cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: How urban form influence urban heat island : perspectives and strategies from different scales and disciplines
Creators: name: Wei, Xaio
name: Wang, Xiaojun
Publisher: name: University of Strathclyde Publishing
Year: 2022

description: Urban heat island (UHI) has been a widespread problem attracting particular attentions for years, and recent studies have shown that urban form is crucial to the formation of UHI at all scales. The relationship between urban form and UHI from the perspective of different scales and disciplines has been investigated with a systematic review. Firstly, we discuss the influence of urban form on UHI at three kinds of scales. 1) at regional scale, the UHI effect of specific urban agglomeration is studied. It’s indicated that UHI is more likely to be affected by the urban geometric characteristics and the level of urban development and construction at this scale. 2) at urban scale, natural surface like greenspace and water body could significantly alleviate UHI effect, while building density and population density show the opposite impact. Sky view factor has complex mechanism on influencing the UHI that may lead to the contradictory results. 3) at block scale, urban form is referred to the layout and structure of buildings, streets and open spaces. The key issue of UHI mitigation in this scale is to promote air circulation and heat dissipation. Secondly, we analyse the academic background of scholars. scholars from geography discipline focus on the external factors that lead to the formation of UHI like urbanization. Researchers from urban environment pay more attention to the urban ecosystem and the way to alleviate the UHI effect. Scholars from planning and design discipline focus more on studying the impact of streets and buildings on the UHI effect from the perspective of practical construction. Finally, we point out the existing problems of the research and put forward improving strategies for the future study, which is the interaction effect between the element of urban form should be more explored and the importance of urban green space need to be highlighted.
ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT AND ARTICLE 9 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC
Creators: name: Visconti, Agnese
Publisher: name: BELS - Bulletin of Enviromental and Life Sciences
Year: 2020

description: The present paper proposes a reconstruction of the connection between the scientific observations of the Prussian scientist Alexander von Humboldt and Article 9 of the Constitution of the Italian Republic. This reconstruction is based on Humboldt’s Tableaux de la Nature and his Relation historique. It will show how the ideas of the German naturalist Hugo Conwentz derived from Humboldt’s works and will then consider the influence of Conwentz on Article 150 of the Weimar Constitution. Lastly, it will afterwards illustrate how Article 9 itself is based on Article 150 of the Weimar Constitution and how it was subject to changes before assuming its current, constitutional wording.
description: BELS - Bulletin of Enviromental and Life Sciences, Vol 2, No 1 (2020): VON HUMBOLDT DAY - GENOA
THE RECEPTION OF HUMBOLDT’S WORK IN ITALIAN CATHOLIC CIRCLES OF THE 19TH CENTURY
Creators: name: Di Bartolo, Alexander
Publisher: name: BELS - Bulletin of Enviromental and Life Sciences
Year: 2020

description: Through the analysis of some Italian Catholic reviews of the nineteenth century the reception of Humboldt's work will be highlighted in a specific environment - the Catholic one - where the opinion on the importance of his work has changed over time. Especially the case of the magazine «Civiltà Cattolica» will be analyzed. Indeed, the magazine changed its opinion on the German scientist after the publication of the Columbus biography by Count Roselly de Lourges, contrasting the authority of Humboldt’s Examen critique de l’histoire de la géographie du Nouveau Continent. At the end, a short list of “priest-scientists” who referred directly to Humboldt and were inspired by his work will be presented.
description: BELS - Bulletin of Enviromental and Life Sciences, Vol 2, No 1 (2020): VON HUMBOLDT DAY - GENOA
Program evaluation of a model to integrate internationally educated health professionals into clinical practice
Creators: name: Greig, Alison
name: Dawes, Diana
name: Murphy, Susan
name: Parker, Gillian
name: Loveridge, Brenda
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2015

description: Background: The demand for health professionals continues to increase, partially due to the aging population and the high proportion of practitioners nearing retirement. The University of British Columbia (UBC) has developed a program to address this demand, by providing support for internationally trained Physiotherapists in their preparation for taking the National Physiotherapy competency examinations. The aim was to create a program comprised of the educational tools and infrastructure to support internationally educated physiotherapists (IEPs) in their preparation for entry to practice in Canada and, to improve their pass rate on the national competency examination. Methods The program was developed using a logic model and evaluated using program evaluation methodology. Program tools and resources included educational modules and curricular packages which were developed and refined based on feedback from clinical experts, IEPs and clinical physical therapy mentors. An examination bank was created and used to include test-enhanced education. Clinical mentors were recruited and trained to provide clinical and cultural support for participants. Results The IEP program has recruited 124 IEPs, with 69 now integrated into the Canadian physiotherapy workforce, and more IEPs continuing to apply to the program. International graduates who participated in the program had an improved pass rate on the national Physiotherapy Competency Examination (PCE); participation in the program resulted in them having a 28% (95% CI, 2% to 59%) greater possibility of passing the written section than their counterparts who did not take the program. In 2010, 81% of all IEP candidates who completed the UBC program passed the written component, and 82% passed the clinical component. Conclusion The program has proven to be successful and sustainable. This program model could be replicated to support the successful integration of other international health professionals into the workforce.
CHARLES DARWIN AND ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE ‘FOLLOWERS’ OF ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT
Creators: name: Focher, Federico
Publisher: name: BELS - Bulletin of Enviromental and Life Sciences
Year: 2020

description: The present essay is focused on the key role played by the Prussian explorer and polymath Alexander von Humboldt in the scientific vocation of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace. From the very words of both British naturalists we learn that it was precisely the reading of Humboldt’s Personal Narrative that ignited their burning desire to undertake the life of the naturalist. But, more relevantly, it was by following Humboldt’s footsteps in the tropics, and, above all, by embracing his organismic concept of Nature, as a tightly interconnected Whole, that both Darwin and Wallace developed their scientific approach to nature, which, in turn, put them on the right track to discover Natural selection as the main mechanism responsible for evolution of living beings.
description: BELS - Bulletin of Enviromental and Life Sciences, Vol 2, No 1 (2020): VON HUMBOLDT DAY - GENOA
ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT’S VISUAL SCIENCE
Creators: name: Mezzalira, Francesco
Publisher: name: BELS - Bulletin of Enviromental and Life Sciences
Year: 2020

description: Alexander von Humboldt's visual science.
description: BELS - Bulletin of Enviromental and Life Sciences, Vol 2, No 1 (2020): VON HUMBOLDT DAY - GENOA
ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE OR ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT: WHO “INVENTED” BIOGEOGRAPHY?
Creators: name: Galli, Loris
Publisher: name: BELS - Bulletin of Enviromental and Life Sciences
Year: 2020

description: Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913) is traditionally regarded as the father of Biogeography. Thanks to his holistic approach to nature, however, Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859) laid the methodological foundations of Ecology and Phytogeography. His attention to the collection of as many data as possible on environmental parameters in order to understand which factors influence species distribution and characters can be considered extremely modern. Therefore, some authors today believe that it would be legitimate to attribute the authorship of biogeography to von Humboldt.
description: BELS - Bulletin of Enviromental and Life Sciences, Vol 2, No 1 (2020): VON HUMBOLDT DAY - GENOA
Vertical processes and resolution impact ice shelf basal melting: A multi-model study
Creators: name: Gwyther, David E.
name: Kusahara, Kazuya
name: Asay-Davis, Xylar S.
name: Dinniman, Michael S.
name: Galton-Fenzi, Benjamin K.
Publisher: name: Amsterdam [u.a.] : Elsevier Science
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: ice shelf–ocean interaction
subject: Intercomparison Project (ISOMIP+)
subject: ice–ocean boundary layer region
subject: 550

description: Understanding ice shelf–ocean interaction is fundamental to projecting the Antarctic ice sheet response to a warming climate. Numerical ice shelf–ocean models are a powerful tool for simulating this interaction, yet are limited by inherent model weaknesses and scarce observations, leading to parameterisations that are unverified and unvalidated below ice shelves. We explore how different models simulate ice shelf–ocean interaction using the 2nd Ice Shelf–Ocean Model Intercomparison Project (ISOMIP+) framework. Vertical discretisation and resolution of the ocean model are shown to have a significant effect on ice shelf basal melt rate, through differences in the distribution of meltwater fluxes and the calculation of thermal driving. Z-coordinate models, which generally have coarser vertical resolution in ice shelf cavities, may simulate higher melt rates compared to terrain-following coordinate models. This is due to the typically higher resolution of the ice–ocean boundary layer region in terrain following models, which allows better representation of a thin meltwater layer, increased stratification, and as a result, better insulation of the ice from water below. We show that a terrain-following model, a z-level coordinate model and a hybrid approach give similar results when the effective vertical resolution adjacent to the ice shelf base is similar, despite each model employing different paradigms for distributing meltwater fluxes and sampling tracers for melting. We provide a benchmark for thermodynamic ice shelf–ocean interaction with different model vertical coordinates and vertical resolutions, and suggest a framework for any future ice shelf–ocean thermodynamic parameterisations. © 2020 The Authors
Session 4: Development of an open access O&M tool for availability and cost estimation of offshore wind farms
Creators: name: Kolios, Athanasios
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: offshore wind, wind power, LCOE, O&M, machine learning, wind farm, H2020, East Anglia ONE, Wikinger, Teeside

description: Presentation in the framework of WindEurope Offshore 2019 – Session "Digitalization concepts to optimize O&M strategies in Offshore Wind Energy"
ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT AND THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE UNIVERSE
Creators: name: Covone, Giovanni
Publisher: name: BELS - Bulletin of Enviromental and Life Sciences
Year: 2020

description: Short Note about Alexander von Humboldt and the geography of the Universe.
description: BELS - Bulletin of Enviromental and Life Sciences, Vol 2, No 1 (2020): VON HUMBOLDT DAY - GENOA
AFC4Hydro-. On open data management
Creators: name: Kjeldsen, Morten
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: afc4hydro
hydropower
flow control

description: The document provides information of the EU H2020 funded project AFC4Hydro -Active Flow Control system FOR improving HYDRaulic turbine performances at off-design Operation. In addition the documents include the section of the Data Management Plan that contains ambitions on sharing of data from the project in the public domain.
description: This work is part of a project that received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 814958.
Non-Convex Optimisation: A Finite-Time Dynamics Approach
Creators: name: Nguyen, Thuy Lien
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 490304
subject: Optimisation
classificationCode: 490103
subject: Calculus of variations, mathematical aspects of systems theory and control theory

description: Optimisation is a task of finding the best set of admissible conditions to achieve desirable objectives. In the era of big data, the rapidly increasing volume of data and the high dimensionality of decision variables pose significant challenges to optimisation algorithms, often hindering their ability to efficiently find accurate and reliable optimal solutions. In this research, we focus on
developing innovative dynamics approaches and novel techniques for solving optimisation problems arising in important application areas such as data science and machine learning.

Firstly, fixed-time gradient dynamics with time-varying coefficients are proposed to improve the fixed-time convergence of gradient-based optimisation search. To this end, we extend the Lyapunov function method to derive the Lyapunov stability conditions for fixed-time stability of time-varying dynamical systems. These conditions are then applied to construct first-order
dynamical systems with time-varying coefficients to deliver fixed-time convergence guarantees for optimisation problems.

Secondly, we introduce novel second-order dynamical systems with fixed-time convergence guarantees for both smooth and non-smooth optimisation problems. Specifically, we propose second-order dynamical systems designed to find fixed points of Lipschitz operators within a fixed time and extend our analysis to address additive composite optimisation problems. By utilising time-varying coefficients, our methods provide flexibility in parameter selection.

Finally, we develop a discrete-time accelerated gradient algorithm using non-monotone line search technique and dry-like friction which can stabilise mechanical systems in finite time. We ensure the convergence of the entire sequence to a critical point in both smooth and non-smooth settings, based on the Kurdyka-Łojasiewicz (KL) assumption. Additionally, we unify and extend recent results on the KL exponent of the Moreau envelope of weakly convex functions.
title: On the origin of Italian renaissance radio centric cities : a graphical review
Creators: name: Alvira, Ricardo
Publisher: name: University of Strathclyde Publishing
Year: 2022

description: From mid-fifteenth century to the first third of the sixteenth century, several architects proposed novel radio centric urban layouts in the north of Italy. There is lack of agreement between scholars on the origin/sources of these radiocentric layouts. Broadly, we can divide them into two groups. The main group of scholars asserts Vitruvius' De Reaedificatoria was the main source of these designs. However, a smaller and more differentiated group, points out to several other sources, including both Greek and medieval sources. In this brief communication we compare these two approaches, pointing out to the greatest consistency of Greek Sources, and specifically, to Plato's dialogues as origin of these radio centric layouts.
Resource Requirements of Food Demand
Creators: name: Canning, Patrick
name: Rehkamp, Sarah
name: Hitaj, Caludia
name: Peters, Christian
name: Canning, Patrick
name: Rehkamp, Sarah
name: Hitaj, Caludia
name: Peters, Christian
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
subject: diets, Dietary Guidelines for Americans, natural resources, sustainability, U.S. food system

description: Natural resources facilitate production of an adequate daily food supply for Americans. Food consumption in the United States, measured in total calories per day, increased about 50 percent over a recent 25-year span. Understanding how changes in food consumption impact the U.S. food system’s use of the country’s natural resources requires consideration of many factors. We find that diets, or food choices, are likely to be an important factor. For example, had the diets of Americans who met all the 2010 USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans back in 2007 become the typical American diet of that time, then per capita consumption of the fruits, vegetables, legumes/nuts/seeds, eggs, and dairy categories would have increased, while per capita consumption in the sugars/sweets/beverages, fats/oils/salad dressings, grain products, and meat/poultry/fish/mixtures food groups would have declined. In such a scenario, under the production and marketing practices in 2007, nutrition and resource conservation goals would have been mostly complementary, or synergistic. As one notable exception, water conservation in particular may have required tradeoffs between competing goals, especially for production of fruits, vegetables, and dairy. This report combines empirical evidence of resource use in the system in 2007 with the presentation of a framework for a broader empirical study of sustainable pathways to producing a healthy and adequate food supply.
Community Perceptions of Air Pollution and Related Health Risks in Nairobi Slums
Creators: name: Egondi, Thaddaeus
name: Kyobutungi, Catherine
name: Ng, Nawi
name: Muindi, Kanyiva
name: Oti, Samuel
name: Vijver, Steven Van De
name: Ettarh, Remare
name: Rocklöv, Joacim
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: Air pollution is among the leading global risks for mortality and responsible for increasing risk for chronic diseases. Community perceptions on exposure are critical in determining people’s response and acceptance of related policies. Therefore, understanding people’ perception is critical in informing the design of appropriate intervention measures. The aim of this paper was to establish levels and associations between perceived pollution and health risk perception among slum residents. A cross-sectional study of 5,317 individuals aged 35+ years was conducted in two slums of Nairobi. Association of perceived score and individual characteristics was assessed using linear regression. Spatial variation in the perceived levels was determined through hot spot analysis using ArcGIS. The average perceived air pollution level was higher among residents in Viwandani compared to those in Korogocho. Perceived air pollution level was positively associated with perceived health risks. The majority of respondents were exposed to air pollution in their place of work with 66% exposed to at least two sources of air pollution. Less than 20% of the respondents in both areas mentioned sources related to indoor pollution. The perceived air pollution level and related health risks in the study community were low among the residents indicating the need for promoting awareness on air pollution sources and related health risks.
title: Urban morphology repertoire for the good living
Creators: name: Arruda, Beatriz Martins
name: Rutkowski, Emilia Wanda
name: Monteiro, Evandro Zigglatti
Publisher: name: University of Strathclyde Publishing
Year: 2022

description: Cities face social, environmental and infrastructure challenges that interfere with their ability to provide Good Living for the citizens. The Good Living concept originated from the original Andean and Amazonian peoples' Dear Life idea, which holistically establishes the relationship of communities with their territory. Therefore, it is possible to promote more sustainable and healthy management for the city. The present paper discusses the perception categories of physical attributes in the urban public spaces through the Good Living perspective. The analysis was based on the urban elements proposed by Gordon Cullen, Kevin Lynch and Christopher Alexander. Cullen's elements allow the understanding of landscape qualities. Lynch's elements structure spatial legibility. Alexander's elements point to positive patterns of spatial configuration. The analysis considered attributes and relationships among the elements in order to build a matrix arrangement of environment physical scales ─ building, street, block, neighbourhood, city and region ─ and the Good Living qualities. The resulting matrix pointed out overlapping and nterdependent clusters. The identified clusters were 1. Territory Discontinuous Elements; 2. Territory Continuous Elements; 3. Territory Properties; 4. Personal Recognition Elements; and 5. Social Elements. The clusters seem to tend towards Good Living status, moving from static spatial elements to the collectively used territory. The structured outcome of the morphological references contributes to developing a repertoire for urban public spaces design oriented to Good Living. Urban design projects based on this structure bring about more solidary, inclusive, healthy and social relations delivering a relevant tool for the sustainable urban planning process.
title: AI in Education: The Impact of Reusable Learning Objects
Creators: name: Ngo, Jasmine V.
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2024

description: The rapid adoption of e-learning platforms amid the COVID-19 pandemic has
transformed a new era in education, marked by a profound integration of artificial intelligence (AI). This paper explores the emerging interest in AI-enhanced educational tools, particularly in the context of reusable learning objects (RLOs). RLOs, powered by machine learning algorithms, offer personalized learning experiences tailored to diverse student needs and learning styles. As educators and institutions seek innovative methods to engage learners and optimize teaching resources, RLOs arise as a promising solution. However, the deployment of RLOs poses both opportunities and challenges within existing educational frameworks, prompting
questions about their potential advantages and difficulties. It is essential to comprehend the psychological frameworks that shape the perceptions of RLOs among educators and students to ensure effective undertaking. This study aims to address these questions through semi-structured interviews with educators and students, alongside the development and deployment of a
prototype RLO. By examining user experience, interface design, privacy considerations, and security implications, we were able to see current challenges and solutions in curriculum development and gain insights into the evolving landscape of AI-powered educational tools and
their impact on teaching and learning processes. These results will build on the existing research of AI in education as the study sheds more light on the current body of knowledge, important for today’s evolving technology as AI continues to integrate into education.
Bioconductor Build System: serving an open source/open development ecosystem for genomic data science
Creators: name: Carey, Vincent
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: genomics
continuous integration
R

description: Prepare ~2000* packages for installation on demand on three platforms (Linux, macOS, Windows) 500,000 downloads/yr Provide feedback to ~1000 independent developers on self-test and interoperability tests wish: check against ecosystem on demand Report on ecosystem health to project management
Review of Ron Francisco (1995): European Protest and Coercion Data
Creators: name: Nathalie Rathkamp
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Protests
Rallies
Repression
Riots
Strikes
GDR
English

description: The European Protest and Coercion dataset lists daily and sub-daily data on protest and coercion events across 28 European countries from 1980 to 1995. It was developed by Prof Ron Francisco and supported by both the National Science Foundation as well as the Department of Political Science and the General Research Fund of the University of Kansas. The data is available as separate datasets for each country. This data review will focus on the German Democratic Republic (GDR) dataset which lists 1.100+ entries in the time period from January 1st 1980 to October 3rd 1990. As of summer 2024, the data collection seems to have concluded (1).
The data review contains a link leading to the official Protest and Coercion Data website from which both the dataset and additional information in the form of a codebook are available as a free download.
description: Published on Discuss Data, https://discuss-data.net/dataset/b5d726ff-8ed8-45bd-b7e4-b8a5538e4428/
description: Method(s) of data collection: Desk Research, Event Data, Text Coding
Australia's 'disappointing' results
Creators: name: Farquharson, Karen
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The tears, the laments, the massive sadness over Australia's 'disappointing' performance at the Olympics. Drew Ginn of the Oarsome Foursome looked so very disappointed at his team's second place finish, almost as disappointed as Emily Seebohm, who was so distressed that she might have let her family and country down with her silver medal performance that she was in tears.
Review of Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs (2020): Central Asia Protest Tracker (CAPT)
Creators: name: Nathalie Rathkamp
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Animal Rights
Anti-Opposition
China
Corruption
Covid-19
Cultural
Development
Elections
Environment
Extractive Industries
Financial Sector
Food
Freedom Of Assembly
Freedom Of Expression
Gender Issues
Human Rights
Identity
Income
International Politics
Justice
Labor
Land
Political Prisoners
Property
Protests
Relief
Repression
Utilities
Welfare
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
English

description: The Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs compiled an original dataset that describes and categorizes protest events in the form of an interactive map, while covering variables such as protest types, issues, target types and responses. It contains a collection of all protest data published online in the following areas: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The research team decided to define a protest as follows: "A protest action is a public expression of objection towards an idea or action of an individual or institution, including state organs, businesses, organizations and foreign governments which happens in physical space." (2: 2).
In total the data collection contains 2.500+ instances of coded protests. Some countries are however more extensively covered than others. As of summer 2024, work on the data collection seems to be continuing.
The data review contains a link to the Central Asia Protest Tracker Website, where all relevant materials such as the Central Asia Protest Tracker Codebook, the full dataset and more are available as a free download.
description: Published on Discuss Data, https://discuss-data.net/dataset/5bdaec8f-82df-46b6-8259-ce6bf55e2ee6/
Dataset creation: September 2020
description: Method(s) of data collection: Desk Research, Event Data, Keyword Search, Text Coding
Geospatial Clean Cooking Modelling in Guatemala
Creators: name: Rivas De La Rosa, Valeria Del Carmen
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: In alignment with Guatemala's Energy Policy Plan 2013-2027, the country aims to increase the use of fuel-efficient stoves by replacing traditional wood with more efficient and cleaner technologies. As part of this commitment, this project focuses on analyzing two scenarios using the tool of OnStove. The social scenario, which pertains to government policies and actions, and the private scenario, which focuses on households. The goal is to assess the level of access to clean cooking solutions, considering both the barriers and enablers that influence their adoption.

 In Guatemala more than half of the population currently use charcoal and biomass but they never have the highest net benefit. This means that is necessary to create new policies who can help to improve the clean cooking situation.
Review of The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (1997): The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project
Creators: name: Nathalie Rathkamp
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Battles
Civilians
Demonstrations
Explosions/Remote Violence
External Forces
Global
Governments
Identity Groups
Militias
Non-Violent
Political Agents
Political Parties
Political Violence
Protesters
Protests
Rebels
Rioters
Riots
Strategic Developments
Violence Against Civilians
Violent
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Estonia
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Lithuania
Moldova
Other
Russia
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
English

description: The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) is a project created by Clionadh Raleigh (University of Sussex) that is operating as a non-profit, non-governmental organization since 2014 (1). The ACLED is a disaggregated data collection listing political violence and protest events around the world (ACLED 2019: 8), covering the timespan from 1997 to the present day (6). The ACLED research team defines political violence as: "[…] the use of force by a group with a political purpose or motivation, or with distinct political effects." (ACLED 2019: 8). The dataset was designed to provide a comprehensive overview of political disorder around the world (ACLED 2019: 8).
As of summer 2024, the data collection is continuing, with the dataset consistently being reviewed and updated on a weekly basis. For the Europe and Central Asia region covered by Discuss Data, the dataset contains 400.000+ entries. The Discuss Data relevant country coverage begins in 2018 and includes the following countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan (ACLED 2019: 3). Which together total around 236.000 entries.
The data review contains a link leading to the official ACLED website from which the dataset, as well as additional information about the dataset in the form of a codebook and other descriptive texts are available for download. The download of the dataset requires a free registration on the ACLED website.
description: Published on Discuss Data, https://discuss-data.net/dataset/7173fcac-f4da-4075-9e6c-844d803e2244/
description: Method(s) of data collection: Desk Research, Event Data, Text Coding
title: 01_0359
Creators: name: Wesley Baldwin, John
name: Baldwin, John W.
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: LaMOP
subject: Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris

description: L'ensemble de ces notes ont été crée par John Baldwin lors d'une de ses premières périodes de résidence à Paris. Ces documents comprennent tous les magistri qu’il avait pu rencontrer dans ses sources. Aux XIIème et XIIIème siècles, les universités n'existant pas encore, le titre de magister s'il évoque certainement une compétence n'est pas rattaché de façon systématique au passage par les écoles. De surcroît, les magistris sont le plus souvent désignés par leur seul prénom. La lecture de ces données est donc difficile et suppose un long travail pour tenter d'identifier un individu auquel on pourrait rattacher plusieurs mentions. John Baldwin avait donc renoncé à utiliser ces données pour donner un prolongement à sa magnifique étude sur les gradués d'université et leur emploi par les Capétiens et les Plantagenêts. Néanmoins, il a conservé ces données et elles sont potentiellement très utile dans le cadre de Studium, comme le sont toutes les mentions dans les volumes des Fasti Ecclesiae Gallicanae de chanoines portant ce titre de magister sans autres précisions. L'ampleur des dépouillements rend ces données très utiles et nous devons une grande reconnaissance à John Baldwin pour avoir pris la peine de faire photocopier ses fiches et de nous les avoir transmises amicalement.
Les données ainsi que les images des fiches sont accessibles sur le site Internet à l'adresse suivante : http://studium-baldwin.lamop.fr/.
Les transcriptions des fiches ont été effectuées par des étudiants de Paris 1 Panthéon - Sorbonne mais elles n'ont pas été corrigées par la suite.
description: Relation: https://lamop.hypotheses.org/
A Framework to Evaluate Wildlife Feeding in Research, Wildlife Management, Tourism and Recreation
Creators: name: Dubois, Sara
name: Fraser, David
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: Feeding of wildlife occurs in the context of research, wildlife management, tourism and in opportunistic ways. A review of examples shows that although feeding is often motivated by good intentions, it can lead to problems of public safety and conservation and be detrimental to the welfare of the animals. Examples from British Columbia illustrate the problems (nuisance animal activity, public safety risk) and consequences (culling, translocation) that often arise from uncontrolled feeding. Three features of wildlife feeding can be distinguished: the feasibility of control, the effects on conservation and the effects on animal welfare. An evaluative framework incorporating these three features was applied to examples of feeding from the literature. The cases of feeding for research and management purposes were generally found to be acceptable, while cases of feeding for tourism or opportunistic feeding were generally unacceptable. The framework should allow managers and policy-makers to distinguish acceptable from unacceptable forms of wildlife feeding as a basis for policy, public education and enforcement. Many harmful forms of wildlife feeding seem unlikely to change until they come to be seen as socially unacceptable.
Drosay, Jean de, Juris universi Justiniana methodus, Paris, M. Dupuys, 1545
Creators: name: de Drosay, Jean
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2019

description: Source: https://books.google.fr/books?id=yzE8AAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:jean+inauthor:de+inauthor:drosay&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwie6rDVsdTdAhVI1xoKHaiVA1YQ6AEIJzAA#v=onepage&q&f=false
description: Relation: vignette : https://www.nakala.fr/data/11280/93dbba3a
Review of University of Illinois (2015): The Social, Political and Economic Event Database Project (SPEED)
Creators: name: Nathalie Rathkamp
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Cataclysmic Events
Destabilizing State Acts
Electoral Integrity
Government'S Economic Role
Human Rights
Mass Movements People
Political Expression Events
Politically Motivated Attacks
Political Reconfiguration Events
Protests
Security Of Property Rights
Societal Stability
Supremacy Of Law
Viability Of Governmental Checks And Balances
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Estonia
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Lithuania
Moldova
Other
Russia
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
English

description: The Social, Political and Economic Event Database Project (SPEED) is a technology intensive dataset developed by the University of Illinois. It offers worldwide social, political and economic event data from a global archive of news reports covering the time period from January 1st 1946 to 2008 in the form of the two datasets "SPEED Global Random Sample (1945-2005)" and the "SPEED Liberia, Philippines, and Sierra Leone (1979-2008) data" as downloadable material from their website. The data was collected to provide insights into the dynamics of conflict across contexts, its evolution and how violent conflict can be anticipated and avoided in the future (1).
Of the 62.000+ total entries in this dataset, there are 1.800+ events listed for the countries of Eastern Europe, South Caucasus and Central Asia covered by Discuss Data.
The data review contains a link leading to the official Social, Political and Economic Event Database Project (SPEED) website from which both the dataset and the codebook, as well as additional information are available as a free download.
description: Published on Discuss Data, https://discuss-data.net/dataset/a47d51a9-6c5f-4bc4-827b-b310b083481e/
description: Method(s) of data collection: Desk Research, Event Data, Keyword Search, Text Coding
“Fashion Is Changing All the Time, Everywhere”. A Brief Overview of the Field of Fashion and Dress Studies
Creators: name: Roces, Mina
name: Steele, Valerie
Publisher: name: International Quarterly for Asian Studies
Year: 2022

description: Valerie Steele is director and chief curator of The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, where she has organized more than 25 exhibitions since 1997, including “A Queer History of Fashion: From the Closet to the Catwalk”, “Pink: The History of a Punk, Pretty, Powerful Color”, and “Paris, Capital of Fashion”. She is also the author or editor of more than 30 books, including Women of Fashion, Fetish: Fashion, Sex and Power, and The Berg Companion to Fashion. In addition, she is founder and editor-in-chief of Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, Body and Culture, the first scholarly journal in Fashion Studies.
description: International Quarterly for Asian Studies, Bd. 53 Nr. 1 (2022): Dress as Symbolic Resistance in Asia
Long-term impact of an integrated HIV/non-communicable disease care intervention on patient retention in care and clinical outcomes in East Africa
Creators: name: Namakoola, Ivan
name: Moyo, Faith
name: Birungi, Josephine
name: Kivuyo, Sokoine
name: Karoli, Peter
name: Mfinanga, Sayoki
name: Nyirenda, Moffat
name: Jaffar, Shabbar
name: Garrib, Anupam
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 32
subject: Biomedical and clinical sciences
classificationCode: 4206
subject: Public health
classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences
classificationCode: 3202
subject: Clinical sciences
classificationCode: 4202
subject: Epidemiology

description: Objective: To describe rates of retention in care and control of hypertension, diabetes and HIV among participants receiving integrated care services for a period of up to 24 months in East Africa. Methods: Between 5 October 2018 and 23 June 2019 participants enrolled into a prospective cohort study evaluating the feasibility of integrated care delivery for HIV, diabetes and hypertension from a single point of care in Tanzania and Uganda (MOCCA study). Integrated care clinics were established in 10 primary healthcare facilities and care was provided routinely according to national guidelines. Initial follow-up was 12 months. Outcomes were rates of retention in care, proportions of participants with controlled hypertension (blood pressure <140/90 mmHg), diabetes (fasting blood glucose <7.0 mmol/L) and HIV (plasma viral load <1000 copies/ml). The study coincided with the COVID-19 pandemic response. Afterwards, all participants were approached for extended follow-up by a further 12 months in the same clinics. We evaluated outcomes of the cohort at the end of long-term follow-up. Results: The MOCCA study enrolled 2273 participants of whom 1911 (84.5%) were retained in care after a median follow-up of 8 months (Interquartile range: 6.8–10.7). Among these, 1283/1911 (67.1%) enrolled for a further year of follow-up, 458 (24.0%) were unreachable, 71 (3.7%) reverted to vertical clinics (clinics providing services dedicated to study conditions), 31 (1.6%) died and 68 (3.6%) refused participation. Among participants who enrolled for longer follow-up, mean age was 51.4 ± 11.7 years, 930 (72.5%) were female and 509 (39.7%) had multiple chronic conditions. Overall, 1236 (96.3%) [95% confidence interval 95.2%–97.3%] participants were retained in care, representing 1236/2273 (54.3%) [52.3%–56.4%] of participants ever enrolled in the study. Controlled hypertension, diabetes and HIV at the end of follow-up was, 331/618 (53.6%) [49.5%–57.5%], 112/354 (31.6%) [26.8%–36.8%] and 332/343 (96.7%) [94.3%–98.4%] respectively. Conclusion: Integrated care can achieve high rates of retention in care long term, but control of blood pressure and blood sugar remains low.
Review of European University Institute/Center for Civil Society Research and WZB Berlin Social Science Center (2020): Observatory for Political Conflict and Democracy in Europe
Creators: name: Nathalie Rathkamp
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Blockades
Confrontations
Cultural Liberal
Demonstrations
Environment
No Actors
Other Actors
Other Issues: No Issue
Other Protests:Public Economic
Parties
Petitions
Political
Private Economic
Protests
Regional
Social Groups
Strikes
Symbolic Actions
Unions
Violent Protests
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Other
English

description: The Observatory for Political Conflict and Democracy (PolDem) is a platform that was created by the POLCON and Years-of-Turmoil research teams (Kriesi, Hanspeter et al. 2020: 6) and covers data on protest events, election campaigns, public debates and contentious episodes (1) in 30 European countries from 2000 to 2015 (Kriesi, Hanspeter et al. 2020: 2).
This data review will focus on their coverage of protest events in the dataset "poldem-protest_30". This dataset includes the following countries covered by Discuss Data: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
Of the 30.000+ total entries in this dataset, there are 1.655 events listed for the before listed countries. As of summer 2024, it seems like work on the data collection has concluded.
The data review contains a link leading to the official Observatory for Political Conflict and Democracy in Europe website from which both the dataset and the codebook, as well as additional information, are available as a free download.
description: Published on Discuss Data, https://discuss-data.net/dataset/c7e7af8f-fa6f-46d3-8ae5-41a4aad6e4b9/
Dataset creation: September 2014 - April 2018
description: Method(s) of data collection: Desk Research, Event Data, Keyword Search, Text Coding
Dress as Symbolic Resistance in Asia
Creators: name: Roces, Mina
Publisher: name: International Quarterly for Asian Studies
Year: 2022

description: During the past decades, Asian Studies scholars have made outstanding contributions on the topic of how political elites have promoted changes in clothing in their projects of modernising their citizens or creating new nationalist identities (such as by inventing national dress). But the visual power of the politics of appearances allows also marginal and oppressed groups to send powerful messages. This special issue proposes to shift the analytical lens from the way sartorial changes have come from above – i.e., from political elites in power – to examining instead how resistance movements, including women’s movements, social movements, minorities and marginalised groups, utilise the semiotics of dress to advance their agendas from below. Thus, this issue underscores the importance of dress, bodily deportment, fashion and etiquette, analysing how these have been intrinsic to the performance of social, political, cultural, religious and gendered identities, and in challenging the status quo. The focus here is on how dress and fashion are marshalled for the performance of collective action, socio-political dissent, alternative politics and identity politics.
description: International Quarterly for Asian Studies, Bd. 53 Nr. 1 (2022): Dress as Symbolic Resistance in Asia
Johanna Hahn: Mythos und Moloch: Die Metropole in der modernen Hindi-Literatur (ca. 1970–2010)
Creators: name: Kurowska, Justyna
Publisher: name: International Quarterly for Asian Studies
Year: 2021

description: International Quarterly for Asian Studies, Bd. 52 Nr. 3-4 (2021): The Long 1960s in Asia
Review of Chenoweth et al. (2019): Nonviolent and Violent Campaigns and Outcomes (NAVCO) data project
Creators: name: Nathalie Rathkamp
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Anti-Occupation
Campaigns
Failure
Maximalist
Non-Violent
Protests
Regime Change
Self-Determination
Success
Violent
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Estonia
Georgia
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Lithuania
Moldova
Other
Russia
Tajikistan
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
English

description: The Nonviolent and Violent Campaigns and Outcomes (NAVCO) Data Project is a project by the Harvard Kennedy School Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, that codes both violent and non-violent maximalist campaigns around the globe from 1900-2019. It includes three different datasets (and their previous versions). This review will focus on the latest version of each dataset: the NAVCO 1.3 dataset which analyses campaigns as a whole, the NAVCO 2.1 dataset which disaggregates campaigns at the annual level, and the NAVCO 3.0 dataset which reports daily resistance events (5).
The NAVCO 1.3 dataset includes 48 Discuss Data relevant entries spanning 13 different countries, while the NAVCO 2.1 dataset lists 108 entries (30 campaigns) for the same number of countries. The NAVCO 3.0 dataset on the other hand only covers Estonia, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. The last one of which is not included in either of the other two datasets. As of summer 2024, it is not clear whether work on the data collection for the NAVCO 1.0 or NAVCO 2.0 series is continuing. However, no further versions in the 3.0 series are expected at this time (5).
The data review includes a link to the official NAVCO data project website as well as a link to the Harvard Dataverse where both the data and explanatory codebooks are available for download.
description: Published on Discuss Data, https://discuss-data.net/dataset/4a6a6c0c-1ca0-41ff-83de-39d22b55ef64/
Dataset creation: Started in 2014
description: Method(s) of data collection: Desk Research, Event Data, Keyword Search, Text Coding
Kusaka Wataru / Iga Tsukasa / Aoyama Kaoru / Tamura Keiko (eds), 東南アジアと「LGBT」の政治 — 性的少数者をめぐって何が争われているか [Southeast Asia and “LGBT” Politics: What is Contested on Sexual Minority?]
Creators: name: Suryomenggolo, Jafar
Publisher: name: International Quarterly for Asian Studies
Year: 2021

description: International Quarterly for Asian Studies, Bd. 52 Nr. 3-4 (2021): The Long 1960s in Asia
Our Friends in the South: Anti-Colonial Universalisms and Sino-Vietnamese Solidarity in the Global 1960s
Creators: name: Kindler, Benjamin
Publisher: name: International Quarterly for Asian Studies
Year: 2021

description: In 1964, the Foreign Languages Publishing House of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam released a series of letters in English, French, Chinese and other languages as part of its campaign of international solidarity against the US military presence. These letters, having initially been published in Vietnamese for domestic consumption, collected the exchanges between resistance fighters in southern Vietnam and their lovers, friends and families in the north, offering a varied and harrowing portrayal of a protracted guerrilla struggle. Whilst these publications left traces across their myriad sites of circulation, of no country was this more true than the People’s Republic of China, where the letters, published as Letters from the South (Nanfang Laixin), produced a series of powerful cultural afterlives. This study tracks the reception of these publications in China and examines the works that they inspired. The first consists of noted author Ba Jin’s multiple journeys to North Vietnam in the first half of the 1960s and his lyrical essays and public epistolary exchanges with leading North Vietnamese writers and poets, in which the publication Letters from the South features heavily. The second involves two theatrical scripts that were written and performed in China, also under the name Letters from the South (Nanfang Laixin). These sets of textual afterlives differed in their specific forms but in combination the two raise questions about translation, border-crossing and geography.
description: International Quarterly for Asian Studies, Bd. 52 Nr. 3-4 (2021): The Long 1960s in Asia