bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Mesostigmata diversity by manure type: a reference study and new datasets from southwestern Iran
Authors: Farahi Sara , Shishehbor Parviz , Nemati Alireza , Perotti M. Alejandra 
Published: March 2022

AbstractManure-inhabiting Mesostigmata mites are important biological control agents of pest flies. However, the biodiversity of this mite community is mainly known from Europe and America, and especially from cattle manure. This study examined the diversity and abundance of Mesostigmata mites associated with various types of manure in an (intensive) agricultural region of the Middle East, i.e., the city Ahvaz and its suburbs, in southwest Iran. Mite samples were extracted from manure of cattle, buffalo, sheep, horse, poultry and quail in 30 livestock and poultry farms. In total, 40 species belonging to 24 genera and 16 families were identified. The most diverse families were Laelapidae with eight species, Macrochelidae with seven and Parasitidae with six.Macrocheles muscaedomesticaeandUroobovella marginatawere the most widespread species, recorded in 28 and 27 out of 30 collection sites, respectively. Two species,M. sumbaensisandU. marginata, were found in all studied manures. Simpson’s diversity index recorded the highest diversity in buffalo and sheep manure. Real and theoretical species richness (rarefaction curves) were congruent in number of individuals. The presence of seven species of Macrochelidae in the manure confirms that these are important predators of the house fly for the region of Ahvaz and its suburbs. Members of the Parasitidae were highly prevalent, with one species known as a specialized predator of house fly eggs. This work aims to encourage further studies on the diversity of Mesostigmata in these agricultural settings, and further continue assessing the feasibility of these mites as effective biocontrol agents of filth flies in different types of manure and from different corners of the world.
Phenotypic responses in fish behaviour narrow as climate ramps up
Authors: Rodriguez-Dominguez Almendra , Connell Sean D. , Coni Ericka O. C. , Sasaki Minami , Booth David J. , Nagelkerken Ivan 
Published: March 2022

Abstract
Natural selection alters the distribution of phenotypes as animals adjust their behaviour and physiology to environmental change. We have little understanding of the magnitude and direction of environmental filtering of phenotypes, and therefore how species might adapt to future climate, as trait selection under future conditions is challenging to study. Here, we test whether climate stressors drive shifts in the frequency distribution of behavioural and physiological phenotypic traits (17 fish species) at natural analogues of climate change (CO2 vents and warming hotspots) and controlled laboratory analogues (mesocosms and aquaria). We discovered that fish from natural populations (4 out of 6 species) narrowed their phenotypic distribution towards behaviourally bolder individuals as oceans acidify, representing loss of shyer phenotypes. In contrast, ocean warming drove both a loss (2/11 species) and gain (2/11 species) of bolder phenotypes in natural and laboratory conditions. The phenotypic variance within populations was reduced at CO2 vents and warming hotspots compared to control conditions, but this pattern was absent from laboratory systems. Fishes that experienced bolder behaviour generally showed increased densities in the wild. Yet, phenotypic alterations did not affect body condition, as all 17 species generally maintained their physiological homeostasis (measured across 5 different traits). Boldness is a highly heritable trait that is related to both loss (increased mortality risk) and gain (increased growth, reproduction) of fitness. Hence, climate conditions that mediate the relative occurrence of shy and bold phenotypes may reshape the strength of species interactions and consequently alter fish population and community dynamics in a future ocean.
FARMIT: continuous assessment of crop quality using machine learning and deep learning techniques for IoT-based smart farming
Authors: Perales Gómez Ángel Luis , López-de-Teruel Pedro E. , Ruiz Alberto , García-Mateos Ginés , Bernabé García Gregorio , García Clemente Félix J. 
Published: March 2022

AbstractThe race for automation has reached farms and agricultural fields. Many of these facilities use the Internet of Things technologies to automate processes and increase productivity. Besides, Machine Learning and Deep Learning allow performing continuous decision making based on data analysis. In this work, we fill a gap in the literature and present a novel architecture based on IoT and Machine Learning / Deep Learning technologies for the continuous assessment of agricultural crop quality. This architecture is divided into three layers that work together to gather, process, and analyze data from different sources to evaluate crop quality. In the experiments, the proposed approach based on data aggregation from different sources reaches a lower percentage error than considering only one source. In particular, the percentage error achieved by our approach in the test dataset was 6.59, while the percentage error achieved exclusively using data from sensors was 6.71.
Designed to break: planned obsolescence as corporate environmental crime
Authors: Bisschop Lieselot , Hendlin Yogi , Jaspers Jelle 
Published: March 2022

AbstractPlanned obsolescence is the practice of deliberately designing products to limit their life span to encourage replacement. It is a common business strategy for consumer goods, with far-reaching ecological and social consequences. Here, we examine the definition, causes and consequences of planned obsolescence by using insights from corporate crime literature, integrated with environmental philosophy, management sciences, technology studies and law. Focusing on cases of planned obsolescence in consumer electronics, we show that the concept and procedure carries conceptual ambiguity and moral ambivalence, bearing diffuse harms, benefitting short-term corporate profit but undermining consumer confidence, and posing a major barrier to environmental sustainability. We discuss the system lock-ins driving companies to engage in planned obsolescence, and reframe the practice as a form of corporate environmental crime.
Dialogic Priming and Dynamic Resonance in Autism: Creativity Competing with Engagement in Chinese Children with ASD
Authors: Tantucci Vittorio , Wang Aiqing 
Published: March 2022

AbstractA growing body of research has focused on the relationship between priming and engagement through dialogue (e.g. Tantucci and Wang in Appl Linguist 43(1):115–146, 2022; Mikulincer et al. in Cognit Emotion 25:519–531, 2011). The present study addresses this issue also in relation to creativity and provides a new applied model to measure intersubjective engagement in ASD vs neurotypical populations’ speech. We compared two balanced corpora of naturalistic Mandarin interaction of typically developing children and children diagnosed with ASD (cf. Zhou and Zhang in Xueqian jiaoyu yanjiu [Stud Preschool Educ] 6:72–84, 2020). We fitted a mixed effects linear regression showing that, in both neurotypical and ASD populations, dialogic priming significantly correlates with engagement and with whether the child could creatively re-use the original input to produce a new construction. What we found is that creativity and intersubjective engagement are in competition in children with ASD in contrast with the neurotypical population. This finding points to a relatively impeded ability in ASD to re-combine creatively a priming input during the here-and-now of a dialogic event.
Person-Centered Maternal Emotion Socialization and Child Temperament: Relations to Children’s Emotion Regulation and Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms
Authors: Howe Sarah L. , Zimmer-Gembeck Melanie J. 
Published: March 2022

AbstractMaternal emotion socialization and children’s temperament are two foundations of children’s emotional development. Yet, emotion socialization and temperament are multidimensional, which suggests behavioral profiles are important to consider. We used a person-centered approach to compare children’s emotion regulation and anxiety and depressive symptoms between maternal emotion socialization and child temperament profiles, uniquely and interactively. The participants were 322 mothers of a child ages 6–8 years (Mage = 7.4 years, SD = 0.84, 51% boys). Mothers completed survey questions about children’s emotion regulation, anxiety and depressive symptoms, temperament traits, and mothers’ emotion socialization behaviors. Four profiles of maternal emotion socialization (coaching/accepting, blended, punishing/minimizing, and low involved) were identified that explained significant variation in children’s emotion regulation and anxiety symptoms. Four temperament profiles were found which revealed two vulnerable groups, namely emotional/cautious and emotional/impulsive, which distinguished children with more emotion dysregulation and anxiety and depressive symptoms. Unique associations of maternal and temperament profiles were found, but no interaction of profiles was significant in relation to children’s emotion regulation or their internalizing symptoms. There is merit in continuing to examine parenting behaviors and their influence by drawing from a person-centered perspective.
Cut-off points for the rational believer
Authors: Lissia Lina Maria 
Published: March 2022

AbstractI show that the Lottery Paradox is just a version of the Sorites, and argue that this should modify our way of looking at the Paradox itself. In particular, I focus on what I call “the Cut-off Point Problem” and contend that this problem, well known by Sorites scholars, ought to play a key role in the debate on Kyburg’s puzzle.Very briefly, I show that, in the Lottery Paradox, the premises “ticket n°1 will lose”, “ticket n°2 will lose”… “ticket n°1000 will lose” are equivalent to soritical premises of the form “~(the winning ticket is in {…, (tn)}) ⊃ ~(the winning ticket is in {…, tn, (tn+ 1)})” (where “⊃” is the material conditional, “~” is the negation symbol, “tn” and “tn+ 1” are “ticket n°n” and “ticket n°n+ 1” respectively, and “{}” identify the elements of the lottery tickets’ set. The brackets in “(tn)” and “(tn+ 1)” are meant to point out that in the antecedent of the conditional we do not always have a “tn” (and, as a result, a “tn+ 1” in the consequent): consider the conditional “~(the winning ticket is in {}) ⊃ ~(the winning ticket is in {t1})”).As a result, failing to believe, for some ticket, that it will lose comes down to introducing a cut-off point in a chain of soritical premises.In this paper I explore the consequences of the different ways of blocking the Lottery Paradox with respect to the Cut-off Point Problem. A heap variant of the Lottery Paradox is especially relevant for evaluating the different solutions.One important result is that the most popular way out of the puzzle, i.e., denying the Lockean Thesis, becomes less attractive. Moreover, I show that, along with the debate on whether rational belief is closed under classical logic, the debate on the validity of modus ponens should play an important role in discussions on the Lottery Paradox.
Improving the vertical solar distiller performance using rotating wick discs and integrated condenser
Authors: Diab Mohamed Ragab , Abou-Taleb Fawzy Shaban , Essa Fadl Abdelmonem , Omara Zakaria Mohamed 
Published: March 2022

Abstract
Freshwater is one of the most essential needs of society. Due to the limited amount of potable water on Earth, guaranteeing the supply of clean water to society is a major challenge. By utilizing abundant sunshine, solar still could be utilized to provide the necessary amount of drinking water in remote locations. The issue of restricted daily production inspires researchers to investigate novel ways for enhancing the thermal performance of desalination techniques while lowering expenses. In this work, the scholars improved a unique distillation method related to solar stills. The authors presented a novel improvement to the vertical distiller design to enhance the exposure area while decreasing the thickness of the water layer as much as possible. Thus, two rotational discs (flat type) covered with wick were integrated into the vertical distiller basin at 1.5 rpm and 5 cm water depth. Furthermore, providing vacuum via a fan with an external condenser. Besides, various rotating speeds (from 400 to 2000 rpm) were tested to determine the perfect fan speed that provides the maximum yield. The experimental findings revealed that the modified vertical distiller produced more pure water than the conventional distiller. Moreover, the rotation of wick discs and vacuum fan enhanced the yield of distillers enormously. Besides, the highest distiller performance was obtained at 1.5 rpm (wick disc speed) and 1600 rpm (fan speed, 10 min ON, and 10 min OFF). Moreover, the daily freshwater output was 19.1 L/m2 day for MDSVD without the fan and 23.65 L/m2 day for MDSVD with the fan. So, the yield of MSSVD without/with vacuum fan was improved by 548.65% and 660.45%, respectively, over that of CTD. The best thermal efficacy for MDSVD without/with vacuum fan was 77.47% and 84.05%, respectively. Lastly, the average cost of freshwater was 0.021, 0.0177, and 0.0164 $/L for CTD, MDSVD without/with vacuum fan, respectively.
Teachers’ and students’ perceptions of students’ ability and importance value in math and reading: A latent difference score analysis of intra-individual cross-domain differences
Authors: ten Hagen Inga , Benden Daria K. , Lauermann Fani , Eccles Jacquelynne S. 
Published: April 2022

AbstractInformed by Eccles and colleagues’ expectancy-value theory and Möller and Marsh’s dimensional comparison theory, we examined cross-domain intra-individual differences in elementary teachers’ (N = 57) and their students’ (N = 469) ratings of students’ ability and subjective importance of math and reading. Latent difference score analyses revealed that students perceived greater intra-individual differences in their own math versus reading ability than did their teachers. Analogous results emerged for students’ and teachers’ ratings of students’ valuing (i.e., perceived importance) of math versus reading, suggesting differing dimensional comparison processes for students’ self-judgments vs. their teachers’ judgments. Cross-domain differences in teachers’ and students’ perceptions were positively associated for ratings of students’ ability but not for ratings of students’ perceived importance. Moreover, intra-individual differences varied substantially across students, in both students’ and teachers’ ratings. Students’ gender and prior achievement in math and reading contributed to this variation.
High-Speed Erichsen Testing of Grain-Refined 301LN Austenitic Stainless Steel Processed by Double-Reversion Annealing
Authors: Hamada Atef , Khosravifard Ali , Ghosh Sumit , Jaskari Matias , Järvenpää Antti , Karjalainen Pentti 
Published: March 2022

Abstract
Austenitic Cr–Ni stainless-type 301LN steel was subjected to a double-reversion annealing (DRA) treatment to develop bulk grain-refined microstructures. The tensile properties and formability of the DRA structures were determined by high-speed tensile and Erichsen cupping tests at a strain rate of 1.5 s−1 (50 mm s−1) and compared with those of coarse-grained steel. Detailed microstructural features of the DRA structures were characterized using the electron backscatter diffraction technique and X-ray diffraction analysis. The DRA structures achieved by annealing for 1 second at 800 °C and 900 °C exhibited a superior combination of yield (~ 950 and 770 MPa, respectively) and tensile (~ 1050 and 950 MPa, respectively) strengths and ductility (~ 35 and 40 pct, respectively, as well as reasonable Erichsen index values under high-speed biaxial strain. Due to adiabatic heating, the DRA structures had higher austenite stability during high-speed stretch forming, i.e., were less prone to strain-induced martensitic transformation. The finite-element method (FEM) was used to conduct coupled field thermomechanical analyses of the high-speed deformation processes for the coarse-grained and DRA structures. Comparison of the FEM analyses with the experimental results revealed a considerable influence (~ 20 pct) of martensitic transformation on the adiabatic temperature rise. The balance of the yield strength and Erichsen index value of the developed nanograined microstructure is comparable to that of coarse-grained commercial steel.
Single-Track Laser Scanning as a Method for Evaluating Printability: The Effect of Substrate Heat Treatment on Melt Pool Geometry and Cracking in Medium Carbon Tool Steel
Authors: Antikainen Atte , Reijonen Joni , Lagerbom Juha , Lindroos Matti , Pinomaa Tatu , Lindroos Tomi 
Published: April 2022

AbstractNearly all commercially available alloys have been developed for manufacturing processes other than additive manufacturing. Most of those alloys are not suitable for laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) processing due to the non-weldable nature of the alloys developed for casting, forging, and machining. Even some weldable alloys can be difficult to produce with L-PBF because the characteristics of L-PBF, such as highly concentrated heat input and the extremely high cooling rate, can lead to very high residual stresses and cracking. In order to speed up the development process of new alloys for additive manufacturing, a powder-free evaluation method was used to evaluate the materials processing window and susceptibility to cracking. Single tracks were scanned with an L-PBF machine onto H13 steel substrates. The substrate condition was varied, and its effect on melt pool geometry and cracking behavior was evaluated. The results clearly show that thermal history of the substrate influences its thermal conductivity, affecting melt pool volume. Melting point of the substrate was not found as significant factor as thermal conductivity on melt pool dimensions. Cracking type was noted to differ between substrates. If printability is assessed without powder, the substrate microstructure should be similar to rapidly solidified material. It is recognized that single-track tests are not adequate in terms of residual stress evaluation, but they can give valuable information about materials’ melting, segregation, and micro-scale cracking behavior.
Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der strafrechtlichen Begutachtung nach Aktenlage
Authors: Habermeyer Elmar , Saß Henning 
Published: April 2022

ZusammenfassungLehnt ein Proband die Mitwirkung an der Begutachtung ab, stellt sich die Frage, ob ein Aktengutachten erstellt werden soll. Die vorliegende Arbeit skizziert Grenzen der Begutachtung nach Aktenlage, aber auch mögliche Arbeitsgrundlagen und das praktische Vorgehen bei der Schuldfähigkeits- und Prognosebegutachtung. Da sich in Deutschland die Möglichkeit ergibt, Erkenntnisse aus der Hauptverhandlung in das abschließende Gutachten einfließen zu lassen, wird dafür plädiert, schriftliche Aussagen zur Schuldfähigkeit als vorläufig zu bezeichnen und bis zum Abschluss der Beweisaufnahme im Rahmen der Hauptverhandlung mit diagnostischen- und Sachverhaltshypothesen zu arbeiten.
What does a vector field know about volume?
Authors: Geiges Hansjörg 
Published: April 2022

AbstractThis note provides an affirmative answer to a question of Viterbo concerning the existence of nondiffeomorphic contact forms that share the same Reeb vector field. Starting from an observation by Croke–Kleiner and Abbondandolo that such contact forms define the same total volume, we discuss various related issues for the wider class of geodesible vector fields. In particular, we define an Euler class of a geodesible vector field in the associated basic cohomology and give a topological characterisation of vector fields with vanishing Euler class. We prove the theorems of Gauß–Bonnet and Poincaré–Hopf for closed, oriented 2-dimensional orbifolds using global surfaces of section and the volume determined by a geodesible vector field. This volume is computed for Seifert fibred 3-manifolds and for some transversely holomorphic flows.
Islamic Geometries: Spiritual Affects Against a Secularist Grid
Authors: Shaw Wendy M. K. 
Published: March 2022

AbstractDiscussions of surface pattern in Islamic art resonate within broader tensions about the role of figural representation in communicating meaning. The question of whether geometric pattern communicates—whether it functions as a language without a code—reflects broader tensions about the relationship between secular and spiritual communication. Poised between discussions of modernism and Islam, the attribution of linguistic capacity to geometry serves as a measure for the possibility of abstracting pure reason from the religious roots of representationalism. This paper explores this question in four parts. First, it examines the articulation of geometric meaning in Islamic discourses. It then explores European discussions of geometry between language and ornament poised between a search for universal reason and universal spiritualism, both in modernist painting and in modern exhibitions. The final section the expressive capacity of artistic responses to historical Islamic isometric geometries in the adaptive reuse of historical Iranian arts as contemporary abstraction in the sculptures of Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian (1928–1919) and in the popular transformation prints of M. C. Escher (1898–1972). It argues that the frequent recognition of intrinsic meaning in geometry, expressed in both premodern Islamic and modern secular interpretations, undermines art historical expectations of theorization as a necessary intermediary for communication. Geometry thereby functions as a language without a code.
Schuldenbremse trifft deutschen Föderalismus. Was prägte die Ausgestaltung der neuen Fiskalregeln in den Bundesländern?
Authors: Brumm Kai 
Published: April 2022

ZusammenfassungSeit 2009 ist die Schuldenbremse im Grundgesetz verankert. Ab 2020 verbietet sie den deutschen Bundesländern „grundsätzlich“ die Kreditaufnahme. Daneben bleibt es den Gliedstaaten vielfach überlassen, wie sie das neue Fiskalregime ausgestalten. Dieser Beitrag untersucht deshalb erstmals alle 41 Reformen, die zwischen 2008 und 2020 auf subnationaler Ebene verabschiedet wurden, um die Schuldenbremse in Landesrecht zu überführen. Dabei variierte einerseits der Zeitpunkt, den die Gliedstaaten in der Übergangszeit bis 2020 wählten, um landeseigene Kreditregeln zu ändern. Andererseits zeigt ein neuer Index der fiskalischen Selbstbindung, dass sich Landesregierungen für unterschiedlich strenge Verschuldungsregeln entschieden haben. Die Studie versucht, diese Gegensätze bei Reformzeitpunkt und Regelschärfe mithilfe zweier Qualitative Comparative Analyses (QCA) zu ergründen. Sie fragt erstens, was Landeskabinette kennzeichnet, die sich früh an die Ausgestaltung der Schuldenbremse machten. Die Befunde deuten an, dass geringe ideologische Fragmentierung zeitige Regelanpassungen begünstigte. So waren entweder lagerinterne rot-grüne Regierungen ohne sozioökonomischen Problemdruck oder schwarz-gelbe Bündnisse mit der Absicht zur Verfassungsänderung hinreichend, um neue Schuldenregeln schon kurz nach 2009 landesrechtlich zu fixieren. Zweitens wird untersucht, unter welchen Bedingungen Landeskabinette strikte Kreditregeln einführten. Linke Mehrheiten optierten demnach für eine rigide Variante der Schuldenbremse, wenn sie die bürgerliche Opposition in die Gesetzgebung einbinden (mussten) oder der Landesetat an einer großen Problemlast krankt. Bürgerliche Kabinette setzten im Fall eines überschuldeten Länderbudgets ebenso auf strenge Fiskalregeln, gerade wenn sie über eine nur schmale eigene Parlamentsmehrheit verfügten. Der Aufsatz deutet die Rolle von Parteienwettbewerb bei der Umsetzung der Schuldenbremse an und hilft zu verstehen, wann sich Gliedstaaten im Föderalismus auf solide Finanzen festlegen.