cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Verbal/Visual 2016
Creators: name: Irvin, Sarah
Publisher: name: Fenwick Gallery, George Mason University Libraries
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Visual art
subject: Handmade paper
subject: Social practice
subject: Skateboarding
subject: John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (U.S.)
subject: Veterans
subject: Motherhood
subject: Parenthood
subject: Children
subject: Sculpture
subject: Installation art
subject: Flax
subject: Copper
subject: Cyanotype

description: Exhibition Catalog from the Verbal/Visual 2016 exhibit at the Fenwick Gallery, George Mason University
description: Creative practice is driven by input or research, even though it is defined by the resulting output or product. A collapse of these categories facilitates new methods of creating and provides alternative routes for the acquisition of knowledge. Verbal/Visual 2016 presents all aspects of the creative process as one. Research and artwork by four MFA students graduating from Mason’s School of Art in Spring 2016 are on view as correspondent parts of a whole. Artists in the exhibit explore the boundaries of a variety of disciplines, searching for places these boundaries can be pushed and repositioned. They combine traditional methods of research with lived experiences as both research and art practice. These collected experiences and information serve simultaneously as their creative practice and to inspire other manifestations of their work. The result is a curated collection of the knowledge of others, the artists’ embodied knowledge and the visual resources they produce that can be read and experienced as texts in their own right.
The reason behind the optimal failure of medication in ICU at the end stage of CHF
Creators: name: Kakani, Rosemary
name: Paladugu, Mukesh Raja
name: Shaik, Rihana Parveen
name: Venkata Ramana Kancharlapalli
Publisher: name: F1000Research
Year: 2016

description: Our study is about the reasons for failure of medication in intensive care patients suffering from congestive heart failure at end stage. Our study provides suggestive measures to ease the optimal failure of medication in CHF patients.
Is step rate associated with worsening of patellofemoral and tibiofemoral joint osteoarthritis in women and men? The Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study
Creators: name: Harvi Hart
name: K Douglas Gross
name: Crossley, Kay
name: Barton, Christian
name: Felson, David T
name: Guermazi, Ali
name: Roemer, Frank
name: Segal, Neil A
name: Lewis, Cora E
name: Nevitt, Michael C
name: Stefanik, Joshua J
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2020
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: © 2019, American College of Rheumatology
This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Step Rate and Worsening of Patellofemoral and Tibiofemoral Joint Osteoarthritis in Women and Men: The Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study, which has been published in final form at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/acr.23864. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.

Objective: To determine the association of self-selected walking step rate with worsening of cartilage damage in the patellofemoral (PF) joint and tibiofemoral (TF) joint compartments at a 2-year follow-up visit. Methods: The Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study (MOST) is a prospective cohort of men and women with or at risk of knee osteoarthritis. Self-selected step rate was measured using an instrumented GAITRite walkway (CIR Systems) at the 60-month visit. Cartilage damage was semiquantitatively graded on magnetic resonance images at the 60- and 84-month visits in the medial and lateral PF and TF compartments. Step rate was divided into quartiles, and logistic regression was used to determine the association of step rate with the risk of worsening cartilage damage in men and women separately. Analyses were adjusted for age, body mass index, and knee injury/surgery. Results: A total of 1,089 participants were included. Mean ± SD age was 66.9 ± 7.5 years, mean ± SD body mass index was 29.6 ± 4.7 kg/m2, and 62.3% of the participants were women. Women with the lowest step rate had increased risk of lateral PF (risk ratio [RR] 2.1 [95% confidence interval (95% CI) 1.1–3.8]) and TF (RR 1.8 [95% CI 1.1–2.9]) cartilage damage worsening 2 years later compared to those with the highest step rate. Men with the lowest step rate had increased risk of medial TF cartilage damage worsening 2 years later (RR 2.1 [95% CI 1.1–3.9]). Conclusion: Lower step rate was associated with increased risk of cartilage damage worsening in the lateral PF and TF compartments in women and worsening medial TF joint damage in men. Future research is necessary to understand the influence of step rate manipulation on joint biomechanics in women and men.
Supplementary document for Thermo-optical Measurements using Quantitative Phase Microscopy - 6422952.pdf
Creators: name: Tanjaya, Nicholaus
name: Toda, Keiichiro
name: Ideguchi, Takuro
name: Ishii, Satoshi
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary 1
Entrepreneurial ecosystems: A holistic and dynamic approach
Creators: name: Herrera, Claudia Shwetzer
name: Phoebus Maritz
name: Nguyen, Quan
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Purpose The purpose of this paper is to add a holistic and dynamic approach to the emerging body of knowledge of entrepreneurial ecosystems (EEs). It aims to synthesise research and related neoteric EE concepts by proposing a conceptual framework for the study of the composition and interactions of such systems. Design/methodology/approach The authors provide an emergent enquiry perspective by introducing a systematic literature review to inform the development of a conceptual framework, based upon theoretical underpinnings of institutional and network theory. Findings This paper highlights neoteric holistic and dynamic approaches to recent scholarship of EEs, including antecedents, related concepts, shortcomings, features, actors, components and resources, recommendations for application, network and institutional perspectives, pathways for future research, and ultimately, a conceptual framework merging aspects of entrepreneurial activity, value creation, EE elements, relational interactions and institutional inferences. Research limitations/implications Primary limitations are associated with holistic and dynamic approaches adopted in this study, highlighting that EE heterogeneity is unlikely conducive to a “one-size-fits-all” scenario; further empirical research on the dynamics of EEs is suggested to circumvent such implications while adding to the emerging and growing body of knowledge and application of EEs. Practical implications The findings and conceptual framework provide a theoretical platform to base applications to practice in developing nascent and emerging EEs. Originality/value A first of its kind study adds a holistic and dynamic emergent enquiry approach with institutional and network underpinnings to EE frameworks.
Measuring and validating autistic burnout
Creators: name: Mantzalas, Jane
name: Richdale, Amanda
name: Li, Xia
name: Dissanayake, Cheryl
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 3209
subject: Neurosciences
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
classificationCode: 52
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
classificationCode: 5201
subject: Applied and developmental psychology
classificationCode: 5203
subject: Clinical and health psychology

description: Researchers have begun to explore the characteristics and risk factors for autistic burnout, but assessment tools are lacking. Our study comprehensively examined and compared the psychometric properties of the unpublished 27-item AASPIRE Autistic Burnout Measure (ABM), and personal and work scales of the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI) to evaluate their efficacy as screening measures for autistic burnout, with a group of 238 autistic adults. Exploratory factor analyses (EFA) revealed a 4-factor structure for the ABM and a 2-factor structure for the CBI personal scale (CBI-P). Factorial validity and dimensionality were examined with four exploratory models which indicated a unidimensional structure for the ABM with an overarching ‘Autistic Burnout’ construct, and multidimensional CBI-P structure comprising two subscales and overarching ‘Personal Burnout’ construct. Other reliability and validity indicators included Spearman correlations, analysis of variance, receiver operating characteristics, sensitivity, specificity, and intra-class correlations (ICC). The ABM and CBI-P were strongly correlated with depression, anxiety, stress, and fatigue. Unexpectedly, correlations between the burnout measures and camouflaging, and wellbeing measures were moderate. Potential overlap between burnout and depression and fatigue was examined through EFA, which supported convergent validity of the ABM and depression measure, while correlations and ICC analyses revealed mixed results. We concluded that the ABM and the CBI-P Emotional Exhaustion subscale were valid preliminary screening tools for autistic burnout. Testing with larger and more diverse autistic samples is required to further examine the psychometric properties of the ABM, and to understand the relationships between autistic burnout and depression, and masking.
title: An Ethnographic Case Study of Cultural Fusion, a Student-Led Event at George Mason University: A Site for Student Leadership, Activism, and Scholarship
Creators: name: Maloney, Jennifer A.
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Culture
subject: Students
subject: Gender
subject: Multiculturalism
subject: Leadership
subject: Ethnicity

description: This thesis is an ethnographic case study of Cultural Fusion, an annual student-led event at George Mason University. Specifically, the author inquires about whether culture and gender factors influenced a group of culturally diverse students’ participation in Cultural Fusion; how culturally diverse student leadership can effect change; and what such a study can add to overall college student development scholarship. In the process of researching and writing this thesis, the author conducted a literature search, interviews with university students and program staff, and a survey of the larger group of students who volunteered for Cultural Fusion. The author also sought and analyzed portraits, or personal statements, from Cultural Fusion’s core group of student leaders. The author used an intersectional approach to connect a range of disciplines and fields of knowledge that touch upon college student leadership development—transformative educational practice, critical race theory, whiteness studies, and feminist approaches to leadership, vii including cultural and multicultural leadership. Among other findings, the event’s student leaders draw on the positive aspects of culture as a way to share students’ identities and create a non-threatening space for bringing various groups and identities together. Cultural Fusion becomes a place for acceptance and learning, as distinguished from conditions portrayed in other campus environments, including the classroom.
Characterization of microsatellite markers for the endangered rainforest tree, Gossia gonoclada (Myrtaceae)
Creators: name: Simmons, C Laura
name: Taylor, Tamara
name: Zalucki, JM
name: Hoebee, Susan
name: Fernando, Denise
name: Holmes, Gareth
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 3005
subject: Fisheries sciences
classificationCode: 3105
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: No description supplied
Lunch menu from the Empress of Japan from 5 Dec. 1932
Creators: name: Canadian Pacific Steamships
name: Crawford, Lawrence
Publisher: name: England : Canadian Pacific Steamships
Year: 2018

description: Cover image is a ship and a seagull in blue. With musical programme on the back. Assembled by Lawrence Crawford, orchestra leader on the Canadian Pacific second Empress of Japan, Princess Louise, and Princess Alice.
Characterization of microsatellite markers for the endangered rainforest tree, Gossia gonoclada (Myrtaceae)
Creators: name: C Laura Simmons
name: Taylor, Tamara
name: JM Zalucki
name: Hoebee, Susan
name: Fernando, Denise R
name: Holmes, Gareth
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: No description supplied
Guía de Incorporación para Colaboradores
Creators: name: Pendino, Romina
name: Ascenzi, Laura
name: Black, Melissa
name: Míguez, María Paz
name: Palopoli, Nicolás
name: Ación, Laura
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Comunidad
onboarding
incorporación

description: Esta guía se propone contribuir a que toda persona que se una a MetaDocencia disponga de los recursos necesarios para participar de nuestra comunidad. Está en revisión permanente y tiene como objetivo facilitar una mejor comprensión de la labor en equipo, los alcances de cada uno y empezar a conocer el flujo y las formas en las que trabajamos.
FOUR YEARS FROM 'THE CHTHONIAN LEGEND': SIGNIFICANCE, IMPACT, ADDITIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS (PERSONAL) CONSIDERATIONS
Creators: name: Sanvico, Michele
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Michele Sanvico, currently the world leading expert in the legendary tradition of Mount Sibyl and the Lake of Pilate in Italy, retraces the steps that led to the publication of the breakthrough article 'The chthonian legend' on March, 25th 2020, a fundamental contribution to the studies in the legendary heritage of the Sibillini Mountain Range in Italy. 'The chthonian legend' opened  unprecedented perspectives by establishing an innovative connection between the two renowned legendary tales, concerning an Apennine Sibyl and a roman prefect, and the peculiar seismic character of this territory in central Italy: a fundamental aspect that was completely overlooked in all previous studies. In this article - four years having rolled by - Michele Sanvico elaborates on the significance and long-term impacts of 'The chthonian legend' research, by also providing new references and additions. Miscellaneous (personal) considerations are also proposed, in a framework that links the scientific paper released in 2020 with the novel 'The eleventh Sibyl - Abyssus Sibyllae” published ten years earlier: a poetical, literary approach that helped the Author think 'out of the box', paving the way to the attainment of an unprecedented insight into the sibilline legends.
Research priorities in residential aged care services: A statewide survey
Creators: name: Rayner, Jo-Anne
name: Fetherstonhaugh, Deirdre
name: Cowen, Sandra
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 3202
subject: Clinical sciences
classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences
classificationCode: 4203
subject: Health services and systems
classificationCode: 4205
subject: Nursing

description: Objectives: To ascertain the research priorities of staff working in Victorian residential aged care services (RACS). Method: In October 2016, all 754 Victorian RACS were asked to list three most important research priorities in a confidential postal survey. Descriptive statistics and content analysis were used to analyse the data. Results: One hundred and sixty-two (21.5%) RACS participated. Research priorities, in order of importance, were grouped thematically as workforce issues, strategies to manage residents with dementia and funding to the sector. Staffing numbers and mix, particularly nurse-to-resident ratios, dominated workforce issues. The management of responsive behaviours was highlighted as a pressing clinical issue, and insufficient funding to the sector impacted on most issues reported. Conclusions: The research priorities identified were inter-related. Some were already well researched, suggesting RACS staff have little time and/or limited access to research evidence to inform the care and management of residents, possibly because of inadequate staffing and funding.
title: Cathodoluminescence of GaAs
Creators: name: Smith, Tyler
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04zjtrb98
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 1991

description: Cathodoluminescence of band-gap radiation across the bulk of a proposed semiconductor switch has been studied. Such a device relies on the efficient use of cathodoluminescence to modulate the conductivity of the switch. Diagnostics were configured to measure the intensity of band-gap radiation across the bulk of several switch samples. The measured results were compared to calculations based on a four energy level band-gap model which included two deep levels EL2 and HL10.
The impact of high profile restrictions on support for alcohol control policies
Creators: name: Livingston, Michael
name: Callinan, Sarah
name: Wilkinson, Claire
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences
classificationCode: 4206
subject: Public health
classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society
classificationCode: 4407
subject: Policy and administration
classificationCode: 52
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: No description supplied

© 2019 Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs
Key drivers of success in online learning for undergraduate students in logistics and supply chain management
Creators: name: Homyamyen, Patipol
name: Kulachai, Waiphot
name: Kurniawati, Layla
name: Khaowisade, Thanapat
name: Thaiposri, Weerayut
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Neuroscience
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health

description: This study examines the relationships between teacher support, technology skills, learning motivation, and learning achievement in online learning among university students. Using Structural Equation Modeling through SmartPLS, the research evaluates the direct effects of teacher support and technology skills on learning motivation and achievement, along with the potential mediating role of learning motivation. The findings confirm that teacher support and technology skills have significant direct effects on learning motivation and achievement, underscoring the importance of structured instructional strategies and technological proficiency in fostering student engagement and academic success. However, learning motivation does not significantly mediate these relationships, suggesting that additional factors such as self-regulation, digital literacy, and cognitive load may play a more substantial role in shaping learning outcomes. These results emphasize the need for educational institutions to enhance teacher training, implement targeted digital literacy programs, and integrate interactive learning tools to optimize student achievement in digital learning contexts. Future research should explore alternative mediators, adopt longitudinal and experimental designs, and examine diverse educational settings to better understand the complexities of online learning and develop evidence-based strategies for improving student success. The rapid shift to online learning has transformed education, particularly in fields like logistics and supply chain management, where digital skills and adaptability are crucial. This study examines how teacher support and technology skills impact student motivation and academic achievement in online education. While both factors significantly enhance learning outcomes, the study finds that motivation alone does not strongly mediate these relationships, suggesting that self-regulation, digital literacy, and engagement may play a more critical role. These findings highlight the need for structured teacher support, targeted digital literacy training, and interactive learning tools such as simulations and AI-driven platforms to enhance student success. By providing insights into effective online learning strategies, this research offers valuable recommendations for educators, universities, and policymakers seeking to improve digital education and workforce readiness in logistics and beyond.
Gambling in Two Regional Australian Aboriginal Communities: A Social Practice Analysis
Creators: name: MacLean, Sarah
name: Maltzahn, Kathleen
name: Thomas, Darlene
name: Atkinson, Andrew
name: Whiteside, Mary
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: classificationCode: 52
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
classificationCode: 5203
subject: Clinical and health psychology
classificationCode: 5205
subject: Social and personality psychology

description: Reflecting international patterns, Aboriginal people in Victoria are more likely to gamble and to experience gambling harm than non-Indigenous Victorians. This paper describes experiences of gambling reported by 50 Aboriginal people interviewed in regional Victoria in 2016 and 2017 as part of studies initiated by two Aboriginal community-controlled organisations. Data were analysed using social practice theory (SPT) and coded to the elements of ‘meaning’, ‘material’, ‘competence’, and ‘temporality’. Across each element we identified highly contradictory experiences. Gambling held meaning as an opportunity for community gatherings but was also regarded as a cause of domestic violence, conflict, isolation and shame. Materially, the venues that offered gambling were experienced by many Aboriginal people as safe and welcoming, but at the same time gambling produced a damaging affective sense of addiction for some. Gambling was a competency that some people valued and taught to children, but it was also seen as undermining cultural practices. While Aboriginal people were historically denied access to licensed venues offering commercial gambling, many participants now found opportunities to gamble inescapable. The intermingling of benefits and harms described above supports the need for a multi-faceted response to gambling in Aboriginal communities, which includes harm reduction as well as supply restriction and treatment. Some experiences of gambling related by our participants reflected those reported also by non-Indigenous Australians, while others were differently nuanced. Because SPT is used to understand collectively-shared practices, it facilitates the identification of gambling interventions at the level of the community, as recommended by our research participants.
title: Places of Peace and Memory: Achieving Interfaith Dialogue in Malta
Creators: name: Farrugia, Pete
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Interfaith
subject: Cultural diplomacy
subject: Memory
subject: Malta

description: The attainment of meaningful dialogue between diverse faith communities is increasingly necessary in securing peace and stability, both nationally and internationally. This comes in response to processes of globalisation that continue to bring groups from different cultural and faith traditions into proximity. These processes have created opportunities for mutual enrichment, and concurrent risks of conflict escalation. The goals of interfaith dialogue fall within the larger work of cultural diplomacy, which has traditionally been concerned with cultural relations between nations and regional groups. This dissertation shall show that the aims of cultural diplomacy must expand to include programmes of ‘internal’ cultural diplomacy. These must address the presence of non-dominant cultural communities within a nation, accompanied by a reassessment of national identity. By focusing on Malta, particularly the capital city of Valletta, the dissertation explores ways in which Maltese culture has rendered certain spaces culturally inhospitable to such communities. Examining this phenomenon, the dissertation analyses Malta’s historical experience of modernity and its impact on Maltese Catholicism. This is followed by an exploration of the construal of national memory and its emplacement within the capital city, with repercussions for the remembrance and emplacement of the non-Christian in Malta’s cultural spaces. The results of this study uncover the need for Valletta, and by extension Malta, to engage dominant Catholic narratives more fully within contemporary discourses of intercultural and interfaith dialogue. Such an engagement must be accompanied by a secular commitment to the work of cultural diplomacy. Ultimately, these goals may only be achieved by a transformation of national policy strategies, acknowledging a responsibility to foster interfaith dialogue and prioritise the inclusion of diverse faith communities in Malta.
Has the Relationship between Alcohol Consumption and Alcohol-Related Risky Behaviour Changed in Australia? An Exploratory Study
Creators: name: Mojica Perez, Yvette
name: Callinan, Sarah
name: Livingston, Michael
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences
classificationCode: 4206
subject: Public health
classificationCode: 5202
subject: Biological psychology
classificationCode: 5205
subject: Social and personality psychology

description: No description supplied
What Is Meant by "Multimodal Therapy" for Aphasia?
Creators: name: Pierce, John
name: O'Halloran, Robyn
name: Togher, Leanne
name: Rose, Miranda
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: © 2019 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Purpose: Multimodal therapy is a frequent term in aphasia literature, but it has no agreed upon definition. Phrases such as “multimodal therapy” and “multimodal treatment” are applied to a range of aphasia interventions as if mutually understood, and yet, the interventions reported in the literature differ significantly in methodology, approach, and aims. This inconsistency can be problematic for researchers, policy makers, and clinicians accessing the literature and potentially compromises data synthesis and meta-analysis. A literature review was conducted to examine what types of aphasia treatment are labeled multimodal and determine whether any patterns are present. Method: A systematic search was conducted to identify literature pertaining to aphasia that included the term multimodal therapy (and variants). Sources included literature databases, dissertation databases, textbooks, professional association websites, and Google Scholar. Results: Thirty-three original articles were identified, as well as another 31 sources referring to multimodal research, all of which used a variant of the term multimodal therapy. Treatments had heterogeneous aims, underlying theories, and methods. The rationale for using more than 1 modality was not always clear, nor was the reason each therapy was considered to be multimodal when similar treatments had not used the title. Treatments were noted to differ across 2 key features. The 1st was whether the ultimate aim of intervention was to improve total communication, as in augmentative and alternative communication approaches, or to improve 1 specific modality, as when gesture is used to improve word retrieval. The 2nd was the point in the treatment that the nonspeech modalities were employed. Discussion: Our review demonstrated that references to “multimodal” treatments represent very different therapies with little consistency. We propose a framework to define and categorize multimodal treatments, which is based both on our results and on current terminology in speech-language pathology.
Contextualizing Fayols 14 principles in managing school systems in Tanzania
Creators: name: Majiyd, Hamis Suru
name: Yazidu, Saidi Mbalamula
Publisher: name: Open Access Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 39
subject: Education
classificationCode: 3902
subject: Education policy, sociology and philosophy

description: No description supplied
Oral Health Beliefs, Attitudes, and Practices of South Asian Migrants: A Systematic Review
Creators: name: Batra, Mehak
name: Gupta, Sabrina
name: Erbas, Bircan
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Oral health is a burden among all populations and is linked with major chronic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases. Migrants, in particular South Asians, have poor oral health which requires further understanding to better inform oral health interventions by targeting specific aspects of this heterogenous South Asian population. This review is undertaken to systematically synthesize the evidence of oral health understandings, knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, practices, and behaviors of South Asian migrants residing in high-income countries. A comprehensive systematic search of seven electronic databases and hand-searching for peer-reviewed studies was conducted. All study designs were included, and quality assessment conducted. Of the 1614 records identified, 17 were included for synthesis and 12 were quantitative in design. These studies were primarily conducted in the UK, USA, Canada, and Europe. South Asian migrants had inadequate oral health knowledge, attitudes, and practices—influenced by culture, social norms, and religiosity. In the absence of symptoms, preventive oral hygiene practices were limited. Barriers to access varied with country of origin; from lack of trust in dentists and treatment cost in studies with India as the country of origin, to religiosity, among poorer nations such as Bangladesh. Fewer studies focused on recent arrivals from Bhutan or the Maldives. Culturally and socially appropriate strategies must be developed to target oral health issues and a “one-size” fits all approach will be ineffective in addressing the needs of South Asian migrants.
Spatially adaptive regression estimation: Propagation-separation approach
Creators: name: Polzehl, Jörg
name: Spokoiny, Vladimir
Publisher: name: Weierstrass Institute
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: adaptive weights; local structure
subject: local polynomial regression
subject: propagation
subject: separation
subject: 62G05

description: Polzehl and Spokoiny (2000) introduced the adaptive weights smoothing (AWS) procedure in the context of image denoising. The procedure has some remarkable properties like preservation of edges and contrast, and (in some sense) optimal reduction of noise. The procedure is fully adaptive and dimension free. Simulations with artificial images show that AWS is superior to classical smoothing techniques especially when the underlying image function is discontinuous and can be well approximated by a piecewise constant function. However, the latter assumption can be rather restrictive for a number of potential applications. Here we present a new method based on the ideas of propagation and separation which extends the AWS procedure to the case of an arbitrary local linear parametric structure. We also establish some important results about properties of the new `propagation-separation' procedure including rate optimality in the pointwise and global sense. The performance of the procedure is illustrated by examples for local polynomial regression and by applications to artificial and real images.
Sepsis: Inflammation Is a Necessary Evil
Creators: name: Nedeva, Christina
name: Menassa, Joseph
name: Puthalakath, Hamsa
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 31
subject: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
classificationCode: 32
subject: Biomedical and clinical sciences
classificationCode: 3204
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Sepsis is one of the leading causes of deaths world-wide and yet there are no therapies available other than ICU treatment. The patient outcome is determined by a complex interplay between the pro and anti-inflammatory responses of the body i.e., a homeostatic balance between these two competing events to be achieved for the patient's recovery. The initial attempts on drug development mainly focused on controlling inflammation, however, without any tangible outcome. This was despite most deaths occurring during the immune paralysis stage of this biphasic disease. Recently, the focus has been shifting to understand immune paralysis (caused by apoptosis and by anti-inflammatory cytokines) to develop therapeutic drugs. In this review we put forth an argument for a proper understanding of the molecular basis of inflammation as well as apoptosis for developing an effective therapy.
Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy Device (PERT-D)
Creators: name: Knecht, Kaitlin
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018

description: The pancreas is an important part of the endocrine system. When stimulated, by the brain when
someone starts eating, the pancreas releases digestive enzymes into the small intestine. In people
who have lost pancreatic function, such as those suffering from chronic pancreatitis, pancreatic
enzyme replacement therapy (PERT) is a necessary treatment to avoid malnutrition. PERT is a
treatment in which patients take multiple pills per meal to replace digestive enzymes. However,
current methods of PERT are inaccurate and require frequent dosage adjustments by the doctor. A
Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy Device is designed to address this inaccuracy. It consists
of an external system that administers these digestive enzymes in appropriate doses directly into
the small intestine. In addition, there is an internal system that monitors pancreatic stimulation and
activates the external system when appropriate.
The European Approach to Artificial Intelligence across Geo-political Models of Digital Governance
Creators: name: Van Den Hoven, Jeroen
name: Pozzi, Giorgia
name: Stauch, Marc
name: Lishchuk, Iryna
name: Musiani, Francesca
name: Domingo-Ferrer, Josep
name: Ruggieri, Salvartore
name: Pratesi, Francesca
name: Trasarti, Roberto
name: Comandé, Giovanni
Publisher: name: Hannover : Institutionelles Repositorium der Leibniz Universität Hannover
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Digital Governance
subject: Artificial Intelligence
subject: Geo-political Models
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::000 | Allgemeines, Wissenschaft::000 | Informatik, Wissen, Systeme::004 | Informatik

description: Digital technologies are crucial in many high-stakes fields and should follow the principle of transparency. At the same time, technologies are inescapably value-laden. In fact, values are built into algorithms, technical standards, and protocols. Adopting a geo-political perspective, this paper aims to investigate how the main state actors (i.e., Russia, China, the USA, and Europe) further the advancement of digital technologies in ways that mirror their political, cultural, and societal structures. We propose a comprehensive analysis that encompasses a legal, ethical, and technical assessment. Furthermore, we consider a case within the SoBigData++ research infrastructure as an example of successful synergy of digital technologies and fundamental ethical and legal principles underpinning European society.
title: Picturing Performance
Creators: name: Gerber, Steven K.
name: Cockrell, Rianna
name: Irvin, Sarah
Publisher: name: Fenwick Gallery, George Mason University Libraries
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Visual art
subject: Photography
subject: Dance
subject: Performance
subject: Performing arts

description: Exhibition Catalog from the Picturing Performance exhibit at the Fenwick Gallery, George Mason University
description: Rarities and antiquarian prints held in Mason Libraries’ Special Collections and Archives include examples of musical iconography and similar graphic materials that illustrate aspects of music, dance, and theater history or exemplify technical developments. This exhibit comprises photographic enlargements of twelve selected items in these genres, including engravings, lithographs, photographs, and drawings. Exhibit labels displayed with each image provide identification and historical context.
title: Dimensionality Reduction Using Non-Linear Principal Components Analysis
Creators: name: Singh, Tara
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04zjtrb98
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2006

description: Advances in data collection and storage capabilities during the past decades have led to an information overload in most sciences. Traditional statistical methods break down partly because of the increase in the number of observations, but mostly because of the increase in the number of variables associated with each observation. While certain methods can construct predictive models with high accuracy from high-dimensional data, it is still of interest in many applications to reduce the dimension of the original data prior to any modeling of the data. Patterns in the data can be hard to find in data of high dimensionality, where the luxury of graphical representation is not available. Linear PCA is a powerful tool for analyzing this high-dimensional data. A common drawback of these classical methods is that only linear structures can be correctly extracted from the data.

If the data represent the complicated interaction of features, then a linear subspace may be a poor representation and a nonlinear subspace may be needed. It is hypothesized that nonlinear ( curved) basis vectors will be more efficient for representing some types of data than are linear PCA basis vectors. The neural network method is among the best methods to implement NLPCA due to its capability of accurately approximating any continuous nonlinear function. Linear and nonlinear PCA are compared using speech classification experiments with reduced dimensionality data. For some cases, NLPCA is found to be advantageous over classical PCA.
"...like you're pushing the snowball back up hill"-the experiences of Australian physiotherapists promoting non-treatment physical activity: A qualitative study
Creators: name: Kunstler, Breanne
name: O'Halloran, Paul
name: Cook, Jillianne
name: Kemp, Joanne
name: Finch, Caroline F
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 32
subject: Biomedical and clinical sciences
classificationCode: 3202
subject: Clinical sciences
classificationCode: 3209
subject: Neurosciences
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
classificationCode: 3211
subject: Oncology and carcinogenesis

description: No description supplied
title: The Libraries at Mason, Winter 2019
title: The Libraries at Mason
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Libraries, George Mason University
Publisher: name: George Mason University Libraries
Year: 2019

description: Happy New Year 2019! The Libraries had a great year in 2018, highlights of which we are pleased to share with you in the following pages. Mason’s second annual Giving Day was a huge success for the Libraries—with the generous contributions of many we were able to fully fund the Student Assistant Scholarship Endowment for the Libraries and offer our first two scholarship awards to two deserving library student assistants.
THE REAL BATTLE BEGINS AFTER 40
Creators: name: UBAT, JOEL T.
Publisher: name: BINAS PUBLISHING
Year: 2025
Subjects: THE REAL BATTLE BEGINS AFTER 40

description: PACIFICUS: A Literary Magazine by Binas Publishing (Volume 1, Issue 1)

PACIFICUS is a literary magazine by Binas Publishing that celebrates the power of words through a diverse collection of poetry, short stories, essays, and creative works. With its inaugural issue, PACIFICUS Volume 1, Issue 1 sets the stage for a platform where writers and artists can share their voices, perspectives, and imagination.

This edition features compelling narratives, thought-provoking reflections, and artistic expressions that resonate with readers across different backgrounds. Whether exploring themes of identity, resilience, culture, or the human experience, PACIFICUS embodies the essence of storytelling that inspires and connects.

As a publication dedicated to fostering literary excellence, PACIFICUS aims to nurture emerging and established writers while enriching the literary landscape. Each issue aspires to be a testament to creativity, insight, and the enduring impact of literature.
Cyclic(alkyl)(amino) carbene-promoted ring expansion of a carbodicarbene beryllacycle
Creators: name: Walley, Jacob E
name: Akachukwu D Obi
name: Breiner, Grace
name: Guocang Wang
name: Dickie, Diane A
name: Molino, Andrew
name: Dutton, Jason
name: Wilson, David
name: Gilliard, Robert J
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Recent synthetic efforts have uncovered several bond activation pathways mediated by beryllium. Having the highest charge density and electronegativity, the chemistry of beryllium often diverges from that of its heavier alkaline earth metal congeners. Herein, we report the synthesis of a new carbodicarbene beryllacycle (2). Compound 2 converts to 3 via an unprecedented cyclic(alkyl)(amino) carbene (CAAC)-promoted ring expansion reaction (RER). While CAAC activates a carbon-beryllium bond, N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) coordinates to beryllium to give the tetracoordinate complex 4, which contains the longest C-Be bond to date at 1.856(4) Å. All of the compounds were fully characterized by X-ray crystallography, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and H, C, and Be NMR spectroscopy. The ring expansion mechanism was modeled with both NHC and CAAC using density functional theory calculations. While the activation energy for the observed beryllium ring expansion with CAAC was found to be 14 kJ mol , the energy barrier for the hypothetical NHC RER is significantly higher (199.1 kJ mol ). carbene.
title: Noble Gas Isotopes of Natural Gases from the Shipwreck Trough, Offshore Otway Basin, Victoria, Australia. Data Release.
Creators: name: D., Edwards
name: D. S, Edwards
name: T., Darrah
name: B., Lary
Publisher: name: Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Offshore Energy Systems
subject: Otway Basin
subject: Noble gas isotopes
subject: molecular composition
subject: Isotope geochemistry
subject: Organic geochemistry
subject: Resource geoscience
subject: Published_External

description: A regional hydrocarbon prospectivity assessment has been undertaken of the offshore Otway Basin by the Offshore Energy Systems Section. This program was designed to produce pre-competitive information to assist with the evaluation of the hydrocarbon resource potential of the offshore Otway Basin and attract exploration investment to Australia. The inboard part of the basin is an established hydrocarbon province with onshore and shallow-water offshore discoveries, whereas the outboard deep-water region, where water depths range from 500 to 6300 m, is comparatively underexplored and considered a frontier area.
As part of this program, molecular and noble gas isotopic analyses were undertaken by Smart Gas Sciences, under contract to Geoscience Australia on available gas samples from the Waarre Formation in the Shipwreck Trough in the offshore eastern Otway Basin, with data from these analyses being released in this report. This report provides additional compositional information for gases in the Waarre Formation reservoirs and builds on previously established gas-gas correlations and gas-oil correlations. Noble gas isotopic data can be used in conjunction with carbon and hydrogen isotopic data to determine the origin of both inorganic and organic (hydrocarbon) gases. This information can be used in future geological programs to determine the source and distribution of hydrogen and helium in natural gases and support acreage releases by the Australian Government.
Ein Situativer Umgang Mit Städtischem Raum: Wege Für Die Soziokulturelle Animation Als Akteurin In Städtischen Räumen
Creators: name: Blum, Judith
name: Hürzeler, Brigitte
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: gnd:4299677-6
subject: gnd:4056730-8
subject: gnd:4116546-9

description: Seit dem sogenannten Spatial Turn in den Sozialwissenschaften in den 1990er-Jahren ist die Dimension des Raumes vermehrt in den Fokus der Soziologie und der Sozialwissenschaft gerückt. Die damit verbundenen Neu-Konzeptionen von Raum, die sich von klassischen, containerartigen Konzepten abgrenzen, stellen den Menschen und seine sozialen Beziehungen in den Mittelpunkt. Daraus ergeben sich neue Ansätze für den Umgang mit städtischem Raum, die auch für die Soziokulturelle Animation von Bedeutung sind. Die vorliegende Arbeit sucht nach entsprechenden Anwendungen. Anhand der Raumtheorien des französischen Metaphilosophen Henri Lefebvre und des schweizerischen National-ökonomen Lucius Burckhardt sowie diverser weiterer theoretischer Modelle wird ein relationales Raum-Verständnis etabliert und für den Begriff des Sozialraums nutzbar gemacht. In einem zweiten Schritt zieht die Arbeit Schlussfolgerungen für den städtischen Raum und ergänzt diese mit kritischen Betrachtungen von Kategorien wie Dichte oder Bedarf/Bedürfnis. Aus diesen theoretischen Überlegungen ergibt sich ein Votum für einen prozesshaft gedachten situativen Umgang mit städtischem Raum, das am Praxisbeispiel Euer Werkhof im Basler Gundeldinger-Quartier verdeutlicht wird. Erarbeitet werden eine reflexiv-räumliche Haltung sowie Übersetzungsarbeit und Vermittlungsleistungen auf verschiedenen Ebenen. Vor allem geht es aber darum, die Adressatenschaft sozialräumlicher Interventionen auf nicht-menschliche Akteurinnen und Akteure zu erweitern und dies als zentrale Herausforderung für die Soziokulturelle Animation zu verstehen.
description: + Sprache: ger + Code Diss LU: hslusa bask 2015 be + Fussnote: Ausbildungsgang Soziokultur
title: Policy Watch: Iraqi democracy's obstacles
Creators: name: Katz, Mark N.
Publisher: name: UPI.com (United Press International, Inc.)
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: International affairs
subject: Democratization
subject: Iraq War, 2003-2010

description: © 2007 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Deposited with permission from UPI.com.
description: Whatever else has gone wrong in Iraq, the Bush administration can point to the fact that free elections have been held there and that a democratically elected government is in place, albeit not really in power. But can Iraq emerge as a functioning democracy if American forces leave -- or even if they do not?