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Time-series forecasting for ships maneuvering in waves via recurrent-type neural networks
Authors: D’Agostino Danny , Serani Andrea , Stern Frederick , Diez Matteo 
Published: August 2022

AbstractThe prediction capability of recurrent-type neural networks is investigated for real-time short-term prediction (nowcasting) of ship motions in high sea state. Specifically, the performance of recurrent neural networks, long short-term memory, and gated recurrent units models are assessed and compared using a data set coming from computational fluid dynamics simulations of a self-propelled destroyer-type vessel in stern-quartering sea state 7. Time-series of incident wave, ship motions, rudder angle, as well as immersion probes, are used as variables for a nowcasting problem. The objective is to obtain about 20 s ahead prediction. Overall, the three methods provide promising and comparable results.
Acts of International Organizations as Extraneous Material for Treaty Interpretation
Authors: Schmalenbach Kirsten 
Published: August 2022

AbstractActs of international organizations often reflect developments in international law. Therefore, they could contribute to the evolutive interpretation of treaty texts if it were not for Article 31 VCLT, which embraces extraneous material for interpretative purposes but strongly focuses on the parties’ acceptance of the material’s interpretive value. The analysis of national and international case law shows that acts of international organizations are very rarely mentioned in the context of treaty interpretation and very little use is made of the opportunity to establish the ordinary meanings of technical treaty terms through such acts. The organizations’ most important interpretive role lies in the self-application of their constituent instruments, and even then, only with respect to so-called ‘household matters’ concerning each organization’s own procedures and competences. In contrast, the functional authority of organizations concerning the interpretation of the ‘constitutional’ rights and obligations of their Member States requires the latter’s broad acceptance. With regard to treaties other than constituent instruments, the analysed case law illustrates that domestic and international courts continue to demonstrate great reluctance in using the acts of international organizations in their interpretive processes and, when they do, they do so in a faltering manner.
Choiceless chain conditions
Authors: Karagila Asaf , Schweber Noah 
Published: August 2022

AbstractChain conditions are one of the major tools used in the theory of forcing. We say that a partial order has the countable chain condition if every antichain (in the sense of forcing) is countable. Without the axiom of choice antichains tend to be of little use, for various reasons, and in this short note we study a number of conditions which in $$\mathsf {ZFC}$$
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are equivalent to the countable chain condition.
Introduction to the special issue on the Hualien earthquake swarms
Authors: Rau Ruey-Juin , Liang Wen-Tzong 
Published: August 2022

AbstractThe Hualien city is located near the pole of rotation induced by the along-strike transition from Ryukyu subduction to the collision between the Luzon arc and the Chinese continental margin in northeastern Taiwan (Rau et al., J Geophy Res 113: B09404, 2008). Such a tectonic regime creates varied seismogenic structures that are responsible for the ruptures of the 1951 M L 7.3 Hualien-Taitung earthquake sequence (Chen et al., J Geophy Res 113: B02304, 2008), the 2018 M w 6.4 Hualien earthquake sequence (e.g., Rau and Tseng, Terr Atmos Ocean Sci 30: 281–283, 2019), the 2021 M L 6.2 Shoufeng earthquake sequence, and numerous and persistent moderate-to-small size earthquake swarms in the Hualien area. This special issue was introduced by the several month-long 2021 episode of moderate-to-small size earthquake swarms occurred in the Hualien area (Figs. 1 and 2, Central Weather Bureau, 2022). The 2021 Hualien earthquake episode includes small-to-moderate-size earthquakes that release minute strain energy on the small asperities and larger events (M > 5.5) that ruptured nearby asperities. Figure 3 shows the spatiotemporal distribution of the Hualien earthquake sequence between April 1 and December 31 of 2021. The 2021 Hualien earthquake sequence provides us a great opportunity to examine the earthquake physics, characteristics, seismogenic processes, and the early warning algorithm of an earthquake swarm, which are the key elements for the understanding of generation of earthquakes. In this special issue, we have collected six papers that detailed various aspects of the 2021 Hualien earthquake sequence, which provide us a better understanding of the nature of the Hualien earthquake swarms.
Socio-cultural Correlates of the COVID-19 Outcomes
Authors: Lajunen Timo , Gaygısız Esma , Gaygısız Ümmügülsüm 
Published: August 2022

AbstractWhile basically all countries have been hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, the impact has varied in large degrees among countries. In the present study, national differences in six COVID-19 indicators (COVID-19 deaths per capita, excess mortality, change in GDP per capita, vaccination rate, stringency index, and overall impact of the pandemic) were studied in relation to socio-economic and Hofstede's cultural dimensions by using the latest data available. The results differed to some degree from the studies conducted in the earlier stage of the pandemic. COVID-19 deaths per capita were predicted by Uncertainty Avoidance (UA) and Indulgence (IVR); excess mortality by UA; the impact of pandemics by Power Distance (PDI), Long-term Orientation (LTOWS) and IVR; change in GDP per capita by PDI; vaccination rate by Individualism and UA; and Stringency Index by LTOWS. In addition to further clarifying the role of cultural dimensions in the pandemic, three conclusions can be drawn. First, the pandemic reached different countries at different times, which is reflected in the results. The conclusion about the role of socio-economic and cultural factors can be drawn only after the pandemic. Second, cultural dimensions were related to COVID-19 measures only when socio-economic indicators were not considered but lost their significance when socio-economic variables were entered into the models. Cultural dimensions influence the outcome variables via socio-economic factors. Third, earlier studies have focused mainly on COVID-19 deaths. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is a complex phenomenon and cannot be reduced to the death rate.
Next Generation Eu: Legal Structure and Constitutional Consequences
Authors: FABBRINI Federico 
Published: August 2022

AbstractThe article examines the legal structure and constitutional consequences of ‘Next Generation EU’ (NGEU)—the innovative recovery fund that the European Union (EU) established to address the socio-economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. The article sheds light on the complex normative constellation that was used to erect NGEU, and explains how this was satisfactorily done within the existing Treaty framework, by resorting to current legal bases. At the same time, however, the article underlines the profound constitutional consequences that NGEU has on the EU's architecture of economic governance. To this end, the article contrasts the strategy chosen to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic to that embraced to tackle the euro-crisis a decade ago, and concludes emphasising how NGEU significantly contributes to the federalisation of the EU, endowing its fiscal union with a fiscal capacity analogous to that of other federal regimes.
The impact of automated hand hygiene monitoring with and without complementary improvement strategies on performance rates
Authors: Arbogast James W. , Moore Lori D. , DiGiorgio Megan , Robbins Greg , Clark Tracy L. , Thompson Maria F. , Wagner Pamela T. , Boyce John M. , Parker Albert E. 
Published: August 2022

AbstractObjective:To determine how engagement of the hospital and/or vendor with performance improvement strategies combined with an automated hand hygiene monitoring system (AHHMS) influence hand hygiene (HH) performance rates.Design:Prospective, before-and-after, controlled observational study.Setting:The study was conducted in 58 adult and pediatric inpatient units located in 10 hospitals.Methods:HH performance rates were estimated using an AHHMS. Rates were expressed as the number of soap and alcohol-based hand rub portions dispensed divided by the number of room entries and exits. Each hospital self-assigned to one of the following intervention groups: AHHMS alone (control group), AHHMS plus clinician-based vendor support (vendor-only group), AHHMS plus hospital-led unit-based initiatives (hospital-only group), or AHHMS plus clinician-based vendor support and hospital-led unit-based initiatives (vendor-plus-hospital group). Each hospital unit produced 1–2 months of baseline HH performance data immediately after AHHMS installation before implementing initiatives.Results:Hospital units in the vendor-plus-hospital group had a statistically significant increase of at least 46% in HH performance compared with units in the other 3 groups (P ≤ .006). Units in the hospital only group achieved a 1.3% increase in HH performance compared with units that had AHHMS alone (P = .950). Units with AHHMS plus other initiatives each had a larger change in HH performance rates over their baseline than those in the AHHMS-alone group (P < 0.001).Conclusions:AHHMS combined with clinician-based vendor support and hospital-led unit-based initiatives resulted in the greatest improvements in HH performance. These results illustrate the value of a collaborative partnership between the hospital and the AHHMS vendor.
Early Persian Verse Romances inMutaqārib: Form, Structure, Contents
Authors: van den Berg Gabrielle 
Published: August 2022

AbstractThis article discusses use of the metermutaqāribin Persianmasnavī(narrative) poetry as related to its content from a comparative perspective. One of the aims is to demonstrate the various connections between a set of narrative poems composed inmutaqārib. The article questions previous assumptions about the form and style of early Persian verse romances and contributes to further discussion of approaches to Persian narrative poetry.
Low-income parents’ perceptions of a sweetened beverage tax in Philadelphia
Authors: Edmondson Emma K. , Shea Judy A. , Gregory Emily F. , Roberto Christina A. , Garcia Stephanie M. , Kwon Jeemin , Virudachalam Senbagam 
Published: August 2022

Abstract
Objective: To characterise perceptions of the Philadelphia Beverage Tax among low-income parents. Design: We conducted semi-structured interviews and administered demographic questions via telephone. We based the interview guide and initial codebook on a conceptual model illustrating perceived fairness and effectiveness as essential for successfully adopting food policies. We performed thematic analysis using NVivo 12. Setting: We recruited from a primary care paediatrics clinic in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from July to August 2020. Participants: Philadelphia parents/caregivers of 2- to 11-year-old children with Medicaid insurance. Results: Participants were predominantly African American (97 %), female (100 %), and had annual household incomes <$50 000 (80 %). Participants were 26- to 72-years old, with an average aged child of 5 years (range 7 months to 20 years). Themes emerged regarding tax perceptions, revenue use and behaviour change due to the tax. Using revenue for highly valued programmes and accountability of city government to use revenue as promised were critical elements in perceptions of tax fairness. Some parents avoided the tax through cross-border shopping and buying drink powders or concentrates, influencing perceptions of tax effectiveness. The tax signalled the health dangers of sweetened beverage consumption to most parents. Conclusion: Our findings bring to light four key takeaways for policymakers designing sweetened beverage taxes. (1) Dedication of tax revenue to programmes highly valued by parents and (2) transparency in revenue spending may improve acceptability. (3) State or national taxes may be more effective at decreasing consumption due to cross-border shopping. (4) Pairing taxes with health promotion campaigns may enhance behaviour change.
The age and paleoclimate implications of relict periglacial block deposits on the New England Tablelands, Australia
Authors: Slee Adrian , Barrows Timothy T. , Shulmeister James , Gontz Allen , Kiernan Kevin , Haworth Robert , Clark Douglas , Fifield L. Keith 
Published: August 2022

AbstractPleistocene periglacial activity in eastern Australia was widespread and has been predicted to have extended along much of the east coast. This paper describes block deposits in the New England Tablelands, Australia, as far north as 30°S. These deposits are characterized by openwork blocks on slopes below the angle of repose. The deposits are positioned where frost cracking was significant and range in area up to 8 ha. Surface exposure dating using the cosmogenic nuclide36Cl from four block deposits indicate all sites were active late during the last glacial cycle, with a concentration of activity between 15–30 ka. Modern temperature measurements from block deposits highlight the importance of local topography for promoting freezing. Periglacial deposits are likely to have been more extensive than previously recognized at these northern limits, and mean annual temperature more than 8°C colder than today.
On dense intermingling of exact overlaps and the open set condition
Authors: Morris Ian D. 
Published: August 2022

AbstractWe prove that certain families of homogenous affine iterated function systems in $\mathbb {R}^{d}$ have the property that the open set condition and the existence of exact overlaps both occur densely in the space of translation parameters. These examples demonstrate that in the theorems of Falconer and Jordan–Pollicott–Simon on the almost sure dimensions of self-affine sets and measures, the set of exceptional translation parameters can be a dense set. The proof combines results from the literature on self-affine tilings of $\mathbb {R}^{d}$ with an adaptation of a classic argument of Erdős on the singularity of certain Bernoulli convolutions. This result encompasses a one-dimensional example due to Kenyon which arises as a special case.
Two Moments in the Biography of Qedushah (a.k.a. Holiness)
Authors: Stern Josef 
Published: August 2022

AbstractThis paper analyzes two transformative conceptions of qedushah (holiness) in medieval Jewish thought, Moses Maimonides’s and Moses Nahmanides’s. Maimonides reduces qedushah to the Mosaic commandments which he reconceives as communal institutions to constrain bodily desires and promote intellectualist values and as training for perfected individuals to de-corporealize themselves in imitation of God. Nahmanides argues that Maimonides’s legal reduction of qedushah leads to the absurd conclusion that the perfectly scrupulous law-abiding scoundrel who exploits loopholes in the law is qadosh! He therefore reconceives qedushah as a complement to the Mosaic commandments intended to counter the problem of the scoundrel. Thus qedushah is re-born as a corrective to abuse of the Law. Nahmanides then proposes two ways to achieve this goal: i) by rabbinic enactment of more laws to fill in (loop) holes in the Law and ii) by cultivating a virtue-oriented, non-legal conception of holiness as a character-trait that leads agents to act properly and spontaneously without legislation. For Maimonides the ultimate state of qedushah is the dis-embodied state of the intellect, for Nahmanides it is a state in which the whole person, body and soul, clings to the deity.
From rural reconstruction to agricultural engineering: a study of the cooperation between the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and the International Harvester Company (1945–8)
Authors: Zhang Ruisheng 
Published: August 2022

AbstractDuring the period of the Republic of China, a heated debate emerged among Chinese intellectuals concerning whether China should first educate peasants into citizens or help them feed themselves. Some agriculturalists, such as P. W. Tsou, argued that the first essential goal should be to apply technology and increase agricultural production to improve farmers’ lives. In 1945, Tsou proposed the Agricultural Engineering Program for China to the International Harvester Company. This programme provided Harvester Fellowships to sponsor twenty Chinese students to study agricultural engineering in the US. In addition, this programme instituted the Committee on Agricultural Engineering, led by J. Brownlee Davidson, to direct teaching, research, and promulgation of agricultural engineering in China. The talent cultivated through this programme chose to remain in mainland China following the Revolution of 1949. They became the first generation of agricultural engineers in the People’s Republic of China.
Contemporary risk factors for a longer hospital stay following bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis
Authors: Almasarweh Saleem I. , Suntharos Patcharapong , Saini Ashish , Prieto Lourdes , Sasaki Jun 
Published: August 2022

AbstractBackground:Despite high survival after bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis, a considerable number of patients suffer significant post-operative morbidities related to prolonged length of stay.Methods:A single-center retrospective cohort study of all consecutive patients undergoing a first-time bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis from 2006 to 2019.Results:Prolonged length of stay was defined as hospital stay greater than the 75th percentile for our cohort. Of 195 patients who met inclusion criteria, the median post-operative length of stay was 8 days (interquartile range, 4-15 days). Prolonged length of stay was defined as greater than 15 days. In multivariate analysis, greater than mild systemic atrioventricular valve regurgitation (odds ratio 3.7, 95% CI 1.05-13.068, p = 0.04), longer length of stay after the initial palliative procedure (odds ratio 1.028, 95% CI 1.004-1.05, p = 0.02), and pre-operative higher superior vena cava oxygen saturation (odds ratio 0.922, 95% CI 0.85-0.99, p = 0.04) maintained statistical significance as independent risk and protective factors for prolonged length of stay. A one-level increase in the severity of pre-operative systemic atrioventricular valve regurgitation was associated with a multiplicative change in the odds ratio of prolonged length of stay of 5.45 (p = 0.005) independent of the severity of systemic ventricular dysfunction.Conclusion:Pre-operative characteristics with greater than mild systemic atrioventricular valve regurgitation, longer length of stay after the initial palliative procedure, and lower superior vena cava oxygen saturation were associated with prolonged length of stay after a first-time bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis.
Implications of climate change for environmental niche overlap between fiveCuscutapest species and their two main Leguminosae host crop species
Authors: Cai Chaonan , Xiao Jianhua , Wan Jizhong , Ren Zichun , van Kleunen Mark , Li Junmin 
Published: August 2022

AbstractSome parasitic plants are major pests in agriculture, but how this might be affected by climate change remains largely unknown. In this study, we assessed this question for five generalist holoparasiticCuscutaspecies (smoothseed alfalfa dodder [Cuscuta approximataBab.], alfalfa dodder [Cuscuta europaeaL.], soybean dodder [Cuscuta chinensisC. Wright], Peruvian dodder [Cuscuta australisR. Br.], and Japanese dodder [Cuscuta japonicaChoisy]) and two of their main Leguminosae host crop species (soybean [Glycine max(L.) Merr.] and alfalfa [Medicago sativaL.]. For each of the fiveCuscutaspecies and the two crop species, we ran MaxEnt models, using climatic and soil variables to predict their potential current distributions and potential future distributions for 2070. We ran species distribution models for all seven species for multiple climate change scenarios, and tested for changes in the overlap of suitable ranges of each crop with the five parasites. We found that annual mean temperature and isothermality are the main bioclimatic factors determining the suitable habitats of theCuscutaspecies and their hosts. For both host species, the marginally to optimally suitable area will increase by 2070 for all four representative concentration pathway scenarios. For most of theCuscutaspecies, the marginally to optimally suitable area will also increase. While the suitable areas for both the hosts and the parasites will increase overall, Schoener’sD, indicating the relative overlap in suitable area, will change only marginally. However, the absolute area of potential niche overlap may increase up to 6-fold by 2070. Overall, our results indicate that larger parts of the globe will become suitable for both host species, but that they could also suffer fromCuscutaparasitism in larger parts of their suitable ranges.
A Common Diffusional Mechanism for Creep and Grain Growth in Polymineralic Rocks: Experiments
Authors: Okamoto A. , Hiraga T. 
Published: August 2022

AbstractWe conducted uniaxial compression and grain growth experiments on fine‐grained forsterite (Mg2SiO4) + 10 vol% periclase (MgO) aggregates. This aggregate is a unique polymineralic system in which all of the constituent elements in the secondary phase constitute the primary mineral phase, except for Si, which is the slowest diffusing species in the primary phase. Grain growth in polymineralic aggregates, where the presence of a secondary phase results in grain boundary pinning of the primary phase, proceeds via Ostwald ripening of the secondary phase. Grain growth and diffusion creep rates were analyzed, and both rates were found to be limited by the same grain‐boundary diffusivity. For periclase ripening, forsterite grains surrounding the periclase grains must be deformed, such that diffusion of Si as well as Mg and O is necessary for periclase ripening, similarly to diffusion creep of the aggregates. Most rocks are polymineralic and usually contain a silicate mineral as their main phase, in which Si is the slowest diffusing species. This leads to the prediction that a single diffusivity, which is Si diffusivity in most cases, determines the rates of grain growth and diffusion creep in much of the Earth's interior. The grain size, which is the result of grain growth, and the time it takes to achieve that size, indicate the diffusivity. Viscosity during diffusion creep is determined by these grain size and diffusivity values. We view these findings as a unique opportunity to estimate the viscosity from the Earth's crust to the lower mantle.