cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Estimating forced labour: from a legal category to a statistical category for international political campaigns
Creators: name: Schalkowski, Nicola
name: Renard, Lea
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Statistics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: categorisation
subject: International Labour Organization
subject: forced labour
subject: 300 Sozialwissenschaften::300 Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie::301 Soziologie, Anthropologie

description: This article contributes from a sociology of knowledge perspective to the ongoing sociological debate about statistics produced by international organisations taking the Global Estimates of Forced Labour published by the International Labour Organization (ILO) as a case of international quantification. We ask: what stages of negotiation were involved in the transformation of a legal category into a statistical category of forced labour oriented towards political action? The analysis combines the historical reconstruction of the political and organisational processes behind the production of the estimates with the study of the measurement framework of forced labour. The qualitative case study is based on semi-structured expert interviews and ILO documents. Our results highlight the processes by which a legal category was made practicable for statistical work and thereby point to the specific arrangements and connections between law, statistics, and policy within international organisations. As we argue, the estimates have provided consistency to a fragile social construct that originated in the imperial context of the interwar period, and that was turned into a ‘visible’ social and global phenomenon of the twenty-first century.
The association between nursing skill mix and mortality for adult medical and surgical patients: protocol for a systematic review
Creators: name: Kushemererwa, Diana
name: Davis, Jennifer
name: Nompilo Moyo
name: Gilbert, Susan
name: Gray, Richard
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2020
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Skill mix refers to the number and educational experience of nurses working in clinical settings. Authors have used several measures to determine the skill mix, which includes nurse-to-patient ratio and the proportion of baccalaureate-prepared nurses. Observational studies have tested the association between nursing skill mix and patient outcomes (mortality). To date, this body of research has not been subject to systematic review or meta-analysis. The aim of this study is to systematically review and meta-analyse observational and experimental research that tests the association between nursing skill mix and patient mortality in medical and surgical settings. We will search four key electronic databases—MEDLINE [OVID], EMBASE [OVID], CINAHL [EBSCOhost], and ProQuest Central (five databases)—from inception. Title, abstract, and full-text screening will be undertaken independently by at least two researchers using COVIDENCE review management software. We will include studies where the authors report an association between nursing skill mix and outcomes in adult medical and surgical inpatients. Extracted data from included studies will consist measures of nursing skill mix and inpatient mortality outcomes. A meta-analysis will be undertaken if there are at least two studies with similar designs, exposures, and outcomes. The findings will inform future research and workforce planning in health systems internationally.
MS-nowcasting: Operational Precipitation Nowcasting with Convolutional LSTMs at Microsoft Weather
Creators: name: Klocek, Sylwester
name: Dong, Haiyu
name: Dixon, Matthew
name: Kanengoni, Panashe
name: Kazmi, Najeeb
name: Luferenko, Pete
name: Lv, Zhongjian
name: Sharma, Shikhar
name: Weyn, Jonathan
name: Xiang, Siqi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics (physics.ao-ph)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the encoder-forecaster convolutional long short-term memory (LSTM) deep-learning model that powers Microsoft Weather's operational precipitation nowcasting product. This model takes as input a sequence of weather radar mosaics and deterministically predicts future radar reflectivity at lead times up to 6 hours. By stacking a large input receptive field along the feature dimension and conditioning the model's forecaster with predictions from the physics-based High Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR) model, we are able to outperform optical flow and HRRR baselines by 20-25% on multiple metrics averaged over all lead times.
description: Minor updates to reflect final submission to NeurIPS workshop
‘De pestiferis libris, cuiusmodi sunt in Hispania Amadisus, Splandianus … ’. Production, Materiality, and Readers of the Dutch ‘Amadijs’
Creators: name: Schlusemann, Rita
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Spanish and Dutch literature
subject: prose novel
subject: early modern literature and book culture
subject: book history
subject: paratext
subject: illustration
subject: 800 Literatur::830 Deutsche und verwandte Literaturen::830 Literaturen germanischer Sprachen; Deutsche Literatur
subject: 800 Literatur::860 Spanische, portugiesische Literaturen::860 Spanische, portugiesische Literaturen

description: In the 16th century at the latest there were strong political, cultural and literary ties between the Iberian Peninsula and the Dutch speaking regions in north western Europe. Literature in general and especially romances from the ‘south’ were printed, translated and adapted in Dutch. After an introduction in which the contribution presents a short overview of the translation and adaptation of Iberian romances in Dutch the focus will be on the ‘Amadijs’ tradition especially. For the first time the Spanish source and the ‘Amadijs’ are compared, including an analysis of the paratextual elements of the first Dutch edition of ‘Amadijs’ (1546), which clearly shows that Nuyts did not follow his source as an inspiration for the design of his edition, but copied the design of earlier Dutch editions of narratives as a marketing strategy. Part four shows that the Dutch ‘Amadijs’ was obviously read by everyone in the early modern period.
Canadian Pacific Steamships agent's stubs
Creators: name: Yip Sang Company
name: Canadian Pacific Steamships
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2016

description: Ticket stubs for the following passengers: [Lew Kong Nom], Tom Gim Yuen, Lee Doo Tong, Lew Jang Hoy, Wong King Fook, Chan Tai Leong, Wong Chew Kong, Lim Shee Mon, Limg Wing Yow, Jang Young.
Supplementary document for Exploring the limits of metasurface polarization multiplexing capability based on deep learning - 6402905.pdf
Creators: name: zhang, xiaohu
name: Yang, Yang
name: liu, kaifeng
name: zhang, haimo
name: shi, lintong
name: he, mengyao
name: Guo, Yongcai
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplement 1 with no trace of modification
Analysis of annotated and unannotated long noncoding RNAs from exosome subtypes using next-generation RNA sequencing
Creators: name: Suwakulsiri, Wittaya
name: Chen, Maoshan
name: Greening, David
name: Xu, Rong
name: Simpson, Richard
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) contain >200 nucleotides and act as regulatory molecules in transcription and translation processes in both normal and pathological conditions. LncRNAs have been reported to localize in nuclei, cytoplasm, and, more recently, extracellular vesicles such as exosomes. Exosomal lncRNAs have gained much attention as exosomes secreted from one cell type can transfer their cargo (e.g., protein, RNA species, and lipids) to recipient cells and mediate phenotypic changes in the recipient cell. In recent years, many exosomal lncRNAs have been discovered and annotated and are attracting much attention as potential markers for disease diagnosis and prognosis. It is expected that many exosomal lncRNAs are yet to be identified. However, characterization of unannotated exosomal RNAs with non-protein-coding sequences from massive RNA sequencing data is technically challenging. Here, we describe a method for the discovery of annotated and unannotated exosomal lncRNA. This method includes a large-scale isolation and purification strategy for exosome subtypes, using the human colorectal cancer cell line (LIM1863) as a model. The method inputs RNA sequencing clean reads and performs transcript assembly to identify annotated and unannotated exosomal lncRNAs. Cutoffs (length, number of exon, classification code, and human protein-coding probability) are used to identify potentially novel exosomal lncRNAs. Raw read count calculation and differential expression analysis are also introduced for downstream analysis and candidate selection. Exosomal lncRNA candidates are validated using RT-qPCR. This method provides a template for exosomal lncRNA discovery and analysis from next-generation RNA sequencing.
Canadian Pacific Steamships agent's stubs
Creators: name: Yip Sang Company
name: Canadian Pacific Steamships
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2016

description: Ticket stubs for the following passengers: Jang Ling, Jang Jun Wah, Young Kai, Young Lim Hing, Kong Chuck Quon, Lew Fook Yow, Chin Fook Jong, Lee Kuroek Yee, Mah Goon Kai, Lim Tai Jung.
A quantitative microscopic view on the gas-phase-dependent phase transformation from tetragonal to monoclinic ZrO2
Creators: name: Bekheet, Maged F.
name: Schlicker, Lukas
name: Popescu, Radian
name: Riedel, Wiebke
name: Grünbacher, Matthias
name: Penner, Simon
name: Gurlo, Aleksander
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: defect chemistry
subject: dissolved hydrogen
subject: oxide non-stoichiometry
subject: temperature-programmed reduction and oxidation
subject: X-ray diffraction
subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::540 Chemie::540 Chemie und zugeordnete Wissenschaften

description: ZrO2 is a versatile material with diverse applications, including structural ceramics, sensors, and catalysts. The properties of ZrO2 are largely determined by its crystal structure, which is temperature- and atmosphere dependent. Thus, this work focuses on a quantitative analysis of the temperature- and gas atmosphere-dependent phase transformation of tetragonal t-ZrO2 into monoclinic m-ZrO2 during heating–cooling cycles from room temperature to 1273 K. Synchrotron-based in situ X-ray diffraction (XRD) studies in gas atmospheres of different reduction strengths, namely, 5 vol% H2/Ar, He, CO2, and air, revealed a stabilizing effect of inert and reductive environments, directly yielding different temperature onsets in the phase transformation during cooling (i.e., 435, 510, 710, and 793 K for 5 vol% H2/Ar, He, CO2, and air, respectively). Rietveld refinement shows a direct influence of the atmosphere on grain size, unit cell, and weight fraction of both polymorphs in the product composite matrix. The tetragonal-to-monoclinic (t–m) phase transformation is suppressed in the sample heated only up to ∼850 K, independent of the gas atmosphere. The results of ex situ XRD, transmission electron microscopic, electron paramagnetic resonance, and oxygen titration experiments confirmed that the phase transformation is accompanied by a change in the crystallite/particle size and the amount of lattice defects (i.e., oxygen vacancy). Due to the different onset temperatures, a complex interplay between kinetic limitations of phase transformation and grain sintering yields different pathways of the phase transformation and, eventually, very different final crystallite sizes of both t-ZrO2 and m-ZrO2.
Flicker fusion thresholds as a clinical identifier of a magnocellular-deficit dyslexic subgroup
Creators: name: Peters, Jessica
name: Bavin, Edith
name: Brown, Alyse
name: Crewther, David
name: Crewther, Sheila
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The magnocellular-dorsal system is well isolated by high temporal frequency. However, temporal processing thresholds have seldom been explored in developmental dyslexia nor its subtypes. Hence, performances on two, four-alternative forced-choice achromatic flicker fusion threshold tasks modulated at low (5%) and high (75%) temporal contrast were compared in dyslexic and neurotypical children individually matched for age and intelligence (8-12 years, n = 54 per group). As expected, the higher modulation resulted in higher flicker fusion thresholds in both groups. Compared to neurotypicals, the dyslexic group displayed significantly lower ability to detect flicker at high temporal frequencies, both at low and high temporal contrast. Yet, discriminant analysis did not adequately distinguish the dyslexics from neurotypicals, on the basis of flicker thresholds alone. Rather, two distinct dyslexic subgroups were identified by cluster analysis - one characterised by significantly lower temporal frequency thresholds than neurotypicals (referred to as 'Magnocellular-Deficit' dyslexics; 53.7%), while the other group ('Magnocellular-Typical' dyslexics; 46.3%) had comparable thresholds to neurotypicals. The two dyslexic subgroups were not differentially associated with phonological or naming speed subtypes and showed comparable mean reading rate impairments. However, correlations between low modulation flicker fusion threshold and reading rate for the two subgroups were significantly different (p = .0009). Flicker fusion threshold performances also showed strong classification accuracy (79.3%) in dissociating the Magnocellular-Deficit dyslexics and neurotypicals. We propose that temporal visual processing impairments characterize a previously unidentified subgroup of dyslexia and suggest that measurement of flicker fusion thresholds could be used clinically to assist early diagnosis and appropriate treatment recommendations for dyslexia.
Canadian Pacific Steamships agent's stubs
Creators: name: Yip Sang Company
name: Canadian Pacific Steamships
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2016

description: Ticket stubs for the following passengers: Pon Yee Yin, Wong Jone, Wong Joy, Wong Luon, Lew Luon, Lew Sing, Loo Bark Leong, Chan Shing, Jang Tong, Jang Song.
Aufopferung als Gabe ohne Maß?
Creators: name: Landweer, Hilge
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Aufopferung
subject: Dankbarkeit
subject: Gabe und Gegengabe
subject: Gefühlsdynamik
subject: Maß
subject: Pflege
subject: Supererogation
subject: 100 Philosophie und Psychologie::100 Philosophie::102 Verschiedenes

description: Der Text untersucht die Frage, ob Aufopferung moralisch gut ist und lotet das Verhältnis von Aufopferung und Supererogation aus. Ausgehend vom Kontext historisch dominierender Formen von Aufopferung wird die Pflege von Angehörigen paradigmatisch für die Aufopferung für jemanden (nicht für Sachen oder Ideen) in den Blick genommen. Die für Pflegebeziehungen typische Gefühlsdynamik macht deutlich, inwiefern diese Form der Aufopferung als eine Gabe ohne Maß betrachtet werden kann. Mit Rekurs auf die Theorie der Gabe werden Kriterien dafür entwickelt, unter welchen Bedingungen Aufopferung bewunderungswürdig oder womöglich moralisch falsch ist. Bewunderungswürdig ist die spezifische Gabe der Pflege von Angehörigen nur dann, so die entwickelte These, wenn sie seitens der sich aufopfernden Person mit einem ausgewogenen Gefühlshaushalt verbunden ist. Handelt es sich bei der Aufopferung dagegen um eine emotionale Dauerüberforderung, so ist diese Gabe zwar nicht mehr bewunderungswürdig, aber auch nicht moralisch falsch.
title: Experiments on Inequality: Measuring Inequity Aversion and its Impact on Well-being
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2020

description: Inequality has been the focus of numerous studies in Economics and the subject of ongoing debate in the profession. However, natural environments often suffer from confounding effects and the mere difficulty of measuring wealth accurately. Thus, laboratory experiments constitute a valuable tool to examine effects difficult to study otherwise. This dissertation focuses on measuring the negative effect of inequality on individuals' well-being in the laboratory. Chapter 1, proposes a novel methodology called the inequity aversion list to estimate the parameters of Fehr and Schmidt's (1999) model of inequity aversion. Previous elicitation methodologies often use standard games, like ultimatum and dictator, which results in an incongruity between estimates at the aggregate and individual levels. The explanation I offer for this discrepancy is that reciprocity and inequity aversion are confounded when analyzing other-regarding behavior in standard games, biasing the estimates. The inequity aversion list improves over previous methodologies by isolating the effect of inequity aversion from other motives. I take the inequity aversion list to the laboratory and find that subjects largely display the predictions of Fehr and Schmidt's model and behave according to the model's assumptions. In chapter 2, I use the inequity aversion list to test various behavioral models beyond Fehr & Schmidt's (1999) inequity aversion. Using the data from the experiment explained in the first chapter, I identify the patterns of behavior individuals may display when answering the inequity aversion list. Each of these patterns is associated with a behavioral model. Using a scoring procedure, I determine which behavioral model fits each individual's data best. Chapter 3, presents the results from an online experiment absent choice in measuring subjective well-being (SWB) before and after an exogenous shock that reveals to subjects how many experimental points they and another subject receive, and whether or not points are worth money. The result is that subjects are made significantly happier when they receive monetized rather than non-monetized points, suggesting money is valued more than the points it represents. In contrast, subjects are made equally unhappy when they receive fewer monetized points as when they receive fewer non-monetized points than others, suggesting relative money is not valued more than the relative points it represents.
Assessing the Immediate Effects of Detached Mindfulness on Repetitive Negative Thinking and Affect in Daily Life: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Creators: name: Bolzenkötter, Teresa
name: Bürkner, Paul-Christian
name: Zetsche, Ulrike
name: Schulze, Lars
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Repetitive Negative Thinking
subject: Detached Mindfulness
subject: Metacognitive Therapy
subject: Randomized Controlled Trial
subject: Experience Sampling Methodology
subject: 100 Philosophie und Psychologie::150 Psychologie::150 Psychologie

description: Objectives Repetitive negative thinking (RNT) is a problematic thinking style that is related to multiple mental disorders. Detached mindfulness is a technique of metacognitive therapy that aims to reduce RNT. Our study set out to investigate the immediate effects of detached mindfulness in daily life. Methods Participants with elevated trait RNT (n = 50) were prompted to engage in detached mindfulness exercises three times a day for 5 consecutive days. Immediate effects on RNT and affect were assessed 15 and 30 min after each exercise using experience sampling methodology. We compared the effects of this exercise phase to (1) a 5-day non-exercise baseline phase and (2) a different group of participants that engaged in an active control exercise (n = 50). Results Results of Bayesian multilevel models showed that, across groups, improvements in RNT, negative affect, and positive affect were stronger during the exercise phase than during the non-exercise baseline phase (RNT after 15 min: b = -0.26, 95% CI = [-0.38, -0.14]). However, the two exercise groups did not differ in these improvements (RNT after 15 min: b = 0.02, 95% CI = [-0.22, 0.27]). Thus, the detached mindfulness and the active control exercises resulted in similar effects on RNT and affect in daily life. Conclusions Results of this study imply that there was no additional benefit of having participants observe their thoughts detached and non-judgmentally, compared to excluding these assumed mechanisms of action as done for the active control group. We discuss possible reasons for the non-difference between the groups. Preregistration This study was preregistered at https://osf.io/rze64.
Observations on holographic aspects of four-dimensional asymptotically flat ${\cal N}=2$ black holes
Creators: name: Aniceto, Pedro
name: Cardoso, Gabriel Lopes
name: Nampuri, Suresh
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this note, we explore holographic attributes of four-dimensional near-extremal Reissner-Nordstrom black hole solutions in ungauged ${\cal N}=2$ supergravity theories at the two-derivative level by recasting them as a specific first-order deformation in solution space, associated with an infinitesimal Harrison transformation, of black holes in an $AdS_2$ space-time. Specifically, we use this link to exhibit how bulk properties, such as mass and entropy, of four-dimensional near-extremal black holes are holographically encoded in the one-dimensional boundary theory dual to gravity in an infinitesimally deformed $AdS_2$ space-time. We do so for the case of four-dimensional near-extremal black holes that arise as deformations in solution space of BPS black holes by changing the non-extremality parameter. For these near-extremal black holes, we further show that the nAdS$_2$ attractor mechanism can be recast as a specific deformation of the BPS flow equations in four dimensions. Additionally, we also discuss time-dependent perturbations of the four-dimensional near-extremal Reissner-Nordstrom solutions from a two-dimensional point of view.
description: 38 pages; v2: reference added; v3: published version
Canadian Pacific Steamships agent's stubs
Creators: name: Yip Sang Company
name: Canadian Pacific Steamships
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2016

description: Ticket stubs for the following passengers: [Wong Yow Ning], Song Yick, Lam Mow, [Shew Chon Hong], Sam Dick Hong, Lam Hong, Wong Kong Lam, Sing Fook, Wong Mow, Lee Wai Foon.
Supplemental materials
Creators: name: Wang, Yashen
name: Zhang, Xin
name: Liang, Zun
name: Liang, Hongtao
name: Yang, Yang
name: Laird, Brian
Publisher: name: AIP Publishing
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 51
subject: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Supplemental materials
Stability of quantized conductance levels in memristors with copper filaments: toward understanding the mechanisms of resistive switching
Creators: name: Kharlanov, Oleg G.
name: Shvetsov, Boris S.
name: Rylkov, Vladimir V.
name: Minnekhanov, Anton A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Memristors are among the most promising elements for modern microelectronics, having unique properties such as quasi-continuous change of conductance and long-term storage of resistive states. However, identifying the physical mechanisms of resistive switching and evolution of conductive filaments in such structures still remains a major challenge. In this work, aiming at a better understanding of these phenomena, we experimentally investigate an unusual effect of enhanced conductive filament stability in memristors with copper filaments under the applied voltage and present a simplified theoretical model of the effect of a quantum current through a filament on its shape. Our semi-quantitative, continuous model predicts, indeed, that for a thin filament, the "quantum pressure" exerted on its walls by the recoil of charge carriers can well compete with the surface tension and crucially affect the evolution of the filament profile at the voltages around 1V. At lower voltages, the quantum pressure is expected to provide extra stability to the filaments supporting quantized conductance, which we also reveal experimentally using a novel methodology focusing on retention statistics. Our results indicate that the recoil effects could potentially be important for resistive switching in memristive devices with metallic filaments and that taking them into account in rational design of memristors could help achieve their better retention and plasticity characteristics.
description: version accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. Applied, including improved statistics
Canadian Pacific Steamships agent's stubs
Creators: name: Yip Sang Company
name: Canadian Pacific Steamships
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2016

description: Ticket stubs for the following passengers: Wong Lang Gang, Jone Quon, Wong Kurong Jun, Wong Lai Hong, Yan Jung, Lee Hong You, Joang Gin Leong, Wong Lap Kung, Woo Chong, Lee Sing Hoy.
Analysis of interleukin-1 receptor associated kinase-3 (IRAK3) function in modulating expression of inflammatory markers in cell culture models: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Nguyen, Trang Hong
name: Turek, Ilona
name: Meehan-Andrews, Terri
name: Zacharias, Anita
name: Irving, Helen
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 31
subject: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
classificationCode: 3101
subject: Biochemistry and cell biology
classificationCode: 32
subject: Biomedical and clinical sciences

description: Background
IRAK3 is a critical modulator of inflammation in innate immunity. IRAK3 is associated with many inflammatory diseases, including sepsis, and is required in endotoxin tolerance to maintain homeostasis of inflammation. The impact of IRAK3 on inflammatory markers such as nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells (NF-κB), tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) in cell culture models remains controversial.

Objective
To analyse temporal effects of IRAK3 on inflammatory markers after one- or two-challenge interventions in cell culture models.

Methods
A systematic search was performed to identify in vitro cell studies reporting outcome measures of expression of IRAK3 and inflammatory markers. Meta-analyses were performed where sufficient data were available. Comparisons of outcome measures were performed between different cell lines and human and mouse primary cells.

Results
The literature search identified 7766 studies for screening. After screening titles, abstracts and full-texts, a total of 89 studies were included in the systematic review.

Conclusions
The review identifies significant effects of IRAK3 on decreasing NF-κB DNA binding activity in cell lines, TNF-α protein level at intermediate time intervals (4h–15h) in cell lines or at long term intervals (16h–48h) in mouse primary cells following one-challenge. The patterns of TNF-α protein expression in human cell lines and human primary cells in response to one-challenge are more similar than in mouse primary cells. Meta-analyses confirm a negative correlation between IRAK3 and inflammatory cytokine (IL-6 and TNF-α) expression after two-challenges.
Activity classification accuracy
of the thigh-worn SENS Motion accelerometry system in laboratory and free-living conditions
Creators: name: Lendt, Claas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Poster presented at the ISBNPA Annual Meeting on June 16th 2023 in Uppsala, Sweden. There is an accompanying publication:Lendt, C., Braun, T., Biallas, B. et al. Thigh-worn accelerometry: a comparative study of two no-code classification methods for identifying physical activity types. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 21, 77 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-024-01627-1
title: The Idea of Iran: Nationalism, Identity and National Consciousness among Diaspora Iranians
Creators: name: Salimi, Darius
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Iran
subject: Shahnameh
subject: Nationalism
subject: Diaspora
subject: Identity
subject: Ancient Persia

description: As a primary objective of this research, I will analyze the formulation and function of national consciousness among Iranians of the diaspora in practice. I aim to achieve this by examining the character, function and role of Iranian national consciousness historically and in the present. The Shahnameh, the Iranian national epic, has played a large role in the transmission of both dynastic history and Zoroastrian myth, as have archaeological discoveries dating to pre-Islamic times in more recent years. I find that in seeking to associate themselves with the glories of Achaemenid Ancient Persia, modern Iranians surprisingly and perhaps unknowingly inhabit the same ritual space as their Sasanian ancient Persian predecessors who sought to do the same. I examine how conceptions of “Iran” and “non-Iran” in texts dating to the Sasanian dynasty lend affect the formation of a national consciousness that stretches from the third century AD to the present, transmitted via the inheritance of the Shahnameh, and form part of the basis of modern Iranian nationalism among the diaspora. In order to examine the effects of both on the national consciousness and personal identity on individuals in the Iranian diaspora, I also developed a survey questionnaire, the results of which serve as one of the central points of investigation in this thesis. In light of a highly culturally diverse and increasingly important Middle East, in this thesis, I will illuminate the origins of nationality, identity and conceptions of nationhood in idiosyncratic Iran, a nation surrounded by others near in the most literal sense, but surprisingly distant in cultural mindsets and historical experiences. Iran has been oft-understood, discussed, dissected and generally-known, albeit mostly through the scope of Greek-speaking antagonists, the de facto forebears of future Western imperial powers. This study provides insight into Iranian identity and into the currents of nationalism that have shaped and continue to shape the Iranian collective memory and self-reflective cultural view, which distinguish Iran from its neighbors and portrays it as a highly idiosyncratic nation that must be understood and dealt with on its own terms.
Records related to immigration
Creators: name: Yip, Kew Him
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2016

description: Two letters from the Immigration Branch of the Department of the Interior to Wing Sang and Yip Kew Him regarding entry of Chinese into Canada and payment of head tax, as well as a copy of Form J "Petition for a certificate of Canadian citizenship by a natural-born Canadian citizen," and a Chinese Immigration registration certificate of Pang Sai Yen.
Moralphilosophische Argumente für Pflege als Gabe-Beziehung. Eine Replik
Creators: name: Landweer, Hilge
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: moralphilosophische Argumente
subject: Pflege als Gabe-Beziehung
subject: Replik
subject: 100 Philosophie und Psychologie::100 Philosophie::102 Verschiedenes

description: Zu meinem Essay „Aufopferung als Gabe ohne Maß?“ habe ich vier sehr wertschätzende und bedenkenswerte Kommentare mit wichtigen Ergänzungen und Kritik erhalten, für die ich mich bedanken möchte. Ich kann nicht auf alle Punkte eingehen, auf manche nur implizit.
Analysis of interleukin-1 receptor associated kinase-3 (IRAK3) function in modulating expression of inflammatory markers in cell culture models: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Nguyen, Trang Hong
name: Turek, Ilona
name: Meehan-Andrews, Terri
name: Zacharias, Anita
name: Irving, Helen
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Background IRAK3 is a critical modulator of inflammation in innate immunity. IRAK3 is associated with many inflammatory diseases, including sepsis, and is required in endotoxin tolerance to maintain homeostasis of inflammation. The impact of IRAK3 on inflammatory markers such as nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells (NF-κB), tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) in cell culture models remains controversial. Objective To analyse temporal effects of IRAK3 on inflammatory markers after one- or two-challenge interventions in cell culture models. Methods A systematic search was performed to identify in vitro cell studies reporting outcome measures of expression of IRAK3 and inflammatory markers. Meta-analyses were performed where sufficient data were available. Comparisons of outcome measures were performed between different cell lines and human and mouse primary cells. Results The literature search identified 7766 studies for screening. After screening titles, abstracts and full-texts, a total of 89 studies were included in the systematic review. Conclusions The review identifies significant effects of IRAK3 on decreasing NF-κB DNA binding activity in cell lines, TNF-α protein level at intermediate time intervals (4h–15h) in cell lines or at long term intervals (16h–48h) in mouse primary cells following one-challenge. The patterns of TNF-α protein expression in human cell lines and human primary cells in response to one-challenge are more similar than in mouse primary cells. Meta-analyses confirm a negative correlation between IRAK3 and inflammatory cytokine (IL-6 and TNF-α) expression after two-challenges.
title: Variable Stars
Creators: name: Winn, Sarah Ann
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Grief
subject: Loss
subject: Lineage
subject: Aging
subject: Family
subject: Solace

description: Like a constellation of variable stars, these poems grow brighter and darker, depending on their proximity to loss. Throughout, the poems grapple with various kinds of losses, and attempt to find solace and half-answers in likely and unlikely places, including the natural world. In curating a collection of items through a series of Appendices, the poems look for a place for the things which cannot be held, but which anyone who has experienced a loss would want to retain.
The Sphere of Influence of the Bright Central Galaxies in the Diffuse Light of SDSS Clusters
Creators: name: Chen, Xiaokai
name: Zu, Ying
name: Shao, Zhiwei
name: Shan, Huanyuan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The bright central galaxies (BCGs) dominate the inner portion of the diffuse cluster light, but it is still unclear where the intracluster light (ICL) takes over. To investigate the BCG-ICL transition, we stack the images of ${\sim}3000$ clusters between $0.2{
description: 16 pages, 13 figures; Matched to the version accepted by MNRAS
title: Correspondence: Kitty L. Reynolds and C. Harrison Mann, Jr.; June 28, 1963-July 15, 1963
Creators: name: Reynolds, Kitty L.
name: Mann, Charles Harrison, Jr., 1908-1977
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: United States Constitution
subject: Taxes

description: Letter A: typescript signed, 8.5" x 11" (21.6cm x 27.9cm); Letter B: typescript unsigned, 8.5" x 11" (21.6cm x 27.9cm)
description: Correspondence between Kitty L. Reynolds, Secretary of the Homeowners Federation of Arlington, and C. Harrison Mann, Jr. regarding the "Liberty Amendment" which proposed to repeal the 16th Amendment of the United States Constitution. C. Harrison Mann, Jr. Collection, 3.14
Partial Oxidation of Methanol on Gold: How Selectivity Is Steered by Low-Coordinated Sites
Creators: name: Eltayeb, Salma
name: Carroll, Lenard L.
name: Dippel, Lukas
name: Mostaghimi, Mersad
name: Riedel, Wiebke
name: Moskaleva, Lyudmila V.
name: Risse, Thomas
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: gold
subject: methanol
subject: oxidation
subject: Au(111)
subject: Au(332)
subject: low-coordinated sites
subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::540 Chemie::540 Chemie und zugeordnete Wissenschaften

description: Partial methanol oxidation proceeds with high selectivity to methyl formate (MeFo) on nanoporous gold (npAu) catalysts. As low-coordinated sites on npAu were suggested to affect the selectivity, we experimentally investigated their role in the isothermal selectivity for flat Au(111) and stepped Au(332) model surfaces using a molecular beam approach under well-defined conditions. Direct comparison shows that steps enhance desired MeFo formation and lower undesired overoxidation. DFT calculations reveal differences in oxygen distribution that enhance the barriers to overoxidation at steps. Thus, these results provide an atomic-level understanding of factors controlling the complex reaction network on gold catalysts, such as npAu.
Power-law holographic dark energy and cosmology
Creators: name: Telali, Eirini C.
name: Saridakis, Emmanuel N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We formulate power-law holographic dark energy, which is a modified holographic dark energy model based on the extended entropy relation arising from the consideration of state mixing between the ground and the excited ones in the calculation of the entanglement entropy. We construct two cases of the scenario, imposing the usual future event horizon choice, as well as the Hubble one. Thus, the former model is a one-parameter extension of standard holographic dark energy, recovering it in the limit where power-law extended entropy recovers Bekenstein-Hawking one, while the latter belongs to the class of running vacuum models, a feature that may reveal the connection between holography and the renormalization group running. For both models we extract the differential equation that determines the evolution of the dark-energy density parameter and we provide the expression for the corresponding equation-of-state parameter. We find that the scenario can describe the sequence of epochs in the Universe evolution, namely the domination of matter followed by the domination of dark energy. Moreover, the dark-energy equation of state presents a rich behavior, lying in the quintessence regime or passing into the phantom one too, depending on the values of the two model parameters, a behavior that is richer than the one of standard holographic dark energy.
description: 6 pages, 3 figures
A Protocol for Isolation, Purification, Characterization, and Functional Dissection of Exosomes.
Creators: name: Rai, Alin
name: Fang, Haoyun
name: Fatmous, Monique
name: Claridge, Bethany
name: Poh, Qi Hui
name: Simpson, Richard
name: Greening, David
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 31
subject: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
classificationCode: 3101
subject: Biochemistry and cell biology
classificationCode: 3404
subject: Medicinal and biomolecular chemistry

description: Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are membrane-enclosed vesicles released by cells. They carry proteins, nucleic acids, and metabolites which can be transferred to a recipient cell, locally or at a distance, to elicit a functional response. Since their discovery over 30 years ago, the functional repertoire of EVs in both physiological (e.g., organ morphogenesis, embryo implantation) and pathological (e.g., cancer, neurodegeneration) conditions has cemented their crucial role in intercellular communication. Moreover, because the cargo encapsulated within circulating EVs remains protected from degradation, their diagnostic as well as therapeutic (such as drug delivery tool) applications have garnered vested interest. Global efforts have been made to purify EV subtypes from biological fluids and in vitro cell culture media using a variety of strategies and techniques, with a major focus on EVs of endocytic origin called exosomes (30-150 nm in size). Given that the secretome comprises of soluble secreted proteins, protein aggregates, RNA granules, and EV subtypes (such as exosomes, shed microvesicles, apoptotic bodies), it is imperative to purify exosomes to homogeneity if we are to perform biochemical and biophysical characterization and, importantly, functional dissection. Besides understanding the composition of EV subtypes, defining molecular bias of how they reprogram target cells also remains of paramount importance in this area of active research. Here, we outline a systematic "how to" protocol (along with useful insights/tips) to obtain highly purified exosomes and perform their biophysical and biochemical characterization. This protocol employs a mass spectrometry-based proteomics approach to characterize the protein composition of exosomes. We also provide insights on different isolation strategies and their usefulness in various downstream applications. We outline protocols for lipophilic labeling of exosomes to study uptake by a recipient cell, investigating cellular reprogramming using proteomics and studying functional response to exosomes in the Transwell-Matrigel™ Invasion assay.
A Protocol for Isolation, Purification, Characterization, and Functional Dissection of Exosomes.
Creators: name: Rai, Alin
name: Haoyun Fang
name: Fatmous, Monique
name: Claridge, Bethany
name: Poh, Qi Hui
name: Simpson, Richard
name: Greening, David
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are membrane-enclosed vesicles released by cells. They carry proteins, nucleic acids, and metabolites which can be transferred to a recipient cell, locally or at a distance, to elicit a functional response. Since their discovery over 30 years ago, the functional repertoire of EVs in both physiological (e.g., organ morphogenesis, embryo implantation) and pathological (e.g., cancer, neurodegeneration) conditions has cemented their crucial role in intercellular communication. Moreover, because the cargo encapsulated within circulating EVs remains protected from degradation, their diagnostic as well as therapeutic (such as drug delivery tool) applications have garnered vested interest. Global efforts have been made to purify EV subtypes from biological fluids and in vitro cell culture media using a variety of strategies and techniques, with a major focus on EVs of endocytic origin called exosomes (30-150 nm in size). Given that the secretome comprises of soluble secreted proteins, protein aggregates, RNA granules, and EV subtypes (such as exosomes, shed microvesicles, apoptotic bodies), it is imperative to purify exosomes to homogeneity if we are to perform biochemical and biophysical characterization and, importantly, functional dissection. Besides understanding the composition of EV subtypes, defining molecular bias of how they reprogram target cells also remains of paramount importance in this area of active research. Here, we outline a systematic "how to" protocol (along with useful insights/tips) to obtain highly purified exosomes and perform their biophysical and biochemical characterization. This protocol employs a mass spectrometry-based proteomics approach to characterize the protein composition of exosomes. We also provide insights on different isolation strategies and their usefulness in various downstream applications. We outline protocols for lipophilic labeling of exosomes to study uptake by a recipient cell, investigating cellular reprogramming using proteomics and studying functional response to exosomes in the Transwell-Matrigel™ Invasion assay.
title: A Methodology for Visible Light Communication in Swarm Robotic Systems
Creators: name: Maxseiner, Alexander
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Swarm communication
subject: Swarm robotics
subject: Visible light communication
subject: Swarming
subject: Swarms

description: Robotic swarms can benefit from means of communications between agents to perform most collaborative tasks. A communication method that scales linearly with the swarm size is required as the number of agents increases significantly. We propose a method that communicates inherently with proximity, as opposed to traditional fully connected communications. Also knowing swarm state information can improve the efficiency of the swarm. Visible Light Communication (VLC) using a camera and LEDs solves two problems for swarms at once, communication and the location of the sending agent. Information from the frequency of a blinking LED can be inferred over time. Parsing data from many agents in a single agent's frame simultaneously is possible due to using a camera and segmenting the frame. The location of the sending agent can be extracted in the local frame of the receiving agent with the camera frame and the centroid of the light source. In this method of communication, the receiver's communication rate is scaled with the number of agents in \frame". When the camera is not being used to communicate, it can be used to collect information from the environment or usage for other tasks. Methods to perform communication and localization using LEDs paired with Digital and event-based cameras are presented. Methods to improve the data rate using Frequency Shift Keying(FSK) and Multiple Frequency Shift Keying(MFSK) were presented and tested for their effectiveness. Results showed a low bit-error rate using a camera while inferring spatial locality of the sending agent, showing the feasibility for VLC for robotic swarms.
title: Engaging Civil Society Organizations in ConflictAffected and Fragile States
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: World Bank
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Governance
subject: Fragibility
subject: Locally-led Peacemaking Initiatives
subject: Civil War
subject: Democracy

description: Civil society organizations (CSOs) play a prominent role in conflict-affected and fragile states. In the absence of capable or credible public institutions due to conflict or weak policy environments, CSOs tend to substitute for public institutions and become primary providers of basic social services. At the same time, the international donor community has increased its involvement in countries affected by conflict and instability, often relying increasingly on CSOs to reach the poor. While the prominent role of CSOs in social service delivery and other development activities is often seen as an interim solution, it may extend for years, even decades. Recognizing that reliance on CSOs is likely to prevail for the foreseeable future in many countries, there is a need to consider how to make CSO engagement more effective and sustainable. The objective of this report is to identify approaches to more effectively engage CSOs in the context of weak public institutions in conflict-affected and fragile states. The report will: 1) Examine the roles, strengths, and weaknesses of CSOs in terms of service delivery, community development, advocacy, peace building, and governance; 2) Identify the factors that influence CSO effectiveness in performing these functions; 3) Assess donor influence on CSOs and their indirect influence on governance by supporting CSOs; and 4) Discuss the relationship between CSOs and government including their changing roles, weak communication, and government efforts to coordinate and regulate CSO activity. Key findings are presented from pilots of the Civil Society Assessment Tool (CSAT) in Angola, Guinea Bissau, and Togo. The pilots were carried out from January 2004 to February 2005.