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Alles eine Frage von Beziehungen ... Solidarität und Partnerschaft im Zeitalter der Globalisierung
Creators: name: Schmidt, Verena
name: Grabowski, Maike
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Das philippinenbüro ist 20 Jahre alt geworden! Reflexion und Zukunftsperspektiven über Solidaritätsbeziehungen waren das Thema des diesjährigen Seminars, dass in Partnerschaft mit der VEM durchgeführt wurde. Vom 23.–25. März 2007 trafen sich über 50 Aktive und Interessierte im Jugendgästehaus Bad Honnef.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 23 Nr. 2 (2007): Es geht heiß her! Klimawandel und Südostasien
Secret Origins: The evolving science of superheroes
Creators: name: Burke, Liam
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Following the record-breaking success of X-Men (Singer) in 2000 comic-book heroes began filling the cinematic skies. These films appealed to a wide audience by deftly blending cinematic conventions including the Western’s vigilante archetype, the crime movie’s milieu, and the heightened flourishes of the action film. One of the most potent elements in this generic mix was the science fiction film with cultural theorist Scott Bukatman going so far as to suggest that the “superhero film is surely a variant of the science-fiction film” (“Secret Identity Politics” 115). The superhero’s debt to science fiction goes back to their origin on the page. While antecedents exist, Superman is recognised as the earliest comic book superhero. For the character’s first appearance in Action Comics #1 (June 1938) writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster reworked the story of Moses to feature a stranger from a “distant planet” who becomes a “champion of the oppressed”. The early comic even offered “a scientific explanation of Clark Kent’s amazing strength” by suggesting his abilities were tantamount to that of an ant or a grasshopper.
First-principles based mechanistic understanding of CO2 utilisation reactions over advanced heterogeneous catalysts.
Creators: name: Guharoy, Utsab
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2020

description: It has become increasingly important to control carbon dioxide (CO¬2) emissions and at the same time generate fuel sources to meet the growing global energy consumption need. CO2 (dry) reforming of methane (DRM) is a viable process as it generates fuel (syngas) and utilises greenhouse (CH4 and CO2) gas at the same time. The success of this process relies on the development of suitable noble-metal free catalysts. First principle’s based computational methods, such as density functional theory (DFT), has become a powerful predictive tool for catalyst development in modern science. Therefore the main objective of this thesis work has been to investigate suitable catalysts using computational methods for gas–phase CO2 utilisation reactions. In this research work, DFT calculations provided us with the fundamental insights into the DRM mechanism over bimetallic Sn/ Ni (111) periodic model surfaces. This analysis showed that low Sn concentration on Ni surface effectively mitigates carbon formation without compromising the CO2 conversion and the syngas production, showcasing superior characteristics of the bimetallic catalyst towards carbon tolerance stability. Other heterogeneous catalysts such as Ni2P and MoP have also been studied in this thesis. Theoretical analysis of DRM reaction on the unexplored nickel phosphide Ni2P (0001) surface showcased suitable syngas production under DRM reaction temperatures with low carbon deposition formation on the surface. This was mainly attributed to a lower number of active sites available for carbon adsorption compared to oxygen on the Ni2P (0001) surface. DFT study on activation of CO2 and CO on MoP (0001) and Ni2P (0001) surfaces showcased selective CO production from CO2 to be possible on both the surfaces. Further, direct CO activation is favoured on the MoP (0001) surface. Surface bounded oxygen removal on Ni2P (0001) is reasonably favourable. Findings from this thesis work will be beneficial in developing more robust catalysts for gas phase CO2 utilisation reactions and could contribute to a better understanding of CO2 conversion processes, catalysts deactivation and thus helping to develop new families of powerful catalysts for a greener society
»Und plötzlich bist du Terrorist!« Eine internationale Untersuchung politischer Morde
Creators: name: Werning, Rainer
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Als ehemalige US-Kolonie führen die Philippinen im Marschschritt mit der Bush-Administration einen gnadenlosen »Kampf gegen den kommunistischen Terror« – dagegen regt sich nun auch verstärkt international Kritik.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 23 Nr. 2 (2007): Es geht heiß her! Klimawandel und Südostasien
Literary Initiation in the Occult Novels of Dion Fortune
Creators: name: VAN RAALTE, GEORGIA
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2022

description: Dion Fortune (1890-1946) was one of the most prolific British occult authors of the interwar period. This thesis will evaluate Fortune’s claim in her 1936 article ‘The Novels of Dion Fortune’ that her occult novels—The Winged Bull (1935), The Goat-Foot God (1936), The Sea Priestess (1938) and Moon Magic (published posthumously in 1956)—had an initiatory quality and that reading them, and meditating on their contents, could produce a lasting change in consciousness, which in turn could lead to lasting changes in an individual’s life. This thesis will argue that Fortune’s self-proclaimed initiatory novels both describe changes in consciousness and have the potential to cause them in the reader. Further, this thesis will explore the argument made across Fortune’s novels as well as her non-fiction that individual changes in consciousness would stimulate a larger movement, or evolution, of the ‘group-soul’ towards a consciousness befitting the Aquarian ‘New Age’.
description: A significant portion of the value of this thesis will be in rehabilitating a figure largely forgotten by both the fields of literature and of esotericism. In order to do this, this thesis proposes a framework for analysing initiatory fiction and the experience of fictional initiation. This thesis will thus present a new avenue for research and theoretical perspective on literary texts from the Occult Revival, on famed modernist texts, and on more contemporary occult fiction, presenting all of these as sites of occult praxis and initiatory transformation. It will illuminate the hidden, individual yet co-creative process of fictional initiation which lies behind the development of occultism, both in practice and in culture, from the nineteenth century to today. Further, it will reveal the way that the rejuvenating project of occult modernism continues to influence the development of new age spiritualities to this day.
D1.1 Organization of Project Kick-off meeting, including a Steering Committee and a General Assembly meeting
Creators: name: Petzold, Andreas
name: Asmi, Ari
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: ENVRI-FAIR
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meeting report

description: The report covers the project Kick-off meeting, held on 14 – 16 January 2019 at Hotel International in Prague, CZ. It also contains meetings of the Steering Committee and the General Assembly which have been organized and held on 16 January 2019.
An online mindfulness-based course for people living with HIV : a feasibility and acceptability study.
Creators: name: Nakasita, Shamim
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2020

description: Previous research has demonstrated the high prevalence of internalised stigma, depression and anxiety in people living with HIV. Mindfulness based interventions such as MBSR and MBCT have yielded positive findings for alleviating depression and anxiety in health populations. Online mindfulness-based approaches show equitable results when compared to face-to-face interventions, and can be considered as a way to bridge the gap for individuals living with HIV that may be hard to reach. The current study aimed to explore the feasibility and acceptability to recruit to a randomised control design for a 4-week online mindfulness-based course for people recently diagnosed with HIV. The study used a pre-post research design to assess the 4-week online mindfulness-based course. In the second phase semi-structured interviews took place with people living with HIV (N=8), to further understand feasibility and acceptability of the study. Fifteen participants showed an interest in the online mindfulness based intervention phase of the study. Four gave consent to participate, three dropped out, leaving one participant who was successfully recruited into the study. Reliable and clinically significant improvement was only demonstrated for negative repetitive thinking, at post-intervention and follow-up. Eight participants took part in the semi-structured interview, Thematic analysis demonstrated the following themes in relation to feasibility and acceptability Where I am in my HIV Journey Matters, Will it be Worthwhile? Trust is Key, Is it Accessible and Relatable to me, A human connection improves the online mindfulness experience. The study indicated that an online mindfulness-based course for people recently diagnosed with HIV was not feasible, due to recruitment difficulties. Future studies may benefit from implementing adaptations to the focus and recruitment when conducting research within this population, suggestions of these adaptations can be considered within the themes that emerged.
Privatisierte (Wahl-)Politik – Die synchronisierten Kongress- und Senatswahlen vom 14. Mai 2007
Creators: name: Bück, Philipp
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Die Wahlen in den Philippinen gelten weithin als Durcheinander von anachronistischer Stimmzählung, Regelverstößen, Einflussnahme und Gewalt - so liest man immer wieder. Hinter dem Durcheinander verbirgt sich jedoch ein hoch komplexes System von Wahlfälschung und politischer Gewalt.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 23 Nr. 2 (2007): Es geht heiß her! Klimawandel und Südostasien
Runter vom Holzweg – Auf der Insel Leyte setzt sich ein sauberer Pflanzenölkocher durch
Creators: name: Schlimm, Reinhold
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Wenn es Abend wird, zieht durch viele philippinischen Dörfer ein bläulicher Dunst, es duftet nach Gebratenem. Der Geruch der Holzfeuer verdichtet sich jedoch zu beißenden Schwaden, sobald man in manch eine Hütte eintritt; die Luft in der Küche ist zum Schneiden.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 23 Nr. 2 (2007): Es geht heiß her! Klimawandel und Südostasien
Fische(r) »ertrinken« im Klimachaos: Klima-Wandel und »Entwicklung« bedrohen philippinische Fischer
Creators: name: Pannenbecker, Antje
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: »Die bitteren Folgen des Klimawandels treffen in erster Linie die Entwicklungsländer und dort insbesondere Bauern, Viehhüter und Fischer, die sowieso schon am Rande des Existenzminimums stehen.« (Wolfgang Sachs)
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 23 Nr. 2 (2007): Es geht heiß her! Klimawandel und Südostasien
Alles wird gut! Biotreibstoffe und die philippinische Landfrage
Creators: name: Reese, Niklas
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Der jüngste Bericht des International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) hat Asien als eine der Regionen identifiziert, die am meisten von der Klimakatastrophe betroffen sein wird. Asien trägt aufgrund des Wirtschaftsbooms mittlerweile zu einem Viertel aller Treibhausgase weltweit bei, in den 1970ern waren es nur ein Zehntel.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 23 Nr. 2 (2007): Es geht heiß her! Klimawandel und Südostasien
Hitze, Hunger und Taifune – Wetterbedingte Schadensereignisse und ihre Auswirkungen auf die Philippinen
Creators: name: Harmeling, Sven
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Der Klimawandel, verursacht durch die globale Erwärmung, ist ein schleichendes Phänomen, das sich nur langsam in unserem alltäglichen Leben bemerkbar macht. Erst wenn sich extreme Ereignisse häufen, wenn einige Tierarten langsam aussterben oder die Küstenlinie sich verändert, erhärtet sich die Beweislage, dass wir uns inmitten einer klimatischen Krise befinden.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 23 Nr. 2 (2007): Es geht heiß her! Klimawandel und Südostasien
Business Model Innovation in the Global Travel Distribution Industry: A study of MNE Adaptation to Informal Institutions in Nigeria
Creators: name: Phillips, Toyosi Anthony Enitan
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2023
Subjects: BMI
Informal institutions
Emerging economies
MNEs
Local firms
GDS

description: Business Model Innovation (BMI) involves a company's exploration of new business strategies and techniques to create and capture value for stakeholders, devising innovative ways to generate profits and develop value propositions for consumers, partners, and suppliers. In emerging economies, business models often differ from those in developed economies due to variations in consumer behavior, contextual factors, and institutional norms. Consequently, multinational enterprises (MNEs) entering Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Nigeria, should not simply replicate their existing business models but rather adapt and incorporate innovative changes to their value creation and value capture processes to succeed in these markets.

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description: This research aims to examine how informal institutions, such as incentives, impact the BMI of MNEs when entering Sub-Saharan Africa. The study focuses on two advanced economy MNEs, Sabre and Amadeus, operating in the travel industry within Nigeria. Through semi-structured interviews with key employees, each with substantial experience in the travel industry, the research delves into how these MNEs have adapted and innovated within Nigeria's institutional environment.

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description: While previous studies have primarily concentrated on emerging economies in East Asia, such as China and India, this research offers a fresh perspective by exploring the use of incentives as an informal institution to foster relationships between MNEs and local firms in Nigeria. The study reveals that incentivization plays a significant motivational role for local firms, influencing their willingness to engage in business with foreign firms seeking success in their market. This investigation sheds light on the unique dynamics of the global distribution system (GDS) in the travel industry, highlighting how these MNEs have adjusted to Nigeria's institutional environment where the use of incentives is intrinsic.

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description: In conclusion, this research contributes to institutional theory by presenting insights into the influence of informal institutions, specifically incentivization, on MNEs' business model innovation in Sub-Saharan Africa. The findings underscore the importance of understanding and incorporating local practices and incentives when operating in diverse emerging markets, offering valuable guidance for MNEs seeking successful market entry and long-term growth.
description: Keywords: BMI, Informal institutions, Emerging economies, MNEs, Local firms, GDS.
TECNOLOGIAS DISRUPTIVAS E INTELIGÊNCIA ARTIFICIAL: IMPULSIONANDO A AGENDA DOS OBJETIVOS DE DESENVOLVIMENTO SUSTENTÁVEL (ODS)
Creators: name: Telma Regina Stroparo
name: Avaetê de Lunetta e Rodrigues Guerra
name: Elaine da Silva Cordeiro
name: Valéria Aparecida Lemos
name: Beatriz Bochniak
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: A intersecção entre tecnologias disruptivas, inteligência artificial (IA) e sustentabilidade tem sido reconhecida como uma força motriz significativa para impulsionar a agenda dos Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável (ODS). Neste sentido, o presente estudo tem como objetivo examinar como essas tecnologias emergentes estão contribuindo para avançar os ODS, identificando oportunidades, desafios e impactos associados à sustentabilidade. A metodologia adotada classifica-se em qualitativa e utiliza-se de revisão abrangente da literatura acadêmica e técnica. Os resultados apontam que as tecnologias disruptivas, como blockchain, Internet das Coisas (IoT) e computação em nuvem, juntamente com avanços em IA, têm o potencial de transformar radicalmente setores-chave, incluindo saúde, agricultura, energia e transporte, alinhando-os com os princípios dos ODS. No entanto, para além dos benefícios, identificam-se desafios significativos, como questões de privacidade de dados, equidade no acesso e viés algorítmico, que exigem abordagens cuidadosas e políticas sólidas para mitigação. Além disso, destaca-se a premente necessidade de colaboração entre governos, setor privado, organizações da sociedade civil e academia para garantir que essas tecnologias sejam implementadas de forma ética, inclusiva e sustentável.
DNA methylation signature of human fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
Creators: name: Portales-Casamar, Elodie
name: Lussier, Alexandre A.
name: Jones, Meaghan J.
name: MacIsaac, Julia L.
name: Edgar, Rachel D.
name: Mah, Sarah M.
name: Barhdadi, Amina
name: Provost, Sylvie
name: Lemieux-Perreault, Louis-Philippe
name: Cynader, Max S.
name: Chudley, Albert E.
name: Dubé, Marie-Pierre
name: Reynolds, James N.
name: Pavlidis, Paul
name: Kobor, Michael S. (Geneticist)
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2017

description: Background: Prenatal alcohol exposure is the leading preventable cause of behavioral and cognitive deficits, which may affect between 2 and 5 % of children in North America. While the underlying mechanisms of alcohol’s effects on development remain relatively unknown, emerging evidence implicates epigenetic mechanisms in mediating the range of symptoms observed in children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). Thus, we investigated the effects of prenatal alcohol exposure on genome-wide DNA methylation in the NeuroDevNet FASD cohort, the largest cohort of human FASD samples to date. Methods: Genome-wide DNA methylation patterns of buccal epithelial cells (BECs) were analyzed using the Illumina HumanMethylation450 array in a Canadian cohort of 206 children (110 FASD and 96 controls). Genotyping was performed in parallel using the Infinium HumanOmni2.5-Quad v1.0 BeadChip. Results: After correcting for the effects of genetic background, we found 658 significantly differentially methylated sites between FASD cases and controls, with 41 displaying differences in percent methylation change >5 %. Furthermore, 101 differentially methylated regions containing two or more CpGs were also identified, overlapping with 95 different genes. The majority of differentially methylated genes were highly expressed at the level of mRNA in brain samples from the Allen Brain Atlas, and independent DNA methylation data from cortical brain samples showed high correlations with BEC DNA methylation patterns. Finally, overrepresentation analysis of genes with up-methylated CpGs revealed a significant enrichment for neurodevelopmental processes and diseases, such as anxiety, epilepsy, and autism spectrum disorders. Conclusions: These findings suggested that prenatal alcohol exposure is associated with distinct DNA methylation patterns in children and adolescents, raising the possibility of an epigenetic biomarker of FASD.
Investigation of Cobalt-free lithium-rich layered oxide cathodes for high-performance lithium-ion batteries
Creators: name: Fan, Yameng
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2023

description: Li-rich layered oxides (LLOs) are considered as one of the most promising cathode candidates for next-generation lithium-ion batteries. Unfortunately, their development is challenging, due to the detrimental structure changes and voltage decay that resulted from irreversible oxygen redox and transition metal (TM) migration. This thesis focuses on studying the structural evolution of Co-free LLO cathodes and improving their electrochemical performance. The mechanistic behaviour of Li1.2Ni0.2Mn0.6O2 (LNMO) was comprehensively studied using a series of synchrotron-based characterizations. An intrinsic mechanistic behaviour transition from the monoclinic (C2/c) to the hexagonal (R3 ̅m) was demonstrated for the first time. Based on this understanding, electrochemically active 4d metal Ruthenium (Ru) was introduced into both R3 ̅m and C2/c components in LNMO to improve the stability of LNMO. With 3 w.t. % Ru doping, the oxygen lattice is strengthened and the best voltage retention (< 0.45 mV per cycle) is achieved for Co-free LNMO with a high reversible capacity (215 mAh g-1 at 1C). To improve the cycling stability of LLOs, the inhibition of the irreversible TM migration needs also to be considered. A two-phase reaction was revealed in the heavily cycled LNMO, resulting from the accumulative irreversible transition-metal migration and loss. Chromium (Cr) doping was proposed to inhibit the formation of undesirable structural changes, by achieving reversible tetrahedral-octahedral TM migration. It was demonstrated that the oxidated Cr occupies the tetrahedral sites in the Li layer at the high delithiated state, which prevents TM ions from being trapped in the Li layers at the highly delithiated state and stabilizes the structure against cycling. It migrates back to the octahedral sites after lithiation due to energetical benefits. Compared with pristine LNMO, Cr-doped LNMO shows significantly enhanced structural stability with capacity retention up to 99% after 200 cycles at 1C and 71% after 500 long cycles, far surpassing pristine LNMO.
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Creators: name: Hensengerth, Stefanie
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Nachrichten aus der Region.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 23 Nr. 2 (2007): Es geht heiß her! Klimawandel und Südostasien
Gedrückte Stimmung in Dili: Osttimor – Fünf Jahre unabhängig
Creators: name: Werning, Rainer
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: »Ein stolzes und unbeugsames Volk wird den Traum aller Völker verwirklichen - als freie Männer und Frauen unter einer Regierung ihrer eigenen Wahl zu leben. (...) Friedenstruppen der Vereinten Nationen und eine internationale Polizei haben Gesetz und Ordnung wiederhergestellt. Die im Aufbau befindlichen nationalen Militär- und Polizeikräfte arbeiten an der Grundlage einer sicheren, rechtsstaatlichen Zukunft. Wirkliche Sicherheit in Osttimor kann nur gewährleistet werden, wenn es gelingt, der Forderung nach Gerechtigkeit und nach Versöhnung gleichermaßen gerecht zu werden.« (UN- Generalsekretärs Kofi Annan, 20. Mai 2002)
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 23 Nr. 2 (2007): Es geht heiß her! Klimawandel und Südostasien
Seismic response of lattice domes.
Creators: name: Hosseinizad, Seyed A.
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2020

description: ABSRTACT Dynamic behaviour of single-layer lattice domes is complicated and fundamentally differs from conventional building structures. Their response to dynamic excitation is characterised by the contribution of several vibration modes throughout a wide range of frequencies. Furthermore, due to large deformations associated with a possible development of plasticity within the structure, seismic response of single-layer lattice domes to severe earthquakes is normally highly nonlinear. So far, in the absence of a practical equivalent static seismic loading scheme, realistic seismic response evaluation of single-layer lattice domes still relies on nonlinear dynamic time-history analysis. Herein, a new analytical method for estimating the nonlinear seismic response of different types of single-layer lattice domes is presented, as the main contribution of this research. The method is based on ‘Modal Pushover Analysis’ (MPA) concept which conveniently accounts for the participation of higher vibration modes in the seismic response, and is consistent with the inherent dynamic characteristics of single-layer lattice domes. The efficiency and accuracy of the proposed method is verified through comparison between the MPA results and those obtained from a full geometrically and materially nonlinear time-history dynamic analysis. It is shown that the proposed method yields accurate results for all types of single-layer lattice domes with different geometrical properties, and effectively removes the necessity of performing nonlinear time-history earthquake response analysis. Moreover, dynamic characteristics of single-layer lattice domes is sensitive to the geometrical particulars of the structural system. Accordingly, the importance of various geometrical particulars of single-layer lattice domes on their dynamic characteristics has been carried out by means of parametric studies, as the other contribution of this research. The particulars studied include ‘span’, ‘rise-to-span-ratio’, ‘pattern of the configuration’, and ‘relative stiffness of the supports’. It is concluded that ‘rise-to-span-ratio’ and ‘relative stiffness of the supports’ are two important parameters which significantly influence the dynamic behaviour, the effects of other properties on dynamic characteristics of single-layer lattice domes are less important.
The phonology and morphology of the Nuer verb.
Creators: name: Reid, Tatiana
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2020

description: This thesis presents a descriptive study of the phonetics, phonology and morphology of Nuer. It contributes to the study of the language by dealing with the phenomena that has little or no previous description. I provide a descriptive account of the phonological processes in Nuer covering the full range of the segmental and suprasegmental categories in the language. I present the first descriptive account of tone in disyllabic verbs, postulate three tonemes /H, M, L/ and describe one sandhi process that turns the second subsequent H tone into L. In addition, I provide a description of floating suprasegmental features. Because the phonological parameters are also employed to encode morphology, I further distinguish the processes that are morphologically motivated. These are termed ‘stem alternations’. The major alternations are the changes in vowel and voice quality. I propose to analyse them in terms of morphologically motivated system of vowel grades. I also deal with stem alternations in tone, vowel length and stem-final consonant. Verb categories that I consider in this thesis are transitive bases and their various derivations. I show that verb derivation distinguishes verbal number and valence increase and decrease. I present a number of verb categories that have not been previously described for Nuer, some of which are typologically rare. Such is the marked verbal number category which can derive either a multiplicative verb or a punctual verb, depending on the inherent semantics of the lexeme. Another category is the associated motion verb. I show that this category alone has an additional verbal number contrast that I describe as ‘neutral’. I argue that in order to understand the morphophonological alternations in Nuer verb paradigms we must draw a distinction between the processes that occur in inflection and in derivation. I conclude that the morphophonological alternations are regular and largely predictable provided we view them as changes of semi-independent parameters (e.g. vowel length, vowel grade, tone, stem-final consonant).
title: Rudall, Rose and Carte: The development of the flute in London, 1821-1939
Creators: name: Bigio, Robert
Publisher: name: Goldsmiths, University of London
Year: 2005

description: From their establishment in the 1820s Rudall & Rose dominated the large and lucrative market for flutes, at first with instruments of the highest quality but of little technological innovation. In the 1840s they were advised and later joined in partnership by Richard Carte, whose business acumen guided the firm to an association with Theobald Boehm that led to the successful commercial exploitation first of Boehm's 1832 model flute and later of his final, cylindrical model of 1847. Carte's skill at understanding the market led him to develop models of flutes that would permit a player to benefit from many of the acoustical advantages of the Boehm flute without learning a new fingering system, and his understanding of his instrument led him to develop first his 1851 and later his 1867 patent flutes, which it may be argued were mechanically superior to the standard Boehm and which enjoyed considerable success well into the twentieth century. Rudall, Rose & Carte, later Rudall, Carte & Company, continued to be innovative flute makers, producing the first gold flutes, the first platinum flutes and the first flutes in Monel metal, as well as flutes to the individual designs of a number of flute players. This thesis examines the social and business trends and the market pressures that inform the flute manufacturing business in the nineteenth century, with detailed technical discussion and illustration of the firm's instruments. The firm's parallel activities in publishing, retailing, military instrument manufacture and concert promotion (under the management of Carte's son, Richard D'Oyly Carte) are considered as contributing to their success.
Kinetic Study of the Dissolution of Metallic Nickel in Sulphuric Acid Solutions in the Presence of Different Oxidants
Creators: name: Bilczuk, Dario
name: Olvera, Oscar G.
name: Asselin, Edouard
Publisher: name: Wiley
Year: 2021

description: The dissolution of metallic nickel particles in sulphuric acid solutions has been studied in this work. The effect of temperature, sulphuric acid concentration, and oxidant type has been assessed. In the presence of hydrogen peroxide or dissolved oxygen the dissolution of nickel was fast. A shrinking particle model was used to fit the experimental data and estimate kinetic parameters. The apparent reaction rate constants calculated at 55°C when dissolved oxygen, ferric sulphate, and hydrogen peroxide were used as oxidants were, respectively, 0.17, 0.02, and 7.13 ms-₁. The dissolution of Ni in the presence of ferric sulphate occurred under surface chemical control, with an activation energy of 82.3 kJ/mol, while in the presence of hydrogen peroxide and dissolved oxygen the reaction seemed to have been mass transfer controlled. The dissolution of Ni in ferric sulphate solutions was also pH sensitive, possibly due to the formation of NiFe₂O-₄ or NiO that was prevented when sulphuric acid concentration was 1 mol/L. The dissolution rate in ferric sulphate-free solutions was affected negatively by temperature due to a decrease in O₂ solubility.
Uncovering ultradian rhythms: transcriptional, metabolic and cellular aspects
Creators: name: PSOMAS, ANDREAS
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2022

description: The chronobiological landscape has been greatly dominated by circadian rhythms. The existence of shorter-than 24-hour rhythms, called ultradian rhythms, has also emerged. Ultradian rhythms cover a broad spectrum of periodicities ranging from milliseconds to multiple hours. Ultradian rhythms have been associated with a wide spectrum of processes at behavioural, transcriptional, cellular and metabolic levels, including gene expression, hormonal release and behavioural activity. Perhaps the most prominent example of ultradian behaviour in mammals is the common vole (Microtus arvalis), a rodent exhibiting fluctuation in its behavioural activity in the hourly range.

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description: Here, it was attempted to confirm the existence of ultradian rhythms as well as provide new evidence of the role of ultradian rhythms. We hypothesised that ultradian rhythms are observed in the behaviour, metabolite levels and gene expression, using either the common vole or cell lines as investigation models.

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description: In the common vole, our findings show either circadian or ultradian rhythmicities or both in 76 metabolites in males and 85 in females from a total of 184 investigated metabolites. Regarding, gene expression our findings were not conclusive but the existence of an ultradian rhythm cannot be ruled out in Pdcd5, Homer1a, Per2 and Bmal1. This series of experiments also led to the generation of the first ever gene expression and metabolomic profiles in the common vole using an ultradian timescale for sampling.

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description: Gene expression was also interrogated for ultradian rhythmicity in vitro using murine fibroblasts and human kidney cells. Pdcd5 was shown to be expressed in an ultradian fashion, exhibiting periods of expression of about 7 hours, superimposed to a circadian rhythm, in both cellular models.

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description: Taken together, all the data further highlights the existence of ultradian rhythms in systems. It provides additional insight in the general function of ultradian rhythms with a link to metabolic processes being particularly strong.
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Creators: name: Arnez, Monika
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Nachrichten aus der Region.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 23 Nr. 2 (2007): Es geht heiß her! Klimawandel und Südostasien
Erdentanz: Ein Roman aus Bali
Creators: name: Geske-Scholz, Brigitte
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Buchbesprechung von: Oka Rusmini, Erdentanz. Roman aus Bali, Horlemann Verlag, Bad Honnef, 2007. ISBN 978-3-89502-234-0.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 23 Nr. 2 (2007): Es geht heiß her! Klimawandel und Südostasien
Der Verkehr speckt ab – Ein Projekt zur C02-Minderung im Stadtverkehr von Surabaya
Creators: name: Pauls, Sarah
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: »Indonesien muss auch beim Klimaschutz globale Verantwortung tragen«, so Bundesentwicklungsministerin Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul. Ein Projekt zur C02-Minderung geht hier mit gutem Beispiel voran.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 23 Nr. 2 (2007): Es geht heiß her! Klimawandel und Südostasien
Analysis of spinel materials for aluminium smelter applications
Creators: name: Mukhlis, Reiza
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Aluminium is produced through an energy-intensive Hall-Heroult process that has significant impact to environment. These are mainly due to the necessities of high heat loss needed to form frozen-ledge to protect cell from corrosion. This study explores the potential use of Nickel-Ferrite and Aluminate, and Magnesium-Aluminate spinels, as ledge-free sidewall materials that may reduce the energy demand and carbon footprint of Hall-Heroult process. This includes fabrication of the spinels, thermodynamics and kinetics analysis, corrosion testing, and interfacial study of electrolyte-spinel-aluminium systems. New sidewall designs that utilises these spinels were proposed and experiments on joining the spinels has also been conducted.
»Land unter« – Überschwemmungsprobleme in Jakarta
Creators: name: Wiratanaya, Eva
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Trotz Entwicklung zur modernen Megacity steht das »Venedig Südostasiens« regelmäßig unter Wasser.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 23 Nr. 2 (2007): Es geht heiß her! Klimawandel und Südostasien
Federico Bertoni, Letteratura. Teorie, metodi, strumenti
Creators: name: Cao, Claudia
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Cagliari
Year: 2020

description: Recensione del libro di Federico Bertoni Letteratura. Teorie, metodi, strumenti.
description: Between, V. 10, N. 19 (2020): Le culture del dissenso in Europa nella seconda metà del Novecento
Beatrice Seligardi, Ellissi dello sguardo. Pathosformeln dell’inespressività femminile dalla cultura visuale alla letteratura
Creators: name: Guglielmi, Marina
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Cagliari
Year: 2020

description: Recensione del libro di Beatrice Seligardi Ellissi dello sguardo. Pathosformeln dell’inespressività femminile dalla cultura visuale alla letteratura.
description: Between, V. 10, N. 19 (2020): Le culture del dissenso in Europa nella seconda metà del Novecento
The use of digital image correlation to monitor delaminations in composite structures.
Creators: name: Ajmal, Osman Z.
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2020

description: The range of applications for composite materials is growing, but understanding of the effect of defects is limited, as is the ability to detect them. Versatile non-destructive testing (NDT) techniques, that can be deployed rapidly and reliably, to detect and monitor damage in composite components are vital to the continued growth of this sector. This research investigates the application of Digital Image Correlation (DIC) as an NDT technique for monitoring delamination defects in Fibre Reinforced Polymer (FRP) composites. The research has matched physical experiments with Finite Element (FE) modelling. Four types of glass-fibre reinforced epoxy matrix composite structural elements were designed and manufactured to assess this application of DIC. The first two types of structural elements were flat coupons containing fully embedded delaminations, artificially introduced using two different methods. It was found that by placing these specimens in three-point bending, near surface delaminations, one ply below the surface being monitored, would cause a plateau in the surface strains. This plateau in strains was used to measure the embedded defect sizes. The size of the delamination was consistently overestimated from the interpretation of the strain fields. This was improved with the assistance of FE modelling to identify the relationship between the feature and the delamination. Pulse thermography was found to be a better technique for measuring the size of these defects. The third type of specimen was a flat coupon containing a milled-slot, which was fatigued to grow a delamination at the foot of the milled slot, and the delamination measured visually. For this specimen, the DIC results showed good correlation with the visually determined delamination lengths with an empirical fit applied to the strain results. Both lock-in thermography and pulse thermography were used to measure the delamination size of the same specimens and showed reasonable correlation with the visually determined delamination lengths. Finally, tubular specimens containing embedded PTFE delamination-defects were fatigued at different ratios of tension and torsion. DIC of the specimens loaded at the fatigue load ratio at which the delaminations were grown could not be used to quantify the size of the delaminations. The work has shown that DIC can be used to monitor delaminations in some structural elements, however the type of loading needs to be considered to ensure sufficient influence on the surface strains to enable strain features that can be used to measure the size of delamination
»Carbon Credit« – Hoffnung für Indonesiens Wälder
Creators: name: Larenz, Antonius
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Indonesien steht aufgrund der dortigen Waldbrände auf der Weltskala der Kohlenstoffemission an dritter Stelle, gleich hinter den USA und China. Es ist höchste Zeit, die indonesischen Wälder zu bewahren.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 23 Nr. 2 (2007): Es geht heiß her! Klimawandel und Südostasien
Cross-Modal Person Re-identification
Creators: name: Farooq, Ammarah
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2023

description: Cross-modal person re-identification (Re-ID) is a crucial component of a modern video surveillance
description: system and security infrastructure. The task of matching people across multiple nonoverlapping
description: camera views encompasses numerous computer vision challenges such as changes
description: in illumination, occlusions, pose variations, and even the absence of visual query. In this thesis,
description: we develop person ReID methods based on persons’ images and textual descriptions. The
description: key challenge is to align cross-modality feature representations according to the fine-grained
description: appearance attributes and ignore background noise.

description:

description: The first contribution proposes to jointly model the multi-modal latent space, where corresponding
description: visual and textual representations are pushed closer. However, the performance of such
description: late-fusion models depends on the quality of the feature extraction backbones for each modality.
description: To overcome this issue, the second contribution asserts a unified cross-modal feature learning
description: backbone to implicitly align the shared semantic concepts from the start of the learning network.
description: Unified feature learning effectively utilizes textual data as a super-annotation signal for visual
description: representation learning and automatically rejects irrelevant information.

description:

description: With the emergence of Vision transformers (ViTs), the idea of splitting a 2-D image into a 1-D
description: sequence of tokens, and learning long-range interactions solely via a self-attention mechanism
description: has further solidified the idea of a unified backbone model. In the final contribution, we propose
description: a vision transformer architecture design with the aim of an effective intra-modal and cross-modal
description: communication strategy based on special tokens. The purpose of these tokens is twofold. First,
description: these tokens encapsulate the image information into a small set of tokens. Second, the special
description: tokens are responsible for interacting across spatial windows of an image as well as across
description: modalities.

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description: The proposed approach of multi-modal unified feature learning has the potential to address
description: the limitations of traditional single-modality person ReID methods and has important practical
description: implications in real-world video surveillance systems.
Der Klimawandel wirft seine Schatten voraus – Haze über Südostasien
Creators: name: Gödde, Heinz
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Herbst 2006 – in Kuala Lumpur werden Schulen geschlossen und in Singapur verkaufen sich Luftfilter gut. In Ostmalaysia beträgt die Sichtweite weniger als 300 Meter und in Indonesien verteilen Studenten Atemschutzmasken – Haze verdunkelt den Himmel.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 23 Nr. 2 (2007): Es geht heiß her! Klimawandel und Südostasien
Perspectives on positive risk taking from people diagnosed with a borderline personality disorder : an interpretative phenomenological analysis.
Creators: name: Ware, Andrew J. S.
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2020

description: Background: People with a borderline personality disorder diagnosis can require support from mental health services for managing risk behaviour. Evidence suggests current inpatient and community treatment can be unhelpful for this group, who usually require specialist approaches. Positive risk taking has been developed to help community teams manage risk with people with a borderline personality disorder. Aim: To understand how positive risk taking is experience by people with a borderline personality disorder diagnosis. Method: A qualitative study using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) to analyse transcripts from semi-structured interviews. Nine adults with a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder and experiences of positive risk taking approaches were sampled from one NHS Trust. Participants were either currently or had previously been under the care of a community mental health recovery service. Results: Participants’ engagement in positive risk taking was coloured by earlier negative experiences of the healthcare system (including previous risk management), interpersonal complexity in professional relationships and experiences of isolation. When participants were engaged in positive risk taking or with approaches using positive risk taking principles, these were experienced as a helpful alternative to traditional risk management. This seemed contingent upon collaborative and trusting relationships with professionals who created an emotional ‘safety net’, which appeared to empower participants to connect with outside agencies and challenge recovery-relapse patterns of service use. Conclusions: Positive risk taking seems to have the potential to benefit others with a borderline personality disorder based upon participants’ experiences. Participants’ experiences compliment those of service users in other studies emphasising the importance of interpersonal factors, such as compassion and empathy, when working with personality disorder. Positive risk taking itself was relatively unfamiliar to participants though findings are clinically relevant. Participants’ experiences suggest more training and increased resources are required to implement positive risk taking successfully with borderline personality disorder.
Reduced order modelling for a rotating cavity flow using proper orthogonal decomposition.
Creators: name: Onori, Michel
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2020

description: In this thesis, attention is focused on computational modelling of the type of rotating cavity flows commonly encountered in secondary air systems. The first part of the thesis is devoted to improving the predictive modelling capabilities for these flows. The LES solver used in the current work has been validated for the non-buoyancy dominated flow of a rotating cavity with radial inflow. The swirl ratio predicted by different sub-grid scale models tested is in good agreement with the measurements, although a slight overprediction is observed at lower radii. This has been demonstrated to be caused by an excessive numerical dissipation. Adopting a stable, less dissipative I-LES solution, the swirl ratio matches the data almost perfectly. In the next activity, the prediction from a Large-Eddy Simulation conducted for a rotating cavity with a radial inflow introduced from the shroud and heated on one wall have been compared with experimental data available from the literature, and with those obtained using two URANS eddy-viscosity models. The LES solution has shown a very good agreement especially in the outer part of the cavity, capturing buoyancy effects. The results of two URANS models are considerably worse than the LES. Since LES is currently limited for application in industry by the high computational demand, Reduced Order Methods (ROM) that use data from LES have been considered in order to construct a model which could result in a computationally efficient method for design purposes. The POD-Galerkin procedure has been validated for the relative simple turbulent shear flow of the plane Couette flow. Then, the low Mach number turbulent flow in a rotor-stator cavity has been modelled. Overall, it is possible to claim that the models studied reasonably well predict the turbulence phenomenon for the rotor-stator flow (LES statistics and experimental measurements have been used as a benchmark).