cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Statistical parameter inference of bacterial swimming strategies
Creators: name: Seyrich, Maximilian
name: Alirezaeizanjani, Zahra
name: Beta, Carsten
name: Stark, Holger
Publisher: name: Universität Potsdam
Year: 2020

description: We provide a detailed stochastic description of the swimming motion of an E. coli bacterium in two dimension, where we resolve tumble events in time. For this purpose, we set up two Langevin equations for the orientation angle and speed dynamics. Calculating moments, distribution and autocorrelation functions from both Langevin equations and matching them to the same quantities determined from data recorded in experiments, we infer the swimming parameters of E. coli. They are the tumble rate lambda, the tumble time r(-1), the swimming speed v(0), the strength of speed fluctuations sigma, the relative height of speed jumps eta, the thermal value for the rotational diffusion coefficient D-0, and the enhanced rotational diffusivity during tumbling D-T. Conditioning the observables on the swimming direction relative to the gradient of a chemoattractant, we infer the chemotaxis strategies of E. coli. We confirm the classical strategy of a lower tumble rate for swimming up the gradient but also a smaller mean tumble angle (angle bias). The latter is realized by shorter tumbles as well as a slower diffusive reorientation. We also find that speed fluctuations are increased by about 30% when swimming up the gradient compared to the reversed direction.
description: Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe, 914
Additional file 1 of Patient and carer perceptions of video, telephone and in-person clinics for Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Creators: name: McBride, Hannah
name: Evans, Sharon
name: Pinto, Alex
name: Daly, Anne
name: Ashmore, Catherine
name: Ilgaz, Fatma
name: Ford, Suzanne
name: Buckley, Sharon
name: MacDonald, Anita
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: Medicine
Biotechnology
Cancer
Science Policy
Mental Health

description: Supplementary Material 1
Distinct roles of KAP1, HP1 and G9a/GLP in silencing of the two-cell-specific retrotransposon MERVL in mouse ES cells
Creators: name: Maksakova, Irina A.
name: Thompson, Peter J.
name: Goyal, Preeti
name: Jones, Steven J. M.
name: Singh, Prim B.
name: Karimi, Mohammad M.
name: Lorincz, Matthew C.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2015

description: Background: In mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs), transcriptional silencing of numerous class I and II endogenous retroviruses (ERVs), including IAP, ETn and MMERVK10C, is dependent upon the H3K9 methyltransferase (KMTase) SETDB1/ESET and its binding partner KAP1/TRIM28. In contrast, the H3K9 KMTases G9a and GLP and HP1 proteins are dispensable for this process. Intriguingly, MERVL retroelements are actively transcribed exclusively in the two-cell (2C) embryo, but the molecular basis of silencing of these class III ERVs at later developmental stages has not been systematically addressed. Results Here, we characterized the roles of these chromatin factors in MERVL silencing in mESCs. While MMERVK10C and IAP ERVs are bound by SETDB1 and KAP1 and are induced following their deletion, MERVL ERVs show relatively low levels of SETDB1 and KAP1 binding and are upregulated exclusively following KAP1 depletion, indicating that KAP1 influences MERVL expression independent of SETDB1. In contrast to class I and class II ERVs, MERVL and MERVL LTR-driven genic transcripts are also upregulated following depletion of G9a or GLP, and G9a binds directly to these ERVs. Consistent with a direct role for H3K9me2 in MERVL repression, these elements are highly enriched for G9a-dependent H3K9me2, and catalytically active G9a is required for silencing of MERVL LTR-driven transcripts. MERVL is also derepressed in HP1α and HP1β KO ESCs. However, like KAP1, HP1α and HP1β are only modestly enriched at MERVL relative to IAP LTRs. Intriguingly, as recently shown for KAP1, RYBP, LSD1 and G9a-deficient mESCs, many genes normally expressed in the 2C embryo are also induced in HP1 KO mESCs, revealing that aberrant expression of a subset of 2C-specific genes is a common feature in each of these KO lines. Conclusions Our results indicate that G9a and GLP, which are not required for silencing of class I and II ERVs, are recruited to MERVL elements and play a direct role in silencing of these class III ERVs, dependent upon G9a catalytic activity. In contrast, induction of MERVL expression in KAP1, HP1α and HP1β KO ESCs may occur predominantly as a consequence of indirect effects, in association with activation of a subset of 2C-specific genes.
title: Экология
Creators: name: ELS IPR BOOKS
Publisher: name: Ай Пи Ар Медиа
Year: 2024

description: В учебное пособие включены вопросы по основным разделам курса «Экология», который изучается студентами различных направлений подготовки во всех высших учебных заведениях. В теоретическом разделе рассматриваются основные вопросы общей экологии, природопользования и экологии человека. Издание снабжено соответствующими практическими работами и заданиями, которые могут быть использованы как для проведения семинарских занятий, так и для проверки усвоения теоретического материала. В приложении дан список литературы и глоссарий. Подготовлено в соответствии с Федеральным государственным образовательным стандартом высшего образования. Учебное пособие предназначено для преподавателей и студентов всех направлений подготовки для изучения дисциплин «Экология» и «Биология с основами экологии».
ANN FROTSCHER: Banden- und Bürgerkrieg in Karachi. Die Ethnisierung von Politik am Beispiel der Mohajir
Creators: name: Schied, Michael
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2016

description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 36 Nr. 3-4 (2005): Internationales Asienforum
Streams of forces in Wacław Zalewski’s theory as a designer’s instrument in forming constructional architecture. Basic principles, didactic methods, examples of realisations
Creators: name: Pelczarski, Michał
Publisher: name: Faculty of Architecture, Wrocław University of Technology, Wrocław
Year: 2014
Subjects: stream of forces, flow of forces, load bearing walls, shaping structures, strut and tie method

description: ARCHITECTUS; ISSN 1429-7507
Mainstreaming Banking with the Poor in the Philippines
Creators: name: Seibel, Hans Dieter
name: Felloni, Fabrizio
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2016

description: Outside of Bangladesh, the replication of Grameen banking, with standardized group loans to poor women, has not fared well in terms of outreach and sustainability. Similarly in the Philippines, in the old world of social banking and directed credit, Grameen banking was found to be donor-driven and internal resource mobilization minimal; costs were exorbitant, and interest rates inadequate to cover costs. This changed fundamentally when microfinance, in the late 1990s, entered a new world of sustainable institution building. As Grameen banking was taken over by commercially operating rural banks and by NGOs which turned into rural banks, it became a profitable financial product with a rapidly expanding outreach to the enterprising poor. Producers Bank in Cabanatuan is one of an increasing number of privately owned rural banks which made good use of financial and capacity building resources provided by the Asian Development Bank and the International Fund for Agricultural Development. The bank first adopted, and then substantially modified, Grameen banking, thereby turning it into a commercially viable financial product with increasing outreach to the entrepreneurial poor as a new market segment.
description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 36 Nr. 3-4 (2005): Internationales Asienforum
Das_Musikleben_der_Ojraten
Creators: name: Altai, Munkhtsatsal
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Societas Uralo-Altaica
SUA
SUA-Webinar
SUA-Webinar Series
Oirats
western Mongolia
Bij dance
Khöömei
cultural heritage
ethnic groups
Khovd Province

description: In particular, the musical life of the predominantly nomadic Oirats (an ethnic minority in western Mongolia) reflects not only their customs, worldview, and religious beliefs but also their deep connection to nature.Since the cultural transformation of 1990, Mongolia has been shaped not only by a market economy and democracy but also by the growing efforts of ethnic groups to preserve their cultural identity. With the increasing popularity of Bij dance and Khöömei (throat singing) on both national and international levels, many cultural bearers have become more aware of their heritage and their claim to it. Expressions such as "This belongs to us" (manaich) or "Only with us is it authentic" have increasingly become points of contention between ethnic groups. These developments are also linked to the special role of the Khalkha group in Mongolian society. This paper is based on field research conducted by the author in the eleven Sum (administrative divisions similar to counties or districts) of Khovd Province in western Mongolia.
Exportorientierte Produktionszonen in Malaysia und Vietnam: Regionale Disparitäten und Widersprüche im Planungsprozess
Creators: name: Waibel, Michael
name: Jordan, Rolf
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2016

description: Export-orientated industrialisation has formed a substantial part of national economic development policy in Malaysia since the 1960s and in Vietnam since the early 1990s. Within this strategy, the establishment of so-called export processing zones (EPZ) represents a central component. This paper highlights and compares the role of EPZ during the course of economic development in both countries, investigating the regional spatial consequences of EPZ development and, finally, illustrating the discrepancies between national and local state authorities' EPZ policy. The authors demonstrate the central role of the state and state-controlled enterprises in designating and operating EPZ and show that the results of export-orientated industrialisation often contradict the general development goals put forward by the Malaysian and Vietnamese governments.
description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 36 Nr. 3-4 (2005): Internationales Asienforum
A systematic review of the use of theory in randomized controlled trials of audit and feedback
Creators: name: Colquhoun, Heather L.
name: Brehaut, Jamie C.
name: Sales, Anne
name: Ivers, Noah
name: Grimshaw, Jeremy
name: Michie, Susan
name: Carroll, Kelly
name: Chalifoux, Mathieu
name: Eva, Kevin W.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2016

description: Background: Audit and feedback is one of the most widely used and promising interventions in implementation research, yet also one of the most variably effective. Understanding this variability has been limited in part by lack of attention to the theoretical and conceptual basis underlying audit and feedback. Examining the extent of theory use in studies of audit and feedback will yield better understanding of the causal pathways of audit and feedback effectiveness and inform efforts to optimize this important intervention. Methods: A total of 140 studies in the 2012 Cochrane update on audit and feedback interventions were independently reviewed by two investigators. Variables were extracted related to theory use in the study design, measurement, implementation or interpretation. Theory name, associated reference, and the location of theory use as reported in the study were extracted. Theories were organized by type (e.g., education, diffusion, organization, psychology), and theory utilization was classified into seven categories (justification, intervention design, pilot testing, evaluation, predictions, post hoc, other). Results: A total of 20 studies (14%) reported use of theory in any aspect of the study design, measurement, implementation or interpretation. In only 13 studies (9%) was a theory reportedly used to inform development of the intervention. A total of 18 different theories across educational, psychological, organizational and diffusion of innovation perspectives were identified. Rogers’ Diffusion of Innovations and Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory were the most widely used (3.6% and 3%, respectively). Conclusions: The explicit use of theory in studies of audit and feedback was rare. A range of theories was found, but not consistency of theory use. Advancing our understanding of audit and feedback will require more attention to theoretically informed studies and intervention design.
Forest Policy and Strategic Groups in Thailand
Creators: name: Pye, Oliver
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2016

description: The rapid destruction of Thailand's forests during the last century is often explained by population pressure and in particular by the encroachment on forest areas by shifting cultivators. This discourse is still dominant within the forestry department today, and is now being directed against ethnic minorities in the North. However, the attempt to construct an ethnic explanation of forest conflict neglects the active role played by the elite in the appropriation and depletion of forest resources. This paper analyses the twists and turns in Thai forestry as the outcome of policies pursued by different strategic groups, and shows that conflicts over forest resources gave rise to organisation by rnarginalized sections of society. It is argued that the bankruptcy of state and corporate forestry in Thailand is due to the underlying strategies of elite groups, rather than institutional failure, and that contemporary farmer networks now offer alternative strategies for forest conservation.
description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 36 Nr. 3-4 (2005): Internationales Asienforum
A Novel Globally Applicable Research Toolkit for Children with Lower Limb Loss - Prosthetic User Needs, Quality of Life, Pain and Physical Function
Creators: name: Edgar, Caitlin
name: Ghidini, Claudia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Paediatrics
subject: Engineering
subject: Design
subject: Quality of Life
subject: Pain
subject: Prosthetics

description: This toolkit is for researchers working with children with lower limb loss or the relevant stakeholders (parent and/or clinical prosthetist). The toolkit can be used to identify the unique prosthetic user needs and overall wellbeing for children with lower limb loss. The development process and protocol for delivery in 3 locations is detailed in the PLOS One publication at DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0310848 . The development involved extensive user input and validation.

The toolkit spans 4 domains of outcome measures: prosthetic user requirements, pain and physical health, quality of life and physical function. Please open the figure named 'Toolkit Summary' for clarity. It incorporates interactive interview guides for children aged 5-17yrs which were designed for easy use in different environmental settings, cultures and socioeconomic locations. Different versions for the age of child have been developed (5-9yrs and 10-17yrs). These are complemented with interviews for parents and for treating prosthetists to provide a comprehensive overview of the challenges faced by this cohort. Additional outcome measures include the PedsQL pain and quality of life questionnaires, the socket comfort score, a prosthetist clinical evaluation sheet and a modified version of the amputee mobility predictor. PedsQL outcome measures and the clinical evaluation sheets are provided for each amputation level. 

In the folder attached please find 3 versions of the toolkit for differing environments of use and language: 

Low Resourced Environment - provided in Khmer (Cambodia)

Low Resourced Environment - provided in English

High Resourced Environment - provided in English. 

Within each folder you will find an image which accurately displays the full toolkit - this should be opened first for understanding. The rest of the folders should be self explanatory with sections for child, parent and prosthetist. Where necessary, different versions are provided for age of child or amputation level. 

If there are any questions regarding use, please do not hesitate to contact one of the two researchers below who would be more than happy to help. 

Caitlin Edgar - caitlin.edgar17@imperial.ac.uk

Claudia Ghidini - claudia.ghidini20@imperial.ac.uk
title: Экология животных
Creators: name: ELS IPR BOOKS
Publisher: name: Ай Пи Ар Медиа
Year: 2024

description: Учебник включает в себя теоретический материал, практические работы и задания для контроля знаний по курсу «Экология животных». Дана характеристика различных типов животных в зависимости от их питания, газообмена и дыхания, теплообмена, водно-солевого обмена, ориентации в пространстве, движения в среде. Изложены вопросы адаптации животных и их разные жизненные формы; вопросы популяционной экологии, динамики популяций, отношений организмов в биоценозах. Рассмотрена роль животных в антропогенной среде, а также охрана редких видов. Подготовлен с учетом требований Федерального государственного образовательного стандарта высшего образования. Предназначен для студентов, обучающихся по направлению подготовки «Биология», а также может быть использован преподавателями для организации лекций, самостоятельной работы, проверки знаний и практических занятий по дисциплине «Экология животных». Издание может быть также полезно при подготовке зооветеринарных специалистов в аграрных вузах.
Krylov Delocalization/Localization across Ergodicity Breaking
Creators: name: Menzler, Heiko Georg
name: Jha, Rishabh
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Krylov complexity has recently gained attention where the growth of operator complexity in time is measured in terms of the off-diagonal operator Lanczos coefficients. The operator Lanczos algorithm reduces the problem of complexity growth to a single-particle semi-infinite tight-binding chain (known as the Krylov chain). Employing the phenomenon of Anderson localization, we propose the phenomenology of inverse localization length on the Krylov chain that undergoes delocalization/localization transition on the Krylov chain while the physical system undergoes ergodicity breaking. On the Krylov chain we find delocalization in an ergodic regime, as we show for the SYK model, and localization in case of a weakly ergodicity-broken regime. Considering the dynamics beyond scrambling, we find a collapse across different operators in the ergodic regime. We test for two settings: (1) the coupled SYK model, and (2) the quantum East model. Our findings open avenues for mapping ergodicity/weak ergodicity-breaking transitions to delocalization/localization phenomenology on the Krylov chain.
description: 20 pages, 13 figures, published version
Understanding quantum processes in semiconductors through the use of selective multidimensional spectroscopy
Creators: name: Tollerud, Jonathan
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: In his thesis entitled, 'Understanding Quantum Processes in Semiconductors Through the Use of Selective Multidimensional Spectroscopy,' Jonathan Tollerud has developed experimental techniques that will be useful for understanding the role of quantum mechanics in photosynthesis in the natural world. These experimental techniques, which use pulses of light less than one trillionth of a second long, have also proven useful for investigating unexplored areas of physics. The insights gained in this work may be useful in designing more efficient solar cells, improving some types of lasers, and may also be useful in quantum computing.
Conflict, Development and Community Participation in Education: Pakistan and Yemen
Creators: name: Jones, Adele M.E.
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2016

description: In development policy, community participation has increasingly come to be seen as a way to encourage community interest, involvement, ownership and ultimately, sustainability of projects. Education has also been affected by this discourse. The following paper examines two countries affected by conflict (Pakistan and Yemen), asking what type of community participation is possible in areas with complex conflict situations, since 'community participation' demands some form of 'democracy'. The conflict scenario and the locus of control and power in these countries is analysed in two rural areas, the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan and Marib Govemate of Yemen. Finally, the paper questions what type and degree of community participation is possible in education and whether it can become a catalyst for peace, or an indirect mechanism for power elites to control decision-making.
description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 36 Nr. 3-4 (2005): Internationales Asienforum
title: Возрастная анатомия, физиология и гигиена. Исследование и оценка физического развития детей и подростков
Creators: name: ELS IPR BOOKS
Publisher: name: Профобразование, Ай Пи Ар Медиа
Year: 2024

description: Учебное пособие освещает темы возрастной анатомии, физиологии и гигиены. Описаны физическое развитие, пропорции тела и их изменение на различных этапах онтогенеза. Показаны критические и сенситивные этапы развития организма. Подготовлено с учетом требований Федерального государственного образовательного стандарта среднего профессионального образования. Учебное пособие предназначено для изучения дисциплины «Возрастная анатомия, физиология и гигиена» студентами, обучающимися по укрупненной группе специальностей «Образование и педагогические науки».
Indische Touristen in der Schweiz
Creators: name: Keller, Urs
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2016

description: Due to increased economic growth in the last decade more and more Indians can afford to travel abroad and figures show that many of them do so. The statistics also indicate that Switzerland is very popular as a holiday destination for Indian tourists. Regarding arrivals, Switzerland ranks second in Europe and among the top ten destinations worldwide - despite a negligible VRF (visiting relatives and friends) segment and the great geographical distance. There are two main reasons for this astonishing position: Firstly, Switzerland is well known in India - thanks to a traditional positive image and the film industry - and secondly, tourist infrastructure is excellent. The majority of Indian tourists are on a European package tour and stay in Switzerland for only 3 to 4 days. Their visit concentrates primarily on excursions to snow covered mountain peaks and shopping. Therefore the greatest beneficiaries of Indian tourism in Switzerland are the retail trade, the mountain cablecars and hoteliers in the group travel business.
description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 36 Nr. 3-4 (2005): Internationales Asienforum
The study of reconstruction of the bastion defensive walls of Wrocław on the example of their remains found in the area of Wolności Square
Creators: name: Michalski, Mateusz
name: Babral, Karolina
name: Wiatrzyk, Karolina
Publisher: name: Faculty of Architecture, Wrocław University of Technology, Wrocław
Year: 2014
Subjects: fortifications, reconstruction, city walls, bast, Wrocław

description: ARCHITECTUS; ISSN 1429-7507
Die Schweiz im Hindi-Mainstream-Kino - ein "Disneyland der Liebe"
Creators: name: Schneider, Alexandra
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2016

description: "Switzerland in Hindi Mainstream Cinema - a Disneyland of Love" explores the aesthetic, narrative and social relevance of Switzerland as a location in contemporary Hindi Mainstream Cinema. By giving a short overview of the history of non-Indian locations in Hindi films and discussing the most salient aesthetic and narrative devices for including "exotic" locales, the article maps out the different modes of representing Swiss landscapes from tourist destination to an imaginary landscape of love. Extending her approach beyond the cinema, the author discusses the use of Swiss landscapes in Hindi films in relation to popular visual culture in India in general and to a tradition of composite or collage images in particular, a tradition that has clearly influenced the aesthetics of contemporary popular cinema.
description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 36 Nr. 3-4 (2005): Internationales Asienforum
Biodegradation of polyurethane polymer using endophytic fungi isolated from nepenthes ampullaria in Sarawak
Creators: name: Bong, Shirley Wuan Lii
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Electrical and electronic wastes that comprise of discarded computers and mobile phones are found abundantly due to their short lifespan. The chemical composition of these wastes contains potential harmful contaminants. However, most of these wastes are often disposed in landfills. Effective recovery technology causes minimal impact to the environment but it is expensive. In some poor countries, wastes are burned or dissolved in strong acids that cause leaching of contaminants into the rivers. Food chains are affected and human health be threaten due to exposure to contaminants through drinking, food, and smoke. Proper management of the wastes are thus, essential to combat the developing problems. Bioremediation is a green approach that is helpful to minimize environmental pollution associated with E-waste. In this thesis, we explored the potential of endophytic fungi from Nepenthes ampullaria (pitcher plant, collected in the Mentawai Jungle, Sarawak) for bioremediation purposes of the plastic component in E-waste, polyurethane (PUR) polymers. A number of isolates are able to degrade polyurethane in solid medium efficiently. Three isolates can grow and survive by utilising polyurethane with minimal nutrients for their growth. Enzymatic activity was also detected when tested using p-nitrophenol acetate as the substrate. The isolates were identified using ITS1 and 4 and were closely related to the genus Pestalotiopsis. Proteins of untreated and treated fungi with polyurethane were analyzed by 2-dimensional electrophoresis. Analyses of the 2-dimensional electrophoresis profile revealed changes in the abundance of proteins when treated with polyurethane. This study is to our knowledge the first on endophytes isolated from Nepenthes ampullaria that can degrade PUR, and also their proteomes. Hopefully, results obtained from this study can in future help to reduce polyurethane wastes.
The meaning(s) of climate change: exploring narrative and social practice in the quest for transformation
Creators: name: Westerhoff, Lisa
name: Robinson, John
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2013

description: How does the issue of climate change come to resonate or hold meaning for different individuals or constituencies? How do different communities decide on ways to address climate change, and what kinds of initiatives hold promise for improving agency and engagement with the climate issue? In this paper, we present a conceptual approach based in narrative and social practice theories to contribute an answer to these questions by exploring how individuals and groups conceptualise, feel and act on climate change. The study of narratives has provided a means of untangling the hidden meanings, assumptions and power dynamics that lie behind the stories we tell and the decisions we make on climate change, as well as a tool for communicating climate change information. A third approach to narrative offers a way to engage people in conversation about climate change, creating the opportunity to explore its various meanings and reimagine the options available for its resolution. Coupled with a social practice lens, these meanings can be understood as situated within the structures, institutions and routines that comprise our world, with implications for the broader transformation of our socio-technical systems. After two decades of insufficient action on climate change, an understanding of how support for and action on climate change is generated through such initiatives is key to effecting a broader transformation towards a low-carbon, resilient society.
"Hinduistisches Zürich: Eine Entdeckungsreise". Bericht zur gleichnamigen Ausstellung im Stadthaus Zürich, 22.10.04 - 28.2.05
Creators: name: Beltz, Johannes
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2016

description: Hindus in Switzerland are of diverse backgrounds; they belong to different communities and join different associations. It is this diversity which made the exhibition exciting as well as challenging. The visitors could explore how Hindus define themselves far away from their former homeland, be it India, Indonesia or Nepal. Through personal statements, interviews and photographic portraits the exhibition articulated expressions of religious identities focusing on the "Hindu Way of Life" as practiced in Zurich, all in all a colourful panorama. In this article the curator of the exhibition explores its methodological and theoretical ramifications and explains the importance of including "all sorts" of Hindus. Finally, the more general question of religious plurality and pluralism in Europe and the role of museums within this debate is discussed.
description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 36 Nr. 3-4 (2005): Internationales Asienforum
Yoga, Krishna, Hindu-Tempel. Hinduismus in der Schweiz
Creators: name: Baumann, Martin
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2016

description: In Switzerland of the early 21st century Hinduism is a minority religion with some 50 000 adherents. The article distinguishes three main currents or groups among the various Hindu traditions represented in Switzerland. First, interest in Yoga has the longest history, dating back to literary interest in the early 20th century, which was followed by the establishment of first schools of yoga practice during the 1950s. The 1960s and 1970s saw the flourishing of Neohindu groups and movements such as the Hare Krishna community or Transcendental Meditation; the number of adherents showed a decline in the 1990s, however. Currently, skilled workers and refugees from South Asia constitute the third and numerically strongest presence of Hinduism in Switzerland. Hindus from India have established no temple so far, whereas Tamil Hindus from Sri Lanka have built some 17 temples since the 1990s. The article closes with an analysis of the image and the place of Hinduism in Swiss society.
description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 36 Nr. 3-4 (2005): Internationales Asienforum
Royal Łazienki (Baths) in the art of Zygmunt Vogel
Creators: name: Szendi, Anna
Publisher: name: Faculty of Architecture, Wrocław University of Technology, Wrocław
Year: 2014
Subjects: landscape gardens, iconography, Royal Łazienki, Zygmunt Vogel

description: ARCHITECTUS; ISSN 1429-7507
RICHARD MADSEN: China's Catholics. Tragedy and Hope in an Emerging Civil Society ; DAVID AIKMAN: Jesus in Beijing. How Christianity is Transforming China and Changing the Global Balance of Power ; ROBERT CUMMINGS NEVILLE: Boston Confucianism. Portable Traditiion in the Late-Modern World
Creators: name: Grund, Sabine
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2016

description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 36 Nr. 1-2 (2005): Internationales Asienforum
ANTJE MISSBACH: Freiheitskämpfer oder Geschäftemacher? Der bewaffnete Kampf der Gerakan Aceh Merdeka (GAM) unter Berücksichtigung klassischer und neuer Guerillatheorien
Creators: name: Ziegenhain, Patrick
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2016

description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 36 Nr. 1-2 (2005): Internationales Asienforum
title: Комплексный контроль в физической культуре
Creators: name: ELS IPR BOOKS
Publisher: name: Профобразование, Ай Пи Ар Медиа
Year: 2024

description: Учебное пособие посвящено вопросам медико-педагогического наблюдения за юными спортсменами. Освещены методы оценки физического и функционального состояния, методологии проведения обследования и организации занятий физической культурой. Подготовлено с учетом требований Федерального государственного образовательного стандарта среднего профессионального образования. Учебное пособие предназначено для студентов, обучающихся по укрупненной группе специальностей «Физическая культура и спорт» для изучения дисциплин «Спортивная медицина», «Возрастная анатомия, физиология и гигиена».
Probing unitary Fermi gases locally with Bragg spectroscopy
Creators: name: Lingham, Marcus
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Gases of lithium atoms are trapped and cooled to 30 billionths of a degree above absolute zero using laser cooling techniques. The nature of the gas is now described by quantum mechanics and highly dependent on the interactions between particles. Of particular interest is the behaviour of the gas when atomic collisions are resonantly enhanced, as this may provide insight into outstanding problems in high-energy, nuclear and condensed matter physics. This research observed the formation of a pair-condensate in a resonantly interacting gas using Bragg spectroscopy and showed that it occurs simultaneously with the phase transition to a superfluid.
A cross-sectional observational study of unmet health needs among homeless and vulnerably housed adults in three Canadian cities
Creators: name: Argintaru, Niran
name: Chambers, Catharine
name: Gogosis, Evie
name: Farrell, Susan
name: Palepu, Anita
name: Klodawsky, Fran
name: Hwang, Stephen W
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2016

description: Background: Homeless persons experience a high burden of health problems; yet, they face significant barriers in accessing health care. Less is known about unmet needs for care among vulnerably housed persons who live in poor-quality or temporary housing and are at high risk of becoming homeless. The objectives of this study were to examine the prevalence of and factors associated with unmet needs for health care in a population-based sample of homeless and vulnerably housed adults in three major cities within a universal health insurance system. Methods: Participants were recruited at shelters, meal programs, community health centers, drop-in centers, rooming houses, and single room occupancy hotels in Vancouver, Toronto, and Ottawa, Canada, throughout 2009. Baseline interviews elicited demographic characteristics, health status, and barriers to health care. Logistic regression was used to identify factors associated with self-reported unmet needs for health care in the past 12 months. Results: Of the 1,181 participants included in the analysis, 445 (37%) reported unmet needs. In adjusted analyses, factors associated with a greater odds of reporting unmet needs were having employment in the past 12 months (AOR = 1.40, 95% CI = 1.03–1.91) and having ≥3 chronic health conditions (AOR = 2.17, 95% CI = 1.24–3.79). Having higher health-related quality of life (AOR = 0.21, 95% CI = 0.09–0.53), improved mental (AOR = 0.97, 95% CI = 0.96–0.98) or physical health (AOR = 0.98, 95% CI = 0.96–0.99), and having a primary care provider (AOR = 0.63, 95% CI = 0.46–0.85) decreased the odds of reporting unmet needs. Conclusions: Homeless and vulnerably housed adults have a similar likelihood of experiencing unmet health care needs. Strategies to improve access to primary care and reduce barriers to accessing care in these populations are needed.
Art of smithery in architecture – the northern gate to the hydroelectric Power Station II located in Wrocław as an example of integration of arts
Creators: name: Machometa, Izabela
Publisher: name: Faculty of Architecture, Wrocław University of Technology, Wrocław
Year: 2014
Subjects: art of smithery, decorative metalwork, Jaroslav Vonka, the north gate to the hydroelectric power station in Wrocław, modernist architecture

description: ARCHITECTUS; ISSN 1429-7507
title: Основы радиационной безопасности. Радиационная экология
Creators: name: ELS IPR BOOKS
Publisher: name: Профобразование, Ай Пи Ар Медиа
Year: 2024

description: Учебное пособие рассматривает основные понятия радиоэкологии, космическое излучение, радиационный фон Земли, естественные нуклиды и аномальные зоны. Описан антропогенный радиационный фон, аномальные антропогенные территории повышенной радиоактивности. Показано воздействие ионизирующего излучения, радиации на животных, растения и микроорганизмы. Подготовлено с учетом требований Федерального государственного образовательного стандарта среднего профессионального образования. Учебное пособие предназначено для студентов всех профессий и специальностей, изучающих дисциплины «Основы радиационной безопасности», «Безопасность жизнедеятельности», а также будет полезно всем читателям, интересующимся данной темой.
MICHEL JACQ-HERGOUALC'H: The Malay Peninsula. Crossroads of the Maritime Silk Road (100 BC-1300 AD) ; HIRAM WOODWARD: The Art and Architecture of Thailand. From Prehistoric Times Through the Thirteenth Century
Creators: name: Frasch, Tilman
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2016

description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 36 Nr. 1-2 (2005): Internationales Asienforum
การบังคับใช้กฎหมายควบคุมการบริโภคยาสูบและเครื่องดื่มแอลกอฮอล์ในเขตปริมณฑลกรุงเทพมหานคร ปี 2553-2554
Creators: name: ปานทิพย์ โชติเบญจมาภรณ์
Publisher: name: กองแผนงาน
Year: 2555
Subjects: การบังคับใช้กฎหมาย การบริโภคยาสูบและเครื่องดื่มแอลกอฮอล์

description: วารสารควบคุมโรค, 38, 3, 167-176
AMIT DAS GUPTA: Handel, Hilfe, Hallstein-Doktrin. Die deutsche Südasienpolitik unter Adenauer und Erhard 1949-1966
Creators: name: Geyer, Robby
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2016

description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 36 Nr. 1-2 (2005): Internationales Asienforum
การประเมินความสัมพันธ์ของภาวะสุขภาพกับปริมาณสารทำละลายอินทรีย์ในเลือดของพนักงานโรงงานประดิษฐ์หัตถกรรมพื้นบ้านในจังหวัดเชียงใหม่
Creators: name: เจียรนัย ขันติพงศ์
Publisher: name: กองแผนงาน
Year: 2555
Subjects: สารทำละลายอินทรีย์ ภาวะสุขภาพ พนักงานโรงงานหัตถกรรมพื้นบ้าน

description: วารสารควบคุมโรค, 38, 3, 177-183
title: Основы эпидемиологии. Эпидемиологические показатели здоровья населения
Creators: name: ELS IPR BOOKS
Publisher: name: Профобразование, Ай Пи Ар Медиа
Year: 2024

description: Учебное пособие рассматривает основные показатели здоровья населения, используемые в эколого-эпидемиологических исследованиях, критерии отнесения наблюдаемых лиц к «экспонированным» и «больным». Описаны случайные и систематические ошибки, определение необходимого числа наблюдений, мешающие факторы. Показаны методы проведения эпидемиологических исследований. Подготовлено с учетом требований Федерального государственного образовательного стандарта среднего профессионального образования. Предназначено для студентов среднего профессионального образования медицинских специальностей, изучающих дисциплины «Основы эпидемиологии», «Основы эпидемиологии и инфекционной безопасности», «Основы микробиологии и иммунологии».
The socio-technical sustainability of shelter systems and hardware in remote indigenous Australian communities
Creators: name: Seemann, Kurt Walter
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This study examines the sustainability of introduced shelter systems and hardware in remote indigenous Australian communities. European colonisation has substantially influenced the lifestyles of indigenous Australians through introduced technologies, training and development policies. Previous studies have focused on specialist approaches in health, economics and education. Little Australian research exists which integrates the underlying social, technical and contextual factors affecting the sustainability of introduced technologies. This study examines the thesis that to improve the sustainability of introduced technologies there is a need to develop a holistic understanding of technological activity. It will be argued that this holistic understanding begins with developing knowledge of how the above-mentioned factors singularly and collectively influence the capacity of communities to manage introduced technologies. Cross-discipline research in small and remote settlements has been constrained by a dearth of appropriate theoretical frameworks. This thesis develops and proposes a framework that integrates selective aspects of ekistic classification theory with socio-technical systems theory. The model emphasises research at the level of community functions. It defines these functions as socio-technical systems that are influenced by their greater settlement environment. The integrated framework of this study helped to identify new knowledge and data patterns while also confirming existing knowledge of shelter and training in indigenous Australian communities. Most communities struggled to learn from their technology choice and maintenance experiences. Many indigenous Australians adopted incompatible social organization patterns to that needed to sustain introduced technologies. These communities were organisationally and technically ill-equipped/poorly supported to manage their shelter systems and hardware. Several communities had difficulty reconciling traditional social organisation with introduced shelter management needs and vocational training policies. Many communities were attempting to function substantially below their critical minimum of occupational skills. As a result of the research it was recommended that communities and government develop principles of indigenous technological empowerment. These principles included a greater emphasis on skills development in technacy (holistic technological problem solving) and organisational (project) management as well as processes that foster innovations and local innovators rather than perpetuating specialist technical skills training alone. A case was found for government to develop policies and programs that supported local independent technology services similar to those in community health and education.
Die 11. nationalen Wahlen in Malaysia. Semi-kompetitive Wahlen, Konfliktlinien und Demokratisierungsblockaden
Creators: name: Ufen, Andreas
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2016

description: At the beginning of this article, the basic patterns of the Malaysian political party system are outlined with reference to the cleavage model of Lipset and Rokkan. The three most important lines dividing the largely ethnically based political parties are those between secularism and political Islam, moderate Islam and Islamism, and reformers and status quo forces. The main part of the paper then focuses on the national elections of March 2004 which are conceptualized as semi-competitive. Here, the major political developments and issues prior to the polls are described as well as party platforms, coalition building, campaigning, the legal framework and, finally, the results at federal and state level. The analysis helps to elucidate the basic mechanisms of the semi-democratic system as a whole. Finally, the peculiar overlapping and crosscutting of cleavages as mirrored in the party system is shown to be the main reason for the blocking of political reforms in Malaysia.
description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 36 Nr. 1-2 (2005): Internationales Asienforum
Der Gottesstaat an der Ostküste: Blockaden des Islamismus in Malaysia
Creators: name: Stark, Jan
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2016

description: The Islamic opposition in Malaysia, notably the Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS) aims to establish an Islamic state. Political competition with the ruling National Front has however started a process in which not the politically feasible but the projections of a frequently utopian model of an Islamic state have taken center stage. These models cannot be implemented because they fail to recognize the constitutional and social realities of the multi-ethnic Malaysian state. Thus PAS' attempt to establish an Islamic state in the two Malaysian eastcoast states of Kelantan and Terengganu is not the continuation of "post-IsIamism", rather it presents the limitations of political Islam. The defeat of PAS during the federal elections in March 2004 again illustrates that PAS' appeal does not go beyond the narrow confines of political protest as long as the party continues to out-manoeuvre itself in its race for the "better Islam" against its competitor, UMNO.
description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 36 Nr. 1-2 (2005): Internationales Asienforum
Auf dem Weg zur Weltmacht? Des Kaisers Admiral: Otto von Diederichs zwischen Pazifik und Atlantik
Creators: name: Schult, Volker
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2016

description: The years around 1900 were crucial for Germany's "new course" towards "world politics". Opportuntties arose in China and the Philippines to finally establish Germany as a world power. The Kaiser's man on the spot in the Far East, Vice-Admiral Otto von Diederichs was responsible for the acquisition of Kiaochow in North China and in the summer of 1898 he even confronted the United States of America in the Philippines. But soon the limits of "world politics" became evident. Contacts with Philippine revolutionaries came to nothing. After the threat of a belligerent conflict with the United States, Germany backed down and the United States took possession of the Philippines. After these experiences, von Diederichs, as newly appointed Chief of the Admiralty Staff, developed plans for naval operations against the other great powers, including the United States. Bold plans of invading America's east coast and of shelling New York City were designed. But the balance of power in Europe altered to Germany's disadvantage and in the end she had to give up such plans. Germany's drive for world power was shattered even before the catastrophe of World War I.
description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 36 Nr. 1-2 (2005): Internationales Asienforum
Quantifying the Relative Contributions of Forest Change and Climatic Variability to Hydrology in Large Watersheds: A Critical Review of Research Methods
Creators: name: Wei, Xiaohua
name: Liu, Wenfei
name: Zhou, Peicong
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: Forest change and climatic variability are two major drivers for influencing change in watershed hydrology in forest–dominated watersheds. Quantifying their relative contributions is important to fully understand their individual effects. This review paper summarizes the progress on quantifying the relative contributions of forest or land cover change and climatic variability to hydrology in large watersheds using available case studies. It compared pros and cons of various research methods, identified research challenges and proposed future research priorities. Our synthesis shows that the relative hydrological effects of forest changes and climatic variability are largely dependent on their own change magnitudes and watershed characteristics. In some severely disturbed watersheds, impacts of forest changes or land use changes can be as important as those from climatic variability. This paper provides a brief review on eight selected research methods for this type of research. Because each method or technique has its own strengths and weaknesses, combining two or more methods is a more robust approach than using any single method alone. Future research priorities include conducting more case studies, refining research methods, and considering mechanism-based research using landscape ecology and geochemistry approaches.