cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Satisfaction and its correlates in agile software development
Creators: name: Kropp, Martin
name: Meier, Andreas
name: Anslow, Craig
name: Biddle, Robert
Publisher: name: Elsevier
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Agile
subject: Software
subject: Development
subject: 005 - Computer Programmierung, Programme und Daten

description: In this paper we address the topic of software development team members satisfaction with their development process. We present an in-depth analysis of the results of a nationwide survey about software development in Switzerland. We wanted to find out if satisfaction relates to the applied development method, and to the use of various practices, and impacts on business, team and software issues. We found that higher satisfaction is reported more by those using Agile development than with plan-driven processes. We explored the different perspectives of developers and those with a management role and found a high consistency of satisfaction between Agile developers and Agile management, and differences with those using working plan-driven methods. We found that certain practices and impacts have high correlations to satisfaction, and that collaborative processes are closely related to satisfaction. We then explored the relationship between satisfaction and various other perspectives. Our results in this analysis are principally descriptive, but we think they can be a relevant contribution to understand the challenges for everyone involved in Agile development.
Intuitive Axial Augmentation Using Polar-Sine-Based Piecewise Distortion for Medical Slice-Wise Segmentation
Creators: name: Zhang, Yiqin
name: Chen, Qingkui
name: Huang, Chen
name: Zhang, Zhengjie
name: Chen, Meiling
name: Fu, Zhibing
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Most data-driven models for medical image analysis rely on universal augmentations to improve accuracy. Experimental evidence has confirmed their effectiveness, but the unclear mechanism underlying them poses a barrier to the widespread acceptance and trust in such methods within the medical community. We revisit and acknowledge the unique characteristics of medical images apart from traditional digital images, and consequently, proposed a medical-specific augmentation algorithm that is more elastic and aligns well with radiology scan procedure. The method performs piecewise affine with sinusoidal distorted ray according to radius on polar coordinates, thus simulating uncertain postures of human lying flat on the scanning table. Our method could generate human visceral distribution without affecting the fundamental relative position on axial plane. Two non-adaptive algorithms, namely Meta-based Scan Table Removal and Similarity-Guided Parameter Search, are introduced to bolster robustness of our augmentation method. In contrast to other methodologies, our method is highlighted for its intuitive design and ease of understanding for medical professionals, thereby enhancing its applicability in clinical scenarios. Experiments show our method improves accuracy with two modality across multiple famous segmentation frameworks without requiring more data samples. Our preview code is available in: https://github.com/MGAMZ/PSBPD.
description: Published at Smart Health
Den digitalen Wandel konzeptionell fassen - das Beispiel Hochschule für Soziale Arbeit FHNW
Creators: name: Weber, Joshua
name: Baumgartner, Edgar
name: Tschopp, Dominik
name: Steiner, Olivier
Publisher: name: Forum Neue Medien in der Lehre Austria
Year: 2020

description: Der Beitrag reflektiert den Erarbeitungsprozess des Grundlagenpapiers „Digitalisierung und Soziale Arbeit“ an der Hochschule für Soziale Arbeit FHNW. Ziel des Grundlagenpapiers ist es, den digitalen Wandel theoretisch zu rahmen und in seinen möglichen Auswirkungen für die Hochschule einzuschätzen. Der Artikel zeigt insbesondere auf, wie das Grundlagenpapier erarbeitet und das Thema Digitalisierung zu diesem Zweck anhand verschiedener Überlegungen dimensioniert wurde.
title: Die Weiterbildungsmotivation der Französischlehrer(innen)
Creators: name: Gruber, Sabine Ines Elisabeth
Year: 2008

description: Das Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit ist es, die Weiterbildungsmotivation von österreichischen Französischlehrer(innen) zu untersuchen. Mittels empirischer Studie wird untersucht, inwiefern dem Weiterbildungsverhalten der Französischlehrer(innen) kulturell, non-utilitaristische oder humankapitalistische Motive zu Grunde liegen und inwieweit institutionelle Rahmenbedingungen, wie die Faktoren Kosten, Zeit, Freiwilligkeit und Wertschätzung durch Vorgesetzte die Weiterbildungsbereitschaft der Französischlehrer(innen) beeinflussen. Im theoretischen Teil der Arbeit wird der Versuch unternommen den Begriff des lebenslangen Lernens zu definieren und abzugrenzen, dabei wurde auf das Konzept des lebenslangen Lernens und seine historische Entwicklung zurückgegriffen. Das Konzept des lebenslangen Lernens und die vier Modelle nach H.G. Schuetze: kulturell, non-utilitaristisches Modell, liberales postmodernes Modell, Humankapital-Modell und sozialpolitisch-emanzipatorisches Modell dienen als Ausgangspunkt für die Entwicklung der Hypothesen. Einen besonders wichtigen Part nehmen dabei die Dokumente der Europäischen Kommission, des Rates der Europäischen Union und des Europäischen Rates als Basis dieser Arbeit ein. Die Europäische Kommission proklamiert lebenslanges Lernen als Strategie für das 21. Jahrhundert, um die Union mithilfe der Lissabon-Strategie bis zum Jahre 2010 zum wettbewerbfähigsten und dynamischsten Wirtschaftsraum der Welt zu machen. Der Einfluss der internationalen Organisationen OECD und UNESCO spielt eine wegweisende Rolle im Konzept des lebenslangen Lernens. Kritik am Konzept kommt vor allem aus den Reihen der Erwachsenenbildung, die die Instrumentalisierung des Konzeptes anprangert. Motivation ist der Schlüssel für lebenslanges Lernen und dabei wird den Lehrkräften eine wichtige Schlüsselrolle im Konzept des lebenslangen Lernens zugeschrieben, als Förderer von Lernmotivation.
Free-Space Optical Modulation of Free Electrons in the Continuous-Wave Regime
Creators: name: Velasco, Cruz I.
name: de Abajo, F. Javier García
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The coherent interaction between free electrons and optical fields can produce free-electron compression and push the temporal resolution of ultrafast electron microscopy to the attosecond regime. However, a large electron-light interaction is required to attain a strong compression, generally necessitating short light and electron pulses combined with optical scattering at nanostructures. Here, we theoretically investigate an alternative configuration based on stimulated Compton scattering, whereby two counterpropagating Gaussian light beams induce energy jumps in a colinear electron beam by multiples of their photon-energy difference. Strong recoil effects are produced by extending the electron-light interaction over millimetric distances, enabling a dramatic increase in temporal compression and substantially reshaping the electron spectra for affordable laser powers. Beyond its fundamental interest, our work introduces a practical scheme to achieve a large temporal compression of continuous electron beams without involving optical scattering by material structures.
description: 11 pages, 9 figures, 36 references
Einsatz digitaler Medien im Unterrichtsfach Bildnerisches Gestalten
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW
Year: 2020

description: Im Rahmen einer breitgestreuten Umfrage bei Lehrkräften im Bildnerischen Gestalten auf Sekundarstufe II in der Deutschschweiz wurden folgende Fragen untersucht: -Welche digitalen Medien werden eingesetzt, vermittelt und kritisch hinterfragt? -Welche Produkte entstehen dabei? -Profitieren die Lehrkräfte von ihrer eigenen eigenen Ausbildung im Unterricht? -Welche Probleme und Weiterbildungsbedürfnisse ergeben sich? Zur Auswertung der Resultate erschien eine Publikation mit 27 Infografiken, Kommentaren und einer ausführlichen Literatur- und Linkliste und dem Ziel, Impulse für die Entwicklung des Fachbereiches Bildnerisches Gestalten zu liefern.
Motiviertes Lehren dank (kollektiver) Selbstwirksamkeitsüberzeugung
Creators: name: Beywl, Wolfgang
Publisher: name: Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Motivation
subject: Selbstwirksamkeit
subject: Selbstwirksamkeitsüberzeugung
subject: motiviert bleiben
subject: Lehrperson
subject: Luuise
subject: Weiterbildung
subject: Forschung
subject: Belastung von Lehrpersonen
subject: 370 - Erziehung, Schul- und Bildungswesen

description: Ein Kommentar über das Potenzial der Selbstwirksamkeitsüberzeugung oder darüber, was es braucht, damit Lehrpersonen über die Dauer ihrer Berufslaufbahn hinweg motiviert bleiben.
Zwey schöne neüe Geistliche Lieder
Creators: name: Kauffmann, Hans
Publisher: name: [Verlag nicht ermittelbar]
Year: 1700

description: (von der Titelseite) Das Erste Zum König bin ich auff die Welt gebohren/ [et]c. In der Melodey: Mit David wir die Einigkeit erheben Das Andere Ade zu guter Nachte/ du arge schnöde Welt/ [et]c. Im Thon: Ein Liedlein wil ich singen/ mag mich nit überhan
description: Verfasserangabe von Lied 1 in Strophe 31: "Diß Lied hab ich dictiert und aufgesetzet/ Hans Kauffmann bin ich taufft und eingesetzet/ zu einem gring Schulmeister/ an mein bestimbten Ort ..."
description: Lied 1 zweistimmig gesetzt, Lied 2 ohne Noten
description: Geschätztes Druckjahr gemäss Mitteilung von E. Nehlsen
description: Sammlung Alfred Bärtschi
Exploring processing–structure–property relationships of the high-performance conjugated polymer P(NDI2OD-T2)
Creators: name: TANG, LINJING
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 340305
subject: Physical properties of materials

description: P(NDI2OD-T2) is an important electron-transporting polymer. This thesis explores its thermal behavior and its microstructure variation when blended with the insulating polymer polystyrene using a combination of lab- and synchrotron-based techniques.
Unterrichts-Knacknüsse knacken mit LUUISE. Kurz-Fallbeispiele aus der PÄDAGOGIK
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Pädagogische Hochschule FHNW
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Luuise
subject: Fallbeispiele
subject: Praxisbeispiele
subject: Lehren und Lernen sichtbar machen
subject: Lernen sichtbar machen
subject: Zusammenstellung
subject: PÄDAGOGIK
subject: 370 - Erziehung, Schul- und Bildungswesen

description: Zusammenstellung der in PÄDAGOGIK erschienenen Praxisbeispiele zu Luuise. Ergänzt mit Informationen zu den Projekten Luuise und Lehren und Lernen sichtbar machen (LLSM).
Immersion und Irritation: Emotionale und kognitive Aneignungsprozesse in der physischen Technosphäre
Creators: name: Heibach, Christiane
name: Torpus, Jan-Lewe
name: Simon, Andreas
Publisher: name: Universität Siegen
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Immersion
subject: Biofeedback
subject: Wahrnehmung
subject: Verhalten
subject: 700 - Künste, Bildende Kunst allgemein

description: Durch ubiquitous computing-und Biofeedback-Technologien, die sich zuneh-mend in unsere Alltagswelt einfügen, bekommt der Begriff der Immersion jenseits seiner Zuordnung zu explizit künstlichen Bildwelten neue Dimensionen. Denn die responsiven Alltagsumgebungen verfügen zweifellos ebenfalls über immersive Qualitäten: Dabei affizieren sie allerdings nicht nur unsere visuelle Wahrnehmung, sondern erfassen uns gesamtleiblich und fordern uns zur Interaktion heraus. Zur Analyse der Wirkungsweisen dieser Technologien bedarf es daher eines umfassenden Verständnisses von Wahrnehmung und Verhalten, das intersensorische, kognitive und affektive Prozesse gleichermaßen berücksichtigt. Der Beitrag prä-sentiert Ergebnisse eines künstlerischen Forschungsprojekts, bei dem Testperso-nen in einer hochtechnisierten, abstrakten Umgebung über Sensoren mit den Raumelementen (Licht, Wind, Sound) verbunden waren. In diesem Setting konn-ten folgende Fragen reflektiert werden: Wie wirkt sich ein abstrakter, gleichwohl »lebendiger«, responsiver Raum auf das gesamtleibliche Empfinden aus? Welche Verhaltensstrategien entwickeln die Testpersonen im Laufe ihres Aufenthalts im Umgang mit dieser Umgebung? Die Ergebnisse des Projekts erlauben interessante Rückschlüsse auf die möglichen Konsequenzen der unsichtbaren Technologisie-rung unserer Lebenswelt.
50 Jahre 1968: Die Videoreihe Feministisches Improvisatorium blickt zurück (Sommer 2018, VIA Basel)
Creators: name: Lurk, Tabea
Publisher: name: Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Feminismus
subject: Gender
subject: Oral History
subject: 300 - Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie

description: Rechtzeitig zum Jubiläumsjahr 1968 und vor dem Hintergrund der engen Vernetzung von performancekünstlerischen und feministischen Aktivitäten in Basel haben Muda Mathis, Sus Zwick und Chris Regn gemeinsam mit anderen Künstler*innen sowie Aktivist*innen 2018 eine Reihe an Veranstaltungen realisiert, deren Dokumentation nun teilweise öffentlich und damit der Forschung und Vermittlung zugänglich ist. Bereits im November 2017 wurde beim «Mind Map • Feminismus in Basel» -Treffen in der VIA eine «Feminismus Map» erstellt (Map/Schrift: Andrea Saemann, Audio/Video: Muda Mathis). Sie dokumentiert die Fülle, Gleichzeitigkeit und den Verlauf wichtiger feministischer Ereignisse, wesentlicher Räume, Gruppen und Bewegungen in Basel und verzeichnet diese auf einer Zeitachse.
Additional file 1 of Components in downstream health promotions to reduce sugar intake among adults: a systematic review
Creators: name: Azhar Hilmy, Syathirah Hanim
name: Nordin, Norhasnida
name: Yusof, Mohd Yusmiaidil Putera Mohd
name: Soh, Tuan Yuswana Tuan
name: Yusof, Norashikin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: Medicine
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Science Policy

description: Supplementary Material 1
Education and Post-Release Employment: An Exploratory Study of Offender Perceptions
Creators: name: Wood, Frank R.
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Employment is an essential component of the reintegration process for returning offenders. As one of the eight criminogenic needs, improving employment opportunities for returning offenders increases the ability of returning offenders to reintegrate back into the community, as well as decreases the potential threat of recidivism. However, further research is needed to examine how an offenders’ prospectus from educational experiences influences their perceptions of finding legal employment after release. The current study contributes to current literature by explaining why employment is a barrier to offender reentry, specifically, how educational factors influence an offender’s belief that he or she will find legal employment after release. Travis Hirschi’s social bond theory provides the theoretical framework guiding this study. Results from the current study suggest that an offender who believes that he or she can return to go school and further his or her education generates positive perceptions of finding legal employment after release. As well, results suggest that an offender who has access to social networks and resources perceives his or her ability to find legal employment after release negatively. Based on findings from this study, policy makers should consider integrating more educational programs that afford offenders the opportunity to return to school and enhance their human capital into criminal justice reform policies, as well as socialize offenders on how to effectively utilize networks and resources within their respective communities.
Controlling Chaos Using Edge Computing Hardware
Creators: name: Kent, Robert M.
name: Barbosa, Wendson A. S.
name: Gauthier, Daniel J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Neural and Evolutionary Computing (cs.NE)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Machine learning provides a data-driven approach for creating a digital twin of a system - a digital model used to predict the system behavior. Having an accurate digital twin can drive many applications, such as controlling autonomous systems. Often the size, weight, and power consumption of the digital twin or related controller must be minimized, ideally realized on embedded computing hardware that can operate without a cloud-computing connection. Here, we show that a nonlinear controller based on next-generation reservoir computing can tackle a difficult control problem: controlling a chaotic system to an arbitrary time-dependent state. The model is accurate, yet it is small enough to be evaluated on a field-programmable gate array typically found in embedded devices. Furthermore, the model only requires 25.0 $\pm$ 7.0 nJ per evaluation, well below other algorithms, even without systematic power optimization. Our work represents the first step in deploying efficient machine learning algorithms to the computing "edge."
description: 28 pages, 11 figures
Locloud D1.3: Content And Metadata Analysis
Creators: name: Dallas, Costis
name: Gavrilis, Dimitris
name: Angelis, Stavros
name: Nefeli Makri, Dimitra
name: Afiontzi, Eleni
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Content, Metadata, Analysis

description: During the planning stage of LoCloud, in association with content partners, the Athena Research Centre (DCU) evaluated and appraised content and metadata among collections participating in LoCloud. This deliverables describes the methodology used, including the results of a survey and the conclusions of three content providers workshops organised between August and September.
description: LoCloud was funded by the European Commission's ICT Policy Support Programme. Grant Agreement number: 325099
Additional file 2 of Components in downstream health promotions to reduce sugar intake among adults: a systematic review
Creators: name: Azhar Hilmy, Syathirah Hanim
name: Nordin, Norhasnida
name: Yusof, Mohd Yusmiaidil Putera Mohd
name: Soh, Tuan Yuswana Tuan
name: Yusof, Norashikin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: Medicine
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Science Policy

description: Supplementary Material 2
Auserlesene und geistreiche Fest- Buß- und Abendmahl-Gesänge, Zum Gebrauch der Bernerischen Kirche, Die nach alten und neuen Singweisen können gesungen werden
Creators: name: Keller, Johann Rudolf
name: Spreng, Johann Jacob
Publisher: name: In Hoch-Oberkeitlicher Druckerey
Year: 1764

description: Berner Kirchengesangbuch
description: Bernerwappen auf der Titelseite
description: Gemäss Fluri stammen die Gesänge zum grossen Teil von Johann Rudolf Keller und Johann Jacob Spreng
description: Exlibris auf vorderem Spiegel: "Ad. Fluri"; handschriftlicher Besitzvermerk auf vorderem fliegendem Vorsatzblatt recto über möglichem getilgtem früherem Vermerk: "Fluri"
Public management in Switzerland - challenges and solutions
Creators: name: Meyer, Matthias
Publisher: name: Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Public Management
subject: Verwaltungsaufgaben
subject: Lösungsansätze New Public Management
subject: politische Struktur Schweiz
subject: 350 - Öffentliche Verwaltung
subject: 320 - Politik

description: Um eine öffentliche Verwaltung im internationalen Vergleich verstehen und bewerten zu können, muss zuerst das politische System begriffen werden. Die Aufgaben der öffentlichen Verwaltungen in der Schweiz werden aufbauend auf das politische System erklärt und anschliessend die wichtigsten Herausforderungen bezeichnet. Geschlossen wird mit einer Erläuterung der Lösungsansätze und einem Ausblick.
Australian hospital healthy retail policies – an analysis and scoping review of potential impacts on dietary behaviours – Appendices
Creators: name: Tran, Michelle
Publisher: name: Deakin University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 4206
subject: Public health

description: This file contains all appendices related to the 'Australian hospital healthy retail policies – an analysis and scoping review of potential impacts on dietary behaviours' study.
Additional file 3 of Components in downstream health promotions to reduce sugar intake among adults: a systematic review
Creators: name: Azhar Hilmy, Syathirah Hanim
name: Nordin, Norhasnida
name: Yusof, Mohd Yusmiaidil Putera Mohd
name: Soh, Tuan Yuswana Tuan
name: Yusof, Norashikin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: Medicine
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Science Policy

description: Supplementary Material 3
Entwicklung von mobil-flexibler Arbeit und Home Office in der Schweiz
Creators: name: Weichbrodt, Johann
Publisher: name: asut - Schweizerischer Verband der Telekommunikation
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: mobil-flexible Arbeit
subject: Schweiz
subject: FlexWork Phasenmodell
subject: 150 - Psychologie
subject: 330 - Wirtschaft

description: Anhand einer Befragung von 423 Unternehmen und Verwaltungen auf Basis des "FlexWork Phasenmodells" wird die Verbreitung von Home Office und mobil-flexibler Arbeit in der Schweiz aufgezeigt. Es zeigte sich, dass in der öffentlichen Verwaltung mobil-flexibles Arbeiten deutlich weniger weit verbreitet ist als in Unternehmen im Sektor "Wissensintensive Dienstleistungen".
Health promotion at the work place. The case of palliative care teams
Creators: name: Schulte, Volker
name: Kortum, Evelyn
name: Steinebach, Christoph
Publisher: name: Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW
Year: 2014
Subjects: Workplace Health Promotion
Palliative Care

description: Workplace health promotion is a strategy to improve the health and well-being of people at work. The measures aim at the personal, organisational and work environment. The study will highlight the state of the art of workplace health promotion programs promoted by WHO and will combine these aspects with the challenges for health workers in Palliative Care teams.
Additional file 4 of Components in downstream health promotions to reduce sugar intake among adults: a systematic review
Creators: name: Azhar Hilmy, Syathirah Hanim
name: Nordin, Norhasnida
name: Yusof, Mohd Yusmiaidil Putera Mohd
name: Soh, Tuan Yuswana Tuan
name: Yusof, Norashikin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: Medicine
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Science Policy

description: Supplementary Material 4
Enterprise Architecture for Cloud Computing
Creators: name: Aureli, Laura
name: Pierfranceschi, Arianna
name: Wache, Holger
Publisher: name: IEEE
Year: 2012

description: In this paper we describe an approach to graphically externalize the cloud potential of a company, considering ist architectural description. For this purpose it is shown how current architectural description can be extended, in terms of knowledge and graphical representation. The goal is to focus on the most important features and aspects to consider during the evaluation of shifting into a cloud environment. Even if each company has different strategies and approaches to its business activities, there are some domains related to the shift in a cloud environment that should be considered in any case. This paper shows how these main areas can be taken into account in order to extend the architectural representation of a company and express its cloud readiness.
Additional file 1 of Seamless phase 2/3 design for trials with multiple co-primary endpoints using Bayesian predictive power
Creators: name: Yang, Jiaying
name: Li, Guochun
name: Yang, Dongqing
name: Wu, Juan
name: Wang, Junqin
name: Gao, Xingsu
name: Liu, Pei
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Astronomical and Space Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1.
Questo numero
Creators: name: Dalla Chiesa, Nando
Publisher: name: Rivista di Studi e Ricerche sulla criminalità organizzata
Year: 2017

description: Presentazione del numero
description: Rivista di Studi e Ricerche sulla criminalità organizzata, V. 3, N. 2 (2017): Rivista di Studi e Ricerche sulla criminalità organizzata
La criminalità organizzata nell'Europa Centro-Orientale dopo il 1989. Una prospettiva geopolitica
Creators: name: Bielański, Stefan
Publisher: name: Rivista di Studi e Ricerche sulla criminalità organizzata
Year: 2017

description: L’articolo riguarda lo sfondo geopolitico e i meccanismi della criminalità organizzata nell’Europa centro-orientale. L’autore presenta le caratteristiche principali della situazione geopolitica in quella regione dopo la dissoluzione dell’Unione Sovietica. La sua attenzione è rivolta in particolare alla nascita, alla struttura e alle modalità di funzionamento della criminalità organizzata sulla nuova frontiera orientale dell’Unione europea. In tal senso si sofferma sui rapporti tra la criminalità organizzata e il nuovo terrorismo indicandone il pericolo per la stabilità sociale, politica ed economica dell’Europa centro-orientale. Similmente agli studiosi ed esperti polacchi egli indica il rischio, di una “evoluzione” della criminalità organizzata al terrorismo, sostenendo che le autorità degli stati europei debbano tenerne conto con la massima responsabilità per la sicurezza dei loro paesi e dei loro cittadini.

Parole chiave: Geopolitica, Europa centro-orientale, Unione europea, Criminalità organizzata, Terrorismo

The paper concerns the geopolitical background of the emergence and functioning of organized crime in Central-East Europe. The author outlines the main characteristics of the geopolitical situation of the region after the transformation. A special focus is given to the rise, structure and operational manners of organized crime at the new, eastern border of EU. Eventually the author considers the relations between organized crime and new terrorism, acknowledging both these phenomena as a threat towards social, political and economic stability in the Central-East Europe. Likewise to several Polish scholars and experts, the author recognizes the patterns of the highly dangerous process of organized crime's evolution into terrorism. The author emphasizes that authorities of the European states must take into account both dangers as deeply relevant issue for security of their countries and citizens.

Keywords:   Geopolitics; Central-East Europe, European Union, Organized Crime, Terrorism
description: Rivista di Studi e Ricerche sulla criminalità organizzata, V. 3, N. 2 (2017): Rivista di Studi e Ricerche sulla criminalità organizzata
Visualisation of Complex 3D City Models on Mobile Webbrowsers Using Cloud-Based Image Provisioning
Creators: name: Christen, Martin
name: Nebiker, Stephan
Publisher: name: Copernicus Publications
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Big Data
subject: Rendering Geospatial Data
subject: Processing Geospatial Data
subject: Image Based Provisioning
subject: Standards
subject: 520 - Astronomie, Kartografie
subject: 005 - Computer Programmierung, Programme und Daten

description: Rendering large city models with high polygon count and a vast amount of textures at interactive frame rates is a rather difficult to impossible task as it highly depends on the client hardware, which is often insufficient, even if out-of-core rendering techniques and level of detail approaches are used. Rendering complex city models on mobile devices is even more challenging. An approach of rendering and caching very large city models in the cloud using ray-tracing based image provisioning is introduced. This allows rendering large scenes efficiently, including on mobile devices. With this approach, it is possible to render cities with nearly unlimited number of polygons and textures.
Das Autonomie-Dilemma: Wenn Maschinen über Menschenleben entscheiden. Interview mit Oliver Bendel
Creators: name: Bendel, Oliver
name: Holzer Holger
Publisher: name: Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW
Year: 2015

description: Unsere Autos werden mit zunehmender Autonomie künftig auch über Leben und Tod von Menschen entscheiden müssen. Doch nach welchen Regeln soll das geschehen? Die Diskussion dazu hat gerade erst begonnen. Interview mit Prof. Oliver Bendel
ПРОФИЛАКТИКА ИНСПЕКТОРИНИНГ ИЖТИМОИЙ РЕАБИЛИТАТСИЯ МАРКАЗЛАРИ БИЛАН ҲАМКОРЛИГИНИ ТАКОМИЛЛАШТИРИШ: ЯНГИ ЁНДАШУВЛАР ВА АМАЛИЙ ЧОРА-ТАДБИРЛАР
Creators: name: Бабаханов, Ҳамдам
name: Ихволиддинов, Фахриддин
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Ушбу мақолада профилактика инспекторлари ва ижтимоий реабилитатсия марказлари ўртасидаги ҳамкорликни яхшилаш масаласи муҳокама қилинади. Профилактика инспекторлари жиноятларнинг олдини олишда муҳим роль ўйнаса, ижтимоий реабилитатсия марказлари жиноятчиларни ва ижтимоий муаммоларга дуч келган шахсларни қайта жамиятга киритишга ёрдам беради. Мақолада уларнинг ўзаро ҳамкорлигини мустаҳкамлаш ва фаолиятни мувофиқлаштириш учун амалий тавсиялар берилган.
La sfida delle aziende confiscate. Tra sistemi locali e modelli imprenditoriali
Creators: name: Dalla Chiesa, Nando
Publisher: name: Rivista di Studi e Ricerche sulla criminalità organizzata
Year: 2017

description: L’articolo, che nasce da una ricerca europea alla quale ha partecipato il Dipartimento di Scienze Sociali e Politiche dell’Università degli Studi di Milano, tratta un tema di frontiera per il contrasto della criminalità mafiosa: quello delle aziende confiscate e della possibilità di riconvertirle all’economia legale.  Partendo dai risultati di un’indagine sul campo su dieci casi aziendali, esso cerca di mettere a fuoco la numerosità e complessità degli attori che influenzano il successo dei singoli progetti, evidenziando le specificità delle economie e delle diseconomie esterne. E prova a portare i risultati della ricerca all’interno di un quadro teorico più ampio, rivisitando temi classici della sociologia economica, con particolare riferimento ai sistemi locali, all’approvazione sociale dell’imprenditorialità e alla figura dell’imprenditore collettivo, di cui cerca di definire un inedito profilo.

Parole chiave: Aziende confiscate, organizzazioni mafiose, sistemi locali, approvazione sociale, imprenditore collettivo

This article was originated by an european research in which Milan University’s Department of Social and Political Sciences took part. It faces an advanced theme to fight the mafia crime: the confiscated firms and the possibility to convert them into legal economy. Moving from thet results of a survey about ten business cases, the article tries to focus the numerosity and complexity of the actors conditioning the chances of every single project of legal conversion, emphasizing the specifities of the external economies and diseconomies. Besides, it tries to bring the researchers’ results into a wider theoretical framework, revisiting some classic questions of the economic sociology: the local systems, the social approval of the entrepreneurship, and the so-called collective entrepreneur, of which the article proposes a new, original figure.
Keywords: Confiscated assets, Mafia-like organizations, local systems, social approval, collective entrepreneur
description: Rivista di Studi e Ricerche sulla criminalità organizzata, V. 3, N. 2 (2017): Rivista di Studi e Ricerche sulla criminalità organizzata
Additional file 2 of Seamless phase 2/3 design for trials with multiple co-primary endpoints using Bayesian predictive power
Creators: name: Yang, Jiaying
name: Li, Guochun
name: Yang, Dongqing
name: Wu, Juan
name: Wang, Junqin
name: Gao, Xingsu
name: Liu, Pei
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Astronomical and Space Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 2: Supplementary Table 1. The 16 outcomes concerning 4 co-primary endpoints. Supplementary Table 2. The effect of informative prior on BPP when the null hypothesis is true. Supplementary Table 3. The effect of informative prior on BPP when the null hypothesis is false. Supplementary Table 4. The performance of BPP and CP with different stop boundaries when  = 0 and n1=100. Supplementary Table 5. The performance of BPP in comparison with CP approach for common correlation coefficient among the 4 endpoints is  = (0, 0.3, 0.6) and sample size used for each group at phase 2 stage is n1 = 50 in the nine scenarios when the null hypothesis is false. Supplementary Table 6. The performance of BPP in comparison with CP approach for common correlation coefficient among the 4 endpoints is  = (0, 0.3, 0.6) and sample size used for each group at phase 2 stage is n1= 100 in the nine scenarios when the null hypothesis is false. Supplementary Table 7. The performance of BPP in comparison with CP approach for common correlation coefficient among the 4 endpoints is  = (0, 0.3, 0.6) and sample size used for each group at phase 2 stage is n1= 150 in the nine scenarios when the null hypothesis is false. Supplementary Table 8. The performance of BPP in comparison with CP approach for common correlation coefficient among the 4 endpoints is  = (0, 0.3, 0.6) and sample size used for each group at phase 2 stage is n1= 200 in the nine scenarios when the null hypothesis is false. Supplementary Table 9. Correct dose selection rates for phase 2 stage when null hypothesis is false. Supplementary Table 10. Correct dose selection rates for phase 2 stage when the null hypothesis is true.
La gestione delle imprese confiscate alla criminalità organizzata. Dieci casi di studio a confronto
Creators: name: Cabras, Federica
name: Meli, Ilaria
Publisher: name: Rivista di Studi e Ricerche sulla criminalità organizzata
Year: 2017

description: Il presente contributo intende esplorare il panorama incerto delle imprese sequestrate e confiscate alle organizzazioni mafiose in Italia. Attraverso la selezione di un campione di dieci imprese dislocate nei territori di tradizionale presenza mafiosa, ma anche nelle Regioni di nuova espansione, è stata condotta un’analisi sul percorso tortuoso di riconversione alla legalità di imprese diverse per provenienza geografica, personalità giuridica e settore economico. Lo studio dei casi e la loro successiva comparazione ha fornito dati fondamentali relativi alla gestione di queste aziende e alle buone pratiche perseguibili per la loro sopravvivenza sul mercato. L’acquisizione teorica più rilevanti a cui si è giunti mette in discussione l’ineluttabile destino fallimentare delle imprese sequestrate e confiscate.  Come dimostrano alcuni casi, la conversione delle aziende mafiose all’economia legale, il loro ingresso nell’economia di mercato, è infatti possibile.

Parole chiave: Aziende, sequestro; confisca, normative, organizzazioni mafiose

The aim of this paper is to deeply analyse a very important and emerging topic: seized and confiscated enterprises and their management. Through a case study approach, researchers investigate ten Italian enterprises in traditional and non traditional mafias’ territories. These enterprises belong to different economic sectors and also have different dimensions.

Based on the data that more than 80% of them end their own activities after the confiscation, the researchers try to understand what are endogenous and exogenous factors that allow to these enterprises to survive also in the legal markets.

Keywords: Enterprises, seizure, confiscation, legislation, mafia organized crime
description: Rivista di Studi e Ricerche sulla criminalità organizzata, V. 3, N. 2 (2017): Rivista di Studi e Ricerche sulla criminalità organizzata
Giuseppe Fava’s intellectual commitment in the fight against organised crime
Creators: name: Vantorre, Sarah
Publisher: name: Rivista di Studi e Ricerche sulla criminalità organizzata
Year: 2017

description: Nel corso della sua carriera giornalistica, Giuseppe Fava (1925-1984) sviluppò un concetto etico del giornalismo come una forza essenziale della società, capace di impedire corruzioni e di combattere l’ingiustizia sociale. Un’etica molto simile si manifestò inoltre nelle attività intellettuali che svolse da romanziere, drammaturgo, sceneggiatore e documentarista. Tramite un’analisi di Alien Sciascia, il ritratto ironico che Fava fece del suo contemporaneo più famoso e rispettato, Leonardo Sciascia, questo contributo si propone di approfondire l’etica e la poetica letterarie di Fava, oltre alla sua interpretazione della funzione che l’intellettuale dovrebbe assumere dentro la società e nella lotta alla criminalità organizzata. Emerge un  suo invito ad agire da ponti intergenerazionali rivolto a quegli intellettuali che pur essendo stati testimoni delle tragiche conseguenze della violenza e dell’oppressione mafiose nei decenni successivi alla seconda guerra mondiale, non hanno ceduto alla disperazione e al cinismo.

Parole chiave: Giuseppe Fava, movimento antimafia, coscienza critica, impegno intellettuale, Leonardo Sciascia

Throughout his professional career as a journalist, Giuseppe Fava (1925-1984) developed an ethical conception of journalism as a social force capable of preventing and fighting social injustice. A very similar ethics found expression in his intellectual activities as a novelist, playwright, screenwriter and documentarian. Through an analysis of Alien Sciascia, the ironic portrait that Fava made of his most famous and respected contemporary, Leonardo Sciascia, this article aims to provide insight into Fava’s literary ethics and poetics, as well as into his interpretation of the intellectual’s function within society and in the fight against organised crime. What emerges is a call for intellectuals to act as involved inter-generational bridge figures who have witnessed and critically analysed the tragic consequences of mafia violence and oppression in the decades following World War II without giving in to feelings of hopelessness or cynicism.
Keywords: Giuseppe Fava, anti-mafia movement, critical consciousness, intellectual commitment, Leonardo Sciascia
description: Rivista di Studi e Ricerche sulla criminalità organizzata, V. 3, N. 2 (2017): Rivista di Studi e Ricerche sulla criminalità organizzata
Relazione sui sequestri di persona a scopo di estorsione
Creators: name: Sarah Mazzenzana, A Cura Di
Publisher: name: Rivista di Studi e Ricerche sulla criminalità organizzata
Year: 2017

description: La sezione “Storia e Memoria” di questo numero propone una selezione di brani tratti dalla “Relazione conclusiva della Commissione Parlamentare d’inchiesta sul fenomeno della mafia e delle altre associazioni criminali similari sui sequestri di persona a scopo di estorsione” del 1998. Si tratta del primo documento istituzionale rivolto specificamente all’approfondimento analitico di un fenomeno che ha drammaticamente segnato la storia nazionale, in particolare negli anni settanta e ottanta. I brani selezionati riguardano le diverse tipologie di sequestro in Italia, l’andamento statistico del fenomeno, le esperienze di prigionia di alcuni dei sequestrati e chiudono con le vicende dei sequestri di Giuseppe Soffiantini e Alessandra Sgarella.

Parole chiave: sequestri di persona, ostaggi, ricatto, estorsione, Commissione parlamentare d’inchiesta.

The section “History and Memory” gives an account of a selection of excerpts from the report of the Parliamentary Commission of Enquiry about the phenomenon of organized kidnappings.

The Commitee of experts, specially set up by Ottaviano Del Turco and coordinated by Alessandro Pardini, drawn up a report which was approved on October 7th, 1998. It represents the first institutional document specifically addressed to a phenomenon which has marked dramatically italian history in the ‘70s and ‘80s.

The excerpts we have selected concern the different types of kidnappings in Italy and provides a statistical overview of the trends of the phenomenon from 1969 to 1998. Moreover they deal with the kidnappings of Giuseppe Soffiantini and Alessandra Sgarella.

Keywords: kidnappings, hostages, blackmailing, ransom, Parliamentary Commission of Enquiry.
description: Rivista di Studi e Ricerche sulla criminalità organizzata, V. 3, N. 2 (2017): Rivista di Studi e Ricerche sulla criminalità organizzata
Anatomy, histology and histochemistry of accessory sex glands in male Persian squirrel (Sciurus anomalus)
Creators: name: Akbari, Ghasem
name: Kianifard, Davoud
Publisher: name: Firenze University Press
Year: 2017
Subjects: accessory sex glands, bulbourethral gland, coagulating gland, Persian squirrel, prostate, reproductive system

description: Persian squirrel (Sciurus anomalus) is a species of squirrels in the Middle East. There is little information about the anatomy and histology of various organs of this species. Moreover, there are no practical data about the accessory male sex glands of this species of squirrel. In this study the anatomical, histological and histochemical properties of the male reproductive system accessory glands of Persian Squirrel was evaluated. Eight adult male squirrels were anesthetized and euthanized. The pelvic area was dissected and the male reproductive system was separated. The accessory sex glands were investigated for gross anatomical aspect. Samples were fixed in formaldehyde for histological and histochemical studies. The coagulating glands, prostate and bulbourethral glands were observed at gross anatomical level. A single heart-shape and compact prostate gland was situated on the dorsal side of pelvic urethra. Two small coagulating glands were observed on the cranio-dorsal side of prostate. Two large spiral shape bulbourethral glands were situated out of the pelvic cavity near the root of penis on both sides of anal area. Histologic studies revealed that all accessory sex glands were alveolar glands with cuboidal to columnar epithelium. The most positive reaction for PAS stain was observed in the trabeculae of glands. There was no positive reaction for lipids in glands stained with Oil red O and Sudan Black. Some anatomical differences were observed in the accessory sex glands of Persian Squirrel in comparison to other rodents, however the histology of glands was almost similar to other rodents.
description: Italian Journal of Anatomy and Embryology, Vol 122, No 1 (2017)
Additional file 3 of Seamless phase 2/3 design for trials with multiple co-primary endpoints using Bayesian predictive power
Creators: name: Yang, Jiaying
name: Li, Guochun
name: Yang, Dongqing
name: Wu, Juan
name: Wang, Junqin
name: Gao, Xingsu
name: Liu, Pei
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Astronomical and Space Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 3: Figure S1. Histogram of trial success probabilities obtained by BPP or CP approach.
Double transverse foramen in cervical vertebrae in a Spanish rural population of the late 17th and 18th centuries
Creators: name: Quiles-Guiñau, Laura
name: Gómez-Cabrero, Azucena
name: Miquel-Feucht, Marcos
name: Sanchis-Gimeno, Juan Alberto
Publisher: name: Firenze University Press
Year: 2017
Subjects: spine; vertebral artery; cervical vertebrae; anatomical variation; 17th century; Spain

description: Double transverse foramen is an anatomical variant often observed in the inferior cervical rachis. It consists in the presence of the main transverse foramen and an accessory transverse foramen, which is smaller. Since the vertebral artery runs through the transverse foramen, this anatomical variant may suggest clinical considerations regarding the vertebral artery. In this context, our objective was to study the prevalence of double transverse foramen in a sample of 88 complete cervical sets of vertebrae dating from the late 17th and early 18th centuries and exhumed from a common grave in the “Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles” church, in Castielfabib (Ademuz, Valencia, Spain). We also wanted to analyze the possible correlation between the presence of double transverse foramen and the size of the main transverse foramen. The anteroposterior and lateral diameters of the transverse foramen and the accessory foramen were measured using digital calipers. Double transverse foramen was found in 96 (15.5%) cervical vertebrae, mostly in C6, but also in C4, C5 and C7. Our results show that double transverse foramen can cause the transverse foramen to be smaller when compared with normal vertebrae. Therefore, a thorough study should be performed to analyze the prevalence of double transverse foramen in the current population, as well as its clinical implications on the vertebral artery physiology.
description: Italian Journal of Anatomy and Embryology, Vol 122, No 1 (2017)
EFFECTS OF STATUS HIERARCHIES IN BRAND COMMUNITIES ON ENVY: THE INFLUENCE OF PERCEIVED DESERVINGNESS AND SELF-BRAND CONNECTION
Creators: name: Elena, Martinez
Publisher: name: CARSON JOURNAL
Year: 2024
Subjects: Envy, Status Hierarchies, Brand Communities, Deservingness, Self-Brand Connection, Malicious Envy, Benign Envy, Upward Social Comparison, Prestige Products, Luxury Brands.

description: Envy is a universal emotion that can be triggered by upward social comparisons and the possession of prestige products. In this research, we investigate the impact of status hierarchies within brand communities on the occurrence of Malicious and Benign Envy. We conducted two experiments to examine the antecedents and consequences of envy, as well as their effect on members of brand communities. We specifically focused on the role of deservingness and self-brand connection (SBC). In Experiment 1, we found that deservingness affects feelings of both Malicious and Benign Envy. Participants showed Benign Envy toward a higher status target who is deemed worthy of good fortune, but experienced Malicious Envy if the higher status member of the brand community was deemed unworthy of the good fortune. In Experiment 2, we manipulated deservingness and SBC to investigate their effects on the emotional presence of Malicious and Benign Envy. We found that for Malicious Envy, the impact of the source of the material item was greater for high SBC participants than for low SBC participants. Our research sheds light on the impact of status hierarchies within brand communities on Envy and provides insights into the role of deservingness and SBC in this process. The findings suggest that luxury brands can create hierarchical groups within their communities, leading to upward social comparisons and potential envy. We discuss the practical implications of our findings for marketers and brand managers, as well as future research directions
title: Die spezifische Berufs- und Betriebsstruktur vor Ort führt zu deutlichen regionalen Unterschieden in der Lohnlücke zwischen Männern und Frauen
Creators: name: Fuchs, Michaela
name: Weyh, Antje
name: Wydra-Somaggio, Gabriele
Publisher: name: Institut für Arbeitsmarkt und Berufsforschung
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/02qcqwf93
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2025
Subjects: Frauenerwerbstätigkeit
Gender Pay Gap
gechlechtsspezifische Lohnunterschiede
Lohnlücke
Lohnungleichheit
Regionale Ungleichheiten

description: Frauen in Deutschland verdienen im Schnitt deutlich weniger als Männer. Weniger bekannt ist, dass sich der sogenannte Gender-Pay-Gap zwischen einzelnen Regionen deutlich unterscheidet. So verdienen vollzeitbeschäftigte Männer in Dingolfing-Landau gut 40 Prozent mehr als vollzeitbeschäftigte Frauen, in Dessau-Roßlau 1,2 Prozent weniger. Eine wichtige Erklärung bieten regionale Geschlechterunterschiede in den ausgeübten Berufen und in der Betriebsstruktur vor Ort.
description: IAB-Forum, 2025-03-06.01