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Effects of Building Height and Seismic Load on the Optimal Performance of Base Isolation System
Authors: Dushimimana Aloys , Dushimimana Cyrille , Mbereyaho Leopold , Niyonsenga Aude Amandine 
Published: March 2023

AbstractSeismic isolation has been widely accepted as one of the techniques that can be used to protect structures during earthquake ground motions. However, some challenges still exist such as the optimal control of excessive isolator shear strains imposed by some ground motions. The main purpose of this study was to assess the effects of building height variation and earthquake ground motion type on the optimal performance of the seismic isolation using lead core rubber bearing (LCRB). Nonlinear time history analysis for building models of various storeys isolated by LCRB and exposed to different real earthquakes was performed. To achieve this, the equations governing the motion of the isolated three different building models were presented, and an approach for solving the equations while taking into consideration of the optimized mechanical properties of the LCRB was developed. The LCRB performance was measured in terms of elastomer shear strains, derived after an optimal criterion leading to reliable substructure and superstructure responses was reached. The results showed that the combined effects of the earthquake type and building height significantly affect the substructure responses (maximum isolator displacement, energy dissipation capacity, maximum isolator force) and the superstructure responses (storey shear forces, storey drifts, floor displacements, and floor accelerations), which in some cases lead to a need for adding a fluid damper. In this regard, an attempt to couple the LCRB with nonlinear fluid viscous damper was made, and the performance of the hybrid was assessed. It was generally found that the hybrid can positively improve the substructure responses, thereby reducing the unwanted large elastomer shear strains without adversely affecting the superstructure responses.
Using email interviews to reflect on women’s careers at a regional university
Authors: Goriss-Hunter Anitra , White Kate 
Published: March 2023

AbstractThe article investigates asynchronous narrative research via email as a flexible and agentic method of collecting data that may empower female participants. A case study was used that focused on the challenges for academic and professional women at an Australian regional university. Twenty-one women responded by email to a range of questions about working conditions and career progression. The data demonstrated that participants found this methodology empowering, encouraging agentic behaviour as they could respond at a time that suited them and in as much detail as they desired. They could also leave their narratives and return to them after some reflection. While lacking the non-verbal markers that often add to meanings in face-to-face interviews, the participants’ writing gave voice and form to their lived experience that has been missing from academic literature. This research method may be vital in the continuing COVID-19 environment where it can be difficult to access geographically dispersed participants.
General one-dimensional model of the time-fractional diffusion-wave equation in various geometries
Authors: Terpák Ján 
Published: March 2023

AbstractThis paper deals with the analysis of the time-fractional diffusion-wave equation as one-dimensional problem in a large plane wall, long cylinder, and sphere. The result of the analysis is the proposal of one general mathematical model that describes various geometries and different processes. Finite difference method for solving the time-fractional diffusion-wave equation using Grünwald-Letnikov definition for homogeneous or inhomogeneous material and for homogeneous or inhomogeneous boundary conditions is described. Dirichlet, Neumann and Robin boundary conditions are considered. Implementation of numerical methods for explicit, implicit, and Crank-Nicolson scheme were realised in MATLAB. Finally, illustrative examples of simulations using the developed toolbox are presented.
Beyond the margins of metanarrativity: an inquiry on prejudice, decoloniality and cross-cultural discourse
Authors: Ganya Wandile 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
This paper sets upon the elaboration of two inter-related enquiries: What do being and otherness look like beyond the margins of metanarrativity? What would the crossing of such margins entail? It takes as its basic assumption that prejudice arises from out of the historicity of being. A thesis of prejudice as a pre-reflexive operation or heuristic of the understanding a subject employs in order to arrive upon the conscious inclination to intuit that p is presented. Furthermore, it is posited that human understanding and rational inquiry are a fortiori grounded upon antecedent onto-phenomenological, hermeneutic and epistemic projects of being disclosed in metanarrativity. Metanarrativity, it is here maintained, constrains the horizon of intelligibility and truth in the discursive encounter of being with the “other” of alterity. It precludes the conditions of possibility for a non-prejudiced and value-neutral view in cross-cultural discourse. As such, it may be argued that an understanding of being and otherness cannot ascend the horizon of intelligibility without the sublating operation of prejudice. Prejudice, it is here argued, is sublating in the sense that it prefigures the possibilities for signification, subverting our interrogations from what is the state of affairs to mere intuitends of the form what it is like. Given that metanarrative discourses are invested in prejudice, it is therefore the task of decoloniality, set upon the cross-cultural discursive encounter between being and alterity, to take the physical appearance of an eschatology of liberation enacted in the everyday, performative praxis of non-domination.
Child naming and the need for cultural decolonization initiatives Among the Hausa in Northern Nigeria
Authors: Muhammad Dikko 
Published: March 2023

AbstractThis paper revisits the naming practices among cultures and peoples across Northern Nigeria, especially the Hausa, in relation to the question of cultural coloniality and the need for decolonial initiatives that can reposition value systems being buried by colonial power relations. Naming, prior to the Arab presence or Arab colonization in the region, was a space that foregrounds the history, spatial and temporal identities of the person bearing the name. It also occasioned people’s expectations and hopes on the child who was given the name. There was no arbitrariness in this knowledge-based system of naming. However, with the advent of Islam and its attendant Arab culture from the 7th to the eleventh and twelfth century, people’s cultural practices, especially in the naming spaces, became increasingly hybridized to contain Arabic influences. Arabic names have now dominated the naming spaces throughout the region, especially among the Hausa-Muslim families. The increasing influence of Western culture does not alter this practice. It intensifies the urge to identify and sound Arab, to Arabize by going beyond the names of pious figures found in Islam. Naming today in the region is informed by the fancies of Arab sounding names that are often unconnected to people’s realities, identities, and personal and collective histories. These names are typical among educated middle class. They range from names of animals to places and objects. This paper digs out the meanings of names given to people before the arrival of Arabic culture in Northern Nigeria as part of indigenous epistemologies that are becoming unpopular because of the pejorative notions associated with them today as animist practices. It also portrays some popular Arabic names and their meanings that are prioritized today. It foregrounds the conceptualization of identities in the Hausa language, the lingua-franca of the greater part of Northern Nigeria.
Curricular justice and contemporary schooling: Towards a rich, common curriculum for all students
Authors: Riddle Stewart , Mills Martin , McGregor Glenda 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
Despite the commitment by governments and educational leaders to high-quality and high-equity systems, the defining features of contemporary schooling in Australia and elsewhere are increasing inequality and the uneven distribution of educational opportunities and outcomes. Therefore, it is timely to consider what the concept of curricular justice means for schooling in the twenty-first century. This paper argues for a rich, common curriculum that provides all young people with learning choices that have relevance to their worlds, contribute to the preparation for work or further education, alongside opportunities for engagement with a broader knowledge base connected to critical understandings of culture and society. We contend that a knowledge + plus curriculum is one that is committed to the tripartite social justice principles of redistribution, recognition and representation, which brings together powerful knowledge and young people’s community funds of knowledge in a common curriculum. Such a common curriculum is essential for a common schooling, which can deliver on the promise of a high-quality and high-equity education system for all young people.
Extending Planetary Health: Global Ethics and Global Governance in the Noosphere
Authors: Vidal Clément 
Published: March 2023

AbstractThis essay proposes ways to extend the concept of planetary health, in the framework of major evolutionary transition applied to the planet as a whole. I argue that planetary health can be naturally extended to a fully planetary scale, including issues related to geo- bio- techno- and noo- spheres. I show the need and importance for ethics and governance to become global and I give some examples of physiological and psychological health issues from a planetary perspective.
What Are They Gonna Think About Me? An Innovative Text Analysis on Social Anxiety and Taijin Kyofusho Through MADIT Methodology
Authors: Turchi Gian Piero , Bassi Davide , Agnoletti Carlotta , Riva Marta Silvia Dalla , Iudici Antonio , Orrù Luisa 
Published: March 2023

AbstractMeaning and translation are never-ending issues that constantly challenge researchers who work in cross-cultural settings, especially when the focus is on how people use language to express and interact in relation to their distress experiences. Many efforts have been undertaken in order to try to understand and manage the content variance that can emerge from context and linguistic differences. The present study aims at offering its contribution on this topic by presenting MADIT methodology, an innovative textual analysis that focuses on the processual use of language. Using the theoretical references of Dialogic Science, language is analysed as an interactive process, leading the researchers to observe the modalities through which language is used (the how) instead of the different contents brought by speakers (the what). After discussing the theoretical differences between content and processual analysis, we present MADIT methodology through a comparative explorative study on the discursive production about taijin kyofusho and social anxiety in Japanese and Italian contexts. The results pointed out how, going beyond the content differences and focusing on the processual interactive reality generated through language, it is possible to observe cross-cultural similarities in the use of language to shape distress experiences.
Patterns of Labour Interventions and Associated Maternal Biopsychosocial Factors in Australia: a Path Analysis
Authors: Bizuayehu Habtamu Mellie , Harris Melissa L. , Chojenta Catherine , Cavenagh Dominic , Forder Peta M. , Loxton Deborah 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
In Australia, nearly half of births involve labour interventions. Prior research in this area has relied on cross-sectional and administrative health data and has not considered biopsychosocial factors. The current study examined direct and indirect associations between biopsychosocial factors and labour interventions using 19 years of population-based prospective data. The study included singleton babies among primiparous women of the 1973–1978 cohort of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health. Data from 5459 women who started labour were analysed using path analysis. 42.2% of babies were born without intervention (episiotomy, instrumental, or caesarean delivery): Thirty-seven percent reported vaginal birth with episiotomy and instrumental birth interventions, 18% reported an unplanned caesarean section without episiotomy and/or instrumental interventions, and 3% reported unplanned caesarean section after episiotomy and/or instrumental interventions. Vaginal births with episiotomy and/or instrumental interventions were more likely among women with chronic hypertension (RRR(95%-CI):1.50(1.12–2.01)), a perceived length of labour of more than 36 h (RRR(95%-CI):1.86(1.45–2.39)), private health insurance (RRR(95%-CI):1.61(1.41–1.85)) and induced labour (RRR(95%-CI):1.69(1.46–1.94)). Risk factors of unplanned caesarean section without episiotomy and/or instrumental birth intervention included being overweight (RRR(95%-CI):1.30(1.07–1.58)) or obese prepregnancy (RRR(95%-CI):1.63(1.28–2.08)), aged ≥ 35 years (RRR(95%-CI):1.87(1.46–2.41)), having short stature (< 154 cm) (RRR(95%-CI):1.68(1.16–2.42)), a perceived length of labour of more than 36 h (RRR(95%-CI):3.26(2.50–4.24)), private health insurance (RRR(95%-CI):1.38(1.17–1.64)), and induced labour (RRR(95%-CI):2.56(2.16–3.05)). Prevention and management of hypertension, diabetes, and obesity during preconception and/or antenatal care are keys for reducing labour interventions and strengthening the evidence-base around delivery of best practice obstetric care.
MetaEdu: a new framework for future education
Authors: Cui LuoBin , Zhu ChengZhang , Hare Ryan , Tang Ying 
Published: March 2023

AbstractThe potential of the metaverse in the field of education is an area of increasing interest, with many researchers exploring the space to increase the ease and efficacy of student education while reducing time and labor requirements to deliver effective teaching. However, there has been little work into the systematic and technological aspects of delivering education through the metaverse. To fill this gap, we propose a metaverse education system that takes good advantages of virtual reality and Web3 blockchain techologies to create a social learning environment. With this added emphasis on social aspects, learners are able to socialize and engage in collaborative efforts to improve their own knowledge. Using blockchain technology, the system can also help to ensure security and transparency while also keeping progression and grading fair for all participating students.
The urgency of an algorethics
Authors: Benanti Paolo 
Published: March 2023

AbstractThe following contribution was presented during the event, “Ethics of Artificial Intelligence: the Engagement of Abrahamic Religions in the Rome Call.” The event was sponsored by the Vatican RenAIssance Foundation, the Abu Dhabi (UAE) Forum for Peace and the Commission for Interreligious Dialogue of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel. The Rome Call for AI Ethics (www.romecall.org), finalized in February 2020 and also signed at the time by some of the world’s largest tech companies (Microsoft and IBM), along with the FAO and representatives of the Italian government, commits signatories to follow what its principles call for in terms of transparency, inclusion, accountability, impartiality, reliability, security and privacy. Religions have played and will continue to play a crucial role in shaping a world in which human beings are at the center of the concept of development. For this reason, an ethical development of artificial intelligence must be approached from an interfaith perspective. The potential of an interfaith event lies in the impact this message communicates. In the face of the radical transformations that digital and intelligent technologies are producing in society, the three Abrahamic religions together provide guidance for humanity’s search for meaning in this new era.
The future of carbon labeling – Factors to consider
Authors: Edenbrandt Anna Kristina , Nordström Jonas 
Published: March 2023

AbstractCompared to other policy instruments that aim to change consumer behavior, information provision is perhaps the least controversial. An important question is how information in the form of carbon labels can contribute to direct food consumption toward reduced climate impact. From a policy guidance perspective, there is a need to identify how the labeling strategy affects consumers’ ability to identify lower emitting food products and the behavioral change due to carbon information. Key aspects of a carbon label are discussed, as well as the implications of different labeling schemes. Drawing on economic and behavioral theories, we propose that, to assist consumers in identifying changes in consumption that contribute to significant reductions in their climate impact, a carbon label must enable comparisons between product groups and not only within narrowly defined product groups. This suggests mandatory labeling, since producers of high-emission products are less likely to display such labels. However, it is important to consider both costs and benefits of labeling schemes and to consider complementing labeling with other policy instruments.
A decade of in situ cosmogenic 14C in Antarctica
Authors: Nichols Keir Alexander 
Published: March 2023

AbstractCosmogenic nuclide measurements in glacial deposits extend our knowledge of glacier chronologies beyond the observational record. The short half-life of in situ cosmogenic 14C makes it particularly useful for studying glacier chronologies, as resulting exposure ages are less sensitive to nuclide inheritance when compared with more commonly measured, long-lived nuclides. An increasing number of laboratories using an automated process to extract carbon from quartz has led to in situ 14C measurements in Antarctic samples at an accelerating rate over the past decade, shedding light on deglaciation in Antarctica. In situ 14C has had the greatest impact in the Weddell Sea Embayment, where inferences on the thickness of ice and timing of deglaciation were limited by inheritance in other cosmogenic nuclide systems. Future subglacial measurements of the nuclide hold much potential as they can provide direct evidence of proposed Holocene thinning and subsequent re-thickening of parts of the Antarctic ice sheets.
Secular Court-Ordered Divorces: What Modern Fatāwā and Canadian Imams Say
Authors: Wahb Yousef Aly 
Published: March 2023

AbstractMany Canadian Muslim couples are hesitant to resort to civil legal processes and attempt to resolve their disputes within the religious community. Islamic law’s exclusion of non-Muslim judges from holding judicial authority in certain family law matters limits the feasibility of aligning religious commands with family court orders. By extrapolating contemporary legal opinions (fatāwā, sing. fatwā) issued by institutions and narrating experiences of Canadian imams, this article documents the views of both researchers and practitioners, finding that neither holds secular court-ordered divorces contested by the husband to suffice as a form of Islamic marriage dissolution. This article concludes that both Canadian imams and fatwā-issuing bodies call for the development of extra-judicial entities that apply Islamic law’s Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) procedures in a manner recognized by secular authorities.
Lessons learned: Development of COVID-19 clinical staging models at a large urban research institution
Authors: Huang Sean S. , Chaisson Lelia H. , Galanter William , Jalali Arash , Menchaca Martha , Parde Natalie , Rodríguez-Fernández Jorge M. , Trotter Andrew , Kochendorfer Karl M. 
Published: March 2023

AbstractBackground/Objective:The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), along with many academic institutions worldwide, made significant efforts to address the many challenges presented during the COVID-19 pandemic by developing clinical staging and predictive models. Data from patients with a clinical encounter at UIC from July 1, 2019 to March 30, 2022 were abstracted from the electronic health record and stored in the UIC Center for Clinical and Translational Science Clinical Research Data Warehouse, prior to data analysis. While we saw some success, there were many failures along the way. For this paper, we wanted to discuss some of these obstacles and many of the lessons learned from the journey.Methods:Principle investigators, research staff, and other project team members were invited to complete an anonymous Qualtrics survey to reflect on the project. The survey included open-ended questions centering on participants’ opinions about the project, including whether project goals were met, project successes, project failures, and areas that could have been improved. We then identified themes among the results.Results:Nine project team members (out of 30 members contacted) completed the survey. The responders were anonymous. The survey responses were grouped into four key themes: Collaboration, Infrastructure, Data Acquisition/Validation, and Model Building.Conclusion:Through our COVID-19 research efforts, the team learned about our strengths and deficiencies. We continue to work to improve our research and data translation capabilities.
Hereditary renal cancer patient and public involvement group: A collaborative, consensus decision process to develop a communication tool for patient use
Authors: Colvin Ellen , Ng Stephanie , Hepworth John , Hepworth Janice , Hartley Thomas , Godfrey Nicola , Tricker Karen , Rothwell Jeanette , Beaman Glenda , Woodward Emma R. 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
Patient and public involvement (PPI) must be more frequently embedded within clinical research to ensure translational outcomes are patient-led and meet patient needs. Active partnerships with patients and public groups are an important opportunity to hear patient voices, understand patient needs, and inform future research avenues. A hereditary renal cancer (HRC) PPI group was developed with the efforts of patient participants (n = 9), pooled from recruits within the early detection for HRC pilot study, working in collaboration with researchers and healthcare professionals (n = 8). Patient participants had HRC conditions including Von Hippel–Lindau (n = 3) and Hereditary Leiomyomatosis and Renal Cell Carcinoma (n = 5), and public participants included two patient Trustees (n = 2) from VHL UK & Ireland Charity. Discussions among the enthusiastic participants guided the development of a novel patient information sheet for HRC patients. This communication tool was designed to aid patients when informing family members about their diagnoses and the wider implications for relatives, a gap identified by participants within group discussions. While this partnership was tailored for a specific HRC patient and public group, the process implemented can be employed for other hereditary cancer groups and could be transferable within other healthcare settings.
Entropy bounds for multi-word perturbations of subshifts
Authors: RAMSEY NICK 
Published: March 2023

AbstractGiven a subshift
$\Sigma $
of finite type and a finite set S of finite words, let
$\Sigma \langle S\rangle $
denote the subshift of
$\Sigma $
that avoids S. We establish a general criterion under which we can bound the entropy perturbation
$h(\Sigma ) - h(\Sigma \langle S\rangle )$
from above. As an application, we prove that this entropy difference tends to zero with a sequence of such sets
$S_1, S_2,\ldots $
under various assumptions on the
$S_i$
.