cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
How do clinicians experience their role in Recovery Colleges?
Creators: name: WHISH, RUBY KATE
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2021

description: Objective: Recovery Colleges have been widely implemented across the UK as part of the agenda to implement recovery-oriented practice within mental health services. Previous research has highlighted the impact of attending a Recovery College on students, who report greater wellbeing and endorsement of recovery principles. Initial research on staff indicates that they may also experience changes in attitude following Recovery College attendance. However, little is known about how clinicians who provide Recovery College courses experience this new role, which involves facilitating psychoeducational courses on different aspects of mental health and wellbeing alongside peer workers. This study aimed to explore clinician’s roles within Recovery Colleges.
description: Method: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 11 Recovery College staff across two sites. Data was analysed using inductive thematic analysis.
description: Results: Three themes were developed from the data; Doing what I’ve always done, Embracing change: safe uncertainty and Uncertainty working with peer trainers. These themes reflect the heterogenous experiences of clinicians and how they experienced their role as Practitioner Trainers, as well as the different ways Recovery College working was conceptualised.
description: Conclusions: The different ways participants experienced their role may be related to the different stages of change that respective Recovery Colleges are at in terms of implementation. The findings have implications for how Practitioner Trainers are supported in their role, as well as how co-production is planned and implemented. "
A thesis of clinical research and practice: Part A: CBT and third-wave approaches for obsessive compulsive symptoms in the perinatal period: A systematic review; Part B: Fighting for my life, my choices and to be heard: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Black women’s experiences of a psychologically traumatic childbirth in the UK; Part C: Summary of clinical practice and assessments
Creators: name: Solomou, Lygia
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2023

description: It has been increasingly recognised that pregnancy and the postpartum period are a time of
description: increased risk for the development or exacerbation of mental health difficulties in parents,
description: impacting on their quality of life and their relationships with their infants. In line with the
description: NHS Long-Term plan, improving perinatal care and maternity outcomes, especially for
description: mothers and birthing people from diverse backgrounds, has been a priority in recent years,
description: evidenced by the growth in perinatal mental health services nationally. The first paper in this
description: portfolio is a systematic review of the effectiveness of CBT and third-wave interventions in
description: preventing and treating parental obsessive-compulsive symptoms (OCS) in the perinatal
description: period. The findings suggest that CBT in a group or individual format may be effective at
description: preventing or treating perinatal OCS in mothers and the combination of ACT and CBT
description: techniques could be useful for mothers with comorbid conditions. However, no studies with
description: fathers were found, and conclusions were limited by the small number and methodological
description: designs of the included studies. The need for high quality research in this area is highlighted,
description: using larger and more diverse samples to improve patients’ choice and access to treatment,
description: and ensure fathers’ and partners’ needs are met. Paper two is a qualitative study exploring
description: Black women’s experiences of a psychologically traumatic childbirth in the UK. Interviews
description: with seven Black and Black mixed mothers were analysed using Interpretative
description: Phenomenological Analysis. Mothers described the process of losing trust in the system and
description: professionals. They likened their childbirth to a fight to be heard and to shield themselves
description: from perceived discrimination, and described how they found strength in themselves and in
description: others. The complexity of birth trauma for Black mothers was highlighted, and important
description: clinical implications and recommendations for further research were considered.
Giftige Eier – Philippinische Proteste gegen Müllverbrennungsanlagen
Creators: name: Coalition, EcoWaste
name: (Global Alliance For Incinerator Alternatives), GAIA
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Die EcoWaste Coalition und GAIA haben Ende April einen Bericht veröffentlicht, nach dem Eier von freilaufenden Hühnern aus der Umgebung der Müllverbrennungsanlage in Cavite alarmierend hohe Werte von Dioxin und Polychlorbiphenyle (PCB) aufweisen.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 21 Nr. 2 (2005): Alles Müll, oder was? Abfall in Südostasien
Entrepreneurship theory and the creation of economics: insights from Cantillon's Essai
Creators: name: Brown, Chris
name: Thornton, Mark
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Richard Cantillon (1755) is credited with the discovery of economic theory and was the first to fully consider the critical role of entrepreneurship in the economy. Cantillon described entrepreneurship as pervasive and endowed the entrepreneur with the most pivotal role. Using a sample of models from Cantillon’s Essai, we provide evidence that his theory of the entrepreneur is the tool by which he constructed economic theory and that absent the entrepreneur his constructions fail. We believe that Cantillon offers a “new” theory of the entrepreneur that can strengthen entrepreneurship and economic theory by understanding the economic role of the entrepreneur.
Sondermüll auf ehemaligen US-Militärstützpunkten – Bericht vor der UN-Menschenrechtskommission
Creators: name: Justice, For
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Am 6. April 2004 brachten die Dominicans for Justice and Peace während der 60. Sitzung der Menschenrechtskommission der Vereinten Nationen einen mündlichen Bericht über die Auswirkungen von Sonderabfällen aus ehemaligen US Militärstützpunkten ein. Am 16. April 2005 wiederholten sie gemeinsam mit der Alliance for Bases Clean-Up (ABC) International ihre Forderungen in dem folgenden Bericht.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 21 Nr. 2 (2005): Alles Müll, oder was? Abfall in Südostasien
Genomic analyses of the southern and eastern yellowjacket wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) reveal evolutionary signatures of social life
Creators: name: Catto, Michael
name: Caine, Paige
name: Orr, Sarah
name: Hunt, Brendan
name: Goodisman, Michael
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Genome analysis
Insects
Transposable elements
DNA methylation

description: The evolution of sociality in insects represented a remarkable development in biological history. Social wasps are particularly noteworthy because they display gradations in social behaviors. Here, we sequence the genomes of two highly diverged Vespula wasps to gain greater insight into the evolution of sociality. Both V. squamosa and V. maculifrons Buysson (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) are highly social wasps and live in large colonies characterized by distinct caste systems. However, V. squamosa is a facultative social parasite, and V. maculifrons is its frequent host. We found that the genomes of both species were ~200 Mbp in size, similar to the sizes of congeneric species. Analyses of gene expression from members of different castes and developmental stages revealed similarities in expression patterns among immature life stages. Next, we found evidence of DNA methylation within the genome of both species directly from PacBio HiFi DNA sequence reads. Patterns of gene expression were correlated with DNA methylation levels within genes; genes that were highly and uniformly expressed were also relatively highly methylated. Finally, we uncovered evidence of differences in patterns of molecular evolution in the two taxa, consistent with V. squamosa showing changes in selective constraint associated with its facultatively parasitic or polygyne life history. Moreover, rates of gene evolution were correlated with variation in gene expression between castes and developmental stages, as expected if more highly expressed genes were subject to stronger levels of selection. Overall, this study expands our understanding of genomic consequences of social evolution in insects. Keywords: Social Insects, Genetics, Behavior, Population Genetics, Vespidae Entomological Society of America Editorial Office: 170 Jennifer Road, Suite 230, Annapolis, MD 21401, USA. Editorial Office Phone: 1-301-731-4535.

 

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description: Funding provided by: Division of Environmental BiologyROR ID: https://ror.org/03g87he71Award Number: 2105033
Funding provided by: Division of Integrative Organismal SystemsROR ID: https://ror.org/01rvays47Award Number: 2019799
description: Vespula squamosa and Vespula maculifrons transposable elements and methylation coverage files. Transposable element annotation generated from EDTA v2.1.0 and methylation analysis conducted in SeqMonk v1.48.1.
The effect of fructose on intestinal triacylglycerol production and de novo fatty acid synthesis in humans and in an enterocyte model.
Creators: name: Steenson, Simon
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2020

description: Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains a significant cause of mortality globally, with a reduction in free sugars consumption a public health target for decreasing disease burden. Fructose raises post-prandial triacylglycerol (TAG) concentrations (risk factor for CVD), relative to glucose or sucrose, possibly due disrupted intestinal TAG metabolism. Aims: Determine whether effects of high-fructose consumption on plasma TAG concentration are explained by intestinal and/or hepatic TAG lipoprotein kinetics, as well as de novo lipogenesis (DNL), in humans and an in vitro model. Methods: Five overweight males consumed drinks containing 30% energy as fructose or complex carbohydrate hourly for 11h on two separate occasions, in a randomised cross-over design (4 week washout). Stable isotopes were given to measure DNL, chylomicron (CM)-TAG and VLDL-TAG kinetics. CM and VLDL were separated according to their apolipoprotein B (apoB) content (Sf>20 fraction). Caco-2 cells were treated (96h) with different fructose and glucose concentrations, or a mixture of sugars (“Mix”), and stable isotopes tracers ([13C6]-fructose; [13C6]-glucose). TAG enrichments were measured by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Results: Fructose consumption in comparison to the complex CHO had no effect on either intestinal or hepatic DNL. Intestinal and hepatic DNL were correlated in the fasted (P<0.0001) and fed state (P≤0.004). Plasma TAG (P<0.005) and VLDL-TAG (P=0.003) were greater, and CM-TAG production rate (PR, P=0.046) and fractional catabolic rate (FCR, P=0.073) lower, when fructose was consumed, with no differences in VLDL-TAG kinetics. Insulin was lower (P=0.005) and apoB48 (P=0.039), apoB100 (P=0.013) and plasma NEFA (P=0.013) higher in response to fructose. Caco-2 cells utilised fructose and glucose for TAG-palmitate and TAG-glycerol synthesis dose-dependently, with more palmitate derived from glucose after “Mix” treatment (P<0.05). Conclusions: Fructose increased post-prandial TAG concentrations, possibly due to less insulin-mediated lipoprotein metabolism. DNL was unaffected by fructose consumption. This study supports public strategies to restrict dietary free sugars.
Naturopatia & Coaching Un Approccio strutturato per l'equilibrio del corpo, della mente e dell'identità personale
Creators: name: Francesconi, Anna
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Italian and English versions

 

Naturopatia & Coaching

Un approccio integrato per l'equilibrio del corpo, della mente e dell'identità personale.

Questa pubblicazione introduce il modello originale sviluppato da Anna Francesconi, che integra Naturopatia professionale e Coaching trasformazionale in un approccio sistemico e coerente.

Attraverso l’applicazione del Metodo T.I.A.™ (Terreno, Infiammazione, Alimentazione) e delle 3C Consapevoli (Chiarezza, Coerenza, Connessione), l’autrice propone una metodologia pratica, validabile e replicabile, in grado di accompagnare la persona in un percorso di riequilibrio profondo e consapevole.

 

L’opera è rivolta a professionisti del benessere, coach, operatori olistici e studiosi interessati a modelli integrativi innovativi nel campo della salute evolutiva.

Il lavoro è coperto da Copyright

Nathuropaty & Coaching 

An integrated Approach to restore Balance in Body, Mind and Deep Identity

This publication introduces the original method developed by Anna Francesconi, combining professional Naturopathy and Transformational Coaching into a systemic and coherent approach.

Through the application of the T.I.A.™ Method (Terrain, Inflammation, Nutrition) and the 3C Awareness Framework (Clarity, Coherence, Connection), the author presents a practical, replicable and strategically oriented model that supports individuals in a path of deep and integrated wellbeing.

 

This work is intended for wellness professionals, holistic practitioners, coaches, and researchers interested in innovative integrative frameworks for health and human development.

 

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Printed Transition Metal Oxide Electrochemical Capacitors for Energy Harvesting Applications
Creators: name: GIANNAKOU, PAVLOS
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2021

description: With the rapid development of Internet-of-Things (IoT), it is estimated that a trillion sensors will be needed around the globe by 2023 to connect most things around us. This rapid growth of portable devices is stimulating the development of flexible, wearable, and conformal embedded electronics with the unprecedented need for next-generation energy storage systems fully adaptable to diverse form factors. With such an enormous production demand of electronic devices, the manufacturing technologies used for current silicon microelectronics are prohibitively expensive. In addition, conventional fabrication methods, such as photolithography for electronics and electrode winding/stacking for energy storage systems, struggle as fabrication strategies to produce devices with advanced form factors (\textit{i.e.} three-dimensional, flexible, stretchable, wearable, conformal etc.). Printed electronics have been accepted as one of the ways forward to meet this high demand at a lower cost, but also represent a paradigm shift in greener electronic manufacturing. Additionally, the solution process, and in many cases digital nature of printed electronics, not only enable the rapid transfer of a prototype straight to the manufacturing process but also enable the fabrication of highly versatile and creative multifunctional designs. In this thesis, the fabrication of high-energy-density and high-power-density, nickel-(II) oxide co-planar micro-supercapacitors fabricated through inkjet printing is demonstrated. The developed micro-supercapacitors showed remarkable areal and volumetric specific capacitances of up to 155 mF/cm2 and 705 F/cm3 respectively (at 5 mV/s scan rate), surpassing the state-of-the-art inkjet-printed supercapacitors but also a few of the best micro-supercapacitors known to date. Moreover, the fabrication of supercapacitors on 3D objects through inkjet and water-transfer printing is also demonstrated. Electrochemical studies were performed to investigate the effect of substrate and printing resolution, different types of current collector silver inks, sintering temperatures and carbon residues in electrodes, different types of electrolytes, binders and other organic compounds in electrolytes, and the effect of electrode gaps on the electrochemical response and capacitance of inkjet-printed, co-planar NiO supercapacitors. This work provides a compelling platform to simplify the fabrication process of next-generation supercapacitors, with focus on digital design, scalable manufacturing, and direct integration with printed electronics to enable a variety of design flexibility needed for countless new IoT applications, including wearable health systems.
Auf dem Weg zur modernen Abfallwirtschaft – Abfallwirtschaft und Entwicklungszusammenarbeit
Creators: name: Paul, Johannes
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Mit steigender Bevölkerungszahl, Urbanisierung und zunehmender wirtschaftlicher Aktivität in den Philippinen, wächst auch der Müll. Derzeit gibt das Ministerium für Umwelt und natürliche Ressourcen (DENR) eine tägliche Abfallproduktion von 0,5 kg pro Kopf an, wohingegen in Städten und besonders in Manila dieser Wert bei 0,8 kg pro Kopf liegt.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 21 Nr. 2 (2005): Alles Müll, oder was? Abfall in Südostasien
Leben vom Müll – Müllsammler in Cebu City
Creators: name: Vogt, Constantin
name: Schnaidt, Carmen
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Conzila Escote und Marivic Carillas warten. Die beiden Frauen kauern unter einem improvisierten Zeltdach. Ihre Kahegi, ein Metallhaken und ihr einziges Werkzeug, haben sie auf die Seite gelegt. Sie schauen auf die Müllkippe vor ihnen, auf die dunklen Rauchschwaden und die Kinder, die spielen. Sie warten im Schatten, sie warten auf die Lastwagen, die den Müll bringen. Conzila und Marivic sind »Scavenger«. Übersetzt bedeutet das »Aasgeier«.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 21 Nr. 2 (2005): Alles Müll, oder was? Abfall in Südostasien
Complexastrea d'Orbigny 1849
Creators: name: Vasseur, Raphaël
name: Lathuilière, Bernard
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Scleractinia
Thecosmiliidae
Complexastrea

description: Genus Complexastrea d’Orbigny, 1849
Platastraea Tomes, 1885: 183.
SPECIES ORIGINALLY INCLUDED. — Astrea burgundiae Leymerie, 1846.
TYPE SPECIES. — Astrea burgundiae Leymerie, 1846 (Leymerie 1846: 252, pl. 10, fig. 13), non Defrance in Blainville 1830).
REMARK
In 1849, d’Orbigny created Complexastrea with the indication Astrea burgundiae Leymerie. In 1850 (d’Orbigny 1850: 35-36, no. 565) d’Orbigny abandoned Complexastrea and attributed Astrea burgundiae Leymerie to Confusastrea subburgundiae. The genus Complexastrea is now considered available and valid. The type material has been described and figured in Morsch (1994: 10, pls 1, 2, 3).
description: Published as part of Vasseur, Raphaël & Lathuilière, Bernard, 2021, Pliensbachian corals from the Western Tethys, pp. 1187-1291 in Geodiversitas 43 (22) on page 1274, DOI: 10.5252/geodiversitas2021v43a22, http://zenodo.org/record/5764379
Experimental study of parabolic trough collector in series having a concentric copper tube in evacuated tube for air heating
Creators: name: Verma, Ashutosh Kumar
name: Yadav, Laxmikant
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Space Science
subject: Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Currently, the utilization of solar energy for domestic purposes, particularly in applications such as space heating and hot water, is constrained to flat plate collectors and evacuated tubes due to its compact size, absence of tracking mechanisms, low maintenance, and cost-effectiveness. The objective of this study is to evaluate the practical effectiveness of a locally developed parabolic trough collector system through experimentation. In this configuration, two parabolic trough collectors with one-ended evacuated tubes and inner concentric copper tubes for double pass airflow were connected in series, exhibiting an average air temperature within the range of 130.22°C to 166.72°C, which indicates its potential for use in industrial and domestic applications. Solar intensity, thermal performance, and pressure drop were determined after the first evacuated tube (intermediate point) and after the second evacuated tube. The experiments were carried out on six separate days, with three distinct airflow rates of 0.0056 kg/s, 0.0038 kg/s, and 0.0021 kg/s. Results discovered that the maximum air temperature reached was 210.5°C. The maximum thermal efficiency observed was 39.31%, with an overall average thermal efficiency of 30.56%. Further, the maximum pressure drop achieved was 510 Pa at 0.0056 kg/s.
Gesetz zur Müllentsorgung von Implementierung weit entfernt — es gibt jedoch Hoffnung
Creators: name: Rodriguez, Ces
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Vor einigen Jahren schickten Kinder, die von den Milliarden von unkompostierbaren Verpackungen, in denen McDonald ’ s seine Hamburger verkaufte entsetzt waren, Unmengen dieser Schalen und Behälter an den Hauptsitz des Burger-Imperiums zurück.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 21 Nr. 2 (2005): Alles Müll, oder was? Abfall in Südostasien
Nachrichten
Creators: name: Hensengerth, Stefanie
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Nachrichten der Region.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 21 Nr. 2 (2005): Alles Müll, oder was? Abfall in Südostasien
Effect of a tailored assistive technology intervention on older adults and their family caregiver: a pragmatic study protocol
Creators: name: Demers, Louise
name: Mortenson, W. Ben
name: Fuhrer, Marcus J.
name: Jutai, Jeffrey W.
name: Plante, Michelle
name: Mah, Jasmine
name: DeRuyter, Frank
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2018

description: Background: Many older adults with mobility limitations use assistive technology to help them perform daily activities. However, little attention has been paid to the impact on their family caregivers. This neglect produces an incomplete portrayal of the outcomes of assistive technology provision. This paper describes the protocol for a study that examines the impact of a tailored assistive technology intervention that is inclusive of assistance users and their family caregivers. Methods/design: This research will use a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods. The quantitative portion will be an experimental, single-blinded study in which participants are randomly assigned to either an experimental assistive technology intervention or a standard care group. We will enroll 240 participants (120 dyads) into the study from three Canadian sites. Participants will include older adults (>55) and family caregivers who provide ≥4 h per week of assistance with daily activities and social participation. The primary outcome measure for the older adults will be the Functional Autonomy Measurement System, and the primary outcome measure for the caregivers will be the Caregiver Assistive Technology Outcomes Measure. Qualitative data will be collected through detailed records of the therapists’ interventions, as well as through interviews with dyads and therapists following the interventions. Data collection will occur at baseline (T0) with follow-ups at 6 weeks (T1), 22 weeks (T2), and 58 weeks (T3) after baseline evaluation. Discussion: The findings from this study will help service providers and clinicians to move forward with assistive technology recommendations that are more attuned to the needs of both older adults with mobility limitations and their family caregivers. Additionally, the study’s findings will enhance our conceptual understanding of the spectrum of assistive technology outcomes and set the stage for econometric studies assessing cost-effectiveness. Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01640470 . Registered 11/21/2011.
Nachrichten
Creators: name: Arnez, Monika
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2019

description: Nachrichten der Region.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 21 Nr. 2 (2005): Alles Müll, oder was? Abfall in Südostasien
Modelling sleep-wake regulation : the dynamics, bifurcations and applications of the two process model.
Creators: name: Bailey, M.P.
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2019

description: Sleep is essential for most living things to function. Many features of sleep are not yet understood however, mathematical models are playing an important role in developing our understanding of many of the physiological properties of sleep. We introduce the most well-known model of sleep regulation, the two process model which proposes that sleep-wake cycles can be modelled by the interaction between two oscillators. This ostensibly simple model is an interesting example of a nonsmooth dynamical system whose rich dynamical structure has been relatively unexplored. A key aim of this work is to further understand how transitions between monophasic (one sleep a day) and polyphasic (many sleeps a day) sleep occur in the two process model. The two process model can be framed as a one-dimensional map of the circle which, for some parameter regimes, has gaps. As is a feature of continuous circle maps the bifurcation set consists of saddle-node Arnold tongues. We show that border collision bifurcations that arise naturally in maps with gaps extend and supplement these tongues. We see how the periodic solutions that are created by saddle-node bifurcations in continuous maps transition to periodic solutions created by period-adding bifurcations as seen in maps with gaps. With this deeper understanding of the dynamics and bifurcation structure of the two process model we use modified versions of the model to explain two experimental data sets. An ultradian rhythm is a recurrent period or cycle which repeats multiple times across the day. We consider the sleep wake patterns of a the common vole, Microtus Arvalis, which has ultradian rest activity and feeding patterns. By deriving parameters for the two process model from EEG data and sleep/ wake onset times we are able to simulate with high accuracy the key features of spontaneous sleep-wake patterns in the voles. However, to explain phenomena seen in sleep deprivation experiments we include a high amplitude ultradian oscillation alongside the circadian, the results allow us to give some physiological insight into the internal mechanisms which drive sleep/wake onset times in the common vole. Across the human lifespan there are many changes in the physiological properties of sleep, sleep timing and sleep duration. In adolescence sleep timing is delayed and there is a reduction in slow wave sleep which continues into old age as sleep timing gradually becomes earlier. Using a modified two process model which incorporates a van der Pol oscillator driven by external light signals into the circadian process we show that changes in sleep timing and duration across the lifespan can be explained by varying parameters. Model simulation show that these changes can be understood by a simultaneous reduction in the amplitude of the circadian oscillator and the upper asymptote of the homeostatic sleep pressure.
THE LEGAL NATURE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AS A SOCIO-LEGAL INSTITUTION: A LABOR LAW PERSPECTIVE
Creators: name: Ergashev, Azamat
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has transcended its initial voluntary nature and has become a key element in shaping labor relations and influencing regulatory frameworks. This article explores CSR as a socio-legal institution, focusing on its transformation from ethical obligation to legal expectation in labor law. It discusses the theoretical foundations of CSR, its evolution, its intersection with labor rights, and its incorporation into international labor standards, national legislation, and judicial interpretations. The study employs a comparative and normative methodology, emphasizing the legal obligations of employers, the role of workers' rights, and the impact of international instruments such as the ILO Conventions and the UN Global Compact. The paper concludes with recommendations on strengthening CSR's legal enforceability and embedding it within national labor legal systems to promote sustainable and equitable employment practices.
Integration requires radical thinking
Creators: name: Leitch, Shirley
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Meeting ambitious Commonwealth targets for low SES participation presents significant challenges for metropolitan universities. Currently about one third of Australian universities are achieving the federal government’s low SES enrolment target of 20 per cent. Of the 14 universities achieving this target, only two are metropolitan. And not surprisingly, one of those two universities is a dual sector institution---Victoria University. The national average for low SES domestic undergraduate enrolment is currently 15.7 per cent. Based on 2008 figures, articulation rates between VET/TAFE and higher education at Australia’s five dual sector universities---Victoria, Ballarat, Charles Darwin, RMIT and Swinburne---range from about eight per cent to almost 30 per cent. Swinburne has the highest articulation rate of 29.7 per cent. In order to improve low SES participation rates the discussion has centred on pathways that will enable students currently clustered in the VET sector to move through into higher education. There is no doubt that approaches to pathways can be---and need to be---improved. So, why not take the concept of pathways one step further and make the pathways guaranteed? Guaranteed means that success at one level of study guarantees students entry to the next level, just as it does in secondary school. If you successfully complete your TAFE Diploma course, then you have a place in an undergraduate degree. Swinburne introduced its Guaranteed Entry Scheme (GES) this year. The GES gives current Swinburne TAFE Diploma and Advanced Diploma students guaranteed entry into at least one Swinburne undergraduate program. The students automatically receive this offer when they enrol in TAFE. There is no need to apply because the scheme operates on an opt-out rather than opt-in philosophy. We are the first Australian university to introduce such a scheme and have now mapped 2740 pathways for our students. Our aim is to continue developing the scheme and expanding the choice of pathways on offer.
Sketch based image retrieval on big visual data.
Creators: name: Bui, Tu
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2020

description: The deluge of visual content on the Internet - from user-generated content to commercial image collections - motivates intuitive new methods for searching digital image content: how can we find certain images in a database of millions? Sketch-based image retrieval (SBIR) is an emerging research topic in which a free-hand drawing can be used to visually query photographic images. SBIR is aligned to emerging trends for visual content consumption on mobile touch-screen based devices, for which gestural interactions such as sketch are a natural alternative to textual input. This thesis presents several contributions to the literature of SBIR. First, we propose a cross-domain learning framework that maps both sketches and images into a joint embedding space invariant to depictive style, while preserving semantics. The resulting embedding enables direct comparison and search between sketches and images and is based upon a multi-branch convolutional neural network (CNN) trained using unique parameter sharing and training schemes. The deeply learned embedding is shown to yield state-of-art retrieval performance on several SBIR benchmarks. Second, under two separate works we propose to disambiguate sketched queries by combining sketched shape with a secondary modality: SBIR with colour and with aesthetic context. The former enables querying with coloured line-art sketches. Colour and shape features are extracted locally using a modified version of gradient field orientation histogram (GF-HoG) before globally pooled using dictionary learning. Various colour-shape fusion strategies are explored, coupled with an efficient indexing scheme for fast retrieval performance. The latter supports querying using both a sketched shape accompanied by one or several images serving as an aesthetic constraint governing the visual style of search results. We propose to model structure and style separately dis-entangling one modality from the other; then learn structure-style fusion using a hierarchical triplet network. This method enables further studies beyond SBIR such as style blending, style analogy and retrieval with alternative-modal queries. Third, we explore mid-grain SBIR -- a novel field requiring retrieved images to match both category and key visual characteristics of the sketch without demanding fine-grain, instance-level matching of specific object instance. We study a semi-supervised approach that requires mainly class-labelled sketches and images plus a small number of instance-labelled sketch-image pairs. This approach involves aligning sketch and image embeddings before pooling them into clusters from which mid-grain similarity may be measured. Our learned model demonstrates not only intra-category discrimination (mid-grain) but also improved inter-category discrimination (coarse-grain) on a newly created MidGrain65c dataset.
Freiheitskämpfer oder Geschäftemacher?
Creators: name: Wiedemann, Anke
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Buchbesprechung von: Antje Mißbach, Freiheitskämpfer oder Geschäfte ­ macher? Der bewaffnete Kampf der Gerakan Aceh Merdeka (GAM) unter Berücksichtigung klassischer und neuer Guerillatheorien (= Berliner Südostasien-Studien, Band 5), Logos Verlag, 2005, ISBN 3-8325-0789-2.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 21 Nr. 2 (2005): Alles Müll, oder was? Abfall in Südostasien
Complexastrea gregaria
Creators: name: Vasseur, Raphaël
name: Lathuilière, Bernard
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Scleractinia
Thecosmiliidae
Complexastrea
Complexastrea gregaria

description: Complexastrea cf. gregaria (M’Coy, 1848)
(Fig. 61)
Montlivaultia gregaria M’Coy, 1848: 403.
Thecosmilia gregaria – Milne Edwards & Haime 1851: 135, pl. 28, fig. 1-1a; 1857: 359. — Fromentel 1861: 144. — Duncan 1872: 18, pl. 6, fig. 1-2-3-4. — Tomes 1878: 299. — Meyer 1888: 19, pl. 4, fig. 3-6. — Lang 1917: 93.
Chorisastraea gregaria – Tomes 1882: 429; 1886: 445.
Confusastraea gregaria – Beauvais 1974: 20.
Complexastrea sp. 2 – Vasseur 2018: 147-148, fig. 3.17.
TYPE MATERIAL. — Syntypes Sedgwick Museum Cambridge, J 34976 - J 34978, J 6116-J 6117. TYPE LOCALITY. — Inferior Oolite of Dundry, Somerset, England and Cheltenham, Gloucester shire, England. STUDIED SAMPLES. — Two specimens:CPUN MA0504E2-3, CPUN MA0504E2-4. GEOGRAPHIC AND STRATIGRAPHIC RANGES. — Pliensbachian of Taililout (Middle Atlas of Morocco).
DESCRIPTION
Cerio-plocoid massive corallum with subcircular corallites often distorted and fluctuating in diameter. Radial elements are compact, free or joining by their inner edge, often curved costosepta. Lateral faces hold granules with typically montlivaltid distribution and shape. No columella. Endotheca abundant, made of vesicular dissepiments. Incomplete wall made with the external twisted edge of septa, no synapticulae. Some remains of what seems to have been a holotheca have been observed. Calicular diameter: 8 to 23 mm – Distance between calices: 13 to 18 mm – Number of septa:>80 – Septal density: 2 to 4 per 2 mm.
SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES
The Pliensbachian specimens show higher number of septa and septal densities than the Toarcian specimens but the variations of these characters fit with the morphometric variability of Complexastrea gregaria (see Lathuilière1996), a species described up until now in Middle Jurassic that shows important intraspecific variability. We maintain a cf. due to the tendency of calices to be smaller than in Middle Jurassic C. gregaria.
description: Published as part of Vasseur, Raphaël & Lathuilière, Bernard, 2021, Pliensbachian corals from the Western Tethys, pp. 1187-1291 in Geodiversitas 43 (22) on pages 1274-1277, DOI: 10.5252/geodiversitas2021v43a22, http://zenodo.org/record/5764379
Mit Frauenpower und Tradition zur Nachhaltigkeit – Eine Begegnung mit der lokalen Bevölkerung am Rande eines Nationalparks
Creators: name: Miehlau, Sabine
name: Wickl, Frank D.
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Ist »staatlich verordneter« Ressourcenschutz überhaupt vereinbar mit den Rechten der lokalen Bevölkerung? Ibu Rukmini aus Toro kämpft für diese Rechte. Sie mischt sich ein und schafft Netzwerke, um der weiblichen Dorfbevölkerung Begriffe wie Vision und Mission, aber auch Konservierung und Nachhaltigkeit, näher zu bringen.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 21 Nr. 2 (2005): Alles Müll, oder was? Abfall in Südostasien
Mian and Kilivila Collection
Creators: name: Senft, G
name: Fedden, O
name: Feist, T
name: Baerman, Matthew
name: Brown, D
name: Corbett, Greville G.
Publisher: name: The University of Surrey
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Gender
subject: Classifiers
subject: Categorisation
subject: Mian
subject: Kilivilia
subject: Linguistics
subject: FOS: Languages and literature
subject: Papua New Guinea

description: The Mian and Kilivila Collection contains information pertaining to the nominal classification systems of two indigenous languages of Papua New Guinea, Mian and Kilivila. Kilivila has a single system of classifiers, with a great number of distinctions, while Mian has a dual system, which combines four genders and six classifiers. The Digital Collection on this website permits users to gain a greater understanding of these systems by exploring images of Mian and Kilivila objects and people. Users are also able to test what they have learnt about the classifications systems of these two languages by taking the online Quiz.
Characterisation of Virus-Induced Cytoplasmic Domains using the Herpes Simplex Virus Protein UL46
Creators: name: Perry, Dana Megan
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2023

description: Cell biological studies of a range of viruses have led to the discovery of virus-induced cellular compartments. In the case of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), novel and discrete domains have been identified throughout the cytoplasm of infected cells, but their nature and purpose remain to be defined. The tegument protein UL46 has previously been observed to localise at specific cytoplasmic sites during infection with a number of HSV-1 strains. Here, a recombinant HSV-1 capable of expressing EGFP tagged UL46 (G46v) was developed and characterised, to be used as a tool for studying these HSV-1 induced cytoplasmic domains.

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description: Mass spectrometry analysis of EGFP-UL46 complexes isolated from infected cell lysate revealed UL46 interacted with a range of cytoskeletal and ER-associated proteins. STED super-resolution microscopy further indicated a close association between cytoplasmic domains containing EGFP-UL46 and microtubules. Mobility studies showed two kinetic populations of UL46 reside within these domains, one that was stably associated, while the remainder were dynamically associated. These domains also appeared to contain separate sub-compartments, where different virus proteins were segregated. A number of proteins destined to be assembled into the tegument of the virion were observed to be targeted to these domains, including the minor tegument proteins ICP0 and ICP4, along with the major tegument protein UL49. Interestingly, mass spectrometry analysis of enriched EGFP-UL46 domains also revealed the presence of capsid and inner tegument proteins at these sites. Conversely, viral glycoprotein-studded membranes which form the virion envelope were not observed at these sites, and no viral glycoproteins were detected during mass spectrometry analysis. The formation of these domains was blocked when viral genome replication was inhibited, and during infection with a deletion virus defective in progeny capsid export to the cytoplasm (ΔUL34).

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description: We propose that these virus-induced structures may represent sites through which capsids traffic to acquire tegument proteins along the pathway of virion assembly.
»Vielleicht ist es einfach Gewohnheit«: Müll in Jogjakarta – eine ethnologische Feldforschungsübung auf Java
Creators: name: Pietschmann, Nina
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: »Die Menschen lachen immer noch, weil Müll ja nur Staub ist. Weißt Du, schon mit dem Wind ist er ja weg.« Dies sagte eine 28 Jahre alte Indonesierin, die in einem Bücherladen im Zentrum von Jogjakarta arbeitet.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 21 Nr. 2 (2005): Alles Müll, oder was? Abfall in Südostasien
A study on the thermal performance of geothermal energy tunnels.
Creators: name: Ogunleye, Oluwaseun
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2020

description: Shallow geothermal energy is a renewable and sustainable form of energy with the potential to help alleviate the growing climate and energy crisis. The most common system used for extracting shallow geothermal energy is the ground source heat pump system (GSHP). The concept of using existing underground structures in harnessing shallow geothermal energy for space heating and cooling is beginning to attract considerable interest. This study focused on the use of tunnels (so-called energy tunnels) as a means to extract shallow geothermal energy. There is limited research on the effect of design and ground parameters on the thermal output of energy tunnels. In this study, a novel experiment (laboratory-scale) energy tunnel model was designed and built to allow the assessment of some of the energy tunnels design parameters and ground parameters (fluid flowrate, tunnel air temperature, continuous versus intermittent operation and pipe spacing) on its thermal output. A numerical model was developed and validated to assess and highlight critical parameters associated with the operation of energy tunnels. The numerical model together with the Taguchi method was used to further investigate the influence of design parameters (absorber fluid diffusivity, concrete diffusivity, pipe thermal conductivity, pipe diameter, length of pipe, pipe spacing and heat exchanger pipe location) on energy tunnels thermal efficiencies. The results show that the overall thermal output of an energy tunnel depends largely on the available area for the heat exchange and the thermal properties of a tunnel lining, while the choice of pipe spacing does not have a significant impact on the thermal performance of energy tunnels. This study highlights the importance of including the effect of variation in tunnel air temperature (rather than assuming a constant average value) when estimating the geothermal potential of underground tunnels. Insights are also provided on the soil temperature recovery rates after prolonged operation. These could serve as a basis for working out a seasonal intermittent operation strategies. This study has also provided optimisation guidance for engineers looking to improve the efficiency of energy tunnels. It further validates that a carefully designed system could operate at a relatively low cost to conventional fossil fuel-based heating systems.
Complex translocation disrupting TCF4 and altering TCF4 isoform expression segregates as mild autosomal dominant intellectual disability
Creators: name: Maduro, Valerie
name: Pusey, Barbara N
name: Cherukuri, Praveen F
name: Atkins, Paul
name: Du Souich, Christèle
name: Rupps, Rosemarie
name: Limbos, Marjolaine
name: Adams, David R
name: Bhatt, Samarth S
name: Eydoux, Patrice
name: Links, Amanda E
name: Lehman, Anna
name: Malicdan, May C
name: Mason, Christopher E
name: Morimoto, Marie
name: Mullikin, James C
name: Sear, Andrew
name: Van Karnebeek, Clara
name: Stankiewicz, Pawel
name: Gahl, William A
name: Toro, Camilo
name: Boerkoel, Cornelius F
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2018

description: Background: Mutations of TCF4, which encodes a basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor, cause Pitt-Hopkins syndrome (PTHS) via multiple genetic mechanisms. TCF4 is a complex locus expressing multiple transcripts by alternative splicing and use of multiple promoters. To address the relationship between mutation of these transcripts and phenotype, we report a three-generation family segregating mild intellectual disability with a chromosomal translocation disrupting TCF4. Results: Using whole genome sequencing, we detected a complex unbalanced karyotype disrupting TCF4 (46,XY,del(14)(q23.3q23.3)del(18)(q21.2q21.2)del(18)(q21.2q21.2)inv(18)(q21.2q21.2)t(14;18)(q23.3;q21.2)(14pter®14q23.3::18q21.2®18q21.2::18q21.1®18qter;18pter®18q21.2::14q23.3®14qter). Subsequent transcriptome sequencing, qRT-PCR and nCounter analyses revealed that cultured skin fibroblasts and peripheral blood had normal expression of genes along chromosomes 14 or 18 and no marked changes in expression of genes other than TCF4. Affected individuals had 12–33 fold higher mRNA levels of TCF4 than did unaffected controls or individuals with PTHS. Although the derivative chromosome generated a PLEKHG3-TCF4 fusion transcript, the increased levels of TCF4 mRNA arose from transcript variants originating distal to the translocation breakpoint, not from the fusion transcript. Conclusions: Although validation in additional patients is required, our findings suggest that the dysmorphic features and severe intellectual disability characteristic of PTHS are partially rescued by overexpression of those short TCF4 transcripts encoding a nuclear localization signal, a transcription activation domain, and the basic helix-loop-helix domain.
Und manchmal ein toter Hund ... Bali: Der Müllreport
Creators: name: Larenz, Antonius
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Der Autor gewährt tiefe Einblicke in die Welt der balinesischen Müllentsorgung und die drängenden Probleme, die damit einhergehen. Für das trotz Müllkrise immer noch schöne Bali bleibt nach seiner Meinung nicht mehr viel Zeit, wenn es dem Müllkollaps entgehen will.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 21 Nr. 2 (2005): Alles Müll, oder was? Abfall in Südostasien