cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Modelling the impact of cellular variation on flux through base excision DNA repair.
Creators: name: Healing, Eleanor
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2020

description: Base excision repair (BER) is a pathway that repairs DNA damage inflicted by oxidative stress, certain alkylating agents, and spontaneous hydrolysis. Assays to measure the BER pathway are usually limited by being low-throughput, time consuming, and unable to measure each step of the pathway in addition to complete repair. The aim of the present work was to develop an assay format to overcome these limitations, and use this to develop a mathematical model to examine differences between cell types on flux through the pathway. A novel assay format was developed and optimised to measure uracil DNA glycosylase, AP endonuclease, DNA polymerase β, DNA ligase, AP site repair and complete base repair. Data was generated for each enzyme activity in HepG2, Caco-2, and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs), and the effects on the pathway were predicted using a mathematical model. In addition, the assay was used to examine variability in enzyme activity between the two cell lines, correlations between enzyme activities in primary human cells, and the effects of caloric restriction on BER in a human weight loss intervention trial. The model revealed marked differences in the response to aberrant uracil between the two immortalised cell lines and the PBMCs, with PBMC nuclear extract in general excising the base more slowly and causing a smaller and slower accumulation of harmful intermediates, such as abasic sites and single strand breaks, compared to the immortalised cell lines. The model underestimated complete repair when compared to the biological data for all cell types, potentially due to cooperativity between BER enzymes not captured when repair steps were measured individually under experimental conditions. There were also significant correlations found between enzyme activities in PBMC extracts from different individuals, and a significant predictive effect of weight loss method on polymerase β activity in the caloric restriction trial. In conclusion, the research described here uncovered novel information regarding the effects of weight loss on DNA repair, and correlations between BER enzyme activities in healthy volunteers. This is also the first work to compare BER profiles of different cell types using biological data and mathematical modelling.
ARMM Wahlen: sauber, friedlich und nutzlos
Creators: name: Lipski, Evgenia
name: Schuldt, Tobias
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Am 8. August 2005 wurden die Einwohner der Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) in den südlichen Philippinen zum fünften Mal aufgefordert ihre Wahllokale aufzusuchen. Die Wahlen zum Gouverneur, Vizegouverneur und der Mitglieder der regionalen Legislative in den fünf ARMM-Provinzen Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao, Tawi-Tawi, der Sulu-Inseln einschließlich Jolo, Basilan, sowie der Stadt Marawi fanden unter geringer Beteiligung der Bevölkerung, unter dem Boykott einiger MNLF-Führer und unter skeptischer Beobachtung der MILF statt.
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Wiederhergestellte Gerechtigkeit? Zeugenaussage über die Ermordung von Jacinto »Rashid« Manahan
Creators: name: Pimentel Simbulan, Nymia
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Ein örtlich bekannter Menschenrechtsverteidiger, wurde im August 2004 in Davao City auf dem Weg zu einem Forum gegen die Todesstrafe und außergerichtliche Hinrichtungen ermordet. Er hatte das Forum angesichts der wachsenden Zahl von Morden durch Todesschwadronen in Davao City organisiert. Berichten zufolge wurden in Davao City seit 1998 mehr als 320 Menschen getötet, die meisten von ihnen waren verdächtigt, kleine Diebe zu sein, der Drogenszene anzugehören oder Lösungsmittel zu schnüffeln. Laut amnesty international wurde bisher niemand wegen dieser Morde vor Gericht gestellt. Die Autorin war in unmittelbarer Nähe als der Mord an Rashid geschah.
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Journalisten schießen zurück
Creators: name: Hansen, Sven
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: ln keinem Land werden außerhalb von Kriegsgebieten so viele Journalisten ermordet wie in den Philippinen. Einige greifen deshalb jetzt selbst zur Waffe
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 21 Nr. 3 (2005): So weit die Füße tragen: Migration in Südostasien
Glacial and holocene climates reconstructed by vegetation-model inversion.
Creators: name: Cleator, Sean F.
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2020

description: We describe a new method for making palaeoclimate reconstructions. The method produces seasonal palaeoclimate variables from site-based reconstructions, which are used to further generate reconstructions of six key variables: mean annual precipitation, mean annual temperature, mean temperature of the coldest month, mean temperature of the warmest month, growing degree days above 5◦C (a measure of the growing season) and moisture index (the ratio between precipitation and equilibrium evapotranspiration). The method uses a variational technique, 3D-Var, to produce the maximum a posteriori estimate of the climate given pollen-based reconstructions and a prior estimate. We apply spatial and temporal correlations in the error of the prior to ensure that the reconstruction is spatially and temporally smooth. The strength of the correlations can be adjusted with scaling parameters to determine the smoothness of the reconstruction. Further, the method uses an observation function that accounts for the difference in atmospheric CO2 concentration between the modern and palaeo time periods; this means the final reconstructions have the correct response to CO2 change. We explore the effect of the length scales on the reconstruction to determine the optimal scales. The method is applied to pollen-based reconstructions together with a prior estimate made up of outputs from the 3rd round of the Palaeoclimate Modelling Intercomparison Project and is used to make global reconstructions of the Last Glacial Maximum (c.a. 21,000 years ago) and the mid-Holocene (c.a. 6,000 years), as well as estimates of error for the reconstructions. The reconstructions show good spatial and temporal smoothness and produce realistic climates that can be used for data-model comparison.
Filipinas on the move — »Wir setzen auf Integration, Partizipation und Empowerment«
Creators: name: Hardillo-Werning, Mary Lou U.
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Konferenzerklärung des europäischen Netzwerkes "Babaylan".
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Armutsmigration, Prostitution und sexuelle Sklaverei innerhalb der Philippinen
Creators: name: Range, Steffen
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Sextourismus und Prostitution auf den Philippinen sind ein wachsender Markt. Die Regierung tut nichts dagegen.
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Philippinische Frauen unterwegs — Eine transnationale Perspektive auf Heiratsmigration
Creators: name: Lauser, Andrea
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Die Motivation für Fleiratsmigration von Filipinas nach Europa ist nicht nur ökonomisch.
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External confinement of brick masonry columns with open-grid basalt reinforced mortar
Creators: name: Yilmaz, Irem A.
name: Mezrea, Pelin E.
name: Ispir, Medine
name: Binbir, Erguen
name: Bal, Ihsan E.
name: Ilki, Alper
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: A large portion of existing unreinforced masonry buildings in earthquake regions is in urgent need of retrofitting. Masonry brick columns are frequently used as load-bearing elements in such buildings. In this paper, the efficiency of historical masonry column confinement externally with open-grid basalt fiber reinforced mortar, as a strengthening method, is investigated experimentally. A total of 5 masonry column specimens are produced with solid bricks, which have been collected from a historical building constructed around the 1930s, and a local mortar with sub-standard mechanical characteristics to simulate existing historical mortar. The columns with 900 mm height and cross-sectional dimensions of 360 mm x 360 mm are constructed in running bond. All column specimens are tested under concentric compressive loads and the outcomes of the column tests are evaluated in terms of strength, deformability and failure characteristics. A comparison is also made between the experimental results and theoretical predictions made using available analytical models.
title: An Assessment of the Potential Hazards of Anticoagulant Rodenticides to Plethodontid Salamanders
Creators: name: Witmer, Gary W.
name: Volker, Steven F.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2023

description: We assessed the hazards of the anticoagulants diphacinone and brodifacoum to salamanders of the family Plethodontidae or lungless salamanders. We completed this research in anticipation of an attempt to eradicate the invasive house mouse (Mus musculus) from the Farallon Islands National Wildlife Refuge, California, USA, where the endemic subspecies Farallon arboreal salamander (Aneides lugubris farallonensis) occurs. We exposed live-captured salamanders of 3 species (Aneides lugubris, Ensatina eschscholzii xanthoptica, and Batrachoseps attenuatus) to anticoagulant rodenticides by both oral and dermal exposure routes in laboratories at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA. The amount of exposure was high, simulating a worst-case scenario. There were some deaths (9 of 37 treated salamanders; 24.3% mortality). We did not observe the sublethal effects of weight loss or reduced food (cricket) consumption that has been observed in studies of other taxa (mammals and birds). Skin sloughing and sores on the undersides of certain salamanders exposed to rodenticides as well as some controls left it unclear whether this effect was caused by the anticoagulant. Following trial completion, we analyzed whole bodies of salamanders for rodenticide residues. Residue concentrations were very low (
Study on mold on the surface of FRP for construction structural use
Creators: name: Nishizaki, Itaru
name: Tomiyama, Tomonori
name: Sakuraba, Hiroki
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Surface of FRP often shows various kinds of appearance changes through the exposure in the outdoor environment. In some cases, these appearance changes seem to be caused not only by deterioration but also by biological reasons such as mold. There are some previous reports that industrial materials are affected by mold; however, there are not so many studies of the present state of mold on the FRP use as a construction structural materials. The authors collected the examples of mold on FRP used in the outdoor environment, and the examples were categorized based on observation by the naked eye into four cases. Observations by digital and biological microscopes were also carried out for the each case. Observation results can explain that these cases were mainly caused by mold or microbe. Identification including the cultivation test is not finished for these cases, but it is planned in the future.
Obese patient preference regarding bariatric surgery: an adaptive choice based conjoint analysis
Creators: name: dewedar, doaa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: During my master's research, I conducted a comprehensive health economic study aimed at quantifying patient preferences for bariatric surgery using adaptive choice-based conjoint analysis. This innovative approach allowed us to delve deep into the intricate factors that influence patients' choices and provide valuable insights into optimizing bariatric surgery profiles.

Methodology:

Ø  Adaptive Choice-Based Conjoint Analysis (ACBC): Our study utilized ACBC to assess patient preferences for various attributes associated with bariatric surgery. These attributes encompassed hunger sensation reduction, food portion size, vitamin supplementation, resolution of medical conditions, risk of complications, adverse effects, weight loss percentage, and initial costs.

Ø  Utility Calculation and Cluster Analysis: By calculating utility scores, we quantified the relative importance of each attribute for patients. Subsequently, we employed cluster analysis to segment patients into distinct groups based on their preferences.

Key Findings and Conclusions:

Through meticulous analysis and interpretation of the data, our study yielded several significant conclusions that contribute to the understanding of patient preferences for bariatric surgery:

Ø  Preferred Bariatric Surgical Profile: The most preferred bariatric surgical profile among obese patients entailed a combination of factors. Patients favored procedures that reduced hunger sensation, allowed for consumption of small portions of normal food, involved vitamin supplementation, resolved medical conditions, and achieved substantial weight loss (80% loss with 0% regain) without any complications or adverse effects. Cost-effectiveness was also a crucial consideration in their decision-making.

Ø  Attribute Importance Ranking: Our research identified weight loss as the most important attribute for patients considering bariatric surgery. followed by risk of complications and adverse effects. Surprisingly, attributes such as initial costs and resolution of medical conditions held relatively lower importance.

Ø  Patient Clusters: Cluster analysis revealed two distinct patient groups with varying preferences and risk profiles:

·         Risk-Taker Group: This larger cluster prioritized weight loss as their primary concern and were willing to accept higher risks of complications in pursuit of significant weight reduction. Surprisingly, they also considered out-of-pocket costs as more significant.

·         Risk-Averse Group: The risk-averse cluster placed a premium on minimizing the risk of complications, even if it meant sacrificing a portion of potential weight loss. Their decision-making process was notably influenced by safety considerations.
title: Управление проектами в инновационном предпринимательстве
Creators: name: ELS IPR BOOKS
Publisher: name: Ай Пи Ар Медиа
Year: 2024

description: Учебное пособие раскрывает методологические основы таких процессов, как управление проектами в инновационном предпринимательстве, создание, управление и функционирование успешного стартап-проекта, создание собственного бизнеса, начиная с момента организации, описаны инструменты создания бизнес-модели, стратегическое развитие, организационное структурирование стартап-проекта, приводятся формы финансового планирования, особенности продвижения продуктов инновационного предпринимательства. Развитые с помощью этого курса компетенции дают возможность будущим специалистам сформировать профессиональные компетенции для профессиональной деятельности. Соответствует актуальным требованиям Федерального государственного образовательного стандарта высшего образования. Предназначено для бакалавров, магистрантов, студентов, аспирантов высших учебных заведений, обучающихся по экономическим и техническим направлениям, которые изучают дисциплины «Управление инновациями», «Стартап-экономика», «Проектная деятельность в профессиональной сфере», «Цифровой маркетинг и социальные сети», слушателей дополнительного образования и тех, чья деятельность связана с управлением стартап-проектами в сфере инновационного предпринимательства.
Interview mit Corte-Real
Creators: name: Schmitz, Manuel
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Anfang Juni 2005 besuchte Dr. Benjamin Corte-Real, Rektor der Nationalen Universität Osttimors und Direktor des Nationalen Linguistischen Instituts, auf Einladung der Europäischen Union Brüssel. Für südostasien sprach Manuel Schmitz mit ihm über Bildungspolitik und Sprachenprobleme im neuen Nationalstaat Timor Lorosa’e.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 21 Nr. 3 (2005): So weit die Füße tragen: Migration in Südostasien
Comparison of outcomes in patients with methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) bacteremia who are treated with β-lactam vs vancomycin empiric therapy: a retrospective cohort study
Creators: name: Wong, Davie
name: Wong, Titus
name: Romney, Marc
name: Leung, Victor L. T.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2017

description: Background: Prior studies suggested that vancomycin may be inferior to β-lactams for the empiric treatment of methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) bacteremia. We assessed whether empiric therapy with β-lactams compared to vancomycin was associated with differences in clinical outcomes in patients with MSSA bacteremia. Methods We conducted a retrospective cohort study of adult inpatients with their first episode of MSSA bacteremia at two tertiary care hospitals in Vancouver, Canada, between 2007 and 2014. Exposure was either empiric β-lactam or vancomycin therapy. All patients received definitive treatment with cloxacillin or cefazolin. The primary outcome was 28-day mortality. Secondary outcomes were 90-day mortality, recurrent infection at 6 months, duration of bacteremia and hospital length-of-stay. Outcomes were adjusted using multivariable logistic regression. Results Of 814 patients identified, 400 met inclusion criteria (β-lactam = 200, vancomycin = 200). Overall 28-day mortality was 8.5 % (n=34). There were more cases of infective endocarditis in the β-lactam than in the vancomycin group [45 (22.5 %) vs 23 (11.5 %), p < 0.01]. Adjusted mortality at 28 days was similar between the two groups (OR: 1.14; 95 % CI: 0.49–2.64). No differences in secondary outcomes were observed. Transition to cloxacillin or cefazolin occurred within a median of 67.8 h in the vancomycin group. Conclusions Empiric therapy with β-lactams was not associated with differences in all-cause mortality, recurrent infection, microbiological cure or hospital length-of-stay compared to vancomycin. Vancomycin monotherapy may be appropriate for the empiric treatment of MSSA bacteremia if definitive therapy with cloxacillin or cefazolin can be initiated within 3 days.
comparison of two multivalent modified live viral/bacterial combination vaccines in feedlot calves at ultra-high risk of developing undifferentiated fever/bovine respiratory disease
Creators: name: Hunsaker, Breck D.
name: McMullen, Christopher A.
name: Stamm, Courtney G.
name: Perrett, Tye
name: Hannon, Sherry J.
name: Bryant, Lonty K.
name: Booker, Calvin W.
Publisher: name: The Bovine Practitioner
Year: 2024
Subjects: shipping fever
beef
immunization

description: Vaccine 1 (VAC1 group) and Vaccine 2 (VAC2 group) are com­mercially available vaccines labeled for the control of bovine respiratory disease (BRD) in beef cattle. There are limited data from large-scale commercial feedlot trials comparing VAC1 and VAC2 arrival processing vaccination pro­grams. The objective of this study was to evaluate the relative effects of VAC1 and VAC2 arrival processing vacci­nation programs on animal health, feedlot performance and carcass characteristic outcomes in feedlot calves at ultra-high risk of developing undifferentiated fever/BRD under large-scale commercial production conditions. Animals were randomly allocated at feedlot arrival to 1 of 2 experimental groups: VAC1 or VAC2.  Animals in the VAC1 group (6 multi-pen lots; 3,001 animals) received a bovine rhinotracheitis-virus diarrhea-parainfluenza 3-respiratory syncytial virus-Mannheimia hae­molytica-Pasteurella multocida vaccine per animal once at allocation. Animals in the VAC2 group (6 multi-pen lots; 3,005 animals) received a bovine rhinotracheitis-virus diarrhea-parainfluenza 3-respiratory syncytial virus vaccine with a Mannheimia haemolytica toxoid per animal once at allocation. Vaccines differed regarding viral strains, bacterial protection, means for providing bacterial immunity, and adjuvant use. Animals were housed by experi­mental group in commercial feedlot pens and followed from allocation until slaughter. Although histophilosis mortality was higher in the VAC1 group compared to the VAC2 group (P = 0.040), no statistical differences were detected in overall mor­tality or any of the other outcome variables (P ≥ 0.050). The relative cost effectiveness of each arrival processing vaccina­tion program in the study population is therefore dependent on relative program cost.
description: The Bovine Practitioner, Vol. 58 No. 2 (2024): ONLINE FIRST
Nachrichten
Creators: name: Arnez, Monika
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Nachrichten der Region.
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Der Friedensprozess für Aceh ist angelaufen — nun müssen konkrete Taten folgen
Creators: name: Wandelt, Ingo
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Nach fünf Runden vertraulicher Gespräche hinter den verschlossenen Türen des Verhandlugsortes im finnischen Helsinki haben die Vertreter der Republik Indonesien und der Gerakan Acheh Merdeka (GAM), auf Vermittlung der Crisis Management Initiative (CMI) ein Memorandum of Understanding formuliert, das den dreißigjährigen Konflikt in Aceh zu einem friedlichen Ende führen soll.
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A novel noise obfuscation model and its strategies for effective and efficient privacy protection in cloud computing
Creators: name: Zhang, Gaofeng
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Cloud computing is a novel market-oriented computing paradigm which can save huge capital investments for cloud customers. Due to its outsourcing feature, it is a natural concern for cloud customers about privacy protection to enhance they confidence for cloud computing. In this regard, as a promising cloud privacy protection approach at client side, noise obfuscation can protect customer privacy without service providers. Generally speaking, based on existing noise obfuscations, this thesis proposes a novel noise obfuscation model for cloud privacy protection and a series of novel strategies for effective and efficient noise obfuscation in cloud computing. As a result, the work in this thesis can promote cloud to obtain a more economic and eco-friendly IT industry.
The Role of Semantic Control Beyond Semantics: Evidence from Semantic Aphasia and fMRI
Creators: name: COGDELL-BROOKE, LUCY
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2020

description: Semantic cognition infringes on all aspects of life, and large swathes of the cortex respond to semantic processing. A key component of this is semantic control, which guides retrieval away from pre-potent responses and towards relevant but weak responses (e.g. SALT–ICE, in the context of a road-sign saying “salt spreading”). This is disrupted in Semantic Aphasia (SA) with deficits in “access” rather than storage, and impairments across modalities. This thesis aims to explore the role of semantic control beyond semantics, in experiments involving SA patients and neuroimaging meta-analysis.
description: We found (1) semantic control deficits had an influence on episodic retrieval when there was a conflict of pre-existing knowledge and task goals. (2) Meta-analysis revealed that semantic control regions responded to divergent thinking. (3) SA patients performance in divergent thinking was creative, but lacked strategic switching, and was negatively impacted by distractors.
description: This led to three common themes. (1) Firstly, there was a clear influence of the semantic control network beyond semantics. Unconstrained automatic semantic activation and impaired strategy use to guide retrieval negatively impacted episodic and divergent tasks. (2) Semantic control was found to be important for some but not all tasks dependant on task demands. When demand is reduced, SA patients’ show normal levels of creativity and episodic memory. However, challenging retrieval context lead to a reduction in performance, highlighting SA patients reduced semantic control. (3) Finally, we noted parallel performance to pre-existing research in modalities and domains in SA patients.
description: Overall, these results suggest that the semantic control network has influence on a wide range of processes beyond semantics, and task demands impact performance in SA patients over and above modality and domain.
Trajectory Design using Lyapunov Control Laws and Reinforcement Learning
Creators: name: Holt, Harry James
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2023

description: Spacecraft trajectory design is critical to successful space missions, particularly with the increasing number of spacecraft and mission complexity. Satellite constellation deployment, reconfiguration, orbit raising and deep-space missions all depend on effective trajectory design. In addition, spacecraft autonomy is a major barrier to increasing the scope, ambition and affordability of both Earth-based and deep-space missions. The current state-of-the-art in spacecraft operations is still to guide space missions from the ground with extensive human intervention. Whilst automated guidance, planning and trajectory design tools do exist, they often lack the vital skill of human operators, who can act under environmental and mission uncertainty.

description:

description: The goal of this thesis was to develop and investigate a lightweight and closed-loop control law that can be used for both initial trajectory design and subsequent on-board guidance. The motivation behind this research is to combine the stable yet sub-optimal nature of Lyapunov control laws with the exploration and state-dependence offered by reinforcement learning techniques. This has resulted in the development of a novel Reinforced Lyapunov Controller. The Lyapunov stability implications are examined and an analytical expression for the state-weight Jacobian is presented. Performance in Keplerian dynamics is investigated to assess the optimality and stability of the approach. New training procedures in the presence of unmodelled dynamics including perturbations, eclipse events and stochastic errors are presented. A cone-clock angle approach is devised to explore the additional degrees of freedom and further ensure Lyapunov stability. Results show the Reinforced Lyapunov Controller is optimal and stable in modelled dynamics, and robust to uncertain and stochastic environments. Including such uncertainty in the training procedure can further improve the performance. The versatility is considered by approximating finite-burn trajectories and incorporating operational constraints. Finally, the potential of the Reinforced Lyapunov Controller for Earth-Moon spiral transfers is investigated, exploring the use of a two-body control law in a three-body environment. In both cases, the Reinforced Lyapunov Controller is able to compete with conventional evolutionary algorithm methods.
»Die Stimme des acehnesischen Volkes« — Die acehnesische Exilregierung in Schweden
Creators: name: Mißbach, Antje
name: Sauviat, Luciole
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Eine Form der Migration ist die erzwungene Migration und einer der Gründe für die erzwungene Migration ist die politisch begründete Flucht. Ein Teil der Führungsriege der Unabhängigkeitsbewegung Gerakan Aceh Merdeka (GAM, Bewegung Freies Aceh) ist Ende der 1970er Jahre aus Aceh geflohen. Insbesondere seit Ende der 80er Jahre hat die Zahl der acehnesischen Flüchtlinge zugenommen
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Multisensory data fusion for soil moisture content estimation
Creators: name: YAHIA, OUALID
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2020

description: this parameter is of the utmost importance. Point-based measurements of soil moisture while accurate, are expensive in terms of time and effort, not to mention that their inability to depict spatial variability of SMC accurately on a large scale. Soil moisture retrieval methods using remote sensing technologies show great promise but suffer from numerous limitations. To minimize the effects of those limitations, a novel decision level data fusion algorithm for SMC estimation is proposed in this research. Initially, individual estimations are determined from 3 different methodologies; the inversion of Empirically Adapted Integral Equation Model (EA-IEM) which is semi-empirically calibrated using a parameter Lopt for Sentinel-1, the Perpendicular Drought Index (PDI), and Temperature Vegetation Dryness Index (TVDI) for LANDSAT-8. Then, three feature level fusions using novel combinations of salient features extracted from each of the method mentioned above are performed using an Artificial Neural Network (ANN). The latter is characterized by the modification of its performance function from absolute error to Root Mean Square Error. Finally, all estimations including the feature level fusions estimation are fused at the decision level using a novel weights-based estimation, which is implemented through a novel Matlab code. The performance of the proposed system is validated and tested using measurements collected from three study areas, an agricultural field in Blackwell farms, Guildford, United Kingdom, and two different agricultural fields in Sidi Rached, Tipasa, Algeria. Those measurements consisted of SMC level, and surface roughness parameters which were extracted using a newly designed laser profilometre. The proposed SMC estimation system produces stronger correlations and lower RMSE values than any individual SMC estimation in the order of at least 0.38%, 1.4%, and 1.09% for Blackwell farms, Sidi Rached 1 and Sidi Rached 2 datasets respectively.
title: Burgeff, Hans
title: Catalogus Professorum Halensis
titleType: Subtitle
title: Biografienportal Sachsen-Anhalt
titleType: Other
Creators: name: Catalogus Professorum Halensis
name: Eberle, Henrik
Publisher: name: Historisches Datenzentrum Sachsen-Anhalt,Institut für Landesgeschichte (Sachsen-Anhalt)
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: History
classificationCode: 4023025-9
subject: Halle (Saale)
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classificationCode: 4006804-3
subject: Biografie
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classificationCode: 4166546-6
subject: Landesgeschichte
valueUri: https://d-nb.info/gnd/4166546-6
classificationCode: 4051181-9
subject: Sachsen-Anhalt
valueUri: https://d-nb.info/gnd/4051181-9
classificationCode: 1048495779
subject: Universität Halle (Saale) | Halle (Saale)
valueUri: https://d-nb.info/gnd/1048495779
classificationCode: 2024276-1
subject: Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg | Halle (Saale); Wittenberg
valueUri: https://d-nb.info/gnd/2024276-1
classificationCode: 4020517-4
subject: Geschichte
valueUri: https://d-nb.info/gnd/4020517-4
classificationCode: 7504326-9
subject: Universitätsgeschichte
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subject: Wissenschaftsgeschichte
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subject: Biografienportal Sachsen-Anhalt
subject: Catalogus Professorum Halensis
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subject: Eberle, Henrik | 1970– | Historiker
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subject: Burgeff, Hans | 1883–1976 | Botaniker; Hochschullehrer
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description: Das Biografienportal Sachsen-Anhalt versammelt in Erst- und Zweitveröffentlichung oder zu Zwecken der Langzeitarchivierung Biografien von Menschen aus und in Sachsen-Anhalt. Integriert wurde der Catalogus Professorum Halensis, der durch Mitarbeitende des Instituts für Geschichte der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg entstand. Dabei handelt es sich um ein bio-bibliografisches Online-Lexikon zu den Professoren der Universität Halle zwischen 1694 und 1968. Die Texte wurden vor allem von Henrik Eberle und anderen Mitarbeitenden zwischen 2005 und 2010 recherchiert und erstellt. Etliche Artikel zum Zeitraum 1694 bis 1817 verfasste Julia Schopferer. Bei der Überführung in das Biografienportal wurden die Lebensangaben neu recherchiert und Metadaten über Verfahren des Named Entity Recogniton erschlossen. Automatisiert erkannt wurden Personennamen, Ortsbezeichnungen und Körperschaften, die in der hier vorhandenen RTF-Datei indexiert vorliegt. Zudem wurden diese mit GND-Einträgen abgeglichen. Weiterhin erfolgte ein Abgleich mit der „Ontologie der historischen, deutschsprachigen Amts- und Berufsbezeichnungen“. Die Texte liegen im Jahr 2024 in zweifacher Ausgabe im Catalogus Professorum Halensis des Universitätsarchivs und des Biografienportals des Historischen Datenzentrums Sachsen-Anhalts vor. Sie werden hier für die Langzeitarchivierung der ursprünglichen Fassung archiviert.
description: https://www.catalogus-professorum-halensis.de/
description: Biografienportal Sachsen-Anhalt: https://www.histdata.uni-halle.de/
Is it getting better? An analytical method to test trends in health disparities, with tobacco use among sexual minority vs. heterosexual youth as an example
Creators: name: Homma, Yuko
name: Saewyc, Elizabeth Marie
name: Zumbo, Bruno D.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2017

description: Background: Previous studies have documented higher health risks for lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth compared to heterosexual youth. However, none has reported whether the sexual orientation-based gaps have widened, narrowed, or remained unchanged over time. The purpose of this study was to develop a way to test differences in trends between sexual minority and heterosexual youth cohorts in population-based studies, with cigarette smoking as an exemplar. Methods: We analysed the Minnesota Student Survey of 1998–2010, a repeated, cross-sectional census of adolescent health in grades 9 and 12. Our sample was students with recent sexual experience (Ns = 17,376–19,617). Sexual orientation was measured by gender of sexual partners in the past 12 months: students with only opposite-gender partner(s) (OPPOS), students with both male and female partners (BOTH), students with only same-gender partner(s) (SAME). We used logistic regressions to examine trends in prevalence of past-month cigarette smoking from 1998 to 2010, separately for each orientation group. We then applied novel interaction analyses to test whether disparities in smoking prevalence between OPPOS and SAME/BOTH changed over time. Results: Recent smoking rates decreased over time among all orientation groups. BOTH adolescents were more likely than OPPOS adolescents to report past 30-day smoking, but there were no significant differences between SAME adolescents and OPPOS adolescents. Year-by-orientation interactions indicated the gap between BOTH adolescents and OPPOS adolescents widened from 1998 to 2004, then persisted between 2004 and 2010. No significant interaction effects were observed between SAME adolescents and OPPOS adolescents. Conclusions: All orientation groups had decreasing trends in recent cigarette smoking; however, disparities in smoking rates remain between heterosexual adolescents and bisexual adolescents. These results provide a new method of not just documenting trends within minority groups, but examining whether health equity is improving for them compared to dominant groups.
Dealing with nonlinearities in orbit determination of resident space objects
Creators: name: Principe, Gennaro
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2020
Subjects: Orbit determination
Uncertainty region
Nonlinearities
Sequential filter

description: Space activities are continuously at risk due to the ever-increasing amount of uncontrolled space objects, called space debris, which can collide with operational spacecraft. Therefore, space agencies have started space situational awareness (SSA) programs, which aim to provide timely and accurate data regarding the space environment and hazards to infrastructure in orbit and on the ground. An essential need for SSA is the orbit determination of as many space objects as possible, in order to predict and prevent collisions. In this work, techniques for orbit determination of objects observed on short arcs are developed. This scenario frequently occurs with space debris, which are characterised by long observational gaps due to observability constraints. The classical least squares method, used for orbit determination, is revisited by studying the effect of nonlinearities in the mapping between observations and state. Differential algebra techniques are exploited, which enable the computation of high-order Taylor expansions of the residuals with respect to the state. Approximations of differential correction methods can then be avoided and the confidence region of the solution accurately characterized with a nonlinear approach. This uncertainty region can be reduced when more observations of the same objects are acquired. Thus, a method that both recognizes associated observations and sequentially reduces the solution uncertainty when two or more sets of observations are associated is proposed. The six dimensional ($6D$) association problem is addressed as a series of $2D$ and $4D$ problems to alleviate the computational cost. In case of successful association, part of the initial uncertainty is pruned away. The least squares solution and its uncertainty region can finally be used to initialize a sequential filter. A particle filter is implemented using differential algebra, so that system and measurement equations are substituted by polynomial evaluations and the resulting computational cost of the algorithm is alleviated. A population-based stochastic optimizer, the multiobjective particle swarm optimizer, is exploited to generate particles that best represent the probability distribution over solution orbits.
Ernüchterung folgt auf den Fuß: Die Situation der Arbeitsmigranten nach sieben Jahren Reformasi
Creators: name: Findeisen, Genia
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Die Zahl der indonesischen Arbeitskräfte im Ausland wird auf drei bis vier Millionen geschätzt; 70 Prozent davon sind Frauen. Sie sind als Devisenbringer ein wichtiger Wirtschaftsfaktor. Doch die Bilanz der bisherigen Regierungen, etwas zum Schutz der Migranten zu tun, fällt dennoch ernüchternd aus.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 21 Nr. 3 (2005): So weit die Füße tragen: Migration in Südostasien
Thermoluminescence of silica beads for dosimetry up to 250 kGy
Creators: name: Ley, Katie
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2020

description: The studies herein report on a comprehensive study into the thermoluminescent properties of silica beads, including a variety of beads by; colour, finish and manufacturer as well as irradiation from different sources. The majority of studies have been conducted for 10 different bead colours from the manufacturer Toho Japan, with Pink and Frosted beads showing the most reliable properties when considering thermoluminescent dosemetry characteristics and the highest degree of adherence to applying fits to numerous data sets. The material composition of all bead types has been attempted using EDS and WDS techniques, as well as attaining images of the bead surfaces using SEM. It was also determined through EDS, acid cleaning and annealing that Pink beads are dyed to obtain their colour leaving them clear and colourless after preparation for irradiation. Spectrophotometer studies confirmed that Pink and Frosted beads had the largest transmission % across the detection range of the Risø TL/OSL reader, used for the readout of the TL response, for all colours. The suggested range of luminescence was found to be 250 nm to 300 nm, based on the relative TL responses for different bead colours. The TL studies conducted firstly determined glow-curve parameters such as; the activation energy, E, the order of kinetics, b, and the frequency factor s. Secondly, dosemetric qualities were evaluated such as; homogeneity, reproducibility, dose response and fading. Additional studies such as residual TL responses for the possibility of TL dosimetry were investigated and initial studies into the TL response for neutron irradiation. An interesting observation was the change in colour of beads with increasing dose, this was studied and an attempted characterisation made, limited by the current experimental technique and set-up. However, the oundations laid by this study show potential for an aiding tool for TL dosemetry or a novel dosemetry technique.
The hidden capital: Trust in museums in Germany. The German public's view of a cultural institution in transition, a population representative study  by the Institute for Museum Research – Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin
Creators: name: Grotz, Kathrin
name: Rahemipour, Patricia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Cultural
participation
Trust
Museums
Social capital
Neutrality

description: "The hidden capital: Trust in museums in Germany" is the first study of its kind, based on a population representative survey, to provide empirical data on the trust potential of the approximately 7,000 museums in Germany. It was largely inspired by a study on trust in museums published in 2021 on behalf of the American Alliance of Museums.

 

Numerous studies on the trust of the German population in democratic institutions, the media and science are currently dominating the headlines, reminding us in these times of crisis how important social and institutional trust is for the preservation and continued existence of our democracy. It is therefore all the more surprising that trust in museums, the oldest and most enduring cultural institutions in our society, has never been the subject of a large-scale empirical study.

 

Museums have the potential to strengthen society's sense of belonging and to foster trust in cultural institutions as a whole. Trust in museums has a very positive impact on the credibility of museums as educational and cultural institutions. This in turn promotes visitor loyalty, cultural exchange and participation in cultural education programmes. The aim of this study is to use empirical findings to shed light on this often hidden capital outside the museum landscape and its actors in the current debate on social cohesion, and to empirically substantiate the socio-political dimension of museum work.
Nowhere to Go — Die Lage einheimischer Bevölkerungsgruppen in indonesischen Nationalparks
Creators: name: Borchers, Henning
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Der Autor möchte das Phänomen der Zwangsumsiedlung im Kontext des Naturschutzes in Betracht gezogen wissen. Denn Umweltschutz in Naturreservaten und Nationalparks gebärdet sich allzu oft allein zum Nachteil einheimischer Bevölkerungen.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 21 Nr. 3 (2005): So weit die Füße tragen: Migration in Südostasien
Model-based integrated chassis control for cars with active aerodynamics
Creators: name: Georgiev, Petar Ivaylov
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2024
Subjects: integrated chassis control
active aerodynamics
Model Predictive Control
Vehicle Dynamics

description: Integrated chassis control is a popular topic of research in the field of vehicle dynamics due to the ever-increasing number of active systems being fitted on modern vehicles. Furthermore, the advance of autonomous driving and V2X communication open new opportunities for control system design which model-based control systems are especially suitable for. Simultaneously, such systems, particularly model-predictive control (MPC), become increasingly more feasible for real-time implementation as the performance of computing hardware increases every year. Therefore, this doctorate thesis presents four studies on the topic of model-based integrated chassis control. The first chapter presents a literature survey into the applications of model predictive control for vehicle stability control on human-driven and autonomous vehicles, the trend to include multiple objectives in the optimisation cost function as well as showing the importance of modelling tyre nonlinearities in the prediction model. The second chapter presents a nonlinear MPC for traction control and anti-jerk control for electric vehicles with V2X connectivity and configured with a single motor and open differential. The V2X connectivity provides the controller with information of the friction conditions of the road ahead, allowing the controller to anticipate friction coefficient jumps and in experimental tests reduces the wheel slip tracking error compared to a non-pre-emptive version of the same controller. For high-performance vehicles, the integration between active aerodynamics, braking systems and electric motors is presented in the third chapter, with a focus on increasing energy recovery efficiency by the electric motors at high decelerations. Quasi-static optimisations and a feedforward integrated control algorithm based on them and applied and tested in simulation show that the solution to the optimal angle of attack is non-trivial. Finally, the fourth chapter presents two nonlinear MPC algorithms to further study the integration of the active aerodynamics with the rest of the vehicle dynamics control systems. In particular, the second nonlinear MPC operates as a single-level controller, which carries out the functions of the electronic brakeforce distribution, torque vectoring system and anti-lock braking system. Thus, a single-level controller handles the objectives of controlling wheel slip, yaw rate, maximising regenerative power and meeting the driver deceleration demand. This level of integration is particularly useful for a vehicle with a split rear wing, which is able to generate a significant amount of yaw moment at high speeds and enhances the yaw stabilisation performance of the controller when tacking an emergency obstacle avoidance while applying partial braking force.
Die neue Existenzberechtigung — Transmigration, Wiederansiedlung und interne Zwangsvertreibung in Indonesien
Creators: name: Duncan, Christopher R.
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Zahlreiche Konflikte, die Indonesien beutelten, vertrieben über 1,3 Millionen Menschen im ganzen Archipel. Ein Faktor, der häufig als Ursache dieser Streitigkeiten angeführt wird, ist Migration, insbesondere das Transmigrationsprogramm der Regierung.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 21 Nr. 3 (2005): So weit die Füße tragen: Migration in Südostasien
Additional file 1 of Population structure of five native sheep breeds of Sweden estimated with high density SNP genotypes
Creators: name: Rochus, Christina Marie
name: Jonas, Elisabeth
name: Johansson, Anna M.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1: Figure S1. Map of the origin of Swedish local breeds.