cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Yield, fruit quality, bud fertility and starch reserves of the wood as a function of leaf removal in Vitis vinifera-Evidence of compensation and stress recovering
Creators: name: Candolfi-Vasconcelos, M. C.
name: Koblet, W.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2015

description: Einfluß unterschiedlicher Entblätterung auf Ertrag, Traubenqualität, Knospenfruchtbarkeit und Stärkegehalt des Holzes von Vitis vinifera sowie Kompensations- und Erholungsvermögen An Ertragsreben wurde der Einfluß des Entfernens von Hauptblättern oder Geiztrieben auf Gesamtblattfläche, Traubenertrag und -qualität sowie Stärkegehalt des Holzes studiert. Die Bedeutung von Haupt- und Geizblättern sowie des Zeitpunktes der Entblätterung auf dss Verrieseln wurde untersucht. Ziel der Studie war, Kompensationsmechanismen und -limiten der Rebe unter Streßbedingungen kennenzulernen, wie sie durch eine Entblätterung verursacht werden. Ferner sollte die Erholung der Pflanze nach längerer Streßeinwirkung erforscht werden. Wurden die Hauptblätter entfernt (L = nur Geizblätter}, so bildeten die Pflanzen mehr Geiztriebe mit einer größeren Anzahl Blätter. Dies führte nach dem ersten Streßjahr zu einer ungefähr gleichen Gesamtblattfläche wie bei den Kontrollpflanzen. Nach einem weiteren Streßjahr jedoch hatten die L-Pflanzen zwar weiterhin mehr Geizblätter, allerdings von geringerer Größe. Hieraus resultierte eine im Vergleich zur Kontrolle verringerte Gesamtblattfläche. Pflanzen nur mit Hauptblättern (M) kompensierten das Fehlen der Geiztriebe mit verzögerter Blattalterung und späterem Blattfall. Auch hier ergab sich nach dem zweiten Streßjahr eine geringere Blattgröße. Der Traubenertrag der L-Pflanzen wurde im 1. Jahr durch die Blattentfernung kaum negativ beeinflußt, aber im 2. Jahr war er 50 % niedriger als in der Kontrolle. Bei den M-Pflanzen ergab sich in beiden Jahren kein verringerter Ertrag. Der Zuckergehalt der Trauben war in den L-Pflanzen im 1. Streßjahr leicht erhöht, nicht aber im 2. Jahr. Diese Reben hatten während beider Jahre eine bessere Beerenfarbe. Die Blattfläche vom Zeitpunkt der Blüte bis 2-3 Wochen danach ist für den Traubenertrag entscheidend. Eine Entblätterung zu diesem Zeitpunkt verursachte nicht nur ein Verrieseln, sondern im folgenden Jahr zusätzlich eine reduzierte Knospenfruchtbarkeit. Die Zuckereinlagerung in den Trauben hängt von der assimilierenden Blattfläche während der Reifeperiode ab. Der Stärkegehalt im Holz war nach 2 Streßjahren erheblich reduziert. Es ergaben sich schwach positive Korrelationen zwischen Zuckergehalt des Mostes und Stärkegehalt des Holzes. Die Zuckereinlagerung in die Traube und das Auffüllen der Stärkereserven im Holz ging bereits in der auf eine Streßbehandlung folgenden Saison normal vonstatten. Ein normaler Ertrag war l Jahr nach einem längeren Entblätterungsstreß jedoch noch nicht möglich, da die Bildung der Infloreszenzen bekanntlich während dieser Zeit (in unserem Fall die Streßperiode) einsetzt. Erst im 2. Jahr kam es zu einer vollständigen Erholung der Pflanze.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 29 No. 4 (1990): Vitis
A new luteolin triglycoside from Ficus ischnopoda leaves
Creators: name: Zan-Shan Xu
name: Chou, Gui-Xin
name: Wang, Zheng-Tao
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: A new triglycoside flavone, luteolin-4′-O-α-l-rhamnopyranosyl-(1 → 6)-β-d-glucopyranosyl-(1 → 3)-β-d-glucopyranoside (1) was isolated from the leaves of Ficus ischnopoda, together with five known flavonoids (2–6) and seven known lignans (7–13). Their structures were elucidated on the basis of extensive spectroscopic analysis and comparison with literature data. Compounds 1–13 were reported in this plant for the first time. Compounds 1 and 3–6 exhibited significant anti-HSV-1 activity in vitro.
title: Keine Diktatur der Volksherrschaft! Warum Volksrechte und Menschenrechte nicht gegeneinander ausgespielt werden sollten
Creators: name: Kunz, Raffaela
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: 342

description: Verfassungsblog: On Matters Constitutional
On Adaptive Random Testing through iterative partitioning
Creators: name: Chen, Tsong
name: Huang, De Hao
name: Zhou, Z. Q.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 461201
subject: Automated software engineering
classificationCode: 461202
subject: Empirical software engineering

description: Random Testing (RT) is an important and fundamental approach to testing computer software. Adaptive Random Testing (ART) has been proposed to improve the fault-detection capability of RT. ART employs the location information of successful test cases (those that have been executed but not revealed a failure) to enforce an even spread of random test cases across the input domain. Distance-based ART (D-ART) and Restriction-based ART (R-ART) are the first two ART methods, which have considerably improved the fault-detection capability of RT. Both these methods, however, require additional computation to ensure the generation of evenly spread test cases. To reduce the overhead in test case generation, we present in this paper a new ART method using the notion of iterative partitioning. The input domain is divided into equally sized cells by a grid. The grid cells are categorized into three different groups according to their relative locations to successful test cases. In this way, our method can easily identify those grid cells that are far apart from all successful test cases for test case generation. Our method significantly reduces the time complexity, while keeping the high fault-detection capability.
A new benzyl ester and ergosterol derivatives from the fungus Gymnoascus reessii
Creators: name: Sasiwimon Kitchawalit
name: Kwanjai Kanokmedhakul
name: Somdej Kanokmedhakul
name: Soytong, Kasem
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: A new benzyl ester, reessiate (1), anthraquinone, islandicin (2), ergosterol and seven ergosterol derivatives (3–9) were isolated from the fungus Gymnoascus reessii. All structures were identified by spectroscopic methods. This is the first report of their isolation from this fungus. Compounds 4–7 and 9 exhibited antimalarial activity against Plasmodium falciparum with IC50 values in the range of 3.3–4.5 μg/mL. In addition, 4 showed cytotoxicity against KB, MCF7 and NCI-H187 cancer cell lines. It was found that 4 has cytotoxic effect to MCF7 (IC50 = 7.9 μg/mL) lower than Doxorubicin (IC50 = 8.5 μg/mL).
Genomic DNA fingerprinting of Vitis vinifera by the use of multi-loci probes
Creators: name: Striem, M. J.
name: Spiegel-Roy, P.
name: Ben-Hayyim, G.
name: Beckmann, J.
name: Gidoni, D.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2015

description: Charakterisierung genomischer DNA von Vitis vinifera mit Hilfe von ,,Multi-loci-Sonden" Durch Southern-Transfer von Restriktionsfragmenten genomischer DNA aus Vitis vinifera ließen sich Unterschiede zwischen verschiedenen Rebsorten aufzeigen; für die Hybridisierung wurden Sonden aus M 13-DNA und Human-33.6-Minisatelliten-DNA verwendet. Die Restriktionsenzyme Hinf I und Hae III waren für die Bestimmung sortenspezifischer DNA-Muster gleichermaßen geeignet. Die M 13-Sonde identifizierte in Verbindung mit beiden Enzymen etwa 3mal soviele Banden und zeigte viel mehr Abweichungen zwischen den Sorten auf als die Human-Minisatelliten-Sonde. Das Differenzierungsverfahren kann bei der Rebe zur Analyse der Abstammung, zur Definition von Merkmalen bei sortengeschützten Reben sowie für Züchtungsprogramme eingesetzt werden, sobald Korrelationen mit wirtschaftlich wichtigen Eigenschaften gesichert sind.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 29 No. 4 (1990): Vitis
Review of residential footing design on expansive soil in Australia
Creators: name: Karunarathne, Aruna
name: Gad, Emad
name: Sivanerupan, S.
name: Wilson, John
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Many of the new housing subdivisions in Victoria are on expansive soils with the majority of houses built being timber-framed brick-veneer with slab on ground. Given the sensitivity of expansive soils to change of ground moisture content and the light nature of these domestic structures, significant cracking and damage to newly constructed houses has been reported following the end of the drought and above-average rainfall received in the last couple of years. This paper is part of an ongoing major research project which aims to improve the design and performance of residential footing systems. The paper presents a review of some of the related design assumptions in the Australian Standard AS2870 for slabs and footings.
Cognition and Physiological Response
Creators: name: Hughes, Ashley
name: Volante, William G
name: Stowers, Kimberly
name: Leyva, Kevin
name: Oglesby, James M
name: Bisbey, Tiffany
name: Salas, Eduardo
name: Knott, Benjamin A
name: Vidulich, Michael A
Publisher: name: University of Illinois at Chicago
Year: 2022
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Complex tasks in large and error-prone environments require unobtrusive, unbiased and real-time measurement of cognitive variables to promote safety and to achieve optimal performance. Despite the prevalence of physiological measurement of cognitive constructs and cognitive performance, such as workload, little has been done to justify the inference of cognitive states from physiological measures. We develop a framework based on the extant literature to provide the groundwork for further validation of physiological measurement. Specifically, we leverage theoretically-grounded conditions of measurement to aid in investigating the logical sampling and construct validity for use of such metrics. Further meta-analytic investigation is warranted to validate the model and justify use of physiological measures.
Verticillium lecanii als Hyperparasit des Rebmehltaus (Uncinula necator)
Creators: name: Heintz, Catherine
name: Blaich, R.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2015

description: Verticillium lecanii as a hyperparasite of grapevine powdery mildew (Uncinula necator) Oidiospores of Uncinula necator germinating on leaf discs of Vitis vinifera cvs or on ultrathin metacrylate membranes were infected by a hyperparasite which was identified as Verticillium lecanii. Oidiospores were penetrated by hyphae of this fungus either directly or by means of appressoria. Infected spores eventually shrunk and died.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 29 No. 4 (1990): Vitis
Investigation of the bactericidal effect of Nisin on lactic acid bacteria of wine
Creators: name: Mendes Faia, Arlete
name: Radler, F.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2015

description: Untersuchung der bakteriziden Wirkung von Nisin auf Milchsäurebakterien des Weines Geringe Konzentrationen des Polypeptids Nisin genügen, um das Wachstum der für Wein wichtigen Milchsäurebakterien zu hemmen. Die Hemmkonzentrationen sind sehr verschieden: Leuconostoc oenos, Pediococcus damnosus und Lactobacillus brevis werden bei 4, 8 und 100 IU Nisin/ml gehemmt. Unterhalb der Hemmkonzentration wird der Carboxylsäurestoffwechsel nicht beeinflußt. Nisin ist für nicht wachsende Milchsäurebakterien bakterizid, aber erst bei wesentlich höheren als den wachstumshemmenden Konzentrationen. Lactobacillus casei erwies sich als extrem resistent und wurde erst bei Konzentrationen von > 2000 IU Nisin/ml abgetötet.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 29 No. 4 (1990): Vitis
title: Analysis of High-Speed Rail Operations Using Vissim Simulation to Determine Access Charges and the Impact of Incidents on a Shared Network
Creators: name: Boyapati, Komal Sree Teja
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2020

description: Shared High-Speed Rail (HSR) networks are networks where two or more railway operators use the same railway network infrastructure for train operations. The train operations in the shared HSR network can be composed of different types of trains operating at different speeds with varying stops at stations in a network. The interactions between different types of trains in the shared HSR network depends on the characteristics of the network’s infrastructure and train operations, and affect the capacity of the network. When a rail operator who owns the infrastructure allows other operators to access its infrastructure, the additional traffic will lead to an increase in the cost of operations and maintenance of the infrastructure. In such cases, it is common for the other operators to be required to pay a fee, generally referred to as “access charge”. An access charge is a fee paid by a train operator to the owner of the infrastructure to compensate for the increased expenditure and other impacts of additional traffic such as additional delays due to congestion and incidents. The objective of this study is to develop a framework for the analysis of train operations including the impact of incidents on the operations and determining access charges for a shared HSR system using VISSIM traffic simulation software.

As a case study, the study uses California High-Speed Rail (CHSR) which is an HSR project under construction in California. Phase 1 of the project will run from San Francisco to Los Angeles. XpressWest is an HSR system that plans to connect Las Vegas with Los Angeles through Palmdale by utilizing the railway network of CHSR. This study analyses the train operations and impact of incidents of the Palmdale - Los Angeles shared HSR corridor by developing a VISSIM simulation model of the shared corridor. A framework to calculate access charges for the shared CHSR corridor was developed in the study.

The analysis of train operations showed that the XpressWest can operate together with the planned operations of the CHSR on the shared corridor without causing any significant additional congestion. Access charge pricing for the operation and maintenance of the Palmdale - Burbank corridor was calculated to be $14.61 per train-mile. The total access charge cost for XpressWest to access the Palmdale - Los Angeles corridor was determined as $23,468,083 per year.
Antioxidant and antifungal activities of Smilax campestris Griseb. (Smilacaceae)
Creators: name: Morais, Marcela Isis
name: Pinto, Maria Eduarda Amaral
name: Sthéfane Guimarães Araújo
name: Castro, Ana Hortência Fonsêca
name: Duarte-Almeida, Joaquim Mauricio
name: Luiz Henrique Rosa
name: Rosa, Carlos Augusto
name: Johann, Susana
name: Lima, Luciana Alves Rodrigues Dos Santos
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: Ethanol extract and fractions obtained from aerial parts of Smilax campestris were examined in order to determine their phenolic composition, antioxidant capacity and antifungal activities. High-performance liquid chromatography coupled with DAD analysis indicated that quercetin and rutin were the main phenolic compounds present in butanol fraction and ethanol extract, respectively. The antioxidant activity assessed by the scavenging ability on 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl radical was significantly more pronounced for the ethanol extract and butanol fraction than that of the commercial antioxidant 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-methylphenol. The antifungal activity of extract and fractions was investigated by using microdilution method against five Candida and two Cryptococcus yeast strains. Ethanol extract and fractions exhibited antifungal activities against Candida albicans, Candida glabrata, Candida krusei, Candida parapsilosis, Candida tropicalis and Cryptococcus gattii. This work provides the knowledge of profile and content of flavonoids and their antioxidant and antifungal activities in the extract and fractions of aerial parts of S. campestris.
title: Validation of Novel Obstructive Sleep Apnea Treatment with Silicone Gel Experimental Models
Creators: name: Burd, Dustin Walter
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2020

description: Predictive modeling to increase treatment success rates for surgical procedures is becoming more common in the scientific community. For obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), modeling has been predominately performed using computers as opposed to experimental models. Computer simulation saves time by eliminating the need to fabricate complex experimental models but comes at the expense of insight gained through physical observations made in real time. Experimental models for studying OSA are needed to validate computational work, provide perspective on anatomical scale and demonstrate complex deformations in real time. This work addresses prior hurdles in experimental model fabrication with a novel process using 3D printed dissolvable molds for casting encapsulated silicone gel. The resulting models exhibited lifelike characteristics such as velopharynx collapse during inspiration, negative effort dependence and snoring. Each of these behaviors are characteristics of OSA which have not been observed in any prior experimental models. Computer aided design (CAD) data for the models came from segmentations of CT scans of 2 patients with OSA. These segmentations were used in prior research which sought to determine whether a force applied to the back of a patient’s tongue could clear an obstruction and if so, how much force would be needed. Computational results from the original study predict 95 to 125 grams would be sufficient compared to the experimental results of this work which indicate 50 to 80 grams is sufficient. This work provides a physical model upon which experimental devices for treating OSA may be tested. Notably, this approach demonstrates the potential for an implantable device with an adjustable constant force output to successfully treat OSA.
Effects of the presence of skins during alcoholic fermentation on the composition of wine volatiles
Creators: name: Herraiz, T.
name: Martin-Alvarez, P. J.
name: Reglero, G.
name: Herraiz, M.
name: Cabezudo, M. D.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2015

description: Der Einfluß des Beerenhautkontaktes während der alkoholischen Gärung auf die Zusammensetzung der Weinaromakomponenten Die Zusammensetzung der flüchtigen und nichtflüchtigen Inhaltsstoffe von Weinen, die aus einem Most der Rebsorte Cencibel unter vier verschiedenen Gärungsbedingungen gewonnen wurden, wird beschrieben. Die Vergärung durch Saccharomyces cerevisiae erfolgte mit oder ohne Beerenhäute und mit oder ohne SO2. Die mittels konventioneller Analysenmethoden und auf gaschromatographischem Wege gewonnenen Daten wurden der Faktoren- und Clusteranalyse unterzogen. Bei einigen Komponenten traten signifikante Konzentrationsunterschiede in Abhängigkeit von den Gärungsbedingungen auf.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 29 No. 4 (1990): Vitis
Being heard: mentoring as part of a community media intervention
Creators: name: Bailey, Aisling
name: Farquharson, Karen
name: Marjoribanks, Timothy
name: Nolan, David
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 4410
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: The AuSud Media Project is a community media intervention aimed at enabling Sudanese-Australian to develop a media voice. One of the elements of the project was a mentoring program that partnered Sudanese-Australians with working journalists. This article investigates the experiences and assessments of the mentoring program, highlighting different aspirations held by participants, language tutors and journalists, and the power relationships involved. We find that although mentors and participants had different goals for their mentoring experience, the participants felt heard by their mentors and by extension the Australian media. However the mentoring relationships also took place in a system of broader inequalities and structures that raise questions about how to effect change through such media interventions.
Essential oil compositions and anticholinesterase activities of two edible plants Tragopogon latifolius var. angustifolius and Lycopsis orientalis
Creators: name: Abdulselam Ertaş
name: Gören, Ahmet C.
name: Boğa, Mehmet
name: Yeşil, Yeter
name: Kolak, Ufuk
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This is the first report in the literature on essential oil compositions of Tragopogon latifolius var. angustifolius and Lycopsis orientalis which were analysed by using GC-FID and GC–MS techniques. The main constituents of T. latifolius var. angustifolius were identified as α-selinene (10.5%), 2,5-di-tert octyl-p-benzoquinone (9.5%) and valencene (7.0%); however, the main components of L. orientalis were identified as heptacosane (10.5%), τ-muurolene (9.6%) and tetratetracontane (9.4%). The essential oils of T. latifolius var. angustifolius and L. orientalis species exhibited moderate inhibitory activity against acetyl- and butyryl-cholinesterase enzymes at 200 μg/mL.
Prevalence of Effective Audit-and-Feedback Practices in Primary Care Settings: A Qualitative Examination Within Veterans Health Administration
Creators: name: Hysong, Sylvia J
name: SoRelle, Richard
name: Hughes, Ashley
Publisher: name: University of Illinois at Chicago
Year: 2022
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study is to uncover and catalog the various practices for delivering and disseminating clinical performance in various Veterans Affairs (VA) locations and to evaluate their quality against evidence-based models of effective feedback as reported in the literature. BACKGROUND: Feedback can enhance clinical performance in subsequent performance episodes. However, evidence is clear that the way in which feedback is delivered determines whether performance is harmed or improved. METHOD: We purposively sampled 16 geographically dispersed VA hospitals based on high, low, consistently moderate, and moderately average highly variable performance on a set of 17 outpatient clinical performance measures. We excluded four sites due to insufficient interview data. We interviewed four key personnel from each location (n = 48) to uncover effective and ineffective audit and feedback strategies. Interviews were transcribed and analyzed qualitatively using a framework-based content analysis approach to identify emergent themes. RESULTS: We identified 102 unique strategies used to deliver feedback. Of these strategies, 64 (62.74%) have been found to be ineffective according to the audit-and-feedback research literature. Comparing features common to effective (e.g., individually tailored, computerized feedback reports) versus ineffective (e.g., large staff meetings) strategies, most ineffective strategies delivered feedback in meetings, whereas strategies receiving the highest effectiveness scores delivered feedback via visually understood reports that did not occur in a group setting. CONCLUSIONS: Findings show that current practices are leveraging largely ineffective feedback strategies. Future research should seek to identify the longitudinal impact of current feedback and audit practices on clinical performance. APPLICATION: Feedback in primary care has little standardization and does not follow available evidence for effective feedback design. Future research in this area is warranted.
A cluster analysis of petrol profit margins across various regional and urban locations in Australia
Creators: name: Valadkhani, Abbas
name: Chen, George
name: Anderson, John
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Rising fuel prices can hamper economic activities in urban and regional areas. Despite following a mean reverting pattern over time, the spread between retail and wholesale prices of petrol exhibits significant differences across various geographical locations in Australia. Using a hierarchical cluster analysis, this paper classifies 109 retail locations into six heterogeneous groups with homogeneous contents. By identifying the whereabouts of those petrol stations that set relatively high gross profit margins within each comparable cluster, this study can provide important policy implications for both consumers and regulators. Contrary to popular belief, we found that excessively high margins are not necessarily observed only in remote and rural areas.
Introduction to gathering, documenting and maintaining requirements
Creators: name: Swirski, Konrad
name: Wasliewski, Remigiusz
Publisher: name: Journal of Applied Computer Science
Year: 2006

description: This article is going to provide information about a professional method of gathering, documenting and maintaining requirements. It will be an extension of an earlier written article, which was entitled TOWARDS A REPEATABLE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. It is going to be the second in a series devoted to describing recommended ways of software development.
description: Journal of Applied Computer Science, Tom 14 Nr 2 (2006): Journal of Applied Computer Science
Extracts deriving from olive mill waste water and their effects on the liver of the goldfish Carassius auratus fed with hypercholesterolemic diet
Creators: name: Alesci, Alessio
name: Cicero, Nicola
name: Salvo, Andrea
name: Palombieri, Deborah
name: Zaccone, Daniele
name: Dugo, Giacomo
name: Bruno, Maurizio
name: Vadalà, Rossella
name: Lauriano, Eugenia Rita
name: Pergolizzi, Simona
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: The present research aims to evaluate the beneficial effects of polyphenols derived from waste water from a olive mill, obtained by non-plastic molecular imprinting device, in a hypercholesterolemic diet on Carassius auratus, commonly known as goldfish that was selected as experimental model. The study was conducted with morphological and histochemical analyses and also the data were supported by immunohistochemical analysis. Results show the beneficial activity of polyphenols with a reduction of the damage in the steatotic group, confirming that they may be suggested in the treatment of diseases by lipid accumulation, and used as any addition in feed for farmed fish, in order to improve the organoleptic and nutritional quality. The beneficial effects of waste oil extract should be suggested in the contexts of research programmes focused on the products to the health system. Furthermore, the olive mill waste water polyphenols free can be used as natural fertilizers.
title: „Dass der EuGH als internationales Gericht angesehen wird, ist ein großes Missverständnis“ – Interview mit Prof. Dr. Koen Lenaerts
Creators: name: Lenaerts, Koen
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: 342

description: Verfassungsblog: On Matters Constitutional
What is motivating engineering students to use 1:1 mobile devices for learning?
Creators: name: Firipis, Arthur
name: Chandrasekaran, Sivachandran
name: Lyons, Liam
name: Palmer, Stuart
name: Joordens, Matthew
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Context: Engineering education is embarking on a new journey, where curriculum designers are needing evidence based research to understand how the use of 1:1 mobile devices can influence student perceptions of self-directed learning, to improve curriculum engagement and to measurable assessment outcomes. Using student perceptions of learning motivation and learning intervention theory, higher order thinking skills can be encouraged in problem-based learning. Understanding what is motivating students to learn when and using 1:1 mobile devices will help curriculum designers and facilitators to engage students.
Purpose: This paper will explore survey results of a recent study, revealing how students are responding to a self-directed curriculum design where engineering students are accessing learning interventions to enhance their learning experience when using 1:1 mobile device technology.
Approach: This study approach is focusing on answering the following questions:
How do engineering students use their 1:1 mobile devices for self-directed learning?
What learning motivation perceptions do engineering students have when they are making choices about using a 1:1 mobile device for their learning?
How does using a 1:1 mobile device translate into improved learning outcomes?
How does the improved learning outcomes foster a culture of innovation?
Finding answers to these questions is important for this study to provide academic rigour identify learning motivations that may prove useful for curriculum designers who are interested in developing self-directed learning pathways. It is accepted, technology is a student directed and socially accepted variable that is proving to be an important 'value-add' to the learning spaces of higher education students.
Results: An analysis has shown that student motivation is influenced by motivation variables when curriculum interventions are used in engineering courses. The data suggests that student perceptions of learning motivations can be an important factor to influence the level of engagement when using 1:1 devices for learning. Curriculum designers and course facilitators may benefit from implementing selective interventions with the aim to encourage higher order thinking when problem solving.
Conclusions: Engineering curriculum designers will benefit from this research when considering how best to implement 1:1 mobile devices as a motivating factor for learning. Learning interventions are an important factor in influencing student perceptions of motivation to learn when using 1:1 mobile devices.
title: Exploring Mystery Shopping's Perceived Impacts on Integrated Resort Employees and Managers
Creators: name: Chung, Yoonju
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2020

description: This study explores to identify integrated resort managers’ and employees’ perceptions about the use of the mystery shopping program as a service consistency tool and as part of the performance appraisal process. This study reviews previous literature review about the mystery shopping program and its potential psychological impacts on the employees. Such potential impacts include feelings of anxiety, induced stress, trust issues with managers, and privacy infringement. Using the thematic analysis, and Likert scale, the perceived usefulness of mystery shopping and potential psychological impacts were identified.

The study was conducted in two phases to identify both overlap and differences between the two groups: employees and managers. The first phase of the study invited 9 line-entry employees from upper-upscale and luxury integrated resorts to identify their perception about the mystery shopping program. The main findings of the study are compared with the previous literature review. The analysis indicated that employees perceived the usefulness of the program in terms of performance appraisals and consistency tool. Additionally, the abovementioned psychological impacts were identified except the privacy infringement. The second phase of the study invited 10 management professionals and executives from upper-upscale and luxury integrated resorts to identify their perception about the mystery shopping program. The main findings of the study are also compared with the previous literature review. The findings overlap with employees and expressed that they perceived the usefulness of the program in terms of performance appraisals and consistency tools. However, the differences existed for potential psychological impacts. The practical implications of the findings are also discussed in the study.
Congestion Control in Communication Networks with Variable Discretization Period
Creators: name: Molik, Tomasz
name: Bartoszewicz, Andrzej
name: Ignaciuk, Przemysław
Publisher: name: Journal of Applied Computer Science
Year: 2006

description: In this paper, discrete flow control mechanism for connection-oriented telecommunication networks is proposed. In the considered system the feedback information about the current network state is delivered to the sources for the purpose of rate adaptation in discrete moments of time, however, the sampling period does not remain constant, but may change during the execution of the control process. The applied nonlinear algorithm allows eliminating data losses and ensures full usage of the available bandwidth. Since the rates generated by the controller are always nonnegative and bounded, the described strategy can be directly applied in real telecommunication systems.
description: Journal of Applied Computer Science, Tom 14 Nr 2 (2006): Journal of Applied Computer Science
title: Zum Verhältnis von Völkerrecht und innerstaatlichem Recht in der Schweiz: status quo und aktuelle Diskussionslinien
Creators: name: Epiney, Astrid
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: 342

description: Verfassungsblog: On Matters Constitutional
title: The Economy of (Dis)Honor in the Americas: A Transnational Rupturing of American Literature through Faulkner, García Márquez, and Silko
Creators: name: Cobb, Clayton Neil
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2020

description: Honor is misunderstood within popular culture, but it is also misunderstood within academic contexts. This is due to a decoupling of the term from its long historical significance, a significance that must not be ignored. That is because honor in the Americas is a structure of the hemisphere’s colonial legacy, its manifestation in the cultural fabric a result of the invasion of the continents by European settlers and colonizers. In the case of history, philosophy, and social science, the study of honor is beginning to undergo appropriate theorization to recognize that legacy; however, within literary studies disciplines, critical understanding of honor and its influence on the literary tradition is still lacking. This study demonstrates that failing to acknowledge honor and its influence on literature, especially literature of the twentieth century, undermines our ability to adequately address the diverse and distinct literary traditions of various regions around the Americas, which in turn undermines our ability to understand our literary tradition outside the often constraining confines of the nation-state, a framework that is often biased towards U.S. literary output. By using Raymond Williams’s historical framework of epochal analysis that exposes the discursive interplay between dominant, residual, and emergent cultural forces in concert with important theoretical frameworks established by Hemispheric and Transnational scholars, it is possible to see honor as a once dominant and now residual cultural force. Doing so recovers honor from scholarly obscurity and recertifies the term as a dynamic subject of inquiry, defining the subject not only in ideological terms but demonstrating its connection to the material conditions of an American Global South, a semi-feudal agrarian hacienda and plantation economic base ruptured in the face of modern monopoly capitalism. Readings of William Faulkner’s Absalom, Absalom! and The Sound and the Fury, Gabriel García Márquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude, and Leslie Marmon Silko’s Ceremony confirm themerit of conducting such studies within twentieth-century American literary contexts, uncovering the ways that honor has influenced identity at individual, family, and community levels as well as on race, class, and gender identity formations—influences that often authorize discrimination. Furthermore, the extensive presence of honor within these works suggests that honor is still an important residual cultural force on the consciousnesses of artists well into the twentieth century, beckoning scholarly explorations of the rupture of the honor code and its influence on literary form, particularly modernist fiction. These findings suggest that many more readings and studies must be undertaken to fully grasp the influence of honor on the hemisphere and its most important literature.
Analysis of Short Latencies In Industrial Network Environments
Creators: name: Morawski, Michał
Publisher: name: Journal of Applied Computer Science
Year: 2006

description: The bibliography shows the typical shape of probability density function (PDF) that describe network latencies. The paper presents the results of the measurements of the PDF of Round Trip Time (RTT) in real network environments. The results show, that the appropriate PDFs are significantly differentiated and depend on the kind of the network, its load, peers load, logic of applications, etc. The PDF measurments is focused on industrial network control programs transmissions, where only loses and short delays are important.
description: Journal of Applied Computer Science, Tom 14 Nr 2 (2006): Journal of Applied Computer Science
Essential oil compositions and anticholinesterase activities of two edible plants Tragopogon latifolius var. angustifolius and Lycopsis orientalis
Creators: name: Abdulselam Ertaş
name: Gören, Ahmet C.
name: Boğa, Mehmet
name: Yeşil, Yeter
name: Kolak, Ufuk
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: This is the first report in the literature on essential oil compositions of Tragopogon latifolius var. angustifolius and Lycopsis orientalis which were analysed by using GC-FID and GC–MS techniques. The main constituents of T. latifolius var. angustifolius were identified as α-selinene (10.5%), 2,5-di-tert octyl-p-benzoquinone (9.5%) and valencene (7.0%); however, the main components of L. orientalis were identified as heptacosane (10.5%), τ-muurolene (9.6%) and tetratetracontane (9.4%). The essential oils of T. latifolius var. angustifolius and L. orientalis species exhibited moderate inhibitory activity against acetyl- and butyryl-cholinesterase enzymes at 200 μg/mL.
On settlerness
Creators: name: Veracini, Lorenzo
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Part of a larger project dedicated to a theoretical appraisal of settler colonial phenomena, this paper draws attention to the need to develop interpretative categories capable of accounting for the specificity of the settler colonial ‘situation’. In the first section, the paper suggests that settler colonialism establishes inherently triangular relations. It then goes on to argue that a fundamental disavowal of indigenous presences informs settler-indigenous relations. The final section suggests that settler colonialism is characterised by a libidinal economy that is ultimately incompatible with a colonial one. These structuring differentiations, it is argued, highlight the inherent difference between encounters in a colonial setting and encounters in a settler colonial one. While this ‘situation’ should not be seen as characteristic of a particular period or location, or necessarily restricted to the past (settler national independence, of course, does not discontinue settler colonial structures), this very cursory outline is primarily intended as a call for further research.
Protocol to improve hypertension management in a VA outpatient clinic
Creators: name: Gozdecki, Leo
name: Kramer, Holly
name: Thomas, Matthew
name: Gardezi, Karam
name: Tarlov, Elizabeth
name: Hughes, Ashley
name: Stroupe, Kevin
name: O’Halloran, Meghan
Publisher: name: University of Illinois at Chicago
Year: 2022
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This 20-week quality improvement study describes implementation of a hypertension identification and management program with use of a standardized oscillometric blood pressure (BP) measurement protocol, provider education, and audit/feedback of hypertension control in a Veterans Affairs primary care clinic. A total of 692 male Veterans ages 18-85 years with treated hypertension and at least one clinic visit in the previous year were included for analysis. Mean age was 69.7 years (standard deviation 7.6) and race and ethnicity were 42.0% White, 29.1% Black and 3.0% Hispanic. Prior to program implementation, clinic BP was measured using the auscultatory method with a manual syphgmomanometer. Baseline BP measurements demonstrated bias as determined by terminal digit preference for digits 0 and 8 in 29.5% and 25.2% of systolic (SBP) and 31.6% and 21.8% of diastolic BP measurements, respectively (p
Integration of relational resources in an object-oriented data grid with an example
Creators: name: Wiślicki, Jacek
name: Kuliberda, Kamil
name: Kowalski, Tomasz
name: Adamus, Radosław
Publisher: name: Journal of Applied Computer Science
Year: 2006

description: The paper describes aspects of integrating relational resources in an object-oriented data intensive grid with extensive description of a grid architecture. The presented solution is generic and allows utilizing native query optimizers of a relational resource (indices, fast joins, etc.), which can be effectively combined with an object query language (SBQL) optimization.
description: Journal of Applied Computer Science, Tom 14 Nr 2 (2006): Journal of Applied Computer Science
Evolution of red wines III. Promotion of the maturation phase
Creators: name: Somers, T. C.
name: Pocock, K. F.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2015

description: Die Entwicklung von Rotweinen III. Beschleunigung der Reifungsphase Ausgehend von der Tatsache, daß die chemischen Reaktionen zu Beginn des Weinausbaus im wesentlichen anaerob sind und durch erhöhte Temperaturen beschleunigt werden können, wurde der Einfluß der anaeroben Lagerung bei 42-45 ° C über einen Zeitraum von 25-40 d verfolgt; als Kontrolle dienten bei normaler Kellertemperatur gelagerte Weine. Die Versuche wurden mit Gebinden junger Rotweine (Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec) in isolierten Edelstahltanks (250, 1200, 5000 l) durchgeführt. Es wurden stetige Veränderungen bei Komponenten festgestellt, die für Farbe, Geruch und Geschmack wesentlich sind; sie entsprachen den Veränderungen, die sich bei normaler Kühllagerung während eines viel längeren Zeitraumes einstellten. Die spektralen Veränderungen der Farbintensität und -tönung waren von einer raschen logarithmischen Abnahme der Anthocyankonzentration bei Wärmebehandlung begleitet, während sich die Kontrollweine nur geringfügig veränderten. In den behandelten Weinen stabilisierte sich die Färbung, bedingt durch die Zunahme oligomerer Farbstoffe. Es gab keine analytischen oder sonstigen Hinweise auf den nachteiligen Einfluß einer derartigen, zeitlich begrenzten Weinlagerung. Bei Shiraz-Weinen wurde die Entwicklung eines zarten Beerenaromas und -geschmackes festgestellt; gleichzeitig wurde zu Beginn der Wärmebehandlung die vermehrte Bildung von Damascenon beobachtet.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 29 No. 2 (1990): Vitis
Inflorescence bud induction in Vitis vinifera L. cv. Thompson Seedless: Cytohistological events and starch accumulation in the shoot apex
Creators: name: Botti, Claudia
name: Sandoval, E.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2015

description: Induktion von Infloreszenzen in Knospen der Sorte Sultanina (Vitis vinifera L.): Cytologisch-histologische Veränderungen und Stärkeeinlagerung im Vegetationskegel An Knospen der Sorte Sultanina (Vitis vinifera L.) wurden Schnittuntersuchungen durchgeführt, um die cytologisch-histologischen Veränderungen während des Übergangs zur Blütenbildung aufzuzeigen. Messungen erbrachten eine GröBenzunahme der Zellen, Zellkerne und Nukleolen sowie eine Zunahme der Zellwanddicke im Vegetationskegel und den Anlagen ruhender Knospen verglichen mit den entsprechenden Strukturen vegetativer Endknospen. Diese Veränderungen wurden ab der Knospe in Position 2 am Trieb (Zählung von apikal her) festgestellt. Sowohl Vegetationskegel als auch Anlagen ruhender Knospen zeigen Stärkeeinlagerung.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 29 No. 3 (1990): Vitis
The development of primary bud necrosis in Thompson Seedless and Flame Seedless grapevines
Creators: name: Morrison, Janice C.
name: Iodi, Mirela
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2015

description: Die Entwicklung von Nekrosen in den Primärknospen der Rebsorten Thompson Seedless und Flame Seedless In drei konstant ertragsschwachen Rebanlagen ( Vitis vinifera Thompson Seedless und Flame Seedless) im San Joaquin Valley (Kalifornien) wurde die Entwicklung von Nekrosen in den Primärknospen untersucht. Die ersten Anzeichen dieser Störung wurden 3-6 Wochen nach der Blüte beobachtet, und sie verstärkte sich innerhalb weiterer 4-6 Wochen. Nach dem Eintritt der Knospenruhe dehnten sich die Nekrosen nicht mehr aus. Die ersten sichtbaren Symptome der Störung waren mehrere Zellschichten dicke, querverlaufende Bänder aus zusammengedrückten Zellen; diese traten an einem oder mehreren Knoten der Knospenachse und an der Knospenbasis auf. Die Zellen in den Zonen der beginnenden Nekrotisierung waren kleiner als die internodialen Zellen und längs zusammengedrückt. Die Nekrose setzte an einem der Bänder zusammengepreBter Zellen ein und schritt akropetal fort. Die Gewebetrennung in der nekrotischen Zone erfolgte durch Zellbruch, nicht durch die Ausbildung eines speziellen Trennungsgewebes. Am häufigsten war die Primärknospe betroffen, gelegentlich konnten aber auch eine oder beide Sekundärknospen nekrotisch sein. In einer anfälligen Rebanlage war die Knospennekrose mit der Beschattung korreliert; in einer schwach gestörten Anlage konnten jedoch Knospennekrosen weder durch Schattierung noch durch Gibberellinbehandlung ausgelöst werden.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 29 No. 3 (1990): Vitis
Fertilizing ability of cryopreserved grape (Vitis vinifera L.) pollen
Creators: name: Ganeshan, S.
name: Alexander, M. P.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2015

description: Befruchtungsfähigkeit von gefrierkonserviertem Pollen der Rebe (Vitis vinifera L.) Durch kontrollierte Bestäubung wurde die Befruchtungsfähigkeit gefrierkonservierter Pollen von Black Champa (BC) und Queen of Vineyards (QVY) nach bis zu 5jähriger Lagerung geprüft. Verschiedene Elternkombinationen unter Einschluß von Selbstungen zeigten keine signifikanten Unterschiede des prozentualen Beerenansatzes; im Vergleich zu den jeweiligen Kontrollen mit Frischpollen war jedoch eine signifikante Abnahme der Befruchtungsfähigkeit zu verzeichnen. Bei allen Kreuzungen unter Verwendung von gefrierkonserviertem Pollen ging die Anzahl der Kerne je Beere zurück; dies weist auf eine mögliche Abnahme der Fertilität hin. Übertragung von gefrierkonserviertem Pollen (QVY) auf die Narben einer abweichenden Sorte (BC) ergab den höchsten prozentualen Beerenansatz bei schwacher Kernausbeute. Bei der in-vitro-Keimung des Pollens nach unterschiedlicher Dauer der Gefrierkonservierung wurde eine hohe Vitalitätsrate - frischem Pollen vergleichbar - registriert; signifikante Unterschiede zwischen den beiden Sorten, der Dauer der Gefrierlagerung oder deren Interaktionen wurden jedoch nicht festgestellt. Die vorliegende Untersuchung beweist die Lebensfähigkeit von gefrierkonserviertem Pollen auch nach langer Lagerungsdauer, wobei jedoch im Freiland mit niedriger Fertilität, geringem Fruchtansatz und schwacher Kernausbeute gerechnet werden muß.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 29 No. 3 (1990): Vitis
Extreme and rogue waves in directional wave fields
Creators: name: Toffoli, Alessandro
name: Bitner-Gregersen, Elzbieta
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: It is well established that modulational instability enhances the probability of occurrence for rogue waves if the wave field is long crested, narrow banded and sufficiently steep. As a result, a substantial deviation from commonly used second order theory-based distributions can be expected. However the spreading of the wave energy over a number of directional components can notably reduce the effect of modulational instability. In order to achieve a better understanding on the influence of wave directionality and its implication for design work, numerical simulations based on the truncated potential Euler equations were used. Results show the existence of a transition region between strongly and weakly non-Gaussian statistics as short crestedness increases.