cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The ATLAS3D project XVI: physical parameters and spectral line energy distributions of the molecular gas in gas-rich early-type galaxies
Creators: name: Bayet, Estelle
name: Bureau, Martin
name: Davis, Timothy
name: Young, Lisa M.
name: Crocker, Alison F.
name: Alatalo, Katherine
name: Blitz, Leo
name: Bois, Maxime
name: Bournaud, Frederic
name: Cappellari, Michele
name: Davies, Roger L.
name: de Zeeuw, P. T.
name: Duc, Pierre-Alain
name: Emsellem, Eric
name: Khochfar, Sadegh
name: Krajnovic, Davor
name: Kuntschner, Harald
name: McDermid, Richard M.
name: Morganti, Raffaella
name: Naab, Thorsten
name: Oosterloo, Tom
name: Sarzi, Marc
name: Scott, Nicholas
name: Serra, Paolo
name: Weijmans, Anne-Marie
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We present a detailed study of the physical properties of the molecular gas in a sample of 18 molecular gas-rich early-type galaxies (ETGs) from the ATLAS3D sample. Our goal is to better understand the star formation processes occurring in those galaxies, starting here with the dense star-forming gas. We use existing integrated 12CO (1–0, 2–1), 13CO (1–0, 2–1), HCN (1–0) and HCO+ (1–0) observations and new 12 CO (3–2) single-dish data. From these, we derive for the first time the average kinetic temperature, H2 volume density and column density of the emitting gas in a significant sample of ETGs, using a non-local thermodynamical equilibrium theoretical model. Since the CO lines trace different physical conditions than of those the HCN and HCO+ lines, the two sets of lines are treated separately. For most of the molecular gas-rich ETGs studied here, the CO transitions can be reproduced with kinetic temperatures of 10–20 K, H2 volume densities of 103–4 cm−3 and CO column densities of 1018--20 cm−2. The physical conditions corresponding to the HCN and HCO+ gas component have large uncertainties and must be considered as indicative only. We also compare for the first time the predicted CO spectral line energy distributions and gas properties of our molecular gas-rich ETGs with those of a sample of nearby well-studied disc galaxies. The gas excitation conditions in 13 of our 18 ETGs appear analogous to those in the centre of the Milky Way, hence the star formation activity driving these conditions is likely of a similar strength and nature. Such results have never been obtained before for ETGs and open a new window to explore further star-formation processes in the Universe. The conclusions drawn should nevertheless be considered carefully, as they are based on a limited number of observations and on a simple model. In the near future, with higher CO transition observations, it should be possible to better identify the various gas components present in ETGs, as well as more precisely determine their associated physical conditions. To achieve these goals, we show here from our theoretical study, that mid-J CO lines [such as the 12CO (6–5) line] are particularly useful.
Remote assessment via video evaluation (RAVVE): a pilot study to trial video-enabled peer feedback on clinical performance
Creators: name: Ho, Kendall
name: Yao, Christopher
name: Novak Lauscher, Helen
name: Koehler, Barry E.
name: Shojania, Kam
name: Jamal, Shahin
name: Collins, David
name: Kherani, Raheem
name: Meneilly, Graydon
name: Eva, Kevin
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2019

description: Background: Video review processes for evaluation and coaching are often incorporated into medical education as a means to accurately capture physician-patient interactions. Compared to direct observation they offer the advantage of overcoming many logistical challenges. However, the suitability and viability of using video-based peer consultations for professional development requires further investigation. This study aims to explore the acceptability and feasibility of video-based peer feedback to support professional development and quality improvement in patient care. Methods: Five rheumatologists each provided four videos of patient consultations. Peers evaluated the videos using five-point scales, providing annotations in the video recordings, and offering recommendations. The rheumatologists reviewed the videos of their own four patient interactions along with the feedback. They were asked to document if they would make practice changes based on the feedback. Focus groups were conducted and analysed to explore the effectiveness of video-based peer feedback in assisting physicians to improve clinical practice. Results: Participants felt the video-based feedback provided accurate and detailed information in a more convenient, less intrusive manner than direct observation. Observations made through video review enabled participants to evaluate more detailed information than a chart review alone. Participants believed that reviewing recorded consultations allowed them to reflect on their practice and gain insight into alternative communication methods. Conclusions: Video-based peer feedback and self-review of clinical performance is an acceptable and pragmatic approach to support professional development and improve clinical care among peer clinicians. Further investigation into the effectiveness of this approach is needed.
Supplementary document for Coating-relevant properties of high-index optical polymers for automotive applications - 5167947.pdf
Creators: name: Schulz, Ulrike
name: Gratzke, Nancy
name: Rickelt, Friedrich
name: Hahmann, Caroline
name: Seifert, Tina
name: Gärtner, Anne
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Polymers and Plastics

description: optical spectra, contact angles
L’educazione religiosa nella scuola pubblica. Il modello concordatario-pattizio nei paesi latini europei
Creators: name: Benigni, Rita
Publisher: name: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale
Year: 2012

description: Contributo sottoposto a valutazioneSOMMARIO: 1. Premessa - 2. I Concordati del primo novecento: definizione dei tratti tipici del modello – 3. La revisione concordataria del secondo dopoguerra: libertà di scelta educativa e pluralismo religioso - 4. L’istruzione religiosa “nell’ambito delle finalità della scuola”. Il caso Italia - 5. (segue) … l’esperienza di Spagna e Portogallo.
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2012: 22 ottobre
Droit d’asile (Directive 2011/95/UE dite “qualification”): L'atteinte à la liberté de religion comme persécution
Creators: name: Leboeuf, Luc
Publisher: name: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale
Year: 2012

description: Il commento alla decisione della Corte di giustizia dell’Unione europea nel caso Y. e Z. c. Germania del 5 settembre 2012, già pubblicato col medesimo titolo in Revue des Droits de l’Homme, 11 settembre 2012, è riprodotto per la cortese autorizzazione della Rivista e dell’AutoreSOMMAIRE: 1. Introduction – 2. Le contexte factuel et les questions préjudicielles – 3. La réponse apportée par la Cour de justice – 4. La Convention de Genève cède la place à la Convention européenne des droits de l’homme.
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2012: 22 ottobre
Implementation and evaluation of the water safety plan approach for buildings
Creators: name: Rapp, Thomas
name: Rickert, Bettina
name: Schmidt, Isabelle
name: Schmoll, Oliver
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2019
Subjects: Trinkwasser
Risikoanalyse
Risikomanagement
Wassergüte
Trinkwassersicherheitskonzept

description: The World Health Organization promotes water safety plans (WSPs) - a risk-based management approach - for premise plumbing systems in buildings to prevent deterioration of drinking-water quality. Experience with the implementation of WSPs in buildings were gathered within a pilot project in Germany. The project included an evaluation of the feasibility and advantages of WSPs by all stakeholders who share responsibility in drinking-water safety. While the feasibility of the concept was demonstrated for all buildings, benefits reported by building operators varied. The more technical standards were complied with before implementing WSP, the less pronounced were the resulting improvements. In most cases, WSPs yielded an increased system knowledge and awareness for drinking-water quality issues. WSPs also led to improved operation of the premise plumbing system and provided benefits for surveillance authorities. A survey among the European Network of Drinking-Water Regulators on the existing legal framework regarding drinking-water safety in buildings exhibited that countries are aware of the need to manage risks in buildings' installations, but experience with WSP is rare. Based on the successful implementation and the positive effects of WSPs on drinking-water quality, we recommend the establishment of legal frameworks that require WSPs for priority buildings whilst accounting for differing conditions in buildings and countries. Quelle: https://iwaponline.com
Terminal sliding mode control for MIMO T-S fuzzy systems
Creators: name: Khoo, Suiyang
name: Man, Zhihong
name: Zhao, Shengkui
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: In this paper, we present a terminal sliding mode control for MIMO T-S fuzzy systems. It is shown that the concept of extreme matrices is used to determine the upper bound information of the interactions of the fuzzy subsystems first, and a terminal sliding mode controller and a set of sliding variables are then designed to enable finite time reachability of the system origin. Simulation results are presented in support of the proposed approach.
Supplementary document for Coating-relevant properties of high-index optical polymers for automotive applications - 5167947.pdf
Creators: name: Schulz, Ulrike
name: Gratzke, Nancy
name: Rickelt, Friedrich
name: Hahmann, Caroline
name: Seifert, Tina
name: Gärtner, Anne
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Polymers and Plastics

description: optical spectra, contact angles
Black-robed Fury: Libanius’ Oration 30 and Temple Destruction in the Antiochene Countryside in Late Antiquity
Creators: name: Watson, Douglas
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: Libanius
Oration 30
Temple destruction
Late Antiquity
Religious violence

description: Oration 30 (Or. 30) has been commonly used in scholarship as positive affirmation of religious violence and temple destruction in late Antique Syria. This view of widespread violence in late 4th century Syria was previously supported by scholarship on temple destruction and conversion, which tended to argue that temple destruction and conversion was a widespread phenomenon in the 4th and 5th centuries. Recent archaeological scholarship, however, argues against this perspective, in favour of temple destruction and conversion being a rather exceptional and late phenomenon. The question must therefore be asked, to what extent can Libanius’ Or. 30 be used as a source of temple destruction in the Antiochene countryside in Late Antiquity? This question is explored through three chapters which examine: the text and context of Or. 30, the use and application of Roman law in Or. 30, and the archeological evidence for temple destruction and conversion in the Antiochene countryside. This research has revealed that Libanius tends to use similar arguments in his ‘reform speeches,’ that there was no legal basis for temple destruction in the late 4th century, and that there is no archaeological evidence for widespread temple destruction occurring around the composition of Or. 30. Thus, the evidence shows that Libanius’ claim of widespread violence must be seen as an exaggeration. Meaning that Or. 30 cannot be used to support the idea of widespread destruction and religious violence in the Antiochene countryside at the end of the 4th century or, for that matter, Late Antiquity in general.
Quando l'interruzione volontaria della gravidanza solleva ancora discussioni nello Stato e nella Chiesa
Creators: name: Milani, Daniela
Publisher: name: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale
Year: 2012

description: Contributo sottoposto a valutazioneSOMMARIO: 1. Obiezione di coscienza e aborto fra diritti riconosciuti e negati in attuazione della legge n. 194 del 1978. - 2. La Chiesa cattolica di fronte alla soppressione del concepito: foro interno e peccato. - 3. (segue) … foro esterno e delitto. - 4. Apparenti (?) divergenze di opinione tra Chiesa universale e locale di fronte all'aborto di una “madre-bambina”. - 5. (segue) … il diritto alla vita: una legge naturale obiettiva non derogabile in sede civile
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2012: 22 ottobre
Sui principi non negoziabili della Chiesa
Creators: name: Zannotti, Luciano
Publisher: name: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale
Year: 2012

description: Contributo sottoposto a valutazioneSOMMARIO: 1. Il significato dell’espressione – 2. Il rifiuto del compromesso – 3. La distinzione fra principi e valori

description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2012: 22 ottobre
Religione e costituzionalismo occidentale. Osmosi e reciproche influenze
Creators: name: Alicino, Francesco
Publisher: name: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale
Year: 2012

description: Contributo sottoposto a valutazione, destinato alla pubblicazione nell’opera a cura di C. Decaro Bonella, Radici religiose e itinerari costituzionali, vol. I, Islam e Occidente, edito dalla casa editrice Carocci, Roma, 2012.SOMMARIO: 1. Introduzione. – 2. I presupposti teologici. – 3. Tendenza teocratica, ma visione profana dei fenomeni normativi. – 4. La doppia faccia della secolarizzazione. – 5. Il costituzionalismo (medievale) cristiano. – 6. Le origini del costituzionalismo occidentale. Fra apolitismo radicale … – 7. (segue) … e messianismo temporale e rivoluzione scientifica. – 8. Westfalia (1648): la territorializzazione del diritto religioso. – 9. La nuova religione della perfetta ragione. – 10. Dalla fine della sovranità westfaliana, al secondo dopoguerra … – 11. … (segue) e alla questione islamica di questo secolo.
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2012: 29 ottobre
Quattro notazioni sulla laicità
Creators: name: Coppola, Raffaele
Publisher: name: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale
Year: 2012

description: Il contributo, accettato dal Direttore, riproduce con minime variazioni di forma l’intervento conclusivo per il Colloquio internazionale “La laicità nella costruzione dell'Europa – Dualità del potere e neutralità religiosa” (Bari - Aula Magna “Aldo Moro”, 4-5 novembre 2010), organizzato dal Dipartimento Giuridico delle Istituzioni, Amministrazione e Libertà dell'Università di Bari “Aldo Moro”, dal Centre d'études internationales sur la romanité - Université de “La Rochelle” e dall'Unità di Ricerca “Giorgio La Pira”, CNR – Università di Roma “La Sapienza”. Atti in corso di pubblicazione a mezzo stampa.SOMMARIO: 1. Laicità e dualità del potere – 2. Geopolitica della laicità, suoi significati – 3. L'elemento popolare – 4. Il ruolo del civis-fidelis della tradizione classica nei regimi democratici - 5. Distinzione degli ordini e neutralità religiosa.
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2012: 29 ottobre
The galactic inner halo: searching for white dwarfs and measuring the fundamental galactic constant, 0/R0
Creators: name: Kalirai, Jasonjot S.
name: Richer, Harvey B.
name: Hansen, Brad M.
name: Stetson, Peter B.
name: Shara, Michael M.
name: Saviane, Ivo
name: Rich, R. Michael
name: Limongi, Marco
name: Ibata, Rodrigo A.
name: Fahlman, Gregory G.
name: Gibson, Brad K.
name: Brewer, James
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Abstract not available.
Enhancing student understanding in statistical inference: assessing the effectiveness of a computer interaction
Creators: name: Francis, Glenda
name: Kokonis, Sue
name: Lipson, Kay
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: A new simulation has been developed to facilitate developmental learning of statistical inference. This simulation has been designed in the light of current multimedia design principals and cognitive theory. While many simulations have been developed to help students understand a variety of statistical concepts, evaluations of what these simulations actually achieve have been relatively scarce. This paper presents a model for the evaluation of simulations. In particular, the paper discusses the way in which the development of the students’ conceptual understanding has been assessed. Some preliminary results from the evaluation of this specific project are presented.
Supplementary document for Microsphere kinematics from the polarization of tightly focused nonseparable light - 5168396.pdf
Creators: name: Berg-Johansen, Stefan
name: Neugebauer, Martin
name: Aiello, Andrea
name: Leuchs, Gerd
name: Banzer, Peter
name: Marquardt, Christoph
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Experimental methods and algorithm
Court as a health intervention to advance Canada’s achievement of the sustainable development goals : a multi-pronged analysis of Vancouver’s Downtown Community Court
Creators: name: Garcia, Regiane A
name: Kenyon, Kristi H
name: Brolan, Claire E
name: Coughlin, Juliana
name: Guedes, Daniel D
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2019

description: Background: The increase in problematic substance use is a major problem in Canada and elsewhere, placing a heavy burden on health and justice system resources given a spike in drug-related offences. Thus, achievement of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Target 3.5 to ‘Strengthen the prevention and treatment of substance abuse’ is important for Canada’s overall realization of the SDGs, including SDG 3 (Good Health and Wellbeing). Since 2008, Vancouver’s Downtown Community Court (DCC) has pioneered an innovative partnership among the justice, health and social service systems to address individuals’ needs and circumstances leading to criminal behaviour. While researchers have examined the DCC’s impact on reducing recidivism, with Canada’s SDG health commitments in mind, we set out to examine the ways health and the social determinants of health (SDH) are engaged and framed externally with regard to DCC functioning, as well as internally by DCC actors. We employed a multi-pronged approach analyzing (1) publicly available DCC documents, (2) print media coverage, and (3) health-related discourse and references in DCC hearings. Results: The documentary analysis showed that health and the SDH are framed by the DCC as instrumental for reducing drug-related offences and improving public safety. The observation data indicate that judges use health and SDH in providing context, understanding triggers for offences and offering rationale for sentencing and management plans that connect individuals to healthcare, social and cultural services. Conclusions: Our study contributes new insights on the effectiveness of the DCC as a means to integrate justice, health and social services for improved health and community safety. The development of such community court interventions, and their impact on health and the SDH, should be reported on by Canada and other countries as a key contribution to SDG 3 achievement, as well as the fulfillment of other targets under the SDG framework that contain the SDH. Consideration should be given by Canada as to how to capture and integrate the important data generated by the DCC and other problem-solving courts into SDG reporting metrics. Certainly, the DCC advances the SDGs’ underlying Leave No One Behind principle in a high-income country context.
Supplementary document for Microsphere kinematics from the polarization of tightly focused nonseparable light - 5168396.pdf
Creators: name: Berg-Johansen, Stefan
name: Neugebauer, Martin
name: Aiello, Andrea
name: Leuchs, Gerd
name: Banzer, Peter
name: Marquardt, Christoph
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Experimental methods and algorithm
No more design experts? Meeting the challenges of the emerging role of the designer-facilitator in graphic design
Creators: name: Taffe, Simone
name: Barnes, Carolyn
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The reorganisation of societies around differentiation, diversification and distributed systems challenges graphic designers to better understand the contextual and human dimensions in design projects, the era of standardised communications having passed. Some design debate holds that audience participation in the design process better aligns designs with audience’s needs and perspectives, challenging the graphic designer’s established role as a creative and communication expert. Arguments for the ethical and pragmatic benefits of participatory design can seem compelling, but the task of including audience members in the design process is not straightforward. This paper responds to Jorge Frascara’s argument that graphic design needs systematic case studies to build knowledge of practice. It reports on a project that used participatory design to research the use of information materials on asthma risk and management, focusing on the need for dedicated methods to help end-users contribute their creative ideas and problem-solving abilities to the design process.
Αρχιμανδρίτης Γαβριήλ Διονυσιάτης: Βίος και έργο
Creators: name: Κατραχούρας, Γεώργιος Στέφανου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2024
Subjects: Γέροντας Γαβριήλ Διονυσιάτης
Άγιο Όρος
Ιστορικά γεγονότα του 20ου αιώνα
Elder Gabriel Dionysiatis
Holy Mountain
Historical events of 20th century

description: Ο γέροντας Γαβριήλ Διονυσιάτης υπήρξε μια μεγάλη μορφή του μοναχισμού του 20ού αιώνα, με φήμη όχι μόνο στο Άγιο Όρος αλλά και σε ολόκληρη την Ορθοδοξία. Υπήρξε ένας σπουδαίος αγιορείτης, ένας φωτισμένος πνευματικός που ενέπνευσε και δίδαξε χάρη στο ήθος του, την ιεροπρέπειά του, την ασκητικότητα και την αγωνιστικότητά του. Ευλαβής από μικρός και γνήσιος πατριώτης, μόνασε στο Άγιο Όρος αφού πρώτα υπηρέτησε εθελοντής κοντά στον μακεδονομάχο Παύλο Μελά. Μετά την απελευθέρωση των μακεδονικών εδαφών, του ανατέθηκε διακονία από την Ιερά Επιστασία η οποία τον οδήγησε σε αιχμαλωσία από Βούλγαρους. Σαν ηγούμενος εργάστηκε σκληρά όχι μόνο για τη Μονή Διονυσίου αλλά και για όλη την αγιορείτικη πολιτεία. Έτσι, με τη βοήθεια και τη χάρη του Θεού κατορθώνει να εξασφαλίσει την προστασία του Αγίου Όρους κατά τα χρόνια της γερμανικής κατοχής και να διαφυλάξει την ασφάλειά του από τις ορδές των ανταρτών στα αμέσως επόμενα χρόνια. Πέραν όμως του έργου του, υπήρξε και σπουδαίος συγγραφέας πλήθους πνευματικών βιβλίων. Ως συγγραφέας συνδυάζει την ιερά παράδοση με την πλούσια προσωπική του εμπειρία. Αμέτρητες είναι και οι συνεντεύξεις και οι αρθρογραφήσεις του σε περιοδικά και εφημερίδες. Η εργασία που θα εκπονηθεί έχει σκοπό να αναδείξει την πολυσχιδή προσωπικότητα του γέροντος Γαβριήλ και να μελετήσει την πνευματική του ακτινοβολία μέσα από τα συγγράμματά του, μαρτυρίες αλλά και διάφορο υλικό που σχετίζεται με τον ίδιο σε συνδυασμό με τις ιστορικές συνθήκες που επικρατούσες σε κάθε περίοδο της ζωής του.
description: Edler Gabriel Dionysiatis was a significant figure of monachism in 20th century, known not only in Mount Athos but also in the whole Orthodox world as well. He was a great monk of the Holy Mountain, an enlightened spiritual father that inspired and taught his ethos, his ascetism and his struggling spirit. Pious since he was a child, an original patriot, he became a monk after he tried to join as a volunteer next to Pavlos Melas. After Macedonian land set free, he was assigned a ministry from the Holy Superintedency that lead him to be captured by Bulgarians. As an abbot he worked hard not only for the Monastery of Dionysiou but also for the whole Holy Mountain. As a result, he managed to protect Mount Athos during the years of German occupation and to preserve its safety from the horde of the rebels the following years. Except from his work, he was a great author of numerous spiritual books. As an author he combines the holy tradition along with rich personal experience. Uncountable are his interviews and his articles in magazines and newspapers. This dissertation aims to feature the pluralistic personality of elder Gabriel and to study his spiritual shine as shown through his writings, the testimonies and various material combined with the prevailing historical circumstances during his lifetime.
ИНФОРМАЦИИ О JQUERY
Creators: name: Aннакулова, Хабиба
name: Абдимирова, Зулхумор
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Эта статья представляет обзор библиотеки  jQuery, которая является мощным инструментом для разработки интерактивных веб-сайтов и веб-приложений. Рассматриваются история создания jQuery, её основные принципы работы, функции, методы и преимущества. Приводятся примеры использования jQuery для улучшения пользовательского опыта и повышения эффективности веб-разработки.
Settlement Behavior of a Sandy Loam Due to Suction Changes Associated with Simulated Artificial Tree Roots
Creators: name: Areghan, Joseph I
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: Artificial root system (ARS)
Deformation
Particle image velocimetry (PIV)
Geoslope
Tree roots
Matric suction
Settlements
Sandy loam soil
Differential settlements

description: Shallow foundations rested on Leda clay that are widely distributed in Eastern Canada exhibit shrinkage characteristics and are prone to differential settlements. Due to this reason, significant repairs are necessary to the foundations and basements of residential structures constructed in Leda clay deposits. Differential settlements are commonly attributed to the changes in the natural water content of soils associated with water infiltration, evaporation or plant transpiration (i.e., tree-roots-suction). Various research studies have been undertaken to estimate the possible settlements of shallow foundations associated with the water infiltration or evaporation. Several thumb rules have been proposed through research studies, providing recommendations with respect to the distance at which trees must be planted as a function of their heights at maturity such that differential settlements can be avoided. However, limited studies have been carried out to estimate or model the settlements of shallow foundations taking into account the influence of tree-roots-suction. In the present research program, a comprehensive experimental study regarding the deformation characteristics of a sandy loam soil from Ottawa due to tree-root-suction is undertaken, using specially designed equipment. The study has been undertaken using a sandy loam soil so that the testing program can be conducted in a shorter period of time. An artificial rooting system (ARS) was designed and placed in a specially designed tank at the University of Ottawa to simulate tree-roots-suction and measure soil surface settlements associated with a decrease in natural water content (or increase in soil suction) using particle image velocimetry (PIV) technique. The ARS consists of an artificial root, suction generator, matric suction and volumetric water content monitoring devices. The variation of matric suction and volumetric water content are monitored at various depths using the instrumentation of the ARS. Based on the results of the experimental studies, a methodology is proposed to model the settlement behaviour of sandy loam soils due to suction from ARS, using commercial finite element software, SEEP/W and SIGMA/W (i.e. software package of GeoStudio 2007). The study offers a reasonably good comparison between the measured surface settlements and those estimated using the finite element modelling analysis. The modelling methodology presented in this thesis is promising and may be extended for estimating the settlement behaviour associated with the tree roots suction of Leda clay deposits and to other soils.
Energieszenarien für PAREST
Creators: name: Degel, Melanie
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Feinstaub
subject: Luftverunreinigende Partikel
subject: Luftreinhaltemaßnahme
subject: Energieszenario
subject: Luft
subject: Air

description: Im Forschungsvorhaben PAREST1 wurden Emissionsszenarien bis 2020 für Feinstaub (⁠PM10⁠ und ⁠PM2,5⁠) und die Aerosol-Vorläufersubstanzen SO2, NOx, NH3 und ⁠NMVOC⁠ für Deutschland und Europa erstellt, Minderungsmaßnahmen evaluiert und daraus die PM-Immissionsbelastung für Deutschland modelliert. In diesem Teilbericht zu PAREST werden die für PAREST benutzten Energieszenarien vorgestellt.
Corporate real estate management as a source of competitive advantage
Creators: name: Kenley, Russell
name: Heywood, Christopher
name: Kuncoro, Mudrajad
name: Brackertz, Nicola
name: Pham, Nguyen Thi
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Organisational competitive advantage is a recent general management literature theme. Corporate Real Estate (CRE) as an organisational resource capable of improving organisational competitiveness is underrecognised. For CRE and its management to fully support a competitive organisation it is thought to be essential that CRE practices align with the organisational competitive positioning and its sources of competitive advantage. This paper presents part of a study of competitive advantage and CRE management (CREM) practices as a step towards recognising CRE's competitive contribution. A model of sustainable competitive advantage is introduced that contains theorised connections between CREM practices and Sources of Competitive Advantage (SCAs). Three advantages---Cost, Differentiation and Innovation---were identified and modelled. An empirical study of Australian CRE managers was then conducted to test the model and establish which competitive advantages were used. Of the three Sources of Competitive Advantage, Cost predominated, both in the model and the empirical data. The empirical study establishes the viability of the model as a useful device for CRE managers to evaluate their CRE practices and align their CREM with organisational modes of competition and competitive advantage.
Supplementary document for Improving the performance of OLEDs by controlling the molecular orientation in charge carriers transport layers - 5169258.pdf
Creators: name: Li, Shuhong
name: Cui, Dongyue
name: Wang, Shuai
name: Liu, Yunlong
name: Gao, Xuexi
name: Wang, Wenjun
name: Dong, Xiaochen
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplement 1
Daniel David Palmer's heritage and his legacy of tone to chiropractic
Creators: name: McDowall, Donald Arthur
Publisher: name: Southern Cross University
Year: 2021
Subjects: D. D. Palmer
Tone
Historical narrative

description: This thesis examines the heritage of Daniel David Palmer (1845–1913), the founder of chiropractic, and his legacy of tone as chiropractic’s founding principle. Since its inception in midwest America in the 1890s, chiropractic has spread worldwide, where chiropractors work as allied health practitioners, using their unique spinal care skills. Today, approximately 100,000 chiropractors practise in more than 90 countries. Despite the growth, recognition and popularity of chiropractic, little is known about the heritage of its founder and his legacy of tone.
description: As this investigation was concerned with the past, an historical methodology was used. This involved the systematic collection, objective evaluation and intensive study of hundreds of existing documents to derive inferences to better understand Palmer’s heritage and his concept of tone. Eight broad themes, each relating to a chapter, are used as the organisational framework for the historical material. Of these, the first two provide a review of the substantive literature, while in the remaining six chapters, the data is organised thematically into topics. In addition, three contentions are investigated in this thesis.
description: From this investigation the following conclusions were determined. First, tone has roots from ancient Greek and Roman periods until the present. Second, no clear definition of the chiropractic concept of tone has emerged since Palmer’s time. Third, it appears that Palmer was influenced by his forebears who exhibited an interest in religion and healing together with a propensity to travel in search of a better way of life. Fourth, living during a period when science, medicine and health expanded, and other healthcare services emerged, was opportune for Palmer to investigate another form of healthcare. Fifth, Palmer’s occupations led to his conceptualisation of chiropractic. Sixth, promoting his work enabled Palmer to build awareness of chiropractic. Seventh, Palmer established schools where his ideas were taught. Finally, those who followed Palmer appear to have dismissed tone as a principle of chiropractic treatment.
description: In terms of the three contentions, this investigation concluded that: influenced by his heritage, Palmer used well-thought-out strategies to promote his work which enabled chiropractic to expand exponentially; Palmer’s analogy of music to help others understand tone, has been largely overlooked; although chiropractic has flourished from its inception, the concept of tone began to wane from 1903 and by 1961 was of limited interest.
description: This research determined that Palmer, the founder of chiropractic, is an important individual from the past who was influenced by his heritage. While Palmer’s principle of tone was the foundation for chiropractic, by 1961 his concept of tone had been largely lost, even though chiropractic continued to thrive.
La scuola confessionale nei sistemi anglosassoni.Tra incorporazione inglese e separatismo americano
Creators: name: Benigni, Rita
Publisher: name: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale
Year: 2012

description: Contributo sottoposto a valutazioneSOMMARIO: 1. Premessa - 2. L’istruzione popolare in Inghilterra: dal sostegno alle scuole confessionali alla riforma Gladstone - 3. La scuola confessionale nel sistema di pubblica istruzione: dalla riforma Gladstone ai nostri giorni. - 4. Il separatismo americano: le ragioni di una scelta e la sua incidenza sul sistema scolastico. - 5. Scuola confessionale ed establishment clause. La fase di strict separation. – 6. (segue) L’affermazione di un separatismo attenuato. I voucher e le charter schools.
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2012: 1 ottobre
Wellbeing for Students with Dyslexic-Type Challenges: Student and Teacher Views (Citation and Abstract only)
Creators: name: Mosco, Jane Rosemary
Publisher: name: Southern Cross University
Year: 2024
Subjects: Student Wellbeing
Learning Differently
Neurodiversity
Dyslexia
DTC
Dyslexic Type Challenges

description: Contemporary schools face serious struggles addressing concerns about student wellbeing. Students experiencing language and literacy-related challenges, including dyslexia, can find school difficult and experience poorer socio-emotional wellbeing, impacting self-confidence, self-esteem, and achievement at school. Given that, almost universally, school systems are equating literacy skills with achievement and success, a more nuanced understanding of the impacts of DTC on student wellbeing is timely and critical. This study sought to explore how high school students with DTC perceive their wellbeing, specifically what helps and hinders this at school, and to bring their views into dialogue with those of teachers. Recognition theory facilitated deeper insight into the role of intersubjective and structural recognition in understanding the impacts of identified practices on the wellbeing of these students. The innovative participatory methodology incorporated a) youth advisors in the study design (in Pre-Phase 1); b) creative, concrete focus group methods with students in Years 7-12 (aged 12-18) who self-identified as experiencing DTC to explore their experiences at school and what most helps and hinders their wellbeing (in Phase 1); c) art workshops (in Phase 2) further eliciting students’ key ‘take home’ insights about their wellbeing at school captured in their art images. Student art works and written messages provided stimuli for d) subsequent teacher interviews (in Phase 3). Thematic analysis of data across all phases revealed three overarching factors that influence the wellbeing of students with DTC: 1) interpersonal interactions and relationships at school; 2) teaching and learning attuned to students' needs; and 3) relational pedagogy, with the latter signalling convergence around the first two themes. The study yields three crucial contributions to the existing evidence base. Firstly, it engages in and documents an inherently child-focused, ethical methodology that provides a safe space for students with DTC to express their views about what helps and hinders wellbeing at school, otherwise often not captured, understood, conveyed, and responded to. Secondly, the study draws attention to the significant potential of mutual dialogue between students with DTC and their teachers to further strengthen school practices that may improve wellbeing and learning outcomes. Thirdly, the study highlights the many ways in which learning and wellbeing at school are entangled, with pedagogical practices imbued with instances of recognition/misrecognition that, in turn, impact wellbeing. A key implication for schools and school systems is to ensure that practices aimed at affirming and supporting neurodiversity also simultaneously create the conditions for recognition.
Tree Height Increment Models for National Forest Inventory Data in the Pacific Northwest, USA
Creators: name: Woo, Hyeyoung
name: Eskelson, Bianca N. I.
name: Monleon, Vicente J.
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2020

description: The United States national inventory program measures a subset of tree heights in each plot in the Pacific Northwest. Unmeasured tree heights are predicted by adding the difference between modeled tree heights at two measurements to the height observed at the first measurement. This study compared different approaches for directly modeling 10-year height increment of red alder (RA) and ponderosa pine (PP) in Washington and Oregon using national inventory data from 2001–2015. In addition to the current approach, five models were implemented: nonlinear exponential, log-transformed linear, gamma, quasi-Poisson, and zero-inflated Poisson models using both tree-level (e.g., height, diameter at breast height, and compacted crown ratio) and plot-level (e.g., basal area, elevation, and slope) measurements as predictor variables. To account for negative height increment observations in the modeling process, a constant was added to shift all response values to greater than zero (log-transformed linear and gamma models), the negative increment was set to zero (quasi-Poisson and zero-inflated Poisson models), or a nonlinear model, which allows negative observations, was used. Random plot effects were included to account for the hierarchical data structure of the inventory data. Predictive model performance was examined through cross-validation. Among the implemented models, the gamma model performed best for both species, showing the smallest root mean square error (RSME) of 2.61 and 1.33 m for RA and PP, respectively (current method: RA—3.33 m, PP—1.40 m). Among the models that did not add the constant to the response, the quasi-Poisson model exhibited the smallest RMSE of 2.74 and 1.38 m for RA and PP, respectively. Our study showed that the prediction of tree height increment in Oregon and Washington can be improved by accounting for the negative and zero height increment values that are present in inventory data, and by including random plot effects in the models.
Implantation et usages d’un réseau social d’entreprise : l’expérience d’Astral
Creators: name: Portela, Audrey
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: Réseau social d'entreprise
Implantation
Usage
Non-usage
Étude de cas
Entrevues semi-dirigées
Statistiques d'utilisation

description: Cette recherche porte sur les réseaux sociaux d’entreprise. Nous mobilisons la sociologie des usages afin d’étudier les enseignements à tirer de l’implantation d’un réseau social au sein d’une grande entreprise média au Canada, au regard des usages qui se sont développés chez les employés au cours de la première année de déploiement. Nous avons effectué une étude de cas diachronique d’Astral qui a lancé en décembre 2010 son propre réseau social d’entreprise, Astralbook. Ainsi, nous avons analysé les statistiques d’utilisation du site et réalisé deux séries d’entrevues semi-dirigés, en mai et en novembre 2011, auprès de dix employés et d’un gestionnaire. Les résultats révèlent que malgré un engouement initial, l’intérêt pour le réseau social s’est essoufflé et son utilisation s’est considérablement réduite. En cherchant à comprendre les motifs qui sous-tendent les situations de non-usages d’un réseau social d’entreprise, nous avons pu approfondir les connaissances entourant le non-usage des technologies de communication.
Uni Ulm intern - das Ulmer Universitätsmagazin, Nr. 210 (27. Jg.), Januar 1997
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Uni Ulm intern
subject: Universities; Germany; Ulm
subject: Ulm / Universität

description: N/A
Graphical Methods for Image Compositing and Completion
Creators: name: Al-Kabbany, Ahmed
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: segmentation
matting
transduction
KNN
optimization
completion
graphcuts

description: This thesis is concerned with problems encountered in image-based rendering (IBR) systems. The significance of such systems is increasing as virtual reality as well as augmented reality are finding their way into many applications, from entertainment to military. Particularly, I propose methods that are based on graph theory to address the open problems in the literature of image and video compositing, and scene completion. For a visually plausible compositing, it is first required to separate the object to be composed from the background it was initially captured against, a problem that is known as natural image matting. It aims, using some user interactions, to calculate a map that depicts how much a background color(s) contributes to the color of every other pixel in an image. My contributions to matting increase the accuracy of the map calculation as well as automate the whole process, by eliminating the need for user interactions. I propose several techniques for sampling user interactions which enhance the quality of the calculated maps. They rely on statistics of non-parametric color models as well as graph transduction and iterative graph cut techniques. The presented sampling strategies lead to state-of-the-art separation, and their efficiency was acknowledged by the standard benchmark in the literature. I have adopted the Gestalt laws of visual grouping to formulate a novel cost function to automate the generation of interactions that otherwise have to be provided manually. This frees the matting process from a critical limitation when used in rendering contexts. Scene completion is another task that is often required in IBR systems. This document presents a novel image completion method that overcomes a few drawbacks in the literature. It adopts a binary optimization technique to construct an image summary, which is then shifted according to a map, calculated with combinatorial optimization, to complete the image. I also present the formulation with which the proposed method can be extended to complete scenes, rather than images, in a stereoscopically and temporally-consistent manner.
Significance of the fragmentation region in ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions
Creators: name: Back, B. B.
name: Baker, M. D.
name: Barton, D. S.
name: Betts, R. R.
name: Ballintijn, M.
name: Bickley, A. A.
name: Bindel, R.
name: Budzanowski, A.
name: Busza, W.
name: Carroll, A. S.
name: Decowski, M. P.
name: Garcia, E. M.
name: George, N. K.
name: Gulbrandsen, K. H.
name: Gushue, S.
name: Halliwell, C. M.
name: Hamblen, J.
name: Heintzelman, G. A.
name: Henderson, C.
name: Hofman, D. J.
name: Hollis, R. S.
name: Holynski, R.
name: Holzman, B.
name: Iordanova, A.
name: Johnson, E.
name: Kane, J. L.
name: Katzy, J. M.
name: Khan, N.
name: Kucewicz, W.
name: Kulinich, P. A.
name: Kuo, C. M.
name: Lin, W. T.
name: Manly, S. L.
name: McLeod, D.
name: Michalowski, J.
name: Mignerey, A. C.
name: Nouicer, R.
name: Olszewski, A.
name: Pak, R.
name: Park, I. C.
name: Pernegger, H.
name: Reed, C.
name: Remsberg, L. P.
name: Reuter, M.
name: Roland, C.
name: Roland, G.
name: Rosenberg, L.
name: Sagerer, J.
name: Sarin, P.
name: Sawicki, P.
name: Skulski, W.
name: Steadman, S. G.
name: Steinberg, P.A.
name: Stephans, G. S. F.
name: Stodulski, M.
name: Sukhanov, A. V.
name: Tang, J.-L.
name: Teng, R.
name: Trzupek, A.
name: Vale, C.
name: van Nieuwenhuizen, G. J.
name: Verdier, R.
name: Wadsworth, B. F.
name: Wolfs, F. L. H.
name: Wosiek, B.
name: Wozniak, K.
name: Wuosmaa, A. H.
name: Wyslouch, B.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We present measurements of the pseudorapidity distribution of primary charged particles produced in Au+Au collisions at three energies, sqrt[sNN]=19.6, 130, and 200 GeV, for a range of collision centralities. The distribution narrows for more central collisions and excess particles are produced at high pseudorapidity in peripheral collisions. For a given centrality, however, the distributions are found to scale with energy according to the 'limiting fragmentation' hypothesis. The universal fragmentation region described by this scaling grows in pseudorapidity with increasing collision energy, extending well away from the beam rapidity and covering more than half of the pseudorapidity range over which particles are produced. This approach to a universal limiting curve appears to be a dominant feature of the pseudorapidity distribution and therefore of the total particle production in these collisions.
I simboli religiosi nello spazio pubblico nella recente esperienza europea
Creators: name: Cavana, Paolo
Publisher: name: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale
Year: 2012

description: Contributo sottoposto a valutazione. Riproduce il testo,  ampliato e con note, della relazione svolta al Convegno sul tema:  “State-sponsored religious displays in the United States and Europa / L’esposizione statale dei simboli religiosi negli Stati uniti e in Europa” organizzato da: “Center for Law and simboli religiosi negli Stati uniti e in Europa” della St. John's University di New York  e dal Dipartimento della School of Law” St. John’s University di New York e dal Dipartimento della School of Law” St. John’s University di New York e dal Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza dell’Università LUMSA (Roma, 22 giugno 2012).SOMMARIO. 1. Premessa: alle origini del dibattito attuale - 2. La giurisprudenza della CEDU sui simboli religiosi - 3. La sentenza Lautsi e la sua ratio decidendi. a) Il crocifisso come simbolo passivo 4. (segue) b) Il margine di apprezzamento dello Stato e le tradizioni nazionali - 5. (segue) c) La garanzia di un contesto pluralista e l’evoluzione del principio di laicità - 6. Gli effetti della sentenza Lautsi sulla giurisprudenza della CEDU - 7. Gli effetti della sentenza Lautsi in Europa. a) Francia. b) Turchia. c) Germania. d) Paesi di tradizione ortodossa. e) Spagna - 8. Il caso italiano e il ruolo dello Stato nel sostegno ai simboli religiosi della tradizione -9. La soluzione legislativa: pro e contro - 10. Osservazioni conclusive.ABSTRACT: This paper examines the issue of religious symbols in the public spaces in the recent European experience. After some preliminary remarks about the origins of the present debate, comparing the American and European religious models, it focuses on the line of decisions of the ECHR in matters of religious symbols. In particular it takes the contents of the Lautsi judgement (2011) into consideration and evaluates its possible effects on the future decisions of the ECHR and of national courts of European countries like France, Turkey, Germany, countries of Orthodox tradition and Spain. In the end it makes some conclusive remarks about the Italian case and the role of the State in supporting the religious symbols of the tradition, examining the advantages and disadvantages of the legislative solution.
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2012: 1 ottobre