bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Mass Balances of the Antarctic and Greenland Ice Sheets Monitored from Space
Authors: Otosaka Inès N. , Horwath Martin , Mottram Ruth , Nowicki Sophie 
Published: June 2023

AbstractSatellite data have revealed that the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets are changing rapidly due to warming air and ocean temperatures. Crucially, Earth Observations can now be used to measure ice sheet mass balance at the continental scale, which can help reduce uncertainties in the ice sheets’ past, present, and future contributions to global mean sea level. The launch of satellite missions dedicated to the polar regions led to great progress towards a better assessment of the state of the ice sheets, which, in combination with ice sheet models, have furthered our understanding of the physical processes leading to changes in the ice sheets' properties. There is now a three-decade-long satellite record of Antarctica and Greenland mass changes, and new satellite missions are planned to both continue this record and further develop our observational capabilities, which is critical as the ice sheets remain the most uncertain component of future sea-level rise. In this paper, we review the mechanisms leading to ice sheets' mass changes and describe the state of the art of the satellite techniques used to monitor Greenland’s and Antarctica’s mass balance, providing an overview of the contributions of Earth Observations to our knowledge of these vast and remote regions.
Collection and characterization of cassava germplasm in Comoros
Authors: Ferguson M. E. , Ntawuruhunga P. , Fouad M. O. , Hassane O. K. M. A. , Charmila M. A. , Hamza A. A. , Mohamed N. A. , Dieng I. , Njukwe E. , Shah T. M. 
Published: June 2023

AbstractIn Comoros, cassava plays a major food security role, however yields are low as few modern cultivars are grown. Prior to the introduction of new cultivars, and as a germplasm resource for breeders, germplasm collection missions were undertaken in the three largest islands; Ngazidja, Ndzouani and Mwali; and associated farmer knowledge documented. Cassava landraces were collected from 34 farms, and 17 key informant interviews conducted. Stakes of 79 collected landraces were planted for agro-morphological characterization. All landraces were genotyped using DaRTSeq technology and data analysed to identify duplicates. Genetic fingerprints of 46 unique landraces were co-analysed with 402 previously genotyped landraces and improved cultivars from Tanzania. From this set only one match was made with a very old cultivar, Aipin Valenca, from the Northern Zone in Tanzania. According to SNP data, germplasm from the three islands of Comoros were similarly related to one another, and more distantly related to germplasm from Tanzania. They were most closely related to germplasm from the Northern Zone in Tanzania, suggesting a possible historical introduction of germplasm from this area. Lower levels of diversity were observed on these islands, as well as the islands of Pemba and Zanzibar. This implies limited introduction and movement of cassava germplasm into the islands. Introductions of improved germplasm to Comoros is recommended with the simultaneous conservation of collected unique landraces. Two landraces with high market demand and reported tolerance to diseases were identified for further evaluation with a view to multiplication and distribution and incorporation into the breeding program.
The Hall-Colley Debate: a Stop on the Road to the 1619 Project
Authors: Welsh John 
Published: June 2023

AbstractThe publication of the 1619 Project in 2019 by the New York Times Magazine has proved to be a discursive pivot for historiographic debate over the place of liberty, justice and servitude in the social history of the USA. Discussion around this event has been focused and intense, but little has been done to situate the Project in either a wider field of historical sociology or a longer trajectory in the discourses of social and political history. By tracing a certain genealogy in this historiography back through the recent New History of Capitalism to a broader Atlantic and even global set of concerns in late-twentieth century social and cultural history, the article focuses on something I have named the Hall-Colley debate. Back in the early 2000s, this debate struck at the very heart of how liberty, captivity, servitude and domination are conceptualized and experienced historically, and it indicates an early formation of something much more developed by the time of the 1619 Project. While delving into the historiographic particulars of this debate around empire, freedom and capitalism, the purpose of this analysis is to identify how something one might call the ‘hierarchy of unfreedoms’ has gradually insinuated its way into the discourses of historical sociology up to and including the 1619 Project. The implication of this development has been a growing censoriousness in how we do social history, an increasingly maladroit handling of historical revision and reassessment, and a strengthening tendency towards closure in how we explore socially heterogenous experiences of unfreedom in unanticipated places.
The core of a complementary prism
Authors: Orel Marko 
Published: June 2023

AbstractThe complementary prism $$\Gamma {\bar{\Gamma }}$$

Γ

Γ

¯

is constructed from the disjoint union of a graph $$\Gamma $$
Γ
and its complement $${\bar{\Gamma }}$$

Γ

¯

if an edge is added between each pair of identical vertices in $$\Gamma $$
Γ
and $${\bar{\Gamma }}$$

Γ

¯

. It generalizes the Petersen graph, which is obtained if $$\Gamma $$
Γ
is the pentagon. The core of the complementary prism is investigated for arbitrary simple graph $$\Gamma $$
Γ
. In particular, it is shown that if $$\Gamma $$
Γ
is strongly regular and self-complementary, then $$\Gamma {\bar{\Gamma }}$$

Γ

Γ

¯

is a core, i.e. all its endomorphisms are automorphisms.
Non-stationary wave relaxation methods for general linear systems of Volterra equations: convergence and parallel GPU implementation
Authors: Dajana Conte , Eduardo Cuesta , Carmine Valentino 
Published: June 2023

AbstractIn the present paper, a parallel-in-time discretization of linear systems of Volterra equations of type $$\begin{aligned} \bar{u}(t) = \bar{u}_0 + \int _0^t \textbf{K}(t-s) \bar{u}(s)\,\text{ d }s + \bar{f}(t),\qquad 0<t\le T, \end{aligned}$$

u

¯

(
t
)

=

u

¯

0

+

∫
0
t

K

(
t
-
s
)

u

¯

(
s
)

d

s
+

f

¯

(
t
)

,

0
<
t
≤
T
,

is addressed. Related to the analytical solution, a general enough functional setting is firstly stated. Related to the numerical solution, a parallel numerical scheme based on the Non-Stationary Wave Relaxation (NSWR) method for the time discretization is proposed, and its convergence is studied as well. A CUDA parallel implementation of the method is carried out in order to exploit Graphics Processing Units (GPUs), which are nowadays widely employed for reducing the computational time of several general purpose applications. The performance of these methods is compared to some sequential implementation. It is revealed throughout several experiments of special interest in practical applications the good performance of the parallel approach.
A quantitative history of ordinary language philosophy
Authors: Porter J. D. , Hansen Nat 
Published: June 2023

AbstractThere is a standard story told about the rise and fall of ordinary language philosophy: it was a widespread, if not dominant, approach to philosophy in Great Britain in the aftermath of World War II up until the early 1960s, but with the development of systematic approaches to the study of language—formal semantic theories on one hand and Gricean pragmatics on the other—ordinary language philosophy more or less disappeared. In this paper we present quantitative evidence to evaluate the standard story of the rise and fall of ordinary language philosophy, building on the topic model of over 30,000 philosophy articles in Weatherson in (A History of Philosophy Journals, Volume 1: Evidence from Topic Modeling, 1876–2013, 2022). Using a combination of qualitative judgment and a topic-model-based measurement of similarity between individual articles, we find evidence that supports the first part of the standard story, according to which ordinary language philosophy arises in the 1940s, peaks between the early 1950s and the late 1960s, and then rapidly declines. But we argue that there is also evidence of a “new wave” of ordinary language philosophy in the early twenty-first century that defies the second part of the standard story.
Analysis of the relationship between short tandem repeats and lactation performance of Xinjiang Holstein cows
Authors: Li Yongqing , Liu Li , Zunongjiang Abula , Cao Lijun , Fan Yikai , Hu Bo , Zhang Shujun 
Published: June 2023

AbstractMicrosatellite markers, also known as short tandem repeats (STRs), are important for marker-assisted selection to detect genetic polymorphism, and they are uniformly distributed in eukaryotic genomes. To analyze the relationship between microsatellite loci and lactation traits of Holstein cows in Xinjiang, 175 lactating cows with similar birth dates, the same parity, and similar calving dates were selected, and 10 STR loci closely linked to quantitative trait loci were used to analyze the correlation between each STR locus and four lactation traits (daily milk yield, milk fat percentage, milk protein percentage, and lactose percentage). All loci showed different degrees of genetic polymorphism. The average values of observed alleles, effective alleles, expected heterozygosity, observed heterozygosity, and polymorphic information content of the 10 STR loci were 10, 3.11, 0.62, 0.64, and 0.58, respectively. Chi-square and G-square tests showed that all populations of loci were in accordance with the Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium. Analysis of the correlation between STR locus genotype and lactation performance in the whole lactation period showed three loci (namely, BM143, BM415, and BP7) with no significant correlation with all lactation traits, two loci (BM302 and UWCA9) related to milk yield, three loci (BM103, BM302, and BM6425) related to milk fat percentage, two loci (BM302 and BM6425) related to milk protein percentage, and three loci (BM1443, BM302, and BMS1943) related to lactose percentage. The microsatellite loci selected in this study showed rich polymorphism in the experimental dairy cow population and were related to the lactation traits, which can be used for the evaluation of genetic resources and early breeding and improvement of Holstein dairy cows in Xinjiang.
Evaluation of an Adaptation Strategy for Flood Damage Mitigation Under Climate Change Through the Use of Irrigation Reservoirs in Japan
Authors: Ikemoto Atsuya , Kazama So , Yoshida Takeo , Yanagihara Hayata 
Published: June 2023

AbstractThis study performed flood analysis, considering the water storage of irrigation reservoirs, to realize flood control by reservoirs, which are traditional irrigation facilities. The effect on flood control was determined through flood analysis performed by varying the reservoir storage rates. Based on the flood analysis results, Japan’s flood damage costs were estimated. Using three Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs) (SSP1-2.6, SSP2-4.5, and SSP5-8.5), we evaluated the flood control potential of reservoirs under future climate conditions. When the reservoirs were empty, the damage cost reduction rate resulting from the use of reservoirs across Japan was small, ranging from 1.1% to 2.3%, but as the damage cost reduction rate did not change under all future scenarios, reductions in flood damage were not affected by changes in rainfall under future climate conditions. Moreover, some prefectures showed high damage cost reduction effects. In northern part of Japan and numerous prefectures in western Japan, the potential to reduce damage through flood control by irrigation reservoirs was high. Some prefectures experienced similar reduction levels as those under alternative adaptation strategies. In the Kanto region, flood control by irrigation reservoirs had low potential for reducing damages. Even among prefectures with low water storage capacities of irrigation reservoirs, the potential to mitigate the effect of damage was high.
Social Integration Through Conflict: Mechanisms and Challenges in Pluralist Democracies
Authors: Deitelhoff Nicole , Schmelzle Cord 
Published: June 2023

AbstractConflicts are not usually associated with social integration, but rather with threats to it. They appear as a cause of social distance, alienation and division. However, the sociology of conflict maintains that conflicts are as much a source of social integration and cohesion as they are of division. Modern democratic societies in particular have developed the ability to enable and maintain social integration by simultaneously promoting and containing conflict. To do so, they make use of three different mechanisms: the dilution and pluralisation of conflicts, their institutional embedding, and the adaptation and appropriation of the social order through conflict. The article introduces these mechanisms, outlines how they materialise in modern democracies and discusses three current developments that threaten the balance between the promotion and containment of conflict: polarisation, radicalisation and depoliticisation.
Job Resources in the Police: Main and Interaction Effects of Social and Organizational Resources
Authors: Rauschmayr Sophie , Schleicher Katja , Dohnke Birte 
Published: June 2023

AbstractThe Job Demands-Resources model postulates job resources to directly promote employees’ mental health and to interact with job demands. Recent meta-analyses revealed differential effects of social and organizational resources. Studies of job resources in police officers predominantly included social resources and have rarely examined differential effects, interaction effects, and both negative and positive mental health outcomes. The present study provides a comprehensive test of job resources for the mental health of police officers: Main and interaction effects of social and organizational resources were tested on burnout symptoms and job satisfaction. Survey data were collected from 493 German police officers. Social (support, sense of community, leadership quality) and organizational resources (influence at work, possibilities for development, meaning of work), demands (quantitative, emotional, work privacy conflicts), burnout symptoms, and job satisfaction were assessed with an online questionnaire. Stepwise regression analyses and moderator analyses (PROCESS) were performed. Job resources contributed to the prediction of burnout symptoms and job satisfaction beyond job demands. Organizational resources explained substantial variance beyond social resources. Sense of community and possibilities for development were the most influential resources, and work privacy conflicts were the most influential demand. In addition, work privacy conflicts strengthened the association between sense of community and job satisfaction. The study confirms that social as well as organizational resources are protective for police officers’ mental health. Sense of community and possibilities for development emerged as promising starting points for measures to prevent burnout and promote job satisfaction.
Solvability of the product of n-integral equations in Orlicz spaces
Authors: Metwali Mohamed M. A. , Cichoń Kinga 
Published: June 2023

AbstractWe study the existence of a.e. monotonic $$L_\varphi $$

L
φ

-solutions for the product of n-quadratic integral equations. As indicated by the different continuity properties of the considered operators in Orlicz spaces, we study three different cases in which the generating N-functions satisfy the conditions $$\Delta '$$

Δ
′

, $$\Delta _2,$$

Δ
2

,

and $$\Delta _3$$

Δ
3

. The method adopted in this paper consists of an appropriate application of some measure of noncompactness and the Darbo fixed point theorem for solving operators acting on the product of n-Orlicz spaces.
Morse Index of Free Boundary Disk in Pseudoconvex Domain
Authors: Chau Chi Fai 
Published: June 2023

AbstractIn this paper, we study the Morse index for the $$\overline{\partial }$$

∂
¯

-energy of a non-holomorphic disk in a strictly pseudoconvex domain in $$\mathbb {C}^n$$

C

n

or in a Kähler manifold with non-negative bisectional curvature. We give a proof that a $$\overline{\partial }$$

∂
¯

-energy minimizing disk is holomorphic; in fact, more generally we show that a non-holomorphic critical disk for the $$\overline{\partial }$$

∂
¯

-energy has Morse index at least $$n-1$$

n
-
1

. We also extend the result to domains which satisfy the weaker k-pseudoconvexity property for $$k\ge 2$$

k
≥
2

.
Intra-Cardiac Flow from Geometry Prescribed Computational Fluid Dynamics: Comparison with Ultrasound Vector Flow Imaging
Authors: Hvid Rasmus , Stuart Matthias Bo , Jensen Jørgen Arendt , Traberg Marie Sand 
Published: June 2023

Abstract
Purpose
This paper investigates the accuracy of blood flow velocities simulated from a geometry prescribed computational fluid dynamics (CFD) pipeline by applying it to a dynamic heart phantom. The CFD flow patterns are compared to a direct flow measurement by ultrasound vector flow imaging (VFI). The hypothesis is that the simulated velocity magnitudes are within one standard deviation of the measured velocities.

Methods
The CFD pipeline uses computed tomography angiography (CTA) images with 20 volumes per cardiac cycle as geometry input. Fluid domain movement is prescribed from volumetric image registration using the CTA image data. Inlet and outlet conditions are defined by the experimental setup. VFI is systematically measured in parallel planes, and compared to the corresponding planes in the simulated time dependent three dimensional fluid velocity field.

Results
The measured VFI and simulated CFD have similar flow patterns when compared qualitatively. A quantitative comparison of the velocity magnitude is also performed at specific regions of interest. These are evaluated at 11 non-overlapping time bins and compared by linear regression giving R2 = 0.809, SD = 0.060 m/s, intercept = − 0.039 m/s, and slope = 1.09. Excluding an outlier at the inlet, the correspondence between CFD and VFI improves to: R2 = 0.823, SD = 0.048 m/s, intercept = -0.030 m/s, and slope = 1.01.

Conclusion
The direct comparison of flow patterns shows that the proposed CFD pipeline provide realistic flow patterns in a well-controlled experimental setup. The demanded accuracy is obtained close to the inlet and outlet, but not in locations far from these.
Effect of Modified Halloysite/Expandable Graphite Addition on Thermal and Intumescent Properties of the Fire-Resistant Paints for Steel
Authors: Mastalska-Popławska Joanna 
Published: June 2023

AbstractThe article presents results of the research on the influence of halloysite and its modified versions in a configuration with expandable graphite on thermal stability, integrity and intumescence of the fire-resistant paints for steel based on the epoxy resin and ammonium polyphosphate/pentaerythritol/melamine (APP/PER/MEL) system. The preliminary scanning electron microscope (SEM) analysis showed that halloysite modified with sulfuric acid (M2) has the best surface expansion. Nanotubes increased their volume and nanoplates were more delaminated. Temperature tests of the fire-resistant paints and subsequent SEM analysis confirmed these results, as a homogeneous structure with 50-fold multiplication was obtained for the sample with modified halloysite M2/expandable graphite, while the sample with pure halloysite/expandable graphite multiplied only 15-fold. Thermogravimetry/ differential scanning calorimetry (TG/DSC) analysis showed that the modified halloysite can significantly change the course of thermograms, even at low addition (7 wt%), and the mass loss can be reduced by up to about 13 wt%. The obtained results showed that the modified halloysite can successfully cooperate with expandable graphite and can be introduced into the intumescent system without deteriorating the physicochemical properties of the coating.
Visualizing exertional dyspnea in a post-COVID patient using electrical impedance tomography
Authors: Gremme Yvonne , Derlien Steffen , Katzer Katrin , Reuken Philipp A. , Stallmach Andreas , Lewejohann Jan-Christoph , Lemhöfer Christina 
Published: June 2023

Abstract
Purpose and method
Many post-COVID patients suffer from dyspnea on exertion. To visualize exercise-induced dyspnea, a post-COVID patient and a healthy volunteer underwent an exercise test on a treadmill under stress relevant to everyday life monitored by electrical impedance tomography (EIT).

Results
The lung-healthy volunteer showed an even ventilation distribution throughout the assessment, a large ventilated area, and a butterfly-like lung shape with a convex lung rim. The post-COVID patient showed clear differences in the ventilated area compared to the control subject. During exercise, a constantly changing picture of differently ventilated areas is shown. However, especially the anterior regions were under-ventilated and larger areas were partially absent from ventilation. Overall, uncoordinated breathing and an uneven distribution of ventilation dominated the findings.

Conclusion
EIT is suitable for visualizing disturbed ventilation of the lungs, both at rest and under stress. The potential as a diagnostic tool in dyspnea assessment should be investigated.
Effects of resistance training on patients with End-Stage Renal Disease: an umbrella review with meta-analysis of the pooled findings
Authors: Perez-Dominguez Borja , Suso-Marti Luis , Dominguez-Navarro Fernando , Perpiña-Martinez Sara , Calatayud Joaquin , Casaña Jose 
Published: June 2023

Abstract
Objectives
This umbrella review aimed to review the effects of resistance training on patients with end-stage renal disease and assess the methodological quality of the available literature.

Methods
An umbrella review and meta-meta-analysis was performed. A systematic search was conducted until May 2022. Article selection, quality assessment, and risk of bias assessment were performed by two independent reviewers. The meta-meta-analyses were performed with a random-effects model and the summary statistics were presented in the form of a forest plot with a weighted compilation of all standardized mean differences and corresponding 95% confidence interval. Twenty-four reviews were eventually included. The protocol was registered in the international registry PROSPERO (CRD42022321702).

Results
Resistance training showed positive effects on functional capacity (g = 0.614), aerobic capacity (g = 0.587), health-related quality of life (g = 0.429), and peak force (g = 0.621). Fifteen of the included studies (63%) presented low risk of bias, and the remaining studies (37%) showed unclear risk of bias.

Conclusion
Resistance training in patients undergoing hemodialysis is an intervention that shows positive results regarding physical and functional outcomes. The quality level of the literature is inconclusive, but the included studies present low risk of bias.

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