cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: La personne âgée en transition de l'hôpital au domicile
title: La personne âgée en transition de l'hôpital au domicile
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Mathiot, Nathalie Tania
name: Stutz, Frédéric
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 0
Subjects: subject: Personne âgée
subject: Continuité des soins

description: Dans nos sociétés modernes, l’essor des progrès dans le domaine des sciences et de la médecine ont permis une amélioration considérable des conditions de vie socio-économiques. La santé, le bien précieux de tous, a tout autant profité de cette croissance et a permis une augmentation de l’espérance de vie. De ce fait, la population âgée représente aujourd’hui près de 20% de la population dans les pays européens. De façon concomitante, les pathologies chroniques, dû à un ensemble de facteurs liées aux habitudes de vie, à l’environnement et à nos comportements n’ont cessé de progresser en termes de prévalence et d’incidence. Dans ce contexte, les hospitalisations, même celles de courte durée, peuvent fragiliser cette population vieillissante et entraîner des ré hospitalisations multiples si aucune intervention n’est mise en place. L’enjeux de nos systèmes de santé est à la fois économique et humain : quel financement doit être adopté et quelle solution pourrait permettre de prévenir et améliorer ces réadmissions répétées ? La sortie de l’hôpital est un réel tremplin pour les personnes âgées et cette transition doit être accompagnée par les professionnels de la santé.
Marginal analysis in assessing Emergency Department administrative data
Creators: name: Pathan, Sameer A.
name: Jibin  Moinudheen
name: Zain A. Bhutta
name: Jenkins, Dominic W.
name: Ashwin D. Silva
name: Yogdutt Sharma
name: Warda A. Saleh
name: Zeenat Khudabakhsh
name: Furqan B. Irfan
name: Thomas, Stephen H.
Publisher: name: F1000Research
Year: 2016

description: Objectives: This study assessed the factors contributing to tMD using ED administrative database (EDAD) and predicting the impact of modifying these factors.

Methods: The study was conducted in an urban academic tertiary ED with annual census approximately 500,000; during the study month (May 2015) the ED saw 39,593 cases. The first step was to generate a multivariate linear regression model, using EDAD data, to identify the various demographic and operational parameters, which may have the effect on tMD. In the second step, predictive marginal probability analysis was used to calculate the relative contributions of each variable to existing tMD, as well as to predict the change in tMD by modifying the individual variable. Analyses were conducted with STATA 14MP, with significance defined at p < .05 and confidence intervals (CIs) reported at the 95% level.

Conclusions: Marginal analysis identified the most beneficial variable affecting tMD, in this study it was the number of physician coverage per shift. Other busy EDs could use this approach to analyze the ED administrative data, and identify relevant factors contributing to tMD in their settings.
title: La prise en charge genrée de la douleur
title: comment déjouer les stéréotypes ?
titleType: Subtitle
title: La prise en charge genrée de la douleur
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Isaaz, Valérie
name: Nicod, Marie
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 0
Subjects: subject: Douleur
subject: Genre
subject: Stéréotypes
subject: Soins infirmiers

description: La profession infirmière demande très souvent voire constamment un engagement cognitif et émotionnel de la part de celles et ceux qui l’exercent. De plus, afin d’acquérir davantage d’autonomie dans son rôle propre, la discipline infirmière nous demande, à nous professionnels de la santé, de jongler entre les exigences de notre activité et nos aspirations personnelles. En effet, il s’agit de pouvoir exercer notre profession tout en maintenant et respectant notre identité et notre équilibre psychologique au travers de nos soins et de nos prises en charge. Pour que cela puisse être applicable et que nous ne soyons pas livrés à nous-mêmes et contraints à l’improvisation, la discipline infirmière s’inscrit dans les disciplines dites professionnelles, c’est-à-dire qu’elles sont avant tout orientées vers une pratique professionnelle (Donaldson et Crowley, 1978 ; Litchfield et Jonsdottir, 2008). En effet, c’est en étant étroitement liée aux besoins de connaissances de ses professionnels, dans leur pratique, que la perspective infirmière développe ses savoirs au travers de son propre processus de réflexion, de conceptualisation et de recherche. Ainsi, elle développe des connaissances servant à définir et à guider les activités dans ses différents champs d’application : la pratique, la recherche, la gestion, la formation et la politique. Ces notions sont utiles lorsqu’elles sont mises au service des professionnels exerçant dans l’un ou l’autre de ces champs d’activités.
title: CDGP- a gateway to geothermal data in Alsace
Creators: name:  Schaming ,   Marc
name:  Turlure ,   Mathieu
name:  Grunberg ,   Marc
name:  Schmittbuhl ,   Jean
Publisher: name: Deutsche Geologische Gesellschaft - Geologische Vereinigung e.V. (DGGV)
Year: 2021

description: The CDGP [https://cdgp.u-strasbg.fr], Data Center for Deep Geothermal Energy, was created in 2016 by the LabEx G-Eau-Thermie Profonde (continuing now in ITI GeoT) [https://geot.unistra.fr/], to archive the high-quality data collected in the Upper Rhine Graben geothermal sites and to distribute them to the scientific community for R activities, taking Intellectual Property Rights into account. It manages seismological (catalogues, waveforms, focal mechanisms), seismic, hydraulic, geological, and other data related to anthropogenic hazard from different phases of a geothermal project. Up to now, data are related to Soultz-sous-Forêts, Rittershoffen, Vendenheim and Illkirch. The CDGP was designed (1) as a store to archive and distribute isolated data and (2) as a gateway to access data handled by another datastore. Indeed, other data can be found elsewhere: in official national stores like Minergies [http://www.minergies.fr/en]or InfoTerre [https://infoterre.brgm.fr/], in academic or project-related stores like BCSF-Renass [https://renass.unistra.fr] or GFZ Data Services [https://dataservices.gfz-potsdam.de/portal/], or even using an internal data service like the one provided by the EOST’ seismological data center CDS [https://eost.unistra.fr/plateformes/cds]. A major objective is to give access to data – even outside the CDGP; they are described in metadata records, where links to the resource are set. Access rights can be controlled and granted either by the destination store, or - if requested - by the CDGP. In this latter case, access rules are defined by the center providing data, and access is validated by the CDGP and request is made only if it is granted. Another advantage is to avoid data duplication and therefore disk space, follow-up of updates, access rights management. If possible, these remote data are also provided as the local data to the EPOS Anthropogenic Hazard platform [https://tcs.ah-epos.eu/] This feature is useful for users who do not need to search for data on several different sites. It is also useful for data providers and centers who wish to make their data known while keeping control of data access, or need to do special actions before giving access to their data.
Management and clinical disposition of renal colic presentations, at the Emergency Department in Qatar
Creators: name: Pathan, Sameer
name: Biswadev Mitra
name: Zain A. Bhutta
name: Isma Qureshi
name: Hameed, Asmaa A.
name: Nadeem, Sana
name: Furqan B. Irfan
name: Anjum, Shahzad
name: Cameron, Peter A.
Publisher: name: F1000Research
Year: 2016

description: Background:

The aim of this study was to describe the prevalence, management and disposition of renal colic presentations at the Hamad General Hospital Emergency Department (HGH-ED).

Conclusion:

We observed a high volume of renal colic presentations to the HGH-ED in Qatar. It was common among young male population, with lower rates of imaging performed and requiring admissions for acute intervention.
An Unusual Case of Primary Cutaneous Aspergillosis in A Kangayam Calf - A Case  Report
Creators: name: K. Sasikala, S. Sivaraman, D. Sumathi, R. Ravi and G. Senthilkumar
Publisher: name: Bio vet innovator magazine
Year: 2025

description: A five months old Kangayam calf was presented to Veterinary Clinical Complex, Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal with the history of itching and scab like lesions throughout the body for the past 2 months. Feeding habit was reported to be normal and it has not responded to antibiotic therapy. On clinical examination the animal was active and alert with normal vital signs. Blood filled blisters and discoloration of skin was noticed in the neck region. Scab like lesion was more prominent in the head, ears, legs and brisket region. Haemato-biochemical parameters were within the normal range. Skin scraping was negative for parasitic mites. On Sabouraud Dextrose Agar cottony yellowish white colonies with beige underside were observed after 48 hours of inoculation and the fungus was identified as Aspergillus niger on the basis of colour, spreading pattern and sporangia. Calf was administered with ketoconazole @ 10mg/kg (PO) for 4 weeks along with topical application of Whitfield ointment and liver supplements. Animal made an uneventful recovery after treatment.
Multi-objective schedule optimization using constraint programming
Creators: name: Menesi, Wail
name: Abdel-Monem, Mohamed
name: Hegazy, Tarek
name: Abuwarda, Zinab
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: This paper describes the development of a constraint programming (CP) model for schedule optimization to satisfy both deadline and resource constraints in large-scale construction projects. Unlike many meta-heuristic methods in the literature, the CP model is fast and provides near-optimum solutions to projects with hundreds of activities. The IBM ILOG modeling software and its CPLEX-CP solver engine have been used to develop the proposed CP optimization model for solving the multi-mode resource-constrained project scheduling problem. The model takes many constraints into account, including project deadline, penalty (liquidated damages), incentive, and multiple resource constraints. The paper compares the CP results with the results of other methods, such as heuristic and genetic algorithm optimization, on case studies from the literature to prove the practicality and usefulness of the CP model. The paper also reports the results of CP optimization on larger projects of 1,000 to 2000 activities, which is common in construction practice, and is too large to be solvable by other methods. This research contributes to developing a practical decision support system for resolving real-life constraints in construction projects.
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AND THE ENVIRONMENT: PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS
Creators: name: Karimova, Shakhlo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: The relationship between economic activity and the environment is one of the important aspects of the modern economy. Economic growth often requires an increase in the intensity of resource use and production processes. This, in turn, can have a negative impact on the environment. Large-scale production and consumption lead to the rapid depletion of natural resources, which creates problems for future generations. As a result of economic activity, waste, gases and other pollutants are released into the air, water and soil. Greenhouse gases from economic activity cause climate change, which leads to global problems.
Teaching engineering literacy to non-engineering students in formal learning environments
Creators: name: El Asmar, Mounir
name: Chokor, Abbas
name: Grau, David
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: Since enrollment rates in American college engineering programs have been constantly dropping, formal and informal processes to teach and learn engineering are on the rise. An opportunity actually exists to formally teach engineering to construction students in US colleges and universities. If non-engineers understand how science and technology work, they can better interact with scientists and engineers in the workforce and make informed decisions about when technology can be a solution to a problem, or when other solutions maybe more adequate. To this date, higher engineering education has been repeatedly investigated through the lenses of engineering programs and degrees. This paper investigates engineering literacy for non-engineering students, by comparing the performance of engineering and non-engineering students when gaining engineering literacy. The methodology of this study consists of analyzing the performance of construction management (CON) and civil and environmental engineering (CEE) students in comparable courses taught in both programs: introduction to geotechnical engineering and geotechnical applications. Data is collected over four distinct semesters. The results reveal that CON students scored significantly higher grades when the course was offered from a non-engineering perspective rather than from an engineering perspective. The results of the study highlight the need to develop clear and consistent teaching methods and techniques that take non-engineering students’ diverse backgrounds into consideration.
iMagine, AI-supported imaging data and services for ocean and marine science
Creators: name: Fava, Ilaria
name: Sipos, Gergely
name: Kozlov, Valentin
name: Lopez Garcia, Alvaro
name: Schaap, Dick
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Aquatic ecosystems are vital in regulating climate and providing resources, but they face threats from global change and local stressors. Understanding their dynamics is crucial for sustainable use and conservation. The iMagine AI Platform offers a suite of AI-powered image analysis tools for researchers in aquatic sciences, facilitating a better understanding of scientific phenomena and applying AI and ML for processing image data.

The platform supports the entire machine learning cycle, from model development to deployment, leveraging data from underwater platforms, webcams, microscopes, drones, and satellites, and utilising distributed resources across Europe. With a serverless architecture and DevOps approach, it enables easy sharing and deployment of AI models. Four providers within the pan-European EGI federation power the platform, offering substantial computational resources for image processing.

Five use cases focus on image analytics services, which will be available to external researchers through Virtual Access. Additionally, three new use cases are developing AI-based image processing services, and two external use cases are kickstarting through recent Open Calls. The iMagine Competence Centre aids use case teams in model development and deployment, resulting in various models hosted on the iMagine AI Platform, including third-party models like YoloV8.

Operational best practices derived from the platform providers and use case developers cover data management, quality control, integration, and FAIRness. These best practices aim to harmonise approaches across Research Infrastructures and will be disseminated through various channels, benefitting the broader European and international scientific communities.
title: Exploration of the geologic and hydrogeologic conditions for a medium deep borehole high-temperature thermal energy storage system at TU Darmstadt, Germany
Creators: name:  Seib ,   Lukas
name:  Welsch ,   Bastian
name:  Frey ,   Matthis
name:  Bossennec ,   Claire
name:  Bär ,   Kristian
name:  Sass ,   Ingo
Publisher: name: Deutsche Geologische Gesellschaft - Geologische Vereinigung e.V. (DGGV)
Year: 2021

description: Solutions for seasonal energy storage systems are an essential component for the reliable use of fluctuating renewable energy sources and to bridge the gap between abundant heat availability from renewable sources in summer and an increased heat demand in winter. As a part of the research project ’solar crystalline borehole thermal energy storage system‘ – ‘SKEWS’, a field-scale demonstrator for a medium deep borehole thermal energy storage (BTES) system with a maximum depth of 750 m is to be built at Campus Lichtwiese of the Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany, to demonstrate this innovative technology. In this first demonstration phase, the storage array consists of four coaxial BHEs (Borehole Heat Exchangers), which tap into a crystalline reservoir rock underneath a thin sedimentary cover. Prior to project launch a numerical model of the storage system was to be built to investigate the storages behavior under the local geological and hydrogeological conditions. In the first stage, the geological context in the surroundings of the project location was investigated using archive drilling data and groundwater measurements. The data obtained facilitated the development of a geological model concept. It suggests the assumption that the uppermost part of the intended storage domain is crosscut by a normal fault, which displaces the Permian rocks east of Darmstadt against granodioritic rocks of the Odenwald crystalline complex. The simplified geological model was implemented in a 3D-finite-element numerical model to simulate the thermal effect of the storage system operation on the surrounding subsurface. The model for the four planned BHEs did not show the formation of any significant heat plumes by groundwater flow with only a minor increase in groundwater temperature. Additionally, the numerical model was used to estimate the effect of the potentially highly permeable fault zone on the planned storage site. For this purpose, a storage operation over a time span of 30 years was simulated for different parametrizations of the fault zone and the storage system. The simulations reveal a limited but visible removal of heat from the storage region with increasing groundwater flow in the fault zone. However, since the section of the BTES system affected by the fault is very small in comparison to the system’s total depth, only a minor impairment of the storage efficiency could be observed in the worst case.
Social Innovation as Transformative. Insights from six countries on the contributions and effects of social innovations in energy transitions
Creators: name: Mischkowski, Niklas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022

description: Throughout the project, SONNET is producing a series of so-called ‘Energy Reads’ that summarise the key points from its diverse catalogue of research into concise, accessible, evidence-based publications. This Energy Read provides an overview of the contributions and effects that SIE make to legal, normative and cultural changes in energy systems and what local governments can learn from the findings.
title: Hydro-thermal modeling of geothermal energy extraction from Soultz-sous-Forêts, France using supercritical CO2
Creators: name:  Singh ,   Mrityunjay
name:  Mahmoodpour ,   Saeed
name:  Bär ,   Kristian
name:  Bossennec ,   Claire
Publisher: name: Deutsche Geologische Gesellschaft - Geologische Vereinigung e.V. (DGGV)
Year: 2021

description: Climate change requires immediate action, and for sustainable development, and uninterrupted energy supply is necessary. Since anthropogenic emission of CO2 in the atmosphere has a major role in climate change, carbon negative energy solutions are the necessity of the time. Geothermal energy is one such renewable source that can assist in achieving an economic solution to low carbon energy. Engineered geothermal systems or enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) are more suitable from an industrial perspective and can supply uninterrupted energy supply for a long duration. In conventional EGS systems, water is the heat transfer fluid. However, the use of supercritical CO2 as the heat-carrying fluid has significant advantages over water including less chemical reactivity, low fluid viscosity, and comparatively higher thermal conductivity for shallow systems. Fluid loss is the major issue in any EGS operation. However, CO2 loss during the EGS operation could lead to carbon geosequestration, and therefore a carbon-negative energy solution is possible when using CO2 in EGS operations. A case study of Soultz-sous-Forêts geothermal site is considered in this work to investigate the feasibility of CO2 usage as the heat-carrying medium. Soultz-sous-Forêts is present in the Upper Rhine Graben, France. Geologically Soultz-sous-Forêts geothermal site comprises three layers: 1.5 km of thick quarternary and tertiary sediments, 350 m thick Buntsandstein and the basement is granite. Presently, three wells (GPK-3, GPK-4: injection wells, and GPK-2: production well) are operating at this site up to a depth of approximately 5 km. In this work, a three-dimensional Soultz-sous-Forêts site is considered with five major faults. In the present model, supercritical CO2 is injected through GPK3 and GPK4 and produced using GPK-2. This work investigates the coupled hydro-thermal processes occurring in the fractures and the rock matrix. The local thermal non-equilibrium (LTNE) approach is considered to account for the heat exchange between the rock matrix and supercritical CO2 flowing through the faults. Recent studies have reported fluid loss along the wellbore casing in all three wells. Therefore, a wellbore leakage model is also coupled along these well trajectories and its impact on final production temperature is assessed. Results obtained from different injection rate strategy at different injection temperature indicates that even 100 years of geothermal energy extraction operation will not have much impact on the production well temperature and therefore, a sustainable energy supply is feasible at the Soultz-sous-Forêts site.
title: Modulation of Differentiation and Bone Resorbing Activity of Human (Pre-) Osteoclasts After X-Ray Exposure
Creators: name: Eckert, Denise
name: Rapp, Felicitas
name: Tsedeke, Ayele Taddese
name: Kraft, Daniela
name: Wente, Isabell
name: Molendowska, Jessica
name: Basheer, Sidra
name: Langhans, Markus
name: Meckel, Tobias
name: Friedrich, Thomas
name: Donaubauer, Anna-Jasmina
name: Becker, Ina
name: Frey, Benjamin
name: Fournier, Claudia
Publisher: name: Frontiers Media S.A.
Year: 2022

description: Low-dose radiotherapy (LD-RT) is a local treatment option for patients with chronic degenerative and inflammatory diseases, in particular musculoskeletal diseases. Despite reported analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects, cellular and molecular mechanisms related to osteoimmunological effects are still elusive. Here we test the hypothesis that X-irradiation inhibits the differentiation of precursor osteoclasts into mature osteoclasts (mOC) and their bone resorbing activity. Circulating monocytes from healthy donors were isolated and irradiated after attachment with single or fractionated X-ray doses, comparable to an LD-RT treatment scheme. Then monocytes underwent ex vivo differentiation into OC during cultivation up to 21 days, under conditions mimicking the physiological microenvironment of OC on bone. After irradiation, apoptotic frequencies were low, but the total number of OC precursors and mOC decreased up to the end of the cultivation period. On top, we observed an impairment of terminal differentiation, i.e. a smaller fraction of mOC, reduced resorbing activity on bone, and release of collagen fragments. We further analyzed the effect of X-irradiation on multinucleation, resulting from the fusion of precursor OC, which occurs late during OC differentiation. At 21 days after exposure, the observation of smaller cellular areas and a reduced number of nuclei per mOC suggest an impaired fusion of OC precursors to form mOC. Before, at 14 days, the nuclear translocation of Nuclear Factor Of Activated T Cells 1 (NFATc1), a master regulator of osteoclast differentiation and fusion, was decreased. In first results, obtained in the frame of a longitudinal LD-RT study, we previously reported a pain-relieving effect in patients. However, in a subgroup of patients suffering from Calcaneodynia or Achillodynia, we did not observe a consistent decrease of established blood markers for resorption and formation of bone, or modified T cell subtypes involved in regulating these processes. To assess the relevance of changes in bone metabolism for other diseases treated with LD-RT will be subject of further studies. Taken together, we observed that in vitro X-irradiation of monocytes results in an inhibition of the differentiation into bone-resorbing OC and a concomitant reduction of resorbing activity. The detected reduced NFATc1 signaling could be one underlying mechanism.
Social Innovation in Europe. How social innovations can meet EU goals, and how EU policies can support social innovations
Creators: name: Kotler, Adrienne
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022

description: Throughout the project, SONNET is producing a series of so-called ‘Energy Reads’ that summarise the key points from its diverse catalogue of research into concise, accessible, evidence-based publications. This Energy Read outlines the bridge between the local and European levels, showing how local social innovation initiatives help reach EU goals, and how the EU can better support and harness the full potential of social innovation to transform energy systems.
Educate and Empower: An Online Intervention to Improve College Women’s Knowledge and Confidence When Communicating in a Romantic Relationship
Creators: name: Trovato, Karoline J.
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2022
Subjects: couple communication
communication
effective communication
romantic partner
romantic relationship
college women
relationship satisfaction
women's relationships
family work
family work distribution
equitable relationships
model of communication
video intervention
equal relationships
partners
empower women

description: Historically, and during the covid-19 pandemic, the vast majority of unpaid family care was provided by women with devastating outcomes including lost jobs, increased poverty, and mental health concerns (Almeida et al., 2020; Dang et al., 2020; Power, 2020). Unequal family work and unhealthy communication were associated with women’s relationship dissatisfaction and depressive symptoms (Bannon et al., 2020; Carlson et al., 2020; Woods et al., 2019). The PARTNERS video intervention was created to educate college women about family work distribution, communication in a romantic relationship, and the PARTNERS model of communication (a strategy for healthy communication based on existing literature and developed by Trovato and O’Brien for this intervention). An experiment was conducted to assess the effectiveness of the video intervention. Participants exposed to the intervention had the highest relationship communication self-efficacy. Those who participated in the intervention or read a partial script were the most knowledgeable about family work distribution, communication, and the PARTNERS model. The PARTNERS intervention has potential to educate women about family work distribution and couple communication and improve their confidence when communicating with a romantic partner. Ultimately, this intervention may increase relationship satisfaction, reduce depression, and equalize family work distribution for women.
Supplementary document for Photonics Millimeter Wave Bidirectional Full-duplex Communication based on Polarization Multiplexing - 6107133.pdf
Creators: name: Li, Weiping
name: Yu, Jianjun
name: Wang, Feng
name: Ji, Xiaoxue
name: Xiongwei, Yang
name: Zheng, Tianqi
name: Wang, Qihang
name: Zhou, Wen
name: Yu, Jianguo
name: Zhao, Feng
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: should be removed
Construction space float definition, quantification, and analysis
Creators: name: Said, Hisham M. M.
name: Lucko, Gunnar
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: Schedule float is a fundamental concept in construction planning and control that refers to the flexibility of delaying project activities. However, traditional schedule floats offer limited help in congested construction sites and cannot answer a common field question of ‘how much time is available to use this space to stage material?’ This paper therefore presents the development of new theory and metrics of space float for construction activities based on a previously developed spatial scheduling model. It is structured into three main sections. First, it presents a review of a previously developed spatial scheduling model that utilizes singularity functions to represent and schedule activities as interdependent and overlapping workspaces. Second, it presents the different possible activity float types and the detailed calculation of activities shift float. Third, it describes the new space float algorithm to generate dynamic position float contours that change over the project time. The calculation of proposed activity and space floats are illustrated with an example of a small construction jobsite. The proposed concept has the potential to strengthen the relation between construction scheduling and other management functions, such as e.g. lean operations and material layout planning.
PTB-Anforderungen 12.14 „Laserhandmessgeräte für Wasserfahrzeuge“. Ausgabe Mai 2022
Creators: name: Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)
Publisher: name: Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)
Year: 2022
Subjects: PTB-Anforderungen
Messgrößen im öffentlichen Verkehr
Laserhandmessgeräte für Wasserfahrzeuge
PTB-A 12.14

description: Diese PTB-Anforderungen behandeln folgende Messgeräte nach § 1 Absatz 1 Nummer 12 Buchstabe a der Mess- und Eichverordnung zur Bestimmung von Messgrößen im öffentlichen Verkehr zur amtlichen Überwachung: Laserhandmessgeräte für Wasserfahrzeuge. Diese PTB-Anforderungen enthalten Anforderungen zu technischen Spezifikationen und Verwendungspflichten für Laserhandmessgeräte für Wasserfahrzeuge. Sie wurden von der PTB unter Beteiligung der betroffenen Kreise erstellt. Diese PTB-Anforderungen bestehen aus zwei Teilen. Der erste Teil behandelt Regeln und technische Spezifikationen für Laserhandmessgeräte für Wasserfahrzeuge, um die wesentlichen Anforderungen an diese Messgeräte nach § 6 des Mess- und Eichgesetzes i. V. m. § 7 der Mess- und Eichverordnung zu konkretisieren. Der zweite Teil behandelt Regeln und Erkenntnisse zur näheren Bestimmung der Pflichten von Personen, die Laserhandmessgeräte für Wasserfahrzeuge oder deren Messwerte verwenden, nach §§ 31 und 33 Mess- und Eichgesetz und §§ 22 und 23 Mess- und Eichverordnung.
Infrastructure rehabilitation planning : combined system dynamics and optimization methods
Creators: name: Rashedi, Roozbeh
name: Saad, Dina A.
name: Hegazy, Tarek
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: To improve the performance of the increasingly deteriorating infrastructure, effective strategic policies must be combined with optimum tactical rehabilitation plans. In the literature, limited efforts have focused on strategic policy analysis and its integration with tactical/operational planning. This paper; therefore, presents a framework that combines the strategic and tactical dimensions of infrastructure rehabilitation. At the strategic level, the System Dynamics (SD) modeling technique has been used to simulate the long-term effect of different policy scenarios on physical performance and backlog accumulation. The optimum policies are then used as inputs to a detailed tactical planning model. The objective of such model is to provide detailed fund allocation plans for the assets that need rehabilitation on a yearly basis. The proposed tactical model deals with large number of asset components over a 5-year plan to determine the best possible combination of repair types and timings. The paper compares the processing time and solution quality of three models that use different optimization approaches: Genetic Algorithms (GA); mathematical mixed integer programming; and Microeconomic-based heuristics. The paper discusses the conceptual formulation of the proposed integrated framework, the developments made so far, present limitations, and future enhancements.
12. Entwicklungspolitische Fachtagung der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung. Legimität, Kompetenz und ethnische Heterogenität
Creators: name: Müller, Willi
Publisher: name: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia
Year: 2022

description: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, Nr. 30 (1989): ASIEN (Januar)
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung: "Wirtschaftszusammenarbeit auf kommunaler und regionaler Ebene - Städte- und Provinzpartnerschaften zwischen China und Deutschland" vom 3. bis 5.10.1988 in Hamburg
Creators: name: Handke, Werner
Publisher: name: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia
Year: 2022

description: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, Nr. 30 (1989): ASIEN (Januar)
Statistical modeling of public attitudes towards water infrastructure retooling alternatives in shrinking cities
Creators: name: Faust, Kasey M.
name: Abraham, Dulcy M.
name: Zamenian, Hamed
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: Many US cities, such as Gary, Indiana and Detroit, Michigan, have and continue to experience substantial population decline. The footprint of the built infrastructure in these cities does not contract with urban decline, but remains relatively unchanged, consequentially resulting in underfunded and underutilized infrastructure. Right sizing the physical footprint for the current and projected population needs has the potential to stabilize or reduce the rising per capita cost of services. While unilateral infrastructure decisions may save time and money, they pose risks, such as inefficient or unsuccessful implementation or unsustainable infrastructure projects, due to public opposition. The objective of this paper is to assess the public attitude concerning water infrastructure management alternatives. In November 2013, a voluntary survey was deployed to residents of 21 medium or large US shrinking cities. Binary probit models were estimated to determine the demographic and geographic variables influencing the support (or opposition) of five water infrastructure management alternatives. The statistical models indicated that different alternatives have different probabilities of support (or opposition) in varied geographic locations. Demographic variables, such as age, employment status, and income, have a propensity towards (or against) select management alternatives. This study demonstrates a method for understanding and incorporating public opinion into the pre-planning process for potentially reducing public opposition. Potential opposition regarding infrastructure management decisions may be alleviated through participatory processes and targeting identified demographic groups for involvement in new infrastructure projects and decisions.
Reducing the contamination rate of emergency department blood cultures: 4 years experience from a district general emergency department
Creators: name: Yarlett, Frances
name: Griffiths, James
Publisher: name: F1000Research
Year: 2016

description: Peripheral blood cultures are a common investigation obtained to identify pathogens in the bloodstream.  Studies have demonstrated that blood culture contaminants lead to inappropriate antibiotic use, increased length of hospital stay and increased cost.  Blood cultures obtained from the ED are particularly susceptible to contaminants.  The most widely recognised target contamination rate is below 3%.

The study aimed to determine the contamination rate, identify factors contributing to these rates and whether certain quality improvement interventions could reduce this.

Data were collected prospectively for each blood culture taken in the ED over a 4-year period and stored on a database. Statistical analysis was performed with Microsoft Excel.

4626 blood cultures were taken over the study period. Overall contaminant rate was 4.8% with monthly rates varying between 0 and 12.9%. Both number of cultures taken per month and contamination rates increased over the 4-year period (polynomial trend line R2=0.75, 0.20 respectively). New collection kits significantly reduced average contamination rates from 4.95% to 3.93% (n=1229; F-test, p=0.08).  Forbidding locum clinicians from performing cultures, feedback on contamination to doctors and mandatory observed assessment for repeated contamination failed to affect rates.

New collection kits have successfully reduced contamination rates in the ED, however, this still remains above the target of 3%. Difficult vascular access, critically unwell patients and time pressures in the ED may contribute to the contamination rate and are unfortunately non-modifiable factors.  Further interventions on modifiable factors are needed to reach the desired contaminant target.
Neue Entwicklungspolitik Japans
Creators: name: May, Bernhard
Publisher: name: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia
Year: 2022

description: This paper attempts to describe and to analyze Japan's new foreign aid policy. Japan's foreign aid activities can be divided into four periods, roughly the fifties, the sixties and the seventies; in 1977, the Japanese government started new foreign aid policy by deciding to double Japan's foreign aid within three years. In the 1980s, three more doubling plans followed. As result, in fall of 1988 Japan became the biggest foreign aid donor in the world. The paper analyzes aims and motives of Japan's new foreign aid policy as well as country and regional distribution, instruments, and results. The findings show that Japan is going into the right direction accepting its international responsibilities as an economic superpower and playing more important role concerning the problem of burden-sharing among the OECD-countries. The paper closes by identifying problems of the new foreign aid policy of Japan and by stating that Japan could and should do more.
description: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, Nr. 30 (1989): ASIEN (Januar)
Progress tracking of multiple projects using email and voice
Creators: name: Abdel-Monem, Mohamed
name: Abuwarda, Zinab
name: Hegazy, Tarek
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: This paper introduces a framework developed to automatically track the daily progress details of multiple small/medium construction projects, simultaneously. The framework has been designed with several features: Geographic Information System (GIS); cloud-based email/IVR services; activity-initiated communication to relevant supervisors; flexible user-revised email/IVR surveys; multi-project status reporting; and input/output to Microsoft Project scheduling software. The paper discusses the components of the proposed framework and comments on the performance of a prototype system on multiple simultaneous projects. A case study was used to demonstrate the usefulness of the timely collected data to improve the visualization of progress status and schedule updates, as well as project control decisions. The system can also collect data about the worker-related factors (e.g., morale) on projects. The developed framework supports efficient management of multiple projects for small/medium contractors. The proposed framework facilitates efficient communication between site and head office, to help construction companies work more cost effectively within the competitive business of construction.
When Innovation Meets Tradition: The Case of “Riso & Rane” Rural District in Lombardy Region
Creators: name: Ferrazzi, Giovanni
name: Ventura, Vera
name: Ratti, Sabrina
name: Balzaretti, Claudia
Publisher: name: CentMa, Intern Center for Management, Communication, and Research
Year: 2016

description: Lombardy, with 87.393 hectares of rice is one of the leader region for this production in Italy and in the European Union (EU) too. This area is characterized by a strong connection with tradition both in terms of agricultural landscape and food culture. Nevertheless, during the last decade, farmers faced increasing competitiveness issues, mostly related to EU subsidies losses, market prices and the technical constraints of the traditional rice supply chain: provider of technical means, farmers, brokers and rice mill. In this scenario, the “Riso e Rane” Rural District (R&RD) supports farmers in improving competitiveness through innovation. The aim of the paper is to investigate the innovation in the rice supply chain related to the specific action of R&RD, that accounts for 60 farms. Starting from the direct survey carried out on the district productive structures, we investigate the farms' degree of innovation related to the adoption of a new model of supply chain. The case study areas is characterized by rice that represents the most important culture with 2.773 hectares (more than 58% of the district Utilized Agricultural Area (UAA)). In 2012, R&RD won a regional project titled “Buono, Sano e Vicino” with the aim to help local rice farmers developing an alternative supply chain in which the district grow into the local actor to increase farmers bargaining power and promotes new market strategies. To make this the attention was focused on one of the most important variety of Italian rice: Carnaroli. The main results of the study showed that the project was able to innovate the traditional supply chain in all the four innovation areas according to OECD (2005): product, process, market and organization. In conclusion, our results suggest that the R&RD is able to respond to farmers necessities in term of market competitiveness and to improve the sustainability of local food system.
description: Proceedings in Food System Dynamics, 2016: Proceedings in System Dynamics and Innovation in Food Networks 2016
Spatial Integration of Milk Markets in Uganda
Creators: name: Kabbiri, Ronald
name: Dora, Manoj
name: Alam, Mohammad
name: Elepu, Gabriel
name: Gellynck, Xavier
Publisher: name: CentMa, Intern Center for Management, Communication, and Research
Year: 2016

description: This paper examines whether milk prices within Kampala are cointegrated with those in other major towns of Uganda. The
period of estimation is from July 2005 to March 2015. We use retail monthly prices for raw milk. We obtained the dataset
from Uganda Bureau of Statistics. Using Engel Granger’s two‐step error correction approach, we examine the relationship
that exists between prices for raw milk in Kampala and the regional markets. Our analysis provides evidence of a long‐run
cointegration relationship between Kampala and Gulu, Mbarara and Masaka milk markets. On the contrary, we failed to
reject the null hypothesis of no cointegration between Kampala and Arua, Jinja and Mbale milk markets. Regarding the
Granger causality tests, the results reveal that causality mainly originates from the milk supply towns. This implies that milk
prices in Uganda are supply driven. The speed of adjustment of the model is 50%, i.e. half of the disequilibrium in the
system is corrected in one month time period. These results have important implications for the dairy sector in Uganda. The
paper discusses these implications.
description: Proceedings in Food System Dynamics, 2016: Proceedings in System Dynamics and Innovation in Food Networks 2016
The network staircase – marketing and sales collaboration for small food producers
Creators: name: Haugum, Margrete
name: Grande, Jorunn
Publisher: name: CentMa, Intern Center for Management, Communication, and Research
Year: 2016

description: Small food producers are often advised to collaborate with other small food producers to solve marketing and sales activity jointly. The small food producers have to operate many different activities to run their company, so the idea to collaborate may help them to work more efficient. However, good ideas is not always enough and many network of small food producers struggle to succeed.
In a case study of different small food producers and producers of food specialties and local food, we studied the collaboration between the producers. We found networks, which had developed over time and seemed to function well while other networks still struggled after years with collaboration. A closer look at the different participants in the network uncovered that the different producers had different goals or opinions of what function the network should have. It became even more difficult when the activities in the network had a price label, because the producers conduct the functions themselves without calculating the costs.
The findings resulted in the development of the network staircase model. We identified five different steps of collaboration based the function/goal of the network, producer requirements and obligations. We labelled the steps as community of interest, marketing collaboration, sales collaboration, distribution collaboration and a fifth step of sales management. The farther up the stairs, the more commitment will be on the participants. When they start sales collaboration, someone have to conduct activities and need salary.
The investigations revealed that struggling networks seemed to have participants on different steps in the stair; some wanted marketing collaboration and other wanted distribution collaboration. They had never asked the fundamental question of what each of them wanted and if the network could help them solve these functions. The more successful networks had made statements of what kind of functions the network should perform.
The network staircase model may help small food producers and even other small firms to discuss and clarify what function the network can have for them. Small food producers are diverse and we cannot expect everyone to fit into a particular network, and certainly should everyone be able to choose a network appropriate to their needs. This also indicates that there may be good reasons for small food producers to stay outside seemingly suitable network in their area. The network staircase may serve as a tool for advisors to help the small food producers in their development processes. Different producers have different opinions of the purpose of the network, and they will find themselves at different steps of this staircase.
description: Proceedings in Food System Dynamics, 2016: Proceedings in System Dynamics and Innovation in Food Networks 2016
Importance of Coordinated Interactions of Multiple Stakeholders for Developing Products with Health Claims
Creators: name: Sebők, András
name: Hegyi, Adrienn
name: Kertész, Zsófia
name: Bordoni, Alessandra
Publisher: name: CentMa, Intern Center for Management, Communication, and Research
Year: 2016

description: During the development of products with health claims the collaboration and interaction of several disciplines and independent partners is necessary such as the production, quality, marketing, legal functions of the company, the external providers of the knowledge on the constituent having the claimed physiological effect, the clinics carrying out the human intervention studies, statisticians, laboratories providing testing services, etc. This results in a higher dependency from each other and less flexibility compared to the development of a conventional product where mostly in-company functions work together. Therefore systematic coordination of the multiple interactions, careful design of the product and its development process is particularly important.
description: Proceedings in Food System Dynamics, 2016: Proceedings in System Dynamics and Innovation in Food Networks 2016
การวิเคราะห์ศักยภาพผู้ให้บริการสุขภาพในการดูแลชายที่มีเพศสัมพันธ์กับชาย พนักงานบริการหญิง และคู่ที่มีผลเลือดบวก ในพื้นที่อำเภอลำปลายมาศ จังหวัดบุรีรัมย์
Creators: name: วาทินี ทิพจ้อย
Publisher: name: Division of AIDS&STIs
Year: 2022
Subjects: ศักยภาพ
ผู้ให้บริการสุขภาพ
กลุ่มที่มีพฤติกรรมเสี่ยง

description: Thai AIDS Journal, 34, 2, 131-143