bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Clam shrimp
Nothocarapacestheria
from the Lower Jurassic of the Junggar Basin, northwestern China
Authors: Teng Xiao , Li Gang 
Published: August 2023

Abstract

Nothocarapacestheria

Rohn
et al.
, 2014

was erected based on material from the Upper Triassic–Lower Jurassic of the Paraná Basin, Brazil. Here we describe a
Nothocarapacestheria
species that has been discovered in the Lower Jurassic Badaowan Formation in Xinjiang, northwestern China. The described species is characterized by: (1) almost the whole carapace being ornamented with medium reticulations, 3–6 polygons per growth band, 20–60 µm mesh diameter; (2) the gradual transition to radially elongated reticulations in the distal region of the carapace, sometimes ending as radial lirae; and (3) fine puncta in the mesh of reticulations. Through this study, we are able to infer that the distribution of
Nothocarapacestheria
was more widespread than previously thought, and that
Euestheria
sp. previously reported from the Lower Jurassic Badaowan Formation are probably poorly preserved or juvenile individuals of
Nothocarapacestheria
.
DAG Scheduling in Mobile Edge Computing
Authors: Li Guopeng , Tan Haisheng , Liu Liuyan , Zhou Hao , Jiang Shaofeng H.-C. , Han Zhenhua , Li Xiang-Yang , Chen Guoliang 
Published: August 2023

In Mobile Edge Computing, edge servers have limited storage and computing resources that can only support a small number of functions. Meanwhile, mobile applications are becoming more complex, consisting of multiple dependent tasks, modeled as a Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG). When a request arrives, typically in an online manner with a deadline specified, we need to configure the servers and assign the dependent tasks for efficient processing. This work jointly considers the problem of dependent task placement and scheduling with on-demand function configuration on edge servers, aiming to meet as many deadlines as possible. For a single request, when the configuration on each edge server is fixed, we derive
FixDoc
to find the optimal task placement and scheduling. When the on-demand function configuration is allowed, we propose
GenDoc
, a novel approximation algorithm, and analyze its additive error from the optimal theoretically. For multiple requests, we derive
OnDoc
, an online algorithm easy to deploy in practice. Our extensive experiments show that
GenDoc
outperforms state-of-the-art baselines in processing 86.14% of these unique applications, and reduces their average completion time by at least 24%. The number of deadlines that
OnDoc
can satisfy is at least 1.9× that of the baselines.
The Nocebo Effect
Authors: Colloca Luana 
Published: August 2023

Adverse nocebo responses can cause harm to patients and interfere with treatment adherence and effects in both clinic practice and clinical trials. Nocebo responses refer to negative outcomes to active medical treatments in clinical trials or practice that cannot be explained by the treatment's pharmacologic effects. Negative expectancies and nocebo effects are less known than placebo responses. Nocebo effects can be triggered by verbal suggestions, prior negative experiences, observation of others experiencing negative outcomes, and other contextual and environmental factors. As research advances over the years, mechanistic knowledge is accumulating on the neurobiological mechanisms of nocebo effects. This review summarizes studies on different facets of nocebo effects and responses and discusses clinical implications, ethical considerations, and future directions.
Exploring Natural Alternatives to Nitrites in Pork Meat Patty: A Study on the Effects of Gromwell Root Extract and Lettuce Powder as Substitutes
Authors: Lim Youngho , Choi Sumin , Park Gyutae , Park Yunhwan , Kim Youngjin , Choi Hyunsoo , Choi Jungseok 
Published: August 2023

The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of substituting nitrite in pork meat patties with gromwell root extract and lettuce powder. We made pork patties with gromwell root extract and lettuce powder (control, no addition; positive control, addition of

50

ppm

sodium

nitrite
+
0.1
%

ascorbic

acid

; T1, 0.3% gromwell root extract; T2, 0.1% lettuce powder; T3,

0.3
%

gromwell

root

extract
+
0.1
%

lettuce

powder

) and investigated whether gromwell root extract and lettuce powder could serve as nitrite substitutes. Addition of gromwell root extract and lettuce powder improved WHC and CL and storage stability. Furthermore, addition of gromwell root extract reduced lightness and yellowness and increased redness. However, it had a negative effect on the sensory evaluation of flavor, bitterness, and off odor. In conclusion, gromwell root extract and lettuce powder showed positive potential as substitutes for nitrite in pork meat patties.
Association of Intrinsic Functional Connectivity between the Locus Coeruleus and Salience Network with Attentional Ability
Authors: Neal Joshua , Song Inuk , Katz Benjamin , Lee Tae-Ho 
Published: August 2023

Abstract
The locus coeruleus (LC) is a brainstem region associated with broad neural arousal because of norepinephrine production, but it has increasingly been associated with specific cognitive processes. These include sustained attention, with deficits associated with various neuropsychological disorders. Neural models of attention deficits have focused on interrupted dynamics between the salience network (SAL) with the frontoparietal network, which has been associated with task-switching and processing of external stimuli, respectively. Conflicting findings for these regions suggest the possibility of upstream signaling leading to attention dysfunction, and recent research suggests LC involvement. In this study, resting-state functional connectivity and behavioral performance on an attention task was examined within 584 individuals. Analysis revealed significant clusters connected to LC activity in the SAL. Given previous findings that attention deficits may be caused by SAL network switching dysfunctions, findings here further suggest that dysfunction in LC–SAL connectivity may impair attention.
Communication Drives the Emergence of Language Universals in Neural Agents: Evidence from the Word-order/Case-marking Trade-off
Authors: Lian Yuchen , Bisazza Arianna , Verhoef Tessa 
Published: August 2023

Abstract
Artificial learners often behave differently from human learners in the context of neural agent-based simulations of language emergence and change. A common explanation is the lack of appropriate cognitive biases in these learners. However, it has also been proposed that more naturalistic settings of language learning and use could lead to more human-like results. We investigate this latter account, focusing on the word-order/case-marking trade-off, a widely attested language universal that has proven particularly hard to simulate. We propose a new Neural-agent Language Learning and Communication framework (NeLLCom) where pairs of speaking and listening agents first learn a miniature language via supervised learning, and then optimize it for communication via reinforcement learning. Following closely the setup of earlier human experiments, we succeed in replicating the trade-off with the new framework without hard-coding specific biases in the agents. We see this as an essential step towards the investigation of language universals with neural learners.
A Cross-Linguistic Pressure for Uniform Information Density in Word Order
Authors: Clark Thomas Hikaru , Meister Clara , Pimentel Tiago , Hahn Michael , Cotterell Ryan , Futrell Richard , Levy Roger 
Published: August 2023

Abstract
While natural languages differ widely in both canonical word order and word order flexibility, their word orders still follow shared cross-linguistic statistical patterns, often attributed to functional pressures. In the effort to identify these pressures, prior work has compared real and counterfactual word orders. Yet one functional pressure has been overlooked in such investigations: The uniform information density (UID) hypothesis, which holds that information should be spread evenly throughout an utterance. Here, we ask whether a pressure for UID may have influenced word order patterns cross-linguistically. To this end, we use computational models to test whether real orders lead to greater information uniformity than counterfactual orders. In our empirical study of 10 typologically diverse languages, we find that: (i) among SVO languages, real word orders consistently have greater uniformity than reverse word orders, and (ii) only linguistically implausible counterfactual orders consistently exceed the uniformity of real orders. These findings are compatible with a pressure for information uniformity in the development and usage of natural languages.1
Martyrdom of the Sukiaseans (Mytho-Ritual Aspect)
Authors: Salbiev Tamerlan K. 
Published: August 2023

Abstract
It is a common belief that conflict, underlying the events described in the Martyrdom of Sukiaseans was based on apostasy. Yet, it is very likely that the fatal controversy between the Alan king and the Alan hermits, who converted to Christianity, his subjects, was caused by more complex set of factors without which it is impossible to adequately understand neither the essence of the conflict, nor the motives of its participants, nor the consequences to which it led. It seems that an integrated approach should pay a decisive role to developing an adequate methodology, according to which Martyrdom cannot be separated from Satenik’s wedding ceremony. It is only within the mytho-ritual framework of this wedding that five key motives, underlying the general plot of Martyrdom, can be singled out and explained.
A Flow of Christian Images from the Shanghai Jesuits to the Paris Foreign Missions in Japan: Imitation, Alteration, and Returning to the Roots
Authors: Guo Nanyan 
Published: August 2023

Abstract
The Jesuit Adolphe Vasseur created more than 160 woodblock prints at the orphanage of T’ou-se-we in Shanghai, China, combining Western images of biblical stories with traditional Chinese styles and symbols, aiming to help familiarize the Chinese people with Christian concepts. Vasseur’s images were adopted and transformed through lithographic publications and woodblock prints by the Paris Foreign Missions (mep) in Japan from the 1860s to the 1870s under Fr. Marc Marie de Rotz (1840–1914). Focusing on ten woodblock prints, often referred to as the “De Rotz Prints,” which were made based on Vasseur’s images and altered by adding Japanese symbols, this paper will show how Vasseur’s images were modified from a Chinese to Japanese context, primarily by adapting to the situation of Japanese Christians, who were emerging from more than two centuries of persecution and underground worship. This article is part of the special issue of the Journal of Jesuit Studies, “Jesuits in Modern Far East,” guest edited by Steven Pieragastini.
Converting Zi-ka-wei: Angelo A. Zottoli, S.J. (Chao Deli 晁德蒞, 1826–1902) and His Mission in Shanghai
Authors: De Caro Antonio 
Published: August 2023

Abstract
When the Jesuits returned to China in the nineteenth century, the mission and surrounding community at Xujiahui (Zikawei), near Shanghai, was an important intellectual and administrative center. Among the foreign Jesuits present at Xujiahui, a fixture for many years, was the Italian Angelo Zottoli, an educator, administrator, and translator for the mission. From his arrival in Shanghai in 1848 until he died in 1902, Zottoli was an essential figure in the cross-cultural dialogue between Chinese Catholics and foreign missionaries. Though far from a firebrand, Zottoli greatly admired Chinese culture and generally took an “accommodationist” approach, which clashed with the attitudes of other Jesuits in Shanghai. At the same time, he supported papal pronouncements on Chinese Rites, which provided strict limits to accommodation. Overall, then, he represents the difficulties Jesuits faced in reconciling the history of the church in China and their own attitudes (such as Eurocentricity) with Chinese culture. This article is part of the special issue of the Journal of Jesuit Studies, “Jesuits in Modern Far East,” guest edited by Steven Pieragastini.
Tropical Pacific Quasi-Decadal Variability Suppressed by Submesoscale Eddies
Authors: Qu Yushan , Wang Shengpeng , Jing Zhao , Zhang Yu , Wang Hong , Wu Lixin 
Published: August 2023

Abstract
Tropical Pacific quasi-decadal (TPQD) climate variability is characterized by quasi-decadal sea surface temperature (SST) variations in the central Pacific (CP). This low-frequency climate variability is suggested to influence extreme regional weather and substantially impact global climate patterns and associated socioeconomics through teleconnections. Previous studies mostly attributed the TPQD climate variability to basin-scale air–sea coupling processes. However, due to the coarse resolution of the majority of the observations and climate models, the role of subbasin-scale processes in modulating the TPQD climate variability is still unclear. Using a long-term high-resolution global climate model, we find that energetic small-scale motions with horizontal scales from tens to hundreds of kilometers (loosely referred to as equatorial submesoscale eddies) act as an important damping effect to retard the TPQD variability. During the positive TPQD events, compound increasing precipitation and warming SST in the equatorial Pacific intensifies the upper ocean stratification and weakens the temperature fronts along the Pacific cold tongue. This suppresses submesoscale eddy growth as well as their associated upward vertical heat transport by inhibiting baroclinic instability (BCI) and frontogenesis; conversely, during the negative TPQD events, the opposite is true. Using a series of coupled global climate models that participated in phase 6 of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project with different oceanic resolutions, we show that the amplitude of the TPQD variability becomes smaller as the oceanic resolution becomes finer, providing evidence for the impacts of submesoscale eddies on damping the TPQD variability. Our study suggests that explicitly simulating equatorial submesoscale eddies is necessary for gaining a more robust understanding of low-frequency tropical climate variability.

Significance Statement
Submesoscale ocean eddies inhibit the development of quasi-decadal climate variability in the equatorial central Pacific, according to a high-resolution global climate simulation.
Atmospheric Circulation Anomalies and Key Physical Processes behind Two Categories of Anomalous Eurasian Spring Snowmelt
Authors: Sun Yue , Chen Haishan 
Published: August 2023

Abstract
Eurasian spring snowmelt plays an important role in the subsequent climate and hydrological cycle, however, the understanding of snowmelt itself and its causes remains insufficient. This study explored the basic characteristics of spring snowmelt in the eastern Europe–western Siberia (EEWS) region by classifying snowmelt anomalies into two categories based on the different factors that dominate spring snowmelt, and then investigated the associated atmospheric circulation anomalies and local physical processes. The first category of anomalous snowmelt (category 1) is controlled by both the initial snow mass and the later snowmelt process, while the second category of anomalous snowmelt (category 2) is mainly linked to the later snowmelt process. Specifically, category 1 is characterized by an anomalous trough in EEWS in winter, where water vapor transported and converged, accompanied by anomalous upward motion, which promotes snowfall and snow accumulation, providing initial conditions conducive to snowmelt. In April, this region is controlled by an anomalous ridge, with significant warm advection anomalies and subsidence promoting surface warming, thereby accelerating snow melting. In contrast, the winter circulation anomalies are insignificant in category 2, while the anomalous ridge in April is stronger than in category 1, accompanied by more intense snowmelt processes. In addition, from the surface energy balance perspective, atmospheric downward sensible heat transport is an important factor influencing the anomalous snowmelt in category 1, while shortwave radiation plays a secondary role. Conversely, the snowmelt in category 2 is dominated by shortwave radiation forcing, but the sensible heat effect is slightly weaker.

Significance Statement
Eurasian spring snowmelt significantly impacts the subsequent climate and hydrological cycle, but the understanding of snowmelt itself and its causes is still inadequate. The purpose of this study is to explore the monthly evolution of atmospheric circulation associated with anomalous snowmelt and its local physical processes associated by categorizing them based on snowmelt characteristics. Category 1 is jointly affected by winter snow accumulation and later warming, while category 2 is dominated by strong snowmelt process in late spring. These two categories are accompanied by different winter and spring circulation configurations. Our results provide a basis for further investigation of snowmelt precursor signals.
Investigation of dynamic micromechanical properties of biodegradable elastic material by continuous stiffness measurement analysis
Authors: Ali Mohsin , Istif Emin , Bathaei Mohammad Javad , Beker Levent 
Published: August 2023

Micromechanical properties of polymeric materials play a critical role in various biological applications in terms of their biocompatibility and mechanical durability. Apart from material properties such as modulus and density, viscoelastic properties play a crucial role during the design and fabrication of devices. Here, we investigated the viscoelastic properties of poly (glycerol sebacate) (PGS), a widely used bioresorbable elastic material, through the nanoindentation technique, configured by the continuous stiffness measurement (CSM) method at frequencies from 10 Hz to 50 Hz. The results revealed that the storage modulus (E’) depends on the test frequency and cannot be ignored as the results showed significant changes. Additionally, increasing the curing temperature of PGS specimens between 150 to 170°C allows modifying the storage modulus of samples between 0.52 MPa and 1.05 MPa at 10 Hz. The results were also confirmed using the dynamic mechanical measurements to validate the reliability of the CSM nanoindentation technique.
Functional nutrition for the health of exercising individuals and elite sportspersons
Authors: Kali Venkata Rajasekhar , Meda Sandhya Sree 
Published: August 2023

Introduction Elite sportspersons who are involved in high-intensity physical sports indulge in severe training and competition schedules, which exposes them to high levels of inflammatory and oxidative stress, hence it may hamper their health sometimes. Disturbance in the health of sportspersons also induces compromised performances. The premise for functional nutrition Functional nutrition is essential for elite sportspersons training for securing both rest and recovery to have proper health and anticipated performance. Apart from serving the energy needs of the sportspersons, the nutrition strategies should provide them with certain metabolic advantages, which provide greater health and immunity, to ensure proper training and competition. The diet of the sportspersons needs to contain appropriate anti-inflammatory and antioxidative nutrients, to ensure to reduction and control of the physiological stress of tissues during high-intensity physical sports, especially during marathon running. Preserving anabolic valence among sportspersons for muscle myokine optimization is an essential aspect of sports nutrition, which secures health and provides excellent performance potential. Preservation and optimization of gut microbiome among sportspersons enhance immune health and performance, through proper gut integrity and enhanced metabolic cascades. As the genes are to be properly expressed for excellent manifestation in protein synthesis and other metabolic signaling, achieving genetic valance through proper nutrition ensures the health of the sportspersons. Conclusion Functional nutrition seems a very necessary and potent factor in the training and competition aspects of elite sportspersons since nutrition not only provides recovery but also ensures proper health for elite sportspersons.
Mechanical effects of heart pulse propagation on a vessel-graft suture line stress
Authors: Selezov I. , Avramenko O. , Fratamico G. , Pallotti G. , Pettazzoni P. , Sanctis L.B. DE , Coì L. , Stefoni S. , Bonomini V. 
Published: August 2023

The effects of vessel joint where the both sides have different wall properties on the heart pulse propagation are investigated. Such a local disturbance can influence post-transplantion pathology and evolution of the organ inconsistence. Using a mathematical model, developed in a previous article, we perform analytical analysis and present some qualitative and quantitative estimations. The effects of jointed vessels with different thicknesses and radii on the local concentration of the pressure, radial wall displacement, bending moment and shear force are analyzed in detail. In particular, it is obtained that the bending and shear stresses at a joint sharply and strongly increase in comparison with the uniform vessel ones. (Int J Artif Organs 1998; 21: 114–8)
European research and commercialisation activities in the field of tissue engineering and liver support in world wide competition
Authors: Marx U. , Bushnaq H. , Yalcin E. 
Published: August 2023

Tissue engineering is seen as an interesting field of technology which could improve medical therapy and could also be considered as a commercial opportunity for the European biotechnological industry. Research in the state of the art of science using the Medline© and the Science Citation Index© databases, in the patent situation and of the industry dealing with tissue engineering was done. A special method, based on the Science Citation Index© Journal Citation Report 1993, for evaluating scientific work was defined. The main countries working in the field of tissue engineering were evaluated in regard to their scientific performance and their patents. The R&D of German industry was investigated as an exemplary European country. Out of all activities, different tissues were rated with respect to the attention received from research and industry and with regard to the frequency in which patents were applied for. USA, Germany and Japan rank first in most tissues, especially liver. After comparing German patents with the German scientific and industrial work, it seems that the potential in German patents and research is underestimated by German industry and inefficiently exploited. (lnt J Artif Organs 1998; 21:119–26)