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Surrogated-assisted multimodal multi-objective optimization for hybrid renewable energy system
Authors: Zhang Tao , Li Wenhua , Wang Rui 
Published: December 2022

AbstractHybrid renewable energy system (HRES) is an effective tool to improve the utilization of renewable energy so as to enhance the quality of energy supply. The optimization of HRES includes a simulation process during a long time span, which is time-consuming. So far, introducing a surrogate model to replace the objective evaluation is an effective way to solve such problems. However, existing methods focused few on the diversity of solutions in the decision space. Based on this motivation, we proposed a novel surrogated-assisted multi-objective evolutionary algorithm that focuses on solving multimodal and time-expensive problems, termed SaMMEA. Specifically, we use a Gaussian process model to replace the calculation of the objective values. In addition, a special environmental selection strategy is proposed to enhance the diversity of solutions in the decision space and a model management method is proposed to better train the surrogate model. The proposed algorithm is then compared to several state-of-the-art algorithms on HRES problems, which indicates that the proposed algorithm is competitive.
Inequalities for higher order differences of the logarithm of the overpartition function and a problem of Wang–Xie–Zhang
Authors: Mukherjee Gargi 
Published: December 2022

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Factors Determining Child Custody in Taiwan after Patriarchy's Decline: Decision Tree Analysis on Family Court Decisions
Authors: Shao Hsuan-Lei , Leflar Robert B , Huang Sieh-Chuen 
Published: December 2022

AbstractThe doctrine of ‘best interests of the child’ has guided courts in determining post-divorce child custody cases in Taiwan since 1996 amendments to the Civil Code. Amended Article 1055-1 requires judges to consider factors such as ‘the age, sex, and wishes of the child’ and ‘the age, occupation, character, health condition, economic condition, and lifestyle of the parents.’ However, previous studies have not clarified which factors judges consider primary. This article collects Taiwanese family court decisions from 2012 to 2017, involving 1,126 children whose parents were both Taiwanese and who both sought to acquire custody, in which Taiwanese district courts granted sole custody to the husband or wife. The article employs decision tree methodology, a commonly used machine learning technology. The article concludes that the three most significant factors considered by Taiwanese judges are first, which parent is the child's current primary caregiver, followed by the wishes of the child and the judge's assessment of parent-child interaction. This result runs counter to widely held beliefs that parental gender and parents’ occupations and economic resources are still prime factors in judges’ contemplation. Decision tree learning, we suggest, can assist parents’ and lawyers’ case evaluations and speed up extrajudicial custody determination arrangements.
Internal structure of a Himalayan debris-covered glacier revealed by borehole optical televiewing
Authors: Miles Katie E. , Hubbard Bryn , Miles Evan S. , Quincey Duncan J. , Rowan Ann V. 
Published: December 2022

AbstractCharacterising the structures within glaciers can give unique insight into ice motion processes. On debris-covered glaciers, traditional structural glaciological mapping is challenging because the lower glacier is hidden by the supraglacial debris layer. Here, we use high-resolution optical televiewer (OPTV) image logs from four boreholes drilled into Khumbu Glacier, Nepal, to overcome this limitation and investigate englacial structural features within a Himalayan debris-covered glacier. The OPTV logs show structural features that are up to an order of magnitude thinner than those observed at the glacier surface and reveal five structural units: (I) primary stratification of ice; (II) debris-rich planes that conform with the primary stratification; (III) water-healed crevasse traces; (IV) healed crevasse traces; and (V) steeply dipping planes of basally derived fine sediment near the glacier terminus. The OPTV logs also reveal that the primary stratification both decreases in dip with depth (by up to 56° over 20 m) and rotates with depth (by up to 100° over 20 m) towards parallelism with the proximal lateral moraine. This transformation and the presence of relict layers of basally derived sediment raised into an englacial position – possibly involving thrusting – near the glacier's now stagnant terminus reveal a previously more dynamic glacier regime.
Defending the Nation Under God: Global Catholicism, the Supreme Court, and the Secularist Specter (1946–1963)
Authors: De Stradis Susanna 
Published: December 2022

ABSRACTThis essay relies on American and newly available Vatican archival sources to reconstruct the ins and outs of the U.S. Catholic Church's involvement in First Amendment litigation between the 1940s and the 1960s. These reveal how Catholic leaders, far from urging the demise of the de facto Protestant establishment, cooperated with Protestants to protect it from legal challenges. They did so not because gaining the acceptance of their non-Catholic neighbors was their paramount concern, nor because American Catholics were more “liberal” than their Roman counterparts. Rather, they saw the “Nation under God” as effectively addressing traditional Catholic critiques of the liberal principle of church-state separation—and therefore a project worthy of their commitment. Ironically, while pursuing goals fully compatible with Roman orthodoxy, they found themselves allied with evangelist Billy Graham and Gideons International long before the Second Vatican Council (1962–1965) and Roe v. Wade (1973).
Mineral textures, mineral chemistry and S isotopes of sulphides from the Tianbaoshan Pb–Zn–Cu deposit in the Sichuan–Yunnan–Guizhou triangle: implications for mineralization process
Authors: Yang Yu-Long , Chen Cui-Hua , Qin Shun-Ping , Tang Yao , Guo Wen-Qi , Qin Zhi-Peng 
Published: December 2022

AbstractThe carbonate-hosted Pb–Zn deposits in the Sichuan–Yunnan–Guizhou (SYG) triangle region are important Indosinian deposits in South China. The Tianbaoshan deposit is a typical large Pb–Zn deposit in the SYG area and occurs as pipe-like type, hosted by Sinian dolostone. It contains ∼26 Mt Zn–Pb ore (7.76–10.09 % Zn, 1.28–1.50 % Pb and 93.6 g t−1 Ag) and >0.1 Mt Cu ore (2.55 % Cu). In this study, the detailed mineral textures, mineral chemical and sulphur isotopic compositions of the various sulphides have been analysed to constrain the abnormal enrichment mechanism and mineralization relationship. Four mineralization stages have been recognized: Stage 1, minor early pyrite (Py1) with relics and infill of intergranular dolomite or quartz grains; Stage 2, Cu mineralization with coarse-grained, elliptical crystal chalcopyrite (Cp1); (3) Stage 3, Zn mineralization with dark fine-grained sphalerite (Sph1) and light coarse-grained sphalerite (Sph2); and (4) Stage 4, as represented by a quartz–calcite assemblage with galena, minor pyrite (Py2) and chalcopyrite (Cp2). The petrography of the sulphide minerals (Py1, Cp1, Sph1 and Sph2) demonstrates a mutual inclusion relationship. The nature of this relationship from core to rim and their similar sulphur isotope values (5.5–8.3 ‰) indicates a single sulphur source, suggesting that the different mineralization types are the result of different stages of a continuous hydrothermal system. Sphalerite geothermometer study suggests that sphalerite in the Tianbaoshan deposit formed in a low-temperature (<200 °C) hydrothermal system. The low concentrations of Mn and In, low In/Ge ratios and high Fe/Cd ratios in the sphalerite are consistent with those of Mississippi Valley-type (MVT) deposits, but different from those of magmatism-related deposits (e.g. epithermal, skarn and VMS deposits). The positive δ34S values for Py1 (5.1–7.9 ‰), Cp1 (5.1–7.2 ‰), Sph1 (4.7–7.4 ‰), Sph2 (3.9–8.7 ‰), Py2 (4.4–9.3 ‰) and Cp2 (5.0–6.8 ‰) indicate a sulphur source from thermochemical reduction of coeval seawater sulphate. Widely developed dissolved textures (caverns and breccias) with massive sulphide infillings and deformed host rock remnants suggest that replacement of host dolostones by ore fluids was volumetrically significant and the ore formed nearly simultaneously with the cavities. The Tianbaoshan deposit is a typical MVT deposit, which resulted from mixing of a H2S-rich fluid and a metal-rich fluid, with thermochemical sulphate reduction occurring before ore precipitation rather than during ore precipitation.
Bat–parasite interaction networks in urban green areas in northeastern Brazil
Authors: Bezerra Rayanna Hellem Santos , Bocchiglieri Adriana 
Published: December 2022

AbstractInteraction networks can provide detailed information regarding ecological systems, helping us understand how communities are organized and species are connected. The goals of this study were to identify the pattern of interaction between bats and ectoparasites in urban green areas of Grande Aracaju, Sergipe, and calculate connectance, specialization, nesting, modularity and centrality metrics. Bats were captured using 10 mist nets inside and on the edges of the fragments, and the collected ectoparasites were stored in 70% alcohol. All analyses were performed using R software. The interaction network consisted of 10 species of bats and 13 ectoparasites. Connectivity was considered low (0.12). The specialization indices for ectoparasites ranged from 0.50 to 1.00, and the value obtained for the network was 0.96, which is high. The observed nesting metric was low (wNODF = 1.47), whereas the modularity was high (wQ = 0.74), indicating that the studied network had a modular topology. All centrality metrics had low values. The observed modularity may have been caused by the evolutionary history of the bats and ectoparasites involved and the high specificity index of the interactions. The low centrality values may be associated with low connectivity and a high degree of specialization. This study provides relevant information on bat–parasite interactions in an urban environment, highlighting the need for further studies to improve our understanding of host–parasite interaction networks.
Parameter-efficient feature-based transfer for paraphrase identification
Authors: Liu Xiaodong , Rzepka Rafal , Araki Kenji 
Published: December 2022

AbstractThere are many types of approaches for Paraphrase Identification (PI), an NLP task of determining whether a sentence pair has equivalent semantics. Traditional approaches mainly consist of unsupervised learning and feature engineering, which are computationally inexpensive. However, their task performance is moderate nowadays. To seek a method that can preserve the low computational costs of traditional approaches but yield better task performance, we take an investigation into neural network-based transfer learning approaches. We discover that by improving the usage of parameters efficiently for feature-based transfer, our research goal can be accomplished. Regarding the improvement, we propose a pre-trained task-specific architecture. The fixed parameters of the pre-trained architecture can be shared by multiple classifiers with small additional parameters. As a result, the computational cost left involving parameter update is only generated from classifier-tuning: the features output from the architecture combined with lexical overlap features are fed into a single classifier for tuning. Furthermore, the pre-trained task-specific architecture can be applied to natural language inference and semantic textual similarity tasks as well. Such technical novelty leads to slight consumption of computational and memory resources for each task and is also conducive to power-efficient continual learning. The experimental results show that our proposed method is competitive with adapter-BERT (a parameter-efficient fine-tuning approach) over some tasks while consuming only 16% trainable parameters and saving 69-96% time for parameter update.
Agroecological and agroforestry strategies to improve organic hibiscus productivity in an Indigenous non-governmental organization from Mexico
Authors: Silva-Galicia Ana , Larsen John , Álvarez-Espino Ricardo , Ceccon Eliane 
Published: December 2022

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La Montaña region, in southern Mexico, is characterized as a highly human-modified landscape with a rough topography, extreme poverty and structural violence. In this region, Xuajin Me'Phaa, an Indigenous non-governmental organization conformed by ca. 300 peasants, implements productive restoration projects and trades organic hibiscus (Hibiscus sabdariffa L.) as its main monetary income. Nonetheless currently, organic hibiscus yield is low compared to the potential yields in the region. Thus, it is necessary to explore alternative sustainable land management systems which enable farmers to increase hibiscus crop productivity, while halting land degradation. This study assessed the impact of six different agroecological fertilization protocols (AFPs) on hibiscus productivity planted in an alley cropping system with Calliandra houstoniana trees. The AFPs were based on the combination of three local plant amendments: C. houstoniana mulch, Mucuna pruiriens var. utilis green manure and hibiscus stover, and a commercial bio-fertilizer (Azospirillum + Rhizophagus). Simultaneously, the performance of C. houstoniana trees was assessed. The AFPs were applied in the alley cropping system and evaluated from 2016 to 2018. After 3 years, in the AFPs which included C. houstoniana mulch, hibiscus yielded significantly more (419 ± 27 kg dry calyxes ha−1 in average) than AFPs which did not include this species (264 ± 15 kg ha−1). The 18-month-old C. houstoniana trees yielded 0.6 t ha−1 of dry biomass and 1.12 t ha−1 of wooden stakes, a relatively low production. In conclusion, our results show that alley cropping with a denser arrangement of C. houstoniana trees in combination with mulching of this tree species, and use of mucuna green manure represent a promising agroforestry system for organic hibiscus production.
On an Extensive Late Hydrologic Event in Gale Crater as Indicated by Water‐Rich Fracture Halos
Authors: Gabriel Travis S. J. , Hardgrove Craig , Achilles Cherie N. , Rampe Elizabeth B. , Rapin William N. , Nowicki Suzanne , Czarnecki Sean , Thompson Lucy , Nikiforov Sergei , Litvak Maxim , Mitrofanov Igor , Lisov Denis , Frydenvang Jens , Yen Albert , Wiens Roger C. , Treiman Allan , McAdam Amy 
Published: December 2022

AbstractWe analyze spatially pervasive, light‐toned “halos” associated with fractures in a sedimentary unit (Stimson) of Gale crater, Mars, and report a similar network of halos discovered in a separate geologic group (Bradbury). Through a dedicated active neutron measurement campaign, we provide independent confirmation of the water‐rich nature of these features. Together with mineralogical and geochemical data, these features are consistent with abundant hydrated amorphous silica (opal‐A). We suggest that the mineral and amorphous assemblages are indicative of formation under low‐temperature and predominantly low‐pH conditions (passive silica enrichment) with minor contribution of silica (active silica enrichment) from adjacent units. We show that there is significant amorphous silica in the array of sedimentary rocks in Gale crater, allowing them to play a role in an active silica enrichment phase of halo formation. We suggest that the involved alteration event was short lived and our finding of vast halo networks in a distant, older unit implies a more vast network of hydrologic subsurface conduits than previously known. This relatively recent subsurface hydrologic system was present long after the transition from a warm and wet to a cold and dry Martian environment, extending the habitability conditions on Mars to an epoch that is generally considered not favorable for life on the surface. Finally, our bulk H quantification of these features, which ranges from ∼3–6 wt% H2O‐equivalent‐H, suggests that the amorphous material in halos hosts ample supplies of readily released water, making them a considerable resource at the otherwise dry Martian equator.
Opposite‐Sign Sea Surface Salinity Anomalies Over the Northeastern and Southwestern South Atlantic Ocean From 2010 to 2017
Authors: Liu Hao , Nie Xunwei , Wei Zexun , Richter Ingo 
Published: December 2022

AbstractUsing seven sea surface salinity (SSS) data sets, the dominant modes of interannual SSS variability over the South Atlantic Ocean are examined for the period 2010–2017, which features strong anomalies (>0.1 g/kg). The empirical orthogonal function analysis and composite analysis are used, and the results show that the South Atlantic Ocean features opposite‐sign SSS anomalies over the southwestern (45°–20°S/40°–60°W) and northeastern (0°–15°E/0°–15°S) regions. SSS budget analyses based on the Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean model estimate suggest that horizontal advection promotes the opposite‐sign SSS anomalies over the two regions. The interannual changes in the horizontal advection can be attributed to changes in the advection of mean salinity by the anomalous horizontal flow, in which the Ekman velocities play the dominant role. The anomalous wind stress and sea level pressure patterns suggest that the opposite SSS variations in poles A and B are probably associated with atmospheric forcings under alternating Atlantic Nino and Benguela Nina conditions. This study offers a connection in interannual SSS variations over two remote regions within the South Atlantic Ocean and suggests the possible role of the climate mode in setting up interannual salinity anomalies over the South Atlantic Ocean.
A Two Martian Years Survey of Water Ice Clouds on Mars With ACS Onboard TGO
Authors: Stcherbinine Aurélien , Montmessin Franck , Vincendon Mathieu , Wolff Michael J. , Vals Margaux , Korablev Oleg , Fedorova Anna , Trokhimovskiy Alexander , Lacombe Gaetan , Baggio Lucio 
Published: December 2022

AbstractThe middle infrared (MIR) channel of the atmospheric chemistry suite (ACS) instrument onboard the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter ESA‐Roscosmos mission has performed Solar occultation measurements of the Martian atmosphere in the 2.3–4.2 μm spectral range since March 2018, which now covers two Martian years (MY). We use the methodology previously developed for the study of the MY 34 global dust storm (GDS) (Stcherbinine et al., 2020, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019je006300) to monitor the properties (effective radii, extinction, and altitude) of the Martian water ice clouds over the first two Martian years covered by ACS‐MIR. The observations encompass the period Ls = 163° in MY 34 to Ls = 181° in MY 36. We determine that the typical altitude of the clouds varies by 20–40 km between the summer and winter, with a maximum extension up to 80 km during summer in the midlatitudes. Similarly, we also note that for a limited temporal range, the altitude of the clouds also varies by 20–40 km between the polar regions and the midlatitudes. We also compare observations acquired during the MY 34 GDS to observations from the same period in MY 35, using the latter as a reference to characterize the effects of this GDS on the clouds' properties. In addition, we compare our retrievals with the predictions of the Mars planetary climate model, which shows a reasonable agreement overall for the altitude of the clouds, although the model usually predicts lower altitudes for the top of the clouds.
Stabilization of MCL-1 by E3 ligase TRAF4 confers radioresistance
Authors: Li Ming , Gao Feng , Li Xiaoying , Gan Yu , Han Shuangze , Yu Xinfang , Liu Haidan , Li Wei 
Published: December 2022

AbstractThe E3 ligase TNF receptor-associated factor 4 (TRAF4) is frequently overexpressed and closely related to poor prognosis in human malignancies. However, its effect on carcinogenesis and radiosensitivity in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) remains unclear. The present study found that TRAF4 was significantly upregulated in primary and relapsed OSCC tumor tissues. Depletion of TRAF4 markedly improved the sensitivity of OSCC cells to irradiation (IR) treatment, showing that tumor cell proliferation, colony formation and xenograft tumor growth were reduced. Mechanistically, IR promoted the interaction between TRAF4 and Akt to induce Akt K63-mediated ubiquitination and activation. TRAF4 knockout inhibited the phosphorylation of Akt and upregulated GSK3β activity, resulting in increased myeloid cell leukemia-1 (MCL-1) S159 phosphorylation, which disrupted the interaction of MCL-1 with Josephin domain containing 1 (JOSD1), and ultimately induced MCL-1 ubiquitination and degradation. Moreover, TRAF4 was positively correlated with MCL-1 in primary and in radiotherapy-treated, relapsed tumor tissues. An MCL-1 inhibitor overcame radioresistance in vitro and in vivo. Altogether, the present findings suggest that TRAF4 confers radioresistance in OSCC by stabilizing MCL-1 through Akt signaling, and that targeting TRAF4 may be a promising therapeutic strategy to overcome radioresistance in OSCC.
An epitaxial graphene platform for zero-energy edge state nanoelectronics
Authors: Prudkovskiy Vladimir S. , Hu Yiran , Zhang Kaimin , Hu Yue , Ji Peixuan , Nunn Grant , Zhao Jian , Shi Chenqian , Tejeda Antonio , Wander David , De Cecco Alessandro , Winkelmann Clemens B. , Jiang Yuxuan , Zhao Tianhao , Wakabayashi Katsunori , Jiang Zhigang , Ma Lei , Berger Claire , de Heer Walt A. 
Published: December 2022

AbstractGraphene’s original promise to succeed silicon faltered due to pervasive edge disorder in lithographically patterned deposited graphene and the lack of a new electronics paradigm. Here we demonstrate that the annealed edges in conventionally patterned graphene epitaxially grown on a silicon carbide substrate (epigraphene) are stabilized by the substrate and support a protected edge state. The edge state has a mean free path that is greater than 50 microns, 5000 times greater than the bulk states and involves a theoretically unexpected Majorana-like zero-energy non-degenerate quasiparticle that does not produce a Hall voltage. In seamless integrated structures, the edge state forms a zero-energy one-dimensional ballistic network with essentially dissipationless nodes at ribbon–ribbon junctions. Seamless device structures offer a variety of switching possibilities including quantum coherent devices at low temperatures. This makes epigraphene a technologically viable graphene nanoelectronics platform that has the potential to succeed silicon nanoelectronics.