bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Review: predatory soil mites as biocontrol agents of above- and below-ground plant pests
Authors: Beretta Giuditta M. , Deere Jacques A. , Messelink Gerben J. , Muñoz-Cárdenas Karen , Janssen Arne 
Published: August 2022

AbstractBiological pest control is becoming increasingly important for sustainable agriculture. Although many species of natural enemies are already being used commercially, efficient biological control of various pests is still lacking, and there is a need for more biocontrol agents. In this review, we focus on predatory soil mites, their role as natural enemies, and their biocontrol potential, mainly in vegetable and ornamental crops, with an emphasis on greenhouse systems. These predators are still underrepresented in biological control, but have several advantages compared to predators living on above-ground plant parts. For example, predatory soil mites are often easy and affordable to mass rear, as most of them are generalist predators, which also means that they may be used against various pests and can survive periods of pest scarcity by feeding on alternative prey or food. Many of them can also endure unfavourable conditions, making it easier for them to establish in various crops. Based on the current literature, we show that they have potential to control a variety of pests, both in greenhouses and in the field. However, more research is needed to fully understand and appreciate their potential as biocontrol agents. We review and discuss several methods to increase their efficiency, such as supplying them with alternative food and changing soil/litter structure to enable persistence of their populations. We conclude that predatory soil mites deserve more attention in future studies to increase their application in agricultural crops.
Automatic balancing parameter selection for Tikhonov-TV regularization
Authors: Gholami Ali , Gazzola Silvia 
Published: August 2022

AbstractThis paper considers large-scale linear ill-posed inverse problems whose solutions can be represented as sums of smooth and piecewise constant components. To solve such problems we consider regularizers consisting of two terms that must be balanced. Namely, a Tikhonov term guarantees the smoothness of the smooth solution component, while a total-variation (TV) regularizer promotes blockiness of the non-smooth solution component. A scalar parameter allows to balance between these two terms and, hence, to appropriately separate and regularize the smooth and non-smooth components of the solution. This paper proposes an efficient algorithm to solve this regularization problem by the alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM). Furthermore, a novel algorithm for automatic choice of the balancing parameter is introduced, using robust statistics. The proposed approach is supported by some theoretical analysis, and numerical experiments concerned with different inverse problems are presented to validate the choice of the balancing parameter.
Hybrids between rituals and explorative routines: opportunities to learn through guided and recreated exploration
Authors: Christiansen Iben Maj , Corriveau Claudia , Pettersson Kerstin 
Published: August 2022

AbstractWithin the commognitive perspective, ritual and explorative routines are used in a very particular way to distinguish students’ routines according to whether they are driven by social reward or by generating a substantiated narrative. Explorative routines in this theorisation may refer not to inquiry-based activity but to the result of a student’s routine moving from being process-oriented to becoming outcome-oriented, a deritualisation. Choice of tasks as well as a teacher’s moves offer students different opportunities to engage in rituals, explorative routines and deritualisations. Through nuancing the space spanned by opportunities to engage in rituals and explorative routines respectively, we describe and contrast classroom practices in three lessons from three contexts. The lessons share a commonality in encouraging explorative routines as a starting point, yet being adapted towards ritual activity through decreased openings for student agentivity, fewer invitations for students’ own substantiations or both. We argue that such adaptations are driven by the teachers’ commitment to reach mathematical closure in a lesson, to balance considerations of the classroom community and individual students and to meet curricular requirements. Our model helps interrogate the nature and relevance of hybrids of explorative routines and rituals.
A Central Limit Theorem for the Mean Starting Hitting Time for a Random Walk on a Random Graph
Authors: Löwe Matthias , Terveer Sara 
Published: August 2022

AbstractWe consider simple random walk on a realization of an Erdős–Rényi graph with n vertices and edge probability $$p_n$$

p
n

. We assume that $$n p^2_n/(\log \mathrm{n})^{16 \xi } \rightarrow \infty $$

n

p
n
2

/

(
log
n
)

16
ξ

→
∞

for some $$\xi >1$$

ξ
>
1

defined below. This in particular implies that the graph is asymptotically almost surely (a.a.s.) connected. We show a central limit theorem for the average starting hitting time, i.e., the expected time it takes the random walker on average to first hit a vertex j when starting in a fixed vertex i. The average is taken with respect to $$\pi _j$$

π
j

, the invariant measure of the random walk.
Quasi-bialgebras from set-theoretic type solutions of the Yang–Baxter equation
Authors: Doikou Anastasia , Ghionis Alexandros , Vlaar Bart 
Published: August 2022

AbstractWe examine classes of quantum algebras emerging from involutive, non-degenerate set-theoretic solutions of the Yang–Baxter equation and their q-analogues. After providing some universal results on quasi-bialgebras and admissible Drinfeld twists, we show that the quantum algebras produced from set-theoretic solutions and their q-analogues are in fact quasi-triangular quasi-bialgebras. Specific illustrative examples compatible with our generic findings are worked out. In the q-deformed case of set-theoretic solutions, we also construct admissible Drinfeld twists similar to the set-theoretic ones, subject to certain extra constraints dictated by the q-deformation. These findings greatly generalize recent relevant results on set-theoretic solutions and their q-deformed analogues.
A modelling framework to support integrated design of production systems at early design stages
Authors: Abdoli Shiva 
Published: August 2022

AbstractMultidisciplinary, large scale, and dynamic essence of production-logistic systems make their design knowledge complex. As a result, designers from different disciplines mostly design these systems with sequential approaches. This does not address the impact of single design decisions on overall system performance, which may lead to inconsistencies between different disciplines or failures. This paper aims to realise the integrated design of such systems by introducing a framework that incorporates Systems Engineering and Object-Oriented methods to develop a model that holistically embodies design knowledge of such systems. This model is constructed in Finite-State-Machine formalism to achieve an executable architecture and integrated with optimization models to allow simulation of alternatives and to observe the impact of design decisions on system behaviour. Supportive algorithms are introduced for refinements of design alternatives according to the simulation results. A fuzzy assessment approach is introduced to also assess the alternatives against qualitative criteria. The framework integrates simulation and fuzzy assessment results and performs a multi-criteria assessment to select an alternative for the detailed design. Therefore, the framework can stand as a decision support framework at early design stages, giving insights to designers about the impact of single design decisions on system overall performance and satisfaction of various objectives.
Current and Prospective Applications of CRISPR-Cas12a in Pluricellular Organisms
Authors: Khan Shaheen , Sallard Erwan 
Published: August 2022

AbstractCRISPR-Cas systems play a critical role in the prokaryotic adaptive immunity against mobile genetic elements, such as phages and foreign plasmids. In the last decade, Cas9 has been established as a powerful and versatile gene editing tool. In its wake, the novel RNA-guided endonuclease system CRISPR-Cas12a is transforming biological research due to its unique properties, such as its high specificity or its ability to target T-rich motifs, to induce staggered double-strand breaks and to process RNA arrays. Meanwhile, there is an increasing need for efficient and safe gene activation, repression or editing in pluricellular organisms for crop improvement, gene therapy, research model development, and other goals. In this article, we review CRISPR-Cas12a applications in pluricellular organisms and discuss how the challenges characteristic of these complex models, such as vectorization or temperature variations in ectothermic species, can be overcome.
Characterisation and assessment of damage in cable structures
Authors: Caetano Elsa 
Published: August 2022

AbstractThe paper discusses the main characteristics of some relevant cable structures and demonstrates that, generally, damage occurring in cables is best assessed using local measurements, including the installed force and mechanical properties. A review of techniques to evaluate force and mechanical properties is then illustrated with examples from previous experience. A specific focus is given to emerging methods for characterising those properties based on wave decomposition and propagation characteristics to enhance their potential in identifying damage.
Post-synthesis heating, a key step to tune the LPR band of gold nanorods covered with CTAB or embedded in a silica shell
Authors: Candreva Angela , Parisi Francesco , Di Maio Giuseppe , Scarpelli Francesca , Aiello Iolinda , Godbert Nicolas , La Deda Massimo 
Published: August 2022

AbstractThe transitioning of nanotechnology from laboratory to industrial-scale manufacturing poses various challenges in nanoparticle realization. From this perspective, beside the conventional synthetic procedure, based on the seed-mediated growth approach, a reshaping thermal strategy has been investigated to improve the control on gold nanorods aspect ratio, with the aim to point out a potential and encouraging way to better manage the scalability and reproducibility of nanoparticles. For this purpose, nanorods covered with CTAB and nanorods enclosed within a silica shell of tuned thickness have been synthesized and submitted to a post-thermal treatment at various temperatures, up to 300 °C for CTAB recovered gold nanorods (AuNR@CTAB), and up to 500 °C for silica-shell embedded gold nanorods (AuNR@SiO2). For AuNR@CTAB, through accurate temperature control, the longitudinal plasmonic band can be moved very close to the transversal one upon slight reduction of their length. Instead, for AuNR@SiO2, owing to the fully inorganic shell, a higher temperature of treatment can be reached leading to the possibility of reshaping the nanorods into spheres without the observation of any by-products.
Emotional dysregulation and linguistic patterns as a defining feature of patients in the acute phase of anorexia nervosa
Authors: Mariani Rachele , Marini Isabella , Di Trani Michela , Catena Carlotta , Patino Francesca , Riccioni Raffaele , Pasquini Massimo 
Published: August 2022

Abstract
Purpose
This research aims to analyze the relationship between emotional regulation and the symbolic process in autobiographical narratives of a group of individuals diagnosed with restrictive anorexia nervosa (AN), compared to a non-clinical group. The study is framed within multiple code theory (MCT) (Bucci, 1997; 2021), which considers mind–body integration. The purposes of this study are to investigate whether participants of the AN group will show greater alexithymia and emotional dysregulation than the non-clinical group; and whether the specific linguistic and symbolic features, such as somato-sensory words, affect words, and difficulty in the symbolizing process will predict the AN group.

Methods
Twenty-nine female participants hospitalized with AN during an acute phase (mean age 19.8 ± 4.1) and 36 non-clinical female participants (mean age 21 ± 2.4) were selected through snow-ball sampling. The participants completed the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20), the Profile of Mood of State (POMS), the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ), and the Relationship Anecdotes Paradigm Interview (RAP). The RAP interview was audio-recorded and transcribed to apply the Referential Process (RP) Linguistic Measures. A T test for paired samples and a logistic binary regression was performed.

Results
AN presented a significantly higher emotional dysregulation through the ERQ, TAS20 and POMS measures. Specifically, AN showed higher ER expression/suppression strategies, fewer functional cognitive strategies, higher alexithymia, and higher mood dysregulation. Specific linguistic features such as sensory-somatic, word affect, and difficulty in RP symbolizing predict the AN group (R2 = 0.349; χ2 = 27,929; df = 3; p = .001).

Conclusions
Emotional dysregulation is connected to AN symptoms and autobiographical narratives. The results can help a clinical assessment phase showing specific linguistic features in AN patients.

Level of evidence
Level II, controlled trial without randomization.
Finite Groups with $$\sigma $$-Subnormal Schmidt Subgroups
Authors: Ballester-Bolinches A. , Kamornikov S. F. , Yi X. 
Published: August 2022

AbstractIf $$\sigma = \{ {\sigma }_{i} : i \in I \}$$

σ
=
{

σ
i

:
i
∈
I
}

is a partition of the set $$\mathbb {P}$$
P
of all prime numbers, a subgroup H of a finite group G is said to be $$\sigma $$
σ
-subnormal in G if H can be joined to G by means of a chain of subgroups $$H=H_{0} \subseteq H_{1} \subseteq \cdots \subseteq H_{n}=G$$

H
=

H
0

⊆

H
1

⊆
⋯
⊆

H
n

=
G

such that either $$H_{i-1}$$

H

i
-
1

normal in $$H_{i}$$

H
i

or $$H_{i}/{{\,\mathrm{Core}\,}}_{H_{i}}(H_{i-1})$$

H
i

/

Core

H
i

(

H

i
-
1

)

is a $${\sigma }_{j}$$

σ
j

-group for some $$j \in I$$

j
∈
I

, for every $$i=1, \ldots , n$$

i
=
1
,
…
,
n

. If $$\sigma = \{\{2\}, \{3\}, \{5\}, ... \}$$

σ
=
{
{
2
}
,
{
3
}
,
{
5
}
,
.
.
.
}

is the minimal partition, then the $$\sigma $$
σ
-subnormality reduces to the classical subgroup embedding property of subnormality. A finite group X is said to be a Schmidt group if X is not nilpotent and every proper subgroup of X is nilpotent. Every non-nilpotent finite group G has Schmidt subgroups and a detailed knowledge of their embedding in G can provide a deep insight into its structure. In this paper, a complete description of a finite group with $$\sigma $$
σ
-subnormal Schmidt subgroups is given. It answers a question posed by Guo, Safonova and Skiba.
Conceptualizing organizational culture and business-IT alignment: a systematic literature review
Authors: Sieber Marcel R. , Malý Milan , Liška Radek 
Published: August 2022

AbstractFor decades, business and information technology alignment has fascinated scholars and practitioners. However, understanding these alignment mechanisms is challenging. The significant role of information technology (IT) in digitalization and agile transformation calls for targeted management of the readiness and capability of IT as an enabler and strategic business partner. This paper assumes that organizational culture is a success factor for business-IT alignment. Therefore, it aims to explore the culture-alignment relationship by the following research questions: What are typical IT management organizational culture characteristics, and how do they contribute to business-IT alignment? The study conducts a systematic literature review. First, after defining the critical terms, it searches the databases indexed in the Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar. Then, the study uses bibliometrics to get quantitative insights into the research topic. Finally, it investigates the key arguments and findings of the selected papers. The analyzed literature depicts the relationship between an IT management culture and business-IT alignment elements. However, the research lacks concrete modeling and conception. This article contributes to a better culture-alignment relationship interpretation and closes a gap in the body of knowledge by combining quantitative and qualitative literature review methods.
The six-functor formalism for rigid analytic motives
Authors: Ayoub Joseph , Gallauer Martin , Vezzani Alberto 
Published: August 2022

Abstract
We offer a systematic study of rigid analytic motives over general rigid analytic spaces, and we develop their six-functor formalism. A key ingredient is an extended proper base change theorem that we are able to justify by reducing to the case of algebraic motives. In fact, more generally, we develop a powerful technique for reducing questions about rigid analytic motives to questions about algebraic motives, which is likely to be useful in other contexts as well. We pay special attention to establishing our results without noetherianity assumptions on rigid analytic spaces. This is indeed possible using Raynaud’s approach to rigid analytic geometry.
Evolutionary genomic insights into cyanobacterial symbioses in plants
Authors: de Vries Sophie , de Vries Jan 
Published: August 2022

Abstract
Photosynthesis, the ability to fix atmospheric carbon dioxide, was acquired by eukaryotes through symbiosis: the plastids of plants and algae resulted from a cyanobacterial symbiosis that commenced more than 1.5 billion years ago and has chartered a unique evolutionary path. This resulted in the evolutionary origin of plants and algae. Some extant land plants have recruited additional biochemical aid from symbiotic cyanobacteria; these plants associate with filamentous cyanobacteria that fix atmospheric nitrogen. Examples of such interactions can be found in select species from across all major lineages of land plants. The recent rise in genomic and transcriptomic data has provided new insights into the molecular foundation of these interactions. Furthermore, the hornwort Anthoceros has emerged as a model system for the molecular biology of cyanobacteria–plant interactions. Here, we review these developments driven by high-throughput data and pinpoint their power to yield general patterns across these diverse symbioses.
ON FRACTAL DIMENSIONS OF FRACTAL FUNCTIONS USING FUNCTION SPACES
Authors: CHANDRA SUBHASH , ABBAS SYED 
Published: August 2022

AbstractBased on the work of Mauldin and Williams [‘On the Hausdorff dimension of some graphs’,Trans. Amer. Math. Soc.298(2) (1986), 793–803] on convex Lipschitz functions, we prove that fractal interpolation functions belong to the space of convex Lipschitz functions under certain conditions. Using this, we obtain some dimension results for fractal functions. We also give some bounds on the fractal dimension of fractal functions with the help of oscillation spaces.
Visual duplication: specimens, works of art and photographs at the Musée d'ethnographie du Trocadéro (1928–1935)
Authors: Mauuarin Anaïs 
Published: August 2022

AbstractThe article considers how the use of duplicates and the practice of photography interacted in museums of ethnography, contributing to the ambivalent framing of ethnographic objects as items that can be both scientific specimens and works of art. It focuses on the Musée d'ethnographie du Trocadéro in Paris and on the key period of its reorganization between 1928 and 1935, which was central to the institutionalization of French ethnology. By examining the place of duplicates in this museum, as well as the major role attributed to photographs of objects and their materiality, the paper shows that these others of the ethnographic artefacts, often considered separately from their originals, still participated in the same project: the development of the museum and its growing cultural influence. While the duplicates positioned the museum in the various networks of the scientific community, the photographs appealed to the avant-garde, amateurs, African and Oceanian art dealers and the general public.
Sterility ofCydia pomonellaby X ray irradiation as an alternative to gamma radiation for the sterile insect technique
Authors: Zhang Jing-Han , Li Na , Zhao Hui-Yuan , Wang Ya-Qi , Yang Xue-Qing , Wu Kong-Ming 
Published: August 2022

AbstractThe codling mothCydia pomonellais a major pest of global significance impacting pome fruits and walnuts. It threatens the apple industry in the Loess Plateau and Bohai Bay in China. Sterile insect technique (SIT) could overcome the limitations set by environmentally compatible area-wide integrated pest management (AW-IPM) approaches such as mating disruption and attract-kill that are difficult to suppress in a high-density pest population, as well as the development of insecticide resistance. In this study, we investigated the effects of X-ray irradiation (183, 366, 549 Gy) on the fecundity and fertility of a laboratory strain ofC. pomonella, using a newly developed irradiator, to evaluate the possibility of X-rays as a replacement for Cobalt60(60Co-γ) and the expanded future role of this approach in codling moth control. Results show that the 8th-day is the optimal age for irradiation of male pupae. The fecundity decreased significantly as the dosage of radiation increased. The mating ratio and mating number were not influenced. However, treated females were sub-sterile at a radiation dose of 183 Gy (20.93%), and were almost 100% sterile at a radiation dose of 366 Gy or higher. Although exposure to a radiation dose of 366 Gy resulted in a significant reduction in the mating competitiveness of male moths, our radiation biology results suggest that this new generation of X-ray irradiator has potential applications in SIT programs for future codling moth control.
Use of an aridity index to classify season with an application in genetic evaluation of Braunvieh cattle
Authors: Herrera-Ojeda J. B. , Ramírez-Valverde R. , Núñez-Domínguez R. , Lopez-Villalobos N. , Vázquez-Armijo J. F. , Orozco-Durán K. E. , Parra-Bracamonte G. M. 
Published: August 2022

AbstractOne of the most important aspects of genetic evaluation (GE) is the definition of contemporary groups (CG), commonly defined as animals of the same sex born in the same herd, year and season. The objective of this study was to use an aridity index (AI) to classify season and evaluate the implications on the GE of Braunvieh cattle. A data set with 32 777 and 22 448 birth weight (BW) and weaning weight adjusted to 240 days (WW) records, respectively, was used to compare two methods of classification of climatic seasons to be used in the definition of CG for GE models. The first method considered rain season criterion (RC), and the second method is a proposed classification using an AI. Both methods were compared using two approaches. The first approach examined differences in mixed models using the RC and AI season to select the best model for BW and WW, evaluated by different goodness of fit measures. The second approach considered fitting a GE model including the season classifications into the CG structure. Lower probability values for season effect and better goodness of fit measures were obtained when the season was classified according to the AI. Results showed that although differences are small, the AI allows a better model fitting for live-weight traits than RC and revealed a re-ranking effect on expected progeny differences data. Further analysis with other traits would demonstrate the extended utility of AI indicators to be considered for fitting models under a climatic change environment.