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Population Aging and Convergence of Household Credit
Authors: Sever Can 
Published: September 2022

Abstract
This paper sheds light on the role of population aging in convergence of household credit. Using data from 32 economies over the period of 1995–2015, it shows that household credit tends to converge across countries over time, but aging populations hinder this convergence process. The result is also robust to controlling for various country-specific factors. Focusing on a further breakdown of credit to households, population aging weakens the convergence process in the case of housing loans, while it does not have a pronounced role in convergence of consumer credit. These findings can have implications for macroeconomic and financial policies, given the potential effects of household credit on economic growth and stability.
CFD simulation of gas–solid fluidized bed hydrodynamics; prediction accuracy study
Authors: Sadri Mofakham Atefeh , Rasteh Mojtaba 
Published: September 2022

Abstract
The present study aims at increasing the prediction accuracy of simulating gas–solid fluidized bed hydrodynamics. Two simulation packages, Fluent and MFIX, were used to predict the pressure drop, voidage, and solid-phase velocities by solving mass, momentum, and energy balance equations. A 2D multi-fluid Eulerian model with the kinetic theory of granular flow (KTGF) was applied to simulate the process by considering two different drag models. The same comparative criterion of average absolute relative deviation (AARD%) was considered to compare the present simulation with the previous works. Compared to the prior works, the minimum decrease in error (AARD% of 5.91%) was 3.17% related to the estimation of the time-averaged voidage by applying the Gidaspow model, while the maximum reduction in error (ARRD% of 5.88%) was 17.35% attributed to the prediction of pressure drop by employing the Syamlal-O’Brien model, both in Fluent software. However, MFIX software was the best CFD tool in predicting time-averaged voidage by AARD% values less than 9% under all conditions. Furthermore, similar patterns in contours were observed for solid-phase volume fraction and gas/solid phase velocities in both simulation tools, which are compatible with results from the literature without any significant difference.
Investigation on the sealing performance of polymers at ultra high pressures
Authors: Türköz Mevlüt , Evcen Dede Can 
Published: September 2022

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In this paper, the parameters affecting the sealing life of UHMWPE and PTFE in ultra high pressure systems were investigated. A life test system was designed and manufactured in which different parameters can be tested in the sealing construction. The life test system consists of two hydraulic pressure intensifiers, and a hydraulic and electronic control unit. The effects of the extrusion gap, piston rod material and surface roughness, in addition to the material, geometry and number of the sealing elements, on the life of the sealing members were investigated. Two levels were determined for each parameter, and experiments were carried out at a pressure of 450 MPa according to a Taguchi L8 orthogonal experimental design. Pressure intensifiers were operated reciprocatively, thus allowing to perform two tests simultaneously, saving time. Working cycles of the pressure intensifiers were measured. Each experiment continued until the seals were damaged, and a critical leakage rate occurred at the pressure intensifiers. ANOVA was applied to the experimental results. According to the results, the most significant parameter affecting the sealing life is the extrusion gap with a rate of 77%, followed by the piston rod surface roughness with a rate of 13%, and the piston rod material with a rate of 4%. The effects of the remaining parameters on the sealing life are more limited. The results obtained will contribute to the industrial design of sealing structures for ultra-high pressures.
Inherited Revolution. Narratives in Transgenerational Memory Transfer
Authors: de Almeida Ana , Wimplinger Christian 
Published: September 2022

AbstractOur essay deals with narratives of social upheaval that act as vehicles for transgenerational memory transfer. We look at narratives of collectively experienced processes of emancipation and the subsequent possibility of remembering things not experienced firsthand under the prism of the political event of revolution understood as an inherently violent process (Arendt 1990). In this context, we inquire about postmemory along similar lines to those staked out by Marianne Hirsch, while also considering whether the term can be separated from trauma and linked to other emotional responses of comparable affective intensity. Memories of violence are frequently disjointed and impressionistic. The connection of fragments to a narrative context is often severed while the action of linking the threads into a coherent narrative faces vehement resistance. In principle, this is not different from the experience of violence in revolutions and their remembrance. However, narratives on revolution tend to exert a strong force of attraction upon their recipients. Considering the figures ofcycle,linear progression,iteration,disruptionandirreversibilityas the time modes of revolution, we look at how these have enabled entirely new understandings of time since the nineteenth century. New forms of temporality, in turn, are entangled with the roledisplacementplays in the relationship between a transgenerational transfer of narratives and the construction of narrative time.In order to explore how a generation deals with the dominance (Hirsch 2012) of the narratives transmitted to them by the preceding one, we deal with two models in which affective states charged with both suffering and pleasure are developed into terms of cultural and literary theory: Bini Adamczak’s reading ofdesireas fetish in post-revolutionary Soviet Russia, and Svetlana Boym’s work onnostalgiaas an emotional disposition characteristic for modernity. Taking into account that both models are more or less constructed by cultural practices, historical events, and transformations in the history of ideas, and thus cannot always be precisely distinguished from one another, we present two main narrative strategies: The reception of the stories of one generation by another involves either contracting the affective intensity of their narratives at the expense of linear time or expanding narrative time far beyond individual life spans. For our analysis we mainly refer to Rodolfo Usigli’sEnsayo de un crimenand Heinrich Heine’sLudwig Börne: A Memorialas post memory narratives on revolution. We understand them as examples of each narrative strategy and as part of the dialectic of this way of remembering.
Vibration characteristics of mineral composite beams by experimental modal test method
Authors: Dal Hüseyin , Kurt Ali Osman , Yıldız Seda 
Published: September 2022

Abstract
Some machines, such as heavy presses and rammers, can be exposed to big shock and inertial forces under dynamic severe working conditions. Even if vibration isolation to the foundations of machines operating under dynamic loads is applied, the exposure of these machines to shock and resonance loads may not be adequately prevented. The sensitivity of these machines, the product quality, or life span can also incredibly decrease. Therefore, it is essential to know the vibration behaviors of machine bodies and parts. This study investigates vibration characteristics of polymer matrix composite (PMC) materials by the experimental modal test method. Nine different composite beam samples having sizes of 20 × 25 × 480 mm were produced for modal tests. Composite beams contain different ratios of aggregate and epoxy resin. Each composite beam’s natural frequencies and damping ratios were defined with frequency response and coherence functions taken from the experimental modal tests. The results from the modal analysis revealed that the most influential parameter on the vibration properties was the gravel ratio. As a result of the experimental study, it was concluded that while epoxy-resin, gravel and fine-sand additives increased the stiffness of PMC beam, gravel and fine sand additives also increased the damping rate of PMC beam.
Jüdische Matrilinearität – christliche Patrilinearität
Authors: Braun Christina von 
Published: September 2022

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In den ersten zwei Jahrhunderten unserer Zeitrechnung erfuhren viele Bestimmungen jüdischer Zugehörigkeit eine Umformulierung. Eine der Neuerungen war die Entstehung der jüdischen Matrilinearität. In dem Aufsatz werden die Hintergründe dieses Wandels und ihre Auswirkungen auf das zeitgleich entstehende Christentum beschrieben, das an der Patrilinearität der antiken Gesellschaften festhielt. In einem letzten Abschnitt wird auf die Konsequenzen der modernen Reproduktionsmedizin für diese Regelwerke hingewiesen.
Askesekonzeptionen in Mahima Dharma
Authors: Guzy Lidia 
Published: September 2022

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Der Beitrag diskutiert die vielfältigen Askese-Traditionen und Vorstellungen einer neuen religiösen Gruppe im Osten Indiens, deren Zentren in asketischen Orden und der Laienbevölkerung in Stammesgebieten Odishas liegen.
Geschlecht und Sexualität im Buddhismus und die Wechselwirkung von Gender und Religion in gesellschaftlichen Dialogprozessen
Authors: Roloff Carola 
Published: September 2022

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In diesem Beitrag werden die Fragen diskutiert: Welche Vorstellungen von Geschlecht und Sexualität finden sich im Buddhismus, welche Frauenrollen oder Frauenbilder lassen sich daraus ableiten, und was geschieht, wenn diese Geschlechtervorstellungen heute auf den europäischen Kontext treffen: Welche Probleme entstehen? Ist Geschlechtergerechtigkeit ein westliches Problem oder wird sie weltweit thematisiert? Lassen sich Wechselwirkungen feststellen, und welche Strategien werden verfolgt, um Geschlechtergerechtigkeit im Buddhismus herzustellen?
Buddhismus,queer-gedacht
Authors: Scherer Bee 
Published: September 2022

AbstractDieser Beitrag untersucht die Schnittstelle zwischen queeren Subjektivitäten und psychischer Gesundheit und Suizidalität; der angeblich positive Einfluss von Religiosität auf psychische Gesundheit und buddhistische Antworten und Wege zu Befreiungspraktiken werden diskutiert. Ausgehend vom Freitod des 26-jährigen schwulen Burmesen Kyaw Zin Win wird untersucht, wie Buddhistische Traditionen konzeptionell und sozial-systemisch zu queerem Leiden und Suizidalität beigetragen haben. Durch kritische Hermeneutik werden Möglichkeiten für engagierte buddhistische inklusive Praktiken für soziale Gerechtigkeit aufgezeigt; buddhistische Perspektiven auf queere Diskriminierung und Suizidalität können so hinterfragt und überdacht werden.
Der politische Aushandlungsprozess um die Ehe für alle zwischen Konservatismus und Moderne
Authors: Exner-Krikorian Sabine 
Published: September 2022

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2021 jährte sich zum zwanzigsten Mal die Einführung des Lebenspartnerschaftsgesetzes und damit der Eingetragenen Lebenspartnerschaft als das erste Rechtsinstitut für gleichgeschlechtliche Paare. 2017 löste die Ehe die Lebenspartnerschaft ab, allerdings nicht mit allen Rechten einer Ehe wie zwischen heterosexuellen Personen. Der Aushandlungsprozess zur sogenannten Ehe für alle ist insbesondere für religionswissenschaftliche Fragestellungen erkenntnisreich. Am Beispiel des Diskurses um die Einführung der gleichgeschlechtliche Ehe in Deutschland 2015 und dem Referendum in Irland als diskursivem Ereignis zeigt die Autorin, wie politische Akteur*innen in einem zeitgenössischen Deutungskampf um die Bedeutung von Ehe wetteifern und dabei mit der Diskursprämisse einer angenommenen Moderne die Dichotomie von religiös vs. säkular sowie weitere Narrative von und über Religion(en) zur Selbst- und Fremdpositionierungen sowie für ihre Koalitions- und Oppositionsbildungen einsetzen. Die Analyse verwendet einen zeit-, akteurs- und arenaspezifischen Ansatz und verknüpft methodologisch die Wissenssoziologische Diskursanalyse (WDA) mit einem religionswissenschaftlichen Erkenntnisinteresse.
Die aktuelle Situation der Frauen in Afrika
Authors: Medoux Irma Julienne Angue 
Published: September 2022

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Diese Situation wird als eine Kumulation aller Ungleichheiten beschrieben, die einen Menschen treffen können: soziale Klassenungleichheit, sexuelle Ungleichheit und Ungleichheit aufgrund der Rasse. Durch die Zuspitzung dieser Ungleichheiten lässt sich die große Zahl afrikanischer Migrantinnen erklären. Die Suche nach sozialer, ziviler und bürgerlicher Gleichheit, die nach dem Modell der von Männern propagierten und zur Schau gestellten Selbstbeherrschung gedacht ist, kann in dem Maße nicht erfolgreich sein, wie sie versucht, sich einem Macho-Modell zu unterwerfen, das der Natur des Menschen widerspricht. Weil die zeitgenössische Anthropologie uns lehrt, dass dieser die Sprache erfinden musste, um sich das Leben zu ermöglichen und es jedes Mal neu zu harmonisieren, wenn er in eine Sackgasse gerät, weil die dialogische Vorstellungskraft, die den Dialog der Seele mit sich selbst antreibt, den Platon entdeckt hatte, durch das Gesetz der Wahrheit geregelt wird, müssen afrikanische Frauen erkennen, dass sie die Objektivität der ihnen auferlegten und der von ihnen selbst erfundenen Lebensbedingungen beurteilen müssen, um ihre Wahrheitsurteile mit ihren männlichen Partnern teilen zu können und um sich von jeglicher Herrschaft zu emanzipieren, unabhängig von ihrer Geschlechtszugehörigkeit.
An der Schwelle zum Dritten Weltkrieg – Welche Risiken darf der Westen im Ukraine-Krieg eingehen?
Authors: Krause Joachim 
Published: September 2022

Kurzfassung
Die führenden westlichen Mächte USA, Großbritannien, Frankreich und Deutschland liefern zwar Waffen an die Ukraine, konditionieren aber stark das Ausmaß der Lieferungen sowie das sonstige Niveau ihrer Unterstützung. Hauptsächlich gelte es einen Weltkrieg mit nuklearer Eskalation zu vermeiden. Experten und frühere hochrangige Generäle kritisieren zunehmend diese Restriktionen, die sich an Konzepten der Rüstungskontrolle aus den 60er Jahren orientieren. Sie argumentieren, dass Russland weder die Absicht habe noch die Mittel besitze, den Krieg zu eskalieren – es sei denn, es wolle einen selbstmörderischen Nuklearkrieg beginnen. Außerdem lasse Russland keine Anzeichen von Restriktionen erkennen. Die derzeitige Fokussierung auf das Vermeiden eines Dritten Weltkriegs dürfte die Ukraine in absehbarer Zeit in eine unhaltbare Lage bringen. Dann bliebe den westlichen Staaten nur die sehr kostspielige Option, die Ukraine dauerhaft wirtschaftlich und militärisch über Wasser zu halten oder ihr einen Waffenstillstand aufzuzwingen, der bestenfalls eine militärische Pause bis zum nächsten russischen Angriff darstellen wird. Die Gefahr eines Weltkriegs könnte durch die westliche Politik der Vorsicht eher zu- denn abnehmen.
A Modular Smart Vision System for Industrial Inspection and Control of Conformity
Authors: El Helou Marwan , Benfriha Khaled , Al-Ahmari Abdulrahman M. , Wardle Peter , Talhi Esma , Loubère Stéphane , El Zant Chawki , Charrier Quentin 
Published: September 2022

Abstract
In manufacturing systems, there are several essential tasks to perform before and after the production process. In traditional systems, these tasks were done manually, which can lead to more resource consumption and the risk of human error; however, advanced manufacturing systems and Industry 4.0 tend toward a more autonomous manner. To ensure the compliance of the machining process and the safety of the personnel as well as the machines at the shop floor, the inspection of the overall factory prior to any machining process and the control of conformity of the manufactured parts are necessary in order to know the status of the manufacturing line. This paper proposes a novel modular smart vision system for machine inspection and conformity control of machined parts. Our system uses smart vision technologies embedded in industrial robots and enhanced with image processing and analysis capabilities. The solution also integrates a user interface for human–machine interactions that has been developed with a modular approach, and is designed, launched, and controlled by the manufacturing execution system, allowing agile and customized configuration. By this new approach, the robot inspects all the machines in the factory to check the status before launching the production plan. After the machining process, the system interprets the in situ dimensional analysis for the machined parts and makes decisions about whether the parts are acceptable or require additional machining.
Investigation of Blockchain Technology Integration within Food Supply Chain Management
Authors: Ali Taş Mehmet , Latif Aylak Batin 
Published: September 2022

Abstract
Blockchain technologies (BT) began to be used in many areas because of the many advantages they offer. In this respect, BT applications take place in different types of supply chains. One of the areas where blockchain is used is the food supply chain (FSC). FSC is a general concept that also covers different types such as agri-FSC and cold chain. These supply chains need the advantages of modern BT for crucial reasons such as the products’ time-dependent nature and direct impact on human health. We evaluate the use of blockchain applications in the field of FSC in order to provide a deep understanding of problems inherent to the FSC and present insights to companies into developing and implementing their own blockchain-driven solutions to address the FSC performance challenges. As the FSC is a complex and dynamic system, where multi-stakeholders are involved, a systematic approach should be established to reveal the BT integration behavior of the FSC. An extensive literature review was conducted within the scope of the study. A critical review of the studies shows which BT applications are used in the FSC chain to drive supply chain performance, their application areas, and main problems in various aspects in the applications. Using the causal loop diagram (CLD) as a system dynamics approach, the interrelationship of causes and effects is visualized and prescriptive information is generated to guide researchers and practitioners in the field of new technology adoption in FSCs in general and BT integration in particular. This study is intended to encourage the use of BT in FSC applications.
Measuring Nonapoptotic Caspase Activity with a Transgenic Reporter in Mice
Authors: Nicholls P. J. , Pack Thomas F. , Urs Nikhil M. , Kumar Sunil , Zhou Yang , Ichim Gabriel , Ginzel Joshua D. , Turu Gabor , Calabrese Evan , Roberts Wendy L. , Fan Ping , Ostapchenko Valeriy G. , Guzman Lenis Monica S. , Beraldo Flavio , Hatina Jiri , Prado Vania F. , Prado Marco A. M. , Spasojevic Ivan , Snyder Joshua C. , Dzirasa Kafui , Johnson G. Allan , Caron Marc G. 
Published: September 2022

AbstractThe protease caspase-3 is a key mediator of apoptotic programmed cell death. But weak or transient caspase activity can contribute to neuronal differentiation, axonal pathfinding, and synaptic long-term depression. Despite the importance of sublethal, or nonapoptotic, caspase activity in neurodevelopment and neural plasticity, there has been no simple method for mapping and quantifying nonapoptotic caspase activity (NACA) in rodent brains. We therefore generated a transgenic mouse expressing a highly sensitive and specific fluorescent reporter of caspase activity, with peak signal localized to the nucleus. As a proof of concept, we first obtained evidence that NACA influences neurophysiology in an amygdalar circuit. Then focusing on the amygdala, we were able to quantify a sex-specific persistent elevation in caspase activity in females after restraint stress. This simplein vivocaspase activity reporter will facilitate systems-level studies of apoptotic and nonapoptotic phenomena in behavioral and pathologic models.
Iron nanoparticles for plant nutrition: Synthesis, transformation, and utilization by the roots of Cucumis sativus
Authors: Gracheva Maria , Klencsár Zoltán , Kis Viktória Kovács , Béres Kende Attila , May Zoltán , Halasy Viktória , Singh Amarjeet , Fodor Ferenc , Solti Ádám , Kiss László Ferenc , Tolnai Gyula , Homonnay Zoltán , Kovács Krisztina 
Published: September 2022

AbstractNanotechnology has been evolving in the past decades as an alternative to conventional fertilizers. Ferrihydrite nanoparticles that model the available Fe pool of soils are proposed to be used to recover Fe deficiency of plants. Nevertheless, ferrihydrite aqueous suspensions are known to undergo slow transformation to a mixture of goethite and hematite, which may influence its biological availability. Several nanocolloid suspensions differing in the surfactant type were prepared for plant treatment and fully characterized by transmission electron microscopy and 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy supported by magnetic measurements. The rate of transformation and the final mineral composition were revealed for all the applied surfactants. Nanomaterials at different stages of transformations were the subject of plant physiological experiments aiming at comparing the behavior and plant accessibility of the manufactured suspensions of nanoscale iron(III) oxide and oxide–hydroxide particles.
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Changes in the prevalence of atrial fibrillation in the Russian population over a 13-year follow-up
Authors: Shapkina M. Yu. , Mazdorova E. V. , Avdeeva E. M. , Shcherbakova L. V. , Ryabikov A. N. , Hubachek J. A. , Bobak M. , Malyutina S. K. 
Published: September 2022

Aim. To study the prevalence of atrial fibrillation (AF) in the Russian urban population cohort aged 45-69 years and its changes over 13-year follow-up during aging.Material and methods. This cross-sectional long-term prospective study included random population sample of men and women 45-69 years (n=9360, HAPIEE project, Novosibirsk), which was examined in 2003-2005 and was re-examined twice and followed up for about 13±1,00 years in men and 13,1±2,17 years in women. The incidence of AF was assessed for individuals without AF or cardiovascular disease (CVD) at the baseline examination. Statistical analysis was performed using the SPSS software package (v.13.0).Results. In a population sample over a 13-year follow-up, AF prevalence increased from 1,6% (1,1% among women and 2,1% among men) at the age of 45-69 years to 4,2% (3,0% among women and 6,1% among men) aged 55-84 years according to screening rest ECG examinations. The prevalence of new AF cases over a 13-year followup in the cohort of 45-69 years old without previous CVD and AF was 5,6%, of which 40% were paroxysmal. The mean age at the time of first registered AF was 69±6,93 years, and was 2 years higher in women (70,0±6,83) than in men (68±6,93). The average period before the AF onset among people aged 45-69 years without baseline CVD and AF was 7,5±3,83 years for men and 8,1±4,02 years for women. The total prevalence of AF in the population sample was 8,3%. The highest AF prevalence was registered at the age of 65-69 years (11,4%) for men and 5 years later for women (12,0%) (p80 years decreased and amounted to 4,1% among men and 5,7% among women.Conclusion. In the Russian population sample (Novosibirsk) aged 45-69, the AF prevalence increased from 1,6 to 8,3% over 13 years of follow-up. In addition, 473 new AF cases were identified, ~40% of which were paroxysmal AF. The prevalence of AF in the Siberian population sample for the 45-60 years age group is comparable with the large Russian and North American studies, but higher for persons aged 60-74 years and lower for older age group, for both men and women.