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Citation expectations: are they realized? Study of the Matthew index for Russian papers published abroad
No full textWe consider the "Matthew effect" in the citation process which leads to reallocation (or misallocation) of the citations received by scientific papers within the same journals. The case when such reallocation correlates with a country where an author works is investigated. Russian papers in chemistry and physics published abroad were examined. We found that in both disciplines in about 60% of journals Russian papers are cited less than average ones. However, if we consider each discipline as a whole, citedness of a Russian paper in physics will be on the average level, while chemistry publications receive about 16% citations less than one may expect from the citedness of the journals where they appear. Moreover, Russian chemistry papers mostly become undercited in the leading journals of the field. Characteristics of a "Matthew index" indicator and its significance for scientometric studies are also discussed
Artful living and the eradication of worry in Søren Kierkegaard's interpretation of Matthew 6:24-34
No full textDanish thinker Søren Kierkegaard published fourteen discourses, across four collections, on Matthew 6:24-34. The repeated readings of the biblical text, whose themes include the choice between God and mammon, worry, what it means to consider the birds and lilies, and how to seek first the kingdom of God, converge with Kierkegaard’s interest in anxiety, despair, worry, subjectivity, indirect communication, choice, the moment, and life before God. Accordingly, the discourses make connections with his larger works, elucidate frequently explored Kierkegaardian themes in recent scholarship, and contribute to his critique of nineteenth-century Copenhagen. Additionally, the collections present an interpretation of each verse and phrase of Matthew’s text and, held up against modern Matthew scholarship, they correlate with and contribute to Sermon on the Mount and New Testament studies. Kierkegaard’s reading of Matthew also holds implications for the practice of biblical interpretation as it promotes the importance of awareness of sin, interestedness, and appropriation as central to proper reading. His emphasis on Christ as the primary exemplar of Matthew’s text adds an additional Christological element to his hermeneutic. Furthermore, the discourses serve as spiritual treatises which provide the reader with theological terminology to help confront the problem of worry and suffering. In light of a human being’s distinctiveness as imago Dei, Kierkegaard elucidates ways an individual may respond artfully to the ongoing possibility of worry, a possibility which the discourses connect with Christian anthropology and external labels associated with possessions and status. The Matthew 6 discourses intimate Kierkegaard’s sympathy with classic Christian spirituality and, in combination with the cultural-ecclesiastical critique, the creative exegesis, and the in-depth analysis of the cause of and cure for worry, his work emerges as an excellent example of spiritual theology
Cost effectiveness of high-sensitivity troponin compared to conventional troponin among patients presenting with undifferentiated chest pain: a trial based analysis
No full textAbstract not availableBillingsley Kaambwa, Julie Ratcliffe, Matthew Horsfall, Carolyn Astley, Jonathan Karnon, Penelope Coates, Margaret Arstall, Christopher Zeitz, Matthew Worthley, John Beltrame, Derek P. Che
Study design of embracing high-sensitivity troponin effectively: the value of more information: a randomized comparison
No full textAbstract not availableCarolyn M. Astley, John F. Beltrame, Christopher Zeitz, Matthew Worthley, Penelope Coates, Alistair Murray, Margaret Arstall, Hugh Grantham, Robert Dunn, Stephen Quinn, Philip E. Aylward, Derek P. Che
Matthew’s Emmanuel Messiah: a paradigm of presence for god's people
No full textThe motif of divine presence is a clear phenomenon within the Gospel of Matthew. The modern critical means for assessing the ancient biblical text have multiplied to the point, some claim, of disparity. This study employs both narrative and redaction criticism in an attempt to respond authentically to the structural, historical and theological dimensions of Matthew's Gospel. This study begins with the presumption of the wholeness and integrity of Matthew's narrative, and assumes the gospel story to have an inherently dramatic structure which invites readers to inhabit imaginatively its narrative world and respond to its call. But since we are concerned with the role of both reader and author, this study also assumes a text with an historical author and context. The introduction focuses on the meta-critical dilemma facing New Testament students - what is the text and how do we read it? - and seeks some balance in terms of Krieger's analogy of the text as both window and mirror. Proposed is a narrative reading of Matthew's presence motif alongside a redaction critical assessment of it. In Chapter 2 the elements of narrative theory are introduced and relevant terms defined: the structure of narrative, the function of the narrator, points of view. Chapter 3 becomes an exercise in narrative reading, with Matthew's presence motif providing the focus, and the implied reader’s interaction with the story being predominant in interpretation. Characters, rhetorical devices, and points of view are discussed, to understand the motif's development throughout the story's progress. The thrust of Chapter 4 is thereafter to examine divine presence as a dominant motif within Matthew's most important literary context: the Jewish scriptures. Here the primary paradigms of divine presence provided by the Patriarchs, the Sinai experience, and the Davidic-Zion traditions are assessed. Chapter 5 follows with a more detailed examination of the OT "I am with you/God is with us" formula and its µeo' vµwv/ηuwv language, so strongly connected to Matthew's presence motif. Chapters 6-8 build on these investigations with a closer analysis of the three critical "presence passages" of Mt 1:23. 18:20 and 28:20. The passages and their contexts are probed from a redaction critical perspective, guided by the narrative investigation of Chapter 3, and the background from Chapters 4 and 5.The three major "presence passages" examined in Chapters 6-8 are also complimented by a number of secondary issues: worship, wisdom, the Spirit and the poor in Matthew, and their relation to Jesus' divine presence. These are discussed in Chapter 9. Chapter 10 summarizes and looks briefly at some implications. Matthew' presence motif proves to be an important element of the Gospel’s rhetorical design, redactional strategy and Christology. The presence of Jesus, the Emmanuel Messiah, exhibited in his risen authority, becomes the focus of his people's hopes and experiences in the post-Easter world. What the presence of Yahweh was to his people. Jesus now provides in a new paradigm for his people - his followers, the little ones, the poor and the marginalized, from all nations
Scripts and data for the paper, "Improving Satellite Remote Sensing Estimates of the Global Terrestrial Hydrologic Cycle via Neural Network Modeling"
No full textSoftware and data for optimizing remote sensing water cycle datasets
This repository contains the training database and Matlab scripts for the neural
network (NN) modeling described in the paper, Improving Satellite Remote
Sensing Estimates of the Global Terrestrial Hydrologic Cycle via Neural Network
Modeling.
These files were created with Matlab R2022b, and require the following
toolboxes:
Deep Learning Toolbox v14.5
Statistics and Machine Learning Toolbox, v12.4
The training database includes the NN inputs and targets. The data files (.mat)
are in Matlab binary format, but should be readable by other software.
Inputs are a set of earth observation datasets, spatially averaged over
1,698 river basins. There are 10 variables, listed in Table 1 in the paper.
Targets are the optimal interpolation (OI) solutions for each
of the 4 major water cycle fluxes:
P, precipitation
E, evapotranspiration
R, runoff
ΔS, change in total water storage
The compressed folder `data` contains all of the data that are required to run
these scripts. Unzip this folder to the same directory with the scripts before
starting.
Inside `data`, the folder `grids05` contains the EO data over land on a
0.5° grid, for making predictions at the pixel scale. Another folder `partitions`
has up to 20 different experimental partitions, which divide the project river
basins into 80/20 sets for training and validation.
To perform the main calculations described in the paper, run these scripts,
in order:
- `_m1_calc_OI.m`
- `_m2_train_nn5.m`
- `_m3_pixel_predictions5.m`
The other `.m` files are custom Matlab functions that are called
by the scripts to perform various data analysis and plotting tasks.
The scripts expect the folders `plots` and `output` for writing plots and
output data files.
For any questions, please contact the author, Matthew Heberger,
[email protected]
Bimetallic Epoxide Polymerization Catalysts
No full textAtactic poly(propylene oxide) is a commonly produced polyether that is used as the soft segment in polyurethanes as it is amorphous with a T g of approximately [-]70 °C. Isotactic poly(propylene oxide) is a semicrystalline polymer with a T m of 67 °C, however, there was no catalyst capable of producing solely isotactic poly(propylene oxide) from racemic propylene oxide until the Coates group discovered a (salph)CoOAc catalyst for this transformation in 2005. This development was quickly followed by the discovery of a homogenous, bimetallic (salen)Co catalyst for the enantioselective polymerization of epoxides. In this work, the mechanism of this catalyst is elucidated using a combination of experimental and theoretical studies. Key structural features of the catalyst are identified and then used to develop easier to synthesize bimetallic (salalen)Cr catalysts useful for the isoselective polymerization of propylene oxide in the presence of alcohol chain shuttling agents. These polymers feature controlled molecular weights and hydroxy end groups, making them interesting candidates for the synthesis of new polyurethanes. Finally, the polymerization activity of flexibly linked bimetallic (salen)Cr catalysts is studied. These catalysts stereoselectively polymerize propylene oxide to semicrystalline polymers with low polydispersities. Effects of salen stereochemistry and linker lengths on the polymerization rate and polymer tacticity are examined
Antibacterial Properties of Nanoparticles: A Comparative Review of Chemically Synthesized and Laser-Generated Particles
No full textNanomaterials have recently received an enormous amount of attention from the scientific community due to their outstanding activity relative to bulk materials. This increase in activity relative to bulk materials can be attributed to the high surface area to volume ratio associated with nanoparticles. Nanoparticles have found applications in almost every field of science. Currently there is significant interest in the development of nanoparticles as antibacterial agents. This work is paramount due to the increasing number of antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria. Nanoparticles can be synthesized using various methods, each with their own advantages and disadvantages, and the method is often chosen based on the intended application. This review will cover the most prevalent method, chemical-based reduction of salts, and a fairly new laser-based method that holds tremendous promise in nanoparticle synthesis. We conclude with a comparison of the antimicrobial activities of materials made via each method.Peer reviewe
Discernment of relevation in the Gospel of Matthew
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