cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Fighting the War Within: A Look at Ontario Metis Life and the Creation of a New Standard Post-Powley
Creators: name: Lauzer, Shawn
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: Métis
Powley
Identity
Canada
Ontario

description: In Canada today there exists a new form of segregation towards the Métis people, called the Powley points. Because of it, Métis are being forced to become a different version of themselves, counter to their own personal identity, thereby creating a new standard of identity for Métis, one that not all Métis are able to meet because of historical factors. What the research shows is an over representation of Western Métis politics regarding Métis identity and the formation of it. I therefore, propose a change to the current status quo regarding how Métis are defined and how they are expected to define themselves within this system. For this thesis I rely primarily on archival research and textual analysis, such as journal articles, census data, and published material from the Métis organizations, to establish the current situation in Métis politics as well as my position regarding these issues.
title: Unwritten Histories: Exploring colonial normativities in Africa through podcasting
Creators: name: Sirotti, Raquel
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: 340

description: This post follows our research trip to Maputo, where we explored the depths of colonial archives and sought out voices rarely captured in official records. Faced with the limits of written sources, we turned to oral histories, weaving these stories into Tramas Coloniais, our podcast that reimagines how African histories can be shared. It’s an invitation to rethink colonial legacies through voices and perspectives beyond the written pages.
description: Legal History Insights
From District Six to District 9: apartheid, spectacle and the real
Creators: name: Heller-Nicholas, Alexandra
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Neill Blomkamp's 2009 science fiction blockbuster captivated audiences around the world, garnering four Academy Award nominations including Best Picture. While genres like horror, science fiction and action are undeniably popular with viewers, these sorts of films are rarely considered 'serious' enough for Oscar consideration. So what made 'District 9' a film about aliens and spaceships so different? Its spectacular effects and familiar science fiction story about an extraterrestrial invasion make it pleasurable to watch, but by focusing on humanity's xenophobic treatment of the aliens in contemporary Johannesburg, 'District 9' also functions as a powerful allegory for the very real traumas that faced South Africa, the film's country of production, during and after apartheid.
Natural history, prognostic factors and patient perceived response to treatment in chronic spontaneous urticaria
Creators: name: Stepaniuk, Peter
name: Kan, Manstein
name: Kanani, Amin
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2020

description: Background: Although the diagnosis and management of chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) is well documented in the literature, some aspects of the disease remain unclear. We aimed to further describe the natural history, prognostic factors, humanistic burden and uptake of traditional and alternative therapies in patients with CSU. Methods: This was a prospective, cross-sectional analysis at a single centre. We reviewed patient medical records and conducted a survey in patients with CSU. Results: 72 patients participated in the study with a median duration of CSU of 48 months. 30% of patients had symptoms that resolved in under 2 years with these patients trending towards an older age of onset of CSU (48 ± 17 years). 16% of patients had symptoms lasting 10 years or longer with these patients trending towards a younger age of onset (22 ± 16 years). Patients with a relapsing/remitting disease course (31%) and those with co-existing angioedema (57%) trended towards a longer median duration of CSU (96 and 50 months respectively) and were observed to have a higher proportion of patients reporting CSU duration of 10 years or longer (33% and 25%, p = 0.033 and p = 0.036 respectively). Patients with co-existing autoimmune/thyroid disease (19%) trended towards a shorter median duration of CSU (37 months). 54 patients (75%) reported sleep disturbance and 29 patients (43%) required emergency room visit(s) for symptomatic control. 84% of patients who trialed second generation antihistamines reported a response to treatment, while 73% of patients who trialed omalizumab reported a response to treatment. Patients using alternative medicine such as acupuncture, traditional Chinese medicine and naturopathic medicine had lower reported response rates (20–29%) to treatment. Conclusions: The natural history of CSU may be longer than previously reported with our study finding a median duration of symptoms of nearly 4 years with one-third of patients reporting a relapsing/remitting disease course. Younger age of onset, a relapsing/remitting disease course and angioedema may predict a longer duration of CSU, whereas older age of onset and co-existing autoimmune/thyroid disease may predict a shorter duration of CSU. Reported symptomatic benefit was higher from guidelines based pharmacologic therapy versus various alternative medicines.
Sky imager based modelling of solar irradiance using spatially distributed irradiance measurements and machine learning
Creators: name: Straub, Nils
name: :Unav
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2020

description: Solar resource forecasting contributes to solving the challenges that come with the variable power production of solar power plants. All sky imager (ASI) based forecasting systems represent a relatively new class of very short-term forecasting systems which can, unlike conventional forecasting systems such as numerical weather prediction models or satellite image-based forecasting, resolve small-scale changes in cloud cover and thereby predict sudden changes in irradiance, usually referred to as ramps.These very short-term irradiation forecasts can contribute to an increased grid-stability, make management of electrical storage capacities more e cient, facilitate short-term trading and save fuel in o grid PV-Diesel hybrid systems. In this thesis a novel method to retrieve irradiance from sky images is presented, which can be used as part of an ASI irradiance forecasting system or to create maps of current irradiance. This method exploits image features, irradiance measurements from a network of eight measuring stations and cloud base heigh data to train a machine learning algorithm on making areal estimations of GHI. The combination of machine learning algorithms with spatially distributed irradiance measurements is a novel approach that has not yet been explored in previous work. Cloud shadows on the ground are computed by geolocating clouds in the image and projecting their shadows to their real world positions, which enables areal estimations of irradiance. The focus of this thesis is the development, optimization and testing of the irradiance modelling algorithm. Applying the shadow projection to the sky image local features such as pixel values around in the position of interest can be extracted. The machine learning algorithm is trained to learn the relationship between these local feateres as well as external features like cloud base height and sun position and the measured irradiance levels. After training of the algorithm has nished it can model irradiance in new situations. The final model is tested on two di erent image datasets: One consists of preselected single cloud layer images that promote an accurate shadow projection (machine learning dataset), the other one covers one entire month of sky images and therefore also comprises more complex situations (sample month). Both datasets are split into 75% training and 25% testing data respectively and the nal model is trained and tested on both datasets separately. Our model could outperform the irradiance algorithm by Dittmann et al. [1], which was used as well established reference model. It proves to be robust even in cloud situations where the cloud shadow mapping is inaccurate and is able to partly compensate these projection inaccuracies.
Fenotipi della laicità costituzionale in Turchia (Türkiye Cumhuriyeti)
Creators: name: Testa Bappenheim, Stefano
Publisher: name: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale
Year: 2011

description: SOMMARIO: 1. Introduzione - 2. Fenotipo storico - 3. Fenotipi della laicità turca nei confronti della maggioranza islamica - 4. Fenotipo della laicità turca nei confronti delle minoranze religiose non musulmane - ALLEGATI: I) Decreto attuativo sull’acquisizione ed il godimento di beni immobili da parte di fondazioni comunitarie, e sulla registrazione dei beni immobili a disposizione di queste ultime. Progetto di legge sulle fondazioni comunitarie (del Prof. Hüseyin Hatemi, autunno 2003). II) Memorandum del 5 luglio 2002, della Segreteria di Stato vaticana, agli ambasciatori dei Paesi dell’UE: «La situazione della Chiesa cattolica in Turchia». III) Memorandum della Segreteria di Stato vaticana, del 21 settembre 2002, agli ambasciatori dei Paesi dell’UE: «La questione della libertà religiosa ed il riconoscimento delle minoranze non musulmane». IV) Memorandum del Ministro degli Esteri della Repubblica di Turchia, del 20 dicembre 2002, alla Segreteria di Stato vaticana. V) Lettera aperta, del 23 settembre 2003, delle Chiese alla Commissione del Parlamento turco per i diritti dell’uomo, “Le necessità religiose delle minoranze cristiane e non musulmane in Turchia”. VI) Memorandum della Conferenza episcopale cattolica turca, del 10 giugno 2004.
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2007: 19 novembre
Kant's School of Morals: The Challenge of Radical Evil and the Need for Moral Education in Religion within the Limits of Reason Alone
Creators: name: Goski, Joseph Wyllie
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: Immanuel Kant
subject: Ethics
subject: David Hume
subject: Religion
subject: Enlightenment
subject: 18th century

description: My aim in this thesis is to demonstrate that common interpretations of Kant’s theory of respect do not account for the motivation a subject feels to follow the moral law. A large number of interpreters focus on Kant’s early ethical works—such as the Grounding and the Critique of Practical Reason—to justify how the moral law alone motivates a subject to act rightly. However, by the time he published Religion within the Limits of Reason Alone, Kant had discovered the problem of radical evil—the fact that people tend to feel more motivated by the inclinations than by the moral law. Kant’s solution to this challenge comes in the form of moral education: the contingent practices of historical institutions (factors that are extraneous to the moral law) are required to learn respect for the law. By the end of the Religion, it will be asked whether duty for duty’s sake is ever achieved.
Plan obespecenia bezopasnosti vodyšeniju bezopasnocti pit'evoj vody v nebol'šich mestn'ich obšcnach
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2014
Subjects: Trinkwasser
Risikomanagement
Wassergüte
Wasserversorgung

description: Sicheres Trinkwasser in hinreichender Quantität und annehmbarer Qualität ist eine zentrale Voraussetzung für gute Gesundheit, wirtschaftliche Entwicklung und nachhaltiges Auskommen der Familien in ländlichen Gemeinden. Durch planmäßiges Vorgehen kann in kleineren Versorgungssystemen sicheres Trinkwasser auf wirksamste Weise gewährleistet werden.
Dieser für den Einsatz vor Ort gedachte Leitfaden führt die in Landdistrikten an der Wasserversorgung beteiligten Menschen Schritt für Schritt mit Hilfe einer Reihe erprobter Modelle so in die Wassersicherheitsplanung ein, dass sie eigene derartige Pläne erstellen können.
Der Leitfaden wendet sich teils an die für den Betrieb und die Abwicklung der Wasserversorgung zuständigen Menschen in den ländlichen Gemeinden, teils an Bedienstete der örtlichen Gesundheitsämter und Wasserwerke, welche für die Sicherung der Trinkwasserqualität zuständig sind, sowie an nichtstaatliche Organisationen, welche die Sicherheit des Trinkwassers in den Landgemeinden unterstützen.
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L’Allgemeine Gleichbehandlungsgesetz (AGG): Lex sum, nihil humani a me alienum puto
Creators: name: Testa Bappenheim, Stefano
Publisher: name: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale
Year: 2011

description: SOMMARIO: 1. Introduzione – 2. Il contesto europeo maieuta delle «4 direttive» - 3. Le «4 direttive» - 4. L’ubi consistam costituzionale tedesco - 5. Le discriminazioni vietate – 6. Fenotipi laburistici dell’AGG - 7. Fenotipi civilistici dell’AGG – 8. Le discriminazioni ammesse - 9. Il § 9, extra Ecclesiis nulla exceptio.
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2007: 19 novembre
The MouthPad - a Tongue Interface for Hands-Free Computer Control
Creators: name: Draghici, Ovidiu
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: Tongue-computer interface
Assistive technology
Electrical stimulation
Biofeedback collection

description: Tongue-computer interfaces allow people with upper limb disability to control a computer with their tongue. A number of assistive devices, that make use of this technology, have been developed in the last two decades: some employ contact impedance, membrane switches, or miniature joysticks, while others use magnetic or piezoelectric sensors. This thesis proposes a new tongue-computer interface, which was designed to enable users to manipulate a computer pointer by moving the tip of their tongue over an intraoral electrode array. The system maps the contact between the tongue and the electrodes, detects the movements of the tongue, and translates it into pointer movements. Compared to similar devices, the MouthPad does not require any head gear or sensors, and does not employ heavy signal processing. The hardware is simplified by using a small number of electrodes and only one output channel, multiplexed over the electrode array. A low power footprint allows the potential miniaturization of the system, so that it could fit on palatal retainer, and allow for permanent unobtrusive usage. The performance of the device was evaluated by measuring the throughput and the accuracy as defined in ISO 9241-9 standard. Two extra measures proposed in the literature, target re-entry and movement offset, were used for the evaluation of the accuracy. The measured throughput values were situated between 78% and 88% of the throughput rates of regular computer joysticks.
Machbarkeitsstudie für die Implementierung eines Wasserstoffnetzes zur Wärmebereitstellung in einem urbanen Raum
Creators: name: Klopstein, Helen
name: :Unav
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2022

description: Die von der deutschen Bundesregierung bis zum Jahr 2045 angestrebte Treibhausgasneutralität erfordert den strukturellen Wandel der Energiewirtschaft. Besonders im Gebäudesektor besteht Handlungsbedarf. Im Jahr 2020 war dieser der Einzige, in dem das sektorspezifische Ziel der Emissionsreduzierung verfehlt wurde [1]. Verschiedene klimafreundliche Alternativen zu fossilen Energieträgern für die Wärmeversorgung kommen in Frage. Dabei betrachtet die deutsche Bundesregierung gasförmige Energieträger auch in Zukunft als unverzichtbar. Denn die bestehende Gasinfrastruktur ist weit ausgebaut und eng vermascht. Außerdem verfügen die Hälfte der Bestandsgebäude bereits über einen Gasanschluss [2]. Die vorliegende Arbeit betrachtet die Umwidmung des bestehenden Erdgasverteilnetzes hin zu einem Wasserstoffnetz. Konkret wird für eine beispielhaft ausgelegte deutsche Kleinstadt mit 1740 Gebäuden dargestellt, wie die Transformation der Gasinfrastruktur aussehen könnte, wenn das Umsetzungsziel für die Wasserstoffversorgung der Gebäude mit Gasanschluss auf das Jahr 2045 festgelegt wird. Zu der Untersuchung gehören: Die Abschätzung des benötigten Wasserstoffbedarfs sowie des zeitlichen Arbeitsaufwandes für Umrüstungsarbeiten und eine detaillierte Kostenbetrachtung der Umrüstung für Verteilnetzbetreiber und Gaskunden. Untersuchte Sensitivitäten unterscheiden sich hinsichtlich der Wasserstofftoleranz von Gasleitungen und Gasnetzkomponenten im Bestand, sowie der Geschwindigkeit, in welcher die Wasserstofftoleranz des Gesamtsystems zunimmt. Zur Beantwortung der Forschungsfragen wurde eine mehrstufige Methodik entwickelt, die mit Hilfe von QGIS, Pandapipes und Excel, sowie der Verwendung von ausschließlich öffentlich zugänglichen Daten, die Transformation eines Gasnetzes simuliert. Die Modellierung ergab einen Wasserstoffbedarf von 0,024 bis 0,0304 TWh/Jahr. Des Weiteren konnte ermittelt werden, dass allein die Umrüstung von Gasfeuerungsanlagen für eine Fachkraft bis zu dreieinhalb Jahre in Anspruch nimmt. Bezüglich der Kosten für die Umrüstung wird deutlich, dass, falls die Gasleitungen im Bestand materialseitig wasserstofftolerant sind, die größten direkten Kosten für neue Gasfeuerungsanlagen anfallen. Diese müssten von den Endnutzern getragen werden. In zukünftigen Forschungsarbeiten sollte der Fachkräftemangel und die daraus entstehenden Verzögerungen bzw. Aufwände genauer betrachtet werden. Mithilfe einer verbesserten Datengrundlage können außerdem die Ergebnisse hinsichtlich des Wasserstoffbedarfs und Umrüstungskosten verifiziert werden.
Racialized Immigrant Women Responding to Intimate Partner Abuse
Creators: name: Lucknauth, Christeena
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: Violence
Domestic Abuse
Intersectionality
Immigrant women
Guyanese
Agency
Autonomy
Responses to partner abuse
Intimate Partner Abuse
Intimate Partner Violence
Racialized
Response strategy
Guyana
West Indian women
Caribbean
IPA
IPV
violence against women
Narrative
immigration
minority women
spousal abuse
wife abuse
woman abuse
Response

description: This exploratory study investigates how racialized immigrant women experience and respond to intimate partner abuse (IPA). The American and European models of intersectionality theory are used to highlight structural constraints and agentic responses as experienced and enacted by racialized immigrant women. Eight women described their experiences through semi-structured interviews, revealing an array of both defensive and pro-active types of strategies aimed at short- and long-term outcomes. Responses included aversion, negative reinforcement or coping strategies like prayer or self-coaching, and accordingly varied by the constraints under which the women lived as newcomers to Canada. Policy recommendations promote acknowledgement of women’s decision-making abilities and provide a model in which women can choose from a selection of options in how to respond, rather than strictly interventionist models. Study results can help to challenge stereotypes of abused women as passive victims, and empower the image of immigrant women as active knowers of their circumstances.
Il diritto ecclesiastico e le stagioni della giurisprudenza costituzionale
Creators: name: Ferrari, Silvio
Publisher: name: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale
Year: 2011

description: Intervento alla Tavola rotonda sul tema “Il diritto ecclesiastico e la formazione del diritto vivente nella giurisprudenza costituzionale” tenutasi in occasione della presentazione del volume a cura di R. Botta, Diritto ecclesiastico e Corte costituzionale, Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane, Napoli, 2006, per la celebrazione dei cinquant’anni di attività della Corte.
I contributi citati nelle note fanno tutti parte del volume.SOMMARIO: 1. Le stagioni del passato e del presente – 2. Quale stagione per il futuro? Le risposte nell’Unione europea - 3. La situazione italiana: l’inerzia legislativa e la funzione della Corte.
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2007: 26 novembre
Volunteer accounting in an unregulated environment: a critical examination of club-level accounting: considerations for policy makers
Creators: name: Muir, Janine
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This research examined the accounting practices of small community sporting clubs, where Treasurers manage the finances. Treasurers are typically volunteers who are unlikely to be professional accountants, and consequently the regulator has adopted a minimalist approach to regulating the accounting function. An examination of financial statements revealed widespread errors of varying importance, but were 'true and fair' on average. The decisions pertaining to audit revealed wide variability in the choice of auditor and the nature of assurance provided. This is the first study of club-level accounting, and the results provide valuable insights capable of informing future policy debate.
La condizione della donna nel diritto delle religioni
Creators: name: Dammacco, Gaetano
Publisher: name: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale
Year: 2011

description: Relazione al Colloquio internazionale sul tema La femme en Méditerranée,
organizzato dalla Université Paris Sorbonne - Paris IV e dalla Università degli Studi di Bari (Bari, 8-9 giugno 2007), destinato alla pubblicazione negli Atti per i tipi di Schena editore.SOMMARIO: 1. Necessità di nuove categorie oltre i luoghi comuni – 2. Diversa
flessibilità e permeabilità del diritto delle religioni. La secolarizzazione e la
globalizzazione – 3. Lo statuto della donna nei diritti religiosi mediterranei:
ebraismo, islam, cristianesimo – 4. La tutela della donna come espressione di una cultura della laicità. L’attuale debolezza degli interventi legislativi. Il ruolo degli ordinamenti civili – 5. Il progresso della condizione femminile e le religioni. L’importanza del dialogo tra le religioni – 6. L’importanza delle relazioni tra gli stati e le confessioni religiose.
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2007: 3 dicembre
Characterization and Modeling of Fiber-Matrix Interfaces of a Glass Fiber Reinforced Sheet Molding Compound
Creators: name: Rohrmüller, Benedikt
name: :Unav
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2022
Subjects: fiber reinforced polymers
fiber-matrix interface
mechanical characterization
single-fiber push-out test
micropillar splitting test

description: Fiber reinforced polymers are a composite material used in lightweight construction to reduce weight. The material investigated is a glass fiber reinforced sheet molding compound (SMC), consisting of glass fibers arranged in bundles and a thermoset matrix out of unsaturated polyester polyurethane hybrid resin. This thesis focuses on the characterization of the fiber-matrix interface under mode II (shear) loading and mode I (crack-opening) loading. Therefore, an approach with experiments on the composite material followed by finite element simulations at the microstructural level is chosen. The interface is modeled by a cohesive zone formulation. The interface characterization under mode II loading is done by single-fiber push-out tests. In push-out simulations with thermally induced residual stresses, the effects of neighboring fibers and the influence of the interface normal direction on the test are investigated. In addition, the process of the push-out test is studied in detail in simulations. As a possible interface characterization under mode I loading, the splitting of micropillars with the interface vertically in the middle by a wedge shaped indenter tip is investigated.
Prüfmethodik zur Validierung von Lebensdauerberechnungen für Kolben und Zylinderköpfe aus Aluminiumlegierungen unter überlagerter TMF/HCF-Belastung
Creators: name: Kuhlen, Karl Gerhard
name: :Unav
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2021
Subjects: Thermomechanische Ermüdung
Überlagerte hochzyklische Ermüdung
Aluminiumlegierungen
Lebensdauerberechnung
Zylinderkopf
Kolben

description: Die hier entwickelte Prüfmethodik beaufschlagt bauteilnahe Zylinderkopf- und Kolbenproben mit realitätsnahen Beanspruchungen in Form von thermomechanischen Ermüdungslasten überlagert mit hochzyklischen mechanischen Lasten. Sie ermöglicht eine Bewertung von Lebensdauerberechnungen und eine frühzeitige Validierung der Bauteilauslegung durch Reduktion der Probengeometrie auf den versagenskritischen Bereich. Die überlagerte Ermüdungsbeanspruchung wird mittels einer Kopplung von Heißgasbrenner und Hochfrequenzpulsator auf die Proben aufgebracht, welche in jeweils für Zylinderkopfprobe und Kolbenprobe separat entwickelten Prüfaufbauten montiert werden. Ein Vergleich von geprüfter und berechneter Lebensdauern erfolgt anhand jüngst entwickelter Lebensdauerberechnungskonzepte. Diese greifen teilweise auf Lebensdauermodelle zurück, die Risswachstum und bruchmechanische Phänomene berücksichtigen. Dafür wird eine während der Versuche durchgängige Beobachtung des versagenskritischen Bereichs in Kombination mit einer Risserkennung realisiert. Die Methodik ermöglicht eine Verbesserung der Lebensdauerberechnungsgenauigkeit und weist Potenzial zur Übertragbarkeit auf andere Anwendungsgebiete auf.
Frequency-Controlled Polarizers for Polarimetric Radar Applications
Creators: name: Freialdenhoven, Tim
name: :Unav
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2022
Subjects: Polarization rotating surface
Frequency selective surface
Reflectarray
Transmitarray
Radar polarimetry
Radar signal processing

description: Polarimetric radars utilize orthogonal electromagnetic polarizations to offer performant target characterizations and classifications. A non-polarimetric, frequency-modulated radar can be extended to a polarimetric system by frequency-dependent, polarization rotating reflect- and transmitarrays which are revealed in this work. The proposed polarizers consist of specially developed compact unit cells optimized for either preserving or rotating an incident linear polarization in closely spaced frequency bands. The development is carried out with the aid of a computational electromagnetic design tool and different models are presented to comprehend the functionality. Various configurations of radars and polarizers as well as the spatial arrangement are addressed. Samples are manufactured and the influence of fabrication tolerances is evaluated by simulations and measurements. An error model and a signal processing chain with calibration methods is discussed and adapted. To practically show the usability in radar applications, a vector network analyzer is used for polarimetric outdoor radar measurements with corner reflector targets that can be classified successfully.
title: Landscapes, their exploration and utilisation
title: Landscapes, their exploration and utilisation
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Mueller, Lothar
name: Eulenstein, Frank
name: Mirschel, Wilfried
name: Glante, Frank
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2019
Subjects: Landschaft
Forschung
Monitoring
Anthropozän
Modellierung
Daten
Flächennutzung
Nachhaltigkeit

description: A new geological epoch has begun - the Anthropocene. Huge anthropogenic transformations of terrestrial landscapes over the past five decades have forced its declaration. Exploring of interaction of humans with nature in general, and with landscapes in particular, can be characterised properly by the terms "landscape research" and "landscape science". Landscape science has been a traditional scientific discipline of geography. This is the case in Russia, whilst the terms geo-ecology and landscape ecology have become established in the English-speaking scientific community. As landscapes are multifunctional, highly complex systems, landscape research is a platform for disciplinary, interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research. Landscape research in the Anthropocene must aim to combine landscape sustainability with high quality and productivity. This mission is in accord with the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations and the provisions of the Landscape Convention of the European Council. It includes halting landscape degradation, developing cultural landscapes and maintaining semi-natural landscapes. Clean water and air, fertile and healthy soils for food and other ecosystem services and a green and biodiverse environment are attributes of landscapes for the survival and well-being of humans in coexistence with nature. Landscape research must generate knowledge, innovations and responsible decision rules for achieving these aims. Big data gathering and scenario modelling are important for knowledge generation in a globalised world. International long-term experiments, observatories and monitoring systems will deliver data for comprehensive ecosystem models and decision support systems. Technical innovations must be imbedded in cultural solutions for the evolvement of landscapes. Springer International's new book series "Innovations in Landscape Research" aims to support better understanding, monitoring and managing landscapes. It contains a multitude of approaches and data. Some focus is on technical innovations for agri-environmental monitoring, on land and water management and its implications for landscape sustainability. Authors present novel tools for ecosystem modelling and forecasting of landscape processes, and on creating knowledge, rules and approaches for handling the multifunctionality of landscapes. The coming book series may serve as a knowledge, data and communication basis for informed decisions regarding the development of landscapes. It will enlarge our horizon and field of action by building bridges between scientific communities, scientific disciplines, and researchers and citizens. Quelle: https://link.springer.com/
Inbetriebnahme eines Festbettreaktors im Pilotmaßstab zur Produktion von geträgertem Ammoniumphosphat aus Prozessgas
Creators: name: Halbig, Elisabeth
name: :Unav
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2021
Subjects: TCR
Biokohle
Bioöl

description: The pyrolysis process with subsequent thermocatalytic reformation (TCR) is used for optimal utilization of cattle manure for both energy and material purposes. For this purpose, the cattle manure must first be pressed into pellets. In addition to biochar and bio-oil, TCR-gas containing ammonia is also produced. This ammonia is to be used to react phosphoric acid immobilized on perlite to form monoammoni um phosphate (MAP). The concentrated fertilizer monoammonium phosphate thus bound in the perlite can now be used for nutrient supply and soil improvement. The TCR gas reduced by the ammonia content is then also available as an energy source. For a scale-up of the process, a MAP pilot plant will be developed, built and commissioned as part of this work. For this purpose, the components and apparatu ses are first manufactured and connected by piping. Then the MAP pilot reactor is connected to the existing TCR plant. Finally, commissioning is carried out with a defined nitrogen-ammonia gas mixture and then with TCR gas. The perlite enriched with MAP, which is produced in this process, is examined in the laboratory for its properties by means of a cell test, EDX analysis, pH value measurement and ele mental analysis. The product from the commissioning with the nitrogen-ammonia mixture showed a high concentration of MAP with up to 0.79 kg MAP kg P erlit and an almost neutral pH value of 6.68. The product generated with the ammonia-containing TCR gas, on the other hand, contained virtually no MAP despite an exothermic reaction. In the reactor visible in the temperature profile. Due to the phosphoric acid present in the perlite, the pH value here as well as in the reactant is 1.66.
A costing software prototype on medical management of ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction
Creators: name: Lu, Lesley Tze Chia
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Background: ST- elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is common in Malaysia. Patients affected are getting younger as compared to patients in the Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE) registry. Treatment outcomes for STEMI are best when patients are treated at tertiary referral cardiology centers (TRCC). Specialist treatment and personnel fees are intensively expensive; however the actual cost for providing medical treatment for STEMI in Malaysia has yet to be established. There is hence a need for an effective costing software prototype. This study focuses on countries that are running on a dual-tiered healthcare system. In this system, the government subsidized majority of the healthcare expenses for the citizens.
Co-creating strategy in action with stakeholders: a grounded theory explaining middle manager response to their concerns around progressing organisational strategic agendas in increasingly ambiguous environments
Creators: name: Landells, Terry
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Emergent theory suggested that to progress organisational strategic agendas in increasingly ambiguous environments, middle managers are, to varying degrees, co-creating strategic action with salient stakeholders. This occurs through dynamic processes including: interacting continually, making strategic narratives credible, reshaping power relations, and, co-generating strategic options. Research outcomes are relevant to formal organisational strategy-making and decision-making, and to identifying related skill-sets and capabilities required of middle managers, particularly those concerning collaboration with stakeholders in complexity.
title: Die EU-Taxonomie und die Abfallwirtschaft
title: EU-taxonomy and waste management
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Vogel, Julia
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2022

description: Die EU-Taxonomie ist ein nachhaltiges ("grünes") Finanzierungsinstrument, um Investitionen in nachhaltigere, umweltverträglichere wirtschaftliche Aktivitäten umzulenken. Ziel der Taxonomie ist es, Investoren, politischen Entscheidungsträgern und Unternehmen die Definition nachhaltiger Aktivitäten zur Verfügung zu stellen, um Transparenz zu schaffen und Greenwashing zu vermeiden. Experten gehen davon aus, dass die EU-Taxonomie als weltweites Vorbild für internationale grüne Finanzierungen dienen wird. Die Taxonomie befasst sich mit sechs Umweltzielen: Klimaschutz, Klimawandelanpassung, nachhaltige Nutzung von Wasserressourcen, Wandel zur Kreislaufwirtschaft, Vermeidung von Verschmutzung und Schutz von Ökosystemen und Biodiversität. Für jedes dieser Umweltziele wurde bereits oder wird in Kürze eine Liste mit technischen Bewertungskriterien verfügbar sein. Die Abfallwirtschaft wird in den meisten Zielen addressiert und trägt ganz offensichtlich erheblich zum Ziel des "Übergangs zur Kreislaufwirtschaft" bei. Allerdings wird in der Taxonomieverordnung jede Tätigkeit, die die Verbrennung von nicht gefährlichen Abfällen erhöht, als "erheblich beeinträchtigend" für die Kreislaufwirtschaft eingestuft. Dies führt nicht nur zum Ausschluss der energetischen Abfallverwertung selbst, sondern auch zum Ausschluss aller damit zusammenhängenden Tätigkeiten (z. B. Restmüllentsorgung, Behandlung von Asche/Schlacke). Quelle: https://muellundabfall.de/
description: The EU taxonomy is a sustainable ("green") financing instrument in order to redirect investments into more sustainable, environmentally sound economical activities. The taxonomy has the goal to provide investors, policymakers and companies with the definition of sustainable activities in order to create transparency and avoid greenwashing. It is assumed that the EU taxonomy will function as a role model for international green financing and will have a worldwide impact. The taxonomy addresses six environmental objectives: climate change mitigation, climate change adaptation, the sustainable use and protection of water and marine resources, the transition to a circular economy, pollution prevention and control, the protection and restoration of biodiversity and ecosystems. For each of these environmental objectives a list of technical screening criteria will be available soon. Waste management is addressed in most of the objectives and obviously contributes considerably to the objective of "transition to a circular economy". Unfortunately, the taxonomy regulation labels any activity that increases waste incineration of non-hazardous waste as "significantly harmful" to the circular economy. This has not only led to the exclusion of waste-to-energy but also to the exclusion of all related activities (e.g. residual waste management, bottom ash treatment). Quelle: https://muellundabfall.de/
MARE HIBERICUM. Considerazioni canonistiche sulla spartizione alessandrina dell’Oceano Atlantico
Creators: name: Bellini, Piero
Publisher: name: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale
Year: 2011

description: SOMMARIO: Premessa - 1. Ratificazione pontificia della espansione atlantica dei Potentati iberici: la Bolla Inter caetera di Papa Alessandro VI - 2. Insufficienza, in fatto di vicende atlantiche, del potere eminente della Autorità cesarea - 3. Intervento suppletorio della Autorità ecclesiastica: «Imperium in tantum protenditur in quantum christianitas extenditur» - 4. Affinità e difformità fra «negotium crucis» e «negotium barbarorum» - 5. Intendimento rigoristico del teocratismo pontificio: il Papa «dominus et monarcha totius mundi»: conseguente delegittimazione dei «principatus infidelium» - 6. La investitura pontificia tratta a fondamento del «dominium Regum Hispaniae super indios» - 7. Contestazione, all’inizio della Età Moderna, del teocratismo pontificio - 8. Conseguente contestazione politica e giuridica del fondamento ierocratico del dominato
coloniale iberico - 9. Necessità di riportare, non più alla «auctoritas sacrata
pontificum», ma a una ragione di «ius humanum», il titolo fondante del dominato coloniale iberico: il contributo determinante di Francisco de Vitoria - 10. Consolidato encomio dell’opera del «sapientisimo Vitoria» - 11. Adesione del Vitoria alla tesi aristotelico-tomistica della «naturalità» del fenomeno sociale: «infidelitas non impedit quominus aliquis sit verus dominus» - 12. Incerta applicazione del principio agli autoctoni di America in quanto giudicati inetti «ad constituendam vel administrandam legitimam rempublicam»: resta comunque negata la rappresentabilità delle loro terre come «res nullius», appropriabili «per inventionem» o «per ocupationem» - 13. Ricorso del Vitoria a una ragione acquisitiva fondata sul «ius bellicum»: conseguente rappresentazione degli indios come «bellatores iniusti» - 14. Riferimento al «titulus naturalis societatis et communicationis»: sua trasgressione per opera degli indios - 15. Riferimento al «titulus religionis christianae propagandae» - 16. Colpevolizzazione degli indigeni per il loro «impedire hispanos quominus libere annuntient evangelium» - 17. Opposizione del «titulus religionis christianae propagandae» agli altri
Principi cristiani - 18. Mandato missionario conferito in via esclusiva ai Principi di Spagna: sua giustificazione in chiave di «convenientia ad finem spiritualem» - 19. Riferimento alla «ratio pacis» ad evitare intralci alla «conversio barbarorum» - 20. Contestazione della «divisio oceani» e della conseguente «divisio mundi - Conclusione.
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2007: 17 dicembre
Biodiversity Multi-Scale Assessments of Product Systems - the BioMAPS Method
Creators: name: Maier, Stephanie
name: :Unav
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2022
Subjects: Life Cycle Assessment
Biodiversity
Land use
Multi-Scale
Impact Assessment
GIS

description: Land use and land use change are major drivers of biodiversity loss. A well-established tool for measuring such impacts throughout the life cycle of products and services is Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). Although valuable biodiversity impact assessment methodologies exist within LCA, they are still rarely used by companies and communities. This is mainly because existing methodologies are not globally applicable or provide insufficient decision support for LCA end-users. This thesis therefore presents a new, globally operational method for analysing biodiversity impacts in LCA. The new Biodiversity Multi-Scale Assessment of Product Systems (BioMAPS) method is based on key ecological, conservation and technical requirements for LCA. It provides LCA end-users with a coherent framework for assessing the biodiversity impacts of product systems. Consequently, this methodology aims to mitigate negative impacts by identifying concrete actions at global, regional and local scales.
Recenti sviluppi in materia di diritto e religione nella Repubblica Ceca e in Slovacchia.
Creators: name: De Oto, Antonello
Publisher: name: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale
Year: 2011

description: Il contributo è destinato agli Atti del workshop multidisciplinare “Libertà
religiosa e diritti umani nell’Est Europa” svoltosi a Bologna il 21/22 settembre 2007.SOMMARIO: 1. Le novità in materia di rapporti tra Stato e chiese nella Repubblica Ceca - 2. I fantasmi del comunismo, la marginalizzazione del fattore religioso e la vicenda della “Chiesa clandestina” ceca - 3. La Cattedrale di San Vito in Praga. Chiesa Cattolica e Stato Ceco in lotta per un simbolo? - 4. Chiese, Stato e società nella Repubblica Slovacca .- 5. In particolare: le incertezze normative legate al sistema di finanziamento delle confessioni nei due Paesi - 6. Il filo di una ricerca. La comparazione giuridica come mezzo per assumere “buone pratiche” - 7. Allegato (Proposta per l’armonizzazione delle relazioni tra lo Stato Ceco e le Chiese o società
religiose).
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2007: 17 dicembre
Socratic Piety and the State
Creators: name: Kearney, Lindsay
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: Socrates
Piety
State

description: This goal of this thesis is to examine the connection between piety and the city-state according to the Socrates of Plato’s dialogues. This thesis first sets out to understand Socrates’ piety. Then, through consideration of Socrates’ discussion of piety in the city-state in the Euthyphro, the Apology, the Symposium, and the Republic, this thesis sets out to outline Socrates’ understanding of the role piety ought to play in the just city-state. Based on my reading of these dialogues, I argue that piety is, for Plato’s Socrates, a necessary component of the just city-state.
Art, Nature and the Virtual Environment: Three strands of a narrative inquiry written around a schoolyard garden as a collection of "events"
Creators: name: Cuerden, Barbara
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2010
Subjects: ecopedagogy
environmental education
place-based pedagogy
ecoliteracy
participatory paradigm
arts-based methodology
arts-based education
living pedagogy
outdoor education
thesis blog
Michel Serres
writing as a method of inquiry
research on place and space
a/r/tography
resilience alliance
David Jardine
Center for Ecoliteracy
resilience
teaching for emergence
research in art, nature and the environment
food security
eco-art
ecotherapy
schoolyard gardens
sustainable education
teaching towards emergence,

description: Working with an organization outside the public school system that was creating schoolyard gardens, I began to think about culture and cultivation inside and outside of schooling practices. The liveliness of the schoolyard gardens presented possibilities for enlivening educational discourses. With two participants I planted a container box schoolyard garden outside Lamoureux Hall, which houses the Faculty of Education. Utilizing aspects of place-based pedagogy, ecoliteracy, ecopedagogy and a metissage of a/r/tography, eco-art and writing as a method of inquiry, we tended the garden and dwelled upon ideas of nature, culture, and their intersection in a particular place. Our garden experiences left cyber footprints in virtual space as blog spots on a thesis blog site. The garden and the inquiry it generated outside,is brought back inside the education building as a Master's thesis. The garden grew in different and unpredictable ways due to intense construction on site, entwining the planter boxes with unseen variables.
Growth and Biofilm Formation by Staphylococcus Epidermidis and Other Relevant Contaminant Bacteria During Storage of Platelet Concentrates
Creators: name: Greco, Carey Anne
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: Staphylococcus epidermidis
biofilms
coagulase negative staphylococci
Serratia liquefaciens
platelet concentrates
platelet additive solution
poly(ethylene glycol)
blood product contamination

description: Coagulase negative staphylococci (CoNS) are the most prevalent bacterial contaminants of platelet concentrates (PCs), and have been implicated in severe and fatal transfusion reactions. Of this group, Staphylococcus epidermidis is most frequently identified. The preliminary objective of this thesis was to confirm that S. epidermidis could form biofilms under platelet storage conditions. This was achieved using a modified crystal violet staining assay to detect plastic-adherent bacterial cells and examination of attachment processes by scanning electron microscopy. A collection of CoNS isolated from PCs obtained from reportedly healthy donors was then assessed for biofilm-forming potential at the genetic and phenotypic level. Despite the presumable commensal origin of these isolates, a high proportion of S. epidermidis strains displayed a biofilm positive phenotype. The threat of S. epidermidis biofilm formation during platelet storage identified herein signifies that any alterations made to platelet storage protocols should be evaluated with consideration of this risk. The advent of platelet additive solutions (PASs) as an alternative to plasma for PC storage provides a relevant example, since little is known about the effect of PAS on contaminant bacteria, and vice versa. Growth and biofilm formation by S. epidermidis and the Gram-negative bacterium Serratia liquefaciens were measured in PAS- or plasma-PCs over 5 days, simulating standard platelet storage conditions, after initial inoculation with low, clinically relevant bacterial concentrations. Assays for platelet quality were performed simultaneously. Only S. liquefaciens exhibited a slower doubling time in plasma-PCs than in PAS-PCs. Biofilm formation by both species was reduced during storage in PAS-PCs, increasing bacteria availability for detection. Although S. liquefaciens adversely affected platelet quality in both media, S. epidermidis contamination did not. Ultimately, culture-based detection remains the earliest indicator of bacterial presence in PAS-PCs. Lastly, since formation of platelet-bacteria aggregates is largely based on receptor-ligand interactions, it was postulated that biofilm formation by contaminant bacteria could be abrogated by receptor shielding. Methoxypoly(ethylene glycol) was applied to covalently modify the platelet surface using a process termed ‘PEGylation’. It is herein demonstrated that PEGylation of PCs inoculated with S. epidermidis results in significantly reduced bacterial binding and biofilm formation during platelet storage.