cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Burkholderia pseudomallei survival in lung epithelial cells benefits from miRNA-mediated suppression of ATG10
Creators: name: Li, Qian
name: Fang, Yao
name: Zhu, Pan
name: Ren, Chun-Yan
name: Chen, Hai
name: Gu, Jiang
name: Jia, Yin-Ping
name: Wang, Kun
name: Tong, Wen-De
name: Zhang, Wei-Jun
name: Pan, Jing
name: Dong-Shui Lu
name: Tang, Bin
name: Xu-Hu Mao
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Medicine

description: Burkholderia pseudomallei is the causative agent of melioidosis, a disease with high mortality, which is prevalent in tropical regions of the world. A recent study shows that B. pseudomallei can survive inside mammalian cells because of its ability to actively evade cell autophagy. However, the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. In the present study, based on microarray screening, we found that ATG10 was downregulated following B. pseudomallei infection in A549 human lung epithelial cells. Forced expression of ATG10 accelerated the elimination of intracellular B. pseudomallei by enhancing the process of autophagy. Moreover, MIR4458, MIR4667-5p, and MIR4668-5p were found, by microarray screening, to be upregulated in response to B. pseudomallei infection. These 3 novel miRNAs, MIR4458, MIR4667-5p, and MIR4668-5p, targeted to the 3′-untranslated region of ATG10 in different time-course and spatial manners. Upregulation of these miRNAs reduced the level of ATG10 and inhibited autophagy, leading to increasing survival rate of intracellular B. pseudomallei. Furthermore, the increase of these miRNAs was correlated with the reduced promoter methylation status in A549 cells in response to B. pseudomallei infection. Our results reveal that 3 novel miRNAs regulate autophagy-mediated elimination of B. pseudomallei by targeting ATG10, and provide potential targets for clinical treatment.
Real-world analysis of the economic and therapeutic burden in advanced breast cancer patients in Italy
Creators: name: Palladino, Simona
name: Perrone, Valentina
name: Giacomini, Elisa
name: Sangiorgi, Diego
name: Premoli, Eleonora
name: Valsecchi, Diletta
name: Degli Esposti, Luca
name: Suter, Matteo Basilio
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Hematology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology

description: This real-world analysis evaluated drug utilization focusing on wastage and healthcare costs for treatment of patients with advanced breast cancer (aBC) hormone receptor-positive (HR+)/human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 negative (HER2-) in Italy. A retrospective analysis was conducted on administrative data covering about 13.3 million health-assisted individuals. Across January/2017–June/2021, all patients with HR+/HER2-aBC were identified by ≥ 1 prescription for cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 inhibitors (CDK 4/6i). Cost analysis was performed and updated referring to the prices of November 2021. Overall, 3,647 HR+/HER2-aBC patients were included (2,627 palbociclib treated, 729 ribociclib treated, and 291 abemaciclib treated). After 12 months of follow-up, 35% of palbociclib patients had a dose reduction (on average 8.9 wasted pills/patient), 44.7% of abemaciclib patients had a dose reduction (on average 6.7 wasted pills/patient), 22.1% of ribociclib patients had a dose reduction (no wasted pills). Therapy wastage added up to 528,716€ for palbociclib-treated patients (524€/patient) and 5,738€ in abemaciclib-treated patients (151€/patient). No wastage was attributed to ribociclib. Dose reduction was associated with drug wastage in palbociclib and abemaciclib-treated patients, but not in ribociclib-treated ones. These findings might be helpful to policy decision-makers who, for healthcare strategies implementation, among several variables should consider the possible restraining of drug wastage.
Concentration, Size, and Density of Total Suspended Particulates at the Air Exhaust of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations
Creators: name: Xufei Yang
name: Jongmin Lee
name: Yuanhui Zhang
name: Xinlei Wang
name: Liangcheng Yang
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Chemistry
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Medicine
subject: Engineering
subject: Biophysics

description: Total suspended particulate (TSP) samples were seasonally collected at the air exhaust of 15 commercial concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs; including swine finishing, swine farrowing, swine gestation, laying hen, and tom turkey) in the U.S. Midwest. The measured TSP concentrations ranged from 0.38 ± 0.04 mg m−3 (swine gestation in summer) to 10.9 ± 3.9 mg m−3 (tom turkey in winter) and were significantly affected by animal species, housing facility type, feeder type (dry or wet), and season. The average particle size of collected TSP samples in terms of mass median equivalent spherical diameter ranged from 14.8 ± 0.5 µm (swine finishing in winter) to 30.5 ± 2.0 µm (tom turkey in summer) and showed a significant seasonal effect. This finding affirmed that particulate matter (PM) released from CAFOs contains a significant portion of large particles and. The measured particle size distribution (PSD) and the density of deposited particles (on average 1.65 ± 0.13 g cm−3) were used to estimate the mass fractions of PM10 and PM2.5 in the collected TSP. The results showed that the PM10 fractions ranged from 12.7 ± 5.1% (tom turkey) to 21.1 ± 3.2% (swine finishing); while the PM2.5 fractions ranged from 3.4 ± 1.9% (tom turkey) to 5.7 ± 3.2% (swine finishing) and were smaller than 9.0% at all visited CAFOs. This study applied a filter-based method for PSD measurement, and deposited particles as a surrogate to estimate the TSP’s particle density. The limitations, along with the assumptions adopted during the calculation of PM mass fractions, must be recognized when comparing the findings to other studies. ImplicationsThe concentration, size and density of TSP samples varied greatly with animal species, housing facility type, feeder type and season, suggesting that PM emission data derived from limited measurements may not be readily applied to estimate the overall emission from concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). This study also affirmed that particles released from CAFOs is of relatively high density (~1.65 g cm−3) and with diameter mostly larger than 10 µm, indicating that regular PM abatement devices, such as cyclones, fabric filters, or even a simple downward-facing exhaust duct, may be employed to mitigate the TSP emission with acceptable efficiency.
title: An Empirical Study on Computation of Exact and Approximate Equilibria
Creators: name: Igwe, Tobenna
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2018

description: The computation of Nash equilibria is one of the central topics in game theory, which has received much attention from a theoretical point of view. Studies have shown that the problem of finding a Nash equilibrium is PPAD-complete, which implies that we are unlikely to find a polynomial-time algorithm for this problem. Naturally, this has led to a line of work studying the complexity of finding approximate Nash equilibria. This thesis examines the computation of such approximate Nash equilibria within several classes of games from an empirical perspective. In this thesis, we address the computation of approximate Nash equilibria in bimatrix and polymatrix games. For both of these game classes, we provide a library of implementations of algorithms for the computation of exact and approximate Nash equilibria, as well as a suite of game generators which were used as a base for our empirical analysis of the algorithms. We investigate the trade-off between quality of approximation produced by the algorithms and the expected runtime. We provide some insight into the inner workings of the state-of-the-art algorithm for computing ε-Nash equilibria, presenting worst-case examples found for our provided suite of game generators. We then show lower bounds on these algorithms. In the case of polymatrix games, we generate this lower bound from a real-world application of game theory. For bimatrix games, we provide a robust means of generating lower bounds for approximation algorithms with the use of genetic algorithms.
Simulations and experiments on polarization squeezing in optical fiber
Creators: name: Corney, J.
name: Heersink, J.
name: Dong, R.
name: Josse, V.
name: Drummond, Peter
name: Leuchs, G.
name: Andersen, U. L.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We investigate polarization squeezing of ultrashort pulses in optical fibre, over a wide range of input energies and fibre lengths. Comparisons are made between experimental data and quantum dynamical simulations to find good quantitative agreement. The numerical calculations, performed using both truncated Wigner and exact +P phase-space methods, include nonlinear and stochastic Raman effects, through coupling to phonon variables. The simulations reveal that excess phase noise, such as from depolarizing guided acoustic wave Brillouin scattering, affects squeezing at low input energies, while Raman effects cause a marked deterioration of squeezing at higher energies and longer fibre lengths. We also calculate the optimum fibre length for maximum squeezing.
Description of characteristics, management of care and healthcare direct costs of patients with HR+/HER2- early breast cancer in Italy: a real-world study involving administrative and pathological anatomy databases
Creators: name: Perrone, Valentina
name: Giacomini, Elisa
name: Sangiorgi, Diego
name: Tamma, Antonella
name: Giovannitti, Massimo
name: Buzzoni, Carlotta
name: Degli Esposti, Luca
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: Medicine
Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Mental Health

description: Healthcare administrative and pathological anatomy data were used to identify Italian patients with early breast cancer (EBC) with HR+/HER2- status at high risk of recurrence, evaluating drug utilization and other healthcare resource use in clinical practice. This retrospective analysis, based on 9.4 million of Italian National Health Service beneficiaries, included adult patients with hospitalization discharge diagnosis for EBC in 01/2015–12/2020. Those with HR+/HER2- status were selected; among them, patients that underwent removal of lymph nodes (LN) were analyzed. Of 24,137 patients with EBC and HR+/HER2- status, 3619 patients (15%) had documented LN removal. Overall, 4.7% of HR+/HER2- patients and 9.9% of patients with LN removal experienced distant relapse over a median follow-up of 33.2 months (Q1-Q3: 17.0–50.6). Local relapse occurred in approximately 9.1–9.3% of patients in each group. Among the 1,175 patients with LN removal that had available pathological anatomy data, 399 (34.0%) had pathological high-risk characteristics and 13.3% experienced distant relapse. One in ten patients with EBC who underwent LN removal experienced a relapse, highlighting the strong need to prevent early recurrence.
Joint calibration of multiplatform altimeter measurements of wind speed and wave height over the past 20 Years
Creators: name: Zieger, Stefan
name: Vinoth, J.
name: Young, I. R.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Since 1985, for a period of more than 23 yr, seven altimeter missions have provided global coverage of significant wave height and wind speed. This study undertakes a long-term analysis of the accuracy and stability of altimeter-derived values of significant wave height and wind speed from the following satellites: European Remote Sensing-1 (ERS-1), ERS-2, Environmental Satellite (Envisat), Geosat, Geosat Follow-On (GFO), Jason-1, and the Ocean Topography Experiment (TOPEX). This study is a necessary step in developing a quality-controlled and fully calibrated and validated dataset from the combined satellites. Calibration of all altimeters is performed against National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) buoy data over the extended period. These calibrations are validated using intercomparisons between satellite missions at crossover ground points. This analysis shows that, for a number of the satellites, small 'step like' changes occur during the missions. These inconsistencies are removed by subdividing these missions and undertaking a partial calibration for each section of the mission. The analysis also highlights that care is necessary when attempting to apply relationships between radar cross section and wind speed derived for one altimeter to other platforms. Before undertaking such steps, it is first necessary to apply a platform-specific radar cross-sectional offset to the data.
Cost-effectiveness analysis of pressure-controlled intermittent coronary sinus occlusion in elective percutaneous coronary intervention
Creators: name: Rognoni, Carla
name: Segantin, Gaia
name: Scarsini, Roberto
name: Valgimigli, Marco
name: Loizzi, Francesco
name: Costa, Francesco
name: Armeni, Patrizio
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health

description: Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) represents the standard treatment for ST-elevated myocardial infarction, nevertheless, mortality and heart failures are frequent. Pressure-controlled intermittent coronary sinus occlusion (PiCSO) might reduce infarct size showing better patients’ outcomes. We evaluated the cost-effectiveness of PCI+PiCSO compared to PCI from the National Healthcare Service (NHS) perspective in Italy. A Markov model was developed to estimate life years (LYs), quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) and costs. A micro-costing analysis has been performed to inform the cost of PCI+PiCSO procedure. Sensitivity analyses were performed to test the robustness of the model results. Considering a willingness-to-pay threshold of 50,000€/QALY for the ICUR and a cost for PCI+PiCSO procedure of 14,654€, the innovative strategy may be cost-effective compared to PCI alone from the Italian NHS perspective, showing an ICUR of 17,530€/QALY (ICER 14,631€/LY) over a lifetime horizon; the probabilistic sensitivity analysis showed that PCI+PiCSO is cost-effective in 78.8% of simulations.Considering the above mentioned willingness-to-pay threshold, PCI+PiCSO strategy would be cost-effective over a lifetime horizon considering a cost for PCI+PiCSO procedure lower than 28,160€. PCI+PiCSO procedure may be considered a cost-effective technology that allows reducing cardiac events, while improving patients’ life expectancy and quality of life.
Cost-effectiveness of tumor necrosis factor-alpha inhibitors: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cost-utility studies
Creators: name: Kumar, Sajith
name: Bagepally, Bhavani Shankara
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: To systematically review the cost-utility evidence of TNF-a-i treatment for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to estimate the pooled incremental net benefit (INBp). We selected economic evaluation studies reporting the cost-utility of TNF-a-i compared to other disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) after a systematic search in PubMed, Embase, Scopus, and Tufts Medical Centers’ cost-effective analysis registry. The results were reported as pooled INB in purchasing power parity-adjusted US dollars, along with 95% confidence intervals. We used GRADE quality assessment to present summaries of evidence and random-effects meta-analysis to synthesize cost-utility of TNF-a-i. We included 86 studies for systematic review, of which 27 for meta-analysis. TNF-a-i is not cost-effective [$ −4,129(−6,789 to −1,469)] compared to other DMARDs but with high heterogeneity. There was no evidence of publication bias (p = 0.447). On separate analysis, TNF-a-i is not cost-effective [$ −4,805(−7,882 to −1,728)] compared to conventional synthetic DMARDs for RA treatment. GRADE assessment indicated very low confidence in pooled cost-utility results and likely presence of risk of bias on the overall ECOBIAS checklist in studies. Based on the available evidence during the study period, TNF-a-i is not a cost-effective option for treating RA compared to other DMARDs. However, high heterogeneity and low confidence in GRADE quality assessment preclude the results from being generalizable.
A NOVEL AND EFFICIENT METHOD FOR ROMAN TO URDU TRANSLITERATION VIA HEURISTICS-BASED SEARCHING ON PARSE TREES
Creators: name: Sayam Qazi, Humera Tariq
Publisher: name: TuEngr Group
Year: 2019
Subjects: Emission Frequencies
Terminal Frequencies
Transitional Frequencies
Zipf Law
Hash Map
Heat Map
Roman Urdu
Path Unfolding
Depth First Search.

description: International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies, 10, 4, 567-577
A review of productivity analysis of the New Zealand construction industry
Creators: name: Carson, Chris
name: Abbott, Malcolm
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: In recent years there has been a rising interest in the level of productivity and efficiency of the New Zealand construction industry. This interest has meant that there has been an increased use of statistical techniques to determine the productivity and efficiency of the overall industry. The purpose of this paper is to review the various measures that have been used to gauge the levels of productivity and efficiency in the New Zealand construction industry; as well as analyse some of the results to date. Finally, it considers potential areas for future research, including possible improvements to measurements techniques that maybe used.
The novel function of JADE1S in cytokinesis of epithelial cells
Creators: name: Nirodhini S Siriwardana
name: Meyer, Rosana D
name: Panchenko, Maria V
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Hematology
subject: Cancer
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Biophysics

description: ABSTRACTJADE1 belongs to a small family of PHD zinc finger proteins that interacts with histone acetyl transferase (HAT) HBO1 and is associated with chromatin. We recently reported JADE1 chromatin shuttling and phosphorylation during G2/M to G1 transition, which was sensitive to Aurora A inhibition. In the current study we examined mechanisms of the cell cycle regulation by the small isoform of JADE1 protein, JADE1S, and report data showing that JADE1S has a novel function in the regulation of cytokinesis. Using FACS assays, we show that, JADE1S depletion facilitated rates of G1-cells accumulation in synchronously dividing HeLa cell cultures. Depletion of JADE1S protein in asynchronously dividing cells decreased the proportion of cytokinetic cells, and increased the proportion of multi-nuclear cells, indicative of premature and failed cytokinesis. In contrast, moderate overexpression of JADE1S increased the number of cytokinetic cells in time- and dose- dependent manner, indicating cytokinetic delay. Pharmacological inhibition of Aurora B kinase resulted in the release of JADE1S-mediated cytokinetic delay and allowed progression of abscission in cells over-expressing JADE1S. Finally, we show that JADE1S protein localized to centrosomes in interphase and mitotic cells, while during cytokinesis JADE1S localized to the midbody. Neither JADE1L nor partner of JADE1, HAT HBO1 was localized to the centrosomes or midbodies. Our study identifies the novel role for JADE1S in regulation of cytokinesis and suggests function in Aurora B kinase-mediated cytokinesis checkpoint.
AN INVESTIGATION ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MORNING AND EVENING PERSONALITIES AND THE RATE OF JOB BURNOUT IN NURSES USING MASLASH MODEL (CASE STUDY)
Creators: name: Laleh Noroozi, Diana Gandomfeshan
Publisher: name: TuEngr Group
Year: 2019
Subjects: Depersonalization
Emotional Exhaustion
Reduction of Personality Competence
Personal Competence Feeling Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI).

description: International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies, 10, 4, 579-585
ECONOMICS AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN MODERN RUSSIA: PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS
Creators: name: Bruz Vladimir Vilenovich
Publisher: name: TuEngr Group
Year: 2019
Subjects: Engineering products
Labor productivity
Investment resources
Small and medium-sized enterprises
Non-primary exports
Modern technologies
Sanctions.

description: International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies, 10, 4, 587-596
EFFECTS OF GROWING MEDIUM TYPE ON GROWTH AND FLOWERING OF SAINTPAULIA (SAINTPAULIA IONANTHA WENDI)
Creators: name: Mohammad Aslanpour, Mahmoud Shoor
Publisher: name: TuEngr Group
Year: 2019
Subjects: Non-soil growing media
Soil fertilizer
Plant hormone
Climatic conditions
Rhapsody
Optimara.

description: International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies, 10, 5, 597-606
USER'S E-READINESS FOR E-HEALTH AND TRADITIONAL HEALTHCARE: A CASE OF DERA ISMAIL KHAN, KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA, PAKISTAN
Creators: name: Qamar Afaq Qureshi, Allah Nawaz
Publisher: name: TuEngr Group
Year: 2019
Subjects: Effects of Internet
Developing Countries
Government E-Policies
Healthcare services
ICTs
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

description: International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies, 10, 5, 607-615
title: The Epidemiology and Surveillance of Culicoides-borne Diseases of Ruminants in the UK
Creators: name: Stokes, JE
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2018

description: Between 2006 and 2011 two Culicoides-borne diseases of ruminants emerged in Europe: bluetongue virus serotype-8 (BTV-8) and Schmallenberg virus (SBV). This thesis sought to answer questions arising from this developing disease landscape, to better inform policymakers, stakeholder groups and disease modellers. SBV spread rapidly through Europe, reaching the UK in January 2012. However, in 2014 no cases were reported. It was unknown if this was a lack of circulation, or a lack of reporting. A freedom from disease study was designed. 1444 sheep, born between October 2014 and April 2015, were sampled from 131 farms from Cornwall to Kent. Samples were tested by ELISA for antibodies against SBV, 5 positive samples were confirmed negative by VNT. Circulation of SBV in 2015 in the south of England was concluded to have been unlikely. Like SBV, BTV-8 had circulated throughout Europe, only to be controlled by movement restrictions and vaccination. Subsequently, Europe was declared BTV-8 free in 2010 and vaccination production halted. In 2015 BTV-8 re-emerged in Europe. An online questionnaire determined that respondents from smaller farms, those that had previously vaccinated against BTV-8 and those who were deemed to be ‘risk adverse’ were all more likely to want to vaccinate, and more willing to pay more to vaccinate. Voluntary vaccination only achieved an 80% uptake if vaccination was free and after BTV-8 cases were reported in the UK despite 90% of farmer respondents stating they believed it important to keep BTV-8 out of the UK. Not all farmers vaccinated all of their flock/herd previously. This survey highlights the complex issues surrounding voluntary vaccination at the farm perceived risk versus cost level. The mechanisms for how either virus successfully overwintered are still poorly understood. A cross-sectional study demonstrated that Culicoides vectors are active during peak lambing periods inside lambing sheds. A longitudinal study the following lambing season demonstrated that Culicoides were more abundant indoors than outdoors, and demonstrated activity of gravid and parous Culicoides over the winter. This demonstrates a possible mechanism for overwintering of BTV-8 and SBV in the south of England. SBV re-emerged in 2016. A questionnaire was designed to determine the impact of SBV on the 2016/2017 lambing period. The impact was found to be highly comparable to a previous study of the 2012/2013 outbreak. Additionally SBV confirmed and suspected farms were more likely to have mated earlier in the season. If SBV continues to re-emerge cyclically then the impact of disease will continue to be significant unless intervention is taken. These studies have added to our understanding of, and farmer response to, the SBV and BTV-8 outbreaks, and added to policymakers, stakeholders groups and disease modellers knowledge.
The particle swarm algorithm
Creators: name: Hendtlass, Tim
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Many algorithms are the result of biological inspiration and particle swarm optimization (PSO) is no exception. However, the PSO algorithm has slightly different end goals to the biological behavior that provides its inspiration and so needs to differ from its biological inspiration in some, perhaps non-biological, ways. PSO takes its inspiration from the flocking of birds and fish. In the real world, the flock needs to be compact for protection, and once food is found the flock should settle to feed. In the artificial particle swarm optimization the aim of the algorithm is to find an optimum solution to some problem, rather than the protection or food sought in the natural environment. For PSO the correct behavior once an optimum is found is not for all the particles in the swarm to converge on this, possibly local, optimum as the goal is to check many optima in the hope of finding the global optimum. Instead of converging, once an optimum has been found, it should be noted and the particles should immediately disperse to look for another, perhaps better, optimum. In Nature the time will come when a swarm that is feeding has consumed the food so that the place is no longer optimal: if swarming for protection the threat may change or even disappear completely. Then the swarm will again set out. Such extended periods of convergence serve no useful purpose so far as an artificial swarm is concerned.
Building community - or why we need on ongoing conference platform for TA
Creators: name: Scherz, Constanze
name: Hebakova, Lenka
name: Hennen, Leonhard
name: Michalek, Tomas
name: Hahn, Julia
name: Seitz, Stefanie B.
Publisher: name: Karlsruhe
Year: 2016
Subjects: Technology Assessment
Ongoing Activity
Grand Challenge
Building Community
Wide Society

description: As a background for current outlooks towards strengthening the technology assessment (TA) community, Scherz et al. give a historical overview of efforts to establish international fora for communication among professionals and researchers in TA. Against this background, the article conveys experiences from the first two bi-annual TA conferences, arranged in the context of the PACITA project. The authors describe experiences of mutual learning across national boundaries and communicate a renewed understanding of the necessity for supporting TA capacities at the national level through professional community building. Ultimately, Scherz et al. argue that a European TA platform is necessary for establishing a common language for TA and for supporting the spread of TA across borders.
Facilitating change: Tablet PC trials across two distance education focused universities
Creators: name: Loch, Birgit
name: Fisher, Wendy
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper reports on initial findings in comparing two distance universities’ approaches to trialling tablet technology to enhance communication between instructors and students. There were different reasons for initiating the trials and different approaches to each of the trials, but there were also some striking similarities. For instance both trials were led from the bottom up, however they were each conducted with no knowledge of the other. Funding for each of these trials was resourced from a university learning and teaching grant/fellowship and both projects used an action research approach. The emphasis for both trials was on pedagogical and technological staff development facilitated and administered through each project leader. The paper gives an overview of how the trials were conducted, what did and did not succeed and what could be improved. Longer lasting outcomes that have been achieved through these projects are described. This comparison is meant to guide and inform change agents and identify good practice in the management of technology trials.
Optical photometry and spectroscopy of the accretion-powered millisecond pulsar HETE J1900.1 - 2455
Creators: name: Elebert, P.
name: Callanan, P. J.
name: Filippenko, Alexei V.
name: Garnavich, Peter M.
name: Mackie, Glen
name: Hill, J. M.
name: Burwitz, V.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We present phase resolved optical photometry and spectroscopy of the accreting millisecond pulsar HETE J1900.1−2455. Our R-band light curves exhibit a sinusoidal modulation, at close to the orbital period, which we initially attributed to X-ray heating of the irradiated face of the secondary star. However, further analysis reveals that the source of the modulation is more likely due to superhumps caused by a precessing accretion disc. Doppler tomography of a broad Hα emission line reveals an emission ring, consistent with that expected from an accretion disc. Using the velocity of the emission ring as an estimate for the projected outer disc velocity, we constrain the maximum projected velocity of the secondary to be 200 km s−1, placing a lower limit of 0.05 M-circle-dot on the secondary mass. For a 1.4 M-circle-dot primary, this implies that the orbital inclination is low, <20°. Utilizing the observed relationship between the secondary mass and the orbital period in short-period cataclysmic variables, we estimate the secondary mass to be ~0.085 M-circle-dot, which implies an upper limit of ~2.4 M-circle-dot for the primary mass.
Defining journalistic professionalism within the higher education system
Creators: name: Bossio, Diana
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The paper will discuss the results of a qualititative analysis of journalism studies course content at Australian universities. I will argue that a focus on the contribution of tertiary education to the formation of journalistic 'professional identity' must be seen within the much broader context of a socially produced field of expertise and cultural practice. This has particular ramifications for understanding of some of the influences on journalistic self definition, especially in a contemporary era of contestation of journalism culture and authority.
Design research and design practice: A framework for future investigations
Creators: name: Mann, Llew
name: Daly, Shanna R.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Recent research has found that design could be thought of as a separate discipline with common elements identified regardless of the disciplinary context. However, the practice of design always occurs within a disciplinary context. While studies have been conducted that show the ways designers have experienced design across disciplines are common, it is often hard to see how these overarching results can be applied to the specific contexts that they came from. This paper presents a framework for moving between design practice in a disciplinary context on the one hand, and design research often across disciplines that treating design as an entity unto itself. This framework provides not only a way of understanding the framing of future research around design and design practice, but also suggests ways to move from one space to another.
ФИРИБГАРЛИКНИНГ ВИКТИМОЛОГИК ПРОФИЛАКТИКАСИНИНГ ЯНГИЧА МЕХАНИЗМЛАРИНИ ТАҚАЗО ЭТУВЧИ ОМИЛЛАР ТАҲЛИЛИ
Creators: name: Исамиддинов, Садирдир
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Кейинги вақтларда содир этилаётган жиноятлар орасида фирибгарлик ҳолатларининг салмоғи юқорилигича қолмоқда. Бу турдаги жиноятларни олдини олиш ва бунга имкон яратган шарт-шароитлар таҳлил этилиб, аҳоли ўртасида мунтазам равишда муҳокамалар амалга оширилаётган бўлса-да, ҳануз ўзгалар одамларни чув тушуриб уларни мулкини ўғирлаш ҳолатлари рўй бермоқда.
EVALUATION OF THE ROLE OF PARTICIPATORY MANAGEMENT IN PRODUCTIVITY OF IRANIAN TOBACCO COMPANY, WITH THE HELP OF DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSES (DEA)
Creators: name: Mohsen Vaez Ghasemi, Seyed Javad Asadi Bijaeyeh
Publisher: name: TuEngr Group
Year: 2019
Subjects: Shared leadership approach
Cigarette
shared responsibility
collective leadership
DEA method.

description: International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies, 10, 5, 617-622
PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND EMISSION RELATED CHARACTERISTICS OF GRAPE (AMOUNT OF CO2, TRANSPIRATION RATE, RELATIVE WATER CONTENT, LEAF TEMPERATURE, PHOTOSYNTHESIS INDEX, AND CHLOROPHYLL INDEX OF FRUITS) UNDER DROUGHT STRESS CONDITIONS
Creators: name: Mohammad Aslanpour (Mohammad Omar Aziz), Hamed Doulati Baneh, Ali Tehranifar, Mahmoud Shoor
Publisher: name: TuEngr Group
Year: 2019
Subjects: Water stress condition
Photosynthesis-related traits
Water deficit
Drought resistance
Mycorrhiza plant
Photosynthetic performance
Chlorophyll
Horticulture
Grapevine.

description: International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies, 10, 5, 623-635
The effect of metallicity on Cepheid magnitudes and the distance to M33
Creators: name: Scowcroft, Victoria
name: Bersier, D.
name: Mould, Jeremy
name: Wood, P. R.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We present the results from a multi-epoch survey of two regions of M33 using the 3.5-m Wisconsin-Indiana-Yale-NOAO (WIYN) telescope. The inner field is located close to the centre of the galaxy, with the outer region situated about 5.1 kpc away in the southern spiral arm, allowing us to sample a large metallicity range. We have data for 167 fundamental mode Cepheids in the two regions. The reddening-free Wesenheit magnitude Wvi periodâ-luminosity (PL) relations were used to establish the distance modulus of each region, with Î¼inner= 24.37 Â± 0.02 mag and Î¼outer= 24.54 Â± 0.03 mag. The apparent discrepancy between these two results can be explained by the significant metallicity gradient of the galaxy. We determine a value for the metallicity parameter of the PL relation inline image=âˆ’0.29 Â± 0.11 mag dexâˆ’1, consistent with previous measurements. This leads to a metallicity corrected distance modulus to M33 of Î¼Î³= 24.53 Â± 0.11 mag.
Analysis of high-dimensional one group repeated measures designs
Creators: name: Pauly, Markus
name: Ellenberger, David
name: Brunner, Edgar
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Chemistry

description: We propose a novel one sample test for repeated measures designs and derive its limit distribution for the situation where both the sample size n as well as the dimension d of the observations go to infinity. This covers the high-dimensional case with . The tests are based on a quadratic form which involve new unbiased and dimension-stable estimators of different traces of the underlying unrestricted covariance structure. It is shown that the asymptotic distribution of the statistic may be standard normal, standardized -distributed, or even of weighted -form in some situations. To this end, we suggest an approximation technique which is asymptotically valid in the first two cases and provides an accurate approximation for the latter. We motivate and illustrate the application with a sleep lab data set and also discuss the practical meaning of in case of repeated measures designs. It turns out that the limit behaviour depends on how the number of repeated measures is increased which is crucial for application.
title: Cabbage :
title: Guidelines for the Conduct of Tests for Distinctness, Uniformity and Stability.
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: (:Unas)
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2023

description: The purpose of these guidelines (“Test Guidelines”) is to elaborate the principles contained in the General Introduction (document TG/1/3), and its associated TGP documents, into detailed practical guidance for the harmonized examination of distinctness, uniformity and stability (DUS) and, in particular, to identify appropriate characteristics for the examination of DUS and production of harmonized variety descriptions.
The frontline: A new focus for learning about leadership
Creators: name: Cherry, Nita
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Are there new lessons to be learned from frontline leaders and teams who regularly work under conditions of emergency and complexity? Commentators have observed that much existing leadership thinking in the management literature has been preoccupied with the contributions and capabilities of upper and middle managers in corporate settings. By drawing on contemporary thinking and some recent data about leadership in emergencies and at the frontline, this paper highlights the contributions that the sector can make to the understanding of 21st Century leadership more generally. But it also suggests some ways in which frontline leadership might usefully be refreshed if it is to withstand the relentless pressure of working in that complex space.
Strategies for progressing through engineering
Creators: name: Blicblau, Aaron
name: Van Der Walt, J. P.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Entering university courses is often based on a single score or percentile ranking obtained at the end of high school. For entrance into university engineering courses the situation is complicated because many of these faculties have to accept students with lower entrance scores than recommended to fill quotas. Historically, students with borderline entrance scores have shown great difficulty during their first year in the engineering degree program. The challenge which faces many universities is that of balancing students’ performance in first year, where subjects are familiar from their high school experience, with minimising the shock which will await them when commencing second year, where their subjects are engineering based often with industrial applications. At Swinburne University of Technology, a system of learning strategies has been tried to improve student success in their studies during their second year. Students were directed to analyse, ponder, and evaluate class problems in a real-world manner. Project work was utilised to encapsulate as much of the subject material into a single meaningful engineering task.
Optimum spin squeezing in bose-einstein condensates with particle losses
Creators: name: Li, Yun
name: Castin, Y.
name: Sinatra, A.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The problem of spin squeezing with a bimodal condensate in the presence of particle losses is solved analytically by the Monte Carlo wave function method. We find the largest obtainable spin squeezing as a function of the one-body loss rate, the two-body and three-body rate constants, and the s-wave scattering length.
Analysis of high-dimensional one group repeated measures designs
Creators: name: Pauly, Markus
name: Ellenberger, David
name: Brunner, Edgar
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Chemistry

description: We propose a novel one sample test for repeated measures designs and derive its limit distribution for the situation where both the sample size n as well as the dimension d of the observations go to infinity. This covers the high-dimensional case with d>n. The tests are based on a quadratic form which involve new unbiased and dimension-stable estimators of different traces of the underlying unrestricted covariance structure. It is shown that the asymptotic distribution of the statistic may be standard normal, standardized χ2-distributed, or even of weighted χ2-form in some situations. To this end, we suggest an approximation technique which is asymptotically valid in the first two cases and provides an accurate approximation for the latter. We motivate and illustrate the application with a sleep lab data set and also discuss the practical meaning of d→∞ in case of repeated measures designs. It turns out that the limit behaviour depends on how the number of repeated measures is increased which is crucial for application.
title: Investigation into the Potential Application of Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery on Unconventional Oil: A Field Specific Approach
Creators: name: Goodman, SH
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2018

description: A substantial amount of the world’s recoverable oil reserves comprise unconventional resources. However great difficulty has been encountered in recovering oil lower than 22° API. Therefore, advanced methods of Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) such as microbial enhanced oil recovery (MEOR) have been employed to increase the amount of recovered residual oil. MEOR involves the use of bacteria and their metabolic products to alter the oil properties or rock permeability within a reservoir in order to promote the flow of oil. Although MEOR has been trialled in the past with mixed outcomes, its feasibility on heavier oils has not been fully demonstrated. The aim of this study was to show that MEOR can be successfully applied to unconventional oil fields to increase oil production. Using both genomic and microbiologically applied petroleum engineering techniques, it was possible to target and isolate key indigenous microorganisms with MEOR potential from the reservoir of interest. In this study we have identified an indigenous microorganism (Bacillus licheniformis Bi10) that was capable of enhancing heavy oil recovery. This strain was applied to field specific microcosms and the effect of this microorganism was compared to variant inoculate, showing improved recovery beyond levels shown by previous MEOR related bacteria (Additional Oil Recovery- 11.8%). Furthermore, we also confirmed that the use of biosurfactant lichenysin alone was not as effective in MEOR compared to viable cell treatment, and hypothesized that a dual mechanism of action approach may be taking place within the microcosm, of both bio-plugging and wettability alteration. The interfacial tension of biosurfactant produced by the Bi10 isolate also showed a substantial decrease in wettability calculations, to < 5 mNm-1, lower than any other bacterial surfactants have been shown in heavy oil environments Comparative genomics also revealed key genetic variations between this and similar MEOR strains that could hold the key to its increased potential for future MEOR strategies. The results presented in this thesis were part of an ERDF project, involving academic and industrial partner, BiSN Laboratory Services, on fundamental and applied aspects of microbial enhanced oil recovery in heavy oilfield environments, which was funded to improve the understanding of MEOR and its processes in these unconventional oil environments.
title: Μικροκατεργασία δοκιμίων θερμοπλαστικού πολυμερούς PMMA
title: Micromanufacturing of thermoplastic polymer specimens - Poly (methyl
methacrylate) PMMA
Creators: name: Σπυρουλιας Εμμανουηλ
Publisher: name: Technical University of Crete
Year: 2024

description: Στην παρούσα εργασία θα γίνει μικροκατεργασία δοκιμίων PMMA (πλεξιγλάς). Σκοπός της εργασίας είναι η εύρεση των βέλτιστων συνθηκών κοπής για το υλικό αυτό σε φραιζάρισμα στο κέντρο κατεργασίας DMU50 του Εργαστηρίου. Απώτερος στόχος της εργασίας είναι η δημιουργία μικρομοντέλων για την προσομοίωση της διφασικής ροής σε πορώδη υλικά. Το ψηφιακό μικρομοντέλο που θα κατεργαστεί, θα είναι στοχαστικά
ανακατασκευασμένο ώστε να προσομοιώνει γεωλογικές δομές και πρόκειται να βρει εφαρμογή στο ΜΗΧΟΠ.
description: This thesis examines the use and capabilities of the high speed spindle IBAG in machining. It provides a manual for its proper use, analyzes the technique of high-speed cutting and its advantages in processing PMMA materials. Twenty-four experiments are presented in detail, with different cuts, measurements, and analysis of results, aiming to achieve the best surface finish.
title: Development of CMOS Sensors for High-Luminosity ATLAS Detectors
Creators: name: Meng, L
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2018

description: In 2024 the Large Hadron Collider will undergo a High Luminosity upgrade in order to better accumulate data and improve statistics. The existing inner detector of the ATLAS experiment cannot cope with this kind of luminosities. In addition, central silicon trackers will meet their end of lifetime and be severely damaged by radiation. For an accurate description of the detectors a radiation damage pixel digitiser was developed for the ATLAS simulation framework. The digitiser is discussed in detail and a comparison of simulation with data is shown. For the High Luminosity upgrade, new silicon sensors are cur- rently under development to completely replace the present ATLAS Inner Detector. One of the candidates for silicon pixel sen- sors is the high voltage complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (HV-CMOS) sensor. Compared with traditional silicon pixel sen- sors, it has integrated electronics and can be fabricated using in- dustrially standard CMOS processes. The main advantage is there- fore the low cost due to inexpensive glue-bonding to the readout- chip and the commercial availability, which plays an important role in replacing a large area of detectors. In the scope of this work Technology Computer Aided Design (TCAD) simulations on two different technologies, ams 350 nm and LFoundry 150 nm, are carried out, each with a different focus. Measurements of an HV-CMOS demonstrator sensor are also presented here.
Examining the role of the culture of local government on adoption and use of e-government services
Creators: name: Nurdin, Nurdin
name: Stockdale, Rosemary
name: Scheepers, Helana
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper describes research in progress to explore the role of culture in adoption of e-government at local government levels. The majority of research in electronic government highlighted cultural issues but they do not identify specific cultural traits influencing e-government adoption and use. From our literature review we identified four major cultural traits; adaptability, involvement, mission, and bureaucratic, that is explored in this research. Based on these cultural traits and other cultural issues surrounding the adoption of e-government, we develop a framework to explore the role of culture in adopting and using e-government systems at local government organizations. Evidences suggest that the adoption of e-government at local levels is either mandatory or voluntary which is followed by supportive policies from central governments. Our conclusion is that during the adoption process, the cultural traits contribute to the adoption and use of e-government systems.