cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Trends in Ezetimibe Prescriptions as Monotherapy or Fixed-Dose Combination in Germany 2012–2021
Creators: name: Katzmann, Julius L.
name: Kieble, Marita
name: Enners, Salka
name: Böhm, Michael
name: Mahfoud, Felix
name: Laufs, Ulrich
name: Schulz, Martin
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: lipid modifying agents
subject: statins
subject: ezetimibe
subject: fixed-dose combination
subject: drug utilization
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Aims: Addition of ezetimibe to statin therapy is recommended by current guidelines when low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) targets are not achieved with statin monotherapy. Fixed-dose combinations (FDC) improve medication adherence and facilitate risk factor control. We assessed prescription trends of ezetimibe as monotherapy or FDC with statins. Methods: Data from the German Institute for Drug Use Evaluation (DAPI) containing dispensing data of >80% of community pharmacies were analyzed. Prescriptions over time of lipid-lowering agents at the expense of the statutory health insurance (SHI) were extrapolated to all SHI-insured persons, representing approximately 88% of the total German population. Drug utilization was expressed as defined daily doses per 1,000 SHI-insured persons per day (DID). Results: Of all lipid-lowering drug prescriptions in 2021, 91.2% were statin monotherapy. Ezetimibe was prescribed as monotherapy or FDC with statin in 4.4 and 2.9%, respectively. DID steadily increased for statin (69%) and ezetimibe (424%) monotherapies between 2012 and 2021. In contrast, statin-ezetimibe FDC prescriptions exhibited only a minor increase (29%). The proportion of statin-ezetimibe FDC among all statin prescriptions was stable over time at approximately 3%. FDC prescription rates by specialists were higher compared to general practitioners and varied considerably between geographic areas. Conclusion: Combination lipid-lowering therapy is prescribed to a minority of patients. Prescriptions of ezetimibe as monotherapy increased to a much greater extent than statin-ezetimibe FDC. Considering the low proportion of patients achieving their LDL-C target and improved adherence to FDC compared to separate pills, statin-ezetimibe FDC may be utilized to improve the management of dyslipidemia.
A Probabilistic View on Rupture Predictability: All Earthquakes Evolve Similarly
Creators: name: Münchmeyer, Jannes
name: Leser, Ulf
name: Tilmann, Frederik
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: earthquake nucleation
subject: variational inference
subject: rupture predictability
subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::550 Geowissenschaften, Geologie::550 Geowissenschaften

description: Ruptures of the largest earthquakes can last between a few seconds and several minutes. An early assessment of the final earthquake size is essential for early warning systems. However, it is still unclear when in the rupture history this final size can be predicted. Here we introduce a probabilistic view of rupture evolution - how likely is the event to become large - allowing for a clear and well-founded answer with implications for earthquake physics and early warning. We apply our approach to real time magnitude estimation based on either moment rate functions or broadband teleseismic P arrivals. In both cases, we find strong and principled evidence against early rupture predictability because differentiation between differently sized ruptures only occurs once half of the rupture has been observed. Even then, it is impossible to foresee future asperities. Our results hint toward a universal initiation behavior for small and large ruptures.
The history of Bantu education: 1948-1994
Creators: name: Wills, Ivan
Publisher: name: Australian Catholic University
Year: 2011

description: "This thesis is a critical analysis of the history of Bantu education under apartheid. Bantu Education was implemented by the South African apartheid government as part of its general policy of separation and stratification of the races in society. This research, using historicalcomparative methodology, examines the role of ideology in education and the state, the shifts in ideology and representations of schooling – designed to train and fit Africans for their role in the evolving apartheid society. In this thesis it is argued that Bantu Education was a segregated system of schooling for lowskilled occupation and domestication. This research examines the nexus between African Education and the social production process during this period. References will be made to the evolution of African education from 1948 to 1994, in order to give a clear background of Native Education, under apartheid. The thesis analyses the way the Bantu Education policy directly affected the school curriculum, and access to schooling, in order to reinforce racial inequalities and social stratification. The Apartheid regime advocated that native education should be based on the principle of trusteeship, non-equality, and segregation. The aim of the Bantu Education policy was to inculcate the white man’s view of life, especially that of the Boer nation (Afrikaners), which was the senior trustee. This research project demonstrates that the outcomes of Bantu Education hampered South Africa’s cultural, economic and scientific progress."
Verticordia woodii E. A. Smith 1885
Creators: name: Passos, Flávio Dias
name: Batistão, Alan Rodrigo
name: Lima, Luan Lucas Cardoso
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Bivalvia
Verticordiidae
Verticordia
Verticordia woodii

description: 525. Verticordia woodii E. A. Smith, 1885 ★
Bathymetric distribution: 183–4980 m —WBD.
Geographical distribution: Northwest and southwest Atlantic, including Brazil (PE, RJ)—WGD.
References: Smith (1885), Rios (1994, 2009), Oliveira & Absalão (2010a).
description: Published as part of Passos, Flávio Dias, Batistão, Alan Rodrigo & Lima, Luan Lucas Cardoso, 2024, Checklist of marine Bivalvia (Mollusca) from Brazil, with descriptive analyses of their bathymetric and geographical distribution, pp. 1-94 in Zootaxa 5488 (1) on page 79, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5488.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13211040
Integrating project-based learning in an English language tourism classroom in a Thai university
Creators: name: Simpson, Jantima
Publisher: name: Australian Catholic University
Year: 2011

description: "This empirical study provided an in-depth examination of Thai students' English language proficiency, their learning skills and their self-confidence during the application of project-based learning (PBL) in an EFL learning context. The study examined whether PBL could enhance Thai university students' English language proficiency, their learning skills and self- confidence. The method of teaching and learning English language through PBL was a contrast to the current teaching of English in Thailand where it is treated as a subject, not a medium of communication. This is a mixed research study utilising both quantitative and qualitative instruments to collect data from participants. The study was conducted in an EFL classroom in a major regional Thai university. Data were collected from 26 third year students majoring in English enrolled in English for Tourism course. The data were derived from four quantitative instruments including TOEFL® PBT, a writing test, a speaking test and an observation schedule and the rich information was obtained from five qualitative instruments including student surveys, project diaries, open-ended questionnaires, field notes and work-in-progress discussions. The research instruments were utilised for one semester. To investigate the English proficiency of different levels of students, the students were divided into three groups (high, medium and low groups) based on the raw cores collected from the overall results of the three pre-tests (TOEFL® PBT, a writing test and a speaking test)..."
Interpreting students' explanations of fraction tasks, and their connections to length and area knowledge
Creators: name: Mitchell, Anne
Publisher: name: Australian Catholic University
Year: 2011

description: "Much research on fractions has concentrated on the sub-constructs of measure, quotient, operator and ratio from Kieren's model of coordinated fraction knowledge (Kieren, 1980). In the primary school, partitioning, equivalence and unit-forming also can be used to describe children's approaches to fraction tasks (Kieren 1988, 1992, 1993, 1995). Given the approaches used to teaching fractions, other areas of the curriculum such as multiplicative thinking, measurement and spatial knowledge could affect students' understanding of fractions. In one-to-one interviews, 88 Grade 6 students were asked 65 questions designed to ascertain their understanding of fraction, measurement, geometry and/or visualisation, and multiplication concepts. The students' answers and explanations were recorded on a record sheet at the time of interview and audio- and video-recording enabled later detailed analysis. The associations between four categories based on Lehrer's key concepts (2003) for spatial measurement (attribute, additivity, units, and proportionality) and the measure sub-construct of fractions were analysed. The measure sub-construct was assessed using number lines, fraction comparison tasks, and length and area diagrams. From detailed examination of students' explanations, insights into misconceptions were gained. Gap thinking in fraction pair size comparisons was discovered to be triggered at the same time as equivalence understanding began. The limitations of a part-whole double count approach to fractional area diagrams was noted. Further, Kieren's four-three-four model (1988, 1992, 1993, 1995) describing coordinated fraction knowledge for analysing students' fraction understanding at the upper primary school level was evaluated. Use of the model enabled descriptions of students' responses to tasks to be placed in a framework of understanding which connected these three underlying concepts and the four sub-constructs."
The use of high-affinity polyhistidine binders as masking probes for the selection of an NDM-1 specific aptamer
Creators: name: Sabrowski, Wiebke
name: Dreymann, Nico
name: Möller, Anja
name: Czepluch, Denise
name: Albani, Patricia P.
name: Theodoridis, Dimitrios
name: Menger, Marcus M.
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Antimicrobial resistance
subject: Biochemical assays
subject: DNA
subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie

description: The emergence of carbapenemase-producing multi-drug resistant Enterobacteriaceae poses a dramatic, world-wide health risk. Limited treatment options and a lack of easy-to-use methods for the detection of infections with multi-drug resistant bacteria leave the health-care system with a fast-growing challenge. Aptamers are single stranded DNA or RNA molecules that bind to their targets with high affinity and specificity and can therefore serve as outstanding detection probes. However, an effective aptamer selection process is often hampered by non-specific binding. When selections are carried out against recombinant proteins, purification tags (e.g. polyhistidine) serve as attractive side targets, which may impede protein target binding. In this study, aptamer selection was carried out against N-terminally hexa-histidine tagged New Delhi metallo-ß-lactamase 1. After 14 selection rounds binding to polyhistidine was detected rather than to New Delhi metallo-ß-lactamase 1. Hence, the selection strategy was changed. As one aptamer candidate showed remarkable binding affinity to polyhistidine, it was used as a masking probe and selection was restarted from selection round 10. Finally, after three consecutive selection rounds, an aptamer with specific binding properties to New Delhi metallo-ß-lactamase 1 was identified. This aptamer may serve as a much-needed detection probe for New Delhi metallo-ß-lactamase 1 expressing Enterobacteriaceae.
Andrena Fabricius
Creators: name: Gibbs, Jason
name: Ascher, John S.
name: Rightmyer, Molly G.
name: Isaacs, Rufus
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Andrenidae
Andrena

description: Genus Andrena Fabricius
Taxonomy: Mitchell 1960; LaBerge 1967, 1969, 1973, 1977, 1980, 1985, 1986, 1989; Ribble 1967, 1968, 1974; LaBerge & Bouseman 1970; LaBerge & Ribble 1972, 1975; Bouseman & LaBerge 1978.
Behavior: Andrena are predominately solitary, although some species will form communal nests (Osgood 1989). Species are often narrowly polylectic or mesolectic, but many species are oligolectic, specializing on a particular floral host taxon (Linsley 1958; Robertson 1926).
description: Published as part of Gibbs, Jason, Ascher, John S., Rightmyer, Molly G. & Isaacs, Rufus, 2017, The bees of Michigan (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), with notes on distribution, taxonomy, pollination, and natural history, pp. 1-160 in Zootaxa 4352 (1) on page 14, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4352.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1063854
Andrena Fabricius
Creators: name: Gibbs, Jason
name: Ascher, John S.
name: Rightmyer, Molly G.
name: Isaacs, Rufus
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Andrenidae
Andrena

description: Subgenus Andrena Fabricius s. s.
Revision: LaBerge 1980.
description: Published as part of Gibbs, Jason, Ascher, John S., Rightmyer, Molly G. & Isaacs, Rufus, 2017, The bees of Michigan (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), with notes on distribution, taxonomy, pollination, and natural history, pp. 1-160 in Zootaxa 4352 (1) on page 14, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4352.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1063854
Teachers in transition: A journey of educational reform
Creators: name: Noack, Margaret
Publisher: name: Australian Catholic University
Year: 2011

description: Three teachers in different schools in a regional city in Queensland, Australia agreed to implement trial components of Education Queensland's assessment reform agenda (The Assessment and Reporting Framework, [Education Queensland, 2003]). During the nine-month data collection phase, teachers were already simultaneously implementing an array of mandated curriculum and pedagogical reforms. The purpose of this research project was to understand how individual teachers perceived and interpreted an educational reform, against the backdrop of multiple systemic reforms. While acknowledging the importance of teachers' pre-existing knowledge, the central objective was to focus upon changes made by individual teachers over time, and the impact of a systemic reform on their practice. Narrative case study was the selected methodology as teachers narrated their personal change journeys. The methods of data collection included in-depth semi-structured interviews and conversations, written personal documents and systemic documents associated with reform and assessment. The findings provide insights into the processes of change and teachers' sources of support.
Disentangling performance-monitoring signals encoded in feedback-related EEG dynamics
Creators: name: Kirsch, Franziska
name: Kirschner, Hans
name: Fischer, Adrian
name: Klein, Tilmann A.
name: Ullsperger, Markus
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: EEG
subject: FRN
subject: P3
subject: Reward prediction error (RPE)
subject: Feedback processing
subject: Performance monitoring
subject: 100 Philosophie und Psychologie::150 Psychologie::150 Psychologie

description: The feedback-related negativity (FRN) is a well-established electrophysiological correlate of feedback-processing. However, there is still an ongoing debate whether the FRN is driven by negative or positive reward prediction errors (RPE), valence of feedback, or mere surprise. Our study disentangles independent contributions of valence, surprise, and RPE on the feedback-related neuronal signal including the FRN and P3 components using the statistical power of a sample of N = 992 healthy individuals. The participants performed a modified time-estimation task, while EEG from 64 scalp electrodes was recorded. Our results show that valence coding is present during the FRN with larger amplitudes for negative feedback. The FRN is further modulated by surprise in a valence-dependent way being more positive-going for surprising positive outcomes. The P3 was strongly driven by both global and local surprise, with larger amplitudes for unexpected feedback and local deviants. Behavioral adaptations after feedback and FRN just show small associations. Results support the theory of the FRN as a representation of a signed RPE. Additionally, our data indicates that surprising positive feedback enhances the EEG response in the time window of the P3. These results corroborate previous findings linking the P3 to the evaluation of PEs in decision making and learning tasks.
Andrena (Andrena) carolina Viereck 1909
Creators: name: Gibbs, Jason
name: Ascher, John S.
name: Rightmyer, Molly G.
name: Isaacs, Rufus
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Andrenidae
Andrena
Andrena carolina

description: Andrena (Andrena) carolina Viereck 1909
County records: Alger, Allegan, Bay, Clare, Crawford, Dickinson, Jackson, Lake, Macomb, Mason, Midland, Montmorency, Muskegon, Oscoda, Ottawa, Presque Isle, Roscommon, Schoolcraft, Van Buren.
Notes. Specialist on Vaccinium (Ericaceae). Andrena carolina is abundant in blueberry fields and an important native pollinator of the crop.
description: Published as part of Gibbs, Jason, Ascher, John S., Rightmyer, Molly G. & Isaacs, Rufus, 2017, The bees of Michigan (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), with notes on distribution, taxonomy, pollination, and natural history, pp. 1-160 in Zootaxa 4352 (1) on page 15, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4352.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1063854
Educational restructuring in Catholic schools: A case study of St John's College, Woodlawn: Towards a personalist account
Creators: name: Chapman, Raymond
Publisher: name: Australian Catholic University
Year: 2011

description: "This study focuses on educational restructuring in Catholic schools. In particular, it is a case study of an episode of educational restructuring that occurred at St John's College, Woodlawn during the years 1994 to 2000. From being a small boarding-only boys' school in 1994, the college became a co-educational day school within the short period of six years. At the beginning of 2001, St John's College became a systemic school, fully integrated into the diocese of Lismore, New South Wales. This research study assumed that educational restructuring is a complex and unpredictable exercise. Moreover, this study recognised that those leading the episode of educational restructuring at St John's College lacked a clear theoretical foundation for their work. Consequently, the purpose of this study was framed in terms of gaining a more informed and sophisticated understanding of educational restructuring in Catholic schools such as St John's College..."
The Diverse Major Histocompatibility Complex Haplotypes of a Common Commercial Chicken Line and Their Effect on Marek’s Disease Virus Pathogenesis and Tumorigenesis
Creators: name: Bertzbach, Luca D.
name: Tregaskes, Clive A.
name: Martin, Rebecca J.
name: Deumer, Undine-Sophie
name: Huynh, Lan
name: Kheimar, Ahmed M.
name: Conradie, Andelé M.
name: Trimpert, Jakob
name: Kaufman, Jim
name: Kaufer, Benedikt B.
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: major histocompatibility complex (MHC)
subject: B9
subject: B15
subject: B19
subject: B21
subject: resistance
subject: susceptibility
subject: VALO
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::630 Landwirtschaft::632 Schäden, Krankheiten, Schädlinge an Pflanzen

description: The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is crucial for appropriate immune responses against invading pathogens. Chickens possess a single predominantly-expressed class I molecule with strong associations between disease resistance and MHC haplotype. For Marek’s disease virus (MDV) infections of chickens, the MHC haplotype is one of the major determinants of genetic resistance and susceptibility. VALO specific pathogen free (SPF) chickens are widely used in biomedical research and vaccine production. While valuable findings originate from MDV infections of VALO SPF chickens, their MHC haplotypes and associated disease resistance remained elusive. In this study, we used several typing systems to show that VALO SPF chickens possess MHC haplotypes that include B9, B9:02, B15, B19 and B21 at various frequencies. Moreover, we associate the MHC haplotypes to MDV-induced disease and lymphoma formation and found that B15 homozygotes had the lowest tumor incidence while B21 homozygotes had the lowest number of organs with tumors. Finally, we found transmission at variable levels to all contact birds except B15/B21 heterozygotes. These data have immediate implications for the use of VALO SPF chickens and eggs in the life sciences and add another piece to the puzzle of the chicken MHC complex and its role in infections with this oncogenic herpesvirus.
Andrena (Andrena) clarkella
Creators: name: Gibbs, Jason
name: Ascher, John S.
name: Rightmyer, Molly G.
name: Isaacs, Rufus
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Andrenidae
Andrena
Andrena clarkella

description: Andrena (Andrena) clarkella (Kirby 1802)
County records: Clare, Crawford, Dickinson, Lake, Marquette, Ottawa, Van Buren.
Notes. Holarctic. Specialist on Salix (Salicaceae).
description: Published as part of Gibbs, Jason, Ascher, John S., Rightmyer, Molly G. & Isaacs, Rufus, 2017, The bees of Michigan (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), with notes on distribution, taxonomy, pollination, and natural history, pp. 1-160 in Zootaxa 4352 (1) on page 15, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4352.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1063854
Quantitative functional renormalization for three-dimensional quantum Heisenberg models
Creators: name: Niggemann, Nils
name: Reuther, Johannes
name: Sbierski, Björn
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: functional renormalization group method
subject: spin systems
subject: three-dimensional quantum Heisenberg models
subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::530 Physik::530 Physik

description: We employ a recently developed variant of the functional renormalization group method for spin systems, the so-called pseudo Majorana functional renormalization group, to investigate three-dimensional spin-1/2 Heisenberg models at finite temperatures. We study unfrustrated and frustrated Heisenberg systems on the simple cubic and pyrochlore lattices. Comparing our results with other quantum many-body techniques, we demonstrate a high quantitative accuracy of our method. Particularly, for the unfrustrated simple cubic lattice antiferromagnet ordering temperatures obtained from finite-size scaling of one-loop data deviate from error controlled quantum Monte Carlo results by ∼5% and we further confirm the established values for the critical exponent ν and the anomalous dimension η. As the PMFRG yields results in good agreement with QMC, but remains applicable when the system is frustrated, we next treat the pyrochlore Heisenberg antiferromagnet as a paradigmatic magnetically disordered system and find nearly perfect agreement of our two-loop static homogeneous susceptibility with other methods. We further investigate the broadening of pinch points in the spin structure factor as a result of quantum and thermal fluctuations and confirm a finite width in the extrapolated limit T→0. While extensions towards higher loop orders ℓ seem to systematically improve our approach for magnetically disordered systems we also discuss subtleties when increasing ℓ in the presence of magnetic order. Overall, the pseudo Majorana functional renormalization group is established as a powerful many-body technique in quantum magnetism with a wealth of possible future applications.
Influence of Large-Scale Atmospheric Dynamics on Precipitation Seasonality of the Tibetan Plateau and Central Asia in Cold and Warm Climates During the Late Cenozoic
Creators: name: Botsyun, Svetlana
name: Mutz, Sebastian G.
name: Ehlers, Todd A.
name: Koptev, Alexander
name: Wang, Xun
name: Schmidt, Benjamin
name: Appel, Erwin
name: Scherer, Dieter E.
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Tibetan Plateau
subject: Central Asia
subject: hydroclimate
subject: paleoclimate
subject: westerlies jet stream
subject: Indo-Asian monsoon
subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::550 Geowissenschaften, Geologie::551 Geologie, Hydrologie, Meteorologie

description: The hydroclimate of the Tibetan Plateau (TP) and Central Asia (CA) plays a crucial role in sustaining surface water reservoirs and thus water resources in the respective regions. In this study, we investigate the changes in Asian hydroclimate and its driving forces during specific time intervals in the last 3 Ma. We conduct high-resolution (∼0.75° per grid cell) general circulation model ECHAM-5 experiments with boundary conditions for the mid-Pliocene (∼3 Ma), the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM; ∼21 ka), the mid-Holocene (∼6 ka), and the pre-industrial. Results suggest that seasonally relatively high precipitation rates (>1 mm day−1) were longer in the mid-Pliocene and shorter in the LGM, relative to the pre-industrial. We calculate different monsoon indices to detect changes in the intensity, strength and duration of the East Asian summer monsoon (EASM), South Asian summer monsoon (SASM), and the Indian summer monsoon (ISM), and construct climatologies of mid-latitude high-level westerly jet (WJ) stream occurrences based on the ECHAM5 wind fields. Our results suggest that in warm periods (e.g., mid-Pliocene or interglacial), the WJ migrates northward earlier in the year (April) and reaches higher latitudes than in the pre-industrial, resulting in a wetter TP and CA. During cooler periods (e.g., LGM or glacial), the WJ migrates northward later in the year (June) and remains over lower latitudes, resulting in a drier TP and CA. Increased/decreased local precipitation in TP and CA for the mid-Pliocene/LGM experiments correlates strongly with (a) intensity, strength and duration of the EASM, SASM, and the ISM and (b) WJ latitudinal position.
Industry 1 (Presentation): BrainAnswer - Neuroscience-based Intelligent Video Evaluation System
Creators: name: Valente, João
name: Godinho, Leonor
name: Kozlova, Veronika
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 80505 Web Technologies (excl. Web Search)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: ABSTRACT BrainAnswer is a web-based platform for psychophysiological data acquisition and storage. It enables creating highly customizable protocols for neuroscience studies of media or advertising content and allows the simultaneous recording of content, physiological signals, and self-reporting from the participants using the compatible hardware. The industry has a lot to gain from integrating psychophysiological data in media studies as this data is not dependent on the consciously declared self-report of subjects to obtain measurable results and is able to depict unconscious processes occurring during the experience or the contact with content. As an example, a study of an advertising video with 28 subjects showed a connection between the drop in psychophysiological emotional engagement at its end and its low success. This shows that media and advertising companies can benefit from the BrainAnswer approach of studying psychophysiological data to adapt their content in order to reduce failure risk and improve success rates. HOW TO CITE (APA) Valente, J., Godinho, L. & Kozlova, V. (2022). BrainAnswer - Neuroscience-based Intelligent Video Evaluation System [Conference presentation] . In Industry Talks & Exhibitions - ACM International Conference on Interactive Media Experiences: IMX 2022 (pp. 51–60). Aveiro, Portugal.
Andrena (Andrena) frigida Smith 1853
Creators: name: Gibbs, Jason
name: Ascher, John S.
name: Rightmyer, Molly G.
name: Isaacs, Rufus
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Andrenidae
Andrena
Andrena frigida

description: Andrena (Andrena) frigida Smith 1853
County records: Allegan, Antrim, Clare, Clinton, Emmet, Genesee, Grand Traverse, Ingham, Isabella, Luce, Marquette, Midland, Missaukee, Newaygo, Oakland, Saginaw, Van Buren, Wayne.
Notes. Specialist on Salix (Salicaceae). Nests in California were briefly described by MacSwain (1945, as rhodotricha Linsley).
description: Published as part of Gibbs, Jason, Ascher, John S., Rightmyer, Molly G. & Isaacs, Rufus, 2017, The bees of Michigan (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), with notes on distribution, taxonomy, pollination, and natural history, pp. 1-160 in Zootaxa 4352 (1) on page 15, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4352.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1063854
An exploration of factors that influence end of career nurses' decision making regarding their workforce participation
Creators: name: Booker, Catriona
Publisher: name: Australian Catholic University
Year: 2011

description: "As healthcare faces a critical shortage of qualified nursing staff, the ageing nursing workforce is further challenged as the 'Baby Boomer' generation approaches retirement age by 2010. While current retention strategies are focused on recruitment, little is known about the reasons for the end of career nurses' (EOCNs') premature retirement or their resilience to remain in the profession. For the purpose of this thesis, the term EOCN is defined as registered nurses aged from 45 years and above, regardless of their length of service in the profession. The purpose of this research is to explore factors that influence EOCNs' decisions regarding their workforce participation. The context of this research is within an acute tertiary hospital in Brisbane, Queensland..."
Against the Flow: The Colonisation of the Lesotho Highlands by Freshwater Limpets
Creators: name: Sands, Arthur F.
name: Riedel, Frank
name: Gummersbach, Venise S.
name: Albrecht, Christian
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: biogeography
subject: Burnupia
subject: freshwater ecology
subject: high-altitude
subject: molluscs
subject: phylogeography
subject: southern Africa
subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::560 Fossilien, Paläontologie::560 Paläontologie, Paläozoologie

description: To date, limited research has taken place on the evolutionary history of biodiversity in the high-altitude zones of southern Africa, particularly the Lesotho Highlands. The few studies that do exist point to similar high-altitude zones being either prolific museums (i.e., refugia and cradles) for cold-evolved species or sinks for temperate species post the Last Glacial Maximum, yet the role this zone has played for freshwater biodiversity is unknown for almost all freshwater taxa. In this study, we address this lack of knowledge by looking at the phylogeography of the freshwater limpet genus, Burnupia, across its southern and eastern African range, but particularly focusing on the Lesotho Highlands. We used COI data to reconstruct the evolutionary history of the genus, quantify phylogenetic species diversity, test both isolation by distance (IBD) and by elevation (IBE) and model ancestral area estimation “in” and “out” of the Highlands to determine: 1) The diversity and endemicity of Burnupia spp. in the Highlands in comparison to the broader southern African region and 2) when did the colonisation of the Highlands happen. Our results showed that at least two of the nine southern African phylogenetic species delimited occur in the Highlands (which appears average for the geographical extent of this area in comparison to the broader southern African region) and that the genus has been present in the Lesotho Highlands for somewhere between 1.38–0.23 million years. However, we found the endemicity of at least one of the two Highland species, supported by weak but significant IBD and IBE in Burnupia. Therefore we favour the notion that the Highlands are likely an important haven for cold-evolved species. As our results also generated a lot of data useful for Burnupia systematics, we discuss some taxonomic implications of our findings.
Andrena (Andrena) mandibularis Robertson 1892
Creators: name: Gibbs, Jason
name: Ascher, John S.
name: Rightmyer, Molly G.
name: Isaacs, Rufus
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Andrenidae
Andrena
Andrena mandibularis

description: Andrena (Andrena) mandibularis Robertson 1892
County records: Allegan, Berrien, Livingston, Oakland, Van Buren, Washtenaw, Wayne.
Notes. Polylectic.
description: Published as part of Gibbs, Jason, Ascher, John S., Rightmyer, Molly G. & Isaacs, Rufus, 2017, The bees of Michigan (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), with notes on distribution, taxonomy, pollination, and natural history, pp. 1-160 in Zootaxa 4352 (1) on page 15, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4352.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1063854
Upper body bone strength and muscle function in non-elite artistic gymnasts
Creators: name: Burt, Lauren
Publisher: name: Australian Catholic University
Year: 2011

description: "Musculoskeletal development in the upper limbs of non-elite female gymnasts during pre and early pubescent growth is under researched. Most studies have focussed on elite rather than non-elite gymnasts, via dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). The purpose of this thesis was to longitudinally characterise the effects of non-elite female artistic gymnastics participation on upper limb musculoskeletal parameters using peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography (pQCT), DXA and muscle function assessments. Three major studies were designed. Study one compared the upper limb of two groups of gymnasts (high-training gymnasts (HGYM), participating in 6-16 hr/wk, low-training gymnasts (LGYM), participating in 1-5 hr/wk) and an age matched control group (NONGYM) for differences in bone mass, size and strength. Difference in upper limb muscle size, structure and function were also compared. Study two pooled both HGYM and LGYM to compare traditional pQCT skeletal parameters at the radius (4% and 66% sites) with NONGYM. To advance the understanding of site and bone specificity in young gymnastics, similar measures were also undertaken at the ulna. Study three combined variables in studies one and two in a longitudinal (6-month) comparison of the upper limb musculoskeletal changes in two groups of gymnasts (HGYM, LGYM) and a NONGYM group. Benefits beyond growth associated with gymnastics participation during pre- and early pubertal years were examined."
title: Evaluation of Distributed Effects in Field Effect Transistors for High Frequency Applications
Creators: name: Cuddapah, Srinivas Rowjee
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04zjtrb98
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2002

description: Metal Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors are at the heart of currently used microwave and millimeter-wave devices. CAD (Computer Aided Design) models for MESFET are used in the development and optimization of high-speed microwave devices. The increase in the chip density demands more accurate models. A distributed small signal model was developed for a GaAs MESFET account of the high frequency effects.

The lumped model of the MESFET is inadequate at frequencies where the wavelength of operation approaches device dimensions. This is because different regions in the device can experience different amplitudes and phases of the biasing signal. In this thesis, various modeling approaches from the existing literature were studied, and the sliced-FET approach was selected as a trade-off between computational intensity and rigorous accuracy. The elements in the sliced model have been calculated for a 300- micrometer gate-width FET using modeling equations from literature. The sliced-FET model was implemented in PSPICE, and an optimal number of slices for the model have been proposed. The frequency response of the sliced model then more accurately resembles the actual response of an actual device. Scattering parameter measurements of the lumped and the distributed models validate the model developed. The scope of further research including thermal models, models at different bias conditions, HEMT simulation work, and the development of large signal models has also been discussed.
Non-ionic hybrid detergents for protein delipidation
Creators: name: Urner, Leonhard H.
name: Liko, Idlir
name: Pagel, Kevin
name: Haag, Rainer
name: Robinson, Carol V.
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Hybrid detergent
subject: Membrane protein
subject: Purification
subject: Lipid
subject: Delipidation
subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::540 Chemie::540 Chemie und zugeordnete Wissenschaften

description: Non-ionic detergents are important tools for the investigation of interactions between membrane proteins and lipid membranes. Recent studies led to the question as to whether the ability to capture protein-lipid interactions depends on the properties of detergents or their concentration in purification buffers. To address this question, we present the synthesis of an asymmetric, hybrid detergent that combines the head groups of detergents with opposing delipidating properties. We discuss detergent properties and protein purification outcomes to reveal whether the properties of detergent micelles or the detergent concentration in purification buffers drive membrane protein delipidation. We anticipate that our findings will enable the development of rationally design detergents for future applications in membrane protein research.
Andrena (Andrena) milwaukeensis Graenicher 1903
Creators: name: Gibbs, Jason
name: Ascher, John S.
name: Rightmyer, Molly G.
name: Isaacs, Rufus
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Andrenidae
Andrena
Andrena milwaukeensis

description: Andrena (Andrena) milwaukeensis Graenicher 1903
County records: Alger, Berrien, Houghton, Ingham, Leelanau, Mackinac, Marquette, Oceana, Ottawa.
description: Published as part of Gibbs, Jason, Ascher, John S., Rightmyer, Molly G. & Isaacs, Rufus, 2017, The bees of Michigan (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), with notes on distribution, taxonomy, pollination, and natural history, pp. 1-160 in Zootaxa 4352 (1) on page 15, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4352.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1063854
Combination of AC electrothermal and Dielectrophoresis realized by 3D Electrodes to Concentrate Particles
Creators: Fathy, Jino
Wang, Ziying
Lai, Yongjun
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2022

In this paper, a particle microconcentrator is designed and simulated that works by combining the AC electrothermal (ACET) and Dielectrophoresis (DEP) forces. The microconcentrator consists of a PMMA channel with copper electrodes on the walls and bottom of the channel. On each side of the channel, two coplanar asymmetric electrodes are fixed. 10Vp voltage with a frequency of 500kHz is applied to the bigger electrodes and the smaller electrodes are grounded. The bottom electrode is a floating potential and not connected to any electric source. COMSOL Multiphysics v6 was used to simulate the electric field, heat transfer, and ACET induced vortices in the fluid. Then, the ACET and DEP forces were applied to the modeled polystyrene particles with a diameter of 6μm. Both forces affect the particles focusing, while the effect of ACET is stronger.

Part of the Proceedings of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering International Congress 2022.
Andrena (Andrena) rufosignata Cockerell 1902
Creators: name: Gibbs, Jason
name: Ascher, John S.
name: Rightmyer, Molly G.
name: Isaacs, Rufus
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Andrenidae
Andrena
Andrena rufosignata

description: Andrena (Andrena) rufosignata Cockerell 1902
County records: Antrim, Arenac, Benzie, Chippewa, Dickinson, Emmet, Grand Traverse, Isabella, Kalkaska, Keweenaw, Lake, Leelanau, Mackinac, Manistee, Montmorency, Oceana, Schoolcraft, Van Buren.
description: Published as part of Gibbs, Jason, Ascher, John S., Rightmyer, Molly G. & Isaacs, Rufus, 2017, The bees of Michigan (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), with notes on distribution, taxonomy, pollination, and natural history, pp. 1-160 in Zootaxa 4352 (1) on page 15, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4352.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1063854
A qualitative study of Spanish-speaking patients’ experiences of pain after surgery
Creators: name: Bruinsma, Nelly
Publisher: name: Australian Catholic University
Year: 2011

description: "The aim of this study was to acquire knowledge of the way Spanish-speaking patients experience pain and pain management after surgery and to analyse how their experiences, lack of knowledge of the English language and their cultural beliefs may influence their experiences. The study outcomes will assist health professionals to provide a culturally appropriate pain management plan when not able to speak English and to care appropriately for Spanish-speaking patients and for other Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) patients. An interpretive phenomenological approach informed by Gadamer’s (1979) theory was used to explore seven participants ‘in-depth stories.’ The study sought to answer the following research question: What are Spanish-speaking patients’ experiences of postoperative pain and pain management in an acute setting? The findings that emerged from the data analysis were grouped within eight main ‘having your pain assessed’, ‘having your pain relieved’, ‘not understanding the medication’, ‘trying to communicate but not being understood’, ‘having no voice’, ‘not understanding what they are saying’, ‘wanting and needing an interpreter’, and ‘having an accredited interpreter’. Throughout the data analysis, it emerged that while pain and its management were a significant part of the participants’ postoperative experiences, their pain experiences were often overshadowed by problems with language and communication. Overall, the findings showed that communication (and its lack) and staff attitude and knowledge were the most significant issues when managing the participants’ postoperative pain. The major practice and education implications from this study include the need for staff education on the need for holistic pain assessments, use of interpreters and associated policies and guidelines as well as staff cultural awareness and sensitivity when caring for CALD patients and their families."
Depression in men: Development of the male depression risk scale
Creators: name: Rice, Simon
Publisher: name: Australian Catholic University
Year: 2011

description: Within the last decade a number of male specific depression rating scales have been developed. Unfortunately each of these scales encompasses significant psychometric issues, thus comprising their validity. The present dissertation reports five quantitative studies based on data from community samples with the aim of developing a psychometrically valid male specific depression rating scale. As defined by DSM-IV, Major Depressive Disorder comprises a range of internalising symptoms (e.g., sadness, worthlessness, guilt, fatigue). These internalising symptoms contravene traditional masculine role norms such as emotional stoicism, self-reliance and aggression. Given this, the masculine depression framework theorises that when depressed, some men may experience atypical depression symptoms that are more congruent with masculine role norms (e.g., substance abuse, anger, emotional suppression, risk-taking). However, as these masculine type symptoms fall outside present diagnostic criteria, it is possible that males experiencing such symptoms may not be identified as depressed in primary care settings...
'A vision splendid': The use and value of the concept of sustainability in policy, reform and practice in human services
Creators: name: Richmond, Giovanna
Publisher: name: Australian Catholic University
Year: 2011

description: "This thesis develops a heuristic model of sustainability in order to conceptualise and organise knowledge, for use in policy, reform and practice in human services with particular relevance to the fields of social work and public administration. The scope and context of the research are human services which operate in Western, mostly Anglophone, countries under some form of democratic government. Research activity to develop models and general theories of sustainability has remained the purview of other fields such as the environment, education, business and finance. Few studies have focused sustainability specifically on social problems and human services. One characteristic of sustainability studies is a multi-dimensional and multi-disciplinary perspective which aims to bridge gaps in order to achieve integration of knowledge, structure and process in policy making and practice. The pervasiveness and complexity of many social problems, such as poverty and child abuse, inevitably cross many domains and levels of social organisation and require a ‘whole of system’ perspective to deepen an understanding of their nature and possible solutions. This thesis used a large purposive sample of research studies on sustainability in areas related to human services, as data to identify and explore sustainability concepts. The research data sample is analysed through thematic synthesis. Links between sustainability and public policy are explored and examples of policy instruments and processes within which human services function are examined to add context and meaning to the concept of sustainability. It is argued that the concept of sustainability is useful and valuable for policy development in human services. In this thesis its usefulness is identified and set in the context of specific examples in human services. This research makes a contribution to the field of human services policy, reform and practice by filling a conceptual gap through a better understanding of the characteristics and the conditions that are influences for maintaining the gains made in human services policy and practice and ultimately for improving societal outcomes."
Andrena (Andrena) thaspii Graenicher 1903
Creators: name: Gibbs, Jason
name: Ascher, John S.
name: Rightmyer, Molly G.
name: Isaacs, Rufus
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Andrenidae
Andrena
Andrena thaspii

description: Andrena (Andrena) thaspii Graenicher 1903
County records: Alger, Antrim, Baraga, Benzie, Cheboygan, Chippewa, Dickinson, Emmet, Gratiot, Ingham, Iron, Lenawee, Macomb, Manistee, Marquette, Midland, Ontonagon, Van Buren, Washtenaw.
description: Published as part of Gibbs, Jason, Ascher, John S., Rightmyer, Molly G. & Isaacs, Rufus, 2017, The bees of Michigan (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), with notes on distribution, taxonomy, pollination, and natural history, pp. 1-160 in Zootaxa 4352 (1) on page 15, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4352.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1063854
How understanding the Aboriginal Kinship system can inform better policy and practice: Social work research with the Larrakia nad Warumungu Peoples of Northern Territory
Creators: name: King, Karen
Publisher: name: Australian Catholic University
Year: 2011

description: This qualitative inquiry explored the kinship system of both the Larrakia and Warumunga peoples of the Northern territory with the aim of informing social work theory and practice in Australia. It also aimed to return information to the knowledge holders for the purposes of strengthening Aboriginal ways of knowing, being and doing.