cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Small firm performance: patterns of evolution in growth-profitability space
Creators: name: Steffens, Paul
name: Fitzsimmons, Jason R.
name: Davidsson, Per
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The aim of this paper is to provide a better understanding of the evolution of small firm performance. We do so by studying performance changes on a two dimensional 'growth---profitability performance space'. It is well established that both growth and profitability are important dimensions of SME performance. The majority of earlier studies tend to focus on the evolution of firm growth or profitability separately. Alternatively, they explore the impact of growth on profitability and vice versa. A primary difficulty is studying this phenomena is the complex inter-relationship between growth and profitability. There are sound theoretical arguments that growth affects future profitability, and that profitability allows future growth. Of course, industry conditions and economic cycles affect the competitiveness of the market environment, and in turn both growth and profitability of firms. Microeconomic perspectives argue that a trade-off often exists between short term growth and profitability. Many econometric studies have empirically established relationships between growth and profitability, but the exact nature of these relationships and causality remains unresolved. These considerations lead us to the central research question of this paper: How do young and small firms evolve on the dual performance dimensions of profitability and growth? The current paper adds to our knowledge of firm evolution by studying the dual performance measures of growth and profitability simultaneously. We examine the longitudinal behaviour of firms using the ABS BLS database of SME from 1995-1998. In our analysis we assign firms to initial performance positions (low, medium, high) along the two performance dimensions (growth and profitability), for a total of nine groups. Consistent with previous research that reveals younger firms have higher average growth rates, our results indicate young firms are most likely to be in the higher growth performance groups. Interestingly, they are most likely to have either relatively high profits (Star Group) or relative low profits (Growth Focus). Of these two groups, not surprisingly, firms in the Star group have much better future performance. However, the Growth Focus firms on average have poorer future performance than all other firms (other than low growth / low profit). In general, firms in the high profit groups had substantially better future prospects than firms in low performance groups. As firms age further, they are most likely to transition towards the Middle, Low Growth and Poor groups. Older firms are particularly unlikely to be in the high growth / low profit group.
Dysphagia in sporadic inclusion body myositis (Ambrocio et al., 2024)
Creators: name: Ambrocio, Kevin Renz
name: Aggarwal, Rohit
name: Lacomis, David
name: Zhang, Xingyu
name: Garand, Kendrea L. (Focht)
Publisher: name: ASHA journals
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 320307
subject: Oral medicine and pathology
classificationCode: 520108
subject: Testing, assessment and psychometrics
classificationCode: 420301
subject: Aged health care

description: Purpose: Evidence surrounding swallowing impairment in sporadic inclusion body myositis (IBM) is based on nonstandardized and nonvalidated assessment methods. We investigated (a) IBM’s impact on swallowing function and oral intake status using well-tested assessment frameworks; (b) changes in swallowing over time; and (c) age, sex, and swallowing impairment severity’s influence on oral intake status.Method: We conducted a secondary analysis of Modified Barium Swallow Impairment Profile (MBSImP) and Functional Oral Intake Scale (FOIS) data from 13 patients with IBM (seven females; Mage = 60.2 [±13.6] years) and 13 age- and sex-matched healthy controls. We compared MBSImP Overall Impression (OI), Oral Total (OT), Pharyngeal Total (PT), and FOIS scores between groups. Specific to the IBM cohort, we analyzed repeated OT and PT scores and calculated whether age, sex, and OT and PT scores predicted FOIS scores.Results: The IBM cohort demonstrated poorer OI scores across six swallowing components than healthy controls (each p < .05). Unlike OT scores (p = .84), PT (p = .033) and FOIS (p < .001) scores were worse in the IBM cohort. Repeated OI scores revealed changes in three swallowing components (each p < .05), but repeated OT (p = .16) and PT (p = .30) scores did not significantly change. Age, sex, and OT and PT scores did not influence FOIS scores (each p > .05).Conclusions: Pharyngeal impairments were most prominent in the IBM cohort, and their oral intake status was adversely affected. Our preliminary data showcase the application of robust assessment methods to investigate swallowing function in IBM, enhancing standardization and comparability across studies.Supplemental Material S1. OI, OT, PT, and FOIS scores across each patient with IBM.Supplemental Material S2. Repeated OT and PT scores across six patients with IBM.Ambrocio, K. R., Aggarwal, R., Lacomis, D., Zhang, X., & (Focht) Garand, K. L. (2024). Features of swallowing function in sporadic inclusion body myositis: Preliminary evidence using well-tested assessment frameworks. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 33(6), 2793–2804. https://doi.org/10.1044/2024_AJSLP-24-00061
ИННОВАЦИОННЫЕ ПОДХОДЫ К ОБУЧЕНИЮ МОДУЛЯ "МЕТОДИКА ОБУЧЕНИЯ РЕШЕНИЮ ЗАДАЧ" НА НАПРАВЛЕНИИ НАЧАЛЬНОЕ ОБРАЗОВАНИЕ. ПОНЯТИЕ МАТЕМАТИЧЕСКИЕ ЗАДАЧИ И ЕЁ ВИДЫ
Creators: name: Касимова, Муаттар
name: Ахмедова, М.С.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: В статье рассматривается многофункциональная роль математических задач в начальном образовании, выходящая за рамки простой отработки вычислительных навыков. Автор анализирует дидактический потенциал текстовых задач как универсального инструмента для развития логического мышления, аналитических способностей и практического применения знаний. Особое внимание уделяется методическим аспектам организации работы с задачами, включая различные формы учебной деятельности (фронтальную, групповую, индивидуальную) и их адаптацию в зависимости от педагогических целей. Подчеркивается значение дифференцированного подхода к выбору методов преподавания, позволяющего эффективно использовать задачи на всех этапах образовательного процесса – от введения новых понятий до совершенствования математических умений.
Hippotion celerio
Creators: name: Bąkowski, Marek
name: László, Gyula M.
name: Takano, Hitoshi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Sphingidae
Hippotion
Hippotion celerio

description: 63. Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758) (Figs. 101-102)
Material examined:
 Gorongosa National Park: [4B] – 10 exs.; [4J] – 2 exs.; [4N] – 3 exs.; [4P] – 1 ex.; [5A] – 1 ex.; [6] – 9 exs.; [7B] – 6 exs.; Coutada 12: [13] – 1 ex.; Chimanimani National Reserve: [17] – 2 exs.; [19] – 1 ex.; [22] – 1 ex.; Maputo Special Reserve: [27A] – 2 exs.; [27B] – 4 exs.; [27C] – 2 exs.; [28] – 9 exs.; [30A] – 4 exs.; [30B] – 3 exs.; [30D] – 1 ex.; [30G] – 4 exs.
description: Published as part of Bąkowski, Marek, László, Gyula M. & Takano, Hitoshi, 2020, A contribution to the knowledge of the Sphingidae fauna of Mozambique, pp. 45-77 in Ecologica Montenegrina 35 on page 70, DOI: 10.37828/em.2020.35.5, http://zenodo.org/record/13232145
Perlenkette oder Mühlstein?
Creators: name: Imhasly, Bernard
Publisher: name: Südasien
Year: 2021

description: China sichert sich wichtige Überseehäfen in Pakistan und Sri Lanka, wie Glieder einer Perlenkette, die langsam wächst. Damit will sich China seine Energieversorgung sichern, aber auch regionalen Einfluss gewinnen. Auf diese hegemonialen Ansprüche Pekings reagiert nicht nur Delhi verschnupft.
description: Südasien, Bd. 33 Nr. 2 (2013): Liebe
How to improve the adoption, performance and sustainability of ecological farming
Creators: name: Latruffe, Laure
name: Legras, Sophie
name: Barnes, Andrew
name: Kantelhardt, Jochen
name: Krupin, Vitaliy
name: Paracchini, Maria Luisa
name: Rega, Carlo
name: Schaller, Lena
name: Toma, Luiza
name: Tzanopoulos, Joseph
name: Vranken, Liesbet
name: Zawalińska, Katarzyna
name: Bailey, Alastair
name: Bakucs, Zoltan
name: Bigot, Geneviève
name: Billaudet, Larissa
name: Böhm, Michael
name: Bormpoudakis, Dimitrios
name: Britz, Wolfgang
name: Chitea, Mihai
name: Davidova, Sophia
name: Desjeux, Yann
name: Duval, Julie
name: Duvaleix, Sabine
name: Hansson, Helena
name: Heinrichs, Julia
name: Henderson, Stuart
name: Hostiou, Nathalie
name: Jacquot, Anne-Lise
name: Jeanneaux, Philippe
name: Leduc, Gaëlle
name: Manevska-Tasevska, Gordana
name: Matthews, Peter
name: Niedermayr, Andreas
name: Ryan, Mary
name: Thompson, Bethan
name: Tzouramani, Irene
name: Van Ruymbeke, Kato
name: Védrine, Lionel
name: Veslot, Jacques
name: Viaggi, Davide
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022

description: This deliverable D7.6 of the LIFT project is the final scientific deliverable of the project that was carried out during four years from May 2018 till April 2022. The deliverable summarises the methodologies used and the key results for the main research activities that were carried out in LIFT: definition of ecological agriculture; adoption of ecological approaches; farm performance of ecological agriculture; territorial sustainability of ecological agriculture; trade-offs and synergies across sustainability dimensions and scales; impact of policies; role of stakeholders. Recommendations in terms of policies, data and research needs, are then provided.
Influence of context on users’ views about explanations for decision-tree predictions
Creators: name: Zukerman, Ingrid
name: Maruf, Sameen
name: Reiter, Ehud
name: Haffari, Gholamreza
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 460208
subject: Natural language processing

description: We consider the influence of two types of contextual information, background information available to users and users’ goals, on users’ views and preferences regarding textual explanations generated for the outcomes predicted by Decision Trees.
MUQIMIY LIRIKASIDA BADIIY TASVIR VOSITALARI VA OBRAZLILIK
Creators: name: Samatova, Sabina
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Muqimiy o‘zbek mumtoz adabiyotining yirik namoyandalaridan biri bo‘lib, uning lirikasida badiiy tasvir vositalari va obrazlilik alohida o‘rin egallaydi. Ushbu tezisda shoirning lirikasida ishlatilgan poetik san’at vositalari – epitet, metafora, tashbeh, litota, hiperbola, simbol va boshqa tasvir vositalari tahlil qilinadi. Muallif o‘z asarlarida inson qalbining eng nozik kechinmalari, tuyg‘ular va ijtimoiy kayfiyatlarni obrazlar orqali ifodalashga erishgan. Ayniqsa, Muqimiy asarlarida ko‘p uchraydigan ruhiy iztirob, muhabbat, jamiyatdagi ijtimoiy adolatsizlik kabi mavzular obrazlar orqali kuchli estetik ta’sir uyg‘otadi. Tezisda shoirning ayrim g‘azal va ruboiylari misolida badiiy vositalarning o‘rni ochib beriladi hamda obrazlarning poetik funksiya va semantik qatlamlari yoritiladi.
Innovation in project management: factors influencing the success of innovation strategies
Creators: name: Fernando, Madhu
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Many factors influence project management success. Recent research, however, suggests that the majority of projects still fail. In an increasingly competitive environment, one explanation for this continued failure is an inability to adapt, change or innovate. Innovation, it is argued, is the success factor that helps organisations to renew and grow in turbulent times. This thesis provides evidence suggesting that innovation is one of the critical factors in successful project management. This research was conducted in a highly bureaucratic and process-oriented multinational information technology and telecommunications company, fictionally named Teleca, where innovation had been encouraged in several areas excluding the project section - where this research was conducted. The company's concern with appropriate implementation of innovation in projects motivated this study. An exploratory case study involving in-depth interviewing with project managers and their clients was supported by a content review of Teleca’s organisational publications to establish its preparedness for the implementation of innovation strategies in the project management section. Findings from the initial data analysis were then fed back to the original informants to ensure high levels of content and construct validity while increasing the potential for buy-in to the recommendations for policy which focused the practical intentions of the study. The findings from this research study strongly support the view that innovation is a key factor influencing project success. In some cases, with some project types and in specific phases of some projects, innovation has been found to be more critical than in others. The study reveals that project managers are willing to innovate where Teleca promotes a supportive environment for such innovation. Exploratory data requiring further research suggests, in conclusion, that innovative individuals operating within an organisation encouraging innovation, offer substantial potential for the successful implementation of innovation strategies in project management.
„Löwe des Pandschab“ ist zurück
Creators: name: Baig, Rachel Yasmin
Publisher: name: Südasien
Year: 2021

description: Aus den diesjährigen Wahlen in Pakistan ist der ehemalige Premierminister Sharif als klarer Sieger hervorgegangen. Der größte Gewinner dieser historischen Parlamentswahlen ist aber nicht er, sondern das pakistanische Volk. Es ist trotz Angst vor angekündigten Terroranschlägen zu den Urnen gegangen und hat sich für einen Machtwechsel entschieden. Experten sehen das Ergebnis allerdings mit gemischten Gefühlen.
description: Südasien, Bd. 33 Nr. 2 (2013): Liebe
Im Dorf der Tamang
Creators: name: Basting, Bernd
Publisher: name: Südasien
Year: 2021

description: Die Tamang zählen zu den zahlreichen ethnischen Gruppen tibeto-burmanischen Ursprungs in Nepal. Sie sind vor vielen Jahrhunderten von den nordöstlichen Himalayaregionen eingewandert. Ihr Hauptsiedlungsgebiet liegt nördlich und nord-östlich des Kathmandutals, ihr Bevölkerungsanteil wird auf sechs Prozent der Gesamtbevölkerung, also ca. 1,5 Millionen Menschen geschätzt. Der Name Tamang bedeutet auf Tibetisch „Pferdehändler“. Die Tamang praktizieren eine Form des tibetischen Buddhismus. Bis zur Vereinigung beziehungsweise Eroberung des Landes durch den Gurkha König Prithvi Narayan Shah lebten sie autonom auf eigenem Territorium. Seither wurden die Tamang unter das Joch des Kastensystems gespannt, ihres Landes und ihrer Kultur beraubt, was sozio-kulturelle Benachteiligung und Verarmung nach sich zog. Der Autor hat ein Tamang-Dorf besucht.
description: Südasien, Bd. 33 Nr. 2 (2013): Liebe
Experiments and Modeling for Relative Motion and Local Parameter Distributions for Non-vertical Bubbly Two-phase Flows
Creators: name: Dix, Adam John
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 401211
subject: Multiphysics flows (incl. multiphase and reacting flows)

description: Two-phase flows have many important industrial applications, including in nuclear reactor coolant systems. Due to the density difference between gas and liquid, buoyancy effects can have a significant impact on two-phase parameters, and thus the orientation of the flow is a major factor impacting system performance and safety. Despite this, most two-phase experiments and models have focused on vertical upwards flows. While recent work has greatly expanded the knowledge of horizontal and inclined flows, gaps still exist, especially regarding the relative motion between the two-phases. There are very few experiments in literature that measured both local liquid and gas velocity profiles, which are key to understanding and modeling the relative velocity. This work will seek to address this gap, first by performing experiments in various non-vertical orientations, specifically measuring the local gas and liquid velocities by means of a local four-sensor conductivity probe and Pitot-static probe, respectively. Twelve fully developed horizontal bubbly flow conditions are measured and presented in the current work, with the trends in relative velocity analyzed. It is found that the relative velocity is negative throughout the pipe cross-section when in a horizontal orientation. The relative velocity becomes more negative with increasing void fraction and remains negative as the void fraction approaches zero. With this newly established database, a model is then proposed to predict the relative velocity in horizontal bubbly flows, accounting for bubble wake interactions. The model is able to predict the void-weighted area-average velocity within 10%, and the local relative velocity with an average absolute percent difference of 15%, which is considered adequate given the experimental uncertainties. Area-averaged and drift-velocity correlations are also developed based on this model. There is no predictive explanation given in literature for the negative relative velocity measured in horizontal bubbly flows, which this model enables. To supplement this model, a new method for estimating the local distribution of the dispersed phase in bubbly two-phase flows is proposed. This is based on the geometric packing of the bubbles and reflects the random nature of two-phase flows and bubble interactions, and preliminary qualitative comparisons show promise compared to experimental data. Finally, multiphase computational fluid dynamics simulations are improved by implementing the new relative velocity model. The peak void fraction value is improved by on average 250%, with the area-averaged relative velocity improved by about 100%.
Wirtschaftsmacht und soziales Elend
Creators: name: Wieck, Hans-Georg
Publisher: name: Südasien
Year: 2021

description: In seinem mehrteiligen Essay über Indiens Rolle als Wirtschaftsmacht setzt sich der Autor mit wachsendem sozialem Elend auseinander. Im folgenden letzten Teil seiner Analyse stehen Indiens innere Sicherheit und das Wahlrecht im Mittelpunkt.
description: Südasien, Bd. 33 Nr. 2 (2013): Liebe
Ausweglos?
Creators: name: Wolf, Anna-Lena
Publisher: name: Südasien
Year: 2021

description: Konstitutionelle Ansprüche und reale Umsetzung der Konvention über die Rechte von Menschen mit Behinderungen klaffen in Indien weit auseinander. Hiervon sind Menschen mit Lernschwierigkeiten besonders betroffen. Welche Hürden stehen der praktischen Umsetzung der Rechte auf lokaler Ebene im Weg? Die Ethnologin Anna-Lena Wolf forschte im Frühjahr 2011 zur Situation von Menschen mit Lernschwierigkeiten im nordindischen Varanasi. Sie fand, dass die fortwährende Stigmatisierung von Menschen mit Lernschwierigkeiten die Verwirklichung ihrer Menschenrechte verhindert. Gründe dafür sieht sie darin, dass abwertende Einstellungen gegenüber Menschen mit Lernschwierigkeiten häufig als berechtigt und normal empfunden werden.
description: Südasien, Bd. 33 Nr. 2 (2013): Liebe
Söhne haben Vorrang
Creators: name: Mentsche, Stefan
Publisher: name: Südasien
Year: 2021

description: Laut Gesetz haben alle indischen Kinder im Alter von 6 bis 14 Jahren das Recht auf eine kostenlose Schulbildung. An den Grundschulen ist das Verhältnis von Jungen und Mädchen deshalb auch annähernd gleich. Allerdings ändert sich das nach der vierten Klasse, wenn viele Mädchen die Schule abbrechen. Aber auch Mädchen, die einen Schulabschluss machen, werden oft benachteiligt.
description: Südasien, Bd. 33 Nr. 2 (2013): Liebe
Zerplatzt ein Traum?
Creators: name: Üllenberg, Alfons
Publisher: name: Südasien
Year: 2021

description: Nach dem rasanten Anstieg von Jatrophapflanzungen in vielen Ländern der Tropen und Subtropen ist es in den letzten Jahren still geworden um den als Wunderpflanze hochgejubelten Strauch der Purgiernuss. Auch in Indien wurden anspruchsvolle Programme zur Förderung des Jatrophaanbaus aufgelegt und ehrgeizige Ziele formuliert. Wo steht Indien heute beim Anbau von Jatropha? Alfons Üllenberg, Agrarökonom, langjähriger Beobachter und Jatrophaexperte, berichtet über die Entwicklungen in Indien.
description: Südasien, Bd. 33 Nr. 2 (2013): Liebe
Hippotion eson
Creators: name: Bąkowski, Marek
name: László, Gyula M.
name: Takano, Hitoshi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Sphingidae
Hippotion
Hippotion eson

description: 64. Hippotion eson (Cramer, 1779) (Figs. 103-104)
Material examined:
 Gorongosa National Park: [6] – 7 exs.; Maputo Special Reserve: [30C] – 1 ex.; [30F] – 1 ex.; [30H] – 1 ex.; [27B] – 2 exs.
New country record for Mozambique.
description: Published as part of Bąkowski, Marek, László, Gyula M. & Takano, Hitoshi, 2020, A contribution to the knowledge of the Sphingidae fauna of Mozambique, pp. 45-77 in Ecologica Montenegrina 35 on page 70, DOI: 10.37828/em.2020.35.5, http://zenodo.org/record/13232145
Zum Gedenken an einen Fakir
Creators: name: Hofsäß, Anna
Publisher: name: Südasien
Year: 2021

description: Vom 26. bis 30. März 2013 fand nahe der Stadt Kushtia im Westen Bangladeschs das traditionelle Dol Purnima, ein Festival zu Ehren des Fakirs Lalon Shah, statt. Tausende Pilger aus Bangladesch und Westbengalen nahmen daran teil. Anna Hofsäß war auch dort und schildert ihre Eindrücke.
description: Südasien, Bd. 33 Nr. 2 (2013): Liebe
Quantification of confocal fluorescence microscopy for the detection of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia
Creators: name: Sheikhzadeh, Fahime
name: Ward, Rabab Kreidieh
name: Carraro, Anita
name: Chen, Zhao Y.
name: Van Niekerk, Dirk
name: Miller, Dianne
name: Ehlen, Tom
name: MacAulay, Calum
name: Follen, Michele
name: Lane, Pierre M.
name: Guillaud, Martial
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2016

description: Background: Cervical cancer remains a major health problem, especially in developing countries. Colposcopic examination is used to detect high-grade lesions in patients with a history of abnormal pap smears. New technologies are needed to improve the sensitivity and specificity of this technique. We propose to test the potential of fluorescence confocal microscopy to identify high-grade lesions. Methods We examined the quantification of ex vivo confocal fluorescence microscopy to differentiate among normal cervical tissue, low-grade Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia (CIN), and high-grade CIN. We sought to (1) quantify nuclear morphology and tissue architecture features by analyzing images of cervical biopsies; and (2) determine the accuracy of high-grade CIN detection via confocal microscopy relative to the accuracy of detection by colposcopic impression. Forty-six biopsies obtained from colposcopically normal and abnormal cervical sites were evaluated. Confocal images were acquired at different depths from the epithelial surface and histological images were analyzed using in-house software. Results The features calculated from the confocal images compared well with those features obtained from the histological images and histopathological reviews of the specimens (obtained by a gynecologic pathologist). The correlations between two of these features (the nuclear-cytoplasmic ratio and the average of three nearest Delaunay-neighbors distance) and the grade of dysplasia were higher than that of colposcopic impression. The sensitivity of detecting high-grade dysplasia by analysing images collected at the surface of the epithelium, and at 15 and 30 μm below the epithelial surface were respectively 100, 100, and 92 %. Conclusions Quantitative analysis of confocal fluorescence images showed its capacity for discriminating high-grade CIN lesions vs. low-grade CIN lesions and normal tissues, at different depth of imaging. This approach could be used to help clinicians identify high-grade CIN in clinical settings.
Moderne Sklaverei
Creators: name: Burckhardt, Gisela
Publisher: name: Südasien
Year: 2021

description: Getrieben von der öffentlichen Berichterstattung und Empörung, beeilten sich viele internationale Textilfirmen in der Folge eines verheerenden Fabrikeinsturzes im April, bei dem über 1100 Menschen ums Leben kamen, ein von Arbeitsrechtsorganisationen schon lange gefordertes Abkommen zur Verbesserung der Arbeitsbedingungen zu unterzeichnen. Verweigerten sie sich einem solchen in der Vergangenheit bei vorangegangenen Unfällen, brauchte es offenbar dazu erst das weltweit größte Unglück in der Bekleidungsindustrie. Denn natürlich geht Billigproduktion nur auf Kosten der Rechte und Sicherheit der Beschäftigten. Gisela Burckhardt berichtet über das Zustandekommen und die Folgen des jüngsten Abkommens, aber auch, was sich darüber hinaus auf staatlicher, unternehmerischer und Verbraucherebene ändern muss.
description: Südasien, Bd. 33 Nr. 2 (2013): Liebe
IMPROVING FINANCIAL CONTROL AND INTERNAL AUDIT SERVICES IN BUDGET ORGANIZATIONS.
Creators: name: Shaymardanova, Sabohat
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: This paper explores the significance of financial control and internal audit services in public sector budget organizations. It identifies key challenges in the current systems and proposes actionable strategies to enhance transparency, accountability, and operational efficiency. The use of digital tools and risk-based auditing frameworks is emphasized as critical to improving governance and fiscal discipline.
title: How to take care of the earth: a sociopragmatic analysis of cultural identity and contextualized meaning in Canadian environmentalist discourse
Creators: name: Huda, Lukas
Publisher: name: Memorial University of Newfoundland
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04haebc03
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: This thesis uses current sociopragmatic theory to investigate the effects of cultural identity and related contextualizing elements (e.g., knowledge of relevant history) on linguistic meaning in environmentalist discourse, as well as framing theory for an interdisciplinary interpretation and additional support of its findings. More specifically, this entails the application of Acton (2014)’s Sociopragmatic Framework to speech data from a documentary film about environmental racism in Canada, which simultaneously provides an instance of substantiated use and validation for the underutilized framework. In order to test the framework’s hypothesized predictive capabilities, the project additionally includes a short survey designed to probe the perception and interpretation of speaker identity and motivation in correlation with linguistic and contextual variables, based on predictions derived from data analysis with the framework. Survey results indicate mixed potential of and the need for further research on the framework’s predictive capabilities, but clearly demonstrate its immense usefulness and versatility as an analytic tool for applied sociopragmatics. The main analysis illustrates the extensive pragmatic influence of cultural identity on environmentalist discourse, particularly with respect to its role as an effective contextualizing element. The thesis concludes that future research on the topic likely needs to focus more specifically on the effects of individual sociocultural background and ideology.
A brief history of mobile telephony: the story of phones and cars
Creators: name: Jessop, Glenn
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Although mobile telephony has often been heralded as a revolutionary and ground-breaking technology, a glance at its historical roots suggests a gradual evolution. In particular, the synergies between travel, mobility, communication and telephony provide valuable insights into the development and current uses of mobile phones. A paucity of research has attempted to document the interrelated stories of vehicles and telephony, yet an exploration of their histories provides us with a more complete understanding of the relationships between transport and (wireless) communication. This article explores the links by focusing on the interweaving social and technical developments of these two technologies of mobility, in turn informing current debates surrounding the use of mobiles while driving.
Hippotion gracilis
Creators: name: Bąkowski, Marek
name: László, Gyula M.
name: Takano, Hitoshi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Sphingidae
Hippotion
Hippotion gracilis

description: 65. Hippotion gracilis (Butler, 1875) (Figs. 105-106)
Material examined:
 Gorongosa National Park: [4E] – 1 ex.; [7B] – 3 exs.; Coutada 12: [13] – 1 ex.; Chimanimani National Reserve: [18] – 2 exs.
description: Published as part of Bąkowski, Marek, László, Gyula M. & Takano, Hitoshi, 2020, A contribution to the knowledge of the Sphingidae fauna of Mozambique, pp. 45-77 in Ecologica Montenegrina 35 on page 72, DOI: 10.37828/em.2020.35.5, http://zenodo.org/record/13232145
Hochzeitsfieber in Alibagh
Creators: name: Imhasly, Bernard
Publisher: name: Südasien
Year: 2021

description: Zu einer Dorf-Hochzeit ist in Indien grundsätzlich immer jedermann eingeladen. Dies macht den Mai nicht nur zum arbeitsfreien Monat, es ist zudem eine Zeit mit vielen Ausgaben und wenigen Einnahmen. Denn neben den Geschenken kommt ein Geldumschlag hinzu. Damit jeder so viel spendet, wie seinem Rang (und seiner Beziehung zur Hochzeitsfamilie) zukommt, werden Betrag und Gebername vor aller Augen aufgezeichnet und an manchen Orten sogar verlesen. Dafür gibt es Tee und kalte Getränke, ein Nachtessen, sowie – in einem schamhaft mit Tüchern abgesonderten Geviert für die Männer – Gebrautes aus dem Hinterhof. Bernard Imhasly über das Heiraten in der Nähe von Mumbai im Mai 2013.
description: Südasien, Bd. 33 Nr. 2 (2013): Liebe
Sita-Blues und die Ehe
Creators: name: Falter, Fabian
Publisher: name: Südasien
Year: 2021

description: Das Ramayana ist eines der beiden großen indischen Epen. Jedes Kind kennt die Protagonisten, zumindest die Eckdaten der Rahmenerzählungen und viele der zahllosen darin erzählten Einzelepisoden – und damit auch die darin transportierten Wertvorstellungen. König Rama gilt als Ideal des perfekten Herrschers – das mag durchgehen.Schwieriger aber ist seine Rolle als Ehemann seiner Frau Sita. Die Filmemacherin Paley hat mit einem autobiographischen und zugleich antipatriarchalischen Animationsfilm Sita sings the Blues in Indien für Furore gesorgt. In den lebhaften Debatten ging es plötzlich um die heutigen Ehevorstellungen.
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Was ist Liebe?
Creators: name: Jha Jansidan, Pandit Janardan
name: Renner, Elmar
Publisher: name: Südasien
Year: 2021

description: Pandit Janardan Jha Jansidan (1872-1951), geboren im Bezirk Vaishali in Bihar, zählt zu Begründern der modernen Maithili-Literatur. Er war Gelehrter am Hof des Grafen von Purniya (Bihar), bevor er in Darbhanga (Bihar) Herausgeber einer der wichtigsten Zeitschriften der Maithili-Literatenszene, des Mithila Mihirs, wurde. Seine Herausgebertätigkeit setzte er außerhalb derjenigen Region, in der Maithili gesprochen wird (NordBihar und die angrenzende Region in Nepal, das Terai), in Kalkutta und Allahabad fort. Mit Jansidan fand der Roman als Gattung Eingang in die moderne Maithili-Literatur. Der moderne Nibandh ist eine Gattung, die vom englischen Essay inspiriert ist und dabei die Sanskrit-Bildungstradition fortführt. Der folgende Aufsatz stammt aus einer von der Maithili Akademi in Patna 1983 herausgegebenen Anthologie.
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Man nennt es Liebe – in Dhaka
Creators: name: Lemberger, Evi
Publisher: name: Südasien
Year: 2021

description: Die Geschichte der Beziehung von Moinak und Sadia erinnert an ein Shakespeare-Drama: Beide kommen aus gutem Haus, aber aus unterschiedlichen Schichten und Religionen. Heiraten über Religionsgrenzen hinweg aber ist in Chittagong, einer Stadt im Südosten von Bangladesch, ein Problem. Moinak und Sadia sind trotzdem ein Paar. Evi Lemberger hat sie, einen Heiratsvermittler und ein anderes Paar getroffen – eine Reportage.
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Insertion Site Dilemma: Rethinking Radial Arterial Catheter Placement for Device Resilience
Creators: name: Spencer, Timothy
name: Imbriaco, G
Publisher: name: University of Wollongong
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 32
subject: Biomedical and clinical sciences
classificationCode: 3202
subject: Clinical sciences

description: The study by Marie et al (2023) discusses their outcomes regarding the distance of radial arterial catheters from the radiocarpal joint and its association to device failure, although authors found no significant difference in failure rates between catheters inserted proximally or distally to the radiocarpal joint. However, other recent studies have reported that catheters inserted more distally are more likely to fail, with rates high as 25%. Factors that contribute to failure include poor site selection, infection, device occlusion, or dislodgement. With reliance on accurate hemodynamics from arterial catheters, providers should be aware of the risks and take steps to minimize them, as catheter failure is more than just associated infection, the inability to aspirate blood or a useable arterial waveform. Optimal insertion location, use of ultrasound-guided techniques, appropriate securement, and close monitoring of the catheter, along with accurate reporting of failure reasons, will help clarify future research outcomes.
Wahre Liebe
Creators: name: Gugler, Thomas K.
Publisher: name: Südasien
Year: 2021

description: Gottesliebe ist das zentrale Charakteristikum des Sufismus. Nur auf dem Weg über ishqi majazi (körperliche Liebe) wird die volle ishq-i haqiqi (wahre Liebe) erreicht, meinten einige Sufiheilige. Der berühmte Mystiker Ibn al-Arabi (1164-1240) gilt als Begründer der Lehre von der Einheit des Seins (wahdat al-wujud) und pries die Schöpfung als Gottes Selbstreflexion. Anthropomorphe1 Beschreibungen des Göttlichen sind im Sufismus üblich und die Hingabe zum Geliebten gilt dort als eine Form der Gottesliebe, denn die Liebe zum Schönen in der Schöpfung preist den Schöpfer. Thomas K. Gugler schreibt über den dichterischen Diskurs insbesondere der Sufis, in dem sich Spiritualität, Liebe und Sexualität – das Heilige und das Profane – vermischen. Er erklärt, wie in der klassisch-islamischen Dichtung homoerotische im Vergleich zu heterosexuellen Metaphern bevorzugt werden.
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Liebe in Sri Lanka
Creators: name: Meier, Bettina
Publisher: name: Südasien
Year: 2021

description: Love marriage – davon träumen heute viele sri-lankische Jugendliche. Den Lebenspartner selber bestimmen, das heißt die eigene Individualität zum Ausdruck bringen, modern sein. Doch gesellschaftliche Erwägungen stehen bei der Wahl des Ehepartners weiterhin im Vordergrund, und die Eltern haben immer das letzte Wort.
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Generating Simple, Conservative and Unifying Explanations for Logistic Regression Models
Creators: name: Zukerman, Ingrid
name: Maruf, Sameen
name: Situ, Xuelin
name: Paris, Cecile
name: Haffari, Gholamreza
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 460208
subject: Natural language processing

description: We generate and compare three types of explanations of Machine Learning predictions: simple, conservative and unifying. Simple explanations are concise, conservative explanations address the surprisingness of a prediction, and unifying explanations convey the extent to which an ML model’s predictions are applicable.
Hexen in der Familie
Creators: name: Harmsen, Laura
Publisher: name: Südasien
Year: 2021

description: Aberglaube und der Glaube an Hexerei sind in Nepal bis heute unter den Angehörigen aller Religionen verbreitet. Fast monatlich wird in der Presse von brutalen Übergriffen gegen Frauen berichtet, die der Hexerei bezichtigt, verfemt und misshandelt werden. Die Dunkelziffer solcher Vorfälle liegt sicher weit höher. Es handelt sich oft um von der Gemeinschaft marginalisierte, psychisch labile Frauen, auch Witwen, die ihrerseits schutzbedürftig sind. Vor allem in ländlichen Regionen sind Angriffe auf angebliche Hexen noch weit verbreitet. Oft geht das Martyrium dieser Frauen über Monate oder Jahre, manchmal endet es mit dem Tod. Der Vorwurf der Hexerei wird nicht nur bei Krankheitsausbrüchen, Katastrophen oder schlechten Ernten erhoben, sondern auch als Vorwand bei Grundbesitzstreitigkeiten oder Familienfehden. Mitunter werden Frauen der Hexerei bezichtigt, wenn sie Männern sexuell nicht gefügig sind. Laura Harmsen sprach mit der nepalischen Menschenrechtsverteidigerin Shyam Kumari Sah.
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Hippotion osiris
Creators: name: Bąkowski, Marek
name: László, Gyula M.
name: Takano, Hitoshi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Sphingidae
Hippotion
Hippotion osiris

description: 66. Hippotion osiris (Dalman, 1823) (Figs. 107-108)
Material examined:
 Gorongosa National Park: [4H] – 1 ex.; [6] – 1 ex.; Maputo Special Reserve: [25] – 1 ex.; [28] – 1 ex.; [30B] – 1 ex.; [30C] – 1 ex.; [30I] – 3 exs.
description: Published as part of Bąkowski, Marek, László, Gyula M. & Takano, Hitoshi, 2020, A contribution to the knowledge of the Sphingidae fauna of Mozambique, pp. 45-77 in Ecologica Montenegrina 35 on page 72, DOI: 10.37828/em.2020.35.5, http://zenodo.org/record/13232145
Wo die Liebe aufhört
Creators: name: Franke, Susanne
name: Krojer, Julia
Publisher: name: Südasien
Year: 2021

description: Auf den unzähligen Veranstaltungen zum internationalen Frauentag 2013 in Indien waren Hunderte, teilweise Tausende Frauen präsent und aktiv, die sich informieren und vernetzen wollten. Ein wichtiges Signal aus einem Land, in dem die Einhaltung der Menschenrechte noch einen langen Weg vor sich hat. Sexuelle Gewalt gegen Frauen auch innerhalb der Familie – war ein dominantes Thema der letzten Monate. Sexuelle Gewalt ist dabei nur ein Ausschnitt der alltäglichen familiären Gewalt, die indische Mädchen und Frauen erleben. Körperliche Gewalt ist oft ein Ausdruck auswegloser Situationen oder die Folge mangelnder Einflussmöglichkeiten der Frauen. Kraft schöpfen viele Frauen aus der Arbeit in Selbsthilfegruppen. Story telling: die beiden Autorinnen stellen einige anschauliche Beispiele aus Mumbai vor.
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Functional reading intervention in autism (Prahl, 2024)
Creators: name: Prahl, Alison Hessling
Publisher: name: ASHA journals
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 420110
subject: Speech pathology
classificationCode: 470101
subject: Communication studies

description: Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of Functional Reading Activities to Motivate and Empower (FRAME) on use of reading comprehension strategies in intellectually and/or developmentally disabled young adults.Method: A single-case, multiple-probe design across functional literacy stimuli (e.g., text messages, e-mails) was replicated across three intellectually or developmentally disabled 23- to 26-year-old young adults, all of whom had a primary diagnosis of autism. Within FRAME, reading comprehension strategies were taught and practiced within the context of functional texts or activities of daily living that involve written language (e.g., text messages, e-mails). Each session followed the teach-model-coach-review approach and was conducted via telepractice. Participants’ use of reading comprehension strategies was measured in baseline, intervention, maintenance, and with generalization probes.Results: Visual analysis of the data indicated a functional relation between FRAME and the use of reading comprehension strategies for two of the three autistic young adults. All participants maintained increased use of reading comprehension strategies post-intervention.Conclusions: This study provides preliminary evidence that FRAME is associated with improved use of reading comprehension strategies that maintains over time. Thus, FRAME has the potential to support continued improvement of functional reading skills throughout the lifespan, which is critical as autistic individuals make the transition from adolescence to adult life. Further research is needed to evaluate the effects of the intervention on more distal outcomes of written language and to examine how to best tailor the intervention to individual differences to optimize outcomes.Supplemental Material S1. Functional text samples.Prahl, A. (2024). The effects of Functional Reading Activities to Motivate and Empower for autistic young adults: A single-case design study. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 33(6), 2805–2822. https://doi.org/10.1044/2024_AJSLP-23-00425
Fünf Briefe
Creators: name: Jha, Harimohan
name: Renner, Elmar
Publisher: name: Südasien
Year: 2021

description: (1908-1984) gilt heute als einer der bedeutendsten Maithili-Schriftsteller, da er durch seine philosophisch-tiefgründigen Satiren der Maithili-Literatur zu einer breiten Popularität verholfen hat. Er war ein Sohn von Janasidan und Professor für Philosophie an der Universität Patna.
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"A prologue" - Manuscript of Gallup C23
Creators: name: Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Authorship
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/822442
subject: Authors, American
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/821764
subject: Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/882393
subject: Poets
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1067778
subject: Literature
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/999953
subject: Authors
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/821688
subject: Poets, American
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1067794

description: Page 115 verso has note: "Extra Expense for Christmas Cover", "Prologue, Ezra Pound, 126 Greenwich Ave., New York City", "50.00", "for Christmas 1910 cover", "10/31/10"; on p. 111 recto "Printed copy of this to follow". "A Prologue" was reprinted in Canzoni (Gallup A7), 1911, p. 34 (with an additional four lines added at the end). A letter from Pound to Elkin Mathews, E.P.C. 65, refers to four lines to be added to "A Prologue" and it appears probable that this manuscript came through Elkin Mathews as well.
Factors Associated with Leaving Hospital against Medical Advice among People Who Use Illicit Drugs in Vancouver, Canada
Creators: name: Ti, Lianping
name: Milloy, M-J
name: Buxton, Jane A.
name: McNeil, Ryan, 1982-
name: Dobrer, Sabina
name: Hayashi, Kanna
name: Wood, Evan
name: Kerr, Thomas
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2017

description: Background Leaving hospital against medical advice (AMA) is common among people who use illicit drugs (PWUD) and is associated with severe health-related harms and costs. However, little is known about the prevalence of and factors associated with leaving AMA among PWUD. Methods Data were collected through two Canadian prospective cohort studies involving PWUD between September 2005 and July 2011 and linked to a hospital admission/discharge database. Bivariable and multivariable generalized estimating equations were used to examine factors associated with leaving hospital AMA among PWUD who were hospitalized. Results Among 488 participants who experienced at least one hospitalization, 212 (43.4%) left the hospital AMA at least once during the study period. In multivariable analyses, factors positively and significantly associated with leaving hospital AMA included: unstable employment (AOR = 1.92; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.22–3.03); recent incarceration (AOR = 1.63; 95%CI: 1.07–2.49); ≥ daily heroin injection (AOR = 1.49; 95%CI: 1.05–2.11); and younger age per year younger (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 1.04; 95%CI: 1.02–1.06). Conclusions We found a substantial proportion of PWUD in this setting left hospital AMA and that various markers of risk and vulnerability were associated with this phenomenon. Our findings highlight the need to address substance abuse issues early following hospital admission. These findings further suggest a need to develop novel interventions to minimize PWUD leaving hospital prematurely.
Die Ziegen
Creators: name: Khan, Mohammad Sajid
name: Forster, Ida
name: Neuberger, Eva
name: Frohmüller, Melanie
name: Haque, Shanjida
name: Meisig, Konrad
name: Lehrbach, Kathrin
Publisher: name: Südasien
Year: 2021

description: Südasien, Bd. 33 Nr. 2 (2013): Liebe
Hippotion rosae subsp. rosae
Creators: name: Bąkowski, Marek
name: László, Gyula M.
name: Takano, Hitoshi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Sphingidae
Hippotion
Hippotion rosae
Hippotion rosae rosae (butler, 1882)

description: 67. Hippotion rosae rosae (Butler, 1882) (Figs. 109-110)
Material examined:
 Gorongosa National Park: [4B] – 1 ex.; [4D] – 1 ex.; Maputo Special Reserve: [27C] – 1 ex.; [28] – 3 exs.; [30A] – 3 exs.; [30B] – 1 ex.; [30G] – 1 ex.
description: Published as part of Bąkowski, Marek, László, Gyula M. & Takano, Hitoshi, 2020, A contribution to the knowledge of the Sphingidae fauna of Mozambique, pp. 45-77 in Ecologica Montenegrina 35 on page 72, DOI: 10.37828/em.2020.35.5, http://zenodo.org/record/13232145
Kunde
Creators: name: Vaishnav, Murlidhar
name: Forster, Ida
name: Haque, Shanjida
name: Lehrbach, Kathrin
name: Meisig, Konrad
name: Neuberger, Eva
Publisher: name: Südasien
Year: 2021

description: Südasien, Bd. 33 Nr. 2 (2013): Liebe
Und wenn sie nun wirklich zu Stein erstarrt sind?
Creators: name: Khan, Mohammad Sajid
name: Blocinski, Patrick
name: Frohmüller, Melanie
name: Hummel, Tatjana
name: Lewis, Dominik
name: Kiel, Nikolai
name: Steudner, Cornelia
name: Sharma, Rashmi
name: Meisig, Konrad
name: Schweiß, Patrick
Publisher: name: Südasien
Year: 2021

description: Südasien, Bd. 33 Nr. 2 (2013): Liebe
Cross-National Investigation of Health Indicators among Sexual Minorities in Norway and the United States
Creators: name: Watson, Ryan J.
name: Wheldon, Christopher W.
name: Wichstrøm, Lars
name: Russell, Stephen T.
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: A cross-national study of young adult sexual minorities was conducted in order to explore the associations between sexual orientation and measures of depression, suicidality, and substance use. Two nationally representative data sets were explored from the United States (N = 14,335) and Norway (N = 2423). Results indicated that sexual minorities experienced multiple health disparities (depression, suicidality, and substance use) compared to their heterosexual counterparts. We found similar patterns of depression, suicidality, and substance use for sexual minorities in both the United States and Norway. The highest odds of substance use were among heterosexual-identified Norwegian youth who reported same-sex sexual activity, and the highest odds of suicidality were found for bisexual young adults in Norway. These findings have implications for how we consider culture and social policy as barriers and/or opportunities for sexual minorities.
Teachers' Perception of Blended Learning on the Academic Performance of Learners in Primary Schools in Lagos State Nigeria
Creators: name: West African Journal of Educational Administration And Planning
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Journal
Thesis
Publications

description: This study examines teachers' perceptions of blended learning and its impact on the academic performance of primary school learners in Lagos State, Nigeria, highlighting its effectiveness, challenges, and potential for improving education.