cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The nature of motivational factors related to achievement of English as a Foreign Language in Turkey.
Creators: name: Ozkut, Iffet E.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1991
Subjects: subject: Education, Language and Literature.

description: The motivational dimension of second/foreign language learning has received considerable emphasis in the literature as a means of better predicting language achievement and understanding the factors that influence language learning. The present study is an attempt to analyze the nature of orientations towards learning English as a foreign language, and to test whether they are related to other constructs, such as motivation and proficiency, in a context not hitherto explored. To this end, four instruments were administered to a random sample of approximately 200 male and female university students in Humanities and Science in Turkey. These students were enrolled in intensive English language programs at the time of testing. The instruments consisted of (1) a cloze test to measure language proficiency; (2) a questionnaire to assess Ss' reasons for studying L$\sb2$; (3) a Motivational Intensity Scale to assess the students' effort in studying L$\sb2$; and (4) a Desire to Learn L$\sb2$ Scale to assess the degree to which Ss want to learn L$\sb2$. The data was subjected to factor analyses and seven orientations to learn English were found to be common to all groups studied. Results of correlational analyses showed that there was a relationship between motivation and proficiency for females in the sample. There was no significant relationship between proficiency and any of the seven orientations for either sex. Results based on MANOVA to determine the main effects for sex and field of study revealed significant effects for sex but not for field. A second factor analysis was done to assess the relationships between the seven orientations and motivation and proficiency for males and females separately. Four factors for females and three factors for males were obtained. A detailed description was given of the cultural, historical and educational context where English as a Foreign Language (EFL) takes place, where there is almost no contact with native speakers of English outside the classroom. This study contributes to those already conducted to test the most recent models of language learning in contexts both outside and within North America.
Partially coherent detection of PSK signals in Rician channels.
Creators: name: Tunca, Yasar.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1992
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: Coherent detection which has the best performance in ideal channels suffers in environments where there is significant phase noise (e.g. fading channels). In this thesis, we developed channel models for noisy phase reference and Rician fading channels and assuming that partially coherent detection could be an alternative, we derived metric expressions for partially coherent detection of signals in general and applied it to PSK signals. Simulation programs were run using the developed channel models and the results were compared to other detection schemes under same conditions.
Nutrition Knowledge, Food Choice Motives and Eating Behaviours of Triathletes
Creators: name: Birkenhead, Karen
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2014
Subjects: triathlete
triathlon
athlete
food choice motives
nutrition knowledge
flexible restraint
rigid restraint
eating behaviours
factors
nutrition education
dietary restraint

description: It is important for athletes to make sound food choices as optimal dietary intake is known to enhance sport performance. However, little is known about the factors important to athletes when making decisions about what to eat. Food choice and eating behaviours are a complex area to understand and research demonstrates there are many reasons behind individual food choice decisions. Using a quantitative research design this study explored nutrition knowledge, eating behaviours and factors important in the food choices of a sample of recreational triathletes (n = 164, males = 94, females = 70) compared to an age-matched group not currently participating in triathlon (n = 134, males = 58, females = 76) that included both active and non-active individuals. Three validated questionnaires were administered via the internet, including the General Nutrition Knowledge Questionnaire (GNKQ), an adapted version of the Food Choice Questionnaire (FCQ) and the rigid (RC) and flexible (FC) control subscales of the Three Factor Eating Questionnaire (TFEQ). The GNKQ assessed four areas including knowledge of dietary guidelines, food sources of key nutrients, skill in choosing healthy foods and the relationship between diet and disease. The FCQ measured the importance of 13 factors in food choice decisions and the RC and FC subscales measured two types of dietary restraint.
Was sind Transformationen? Begriffliche und theoretische Grundlagen zur Analyse von gesellschaftlichen Transformationen
Creators: name: Jacob, Klaus
name: Bär, Holger
name: Graaf, Lisa
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Nachhaltigkeit
subject: Zivilgesellschaft
subject: Sozialer Wandel
subject: Bürgergesellschaft
subject: Gesellschaftliche Transformation
subject: Gesellschftlicher Wandel
subject: Wirtschaft | Konsum
subject: Nachhaltigkeit | Strategien | Internationales
subject: Economy | Consumption
subject: Sustainability | Strategies | International matters

description: Es lassen sich eine Vielzahl unterschiedlicher Zukunftsvisionen ausmachen, die sich auf unterschiedliche Zielvorstellungen beziehen - zum Beispiel auf die Transformation zu einer nachhaltigen Gesellschaft, einer kohlenstoffarmen Gesellschaft oder einer Postwachstums-Gesellschaft. Um die unterschiedlichen Beiträge und deren zugrundeliegenden Annahmen über Kausalitäten und Steuerungsmöglichkeiten und -erfordernisse klassifizieren zu können, werden in diesem Papier die vielfältigen Beiträge mithilfe von drei Leitfragen geordnet: Was sind die Gegenstände der Transformationen? Was sind die treibenden Kräfte? Kann (und wenn ja wie) gesellschaftliche Transformation gesteuert werden?
Quelle: www.umweltbundesamt.de

description: Es lassen sich eine Vielzahl unterschiedlicher Zukunftsvisionen ausmachen, die sich auf unterschiedliche Zielvorstellungen beziehen — zum Beispiel auf die Transformation zu einer nachhaltigen Gesellschaft, einer kohlenstoffarmen Gesellschaft oder einer Postwachstums-Gesellschaft. Um die unterschiedlichen Beiträge und deren zugrundeliegenden Annahmen über Kausalitäten und Steuerungsmöglichkeiten und -erfordernisse klassifizieren zu können, werden in diesem Papier die vielfältigen Beiträge mithilfe von drei Leitfragen geordnet: Was sind die Gegenstände der Transformationen? Was sind die treibenden Kräfte? Kann (und wenn ja wie) gesellschaftliche Transformation gesteuert werden?
Open Connections: transformative actions forward Open Science at Genoa University
Creators: name: Pastorini, Anna Maria
name: UniGe, Gruppo Open Science
Publisher: name: Forschungzentrum Jülich
Year: 2021
Subjects: Open Science
Open access
Open data
Open Science advocacy

description: doi:10.5281/ZENODO.5497421
description: In this poster, submitted to the Berlin 15 Conference (September 28 - October 01, 2021), I tell about the transformative actions to support and promote Open Science at the University of Genoa. Starting from concrete support for Open Access (transformative agreements), UniGe is active in transforming the entire research process in an open perspective (open data repository, open educational resources).  Since 2019, the openscience.unige.it portal has gone live and the UniGe Open Science Group annually organized GenOA week to advocate the Open Science themes.  As the Open Access Week Advisory Committee reminds us, 'diversity, equity, and inclusion must be integrated into the fabric of the open community to catalyze new conversations, create connections across and between communities that can advance progress to build more equitable foundations for opening knowledge'. For this reasons, the Unige Open Science Group connects different roles of Genoa University community: for us, the synergy of different skills is an essential added value because only people create new (open) connections.
Birthplace origins of Australia's immigrants
Creators: name: Betts, Katharine
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The birthplace origins of Australia’s migrants have changed; in the 1960s most came from Britain and Europe. In the late 1970s this pattern began to shift and countries in Asia and the Middle East started to become more important sources. In 2002 the proportion of net permanent and long-term migrants who had been born in Asia was just under 72 per cent, and the proportion from the Middle East and North Africa was just over seven per cent.
Applied economics within pearl farming value chains supporting community livelihoods in Fiji and Tonga
Creators: name: Johnston, William Lee
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2024
Subjects: pearl economics
mabé pearl culture
round pearl culture
pearl oyster spat collection
pearl oyster
pearl quality
pearl farm profitability
Pteria penguin
Pinctada margaritifera
Fiji
Tonga
Applied economics

description: Natural marine pearls were a rare and valuable by-product of a fishery targeting pearl oyster shells for their mother-of-pearl (MOP). This fishery developed around the world throughout the 18th century and increased significantly through the 19th century in Australia and the Pacific islands. Overfishing of the MOP resource led to the development of pearl oyster spat collection techniques to assist stock replenishment. While the MOP industry eventually ceased in the 20th century, spat collection provided a basis for pearl culture industries in the Pacific, that utilised pearl nucleated techniques developed in Japan. Today, French Polynesia is the largest producer of cultured round pearls in the south Pacific using the endemic black-lip pearl oyster, Pinctada margaritifera. The successful French Polynesian pearl industry was a catalyst for development of pearl culture in other Pacific island countries such as the Cook Islands and Fiji. As well as significant export income, pearl culture offers livelihood opportunities (upstream and downstream) to coastal communities at a number of levels including collection of pearl oyster spat (juveniles) for on-selling to pearl farms as juveniles, and jewellery and MOP shell craft production. Despite being compatible with local lifestyles, round pearl culture has significant barriers to entry including high initial investment, high operational costs, and a requirement for a high level of technical skills. Alternatively, significant opportunities for coastal communities exist from production of mabé pearls (half pearls) because, although not as valuable as high-grade round pearls, they are cheaper to produce, with a shorter culture period, their production requires fewer technical skills and pearls can be produced by local people with minimal training. Diversification of round pearl farms into mabé pearl production, or the establishment of stand-alone mabé pearl farms, is increasingly prevalent in Pacific pearl producing nations, motivated by risk minimisation, a broader market base and a much simpler and less costly entry pathway to the sector. The overall objective of this study was to generate economic knowledge for targeted components of the pearl culture value chains in Fiji and Tonga, improve understanding of the viability of the pearl sector, documentation of operational costs and inputs to successful pearl culture, assessment of farm viability thresholds, and the impact of adopting new technologies as decision-making tools for pearl farmers. This research was conducted within six research chapters.
Kamikaze’s paradise
Creators: name: De Cordova, Federica
Publisher: name: Università degli  Studi di Milano
Year: 2012

description: The terrorist attack on the Twin Towers on 11 September 2001 represents a pivotal moment in the dynamic that shapes the explanatory and identification category of "the West" in a crisis of relationship with the "other" that has taken on the tone of a clash of civilizations .
Within this scenario, the present work starts from the interpretation of the suicide terrorist as kamikaze to develop a reflection on the construction of the categories we/other in contemporary Western society. The image of the martyr who seeks - through the bomb that will destroy his earthly life - a road to paradise is an archaic paradox that still resonates in us, reduced to a simplified simulacrum, in itself sufficient to explain the absurdity of a gesture so powerfully destructive. The paradise of the suicide bomber assumes the function of a screen that allows us to distance ourselves from the other, confine him to a world totally alien, so different as to be driven by irrationality and inhumanity.
In a society that is increasingly immune and saved from the negative, the image of paradise becomes a necessary filter to face the destructive event, avoiding the need to relate with it in an attempt to understand.
description: Altre Modernità, N° 7 (2012): Paradisi
Paradise and Politics in the Music of Blind Willie Johnson
Creators: name: Coggins, Owen
Publisher: name: Università degli  Studi di Milano
Year: 2012

description: I investigate the politics of paradises in the 1920s African-American gospel blues of Blind Willie Johnson. His recordings are apocalyptic vignettes which juxtapose and conflate paradises, using many different voices. I describe the theological and political paradises in Johnson’s songs: the Old Testament journey to Canaan; the post-death heaven in the New Testament; Christ’s kingdom on earth in Revelation; freedom in Northern cities or Canada; and a utopian dream of political emancipation of African-Americans and transformation of society in the South.
 I outline the various voices present in Johnson’s recordings: vocal styles; accompanying singers; the guitar; grammatical, textual and lexical voices; and the silent voices of technology and time. I suggest traces of a subtle political activism in these voices and paradises, and explore uses of these voices in linking paradises, arguing that the complex transitions enhance the force of signification and frustrate attempts to finalise meanings.
 Many interpretations of Johnson’s recordings, however, seek to determine final meaning, and I discuss the limitations of such attempts, limitations which not only underestimate the richness of the recordings but deny Johnson any political awareness or agency. In cautioning against this kind of project, I call for a hearing open to plural interpretations, and suggest political potential not only in coded messages, but in radical indeterminacy itself.
description: Altre Modernità, N° 7 (2012): Paradisi
PAROLE, LINGUE E ALFABETI NELLA CLASSE MULTICULTURALE
Creators: name: Favaro, Graziella
Publisher: name: Italiano LinguaDue
Year: 2012

description: Il bilinguismo è soprattutto un’opportunità e una ricchezza perché la padronanza di due lingue amplia le frontiere delle possibilità e il mondo si allarga di conseguenza. Ma che cosa succede quando in epoche diverse della vita – nella prima infanzia, nell’infanzia o nell’adolescenza – a causa del viaggio di migrazione, una nuova lingua entra a far parte del patrimonio linguistico dei bambini? Quali rapporti profondi  di concorrenza, conflitto, complementarietà, integrazione  si stabiliscono tra i due codici, tra i diversi significati e i significanti? E se la lingua madre diventa improvvisamente muta e una nuova lingua sostituisce quella originaria, quali cambiamenti e perdite si verificano nella vita emotiva dei bambini venuti da lontano? Sono queste alcune delle domande a cui il contributo si propone di rispondere, analizzando la condizione bilingue  variegata e molteplice  degli alunni stranieri in Italia e presentando alcuni progetti significativi e materiali innovativi per valorizzare la pluralità linguistica della classe.WORDS, LANGUAGES AND ALPHABETS IN THE MULTICULTURAL CLASSROOMBilingualism is above all an opportunity and a richness, since mastering two languages creates greater possibilities and the world expands as a consequence. But what happens in different stages of life- in childhood or adolescence- due to migration, when a new language becomes part of a child’s heritage? What profound relationships –competition, conflict, complementarity, integration- are established between the two codes, between different meanings and signifiers? And if the new language renders the mother tongue mute, what changes and losses take place in the emotional sphere of migrant children? These are a few of the questions which the paper attempts to answer, by analyzing the varied and multifaceted bilingual condition of foreign students in Italy. The paper presents a few important projects and innovative materials to give value to the plurality of languages in classrooms.
description: Italiano LinguaDue, Vol 4, N° 1 (2012)
DUE PROGETTI NELLA SCUOLA PLURILINGUE E INTERCULTURALE
Creators: name: Bosc, Franca
Publisher: name: Italiano LinguaDue
Year: 2012

description: Per rispondere alle esigenze sempre più crescenti di una scuola plurilingue e interculturale alcuni anni fa nelle scuole torinesi sono stati realizzati due progetti, a cura della Divisione Servizi educativi del Comune di Torino. Il primo “Guarda, ce la fai” ha riunito scuole elementari e medie in un lavoro finalizzato alla realizzazione di un percorso multimediale di insegnamento dell’Italiano come L2 che permettesse il raggiungimento del livello A2 del Quadro comune europeo di riferimento (QCER), fosse facilmente utilizzabile, risultasse ampliabile e modificabile in funzione delle esigenze della singola realtà e costituisse un modello per i docenti su come costruire materiali per l’insegnamento della L2. Il risultato è un CD-Rom con sequenze video ed esercizi. Il secondo “Guarda come abbiamo fatto” raccoglie 14 percorsi interculturali di altrettante scuole elementari e medie e riflette sui curricula scolastici nelle diverse aree geografiche culturali, sulla metodologia interculturale e sui possibili percorsi per affrontare la lingua delle discipline. Gli apprendenti stranieri costituiscono il target privilegiato cui è rivolto il progetto, anche se esso ha finalità educative che riguardano anche gli studenti italofoni. Il DVD prodotto presenta in modo completo e dettagliato i percorsi attuati dalle scuole; ciascun percorso si è proposto di affrontare in chiave interculturale un tema disciplinare.TWO PROJECTS IN A MULTILINGUAL, INTERCULTURAL SCHOOL SETTINGTo meet the growing needs of a multilingual, intercultural school setting, a few years ago two projects were implemented by the Educational Services Department of the Municipality of Turin. The first, “Guarda, ce la fai” was aimed at elementary and middle school students and focused on teaching Italian L2 using multimedia materials in order to reach an A2 level (Quadro comune europeo di riferimento - QCER), that was easy to put into effect and could be modified based on the reality of each class group, offering a model for teachers on how to construct L2 teaching materials. The result was a CD-Rom with video clips and exercises. The second project, “Guarda come abbiamo fatto” is a collection of 14 intercultural experiences in 14 elementary and middle schools and reflects on the school curricula in the different cultural geographic areas, intercultural methodologies and the possible ways to deal with the language of different disciplines. The foreign learners were the targets of these projects, even if the educational aims also regarded Italian mother tongue students. The DVD presents the experiences of each school; each one dealt with a different discipline from a multicultural perspective.
description: Italiano LinguaDue, Vol 4, N° 1 (2012)
Using open science principles for open science advocacy
Creators: name: colomb, julien
name: Gerlach, Roman
Publisher: name: Forschungzentrum Jülich
Year: 2019
Subjects: research data management
engagement
open data
open science
GitHub
RDA Deutschland Tagung 2019

description: doi:10.5281/ZENODO.2560266
description: The eeFDM project that aims at developing components for an effective and efficient research data management (RDM) was funded by the BMBF in 2017. As for most RDM projects, a significant amount of energy is put into outreach and teaching initiatives. We planned the creation of promotional and informative videos in order to raise the awareness researchers on the most important aspects of RDM. To ensure the efficacy of the videos, we have been analysing RDM outreach activities. Using the principles of open science and data management, we started by writing a data management plan and developing a strategy to work in the open. On the one hand, we have been using existing technologies (R - RStudio, rmarkdown, blogdown- Github, zenodo, netify, dpmtool, dat, googlesheets, email) to collectively gather and list material, strategies and best arguments used for RDM promotion and teaching. On the other hand, we have been presenting the data and its analysis on a website, available both on the web and on dat (https://rdmpromotion.rbind.io, dat:rdmpromotion.hasbase.io). While the technological part was relatively easy and fast to set-up, building an online community is a tough enterprise. We have been reaching out to existing communities or RDM specialists hoping they will contribute to and make use of our tool. A preliminary analysis of the information gathered so far showed a discrepancy between the topics brought forward by data stewards and managers (data storage, safety, citation, and FAIRness) versus researchers (data preparation for analysis). We have therefore focused our efforts on showing the advantages of good RDM for data analysis and efficient research processes. The artistic framework of our videos is a mashup of clips that entered the public domain. The most recent version of the produced video will be screened during the oral presentation:  Better research in less time * * slogan modified from Lowndes et al., DOI:10.1038/s41559-017-0160
The Governance of Olympic Games Legacy
Creators: name: Leopkey, Becca
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: Olympic Games
Legacy
Governance
Institutional theory
Events
Sport Management

description: The purpose of this study was to understand the governance of Olympic Games legacy. Legacy is broadly described as “all planned and unplanned, positive and negative, intangible and tangible structures created by and for a sport event that remain for a longer time than the event itself” (Preuss, 2007a, p. 86). The specific objectives of this study were: a) to map the historical evolution of legacy throughout the modern Olympic Movement (OM) (i.e., 1896-current day) in order to contextualize and conceptualize the major trends (e.g., changes in legacy, network actors/stakeholders, governance structures and processes) over time; b) to understand, explain, and compare/contrast the network governance of Olympic legacy, using Australian and Canadian case settings; and c) to critically analyze the overall structure and process of the governance of legacy within the OM focusing specifically on the aspects of performance, transparency, accountability, and participation to build a framework and provide policy recommendations for the governance of legacy in mega-events. In order to accomplish these objectives, a historical review of legacy within the OM and two descriptive case studies (Sydney 2000 and Vancouver 2010) were built using interviews and archival materials. Findings showed how the growth of the Games has culminated in the increased use and importance of legacy, leading to greater concept complexity. This resulted in the emergence of several trends including: new legacy themes, heightened interconnectedness, and formalization of governance mechanisms. Institutional theory was then applied to further explore the emergence of legacy and its habitualization, objectification, and sedimentation as an accepted norm in the Olympic Field. The examination of the legacy governance networks in the two cases showed four legacy network governance phases: legacy conceptualization, legacy planning and implementation, legacy transfer, and post-Games legacy governance, as well as a number of governance mechanisms (e.g., contracts, policies) that had an impact on the overall governance of the event’s legacy. Finally, a critical analysis of the governance of Olympic Games legacy was completed. The end result of the research project was a theoretical framework detailing the levels and fluidity of legacy governance in the OM.
LA FORMAZIONE DEGLI INSEGNANTI PER UNA EDUCAZIONE PLURILINGUE E INTERCULTURALE
Creators: name: Lugarini, Edoardo
Publisher: name: Italiano LinguaDue
Year: 2012

description: Dalla la Guida per lo sviluppo e l’attuazione di curricoli per una educazione plurilingue e interculturale del Consiglio d’Europa è possibile trarre una serie di indicazioni per disegnare un profilo professionale e, di conseguenza, una serie di indicazioni per la formazione iniziale e in servizio dell’insegnate di lingua (L1, L2, LS). In questo intervento si suggeriscono, senza alcuna pretesa di esaustività, degli indicatori relativi alle competenze professionali che l’insegnante dovrebbe possedere per poter svolgere la sua attività nella scuola italiana di oggi in considerazione dei bisogni linguistici delle nuove generazioni e degli obiettivi linguistici proposti dal Consiglio d’Europa nell’ambito delle politiche educative orientate a favorire la mobilità, una più efficace comunicazione internazionale, il rispetto dell’identità e della diversità delle culture, a sviluppare l’educazione alla cittadinanza democratica ed europea. Dalle riflessioni condotte emerge la necessità di una formazione disciplinare e didattica articolata e complessa che renda l’insegnante “professionista riflessivo” e “ricercatore sperimentale”TRAINING TEACHERS FOR MULTILINGUISTIC, INTERCULTURAL EDUCATIONFrom the Council of Europe’s Guide for the development and implementation of curricula for multilingual and intercultural education, it is possible to draw a series of explicit or implicit characteristics for teachers, and consequently, a series of indications for initial and in-service language (L1, L2, FL) teacher training. This paper offers a brief view of the professional competences teachers should possess in order to carry out their roles in Italian schools considering the linguistic needs of the young generations and the language objectives set out by the Council of Europe regarding education policies that promote mobility, more effective International communication and respect for cultural identity and diversity, in an effort to develop European democratic citizenship education. The need for articulated disciplinary and didactic teacher training to create “reflective professionals” and “experimental researchers” becomes clear.
description: Italiano LinguaDue, Vol 4, N° 1 (2012)
In vitro characterization of cutaneous immunotoxicity of immortalized human keratinocytes (HaCaT) exposed to reactive and disperse textile dyes
Creators: name: Leme, Daniela Morais
name: Grummt, Tamara
name: Sehr, Andrea
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2018

description: Several synthetic dyes are used by textile industry for supplying the market of colored clothes. However, these chemicals have been associated with a variety of adverse human health effects, including textile dermatitis. Thus, there is a growing concern to identify textile dyes potentially as skin immunotoxicants. The aim of this in vitro study was to characterize the immunotoxic potential of reactive (Reactive Green 19 [RG19], Reactive Blue 2 [RB2], Reactive Black 5 [RB5]) and disperse (Disperse Red 1 [DR1]) textile dyes using a dermal cell line. For this purpose, a cell-based approach was conducted with immortalized human keratinocytes (KC) (HaCaT) using selected biomarkers of cutaneous inflammation including modulation of matrix metalloproteinases (MMP), oxidative stress such as reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation, and inflammatory cytokine profile. DR1 was the only dye able to trigger an immune response such as release of IL-12 cytokine, a potent co-stimulator of T helper 1 cell, which may be considered as a skin immunotoxicant. The reactive dyes including RB5 that were previously reported as skin sensitizers failed to induce inflammatory reactions under the conditions tested. The reactive dyes studied may pose a risk to human KC by induction of effects related to modulation of MMP-2 (RB5) and -9 (RB5 and RB2) and generation of ROS (RG19 and RB2). Thus, all these dyes need to be used with caution to avoid undesirable effects to consumers who may be exposed dermally. Quelle: https://www.tandfonline.com
BUA Open Science Dashboards. Entwicklung disziplinspezifischer Open-Science-Indikatoren
Creators: name: Bobrov, Evgeny
name: Duine, Maaike
name: Kindling, Maxi
name: Taubitz, Jan
Publisher: name: Forschungzentrum Jülich
Year: 2022
Subjects: Open Science; Open-Science-Indikatoren, Monitoring, Open Access, Open Data, FAIR Prinzipien, Dashboards

description: doi:10.5281/ZENODO.7572519
description: Je mehr sich Open-Science-Praktiken etablieren, desto wichtiger wird systematisches Monitoring. Es gibt jedoch keine etablierten Indikatoren, die als Kriterien für ein solches Monitoring dienen. Das Projekt 'BUA Open Science Dashboards' baut auf der Expertise der Charité im Bereich Biomedical Open Science auf und entwickelt Indikatoren für ausgewählte weitere Disziplinen sowie Tools zur (teil-)automatisierten Erhebung von Kennzahlen. Diese Indikatoren werden in Pilotprojekten gemeinsam mit wissenschaftlichen Communities entwickelt und später als Dashboard-Prototypen zur Verfügung gestellt. Im ersten Projektteil wurde bereits ein FAIR Data Dashboard umgesetzt, das die Nachnutzbarkeit von Forschungsdaten an der Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin anhand der FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) Data Principles evaluiert. Open-Science-Indikatoren wie dieser entstehen mit selbst- bzw. weiterentwickelten Tools, die zu einem transparenten Daten-Analyse-Workflow verknüpft werden.
LA VALUTAZIONE DELLE COMPETENZE PLURILINGUI E INTERCULTURALI
Creators: name: Lenz, Peter
name: Berthele, Raphael
Publisher: name: Italiano LinguaDue
Year: 2012

description: Questo documento sulla valutazione è uno studio complementare alla Guida per lo sviluppo e l’attuazione di curricoli per una educazione plurilingue e interculturale del Consiglio d’Europa. Dà inizialmente una breve descrizione dei vari obiettivi della valutazione nell‘educazione plurilingue ed interculturale, cui segue una breve spiegazione di ciò che gli autori intendono con “valutazione“. Infine, descrive ed analizza la valutazione di alcune competenze correlate ad aspetti essenziali dell‘educazione plurilingue ed interculturale.ASSESSMENT IN PLURILINGUAL AND INTERCULTURAL EDUCATIONThis satellite to the Guide for the Development and Implementation of Curricula for Plurilingual and Intercultural Education focuses on assessment aspects. First, a brief overview is given of the various aims of assessment in plurilingual and intercultural education. The authors’ understanding of assessment is then briefly outlined. Finally, the assessment of selected competences having to do with core aspects of plurilingual and intercultural education is presented and discussed.
description: Italiano LinguaDue, Vol 4, N° 1 (2012)
LA RIFLESSIONE METALINGUISTICA NEI MANUALI D’ITALIANO L2: CASE STUDY
Creators: name: Matthiae, Claudia
Publisher: name: Italiano LinguaDue
Year: 2012

description: Gli “attori” di un corso di lingua sono gli apprendenti, il docente facilitatore e… il manuale. La scelta di quest’ultimo, e quindi la metodologia didattica che lo sottende, contribuiscono in maniera decisiva a delineare il percorso d’apprendimento esplicitando finalità e priorità didattiche. In un panorama editoriale ormai ricco e variegato non è sempre agevole districarsi fra le numerose proposte di libri di testo. Oltre alla centralità del discente e al metodo comunicativo, requisiti in linea con i dettami dell’European Common Framework presenti, seppur in dosi differenti, nella quasi totalità dei manuali, altri elementi meritano la dovuta considerazione. La riflessione metalinguistica, per esempio, si è affacciata solo recentemente sulla “scena” glottodidattica assumendo un ruolo tutt’altro che secondario.METALINGUISTIC REFLECTION IN ITALIAN L2 TEXT BOOKS: A CASE STUDYThe “actors” in a language course are the learners, the teacher/facilitator and… the textbook. Choosing a textbook, and the didactic methodology underlying it, contribute in a decisive way to the learning process by directing the learning objectives and choices. With a varied choice of textbooks available, it is not always easy to evaluate them. Student-centered courses using the communicative method, indications in line with the European Common Framework, are aspects which vary in quantity from text to text but which characterize them all. There are, however, also other elements to consider. Metalinguistic reflection, for example, has only recently taken on a primary role in the glottodidactic scenario.
description: Italiano LinguaDue, Vol 4, N° 1 (2012)
title: Elucidating the molecular mechanisms behind secondary cell wall biosynthesis in the silique valve layers of Brassicaceae
Creators: name: Nichol, Justin Blaine
Publisher: name: Science
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Plant Cellular Development
subject: Plant Secondary Cell Wall
subject: Botany
subject: Biology--Cell
subject: Psychology--Developmental

description: During reproduction in angiosperms, the precise, synchronized molecular dialogue established between the maturing seed and the encasing fruit is crucial for successful fruit/seed maturation and the ensuing fruit dehiscence and seed dispersal. Despite our understanding of the seed maturation program in plants, knowledge of how this synchrony is maintained is still lacking. In siliques of Brassicaceae, secondary cell wall deposition and degradation of cell wall material in selected layers of the valve are central for dehiscence to occur. Dehiscence requires hydrolytic enzyme-mediated degradation of the primary cell wall in the separation layer and proper lignification of valve and replum tissues. In this study, I have generated a comprehensive profile of secondary cell wall deposition in non-vascular tissues of the valve, replum, and the L3 cells of endocarp a (ena), endocarp b (enb) layers across Brassicaceae species. Using this information, I have used A. thaliana to identify novel CEL and MAN hydrolytic enzymes required for Separation Layer (SL) breakdown which is a precursor for dehiscence to occur. Through genetic analysis, I have been able to show that ABA-signaling regulates lignification of the valve tissue through SnRK2.2/3/6 and ABI3 which converge on downstream master regulators NST1 and NST3 to mediate lignin biosynthesis. Further investigation into lignification of these layers revealed a previously unidentified suberin lamellae-like deposition within lignified cells of the enb layer. Experiments using RNA sequencing and transcriptional fusions confirmed expression of known suberin biosynthetic genes in silique tissue; GC-MS analysis further verified the presence of suberin monomers. Using a combination of lignin and suberin defective (nst1/3) and suberin defective (cor413im1) mutants, I have been able to show that ligno-suberization of ena L3 cells. Suberization of L3 results in blocking the hydraulic conductivity to the rest of the ena cells, causing this layer to collapse, allowing coating of the inside of the valve chamber with the polarized waxy cuticular material from the collapsed ena layer. I propose that these layers form a three-pronged barrier, comprising lignin, suberin and cutin, that protects the locule from moisture loss, pathogens, and desiccation.
title: Duftstoffe - chemische Begleiter des Alltags
title: Duftstoffe - chemische Begleiter des Alltags
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Nagorka, Regine
name: Straff, Wolfgang
name: Wolter, Eike
Publisher: name: Umweltbundesamt
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Kosmetika
subject: Allergen
subject: Gesundheitsgefährdung
subject: Duftstoffe
subject: Allergieauslöser
subject: Bewertung von Gesundheitsrisiken
subject: Gesundheit
subject: Health

description: Ob in der Raumluft versprüht, auf den Körper aufgetragen oder in Produkte wie Kerzen oder Müllbeutel eingearbeitet â€Ì Duftstoffe sind fast überall anzutreffen. Doch wie steht es mit der Gesundheit? Im Umgang mit Duftstoffen ist Vorsicht geboten, denn sie können Allergien oder Kopfschmerzen auslösen oder überdecken, dass eigentlich gründlich gelüftet oder gereinigt werden müsste. Quelle: https://www.umweltbundesamt.de
description: Ob in der Raumluft versprüht, auf den Körper aufgetragen oder in Produkte wie Kerzen oder Müllbeutel eingearbeitet – Duftstoffe sind fast überall anzutreffen. Doch wie steht es mit der Gesundheit? Im Umgang mit Duftstoffen ist Vorsicht geboten, denn sie können Allergien oder Kopfschmerzen auslösen oder überdecken, dass eigentlich gründlich gelüftet oder gereinigt werden müsste.
Characterizing the Macrocyclization Activity of Fungal Polyketide Synthase Thioesterases
Creators: name: Wirz, Monica Hélène
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: macrocyclization
polyketide
thioesterase
biosynthesis
chemoenzymatic
Natural product chemistry

description: Fungal polyketides are a diverse class of natural products that possess many pharmacological properties, including anticancer properties. These properties are evident in the resorcylic acid lactones, a family of polyketides, including zearalenone and radicicol, which shows potent inhibition of tumour cell growth. The key step in the biosynthesis of these lactones is macrocyclization of a linear carboxylic acid into the macrolactone. This reaction is catalyzed by a polyketide synthase (PKS) thioesterase enzyme. Bacterial PKS thioesterases (TEs) have been extensively studied and their substrate specificity has been characterized in vitro. They are highly substrate selective for the macrocyclization reaction. Since Fungal PKS TEs show little sequence homology to bacterial TEs, we have begun investigating their substrate specificity. In particular we are examining the ability of fungal TEs to macrocyclize compounds with varying ring sizes, stereogenic configuration, and nucleophiles. Herein we present the synthesis of a number of diverse TE substrates and the in vitro macrocyclization results for the TEs from zearalenone and radicicol biosynthetic pathway with these substrates.
Supplementary document for Topological reconstruction of stretched transparent surface relief grating via optical diffraction pattern - 5247447.pdf
Creators: name: SORKHABI, SHAHLA GOLGHASEMI
name: Kandjani, Sohrab Ahmadi
name: COUSSEAU, Fabien
name: DABOS-SEIGNON, sylvie
name: Loumaigne, Matthieu
name: ortyl, ewelina
name: zielinska, sonia
name: Barille, Regis
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: supplementary informations
Primary caregivers’ influences on young children's eating behaviours: A social marketing perspective
Creators: name: Norton, Julie
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2013
Subjects: childhood obesity
social marketing
primary caregiver influence

description: Applying marketing theory to social causes and public health issues can invoke behavioural change to improve the welfare of individuals and society (Andreasen 2006). Overweight and obesity are current public health issues globally. Of countries within the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), overweight and obesity rates have increased faster in Australia than in any other country over the last 20 years and are projected to rise further during the next 10 years (Sassi 2010). Intervention focused upon preventing overweight and obesity in childhood is a priority (World Health Organisation 2003), as overweight and obesity persist from childhood into adulthood. However, dietary habits are established in childhood and childhood energy intake reflects later weight status. The critical role of children's primary caregivers in shaping young children's eating behaviours is evident in the literature. This qualitative study extends this area by providing insights into primary caregiver attitudes and motivations. Thus, it assists in the development of more effective social marketing endeavours addressing childhood eating behaviours by exploring how and why primary caregivers influence the eating behaviours of young children in an obesogenic environment. This research provides a broader, contextual perspective of the development of childhood eating behaviours, which is absent from the extant literature. Qualitative methods were used in both stages of the research, with a mixed approach of induction and deduction applied. Stage One, the exploratory stage, used the convergent interviewing method and comprised 16 interviews with primary caregivers of children aged one to five years. Stage Two, the main part of the research, used the case study method (Yin 1994). Stage Two was framed using Social Cognitive Theory - a predominant theory for understanding human behaviour (Bandura 1989) - and comprised 24 interviews with primary caregivers of children aged 1-2Â½ years. The research was conducted on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.
A framework for the strategic management of facilities, balancing physical and financial considerations with service, customer, utilisation and environmental requirements
Creators: name: Brackertz, Nicola
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Private as well as public sector organisations now recognise the contribution that corporate real estate (CRE) makes to business outcomes. As a result, appraisal of facility performance has of late concentrated heavily on strategic evaluation, that is, the alignment of the real estate function with the organisation’s overall strategic aims. A reductionist view of the building in primarily financial terms is not useful in this context. Rather, the facility must be understood as the intersection of the physical building and the processes that take place within it. CRE professionals must succeed in the delicate balancing act of keeping costs under control, providing spaces that are in a satisfactory condition, meeting regulations, and allowing workers to perform their jobs efficiently and effectively. Simply choosing the most easily assembled indicators of asset performance, such as cost/m2 or occupancy rate, does not lead to optimum results. Key performance indicators (KPIs) must be chosen to represent the required function of the real estate as well as its cost and utilisation perspectives. Building on this, the paper presents a strategic facilities management tool that was developed as a major initiative with nine local government partners in Victoria, Australia. The tool incorporates qualitative and quantitative performance indicators and balances the demands of service delivery with those of maintenance, preservation of asset value and financial performance. Web access allows for multiple stakeholder input, while a central database facilitates benchmarking. Implementation of the tool has shown that the success of strategic asset management depends on a number of issues external to the management software. Support for and promotion of strategic asset management by senior management, getting stakeholder buy-in, successful communication between stakeholder groups and the availability of sufficient resources for implementation were found to be key issues.
title: Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz, Bd. 26 Nr. 1 (1982): Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz
title: Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Mitteilungen Des Kunsthistorischen Institutes In Florenz
Publisher: name: Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz
Year: 2019

description: Band XXVI (1982), Heft 1
description: Beyond the 'Primo Libro' of Vincenzo Danti's 'Trattato delle Perfette Proporzioni'...63-84
Abkürzungsschlüssel [Bd. 26, H. 1-3 / 1982]...XXXIV-XXXIX
Verzeichnisse [Bd. 26, H. 1-3 / 1982]...VI-XXXIII
Inhalt [Bd. 26, H. 1-3 / 1982]
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Macroinvertebrate Assemblage Responses to Anthropogenic Stressors: A Bioassessment Scoring Tool for Managing Stream Ecosystems In Eastern Ontario
Creators: name: Théberge, Elysabeth
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016

description: Using site-specific macroinvertebrate monitoring information and catchment-scale predictors, we developed multiple linear regression models to assess stream ecological status in eastern Ontario. With the developed equations, we hindcasted metric reference conditions for each site by setting anthropogenic activity variables to zero. Observed metric values were then scored based on their deviation from their expected reference value. These deviation scores were subsequently scaled by an estimate of the regional natural variability (i.e., distribution of residuals) observed for each metric. Scaled scores were then used to construct a summary index incorporating multiple, now compatible metrics. Although our simplified models were highly statistically significant, they often explained only a fraction of the observed variability in metric responses (R2 <0.34). Furthermore, there was evidence of lack of fit of the models, as indicated by the relatively high variability around predicted values when compared to the measurement error (variability between replicate samples). These results imply that diagnosis power of individual site condition assessments is low. However, the scaled deviation scores incorporate an evaluation of uncertainty in site condition diagnoses, given by the variability estimates (i.e., residuals) around each predicted metric reference value. This makes them suitable for use in a ‘probabilistic’ risk assessment framework – where a large deviation score indicates a higher probability (risk) that an observed metric value is outside of reference condition (i.e., impacted). By further manipulating anthropogenic activity levels in the developed model equations, it also becomes possible to test for alternative management scenarios and estimate associated risks. These features of the scaled metric deviation scores make them a useful tool in watershed management decisions.