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Global liftings between inner forms of GSp(4)

For reductive groups G over a number field we discuss automorphic liftings of cohomological cuspidal irreducible automorphic representations π of G(A) to irreducible cohomological automorphic representations of H(A) for the quasi-split inner form H of G, and other inner forms as well. We show the existence of nontrivial weak global cohomological liftings in many cases, in particular for the case where G is anisotropic at the archimedean places. A priori, for these weak liftings we do not give a description of the precise nature of the corresponding local liftings at the ramified places, nor do we characterize the image of the lifting. For inner forms of the group H=GSp(4) however we address these finer questions. Especially, we prove the recent conjectures of Ibukiyama and Kitayama on paramodular newforms of square-free level.

Tri-unification: a separate SU(5) for each fermion family

In this paper we discuss SU(5)3 with cyclic symmetry as a possible grand unified theory (GUT). The basic idea of such a tri-unification is that there is a separate SU(5) for each fermion family, with the light Higgs doublet(s) arising from the third family SU(5), providing a basis for charged fermion mass hierarchies. SU(5)3 tri-unification reconciles the idea of gauge non-universality with the idea of gauge coupling unification, opening the possibility to build consistent non-universal descriptions of Nature that are valid all the way up to the scale of grand unification. As a concrete example, we propose a grand unified embedding of the tri-hypercharge model \\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \\usepackage{amsmath} \\usepackage{wasysym} \\usepackage{amsfonts} \\usepackage{amssymb} \\usepackage{amsbsy} \\usepackage{mathrsfs} \\usepackage{upgreek} \\setlength{\\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \\begin{document}$${\ ext{U}}{\\left(1\\right)}_{Y}^{3}$$\\end{document} based on an SU(5)3 framework with cyclic symmetry. We discuss a minimal tri-hypercharge example which can account for all the quark and lepton (including neutrino) masses and mixing parameters. We show that it is possible to unify the many gauge couplings into a single gauge coupling associated with the cyclic SU(5)3 gauge group, by assuming minimal multiplet splitting, together with a set of relatively light colour octet scalars. We also study proton decay in this example, and present the predictions for the proton lifetime in the dominant e+π0 channel.

Application of seismic attribute analysis techniques to multi-scale natural fractures description: a case study of the Longmaxi-Wufeng formation in H shale gas block, Yangtze plate, China

The H shale gas block in the Yangtze plate of China has undergone multistage tectonic evolution, which has resulted in the development of faults and natural fractures that are multistage, multi-scale, multi-type, and multi-strike in nature. To precisely characterize the natural fractures, this study used the seismic attribute analysis method to conduct a multi-scale prediction and natural fracture modelling. Initially, manual fault interpretation and the conventional seismic attributes including variance attribute, curvature and edge detection are used to interpret large-to medium-scale faults. Subsequently, the ant-tracking attribute based on the divided-frequency seismic cubes is used to predict and quantitatively interpret the mid- and small-scale fractures; The third step is to quantitatively divide the ant-tracking attribute value into multiple scales and convert them linearly into fracture intensity. The fourth step is to establish a multi-scale fracture model. This approach has established a comprehensive prediction workflow, progressing from large-scale to small-scale analysis, and shifting from qualitative to quantitative assessment. Compared with traditional fracture prediction and modeling methods, this method not only enhances the accuracy, but also satisfies the engineering requirements of multi-scale modeling. By applying the method in the H shale gas block, we gained a microscopic understanding of the fractures, which are predominantly NW, NE, and nearly NS trending, with a minimal occurrence of nearly EW trending faults/fractures. This method can be effectively applied to characterize multi-scale fractures in areas similar to the geological background of the H shale gas block.

The parasitic louse genus Myrsidea (Amblycera: Menoponidae): a comprehensive review and world checklist

Abstract Myrsidea Waterston, 1915 (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) is the most diverse genus of avian chewing lice. Myrsidea has a global distribution, is thought to be highly host-specific, and parasitizes mostly passerine birds. However, the rate of taxonomic studies describing new species is relatively low, and it is thought that much of the diversity of Myrsidea is yet to be discovered. This low rate of taxonomic description for this genus, and many others, may be related to the time-consuming nature of morphological species description and a lack of expertise in louse taxonomy. Furthermore, most of the taxonomic revisions and reviews have focused on specific host families, and no comprehensive review of the morphology and molecular work of Myrsidea has been completed in the last 20 years. Here, we review the taxonomy and systematics of Myrsidea to (i) describe this chewing louse genus and its biological importance; (ii) describe current problems with its taxonomy; (iii) simplify and summarize morphological descriptions; (iv) summarize molecular data; and (v) provide a comprehensive checklist of the Myrsidea species, with all publications and localities of occurrence included. Together, we hope that this information will provide researchers with a single source of information on the genus Myrsidea, making it easier for work to proceed on its taxonomy, systematics, ecology, and evolution. Importantly, our work highlights important gaps in our knowledge of Myrsidea, providing guideposts on where future work on Myrsidea is needed.

Penerapan Projek Penguatan Profil Pelajar Pancasila dalam Bidang Konservasi Alam di Sekolah Penggerak SMAN 1 Gerung

The Pancasila student profile strengthening project is an interdisciplinary project to observe and think about solutions to environmental problems. By utilizing natural resources through the nature conservation program on the independent campus, especially at the driving school in the West Lombok region. The method used in this research is descriptive method with research instruments through interviews, observations, and documentation studies. This research explains and provides an overview of the application of the Pancasila student profile strengthening project in the field of nature conservation at the driving school of SMAN 1 Gerung which produces a work in the form of descriptions of nature, words of wisdom, rhymes, poems by linking several subjects at school. Thus, the importance of implementing an independent curriculum for teachers, students applied in the driving school.

Arithmetic of Hecke L-functions of quadratic extensions of totally real fields

Deep work by Shintani in the 1970's describes Hecke L-functions associated to narrow ray class group characters of totally real fields F in terms of what are now known as Shintani zeta functions. However, for [F:Q]=n≥3, Shintani's method was ineffective due to its crucial dependence on abstract fundamental domains for the action of totally positive units of F on R+n, so-called Shintani sets. These difficulties were recently resolved in independent work of Charollois, Dasgupta, and Greenberg and Diaz y Diaz and Friedman. For those narrow ray class group characters whose conductor is an inert rational prime in a totally real field F with narrow class number 1, we obtain a natural combinatorial description of these sets, allowing us to obtain a simple description of the associated Hecke L-functions. As a consequence, we generalize earlier work of Girstmair, Hirzebruch, and Zagier, that offer combinatorial class number formulas for imaginary quadratic fields, to real and imaginary quadratic extensions of totally real number fields F with narrow class number 1. For CM quadratic extensions of F, our work may be viewed as an effective affirmative answer to Hecke's Conjecture that the relative class number has an elementary arithmetic expression in terms of the relative discriminant.

Transformations of Subjectivity in Post-Non-Classical Science

Relevance. As the Сomplexity of the subject's dialogue and communication environment increases, the need to increase its connectivity increases as an evolutionary way to preserve conscious ability.Purpose. The identifying the nature of the relationship between linguistic and non-linguistic objects of the worlds of Human existence leads to the need to construct a third entity that determines their compatibility, and as a result, is the cause of the emergence of a new quality of reality. The objectives of the post-non-classical paradigm of science involves rethinking the spatial-temporal model of the world, the role of intersubjective communications and internal dialogue of the subject as conditions for the existence and evolution of a conscious form of life, as well as identifying the principles underlying these processes. The methodology of constructing a categorical apparatus that allows describing such conditions is based on the method of Ontosemiotic Modeling and Decomposition, which reflect the method of phenomenological reduction, ascent from the abstract to the concrete, as well as the logical-semiotic construction of the subject of research. This method avoids the paradoxical nature of categorical descriptions of non-linguistic entities.Results.The desired third entity can be presented in the context of the three categories of subjectivity proposed by the author: synchronism, intention and relativity.Conclusions. The category of describing the world: subjectivity, temporality, continuality, contingency, processality, emergence, dialogicity, contextuality and relations between them, within the framework of post-nonclassical rationality, reflect the need to adopt new principles, models and methodologies of communication and activity, identify information-semiotic laws and patterns of cognition management, as well as refinement and redefinition of the basic concepts of philosophy, such as "Subject", "Consciousness", "Cognition".

Revisiting Ezra Pound: An Ecofeminist Approach to “The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter”

The paper focuses on one of intrinsic studies of literary works called ecofeminism. For the object of the current research, the author chooses one of Ezra Pound's poems, as is known to all, The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter. The author uses descriptive and analytic method in this paper. As is discussed, the author analyzes the potential ecofeminism by reading this poem carefully and giving a special attention for the lines that express and convey ecofeminism. Meanwhile, the author uses description and figure of speech analysis to build a concrete and poetic artistic conception in this poem. The findings suggest Ezra Pound spent a lot of conception and thinking on the description of environmental vision, including women and nature. On the one hand, the writing vision is tangible, evidenced by integrating his realistic living surroundings and the artistic conception in this poem. On the other hand, the expression of this poem is emotional, which, to a certain degree, evokes contemporary sensitivity to ecology and the concern on women, even the present social and environmental challenges, and the links between nature and literary that have become increasing obvious in the literary studies. The description of the natural surroundings of the poet prompts his deep awareness of environment, which can be looked upon as a potential ecofeminism.

Contribution of BSM Particles on Electric Dipole Moment of Charged Leptons in the Minimal Left-Right Symmetric Model

In this paper, the contribution of Beyond the Standard Model (BSM) particles on the Electric Dipole Moment (EDM) of charged lepton is calculated in a minimal Left-Right Symmetric Model. First-order quantum correction i.e., one loop correction, from relevant diagrams in the unitary gauge using Feynman parameterization is used because there is no tree-level contribution in Electric Dipole Moment due to non-renormalizability of the dipole term in the Lagrangian. This study mainly focuses on the BSM Higgs sector contribution to the EDM of charged leptons due to phenomenological interest. CP violation is directly connected to the EDM of fundamental particles. Matter-antimatter asymmetry is a mystery of the universe that demands CP symmetry to be violated. The standard model cannot explain the observed CP violation. Standard Model (SM) is so far the best description of nature. Despite having tremendous success, e.g., Electro-weak Symmetry Breaking and Higgs discovery, the Standard model is not complete. Moreover, experimentally, we observed small neutrino mass and neutrino mixing. The Seesaw Mechanism can explain neutrino mass smallness and mixing introducing a large Majorana mass. Left-right symmetric model is the most natural extension of SM which can accommodate the Seesaw mechanism. So EDM contributions from BSM particles in the Left-Right symmetric Model are a good probe of new physics beyond the SM. These contributions then can be used to do phenomenology and test the Model.

Travel essay “In the Far North” by Teki Odulok - the first travelogue of the early twentieth century

Teki Odulok's travel essay is the first work devoted to a journey through the northernmost regions of the Russian Federation undertaken by a compatriot, a representative of the smallest Russian people - the Yukaghir, in the 20s of the twentieth century. The article presents the results of the study of the content of the travelogue, its chronotopes, descriptions of nature at different geographical latitudes, culture and life of the unique endemic peoples inhabiting the territory: the Yukaghirs (Oduls), Russian-Ustintsy, Chukchi, Evens, Evenks (Lamuts). It is proven that the work is a narrative, objectively related to the history and geographical location of the region, political and cultural events in the Soviet Union at the beginning of the twentieth century. The novelty is justified by the fact that the essay has the characteristics of a travelogue in the modern sense, and therefore the readers, regardless of their nationality and place of residence, perceive it with interest. The influence of the professional view of a scientist-economist on the style of literary narration is shown, which provides an enriched description of travel along a specific route and an evidential connection with the modern economic state of the regions described. Complete discourses combining documentary narration, presentation of real facts about harsh conditions of survival and description of life and customs of representatives of small number of peoples - endemics - are highlighted. Methods of comparison and literary retroscopy were used, which allowed to confirm the author's assumptions about the development of the region in literary and documentary form. The article may be of interest not only to philologists and specialists in the field of national cultures, but also to interested readers.

Networked dynamic systems with higher-order interactions: stability versus complexity.

The stability of complex systems is profoundly affected by underlying structures, which are often modeled as networks where nodes indicate system components and edges indicate pairwise interactions between nodes. However, such networks cannot encode the overall complexity of networked systems with higher-order interactions among more than two nodes. Set structures provide a natural description of pairwise and higher-order interactions where nodes are grouped into multiple sets based on their shared traits. Here we derive the stability criteria for networked systems with higher-order interactions by employing set structures. In particular, we provide a simple rule showing that the higher-order interactions play a double-sided role in community stability-networked systems with set structures are stabilized if the expected number of common sets for any two nodes is less than one. Moreover, although previous knowledge suggests that more interactions (i.e.complexity) destabilize networked systems, we report that, with higher-order interactions, networked systems can be stabilized by forming more local sets. Our findings are robust with respect to degree heterogeneous structures, diverse equilibrium states and interaction types.

Rain and the colonial streetscape: reading for water in Freetown’s newspaper archive

Abstract Situated on the tip of a mountainous peninsula jutting out into the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Africa, the city of Freetown, Sierra Leone, receives an extraordinarily high rainfall, heavily concentrated in the few months of the rainy season. Working from this extreme wetness and inspired by recent work in the oceanic humanities, this article reads Freetown’s colonial era newspaper archive for water. It argues that the heavy rain of the West African Monsoon was an important agent in shaping the decaying streetscape of the city, and a broader imaginary of decline, at the turn of the twentieth century. Using vivid descriptions of wetness, nature and disease, African editors, correspondents and letter-writers evoked a sodden modernity to push the colonial government to maintain and improve the city’s street infrastructure and at once to forge an elite urban public in opposition to migrants from the urban hinterland.

An examination of internal family systems interventions for trauma with implications for ethical psychedelic-assisted treatment

AbstractThough several treatments effectively address the pervasive impact of trauma, they do not achieve complete symptom resolution for all clients, inspiring the search for alternatives. Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy has grown popular, especially in informal psychedelic-assisted treatments (PAT). Compared to stereotypes of empirically validated, exposure-based treatments, IFS has novel facets with widespread appeal. The model encourages improved quality of interactions among multiple, naturally arising “parts” or subpersonalities potentially generated by traumatic experience. The body of IFS literature is extensive, enthusiastic, and thought-provoking. Outcome data for applying the model to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder are limited. Attempts to operationalize and falsify the theory's assumptions and proposed mechanisms will likely prove challenging. Nevertheless, the model's popularity underscores a problem with perceptions of the empirically-supported treatments. Contemplating ethical ways to present the IFS approach given the state of relevant research, we note strategies that would apply to recommendations for PAT of any type. These strategies include detailed psychoeducation about empirically-supported treatments, candid description of the experimental nature of alternatives, frequent assessments of improvement, and detailed monitoring of potential iatrogenic effects. Drawing on facets of IFS to improve perceptions of the empirically validated treatments might provide an efficient way to appeal to more clients, decrease drop out, and increase gains as we await results of empirical investigations of IFS-influenced PAT. These steps can allow clients to choose an approach consistent with their own impressions of a credible intervention, potentially leading to better outcomes.

COMMON GRAMMATICAL ERRORS FOUND IN STUDENTS’ WRITING

This study aimed at exploring the types of common grammatical errors are found in the students’ writing and finding out the dominant type of common grammatical errors found in students’ writing. This study used descriptive qualitative and quantitative method. The data were taken from the 21 compositions of students who took Basic Writing Class in English Letter Study Program, Faculty of Language and Literature of Flores University. Each writing has three kinds of writing. They are about family member, individual favorite object, and natural objects descriptions. The upshots of the study indicates there are 9,1% students who made errors in verb tense, 12,6% students who made errors in subject-verb agreement, 15,3% students made error in article, 4,5% students made error in preposition, 6,3% students made error in number, 4,5% students made error in pronoun, 1,8% students made error in possessive, 1,8% students made in word choice, 11,7% students made error in spelling, 19,8% students made error in word order, 7,2% students made error in capitalization, and 5,4% students made error in punctuation. The errors are caused from many factors; the students are still confused to choose the right word in a sentence because of the lack of knowledge or poor vocabularies and its use. Besides, errors happened because of their first language (Indonesian logical thinking), or we could say the learners’ mother tongue interference (interlingua source), some students tried to translate the words one by one from Indonesian language into English without paying attention to the English structure rules.
 

Zero-Point Field is the Cause for the Lorentz Transformations and Leads to Find Misconceptions about the Special Relativity

Since the introduction of Special theory of Relativity (SR), Lorentz invariance has been a fundamental part of our description of nature. Over the past decades, this (Lorentz invariance) was tested and verified by many research groups and almost no Lorentz violation have been found. However, when we look at the Lorentz transformations, we can mathematically find that they are not symmetrical relations. In fact, the inertial frames are not symmetrical in relation to each other and as a result, there must be a reference frame. If the inertial frames are symmetrical in relation to each other, as the SR argues, some paradoxes and contradictions are happened. Hence, we need to find the misconceptions in this theory. Many researches up to now, focused on Zero-Point Field (ZPF) as a cause for many physical phenomena like mass, inertia, and gravity. One can argue that the Lorentz transformations can be applied only for the inertial frames, moving inside the ZPF and the inertial frames, being at rest in relation to the ZPF, must not bear the Lorentz transformations. In addition, we have found that the SR and General Relativity (GR) are not two separated concepts. They are one thing and the space-time of them are the same. In both cases, it is the ZPF, which curves around the accelerated body or a gravitational mass, causing changes in the body’s length, time, and mass.

Peaks and transient dynamics of ecological and biogeochemical variables following impoundment in boreal reservoirs

Across the globe, reservoirs represent nearly 10 % of the world's freshwater. River impoundment strongly alters the hydrological regime of aquatic ecosystems which subsequently affect the ecological (e.g., primary production, fish biomass) and biogeochemical variables (e.g., nutrient, mercury, and carbon cycles which includes Green House Gas emissions; GHG). We examined the transient dynamics and co-variation of biogeochemical and ecological variables from unique long-term time series (40 years of data) from Hydro-Québec boreal reservoirs, with data before and after impoundment. To do so, we applied curve fitting analysis on the data from eight plausible scenarios and model selection. Following impoundment, most variables increased, peaked, and then decreased over time (clear hump-shaped patterns; six over eight variables). Model predictions peaked between three- and 11-years post-impoundment and returned to pre-impoundment levels after about nine- to 40-years. Variables also followed a clear sequence where GHG emissions (CO2, CH4) peaked first, immediately after impoundment, followed by an increase in phosphorus and Chl-a. Total mercury in fish peaked a few years later for non-piscivorous fish and was followed closely by piscivorous fish. This work provides the first comprehensive and holistic description of the transitory nature and co-variation of ecological and biogeochemical variables following reservoir impoundment.

Periodikas avoti kā liecība par pirmo Latvijas sieviešu misionāru darbu

Mission work in the 19th century was one of the rare opportunities that gave women the possibility to respond to God’s call. The archive of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia (ELCL) was destroyed in 1944, and its collection have been lost. Many missionary letters are in archives in Germany. However, evidence of the mission work of the first women has been preserved in printed sources published in the territory of Latvia. The article aims to review the printed sources in the territory of Latvia as evidence of the work of the first Latvian women missionaries, especially the work of Hildegard Prozell (1898–1909), Auguste Weetneek (1899–1910) and Anna Irbe (1924–1940), about whom there are significant testimonies both in Latvian and German languages – Rigasches Kirchenblatt, Misions-Flugblatt, Jaunākās Ziņas, Ārmisija and other sources. The National Library of Latvia, the ELCL library, and the Estonian Literary Museum in Tartu are the main repositories for the sources used for this paper. The article analyses the content of these sources and the evidence of whether and how this missionary work left an impression on the society in the homeland. The first printed sources on the territory of Latvia about mission work in the 19th century are examined to provide the historical context. The study concludes that there is an expansive amount of information about Prozell, the first missionary from the territory of Latvia, and Irbe, the first ELCL missionary. They describe their service and trips to mission places, nature, geography, folk customs, etc. Also, these sources testify to the increase in support for mission work in the homeland. Missionaries who could be considered a minority, for example, Latvian women who went to serve through an unpopular mission society in Latvia, received much less or almost no attention from the printed press. This research enables discovering and preserving information about these women’s experiences at mission work, journeys, descriptions of nature and geography, folk customs and other important aspects. It not only contributes to and promotes understanding of the role of women in the mission work of the Latvian Church but also broadens the understanding of how this work affected society at home. Thus, this important cultural aspect is preserved and respected by researching and documenting periodical sources, supplementing and enriching Latvia’s national heritage.

PROTO-SPHERA: a magnetic confinement experiment which emulates the jet + torus astrophysical plasmas

The PROTO-SPHERA experiment, built at the CR-ENEA laboratory in Frascati, was in part inspired by the jet + torus astrophysical plasmas, a rather common morphology in Astrophysics. This paper illustrates how the said plasma morphology can be reproduced in a laboratory with the setup of the PROTO-SPHERA experiment. The experiment as such displayed the appearance and sustainment of a plasma torus around an internal magnetized plasma centerpost (jet) by self-organisation; an entirely unexplored phenomenon to date. The remarkable ideal MHD stability of the PROTO-SPHERA plasma is extremely significant, as it is obtained in a simply connected geometry, inside a perfectly insulating vacuum vessel, and without the need of a nearby stabilizing conducting shell. The concluding sections of this paper deal with application of force-free fields to the Pulsar Wind Nebulae morphology and present an extension of the well-known split-dipole model. Such an extension provides a natural description of the presence of tori around the Pulsar plasma jets. In addition, similarities and differences between the laboratory and the astrophysical jet + torus plasmas are detailed.

Computing Education in the Era of Generative AI

Challenges and opportunities faced by computing educators and students adapting to LLMs capable of generating accurate source code from natural-language problem descriptions.

Linear multifractional stable motion for modeling of fluid-filled regions in retinal optical coherence tomography images

Fluid appears in several retinal disorders can be visualized by optical coherence tomography (OCT) images. Since manual survey of OCT images is challenging, automatic fluid detection is desirable. This paper develops a generalized multifractal framework to model the local scale-invariant property of retinal OCT signals and accordingly proposes a simple methodology for automatic localization of fluid-filled regions. The proposed framework comprises both local self-similarity and heavy tailed distribution of OCT signals by generalization of fractional Levy stable motion (fLsm) to the Riemann-Liouville multifractional Levy stable motion (RL-mLsm). In order to measure the multifractality appears in RL-mLsm, the scaling properties of Levy flights and stochastic differential equations (SDEs) are used to develop a fractional momentbased algorithm namely, multi-fractional Levy fluctuation analysis (MLFA) algorithm. Here, we apply MLFA to model OCT images. Modeling results indicate the significant difference between the multifractal bandwidth in non-fluid and fluid regions. In addition, by utilizing various surrogate series of the signals, we discover the source of multifractality of OCT signals. As an application of the proposed multifractal modeling, we propose a new method, based on simple clustering of estimated local scaling exponent of modeled OCT signals, to localize fluid regions in OCT images. The localization method is validated, and the experimental results reveal the superiority of proposed method. Overall, the proposed multifractal framework has full advantages on excellent improvement of fluid localization, which promises the proposed model is suitable for effective description of self-similar nature of normal and abnormal OCT images independent of capturing device.