cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Association between Cumulative Joint Loading from Occupational Activities and Knee Osteoarthritis
Creators: name: Ezzat, Allison M.
name: Cibere, Jolanda, 1962-
name: Koehoorn, Mieke, 1966-
name: Li, Linda C.
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2022

description: Objective: To determine the associations between cumulative occupational physical load (COPL) and three definitions of knee osteoarthritis. Methods: Cross-sectional analyses were performed from two population-based cohorts (n=327). Eligible symptomatic participants were those with pain, aching, or discomfort in or around the knee on most days of a month at any time in the past and any pain in the past 12 months. Asymptomatic participants responded “no” to both knee pain questions. Self-reported COPL was calculated over each participant’s lifetime, and then categorized into quarters (i.e., QCOPL). Radiographic osteoarthritis (ROA) and symptomatic osteoarthritis (SOA) were defined by Kellgren Lawrence grade >2, with SOA also including pain. Magnetic resonance imaging osteoarthritis (MRIOA) was defined using criteria by Hunter and associates. Logistic regression, adjusted with population weights, examined the associations between QCOPL and ROA, SOA, and MRI-OA, respectively, after controlling for covariates and two-way interactions. Results: Participants were on average 58.5 (SD=11.0) years old with a BMI of 26.3 (SD=4.7). Of those, 109(33.3%) had ROA, 102(31.2%) had SOA and 131(40.1%) had MRI-OA. Compared with QCOPL-1, increased odds of ROA were found for QCOPL-4 (Odds ratio (OR)=3.15; 95% Confidence Interval (CI)=1.02, 9.70) and QCOPL-3 (OR=4.19; 95% CI=1.55, 11.34). Statistically significant relationships were found in SOA (QCOPL-4: OR=8.16; 95% CI=1.89, 35.27; QCOPL3: OR=5.73; 95% CI=1.36, 24.12) and MRI-OA (QCOPL-4: OR=9.54; 95% CI=2.65, 34.27; QCOPL-3: OR=9.04; 95% CI=2.65, 30.88; QCOPL-2: OR=7.18; 95% CI=2.17, 23.70.) Conclusion: Occupational activity is associated with knee OA with dose-response relationships observed in SOA and MRI-OA.
Thomas Kolnberger (ed.): August Kohl. Ein Luxemburger Söldner im Indonesien des 19. Jahrhunderts. Kommentierte Edition der Reise- und Lebensbeschreibungen (1859-1865) des Soldaten August Kohl
Creators: name: Lehners, Jean-Paul
Publisher: name: International Quarterly for Asian Studies
Year: 2018

description: International Quarterly for Asian Studies, Bd. 48 Nr. 1-2 (2017): Cultural Elites and Elite Cultures in South Asia
Agoras, ancient and modern, and a framework for science-society debate
Creators: name: Davenport, Sally
name: Leitch, Shirley
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper offers a contemporary version of the ancient Greek agora (assembly) designed for the conduct of science-society dialogues. Drawing on what is known from ancient Greece, we identified the dimensions of forum, participation and interactivity as the three central criteria for contemporary agora. Insights into the workings of a recent potential agora - New Zealand's Royal Commission on Genetic Modification - were gained by applying this three-part framework. The alignment of participant expectations with the purpose of agoras, particularly that their role is to support debate rather than determine decisions, emerged as crucial for the acceptance of contemporary science-society agoras.
Vancouver At Home: pragmatic randomized trials investigating Housing First for homeless and mentally ill adults
Creators: name: Somers, Julian M
name: Patterson, Michelle L
name: Moniruzzaman, Akm
name: Currie, Lauren
name: Rezansoff, Stefanie N
name: Palepu, Anita
name: Fryer, Karen
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2015

description: Background. Individuals with mental illnesses are overrepresented among the homeless. Housing First (HF) has been shown to promote positive outcomes in this population. However, key questions remain unresolved, including: how to match support services to client needs, the benefits of housing in scattered sites versus single congregate building, and the effectiveness of HF with individuals actively using substances. The present study aimed to recruit two samples of homeless mentally ill participants who differed in the complexity of their needs. Study details, including recruitment, randomization, and follow-up, are presented. Methods Eligibility was based on homeless status and current mental disorder. Participants were classified as either moderate needs (MN) or high needs (HN). Those with MN were randomized to HF with Intensive Case Management (HF-ICM) or usual care. Those with HN were randomized to HF with Assertive Community Treatment (HF-ACT), congregate housing with support, or usual care. Participants were interviewed every 3 months for 2 years. Separate consent was sought to access administrative data. Results Participants met eligibility for either MN (n = 200) or HN (n = 297) and were randomized accordingly. Both samples were primarily male and white. Compared to participants designated MN, HN participants had higher rates of hospitalization for psychiatric reasons prior to randomization, were younger at the time of recruitment, younger when first homeless, more likely to meet criteria for substance dependence, and less likely to have completed high school. Across all study arms, between 92% and 100% of participants were followed over 24 months post-randomization. Minimal significant differences were found between study arms following randomization. 438 participants (88%) provided consent to access administrative data. Conclusion The study successfully recruited participants meeting criteria for homelessness and current mental disorder. Both MN and HN groups had high rates of substance dependence, suicidality, and physical illness. Randomization resulted in no meaningful detectable differences between study arms. Trial registration Current Controlled Trials: ISRCTN57595077 (Vancouver at Home study: Housing First plus Assertive Community Treatment versus congregate housing plus supports versus treatment as usual) and ISRCTN66721740 (Vancouver At Home study: Housing First plus Intensive Case Management versus treatment as usual).
"The Wilcox Model: How Electromagnetic Pressure Rewrote Time and Hacked the Spine of Reality"
Creators: name: Wilcox, Clyde Jermaine
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Theoretical physics
subject: Electromagnetic Radiation
subject: Time Perception
subject: Dark matter

description: This paper presents The Wilcox Model, a groundbreaking redefinition of time, inertia, and dark matter through the lens of electromagnetic pressure and magnetic information density. Rejecting traditional spacetime curvature, the model proposes that time is an emergent vibrational field output, governed by spine-resonant electromagnetic processes rather than geometric tensors. By treating dark matter as a helium-based topological information structure and linking quantum fluctuations to magnetic pressure, the paper outlines a unified path toward resolving the disconnect between General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics. From the Wilcox Time Operator to testable predictions involving clock variance in magnetic vacuums, this work signals a paradigm shift in modern physics—where inertia, time, and causality become negotiable parameters of the electromagnetic substrate. Theoretical physics just got a firmware upgrade.

 

 

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T. A. Heathcote: Balochistan, the British and the Great Game. The Struggle for the Bolan Pass, Gateway to India
Creators: name: Epkenhans, Tim
Publisher: name: International Quarterly for Asian Studies
Year: 2018

description: International Quarterly for Asian Studies, Bd. 48 Nr. 1-2 (2017): Cultural Elites and Elite Cultures in South Asia
Reduction of infrasounds in machines with hydrostatic drive
Creators: name: Kudźma, Zygmunt
name: Stosiak, Michał
Publisher: name: Institute of Machine Design and Operation, Wrocław University of Technology, Wrocław
Year: 2013
Subjects: infrasounds, vibrations, pressure fluctuation, damper

description: Acta of Bioengineering and Biomechanics; 02/2013; ISSN 1509-409X
Eberhard Sandschneider: Der erfolgreiche Abstieg Europas. Heute Macht abgeben, um morgen zu gewinnen
Creators: name: Grund, Sabine
Publisher: name: International Quarterly for Asian Studies
Year: 2018

description: International Quarterly for Asian Studies, Bd. 48 Nr. 1-2 (2017): Cultural Elites and Elite Cultures in South Asia
Reduction of infrasounds in machines with hydrostatic drive
Creators: name: Lee, Yeon Soo
name: Tiwari, Pawan K.
Publisher: name: Institute of Machine Design and Operation, Wrocław University of Technology, Wrocław
Year: 2013
Subjects: infrasounds, vibrations, pressure fluctuation, damper

description: Acta of Bioengineering and Biomechanics; 02/2013; ISSN 1509-409X
Nitric oxide synthase polymorphisms, gene expression and lung function in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Creators: name: Aminuddin, Farzian
name: Hackett, Tillie-Louise
name: Stefanowicz, Dorota
name: Saferali, Aabida
name: Paré, Peter D.
name: Gulsvik, Amund
name: Bakke, Per
name: Cho, Michael H.
name: Litonjua, Augusto
name: Lomas, David A.
name: Anderson, Wayne H.
name: Beaty, Terri H.
name: Silverman, Edwin K.
name: Sandford, Andrew J.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2016

description: Background: Due to the pleiotropic effects of nitric oxide (NO) within the lungs, it is likely that NO is a significant factor in the pathogenesis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The aim of this study was to test for association between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in three NO synthase (NOS) genes and lung function, as well as to examine gene expression and protein levels in relation to the genetic variation. Methods: One SNP in each NOS gene (neuronal NOS (NOS1), inducible NOS (NOS2), and endothelial NOS (NOS3)) was genotyped in the Lung Health Study (LHS) and correlated with lung function. One SNP (rs1800779) was also analyzed for association with COPD and lung function in four COPD case–control populations. Lung tissue expression of NOS3 mRNA and protein was tested in individuals of known genotype for rs1800779. Immunohistochemistry of lung tissue was used to localize NOS3 expression. Results: For the NOS3 rs1800779 SNP, the baseline forced expiratory volume in one second in the LHS was significantly higher in the combined AG + GG genotypic groups compared with the AA genotypic group. Gene expression and protein levels in lung tissue were significantly lower in subjects with the AG + GG genotypes than in AA subjects. NOS3 protein was expressed in the airway epithelium and subjects with the AA genotype demonstrated higher NOS3 expression compared with AG and GG individuals. However, we were not able to replicate the associations with COPD or lung function in the other COPD study groups. Conclusions: Variants in the NOS genes were not associated with lung function or COPD status. However, the G allele of rs1800779 resulted in a decrease of NOS3 gene expression and protein levels and this has implications for the numerous disease states that have been associated with this polymorphism.
Use Cases at NFDI4Microbiota
Creators: name: Magel, Maja
name: Pauvert, Charlie
name: Grünwald, Katharina M. E.
name: Götz, Barbara
name: Förstner, Konrad U.
name: Clavel, Thomas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Poster presentation on the general role of Use Cases in NFDI4Microbiota and the opportunities for community engagement, as well as a brief overview of active Use Cases and their range of topics.
Gender Gap, Gender Trap: Negotiations of Intersectionality and Patriarchy amongst Women Elites in Nepal
Creators: name: Lotter, Stefanie
Publisher: name: International Quarterly for Asian Studies
Year: 2018

description: Transformation is apparent in Nepal, a country that underwent a decade of civil war 1996–2006, abolished the monarchy to become a republic in 2007, agreed on a new constitution in 2015 and is currently struggling to implement federalism. Decentralisation and minority repre-sentation are being put on the political agenda alongside efforts to rebuild infrastructure dam-aged through two major earthquakes. Beyond this, Nepal appears to have developed into South Asia’s beacon of gender equality. Since 2016 Nepal has had a woman president, a woman chief justice and a woman speaker of parliament. Implementing a quota of 33 per cent women in politics, women politicians now come from a great variety of backgrounds reflecting Nepal’s ethnic, cultural, regional and educational diversity. This study takes the entry of 197 female members into the constituent assembly of Nepal in 2008 as a baseline to study the transforma-tion of “patriarchy” and its impact on the heterogeneous group of women politicians in high office in Nepal.
description: International Quarterly for Asian Studies, Bd. 48 Nr. 1-2 (2017): Cultural Elites and Elite Cultures in South Asia
The Broom, the Muffler and the Wagon R: Aam Aadmi Party and the Politics of De-elitisation
Creators: name: Tripathy, Jyotirmaya
Publisher: name: International Quarterly for Asian Studies
Year: 2018

description: This paper explores the new alternative politics popularised by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) as an antidote to the conventional politics that plague Indian democracy. It locates this politics not in an already constituted framework like other caste-, community- and class-based political parties, but as a performative construct articulated through the symbols of the broom, the muf-fler and the Wagon R. Contrary to the understanding that AAP leaders are fully evolved com-mon men, it is proposed that their commonness was a product of these symbols. These repre-sentational devices are made to resonate among the people through a carefully orchestrated spectacle of de-elitisation. This process involves both disavowal of the elite Self and a kind of reverse mimicry of an irrational other. It is this strategy that successfully converts administra-tors, academics, lawyers, etc. into appearing as one of the common people. The paper argues that the characteristic features of the common man found among AAP leaders are not natural conditions but manifestations of what may be called self-othering.
description: International Quarterly for Asian Studies, Bd. 48 Nr. 1-2 (2017): Cultural Elites and Elite Cultures in South Asia
Forcing "Good" and the Legitimation of Informal Power. Philanthrocapitalism and Artistic Nationalism among the Indian Business Elites
Creators: name: Kuldova, Tereza
Publisher: name: International Quarterly for Asian Studies
Year: 2018

description: Until recently, India’s wealthy were held in contempt and perceived with suspicion both by the general public and the media; newspaper articles about the greedy rich and their excesses pro-liferated. However, following the global financial crisis of 2008, magazines like Forbes India began aggressively pushing the idea of the generous and caring Indian business elites, a “force of good”; annual events such as the Forbes sponsored Philanthropy Awards and art and fashion galas for a good cause became popular and the notion of philanthrocapitalism was embraced by the elite. It is argued here that behind this development is a particular convergence of underly-ing legitimation crises, the first within the realm of business and the second within the realm of fashion and the arts. These then force the two realms into collaboration in a pursuit of the com-mon goal of social legitimacy, accumulation of symbolic capital and (re)production of the pow-er mystique of the elite. The article is grounded in extensive ethnographic fieldwork among the North Indian business and fashion elite, from 2008–2013.
description: International Quarterly for Asian Studies, Bd. 48 Nr. 1-2 (2017): Cultural Elites and Elite Cultures in South Asia
Reconceptualizing autism: moving beyond the behavioral to address cause, cure and prevention
Creators: name: Shandley, Kerrie
name: Austin, David W.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Since the publication of Leo Kanner’s seminal paper in 1943, there has been essentially no definitive light shed on the cause, prevention or cure of autism. It is our contention that the reason lies, at least in part, with the original psychiatric conceptualization of the condition and the subsequent acceptance of this framework by health professionals ever since. We suggest an urgent revision of autism as a disease state such that its operationalization in major diagnostic systems such as the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and International Classification of Diseases recognizes the biological variables known to be associated with autism.
Defects and distortions in hybrid halide perovskites
Creators: name: Whalley, Lucy
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2019

description: Hybrid halide perovskites are being developed for use as an absorber material in solar cells, alongside other optoelectronic applications such as a light-emitting diode emitter or lasing material. Research interest in this material family has grown quickly over the decade, as photovoltaic efficiencies have increased from 10.9% in 2012 to the current record of 25.2%. In addition, the synthesis procedure is a low-temperature solution-deposition method which, when commercialised, may lead to a reduction in solar module production prices. Materials theory and simulation has struggled to keep up with the rapid experimental progress as many of the physical processes that determine solar cell performance are related to defects (e.g. carrier capture and recombination) and temperature (e.g. degradation and ion migration), which are challenging to model from first-principles. Density Functional Theory (DFT) is used to predict ground-state properties only, and a typical DFT calculation for a crystalline material assumes that the material is perfectly periodic, with no point or extended defects. To model temperature effects or defects it is necessary to combine DFT with other methods, such as lattice dynamics or finite-size corrections. The aim of this PhD project is to move away from the idealised picture of a perfect material at absolute zero and towards a more realistic picture, where the defects and distortions of hybrid halide perovskites are considered.
title: Balancing urban security, accessibility and urban quality in 'heritage open space in transformation'
Creators: name: Babalis, Dimitra
Publisher: name: University of Strathclyde Publishing
Year: 2022

description: Urban open spaces in a historic context should be considered of great social, culture and economic value and their transformation would develop a sustainable, smart, and future-proof design for coming generations. However, such places of added value should follow design principles for a flexible and upgradable design that can ensure accessibility, urban security, and quality. In defining the "Heritage Open Space in Transformation", (HOST) as a historic open space of great challenge that is strictly connected with innovative urban change" one should consider HOST as a space of special architectural and historic interest, the character of which can be sensitively preserved or transformed. While tangible barriers are a pressing concern for many city centres, all actions related to it are more likely to be prioritized and embedded in a well-planned open spaces strategy. Proposing good urban design with promotion of sociability and enjoyment, cultural and economic values does mean a high reflection on urban resilience and protection from urban risks. However, to deliver a substantial change of a HOST is considered to be the most pressing need especially in responding to specific urban design matters. The aim of this paper is to show resilience strategies and design to respond to a number of urban and societal risks. It discusses on how European cities that design for good heritage open specs should face main key issues such as accessibility, urban security, and protection. It discusses on promoting a sense of place and security creating smart HOST places while creating a new urban condition for changing lifestyles. Finally, this paper investigates on how the area UNESCO of the City of Florence could respond properly to the evolving need for security that has to be considered as an opportunity to achieve good design and contribute to a sustainable and resilient urban environment.
Elites and Aristocracy in Colonial and Postcolonial Sri Lanka
Creators: name: Rösel, Jakob
Publisher: name: International Quarterly for Asian Studies
Year: 2018

description: “Elites and Aristocracy in Colonial and Postcolonial Sri Lanka” attempts to answer two major questions: First, what is an “elite” and how can we define one? Concentrating on aristocracy and with reference to Georg Simmel, I will describe forms of social and cultural self-aggrandisement and self-construction, which have served many elites as a model and ideal type for emulation and further development. My second question is: How did the Sinhalese up-country Kandy aristocracy in Sri Lanka react to British, colonial change and how did it interact with newly emerged and much more numerous low-country elites? This interaction will be described as a process of political marginalisation of the Kandy aristocracy and of cultural emulation on the part of the new low-country and Colombo elites.
description: International Quarterly for Asian Studies, Bd. 48 Nr. 1-2 (2017): Cultural Elites and Elite Cultures in South Asia
Editorial: Cultural Elites and Elite Cultures in Contemporary India and South Asia. Constructions and Deconstructions
Creators: name: Tripathy, Jyotirmaya
name: Skoda, Uwe
Publisher: name: International Quarterly for Asian Studies
Year: 2018

description: What kind of capital does a particular group possess and how does it go about reproducing that capital? How does this capital get converted into new socio-political currencies? How do the elites grapple with competing notions of social morality and their place in it? What are the performative strategies that are at work, legitimating certain types of elites but not others? Are elites interest groups, or do they mutate into identity groups in changing social environments? Do the elites reflect a new social order or create one; are they conscience keepers of a society or do they produce a particular consciousness? How do cultural elites position themselves vis-à-vis the state, class, caste and gender or the people, the masses? The following papers of this special issue, in varying degrees, address some of these questions. They bring together scholars, junior and senior, Indian and European, who have worked intensively on the Indian subcontinent and its elites. Kaamya Sharma, Tereza Kuldova, Stefanie Lotter, Sudarsan Padmanabhan and Jyotirmaya Tripathy are among the contributors. We are also pleased to include a special contribution from Jakob Rösel, Professor Emeritus at the University of Rostock and former editor of the International Quarterly of Asian Studies.
description: International Quarterly for Asian Studies, Bd. 48 Nr. 1-2 (2017): Cultural Elites and Elite Cultures in South Asia
Studies of ion exchange membranes with particular focus on synthesis of cation exchange membranes
Creators: name: Jiang, Shanxue
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2019

description: A series of studies on ion exchange membranes (IEMs), with a particular focus on synthesis of cation exchange membranes (CEMs), were carried out in this thesis. Firstly, a comprehensive statistical study was carried out on the research of IEMs via a scientometric approach. It was found that, from 2001 to 2016, over 18000 articles were published on IEMs. Also, these articles were spread across over 1000 different journals, nearly 100 countries/regions and over 5000 research institutes. Secondly, in this thesis, different methods to prepare CEMs were discussed. It was found that membranes prepared without support was very fragile. Therefore, a support was necessary. Also, it was found that linear polystyrene sulfonate was not suitable for making CEMs. In order to prepare good CEMs, the functional polymers had to be cross-linked. Therefore, chemical reaction was necessary which could introduce new bonds to make crosslinking happen. Thirdly, a new methodology was proposed for making CEMs with high ion exchange capacity (IEC) using porous membrane support and functional polymers. The synthesized membranes demonstrated superior IEC. Besides, the semi-finished membrane demonstrated hydrophobic property while the final membranes showed super hydrophilic property. In addition, when sulfonation reaction time increased, the conductivity of membranes also showed a tendency to increase. Fourthly, another effective methodology to prepare high performance CEMs was proposed. Water as selected as the solvent and also no sulfonation was needed. A series of membranes were synthesized using this methodology and different preparation conditions were investigated. Water played an important role in membrane synthesis. IEC could be greatly increased by reducing the amount of water used for synthesis. The synthesized membranes demonstrated high electrodialysis performance. It is envisioned that this one-step synthesis methodology may open up new possibilities for synthesis of IEMs in an effective and environment-friendly way.
title: The urban form analysis through the morphological transformation study of the urban villages and city integration in Indian context
Creators: name: Bahale, Ar. Swati Madhukar
Publisher: name: University of Strathclyde Publishing
Year: 2022

description: Urbanization is a continuous process. As city extends beyond its limit, the rural to urban transformation includes the various morphological, economic, social changes in peripheral area of the city. Villages and Peri-urban town around the city have their own morphological layout with their own functioning process and culture. The villages that included into the city are called urban villages and they are struggling for their existence. These villages are facing various challenges and transformation with its inclusion in city. New urban form is generated at the rural urban interface. The policies to regulate the urban transformation is still in evolving process and varies as per the context. Indian urbanisation is very complex having the various layers of urbanism; strong historical values, diverse context varies as per place, culture, mixed of many religions, economy, unique ecological and weather conditions etc. Indian Urbanisation process is slow and late comparative to European and other East Asian countries. The great Leader of nationalist movement 'Mahatma Gandhi' once quoted that 'Future of India lies in its villages'. At present about more than 600,000 villages are in India. The Mumbai metropolitan area consist of the Greater Mumbai and entirely planned new satellite city Navi Mumbai. Many villages are now part of Mumbai metropolitan area. In a research paper, we will discuss about the morphological transformation of urban villages in Mumbai metropolitan area through visual analysis and various mapping techniques. Simultaneously, we will analyse the urban form of the area through the morphological transformation of urban villages. This study will help to analyse various issues caused due to morphological changes. It will provide the basis for the policy formulation and morphological interventions for the area.
Incarceration Among Street-Involved Youth in a Canadian Study : Implications for Health and Policy Interventions
Creators: name: Omura, John
name: Wood, Evan
name: Nguyen, Paul
name: Kerr, Thomas
name: DeBeck, Kora
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2017

description: Background Risk factors for incarceration have been well described among adult drug using populations; however, less is known about incarceration among at-risk youth. This study examines the prevalence and correlates of incarceration among street-involved youth in a Canadian setting. Methods From September 2005 to May 2012, data were collected from the At-Risk Youth Study, a prospective cohort of street-involved youth aged 14 – 26 who use illicit drugs. Generalized estimating equation (GEE) logistic regression was used to identify factors associated with recent incarceration defined as incarceration in the previous six months. Results Among 1019 participants, 362 (36%) reported having been recently incarcerated during the study period. In multivariate GEE analysis, homelessness (adjusted odds ratio [AOR]= 1.60), daily crystal methamphetamine use (AOR= 1.56), public injecting (AOR= 1.33), drug dealing (AOR= 1.48) and being a victim of violence (AOR= 1.68) were independently associated with incarceration (all p <0.05). Conversely, female gender (AOR= 0.48), lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or two-spirited (LGBTT) identification (AOR= 0.47) and increasing age of first hard drug use (AOR= 0.96) were negatively associated with incarceration (all p <0.05). Conclusion Incarceration was common among our study sample. Youth who were homeless, used crystal methamphetamine, and engaged in risky behaviors including public injection and drug dealing were significantly more likely to have been recently incarcerated. Structural interventions including expanding addiction treatment and supportive housing for at-risk youth may help reduce criminal justice involvement among this population and associated health, social and fiscal costs.
title: A tale of "two streets" : changing land-uses and media contexts on Oxford Street, 1970 and 2019 compared
Creators: name: Bakeshloo, Afshar
name: Griffiths, Sam
Publisher: name: University of Strathclyde Publishing
Year: 2022

description: One of the indications of social change in a city is the shift in the character of its central shopping street, particularly the dominant pattern of land-use. This paper focuses on the shifts in the function of Oxford Street, during the historical transition of London from a late-twentieth-century 'modern' city, to a twenty-first-century 'digital' city, in order to better understand the broader socio-economic and media contexts of this change. The research presented contrasts the mapped land-use profiles of Oxford Street in 1970 and 2019 at the building scale to identify shifts in the socio-economic and cultural image of this street. It examines the land-use data of the street at three levels of analysis: 1) Group level (nine general types), 2) Category level (52 category types), 3) Class level (over 600 detailed types). Statistical exploration of these three levels enables the research to highlight precisely how Oxford Street functioned as a centre of retail and arbiter of cultural taste in these two eras and the balance of change and continuity over the intervening period. In particular, the research shows how mapped land-use data can help to inform our understanding of the spatial outcome of changes in the broader cultural and media environment, particularly those associated with the rise of social media since the 2010s. This shift, it is argued, affects how Oxford Street space is perceived by citizens as a social space. In seeking to understand it, we can reflect on how the past of Oxford Street can help us to understand its future.
title: Comparative study of urban form of colonial cities as a method : case study of Quebec and Krasnoyarsk
Creators: name: Belova, Daria
name: Carlotti, Paolo
Publisher: name: University of Strathclyde Publishing
Year: 2022

description: Methods of urban morphology offer an opportunity to develop holistic approaches to sustaining heritage cities, which address local cultures and identities, through analysis of the evolution of place and its interpretation in spatial and architectural practices. Particularly, the dialectical relationships of elements of urban form on different scales or instances of the same element can be investigated. For example, the structure of plots is a result of the sequence of transformations, description of the history of the part of territory: multi-level diagrams with a representation of the chronological sequence of structural development could be a key to the logic of a dynamic process, even when the urban fabric presents an orthogonal grid. In fact, in these cases, we can recognize the process of transformation of the urban fabric throughout the hierarchically produced order between the roads that have come to be determined over time (readable in the arrangement of the entrances of the buildings, in the distribution of commercial activities, the height of building and largeness of the street). However, there is a difficulty in finding the key specificities of a particular piece of urban fabric, especially for specialists who investigate their indigenous environments (which they take for granted), at the stage of familiarization with the method. The paper illustrates the evidential efficiency of the comparative method, presenting the intermediate results of the ongoing comparative morphological case study of the development of an urban form of colonial cities Krasnoyarsk (Siberia, Russia) and Quebec (Canada), which were both established in the 17th century in a similar climate, and have clear morphological similarities and evident differences. The first could speak about objective features inherent in the construction of cities, regardless of the socio-political and economic context, the second can indicate the unique specificities that are most characteristic of the place under consideration.
Fundamental limits of robust interference management: from content-oblivious to content-aware wireless networks
Creators: name: Piovano, Enrico
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2019

description: In this thesis we progress towards the understanding of the fundamental limits of wireless networks with partial instantaneous channel state information at the transmitter (CSIT). We first consider classical content-oblivious networks, where the edge-nodes are unaware of the kind of requested content. We study the K-user multiple-input-single-output (MISO) broadcast channel (BC), where a K-antenna transmitter serves K single-antenna users, and we characterize the optimal degrees-of-freedom (DoF) region under arbitrary CSIT levels for the users. We then study the overloaded MISO BC with two groups of CSIT qualities. We propose a transmission scheme where no CSIT codewords are superimposed on top of spatially-multiplexed codewords. We show that the developed strategy outperforms the existing schemes and achieves the entire DoF region. Next, we move from content-oblivious networks to content-aware networks, where the edge-nodes can predict the most popular content. We first consider the K-user cache-aided MISO BC, where users are equipped with a cache memory. For a symmetric setting, in terms of channel strength levels, partial channel knowledge levels and cache sizes, we characterize the sum-generalized-degrees-of-freedom (sum-GDoF) up to a constant multiplicative factor of 12. We further show that the characterized order-optimal sum-GDoF is also attained in a decentralized setting, where no coordination is required for content placement in the caches. We then study the cache-aided interference channel, where an arbitrary number of cache-equipped transmitters serve an arbitrary number of cache-equipped receivers. Transmitters communicate with receivers over two heterogenous parallel subchannels: one with perfect CSIT, and the other with no CSIT. Under the assumptions of uncoded placement and separable one-shot linear delivery over the two sub-channels, we characterize the optimal sum-DoF to within a constant multiplicative factor of 2. We extend the result to decentralized setting, and we characterize the optimal one-shot linear sum-DoF to within a factor of 3.
Perceptual Narrowing during Infancy: A Comparison of Language and Faces
Creators: name: Maurer, Daphne
name: Werker, Janet Feldman, 1951-
Publisher: name: Wiley
Year: 2019

description: In this paper, we begin with a summary of the evidence for perceptual narrowing for various aspects of language (e.g., vowel and consonant contrasts, tone languages, visual language, sign language) and of faces (e.g., own species, own race). We then consider possible reasons for the apparent differences in the timing of narrowing (e.g., apparently earlier own race than for own species). Throughout we consider whether the evidence fits a model of maintenance/loss or is better characterized as enhancement/attunement to exposed categories. Finally, we consider evidence on the malleability of the timing and its implications for the role of endogenous factors versus learning in controlling when narrowing occurs. Overall, the comparison across domains revealed many similarities but also striking differences which lead to suggestions for future research.
The function study on the Escherichia coli O142 estA
Creators: name: 董秀梅(RNA-Seq)
Publisher: name: CNGB
Year: 2025
Subjects: Transcriptome or Gene expression
Other
porcine IPEC-J2 cells
Agricultural

description: Comparative analysis of mitochondria related differentially expressed genes and functional enrichment profiles in Escherichia coli O142 vs O142 estA deleted groups
Data Governance Plan for The Energy Access and Modelling Project: Case Study of Primary Energy Consumers in Vietnam
Creators: name: Le, Huy Huan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Executive Summary

This report presents a data governance plan for Vietnam's energy modelling and access project. Using case studies of primary energy consumers (PECs) across sectors, the report highlights the relevance and need to establish a comprehensive framework to ensure the accuracy, accessibility and security of energy and geospatial data.

The report applied the Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD) tool combined with Geographic Information System (GIS) tools to visualize the characteristics and relationships between the internal factors of the enterprise and the relationship between the enterprise and the existing energy infrastructure system in the localities. On that basis, the report discussed an integrated energy data management process including the approach, integration, construction of data management structure, management policies and standards, security protocols, data encryption; and a plan for sustainable management of databases from PECs.

The report concludes that an effective data governance plan will bring many benefits to stakeholders. Therefore, promoting collaboration, participation and commitment of all stakeholders is key to improving data quality and supporting more accurate decision-making processes.
On even spread of test cases in adaptive random testing
Creators: name: Liu, Huai
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Random testing (RT) is a basic and simple software testing technique. However, it is controversial whether RT is an effective method to detect software failures. Based on the common observation that inputs revealing software failures tend to cluster into contiguous regions, adaptive random testing (ART) has been proposed to enhance the failure-detection capability of RT. The basic intuition of ART is to evenly spread random test cases over the whole input domain. This thesis investigates a number of topics about such an “even spread” intuition. It has been generally believed that how evenly an ART algorithm spreads test cases has an impact on how effectively it detects software failures, and an even distribution of test cases brings a good failure-detection capability. This thesis investigates some existing ART algorithms, and proposes several families of new ART algorithms. Some simulations are conducted and the experimental results show that these new algorithms significantly enhance the failure-detection capability of ART. Test case distributions of these new ART algorithms are also examined, and it is observed that there is a strong correlation between the evenness of test case distribution and the failure-detection capability of an ART algorithm. All previous studies have used the failure-detection capability to measure the effectiveness of ART. This thesis proposes two new measurements to evaluate the performance of ART, which are also correlated to the even spread of test cases. One measurement is the coverage achieved by ART. A series of experiments are conducted in this thesis, and it is shown that test cases selected by ART can cover the program under test more thoroughly than those generated by RT. It is further observed that the more evenly test cases are spread, the higher coverage an ART algorithm can achieve. The other measurement proposed in this thesis is the mutant-killing capability of ART. Mutants refer to a set of fault-seeded programs derived from a basic program, and killing a mutant means detecting a failure in the mutant. Experimental results show that ART generally kills more mutants than pure RT, and the mutant-killing capability of ART becomes better with the improvement of the even spread of test cases. In summary, this thesis significantly contributes to the research on ART, especially to the areas related to the basic “even spread” intuition of ART.
title: Leader self-regulation
title: Disentangling concepts, measurement issues, and the consequences of deficits in emotion regulation and self-leadership
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Fürchtenicht, Jana S. C.
Publisher: name: TU Dortmund
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Emotion regulation
subject: Self-leadership
subject: Self-regulation
subject: Control theory
subject: Leadership
subject: Instrumental leadership
subject: Destructive leadership
subject: Job satisfaction
subject: Scale development
subject: Scale validation
subject: Heart rate variability
subject: 150
subject: Emotionales Verhalten
subject: Selbstregulation
subject: Selbstkontrolle
subject: Führung

description: In this dissertation, I discuss leader self-regulation from several perspectives, with a specific focus on leader emotion regulation and leader self-leadership. Firstly, I develop a theoretical framework, which is based on both control theory (Carver & Scheier, 1998) and the four levels of self-regulation described by Lord et al. (2010). This framework serves to disentangle the four related concepts of self-regulation, emotion regulation, self-control, and self-leadership. Secondly, I use the framework to provide a clear definition of successful self-leadership, which is based on the concept of successful emotion regulation (e.g., Aldao et al., 2015; Bonanno & Burton, 2013). Thirdly, I describe a new rationale for operationalizing successful self-regulation, which I then apply to successful emotion regulation and successful self-leadership within the work context. Both new scales showed mostly satisfactory psychometric properties, test-retest reliabilities, as well as convergent, discriminant, and criterion validity. Fourthly, I report the results of a mixed-source study in which the two new scales were used to assess the consequences of leaders’ emotion regulation and self-leadership skills. Using a sample of N = 315 leader–follower dyads, I found that both leader emotion regulation and self-leadership had significant positive associations with the constructive leadership style of instrumental leadership, as well as having significant negative associations with active destructive leadership. Additionally, self-leadership had a significant negative association with passive destructive leadership (i.e., laissez-faire leadership). Furthermore, both types of leader self-regulation were indirectly associated with follower job satisfaction via instrumental leadership. Finally, I examined the potential relationships between three heart rate variability measures, including cardiac coherence, and self-reported emotion regulation in a sample of N = 37 students. However, even though the model of neurovisceral integration predicts a positive association between heart rate variability measures and the capacity for emotion regulation (Thayer & Lane, 2000, 2009), I could not detect any associations between emotion regulation and the three heart rate variability measures used in this study.
CSR and financial performance: are CSR practices a factor in reducing transaction costs?
Creators: name: CHOUKAR Elhoussain
name: EL HAMIDI Nabil
name: AIT HBIBI Amina
name: MAKHROUT Samir
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021

description: This article examines the role of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in reducing transaction costs and improving the financial performance of companies. Based on transaction cost theory, the study explores how CSR practices such as transparency, stakeholder engagement, and litigation management can reduce costs associated with information search, negotiation, and contract execution. Through an empirical analysis of 358 Moroccan SMEs practicing CSR, the article uses Ridge regression to mitigate the effects of multicollinearity and extreme values, thus providing robust estimates of the impacts of CSR on transaction costs and financial performance. The results indicate that transparency practices and effective contract relations are particularly effective in reducing these costs, while CSR engagement requires deeper integration to demonstrate significant financial effects. CSR practices are not only beneficial from a social standpoint but also serve as an economic lever to improve the competitiveness and financial stability of companies.
Theoretical probe of absorption and fluorescence emission characteristics of highly luminescent ReL(CO)3X (L = 12H-indazolo[5,6-f][1,10]phenanthroline and X = F, Cl, Br, I): a DFT/TD-DFT study
Creators: name: Olasunkanmi, Lukman O.
name: Govender, Penny P.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Marine Biology

description: Four novel rhenium (Re) tricarbonyl complexes (ReL(CO)3X; X = F, Cl, Br, I and L = 12H-indazolo[5,6-f][1,10]phenanthroline) with promising luminescent properties were investigated using a DFT/TD-DFT approach at the ωB97X-D3/6-31 + G(d,p)//LANL2DZ level of theory. The effects of halogen co-ligands (F, Cl, Br and I) and solvents (acetonitrile (ACN), dichloromethane (DCM) and dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO)) on luminescent properties of the complexes were examined. The studied Re(I) tricarbonyl complexes assumed distorted octahedral geometry with an N–Re–N bite angle of ca. 75°, and showed possible p–π interactions between the halogen (X) atom and the N-donor ligand (L) ring. Prominent electronic excitations (with high oscillator strengths) are S0→S3, attributed to the hole–electron orbital transition based on the natural transition orbitals analyses, and characterised as MLCT/LMCT. The complexes exhibited prominent Stokes fluorescence with Stokes shifts ranging from 9204 to 19490 cm−1. ReL(CO)3Cl in ACN showed the largest Stokes shift, whereas ReL(CO)3I in ACN displayed the smallest Stokes shift. Fluorescence emission wavelengths varied with X and solvent, though the four complexes emit in the cyan/blue range in DCM. ReL(CO)3F (in ACN) exhibited the highest fluorescence lifetime and quantum yield. The study demonstrates the tunability of photophysical properties and promotes the theoretical probe of optical characteristics of materials as corroborative efforts to experimental findings.