cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: The Incremental Validity of Feedback Orientation on Performance: Beyond C & G
Creators: name: Liguori, Elissa Ann
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04zjtrb98
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: The current study examined the incremental validity of feedback orientation to predict task and contextual performance above and beyond two robust predictors of performance (conscientiousness and cognitive ability). Additionally, this study tested if feedback orientation could ameliorate the effects of adverse impact. 185 adults employed in the United States completed a survey assessing their levels of feedback orientation, cognitive ability, and conscientiousness. It was hypothesized that feedback orientation would incremental validity to predict contextual (H1) and task performance (H2) above and beyond conscientiousness and cognitive ability. Furthermore, the authors expected that feedback orientation would ameliorate the effects of adverse impact when coupled with cognitive ability in the selection assessment process (H3). Results supported hypotheses 1 and 2 but did not support hypothesis 3. Implications for practice as well as future directions are discussed.
Comprehensive study on simulation, performance evaluation and optimization strategies for blood pumps
Creators: name: Li, Yuan
name: Wang, Hongyu
name: Liu, Xinyu
name: Xi, Yifeng
name: Sun, Anqiang
name: Wang, Lizhen
name: Deng, Xiaoyan
name: Chen, Zengsheng
name: Fan, Yubo
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Hematology

description: This study aims to develop simulation methods, performance evaluation methods, and optimization strategies for blood pumps. Computational fluid dynamics, in-vitro hemocompatibility experiments and clinical data were utilized to analyze 8 clinical blood pumps across approximately 150 conditions. Results indicated that using the transient RANS and LES models with over 20 million mesh cells improves predictions of hydraulic performance and haemocompatibility. Optimal haemolysis model coefficients were identified to align closely with experimental results. A method to assess thrombosis, bleeding, and stroke risks caused by blood pumps was developed and validated with clinical data. Single haemolysis indicators were found insufficient, highlighting the need for a multi-indicator method to evaluate haemocompatibility. An energy loss-based optimization strategy was proposed and applied to enhance the haemocompatibility of a blood pump. This study provides robust simulation, evaluation, and optimization methods applicable to blood pumps, facilitating their performance assessment and optimization.
Diario La Vega: Estrategia de alfabetización crítica y expresión escolar mediante periódico educativo en Educación Primaria
Creators: name: Acosta Alonso, Ricardo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: alfabetización crítica
periódico escolar
innovación educativa
comunicación escrita
educación primaria

description: El proyecto Diario La Vega es una experiencia de innovación educativa desarrollada en el CEIP La Vega durante el curso 2023/2024, centrada en la creación de un periódico escolar producido por el alumnado. Integrando el Aprendizaje Basado en Proyectos, la gamificación y el trabajo cooperativo, el proyecto busca desarrollar competencias lingüísticas, pensamiento crítico y expresión escrita significativa. Los resultados demuestran una mejora sustancial en la motivación, redacción y conexión escuela-comunidad.
TSCHUN-MO RHIE: Zwischen Tradition und Universalität. Eine ideengeschichtliche Untersuchung zu einem neuen Wissenschaftsverständnis in Korea
Creators: name: Eikemeier, Dieter
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2017

description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 19 Nr. 3-4 (1988): Internationales Asienforum
Why do(n't) VCs go public? An analysis of funding decisions in the German venture capital industry
Creators: name: Koehnemann, Marc
name: Knyphausen-Aufsess, Dodo Zu
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Venture capital firms generally develop young companies to a stage where they can either sell the company in a trade sale, or take the company public and achieve the exit through an IPO. Given that the latter alternative seems to be the preferable alternative to earn money, the question arises why venture capital firms themselves tend to be organized as private companies that are not listed on a stock exchange. This is in any case true for the U.S. where legal constraints make such an option impossible. A public listing of a VC company is only possible in the form of a Small Business Investment Company (SBIC); in this case, however, the required standards and operating procedures for an SBIC are differing from those of a limited partnership VC such that a SBIC has simply to be classified as a different business model. In contrast, in Japan and Germany, where the legal constraints are less restrictive, there are no a priori reasons why an IPO should not be a viable option for a VC company. And indeed, in Japan - where the venture capital industry is still in its infancies, due to an underdeveloped start-up scenery - we currently find five VCs that are publicly listed. In Germany nine venture capital companies went public during the Internet boom in the late 1990s. However, all of those VC companies, except for one, had quit business, de-listed or changed the business model by spring 2003. Our research aims at finding out the reasons for this, and why venture capital firms do not seem to be suitable for public financing. The relevance of our research question is supported by the fact that, in the 1990s and the early 2000s, the issue of going public became also hotly debated in other industries where companies are traditionally organized as private partnerships. One example is the management consulting industry where at least Accenture took the final step and got listed at the New York stock exchange in July 2001. Another example is the investment banking industry where all major players changed their business model, with Goldman Sachs as a late follower who made the IPO decision after discussions within the company for more than 30 years. From this perspective, the private partnership model of venture capital firms should not be taken for granted: The possibility of an IPO of those firms deserves a theoretical discussion, and the experiences which, e.g., the German VC companies made in this regard should be carefully evaluated.
Disease resistance is related to inherent swimming performance in Atlantic salmon
Creators: name: Castro, Vicente
name: Grisdale-Helland, Barbara
name: Jørgensen, Sven M
name: Helgerud, Jan
name: Claireaux, Guy
name: Farrell, Anthony P
name: Krasnov, Aleksei
name: Helland, Ståle J
name: Takle, Harald
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2015

description: Background. Like humans, fish can be classified according to their athletic performance. Sustained exercise training of fish can improve growth and physical capacity, and recent results have documented improved disease resistance in exercised Atlantic salmon. In this study we investigated the effects of inherent swimming performance and exercise training on disease resistance in Atlantic salmon. Atlantic salmon were first classified as either poor or good according to their swimming performance in a screening test and then exercise trained for 10 weeks using one of two constant-velocity or two interval-velocity training regimes for comparison against control trained fish (low speed continuously). Disease resistance was assessed by a viral disease challenge test (infectious pancreatic necrosis) and gene expression analyses of the host response in selected organs. Results An inherently good swimming performance was associated with improved disease resistance, as good swimmers showed significantly better survival compared to poor swimmers in the viral challenge test. Differences in mortalities between poor and good swimmers were correlated with cardiac mRNA expression of virus responsive genes reflecting the infection status. Although not significant, fish trained at constant-velocity showed a trend towards higher survival than fish trained at either short or long intervals. Finally, only constant training at high intensity had a significant positive effect on fish growth compared to control trained fish. Conclusions This is the first evidence suggesting that inherent swimming performance is associated with disease resistance in fish.
Possibility of Low-cost Water Desalination using Sporobolus Virginicus
Creators: name: Petch Pengchaii
Publisher: name: Faculty of Engineering, Mahasasakham University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Sporobolus virginicus
desalination
phytoremediation
brackish water
salinity

description: Mahasarakham International Journal of Engineering Technology, 3, 2, 1-4
Carnet nº 1 : description des travaux accomplis sur le tour de France (p. 71)
Creators: name: Péraire, Lucien
name: CNRS
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2023

description: created: 27-8-1928
MALLANĀGA VĀTSYĀYANA: Das Kāmasūtra ; MALLANĀGA VĀTSYĀYANA: Kāmasūtram. Leitfaden der Liebeskunst
Creators: name: Feistel, Hartmut-Ortwin
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2017

description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 19 Nr. 3-4 (1988): Internationales Asienforum
MICHAEL BLUME / DETLEF KANTOWSKY (Hrsg.): Assimilation, Integration, Isolation. Fallstudien zum Eingliederungsprozess südostasiatischer Flüchtlinge in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Creators: name: Wong, Diana
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2017

description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 19 Nr. 3-4 (1988): Internationales Asienforum
The Endogenous Dynamics of Social Transformation in Traditional Korea
Creators: name: Choe, Jae-Hyeon
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2017

description: The Confucian society of Korea which was characterized by the well established estate system, centralization of state power and private ownership of arable land entered a process of transformation after the Korea-Japan War at the turn of the 17th century. Technical innovation and commodity production in agriculture went hand in hand with the policy reforms by the state. Tax in kind began to be substituted either by coins or goods like rice or cotton, i.e. functional substitutes for money. These tax reforms accelerated the monetarization of social relations. The role of private merchants and local markets became more important in supplying every-day consumer goods. On the other hand, a new form of division of labor occurred in handicrafts, so that we see manufacture as early as the first half of the nineteenth century. These changes had a strong impact on the dissolution of the estate system. By consulting official household registers several historians succeeded in ascertaining an inflation of Yangban estate in selected southern localities. At the same time, the slave population decreased drastically, so that the state authorities had no alternative but to burn the registers for the state-owned slaves. The process of dissolution of the estate system meant the overall transformation of this closed Confucian society. We call this dynamics of social change long before the coming of Western imperial powers endogenous. Traditional Korea in this sense deserves attention by sociologists who are inclined to understand sociology as a discipline for the analysis of long-term social processes.
description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 19 Nr. 3-4 (1988): Internationales Asienforum
Cambodia 1987: Time for Talk
Creators: name: Thion, Serge
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2017

description: This short paper considers the situation of the four factions presently struggling for power in Cambodia, The Khmers Rouges, the Son Sann group, the Sihanoukists, all on the border, and the Phnom Penh regime. It is argued that besides international negotiations towards a settlement, there is an urgent need for the Cambodian parties to reach some kind of agreement on a workable political system. Otherwise chaos may prevail.
description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 19 Nr. 3-4 (1988): Internationales Asienforum
The systemic dimension of success (or failure?) in the use of data and AI during the COVID-19 pandemic. A cross-country comparison on contact tracing apps
Creators: name: RUSSO, Margherita
name: Cardinale Ciccotti, Claudia
name: De Alexandris, Fabrizio
name: Gjinaj, Antonela
name: Romaniello, Giovanni
name: Scatorchia, Antonio
name: Terranova, Giorgio
Publisher: name: Dipartimento di Economia Marco Biagi - Universit� di Modena e Reggio Emilia
Year: 2021

description: During the COVID-19 pandemic, public attention turned to contact tracing apps as a possible solution to the spread of the virus. Many countries have moved in this direction, adopting contact tracing apps, while respecting personal data protection and, for EU countries, adhering to a number of fundamental principles: voluntariness, interoperability, regulatory coverage, purpose specification, minimisation, transparency, protection, security, and timeliness. In spite of timely public policy efforts, tracking apps have not been a success in many countries, and today, when their use could be of great importance, it seems appropriate to open a reflection on the success and unsuccessfulness of a public policy that has resolutely supported the use of digital technologies for public utility purposes.
This working paper proposes a comparative analysis of nine OECD countries: Australia, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Russia, South Korea, Spain. It outlines the specific factors in each country's public policy that made the use of tracking apps possible, in terms of policy design with respect to: objectives, instruments, public procurement selection criteria, resources and the context in which the policy was implemented. The working paper concludes with three lessons learned from the comparative analysis: the privacy paradox, the choice of a public interest technology, and the systemic interweaving that the implementation of a public policy must take into account to enhance the effectiveness of a public interest action.
Metagenomic Analysis of Biliary Microbial Flora in Patients with Gallbladder Cancer or Gallstones-Associated Chronic Cholecystitis
Creators: name: Shukla, Ratnakar
name: Tsuchiya, Yasuo
name: Behari, Anu
name: Ikoma, Toshikazu
name: Nakamura, Kazutoshi
name: Kapoor, Vinay K.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Biliary dysbiosis is associated with gallbladder cancer (GBC). We aimed to look for biliary bacteria specifically detected in GBC patients. We used 16S rRNA-based metagenomic analysis to elucidate biliary microbiota in 30 GBC and 30 gallstones-associated chronic cholecystitis patients. Relative abundance of five genera, Streptococcus, Enterococcus, Halomonas, Escherichia and Caulobacter was significantly associated with GBC. Of 15-species, 7 were detected significantly higher in GBC, Streptococcus anginosus, Streptococcus constellatus, Streptococcus intermedius, Actinomyces bowdenii, Actinomyces israelii, Actinomyces gerencseriae, and Escherichia fergusonii were biosafety level-2 infectious bacteria; other 8 species were biosafety level-1 bacteria. These bacterial species may be involved in pathogenesis of GBC.
Die Exportwirtschaft von Macau, 1979-1986
Creators: name: Ptak, Roderich
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2017

description: The years 1979 and 1980 were marked by the establishment of official relations between the PR China and Portugal, by the recognition of Macau as “Chinese territory under Portuguese administration”, and by the establishment of the Zhuhai Special Economic Zone in the border region of urban Macau. In April 1987 Portugal and China signed the well known “Joint Declaration on the Macau Question” on which the final negotiations had begun in 1986. Hence, the period 1979/80 - 1986/87 may be regarded as an era of transition in the history of Macau. During this period Macau’s economy expanded rapidly. With the exception of the year 1985, both Macau’s imports and exports grew fast, the balance of trade being positive since 1977 (except for 1980 and 1981).This growth can be attributed to several factors, for example, to the “Generalized System of Preferences” (GSP) under which Macau was able to sell large amounts of its products abroad. Monetary developments, the changing situation in Hong Kong, changes in demand for Macau products in the Western world, and other variables also determined Macau’s exports. Although Macau’s economy performed comparatively well, its export sector clearly showed some weak points: Macau was and still is heavily dependent on a small number of markets (the U.S., West Germany, France, Britain and Hong Kong) and the bulk of its exports is still composed of textiles as in the 1970s. Moreover, Macau’s efforts to diversify its exports (and to reduce its vulnerability to recessional developments in the EC and North America) have not been very successful. One of the underlying reasons for this dilemma may be seen in the demographic structure of the territory. Since the 1970s Macau’s population increased rapidly - mainly due to immigration from the PR China - thereby providing the territory’s labour market with a vast supply of unskilled workers (some even speak of excess supply conditions). As a result, most investments flowed into industries requiring large shares of labour input such as the production of textiles, toys, artificial flowers, etc. By contrast, there were few incentives to invest in sectors requiring a high level of technology and large shares of capital input. A second problem arises from the fact that Macau lacks adequate harbor facilities. Although the territory’s infrastructure improved, Macau still depends on Hong Kong for most of its shipments to and from the Western world. This, however, may change as Macau is on the way to building its own deep sea harbor. The construction of an independent harbor is also likely to improve Macau’s position as a base for its transit trade to and from China; it will certainly be beneficial to Macau’s light in- dustry which depends almost exclusively on exports.
description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 19 Nr. 3-4 (1988): Internationales Asienforum
Prognostic Effects of Sarcopenia on Patients with Bladder Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Creators: name: Zeng, Yinghan
name: Cai, Chengna
name: Pan, Nafen
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Sarcopenia can negatively impact the survival of cancer patients. This study intends to delve into the correlation of sarcopenia with survival and complications in patients with bladder cancer (BC) after surgery. Web of Science, Cochrane Library, Embase, and PubMed databases were retrieved up to April 7, 2023, to collect studies on the impact of sarcopenia on the prognosis of adults with BC. Primary outcomes encompassed overall survival (OS), cancer-specific survival (CSS), and recurrence-free survival (RFS). The secondary outcome consisted of postoperative complications. A meta-analysis was conducted using Stata. Forest plots and summary effect models were employed to present the results. The quality of eligible studies was assessed using the Newcastle–Ottawa Scale (NOS). Initially, 1713 studies were identified through searches across four databases, and 26 studies were ultimately included in the analysis. Sarcopenia was significantly associated with OS (HR:1.62; 95% CI: 1.43–1.83; P < 0.001, I2 = 0.9%), CSS (HR: 1.81, 95% CI: 1.52–2.15, P < 0.001, I2 = 0.0%), and RFS (HR: 1.76, 95% CI: 1.21–2.56, P = 0.003, I2 = 0.0%) in BC patients. Subgroup analyses revealed that sarcopenia is strongly linked to prognosis and postoperative complications in BC patients.
Indo-European Cooperation in an Interdependent World: An Overview and Analysis
Creators: name: Knall, Bruno
name: Veit, Wolfgang
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2017

description: The European Community’s attitude towards developing countries was initially determined by a regionalistic approach, resulting in a distinction between associated and non-associated developing countries. For several reasons, the non-associated developing countries - among them India - signed bilateral commercial and cooperation agreements with the European Community (EC). These countries benefit from the Generalized System of Preferences, from specific measures promoting trade and the transfer of capital and technology as well as from development aid and food aid. This indicates that the EC is moving towards a globalistic approach, although the ACP group and the southern Mediterranean countries still make up the inner circle of privileged cooperation. The poor performance of India with respect to her trade with the European Economic Community (EEC) is caused both by the protectionist policies of the EEC and the dirigisme in India in the fields of trade, industry and the public sector. Although attempts towards liberalization were already made after the first oil crisis, reforms have gained special importance since Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s assumption of office. His early drive to free the economy from restrictions is criticized by all those who enjoyed benefits from them. The implemented and projected reforms indicate India’s willingness to reach the level of the newly industrialized countries (NICs). On her way, however, she will face both stiff competition from NICs as well as protectionism from the industrialized countries. Alternatively, therefore, closer economic ties with the neighbouring countries of South Asia are considered. Looking at India’s involvement in world affairs and world politics, India’s relations with the European Community, Japan, USA, USSR and China are surveyed. A positive development of future Indo-EC relations depends mainly on the successful implementation of market-oriented economic strategies by India and a consistent European concept of development and cooperation policy which includes the trade dimension. However, both still seem to be missing. Better coordination of the economic, political and development aspects may be expected if European internal integration comes nearer completion by shifting more competences of the member states towards the EC institutions. Hence, it seems that the Community’s external relations with developing countries must be strongly linked with the EC’s own internal integration. In her own interest, India should support the EC in this endeavour.
description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 19 Nr. 3-4 (1988): Internationales Asienforum
Wirtschaftsentwicklung und Wirtschaftspolitik in Pakistan am Ende des sechsten Fünf-Jahres-Plans
Creators: name: Pintz, Peter
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2017

description: Pakistan’s growth performance of 6.9% p.a. (real GDP) during the first four years of the current Five-Year-Plan (1983-1988) has been impressive and has even exceeded the ambitious targets of the sixth plan. At the same time a very moderate rate of inflation has been achieved. These achievements, however, cannot conceal the fact that Pakistan is facing several structural problems which will endanger further economic growth and that the country has not succeeded in improving the living conditions of large groups of the population due to the neglect of social goals. Most social indicators are well below the level of similar developing countries. About 30% of the population live below the poverty line; the literacy rate is only 26% and is far lower amongst women, yet only 2% of GDP are spent on education; the health system is far from being satisfactory and is particularly underdeveloped in rural areas; only 44% of the population have access to clean drinking water and only 19% to sewerage systems; unemployment and underemployment become an increasing menace for a large section of the society. The investment and saving rates are still very low and there have been shortfalls from both private and public investment targets of the plan. The mounting budget deficit and the govemment’s inability to mobilise additional domestic resources are factors of grave concern. The internal and external debt has rapidly increased and debt service is absorbing a rising share of government expenditures. Without substantial changes this will soon lead to adverse consequences. The balance of payments - with imports exceeding the exports by more than 200% during most years - and the level of foreign exchange reserves have reached precarious positions. The inflow of remittances is decreasing and can no longer offset the trade gap. The disbursement of financial aid is stagnating and the net inflow of aid has slumped dramatically. A strengthening of Pakistan’s export performance is thus urgently required, but several factors contravene this objective.
description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 19 Nr. 3-4 (1988): Internationales Asienforum
Fusobacterium Detected in Barrett’s Esophagus and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Tissues
Creators: name: Tahara, Tomomitsu
name: Shijimaya, Takuya
name: Yamazaki, Jumpei
name: Kobayashi, Sanshiro
name: Horitani, Anna
name: Matsumoto, Yasushi
name: Nakamura, Naohiro
name: Okazaki, Takashi
name: Takahashi, Yu
name: Tomiyama, Takashi
name: Honzawa, Yusuke
name: Fukata, Norimasa
name: Fukui, Toshiro
name: Naganuma, Makoto
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Virology

description: We examined Fusobacterium nucreatum (F. nucleatum) and whole Fusobacterium species (Pan-fusobacterium) in non-neoplastic Barrett’s esophagus (BE) from patients without cancer (n = 67; N group), with esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) (n = 27) and EAC tissue (n = 22). F. nucleatum was only detectable in 22.7% of EAC tissue. Pan-fusobacterium was enriched in EAC tissue and associated with aggressive clinicopathological features. Amount of Pan-fusobacterium in non-neoplastic BE was correlated with presence of hital hernia and telomere shortening. The result suggested potential association of Fusobacterium species in EAC and BE, featuring clinicpathological and molecular features.
The Struggle for the Control of the Red Army in Jiangxi: Mao vs. Zhou Enlai
Creators: name: HU, Chi-Hsi
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2017

description: In January 1931, a group of retumed Chinese students from Moscow, led by Chen Shaoyu, took over the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party in Shanghai. Seeking to impose their authority over the revolutionary bases then existing in Chi- na, they sent Zhou Enlai into the Jiangxi Soviet with the task of seizing control of the Jiangxi Red Army under the influence of Mao. Zhou, like many other communist military leaders, advocated the occupation of key towns in the Gan river valley while Mao preferred expansion towards Fujian province. The struggle between the two men for the control of the Red Army was a harsh one and it was only at the Conference of Ningdu in August 1932 that Zhou gained the upper hand. After the Ningdu Conference, Zhou took over the Jiangxi Red Army as general political commissar. He then conducted the fourth counter-campaign characterized by an offensive into the white area in order to disorganize the enemy dispositions before they were ready to launch their fourth encirclement campaign. This strategic plan represented a total break with the maoist strategy, employed during the first three encirclement campaigns, of luring the enemy deep into Soviet territory before annihilating him.
description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 19 Nr. 2 (1988): Internationales Asienforum
Investigating the influences on attendance and intention to rejoin with inaugural members of a new football team
Creators: name: McDonald, Heath
name: Neale, Larry G.
name: Funk, Daniel
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This study investigated the effects of factors like member satisfaction and social rituals on desirable outcomes such as attendance, intention to rejoin and merchandise sales. This study focuses on the inaugural members of a new team in Australia's A-League to gain insight into how loyalty develops amongst fans of new sporting organisations. The results show the importance to sports marketers of satisfying members and building ritual behaviour, as both are correlated with all of the positive outcomes investigated here.
A Bioinformatic Analysis of Gut Microbiota Related with Immune Cell Infiltration in Colorectal Cancer
Creators: name: Liu, Dan
name: Zhou, Jiang
name: Fu, Qiong
name: Zhao, Yuanzhu
name: Wang, Panpan
name: Zheng, Yang
name: Cui, Meihong
name: Zhang, Heng
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mental Health
subject: Hematology

description: The composition of microbiota which correlates with infiltrating immune cells and clinical signatures is not clarified in CRC. We applied 4 kinds of bioinformatic tools GSVA (version: 1.42.0), ESTIMATE (version: 1.0.13), CIBERSORT (version: 2.0), and immune-related genes. We found that a total of 8 types of microbiotas appeared in the three immune correlation analyses. Among these microbiotas, significant enrichments in relative abundances associated with immune cell infiltration can be found for the dominant phyla Proteobacteria, Firmicutes, and Actinobacteria. Moreover, there existed correlations between some of the 8 microbiotas and clinical-related indicators. We identified some novel microbiotas involved in immune regulation in CRC.
The Impact of Prophylactic Post-Chemotherapy G-CSF on the Relapse Rates in Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A Meta-Analysis
Creators: name: Bordbar, Mohammadreza
name: Hosseini-Bensenjan, Mahnaz
name: Sayadi, Mehrab
name: Zekavat, Omidreza
name: Bordbar, Shayan
name: Nozari, Farnoosh
name: Haghpanah, Sezaneh
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology

description: This meta-analysis evaluated the impact of prophylactic post-chemotherapy granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Overall, the relapse rate, overall survival, event-free survival, and mortality rate were similar in G-CSF (+) compared to G-CSF (−) patients. However, the relative risk (RR) of relapse was higher in children and in secondary AML patients who were treated with G-CSF compared to the G-CSF (−) group [RR, 95% confidence interval: 1.26, 1.04–1.52, and 1.12 (1.02–1.24)]. Treatment with post-chemotherapy G-CSF should be prescribed with caution in pediatric patients with AML and secondary AML as possibly increasing the relapse risk.
El Aula del Futuro en el CEIP La Vega: Integración de Tecnologías, Metodologías Activas y Comunidad Educativa
Creators: name: Acosta Alonso, Ricardo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Aula del Futuro
innovación educativa
tecnologías educativas
robótica escolar
participación familiar
aprendizaje activo

description: Este artículo presenta el diseño, implementación y resultados del proyecto Aula del Futuro en el CEIP La Vega, un centro público ubicado en un entorno con importantes desafíos sociales. A través de la reorganización de espacios físicos y pedagógicos, y con una fuerte integración de tecnologías educativas, el centro ha articulado un modelo innovador basado en metodologías activas, proyectos integrados y cooperación interetapas. El aula está estructurada en seis espacios funcionales más un aula anexa especializada. Se analizan los procedimientos, recursos, impacto en el alumnado y la implicación de la comunidad educativa, evidenciando mejoras en motivación, competencia digital, habilidades comunicativas y participación familiar.
JOACHIM MÜNCH / MATTHIAS RISLER: Berufliche Bildung in der Volksrepublik China. Strukturen, Probleme und Empfehlungen
Creators: name: Staiger, Brunhild
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2017

description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 19 Nr. 2 (1988): Internationales Asienforum
TAI-CHÜN KUO / RAMON H. MYERS: Understanding Communist China: Communist China Studies in the United States and the Republic of China 1949-1978
Creators: name: Linck, Gudula
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2017

description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 19 Nr. 2 (1988): Internationales Asienforum
DIETRICH KÜHNE: Vielvölkergesellschaft zwischen Dorf und Metropole. Fortentwicklung und neue Wege der Urbanisierung in Malaysia 1970-1980
Creators: name: Rüland, Jürgen
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2017

description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 19 Nr. 2 (1988): Internationales Asienforum
Dan Hikuroa Looks at Māori Involvement in the Formation of a New Plan for the Gulf
Creators: name: Hikuroa, D.
Publisher: name: NIWA-hosted NSCs: Deep South and Sustainable Seas National Science Challenges
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 440407
subject: Socio-economic development
classificationCode: 440603
subject: Economic geography
classificationCode: 440604
subject: Environmental geography

description: Although recognised a national taonga, research has confirmed the decline in the health of the Hauraki Gulf/Tikapa Moana/Te Moananui a Toi. The most ambitious response to the pattern of decline documented in the latest State of our Gulf assessment is the Sea Change - Tai Timu Tai Pari marine spatial planning process. A partnership between mana whenua central and local government is working on creating the marine spatial plan designed to safeguard this treasure. At the core of the process is the Stake Holder Working Group (SWG) made up a range of members from mana whenua, community, environmental, commercial and recreational organisations. The SWG is working collaboratively to deliver a marine spatial plan for the Hauraki Gulf. Two years into its work the SWG is actively realising opportunities for mana whenua to explore ambitions and management potential in Tikapa Moana/Te Moananui a Toi.
NATIONAL UNIVERISITIES COMMISSION'S SUPERVISORY ROLE AND INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN SELECTED UNIVERSITIES IN SOUTH WEST, NIGERIA
Creators: name: Makinde Adeboye Abiodun, Prof Ngozi Nwogwugwu, Dr Chibuzor Nwaodike, Dr Abiola Makinde
Publisher: name: Seybold Report Journal
Year: 2025
Subjects: infrastructural development, academic facilities, recreational facilities, residential facilities, quality assurance

description: Abstract

The development of infrastructural facilities in any university environment is fundamental to the attainment of educational goals and objectives that have global impact in this era of modernity. In Nigeria, despite the increasing focus of policymakers on qualitative education and school learning environment, context observation has revealed a dearth of functional infrastructural facilities. This study therefore, examined the supervisory role of National Universities Commission in infrastructural development in selected universities in South-West Nigeria. This study adopted a descriptive research design. The target population were lecturers, students, and NUC officials who have been in their present place of employment who met the inclusion criteria of the study. Data were collected using questionnaire. Data collected were processed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 27, and ,research questions were answered using thematic analysis and inferential statistics of ANOVA and chi-squqre at 0.05 level of significance.  The findings the state of infrastructural development mean score in selected universities in South-West Nigeria was high (academic facilities for students = 3.89; residence and recreational facilities for students = 4.07; and, staff offices and residential facilities = 3.80). The role of NUC in the disbursement of grants to Universities for infrastructural development was good and effective (Chi-Square = 30.94, p = 0.001); there is an impact of quality assurance monitoring on maintenance engagement (f = 7.63, p = .006 < .05); and, NUC’s facilities accreditation affected infrastructural development in selected universities in South-West Nigeria (f = 19.51, p = .001 < .05). In conclusion, the supervisory role of National Universities Commission in infrastructural development is good but not without some hitches. It is recommended that adequate funding should be provided for all tertiary institutions in the country to give them the opportunity of acquiring all necessary facilities, equipment and chemicals for the laboratories for them to scale through the accreditation process rather than resulting to borrowing.

KEYWORDS:

infrastructural development, academic facilities, recreational facilities, residential facilities, quality assurance
'Small profits' - Strukturmerkmale und Entwicklungsprobleme der urbanen Individualwirtschaft in der VR China
Creators: name: Menkhoff, Thomas
name: Jamann, Wolfgang
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2017

description: This article intends to analyse recent structural patterns, development problems and the reasons for rehabilitation of the urban private economy in the People’s Republic of China since 1978. The authors start from the thesis that the so-called “private sector” in China is not comparable with its “out”-differentiated counterpart in Western industrial countries, but is interlaced, in a complex way, with informal, partly illegitimate activities, interpersonal relation-networks (“guanxi”) or economic transactions of state/collective factories. The article illustrates the subordinate situation of the individual labourers in terms of their political regulation by (sometimes restrictive) licence procedures, taxes and fees; resource supply problems (material, commodities); precarious financial situation, capital procurement and credit opportunities; self organization; poor chances of social participation; recruitment and their dependence on state organs and local bureaucracy. Although some of the “getihu” (who are not only confined to small pedlars and merchants, but also include larger industrial companies, leased factories...) have now become extremely prosperous, the majority of them have to combine self-exploitation, family resources and informal transactions, to compensate the permanent insecurity which itself derives from the exclusion from the state planning and supply system, the social security system and the ambivalence of state and local cadre politics towards the private economy.
description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 19 Nr. 2 (1988): Internationales Asienforum
Incorporating Māori approaches to ecosystem management in marine management
Creators: name: Love, T.
Publisher: name: NIWA-hosted NSCs: Deep South and Sustainable Seas National Science Challenges
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 410404
subject: Environmental management
classificationCode: 440704
subject: Environment policy

description: This report canvasses incorporating Māori approaches to risk, caution and cumulative impacts in Ecosystem Based Management in the marine management regime. The report also considers incorporation of Treaty of Waitangi principles and specific Māori cultural concepts, discussing their effectiveness in light of important recent cases. Finally, the report identifies challenges associated with statutory incorporation of Māori concepts.
What If Your PhD Turned Into a Nightmare? I did not see it coming either...
Creators: name: Anonymous
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: "Shit happens" – said the Head of Department after I returned from the hospital – "There are other universities too". – I was once a top Master’s student and later a PhD candidate in Robotics at ETH Zürich. I experienced something that could have happened to any of us. What unfolded in just a few months, changed my life forever.

Dear Reader, I have no intention of taking too much of Your time. However, my story may be relevant to You, since we were once in the same boat. I don’t want an incident like mine happening to You next. In case you don’t want to read such a long letter, please jump to the "Conclusion" part for a quick glance. Otherwise, I hope you find my letter as thought-provoking, eye-opening, insightful, or maybe even as helpful or relatable as I intended.
Part I: Dynamic Geometry of Spacetime and Universal Constant
Creators: name: Alexa, Anton
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 510899
subject: Quantum physics not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 510399
subject: Classical physics not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 490299
subject: Mathematical physics not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 490204
subject: Mathematical aspects of general relativity
classificationCode: 490205
subject: Mathematical aspects of quantum and conformal field theory, quantum gravity and string theory

description: We introduce the scalar deformation function C(v), which captures how local geometric structures respond to motion at velocity v. This function exhibits well-defined analytic behavior and defines a critical velocity vc beyond which geometry undergoes compression. By extending C(v) into an evolution flow C(v, τ), we construct a scalar analogue of Ricci flow that provides a smooth, singularity-free mechanism for geometric evolution toward symmetric configurations. While this scalar flow suggests a pathway toward topological classification of three-manifolds through conformal smoothing and energy minimization, full spectral rigidity and topological completeness are addressed in subsequent parts of this series. The framework presented here establishes the analytic foundation and geometric intuition underlying the spectral formalism developed in the following works, with potential applications to cosmology, quantum geometry, and spectral analysis via the operator Ĉ.
Majority-Islamic Minority Relations in China
Creators: name: Winters, Clyde Ahmad
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2017

description: This article is concemed with the problem of nationalities in China; i.e. big (Han)-Chauvinism vs. little (minority)-chauvinism. The Communist policies on nationality from the late 1950’s up to the present are reviewed, and the roles religious, language and cultural barriers play in separating groups in the PRC. It also compares and analyzes the failure of Mao’s ethnic assimilation policies with Deng’s more successful cooperation policies in recent years.
description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 19 Nr. 2 (1988): Internationales Asienforum
Does business success make you any less indigenous?
Creators: name: Foley, Dennis
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Indigenous business participation is significantly less when compared to mainstream Anglo-European participation in Australia. Yet those who are in business, are they any less Indigenous by being successful entrepreneurs than what they were before they went into business? Do you lose your Indigenous values? These questions are not uncommon within Indigenous community circles where the unknown often produces negativity. When an Indigenous person strives for economic independence they often face a gauntlet of criticism as they are often misunderstood in their endeavors. Indigenous business and social aspirations may be a dichotomy within the contemporary world. To be successful in business the Indigenous entrepreneur operates within the dominant culture, their clientele and in many cases their suppliers are all non-indigenous and/or from other minority groups than their own. They are often isolated, alienated within an economy that is so different to their Indigenous communal or urban environments. To be successful in business they must survive in the consumer driven capitalistic environment of mainstream business society. This often results in them becoming isolated from their own families and support networks. Do the entrepreneurs take on multiple identities to interact within the two worlds of Indigenous and Anglo Australian and where are they, are these entrepreneurs all in the rural remote, or are they in urban settings?
Zum Alter der Höhlenlehne der 3. Lehmwand in der Falkensteiner Höhle bei Urach (Schwäbische Alb)
Creators: name: Hinkelbein, Knut
name: Papenfuss, Karl-Heinz
name: Smettan, Hans
name: Ufrecht, Wolfgang
name: Wolff, Gerd
Publisher: name: - NO PUBLISHER DEFINED -
Year: 1990

description: Jahreshefte der Gesellschaft für Naturkunde in Württemberg
description: Bd. 145, 1990
Part II: Spectral Quantization of Geometry via the Operator C-hat
Creators: name: Alexa, Anton
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 490299
subject: Mathematical physics not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 510802
subject: Foundations of quantum mechanics
classificationCode: 490205
subject: Mathematical aspects of quantum and conformal field theory, quantum gravity and string theory
classificationCode: 510899
subject: Quantum physics not elsewhere classified

description: This article is Part II in a sequence of works developing a geometric framework based on the deformation function C(v), previously introduced to describe relativistic curvature and topological evolution. Extending the scalar formulation of Part I, we construct here the corresponding deformation operator Ĉ, acting on the Hilbert space L²([-v_c, v_c]), where v_c is the critical velocity derived earlier. We rigorously prove the self-adjointness of this operator, establish its discrete spectrum {Cₙ}, and demonstrate the spectral completeness of the eigenbasis. This completeness ensures that the spectrum uniquely determines the underlying geometry within the class of compact rank-one symmetric spaces, providing a rigorous spectral foundation for geometric classification. The quantized spectral structure defines discrete geometric states, with entropy scaling and resonance phenomena near the lower spectral edge C → 0. This spectral formulation replaces the continuous deformation function by a sequence of discrete modes and prepares the analytical groundwork for Part III, where spectral flow and topological transitions will be developed through the evolution C(v, τ, n).
ISTQB® Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL) certification Syllabus
Creators: name: International Software Testing Qualifications Board
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Uploaded here, so that there is a permanent version of it instead of the following link:

https://www.istqb.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ISTQB_CTFL_Syllabus_v4.0.1.pdf