cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Extracting Group Relationships Within Changing Software Using Text Analysis
Creators: name: Green, Pamela Dilys
Publisher: name: UH Research Archive
Year: 2013
Subjects: machine learning
feature generation
text analysis
Ferret
language independence
software origin analysis
collusion detection
source code similarity
trigram analysis
evolving software
3CO
file comparison tool
one-to-many comparison
visualisation

description: This research looks at identifying and classifying changes in evolving software by making simple textual comparisons between groups of source code files. The two areas investigated are software origin analysis and collusion detection. Textual comparison is attractive because it can be used in the same way for many different programming languages. The research includes the first major study using machine learning techniques in the domain of software origin analysis, which looks at the movement of code in an evolving system. The training set for this study, which focuses on restructured files, is created by analysing 89 software systems. Novel features, which capture abstract patterns in the comparisons between source code files, are used to build models which classify restructured files fromunseen systems with a mean accuracy of over 90%. The unseen code is not only in C, the language of the training set, but also in Java and Python, which helps to demonstrate the language independence of the approach. As well as generating features for the machine learning system, textual comparisons between groups of files are used in other ways throughout the system: in filtering to find potentially restructured files, in ranking the possible destinations of the code moved from the restructured files, and as the basis for a new file comparison tool. This tool helps in the demanding task of manually labelling the training data, is valuable to the end user of the system, and is applicable to other file comparison tasks. These same techniques are used to create a new text-based visualisation for use in collusion detection, and to generate a measure which focuses on the unusual similarity between submissions. This measure helps to overcome problems in detecting collusion in data where files are of uneven size, where there is high incidental similarity or where more than one programming language is used. The visualisation highlights interesting similarities between files, making the task of inspecting the texts easier for the user.
The Influence of European Elements on Asante Adinkra
Creators: name: DICKSON ADOM
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: Art

description: The Adinkra tradition in Ashanti has seen some form of transformation due to the influx of some European elements. These
impacts are greatly seen in the tools and materials, production techniques, concept of design of the Adinkra cloth. Some of these
influences are positive while others are negatively affecting the production of this indigenous cloth. There is the need to research into
these European influences to ascertain the extent to which the Adinkra cloth has benefited or have been adversely affected by them. The
research was thus carried out to critically examine these European influences to be able to offer advice on what aspects of the European
elements need to be discontinued and the aspects to be promoted. The researcher gathered the primary data for the research paper
through personal interviews, administration of questionnaires, as well as observations. The secondary data was accrued through a
thorough review of peer reviewed articles on the subject, published and unpublished research works, textbooks etc. The results of the
study have been presented under the following headings: Analysis of the research instruments, main findings (primary and secondary
data), Interpreting the data, answering of research questions, conclusions and recommendations.This included investigating and
examining the extent to which the Asante Adinkra have been impacted by these European elements, the positive impacts and how they
have ensured the improvement of the Asante adinkra production industry and the negative impacts and how they have adversely affected
the Asante textile industry have been succinctly discussed. The study revealed the beneficiary aspects of the impacts and discusses how
they can be harnessed for the development of the adinkra industry in Ashanti. However, the study also highlighted and cautioned
strongly, the negative aspects of the European influences that if not curtailed would downplay the quality and erode the adinkra cloth of
its cultural significance.
D2.3 – Stakeholder Events Report
Creators: name: Kozaric, Marta
name: Skarpa, Andela
name: Horgan, Denis
name: European Alliance for Personalised Medicine (EAPM)
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: CAN.HEAL
stakeholder engagement
EU4Health
cancer genomics
public health
healthcare policy
public-private partnerships

description: This deliverable reports on four key stakeholder engagement events organized under the CAN.HEAL project (EU4Health Programme, Grant number: 101080009). The events aimed to foster dialogue among policymakers, patient organizations, researchers, and healthcare experts to promote the project's objectives in cancer genomics and healthcare innovation. The report covers the CAN.HEAL Conference in Rome, the EAPM Presidency Conference in Madrid, a high-level European Parliament Meeting in Brussels, and the Propelling Health Care through Public-Private Partnerships Conference in Paris.It details the activities, key conclusions, policy impacts, and outcomes of each event, alongside an analysis of the associated communication efforts and social media impact. The deliverable highlights successes in cross-sector collaboration, policy advocacy, and public-private partnership development while identifying areas for improvement and recommendations for future dissemination efforts.
The viability of Weibull analysis of small samples in process manufacturing
Creators: name: Abughazaleh, Tareq Ali Ibrahim
Publisher: name: University of Hertfordshire
Year: 2002
Subjects: Statistical quality control, Manufacturing processes, Mathematical statistics, Operations research

description: This research deals with some Statistical Quality Control (SQC) methods, which are used in quality testing. It investigates the problem encountered with statistical process control (SPC) tools when small sample sizes are used. Small sample size testing is a new area of concern especially when using expensive (or large) products, which are produced in small batches (low volume production). Critical literature review and analysis of current technologies and methods in SPC with small samples testing failed to show a conformance with conventional SPC techniques, as the confidence limits for averages and standard deviation are too wide. Therefore, using such sizes will provide unsecured results with a lack in accuracy. The current research demonstrates such problems in manufacturing by using examples, in order to show the lack and the difficulties faced with conventional SPC tools (control charts). Weibull distribution has always shown a clear and acceptable prediction of failure and life behaviour with small sample size batches. Using such distribution enables the accuracy needed with small sample size to be obtained. With small sample control charts generate inaccurate confidence limits, which are low. On the contrary, Weibull theory suggests that using small samples enable achievement of accurate confidence limits. This research highlights these two aspects and explains their features in more depth. An outline of the overall problem and solution point out success of Weibull analysis when Weibull distribution is modified to overcome the problems encountered when small sample sizes are used. This work shows the viability of Weibull distribution to be used as a quality tool and construct new control charts, which will provide accurate result and detect nonconformance and variability with the use of small sample sizes. Therefore, the new proposed Weibull deduction control charts shows a successful replacement of the conventional control chart, and these new charts will compensate the errors in quality testing when using small size samples.
Characterization of Depth-Related Changes in Bacterial Communities Involved in Mineral Weathering Along a Mineral-Rich Soil Profile
Creators: name: Wang, Qi
name: Cheng, Cheng
name: Huang, Zhi
name: He, Linyan
name: Sheng, Xiafang
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: In this study, we used denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) and culture-dependent methodology to characterize bacterial populations and mineral-dissolving bacteria in a mineral-rich soil profile. DGGE and sequencing revealed 13 known bacterial families and 7 unknown populations for the soil profile. Seventy-one isolates could solubilize feldspar. Weathering effectiveness and pattern of the isolates differed among the horizons. The 71 mineral-dissolving isolates were affiliated with 32 bacterial species within 14 genera, among which Bacillus, Burkholderia, and Arthrobacter were dominant. Distinct mineral-dissolving populations were observed between the surface and subsurface horizons. Notably, the deepest horizon showed maximum diversity of the mineral-dissolving bacteria. Furthermore, a significantly higher proportion of the high efficiency mineral-dissolving bacteria was observed in the deeper horizons than in the upper horizons. The results suggested that the soil profile harboured diverse mineral-dissolving populations and the dissolving potential and pattern and the community of the mineral-dissolving bacteria changed with depth.
Two new tetralone glycosides from the green walnut husks of Juglans mandshurica Maxim
Creators: name: Zhou, Yuan-Yuan
name: Wang, Ying
name: Guo, Shuang
name: Song, Hong-Juan
name: Zhang, Xiao-Juan
name: Liu, Yan
name: Yang, Bing-You
name: Kuang, Hai-Xue
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology

description: Two new tetralone glycosides, 4(S)-5-methoxy juglanoside A (1), 4(S)-5-methoxy juglanoside D (2), together with ten known compounds (3–12) have been isolated from the green walnut husks of Juglans mandshurica Maxim. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of their ESI-MS, 1 D and 2 D NMR spectroscopic data. In addition, all compounds were evaluated for their cytotoxic activities against the cancer BGC-823 (human gastric carcinoma), HCT-15 (human colorectal carcinoma) and K562 (human chronic myeloid leukemia) cell lines. The results showed aglycones of naphthoquinones had stronger cytotoxic activities than glycosides of tetralone.
Carnet nº 20, commencé à Canton (p. 3)
Creators: name: Péraire, Lucien
name: CNRS
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2023

description: created: 10-3-1931
Multiple data sources fusion for enterprise quality improvement by a multilevel latent response model
Creators: name: Huang, Shuai
name: Li, Jing
name: Lamb, Gerri
name: H. Schmitt, Madeline
name: Fowler, John
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: Quality improvement of an enterprise needs a model to link multiple data sources, including the independent and interdependent activities of individuals in the enterprise, enterprise infrastructure, climate, and administration strategies, as well as the quality outcomes of the enterprise. This is a challenging problem because the data are at two levels—i.e., the individual and enterprise levels—and each individual's contribution to the enterprise quality outcome is usually not explicitly known. These challenges make general regression analysis and conventional multilevel models non-applicable to the problem. This article a new multilevel model that treats each individual's contribution to the enterprise quality outcome as a latent variable. Under this new formulation, an algorithm is developed to estimate the model parameters, which integrates the Fisher scoring algorithm and generalized least squares estimation. Extensive simulation studies are performed that demonstrate the superiority of the proposed model over the competing approach in terms of the statistical properties in parameter estimation. The proposed model is applied to a real-world application of nursing quality improvement and helps identify key nursing activities and unit (a hospital unit is an enterprise in this context) quality-improving measures that help reduce patient falls.
Adinkra: An Epitome of Asante Philosophy and History
Creators: name: DICKSON ADOM
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History

description: This paper investigated into the philosophical and historical representations of the celebrated Adinkra cloth
production using the case study approach at Ntonso in the Ashanti region of Ghana. Data were solicited through
personal and telephone interview as well as participant observation from respondents who were purposively
sampled. The study revealed that the Badie dye was locally obtained and prepared using the barks from the
Badie tree. There are no additives mixed with the prepared dye as purported by several writers. It was also
realized that the entire Adinkra cloth process from the acquisition of the tools and materials, production
processes and the symbols usually printed in the cloth was firmly rooted in an interesting and thought provoking
philosophical and historical foundation which portrays the African as a wise, creative artist. The study more
importantly voiced out that though Asantes and Africans in general usually do not have written documentaries of
their histories and philosophy that in anyway does not imply that these literally are absent. The rich artistic
productions of residents in Africa are in fact a visual representation of their unadulterated histories and
philosophies. The Adinkra cloth is but one example of such inspiring assets of the Asantes that are repositories
of their rich philosophy and history.
Phonological acquisition and ambient language : a corpus based cross-linguistic exploration
Creators: name: Warren, Sandra
Publisher: name: University of Hertfordshire
Year: 2001

description: This study explores the relationship between phonological acquisition and ambient language. By utilising corpora of spoken adult language(as an indicator of ambient language characteristics), an empirical rather than a theoretical approach is adopted for this research and through the development of a method of assessment (FUSE) it is proposed that a novel way of observing and illuminating this relationship can be made. The concept of FUSE aims to combine previous measures of functional load, which are system based, with the recognition of the relative usage of particular phonemes by speakers of the language to differentiate between words. The phonemic systems of the two historically unrelated languages of Finnish and English have been assessed and phonemic usage data compiled. Child data samples for five children over three ages of development for each of the languages have been likewise assessed so that the similarity in usage between adult and child data samples could then be compared. This study shows that the characteristics of the ambient language that the child needs to acquire varies for the two languages in terms of length of words (Finnish has longer words), the nature of syllables tructures and phonological usage. Finnish was also found to have less WI minimal pairs and make less use of word initial contrastive phonemes. The findings indicate that ambient language does have a role to play during the children's phonological development process. The children's usage closely reflected the adult language on both frequency and FUSE based assessments. The movement by the children towards their language specific goal was better indicated with the FUSE method of assessment than a purely frequency based assessment. When test crosslinguistically the FUSE results tend to suggest that the children, already at age 2 , are showing few universal tendencies of usage.
Investigating Factors That Impact on Attitudes Towards Self-Injury Using Quantitative Methods
Creators: name: Bartlett, Shelley
Publisher: name: UH Research Archive
Year: 2017
Subjects: Self harm
Suicide
Self Injury
stigma

description: Background: Self-injury is a serious behaviour undertaken by those in distress. Attitudes to self-injury both with and without intent to end life is often studied in terms of professionals working in Accident and Emergency (A&E), with little attention paid to other professionals or non-professionals. There are several potential aspects to one’s stigmatising attitudes, such as willingness to help individuals, perceived causes for behaviour, optimism for prognosis and general empathy experienced. Moreover, some research suggests stigmatising attitudes may be different depending on the severity of the self-injury, including the presence or absence of suicidal intent. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact on these factors of the form of self-injury and professional background. Methods: Using an online survey methodology 436 respondents completed the survey. The attitudes of Mental Health Professionals, Primary Care Professionals and those not working in either of these settings (“Non-Professionals”) were compared to explore their attitudes towards self-injury. Participants were randomly shown a vignette depicting either self-injury with or without intent to end life and reported their overall empathy, willingness to help, attributions for the behaviour and optimism for prognosis. Results: On all measures Non-Professionals reported more negative attitudes than either healthcare professional group, who had similar attitudes towards self-injury. Both professional groups differed in their attitudes towards self-injury with and without suicidal intent on all measures expect for optimism for prognosis. Across all professional groups a difference was seen between the optimism for personal and others’ intervention. Conclusions: The study outlined the current attitudes of different healthcare professionals and the general public towards self-injury both with and without intent to end life. Differences in attitudes were seen, showing the potential to improve the stigmatising attitudes experienced by those who self-injure; methods were suggested by which to do this. Further research is needed in order to assess the clinical effectiveness of attempts to improve stigmatising attitudes.
Challenges Associated with the Content of the Art History Component in the General Knowledge in Art Subject: Implications for Art History Education in West Africa
Creators: name: DICKSON ADOM
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: Art
Education

description: The content of the Art History component in the General Knowledge in Art subject studied by various Senior
High Schools in West Africa is largely of foreign art histories at the expense of the histories of African
indigenous arts which are shallowly presented in the teaching syllabus to be taught students. This makes the
students appreciate more of the artistic cultural heritage of foreign countries making them handicapped in the
historical knowledge concerning their own rich African indigenous arts that identifies them as a people. Adentwi
(2005) concurs that the content of an area of study must help learners to develop skills, values, norms, and
attitudes that are considered peculiar to the society of the learner. A critical analysis of the content of the General
Knowledge in Art subject proves contrary. There was therefore the urgency and utmost relevance to carry out a
research to ascertain reasons why the content of the art history component of the General Knowledge in Art
subject is foreign biased and advise on how there can be a balance of it with the African indigenous art histories
in the General Knowledge in Art. The researcher gathered data from primary and secondary sources by way of
interviews, administration of questionnaire, as well as non-participant observation under the theoretical and
qualitative research approaches. Descriptive research method, Case Study approach and Document Analysis
were adopted for this study. Eighty-Five respondents consisting of General Knowledge in Art tutors and General
knowledge in Art students from five schools in the Ashanti region, Eastern Region and Greater Accra Region
and W.A.E.C. Examiners as well as members of the Curriculum Research Development Division of the Ministry
of Education were purposively and stratified Randomly sampled for the study. The study maintains that the
content of the art history component of the General Knowledge in Art subject has to be reviewed by
incorporating more of the histories of the indigenous Art from Africa. It puts forward proactive suggestions to
the Curriculum and Research Development Division of various Educational Centers and other agencies
responsible for making educational decisions on how they can intensify the study of African indigenous art
histories in the General Knowledge in Art subject. This would greatly assist in the promotion, propagation,
preservation and instruction of West African students on the indigenous African Art histories.
Bioactive metabolites from the mycelia of the basidiomycete Hericium erinaceum
Creators: name: Lu, Qiang-Qiang
name: Tian, Jun-Mian
name: Wei, Jing
name: Gao, Jin-Ming
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: Seven known compounds, three diketopiperazine alkaloids, 12β-hydroxyverruculogen TR-2 (1), fumitremorgin C (2) and methylthiogliotoxin (5), two hetero-spirocyclic γ-lactam alkaloids, pseurotin A (3) and FD-838 (4), and cerevisterol (6) and herierin IV (7), were isolated from the mycelia of the basidiomycete Hericium erinaceum and identified by spectroscopic analyses. The antioxidant and antifungal activities of compounds 1–6 were evaluated. The results indicated that compounds 1, 3 and 6 exhibited potential antioxidant activity against DPPH (2, 2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl) radical with their IC50 data of ca. 12 μM, compared with positive control tertiary butylhydroquinone. In addition, compound 4 significantly inhibited the growth of two plant fungal pathogens Botrytis cinerea and Glomerella cingulata with an minimum inhibitory concentration of 6.25 μM for each, similar to that of the positive fungicide, carbendazim. Compounds 1–5 were isolated from the genus Hericium for the first time.
Entrevista a Arjun Appadurai
Creators: name: Ferreira, Teresa
Publisher: name: Comunicação & Cultura
Year: 2014

description: Antropólogo cultural, nascido em Mumbai, Índia, Arjun Appadurai é um dos mais relevantes intelectuais públicos da modernidade. Tem dedicado a sua obra a temáticas de interesse tão atual quanto a globalização, o urbanismo, o consumo e a migração, a par da análise aprofundada sobre os media como veículo catalisador de informação identitária e cultural. Conhecido a partir do lançamento de Modernity at Large. Cultural Dimensions of Globalization (1996), a análise do fenómeno da fluidez geográfica (populacional) leva-o a cunhar novos termos que servem a descrição da complexidade das redes culturais1. O seu trabalho mais recente, Fear of Small Numbers. An Essay on The Geography of Anger (2006), foca as questões da pobreza e da inclusão social, sobretudo nas grandes cidades, tentando explicar, a partir de um ponto de vista [des]localizado, a natureza do terrorismo e da violência mundial. Desde 2004, é professor de Ciências Sociais na New School University de Nova Iorque, tendo anteriormente desempenhado as funções de professor de Estudos Internacionais (Antropologia, Ciência Política e Sociologia) na Universidade de Yale. Entre 2002 e 2004, distinguiu-se como diretor do Center for Cities and Globalization na mesma universidade. Além das obras já mencionadas, destacam-se ainda: Feelings Are Always Local (2005), o ensaio «Archive and Aspiration» (2004-05) e Space Identity Uncertainty (2006), também referido na entrevista que abaixo se transcreve, e que resulta do encontro com este comissário da conferência organizada pela Fundação Gulbenkian, em Lisboa, sobre o tema «Podemos Viver sem o Outro? As possibilidades e os limites da interculturalidade», outubro de 2008.
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Three-Component Reactions of Ketene Dithioacetals, Aldehydes, and Arenesulfinic Acids: Facile Synthesis of Allylic Sulfones
Creators: name: Liang, Deqiang
name: Huang, Wenzhong
name: Yuan, Lin
name: Ma, Yinhai
name: Ouyang, Liping
name: Rao, Yuqin
name: Yang, Yuxian
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: A facile and efficient synthesis of allylic sulfones via sulfuric acid–mediated three-component reactions of easily available ketene dithioacetals, aldehydes, and arenesulfinic acids is presented. The reaction features low cost and good yields.
Entrevista a Lawrence Grossberg
Creators: name: Pereira, Sónia
Publisher: name: Comunicação & Cultura
Year: 2014

description: Figura de relevo incontornável na área dos cultural studies norte-americanos, Lawrence Grossberg traçou um percurso notável ao longo das últimas décadas. Estudou em Inglaterra sob supervisão de Stuart Hall no Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies (CCCS) de Birmingham, no início dos anos 70, e concluiu depois um doutoramento em Comunicação, com a orientação de James Carey, na Universidade de Illinois. O trabalho de investigação que desenvolveu nas décadas de 80 e 90 resultou no reconhecimento da música popular e da cultura jovem como legítimos objetos de estudo académico. Hoje, admite que a música já não é a mesma e que os seus interesses se deslocaram maioritariamente para as áreas da economia e da política. Afinal, argumenta, os cultural studies sempre acreditaram na importância das ideias e na sua possibilidade de mudar o mundo.
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Entrevista a Andreas Huyssen
Creators: name: Maurício, Ana Fabíola
Publisher: name: Comunicação & Cultura
Year: 2014

description: Andreas Huyssen é professor de Alemão e de Literatura Comparada na Universidade de Columbia, em Nova Iorque, onde fundou o Centre for Comparative Literature and Society, tendo sido também diretor do Departamento de Línguas Germânicas. Vencedor do Prémio Mark van Doren, atribuído pela Universidade de Columbia aos que demonstram «espírito humanitário, devoção à verdade e liderança inspiradora», Andreas Huyssen tem vindo a desenvolver o seu trabalho em torno de várias problemáticas que se interligam, e das quais se destacam questões relacionadas com o estudo do papel dos intelectuais, do modernismo, do pós-modernismo, dos fenómenos da memória histórica, e com a análise de diferentes aspetos da globalização.
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Environmental impacts of domestic resource extraction in China
Creators: name: Zhao, Shen
name: Wang, He-Ming
name: Chen, Wei-Qiang
name: Yang, Dong
name: Liu, Jing-Ru
name: Shi, Feng
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Plant Biology

description: Introduction: The rapid development of economy has led to extensive raw material consumption and relevant environmental damage in China. To analyze environmental impacts and identify materials resulting in these environmental effects via raw material extraction, we combine economy-wide material flow accounting and life-cycle analysis methods to estimate environmental impacts of Chinese domestic extraction (DE) during the period of 1992–2015. The relationship between these increasing environmental impacts and Chinese GDP was also explored by decoupling analysis. Outcomes: Results show that Chinese DE increased by 372% during 1992–2015. The global warming potential, abiotic depletion potential, and respiratory inorganics of Chinese DE increased by 195%, 46%, and 408%, respectively. In terms of specific materials, extraction of iron ores, gravel and sand, and coal induced the most environmental impacts. The relationship between environmental impacts and Chinese GDP/DE was characterized by relative decoupling. Conclusion: To minimize the environmental impacts of extraction, we recommend that the Chinese government improve its extraction techniques and reduce excess demand for materials with large extraction such as iron ores, gravel and sand, and coal. We also recommend researching alternative materials for scarce resources like molybdenum, gold, and fluorite.
Three-Component Reactions of Ketene Dithioacetals, Aldehydes and Arenesulfinic Acids: Facile Synthesis of Allylic Sulfones
Creators: name: Liang, Deqiang
name: Huang, Wenzhong
name: Yuan, Lin
name: Ma, Yinhai
name: Ouyang, Liping
name: Rao, Yuqin
name: Yang, Yuxian
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: A facile and efficient synthesis of allylic sulfones via sulfuric acid-mediated three-component reactions of easily available ketene dithioacetals, aldehydes and arenesulfinic acids is presented. The reaction features low cost and high yields.
Cultural Festival as a Salient Tool for Strategic, Holistic and Sustainable Rural Development In Africa: The Case of the Opemso) Festival of the Asantes of Ghana
Creators: name: DICKSON ADOM
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Performing Arts
subject: 190404 Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies
subject: FOS: Arts (arts, history of arts, performing arts, music)

description: The Opemso) cultural festival is one of the iconic cultural festivals among the Asante
ethnic society in Ghana. It is historically and culturally charged, glued to the beginnings
of the most vibrant Asante kingdom because of its affiliation to the birth of the founder,
Otumfuo Osei Tutu I. Using qualitative approaches, the researcher accentuates the
immense contributions of the festival to the cultural, historical, social and economic
development of the people of Anyinam and Kokofu in the Ashanti region of Ghana.
Semi-structured interviews as well as direct observations were the main instruments
for the collection of rich data on the great significance of the festival in the lives of
residents and visitors from respondents who were purposively and randomly sampled.
The data were qualitatively analyzed using the Data analysis spiral method to interpret
the archetypal roles that the Opemso) cultural festival plays in the everyday life of the
people. The study contends that if cultural festivals are strategically planned and well
tailored in line with developmental policies and ideologies of a society or nation at
large, they can be salient tools for the development of rural areas especially in festivalprone
nations in Sub-Sahara Africa.
Entrevista a René Girard: pensamento apocalíptico após o 11 de Setembro
Creators: name: Doran, Robert
Publisher: name: Comunicação & Cultura
Year: 2014

description: René Girard é um filósofo, historiador e crítico literário francês, sendo um dos maiores pensadores contemporâneos sobre o sagrado e a sua relação com a violência. Esta entrevista foi publicada em 2008, em inglês, na revista SubStance, 115, vol. 37 (1). A conversa decorreu a 10 de fevereiro de 2007, na casa do professor Girard em Stanford, na Califórnia. A 8 de agosto de 2007, foi feita uma breve entrevista de seguimento, também em sua casa.
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Entrevista a Gilles Lipovetsky
Creators: name: Ganito, Carla
Publisher: name: Comunicação & Cultura
Year: 2014

description: Gilles Lipovetsky, filósofo e professor da Universidade de Grenoble, é o autor de A Era do Vazio [1983] e A Terceira Mulher [1997], entre várias outras obras. A presente entrevista decorreu em Lisboa, durante a conferência «A Cultura Planetária na Era Hipermoderna», realizada na Universidade Católica Portuguesa. Este encontro deu-se por ocasião do lançamento do seu novo livro O Ecrã Global, em coautoria com Jean Serroy, em março de 2010.
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Entrevista a François Colbert. Marketing das artes: importância e atualidade
Creators: name: Curvelo, Rita
Publisher: name: Comunicação & Cultura
Year: 2014

description: François Colbert é um dos mais afamados especialistas mundiais em Marketing das Artes e da Cultura da atualidade. Com mais de 30 anos de carreira, já publicou diversos livros e dezenas de artigos nas mais prestigiadas publicações internacionais. Professor Catedrático em Marketing na École de Hautes Études Commerciales de Montréal, onde é titular da cátedra de Gestão das Artes Carmelle e Remi-Marcoux, é também o principal responsável da pós- -graduação de Management of Cultural Organizations, um curso de estudos superiores especializado em gestão dos organismos culturais. Paralelamente, exerce ainda o cargo de diretor e principal redator da publicação International Journal of Arts Management (IJAM), tendo dedicado grande parte dos seus estudos à gestão das artes do palco, dos museus e do cinema. François Colbert dirigiu igualmente numerosos seminários e conferências em todo o mundo, subordinados ao tema Arts Management, tendo como principal preocupação o marketing management num contexto cultural. Membro do Board of Directors of the Canadian Association of Arts Administration Educators desde 1986, o Professor Colbert consegue ainda conciliar todas as suas atividades com uma vasta experiência profissional nos setores público e privado, trabalhando como consultor de empresas, associações e governos. Da sua vasta obra publicada, destacam-se os livros Le marketing des arts et de la culture (considerada a obra fundamental neste domínio), La gestion dans les médias, em colaboração com Cynthia Fortin, La population active du secteur culturel: bibliographie analytique et sélective, em colaboração com Benoît Légaré, Le marketing des arts d’interprétation: bibliographie, em colaboração com Chantal Pelletier e Diane Perrin, ou ainda La commandite dans le domaine des arts et de la culture: bibliographie, em colaboração com Normand Turgeon.
description: Comunicação & Cultura, n. 17 (2014): Diálogos singulares
Asymmetric Reformatsky Reaction of Aldehydes Catalyzed by Novel β-Amino Alcohols and Zinc Complexes
Creators: name: Li, Yan
name: He, Bin
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: A series of β-amino alcohols derived from (1R, 2S)-2-amino-1,2-diphenylethanol and substituted salicylaldehydes as novel chiral tridentate ligands has been applied to an asymmetric Reformatsky reaction of aldehydes with ethyl iodoacetate in the presence of ZnMe2. This novel catalytic system produced the desired β-hydroxyl esters with moderate to good enantioselectivities (up to 81% ee) and yields for many aldehydes, including aromatic, heteroaromatic, conjugated, and aliphatic aldehydes.
Entrevista a Jordi Gracia
Creators: name: Vieira, Inês Espada
Publisher: name: Comunicação & Cultura
Year: 2014

description: Jordi Gracia é ensaísta e professor catedrático de Literatura Espanhola na Universidade de Barcelona. Como crítico literário, tem colaborado com os jornais El País, La Vanguardia e El Periódico de Cataluña. Autor de diversos livros sobre literatura e a história intelectual de Espanha nos séculos XX e XXI, da sua obra destacamos os trabalhos pioneiros Estado y cultura: el despertar de una conciencia crítica bajo el franquismo (1996) e La resistencia silenciosa: fascismo y cultura en España (2004). Mais recentemente, editou, entre outros, El ensayo español: siglo XX (2009), A la intemperie: cultura y exilio en España (2010) e El intelectual melancólico (2011). A 18 de fevereiro de 2011, esteve na Faculdade de Ciências Humanas, onde proferiu uma conferência intitulada «La cultura del desacato». Falámos com ele sobre as relações dos intelectuais com o poder, tanto no contexto dos totalitarismos europeus do século XX, como no da atualidade, em que a função intelectual se exerce muitas vezes nos meios de comunicação como a rádio, a televisão e a imprensa. Para o ensaísta, a fama e a popularidade que advêm de uma atividade intelectual intensa e notável não diminuem a qualidade do intelectual.
description: Comunicação & Cultura, n. 17 (2014): Diálogos singulares
La figure de Jésus
Creators: name: Moingt, Joseph
Publisher: name: Didaskalia
Year: 2006

description: O teólogo não tem como primeira preocupação os factos históricos em si, quando trata a figura de Jesus. A sua reflexão situa-se no plano da fé cristã. A história de Jesus adquire para ele uma outra amplitude: brota do passado factual, para depois o ultrapassar e propagar-se na proclamação e na vida da Igreja através dos tempos. O teólogo retrata Jesus sem se limitar ao que nele é comportamento humano. Procura também o que deste transparece como traços de divindade. Vê naquele que tão humanamente se debateu com Deus, alguém que se libertou da sua particularidade histórica através do mistério pascal, para se converter em caminho universal de acesso a Deus. Percebe como é que Jesus, ofuscando-se nos céus da ascensão, passou a ser o Senhor que cruza anonimamente a vida das pessoas. Crê que as vai inquietando discretamente por todo o lado, enquanto não viver tudo ao ritmo de Deus.
description: Didaskalia, v. 36 n. 2 (2006): O dossier Jesus
Asymmetric Reformatsky Reaction of Aldehydes Catalyzed by Novel β-Amino Alcohols and Zinc Complexes
Creators: name: Li, Yan
name: He, Bin
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: A series of β-amino alcohols derived from (1 R, 2S)-2-amino-1, 2-diphenylethanol and substituted salicylaldehydes as novel chiral tridentate ligands has been applied to an asymmetric Reformatsky reaction of aldehydes with ethyl iodoacetate in the presence of ZnMe2. This novel catalytic system produced the desired β-hydroxyl esters with moderate to good enantioselectivities (up to 81%ee) and yields for many aldehydes, including aromatic, heteroaromatic, conjugated and aliphatic aldehydes.
Book I of Josephus’ ‘Bellum Iudaicum’ : sources and classical echoes revisited
Creators: name: Forte, Anthony J.
Publisher: name: Didaskalia
Year: 2006

description: The Bellum Iudaicum by Flavius Josephus is a complex literary project, which, at least in part, seeks to link the causes and consequences of the fall of Jerusalem. This study began through an interest in revisiting the basis for the classical literature which other scholars had already detected in the work. Josephus’ debt to Tacitus and Greek historians has been noted and debated for centuries. However, the present study brings the reader not only certain echoes of Tacitus not previously mentioned, but also marks of other exponents of Greek literature who had remained unnoticed.The language of the tragic poets provided Flavius Josephus with a means as much to seduce a non-Jewish audience, as to guide Jewish readers collectively towards a deeper understanding of the tragic nature of the story.
description: Didaskalia, v. 36 n. 2 (2006): O dossier Jesus
Beeswax in Asante Castings: The Then, Now and the Way Forward
Creators: name: DICKSON ADOM
name: Kissi, Samuel Baah
name: Fening, Peggy Ama
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: Art

description: Beeswax used for Asante casting by Krofofrom artisans and the Asantehene gild of metalsmiths in the 1700`s are extracted naturally without further chemical treatment to enhance their workability. Although modelling with this wax is very effective, mass production technique now adopted by local artisans and the inflow of machine made artefacts due to globalization has crippled the sale of locally manufactured artefacts. This research dives into various ways of manipulating the natural beeswax using conventional waxes to help achieve complex and competitive designs suitable for the international feed. Qualitative research design approach was used and the descriptive and experimental research methodologies were employed. A comparative analysis was conducted on the production processes employed in the 1700`s and those practiced by various cultures in Africa and
experiment was conducted on beeswax to ascertain a suitable wax formulation for the production of complex shapes and sizes using simple Jewellery technique less employed by local metal artisans for casting. It was found that the addition of various additives to the beeswax improved its workability and also the use of Plaster of Paris in wax modelling should be adapted as used in this research for traditional mass production for maximum yield and less stress.
Synthesis of 4-Diarylamino-3-iodo-2(5H)-furanones via the Simultaneous α-Iodination and Nβ-Arylation by an Efficient Difunctionalizable Transfer Reagent PhI(OAc)2
Creators: name: Xue, Fuling
name: Peng, Pai
name: Shi, Jie
name: Zhong, Mingli
name: Wang, Zhaoyang
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: During the studies on the intramolecular cyclization of 4-arylamino-2(5H)-furanones via the Pd-catalyzed C-H activation, a kind of difunctionalization reaction caused by the designed oxidant PhI(OAc)2 [(diacetoxyiodo)benzene, DIB] was accidentally discovered. When 1.5 eq. DIB is used as a difunctionalizable transfer reagent in the 40 h reaction at 60°C and CH3CN as solvent, 4-diarylamino-3-iodo-2(5H)-furanones can be obtained with the yields of 57–91% (usually more than 73%). The simultaneous α-iodination and Nβ-arylation reaction without metal catalyst is efficient and convenient. This novel utilization with a greater atom economy provides a simple and practical conversion route for the synthesis of the potential biological 2(5H)-furanone compounds containing multifunctional groups.
El Evangelio segun Tomás: otra lectura de Jesús?
Creators: name: Puig I Tàrrech, Armand
Publisher: name: Didaskalia
Year: 2006

description: O carácter heterogéneo dos textos que circulavam entre os monges do Alto Egipto, nos séculos IV-V, aprecia-se bem na composição do vaso que continha a biblioteca de Nag Hammadi. A segunda obra do segundo códice de Nag Hammadi é o auto-denominado «Evangelho segundo Tomé». Tomé move-se num amplo espectro de paralelos e alusões, que incluemtoda a tradição sinóptica (Q,Mc,Mt, Lc,M, L) e João (Paulo e o AntigoTestamento devem ser excluídos). Registam-se assim contactos com todos os canais da tradição evangélica.Mas, por outro lado,Tomé contém um bom número de sentenças com um claro ou relativo sabor gnóstico, que carecemde paralelo na tradição primitiva de Jesus. Como é que, atravessado por esta tensão, o texto de Tomé é susceptível de integrar e iluminar o dossier do Jesus histórico?
description: Didaskalia, v. 36 n. 2 (2006): O dossier Jesus
Mobilization of the Sales of Products in Ghana through Effective Packaging
Creators: name: DICKSON ADOM
name: AKWASI YEBOAH
name: SAEED ADAM
name: MICHAEL AMPONSAH
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: Art

description: The poor packaging of some products in Ghana negatively affects their massive sales. This is largely seen in the poor
standard of layout, design/illustration, lettering style selection, selection of colours and printing. The study was carried out to investigate into the factors that cause the low packaging standards of some products in Ghana. The study was driven in the concurrent triangulation design of the mixed method research design with questionnaire and direct observations being the main data collecting instruments for the research. Descriptive and case study research methods were adopted for the study. A total sample of 300 respondents constituting of package designers, manufacturers of products, shop attendants and
clients some of whom were purposively sampled and others randomly sampled were engaged in the study. The quantitative data were analyzed using SPSS while the qualitative data was analyzed via thematic analysis. The analysis of the findings of the study revealed that effective packaging via the use of appropriate lettering style, colours, layout, illustrations and printing quality makes up the ‘silent salesman’ that maximize the sales of many products in Ghana. The study concludes that effective packaging can be a powerful tool to persuade consumers and lead to an increase in the sales and profits of products in Ghana. The study tasks managers of companies and graphic designers who produce packaging for products to pay close attention to the package design of their products since it is the vital fulcrum that maximizes the sales of products.
Digital Portrait Painting in Geometric Shapes
Creators: name: DICKSON ADOM
name: OSAFO AGYEMANG
name: AKWASI YEBOAH
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: Art

description: This paper demonstrates three techniques of simplified digital portrait painting using geometric shapes. These techniques have been expressed through the use of manual drawing skills and computer software. Why should the artist/painter eliminate or cover all the marks they make when it comes to portrait painting as if it does not belong to the artwork? Over the years, in the field of painting, works have been produced based on the materials and tools available at that time. Many amateur and professional artists in Ghana do not use the digital technology to paint because of the difficulty in using the mouse to draw and paint. The focus of the researchers is to give artists that used the digital technology in painting more
stylistic options in the execution of their works to add to the already existing techniques in digital painting. The researchers adopted qualitative research design for the study. Descriptive research method was used in writing the various steps involved in the execution of the project works. Interviews and observations were the main tools employed in gathering data for the project. This research ultimately aimed at inspiring and motivating more artists in the usage of the digital painting technology in their paintings.
title: Préface_Pour le cimentier amateur ou professionnel
Creators: name: AmateurS
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2020

description: Préface
description: ID_PARA_00725
Synthesis of 4-Diarylamino-3-iodo-2(5H)-furanones via the Simultaneous α-Iodination and Nβ-Arylation by an Efficient Difunctionalizable Transfer Reagent PhI(OAc)2
Creators: name: Xue, Fuling
name: Peng, Pai
name: Shi, Jie
name: Zhong, Mingli
name: Wang, Zhaoyang
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: During the studies on the intramolecular cyclization of 4-arylamino-2(5H)-furanones via the Pd-catalyzed C-H activation, a kind of difunctionalization reaction caused by the designed oxidant PhI(OAc)2 [(diacetoxyiodo)benzene, DIB] was accidentally discovered. When 1.5 eq. DIB is used as a difunctionalizable transfer reagent in the 40 h reaction at 60 °C and CH3CN as solvent, 4-diarylamino- 3-iodo-2(5H)-furanones can be obtained with the yields of 57%-91% (usually over 73%). The simultaneous α-iodination and Nβ-arylation reaction without metal catalyst is efficient and convenient. This novel utilization with a higher atom economy provides a simple and practical conversion route for the synthesis of the potential biological 2(5H)-furanone compounds containing multifunctional groups.