cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Factors controlling wheat productivity in the Lower Medjerda Valley, Tunisia : A study of an agricultural ecosystem.
Creators: name: Dutton, Roderic William
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1972

description: This thesis is concerned with the factors governing the cultivation and productivity of wheat on French farms during the colonial period in Tunisia. Particular attention is given to the development region of the Lower Medjerda Valley (LMV). The thesis begins by setting out the principal hypotheses and discusses the selection of the study area. The importance of the study for Tunisia is made clear in the second chapter which analyses the significance of wheat in the Tunisian diet and economy. The physical features of the LMV and the bearing they have on cereal productivity are then described. The second part of the thesis first establishes the poor condition of agriculture which the French found in Tunisia and then examines the general impact that the French presence made on this low agricultural base and on the people responsible for it. Finally a detailed analysis is made of the effects of French farming techniques on cereal productivity in Tunisia and on the fertility of the land. The last, post-war, phase of colonisation receives particular attention in order to see whether French farming techniques deteriorated under the pressures of independence and impending land nationalisation. The last part of the thesis examines the mechanisms by which different climatic elements can affect yield and suggests an objective basis for defining good and bad climatic years. Bearing in mind the mechanisms involved, a quantitative analysis of the relationship between climate and yield is made, using data from the LMV. The study reveals that although French methods of cultivation did succeed in increasing yields the climate and the soils retained controlling roles. Moreover the fertility of some land was put at risk. Tunisian yields rose on good land but population pressures forced peasants to cultivate and endanger unstable hill soils.
AIM912250_Supplemental_material – Supplemental material for Profile of acupuncture use among primary care physicians working in the Brazilian public healthcare system
Creators: name: Bedin, Fernanda
name: Moré, Ari Ojeda Ocampo
name: Jardel Corrêa De Oliveira
name: Tesser, Charles Dalcanale
name: Min, Li Shih
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: Medicine

description: Supplemental material, AIM912250_Supplemental_material for Profile of acupuncture use among primary care physicians working in the Brazilian public healthcare system by Fernanda Bedin, Ari Ojeda Ocampo Moré, Jardel Corrrêa de Oliveira, Charles Dalcanale Tesser and Li Shih Min in Acupuncture in Medicine
title: Ayyubid architecture.
Creators: name: Baker, Patricia Lesley
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1971

description: At the zenith of its power Ayyubid rule stretched from the Tunisian border in the west, the Yemen in the south and al-Jazira north and eastwards, but only three areas out of this large territorial expanse have received any serious architectural study that has been published; these are Cairo, Damascus and, to a lesser extent, Aleppo. The buildings of Hama, Harran, Homs and Mosul are cursorily described and other Ayyubid structures apart from these have had little or no attention. Throughout there is a marked scarcity of drawings, plans and photographs. Under these circumstances only a detailed review with the most tentative of interpretations is possible. The period opened in 1171 with the overthrow of the Fatimid regime in Egypt by Salah al-Din and the shift in political power was given visual expression in stylistic changes in the architectural field. Whereas the Fatimids adapted several North African architectural features, the Ayyubid rulers looked eastwards for their inspiration. Although their rule lasted under a century, many new structural ideas apparent in regions under Ayyubid control were continued, developed and elaborated under the following Mamluk Sultanate. The subject is divided under the accepted three headings of military, religious and secular constructions. The military section includes city walls, citadels and also caravansarai, because of the parallel defence features. The madrasa and maristan are grouped with the masjid and mausoleum forms as religious architecture because of their interrelationship and structural similarity. The third and last category, secular buildings, includes private houses and public baths.
title: Archaeological evidence for the activity of the Achaemenid Persians in Greece.
Creators: name: Potamianos, Helen Anastasia
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1971

description: The Achaemenids were to the Greeks the supreme examples of power and wealth. Their political power extended to the confines of the known world and their wealth according to the Greek historians was unlimited. Towards the end of the fifth century and during the fourth they influenced Greek political like through their financial intervention. In the chapters that follow we shall discuss what is known as to the archaeological remains of the Achaemenids in Greece, because apart from Burns historical study, The Greeks and the Persians, there has been no comprehensive study on this subject. Specific items of Persian culture have of course been dealt with by Scholars. Boardmann has discussed Persian gems from Greece in his monumental work, Greek Gems and Finger Rings; the Kamini stele has been published by Bivar; the marble throne on the Akropolis with the figure in Persian dress has been dealt with by Richter; the impact that particular Persian customs have had on Greek culture have been discussed by Gow, Thompson, Broneer, and Bovon. We propose to explore some of the evidence derived from textiles and carpets, metalwork and coins, though to a certain extent we have been guided by the material to be found in Greece. Geographically we have limited ourselves to the boundaries of modern Greece excluding Cyprus and have dealt with certain sites which have been governed by Persian dignitaries; we shall also try and see the reasons why they were chosen. Historically we have confined ourselves to the fifth and fourth century B.C. until the battle of Granicus and Issus. One further point needs to be made before we proceed. This is the meaning of the term "Achaemenid Art." Achaemenid art is an art developed in the court of the Persian Monarch. It is a composite art, in that the Great King welcomed people from all over his empire to contribute to its formation. Paradoxically, its originality and unity lies exactly in the diverse origines of its component parts. Because it was an artificial art form having been created for the glory of the Great King, it was in a sense sterile. Decorative rather than organic, principles govern the representation and a marked uniformity exists between applied and major arts. Its death was, therefore, inherent in its origins. The term "Achaemenid Art" then designates not only a style but also a specific geographical area and a historical period in which such art is found. A further distinction should be made between the art of the 5th century and that of the 4th; because in the last period this composite art in turn influences the areas from which it originally derived.
sj-pdf-1-epb-10.1177_2399808320930247 - Supplemental material for Relationship between urban development patterns and noise complaints in England
Creators: name: Tong, Huan
name: Kang, Jian
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: Geography
Urban and Regional Planning not elsewhere classified

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-epb-10.1177_2399808320930247 for Relationship between urban development patterns and noise complaints in England by Huan Tong and Jian Kang in Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science
title: The reign of Zangi (521-541/1127-1146).
Creators: name: Alptekin, Coskun
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1972

description: This study is concerned with the biography of Atabeg Zangi and the conditions prevailing during his reign; it contains a survey of relevant sources and notes on modern works which render information reflecting the subject. It is in six chapters together with an appendix concerning his titles. The first of the chapters endeavours to portray the background to his life by a biographical survey of his childhood, training and youthful development, the changing circumstances of which finally produced the great and even ruthless Atabeg who ruled Mosul. In the second chapter his service to the Seliuqs in the East and West are discussed. The struggles for power between the Maliks and Zangi's involvement with them is its theme, together with the role played by the 'Abbasid Caliphate. Chapter three deals with Zangi's conflicts with the Latin States in the East. His wars against the Crusaders are discussed here as also are their dealings with the Atabegs of Damascus, followed by Zangi's endeavours to rule that city. An expedition led by the Byzantine Emperor, John II Comnenus, is described in chapter four. In this, his project for the capture of the Muslim towns In Syria is the chief topic as is also Zangi's reaction against the Byzantines. In chapter five, the Turcomans and Zangi's operations against them in Shahrazur, the Artuqids in Hisn Kayfa and Mardin and the Kurds in the north of Mosul are the main theme. The final and sixth chapter which deals with the revolt of Malik Farrukh-Shah, for whom Zangi acted as Atabeg, and the siege of Qal'at Ja'bar, ends with the murder of Zangi during this, his last operation.
JTE_Appendices_23Sept2019 – Supplemental material for Three Different Measures of Graduates’ Instructional Readiness and the Features of Preservice Preparation that Predict Them
Creators: name: Ronfeldt, Matthew
name: Matsko, Kavita Kapadia
name: Nolan, Hillary Greene
name: Reininger, Michelle
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: Education

description: Supplemental material, JTE_Appendices_23Sept2019 for Three Different Measures of Graduates’ Instructional Readiness and the Features of Preservice Preparation that Predict Them by Matthew Ronfeldt, Kavita Kapadia Matsko, Hillary Greene Nolan and Michelle Reininger in Journal of Teacher Education
title: The phonetics and phonology of Istanbul Turkish.
Creators: name: Winnick, Bengieu Rona
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1972

description: A phonetic and phonological analysis of Istanbul Turkish is presented in this thesis in two parts, part I - Phonetics, covering chapters 1-3, and part II - Phonology, covering chapters 4-8. A phonetic description and classification of vowels in monosyllabic words is given in Chapter 1, and in Chapter 2 consonants are described and classified in articulatory phonetic terms. In Chapter 3 the distinction between assimilated and unassimilated loanwords is established, and various phonetic features of unassimilated loanwords are examined. Root structures of nouns, adjectives and verbs are analysed in Chapter 4, and prosodies are set up for the root as well-as subsystems for C and V systems. Phonological structures of unassimilated nouns and adjectives are also given. In Chapter 5 affixes are analysed in two main groups; native Turkish affixes and non-native affixes, and structures are given for them. In Chapter 6 junction prosodies are set up to show the prosodic links between roots and suffixes, and suffixes and suffixes. Onomatopoeia and reduplication are discussed in Chapter 7. Structures of onomatopoeic words are analysed, and various types of reduplication discussed. Chapter 8 is concerned with some aspects of discourse harmony. Prosodies are set up for inter-word and intra-word junctions, based on observations of phonic data in a quick style of speech. Some experimental findings obtained by the and of palatography, spectrography and maingography which provide instrumental evidence for the perceptual observations of the articulatory features of vowels and consonants are presented in Appendix I. A list of monosyllabic words in which vowels of different groups are illustrated is given in Appendix II. Appendix III provides a list of the most widely and frequently used onomatopoeic words. A bibliography is given at the end of the thesis.
Group Mixing: Athletes and Non-Athletes at College
Creators: name: McCloskey, Kevin
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: group mixing
subject: athletics
subject: intergroup relations
subject: stereotypes
subject: Education -- Research papers (Graduate).

description: The purpose of this study was to examine college student’s attitudes about events outside of their social circle. In the experiment, participants received a pre-test survey, attended an outgroup activity, and then completed a post-test survey. There was no significant statistical difference between the athletes’ and non-athletes’ post-event rating of their enjoyment of the events or feelings that members of their in-groups might also be willing to attend similar events in the future. Therefore, the null hypothesis was retained. Research in this area should continue to encourage students to attend a more diverse array of events offered on their campus.
Recurrent_pelvic_pain_related_to_endometriosis_title_page – Supplemental material for Endometriosis-related pelvic pain following laparoscopic surgical treatment
Creators: name: Harris, Amani
name: McCaughey, Tristan
name: Tsaltas, Jim
name: Davies-Tuck, Miranda
name: Ratner, Roni
name: Najjar, Haider
name: Barel, Oshri
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 111402 Obstetrics and Gynaecology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Supplemental material, Recurrent_pelvic_pain_related_to_endometriosis_title_page for Endometriosis-related pelvic pain following laparoscopic surgical treatment by Amani Harris, Tristan McCaughey, Jim Tsaltas, Miranda Davies-Tuck, Roni Ratner, Haider Najjar and Oshri Barel in Journal of Endometriosis and Pelvic Pain Disorders
title: Treatment of theme and characterisation in the works of Yusuf Idris.
Creators: name: Prochazka, Theodore
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1972

description: Yusuf Idris is a short story writer, novelist and playwright. On the whole, he uses each genre for different purposes. In his short stories he is the subjective writer concerned with a minute analysis of mental states and moods. In his novels he is the socially aware and politically committed writer, while In his plays he tackles social problems on an abstract level. While he has succeeded to a great extent as a short story writer and a playwright Yusuf Idris has failed as a novelist. His novels appear to be a string of short stories held together tenuously by a main theme or else they are overblown short stories. Yusuf Idris then is to be seen primarily as a short story writer and a playwright. In the short stories the author treats his characters as lonely Individuals who suffer by being isolated from other human beings, and the solution to their problem lies in a return to the fold of the corporate entity. Here Yusuf Idris contradicts herself, as it is precisely this corporate entity, supposedly ensuring the happiness of the individual which is the source of his unhappiness. The characters ere depicted as living either in the city or the country. For Yusuf Idris it is the latter that promises harmonious human relationships while the former is the source of unhappiness. By idealising the country the author distorts the quality of urban living when contrasting town life and city life. The characters are constantly faced with defeat, mainly through poverty. Sex occupies a central position in his writing and it is treated In terms of its influence on behaviour. Physical and mental suffering are treated in detail and the author's training as a medical man is readily apparent. The author's major contribution, however, lies in his analysis of the obsession, which underlies many of his short stories, and influences his technique of characterisation. His plays are diametrically opposed to the rest of his work. In them the psychological element is lacking and issues ore discussed on an abstract level. It is as if the short stories and the ploys had been written by two different men.
Techniques to Aid Motor Learning in Teaching Volleyball Skills
Creators: name: Kim, Jeffrey
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: motor learning
subject: volleyball
subject: teaching
subject: Education -- Research papers (Graduate).

description: The purpose of this study was to examine the techniques to aid motor learning in teaching volleyball skills with players on a volleyball team during the off-season.  This study utilized a modified case study design of a pretest, a treatment, and the posttest. There was no randomization of subjects in the study.  An instrument was developed by the researcher to record serving, setting, and passing results.  The data did show an increase in player efficiency for the volleyball skills of serving, setting, and passing.  Additional studies are needed with a broader sample to validate the techniques to aid motor learning in teaching volleyball skills.
title: The Rozvi Empire and the Feira of Zumbo.
Creators: name: Mudenge, Stanislaus Isack
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1972

description: In the seventeenth century the activities of Portuguese nationals on the Rhodesian plateau led to intense resentment by the Karanga. Between 1684 and 1695 some Karanga clans, led by a man known to us as Dombo I, expelled the Portuguese from the plateau. The clans that supported Dombo's wars against the Portuguese were later known as Varozvi. This apparently is the origin of the Rozvi as a distinct group from the rest of the Karanga. After expelling the Portuguese, the Rozvi established a powerful empire. The greater part of the power wielded by Rozvi emperors came from within the empire. Although the emperors benefited much from their trade with the Portuguese, there is little evidence to support a suggestion that the wealth acquired thus constituted so crucial a basis for their power that they sought a monopoly of foreign trade. The reality of Rozvi power emerges forcefully from a study of their relations with the Portuguese settlement of Zumbo. During the eighteenth century, the Rozvi armies used to protect Zumbo in moments of crisis. Through this connection Zumbo became economically one of the chief trading settlements on the Zambezi. This meant that any major upheavals within the Rosvi empire had serious repercussions at Zumbo. Zumbo apparently did not have a similar impact on the Rozvi empire. The emperors needed Zumbo only as an alternative to the Feira of Manyika. They restricted Portuguese influence by forbidding them from entering their empire. In trade dealings with the Rozvi subjects, the Portuguese used African agents. In the end it was first internal factors and later the Nguni invasions that led to the collapse of the Rozvi empire. Yet the eventual abandonment of Zumbo was closely connected with the fall of the Rozvi empire.
title: Turkish metalwork of the Ottoman period.
Creators: name: Esnaf, Tarcan
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1971

description: In order to survey Turkish metalwork of the Ottoman period one is confronted with many difficulties. The greater part of the collections in the museums of Turkey has not teen properly studied as specialists in Ottoman art have tended to concentrate on the other decorative fields, neglecting metalwork. As a consequence very little published material is available on this subject and difficulties have also been experienced in obtaining permission to study some collections. This research covers the metal objects mainly produced in Anatolia from the 14th century until about 1900, with the emphasis on the with and 18th century work. It should be noted that no translation of literary inscriptions on objects has been included, because it was considered that their quality and content added nothing of importance, Also regrettably the signatures when inscribed are too vague to yield any results from court and town archives. Even a tentative summary of the metalwork style of the early period is hardly possible since practically nothing is known. With the 15th century came the naturalistic style which was to influence every corner of the Ottoman decorative arts including the design repertoire of the metalworkers of this age. But this naturalistic quality was completely abandoned in the following century, a development paralleled in other applied arts. Until then, metalworkers had tended to employ the decorative schemes of the previous century in contrast with other artists and craftsmen. Instead 16th and 17th century metalwork, generally made in silver, was embellished with beautifully designed rumi, hatayi and palmette motifs, their importance within the composition being sometimes emphasized with calligraphy in a harmonious scheme. The year 1700 is a convenient date to divide between the classical style and the new more natural designs. Although the most characteristic forms of this period, mainly on copper, were floral and architectural motifs, rumi and hatayi decoration figured on some metalwork objects of this period. But for all the change in emphasis, the same high quality of workmanship, skill in design and execution and feeling for the metal use, prevailed. By the end of the 18th century, decline in the political arena was reflected in the arts including metalwork. A good deal of unpretentious but attractive metal objects were produced, some echoing the European Rococo style, this influence continuing through the 19th century. Turkish metalwork of the Ottoman period can scarcely be ignored with its rich but unappreciated decorative qualities. The large number of reproductions included in this study illustrates the basic types of vessels and the various motifs, which are described in the text with an assessment of techniques and decorative schemes.
Supplementary_materials_2 – Supplemental material for Surrogate endpoints for overall survival in anti-programmed death-1 and anti-programmed death ligand 1 trials of advanced melanoma
Creators: name: Nie, Run-Cong
name: Yuan, Shu-Qiang
name: Wang, Yun
name: Zou, Xue-Bin
name: Chen, Shi
name: Li, Shu-Man
name: Duan, Jin-Ling
name: Zhou, Jie
name: Chen, Guo-Ming
name: Luo, Tian-Qi
name: Zhou, Zhi-Wei
name: Li, Yuan-Fang
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: Oncology and Carcinogenesis not elsewhere classified
Aged Health Care
Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Respiratory Diseases

description: Supplemental material, Supplementary_materials_2 for Surrogate endpoints for overall survival in anti-programmed death-1 and anti-programmed death ligand 1 trials of advanced melanoma by Run-Cong Nie, Shu-Qiang Yuan, Yun Wang, Xue-Bin Zou, Shi Chen, Shu-Man Li, Jin-Ling Duan, Jie Zhou, Guo-Ming Chen, Tian-Qi Luo, Zhi-Wei Zhou and Yuan-Fang Li in Therapeutic Advances in Medical Oncology
title: A syntactic study of British English press headlines.
Creators: name: El-Bakri, Ahmad Abdel Rahman
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1974

description: This thesis presents a Syntactic description of the language of English Press headlines. It is divided into three parts which are preceded by a table of contents, a preface, a list of abbreviations, some notes on the methodology of research and system of notation; and are followed by a bibliography. Part One, which consists of two chapters, presents the theoretical background of both the earlier approaches to the subject (Chapter I) and the grammatical technique employed here (Chapter II). Part Two comprises three chapters, the first of which (Chapter III) presents the various types of headlines, the second (Chapter IV) relates the structure of Headlinese to that, of the Norm, and the third (Chapter V) discusses the issues resulting from the application of Case Grammar to headlines. Part Three which constitutes the major part of the thesis presents us with a detailed analysis of the main types of headlines: the Verbal Multinodal (Chapter VI), the Nominal Multinodal (Chapter VII), and the Uninodal Type (Chapter VIII), and relates their' deep structure to their surface sequential order, through the use of' 'patterning'. Each chapter is preceded by a table of contents listing its constituent sections.
Supplemental Material, sj-pdf-1-erx-10.1177_0193841X20927237 - Do Start-Up Subsidies for the Unemployed Affect Participants’ Well-Being? A Rigorous Look at (Un-)Intended Consequences of Labor Market Policies
Creators: name: Besharov, Douglas. J.
name: Barbetta, Gian Paolo
name: Caliendo, Marco
name: Tübbicke, Stefan
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 160807 Sociological Methodology and Research Methods
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: Supplemental Material, sj-pdf-1-erx-10.1177_0193841X20927237 for Do Start-Up Subsidies for the Unemployed Affect Participants’ Well-Being? A Rigorous Look at (Un-)Intended Consequences of Labor Market Policies by Marco Caliendo and Stefan Tübbicke in Evaluation Review
title: Water resources and agricultural development in the Lower Basin of the Mekong.
Creators: name: Chitraporn, Tulawattana
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1974

description: The Mekong, as one of the world's major rivers, has enormous potential in water resource development. Although the river can be developed to yield great benefits in the field of hydro-electricity generation and navigation improvement, it is the advantages that it provides for agriculture through flood control and irrigation which will make the greatest impact on the millions of people in the riparian countries of the Lower Basin (Khmer Republic, Laos, Thailand and Republic of Viet-Nam). In the face of rapid population increase, the maintenance and eventual increase in standards of living must be sought in terms of agricultural improvement and modernisation. The traditional agricultural economy is still dominated by the subsistence cultivation of paddy rice, characterised by very low and unreliable yields. Some diversification has occurred in agriculture in recent years, but this has taken place on the marginal uplands, and the real basis for future food and export crop production will remain largely with the land already under cultivation which is predominantly paddy fields in the flood plain and the valleys. Intensification of agriculture and crop diversification on the existing lowland provides a better basis for agricultural development in the Lower Basin, which in turn depends on irrigation and environmental control, through the harnessing of the tremendous water resources of the river. Recognising the importance of agricultural development and water control facilities, national planning policies have given special attention to these areas. However, as an international river, co-ordinated efforts will not only be inevitable but would also yield added benefits. In view of this fact, the Mekong Committee has played a very significant role. Although there are still outstanding problems In the political, technical and socio-economic situation, the progress to date has been substantial and it seems a sound basis for further development has been laid.
debrosse_online_appendix – Supplemental material for Can Identity Conflicts Impede the Success of Ethnic Minority Students? Consequences of Discrepancies Between Ethnic and Ideal Selves
Creators: name: Debrosse, Régine
name: Rossignac-Milon, Maya
name: Taylor, Donald M.
name: Mesmin Destin
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Supplemental material, debrosse_online_appendix for Can Identity Conflicts Impede the Success of Ethnic Minority Students? Consequences of Discrepancies Between Ethnic and Ideal Selves by Régine Debrosse, Maya Rossignac-Milon, Donald M. Taylor, and Mesmin Destin in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
Scaling limit of the odometer in divisible sandpiles
Creators: name: Cipriani, Alessandra
name: Hazra, Rajat Subra
name: Ruszel, Wioletta M.
Publisher: name: Weierstrass Institute
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: divisible sandpile
subject: bilaplacian Gaussian field
subject: bilaplacian kernel
subject: scaling limit
subject: 31B30
subject: 60J45
subject: 60G15
subject: 82C20

description: In a recent work [LMPU] prove that the odometer function of a divisible sandpile model on a finite graph can be expressed as a shifted discrete bilaplacian Gaussian field. For the discrete torus, they suggest the possibility that the scaling limit of the odometer may be related to the continuum bilaplacian field. In this work we show that in any dimension the rescaled odometer converges to the continuum bilaplacian field on the unit torus.
Supplemental Material, Alert_Workplace_from_Healthcare_Workers_Perspective_Behavioral_and_Envi - Alert Workplace From Healthcare Workers’ Perspective: Behavioral and Environmental Strategies to Improve Vigilance and Alertness in Healthcare Settings
Creators: name: Zadeh, Rana Sagah
name: Mardelle Shepley
name: Hessam Sadatsafavi
name: Owora, Arthur Hamie
name: Krieger, Ana C.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Supplemental Material, Alert_Workplace_from_Healthcare_Workers_Perspective_Behavioral_and_Envi for Alert Workplace From Healthcare Workers’ Perspective: Behavioral and Environmental Strategies to Improve Vigilance and Alertness in Healthcare Settings by Rana Sagah Zadeh, Mardelle Shepley, Hessam Sadatsafavi, Arthur Hamie Owora, and Ana C. Krieger in HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal
Dynamical large deviations of countable reaction networks under a weak reversibility condition
Creators: name: Patterson, Robert I. A.
name: Renger, D. R. Michiel
Publisher: name: Weierstrass Institute
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: chemical reaction networks
subject: Markov processes
subject: large deviations
subject: 60F10
subject: 60J25
subject: 80A30
subject: 82C22

description: A dynamic large deviations principle for a countable reaction network including coagulation--fragmentation models is proved.  The rate function is represented as the infimal cost of the reaction fluxes and a minimiser for this variational problem is shown to exist.  A weak reversibility condition is used to control the boundary behaviour and to guarantee a representation for the optimal fluxes via a Lagrange multiplier that can be used to construct the changes of measure used in standard tilting arguments. Reflecting the pure jump nature of the approximating processes, their paths are treated as elements of a BV function space.
Supplemental Material, sj-pdf-2-ppq-10.1177_1354068819866076 - Responsibility versus responsiveness…to whom? A theory of party behavior
Creators: name: Karremans, Johannes
name: Lefkofridi, Zoe
name: Nezi, Roula
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 160607 International Relations
subject: FOS: Political science

description: Supplemental Material, sj-pdf-2-ppq-10.1177_1354068819866076 for Responsibility versus responsiveness…to whom? A theory of party behavior by Zoe Lefkofridi and Roula Nezi in Party Politics
Localization of the principal Dirichlet eigenvector in the heavy-tailed random conductance model
Creators: name: Flegel, Franziska
Publisher: name: Weierstrass Institute
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: random conductance model
subject: Dirichlet spectrum
subject: eigenfunction localization
subject: heavy tails
subject: 47B80
subject: 47A75
subject: 60J27

description: We study the asymptotic behavior of the principal eigenvector and eigenvalue of the random conductance Laplacian in a large domain of Zd (d ≥ 2) with zero Dirichlet condition. We assume that the conductances w are positive i.i.d. random variables, which fulfill certain regularity assumptions near zero. If γ = sup  q ≥ 0; E [w^-q]¼ the top of the Dirichlet spectrum homogenizes. Our proofs are based on a spatial extreme value analysis of the local speed measure, Borel-Cantelli arguments, the Rayleigh-Ritz formula, results from percolation theory, and path arguments.
An Investigation of Discrepancies in Family Conflict between Racially/Ethnically Minoritized and Non-Minoritized Populations: Measurement, Conflict Topics, and Family Processes
Creators: name: Hall, Melissa Gabrielle
Publisher: name: University of Notre Dame
Year: 2024

description: There is a substantial amount of literature about family conflict and processes that lead to varying adjustment outcomes for children. However, few studies have made a deliberate attempt to evaluate this topic of research with racially/ethnically minoritized families. Using tests of reliability, frequency, and advanced regression analyses, this study explored possible discrepancies between minoritized and non-minoritized families in three areas: reliability of conflict measures, conflict topics, and a family process model. Participants included 70 families from a larger effectiveness trial. Results indicated discrepancies in reliability and a unique family process for minoritized families, while important similarities emerged regarding conflict topics chosen. By including minoritized populations in the conversation of family conflict, child adjustment and family processes, the results of this study may inform researchers and clinicians how to contextualize conflict based on the difficulties parents/children may face as a minoritized family (Stutzman et al., 2011).
The divisible sandpile with heavy-tailed variables
Creators: name: Cipriani, Alessandra
name: Hazra, Rajat Subra
name: Ruszel, Wioletta M.
Publisher: name: Weierstrass Institute
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: divisible sandpile
subject: heavy-tailed variables
subject: alpha-stable random distribution
subject: 60G52
subject: 60J45
subject: 60G15
subject: 82C20

description: This work deals with the divisible sandpile model when an initial configuration sampled from a heavy-tailed distribution. Extending results of Levine et al. (2015) and Cipriani et al. (2016) we determine sufficient conditions for stabilization and non-stabilization on infinite graphs. We determine furthermore that the scaling limit of the odometer on the torus is an α-stable random distribution.
title: Kingship in Ceylon from the fourth to the tenth century A.D.
Creators: name: Gunasena, Sujantha
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1974

description: The present study is an attempt to examine the institution of kingship in Ceylon from the fourth to the tenth century A.D. A brief survey of the political background of the period is included in the first chapter as a prerequisite to the understanding of the various stages of the evolution of the concept of kingship in Ceylon; the rest of this chapter is devoted to a brief discussion of the sources utilized in this study. The second chapter deals with the various titles, throne names and personal names used by the kings of this period, in the discussion of which we have analysed the various factors that led to their selection, particularly the underlying religious and political significance of the titles and their importance with respect to the growth of kingly power. The royal family and the part played by its members in the administration of the country are taken into consideration in chapter III. An attempt has been made in this chapter to analyse the correlation of the three titles, upara.ja. yuvara.ja and mahadipada. Chapter IV is devoted to a discussion of the royal consecration. It discusses the new elements and rites associated with the abhiseka ceremony of the period under review, its political and religious significance and the disparity between the theoretical and the actual ceremony. This also attempts to clarify certain points of special significance, which in some instances have been repeatedly misunderstood, This is followed by a chapter on the nature of kingship. The concepts relating to rulership, their significance and how far these concepts actually affected practice are taken into consideration in this chapter. The next chapter deals with the relationship between the king and the Sangha, particular attention being paid to the causes that led to the development of a close connexion between them and the impact of that connexion on the evolution of kingship in Ceylon. Three appendices are included in this work to elucidate some of the points discussed.
Presentation Of The Paper "A Survey Of Resources For Introducing Coding Into Schools"
Creators: name: García-Peñalvo, Francisco José
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Computational Thinking; Coding; Resources; TACCLE 3

description: This is the presentation of the paper entitled “A survey of resources for introducing coding into schools” in the TEEM 2016 International Conference held in Salamanca (Spain) in November 2-4, 2016.

Within TACCLE 3 – Coding European Union Erasmus+ KA2 Programme project, a review and evaluation of a set of resources that can contribute to teaching programming to younger children has made. This paper presents a survey of this review including the most outstanding products in order to help teachers to introduce programming in pre-university studies.
Disclosure of Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors among Black Adults: An Examination of Motivators and Barriers
Creators: name: Bell, Kerri-Anne Nicole Antoinette
Publisher: name: University of Notre Dame
Year: 2024

description: This study examined motivators and barriers to disclosing suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STBs) and associated factors among suicidal Black adults who had never disclosed their STBs. Participants endorsed a greater number of barriers than motivators; identified desire to vent as the most salient motivator, and belief in coping on their own as the strongest barrier. Those with a history of suicide planning and greater future intent to disclose reported greater disclose motivation. Men reported both greater motivation, and barriers to disclose compared to women. Perceived burdensomeness, social support, internalized STB stigma, and stigma of mental health treatment seeking were all positively associated with greater motivators to disclose. Perceived burdensomeness, thwarted belongingness, internalized STB stigma, stigma of mental health treatment seeking, and race-related stress wereall positively associated with greater barriers to disclosure. The findings from this novel study elucidate targets for culturally sensitive suicide prevention efforts among this at-risk group.
title: Social and political orientations of adolescents in London secondary schools with special reference to immigrants.
Creators: name: Ankrah-Dove, Linda
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1973

description: West Indian, Asian, Cypriot and white British teenagers from three north London secondary comprehensive schools took part in an exploratory investigation into some of their social and political orientations, the investigator spent some months in the schools participating in their activities and getting to know the respondents informally. The respondents completed a pre-coded paper-and-pencil questionnaire based on intensive pilot studies. This was followed up by in-depth interviews. The investigator focused interest on the question: "How far do the immigrant teenagers feel at home in Britain?" This interest was pursued with regard to their attachments to their countries of origin, their racial, ethnic or national consciousness, their educational and occupational ambitions and their political interests. The data indicated that West Indians were more racially conscious than others but that Asians and Cypriots were more ethnically and nationally oriented. There was evidence to suggest that many immigrants and white Britons were more racially conscious than they liked to admit in school and that many would emigrate if they could. Immigrants shared white Britons' aspirations as regards education, training and occupations. Asians were the most ambitious but West Indians were not less ambitious than working class white Britons. Pew Respondents had more than a mild interest in British political life though immigrants generally were somewhat less negative in attitude than white Britons. There was little indication that these young citizens of the future will pay more than lip service to political participation or that they have the critical skills to evaluate constructively the ideology of representative democracy. It is the investigator's opinion that more systematic and coordinated research is needed if policies for educating for citizenship in a multi-racial society are to be soundly based.
Undetermined-2 undetermined-2 Oppenheim 1930
Creators: name: Löser, Hannes
name: Werner, Winfried
name: Darga, Robert
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Scleractinia
Heterocoeniidae

description: Heterocoeniidae indet. 2
Plate 9: figs 9–11
Material.
BSPG 2012 X 2; two thin sections.
Dimensions.
(2012 X 2).
Description.
(?) Phaceloid coral. Corallites densely packed, with a polygonal outline. The compact septa are low in number. A main septum can be present. No septal symmetry. Endotheca probably with dissepiments.
Remarks.
The material is questionable and its systematic position uncertain.
description: Published as part of Löser, Hannes, Werner, Winfried & Darga, Robert, 2023, Middle Cenomanian coral fauna from the Roßsteinalmen (Northern Calcareous Alps, Bavaria, Southern Germany) – a revised and extended version, pp. 89-147 in Zitteliana 97 on pages 89-147, DOI: 10.3897/zitteliana.97.113796
title: The language of Sinhalese fiction, 1860-1970.
Creators: name: Meddegama, Udaya Prasanta
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1973

description: The aim of this study is to examine the evolution of the language of Sinhalese fiction from 1860 - 1970. As there is a large number of authors in this period, our attempt will be only to deal with prose fiction. The prose romances of the late nineteenth and the early twentieth century, and the novels of the modern times are discussed and analysed with regard to themes, subject-matter, influence of foreign authors and the language. In our analyses of the language of fiction, it must be made clear, we will not be approaching from a purely linguistic point of view, but rather from an aesthetic and literary point of view. As most of the early writers of Sinhalese fiction used the styles of classical prose and some modem novelists also draw inspiration from it, an attempt is made at the beginning of this study to present a brief history of Sinhalese prose from earliest times up to the early nineteenth century. In chapter 2 we will be examining the contribution of the Sinhalese Christian writers to the language and various aspects of the literary revival in the nineteenth century as regards the development of the language. Prom chapter 3, we will be discussing the nature and evolution of Sinhalese fiction, its language, the attitudes of the early readership towards fiction and the appearance of the novel proper after the second world war. As the form of fiction underwent new changes after this period its language too followed suit to become a medium suitable to express the ideas and experiences of the modern times. The evolution and development of the language of Sinhalese fiction will be examined in our study with synopses from selected works of fiction, analyses and comparisons of themes and techniques and with extracts exemplifying and illustrating the gradual development of the language as a rich and powerful medium to express the complicated human problems, the consciousness and the experiences of the modern age.
title: A comparative study of Sinhalese literature in the eleventh and twelfth centuries.
Creators: name: Dhammapala, Gatare
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1973

description: The thesis consists of six chapters. The first chapter deals with the historical background of the period (eleventh and twelfth centuries A.D.). It sums up the results of the Cola invasion and examines the nature and the functions of intellectual awakening after the re-establishment of Sinhalese rule with special reference to the age of Parakramabahu I. The second chapter treats briefly almost all the works of the period with their respective authors. It includes various categories of works', literary and otherwise, written in Sinhalese, Pali and Sanskrit. The third chapter concerns the concept of bhakti and its special significance in the context of devotional literature. It also shows how this concept was transferred to the Buddha by later Buddhist devotee writers. The fourth chapter makes a comparative study of the works of Gurulugomi and Vidyacakravarti, It examines their inspirations and influences from such Buddhist works as Avadanas as well as Sanskrit poetic traditions and some Sanskrit prose works. It also assesses the literary quality of each work. The fifth chapter contains a comparative study of the Sasadavata and the Muvadevdavata. It deals with the concept of poetry with special reference to the Siyabaslakara, and examines the inspiration of these Sinhalese poems from Buddhist literary traditions in addition to their influence from Sanskrit poetic traditions. It also approaches each work aesthetically following the rasa theory as postulated by Anandavardhana and Visvanatha. The sixth chapter deals with the problem of literary translation. It examines the translating processes put into practice by Ceylonese writers from early times. It pays special attention to the translating processes practised by Gurulugomi and Vidyacakravarti in their renderings of verse and prose .
PERCEPTION OF THE CUSTOMERS TOWARDS E-MARKETING IN ERODE DISTRICT
Creators: name: M. GUNASEKARAN
name: Dr. K. RAJALAKSHMI
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: e-Shopping, Consumer Perception, e-Marketing.

description: Abstract

E-Shopping is a form of electronic commerce which allows consumers to directly purchase products or services from seller over the internet using web browser. Growing numbers of consumers shop online to purchase goods and services, gather product information or even browse for enjoyment. E-shopping environments are therefore playing an increasing role in the overall relationship between marketers and their consumers. In this regard, the researcher had aimed to identify the perception level of the consumers towards e-marketing in Erode district of Tamilnadu, India. For this, the researcher has selected 145 respondents in different age groups by using convenient sampling technique. The consumers’ opinion towards e-marketing was collected by using structured questionnaire. The collected details were subdued into tables by using percentage analysis, mean score analysis and Anova analysis. From the research, it is found that female, less than 25 years aged, home maker and students have more perception in practicing E-Marketing.
title: A cross-sectional analysis of economic, social and political factors affecting economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa: 1960-86.
Creators: name: El-Farhan, Hania H.
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1993

description: This thesis analyses the growth performance of Sub-Saharan African countries and the factors that appear to be most significant in the growth process. Regression analysis is the main research method employed. Data limitations restrict the sample to thirty-two countries, over the period 1960- 86, and the empirical study consists of fifteen factors. There are three main groups of equations : the growth rate, the investment ratio, and the incremental capital-output ratio (ICOR). The main conclusions were that the most significant influences on economic growth are the investment ratio, export and import growth, and political instability. The main influences on the investment (saving) ratio were found to be per capita income levels, government consumption, and political instability. The most significant effect on the ICOR appeared to be the degree of market distortions, as proxied by the ratio of the black market to the official exchange rates.