSO andElastic netpenalty-based approaches. These methods were applied to predict the origin of the saltwater clamRuditapes philippinarum, a non-indigenous and commercially very relevant marine bivalve species that occurs commonly in European estuaries. Further, the resampling method ofMonte Carlo Cross-Validationwas implemented to overcome challenges related to the small sample size. The results of the three methods were compared. For fully reproducibility, an R Markdown file and the used dataset are provided. We conclude highlighting the insights that this methodology may bring to model a multi-categorical response based on high-dimensional dataset, with highly correlated explanatory variables, and combat the mislabeling of geographic origin of seafood.
Organic Exfoliation of Hydrophilic Bentonite using Aliquat 336 and Isobutyl(Trimethoxy)Silane to Enhance its Activity Toward pH-Dependent Adsorption of Epigallocatechin Gallate
Authors: Borah Alimpia , Borah Akhil Ranjan , Gogoi Monti , Goswami Rajiv , Hazarika Swapnali 
Published: August 2023

AbstractThe most potent and significant polyphenolic molecule from tea catechins is epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG); it has potential anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory properties. Methods are needed to mitigate its presence in the environment and protect humans from exposure. The objective of the present study was to investigate a functionalized, low-cost clay mineral as an adsorbent for the tea polyphenol EGCG. Hydrophilic bentonite (Bn) was functionalized using Aliquat 336 (A336) and isobutyl(trimethoxy)silane (IBTS). The degree of clay functionalization depended on the extent of introduction of alkyl linkages between the superimposed clay layers. Results revealed that Aliquat 336 functionalized clay (A336-Bn) exhibited maximum thermal stability at 500°C and it is a promising adsorbent for ECGC with a maximum adsorption capacity of 196.26 mg/g at equilibrium. Experimental data were analyzed using pseudo-first order and pseudo-second order models. Adsorption isotherms were interpreted from the Freundlich adsorption isotherm.
Indigenous-led toxic tours opening pathways for (re)connecting to place, people and all creation
Authors: Bigby Bobbie Chew , Jim Rebecca , Hatley Earl 
Published: August 2023

AbstractHome to nine Tribal Nations, the northeastern corner of Oklahoma (US) is a place of immense resilience, cultural beauty and attachment to place. Horrifically, however, this same area is also home to massive environmental assaults that have occurred as a result of decades of lead and zinc mining. The improperly managed mine waste that has accumulated since the late 1800s now severely contaminates the water, land and air, having adverse impacts on the health of the ecosystem and the local human community alike. Leading the fight for cleanup and support of place and people since 1997 is the non-profit organisation called Local Environmental Action Demanded (LEAD Agency). One of LEAD’s primary tools for education and advocacy has been leading toxic tours across these harmed lands and waters. This contribution draws upon the nearly three decades of toxic tours that Rebecca and Earl have led by sharing key stories and experiences of important sites visited along the way, offering a snapshot of toxic tour experience. Drawing on Indigenous storywork and autoethnographic methodologies, this contribution aims to spotlight the potential of Indigenous-led toxic tours for helping to (re)connect people — both locals and visitors — to place and a responsibility of stewardship.
Standpoint Epistemology and Epistemic Peerhood: A Defense of Epistemic Privilege
Authors: TOOLE BRIANA 
Published: August 2023

AbstractStandpoint epistemology is committed to the view that some epistemic advantage can be drawn from the position of powerlessness. Call this theepistemic privilege thesis. This thesis stands in need of explication and support. In providing that explication and support, I first distinguish between two readings of the thesis: the thesis that marginalized social locations confer some epistemic advantages (the epistemic advantage thesis) and the thesis that marginalized standpoints generate better, more accurate knowledge (the standpoint thesis). I then develop the former by appealing to the notion of epistemic peers available in the disagreement literature. I next turn to the latter thesis, arguing that consciousness-raising plays an analogous role in the achievement of a standpoint as training does in the achievement of expertise. The upshot of this analysis is that it clarifies that while marginalization is necessary (though not sufficient) for epistemic advantage, it is neither necessary nor sufficient for epistemic privilege.
Effects of surfactants on bubble-induced turbulence
Authors: Ma Tian , Hessenkemper Hendrik , Lucas Dirk , Bragg Andrew D. 
Published: August 2023

We use experiments to explore the effect of surfactants on bubble-induced turbulence (BIT) at different scales, considering how the bubbles affect the flow kinetic energy, anisotropy and extreme events. To this end, high-resolution particle shadow velocimetry measurements are carried out in a bubble column in which the flow is generated by bubble swarms rising in water for two different bubble diameters (3 and 4 mm) and moderate gas volume fractions (0.5 %–1.3 %). We use tap water as the base liquid and add 1-Pentanol as an additional surfactant with varying bulk concentration, leading to different bubble shapes and surface boundary conditions. The results reveal that with increasing surfactant concentration, the BIT generated increases in strength, even though bubbles of a given size rise more slowly with surfactants. We also find that the level of anisotropy in the flow is enhanced with increasing surfactant concentration for bubbles of the same size, and that for the same surfactant concentration, smaller bubbles generate stronger anisotropy in the flow. Concerning the intermittency quantified by the normalized probability density functions of the fluid velocity increments, our results indicate that extreme values in the velocity increments become more probable with decreasing surfactant concentration for cases with smaller bubbles and low gas void fraction, while the effect of the surfactant is much weaker for cases with larger bubble and higher void fractions.
From Slavery to Servitude: Transformations and Continuities in Hacienda Labor, Well-Being, and Foodways in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Nasca
Authors: Weaver Brendan J. M. , Muñoz Lizette A. , Durand Karen 
Published: August 2023

AbstractThe nineteenth century was a dynamic period for hacienda workers on the south coast of Peru. Former Jesuit vineyards with two of the largest enslaved African-descended populations in rural coastal Peru—the haciendas of San Joseph (San José) and San Francisco Xavier (San Javier)—and their annexes in Nasca's Ingenio Valley underwent dramatic transformations with the replacement of their grapevines with cotton and the introduction of new types of workers. Cantonese indentured workers were contracted beginning in the 1830s, and the majority-enslaved workforce was legally emancipated in 1854. Seasonally, highland Andean workers joined the demographically shifting permanent hacienda population. We use evidence from excavated midden contexts at San Joseph, San Xavier, and San Joseph's annex of Hacienda La Ventilla to explore these changing agroindustrial dynamics and worker well-being in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Despite the transformations at the estates, we find that culinary practices developed by enslaved Africans and their descendants during the Jesuit administration, such as the preparation of one-pot meals and stews, continued into the republican era among Cantonese indentured laborers and wage workers of Indigenous, mestizo, and Cantonese origins. We argue that such strategies centered on foodways were a crucial aspect of worker self-care regimes and broader well-being.
Is frontal pain a useful marker of chronic frontal sinusitis?
Authors: Jashek-Ahmed Farizeh , Thaj Jabin , Eweiss Ahmed 
Published: August 2023

AbstractObjectiveThis study evaluated the relationship between frontal pain as a symptom in chronic frontal sinusitis and radiological and endoscopic findings, quality of life and disease severity. The aim was to determine its utility as a marker in chronic frontal sinusitis and in surgical decision-making.MethodThis was a prospective study of 51 consecutive patients undergoing endoscopic sinus surgery for chronic rhinosinusitis. Patients ranked their frontal pain score on a numerical rating scale from 0 to 10. Facial pain or pressure, Sino-Nasal Outcome Test-22, Nasal Obstruction Symptom Evaluation score, Lund–Mackay score and modified Lund–Kennedy score were also collated. Statistical analysis was performed using analysis of variance and Pearson correlation coefficient.ResultsFrontal pain scores were low and demonstrated no correlation with the extent of frontal sinus disease radiologically or the severity of overall sinus disease endoscopically. Higher frontal pain scores significantly correlated with poorer quality-of-life.ConclusionThis study does not support the use of frontal pain as a sensitive or specific marker of chronic frontal sinus disease.
Nudges, regulations, and behavioral public choice
Authors: Johnson Samuel G. B. , Dana Jason 
Published: August 2023

AbstractChater & Loewenstein have done a service to the field by raising the fundamental issue of how the political process distorts well-intentioned efforts at behavioral public policy. We connect this argument to broader research on government failure, particularly public choice theory in economics. We further suggest ways that behavioral research can help identify and mitigate such failures.
Why a group-level analysis is essential for effective public policy: The case for a g-frame
Authors: Bingley William J. , Haslam S. Alexander , Haslam Catherine , Hornsey Matthew J. , Mols Frank 
Published: August 2023

AbstractSocietal problems are not solved by individualistic interventions, but nor are systemic approaches optimal given their neglect of the social psychology underpinning group dynamics. This impasse can be addressed through agroup-level analysis (a “g-frame”) that social identity theorizing affords. Using a g-frame can make policy interventions more adaptive, inclusive, and engaging.
Community-engaged research is best positioned to catalyze systemic change
Authors: Caggiano Holly , Constantino Sara M. , Lees Jeffrey , Majumdar Rohini , Weber Elke U. 
Published: August 2023

Abstract
Addressing many social challenges requires both structural and behavioral change. The binary of an i- and s-frame obscures how behavioral science can help foster bottom-up collective action. Adopting a community-frame perspective moves toward a more integrative view of how social change emerges, and how it might be promoted by policymakers and publics in service of addressing challenges like climate change.
Individual-level solutions may support system-level change â if they are internalized as part of one's social identity
Authors: Koppel Lina , Robertson Claire E. , Doell Kimberly C. , Javeed Ali M. , Rasmussen Jesper , Rathje Steve , Vlasceanu Madalina , Van Bavel Jay J. 
Published: August 2023

Abstract
System-level change is crucial for solving society's most pressing problems. However, individual-level interventions may be useful for creating behavioral change before system-level change is in place and for increasing necessary public support for system-level solutions. Participating in individual-level solutions may increase support for system-level solutions – especially if the individual-level solutions are internalized as part of one's social identity.
It's always both: Changing individuals requires changing systems and changing systems requires changing individuals
Authors: Madva Alex , Brownstein Michael , Kelly Daniel 
Published: August 2023

Abstracts-Frames and i-frames do not represent two opposed types of intervention. Rather they are interpretive lenses for focusing on specific aspects of interventions, all of which include individual and structural dimensions. There is no sense to be made of prioritizing either system change or individual change, because each requires the other.
Comprehension of indirect answers: Developmental trajectory for preschool- and early elementary school-aged children with typical development
Authors: HUANG Timothy , FINESTACK Lizbeth H. 
Published: August 2023

AbstractIndirect answers are a common type of non-literal language that do not provide an explicit “yes” or “no” to a question (e.g., “I have to work late” indirectly answered “Are you going to the party?” with a negative response). In the current study, we examined the developmental trajectory of comprehension of indirect answers among 5- to 10-year-old children with typical development. Forty-eight children, 23 boys and 25 girls, between the ages of 5 years; 0 months and 10 years; 11 months (M = 8;2, SD = 19.77 months) completed an experimental task to judge whether a verbally presented indirect answer meant yes or no (Comprehension Task) and then explain their choice (Explanation Task). Responses were scored for accuracy and coded for error analysis. On the Comprehension Task, the 5- to 8-year-olds performed with approximately 85% accuracy, while the 9- and 10-year-olds achieved 95% accuracy. On the Explanation Task, the cross-sectional trajectory revealed three stages: the 5- and 6-year-olds adequately explained indirect answers 32% of the time, the 7- and 8-year-olds performed significantly higher at 55%, and the 9- and 10-year-olds made significant gains than the younger children at 66%. Error analysis revealed that when children fail to interpret speaker intentions appropriately, they repeat the speaker’s utterance or provide an insufficient explanation 80% of the time. Other responses, such as those irrelevant to the context, indicating “I don’t know” or no response, or that were made-up interpretations each accounted for 2%-10% of total inadequate explanations. Study findings indicate discrepancies between task performances and offer two separate sets of baseline data for future comparisons that investigate comprehension or explanation of indirect answers by children with different cultural and linguistic backgrounds and by those with varying cognitive and language profiles.
Discrimination Based on Personal Responsibility: Luck Egalitarianism and Healthcare Priority Setting
Authors: Albertsen Andreas 
Published: August 2023

AbstractLuck egalitarianism is a responsibility-sensitive theory of distributive justice. Its application to health and healthcare is controversial. This article addresses a novel critique of luck egalitarianism, namely, that it wrongfully discriminates against those responsible for their health disadvantage when allocating scarce healthcare resources. The philosophical literature about discrimination offers two primary reasons for what makes discrimination wrong (when it is): harm and disrespect. These two approaches are employed to analyze whether luck egalitarian healthcare prioritization should be considered wrongful discrimination. Regarding harm, it is very plausible to consider the policies harmful but much less reasonable to consider those responsible for their health disadvantages a socially salient group. Drawing on the disrespect literature, where social salience is typically not required for something to be discrimination, the policies are a form of discrimination. They are, however, not disrespectful. The upshot of this first assessment of the discrimination objection to luck egalitarianism in health is, thus, that it fails.
Canopy Leaching Rather than Desorption of PM2.5 From Leaves Is the Dominant Source of Throughfall Dissolved Organic Carbon in Forest
Authors: Cha Ji‐Yeon , Lee Seung‐Cheol , Lee Eun‐Ju , Lee Kyuyeon , Lee Hojin , Kim Hyun Seok , Ahn Jinho , Oh Neung‐Hwan 
Published: August 2023

AbstractDissolved organic carbon (DOC) in throughfall plays a vital role in providing carbon and energy to organisms in forests. We utilized carbon isotope analysis to allocate the sources of throughfall DOC, including leaching from plant tissues, PM2.5 deposition on plant foliage, and precipitation. Rainwater, PM2.5, and throughfall samples were collected from pine and oak forests between March and November 2021. The mean concentration of throughfall DOC was 7.9 mg L−1, approximately six times higher than that of rainfall. The mean Δ14C of throughfall DOC was −38.2‰, ∼200‰ higher than that of rainwater or PM2.5. Mass balance estimates revealed that canopy leaching contributed to ∼83% of throughfall DOC, while desorption of PM2.5 and rainwater accounted for only ∼3% and ∼14% of throughfall DOC, respectively. These results clearly highlight canopy leaching as the primary source of carbon input to the forest floor, with a relatively minor contribution from PM2.5 desorption on leaves.
Characterization of Icy Moon Hydrospheres Through Joint Inversion of Gravity and Magnetic Field Measurements
Authors: Petricca Flavio , Genova Antonio , Castillo‐Rogez Julie C. , Styczinski Marshall J. , Cochrane Corey J. , Vance Steven D. 
Published: August 2023

AbstractSeveral bodies in the outer solar system are believed to host liquid water oceans underneath their icy surfaces. Knowledge of the hydrosphere properties is essential for understanding and assessing their habitability. We introduce a methodology based on Bayesian inference that enables a robust characterization of the hydrosphere through the combination of gravity and magnetic induction data. The interior models retrieved are consistent with the geophysical observations, leading to probability distributions for the relevant interior properties. We apply this joint inversion approach to constrain Europa's hydrosphere with gravity and magnetic field measurements acquired by the Galileo mission. Our results indicate that the combination of these datasets allows simultaneous constraints on the ice shell and ocean thickness, enhancing our knowledge of the hydrosphere structure. This methodology is valuable for synergistic interior science investigations of several missions in development or in planning, including Europa Clipper, JUICE and the Uranus Orbiter and Probe.
North Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Intensification: Regional Drivers and Trends
Authors: Majumdar Sharanya J. , Nebylitsa Samantha , Klotzbach Philip J. , Masiello Cameron , Michael Zachary R. 
Published: August 2023

AbstractUsing 42 years of reanalysis data, we investigate regional, storm‐relative characteristics of three groups of Atlantic tropical cyclone intensification: slightly, moderately, and rapidly intensifying. Probability density functions are distinct between these groups for vertical wind shear, sea surface temperature (SST), and radius of maximum winds (RMW), but less so for relative humidity (RH). In the Gulf of Mexico and southern North Atlantic, shear and RMW are good predictors. In the open Atlantic, north of 22°N, shear and SST are the best predictors. In the Caribbean, weaker relationships suggest low statistical predictability in a region where RI cases increased between 1980–2000 and 2001–2021. Of our storm‐relative variables tested, increasing SST appears to be most closely connected to the 36% increase in rapidly intensifying events between the two periods, whereas shear and RH are not significantly more favorable. The variability across regions, periods, and variables motivates further investigation.