cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Elucidating the multiplicity dependence of J/ψ production in proton–proton collisions with PYTHIA8
Creators: name: Weber, Steffen Georg
name: Dubla, Andrea
name: Andronic, Anton
name: Morsch, Andreas
Publisher: name: Springer
Year: 2022

description: A study of prompt and non-prompt J/ψ production as a function of charged-particle multiplicity in inelastic proton–proton (pp) collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of s√ = 13 TeV based on calculations using the PYTHIA8 Monte Carlo is reported. Recent experimental data shows an intriguing stronger-than-linear increase of the self-normalized J/ψ yield with multiplicity; several models, based on initial or final state effects, have been able to describe the observed behaviour. In this paper, the microscopic reasons for this behaviour, like the role of multiple parton interactions, colour reconnections and auto-correlations are investigated. It is observed that the stronger-than-linear increase and the transverse momentum (pT) dependence, contrary to what is predicted by the other available models, can be attributed to auto-correlation effects only. In absence of auto-correlation effects, the increase of the yield of J/ψ with multiplicity – and in general for all hard processes – is weaker than linear for multiplicities exceeding about three times the mean multiplicity. The possibility of disentangling auto-correlation effects from other physical phenomena by measuring the charged-particle multiplicity in different pseudo-rapidity and azimuthal regions relative to the J/ψ direction is investigated. In this regard, it is suggested to extend the experimental measurements of J/ψ production as a function of the charged-particle multiplicity by determining the multiplicity in several azimuthal regions and in particular in the Transverse region with respect to the direction of the J/ψ meson.
(Un)Schooling Gender. Realising the STEM Potential of 'Maker Technologies'.
Creators: name: Carter, Rebecca
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021
Subjects: Education

description: This thesis applies feminist perspectives to explore girls’ engagement with Maker technologies in schools not as a politically neutral endeavour but rather a socio-political exercise. To improve girls' access to STEM-related pathways, several feminist interventions are proposed to disrupt fixed understandings of gender operating inside school structures and schooling practices.
Gregor Bitto, Andreas Fuchs (Hrsg.), M. Tullius Ciceropro M. Caelio-Rede für M. Caelius. Kommentierte Cicerolektüre für die Vorbereitung auf das Latinum
Creators: name: Kirchner, Roderich
Publisher: name: Forum Classicum
Year: 2017

description: Rezension zu: Gregor Bitto, Andreas Fuchs (Hrsg.), M. Tullius Ciceropro M. Caelio-Rede für M. Caelius. Kommentierte Cicerolektüre für die Vorbereitung auf das Latinum, Heidelberg 2009 (Universitätsverlag Winter) (ISBN-10: 382535623X).
description: Forum Classicum, Nr. 4 (2009): Forum Classicum
Gender and entrepreneurial success: A cross cultural study of competencies of female SMEs operators in South Africa
Creators: name: Irene, Bridget Nneka Obiagele
Publisher: name: Cardiff Metropolitan University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Entrepreneurship

description: This cross-cultural study investigates the linkbetween business success and entrepreneurial competencies in female-owned SMEs in South Africa. The study seeks to identify sets of behaviours that delineate competencies among South African female entrepreneurs. It aims to develop a model of gender and culture-specific competencies for incorporation into interventionprograms for entrepreneurial development.A “mixed-method” approach, conducted in two parts, was adopted for this study.Study 1 was qualitative: 50 individual interviews with 50 female entrepreneurs were conducted. 10 focus group discussions with 78 entrepreneurs were completed. The purpose was to identify gender (female) and context (South African) specific behaviours that delineate entrepreneurial competencies.12 competency domains were identified bythematic analysis of the qualitative data consistentwith existing entrepreneurial competency models. New behaviours were identified (with no new domains identified), and grouped under existing competency domains. This shows that existing models offer some cross-cultural generalisability. These newly identified behaviours suggest a possible need to revise the existing competency models to augment their relevance to entrepreneurial competency measurements in different contexts.Study 2 was quantitative: 780 entrepreneurs completed a 6-part questionnaire. Datacollection and preliminary assumption testing involved definingthe psychometric elements of thedependent variables and covariates. The sample consisted of 785 female entrepreneurs from 4 different South African provinces. The survey instrument was a structured questionnaire. Results found that competencies had a majorinfluenceon the business success of female South African SME operators. The results demonstrate that self-reported competencies can predict business success in female-owned South African SMEs. The findings were largely consistent with existing models, but behavioural differences defined different competency domains, possibly associated with cultural differences.
Additional file 2 of Transcriptomic and chemical analyses to identify candidate genes involved in color variation of sainfoin flowers
Creators: name: Qiao, Yu
name: Cheng, Qiming
name: Zhang, Yutong
name: Yan, Wei
name: Yi, Fengyan
name: Shi, Fengling
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 2. The size distribution of sainfoin unigenes.
The Development and Preclinical Assessment of Ovine Anti-TNF-α Polyclonal Antibodies for the Oral Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Creators: name: Griffiths, Owen Rees
Publisher: name: Cardiff Metropolitan University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Immunology not elsewhere classified

description: Tumour Necrosis Factor-alpha (TNF-α) is one of the main drivers of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Regulating the actions of this pro-inflammatory cytokine through selective antagonism using an anti-TNF-α monoclonal antibody (mAb) provides effective therapy for IBD. These agents are administered and then distributed systemically in a condition localised to the gastrointestinal tract. Induction of anti-drug antibodies and other undesirable side effects limit their use.
 This research aimed to optimise the production of ovine anti-TNF-α polyclonal antibodies (PcAb) and demonstrate their in vitro functionality to develop a therapeutic oral product for IBD treatment.
 The choice of adjuvants and immunisation schedules for the production of ovine anti-TNF-α PcAb was optimised. The novel product's binding, functional potency, and binding kinetics were compared to a licenced anti-TNF-α mAb, infliximab. Functional activity of ovine anti-TNF-α PcAb on TNF-α-dependent tight junction protein (TJP) modulation and cell architecture was assessed in a co-culture human tissue equivalent model of inflammation.
 This study demonstrates that CoVaccine HTTM adjuvant generates significantly greater ovine neutralising PcAbs directed against human TNF-α as compared to Freund’s (with BrijTM-35) adjuvant. Additionally, the use of CoVaccine HTTM is associated with fewer reactions at injection sites. Ovine anti-TNF-α PcAb have broad functionality, as they bind and neutralise murine TNF-α, whilst a mAb, infliximab, does not. BiacoreTM studies demonstrated that the binding kinetics (KD, Ka and Kd) of ovine anti-TNF-α PcAb and infliximab are not significantly different. Additionally, cellular functional binding studies suggest that ovine anti-TNF-α PcAb bind both free and membrane-bound TNF-α.
 Functional activity of the novel ovine anti-TNF-α PcAb was demonstrated in an in vitro co-culture model of inflammatory disease. During inflammation, ovine anti-TNF-α PcAb protect Caco-2 monolayer integrity and maintain ZO-1 and occludin localisation. Additionally, they maintain F-actin distribution, cytoskeletal structure and cell architecture.
 The findings of this study indicate that ovine anti-TNF-α PcAb are functional and comparable to the monoclonal agent, infliximab, and supports their further development as a pharmacologically active component of an oral IBD treatment.
The application of TAM for the investigation of students attitudes towards ICT in KHEIs learning
Creators: name: Meerza, Alyya H.
Publisher: name: Cardiff Metropolitan University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: The aim of this study was to investigate the attitudes of students towards, and use of ICT in KHEIs (private- public), as well as identifying the factors that influence students‟ attitudes towards using ICT in their daily learning. Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) was used to examine the influence of the factors: type of university, gender, academic discipline, language of learning, students‟ ICT experience and ICT support, on the Perceive Ease (PEOU) of Use and Perceive Usefulness (PU), as internal components of attitude. This study employed mixed research methods to achieve its aims and objectives. The study sample consisted of 717 students from the sciences and humanities at both the Public University and the private University in Kuwait. Quantitative and qualitative data were gathered from students by distributing questionnaires and semi-structured interviews. The principal quantitative results of this study were: (1) the overall attitude of public university students towards using ICT in their learning are more positive than the attitudes of students at the private university; (2) the type of university, gender, level of ICT experience and ICT support factors have an influence on students‟ attitudes through the PEOU and PU; (3) the factor of academic discipline only influences students in terms of the PEOU and PU, and (4) learning English has a positive influence on students‟ attitudes towards ICT. At the same time, the qualitative results show that the use of ICT tools in their English version can improve students‟ English language skills. Another qualitative result shows that the social communication between students and the peer learning can positively influence their attitude towards ICT, as well as improving their ICT experience and skills. Recommendations were subsequently made to stakeholders and educators at both universities, based on the findings of the study. Further ideas were then identified for future research.
Additional file 7 of Transcriptomic and chemical analyses to identify candidate genes involved in color variation of sainfoin flowers
Creators: name: Qiao, Yu
name: Cheng, Qiming
name: Zhang, Yutong
name: Yan, Wei
name: Yi, Fengyan
name: Shi, Fengling
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 7. KEGG pathway showing phenylpropanoid biosynthesis, flavonoid biosynthesis, flavone and flavonol biosynthesis in sainfoin.
Protected Areas in Japan:A semiannual update
Creators: name: Kondo, Yasuhisa
name: Suetsugu, Satoko
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022

description: This presentation was in an online session of the PARSEC Synthesis Meeting27 April 2022.
description: PARSEC is a project sponsored by the Belmont Forum as part of its Collaborative Research Action (CRA) on Science-Driven e-Infrastructures Innovation (SEI), with funding from FAPESP, the ANR, JST and the NSF, with collaborators from Australia, and support from the synthesis centre CESAB of the French Foundation for Research on Biodiversity.
Causes and strategies to reduce road traffic accidents in Abu Dhabi
Creators: name: Hammoudi, Abdulla AL
Publisher: name: Cardiff Metropolitan University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Public transport

description: Every year globally 1.3 million people lose their lives from road traffic accidents (RTAs). To date, there has not been a comprehensive evaluation of RTAs in the United Arab Emirates, and the results from this study would help in evaluating the issues related to RTAs. Relevant literature on factors related to RTAs was reviewed to inform the methods adopted for the study. Structured questionnaires were used to collect quantitative data among 291 drivers and 280 pedestrians in Abu Dhabi, while 41 key informant interviews with traffic managers provided qualitative data. Draft recommendations on RTAs in Abu Dhabi that were derived from drivers, pedestrians and key informant interviews were discussed with appropriate stakeholders , traffic managers and policy makers in the country that resulted in the development of RTAs benchmark in the country. The study has identified major causes of RTAs in Abu Dhabi, with young people between 18-25 years, the ones who are likely to cause RTAs in Abu Dhabi. Not wearing seat belt, using mobile phone and alcohol consumption were also identified as causes of RTAs. Aggressive driving behaviour was the most unsafe driving behaviours and included speeding, tailgating, not using indicators and jumping red traffic lights. Using a mobile phones as a pedestrian while crossing roads and crossing roads from undesignated places also contributed to RTAs. The study has proposed methods to reduce RTAs in Abu Dhabi including traffic law enforcement, traffic campaigns and education traffic safety programs. The study further proposes that a welcome pack be provided for new arrivals to the country, with information on the importance of traffic safety and to explain the traffic law in the country as an appropriate method to reduce RTAs in Abu Dhabi. The study further proposes that governments should work with relevant stakeholders to address issues related to RTAs.
title: Μεθοδολογική εκτίμηση επιπτώσεων και ατυχημάτων στην επαγγελματική επικινδυνότητα σε εργασιακούς χώρους
Creators: name: Χαλκίδου Αναστασία
Publisher: name: Technical University of Crete
Year: 2005

description: Μη διαθέσιμο
title: Ανάπτυξη διαδικτυακής πλατφόρμας Business-to-Business δημοπρασίας ζώων
Creators: name: Στογιάννος Σπυρίδων - Νικόλαος
Publisher: name: Technical University of Crete
Year: 2005

description: Μη διαθέσιμο
title: Μακροοικονομική πρόβλεψη με χρήση γραμμικών μοντέλων και τεχνητών νευρωνικών δικτύων
Creators: name: Αρβανιτάκη Αφροδίτη - Δήμητρα
Publisher: name: Technical University of Crete
Year: 2005

description: Μη διαθέσιμο
title: Πιστοποίηση ποιότητας για την υφαντουργική εταιρεία Αφοι Γ. Σαββίδη Α.Ε.
Creators: name: Μισελίν Αναστάσιος - Αντώνιος
name: Σαββίδης Ελευθέριος
Publisher: name: Technical University of Crete
Year: 2005

description: Μη διαθέσιμο
DANS Data Stations - Enabling FAIR data in the Dutch research data landscape
Creators: name: Touber, Jetze
name: Braukmann, Ricarda
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Data archiving
Trustworthy Digital Repository
FAIR Data
Open Science

description: DANS has been working on migrating from our old archiving system to new Data Stations based on Dataverse technology. On June 12th 2023, we held an online event to present the DANS Data Stations. The event was announced as follows: Showcase DANS Data Stations On Monday 12 June, we will present our Data Stations. We will show you how to deposit your dataset and how to find datasets for reuse. Data stewards and researchers can digitally archive their datasets themselves in our new domain-specific repositories: secure, findable and equipped with essential information. Ease of use is key in these new data services. The Data Stations offer more options for editing and reusing datasets. For instance, you can add new versions to an existing dataset. You can also view PDFs, images and videos directly. A video recording of the presentation is available on the DANS Youtube channel.
Bernhard Zimmermann (Hrsg.), Vitae Philosophia Dux. Studien zur Stoa in Rom. Reihe Paradeigmata, Bd. 8
Creators: name: Schmitz, Dietmar
Publisher: name: Forum Classicum
Year: 2017

description: Rezension zu: Bernhard Zimmermann (Hrsg.), Vitae Philosophia Dux. Studien zur Stoa in Rom. Reihe Paradeigmata, Bd. 8. Rombach Verlag: Freiburg/Br. 2009, (ISBN978-3-7930-9582-8).
description: Forum Classicum, Nr. 1 (2010): Forum Classicum
Integrated approach to malaria prevention in rural communities in Uganda: Experiences, perceptions and practices
Creators: name: Musoke, David
Publisher: name: Cardiff Metropolitan University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Disease surveillance

description: Background:Despite immense global malaria prevention efforts, the disease remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. An integrated approach to malaria prevention, which advocates the use of several malaria prevention measures holistically, is being explored to reduce the occurrence of the disease.Aim: The aim of the thesis was to assess experiences, perceptionsand practices on the integrated approach to malaria prevention in Wakiso district, Uganda.Methods:Study I was a pilot project that promoted the integratedapproach and involved 3phases. Phase 1(baseline)was cross-sectional, and determined knowledge and practices on malaria prevention. Phase 2 (intervention) implemented an intervention on the integrated approach. Phase 3 (evaluation) was a cross-sectional impact evaluation of using the integrated approach. Study IIwas a clustered cross-sectional survey thatassessed perceptions, utilisation and barriers of integrated malaria prevention.Results: The majority of participants (64.6%) had low knowledge on malaria prevention methods, with mosquito nets (81.7%) most known. Insecticide-treated nets were the most used method with 45.5%of households owning at least one net (Study I phase 1). The pilot project trained 25 community volunteers,sensitised over 200 community members, and established40 demonstration households (Study I phase 2).There was improvement in knowledge on removal of mosquito breeding sites (51% versus 7%) in the evaluation in comparison withthe baseline respectively. Improvement in practices inthe evaluation compared with the baselineincluded mosquito screening in windows and ventilators (χ2 = 62.3; p < 0.001). The benefits reported by the demonstration households included reduction in mosquito populations and occurrence of malaria (Study I phase 3). If trained, most participants (68.6%) would use all methods in the integrated approach. Only 33.0%households were using the integrated approach, which was associated with reading newspapers (AOR 0.34; 95% CI 0.22 –0.53) (Study II).Conclusion:Stakeholders involved in malaria control should intensify efforts of promoting multiple malaria prevention methods.
Watcher: The Tool for Inspecting Third-party Monitors
Creators: name: Aozhuo, Sun
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Certificate Transparency
Third-party Monitor
Watcher
Certificate Management

description: This artifact is the light/full watcher described in the paper "Certificate Transparency Revisited: The Public Inspections on Third-party Monitors". It includes the inconsistency analyzer and the machine learning model in the fault analyzer. We also provide the data obtained during the experiment  (January 25, 2020 - March 16, 2021) to effectively demonstrate the capabilities of the fault analyzer.
Light watcher is used to detect misbehaviour of third-party monitors. Its input is a list of domains, and its output is the deviation between the search results of a third-party monitor and the complete certificate set. The operator can perform the functions of the light watcher by running the "Inconsistency_Analyzer".
Full watcher is used to detect and analyze the misbehaviour of third-party monitors. Its input is a list of domains; its output is inconsistent certificates and sorted features. To quickly test the functions of the full watcher, we provide 52 days of tracking data for 4,000 domains. This eliminates the need for testers to run a full watcher for long periods to fetch large amounts of data. Operators can run the "Fault_Analyzer" to perform feature extraction and feature ranking on the provided data.
title: Σύστημα υποστήριξης απόφασης επιλογής αυτοκινήτου με κανόνες ασαφούς λογικής
Creators: name: Δαμιανίδης Θοδωρής
Publisher: name: Technical University of Crete
Year: 1998

description: Μη διαθέσιμο
Additional file 3 of Transcriptomic and chemical analyses to identify candidate genes involved in color variation of sainfoin flowers
Creators: name: Qiao, Yu
name: Cheng, Qiming
name: Zhang, Yutong
name: Yan, Wei
name: Yi, Fengyan
name: Shi, Fengling
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 3. GO classification of assembled unigenes.
Friedrich Maier, unter Mitarbeit von Monika Weier: Latein ganz leicht. Fit im Übersetzen. Der ideale Prüfungstrainer. Für Klassenarbeiten, Abitur und Latinum
Creators: name: Schmidt-Berger, Ute
Publisher: name: Forum Classicum
Year: 2017

description: Rezension zu: Friedrich Maier, unter Mitarbeit von Monika Weier: Latein ganz leicht. Fit im Übersetzen. Der ideale Prüfungstrainer. Für Klassenarbeiten, Abitur und Latinum. Ismaning: Hueber Verlag 2009, 245 S., (ISBN 978-3-19-007917917-9).
description: Forum Classicum, Nr. 1 (2010): Forum Classicum
title: Πολυκριτήρια αξιολόγηση τραπεζικών υποκαταστημάτων με τη μέθοδο Promethee II
Creators: name: Κοϊνάς Γεώργιος
Publisher: name: Technical University of Crete
Year: 2005

description: Μη διαθέσιμο
title: Retratação:  Contaminación antrópica en un acuífero fracturado en  Uruguay
Creators: name: Comissão Executiva das Comunicações Geológicas
Publisher: name: LNEG - Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia
Year: 2023

description: Comunicações Geológicas, 2023, vol. 110, nº 1, p. 31-31
title: Ανάπτυξη διάταξης μεγιστοποίησης ισχύος για μετατροπείς διασύνδεσης αιολικών και φωτοβολταϊκών μονάδων με το δίκτυο
Creators: name: Φραγκάκης Ιωάννης
Publisher: name: Technical University of Crete
Year: 2002

description: Μη διαθέσιμο
Online Coffee Lecture: Die Open Science Strategie der VolkswagenStiftung
Creators: name: Dr. Georg Schütte
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: FDM
Forschungsdatenmanagement
RDM
Research Data Managemnt
Open Research Data
Open Science
FAIR

description: Hier finden Sie die Präsentationsfolien der Coffee Lecture zum Forschungsdatenmanagement "Die Open Science Strategie der VolkswagenStiftung" von Dr. Georg Schütte vom 07.12.2022. Dr. Georg Schütte ist seit dem 1. Januar 2020 Generalsekretär der VolkswagenStiftung.
 Die private Stiftung mit Sitz in Hannover fördert "Wissenschaft und Technik in Forschung und Lehre" und zählt zu den größten Stiftungen in Europa.
The barriers to physical activity participation for the sixty plus population in Wales: A critical examination of the Welsh Assembly Government's Free Swimming Initiative
Creators: name: Anderson, Melissa
Publisher: name: Cardiff Metropolitan University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Sport and leisure management
Sport and exercise psychology

description: Despite the overwhelming evidence of the physiological (Booth et o1.,2000; Warburton et al.,2006), psychological (Department of Health,2004a) and social (Carter,2005) benefits to be gained from regular physical activity participation, levels of engagement remain less than satisfactory (Department of Health, 2004; Welsh Assembly Govemment, [WAG] 2005; WAG, 2009). As a consequence, current health trends and the burden placed upon health care and associated services are considered unsustainable. In 2003/04, in an attempt to increase levels of activity amongst children and older people, the Welsh Assembly Government introduced the Free Swimming Initiative, the largest physical activity public health intervention in Wales. The rationale for free swimming for the 60+ age group was to improve the quality of life of older adults, to maintain independence and to provide impetus for the delivery of additional sport and physical activity opportunities for older people (WAG, 2005b). The current research focussed upon free swimming for older people and involved two separate studies. The first study involved a Wales-wide user survey (n:404) that intended to gain an understanding of opinions of the scheme and motivations for participation. It revealed that for the majority of individuals engagement in free swimming comprised only one small part of a generally healthy lifestyle and that the majority of participants had swum regularly prior to the inception of the scheme. The results of this initial study informed the development of the second study, qualitative research with non-users of the scheme in Abertillery, Blaenau Gwent. A single case study approach was developed which included a desk based study, six key stakeholder semi-structured interviews and twenty two interviews with non-users of the initiative. The sample of non-users revealed that antecedent constraints, for example a perception that they were too old to swim, precluded their participation in both physical activity per se and in swimming as an activity. The findings also highlight the difficulties associated with engaging individuals in the pre-contemplation and contemplation stages of change and the specially tailored and collaborative approach which is required to attract and engage hard to reach sectors of society.
title: Cultural Genocide in International Law: A Normative Evolution?
Creators: name: Hamilton, Martin D. A.
Publisher: name: University of Kent
Year: 2015

description: Culture is all around us, it is the glue that holds us together as a people. Through history, cultural heritage has been deliberately targeted in attempts to eradicate all traces of the targeted people. This thesis analysis the normative evolutions of the concept know as Cultural Genocide through history up till today. The first part of the thesis deals with the understanding of culture and the importance of culture for the surviving of a people. Since culture in large involves identity, the chapter looks at the various definitions of identity through various aspects. The chapter also address the various values that culture incorporates; such as group or community, nationalism or humanity. The second part explores the normative evolution of the legal protection of cultural property and cultural heritage and will show how such protection has developed through time. It will conclude that the normative evolution regarding the legal protection of cultural property and cultural heritage has been following the thoughts of its time and society – always reacting to make the protection even better for the future. The third part will take a similar look at the normative evolution of genocide and especially cultural genocide. Through addressing the historical development up till the 1948 Genocide Convention, including an analysis of the drafting of the Convention and the reason why cultural genocide were left out. In conclusion, this part argues that, in regards to genocide, the normative evolution has not been in any way progressive after 1948. Finally, the thesis evaluates whether international law, at both its normative and enforcement level, deals with the concept of cultural genocide; especially in the context of deliberate targeting and destruction of cultural property. By examine the correlation between the 1948 Genocide Convention and the 1954 Hague Convention, the thesis will argue that that cultural genocide today can be argued to act as a 'autonomous' category side by side with genocide, so that the 1954 Hague Convention and its Protocols serve to complement the 1948 Genocide Convention rather than be considered under International Law as one distinct category of genocide.
title: Modelling of the acoustic wave scattering on the aircraft surface using the boundary element method
Creators: name: Nowicki, Dawid
name: Suder-Dębska, Katarzyna
name: Czajka, Ireneusz
Publisher: name: Publishing House of Poznan University of Technology
Year: 2023

description: Vibrations in Physical Systems, 34(1), 2023107-1 - 2023107-6
Evaluating retrofitted external wall insulation
Creators: name: Atkinson, Joanne Louise
Publisher: name: Cardiff Metropolitan University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Building science, technologies and systems

description: The aim of this doctoral research project is to investigate the link between the construction quality of retrofitted external wall insulation (EWI) and the resulting impact on energy performance of existing dwellings in Swansea. Four contributions to knowledge are documented. The first is a methodology for simultaneously obtaining empirical data about the construction quality and energy performance of dwellings receiving retrofitted EWI. The findings demonstrate the value of assessing the construction quality of retrofitted EWI alongside energy performance. The appraisal of energy performance alone could have indicated misleading results due to the omission to identify latent factors, such as thermal bridging, which were identified whilst assessing the construction quality of the retrofitted EWI. The second contribution is a methodology for assessing the construction quality of retrofitted EWI, which can be used as part of the quality control process for future installations. Through the collection and analysis of triangulated field observations of photographs, as-built technical details and qualitative external thermographic surveys, the findings indicate that this methodology provides robust results for assessing the design and execution of retrofitted EWI. The third contribution is baseline energy performance data for traditional dwellings in south west Wales. The data documenting these results are set out for each case study dwelling, which includes energy consumption and carbon emissions, together with the dwelling type, tenure and number of occupants. The fourth and final contribution is a EWI retrofit case study of traditional dwellings in south west Wales. This is the culmination of the entire doctoral research project, which as a whole does not currently exist in the literature. Collectively, all the individual case studies make up the overall case study documenting the construction quality and energy performance of traditional dwellings in Swansea, which have received retrofitted EWI through phase one of the Welsh Government's Arbed scheme.
title: Σύστημα συλλογής μετεωρολογικών και λειτουργικών δεδομένων συστημάτων ανανεώσιμων πηγών ενέργειας
Creators: name: Τερζούδης Αθανάσιος
Publisher: name: Technical University of Crete
Year: 2002

description: Μη διαθέσιμο
Micro-climate modification and potential for reduction in summertime over-heating in social housing, South Wales (UK)
Creators: name: Holmes, David Alan
Publisher: name: Cardiff Metropolitan University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Building science, technologies and systems

description: Environmental design issues in newly built housing, provide the context for this research. It is concerned with microclimatic conditions and their possible influence on internal comfort conditions. Summertime overheating currently experienced in newly built housing is the central issue, and how this may be intensified by predicted climate change. This research aims to gain a greater understanding of how elements in that external environment interact with the built form of a dwelling, how this interaction can be assessed, and how any beneficial effect on the internal conditions can be measured. A newly built social housing unit provides a case study. The house is modelled, and its performance tested using building simulation techniques. The likely performance under current summertime conditions is evaluated against its performance under future climate scenarios. Summertime overheating is established as a current issue, and one whose significance is likely to increase with climate change. Modifications to the external environment are investigated using a microclimatic modelling tool. The work investigates the relative impact of soft and hard surface landscape treatment in the immediate external environment. It considers the solar shading provided by the introduction of suburban scale garden trees, the natural ventilation provided to a typical domestic living space, and how internal conditions may be impacted by this intervention. This is approached by the use of further building performance simulations, using weather data adjusted to take account of local influences. The use of ‗bespoke weather data‘ designed to reflect more closely the actual conditions experienced by a specific site and location, presents an opportunity to increase the relevance and usefulness of building performance simulation. Calculated natural ventilation studies explore how the shading introduced by the addition of Field Maple trees interacts with the natural ventilation process, and allows an evaluation of the impact on internal conditions.
title: Προσομοίωση υπόγειας ροής και μεταφοράς νιτρικών στην περιοχή Τυμπακίου, Ηρακλείου Κρήτης
Creators: name: Γκερεδάκη Ευαγγελία
Publisher: name: Technical University of Crete
Year: 2008

description: Μη διαθέσιμο
The impact of an 8-week green-exercise programme on systemic health, and on markers associated with cardiovascular disease risk
Creators: name: Thompson, Jane
Publisher: name: Cardiff Metropolitan University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Exercise physiology

description: The current PhD project aimed to carry out an investigation into the effect of green-exercise programmes on markers of health related to cardiovascular risk. These markers derived from three diverse areas; blood-borne markers of CV risk; vascular haemodynamics and arterial stiffness; and mental health. Exercise is a well-regarded treatment and preventive tool for markers of health related to these three areas and green-exercise has previously been seen to acutely improve markers of mental health and blood pressure, with access to green space being seen to correlate with better health and lower rates of morbidity and mortality. However, the specific impact upon health of regular participation in green-exercise had not before been investigated. A cross-sectional study was first performed to determine whether there was any effect of regular participation in aerobic exercise upon the measures of health and CV risk that were then to be employed in an intervention study. This study determined that regular participation was associated with reduced expression of the elastin-degrading enzyme, MMP-9, increased levels of HDL, and reduced diastolic blood pressures. With regards to mental health; self-esteem and cognitive function were improved in the regularly active participants compared to those who were sedentary. For the intervention study, previously sedentary participants in community-based green-exercise walking groups and workplace-based green-exercise walking challenges were recruited. Following the intervention, it was observed that approximately half of participants had not adhered to the green-exercise programme, and the cohort was therefore split in to a non-adherent group and an adherent group. The data suggest that regular attendance (an average of two 45-min sessions per week/8-weeks) of low/moderate-intensity green-exercise programmes is associated with significant reductions in MMP-9, and also increases in CD36 and ABCA1; two genes involved in reverse cholesterol transport. Central and peripheral SBP, DBP and MAP were also reduced, as was AIx (an indirect measure of arterial stiffness). Measures of anxiety, depression, self-esteem, stress and mood were also improved. Correlative associations were identified between AIx and MMP-9 expression, suggesting that exercise-associated MMP-9 down-regulation may be a mechanism contributing towards exercise-associated reductions in arterial stiffness, and hence CV risk. In conclusion, these findings suggest that CV risk may be combated using free and easily accessible green-exercise programmes.
Determination of heavy metal contamination in the surface sediments at Sohar Industrial Port (SIP) and the nearby coastal regions
Creators: name: Sawai, Abdulaziz Al
Publisher: name: Cardiff Metropolitan University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Pollution and contamination not elsewhere classified

description: An increase of heavy metals in the natural environment, as a result of human development activities, may lead to further impacts on environment and human health. The project aim was to investigate the potential impact of heavy metal sources on the marine sediment at Sohar Industrial Port (SIP) and nearby coastal regions. SIP was established in 1999 and this is the first comprehensive evaluation of heavy metal pollution at the port. The research focused on the levels of Al, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Mo, Ni, Pb, V, Zn , Hg, As and Sn over a period of two years. The concentration of anions F, Br, Cl and SO4 in the sediment was also evaluated. The research has, based on published literature, evaluated the public and environmental issues at SIP and nearby regions area. A theoretical fingerprinting technique was used to establish sources of pollution in the SIP region using a combination of field data, laboratory analyses of samples and statistical modeling techniques. Results from the study indicate that concentration of heavy metals was significantly higher at the SIP than in the nearby coastal regions. The data indicated that Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, Zn, Hg and As sediment concentrations exceeded levels for International Sediment Quality Guidelines (ISQG) values from USA, Canade, Holland, Australia and New Zealand . Heavy metals that exceed ISQG provide higher potential risks of contamination and may cause human health problems at the SIP and surrounding areas. Potential sources of pollution at SIP include petrochemical industries, various metal processing industries, cooling water outfalls, dust emissions from industries and open hazardous storage sites. Consideration needs to be given to the use of addition new technologies for cleaning of pollution in the environment around SIP. The project proposes development of policies and strategies to mitigate and prevent further sediment contamination at SIP and nearby regions.
title: Προκαταρκτική μελέτη στις αιτίες θανάτου στις περιοχές Τυμπακίου Μεσαράς (Ν. Ηρακλείου) και Ανωγείων Μυλοποτάμου (Ν. Ρεθύμνης) την περίοδο 1980  2006
Creators: name: Σπυριδάκη Ελευθερία  Ειρήνη
Publisher: name: Technical University of Crete
Year: 2008

description: Μη διαθέσιμο
Additional file 3: of Pyruvate carboxylase supports the pulmonary tropism of metastatic breast cancer
Creators: name: Shinde, Aparna
name: Wilmanski, Tomasz
name: Chen, Hao
name: Teegarden, Dorothy
name: Wendt, Michael
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Plant Biology

description: Figure S3. Transient induction of EMT does not induce expression of PC. (A) Photomicrographs showing EMT-like changes in cellular morphology of the control (scram) and PC-depleted (shPC25 and shPC28) 4 T1 cells upon treatment with exogenous TGF-β1 (5 ng/ml) for 4 days. (B) Immunoblot analyses for PC in cells shown in Panel A. β-tubulin served as a loading control. (C) The RAS transformed MCF-10A-T1 k cells were constructed to express a doxycycline-inducible vector encoding the EMT transcription factor Snail. Expression of PC was analyzed upon addition of doxycycline (Dox) at the indicated concentrations. Expression of Snail and β-tubulin (β-Tub) served as loading controls. (PDF 1401 kb)
title: Rückenwind für Betriebsräte
title: Eine Analyse der "besser statt billiger"-Kampagne der IG Metall NRW
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Bromberg, Tabea
Publisher: name: DuEPublico: Duisburg-Essen Publications Online, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Year: 2018

description: Auf den Punkt ...
„Besser statt billiger“ ist der Ansatz der IG Metall, eine offensive Gegenstrategie zu Kostensenkungs- und Verlagerungsstrategien der Unternehmen zu entwickeln.
Die 2004 von der IG Metall NRW gestartete Kampagne ist inzwischen zu einem kontinuierlichen Prozess geworden, der sich in der Praxis weiter ausweitet.

    (Arbeits-)organisatorische Innovationen stehen im Zentrum der von uns untersuchten „besser“-Prozesse.

    Der gemeinsame Nenner der „besser“-Strategien der Betriebsräte besteht darin, das Management auf seinem eigenen Terrain herauszufordern.

    Die breite fachliche und politische Einbeziehung von Beschäftigten ist von entscheidender Bedeutung für die Entwicklung und Durchsetzung alternativer Strategien.
title: Αξιολόγηση των επιπτώσεων της επιφανειακής διάθεσης προεπεξεργασμένου κατσίγαρου σε καλλιέργειες καλαμποκιού
Creators: name: Ναυροζίδης Σταύρος
Publisher: name: Technical University of Crete
Year: 2008

description: Μη διαθέσιμο
Improved Doubly Robust Estimation in Learning Optimal Individualized Treatment Rules
Creators: name: Pan, Yinghao
name: Zhao, Ying-Qi
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Computational Biology

description: Individualized treatment rules (ITRs) recommend treatment according to patient characteristics. There is a growing interest in developing novel and efficient statistical methods in constructing ITRs. We propose an improved doubly robust estimator of the optimal ITRs. The proposed estimator is based on a direct optimization of an augmented inverse-probability weighted estimator of the expected clinical outcome over a class of ITRs. The method enjoys two key properties. First, it is doubly robust, meaning that the proposed estimator is consistent when either the propensity score or the outcome model is correct. Second, it achieves the smallest variance among the class of doubly robust estimators when the propensity score model is correctly specified, regardless of the specification of the outcome model. Simulation studies show that the estimated ITRs obtained from our method yield better results than those obtained from current popular methods. Data from the Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression study is analyzed as an illustrative example. Supplementary materials for this article are available online.
title: Υδρογεωλογική μελέτη με χρήση μοντέλου προσομοίωσης του Β.Δ. τμήματος του νομού Χανίων
Creators: name: Αθανασιάδου Ελένη
Publisher: name: Technical University of Crete
Year: 2008

description: Μη διαθέσιμο
Improved doubly robust estimation in learning optimal individualized treatment rules
Creators: name: Pan, Yinghao
name: Zhao, Ying-Qi
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Computational Biology

description: Individualized treatment rules (ITRs) recommend treatment according to patient characteristics. There is a growing interest in developing novel and efficient statistical methods in constructing ITRs. We propose an improved doubly robust estimator of the optimal ITRs. The proposed estimator is based on a direct optimization of an augmented inverse-probability weighted estimator (AIPWE) of the expected clinical outcome over a class of ITRs. The method enjoys two key properties. First, it is doubly robust, meaning that the proposed estimator is consistent when either the propensity score or the outcome model is correct. Second, it achieves the smallest variance among the class of doubly robust estimators when the propensity score model is correctly specified, regardless of the specification of the outcome model. Simulation studies show that the estimated ITRs obtained from our method yield better results than those obtained from current popular methods. Data from the Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression (STAR*D) study is analyzed as an illustrative example.
Dr. Edmund Castell, 1606-1685 : a collection of letters and documents illustrating the misfortunes of Edmund Castell during the production of his Heptaglot Lexicon, mainly transcribed from his cipher-writings
Creators: name: Zamick, Morris
Publisher: name: University of St Andrews
Year: 1933
Subjects: subject: PJ534.C2Z2

description: “My object is to present a series of documents illustrating the troubled life of Dr Edmund Castell, one-time chief assistant editor of the ‘London Polyglot’, in its time an epoch-making work of scholarship in Eastern Learning in England, and later editor of his own ‘Heptaglot Lexicon’. Without stepping into realms of scholarship from which I am excluded by lack of linguistic equipment, I have tried to place before the account of Castell’s life, and the unpublished letters which are here edited, some historical matter, which is not derived from my own insight into the history of Eastern Learning in the Seventeenth Century, but towards which I have attempted to make my own slight and necessarily superficial contribution. I am not able, therefore, rightly to estimate anew the range and depth of Castell’s erudition, nor the erudition of any other scholar whose name I have mentioned. Instead, nevertheless, of reiterating the sufficient and moving narrative of the ‘Dictionary of National Biography’, I have furnished as complete (and practically new) a body of biographical material as my researches have permitted, and which I believe is exhaustive. A great number of these documents being originally in shorthand or cypher, I have done my best to provide an adequate transliteration of what was virtually a secret-writing. From these and supplementary sources I have brought together some information concerning particular aspects of Castell’s life and his experiences while he completed his life’s work…” – From the Preface.
Stadtbeleuchtung integriert steuern: Möglichkeiten für Kommunen, verschiedene Wirkungen von Beleuchtung im öffentlichen Raum integriert zu steuern - beispielhaft anhand der Vorgehensweisen von Fulda, Leipzig und Dortmund
Creators: name: Stapperfenne, Melian
Publisher: name: TU Dortmund
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 710

description: Die Bachelorarbeit Stadtbeleuchtung integriert steuern befasst sich mit der Frage, wie Kommunen die verschiedenen positiven und negativen Wirkungen von Stadtbeleuchtung im Zusammenhang gedacht steuern können. Unter Beleuchtung wird hier jede Form der künstlichen Beleuchtung des öffentlichen Freiraums verstanden, auf die die Kommune Einfluss hat, nicht nur die Straßenbeleuchtung im engeren Sinne. Zur Beantwortung dieser Frage wird das unterschiedliche Vorgehen der drei Städte Leipzig, Fulda und Dortmund verglichen, um beispielhafte Möglichkeiten herauszuarbeiten, wie Kommunen bei der Steuerung von Beleuchtung vorgehen können. Schwerpunkte liegen bei diesem Vergleich auf den getroffenen Maßnahmen, der Akteursstruktur, den einbezogenen Wirkungen von Beleuchtung, der inhaltlichen Ausrichtung des Vorgehens der Kommune, sowie der möglichen Übertragbarkeit des Vorgehens auf andere Kommunen. Kernelemente sind die Analyse verschiedener Dokumente wie Beleuchtungskonzepte und Interviews mit Vertreter:innen der jeweiligen Stadtverwaltungen. Aus dem Vergleich der drei Städte geht hervor, dass die Wirkungen von Licht nicht gleichermaßen intensiv berücksichtigt werden, sondern unterschiedliche Schwerpunkte gesetzt werden, trotzdem werden in jedem der drei Beispiele mehrere Wirkungen integriert betrachtet. Die Akteursstruktur und die infrastrukturellen Voraussetzungen sind jeweils sehr unterschiedlich ausgeprägt, was zu anderen Möglichkeiten und Vorgehensweisen der Kommunen führt. Gemeinsam haben die drei Städte die Orientierung an den entsprechenden DIN-Normen, es überwiegt aber der Gebrauch von informellen Instrumenten. Insbesondere Leipzig und Fulda sind in Netzwerken aktiv, die sich auf den Umgang mit Beleuchtung spezialisiert haben. Aus dem Vergleich ergibt sich die Erkenntnis, dass ein guter Weg für eine Kommune sein kann, ein rahmengebendes Konzept zu entwickeln, in das möglichst viele verschiedene Akteur:innen einbezogen werden. Dabei bietet sich die Zusammenarbeit mit einer auf Beleuchtung spezialisierten Organisation an. Diese Zusammenarbeit kann insbesondere über die Öffentlichkeitsarbeit einen breiteren Einfluss auf Beleuchtung ermöglichen.