cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Mediation and Task-Based Language Learning (TBLL)
Creators: name: Mayr, Gisela
Publisher: name: Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia
Year: 2020

description:

The present qualitative case study analyses the development of mediation strategies in English TBLL classes. Particular relevance is given to mediation strategies enhanced by cooperative learning and social interaction in the classroom: among these the ability to manage discourse, to work cooperatively and to help structure discourse and turn-taking in order to grant active participation of all members are highlighted. TBLL promotes autonomous learning and problem solving processes, as students interact and negotiate meanings as well as contents to complete tasks and produce an outcome. It is in this pedagogical context that mediation strategies are activated on different levels and support learners in the attempt to handle challenging linguistic and content-related situations. The study was carried out in a third class of a secondary school and 22 students between 15 and 16 years took part in the data collection. English TBLL modules were inserted in curricular English classes and audio-and video registrations were made during the lessons. A discourse analytical approach was applied for the analysis of the audio and video registration, in particular of the negotiating process, and semi-structured interviews were carried out with 5 students at the end of the project.

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The relationship of prenatal maternal depression or anxiety to maternal caregiving behavior and infant behavior self-regulation during infant heel lance: an ethological time-based study of behavior
Creators: name: Warnock, Fay F
name: Craig, Kenneth D
name: Bakeman, Roger
name: Castral, Thaila
name: Mirlashari, Jila
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2017

description: Background: Sensitive and responsive maternal caregiving behavior strengthens infant self-regulatory capacities (HL), but this regulatory role may be diminished in some mothers with second-trimester prenatal exposure to depression and/ or anxiety (MDA). This study examined maternal and infant behavior during infant heel lance (HL) when mothers had or did not have MDA. Ethological methods and micro-analytic approaches capable of distinguishing and comparing time-based patterning in maternal and infant behavior were used to clarify biological mechanisms, such as MDA, that may underlie observed behavior. Aims were to examine group differences in caregiving behavior between mothers with and without MDA 5 min Pre-HL and 5 min Post-H, and relationships between MDA, maternal caregiving behavior and infant pain behavior self-regulation, concurrently. Methods: At second trimester, mothers were assessed for symptoms of mild-severe depression or anxiety. Mothers whose scores exceeded predetermined cut-off scores on one or more of the mental health measures were allocated to the MDA-exposure group, those below to the non-MDA-exposure group. Reliable observers, blinded to MDA status and study phases, coded video records of the caregiving behavior of each study mother for the full duration of the 5 min Pre-HL and 5 min Post-HL study phases. Group differences and associations between mean measures of maternal mental health scores, time-based measures of maternal behavior, and time-based measures of infant pain behavior regulation (previously coded) were concurrently analyzed using comparative and correlational statistics. Results: MDA-exposed mothers spent significantly more time not embracing, engaging or responding to infant cues than maternal controls Pre-HL and Post-HL. MDA was associated with atypical maternal caregiving behavior, which in turn was related to atypical infant pain behavior self-regulation during and after the HL. Conclusion: Our findings have implication for practice. We recommend inclusion of mothers with MDA and their infants in interventions that strengthen the early mother-infant interaction and mother’s regulatory caregiving role. MDA and maternal caregiving behavior must be considered in future infant pain studies to examine if they confound effectiveness of mother driven caregiving interventions for neonatal pain. We highlight the importance of examining maternal mental health throughout the perinatal and postnatal trajectory, and particularly the newborn period.
Post Traumatic Growth, Resilience, and Sensemaking in Adults who have experienced Childhood Adversity and Trauma
Creators: name: Belcher, Christopher Anthony
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2024

description: Research indicates that there is a significant association between trauma in childhood and negative psychological outcomes in adulthood. This thesis aimed to investigate the role of individual types of childhood trauma in the development of negative and positive mental and physical health outcomes in adulthood. This thesis consists of four empirical studies utilising both quantitative and qualitative methods. Study one used a cross sectional quantitative approach and investigated the effects of the individual types of trauma as defined by the CTQ28 childhood trauma questionnaire on physical wellbeing, as well as the psychological aspects of anxiety, depression, negative affectivity, and social inhibition. The results demonstrate no significant effect on physical outcomes in adulthood, however, emotional neglect and abuse were the greatest predictors for psychological outcomes. Study two was a qualitative study to investigate how adults who had experienced childhood trauma made sense of their experiences in adulthood. Thematic analysis identified main themes relating to resilience, self-identity, and social interaction. The transcending theme identified was adaptation and posttraumatic growth, with the overarching theme of the qualitative study being a continuous rescripting in adulthood for those that had experienced childhood trauma. Study three used a cross sectional quantitative design and examined the relationship between childhood trauma and resilience, altruism, post traumatic growth, and self-esteem. The results showed that emotional abuse and neglect in childhood was related to higher resilience and posttraumatic growth in adulthood. Study four used an experimental design to assess the relative impact of short-term positive psychology interventions on anxiety, current mood, positive affect, and negative affect and whether this varied according to childhood trauma. The study demonstrated that there was little effect of these interventions across all trauma types. Overall, this thesis shows there is a significant difference between individual types of childhood trauma, and both positive and negative outcomes in adulthood.
Intuitive analysis: An investigation of Dual Process dynamics for resource allocation decisions in a small business context
Creators: name: Hawkins, Nicolas Paul
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2024

description: Research was carried out to investigate the dynamic relationship between Dual Process Theory’s two categories of Intuitive (Type 1) and Analytic (Type 2) processing. A Structured Observational methodology was applied, in two studies with a total of thirty-nine participants, involving a simulation of a real-world decision for a small business owner needing to select from a list of investment options in order to expand their business. Using protocol analysis, with participants thinking aloud as they performed the decision-making exercise, verbal data was gathered. Template analysis was used to create a typology of Tasks and Subtasks representing the activities and processes used. The data was then examined using a logical sequence starting with a meta-decision relating to method, followed by information gathering, option generation, evaluation and selection of options, and finally acting upon the selection/s made. Gaps in the explicit process observed were deemed to imply that these Tasks were carried out implicitly. This assumption was supported by post-exercise interviews, where participants answered questions relating to their activities. Data were compared to key characteristics of four extant dynamic models of DPT. None were seen to be a complete fit, and a new model was proposed in order to develop these theories and better align with the data. This new model, named Default-Supplementary, suggests that Type 1 processing is used by default, with Type 2 triggered as needed based on a wide range of factors – triggering being a Type 1 activity. Type 2 processing is not independent of Type 1, as it cannot be “turned off”, and the two processing types influence each other until a response is generated. Recent research into dispersed neurological networks was used to develop potential mechanisms and architecture for the DS model.
Pluralism in Contemporary Classical Finnish Music
Creators: name: Kilworth, Thomas S
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2023

description: This PhD submission is comprised of a portfolio of seven works, a commentary on these works, and a critical essay focused on the music of Esa-Pekka Salonen with an overview of Finnish Contemporary Classical Music as context. This music has had perhaps the greatest impact on my compositional practice during the PhD course. My own scores are provided as separate documents.
Interaction between polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons at the metabolism level in hepatic slices and physiologically-based pharmacokinetic model.
Creators: name: TALSTAYA, ANZHALIKA
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2020

description: The current risk assessment of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon mixtures is inadequate. The genotoxicity of a PAH-mixture cannot be assumed to be a sum of individual compounds, as interactions are likely to occur. Therefore, a battery of tests was developed employing an in-vitro and in-silico physiologicallybased pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modelling to monitor such interactions at the metabolism level.
description: Precision-cut rat liver slices incubated with binary mixtures of soil PAHs were assessed for their ability to modulate the activity of bioactivating/detoxifying
description: enzymes. In addition, non-carcinogenic PAHs were investigated, as these binary mixtures have been reported to potentiate tumour formation in mice. Binary mixtures of PAHs in combination with benzo(a)pyrene showed to synergistically modulate CYP1A1 activity, even those that do not individually induce this enzyme; while some inducers such as benz(a)anthracene and dibenzo(a,l)pyrene displayed antagonism. None of the individual PAHs investigated enhanced CYP3A activity. A similar observation was noted for microsomal-epoxide hydrolase. UDP-glucuronosyltransferase was induced by almost all individual PAHs, while binary mixtures had a varied impact on its modulation. Co-incubation of PAHs with B(a)P had no impact on glutathione-S-transferase, while quinolone-oxidoreductase-1 was significantly antagonised by several PAHs.
description: Interaction with the Ah-receptor was investigated as a potential underlying mechanism of the observed PAH-interactions employing H1L75c3 mouse hepatoma cells. Most mixtures appeared to regulate the receptor antagonistically. While some degree of correlation was noted between the receptor affinity, CYP1A1, and quinolone-oxidoreductase-1 activities for individual PAHs, no such relationship was observed for mixtures.
description: The human PBPK model was also used to investigate PAH interactions at the CYP1A1 activity-level using GastroPlus. Concurrent oral exposure to benzo(a)pyrene and benz(a)anthracene displayed antagonism, thus confirming the experimental observations. The identified set of biomarkers, namely CYP1A1, quinolone-oxidoreductase-1, and UDP-glucuronosyltransferase, along with Ah-receptor can be used in PAH-mixture risk assessment; and should further be incorporated into the interaction-PBPK model to build a complete bioactivation/detoxification prediction model.
Hashgraph: Modelling and Review
Creators: name: BECH, JOHNNI
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2021

description: Blockchain technologies are becoming more and more attractive to companies, withnew versions or implementations being announced or implemented on a regular basis.Some of the technologies make bold claims, with others appearing to be identical toprevious implementations, just with another name, no doubt in the hopes that it willgive the creators some financial advantage. One of these new technologies is Hash-graph. Hashgraph hopes to revolutionize blockchain as we know it, by implementinga secure system that is hundreds or even thousands of times faster than some of thecurrent technologies. Claims of revolution and secure transfer of data at speeds thathave previously been impossible to reach have made the technology quite interesting toresearchers and this report goes in depth to determine if Hashgraph is able to performas it claims.To understand Hashgraph, we have to understand the technologies that led to its cre-ation. This thesis outlines an overview of the current theory behind blockchains, suchas the proof of work or proof of stake and Byzantine Generals problem, as well as thetechnologies and what led to their creation. It will also review some of the leadingtechnologies in the current market, such as Bitcoin and Ethereum.The thesis also contains a thorough overview of Hashgraph, detailing each of the con-cepts that have been included to make it work as the creators have intended. Thealgorithms provided by the creators have been implemented into ProB, so an analy-sis of the technology can be verified. Proving or disproving the validity of Hashgraphwould be an important first to determine if Hashgraph has any chance of success.Both the analysis in ProB and the interpretation of the documentation provided haveled to a number of questions regarding the feasibility of Hashgraph as well as someconcerns about its longevity in the market. Finally the report discusses potential areasof further research, that could do with a high level of scrutiny before Hashgraph is pushed fully into the mainstream.
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Creators: name: Wieczorek, Nina
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Nachrichten.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 28 Nr. 1 (2012): Gier nach Land: Land Grabbing in Südostasien
Die Uhr tickt: Landkonflikte in Malaysia
Creators: name: Göpel, Raphael
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Malaysia wächst: Wirtschaftlich und in der Infrastruktur, die immer moderner wird. Ressourcen werden abgebaut, Monokulturen angelegt, oft zum Nachteil dort lebender indigener Völker. Doch diese wehren sich immer mehr: Sie blockieren, demonstrieren und ziehen vor Gericht.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 28 Nr. 1 (2012): Gier nach Land: Land Grabbing in Südostasien
Errors in Italian as Second Language
Creators: name: Nitti, Paolo
name: Facchetti, Giulio
Publisher: name: Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia
Year: 2020

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This essay deals with a series of strategies that second or foreign language learners adopt in an effort to avoid making predictable errors. One of the most significant and least studied aspects in the academic field is the type of strategies that are put in place to make changes in the planning of the discourse, when the elements are not available to cope with the event, the communication need or when a speaker wants to change subject from a little-known conversational or textual sector. We intend to examine the concept of competence with respect to performance, the role and type of errors, ending up eliciting a taxonomy of interventions by learners, aimed at avoiding errors in oral and written production.

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Creators: name: Hesse, Lisa
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Nachrichten.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 28 Nr. 1 (2012): Gier nach Land: Land Grabbing in Südostasien
Welcome to the Golden Land: Ein Reisebericht
Creators: name: Frank, Florian
name: Gierke, Natalie
name: Tenberg, Esther
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Im Sommersemester 2011 fand in der Abteilung für Südostasienwissenschaft der Universität Bonn ein Seminar mit dem Titel »Zivilgesellschaft und Entwicklungsperspektiven in Burma/Myanmar statt«. Mit diesem Seminar nahm alles seinen Anfang.
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Development of an intelligent perception system for an automotive brake-by-wire system
Creators: name: Saric, Stephen
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This thesis considers the problem of estimating clamp force in an electro-mechanical brake (EMB) for an automotive brake-by-wire (BBW) system. A clamp force sensor is typically used in EMB designs and the elimination of this component is strongly demanded due to implementation difficulties and cost issues. The motivation behind this thesis is to make developmental inroads into the deficiencies provided by previous attempts to estimate clamp force. Previous attempts have deficiencies for high speed braking applications as well as handling thermally dependent parameter variations. A dynamic stiffness model to estimate clamp force is developed that relies on the actuator resolver sensor and two additional temperature sensors. Previous attempts to estimate clamp force have been stiffness based and have not been capable of successfully modelling parameter variations in response to heating. This thesis introduces new developments on how to model stiffness parameter variations under the influence of heating. Two temperature sensors are required to be employed in this new approach. These additional sensors will not have a considerable impact towards the cost savings created by omitting a clamp force sensor. A torque balance model to estimate clamp force is also developed that relies on the actuator resolver sensor and actuator motor current sensors. A training strategy is used for the dynamic stiffness and torque balance models to estimate clamp force so that wear dependent parameters can be adapted. The two independent models to estimate clamp force are fused using various sensor fusion algorithms to give improved estimates of clamp force. A maximum-likelihood estimator is used to optimize the root-mean-square error (RMSE) of estimation. This is followed by implementing a Kalman filter to estimate clamp force in an EMB. The dynamic stiffness model is used as the state space equation in the Kalman filter, whilst the torque balance model is used to give measurement updates. Experimental verification showed that the Kalman filter was more accurate than the maximum-likelihood estimator as expected, however the Kalman filter required more computational burden. A RMSE of 0.5 kN was attained for the Kalman filter and 0.56 kN for the maximum-likelihood estimator.
ASL-SLAM: Anasynchronous formulation of lines for SLAM with Event Sensors
Creators: name: Nong, Xiaoqi
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2023
Subjects: Event Camera
SLAM
Visual Odometry
Surface of Active Event

description: New bio-inspired sensors that measure brightness changes per-pixel have the potential to become
description: a novel solution to the pose estimation problem. The sensor generates a stream of events that
description: represent the position and the polarity of intensity change. This means that it can still work
description: well under the low light condition, even with unstable movement. Currently, event-based vision
description: sensors output compressed digital data in the form of events, reducing latency and having
description: higher temporal range than conventional image-based methods. These event-based cameras
description: encode visual information in an extremely efficient manner in terms of data reduction and energy
description: consumption. This is especially important in the field of localization, where responsiveness is
description: one of the most significant properties.

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description: In this thesis, we explore approaches to perform feature detection directly on the event stream
description: without intermediate event accumulation. Event flows are obtained to track lines. We introduce
description: ASL-SLAM, the first line-based SLAM system operating directly on asynchronous event streams.
description: This approach maximizes the advantages of the event information generated by a bio-inspired
description: sensor. We estimate the local Surface of Active Events (SAE) to get the space-time planes
description: associated with each incoming event in the event stream. Then the edges and their motion are
description: recovered by our line extraction algorithm. We show how the inclusion of event-based line
description: tracking significantly improves performance compared to state-of-the-art frame-based SLAM
description: systems. The approach is evaluated on publicly available datasets. The results show that our
description: approach is particularly practical with poorly textured frames. We also experimented with
description: challenging illumination situations, including low-light and high motion blur scenarios. We
description: show that our approach with an event-based camera has natural advantages and provides up
description: to 85% reduction in error when performing SLAM under these conditions compared to the
description: traditional approach.
B cell immunoglobulin repertoire of the domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus).
Creators: name: Mallaby, Jessica Eve
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2022

description: The development and diversification of B cells within the avian immune system is a complex system, that is essential in the protection against infection and disease. This process is comprised of three mechanisms: V(D)J gene rearrangement, gene conversion and somatic hypermutation. This thesis aimed to develop a deeper understanding of the impact of these diversification methods on the genetic diversity of the resulting immunoglobulin repertoire, with a particular focus on somatic gene conversion. Investigations into the mechanism of gene conversion highlighted its repetitive and biased nature, which in young birds results in the generation of a B cell immunoglobulin repertoire that is limited in genetic diversity when compared to that which is found in humans. The examination of B cells within the bursa of Fabricius at the single cell level found a heterogenous population of B cells at varying stages of differentiation, highlighting the potential for the bursa of Fabricius to enable terminal differentiation of avian B cells through antigen-induced diversification. Investigation of the genetic repertoire of B cells resulted in the discovery of allelic variants of IgY in several breeds of domestic chicken. Further examination of these variants discovered structural differences between variants with the potential to alter the conformation of the Fc antibody region. The data presented in this thesis contributes to the knowledge of the underlying diversification of avian B cell repertoire, as well as providing key insights for the development of avian vaccines and the development of IgY technology.
Development of nano-composite materials for low-temperature solid oxide fuel cells (LT-SOFCs)
Creators: name: CHOOLAEI, MOHAMMADMEHDI
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2021

description: Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) are efficient electrochemical devices, converting chemical
description: energy into electricity. However, the main drawback for the wide commercial use of SOFC
description: is its high operational temperature (around 750 ℃). Therefore, this research project mostly
description: focuses on developing new nanostructured electrode composites and low-temperature
description: fabrication techniques to further improve the performance of SOFCs at lower operating
description: temperatures. The first approach to reach lower operating temperatures for SOFCs was to
description: develop a novel, low-cost, efficient and environmentally friendly synthesis method to
description: improve the microstructural properties of both the electrolyte and anode materials. In this
description: regard, gadolinium doped ceria (GDC) nanocrystalline powders were synthesized through
description: a modified coprecipitation method using, for the first time, ammonium tartrate as an
description: environmentally friendly, inexpensive, and novel precursor. The developed synthesis
description: method was successfully applied for the synthesis of a range of anode composites,
description: including Ni-/GDC, Co/GDC, Co-Zn/GDC, Co/Cu-GDC, and Fe-Cu/GDC. A synergetic
description: effect was found among different constituents of the anode composites, where the strong
description: interaction between the well dispersed metal oxide nanocrystalline particles and the GDC
description: crystallite phase showed to shift the reduction temperature of the anode composites to lower
description: temperatures than those of bare anode constituents. Considering targeted objectives of
description: developing low temperature SOFCs (LT-SOCs), having a broad choice of material and
description: using metallic parts, avoiding high temperature fabrication processes was of great
description: importance in this project. With regards to the fabrication of anode supported SOFCs, all
description: synthesised anode and electrolyte powders illustrated a high sinteractivity, promoting the
description: densification of the GDC electrolyte film during the co-sintering process at considerably
description: low sintering temperatures (1100 ℃). The fabricated cells were evaluated using different
description: advanced electrochemical techniques, such as electrochemical impedance spectroscopy
description: (EIS), to evaluate mechanisms during different operating modes. Finally, the
description: electrochemical performance of the fabricated cells was studied under fuel cell operating
description: conditions.
Was glänzt da im Land der Goldenen Pagoden? Zu den aktuellen Entwicklungen in Burma
Creators: name: Schüssler, Sina
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Zeitenwende, Umbruch, Zeit des Erwachens, so werden die aktuellen Entwicklungen in Burma beschrieben. Dennoch, das ABER bleibt.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 28 Nr. 1 (2012): Gier nach Land: Land Grabbing in Südostasien
Wind/solar power trainer
Creators: name: Mackey, Dylan
name: McIntire, Theron
name: Van, Ray
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2017

description: A study was conducted to determine how to use the wind/solar power trainer and explore its
capabilities. Experimental tests were developed and performed to confirm the trainer's
functionality and gather data to develop future labs for TECH 351 (Thermodynamics & Heat
Transfer). Problems were discovered involving insufficient regional wind levels and the
nameplate power output of the turbine. After multiple tests the results still were not as expected
so the team concluded to downsize the system to keep the original scope and supply the customer
with valuable data. Recommendations were made for further development work.
Open Schools Journal for Open Science: Descobrir a Ciência Cidadã através da Ciência Aberta
Creators: name: Correia, Antónia
name: Príncipe, Pedro
name: Moura, Paula
name: Kypriotis, Eugenia
name: Pavlidou, Androniki
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: open science
citizen science

description: Poster presented in the 2nd National Meeting of Citizen Science, in Lisbon, Portugal in the 24th October 2019. The main objective was to present the Open Schools Journal for Open Science, the first European journal designed as a regular scientific journal that is both intended for students and is written by students.
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Creators: name: Stratmann, Dennis
name: Nguyen, Thi Thuy-An
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Nachrichten.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 28 Nr. 1 (2012): Gier nach Land: Land Grabbing in Südostasien
Exploring Sketch Traits for Democratising Sketch Based Image Retrieval
Creators: name: Sain, Aneeshan
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2024

description: Free-hand sketching, a mode of communication transcending age, nationality, and language barriers, has deep historical roots ingrained in human civilisation, which has become even easier now with the advent of touchscreen devices. Human expressivity conveyed via sketches, along with its ability to depict fine-grained details, encouraged numerous applications in vision tasks such as image retrieval, image-generation or editing, segmentation, etc. Thanks to sketch's ability of modelling fine-grained details of a human-query, and a large commercial potential, sketch-based image retrieval (SBIR) has flourished as one of the most research topics in sketch, which we address in this thesis.

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description: Despite the growing acceptance of SBIR, challenges like diverse amateur sketch-styles and limited sketch data persist. Addressing these issues, this thesis presents five contributions across two themes -- addressing traits of sketches, enhancing retrieval accuracy and overcoming obstacles for application in real-world scenarios.

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description: In our first theme, the first chapter addresses the ignored inherent hierarchical structure of sketches, proposing a cross-modal co-attention network that considers sketch-photo pairs at different abstraction levels. The second chapter tackles diversity in amateur styles, introducing a meta-learning-based variational auto-encoder network to disentangle style from semantics.

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description: Transitioning to the second theme, the third chapter tackles data scarcity in fine-grained SBIR, where a knowledge-distillation paradigm utilises unlabelled photos to enrich the cross-modal embedding space, and a novel training paradigm improves stability and performance. Focusing on real-world scenarios, the fourth chapter delves into zero-shot SBIR, employing a meta-learning-based test-time training paradigm to adapt models during inference and reduce train-test distribution gaps.

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description: The final chapter applies the CLIP foundation model for zero-shot SBIR. A prompt-learning setup is proposed to adapt CLIP, showcasing its potential in addressing data scarcity across diverse sketch-related tasks. The overarching message is the promise of foundation models in overcoming challenges related to data scarcity in various sketch applications.
Observation-based source functions for wave forecast models
Creators: name: Babanin, Alexander
name: Young, Ian R.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Forecast of wind-generated waves is of primary importance across a broad range of applications such as naval exercises, marine transport, navigation, ship traffic control, ship design, coastal and offshore industries, maritime safety issues, coastal storm warnings, pollution control and mitigation, fishing, recreational activities at sea, among many others. The forecast is routinely conducted by meteorological centres of every country adjacent to significant water bodies, based on spectral wave models. The models operate by estimating evolution of wave spectra caused by energy sources/sinks. Physics of two primary source/sink terms employed by the operational models, namely wavebreaking energy dissipation and wind-to-wave energy input have not been updated for decades. In the meantime, the new physics is available. For the first time under field conditions, in the course of ONR Lake George (Australia) project, estimates of the spectral distribution of the wave-breaking dissipation were obtained, and measurements of the wind input spectral function were conducted, including conditions of strong-to-extreme wind forcing. Corresponding outcomes were parameterised as source functions suitable for spectral wave models, and both exhibit a number of physical features presently not accounted for. The source terms were tested, calibrated and validated on the basis of a research thirdgeneration wave model. Physical constraints were imposed on the source functions in terms of the known experimental dependences for the total wind-wave momentum flux and for the ratio between the total input and total dissipation. Enforcing the constraints in the course of wavespectrum evolution allowed calibration of the free experimental parameters of the new input and dissipation functions. The approach allows separate calibration of the source functions, before they are employed in the evolution tests. The evolution simulations were then conducted. The resulting time-limited development of integral, spectral and directional wave properties, based on implementation of the new physically-justified source/sink terms and constraints, is then analysed. Good agreement of the simulated evolution with known experimental dependences is demonstrated.
Den Boden unter den Füssen verlieren …: Landraub in Kambodscha
Creators: name: Mundt, Jan-Peter
name: Müller, Susanne M.
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Das Jahr begann blutig in Phnom Penhs Gemeinde Borei Keila. Am 12. Januar 2012 standen vertriebene Bewohner zum wiederholten Mal der Militärpolizei und privaten Sicherheitskräften gegenüber. Die Grundstücke nahe dem Olympiastadion im Stadtzentrum sind seit vielen Jahren Teil eines der härtesten Landkonflikte in der Hauptstadt.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 28 Nr. 1 (2012): Gier nach Land: Land Grabbing in Südostasien
Additional file 5 of The MYB transcription factor CiMYB42 regulates limonoids biosynthesis in citrus
Creators: name: Zhang, Pan
name: Xiaofeng Liu
name: Xu, Xin
name: Fusheng Wang
name: Junhong Long
name: Wanxia Shen
name: Jiang, Dong
name: Xiaochun Zhao
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 5: Figure S4. The minimal AbA inhibitory concentration of the bait vector. (a) pAbAi-SQS; (b) pAbAi-OSC.
Ein Beispiel für »bad practice«: Landinvestitionen im Norden Kambodschas
Creators: name: Bues, Andrea
name: Von Oppeln, Constanze
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Eine aktuelle Studie der Welthungerhilfe zeigt auf, dass Kambodscha ein bezeichnendes Beispiel dafür ist, wie Landinvestitionen an der lokalen Bevölkerung vorbei geplant und letztendlich auf deren Rücken ausgetragen werden.
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Creators: name: Timmann, Anke
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Nachrichten.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 28 Nr. 1 (2012): Gier nach Land: Land Grabbing in Südostasien
Playing the Outsider: E. M. Forster, Class and Identity Politics
Creators: name: Attridge, John David
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2023

description: This thesis aims to utilise current discourses around identity politics to re-examine and re-evaluate the representation of class in the fiction of E. M. Forster – particularly of the working- and lower-class characters with whom the author seems to often identify.

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description: Often considered an outsider by his peers and biographers, Forster belonged firmly to the middle-classes of English society. He had the benefit of a Cambridge education, inherited £8000 from his great-aunt, travelled abroad many times and lived comfortably between multiple properties. As a result, his working- and lower-class characters have received a mixed reception: they are often faulted for their unconvincing dialect, and frequently dismissed as caricatures. Yet Forster was also shy and reserved among large groups of friends; is rarely thought of as a modernist innovator; and his homosexuality and longing for companionship put him in perpetual danger of criminal persecution.

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description: Today these notions of “otherness” are regularly defined in relation to social and academic debates around identity politics – in epistemological discussions centred around the value of “authentic voices” and “lived experiences” which have historically been side-lined or ignored by hegemonic social and cultural establishments. This thesis is therefore centred around the anxieties and tensions that emerge in the intersections between class, culture and “otherness” which up to this day define E. M. Forster as a somewhat peripheral figure. Through a detailed analysis of Forster’s novelistic output from 1905 up until the First World War, and by applying concepts borne out of identity politics (including the utilisation of “safe spaces” and a dissection of “culture wars”), I hope to illuminate how Forster’s status as an outsider figure is crucial to our understanding of his conceptions of working and lower-middle class lives, both throughout the Edwardian period, and within his fictional oeuvre.
Der große Kuchen: Land Grabbing und das Fehlen positiver Effekte auf die lokale Bevölkerung!?
Creators: name: Willner, Nadine
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: »Ich denke, natürliche Ressourcen sind begrenzt und ich muss sie mir holen, bevor sie verbraucht sind«, erklärt Doan Nguyen Duc; Firmenchef von HAGL freimütig.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 28 Nr. 1 (2012): Gier nach Land: Land Grabbing in Südostasien
Optimising Biodiversity Net Gain Outcomes for People and Nature
Creators: name: Martinez Cillero, Rocio
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2023

description: The introduction of the Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) policy in England provides an exciting opportunity for improving the environment for future generations. Indeed, this policy mandates development must achieve a measurable gain in biodiversity, hence potentially upturning the significant impacts on biodiversity consequence of urbanisation. However, this policy is not without shortcomings that may jeopardise its success.

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description: To effectively identify and categorise these potential shortcomings, the first part of this thesis interviews key policy stakeholders to find key regulatory and operational requirements that must be addressed for BNG to succeed. This study highlights the need of employing BNG strategies that maximise the benefits for both biodiversity and the local communities.

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description: The second part of this thesis contends that biodiversity benefits would be maximised if BNG contributes to enhancing the functional connectivity of the landscape, a key requirement for maintaining biodiversity. To this end, it proposes the use of a state-of-the-art connectivity algorithm to incorporate the restoration of functional connectivity as a BNG co-objective. Moreover, it demonstrates how the resulting outputs are a powerful tool to assess how BNG can contribute to reversing habitat fragmentation, and bridges the gap between academic and practitioner requirements by assessing the challenges that planning and environmental practitioners are likely to face when performing these analyses.

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description: Finally, the third part of this thesis focuses on incorporating people’s wellbeing as a co-objective of the BNG policy. Indeed, this may provide multiple benefits, such as an increased likelihood of BNG success and better decision-making. To address this challenge, this thesis presents a novel, place-based, wellbeing assessment methodology to help design BNG strategies that promote person-place connections, leading to wellbeing gains. Based on these findings, we propose broadening the scope of ecosystem restoration to include community-based place values to create successful community engagement, which would, in turn, benefit the long-term success of BNG interventions as well as enhance people’s wellbeing through an increased sense of place.

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description: All these novel approaches have been piloted in a real case-study, Blackwell Park, a planned development on the outskirts of Guildford (England).
Circulating Tumor Cells (CTC) and Cell-Free DNA (cfDNA) Workshop 2016: Scientific Opportunities and Logistics for Cancer Clinical Trial Incorporation
Creators: name: Lowes, Lori E.
name: Bratman, Scott V.
name: Dittamore, Ryan
name: Done, Susan
name: Kelley, Shana O.
name: Mai, Sabine
name: Morin, Ryan D.
name: Wyatt, Alexander
name: Allan, Alison L.
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: Despite the identification of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) and cell-free DNA (cfDNA) as potential blood-based biomarkers capable of providing prognostic and predictive information in cancer, they have not been incorporated into routine clinical practice. This resistance is due in part to technological limitations hampering CTC and cfDNA analysis, as well as a limited understanding of precisely how to interpret emergent biomarkers across various disease stages and tumor types. In recognition of these challenges, a group of researchers and clinicians focused on blood-based biomarker development met at the Canadian Cancer Trials Group (CCTG) Spring Meeting in Toronto, Canada on 29 April 2016 for a workshop discussing novel CTC/cfDNA technologies, interpretation of data obtained from CTCs versus cfDNA, challenges regarding disease evolution and heterogeneity, and logistical considerations for incorporation of CTCs/cfDNA into clinical trials, and ultimately into routine clinical use. The objectives of this workshop included discussion of the current barriers to clinical implementation and recent progress made in the field, as well as fueling meaningful collaborations and partnerships between researchers and clinicians. We anticipate that the considerations highlighted at this workshop will lead to advances in both basic and translational research and will ultimately impact patient management strategies and patient outcomes.
Developing Responsive Indicators of Indigenous Community Health
Creators: name: Donatuto, Jamie
name: Campbell, Larry
name: Gregory, Robin
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: How health is defined and assessed is a priority concern for Indigenous peoples due to considerable health risks faced from environmental impacts to homelands, and because what is “at risk” is often determined without their input or approval. Many health assessments by government agencies, industry, and researchers from outside the communities fail to include Indigenous definitions of health and omit basic methodological guidance on how to evaluate Indigenous health, thus compromising the quality and consistency of results. Native Coast Salish communities (Washington State, USA) developed and pilot-tested a set of Indigenous Health Indicators (IHI) that reflect non-physiological aspects of health (community connection, natural resources security, cultural use, education, self-determination, resilience) on a community scale, using constructed measures that allow for concerns and priorities to be clearly articulated without releasing proprietary knowledge. Based on initial results from pilot-tests of the IHI with the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community (Washington State, USA), we argue that incorporation of IHIs into health assessments will provide a more comprehensive understanding of Indigenous health concerns, and assist Indigenous peoples to control their own health evaluations.
Development of Testing Platforms to Study the Gelation Property of Antiperspirant Actives
Creators: name: Teerasumran, Paweenuch
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2024

description: Excessive sweat often leads to unpleasant body odour. Some individuals may be unaware of their own odour due to specific anosmia, causing embarrassment and diminished self-confidence. Topical antiperspirants reduce sweat by forming a gel-like barrier. However, research on the long-standing use of aluminium salts as antiperspirants is limited, mostly conducted in vivo, which can be costly, time-consuming, and, and may not accurately reflect individual experiences and outcomes.

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description: This Ph.D. research project is aimed to develop simple, animal-free platforms that mimic the small channel environment of human sweat ducts to assess antiperspirant effectiveness. Two common aluminium salts, Aluminium Chlorohydrate (ACH) and Activated Aluminium Sesquichlorohydrate (AASCH), were studied using three methods: bulk solution interaction, Franz diffusion cells, and sweat permeability experiments. These methods are used to evaluate factors affecting gel-plug formation, the elemental composition of the gel formed, and the gel’s ability to reduce the flow of the sweat solution.

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description: Key findings of this PhD research project revealed three factors influencing gel formation: active species, concentration, and the presence of anionic species. Overall, these platforms enhance understanding of existing antiperspirant ingredients and offer cost-effective screening for potential new AP active ingredients, revolutionizing AP product evaluation.
Kollateralschäden: Landreform und Landverknappung in Laos
Creators: name: Tappe, Oliver
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Landnahmeprozesse werden bisweilen als notwendige Kollateralschäden auf dem Weg der Laotischen Demokratischen Volksrepublik in Richtung Marktwirtschaft und Fortschritt hingenommen.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 28 Nr. 1 (2012): Gier nach Land: Land Grabbing in Südostasien