bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Comparing green productivity under convex and nonconvex technologies: Which is a robust approach consistent with energy structure?
Authors: Deng Haiyan , Bai Ge , Kerstens Kristiaan , Shen Zhiyang 
Published: July 2023

AbstractTotal factor productivity is used to explore the input–output efficiency of the economy and the driving factors behind economic growth. Although scholars have researched the total factor productivity approach, comparisons among different models in empirical research are rare and few scholars have focused on worldwide total factor productivity gains. Using convex and nonconvex technologies, this contribution investigates green productivity gains of 129 worldwide countries during 2000–2019 based on three popular productivity measures, namely, Luenberger–Hicks–Moorsteen indicator, Luenberger productivity indicator, and Malmquist–Luenberger index, respectively. Inspired by a metafrontier approach, we compare their productivity evolutions with the energy structure among 121 economies. A negative relationship is expected between the change in the proportion of fossil fuel energy consumption and green productivity. Our results show that the Luenberger–Hicks–Moorsteen productivity indicator under nonconvex technologies is a more convincing productivity measure when considering undesirable outputs in production technology.
The Bioactive Dietary Polyphenol Preparation Alleviates Depression and Anxiety‐Like Behaviors by Modulating the Regional Heterogeneity of Microglia Morphology
Authors: Yang Eun‐Jeong , Frolinger Tal , Iqbal Umar Haris , Murrough James , Pasinetti Giulio M. 
Published: July 2023

ScopeThe goal of this study is to investigate the effects of a bioactive dietary polyphenol preparation (BDPP), which is made up of grape‐derived polyphenols, on microglial responses, as well as the underlying molecular mechanisms in depression and anxiety‐like behaviors.Methods and resultsThe study finds that treatment with BDPP significantly decreases depression‐like and anxiety‐like behaviors induced by chronic stress in mice, while leaving their locomotor activity unaffected. The study also finds that BDPP treatment reverses microglia activation in the amygdala and hippocampal formation, regions of the brain involved in emotional regulation, from an amoeboid shape to ramified shape. Additionally, BDPP treatment modulates the release of pro‐inflammatory cytokines such as interleukin‐6 via high mobility box 1 protein and the receptor for advanced glycation end products (HMGB1‐RAGE) signaling pathway in activated microglia induced by chronic stress.ConclusionThe findings suggest regional heterogeneity in microglial responses following chronic stress in subregions of the corticolimbic circuit. Specifically, activation of the immune‐inflammatory HMGB1‐RAGE pathway may provide a new avenue for preventing the manifestation of psychiatric impairments including stress‐induced anxiety‐ and depression‐like behavior, using bioactive and bioavailable polyphenols.
“I won't get to live my life the way I planned it”: A qualitative analysis of the experiences of adolescents and young adults with advanced cancer
Authors: Barton Krysta S. , Steineck Angela , Walsh Casey A. , Lau Nancy , O'Donnell Maeve B. , Rosenberg Abby R. 
Published: July 2023

AbstractBackgroundIndividuals with advanced cancer face complex challenges, including prognostic uncertainty and evolving goals of care. Despite the unique psychosocial support needs of adolescents and young adults (AYAs), few studies have specifically examined AYA perspectives of and experiences with advanced cancer. The objective of this study was to describe the experience, needs, and perspectives of pediatric AYAs with advanced cancer.ProcedureWe invited English‐speaking AYAs (age 14–25 years) who were receiving treatment for advanced cancer at our single tertiary pediatric cancer center to participate in semi‐structured interviews. We used directed content analysis for codebook development and then applied in‐depth thematic network analysis to describe their perspectives and experiences with advanced cancer.ResultsA total of 32 AYAs (86% of approached) completed interviews. A slight majority were male (59%) and non‐Hispanic White (56%). Most were diagnosed with leukemia/lymphoma, had recurrent disease (84%), and were a mean 53 months from initial diagnosis. Organizing themes of “not being able to beat this,” “not wanting to miss out,” and “living each day” generated the global theme “do I have a future?” “Making tough medical decisions,” “adjusting life/plans/perspectives,” and “decisions about dying” were organized into the global theme “those decisions … were really hard.” “Feeling like there is no one to talk to,” “being away from family and friends,” and “feeling like a burden” generated the global theme “I felt very alone.”ConclusionsPediatric AYAs with advanced cancer describe unique challenges. Psychological support interventions are needed to empower AYAs to navigate difficult decisions and to cope with isolation.
Existence of Dark Energy Stars within Lower Mass Gap in the Realm of f(Q)$f(Q)$ Gravity
Authors: Bhar Piyali 
Published: July 2023

AbstractThe object of this article is to study a new class of dark energy stars in the background of gravity by using the metric potentials proposed by Krori‐Barua [J. Phys. A, Math. Gen. 8:508 (1975)]. To achieve the goal, a quadratic form of as is taken into account for the static spherically symmetric spacetime,`a' being a coupling parameter of gravity. The maximum allowable masses with corresponding radii have been obtained via plots for and 8. The obtained maximum masses from our analysis are found in the range . For a smaller value of the coupling parameter ‘a’ associated with gravity, more massive stars are found. The radii corresponding to the maximum masses also increase with decreasing ‘a’. In particular, when , the theory can achieve a dark energy star of mass for certain specific combinations of model parameters. This obtained mass is located within a mass in the range of and that can be a lighter object in the GW190814 event detected by LIGO/VIRGO experiments.
Will Cape Verde attain COVID‐19 herd immunity? Progress, Challenges, and Recommendations
Authors: Shomuyiwa Deborah Oluwaseun , Otitodun Morolake Ibukunoluwa , Anyanwu Tobechukwu Innocentia , Abdulwasiu Muhsinah Adesewa , Sow Alhaji Umar , Carvalho‐Alves Maria de Fátima , Mendoca Maria da Luz Lima , Odey Goodness Ogeyi 
Published: July 2023

AbstractThe COVID‐19 pandemic has exposed the vulnerabilities of Cape Verde's healthcare system, prompting a swift and effective response. This article examines Cape Verde's comprehensive approach to the pandemic, focusing on epidemiology, the healthcare system, and the vaccination campaign. Recognizing the critical role of COVID‐19 vaccination in global efforts, Cape Verde has implemented strategic measures to achieve herd immunity. Although the country has achieved relatively high vaccination coverage in Africa, it still falls short of the necessary threshold. Challenges, including vaccine hesitancy, viral mutations, and supply chain insecurities, must be addressed. Sustained efforts, involving community participation and improved vaccine availability, are crucial. Furthermore, a robust pharmacovigilance system is essential for ensuring vaccination safety and enhancing health outcomes.
Assessing the benefit of variational quality control for assimilating Aeolus Mie and Rayleigh wind profiles in NOAA's global forecast system during tropical cyclones
Authors: Apodaca Karina , Cucurull Lidia , Genkova Iliana , Purser R. James , Su Xiujuan 
Published: July 2023

AbstractIn this article, we show a “proof‐of‐concept” study to assess the utility of a variational quality control algorithm in increasing the number of assimilated Aeolus Mie‐cloudy and Rayleigh‐clear winds in National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s global data assimilation and forecast system. The National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Variational Quality Control (NCEP‐VQC) algorithm was tuned and applied during the minimization process. This type of quality control uses optimal control theory principles to treat outliers in the probability density function (PDF) of observational departure statistics, assuming that the observation errors follow a family of logistic distributions. In the case of Aeolus Mie‐cloudy and Rayleigh‐clear winds, the NCEP‐VQC algorithm permitted the relaxation of the gross error and one of the recommended ESA quality controls (reject Rayleigh‐clear observations below 850 hPa), assigned adaptive observation weights ranging from 0 to 1, and led to an increase in the number of retained Aeolus observations for the calculation of global analyses, which in turn improved the verification statistics on analyzed tropical storms This article discusses the advantage of implementing the NCEP‐VQC algorithm in the Aeolus data assimilation, the benefits of retaining more wind profiles that contribute to the analysis calculation, and shows improvements in the initialization and short‐term forecasts on several tropical cyclone cases.
Random perfect matchings in regular graphs
Authors: Granet Bertille , Joos Felix 
Published: July 2023

AbstractWe prove that in all regular robust expanders , every edge is asymptotically equally likely contained in a uniformly chosen perfect matching . We also show that given any fixed matching or spanning regular graph in , the random variable is approximately Poisson distributed. This in particular confirms a conjecture and a question due to Spiro and Surya, and complements results due to Kahn and Kim who proved that in a regular graph every vertex is asymptotically equally likely contained in a uniformly chosen matching. Our proofs rely on the switching method and the fact that simple random walks mix rapidly in robust expanders.
Impact of multiple soil microbial inoculants on biomass and biomass allocation of the legume crop field pea (Fabaceae: Pisum sativum L.)
Authors: Glogoza Ben , Aldrich‐Wolfe Laura , Prasifka Jarrad R. , Prischmann‐Voldseth Deirdre A. 
Published: July 2023

AbstractIntroductionFood production is a global challenge and consequently there is considerable interest in manipulating the rhizobiome using microbial inoculants (MI) to support sustainable agriculture. The effectiveness of MI needs to be evaluated under diverse environmental conditions, especially for nitrogen‐fixing legume crops, for which interactions between their associated bacteria and other soil biota may be particularly important.Materials and MethodsWe investigated how three commercially available types of plant growth‐promoting MI, alone and in combination (B5: five species of Bacillus bacteria, GP: four species of Trichoderma fungi, N2: Paenibacillus polymyxa bacteria) impacted field pea (Fabales: Fabaceae, Pisum sativum L.) in the greenhouse and a 2‐year field experiment.ResultsIn the greenhouse, we found that effects of MI on plant performance varied, with positive effects of MI only apparent when plants were grown in the winter and likely under greater stress, because they lacked nodules. Plants grown in the summer had nodules and 2‐week‐old MI plants had less root biomass and total plant weight than noninoculated controls, but the weight of 4‐week‐old MI plants was similar to or greater than that of the controls. In the field, the root‐to‐shoot biomass ratio was highest in noninoculated controls and positive effects of N2 on shoots and B5 on shoots and pod densities did not translate into differences in pod weight or total plant weight. In most cases, plants inoculated with all three inoculants performed similar to those receiving a single inoculant, whereas root colonization by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi was higher for B5 plants than plants in the other treatments.ConclusionsOverall, B5 was the inoculant most often associated with increased plant biomass. This research underscores the need to consider microbial and environmental context when evaluating MI.
Stainless steel reinforcement: New material in the latest draft of second‐generation Eurocode 2
Authors: Matres Victoria , Fernández Juan José , López María , Peiró Luis , Madrid Antonio José , Rebolledo Nuria , Torres Julio , Sánchez Javier 
Published: July 2023

AbstractThe durability of reinforced concrete structures exposed to aggressive environments is affected by corrosion of carbon steel reinforcement. For this reason, it is of great practical interest to look for alternative solutions guaranteeing durability through the incorporation of corrosion‐resistant materials, such as stainless steel rebars. This type of steel is specially recommended for structures with a long lifespan, located in aggressive environments, with chlorides or de‐icing salts, and for structures where repair, inspection and rehabilitation is complicated. This solution presents a challenge from the point of view of the materials themselves, the mechanical design and their durability. This article presents the material properties of stainless steel and their influence on concrete structures. Furthermore, it is explained how these properties have been taken into account in the latest draft of the second‐generation Eurocode 2.
Das Protokoll gibt es nicht
Authors: Just Thomas 
Published: July 2023

ZusammenfassungDer Beitrag behandelt anhand der Bestände des Haus-, Hof- und Staatsarchivs in Wien die verschiedensten Ausformungen von Protokollen im klassischen Archivzusammenhang. Neben einer versuchten Übersicht über die im Archiv vorkommenden Protokollausprägungen wird kurz versucht einen Weg zur zeitgenmäßen Nutzung dieser oftmals nur schwer handhabbaren Quellengattung aufzuzeigen. The article deals with the various forms of protocols in the classical archive context on the basis of the holdings of the Haus-, Hof- und Staatsarchiv in Vienna. In addition to an attempted overview of the types of minutes found in the archives, a brief attempt is made to show a way of using this often difficult-to-handle source genre in a contemporary manner.
Protokollieren und Formatieren. Zur Mediengeschichte des credit reports
Authors: Gießmann Sebastian 
Published: July 2023

ZusammenfassungDer Beitrag folgt protokollarischen Schreibpraktiken, die zur Ausbildung der nordamerikanischen Kultur des Kreditgebens beigetragen haben. Er rekonstruiert die institutionelle und medienpraktische Entstehung des credit report im 19. Jahrhundert. Auf dessen narrativen und klassifizierenden Bewertungen von Kreditwürdigkeit beruht, so die These, die Konjunktur des prestigeträchtigen Bezahlens mit Kreditkarten im 20. Jahrhundert. Die protokollierenden Praktiken – in der Kreditauskunft, aber auch in der Registratur von Transaktionen – führen darin zur Ausbildung von fixierenden Karten- und Datenformaten und Standardisierungen. Diese werden wiederum für die Finanzmedieninteraktion protokollarisch, d.h. vorschreibend wirksam.
»Everything that happens to a photo«. Über analoge und digitale Protokolle der Bildlogistik
Authors: Meyer Roland 
Published: July 2023

ZusammenfassungAusgehend von neueren Initiativen zur digitalen Bildauthentifizierung wie dem News Provenance Project geht der Beitrag der Rolle von Protokollen bei der Stabilisierung bildlicher Referenz nach. Im Rückblick auf die Geschichte der Instrumentalisierung technischer Bilder zeigt sich: Wo immer Bilder zu stabilen und belastbaren Informationsträgern in arbeitsteiligen Abläufen und weitläufigen Netzwerken werden sollen, schreiben standardisierte und standardisierende Protokolle der Bildlogistik vor, wie mit technischen Bildaufzeichnungen zu verfahren ist, und erlauben zugleich die Aufzeichnung der Bedingungen, unter denen Bilder hergestellt, distribuiert und mit Informationen angereichert werden. In dieser Hinsicht gibt es keinen Bruch zwischen analoger und digitaler Bildpraxis: Stabile bildliche Referenz hing immer schon an Protokollen der Stabilisierung. Allerdings, so die These des Beitrags, findet derzeit mit digitalen Aufzeichnungstechniken und sozialen Netzwerken der Bilddistribution eine radikale Ausweitung des Feldes des Protokollierbaren statt: Wo es möglich wird, die gesamte content journey, »everything that happens to a photo«, automatisiert zu registrieren und dauerhaft zu speichern, wird bildlogistische Protokollierung zum unabschließbaren Prozess. Damit verschiebt sich auch der Einsatz bildlogistischer Protokolle von der Standardisierung der Produktionsbedingungen zur Regulierung der Distribution, und von der Dokumentation einmaliger Aufzeichnungsakte zur sequenziellen Registrierung von Transaktionen.
Punkte und Linien. Zum Sünden-Protokoll in Ignatius von Loyolas Exercitia spiritualia
Authors: Bähr Andreas 
Published: July 2023

ZusammenfassungDer Aufsatz stellt die Vorgaben für ein Sündenprotokoll vor, wie sie in Ignatius von Loyolas Geistlichen Übungen zu finden sind. Er vergleicht diese jesuitische Schreibpraxis zum einen mit pietistisch-puritanischen ›Seelenprotokollen‹ und zum anderen mit nicht genuin geistlichen Sündenregistern: mit chronikalischen Berichten von Leid und Gewalt, wie sie in den Kriegszusammenhängen des 17. Jahrhunderts entstanden sind. Der Artikel fragt nach den Besonderheiten religiöser oder religiös grundierter Protokolle in der Frühen Neuzeit: nach Verzeichnissen heilsrelevanter Geschehensabläufe; und damit fragt er umgekehrt nach der spezifischen Protokollstruktur religiöser Praktiken der Selbstvergewisserung und Gewissenserforschung. Dabei werden die unterschiedlichen Räumlichkeiten herausgearbeitet, die die Struktur, das Verfahren und den epistemischen Wert des Protokollierens regieren und in denen die quantitativen Dimensionen des Religiösen aufscheinen.
Über das literarische Protokoll und seine Ästhetik
Authors: Drügh Heinz 
Published: July 2023

ZusammenfassungDem Beitrag geht es um zwei Aspekte des Protokolls, die über seine direkte Funktion hinausgehen. Dies sind erstens die durchaus emotionale Geste, die je nach Kontext vom vermeintlich so nüchternen Protokoll oder genauer vom Akt des Protokollierens vollführt wird. In Verbindung damit steht zweitens zur Debatte, inwiefern die Logik des Protokolls, sein Anspruch auf Wahrheit sowie auf ihre prinzipiell mögliche Weiterverhandlung in einer erweiterten Öffentlichkeit, spannungsvoll mit der Grundstruktur literarischer Ästhetik verbunden sind. Strukturell geraten dadurch zwei Probleme protokollbasierter Verfahren in den Blick: einerseits wie das Ziel des Protokolls, Mitteilbarkeit und Weiterverhandlung zu generieren, durch den Duktus formaler Nüchternheit und apolitischer Unmittelbarkeit, durch sein anästhetisches Format, konterkariert wird; und andererseits inwiefern Literatur das Protokoll durch das Ausspielen der ästhetischen Karte für die wesentlich erforderte Weiterverhandlung öffnen und dadurch in eigener Sache einen Gültigkeitsanspruch außerhalb der eigenen literarischen Sphäre behaupten kann.
Kritik der Hochschulreform von 1969 in Westberlin. Zur Frage von Protokoll und Protest in Klaus Heinrichs Dahlemer Vorlesungen
Authors: Mirbeth Jonas 
Published: July 2023

ZusammenfassungDie Universitäten Westberlins erhielten 1969 ein neues Hochschulgesetz. Die Hochschulreform sollte strukturelle Probleme an den Universitäten lösen sowie im Anschluss an die Protestereignisse von Achtundsechzig deeskalierend wirken. Am Fachbereich Philosophie und Sozialwissenschaften der Freien Universität Berlin jedoch waren anhaltende Debatten um die Neugliederung des Fachbereichs die Folge. Vor diesem Hintergrund untersucht der Beitrag die Herstellungsgeschichte der Dahlemer Vorlesungen des Berliner Religionsprofessors Klaus Heinrich. Die Vorlesungen zeugen als eine Art Supplement-Protokoll von dieser Auseinandersetzung über fachgeschichtliche Autonomie in den 1970er Jahren. Untersucht werden dafür Textstellen, in denen die Fachbereichsratssitzungen Thema sind und in denen die Vorlesungen die Rolle einer protokollarischen Instanz einnehmen. Heinrich stellte den einzelnen Sitzungen hochschulpolitische Vorbemerkungen voran. Diese müssen, so die These des Beitrags, auf ihre Inszenierung der protokollarischen Schreibhandlung befragt werden. Der Beitrag begreift Heinrichs Vorlesungen damit als eine Art zweites Protokoll, in welchem der Fachbereichsstreit aus der Perspektive eines ‚kleinen Fachs‘ dokumentiert wurde – und arbeitet dafür die protokollarischen Selbstinszenierungspraktiken kritisch auf.
Symmetries in Celestial CFTd
Authors: Pano Yorgo , Puhm Andrea , Trevisani Emilio 
Published: July 2023

Abstract
We use tools from conformal representation theory to classify the symmetries associated to conformally soft operators in celestial CFT (CCFT) in general dimensions d. The conformal multiplets in d > 2 take the form of celestial necklaces whose structure is much richer than the celestial diamonds in d = 2, it depends on whether d is even or odd and involves mixed-symmetric tensor representations of SO(d). The existence of primary descendants in CCFT multiplets corresponds to (higher derivative) conservation equations for conformally soft operators. We lay out a unified method for constructing the conserved charges associated to operators with primary descendants. In contrast to the infinite local symmetry enhancement in CCFT2, we find the soft symmetries in CCFTd>2 to be finite-dimensional. The conserved charges that follow directly from soft theorems are trivial in d > 2, while non trivial charges associated to (generalized) currents and stress tensor are obtained from the shadow transform of soft operators which we relate to (an analytic continuation of) a specific type of primary descendants. We aim at a pedagogical discussion synthesizing various results in the literature.
Non-Gaussianities in generalized non-local R2-like inflation
Authors: Koshelev Alexey S. , Kumar K. Sravan , Starobinsky Alexei A. 
Published: July 2023

Abstract
In [1], a most general higher curvature non-local gravity action was derived that admits a particular R2-like inflationary solution predicting the spectral index of primordial scalar perturbations $$ {n}_s(N)\approx 1-\frac{1}{2} $$

n
s

N

≈
1
−

1
2

, where N is the number of e-folds before the end of inflation, N ≫ 1, any value of the tensor-to-scalar ratio r(N) < 0.036 and the tensor tilt nt(N) violating the r = –8nt condition. In this paper, we compute scalar primordial non-Gaussianities (PNGs) in this theory and effectively demonstrate that higher curvature non-local terms lead to reduced bispectrum fNL (k1, k2, k3) mimicking several classes of scalar field models of inflation known in the literature. We obtain |fNL| ~ O(1 – 10) in the equilateral, orthogonal, and squeezed limits and the running of these PNGs measured by the quantity $$ \left|\frac{d\ln {f}_{\textrm{NL}}}{d\ln k}\right|\lesssim 1 $$

d
ln

f
NL

d
ln
k

≲
1
. Such PNGs are sufficiently large to be measurable by future CMB and Large Scale Structure observations, thus providing a possibility to probe the nature of quantum gravity. Furthermore, we demonstrate that the R2-like inflation in non-local modification of gravity brings non-trivial predictions which go beyond the current status of effective field theories (EFTs) of single field, quasi-single field and multiple field inflation. A distinguishable feature of non-local R2-like inflation compared to local EFTs is that we can have running of PNGs at least an order of magnitude higher. In summary, through our generalized non-local R2-like inflation, we obtain a robust geometric framework of inflation that can explain any detection of observable quantities related to scalar PNGs.