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title: A Comparative Study of Higher Education Reforms of three Central Asian Countries: Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
Creators: name: Maksutova, Kunduz
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Education
subject: Higher Education

description: The purpose of my research is to analyze the history, current status, and the further development of higher education in three Central Asian countries: Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. The focus of my research is Kyrgyzstan, my home country; however, higher education reforms of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan are also important for comparative study. My study addresses the nature of the reforms in higher education system being implemented in these countries. The research seeks to answer the following questions: (a) to identify the main changes in higher education systems since gaining independence; (b) to identify the key issues of ongoing reforms in the higher education sector; (c) to determine the main factors influencing the changes in the systems; and (d) to identify the perspectives of the higher education reforms of these three Central Asian countries. The research concerns whether Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan will have similar or different higher education systems in the future. The study included document analysis, on online survey, interviews, observation, and personal experience. My working hypothesis is that higher education of Kyrgyzstan has changed dramatically since 1992, but with various problems and mistakes in the process. Meanwhile, higher education system of Kazakhstan has achieved greater success in terms of modernization or westernization of the system. In contrast, the higher education system of Uzbekistan has made an effort to develop their own higher education system but the attempts seem not to be successful since the system retains most of the characteristics of the Soviet-based system. The subjects of the online survey are the students and faculty members from Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan who have studied in the United States university systems in the recent years or currently participate in international educational programs. The respondents were contacted through the e-mail and asked to complete an anonymous survey. The survey was available online in the form of an attachment. The findings of the research demonstrate the similarities and differences of the higher education systems in three Central Asian countries. Historical development, current status, and the planned tendencies of higher education system's development provide a good understanding of the three nations.
Evaluating the impact of implementing public bicycle share programs on cycling: the International Bikeshare Impacts on Cycling and Collisions Study (IBICCS)
Creators: name: Hosford, Kate
name: Winters, Meghan
name: Gauvin, Lise
name: Camden, Andi
name: Dubé, Anne-Sophie
name: Friedman, Steven M
name: Fuller, Daniel
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2019

description: Background: Despite rapid expansion of public bicycle share programs (PBSP), there are limited evaluations of the population-level impacts of these programs on cycling, leaving uncertainty as to whether these programs lead to net health gains at a population level or attract those that already cycle and are sufficiently physically active. Our objective was to determine whether the implementation of PBSPs increased population-level cycling in cities across the US and Canada. Methods: We conducted repeat cross-sectional surveys with 23,901 residents in cities with newly implemented PBSPs (Chicago, New York), existing PBSPs (Boston, Montreal, Toronto) and no PBSPs (Detroit, Philadelphia, Vancouver) at three time points (Fall 2012, 2013, 2014). We used a triple difference in differences analysis to assess whether there were increases in cycling over time amongst those living in closer proximity (< 500 m) to bicycle share docking stations in cities with newly implemented and existing PBSPs, relative to those in cities with no PBSPs. Results: Living in closer proximity to bicycle share predicted increases in cycling over time for those living in cities with newly implemented PBSPs at 2-year follow-up. No change was seen over time for those living in closer proximity to bicycle share in cities with existing PBSPs relative to those in cities with no PBSP. Conclusion: These findings indicate that PBSPs are associated with increases in population-level cycling for those who live near to a docking station in the second year of program implementation.
Additional file 1 of Interleukin-6 receptor blockade or TNFα inhibition for reducing glycaemia in patients with RA and diabetes: post hoc analyses of three randomised, controlled trials
Creators: name: Genovese, Mark C.
name: Burmester, Gerd R.
name: Hagino, Owen
name: Karthinathan Thangavelu
name: Melitza Iglesias-Rodriguez
name: John, Gregory St
name: González-Gay, Miguel A.
name: Mandrup-Poulsen, Thomas
name: Fleischmann, Roy
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1.
Supplementary document for Distinction of Electromagnetically Induced Transparency and Autler-Towners Splitting in a Rydberg-involved Ladder-type Cold Atom System - 5155951.pdf
Creators: name: Ji, Zhonghua
name: JIAO, YUECHUN
name: Xue, Yongmei
name: Hao, Liping
name: Zhao, Jianming
name: jia, suotang
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplement 1
Examples in the bilingual dictionary.
Creators: name: Toope, Michael.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Language, Modern.

description: Of all the components of the bilingual dictionary microstructure, examples usually take up more space than all others combined. This means that there is a de facto consensus that examples are essential. However, despite this consensus, existing bilingual dictionaries are inconsistent in their exemplification of lexical items and the current literature in the field does not provide any explanation of this inconsistency. In fact there is no exhaustive or systematic study of examples in bilingual or unilingual lexicography. This thesis attempts to fill this gap. It analyzes several aspects of examples, with special attention to the role they perform in bilingual dictionaries and the importance of their presentation to highlight their functions.
title: Die Umweltschutzwirtschaft in Deutschland
title: Die Umweltschutzwirtschaft in Deutschland
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Gehrke, Birgit
name: Schasse, Ulrich
Publisher: name: Umweltbundesamt
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Umweltschutz
subject: Umweltschutzindustrie
subject: Außenhandel
subject: Umweltschutztechnik
subject: Umweltschutzwirtschaft
subject: Umwelttechnik
subject: Umwelttechnische Industrie
subject: Wirtschaft | Konsum
subject: Economy | Consumption

description: Weltweit werden immer größere Anstrengungen zum Schutz und zur Verbesserung von Umwelt und Klima unternommen. Diese Entwicklung schlägt sich nicht nur in wachsenden Kosten und Investitionen für Umweltschutz nieder, sondern hat auch zu einer wachsenden Bedeutung von Umweltschutz als Wirtschaftsfaktor geführt. Diese Studie untersucht anhand verschiedener Indikatoren zur Produktions- und Umsatzentwicklung aus der deutschen Perspektive sowie zum Außenhandel mit potenziellen Umweltschutzgütern im internationalen Vergleich die Bedeutung des Wirtschaftsfaktors Umweltschutz. Besonderes Augenmerk wird dabei auf Güter zur Nutzung Erneuerbarer Energiequellen gelegt.
Quelle: Forschungsbericht
description: Efforts to protect and improve the environment and climate are increasing globally. This development is not only reflected in rising costs and investments for environmental purposes but also in a growing economic relevance of environmental protection. In order to analyze the significance of the economic factor "environmental protection" in Germany and in an international comparison, this study uses several indicators referring to production and sales from the German perspective as well as several trade indicators in international comparison. Thereby, particular attention is given to renewable energy goods.
Quelle: Forschungsbericht
description: Weltweit werden immer größere Anstrengungen zum Schutz und zur Verbesserung von Umwelt und ⁠Klima⁠ unternommen. Diese Entwicklung schlägt sich nicht nur in wachsenden Investitionen für den Umweltschutz nieder, sondern auch in einer wachsenden Bedeutung des Umweltschutzes als Wirtschaftsfaktor. Die Studie untersucht anhand verschiedener Indikatoren die Produktions- und Umsatzentwicklung der deutschen Umweltschutzwirtschaft und den Außenhandel mit potenziellen Umweltschutzgütern. Sie analysiert darüber hinaus Stärken und Schwächen der deutschen  Umweltschutzwirtschaft im internationalen Wettbewerb und die Entwicklung der Welthandelsanteile Deutschlands und anderer Länder bei potenziellen Umweltschutzgütern.
6D Self-Calibration of the Position and Orientation of Radar Sensors in a Radar Network
Creators: name: Grebner, Timo
name: Linder, Matthias
name: Kern, Nicolai
name: Schoeder, Pirmin
name: Waldschmidt, Christian
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Chirp-sequence radar sensor
subject: Multilateration
subject: Self-calibration
subject: Radar network
subject: DDC 620 / Engineering & allied operations
subject: Automated vehicles
subject: Hyperbelnavigation

description: Nowadays, radar sensor networks are often used for modern driver assistance systems in order to generate robust and precise environmental representations. The quality of the environment mapping depends significantly on the accurate knowledge of the mounting position and orientation of the radar sensors. In particular, both the relative orientation and positioning with respect to the other sensors are of great importance. In this paper, an algorithm is presented which performs an estimation of the relative orientation around all three rotation axes as well as the relative position in all three dimensions of distributed radar sensors. For this purpose, only an overlapping field of view (FoV) of the sensors as well as a moving point target, e.g. a corner reflector, which moves along an arbitrary trajectory without the need to know its position and velocity, is required. The estimation accuracy verified with the help of measurements is up to 4 cm for the position and 0.35° for the orientation in 3D space.
Set-Markov processes.
Creators: name: Balan, Raluca M.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Mathematics.

description: This thesis introduces a type of Markov property, called the 'set-Markov' property, that can be defined for set-indexed processes, and in particular for multiparameter processes. This property is stronger than the 'sharp Markov' property that has been introduced earlier in the literature. For processes indexed by the real line, the set-Markov property coincides with the classical Markov property. An important class of set-Markov processes are ' Q -Markov' processes, where Q is a family of transition probabilities satisfying a Chapman-Kolmogorov type relationship. Two constructions are indicated for a Q -Markov process, as applications of Kolmogorov's extension theorem; the first construction is valid only under a certain geometrical condition. A Q -Markov process can be associated to a 'suitably indexed' collection of classical Markov processes; therefore, 'the generator' of the process is defined as the collection of all the generators of these classical Markov processes. It is proved that under certain conditions, one can construct a Q -Markov process knowing its generator. Processes with independent increments are Q -Markov; they are characterized by 'convolution systems' of distributions. In particular, Levy processes have a double characterization in terms of their characteristic functions and in terms of their generators. Some other examples of Q -Markov processes are considered, including empirical processes. For each of these examples, the generator provides us with a means of constructing the process. 'Adapted sets' and 'optional sets' generalize the classical notions of stopping time and optional time. Using these sets, the strong Markov properties associated to a Q -Markov process, respectively a sharp Markov process, are considered.
The virtual city: perspectives on the dystopic cybercity
Creators: name: Wyeld, Theodor G.
name: Allan, Andrew
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: 3D computer modelling is increasingly relied upon as a decision-making tool in the visualisation of urban infrastructure by architects, planners, and developers. 3D computer-generated geometry relies on perspective and its derivatives, isometry and axonometry, to provide the illusion of spatial depth. Hence, architects, planners, and developers unwittingly base their decisions on the agreed instrumentality of a perspectival space that has its origins in the fifteenth-century Italian Renaissance. This approach extends into other forms of city visualisation too---such as those portrayed in photography, cinematography, animation, computer games, and so on. As a manifestation of Panofsky's 'window on reality', the contemporary use of perspective perpetuates a perspectivist ideology that pervades much of Western visual media in general. To begin to understand how perspective has become such a large part of the architect's practice and subsequent depictions of the modern city we need to explore the rise of this method for organising the world visually. Hence, this article offers: an historical overview of the rise of perspective and the concomitant rise of the scientific method which claims to underpin its validity as an organisational method; and, the semiological influence of perspective as a way of thinking, and how it is reflected in post-photographic images of the city. It concludes with a brief discussion on the finitudes of virtual reality and how these might be interpreted historically.
Barred galaxies in the Coma cluster
Creators: name: Marinova, Irina
name: Jogee, Shardha
name: Trentham, Neil
name: Ferguson, Henry C.
name: Weinzirl, Tim
name: Balcelss, Marc
name: Carter, David
name: den Brok, Mark
name: Erwin, Peter
name: Graham, Alister
name: Goudfrooij, Paul
name: Guzman, Rafael
name: Hammer, Derek
name: Hoyos, Carlos
name: Peletier, Reynier F.
name: Huxor, Avon P.
name: Peng, Erik
name: Verdoes Kleijn, Gijs
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We use ACS data from the HST Treasury survey of the Coma cluster (z ~ 0.02) to study the properties of barred galaxies in the Coma core, the densest environment in the nearby Universe. This study provides a complementary data point for studies of barred galaxies as a function of redshift and environment. From ~470 cluster members brighter than MI = -11 mag, we select a sample of 46 disk galaxies (S0{Im) based on visual classification. The sample is dominated by S0s for which we find an optical bar fraction of 47 ± 11% through ellipse fitting and visual inspection. Among the bars in the core of the Coma cluster, we do not find any very large (abar > 2 kpc) bars. Comparison to other studies reveals that while the optical bar fraction for S0s shows only a modest variation across low-to-intermediate density environments (field to intermediate-density clusters), it can be higher by up to a factor of ~2 in the very high-density environment of the rich Coma cluster core.
Town Design and Policentric City
Town Design and Policentric City
Creators: name: Minghini, Elena Elisabetta; Università Di Bologna
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna
Year: 2011
Subjects: ICAR20 - Tecnica e pianificazione urbanistica
ICAR20 - Urban studies and town planning

description: La recente pianificazione (planning) e la progettazione urbanistica (town design) devono oggi affrontare i problemi della riqualificazione urbana, del ridisegno della città,mentre il tema della crescita urbana appare disperso. La città contemporanea diventa sprawl, coinvolge un ampio territorio, cresce in modo delocalizzato, perde i suoi confini; tutto si è fatto “centro”. La qualità degli insediamenti esistenti attualmente viene ricondotta alla scelta di un modello policentrico-reticolare, per progettare il recupero dei centri storici e predisporre la valorizzazione dei centri minori collocati negli intorni urbani. Un progetto sostenibile dovrebbe pertanto perseguire la forma urbana compatta,nuove politiche del risparmio energetico,una riduzione della specializzazione del territorio, un’attenuazione della crescita residenziale puntiforme.
description: The recent planning (planning) and urban planning (town design) must now face the problems of urban regeneration, the redesign of the city, while the theme of urban growth is dispersed.The contemporary city becomes sprawl, involving a wide area, relocated grows, it loses its borders, it seems that everything becomes “center”.To try to ensure the quality of existing settlements is currently chosen often polycentric model-lattice, it allows the design recovery of historic centers in the cities and to establish the value of smaller centers located in urban neighborhoods. A sustainable project should be aimed at the compact urban form, appropriate policies of energy saving, reduction of area of specialization, an easing of growth in residential punctiform.
Un’architettura per e con le persone
People-centered architecture
Creators: name: Rigolon, Alessandro; Università Di Bologna
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna
Year: 2011
Subjects: ICAR14 - Composizione architettonica e urbana
ICAR14 - Architectural adn urban design

description: L’articolo propone un approccio umanistico al progetto architettonico, ponendo le persone al centro del processo di concezione. Comprendere il modo in cui lo spazio influenza il comportamento, le emozioni e le attività delle persone dovrebbe essere il punto di partenza del progetto. Ciò implica una riflessione sui mezzi con i quali lo spazio trasmette significati connotativi e denotativi. Le tecniche per raccogliere informazioni dagli utenti e per includere tali informazioni nel progetto sono state analizzate per evidenziare i vantaggi e i problemi del mettere in pratica tale approccio umanistico. La discussione finale è focalizzata sulla possibile perdita di autonomia del progettista, sulla tempistica dell’introduzione dei dati derivati dagli utenti e sulle conseguenze dell’inclusione di tali dati nelle normali pratiche progettuali.
description: This paper proposes a humanistic approach to architectural design, which puts people at the center of the designer's thoughts. Understanding how the built environment influences people's behavior, emotions and activities should be the starting point of design. This implies a reflection on the way space can convey meanings – in its denotative and connotative components. Then, the techniques to collect information from the real and supposed users and to include such information in design have been assessed to highlight the advantages and the issues of putting into practice the idea of a people-centered design. The discussion is focused on the supposed loss of autonomy of designers, on the timing of introducing user’s derived data, and on the consequences of including such data in normal design practices.
La dimensione artistica e architettonica della memoria
Artistic and architectural dimension of the memory
Creators: name: Nitu, Mariana; Ion Mincu University
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna
Year: 2011

description: L’articolo si occupa della storia come generatrice di un processo, inteso come fenomeno sociale e culturale, e la sua vocazione a creare forme, artistiche e culturali, della memoria, enfatizzando l’idea di trasposizione metamorfica da un concetto astratto a un’entità spaziale e materiale. Chiamerò questo processo la “materializzazione in una forma fisica”, e chiarirò gli avanzamenti seguiti fino al risultato finale e, allo stesso tempo, gli inevitabili feed-back. Lo scopo è di definire gli elementi del processo, i parametri che interferiscono nella materializzaizone della memoria.Questo processo, composto a sua volta da sub-processi, si esplicita nella struttura spaziale e temporale contemporanea. L’aspetto temporale fa riferimento ad eventi passati, intesi come significanti  nell’attribuzione della rappresentatività e del carattere sacro dei luoghi che contengono l’espressione della memoria.
description: The article will be focused on the history generating process, as a social and cultural phenomenon and its vocation to create artistic and architectural forms of memory, stressing on idea of metamorphosis’ transposing from an abstract concept into a material, spatial entity. I will call this process the “coming into physical form”, showing the steps followed until the final result and also of his feed-back. The aim of the text is to define the elements of this process, the parameters that interfere in the materialization of the memory.This process, composed of several sub-processes at its turn, deploys in a contemporary spatial and temporal framework. The temporal aspects refer to the past events that are invoked, considered to be significant in attributing the representatively and sacrality-sacred character of the places containing memory.
Public spaces and urban sequences in the urbanism representation
Spazi pubblici e sequenze urbane nel disegno dell’urbanistica
Creators: name: Bravo, Luisa; Università Di Bologna
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna
Year: 2011
Subjects: ICAR21 - Urbanism and urban design
public space; urban sequences; drawing; urbanism;
ICAR21 - Urbanistica
spazio pubblico; sequenze urbane; disegno; urbanistica;

description: In the urban design discipline, drawing is intended as an essential and indispensable tool of representation and narration of the morphological, typological and aesthetic aspects of the city. At the same time, it contains elements and ideas able to anticipate the content design, because it can collect information in a broader vision of the whole, starting reflections, suggesting path of study and action.The design of public spaces, or rather, the design of urban sequences, is able to bring out the backbone supporting the urban system and to identify the potential for growth and transformation outside of the consolidated areas, thus becoming a tool for subsequent methodologically structured processes.
description: Il disegno nella disciplina urbanistica rappresenta lo strumento irrinunciabile ed indispensabile di rappresentazione e racconto degli aspetti morfologici, tipologici ed estetici della città. Allo stesso tempo, esso contiene elementi e spunti che anticipano i contenuti progettuali, perchè in grado di mettere a sistema le informazioni in una visione allargata d’insieme, di avviare riflessioni, di suggerire percorsi di approfondimento e azione.Il disegno della rete degli spazi pubblici, o per meglio dire, il disegno delle sequenze urbane, è in grado di far emergere la spina dorsale portante del sistema urbano e di individuare le potenzialità di espansione e trasformazione al di fuori degli ambiti consolidati, divenendo quindi strumento per l’avvio di processi metodologicamenti strutturati.
Filming the In-between: Studying the Representation of Cultural Identities of Immigrant Families In Canadian and Quebec Cinema
Creators: name: Decock, Olena
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: identity
diaspora
sociocritical analysis
semiotics
Canadian and Quebec cinema

description: With a statistical rise in visible, audible and cultural minorities in Canada, the importance of recognizing the relationship between immigrants, culture and identity as constructed in collective discourse becomes paramount. Through hermeneutic and sociocritical paradigms, this research applies a constructionist approach to qualitatively analyze representations of cultural identities in Canadian and Quebec films projecting intergenerational conflicts within immigrant families. From these analyses, five tendencies were elicited: guilt, displacement, in-betweenness, reflections on Canadian society, and heterogeneous perspectives. While deconstructing cultural identity portrayals remains crucial, it is equally important to study these systems of meaning within production. The research is extended through the appendaged short film,Tracing Shadows, a glimpse into the voices of the Ukrainian diaspora in Canada. Both textual analyses and the filmic creation demonstrate the symbiotic connection between society and culture, nurtured within collective identity narratives’ depictions of time and space.
Forgotten Revolutionaries: Reflections on Political Emancipation for Palestinian Refugee Women in Lebanon
Creators: name: Zaaroura, Mayssam
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: Women and conflict
Palestinian women
Refugee women
Empire and the Multitude
Women's political empowerment
Revolutionary women

description: This research explores Palestinian refugee women’s political rights through a broader examination of the gender dynamics in one refugee camp in Lebanon. Using two focus groups and individual interviews with 20 women, the research highlights the patriarchal and colonial structures that dominate the women’s lives, preventing them not only from engaging in political activities, but also hindering their opportunities for work and socialization outside their immediate familial spheres. The political disillusionment within the researched and broader Palestinian community, as a result of the encroaching project of Empire as defined by Hardt and Negri, has created a divided Palestinian cause, a failed youth, and a society attempting to hold on to its identity. However, along with that comes the oppression of a sub-section of that society – the women; the remaining possession that the men have. Women who previously engaged in armed resistance have not advanced politically, socially, or economically – and in fact the history of their struggles are being erased as surely as their land is. Nonetheless, pockets of resistance – a Multitude – of women, agents in their own fates, are fighting the current towards a more emancipatory future for themselves and future Palestinian men and women.
The lover, the devourer and the preserver
L’innamorato, il divoratore e il conservatore
Creators: name: Parmeggiani, Luca; Università Di Bologna
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna
Year: 2011
Subjects: ICAR14 - Architectural adn urban design
Architecture; Urban design; Territory; Philosophy; City;
ICAR14 - Composizione architettonica e urbana
Architettura; Urbanistica; Territorio, Filosofia; Città;

description: This article is not intended for dwelling on small distinctions and nuances, then I hope the necessary oversemplification of the subject will be forgiven. The purpose is to try to identify three approaches: the first  one describes the decline of a model of town that was born with the Industrial Revolution and has lived up to the present day. The second one aim is to present some possible guidelines able to create a conceivable proposal for the structure of a city, by identifying strengths and weaknesses of the contemporary town. The third one shows how the “dress” - the look that the city can dress or undress - reflects the human quality of those that are called upon to shape, distort or preserve our environment.
description: Con questo articolo desidero iniziare un percorso, tracciare una ipotesi di lavoro multidisciplinare tesa ad interpretare e giudicare l'evoluzione o decostruzione del modello di città. Perdonate pertanto l’estrema semplificazione: distinguo e sfumature saranno esercizio di approfondimenti successivi.Il tentativo rimane quello di individuare tre ipotesi di lavoro divise ciascuna in altrettanti capitoli: Nel primo si traccia, molto brevemente, la traiettoria di un declino, quello di un modello di città che è iniziato con la rivoluzione industriale sino ad arrivare ai giorni nostri. Nel secondo sono enucleati pregi e difetti della città contemporanea per individuare alcune possibili linee guida capaci di restituire una proposta di assetto plausibile. Nel terzo si evidenzia come l'abito, l'aspetto che la città può vestire o svestire, sia eco dell'umanità di chi è chiamato a distruggere, conservare oppure formare, il nostro territorio.
The Regulation of C/EBPβ Activity and Adipogenesis by the Smad3 MH1 Domain
Creators: name: Gunanayagam, Angelo R.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012

description: Retinoic Acid (RA) is a potent anti-adipogenic molecule. Recent experiments in our lab identified the transcription factor Smad3 as a novel RA target gene required for RA-mediated inhibition of adipogenesis. Smad3 was demonstrated to inhibit C/EBPβ DNA binding via an interaction between the Smad3-MH1 domain and C/EBPβ. The goal of this thesis was to evaluate the anti-adipogenic potential of the isolated Smad3 MH1 domain in the absence of RA treatment. Pooled 3T3-L1 preadipocyte stable cell lines expressing MH1 and empty vector controls were created and induced to differentiate. While MH1 protein expression was difficult to detect due to high protein lability, C/EBPβ DNA binding to its response element within the C/EBPα promoter was inhibited in MH1-expressing cells. Despite this, loss of C/EBPβ occupancy at the C/EBPα promoter did not result in changes in C/EBPα gene expression though adipogenesis was inhibited in these cultures. In contrast, PPARγ levels were reduced in MH1-expressing cells suggesting that regulation of PPARγ expression by the isolated MH1 domain drives the inhibition of adipogenesis in this model. The second goal of this thesis was to evaluate the regulation of Smad3 by RA. We determined that RA directly activates Smad3 transcription, which is not dependent on promoter demethylation. Furthermore, RA induces Smad3 nuclear accumulation in the absence of Smad3 phosphorylation.
RAQAMLI IQTISODIYOT SHAROITIDA QURILISH TIZIMINI TAKOMILLASHTIRISH
Creators: name: Abdiraimova, Zulxumor
name: Raxmatjonov, Bekzod
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Ushbu maqolada raqamli iqtisodiyotning qurilish sohasida qo'llanilishi ish jarayonini tezlashtiradi va   elektron tizim orqali qurilish tizimini osonlashtiradi. Ijaraga berish tizimini takomillashtirish, shaffof qurilish tizimini rivojlantirish bo‘yicha tavsiyalar muhokama qilindi.
Solution representation for job shop scheduling problems in ant colony optimisation
Creators: name: Montgomery, James
name: Fayad, Carole
name: Petrovic, Sanja
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Production scheduling problems such as the job shop consist of a collection of operations (grouped into jobs) that must be scheduled for processing on different machines. Typical ant colony optimisation applications for these problems generate solutions by constructing a permutation of the operations, from which a deterministic algorithm can generate the actual schedule. This paper considers an alternative approach in which each machine is assigned a dispatching rule, which heuristically determines the order of operations on that machine. This representation creates a substantially smaller search space that likely contains good solutions. The performance of both approaches is compared on a real-world job shop scheduling problem in which processing times and job due dates are modelled with fuzzy sets. Results indicate that the new approach produces better solutions more quickly than the traditional approach.
A PROPÓSITO DE UN CASO INCIERTO
Creators: name: Fombellida Velasco, Clara
name: Domínguez Álvarez, Elena
name: Sánchez Chillón, Arturo
name: Beltrán Mercado, César Eduardo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: INTRODUCCIÓN Y OBJETIVOS

- Exponemos un caso clínico, el cuál ha llamado nuestra atención por su complejidad en cuanto al diagnóstico y evolución.

DESCRIPCIÓN DEL CASO

- Mujer de 66 a. con antecedentes de un ingreso hospitalario en Psiquiatría a los 33 a., sin diagnóstico definido, por clínica psicótica y alteraciones de conducta, posteriormente resolución del cuadro, sin seguimiento ni tratamiento durante todos estos años. Ahora nuevo episodio de agitación, seguido de mutismo, insomnio y clínica de corte delirante sin claro desencadenante. La paciente es ingresada en Unidad de Hospitalización de Agudos para estudio y con resolución parcial de los síntomas siendo dada de alta a los 10 días. , con nueva clínica similar a la que propició el anterior ingreso en apenas unos días. Pocos días después se produce nuevo ingreso en agudos con evolución más tórpida y difícil diagnóstico diferencial optándose finalmente por trastorno psicótico vs. trastorno disociativo y se decide derivar a la Unidad de Convalecencia. Tras estancia de tres meses y diversos ajustes psicofarmacológicos se le da de alta con mejoría clínica. En el seguimiento posterior en Salud Mental la pciente sigue su proceso de lenta recuperación en autonomía, hasta llegar a recuperar la funcionalidad completa.

EXPLORACION Y PRUEBAS COMPLEMENTARIAS

- Hemograma con bioquímica y serologías (VHA, VHB, VHC, sífilis y TBC) junto a TAC sin alteraciones agudas o crónicas remarcables que pudiesen justificar la clínica.

DIAGNÓSTICO DIFERENCIAL Y TRATAMIENTO

Trastorno disociativo vs. episodio depresivo mayor con síntomas psicóticos (síndrome de Cotard) en contexto de trastorno bipolar tipo I. Bupropion 150mg. 1-0-0, Litio 400mg. 1-0-1, Olanzapina 5mg. (0-0-1), Lamotrigina 100mg. (0-0-1).

DISCUSIÓN Y CONCLUSIONES

Encontramos interesante cómo una clínica tan abigarrada y florida con una evolución algo tórpida pudo manejarse finalmente con soltura y ayudar a la paciente a tener una practicamente completa recuperación de la funcionalidad en todos sus niveles.
title: Predictors of Violent and Non-Violent Institutional Infractions of Death Row Prisoners
Creators: name: Trejbalová, Tereza
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2021

description: Institutional misconduct has been widely researched in the criminological literature for more than 50 years, leading to an extensive knowledge about how and why different prisoners misbehave while incarcerated. Nevertheless, one correctional population has been mostly left out of these research pursuits – death row prisoners (DRPs). Although DRPs form a small fraction of the overall number of incarcerated individuals in the US, they tend to spend more than 20 years in maximum security facilities and require a considerable amount of resources. As such, it is imperative for the safety of the facility, the staff, and the prisoners themselves to investigate which factors impact one’s likelihood of engaging in misconduct. The limited amount of available research suggests that those on death row are rarely violent while in prison, but oftentimes engage in non-violent misconduct. The reasons why these previously violent individuals do not frequently act aggressively – but continue breaking rules while in prison – remain mostly unknown. Using the largest sample of American DRPs to date, this study enhances the understanding of death row misconduct. Drawing upon scholarship regarding misconduct of different correctional populations, I use a conjunctive analysis of case configurations (CACC) with a sample of 238 current DRPs to establish which variables are associated with the presence and absence of violent and non-violent infractions. The results of the CACC contribute to theoretical knowledge and emphasize variables that should be further explored in future studies. In order to also facilitate the practical applicability of this study, I attempt to create actuarial scales predicting violent and non-violent misconduct on death row prisoners in Arizona (n=105) and pursue validation of the scale predicting non-violent misconduct on the North Carolina sample (n=133). To address previous findings regarding race and age being predictive of death row misconduct, additional scales are constructed to inquire whether predictors vary across the subgroups. My findings suggest that while few importation model factors are predictive of misconduct and the scale predicting non-violent misconduct is not valid, the prisoner’s location is significantly associated with their non-violent and violent institutional infraction record. Resulting is the discussion on what role does the location of death row play in prisoners’ misbehavior, as well as consideration of limitations of this study and its practical implications.
Supplementary document for Distinction of Electromagnetically Induced Transparency and Autler-Towners Splitting in a Rydberg-involved Ladder-type Cold Atom System - 5155951.pdf
Creators: name: Ji, Zhonghua
name: JIAO, YUECHUN
name: Xue, Yongmei
name: Hao, Liping
name: Zhao, Jianming
name: jia, suotang
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplement 1
Unresolved intervals in the cities. Special brownfield sites and urban renewal
Intervalli irrisolti nelle città. Aree speciali dismesse e rinnovamento urbano
Creators: name: Minghini, Elena Elisabetta; Università Di Bologna
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna
Year: 2011
Subjects: ICAR20 - Urban studies and town planning
disused areas; excavation; renovatio urbis; urban shape; urban show
ICAR20 - Tecnica e pianificazione urbanistica
aree dismesse; scavo; rinnovo urbano; forma urbana; scenario spettacolare urbano

description: The redesign of the military and industrial spaces  suggests the theme of de-functionalization as an element that, on the one hand marks the path of transformation through the succession of urban times, on the other it is a renewal engine, not only aimed at the rational use of the area resource but also with opportunities for aesthetic enhancement of the city, sometimes with a wide cultural and recreational offer.
description: Il ridisegno degli spazi militari ed industriali dismessi propone il  tema della defunzionalizzazione come elemento che, da un lato segna il  percorso della trasformazione attraverso la successione dei tempi  urbani, dall’altro è propulsore di un rinnovamento, non soltanto  finalizzato ad un uso razionale della risorsa territorio bensì anche ad  occasioni di valorizzazione estetica della città, talvolta di  ampliamento di un’offerta culturale e ricreativa.
O Risco de Invasão Hacker em Órgãos Públicos e Departamentos de Defesa
Creators: name: Magalhaes
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Hacker
Atuação
Policia
desáfios
órgãos
Governo
Minas Gerais
Brasil
Mundo
proteção
segurança
cibernético
internet
redes

description: A crescente digitalização dos processos administrativos e ainterconectividade dos sistemas de defesa têm gerado novos e complexosdesafios para a segurança cibernética de órgãos públicos e departamentos dedefesa em todo o mundo.
Optimal superimposed pilot selection for OFDM channel estimation
Creators: name: Varma, Angiras R.
name: Athaudage, Chandra R. N.
name: Andrew, Lachlan L. H.
name: Manton, Jonathan H.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper presents an optimal strategy for utilizing superimposed pilots for OFDM channel estimation using Wiener filtering. An algorithm is formulated to determine the optimal rectangular set of time-frequency samples for channel estimation for a given complexity. The proposed scheme shows an improved performance at high Doppler frequencies. Moreover, the separable implementation of the 2D Wiener filter leads to a significant reduction in complexity with negligible degradation in channel estimation performance. The sensitivity of the proposed technique to channel statistical mismatches is also analyzed. Numerical results demonstrate the superior performance of the proposed technique compared to conventional selection of square set of time-frequency samples for Wiener-filter based channel estimation.
The Influence of Stakeholders on the Sustainable Development of the Wind Power Industry in Canada: The Firm’s Perspective
Creators: name: Moularé, Éboua Yves Éric Didier
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: Sustained competitive advantage
Institutional theory
Resource-based view
Stakeholder management theory
Temporal view
Wind industry

description: We propose making an empirical application of the temporal view of stakeholder management theory by applying it in the particular context of the Canadian wind industry. The temporal view builds on insights from the resource-based view (RBV), institutional theory, and stakeholder salience theory. We argue that both early stage competitive advantage and late stage sustained competitive advantage could be dependent on the use of salient stakeholders as a special network of resources. We contribute to the literature in various ways. First we determine an empirical list of five salient stakeholders specific to the wind industry. Second, we show that, at early stages, the moderating effects of firm size and market conditions determines stakeholder support or rejection. Lastly, we show that, at late stages, the sustainability equation must take into account the introduction of new salient stakeholders. Also, we make practical recommendations for industry players and policy makers. We reached theory refinement by adopting an exploratory qualitative methodology based on interviews with seven cases of large and small wind firms operating in different electricity market types and provinces across Canada.
Conservazione e innovazione per la riqualificazione sostenibile delle aree urbane. Il caso di studio dell’area Sani-Casaralta a Bologna
Historic preservation and innovative building design for the sustainable rehabilitation of Urban Areas. The case study of Sani-Casaralta Area in Bologna
Creators: name: Ferrante, Annarita; Università Di Bologna
name: Bettazzi, Maria Beatrice; Università Di Bologna
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna
Year: 2011
Subjects: ICAR10 - Architettura tecnica
conservazione; riqualificazione: aree militari dismesse;
ICAR10 - Architectural technology
historic preservation; rehabilitation; dismissed military area;

description: Con riferimento ad un caso di studio specifico, questo contributo rappresenta un tentativo di dare risposta alla complessità del tessuto urbano con particolare riferimento alla riqualificazione del patrimonio edilizio nelle aree periurbane. Il saggio  descrive una procedura di lettura finalizzata ad una "analisi interpretativa" della zona militare dismessa Sani-Casaralta, nel settore nord della città di Bologna.Per mezzo di un confronto specifico tra caratteri locali ed evoluzione storica, il saggio suggerisce una procedura di progettazione basata sull'uso delle nuove tecnologie come possibile interazione tra "intenzionalità" nella pianificazione e possibile evoluzione delle forme urbane storiche.
description: With reference to a specific case study, this paper is an attempt to respond to questions concerning progress toward better understanding of the role of urban unit’s mosaic and fringe belt recognition in urban planning and building retrofitting/design. In particular, the paper describes a reading procedure consisting of data requirements to be used as an “interpretative analysis” of the dismissed military area Sani-Casaralta, in the north sector of the city of Bologna.By means of specific comparison between local characters and historic evolution, the paper suggests a design procedure based on the use of new technologies as possible interaction between “intentionality” in urban planning and possible evolution of historical urban forms.
Characteristics and outcomes of antiretroviral-treated HIV-HBV co-infected patients in Canada?
Creators: name: Rana, Urvi
name: Driedger, Matt
name: Sereda, Paul
name: Pan, Shenyi
name: Ding, Erin
name: Wong, Alex
name: Walmsley, Sharon
name: Klein, Marina B.
name: Kelly, Deborah
name: Loutfy, Mona
name: Thomas, Rejean
name: Sanche, Stephen
name: Kroch, Abigail
name: Machouf, Nima
name: Roy-Gagnon, Marie-Helene
name: Hogg, Robert S.
name: Cooper, Curtis
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2019

description: Abstract Background Hepatitis B (HBV) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) share common risk factors for exposure. Co-infected patients have an increased liver-related mortality risk and may have accelerated HIV progression. The epidemiology and demographic characteristics of HIV-HBV co-infection in Canada remain poorly defined. We compared the demographic and clinical characteristics and factors associated with advanced hepatic fibrosis between HIV and HIV-HBV co-infected patients. Methods A retrospective cohort analysis was conducted using data from the Canadian Observational Cohort (CANOC) Collaboration, including eight sites from British Columbia, Quebec, and Ontario. Eligible participants were HIV-infected patients who initiated combination ARV between January 1, 2000 and December 14, 2014. Demographic and clinical characteristics were compared between HIV-HBV co-infected and HIV-infected groups using chi-square or Fisher exact tests for categorical variables, and Wilcoxon’s Rank Sum test for continuous variables. Liver fibrosis was estimated by the AST to Platelet Ratio Index (APRI). Results HBV status and APRI values were available for 2419 cohort participants. 199 (8%) were HBV co-infected. Compared to HIV-infected participants, HIV-HBV co-infected participants were more likely to use injection drugs (28% vs. 21%, p = 0.03) and be HCV-positive (31%, vs. 23%, p = 0.02). HIV-HBV co-infected participants had lower baseline CD4 T cell counts (188 cells/mm₃, IQR: 120–360) compared to 235 cells/mm₃ in HIV-infected participants (IQR: 85–294) (p = 0.0002) and higher baseline median APRI scores (0.50 vs. 0.37, p < 0.0001). This difference in APRI was no longer clinically significant at follow-up (0.32 vs. 0.30, p = 0.03). HIV-HBV co-infected participants had a higher mortality rate compared to HIV-infected participants (11% vs. 7%, p = 0.02). Conclusion The prevalence, demographic and clinical characteristics of the HIV-HBV co-infected population in Canada is described. HIV-HBV co-infected patients have higher mortality, more advanced CD4 T cell depletion, and liver fibrosis that improves in conjunction with ARV therapy. The high prevalence of unknown HBV status demonstrates a need for increased screening among HIV-infected patients in Canada.
Additional file 1 of Comparative metabolomics of Phialemonium curvatum as an omnipotent fungus cultivated on crude palm oil versus glucose
Creators: name: Arief Izzairy Zamani
name: Barig, Susann
name: Ibrahim, Sarah
name: Hirzun Mohd. Yusof
name: Ibrahim, Julia
name: Low, Jaime Yoke Sum
name: Shwu Fun Kua
name: Syarul Nataqain Baharum
name: Klaus-Peter Stahmann
name: Ng, Chyan Leong
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry

description: Additional file 1. Additional tables and figures.