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Food Security in the Afro-China Cooperation: The Hanging, Untapped ‘Win-Win’ Partnership
Authors: Oluoko-Odingo Alice A. , Ayiemba Elias HO. 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
China-Africa cooperation, is a story of many successes, while also raising many eye-brows, as the world comes into terms with the alternative approach to development aid. The indebted African countries, hitherto considered unsuitable for funding by the west have had a fall-back position with China and successfully applied for development funding to support mainly infrastructure projects. Livelihood sustainability (food security) is therefore neglected, herein referred to as the hanging and untapped ‘win-win’ opportunity for partnership. The article is based on secondary data and adopts the theories of human-ecological system model and the sustainable livelihoods approach. In the discussions, some of the global challenges in the Afro-China cooperation, besides food security, include climate change, trade imbalance, migration and deforestation, which require multidisciplinary approach to handle. The conclusions underlined prioritizing of food security by leveraging on synergies within sustainable development goals for sustainability. Careful evaluation of new future partnerships is recommended.
Cicero’s Philosophical Leadership, an Academic Consideration
Authors: Thomas Charlotte C. S. 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
In Pro Murena, Cicero argues that Cato’s rigid philosophical comportment to politics reflects a mistaken understanding both of philosophy and of politics. By implication, he suggests that there is an approach to philosophy that is compatible with political leadership. Specifically, he argues that a thoroughgoing commitment to the philosophy of the Platonic Academy (i.e., Academic Philosophy) is entirely compatible with a thoroughgoing commitment to political leadership in the late Roman Republic. This essay looks at the most famous treatment of philosophical leadership in the Platonic corpus, the philosopher ruler of the Republic, and asks to what extent Cicero’s depiction of politics and philosophy is consonant with that account.
Nepos, Atticus, and the Quiet Life
Authors: Seal Carey 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
Cornelius Nepos’ Life of Atticus shows its author as living a life of deliberate withdrawal from politics. This paper compares that life to other models of political withdrawal in Greco-Roman thought and finds that it does not cohere very closely with any of them. Nepos, the paper proposes, deviates from these existing models in showing Atticus as avoiding politics not out of a desire to transcend human life, to reorder politics, or to create a substitute politics of his own, but rather to live what the paper calls ‘social life.’ Atticus embraces human interdependence while rejecting the civic forms in which that interdependence was traditionally expressed in Greece and Rome.
Machiavelli’s Catilinarian Oration
Authors: Scott John T. 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
In the Discourses on Livy, Machiavelli claims that writers who are afraid to condemn Caesar instead criticize Catiline. I argue that Machiavelli follows this advice by inverting it. He openly condemns Caesar and the empire he founded while signaling that he has in mind another inimical example: the Church. He signals his intention by echoing Cicero’s fourth Catilinarian oration, imitating Cicero’s image of the ruin of Rome if Catiline’s conspiracy were to succeed through his own vision of the Italy wrought by wicked Roman emperors who succeeded Caesar. The reader of Machiavelli who recognizes this echo is in a position to see Machiavelli’s own Catilinarian oration against another successor of Caesar. In making my argument, I draw on Rex Stem’s treatment of the functions of exemplementarity as employed by authors of texts and as received by their readers.
A New List of the High-Priests of Ptah at Memphis till the End of the Ancient Egyptian History (332 BCE)
Authors: EI-Sharkawy Basem Samir 
Published: March 2023

It is well known that the Western coast of the Arabian Gulf in ancient times -3000 BCE and afterwards- has witnessed the establishment of many urban centers, which had some commercial relationships with its counterparts in Mesopotamia in the north, and with Indus civilization - present Indian Peninsula and Pakistan- in the south, in addition to its commercial relationship with the inner parts of the Arabian Peninsula.
This research paper is concerned more with the inscriptions of the urban centers -known as the Dilmun civilization- located on the Western Coast of the Arabian Gul£ Such inscriptions have not been studied before from a national point of view.
This research depends mainly on the Sumerian sources, which made several references to the economic, military and religious relationships with the Dilmun Civilization. This study aims to gather information about the Dilmun civilization in order to understand it more fully, and to shade light on the historical values of those archival sourcesw to the end of the Iron Age in the relevant archaeological sites on the western coast of the Arabian Gulf.
Simulating the Hydrologic Response to Climate Change in Three New Zealand Headwater Basins Using CMIP6 Datasets
Authors: Risley John C. , Zammit Christian 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
Air temperature and precipitation outputs from 10 CMIP6 GCMs were input to the Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System hydrologic model to evaluate water and energy responses in three headwater basins to projected climate change over the twenty-first century. The headwater basins (398–801 km2) are located within the Mataura River basin in the South Island of New Zealand. CMIP6 datasets included two emission scenarios [shared socioeconomic pathways (SSPs) SSP2-4.5 and SSP5-8.5]. Half of the 10 GCMs selected in the study have equilibrium climate sensitivity (ECS) values above 4.5°C, which has been considered the upper end of equilibrium climate sensitivity. Modeling results included increased annual air temperature, evapotranspiration, and precipitation by the end of the twenty-first century for both SSP emissions scenarios, both high- and low-ECS GCMs, and all three headwater basins. Monthly precipitation and evapotranspiration totals also increased for all or most months. Monthly streamflow changes generally corresponded with monthly precipitation changes. Snowpack decreased significantly in depth and seasonal duration in all basins. However, streamflow increased for all SSP and ECS groups and basins because increased precipitation was consistently greater than increased evapotranspiration losses. Sources of uncertainty include the GCMs, climate sensitivity, downscaling, bias adjustment, emission scenarios, and the hydrologic model. Simulated hydrologic responses based on climate data from GCMs with ECS values of greater than 4.5°C could be less plausible since previous studies have suggested true ECS ranges from 1.5° to 4.5°C.
The Use of Ensemble Clustering on a Multimodel Ensemble for Medium-Range Forecasting at the Weather Prediction Center
Authors: Lamberson William S. , Bodner Michael J. , Nelson James A. , Sienkiewicz Sara A. 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
This article introduces an ensemble clustering tool developed at the Weather Prediction Center (WPC) to assist forecasters in the preparation of medium-range (3–7 day) forecasts. Effectively incorporating ensemble data into an operational forecasting process, like that used at WPC, can be challenging given time constraints and data infrastructure limitations. Often forecasters do not have time to view the large number of constituent members of an ensemble forecast, so they settle for viewing the ensemble’s mean and spread. This ignores the useful information about forecast uncertainty and the range of possible forecast outcomes that an ensemble forecast can provide. Ensemble clustering could be a solution to this problem as it can reduce a large ensemble forecast down to the most prevalent forecast scenarios. Forecasters can then quickly view these ensemble clusters to better understand and communicate forecast uncertainty and the range of possible forecast outcomes. The ensemble clustering tool developed at WPC is a variation of fuzzy clustering where operationally available ensemble members with similar 500-hPa geopotential height forecasts are grouped into four clusters. A representative case from 15 February 2021 is presented to demonstrate the clustering methodology and the overall utility of this new ensemble clustering tool. Cumulative verification statistics show that one of the four forecast scenarios identified by this ensemble clustering tool routinely outperforms all the available ensemble mean and deterministic forecasts.

Significance Statement
Ensemble forecasts could be used more effectively in medium-range (3–7 day) forecasting. Currently, the onus is put on forecasters to view and synthesize all of the data contained in an ensemble forecast. This is a task they often do not have time to adequately execute. This work proposes a solution to this problem. An automated tool was developed that would split the available ensemble members into four groups of broadly similar members. These groups were presented to forecasters as four potential forecast outcomes. Forecasters felt this tool helped them to better incorporate ensemble forecasts into their forecast process. Verification shows that presenting ensemble forecasts in this manner is an improvement on currently used ensemble forecast visualization techniques.
Capturing the Growth of Chinese Investment in India
Authors: Choudhury Rahul Nath 
Published: March 2023

Chinese foreign direct investment inflows in India increased from just US $1 million in 2010 to the US $173 million in 2019, while the total private equity investment was US $3,423 million in the same period. Chinese companies emerged as majority shareholders in several Indian start-ups, particularly in the technology sector. In contrast to this economic development, there has been a constant clash among the borders, noticeably in the Dokhlam and Galwan valleys with a few other minor clashes in different areas. Both nations are experiencing a booming economic alliance and shrinking political and diplomatic relations at the same time. In this background, the current article attempts to explore the key factors influencing the Chinese to invest in India. This article also attempts to analyse the nature of Chinese investment and explain why many countries look at Chinese investment with suspicion. Applying the regression model, the study finds that various policy variables played a significant role in attracting Chinese investors to India. JEL Codes: P33, F10, F50
Evaluating the Reasons for India’s Withdrawal from RCEP: A General Equilibrium Analysis
Authors: Sharma Sachin Kumar , Narayanan G. Badri , Dobhal Adeet , Akhter Raihan 
Published: March 2023

This study identifies and rationalises some of India’s issues and concerns with the signing of the RCEP. By analysing the existing trade balance, import surge trends, dumping and agricultural sensitivities, among other factors, the study justifies India’s decision to remain outside of this mega-FTA. Further, it predicts the impact of tariff elimination under RCEP on various macroeconomic variables of the RCEP member countries by using the GTAP model under two scenarios: (i) India does not join the RCEP and (ii) India joins the RCEP. Results show that India’s GDP would be adversely affected if it joins this agreement, and its overall trade deficit may further deteriorate after joining the RCEP. In terms of the bilateral trade balance, India’s trade deficit with ASEAN and China will grow steeply if it joins the agreement. The study also finds that an RCEP without India may lose its shine as the GDP of most of the other members of the RCEP would be negatively impacted by India’s decision to stay out. JEL Codes: F13, F15, F17, F61, O53
“Water Pays for Water”: Sonora, An Affluent of National Privatization
Authors: Ibarra Fernanda , Centeno Ramón I. 
Published: March 2023

A status quo has been structured in Mexico that prioritizes the commercial value of water over its socio-environmental value. Sonora is a typical case of the transfer of a common good to the private sphere. The communities historically linked to the two major affluents in the region, the Río Yaqui and the Río Sonora, have experienced this trend firsthand. There, as in the rest of Mexico, a water market has emerged that has led to de facto privatization benefiting the bourgeoisie. En México se ha estructurado un status quo que prioriza el valor comercial del agua sobre su socioambiental. Sonora es un caso típico de transferencia de un bien común a la esfera privada. Las comunidades históricamente vinculadas a los dos principales afluentes de la región, el Río Yaqui y el Río Sonora, han experimentado esta tendencia de primera mano. Allí, como en otras partes de México, ha surgido un mercado del agua que ha llevado a una privatización de facto que beneficia a la burguesía.
Nasal Acinic Cell Carcinoma Misdiagnosed as Hemangioma of the Nasal Septum
Authors: Liu Yanan , Peng CongLi , Long Ping 
Published: March 2023

Acinic cell carcinoma (AciCC) is a low-grade, slow-growing malignant tumor that commonly originates from the parotid gland and occasionally from the minor gland of the oral cavity, but rarely from the nasal cavity. Here, we present a 57-year-old woman who presented with an 8-month history of obstruction and epistaxis of the right nasal cavity. Rhinoscopy revealed a reddish-gray fleshy mass with tiny blood vessels on the surface blocking the right postnaris. Computed tomography showed a 3 × 2 cm2 well-demarcated tumor filling the right nasal common meatus with a clear boundary. There were no signs of local bone erosion in the bony window. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed abnormal signals in the nasal meatus with iso-intensity in the T1W1 sequence with homogeneous enhancement. We diagnosed it as a right nasal hemangioma, and the patient underwent endoscopic resection. However, histopathological evaluation of the surgical specimen confirmed a primary AciCC. The patient refused further radical surgery and instead underwent adjuvant radiotherapy. There was no clinical evidence of recurrence for 2 years, and the patient has returned for follow-up yearly. We discuss the clinical nature of sinonasal AciCC and the treatment of this rare condition.
Anatomical features of plantar fasciitis in various age cohorts: Based on magnetic resonance imaging
Authors: Zhang Lei , Cai Mingyang , Gan Yiwen , Xia Zhangrong , Xiong Jixiang , Sun Xinghao , Yang Peixin , Tang Huining , Wang Guoyou 
Published: March 2023

Background Due to the lack of further studies on the influence of age factors on plantar fasciitis, this study evaluates the characteristic observation points of magnetic resonance imaging in various age cohorts of patients with plantar fasciitis to help diagnosis. Methods A retrospective analysis of 160 cases of plantar fasciitis patients and normal subjects (who have the disease unrelated to plantar fasciitis) who have undergone an MRI examination in our institution. The two groups were separately divided into young adult subjects (36 to 44 years old), middle age adult subjects (45 to 59 years old), and older adult subjects (60 to 79 years old). Data was gathered regarding plantar fascia thickness, the coronal length of the plantar fascia at the calcaneal origin, the signal intensity of plantar fascia and surrounding structures, and the presence or absence of plantar calcaneal spurs, all of which were assessed objectively by the investigators. Results There were statistical differences in the thickness of plantar fascia between two groups of three age cohorts (Older adult patients: 0.59 ± 0.09 cm; Middle age adult patients: 0.49 ± 0.09 cm; Young adult patients: 0.47 ± 0.05 cm) (all p < 0.001). In addition, there were also statistical differences in the high signal intensity changes of the plantar fascia and surrounding soft tissues between two groups of three age cohorts (all p < 0.001). In older adult plantar fasciitis patients, with regard to plantar calcaneal spur discovery, there was a statistical difference between the two groups (Chi-square = 12.799. df = 1. p < 0.001). Conclusion In plantar fasciitis cases where a diagnosis is difficult, abnormalities in the soft tissue surrounding the plantar fascia in patients of low age are noteworthy. In older adult patients, the discovery of plantar calcaneal spurs with abnormal thickening of plantar fascia deserves attention, and abnormal MRI findings are more manifest. But the final diagnosis should be based on the medical history. Level of Evidence Level 3.
Factors of relationship satisfaction for autistic and non-autistic partners in long-term relationships
Authors: Yew Rui Ying , Hooley Merrilyn , Stokes Mark A 
Published: March 2023

Autistic individuals have reported lower satisfaction in their romantic relationships compared to non-autistic individuals. Previous research on the factors that contribute to relationship satisfaction within autism has focused on the characteristics of autistic participants as barriers to relationship satisfaction, while overlooking the role of their partners. This study investigated a range of factors and their association with long-term relationship satisfaction for 95 autistic individuals and 65 non-autistic individuals in current or previous long-term relationships with autistic individuals. Participants completed an online survey, including questionnaires measuring autistic traits, the Big Five personality traits, social loneliness, partner responsiveness, sexual satisfaction and relationship satisfaction. Partner responsiveness significantly predicted relationship satisfaction for both autistic and non-autistic partners. The findings suggest that to enhance relationship satisfaction, service providers working with couples involving an autistic individual would improve the relationship by focusing on assisting their clients to identify each other’s needs and how best to meet them. Lay abstract Previous research has found that autistic people report lower satisfaction in their romantic relationships compared to non-autistic people. However, the majority of this research has focused on autistic traits as barriers to relationship satisfaction, while overlooking the role of their partners in these relationships. Our study explored a range of factors in both autistic people and non-autistic partners of autistic people and how they may be linked to long-term relationship satisfaction. These factors included social and communication skills, personality traits, social loneliness, partner responsiveness, and sexual satisfaction. We found that partner responsiveness was a strong predictor of relationship satisfaction for both autistic and non-autistic partners, suggesting that rather than focusing intervention solely on the autistic person, the role of their partner should also be considered. Service providers who work with couples involving an autistic person to enhance their relationship satisfaction could focus on assisting their clients to identify each other’s needs and how best to meet them.
The Plane Hydrostatic Test as a Means for Selecting Appropriate Failure Criteria in Fibre Composites
Authors: Theocaris Pericles S. 
Published: March 2023

Biaxial tests in anisotropic plates of composite materials do not provide a conclusive evidence for the selection of the appropriate version of the failure tensor polynomial criterion (FTP). On the other hand triaxial tests, which could be decisive, present difficulties and inaccuracies when anisotropic materials should be tested. It was shown in this paper that a simple biaxial hydrostatic test in the transverse isotropic plane of a transversely isotropic material constitutes an accurate technique to decide which version of the criterion is valid. It was proved that the anisotropy along the strong stress axis of the material increases considerably the differences in failure in the transverse isotropic plane between the various criteria and it constitutes a safe test for deciding the validity of the appropriate criterion. Tests in biaxial hydrostatic tension or compression with different composite materials indicated clearly the superiority of the elliptic paraboloid failure surface criterion (EPFS).
Chemical Exposure Tests on Perfluoroalkoxy Sheet
Authors: Van Tilburg V.S.M. , Stirling C.D. , Miller N.A. 
Published: March 2023

Welded and unwelded panels of perfluoroalkoxy sheet have been exposed to 70% nitric acid, 98% sulphuric acid and 50% sodium hydroxide in such a manner that the panels were subjected to both total immersion and vapour phase conditions. Tensile and flexural test pieces were subjected to total immersion at the same time. Exposure periods were for three months at 40°C and for 28 days at 80°C. Deliberately strained specimens were totally immersed in 98% sulphuric acid and 50% sodium hydroxide for 28 days at 80°C. After exposure, the panels were examined visually and under a scanning microscope (SEM) for any signs of chemical attack or cracking. The tensile and flexural test pieces were tested after exposure to determine whether there had been any adverse effects on properties.
Thermal and Viscoelastic Properties of Blends of Polypropylene with Thermotropic Liquid Crystalline Copolyesters
Authors: Yazaki Fumihiko , Tsubouchi Yasushi , Yosomiya Ryutoku 
Published: March 2023

The thermal and viscoelastic properties of blends of polypropylene (PP) with thermotropic liquid crystalline copolyesters (LCP) have been investigated. (1) Thermal characteristics, change of tan δ peaks, and SEM observation on the fracture surfaces of PP-LCP blends indicate behaviour characteristic of incompatible blend systems. (2) Ternary blend systems containing chlorinated polypropylene (Cl-PP) showed increased interfacial interaction between the LCP and the matrix in comparison with the binary blend. (3) Blends containing dimethylglyoxine (DMG) showed further improvement in interfacial interaction between the LCP and matrix. DMG is believed to act as a crosslinking agent.
Marine Grade Polyester Resins for Boat Building in the 1990s
Authors: Norwood L.S. , Holton E.C. 
Published: March 2023

Long-term evidence strongly supports the suitability of polyester resins for the construction of marine structures. However, misuse and incorrect selection has resulted in some distrust of their use for the manufacture of large structures. In this paper the issues surrounding the limitations of general purpose resins are discussed and cost-effective alternatives suggested which, if used correctly, can resist blister formation indefinitely. The mechanical performance of these systems is also discussed and compared with vinyl esters, epoxies and toughened resins. Under cold curing conditions isophthalic acid and isophthalic acid-neopentyl glycol based resins are more than adequate for resisting blister formation for, in some systems, in excess of 20 years at ambient temperatures and with laminate properties matching those of cold cured epoxy or vinyl ester systems. Examples are given of the effective combination of different resin systems where the main structural laminate is protected by an environmental barrier providing cost-effective structural composites suitable for all marine structures.