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The Owl and the Occult: Popular Politics and Social Liminality in Early Modern South Asia
Authors: Cherian Divya 
Published: June 2023

AbstractHistorians of Islamic occult science and post-Mongol Persianate kingship in the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Empires have in recent years made clear just how central this body of knowledge was to the exercise of imperial power. Alongside, scholarship on tantra has pointed to its diffuse persistence in the early modern period. But what dynamics beyond courts and elite initiates did these investments in occult science and tantra unleash? Through a focus on the seventeenth-century Mughal court and the Rajput polity of Marwar in the eighteenth century, this article weaves together the history of animals with that of harmful magic by non-courtly actors. It demonstrates the blended histories of tantra, Islamicate occult sciences, and folk magic to argue that attributions of liminality encoded people, animals, and things with occult potential. For some, like the owl, this liminality could invite violence and death and for others, like expert male practitioners, it could generate authority. By the eighteenth century, the deployment of practical magic towards harmful or disruptive ends was a political tool wielded not only by kings and elite adepts for state or lineage formation but also by non-courtly subjects and “low”-caste specialists in local social life. States and sovereigns responded to the popular use of harmful magic harshly, aiming to cut off non-courtly access to this resource. If the early modern age was one of new ideologies of universal empire, the deployment of occult power outside the court was inconsistent with the ambitions of the kings of this time.
Biofortification of maize growth, productivity and quality using nano-silver, silicon and zinc particles with different irrigation intervals
Authors: Kandil Essam E. , Lamlom Sobhi F. , Gheith El-Sayed M.S. , Javed Talha , Ghareeb Rehab Y. , Abdelsalam Nader R. , Hussain Sadam 
Published: June 2023

AbstractThe current study aimed to investigate biofortification of maize grown under different irrigation intervals, i.e. 15, 20 and 25 days (hereinafter referred to as IR15, IR20 and IR25, respectively), using foliar application treatments (silicon (Si), zinc (Zn), silver nanoparticles (AgNPs), Si + Zn, Si + AgNPs, Zn + AgNPs and Si + Zn + AgNPs) in two growing seasons, 2020 and 2021. A split-plot design with four replications was used, where irrigation intervals and foliar treatments were assigned in main plots and subplots, respectively. IR15 received a total of 7925 m3/ha irrigation water divided over seven irrigations, while IR20 received 5690 m3/ha divided over five irrigations and IR25 received 4564 m3/ha divided over four irrigations. The highest yield and grain quality were observed in plants irrigated at 15-day intervals. Spraying the canopy with Si, Zn and AgNPs, either individually or in combination, reduced the negative impact of water stress caused by longer irrigation intervals on plant growth, yield, yield components and grain protein content. In IR15 + AgNPs + Zn, most of the studied parameters, except for proline content, showed a high positive impact, especially on 100-kernel weight (KW). In contrast, IR25 + Si + AgNPs + Zn showed the highest positive effects on proline and protein contents but a negative impact on the harvest index. Collectively, IR15 + Si + AgNPs + Zn resulted in the highest values of all studied parameters, followed by IR15 + Si + AgNPs and IR15 + Si + Zn. In conclusion, our results suggest that an irrigation interval of 15 days combined with application of Si, Zn and AgNPs has the potential to improve yield and quality of maize under water deficit stress.
Gender and Managerial Job Mobility: Career Prospects for Executives Displaced by Acquisitions
Authors: Guo Xiaohu , Gupta Vishal K. , Mortal Sandra , Nanda Vikram 
Published: June 2023

AbstractWe investigate how men and women fare in the managerial labor market in the plausibly exogenous circumstance of their firms being acquired when most target-firm managers (about 90%) are displaced. These career disruptions result in a larger drop in rank and compensation for female managers, despite similar job search attributes. Gender differences are mitigated when hiring firms have more women in upper-echelon positions. Rich managerial experience and external board service also reduce gender-related differences. Overall, results point to a (implicit) “gender penalty” in terms of managerial job mobility, but also indicate contexts in which penalty is alleviated, and even reversed.
Credit Default Swaps, Fire-Sale Risk, and the Liquidity Provision in the Bond Market
Authors: Massa Massimo , Zhang Lei 
Published: June 2023

AbstractWe study the effect of credit default swaps (CDSs) on the bond market. Using a comprehensive sample of U.S. corporate bonds, we document that the presence of CDSs significantly increases bond liquidity and reduces yield spreads for investment grade bonds. We show that CDSs influence the bond market by lowering the impact of fire sales of institutional bondholders and facilitating inventory management for bond dealers who absorb fire sale shocks. However, the liquidity provision role of CDSs gets weakened after the CDS Big Bang in 2009, potentially because of the requirement of large upfront payments.
A longitudinal comparison of emotional, behavioral and attention problems in autistic and typically developing children
Authors: Wright N. , Courchesne V. , Pickles A. , Bedford R. , Duku E. , Kerns C. M. , Bennett T. , Georgiades S. , Hill J. , Richard A. , Sharp H. , Smith I. M. , Vaillancourt T. , Zaidman-Zait A. , Zwaigenbaum L. , Szatmari P. , Elsabbagh M. ,   Pathways Team
Published: June 2023

AbstractBackgroundMental health problems are elevated in autistic individuals but there is limited evidence on the developmental course of problems across childhood. We compare the level and growth of anxious-depressed, behavioral and attention problems in an autistic and typically developing (TD) cohort.MethodsLatent growth curve models were applied to repeated parent-report Child Behavior Checklist data from age 2–10 years in an inception cohort of autistic children (Pathways, N = 397; 84% boys) and a general population TD cohort (Wirral Child Health and Development Study; WCHADS; N = 884, 49% boys). Percentile plots were generated to quantify the differences between autistic and TD children.ResultsAutistic children showed elevated levels of mental health problems, but this was substantially reduced by accounting for IQ and sex differences between the autistic and TD samples. There was small differences in growth patterns; anxious-depressed problems were particularly elevated at preschool and attention problems at late childhood. Higher family income predicted lower base-level on all three dimensions, but steeper increase of anxious-depressed problems. Higher IQ predicted lower level of attention problems and faster decline over childhood. Female sex predicted higher level of anxious-depressed and faster decline in behavioral problems. Social-affect autism symptom severity predicted elevated level of attention problems. Autistic girls' problems were particularly elevated relative to their same-sex non-autistic peers.ConclusionsAutistic children, and especially girls, show elevated mental health problems compared to TD children and there are some differences in predictors. Assessment of mental health should be integrated into clinical practice for autistic children.
Engaging and developing Ada Agada's philosophy: moral responsibility, creation, and the problem of evil
Authors: Cordeiro-Rodrigues Luis 
Published: June 2023

AbstractIn a recent article in Religious Studies, Ada Agada argues that the problem of evil is relevant not only to those who consider God to hold the Omni-properties but also to those who understand God as a limited deity. He rightly points out that the limited-God literature in the African philosophy of religion has neglected to address the problem of evil by too quickly dismissing it. Agada then argues that the reason why the problem of evil is philosophically relevant for the limited-God view is that He, as the creator, has sufficient powers to address evil and, thereby, moral responsibility regarding the evil in the world. In this reply, I uphold that although Agada is correct to affirm that the problem of evil is relevant for the limited-God view, he is mistaken to contend that the reason is that God is the creator. I contest this view and argue that Agada has not given enough reasons to believe that God has moral responsibility over evil in the world. However, I illuminate how Agada can develop this argument in the future.
Modal-epistemic arguments for the existence of God based on the possibility of the omniscience and/or refutation of the strong agnosticism
Authors: Bertato Fábio Maia 
Published: June 2023

AbstractIn this article I present some modal-epistemic arguments for the existence of God, based on the possibility of omniscience. For this, I provide modal formal systems that allow obtaining the existence of God as a theorem. Moreover, based on what I assume as reasonable premises, they show that the strong agnostic position is contradictory, since it allows the conclusion both that God exists and that God does not exist.
How much horrific suffering is enough?
Authors: Frances Bryan 
Published: June 2023

AbstractIsn't there something like an amount and density of horrific suffering whose discovery would make it irrational to think God exists? Use your imagination to think of worlds that are much, much, much worse than you think Earth is when it comes to horrific suffering. Isn't there some conceivable scenario which, if you were in it, would make you say ‘Okay, okay. God doesn't exist, at least in the way we thought God was. We were wrong about that’? Pursuing this question leads to what I call the Problem of Absurd Evil.
The pragmatics of standardization: document standards and their implementation in Qin administration (late third century bce)
Authors: Staack Thies 
Published: June 2023

AbstractWith a view to the necessities as well as the possible problems of a document-based administration, this paper approaches the area of conflict between standardization and flexibility in the production of administrative documents in ancient China. Recently published sources from the imperial Qin period (221–207 bce) have provided the opportunity to compare administrative documents excavated at Liye with standards regulating their production. With the help of two case studies, the paper explores to what extent official document standards were implemented in everyday practice or purposefully neglected in ancient Qianling county. It also discusses which standards were followed more closely than others, and what might be the reasons behind this. Shedding light on the large grey zone between faithful adherence and complete neglect, the paper suggests that officials chose a pragmatic way influenced by both economic considerations informed by the local circumstances and the requirements imposed by the central government.
Burden of care and quality of life among informal caregivers to Alzheimer patients in Egypt
Authors: Ibrahim Ateya Megahed , Ibrahim Mahmoud Metwally , Zaghamir Donia Elsaid Fathi 
Published: June 2023

AbstractBackgroundAlzheimer’s disease is a chronic neurodegenerative disorder that results in total cognitive impairment and functional decline. Family members are the most usual caregivers worldwide, resulting in an increasing total burden and a subsequent degradation of their quality of life.ObjectivesTo evaluate the burden of care and quality of life among informal caregivers to Alzheimer patients in Egypt.MethodsA descriptive research design was used. The study was conducted at outpatient clinics of El-Abbasya Mental Hospital in Cairo, Egypt. This study included 550 informal caregivers of Alzheimer patients. Data were gathered through questionnaires using the Sociodemographic Profile of Family Caregivers, an adopted version of the Montgomery Borgatta Caregiver Burden scale, and Health-Related Quality of Life Scale.ResultsNearly three quarters (73.5%) of the informal caregivers were female. Additionally, the physical burden among the informal caregivers was the highest (21.58 ± 8.13), while the psychological burden was the lowest (7.48 ± 25.35). Besides, around one-third (30%) of the informal caregivers had a total poor quality of life.Significance of resultsTotal burden among informal caregivers of Alzheimer patients was relatively high (64.71 ± 26.86). Moreover, less than one-tenth (8%) of the informal caregivers for Alzheimer’s patients had a good quality of life, whereas more than half (62%) of them had an average quality of life. In the Egyptian context, ongoing health education initiatives for those who care for Alzheimer patients are essential, and additional research employing large study sample sizes in varied contexts is strongly advised.
Exchanges with and without the sword: slavery, politics-as-exchange and freedom in James M. Buchanan's institutional economics
Authors: Meadowcroft John 
Published: June 2023

AbstractJames M. Buchanan's politics-as-exchange retrospectively conceptualized formal institutions emerging from bilateral agreements to establish reciprocal rights and prospectively guided constitutional entrepreneurs to broker Pareto-superior reforms that had unanimous consent. Buchanan believed this conceptualization of politics-as-exchange was necessitated by his ontological–methodological individualism and would initiate a new era of consensual politics, but it is argued it led to illiberal conclusions that reflected dissonance between his Kantian individualism and Humean subjectivism. It meant, for example, that slavery was characterized as a bilateral agreement between very unequal parties and it is argued it logically implied abolition required the consent of slaveowners. But Buchanan's ontology was compatible with the introduction into his framework of a right of exit that would have differentiated between exchanges with and without the sword to produce a consistent liberal constitutionalism.
Prominence over proximity? Terror attacks’ impact on party preferences
Authors: Hoes Emma , Kamphorst Jonne , Krouwel André 
Published: June 2023

AbstractHow does a terrorist attack affect party preferences? Based on existing theories, we would either expect incumbent parties to benefit because of a rally-effect, or populist radical right parties (PRRPs) to gain due to a radicalization of voters’ preferences. These competing theories are tested with a unique dataset of a large sample of voters’ responses on a Voting Advice Application. We do so using a novel way to leverage exogenous events using big public opinion data. We show that a terrorist attack has a positive effect for the main incumbent party, even when voters’ positions on the issues owned by the PRRPs become more radicalized. This means that during crises, voters rally around the flag and prefer prominence over policy proximity.
Adaptive triple-fed antenna and thinned RF-chip integration into ultra thin flexible polymer foil
Authors: Fischer-Kennedy Serafin B. , Özbek Sefa , Wang Shuo , Grözing Markus , Hesselbarth Jan , Berroth Manfred , Burghartz Joachim N. 
Published: June 2023

AbstractAttaching a wireless transmission system comprising a radio frequency (RF)-chip and a dipole antenna to dielectric material of largely different permittivity leads to strong variation of the antenna feed impedance. Due to the severe impedance mismatch between the RF-chip and the antenna, the performance of the system may deteriorate drastically. The proposed antenna provides three feed points, which show respective feed-point match to 100 Ohm balanced feeds for three different dielectric environments (free-space and half-spaces of permittivity 4 and 42, respectively). Thereby, the RF-chip incorporates three 100 Ohm balanced output ports that are connected to the antenna from whom only one can be selected to provide the output signal. The respective other two output ports are shorted by an internal switching circuit that is controlled by external DC voltages. The measurement of the reflection coefficient of the stand-alone antenna and the chip agree well with the simulations, allowing to interconnect these two components. Further, the radiation pattern of the whole system is measured for two different scenarios showing good functionalities.
Face, Construct and Criterion Validity, and Test-Retest Reliability, of the Adult Rejection Sensitivity Questionnaire
Authors: Mishra Mandira , Allen Mark S. 
Published: June 2023

Abstract: This research sought to test the face, construct and criterion validity, and test-retest reliability of the Adult Rejection Sensitivity Questionnaire (ARSQ). In Study 1, participants ( n = 45) completed the ARSQ and questions assessing scale item relevancy, clarity, difficulty, and sensitivity. In Study 2, participants ( n = 513) completed the ARSQ and demographic questions. In Study 3, participants ( n = 244) completed the ARSQ and returned 2 weeks later to complete the ARSQ and measures of depression, anxiety, and self-silencing behavior. Study 1 provided strong support for face validity with all items deemed relevant, clear, easy to answer, and neither distressing nor judgmental. Study 2 provided adequate support for the factor structure of the ARSQ (single-factor model and two-factor model) but suggested modifications could be made to improve scale validity. Study 3 provided further support for an adequate (but not good) factor structure, and evidence for criterion validity established through medium-large effect size correlations with depression, anxiety, and self-silencing behavior. However, the 2-week scale stability appeared poor ( r = .45) in a subsample of participants. Overall, the ARSQ showed sufficient validity to recommend its continued use, but we recommend further tests of scale reliability and potential modifications to increase construct validity.
Hyporheic Oxygen Dynamics in the East River, Colorado: Insights From an In‐Situ, High Frequency Time Series During Two Distinct Flow Seasons
Authors: Gooseff Michael N. , Ghosh Ruby N. , Cantrell Erin , Matusz M. Evan , McIntire Charles , Philip Vivek 
Published: June 2023

AbstractDissolved oxygen (DO) is critical for aquatic ecosystems, however, few studies have focused on the long‐term DO dynamics in hyporheic zones, which are a function of both transport (hydrologic exchange between river and hyporheic zone) and uptake by biogeochemical reactions or respiration. We explore the dynamics of temperature and DO at 10, 20, and 35 cm depth beneath the East River, Colorado, from July–October 2017 (relatively normal water year) and April to October 2018 (comparatively low flow year), enabled by distinctive, in‐situ, high frequency (Δt = 5 min) sensors that provided continuous time‐series from the undisturbed study site over 14 months. We expect that hyporheic DO, which has a regular daily fluctuation pattern, is supplied by the surface water (at all times we estimate downwelling) and that diurnal hyporheic DO temporal patterns should be aligned with diurnal hyporheic temperature patterns. However, this was not found to be the case. Hyporheic DO becomes depleted briefly at 20 and 35 cm depths in 2017, and at all three hyporheic depths for extended periods in 2018. Whereas diurnal temperature fluctuations have consistent timings of maxima and minima, hyporheic DO rarely has as regular a pattern, and daily ranges are inconsistent. Rainfall events caused some of these changes to diurnal hyporheic DO patterns without repeatable effects. Antecedent snowpack conditions influence streamflow dynamics and therefore hyporheic DO dynamics in this alpine river. These results also point to the strong and variable influence of hyporheic microbial communities regulating hyporheic DO.
Modulation of the Central Pacific El Niño on the Relationship Between the Hadley Circulation and Tropical SST
Authors: Hong Qin , Feng Juan , Li Jianping 
Published: June 2023

AbstractBased on observational data, the effects of Central Pacific (CP) El Niño events on the relationship between the Hadley circulation (HC) and tropical sea surface temperature (SST) under different meridional structures are investigated. The variability of HC and SST have been decomposed into equatorially symmetric and asymmetric components to detect their relationship. The explained variances of the equatorially asymmetric and symmetric components of the HC's principal modes both decreased in the CP El Niño events. Compared to climatology, the responses of HC to SST under different meridional structures are suppressed during CP El Niño events. It has been discovered that SST variations in the tropical eastern Pacific (EP) are responsible for the different response of HC to tropical SST. The EP SST anomalies exhibit inhomogeneous variations during CP El Niño events, with a greater amplitude in the north EP, resulting in enhanced variation of the equatorially asymmetric SST. The modulation of the CP El Niño on the relationship between the HC and tropical SST provides evidence for its complex climate effects.
Early Holocene Laurentide Ice Sheet Retreat Influenced Summer Atmospheric Circulation in Baffin Bay
Authors: Thomas Elizabeth K. , Cluett Allison A. , Erb Michael P. , McKay Nicholas P. , Briner Jason P. , Castañeda Isla S. , Corcoran Megan C. , Cowling Owen C. , Gorbey Devon B. , Lindberg Kurt R. , Prince Karlee K. , Salacup Jeffrey 
Published: June 2023

AbstractChanges in ice‐sheet size impact atmospheric circulation, a phenomenon documented by models but constrained by few paleoclimate records. We present sub‐centennial‐scale records of summer temperature and summer precipitation hydrogen isotope ratios (δ2H) spanning 12–7 ka from a lake on Baffin Island. In a transient model simulation, winds in this region were controlled by the relative strength of the high‐pressure systems and associated anticyclonic circulation over the retreating Greenland and Laurentide ice sheets. The correlation between summer temperature and precipitation δ2H proxy records changed from negative to positive at 9.8 ka. This correlation structure indicates a shift from alternating local and remote moisture, governed by the two ice‐sheet high‐pressure systems, to only remote moisture after 9.8 ka, governed by the strong Greenland high‐pressure system after the Laurentide Ice Sheet retreated. Such rapid atmospheric circulation changes may also occur in response to future, gradual ice‐sheet retreat.
PCSSR‐DNNWA: A Physical Constraints Based Surface Snowfall Rate Retrieval Algorithm Using Deep Neural Networks With Attention Module
Authors: Yan Songkun , Ma Ziqiang , Li Xiaoqing , Hu Hao , Xu Jintao , Ji Qingwen , Weng Fuzhong 
Published: June 2023

AbstractGlobal surface snowfall rate estimation is crucial for hydrological and meteorological applications but is still a challenging task. A novel approach is developed to comprehensively use passive microwave, infrared data and physical constraints in deep‐learning neural networks with an attention module for retrieving surface snowfall rate (PCSSR‐DNNWA). The PCSSR‐DNNWA consistently outperforms traditional approaches in predicting surface snowfall rates with a correlation coefficient of ∼0.76, mean error of ∼−0.02 mm/hr, and root mean squared error of ∼0.21 mm/hr. It is found that graupel water path is of vital importance with largest contributions in retrieving surface snowfall rate. By integrating the physical constraints, the algorithm of PCSSR‐DNNWA opens a new avenue for retrieving the surface snowfall rate from satellites since some predictors are intelligently considered, resulting in an increased accuracy, interpretability, and computational efficiency.