cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The taxonomy, phytochemistry and biological activity of the genus Echinacea (Asteraceae).
Creators: name: Binns, Shannon E.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Biology, Botany.

description: Echinacea Moench (Asteraceae) is a native North American plant genus with a long history of use as phytomedicine in both the Indigenous and European traditions (Shemluck 1982; Bauer 1998). A taxonomic revision of the genus Echinacea was conducted for the first time using morphometric analysis of natural populations sampled throughout the entire genus range. Individual plants were grouped without a priori taxonomic labeling, by morphological similarity using non-hierarchical and hierarchical, agglomerative clustering strategies. Canonical discriminant analysis (CDA) supported the distinction of two new subgenera, four species and eight varieties in the genus according to overall morphological similarity. When the same dataset was labeled a priori according to McGregor's taxonomy (I968), his taxa were supported (with the exception of one variety) at the variety level. The new morpho-taxa were sufficiently distinguished by CDA of phytochemical variation (except for two varieties). Also, a class of outliers (including artificial hybrids) was not supported in either dataset as a taxon, and was therefore classified as 'hybrids/introgressants'. In the most parsimonious cladistic solution, one new subgenus was basally divergent to a clade of all others (70% bootstrap value) and all (four species were distinguishable by at least one synapomorphy. Phytochemical profiles and average content of each known compound were reported here for the first time from all taxa of Echinacea, and revealed that five diene alkamides, one polyyne and two phenolic compounds (cichoric acid and echinacoside) were all chemotaxonomic markers within the genus Echinacea. Some of the same chemotaxonomic markers contributed heavily to the quantitative multivariate analysis of 26 phytochemicals, which identified five chemotypes among nine wild populations of the revised E. pallida var. angustifolia in a controlled greenhouse study. The alkamides and polyynes were also induced to higher concentrations in young roots of E. pallida (Nutt.) Nutt., that were sprayed with methyl jasmonate. Furthermore, plant extracts of the Echinacea taxa were variably phototoxic to clinically relevant pathogenic fungi, such as Candida spp. The different phototoxic activities between Echinacea taxa reflected the observed phytochemical variation, especially in the polyynes. Antiviral activity to Herpes simplex was linked to the presence of polyynes and cichoric acid in fractionated Echinacea root and inflorescence extracts.
A comparison of the approximate chi-square and DIMTEST in conditions of pseudo-guessing and correlated factors.
Creators: name: Breithaupt, Krista.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Education, Educational Psychology.

description: The purpose of this study was to compare two methods to assess the dimensionality underlying a set of responses to test items; Stout's T statistic (Stout, 1987) and a form of non-linear factor analysis, the approximate $\chi\sp2$ statistic (De Champlain, 1992). Response data was simulated to compare the number of rejections of unidimensionality made using the approximate $\chi\sp2$ statistic and using Stout's T statistic. Two conditions have been identified as possibly affecting the accuracy of dimensionality assessment techniques; the degree of correlation among abilities and the amount of guessing present in the data. These two variables were manipulated in the generation of 100 different data sets, each with scores for 1000 examinees under each experimental condition for both two-dimensional and unidimensional response data. The dimensionality underlying each data set was assessed by the program NOHARM II (Fraser & McDonald, 1988) for the approximate $\chi\sp2$ and by DIMTEST (Stout, Douglas, Junker & Roussos, 1993) fot Stout's T statistic. Both statistics had higher Type I error rates when unidimensional data was simulated with pseudo-guessing present. As has been found in earlier studies, longer tests were also associated with lower Type I error rates for these statistics in the unidimensional data condition. Both statistics performed with acceptable levels of Type I errors (less than 5% in most conditions). Logit-linear analysis of the number of rejections of unidimensionality made by both statistics showed main effects of pseudo-guessing, test length and the level of correlation of the latent factors in the two-dimensional simulation condition. Longer tests had a greater number of (correct) rejections of unidimensionality. Rejections of unidimensionality were less frequent when the latent traits were highly correlated (r =.7). Both statistics performed well when latent traits were correlated at r =.5. There were more correct rejections of unidimensionality made with response data which contained no pseudo-guessing. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Vergleich der Emissionsdatenbasis für die Ballungsräume Ruhrgebiet, München und Berlin mit der PAREST-Emissionsdatenbasis
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Feinstaub
subject: Luftverunreinigende Partikel
subject: Ballungsraum
subject: Basisdaten
subject: Luft
subject: Air

description: Im Rahmen des PAREST-Projektes wurde ein Vergleich des PAREST-Emissionsdatensatzes mit Emissionsdatensätzen für die augewählten Ballungsräume Berlin, München und Ruhrgebiet (NRW) durchgeführt. Hauptziel war ein Vergleich der Emissionsmengen (gesamt und pro Verursachergruppe) aus dem PAREST-Datensatz und den regionalen Datensätzen und zugleich ein Vergleich der räumlich aufgelösten Emissionsdaten für die betrachteten Modellgebiete. Emissionen aus dem PAREST-Datensatz und dem Emissionskataster NRW 2004 wurden auf Kreisebene gegenübergestellt, für die Modellgebiete Berlin, München und Ruhrgebiet wurden die auf einem 1/64° x 1/64° - Gitter aufgelösten Emissionen verglichen.
Humanizando la atención al paciente con delirium en atención primaria
Creators: name: Monforte Porto, Jesús Ángel
name: de Vega Martín, Alberto
name: Asperilla Gallardo, Marisol
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Introducción: El delirium es uno de los grandes síndromes geriátricos. Es común en las personas adultas mayores y supone una sobrecarga al familiar y cuidador. Su proporción está aumentando en Atención Primaria debido a un mayor envejecimiento de la población. A pesar de la elevada incidencia y su gran impacto, el delirium sigue presentando una alta tasa de infradiagnóstico, empeorando el pronóstico del paciente.

 

Objetivos: El proyecto “Humanizando la Atención al Paciente con Delirium y a su Familia en Atención Primaria”, tiene como objetivos mejorar la atención y la calidad de vida de las personas con delirium; apoyar a los familiares o cuidadores en su adaptación a la enfermedad, y sensibilizar a los profesionales en las nece­sidades específicas de los pacientes con delirium y sus familiares/cuidadores.

 

Material y métodos: La población del proyecto engloba tres grupos: población general (paciente afectado/en riesgo de delirium), familiares y/o cuidadores (de un paciente con/en riesgo de delirium) y profesionales de Atención Primaria que participan en la asistencia (médic@, enfermer@...). Se ha desarrollado el proyecto mediante un plan de trabajo con las siguientes actuaciones: realización de acciones de formación y sensibilización de los profesionales, organización y planificación del proceso de atención en función de las necesidades del paciente, desarrollo de acciones de información orientadas a la persona cuidadora o al familiar, facilitación de documentos de consenso en materias de prevención, diagnóstico y tratamiento.

 

Resultados: Han participado cinco Centros de Salud. En las actividades de formación 63 Médicos y 42 enfermeras. En la fase de implementación han participado 36 médicos y 18 enfermeras, habiendo facilitado documentos informativos en materias de prevención, diagnóstico y tratamiento del delirium a 380 pacientes y 380 familiares.

 

Conclusiones: El proyecto que se presenta pretende facilitar la participación de los Equipos de Atención Primaria en el desarrollo de proyectos conjuntos en materia de humanización; favorecer la permanencia del pa­ciente en su entorno y evitar su ingreso, y desarrollar acciones de formación destinadas a la persona cuidadora o al familiar responsable del paciente con el objetivo de prevenir aspectos como la claudicación familiar.

 

Conflicto de intereses: Los autores declaran no tener conflicto de intereses.
HUMANIZANDO LA ATENCIÓN AL PACIENTE CON DELIRIUM EN ATENCIÓN PRIMARIA
Creators: name: Monforte Porto, Jesús Ángel
name: de Vega Martín, Alberto
name: Asperilla Gallardo, Marisol
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Introducción: El delirium es uno de los grandes síndromes geriátricos. Es común en las personas adultas mayores y supone una sobrecarga al familiar y cuidador. Su proporción está aumentando en Atención Primaria debido a un mayor envejecimiento de la población. A pesar de la elevada incidencia y su gran impacto, el delirium sigue presentando una alta tasa de infradiagnóstico, empeorando el pronóstico del paciente.

 

Objetivos: El proyecto “Humanizando la Atención al Paciente con Delirium y a su Familia en Atención Primaria”, tiene como objetivos mejorar la atención y la calidad de vida de las personas con delirium; apoyar a los familiares o cuidadores en su adaptación a la enfermedad, y sensibilizar a los profesionales en las nece­sidades específicas de los pacientes con delirium y sus familiares/cuidadores.

 

Material y métodos: La población del proyecto engloba tres grupos: población general (paciente afectado/en riesgo de delirium), familiares y/o cuidadores (de un paciente con/en riesgo de delirium) y profesionales de Atención Primaria que participan en la asistencia (médic@, enfermer@...). Se ha desarrollado el proyecto mediante un plan de trabajo con las siguientes actuaciones: realización de acciones de formación y sensibilización de los profesionales, organización y planificación del proceso de atención en función de las necesidades del paciente, desarrollo de acciones de información orientadas a la persona cuidadora o al familiar, facilitación de documentos de consenso en materias de prevención, diagnóstico y tratamiento.

 

Resultados: Han participado cinco Centros de Salud. En las actividades de formación 63 Médicos y 42 enfermeras. En la fase de implementación han participado 36 médicos y 18 enfermeras, habiendo facilitado documentos informativos en materias de prevención, diagnóstico y tratamiento del delirium a 380 pacientes y 380 familiares.

 

Conclusiones: El proyecto que se presenta pretende facilitar la participación de los Equipos de Atención Primaria en el desarrollo de proyectos conjuntos en materia de humanización; favorecer la permanencia del pa­ciente en su entorno y evitar su ingreso, y desarrollar acciones de formación destinadas a la persona cuidadora o al familiar responsable del paciente con el objetivo de prevenir aspectos como la claudicación familiar.

 

Conflicto de intereses: Los autores declaran no tener conflicto de intereses.
The role of on-site daycare in helping parents balance work and family responsibilities.
Creators: name: Picard-Lessard, Michelle.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Sociology, Individual and Family Studies.

description: The present study focused on employed parents with preschool children attending a licensed daycare centre. There were two purposes to this study: (1) to compare parental functioning in users of on-site and off-site daycare, and (2) to examine the relationship between child care variables and parental functioning. Sixty six employed parents with preschool children completed the study (48 mothers and 18 fathers). Parents were recruited from nine workplace daycare centres that serviced employees first (on-site group), and then community members (off-site groups). Measures assessing work attitudes, individual, family, and work-family functioning, child care variables, and demographic data were obtained twice over a span of six months. Parents in the on-site group also took part in a semi-structured interview at both assessment times. Results of multivariate analyses on the questionnaire data yielded no significant differences between users of on-site daycare and users of off-site daycare on any of the dependent variables at either assessment time and no group by time interaction. Content analyses of the interview data indicated that parents believe that on-site daycare helps them balance work and family responsibilities. According to parents, on-site daycare is convenient, it allows them to spend more time with their children, it reduces their travel time and work disruptions, increases their availability at work, and improve their work environment. However, data from these interviews also suggested that the quality of child care may be more important in helping parents balance work and family responsibilities than is the location of the centre. Multiple regression analyses on the questionnaire data further underlined the importance of child care in relation to parental functioning. The results indicated that having primary responsibility for child care and the experience of difficulties with child care was related to perceived stress and role overload. High levels of work-child care conflict were negatively related to parental satisfaction, and satisfaction with child care arrangement was positively related to parental satisfaction. Taken together, these findings underscore the importance of considering child care in the context of balancing work and family responsibilities.
title: Anpassung an den Klimawandel: die Zukunft im Tourismus gestalten
title: Anpassung an den Klimawandel: die Zukunft im Tourismus gestalten
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Dworak, Thomas
name: Schmölzer, Andrea
name: Günther, Wolfgang
Publisher: name: Umweltbundesamt
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Fremdenverkehr
subject: Klimaänderung
subject: Anpassung an den Klimawandel
subject: Tourismus
subject: Tourismuswirtschaft
subject: Klimawandel
subject: Klimaanpassung
subject: Klima | Energie
subject: Wirtschaft | Konsum
subject: Nachhaltigkeit | Strategien | Internationales

description: Der Klimawandel verändert die Welt, in der wir leben und wirkt sich damit auch auf den Tourismus aus, etwa auf die Schneesicherheit in deutschen Mittelgebirgen. Dieser Leitfaden informiert Destinationsmanagerinnen und -manager über mögliche Auswirkungen auf die deutschen Tourismusregionen und bietet konkrete Handlungsempfehlungen für die Anpassung. Quelle: www.umweltbundesamt.de
description: Der ⁠Klimawandel⁠ verändert die Welt, in der wir leben und wirkt sich damit auch auf den Tourismus aus, etwa auf die Schneesicherheit in deutschen Mittelgebirgen. Dieser Leitfaden informiert Destinationsmanagerinnen und -manager über mögliche Auswirkungen auf die deutschen Tourismusregionen und bietet konkrete Handlungsempfehlungen für die Anpassung.
LITERATURE REVIEW MOLECULAR-GENETIC RESERCH IN NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE.
Creators: name: Ravzatov, J.B.
name: Juraeva, M.A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: The article relates to the study of literature on the subject of genetic polymorphism genes of xenobiotic detoxification in liver cirrhosis, one of the important issues in the area of internal diseases.
The role of liver receptor homolog-1 in normal and cancerous mouse mammary gland development
Creators: name: Lazarus, Kyren Aloysious
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Breast cancer affects one in eight women worldwide and is one of the highest causes of cancer related deaths among women. Estrogen is a crucial driver of breast tumour growth and as such, blocking its action is a major chemotherapeutic. However, side effects such as treatment resistance and estrogen independent tumours has prompted the need for novel treatment. This thesis presents a constructed series of experiments that detail the activity of liver receptor homolog-1 (LRH-1) in the mammary gland. The findings are very important as understanding the complexes leading to estrogen action in breast development and cancer, offers the key to preventing resistance to endocrine-based therapies for this disease.
Bench-scale analysis of ultrafiltration membranes for investigating fouling by natural organic matter in surface water
Creators: name: Waterman, Dillon A
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Environmental.

description: Bench-scale systems, if properly designed, can become a valuable tool to evaluate fouling in dead-end ultrafiltration systems. The purpose of this study was to design and build a bench-scale hollow fiber ultrafiltration system to examine the effect of operational parameters and chemical pretreatment on membrane performance. For this research, a bench-scale hollow fiber ultrafiltration system that operates at constant flux and includes a backwash cycle was designed and built. The system was also designed to be used as a tool in the evaluation of critical flux for source waters. The study demonstrated that shorter operating time between backwash cycles resulted in reduced membrane fouling, improved backwash efficiency and natural organic matter rejection. The study also indicated that fouling rate increased with increase flux while backwash efficiency decreased with increasing operating flux. Chemically pretreated ORW showed superb reduction in normalized specific flux decline when compared with uncoagulated ORW.
Supplementary document for Calculation of Hg spectral data and analysis of magic and zero-magic wavelengths - 5063778.pdf
Creators: name: Gogyan, Anahit
name: Zawada, Michał
name: Tecmer, Pawel
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Suplmental Document on calculation details
A modular tandem Michael or aza Michael approach to obtain indoline alkaloid-like polycyclic derivatives
Creators: name: Brochu, Jean-Louis
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Chemistry, Organic.

description: The use of small molecule chemical probes is highly attractive in dissecting complex biological processes (i.e. multiple protein-protein interactions and protein complexes-derived signaling networks) because of the probe's ability to induce subtle, and generally reversible, changes in protein dynamics. With the goal of developing new synthesis methods leading to high-throughput generation of natural product-like Indoline derivatives having different architectures, this thesis will highlight a modular, tandem reaction approach in which a key reaction is the use of a tandem Michael or aza-Michael reaction to obtain indoline alkaloid-like polycyclic architectures. An interesting feature is that the choice of an amino acid moiety in the side chain allowed the formation of different fused ring systems. The solution phase synthesis method was then developed on solid phase with an objective of generating few analogs in a high-throughput manner.
title: Comparing Narrative Abilities of Monolingual and Dual-Language Learning Students At-Risk for Language and Literacy Disability
Creators: name: Israelsen-Augenstein, Megan
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2022

description: The purpose of this study was to assess the nature of oral narratives produced by monolingual and Spanish-English Dual-Language Learners (DLLs) who are at-risk for language and literacy disability (ARLLD). Data from 337 participants between the ages of 6;0 and 10;5 who had taken part in a Randomized Control Trial were used in this study. Participants were 181 males and 156 females with slightly more than half (n = 199) being monolingual English speakers. Oral narratives were transcribed verbatim and scored using the Monitoring Indicators of Scholarly Language rubric. This rubric yields scores for total narrative proficiency, narrative macrostructure, and narrative microstructure abilities. A multilevel model (MLM) approach, specifically linear mixed effects models, was used to answer each research question and examine the differences in narrative performance of each child while controlling for language status The results indicated there were no significant differences in stories told by monolingual or DLLs who were at-risk for language and literacy difficulties. The theoretical, pedagogical, and clinical implications of the findings are discussed in terms of how narrative proficiency is measured, and how at-risk students are identified in the U.S.
Service Agreement on Storage and Dissemination of Research Data
Creators: name: Swedish National Data Service
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: swedish national dataservice
SND
Svensk nationell datatjänst
Uppdragsavtal
Service Agreement
Data repository
DAU-handbok
open data
research infrastructure
data
open science

description: Service Agreement on Storage and Dissemination of Research Data

A service agreement for the storage and dissemination of research data is required to use SND's repository (SND CARE) for research data.

The agreement details the legal prerequisites for the use of SND CARE and the various commitments and responsibilities of SND and the research principal, respectively.

Members of the SND Network are advised to sign a general service agreement for the use of SND CARE. For individual researchers who do not belong to a research principal that is a member of the SND Network, or if the research principal has not signed a general service agreement with SND, an agreement is signed digitally in DORIS per submitted dataset.

This document is the agreement template. The terms of the contract may vary slightly for individual parties.

The agreement is translated into English, but for reading only. The Swedish version is the official agreement and the one which is to be signed.

 

Uppdragsavtal avseende lagring och förmedling av forskningsdata

För att använda SND:s repositorium (SND CARE) för forskningsdata tecknas ett Uppdragsavtal avseende lagring och förmedling av forskningsdata med SND.

Avtalet redogör bland annat för de rättsliga förutsättningarna för användandet av SND CARE, samt innehåller de olika åtaganden och ansvar som åligger SND respektive forskningshuvudmannen.

Medlemmar i SND-nätverket rekommenderas att teckna ett generellt uppdragsavtal för användning av SND CARE. För enskilda forskare som inte tillhör en forskningshuvudman som är medlem i SND:s nätverk, eller om forskningshuvudmannen inte har tecknat ett generellt uppdragsavtal med SND, signeras ett avtal per inlämnat dataset digitalt i DORIS.

Det som delas här är den avtalsmall som SND använder. Avtalsvillkoren kan variera något med enskilda parter.

Avtalet finns översatt till engelska, men enbart för läsning. Det är den svenska versionen av avtalet som är den formella och som signeras.
Analysis of polyethylene microplastics in environmental samples, using a thermal decomposition method
Creators: name: Bannick, Claus Gerhard
name: Dümichen, Erik
name: Barthel, Anne-Kathrin
name: Braun, Ulrike
name: Brand, Kathrin
name: Jekel, Martin
name: Senz, Rainer
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2015
Subjects: Mikroplastikpartikel

description: Small polymer particles with a diameter of less than 5 mm called microplastics find their way into the environment from polymer debris and industrial production. Therefore a method is needed to identify and quantify microplastics in various environmental samples to generate reliable concentration values. Such concentration values, i.e. quantitative results, are necessary for an assessment of microplastic in environmental media. This was achieved by thermal extraction in thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), connected to a solid-phase adsorber. These adsorbers were subsequently analysed by thermal desorption gas chromatography mass spectrometry (TDS-GC-MS). In comparison to other chromatographic methods, like pyrolyse gas chromatography mass spectrometry (Py-GC-MS), the relatively high sample masses in TGA (about 200 times higher than used in Py-GC-MS) analysed here enable the measurement of complex matrices that are not homogenous on a small scale. Through the characteristic decomposition products known for every kind of polymer it is possible to identify and even to quantify polymer particles in various matrices. Polyethylene (PE), one of the most important representatives for microplastics, was chosen as an example for identification and quantification.Quelle: http://www.sciencedirect.com
Supplementary document for Calculation of Hg spectral data and analysis of magic and zero-magic wavelengths - 5063778.pdf
Creators: name: Gogyan, Anahit
name: Zawada, Michał
name: Tecmer, Pawel
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Suplmental Document on calculation details
Pipeline Leak Detection and Location Based on Model-Free Isolation of Abnormal Acoustic Signals
Creators: name: Wang, Fang
name: Lin, Weiguo
name: Liu, Zheng (Professor Of Engineering)
name: Qiu, Xianbo
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: Pipeline leaks will lead to energy waste, environmental pollution and a threat to human safety. This paper proposes a pipeline leak detection and location method based on the model-free isolation of abnormal (leak and operation) signals. An acoustic signal is first decomposed into “sub-signals” according to its zero-crossing points. Then, based on the definition of signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), the function between the SNR of sub-signal and the number of abnormal sub-signals is established, following which the position of each abnormal sub-signal in the acoustic signal is obtained by tracing its index. Based on this and the cross-correlation analysis, the operation sub-signals can be filtered, which is helpful for the precise leak location. The experimental results demonstrate the computational efficiency and lower false/missing alarm rate of the proposed method that provides an innovative solution for pipeline leak detection.
The photothermal reshaping mechanism of gold nanorods, and its applications to rod alignment and optical data storage
Creators: name: Taylor, Adam Bennett
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Gold nanorods are an important class of plasmonic nano-materials, with applications in photothermal cancer treatment, solar power and optical data storage. For these applications, it is extremely important to understand their thermal stability under heating. This work provides the first insight into the details of the effect of shape and temperature on thermal stability, to reveal curvature driven surface diffusion as the main cause of reshaping, occurring 800°C below the traditional melting point. These findings were then used to demonstrate nanorod alignment, and many-layer optical data storage, and will have a significant impact on the design future of plasmonic devices.
Travel-To-School Mode Choice Modelling Employing Artificial Intelligence Techniques: A Comparative Study
Creators: name: Assi, Khaled J.
name: Shafiullah, Md
name: Nahiduzzaman, Kh  Md
name: Mansoor, Umer
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: Many techniques including logistic regression and artificial intelligence have been employed to explain school-goers mode choice behavior. This paper aims to compare the effectiveness, robustness, and convergence of three different machine learning tools (MLT), namely the extreme learning machine (ELM), support vector machine (SVM), and multi-layer perceptron neural network (MLP-NN) to predict school-goers mode choice behavior in Al-Khobar and Dhahran cities of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). It uses the students’ information, including the school grade, the distance between home and school, travel time, family income and size, number of students in the family and education level of parents as input variables to the MLT. However, their outputs were binary, that is, either to choose the passenger car or walking to the school. The study examined a promising performance of the ELM and MLP-NN suggesting their significance as alternatives for school-goers mode choice modeling. The performances of the SVM was satisfactory but not to the same level of significance in comparison with the other two. Moreover, the SVM technique is computationally more expensive over the ELM and MLP-NN. Further, this research develops a majority voting ensemble method based on the outputs of the employed MLT to enhance the overall prediction performance. The presented results confirm the efficacy and superiority of the ensemble method over the others. The study results are likely to guide the transport engineers, planners, and decision-makers by providing them with a reliable way to model and predict the traffic demand for transport infrastructures on the basis of the prevailing mode choice behavior.
Supplementary document for Broadband thermomechanically-limited sensing with an optomechanical accelerometer - 5063936.pdf
Creators: name: Zhou, Feng
name: Bao, Yiliang
name: Madugani, Ramgopal
name: Long, David
name: Gorman, Jason
name: LeBrun, Thomas
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplement 1
Wiederverwendung von behandeltem Abwasser
Creators: name: Helmecke, Manuela
name: Szewzyk, Regine
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2017

description: Antibiotikaresistenzen sind ein gravierendes Problem für Umwelt und Gesundheit. Ausgabe 02/2017 der Zeitschrift UMID stellt in einem Schwerpunkt aktuelle Diskussionen zu Resistenzen in der Umwelt vor. Weitere Beiträge informieren, wie Resistenzen im Bereich der Lebensmittelkette und im Bereich der Humanmedizin überwacht werden. Einen weiteren Schwerpunkt im Heft bildet das Thema Vulnerabilität im Kontext Umwelt und Gesundheit. Vorgestellt werden aktuelle Diskussionen eines Workshops zu diesem Thema. Erörtert wurden dort unter anderem Definitionen des Begriffs Vulnerabilität und verschiedene Einzelfragen wie etwa Vulnerabilität im Zusammenhang mit Verkehrslärm. Außerdem informiert die neue Ausgabe über die Hintergründe der Festsetzung von Grenzwerten für Stickstoffdioxid in der EU, die Planungen der EU hinsichtlich der Wiederverwendung von behandeltem Abwasser und widmet sich in weiteren Beiträgen dem demographischen Wandel und gesundem Altern in Deutschland. Quelle: https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/
Re-imagined power: BDSM as Utopian fantasy
Creators: name: Tunstall, Elizabeth Dori
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The BDSM-themed movie, Fifty Shades of Grey, is the number one movie in Australia. Its success means that a lot of people are titillated by the idea of sex beyond “vanilla sex.” Controversy about BDSM often centres on the psychology of its practitioners across gender (including Meagan Tyler and Laura Tarzia’s recent Conversation article), class, and social ideas of deviancy, particularly as represented in the media. As a design anthropologist, I am more interested the cultural aspects of BDSM. In particular, I wonder if the BDSM lifestyle represents a Utopian world where historical realities of pain and suffering are converted into fantasies of safe, sane, and consensual pleasure.
Contributions of volatile and nonvolatile compounds (at 300˚C) to condensational growth of atmospheric nanoparticles: An assessment based on 8.5 years of observations at the Central Europe background site Melpitz
Creators: name: Birmili, Wolfram
name: Wang, Zhibin
name: Hamed, Armar
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2017

description: Long-term measurements of particle number size distributions in combination with thermodenuder analysis have been performed since July 2003 at the Central European station of Melpitz, Germany. Up to the end of 2011, 20% of all investigated days during the 8.5?years of measurements showed new particle formation and subsequent growth. To investigate the role of various chemical compound candidates for condensational nanoparticle growth, we focused on nucleation events in which the measured size distributions with and without thermodesorption both showed growth patterns (accounting for up to ~85% of all nucleation events). In this study, particulate compounds that volatilize at 300˚C were specifically defined as ̮volatile,Ł in contrast to ̮nonvolatileŁ compounds, which remain in the particulate phase after being heated to 300˚C. A strong correlation between ambient temperature and growth rate associated with volatile substances (except gaseous sulfuric acid) was found, which implies the importance of organics (possibly oxidized biogenic organic compounds) in particle growth at Melpitz. The contributions of the volatile compounds to the growth rate due to condensation of gaseous sulfuric acid and organics were found to be about 19% and 47%, respectively. The remaining ~25% was attributed to nonvolatile residuals, which appear to form gradually during the particle growth process and are characterized as extremely low-volatility compounds. The growth rate associated with volatile components exhibited significant seasonal variation, with the highest value during summertime, whereas the growth rate associated with the nonvolatile fraction showed less fluctuation. Quelle: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Boat people and gunships in the Mediterranean
Creators: name: Neumann, Klaus
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Australia might have halted the flow of 'illegal maritime arrivals,' as they've been designated by the Abbott government since October 2013, but in Europe the boats keep coming. And many of those who embark on dangerously overcrowded vessels from Libya and other countries in North Africa never arrive. In Libya alone, tens of thousands of people are believed to be waiting for an opportunity to make the dangerous voyage to Europe. Some estimates put the number at one million - but as the University of Queensland's Phil Orchard has pointed out, we should be wary of figures like these. What we know for certain is that some 31,500 'boat people' arrived in Italy in the first three-and-a-half months of 2015. Another 1500 drowned trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea.
Supplementary document for Non-invasive Ballistic Photon Imaging through Strongly Scattering Media - 5064320.pdf
Creators: name: Maruca, Stephanie
name: Rehain, Patrick
name: Sua, Yong Meng
name: Zhu, Shenyu
name: Huang, Yuping
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary information on quantum parametric mode sorting
Supplementary document for Non-invasive Ballistic Photon Imaging through Strongly Scattering Media - 5064320.pdf
Creators: name: Maruca, Stephanie
name: Rehain, Patrick
name: Sua, Yong Meng
name: Zhu, Shenyu
name: Huang, Yuping
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary information on quantum parametric mode sorting
Supplementary document for High-speed programmable lithium niobate thin film spatial light modulator - 5064383.pdf
Creators: name: Ye, Xuanchao
name: Ni, Fengchao
name: Li, Honggen
name: Liu, Haigang
name: Zheng, Yuanlin
name: Chen, Xianfeng
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Electric field distribution of LN-SLM and derivation of Eq. (1)
title: Efficacy of Conservation Actions for Imperiled Colorado River Fishes in the Grand Canyon, Arizona
Creators: name: Healy, Brian D.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2022

description: Many fishes are critically imperiled, particularly in their native rivers, due to human water use and dam construction, which can dramatically alter habitats and block fish migratory routes. The introduction of invasive sport-fishes that prey on native fish further threatens native species that maybe restricted to only a single river basin (i.e., “endemic”). To preserve native fishes in river systems with degraded habitats, managers need to understand the effects of conservation actions to ensure limited resources are applied effectively. Two commonly applied native fish conservation actions include removal of invasive fishes, and translocations of native fish from one place into another with suitable habitat to establish new populations.My primary research goals were 1) to assess the population-level native fish responses to invasive fish removal, 2) understand what factors lead to successful establishment of new endangered humpback chub populations through translocations of juveniles, and 3) to investigate alternative strategies for reducing invasive brown trout using angling, disturbance of eggs, and electrofishing, in multiple connected populations (i.e., trout move between them)experiencing different levels of warming and climate change. My research was conducted using data collected over 10 years in the Colorado River and its tributaries in Grand Canyon National Park.
I found native fish populations increased by about 480% when invasive trout populations were reduced by 60% or more. Increases in native fish were also greatest in warmer areas in years when spring flooding occurred. Translocated humpback chub populations were limited when numbers of introduced rainbow trout were higher and when floods washed ash from a fire into one stream in 2014. However, I found flooding was generally beneficial to humpback chub, which was probably because additional food was washed into their habitats. Finally, while future declines in Colorado River reservoir storage and warming of streamflow may reduce brown trout, successful Grand Canyon-wide reductions would require increasing trout removals throughout the river system particularly in tributary climate change refuges. In summary, translocations can contribute toward native fish conservation, but continued invasive fish removal and protection of natural river flow are also critical to meeting conservation goals.
Supplementary document for High-speed programmable lithium niobate thin film spatial light modulator - 5064383.pdf
Creators: name: Ye, Xuanchao
name: Ni, Fengchao
name: Li, Honggen
name: Liu, Haigang
name: Zheng, Yuanlin
name: Chen, Xianfeng
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Electric field distribution of LN-SLM and derivation of Eq. (1)
Predicting the Bioclimatic Habitat Suitability of Ginkgo biloba L. in China with Field-Test Validations
Creators: name: Guo, Ying
name: Guo, Jing
name: Shen, Xin
name: Wang, Guibin
name: Wang, Tongli (Forest Geneticist)
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba L.) is not only considered a ‘living fossil’, but also has important ecological, economic, and medicinal values. However, the impact of climate change on the performance and distribution of this plant is an increasing concern. In this study, we developed a bioclimatic model based on data about the occurrence of ginkgo from 277 locations, and validated model predictions using a wide-ranging field test (12 test sites, located at the areas from 22.49° N to 39.32° N, and 81.11° E to 123.53° E). We found that the degree-days below zero were the most important climate variable determining ginkgo distribution. Based on the model predictions, we classified the habitat suitability for ginkgo into four categories (high, medium, low, and unsuitable), accounting for 9.29%, 6.09%, 8.46%, and 76.16% of China’s land area, respectively. The ANOVA results of the validation test showed significant differences in observed leaf-traits among the four habitat types (p < 0.05), and importantly the rankings of the leaf traits were consistent with our classification of the habitat suitability, suggesting the effectiveness of our classification in terms of biological and economic significance. In addition, we projected that suitable (high and medium) habitats for ginkgo would shrink and shift northward under both the RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 climate change scenarios for three future periods (the 2020s, 2050s, and 2080s). However, the area of low-suitable habitat would increase, resulting in a slight decrease in unsuitable habitats. Our findings contribute to a better understanding of climate change impact on this plant and provide a scientific basis for developing adaptive strategies for future climate.
Порівняльний аналіз онлайн шкіл з вивчення англійської мови в Україні
Creators: name: Хмелівська, Світлана Іванівна
name: Шикиринська, Ольга Борисівна
name: Брида, Олександр Ростиславович
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: соціальна компетентність, інтеграція, мовленнєва компетентність, підготовка, онлайн-платформа, інтерактивні технології

description: Актуалізація необхідності трансформації підходів до вивчення англійської мови зумовлена як загальною динамікою освітньої системи в сторону дистанційного навчання, так і позиціонуванням англійської як невід’ємної складової професійної компетентності здобувачів освіти сучасності. Активний євроінтеграційний курс розвитку України інтенсифікує актуальність окресленої проблематики. У зв’язку з цим, стрімкого розвитку здобувають онлайн-платформи для інформального та неформального освітнього процесу і оптимізації традиційної навчальної системи. Метою дослідження є порівняльна аналітика онлайн-шкіл з вивчення англійської мови в Україні. У статті проаналізовано психолого-педагогічні особливості застосування онлайн-платформ, проведено аналіз результативності популярних онлайн-ресурсів, визначено пріоритетні напрямки асиміляції традиційних підходів до вивчення англійської мови та потенціалу онлайн-платформ. Встановлено, що інтерактивні онлайн-платформи формують практичну основу для успішного застосування отриманих знань та навичок у контексті англійської мови. У процесі дослідження ідентифіковано основні чинники, що вливають на підвищення якості використання онлайн-шкіл з вивчення англійської мови в Україні. У процесі дослідження визначено, що імплементація інноваційних підходів в освітніх програмах викладання дозволяє здобувачам освіти отримувати практичні навички в шляхом активної взаємодії з низкою нестандартних методів та форм роботи. Обґрунтовано, що використання онлайн-шкіл з вивчення англійської мови сприяє не лише ефективному опануванню навичками іншомовної комунікації, але й сприяє активному розвитку соціальної компетентності здобувачів освіти.
Supplementary document for Label-free plasmonic assisted optical trapping of single DNA molecule - 5064431.pdf
Creators: name: Chen, Lei
name: Liu, Wei
name: Shen, Dongyi
name: Zhou, Zhihao
name: Liu, Yuehan
name: Wan, Wenjie
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Optical Properties of Materials
Optical Technology

description: Supporting information
Enabling sophisticated lifecycle support for mobile healthcare data collection applications
Creators: name: Schobel, Johannes
name: Probst, Thomas
name: Reichert, Manfred
name: Schickler, Marc
name: Pryss, Rüdiger
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: End-user programming
subject: mobile data collection
subject: model-driven development
subject: DDC 000 / Computer science, information & general works
subject: DDC 620 / Engineering & allied operations
subject: Model-driven software architecture
subject: Modellgetriebene Entwicklung

description: The widespread dissemination of smart mobile devices enables new ways of collecting longitudinal data sets in a multitude of healthcare scenarios. On the one hand, mobile data collection can be accomplished more effectively and quicker compared with validated paper-based instruments. On the other hand, it can increase the data quality signi cantly and enable data collection in scenarios not covered by existing approaches so far. Previous attempts to utilize smart mobile devices for collecting data in these scenarios, however, often struggle with high costs for developing and maintaining mobile applications, which need to run on a multitude of mobile operating systems. Therefore, in the QuestionSys project, we are developing a generic (i.e., platform-independent) framework for enabling mobile data collection and sensor data integration in healthcare scenarios. The latter, in turn, is addressed by a model-driven approach, which is shown this paper along with the core components of the QuestionSys framework. In particular, it is shown how healthcare experts are empowered to create mobile data collection and sensing applications on their own and with reasonable efforts.
Scientific Stakeholder Meeting on Nanomaterials the Environment
Creators: name: Reihlen, Antonia
name: Schwirn, Kathrin
name: Völker, Doris
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Nanomaterialien
subject: Regulierung
subject: Risikoanalyse
subject: Interessengruppe
subject: nanomaterials
subject: Regulation
subject: risk assessment
subject: stakeholder
subject: Chemicals

description: This report summarizes the contents and outcomes of the Scientific ⁠Stakeholder⁠ Meeting on Nanomaterials in the Environment which took place on the 10th and 11th October 2017 at the headquarters of the German Environment Agency (⁠UBA⁠) in Dessau-Rosslau, Germany. The meeting focused on regulatory relevant results of German and European research projects on nanomaterials in the environment which are carried out or finalised in the current years. By this, it gave a forum to present the state of the knowledge on environmental nanosafety in a regulatory context as well as to discuss the scientific results and their regulatory relevance between affected stakeholders. It included key note talks, invited platform presentations as well as poster presentations. A Knowledge Café provided the opportunity to discuss selected topics with regard to environmental safety of nanomaterials in smaller groups. The meeting was closed with a discussion on the lessons learned highlighting the outcomes of the meeting by the views of different stakeholders.”
AHP-TOPSIS-Based Evaluation of the Relative Performance of Multiple Neighborhood Renewal Projects: A Case Study in Nanjing, China
Creators: name: Zhu, Shiyao
name: Li, Dezhi
name: Feng, Haibo
name: Gu, Tiantian
name: Zhu, Jiawei
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: With the rapid development of urbanization worldwide, there is a large volume of neighborhoods that need to be renewed with various problems such as poor building performance, few public facilities, congested road traffic, unequal living standards, disappearing community culture, and deprived environments. Performance evaluations are considered to be useful tools for ensuring the outcomes of sustainable renewal. Although many research works have assessed the performances of urban renewal projects, evaluations, especially for neighborhood renewal projects, are often overlooked. Besides, it is also hard to find a general standard that is suitable for evaluating the performance of any neighborhood renewal project with a lack of related regulations or codes. Thus, this paper intends to build a framework to assess the relative performances of multiple neighborhood renewal projects through a hybrid AHP-TOPSIS method. A case study in Nanjing, China, is used to show how this framework could be applied to decision-making in order to pursue sustainable neighborhood renewal. The results are expected to provide references for sustainable renewal in each neighborhood. Suggestions related to the findings are proposed to further improve the performances of neighborhood renewal projects, such as establishing a multiple principle–agent framework, providing a sustainable funding system from both the public and private sector, and implementing multiprogram management measures.
T. Bayles Minuse to Ward Melville, July 16, 1955
Creators: name: Minuse, T. Bayles
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1955
Subjects: Stony Brook
Correspondence
Concerts
Guests
Receptions

description: This letter is written by T. Bayles Minuse to Ward Melville on July 16, 1955, in regards to potential guests for a reception following the final concert of the season, at Mr. Rybb's recommendation.