cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Learning plan selection for BDI agent systems
Creators: name: Singh, Dhirendra
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024

description: Belief-Desire-Intention (BDI) is a popular agent-oriented programming approach for developing robust computer programs that operate in dynamic environments. These programs contain pre-programmed abstract procedures that capture domain know-how, and work by dynamically applying these procedures, or plans, to different situations that they encounter. Agent programs built using the BDI paradigm, however, do not traditionally do learning, which becomes important if a deployed agent is to be able to adapt to changing situations over time. Our vision is to allow programming of agent systems that are capable of adjusting to ongoing changes in the environment’s dynamics in a robust and effective manner.

To this end, in this thesis we develop a framework that can be used by programmers to build adaptable BDI agents that can improve plan selection over time by learning from their experiences. These learning agents can dynamically adjust their choice of which plan to select in which situation, based on a growing understanding of what works and a sense of how reliable this understanding is. This reliability is given by a perceived measure of confidence, that tries to capture how well-informed the agent’s most recent decisions were and how well it knows the most recent situations that it encountered.

An important focus of this work is to make this approach practical. Our framework allows learning to be integrated into BDI programs of reasonable complexity, including those that use recursion and failure recovery mechanisms. We show the usability of the framework in two complete programs: an implementation of the Towers of Hanoi game where recursive solutions must be learnt, and a modular battery system controller where the environment dynamics changes in ways that may require many learning and relearning phases.
Cryo-EM structure and polymorphism of Aβ amyloid fibrils purified from Alzheimer’s brain tissue
Creators: name: Kollmer, Marius
name: Close, William
name: Funk, Leonie
name: Rasmussen, Jay
name: Bsoul, Aref
name: Schierhorn, Angelika
name: Schmidt, Matthias
name: Sigurdson, Christina J.
name: Jucker, Mathias
name: Fändrich, Marcus
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: ATOMIC-RESOLUTION STRUCTURE
subject: A-BETA(1-40)
subject: Cryoelectron microscopy
subject: DDC 570 / Life sciences
subject: Proteins
subject: Alzheimer’s disease
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Disease
subject: Alzheimerkrankheit
subject: Proteine
subject: Biochemie

description: The formation of Aβ amyloid fibrils is a neuropathological hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease and cerebral amyloid angiopathy. However, the structure of Aβ amyloid fibrils from brain tissue is poorly understood. Here we report the purification of Aβ amyloid fibrils from meningeal Alzheimer’s brain tissue and their structural analysis with cryo-electron microscopy. We show that these fibrils are polymorphic but consist of similarly structured protofilaments. Brain derived Aβ amyloid fibrils are right-hand twisted and their peptide fold differs sharply from previously analyzed Aβ fibrils that were formed in vitro. These data underscore the importance to use patient-derived amyloid fibrils when investigating the structural basis of the disease.
REGENERATIVE STORMWATER CONVEYANCE: TECHNIQUES TO WATERSHED STEWARDSHIP & TURNING STORMWATER LIABILITIES INTO AMENITIES
Creators: name: Zerfas, Matthew
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Landscape architecture
subject: Conveyance
subject: Outfall
subject: Regenerative
subject: RSC
subject: Step Pool
subject: Stormwater

description: Regenerative Stormwater Conveyance (RSC) is a moderately new best management practice primarily implemented in the mid-Atlantic region. This thesis documents the proposed design of an RSC at Parkdale High School in the Washington D.C. metropolitan region. A degraded channel with incised banks between 9 to 12 feet in height was found on site. This stormwater channel runs for 160 feet and has a contributing catchment of 17.2 acres.

The proposed RSC was designed to stabilize the channel banks, and create a stable channel profile. The runoff storage volume was calculated to be 4523.1 ft3 total which would treat a runoff volume of 0.24”. This equates to 32% TN, 37% TP and 40% TSS removal. The design provides a viewing area with a photo point and bank pin that would provide an opportunity for students and teachers to assist in visually documenting sediment deposition and geomorphological changes that may occur.
An appropriate high-rise in Vietnam
Creators: name: NGUYEN, HONG TIN
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024

description: Currently in Vietnam there is an increasing demand for building and housing. Many high-rise housing developments have been built recently and continue to be constructed. This dissertation will not address the question of whether the high-rises should be built or not, it will focus on the question: What is appropriate high-rise housing in Vietnam?
Local community involvement in the planning, design and development of previously developed land
Creators: name: Dunstone, Robin
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024

description: This research analyses the involvement of local communities in the design, development and planning of previously developed land (sometimes called ‘brownfield’). Specifically, it seeks to discover if such involvement improves or worsens the built form of previously developed land regeneration. A mixed method is employed that has involved the use of literature, case studies for the Maribyrnong River Valley, Melbourne, and comparable international case histories in the USA, Canada and the United Kingdom. The participation survey was conducted for the case studies using a ‘snowball sampling’ technique. Participants were selected from three broad groups- Residents (the ‘community of place’), planners and developers. Similar interviews were carried out for the international case histories.

The findings are: 1. Intensive community collaboration is associated with higher levels of community satisfaction. 2. Community involvement can lead to both ‘good’ and ‘bad’ built outcomes. 3. The most consistent good outcomes are produced with early community involvement. 4. Community engagement that continues through to subsequent place making is beneficial. 5. Community engagement in urban design is more critical for the heavily used pedestrianised parts of a redevelopment. 6. Contemporary market conditions act against the effective creation of good urban places that the community want.
Indirect overgrowth as a synthesis route for superior diamond nano sensors
Creators: name: Findler, Christoph
name: Lang, Johannes
name: Osterkamp, Christian
name: Nesládek, Miloš
name: Jelezko, Fedor
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Materials science
subject: Nanoscience and technology
subject: Physics
subject: DDC 540 / Chemistry & allied sciences
subject: Materials science
subject: Nanoscience and technology
subject: Physics
subject: Werkstoffkunde
subject: Physik

description: The negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy (NV−) center shows excellent spin properties and sensing capabilities on the nanoscale even at room temperature. Shallow implanted NV− centers can effectively be protected from surface noise by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) diamond overgrowth, i.e. burying them homogeneously deeper in the crystal. However, the origin of the substantial losses in NV− centers after overgrowth remains an open question. Here, we use shallow NV− centers to exclude surface etching and identify the passivation reaction of NV to NVH centers during the growth as the most likely reason. Indirect overgrowth featuring low energy (2.5–5 keV) nitrogen ion implantation and CVD diamond growth before the essential annealing step reduces this passivation phenomenon significantly. Furthermore, we find higher nitrogen doses to slow down the NV–NVH conversion kinetics, which gives insight into the sub-surface diffusion of hydrogen in diamond during growth. Finally, nano sensors fabricated by indirect overgrowth combine tremendously enhanced T2 and T∗2 times with an outstanding degree of depth-confinement which is not possible by implanting with higher energies alone. Our results improve the understanding of CVD diamond overgrowth and pave the way towards reliable and advanced engineering of shallow NV− centers for future quantum sensing devices.
A complex low-RCS antenna system for the placement of mm-wave automotive radars behind car bumpers
Creators: name: Vasanelli, Claudia
name: Bögelsack, Frank
name: Waldschmidt, Christian
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: DDC 620 / Engineering & allied operations
subject: Radar
subject: Millimeter waves
subject: Antennas (Electronics)
subject: Radar
subject: Antenne
subject: Millimeterwelle

description: Automotive radars are one of the key sensor technologies to develop reliable fully-automated cars. They are usually installed behind the bumper of the vehicle and therefore, multiple reflections can occur. The multiple reflections can be mitigated with the use of low-RCS (radar cross-section) antenna arrays. This paper presents the design of a complex low-RCS multiple antenna system that mimics a typical MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output) configuration. A prototype has been developed and tested. Approximately 17 dB of RCS reduction has been experimentally achieved. The measurement results show that the use of such a low-RCS antenna system can successfully reduce the amplitude of multiple reflections.
Photographing the altered landscape
Creators: name: Hulbert, Shane
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024

description: This practice–led research project is a visual investigation into the artistic, cultural and technological status of altered landscape photography in Australia. The outcome of the research is an exhibition of twelve digital photographic prints that consider the capabilities and limitations of contemporary digital technologies in the practice of altered landscape photography in Australia.

An altered landscape is positioned, for this research project, as one that evidences irrevocable change, the crafting of the land through construction and intervention, a system or process that modifies and results in the making of something new or different from the pre–existing state. This is the land that has been disrupted, been made artificial and different from what is on or above it. Humans mine for the resources needed to create new constructions, settlements and cities, shift the borders of the bush through removal and addition, and alter the environment to change its purpose to suit the expansion of civilisation and the needs of our cultures and economies.

The research investigates fine art landscape photographers from the mid nineteenth century to contemporary times, and aims to identify the conditions under which they photographed, their choices for subject matter, the type of equipment they used, and to assess their influence on the practice of landscape photography. The research also investigated the relationships between certain Australian sites and how these places are situated within ideas of nation, both historical and contemporary. From this, the research established a series of categories for contemporary altered landscape photography in Australia, as a way of seeing the land, and as a way of exploring the land to produce this body of photographic artwork.

Throughout this project it was always my intention to ensure that every fine art photographic print I made responded to the deepest traditions of the photographic medium, while exploring the capability and suitability of digital devices and processes for photographing the Australian altered landscape. As an artist and researcher I am consciously positioning myself and this research from the perspective of the producer, rather than the consumer, from the perspective of reflection on the altered landscape as subject matter, and the ways these technologies are suited to contemporary landscape photography and situated in my practice.

The project was ultimately a photographic study of human geography, of place and of landscape and through the lens of discovering, uncovering and revealing how the landscape is altered by human intervention, it contributes to a new body of knowledge in the field of Australian landscape photography, and a way of approaching and understanding the Australian altered landscape.
title: Soziales Verhalten von Buben und Mädchen in einem japanischen Kindergarten
Creators: name: Sedlakovic, Lydia Karin
Year: 2009

description: Im Rahmen meiner Arbeit habe ich das soziale Verhalten der fünfjährigen japanischen Kinder beobachtet. Ziel der Arbeit war es zu verstehen, wie sich japanische Buben und Mädchen im Kindergarten verhalten und ob es Unterschiede gibt. Weiters wurden Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede in den sozialen Beziehungen von Buben und Mädchen beobachtet. Untersucht wurde also nicht das Verhalten der Kinder als unabhängige Variable, sondern das Verhalten als Produkt einer kulturellen und gesellschaftlichen Einheit. Um diese Fragen zu beantworten, war es notwendig verschiedene Aspekte der Realität der Kinder zu berücksichtigen: die Einflüsse aus dem familiären Umfeld, aus den Medien, sowie die vom japanischen Kindergarten eingesetzte Strategien, die aus den Kindern soziale Wesen der japanischen Gesellschaft machen. Ausgangspunkt dafür ist ein Überblick über die Ziele des japanischen Kindergartens, die vom Japanischen Bildungsministerium festgelegt sind und für alle öffentlichen Kindergärten als Richtlinien gelten.
description: This paper deals with the social behaviour of five year old Japanese boys and girls of a Japanese kindergarten in Tokyo. In this respect similarities and differences between boys and girls were observed. The behaviour of children was not considered as an independent variable, but as a by-product of a cultural and social entity. After taking into consideration various aspects of gender studies, giving an overview of goals of socialization and instruments and strategies for their achievement, I described the situations observed at the Fujimi kindergarten, in Tokyo, divided into planned activities and game situations, and I commented on the differences between boys and girls. Finally, I had an interview with an experienced kindergarten teacher and a principal about how they interpret children’s behaviour and what were the reasons for their behaviour. The ability to adapt to society seems to be more developed among girls. Girls point out duties to other children and have a greater ability to assert themselves. The strong relationship between the girls during playtime increases their sense of responsibility towards the group. The intensive communication between them during role plays strengthens their empathy. This fosters their cooperation and sustains the cohesion of the group. When they play games that are untypical for girls, they are ignored by their playmates. On the other hand, boys play in a more chaotic way during playtime, changing their playmates quite often, being in competition with each other, which makes it difficult for the boys to deepen their relationships with other children. Therefore, the group seems to have greater importance for girls than for boys.
Investigation of the Effect of Oxygen Concentration on the Pyrolytic Decomposition of Polypropylene
Creators: name: Turner, Brent Allen
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Plastics
subject: Oxygen
subject: Polypropylene
subject: Pyrolysis

description: Limited research exists on the effect of oxygen on the species production during the controlled surface area pyrolytic decomposition of polypropylene.  In this study, the pyrolytic decomposition of polypropylene was conducted in 0% O2, 5% O2, and 15% O2. The pyrolyzate produced during the experiments was analyzed using three methods. First, a custom tube-furnace reactor, auto-sampling system, and unique sample boat were developed to pyrolyze, collect, and deliver pyrolyzate to a GC-BID/MS for species identification and quantification. Data collected were converted to rates of production and mass evolved for individual species identified. Second, using the same tube-furnace reactor pyrolyzate was sent directly to a stack of IR and FID analyzers to measure O2, CO, CO2, and total hydrocarbon production. This data was converted and used to compare with and verify the data from the GC-BID analysis. Thermogravimetric analysis was used as a third technique to measure the mass loss of the polypropylene under the three O2 scenarios. For all three analytical methods, the effect of O2 was studied and was found to have a profound effect on species evolution and the temperature at which the reactions initiated.
Additional file 2 of Targeting STAT6-mediated synovial macrophage activation improves pain in experimental knee osteoarthritis
Creators: name: Blackler, Garth
name: Lai-Zhao, Yue
name: Klapak, Joseph
name: Philpott, Holly T.
name: Pitchers, Kyle K.
name: Maher, Andrew R.
name: Fiset, Benoit
name: Walsh, Logan A.
name: Gillies, Elizabeth R.
name: Appleton, C. Thomas
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Supplementary material 2.
title: Supporting Pediatricians Decision-Making by using CrescNet as Infrastructure
Creators: name: Beger, Christoph
name: Gausche, Ruth
name: Müller, Rene
name: Pfäffle, Roland
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Medizinische Dokumentation
subject: Medizinische Informatik
subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Introduction: Abnormal growth is a cardinal symptom. There are many disorders, which cause aberrant growth. This makes it hard to find out all correct diagnoses in early years of childhood development. To support primary care pediatricians in their decision-making and improve patient care overall, the[for full text, please go to the a.m. URL]
description: 62. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie e.V. (GMDS)
Online adaptive quantum characterization of a nuclear spin
Creators: name: Joas, Timo
name: Schmitt, Simon Christian
name: Santagati, Raffaele
name: Gentile, Antonio Andrea
name: Bonato, Cristian
name: Laing, Anthony
name: McGuinness, Liam P.
name: Jelezko, Fedor
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Information theory and computation
subject: Quantum metrology
subject: DDC 530 / Physics
subject: Nuclear spin
subject: Quantenmetrologie

description: The characterization of quantum systems is both a theoretical and technical challenge. Theoretical because of the exponentially increasing complexity with system size and the fragility of quantum states under observation. Technical because of the requirement to manipulate and read out individual atomic or photonic elements. Adaptive methods can help to overcome these challenges by optimizing the amount of information each measurement provides and reducing the necessary resources. Their implementation, however, requires fast-feedback and complex processing algorithms. Here, we implement online adaptive sensing with single spins and demonstrate close to photon shot noise limited performance with high repetition rate, including experimental overheads. We further use fast feedback to determine the hyperfine coupling of a nuclear spin to the nitrogen-vacancy sensor with a sensitivity of 445nT√Hz-1. Our experiment is a proof of concept that online adaptive techniques can be a versatile tool to enable faster characterization of the spin environment.
title: AGT-Reha: Assistierende Gesundheitstechnologien für das medizinische Tele-Reha-Training – Ausgewählte Ergebnisse der Pilotstudie
Creators: name: Wolf, Klaus-Hendrik
name: Saalfeld, Birgit
name: Oppermann, Bianca
name: Riquel, Jana
name: Kobelt, Axel
name: Borrmann, Horst P.
name: Figlewicz, Andreas
name: Kasprowski, Detlev
name: Thiel, Michael
name: Haux, Reinhold
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Medizinische Informatik
subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Einleitung: Rehabilitanden erlernen während ihres Klinikaufenthalts Eigenübungen, um die Beweglichkeit der Schulter zu verbessern und die Schmerzen zu reduzieren. Nach der Entlassung aus der Klinik sind sie gehalten die Übungen selbstständig fortzuführen. Dies geschieht jedoch[zum vollständigen Text gelangen Sie über die oben angegebene URL]
description: 62. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie e.V. (GMDS)
Supplementary material from The bug in a teacup—monitoring arthropod–plant associations with environmental DNA from dried plant material
Creators: name: Krehenwinkel, Henrik
name: Weber, Sven
name: Künzel, Sven
name: Kennedy, Susan
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Environmental DNA analysis has revolutionized the field of biomonitoring in the past years. Various sources have been shown to contain eDNA of diverse organisms, for example, water, soil, gut content and plant surfaces. Here we show that dried plant material is a highly promising source for arthropod community eDNA. We designed a metabarcoding assay to enrich diverse arthropod communities while preventing amplification of plant DNA. Using this assay, we analysed various commercially produced teas and herbs. These samples recovered ecologically and taxonomically diverse arthropod communities, a total of over a thousand species in more than 20 orders, many of them specific to their host plant and its geographical origin. Atypically for eDNA, arthropod DNA in dried plants shows a very high temporal stability, opening up plant archives as a source for historical arthropod eDNA. Considering these results, dried plant material appears excellently suited as a novel tool to monitor arthropods and arthropod–plant interactions, detect agricultural pests and identify the geographical origin of imported plant material. The simplicity of our approach and the ability to detect highly diverse arthropod communities from all over the world in tea bags also highlights its utility for outreach purposes and to raise awareness about biodiversity.
Patterns of Th1/Th2 cytokines predict clinical response in multiple sclerosis patients treated with glatiramer acetate
Creators: name: Tumani, Hayrettin
name: Kassubek, Jan
name: Hijazi, Mohammed
name: Lehmensiek, Vera
name: Unrath, Alexander
name: Süssmuth, Sigurd
name: Lauda, Florian
name: Kapfer, Tamara
name: Fang, Lubin
name: Senel, Makbule
name: Brettschneider, Johannes
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Th1/Th2 cytokines
subject: DDC 610 / Medicine & health
subject: Multiple sclerosis; Therapy
subject: Cytokines
subject: Glatiramer acetate
subject: Th1 cells
subject: Th2 cells
subject: Multiple Sklerose
subject: Copaxone
subject: Cytokine

description: The patterns of Th1/Th2 cytokines in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis were analyzed to evaluate their relevance as biomarkers of therapy response to glatiramer acetate (GA). Serum interferon-γ (IFN-γ), osteopontin and interleukin (IL)-2, IL-4, and IL-10 were measured in 19 relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis patients treated with GA in a prospective study over 3 years. The quotient (IL-2 + IFN-γ)/(IL-4 + IL-10) was elevated in patients with relapses as compared to relapse-free patients after 12 (p = 0.04), 24 (p = 0.02) and 36 months (p = 0.04). Our study indicates that specific patterns of Th1/Th2 cytokines predict the response to GA therapy. © In Copyright http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Elegant sufficiency: how young Australians are living better with less
Creators: name: Pears, Katherine
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024

description: This research explores Australian consumer society and how the pursuit of materialist lifestyles had led to a problem of wasteful consumerism. This problem amounts to an annual expenditure of $10.5 billion on goods that are not used (Hamilton et. al, 2005). Despite the urgent need for society to mitigate environmental catastrophe and shift towards a sustainable way of living, the problem of wasteful consumerism is only increasing. This research explores why this is the case through an analysis of meaning and motivation for modern consumerism. To address the tension between the problem of wasteful consumerism and sustainability, this research analyses the emerging discourse on sustainable consumption lifestyles and identifies how this theory can translate to individual action.
Furthermore, this research identifies how some young people are discontent with the consumerist status quo and as such, are seeking to adopt alternative, sustainable lifestyles. To gain insights into the sustainable lifestyles of young people, fourteen individuals committed to sustainable living (aged 18-35 years) are interviewed in-depth. Their stories are analysed and constructed into lifestyle portraits. The fourteen lifestyle portraits address the three objectives for this research and identify (1) the individual motivations for living sustainably, (2a) how young people are living sustainably, through an analysis of the principles and practices they adopt and (2b) the challenges between the individuals’ consuming ideals and actions. Finally, (3) the biographical analysis explores the spheres of influence the individuals have within their families, peers and broader networks and assesses their potential to lead by example through living better with less.
title: TELnet@NRW – Implementierung eines telemedizinischen, intersektoralen Netzwerks als digitale Gesundheitsstruktur zur Verbesserung der wohnortnahen Versorgung
Creators: name: Strotbaum, Veronika
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Epidemiologie
subject: Medizinische Informatik
subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Hintergrund: Die zentrale Herausforderung im deutschen Gesundheitswesen ist die Sicherstellung einer qualitativ hochwertigen und wohnortnahen Versorgung. Aufgrund demographisch-epidemiologischer Veränderungen in der Bevölkerung ist jedoch eine immer intensivere Versorgung notwendig. Insbesondere[zum vollständigen Text gelangen Sie über die oben angegebene URL]
description: 62. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie e.V. (GMDS)
Additional file 1 of Evaluating the risk of conflict on recent Ebola outbreaks in Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Creators: name: Charnley, Gina E. C.
name: Green, Nathan
name: Kelman, Ilan
name: Malembaka, Espoir B.
name: Gaythorpe, Katy A. M.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology

description: Supplementary Material 1.
title: VIREP – Virtual Reality for chronic pain
Creators: name: Kinast, Benjamin
name: Schüler, Thomas
name: Tabak, Monique
name: Thomas, Annika
name: Birmes, Bernhard
name: Bua, Pietro
name: Giehoff, Carsten
name: Heuven, René
name: Ludwig, Edda
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Medizinische Informatik
subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Background: Virtual reality (VR) can provide a realistic, engaging and personalized training environment to increase patient motivation and solidify treatment gains. Indeed virtual environments have been successfully used for the treatment of different patient groups, including neurologic rehabilitation[for full text, please go to the a.m. URL]
description: 62. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie e.V. (GMDS)
Representative Data and Psychometric Properties of Short Version of the Korean-English Bilingual Aphasia Test
Creators: name: Lee, Seongsil
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Speech therapy
subject: Aphasia
subject: Bilingualism
subject: Korean

description: Previous studies investigating the psychometric properties of the Bilingual Aphasia Test (BAT) have found variable results. This study sought to investigate performance of high proficiency Korean-English (KE) bilinguals on Korean and English BAT and examine the equivalency of test difficulty across the two languages. A total of thirty KE bilinguals took the Korean-BAT, English-BAT, and Korean-English Translation Test (KETT). Their performance was evaluated and compared across two languages. Results showed that KE bilinguals performed above 80% on all subtests, however, they displayed different performance between Korean and English in three subtests. Item analyses found eighteen items with whose accuracy was below 80% and sixteen item pairs with unequal performance across the two languages. These results support the importance of testing psychometric properties of BAT and developing normative data for each language. Based on the representative data, recommendations for further modification of the BAT and a new ceiling criterion are proposed.
Additional file 2 of Evaluating the risk of conflict on recent Ebola outbreaks in Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Creators: name: Charnley, Gina E. C.
name: Green, Nathan
name: Kelman, Ilan
name: Malembaka, Espoir B.
name: Gaythorpe, Katy A. M.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology

description: Supplementary Material 2.
Caecus Gravitas: A Quantized 4D Gravitational Framework Unifying Scales Without Dark Components
Creators: name: Winton, Jared D.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: gravity
cosmology
cbm
dark matter
dark energy
galatic rotation curves
CMB Anomalies
Horizon Effect

description: I propose Caecus Gravitas, a gravitational theory wherein a constant 4D force is projected into 3D space via a discrete W-lens of quantized spherical shells (Rn = na0). This model transitions from an inverse-square law (F ∝ 1/r2 ) for scales below 0.5 Gyr or 10 3D kpc to an inverse-linear law (F ∝ 1/r3D) beyond, eliminating the need for dark matter and dark energy. It reproduces atomic energy levels (En = −13.6/n2 eV), solar system orbits (e.g., Earth-Sun pe- riod of 365.25 days), galactic rotation curves (v ≈ 200 − 220 km/s), cluster velocity dispersions (σ ≈ 600 km/s), and cosmic expansion (H0 ≈ 70 − 73 km/s/Mpc). Applied to the Cosmic Microwave Back- ground (CMB), interpreted as a 4D horizon projection rather than a recombination surface, it resolves all major anomalies (power sup- pression, Axis of Evil, hemispherical asymmetry, Cold Spot, and lensing anomaly AL=1.243) without additional parameters. I predict quantized gravitational wave signatures detectable by LISA ( ̃0.001 Hz steps), offering a testable pathway to confirm W’s discrete reality. This framework redefines gravitational physics, eliminating the need for dark components across all scales.
FCS slag for continuous copper converting
Creators: name: Kaur, Rajneet Rosey
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024

description: The Peirce-Smith converter has served the copper industry well for over a century , but increasingly stringent environmental regulations and burgeoning energy costs have set the trend towards continuous copper matte converting. A major technical issue with continuous converting is the choice of slag. Iron silicate slags , as used in the Pierce-Smith converter, have many favourable properties including limited wear of the magnesia-chrome refractories and high ability to absorb elements with basic oxides such as lead oxide. Unfortunately, at the high oxygen partial pressures used during copper-making, they have too Iowa solubility for magnetite and this results in semi-solid viscous slag. Mitsubish i introduced calcium ferrite slag for their continuous converting process because it has high magnetite solubility and high ability to remove elements with acidic oxides such as antimony and arsenic, but it attacks magnesia-chrome refractories severely. Ferrous calcium silicate (FCS) slag has been proposed as a third slag for copper converting. It has been predicted that FCS slag should not be aggressive towards refractories and would have a low copper oxide solubility and suitable solubility for magnetite and both acidic and basic impurity metal oxides. Little is known about the properties of FCS slag, in particular its affect on the wear of magnesia-chrome refractories and the distribution ratio of minor elements between it and copper. The purpose of this research was to test the potential of FCS slag for application in continuous copper converting. Firstly, refractory wear was investigated and compared to the wear caused by calcium ferrite slag . Secondly, distribution of antimony, lead and nickel between FCS slag and copper was determined. It was found that FCS slag attacks the refractories far less than calcium ferrite slag. The slag/metal distribution ratios for nickel , lead and antimony were determined to be 0.98, 0.93, and 0.54 respectively. These compare very favorably to those for calcium ferrite slag. It was concluded that FCS slag has potential for continuous copper converting and warrants further consideration by industry.
title: BrainLab – Ein Framework für mobile neurologische Untersuchungen
Creators: name: Fink, Ina Berenice
name: Hankammer, Bernd
name: Stopinski, Thomas
name: Titgemeyer, Yannic
name: Ramos, Roann
name: Kutafina, Ekaterina
name: Bitsch, Jó Ágila
name: Jonas, Stephan
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Medizinische Informatik
subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Introduction: Elektroenzephalografie (EEG) erlaubt die nicht-invasive Messung elektrischer Aktivität im Gehirn und ist eine unverzichtbare Methode zur Diagnose und Bewertung neurologischer und psychologischer Störungen. Herkömmlicherweise werden hierbei komplexe technische Systeme benötigt,[zum vollständigen Text gelangen Sie über die oben angegebene URL]
description: 62. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie e.V. (GMDS)
Influence of obesity on remodeling of lung tissue and organization of extracellular matrix after blunt thorax trauma
Creators: name: Xu, Pengfei
name: Gärtner, Fabian
name: Gihring, Adrian
name: Liu, Congxing
name: Burster, Timo
name: Wabitsch, Martin
name: Knippschild, Uwe
name: Paschke, Stephan
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High fat diet
subject: Thorax trauma
subject: MMP activity
subject: TIMP production
subject: DIET-INDUCED OBESITY
subject: BODY-MASS INDEX
subject: COMPLICATIONS
subject: MATRIX-METALLOPROTEINASE-9
subject: MORTALITY
subject: REDUCE
subject: DDC 610 / Medicine & health
subject: Obesity
subject: Wounds and injuries
subject: Mortality
subject: Extracellular matrix
subject: Metalloproteases
subject: Collagen
subject: Übergewicht
subject: Trauma
subject: Brustkorb
subject: Sterblichkeit

description: Background Previously, it has been shown that obesity is a risk factor for recovery, regeneration, and tissue repair after blunt trauma and can affect the rate of muscle recovery and collagen deposition after trauma. To date, lung tissue regeneration and extracellular matrix regulation in obese mice after injury has not been investigated in detail yet. Methods This study uses an established blunt thorax trauma model to analyze morphological changes and alterations on gene and protein level in lean or obese (diet-induced obesity for 16 ± 1 week) male C57BL/6 J mice at various time-points after trauma induction (1 h, 6 h, 24 h, 72 h and 192 h). Results Morphological analysis after injury showed lung parenchyma damage at early time-points in both lean and obese mice. At later time-points a better regenerative capacity of lean mice was observed, since obese animals still exhibited alveoli collapse, wall thickness as well as remaining filled alveoli structures. Although lean mice showed significantly increased collagen and fibronectin gene levels, analysis of collagen deposition showed no difference based on colorimetric quantification of collagen and visual assessment of Sirius red staining. When investigating the organization of the ECM on gene level, a decreased response of obese mice after trauma regarding extracellular matrix composition and organization was detectable. Differences in the lung tissue between the diets regarding early responding MMPs (MMP8/9) and late responding MMPs (MMP2) could be observed on gene and protein level. Obese mice show differences in regulation of extracellular matrix components compared to normal weight mice, which results in a decreased total MMP activity in obese animals during the whole regeneration phase. Starting at 6 h post traumatic injury, lean mice show a 50% increase in total MMP activity compared to control animals, while MMP activity in obese mice drops to 50%. Conclusions In conclusion, abnormal regulation of the levels of extracellular matrix genes in the lung may contribute to an aberrant regeneration after trauma induction with a delay of repair and pathological changes of the lung tissue in obese mice.
Additional file 3 of Evaluating the risk of conflict on recent Ebola outbreaks in Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Creators: name: Charnley, Gina E. C.
name: Green, Nathan
name: Kelman, Ilan
name: Malembaka, Espoir B.
name: Gaythorpe, Katy A. M.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology

description: Supplementary Material 3.
title: Wearables – Ein erster Schritt mit der Apple Watch
Creators: name: Dathe, Henning
name: Rottmann, Thorsten
name: Franke, Thomas
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Medizinische Informatik
subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Einleitung: Sensoren sind eine Verbindung der IT zur Außenwelt. In der eHealth werden sie zunehmend in Wearables eingesetzt, welche die Vitalfunktionen ihrer Nutzer messen und an ein Smartphone senden. Die Werbung für solche Gerätekombinationen suggeriert eine bevorstehende Revolution[zum vollständigen Text gelangen Sie über die oben angegebene URL]
description: 62. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie e.V. (GMDS)
title: Tele-Trauma: Telemedical support of Level II and Level III trauma centers in Germany
Creators: name: Wohlmann, Jan
name: Kaemmerer, Marc
name: Sobota, Anja
name: Weber, Thomas
name: Storck, Michael
name: Haschert, Christian
name: Born, Judith
name: Juhra, Christian
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Medizinische Informatik
subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Background: Between 2013 and 2015, each of 279 Level III trauma centers contributing their patient data to the German Trauma Registry, treated on average 13 trauma patients per year [ref:1]. Respectively, on average 43 patients were treated at one of 233 included Level II and 147 patients [for full text, please go to the a.m. URL]
description: 62. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie e.V. (GMDS)
“Let me show you how nice i am”: impression management as Bias in empathic responses
Creators: name: Sassenrath, Claudia
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: impression management
subject: DDC 150 / Psychology
subject: DDC 300 / Social sciences
subject: Empathy
subject: Social desirability
subject: Einfühlung
subject: Soziale Erwünschtheit
subject: Persönlichkeitstest

description: Past research showed that empathic responses are confounded with social desirability. The present research aims at illuminating this confound. In a first step, it is examined how a measure typically implemented to screen, for response, biases based on social desirability (i.e., the Balanced Inventory of Desirable Responding) relate to classical measures of interindividual differences in empathic responses (i.e., the Interpersonal Reactivity Index). Moreover, it is investigated what happens to empathic responses under conditions of reduced opportunity to behave socially desirable. Results of two correlational studies indicate that impression management (IM) as well as self-deceptive enhancement as facets of a socially desirable response bias is related to self-reported empathic responses. Results of an additional experiment show that introducing conditions reducing opportunity for IM lowers empathic responses toward a person in need. Implications for research on self-reported empathy and empathy-induced prosocial behavior are discussed.
The fragility of city living in Hong Kong
Creators: name: Ching, Sze
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024

description: Hong Kong as a city is ever changing and ﬂooded with information. People living in a city often have very indiﬀerent and detached relationships with each other, and with the city, because changes can happen so quickly and there are so many things competing for their attention. This research investigates and comments on the fragility of these relationships. I used linear elements inspired by the form and speed of roads and wild cursive script to express the rhythm of city living. I also looked for ideas from traditional Chinese thinking that could inform this investigation. I discuss the work of a number of artists that inﬂuenced my thinking and approach, exploring how they expressed problems they associated with city living.

In this studio-based project, I created a series of new works using porcelain and metal. These echo the concrete and steel we use to build our city. Using long, cursive and delicate porcelain wires, with linkages made by metal, the pieces aimed to be an expression of city living, with a focus on the fragility of relationships. They sought to reﬂect the pace of city living and the weaknesses of the relationships. This research project does not set out to provide any speciﬁc answers, but rather through visual means aims to contribute to an understanding of Hong Kong’s social issues with reference to Chinese traditional thinking.
title: Significance of epidosite alteration for seafloor sulphide deposits and for fluid fluxes through the oceanic crust
Creators: name: Diamond ,  Larryn William
name: Weber , Samuel
name: Alt-Epping , Peter
name: Brett , Alannah
Publisher: name: Deutsche Geologische Gesellschaft - Geologische Vereinigung e.V. (DGGV)
Year: 2021

description: Epidosites are a prominent type of subseafloor hydrothermal alteration of basalts in ophiolites and Archean greenstone belts, showing an end-member mineral assemblage of epidote + quartz + titanite + Fe-oxide. Epidosites are known to form within crustal-scale upflow zones and their fluids have been proposed to be deep equivalents of ore-forming, black-smoker seafloor vent fluids. Proposals for the mass of fluid per mass of rock (W/R ratio) needed to form epidosites are contradictory, varying from 20 (Sr isotopes) to > 1000 (Mg mobility). To test these proposals we have conducted a petrographic, geochemical and reactive-transport numerical simulation study of the chemical reaction that generates km3-size epidosite zones within the lavas and sheeted dike complex of the Semail ophiolite, Oman. At 250–400 °C the modelled epidosite-forming fluid has near-neutral pH, it is highly oxidized and has low S and extremely low Fe contents. These features argue against the proposal that epidosite fluids are equivalents of black-smoker fluids. The Semail epidosites formed by replacement of lavas already altered to albite–chlorite–actinolite (spilite) assemblages, with the rare end-member epidosites requiring enormous W/R ratios of 700 to ~40000, depending on initial Mg content and temperature. Thus, the variably altered Semail epidosite zones record flow of ~1015 kg of fluid through each km3 of precursor spilite rock. This fluid imposed on the epidosite an Sr-isotope signature inherited from the previous rock-buffered chemical evolution of the fluid through the oceanic crust, thereby explaining the apparently contradictory low W/R ratios based on Sr isotopes.
Additional file 4 of Evaluating the risk of conflict on recent Ebola outbreaks in Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Creators: name: Charnley, Gina E. C.
name: Green, Nathan
name: Kelman, Ilan
name: Malembaka, Espoir B.
name: Gaythorpe, Katy A. M.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology

description: Supplementary Material 4.