cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Mechanisms of accountability in local government: an exploratory study
Creators: name: Kluvers, Ron
name: Tippett, John
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This exploratory, empirical study is an attempt to understand the perception of accountability within Victorian local government. Important governance developments have emerged in recent years, changing the context of public decision-making. It is timely to study public sector accountability in this changing context. Data were collected from 78 Victorian municipalities. A survey instrument was distributed to councillors and managers, with survey statements eliciting participants’ understanding of the operation of accountability. Using factor analysis, four factors were generated that revealed the items councillors and managers perceive to be the important elements of accountability. Whilst respondents’ views of accountability were generally in accordance with the literature, new aspects were discovered. For example, an individual’s attitude towards accountability and managing the accountability relationship was shaped by their values. The literature has not previously explored this facet of individual values.
Is it worth investing in remote online network accessible laboratory devices?
Creators: name: Klimovski, Dragi
name: Jones, Glyn
name: Cricenti, Tony
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: In this paper we investigate a remote-access networking laboratory. In particular we attempt to answer the question: 'Is it worth investing in Remote Online Network Accessible Laboratory Devices (RONALD) to provide students with 24/7 access to real networking laboratory devices?' In answering this question we discuss the experiences of both staff and students in the use and deployment of such a facility in a number of data-networking subjects. We explore issues such as cost, performance, educational outcomes and the provisioning of both access and support to students outside designated laboratory times. Survey results of the student experience using the remote learning facility are presented. These results outline issues such as student engagement through usage patterns, student perceptions of the facility's value and exploration of concepts not covered in the laboratory exercises. These student results are contrasted with the educators' experience.
Blind bolted collar plate connections to unfilled hollow section columns
Creators: name: Lee, Joseph
name: Goldsworthy, Helen
name: Gad, Emad
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper presents the results of an experimental program in which a blind bolted collar plate connection to an unfilled hollow section (HS) column was tested in tension under static loading. The collar plate connection which connects beam flanges to the side face of HS columns is proposed as an alternative connection to a typical face connection, i.e. the extended endplate connection or the T-stub connection (with T-stubs connecting the top and bottom flanges of the beam to the face of the column). The collar plate connection was found to be much stiffer than a typical face connection in the tension region.. Comparison of the test results and three dimensional finite element (FE) modelling indicates that the FE analysis can be used to predict the connection behaviour with sufficient accuracy. The preliminary investigations for collar plate connection show promising results and form the basis for the development of other blind bolted side connections for applications in the low rise construction industry.
Modelling and optimisation of a spring-supported diaphragm capacitive MEMS microphone
Creators: name: Mohamad, Norizan
name: Iovenitti, Pio
name: Vinay, Thurai
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Audio applications such as mobile communication and hearing aid devices demand a small size but high performance, stable and low cost microphone to reproduce a high quality sound. Capacitive microphone can be designed to fulfill such requirements with some trade-offs between sensitivity, operating frequency range, and noise level mainly due to the effect of device structure dimensions and viscous damping. Smaller microphone size and air gap will gradually decrease its sensitivity and increase the viscous damping. The aim of this research was to develop a mathematical model of a spring-supported diaphragm capacitive MEMS microphone as well as an approach to optimize a microphone’s performance. Because of the complex shapes in this latest type of diaphragm design trend, analytical modelling has not been previously attempted. A novel diaphragm design is proposed that offers increased mechanical sensitivity of a capacitive microphone by reducing its diaphragm stiffness. A lumped element model of the spring-supported diaphragm microphone is developed to analyze the complex relations between the microphone performance factors and to find the optimum dimensions based on the design requirements. It is shown analytically that the spring dimensions of the spring-supported diaphragm do not have large effects on the microphone performance com pared to the diaphragm and backplate size, diaphragm thickness, and air-gap distance. A 1 mm2 spring-supported diaphragm microphone is designed using several optimized performance parameters to give a -3 dB operating bandwidth of 10.2 kHz, a sensitivity of 4.67 mV/Pa (-46.5 dB ref. 1 V/Pa at 1 kHz using a bias voltage of 3 V), a pull-in voltage of 13 V, and a thermal noise of -22 dBA SPL.
What do university teachers do all day (and often into the night)?
Creators: name: Arnold, Josie
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Teaching and the student experience are interlocked. This paper takes a personal look at the pleasures and pressures of teaching in contemporary higher education. In doing so it adds to the definition of teachers’ work in higher education, surveys some of the creative and positive sides of University teaching and shines a light upon the impact of increased commercialisation and managerial approaches upon academic work. It focuses upon the teaching and learning activities that academics undertake in the service of the university, including the research that adds to and updates their own knowledge, and hence underpins their teaching, so as to enable and enrich the learning journeys of their students. This paper has been written as a personal narrative, as what I have come to call a ‘subjective academic narrative’. The ‘subjective’ refers to acknowledgement of the inevitability of the personal being an integral part of research; the ‘academic’ refers to the analytical and the intellectual ambience in which university research takes place; and the ‘narrative’ refers to the story, that is, the way in which we re-tell all of our research. Above all, this paper contributes to a sense of understanding some of the elements of teaching that are involved in student engagement.
Community media and ethical choice
Creators: name: Rennie, Ellie
name: Berkeley, Leo
name: Murphet, Blaise
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The internet provides a means for non-professional media-makers to produce and publish their own video and audio content, as community television and radio have done for several decades. While the web seems to exemplify the principles of media access and diversity championed by the community media sector, it also raises challenges for broadcast community media participants and their online equivalents, not least being the co-opting of the term ‘community media’ by large commercial interests. A symposium held in Melbourne by Open Spectrum Australia (‘Quality/Control’, State Library of Victoria, Oct 2008) brought together people with a wide range of community media experience to discuss this and other issues, particularly the possibilities for greater cooperation between broadcast and online community media participants. This paper draws on participant contributions at the symposium to explore the relationship between broadcast and online community media. Despite shared values, we identified different, and possibly incompatible, cultures within the two groups. We argue that this disjoint stems from two different systems of control or validation (licensing and networks), as well as producer-centered accounts of community media that are out of sync with the contemporary media environment. Instead, we propose that theory and practice begin to address issues of consumption in relation to community media, including identification, navigation and the notion of ethical choice.
The role of social capital in fostering entrepreneurship in established organizations
Creators: name: Salaran, Mohammad
name: Maritz, Alex
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This study investigates social behavior of employees and its effect on entrepreneurial activities. Social capital is a strategic resource available through the network of relationships may be exploited in the direction of organizational and individual objectives. The study posited that this powerful asset may be leveraged in fostering entrepreneurial orientation of employees, which is an antecedent for improving the performance. A developed survey was sent to a selected sample of academic staff in five public universities in Victoria. The collected data were subject to statistical analysis and the result was derived. The findings indicated that there is a positive and significant relationship between social behavior and entrepreneurial orientation of academics. The predictability of entrepreneurial activities by social relationships was tested.
FACING THE CLIMATE CRISIS: LIVELIHOOD ADAPTATION AND SURVIVAL STRATEGIES IN KAPSOKWONY
Creators: name: John, Mwangi Njoroge
Publisher: name: Continental Journal
Year: 2024
Subjects: Climate change, mountain ecosystems, livelihoods, vulnerability, adaptation strategies.

description: Climate change poses a significant threat to mountain ecosystems worldwide, exacerbated by various anthropogenic stressors such as land encroachment, fragmentation, habitat degradation, and destruction. This complex interaction has far-reaching consequences for livelihoods, particularly in regions like Kapsokwony Division, Mt. Elgon Sub-County, where agriculture and ecosystem services play a vital role. As climate change and variability lead to erratic and unpredictable rainfall patterns, agricultural productivity is declining, resulting in reduced soil fertility due to erosion and increased evapo-transpiration. According to the IPCC, temperature increases beyond 1.5°C - 2.5°C can have severe impacts on land productivity and livelihoods. In this context, households in Kapsokwony Division are predominantly reliant on crop farming, livestock rearing, and non-farm activities. The adverse effects of climate change are most pronounced among poor households, which face additional barriers stemming from cultural, social, and political factors, limiting their access to resources, knowledge, and decision-making opportunities. This study sheds light on the multifaceted challenges faced by vulnerable communities in the wake of climate change and highlights the urgent need for context-specific mitigation and adaptation strategies.
Unlocking the potential? Australia's digital strategy and major public libraries
Creators: name: McShane, Ian
name: Thomas, Julian
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper examines some implications for public libraries of the Australian government's 2009 strategy for the digital economy. Many countries have produced national digital strategies in recent years, but these key pieces of policy architecture have received little critical attention. The rhetorical framing of the Australian document indicates the shift of communication and information to the centre of economic policy. This has particular significance for public libraries, as the major public information portals and cultural storehouses of liberal democracies. The strategy's emphasis on productivity and economic competitiveness, boosted by a proposed high-speed national broadband network, presents major opportunities for Australian libraries. However, libraries and other collecting institutions have voiced concern over assumptions that they can simply 'unlock' their collections and supply content for new broadband applications. In contrast to some other countries, the Australian strategy pays no attention to the profound implications for information integrity and cultural memory presented by the expansion of cultural and economic activity in the digital sphere. The challenge for public libraries, the paper argues, is to explore ways that orthodox library responsibilities and new roles can be articulated in this evolving policy framework.
MDMA: neurohormonal, neurocognitive, and psychobiological aspects of recreational Ecstasy
Creators: name: Parrott, Andrew C.
name: Broadbear, Jillian
name: Bruno, Raimondo
name: Degenhardt, Louisa
name: Morefield, Kate
name: Scholey, Andrew
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This Ecstasy/MDMA symposium was held at the Annual Conference of the Australian Psychological Society, Hobart, Tasmania, in September 2008. The Australian government has been funding research into MDMA for many years, and hence there are several Australian groups at the forefront of international research in this field. Included in the studies reported here, were collaborations with universities from other countries. The main focus was on human studies, although animal psychopharmacology findings were also presented. The topics covered within this half-day symposium included Ecstasy dependence, the problems reported by recreational users, the influence of other psychoactive drugs, the Internet as a research tool, the contributory role of neurohormones such as oxytocin and cortisol, and the energetic stress model for recreational Ecstasy/MDMA.
title: United in Difficulty: The European Union’s Use of Shared Problems as a Way to Encourage Unity
Creators: name: Cleary, Grace
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: European Union
subject: Capital of Culture
subject: Córdoba
subject: Spain
subject: identity
subject: heritage
subject: Anthropology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: Paper presented at the 2012 American Anthropological Association Meeting, San Francisco, CA in the panel “Europeanization and Discourses of Crisis, Cultural Policy, and Democracy”
description: Since the European Union's inception, it has invested considerable resources into cultural programs aimed at fostering a sense of shared European heritage. However, these efforts have always been balanced alongside the need to leave space for diversity within and across EU nations. In this paper, which highlights the findings of my MA thesis, I examine the European Capital of Culture (ECC), which I studied in Córdoba, Spain during the spring of 2011. I look at how European identity is being defined in a specific context, and in particular how the contest is refocusing on new forms of shared heritage by looking at common European problems and how cities are working to solve them. I argue that both unity and diversity are encouraged, but that initiatives such as the ECC delineate and construct the acceptable boundaries of shared cultural expressions and cultural difference. I argue that the EU's focus on the methods and attitudes for dealing with shared problems is becoming an important part of European identity; one that allows countries to maintain certain kinds of marketable difference, like food or music, while also encouraging a common outlook on handling problems. While shared history, religion, nationality and/or language once served to unify people within a country's borders, these characteristics no longer provide an adequate bond within the supranational EU. In shifting the contest’s unifying function to include common problems, the contest is drawing on shared European narratives and anxieties, and through the contest, the EU is monitoring how these 'challenges' are defined and dealt with.
Did the psychological barrier of US$100 crude oil price have an impact on price clustering behaviour in the oil futures market
Creators: name: Lee, Michael
name: Yap, Chee Jin
name: Narayan, Paresh
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: In this paper, we test the price clustering theory in the crude oil futures market. Our novelty is that we consider the psychological barrier effect on price clustering and its determinants in the crude oil futures market. We find that prices tend to cluster on zero and five three weeks before the crude oil price reached the $100 per barrel mark and three weeks after the price rise. However, in the post- $100 price period, price clustering declines. We examine the determinants of price clustering and fmd that while size, volume, tick volume, and volatility have similar effects in terms of sign and significance in both periods, the spread variable is only significant (and positive) in the post-$IOO rise period. The general decline in price clustering and the significance of the spread variable suggests that once a price psychological effect elapses, traders in the crude oil futures market behave differently than when the price approaches a high price level.
'The most connected place on the planet'
Creators: name: Given, Jock
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This article explores episodes in Tasmania's communications history, the reasons it has been chosen to lead the deployment of the National Broadband Network and the crucial role of the Basslink cable, which began providing wholesale communications services to and from the island in July 2009. It then examines the most recent round of measures to improve communications in the State in the decade from 1996. These measures, funded from some of the proceeds of the privatisation of Telstra, favoured Tasmania because of the make-up of the Senate at the time. Despite this attention, continuing dissatisfaction with the state of telecommunications in Tasmania highlights the scale of the challenge for those now attempting again to conquer the remoteness that has been Tasmania's fate since European settlement.
Use of person-generated health data in kinect-based stroke rehabilitation systems: A systematic review
Creators: name: Dimaguila, Gerardo Luis
name: Gray, Kathleen
name: Merolli, Mark
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 420308
subject: Health informatics and information systems
classificationCode: 420310
subject: Health surveillance
classificationCode: 4299
subject: Other health sciences

description: It is important for patients to have access to the health information they generate, for them to be actively engaged in their own healthcare. This is relevant to Kinect-based post-stroke rehabilitation systems; as such there is a need to review the literature based on person-generated management and utilisation. Previous systematic reviews on Kinect for stroke rehabilitation have not used this as part of their criteria. This systematic review fills that gap.
HRM readjustment dynamics of an industrial transplant: the case of Toyota in India
Creators: name: Jones, Robert
name: Mathew, Sagi
name: James, Reynold
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper uses a case study of Toyota to analyse the transfer and hybridisation of lean production in a major motor vehicle manufacturing company located in India. Particular emphasis is placed on the dynamics of re-adjustment in relation to HRM practice. Using primary and secondary data in the form of interviews and company documentation, the paper traces the transplantation trajectory of the company over the ten year period between 1999 and 2009. Findings reveal that due to a range of contrdictions in the initial configuratlon of the transplant the company undertook a sequential runge of re-adjustment measures involving four strategies: localisation, imitation, hybridisation, and customisation. Several propositions are advanced with the aim of hypothesising which strategies are more likely to be successful in certain contextual situations.
Towards Just-In-Time based dynamic feedback
Creators: name: Abdekhodaee, Amir
name: Ekambaram, Palaneeswaran
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Just-In-Time (JIT), one of the key management concepts in Toyota Production System has been widely discussed as a successful operations management methodology. JIT is based on notions such as minimising in-process inventory, flexibility with customer demands, forced problem solving, empowering employees and consolidating supplier relationship. While exact replica of production system JIT arrangements might not be matching in education systems, some elements and concepts should be beneficially translated/ adapted. For example, targeting JIT based enhancements to assessment related feedbacks in education systems is valuable. Therefore, a pilot research by the authors aims to explore suitability by extrapolating interesting lessons and experiences derived from manufacturing supply chains and production management. In this paper, we provide scholarly discussions of our hypothesis that the use of JIT in education systems would be particularly beneficial for improving feedback process and students satisfactions in engineering higher education.
Towards rational assessment of group projects in engineering higher education
Creators: name: Ekambaram, Palaneeswaran
name: Kapoor, Ajay
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Group projects based learning arrangements are common in higher education. Different practices are followed for assessment of individual contributions in group projects. Moreover, several such practices incorporate diverse arrangements for including peer and self assessments along with teacher assessments. An ongoing research by the authors aims at: (a) conducting a benchmarking study on such group project assessment frameworks and (b) thereby recommending rational arrangements for assessment of individual contributions in engineering higher education group projects. The research methods include knowledge-mining from literature reviews and lessons from case-studies in engineering higher education. The discussions in this paper include: (a) a basic overview of some assessment strategies; (b) a key summary from specific case-studies; and (c) a set of recommendations for rational assessment of group projects in engineering higher education.
Improved culturally-mixed group-project to promote intercultural skills and engagement
Creators: name: Rhamdhani, Akbar
name: Salehi, Kay
name: Kapoor, Ajay
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: A group project involving randomly mixed local and international students was developed and trialled in a mechanical engineering unit in 2008 as a means to increase students' intercultural skills and engagement. The students were required to carry out a research group project designed to encourage the contribution and cooperation of all members of the group. Surveys and a focus group discussion prior to and after the project were carried out to learn whether the students had a heightened awareness and curiosity about other cultures and whether the experience had encouraged them to confidently engage cross-culturally. The students were also asked to comment on the difficulties they encountered during the group project. A modified project was carried out in 2009 incorporating some of the feedback obtained in 2008. This paper examines the students' responses to the project over both years, share the modifications made in 2009, and discuss what elements seemed to have a positive effect on the students' experience.
A study of corporate social disclosure in the finance sector in Bangladesh
Creators: name: Azim, Mohammad
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Purpose: This paper investigates finance companies’ corporate social reporting in Bangladesh, a developing country. A favorable investment climate is one of the preconditions for a country to prosper economically. This can be ensured by good corporate social reporting by finance sector companies. In Bangladesh, finance sector companies together hold 43.82% of total market capitalization on the Dhaka Stock Exchange and 26.54% of GDP, which is proportionately large for a country like Bangladesh. No studies have previously explored the commitment to environmental and social disclosure by finance sector companies operating in Bangladesh. Design/methodology/approach: Content analysis instruments are used to analyse corporate social reporting by listed finance companies in Bangladesh. Findings: Analysis of annual reports published in 2007-2008 reveals that 41% of listed finance sector companies made some kind of CSR disclosures. As a developing country, this figure is quite impressive compared to CSR disclosures in other sectors, like ceramics, engineering, IT, paper and printing. However, extensive survey of the contents, form, nature and extent of corporate social reporting of finance companies reveals that three quarters of all disclosures are generalized qualitative statements without any attempt at quantification. More than half of disclosures are located in the director’s report, and the average length of disclosures amounted to less than half a page. Originality/value: This paper contributes to the literature as no previous studies have reported on finance sector companies and their record in corporate social reporting in developing countries, such as Bangladesh.
Using the formal curriculum to build connections and confidence between engineering students from different cultural backgrounds
Creators: name: Salehi, Kay
name: Rhamdhani, Akbar
name: Kapoor, Ajay
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Preparing engineering students to work confidently in an international and multicultural context is challenging and complex. The global professional requires both technical and socio-cultural knowledge and skills. Meaningful learning experiences that build confidence and connections between culturally diverse students are essential learning for the global professional. Some of the literature suggests that having a sense of connectedness within the university environment may impact on whether an individual responds well to the challenge of intercultural engagement. This paper describes a curriculum intervention carried out on a highly technical third year engineering unit. The effectiveness of the intervention to enhance intercultural engagement between students from different cultural backgrounds is explored via the use of surveys and focus groups. This study provides some encouragement for ways to internationalise curriculum, but also highlights other challenges that impact on students' effective engagement in these activities. This paper would be of relevant to anyone interested in using the formal curriculum to engage students from different cultural backgrounds to work together.
Assessing the determinants of the Malaysians' demand for automobile and the impact of automobile industry on the Malaysian economy
Creators: name: Callie, Wai Kun
name: Bashar, Omar
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The Malaysian automobile maker has been heavily protected using various tools since 1985 as the industry is considered to be a. Key industry th.at would stimulate growth. Although Malaysia is a small country with population of about 25 million, the demand for automobile increased tremendously since the late of 1990's. This paper attempts to analyse the automobile demand at macro level using time series analysis approach. The results of the cointegration tests and Vector Error Correction Models suggest that in contrast to the basic microeconomic theory, all of the independent variables are statistically insignificant in influencing the automobile demand in the country.
Tracking wheat yellow rust: near real-time data sharing with Nextstrain
Creators: name: Adams, Thomas M.
name: Neher, Richard A.
name: Saunders, Diane G. O.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Wheat rust
Nextstrain
Disease surveillance
Pathogenomics

description: Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici (Pst) is the causative agent of wheat yellow rust disease, affecting wheat production worldwide. In order to effectively manage this disease, it is important to monitor the genotypes present through surveillance programs. Additionally, the use of public, open source tools such as the Nextstrain toolkit allow for rapid and efficient sharing of data from surveillance programmes. Here we present a Nextstrain instance for Pst, which will be a valuable resource for understanding and tracking the distribution of specific genotypes of this important pathogen.
Financial contagion: geographical proximity or trade link?
Creators: name: Yap, Chee Jin
name: Voung, Peter
name: Gannon, Gerard
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We found the presence of contagion effects during the recent Global Finance Crisis. The shocks stemming from US shocks did cause excessive impacts in other stock markets. This finding did not appear in all markets, only Argentina, Canada, Mexico and Japan exhibited statistically significant signs of contagion. An important problem which arises from these findings is identifying why only Argentina, Canada, Mexico and Japan appear to be the only markets affected. We used Panel model found contagion through geographical proximity of a country impacted on the severity of contagion. We also investigate whether trade was the true culprit behind the contagion phenomenon during the GFC and found overall trade was not a significant determinant of contagion. Our paper supports the findings in Collins and Gavron (2004) which suggest contagion maybe a culmination of multiple linkages factors.
D3.1 - Report on the Workshops for SMEs
Creators: name: Arlandini, Claudio (CINECA)
name: Testi, Debora (CINECA)
Publisher: name: https://b2share.eudat.eu
Year: 2020
Subjects: HPC
Transnational access
Research visits
H2020
SMEs
HPCE3
HPC-Europa

description: This deliverable describes the outcome of Task 3.1 - Enlarging the SMEs awareness of HPC.
The task aimed to support SMEs and bring them closer to the HPC opportunities, coordinating an action of awareness and diffusion of the HPC benefit and methods, to inform local industry operators and start paths of collaboration that could lead to an optimal “usage” of existing mature initiatives. This was translated into the organization of three workshops in Stuttgart, Milan and Edinburgh at M19, M25 and M31.
This deliverable presents the outcomes of the three workshops and some lessons learnt.
Schede sulle opere di Torquato Tasso
Creators: name: Leone, Valentina
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Torquato Tasso

description: Il documento raccoglie un insieme di schede dedicate alle opere di Torquato Tasso, destinate al Portale Tasso Online (https://www.torquatotasso.org). Ciascuna opera è stata corredata di un iniziale inquadramento analitico che ne consenta la collocazione all’interno del sistema tassiano e, più generalmente, letterario (titoli alternativi; insieme editoriale; genere; forma; struttura). Gli scritti schedati sono stati inoltre provvisti di un profilo sintetico (descrizione), non limitato all’esposizione del contenuto ma aperto alla contestualizzazione storico-letteraria dell’opera. Particolare cura è stata dedicata alla ricostruzione delle vicende testuali delle opere (storia del testo), con attenzione agli intricati problemi filologici caratterizzanti il caso tassiano. In questa sezione sono state toccate le principali questioni testuali, cercando sulla base dei documenti epistolari e degli studi critici disponibili di mostrare le dinamiche tra autografi, manoscritti e stampe non sempre sorvegliate dal controllo diretto dell’autore. Completano le schede delle opere la discussione della datazione, la segnalazione di eventuali relazioni con altri testi tassiani, l’indicazione dell’editio princeps e delle principali edizioni moderne.

 
description: The document brings together a set of forms dedicated to the works of Torquato Tasso, intended for the Tasso Online Portal (https://www.torquatotasso.org). Each work has been provided with an initial analytical framework that allows its placement within the Tasso system and, more generally, within the literary system (alternative titles; editorial set; genre; form; structure). The indexed writings were also provided with a synthetic profile (description), not limited to an exposition of the content but open to the historical-literary contextualisation of the work. Particular care was devoted to the reconstruction of the textual events of the works (history of the text), with attention to the intricate philological problems characterising the case of Tasso. In this section, the main textual issues have been touched upon, attempting on the basis of the available epistolary documents and critical studies to show the dynamics between autographs, manuscripts and prints that were not always under the author's direct control. The works are completed by a discussion of the dating, an indication of any relations with other Tasso texts, and an indication of the editio princeps and the main modern editions.
Habitat use patterns and food habits of the Kashmir red deer or Hangul (Cervus elaphus hanglu) in Dachigam National Park, Kashmir, India
Creators: name: K. Ahmad
name: Q. Qureshi
name: G. Agoramoorthy
name: P. Nigam
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences

description: The last surviving wild population of the Kashmir red deer (Cervus elaphus hanglu) or Hangul inhabits the Dachigam National Park located near Srinagar city of Kashmir, India. This paper presents data from February 2001 to December 2009 on habitat use patterns and food habits of the Kashmir red deer. Investigations based on surveys along trails indicate that Hangul showed significant differences in the use of different habitat types (F = 6.49; P = 0.001) between seasons. Males showed significant differences in habitat utilization both within a season (F = 3.63; P ≤ 0.013) and between seasons (F = 1.50; P ≤ 0.087). Females showed differences in their habitat use within season but not between seasons (F = 14.771; P ≤ 0.577). Surveys showed the deer predominantly using the lower and middle altitudes (1700–1900 m and 1900–2300 m) with no significant gender differences. The riverine and mixed oak forests showed the highest mean deer pellet density/ha (153.71 ± 173.43, n = 418 and 188.60 ± 56.41, n = 114, respectively). The grassy/rocky cliff habitat showed the lowest mean pellet density/ha (55.92 ± 18.32, n = 228). The Hangul diet constituted mainly of dicotyledonous shrubs and trees (45.45 and 80.77%), forbs/herbs (36.36 and 19.23%), monocotyledon grasses and herbs (18.18 and 16.22%) in spring and winter, respectively. Summer diet comprised 42.86% forbs, 19.05% grass/sedges and 38.10% browses. In autumn, Hangul fed mainly on dicotyledonous shrubs. The habitat use patterns of Hangul are comparable with those of the European red deer and are influenced by availability of food, cover, shelter, altitude, slope, aspect and the level of disturbance. The habitats with ideal conditions for utilization but with a meager disturbance were avoided by Hangul. Recommendations are given for better and effective management, protection and conservation of this small and isolated population of red deer.
Using Interactive Lecture Demonstrations to enhance student learning in electronics
Creators: name: Edwards, Tom
name: O'Donoghue, Peter
name: Nopparatjamjomras, Suchai
name: Mazzolini, Alexander
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Interactive Lecture Demonstrations (ILDs) have been successfully used for many years to improve conceptual understanding in university and high school physics courses. In engineering and science disciplines (such as electronics), there is sometimes concern about whether students simply apply formulas to solve problems or whether they develop a deeper understanding of the principles that are used to interpret electronics phenomena. In a lecture-style environment, ILDs can be used to improve student engagement and learning outcomes. We have developed a set of ILD activities to teach Operational Amplifiers, which is a topic that many students have difficulties with in our university’s introductory electronics course. The ILD equipment and activity sheets have been designed to promote engagement and deeper learning. Results of pre-and posttesting of students, together with student surveys and focus group comments collected over a three year period are very positive, and indicate encouraging learning gains.
PRRI April 2020 Coronavirus Survey
Creators: name: PRRI
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2020

description: How often attend religious services (1); place at which respondent primarily attends religious services holding in-person gatherings for Easter/other religious occasions (1); how respondent plans to observe Easter/other religious holidays in coming days/weeks (1); favor/oppose churches/other religious organizations holding in-person services during time of government-issued "stay at home" orders (1); most accurate way to refer to virus (coronavirus/COVID-19) (1); trust in news sources to provide accurate information about politics/current events (1).
What do on campus students do with mathematics lecture screencasts at a dual-mode Australian university?
Creators: name: Loch, Birgit
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The University of Southern Queensland (USQ) is one of Australia’s leading distance education providers, with about three quarters of its students enrolled in distance mode. While it can certainly be argued that screencasted lectures extend learning opportunities for students who cannot physically attend classes by providing a near live lecture experience, the question is raised: Would students who were given a choice and purposely enrolled on campus access these recordings, and if so, for what purpose? This paper uses a case study approach to investigate this question with a first year Operations Research course allowing on campus and distance enrolments. Data analysed and matched to follow individual students’ behaviours includes lecture attendance rolls, weekly screencast access on the course Moodle site, anonymous solicited student feedback provided by attendees in the last two lectures and a student survey at the end of semester. While a number of students used the recordings to catch up on missed classes, the majority of enrolled students stated that they attended classes because they had decided to enroll on campus rather than in distance mode, as they valued interaction with the lecturers and the ability to receive an immediate answer to questions.
Novel use of immunohistochemistry for phenotypic evaluation of circulating neoplastic lymphocyte populations
Creators: name: JR Finlay
name: KM Wyatt
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Computational Biology
subject: Chemistry
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Hematology
subject: Cancer
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Ecology
subject: Genetics
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Medicine
subject: Biophysics

description: CASE HISTORY: A 5-year-old male neutered Poodle cross presented with a 2-week history of non-specific gastrointestinal signs including vomiting, inappetence and lethargy (Case 1). A 14-year-old male neutered Staffordshire Bull Terrier presented with a 6-week history of progressive inappetence and lethargy (Case 2).CLINICAL FINDINGS: On presentation, Case 1 was dehydrated and had repeatable cranial abdominal pain. Mild hypoproteinemia with hypoalbuminemia, and electrolyte disturbances were found on biochemistry profile. Abdominal ultrasonography showed moderate diffuse small intestinal wall irregularity and moderate local lymphadenopathy. Haematology was repeated 2 days after initial presentation and showed a marked leucocytosis associated with an elevated circulating neoplastic cell population. On presentation, Case 2 was dehydrated, had palpable hepatomegaly and a mild generalised lymphadenopathy. A low number of large, atypical lymphocytes were found on haematology. Sonographically there was hepatomegaly with diffuse parenchymal changes and severe mesenteric lymphadenopathy.LABORATORY FINDINGS: Aspirates from the abdominal lymph nodes (Cases 1 and 2) and liver (Case 2), and blood smears revealed atypical neoplastic lymphoid populations, predominantly comprising large lymphocytes.Immunocytochemistry failed to determine the lymphoid phenotype in Case 1 but supported a T cell phenotype in Case 2. Immunohistochemistry of formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FF-PE) blood clots was able to identify a T cell phenotype in both cases. PCR for antigen receptor rearrangement results from both cases were consistent with an expanded T cell population.DIAGNOSIS: In both cases, immunohistochemistry on FF-PE blood clots revealed a circulating T cell lymphocyte population, consistent with T cell lymphoproliferative neoplasia.CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Immunohistochemistry on FF-PE blood clots offers clinicians a reliable, inexpensive and minimally invasive method of phenotyping neoplastic cells in circulation. Compared to other available methods, prolonged sample stability allowing for transport and retrospective examination is a distinct advantage. This technique should be considered a useful adjunct to the currently available methods for the phenotypic evaluation of lymphoid leukaemia in dogs.
Creating an engineering education community of practice within an institutional setting: a blueprint for action research
Creators: name: Mann, Llew
name: Chang, Rosemary
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Engaging with and developing academics' understanding and experience of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), including educational research, is challenging. This is particularly the case in engineering and science, where engaging in and learning about SoTL represents a paradigm shift from most academics’ training in basic research. However institutional pressure exists for academics to progress their teaching practices and improve student learning and engagement. Academics actively questioning and researching their own teaching practices can result in institutional change and improvement in these TandL practices. This change agenda toward SoTL was implemented through the use of an adult learning framework within an engineering and science faculty. This framework included a community of practice (CoP) perspective to inform group learning, as well as an adult learning perspective to inform individual learning. This paper uses an action research method to develop a blueprint, and investigate what conditions were required, for a change agenda toward SoTL.
Eriopis sebastiani, nueva especie del genero Eriopis Mulsant, 1850 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)
Creators: name: Navarrete, Abdhiel Arnaldo Bustamante
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Zoology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: It is reported and described a new species of the genus Eriopis 1850 Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from off the coast of Peru. Graphics presented also exemplary type and genitalia.

Se reporta y describe una nueva especie del género Eriopis Mulsant 1850 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) proveniente de la costa del Perú. Se presentan además gráficos del ejemplar tipo y la genitalia.
Investigating the learning outcomes of adopting active learning strategies that utilize rich resources in order to improve reasoning and analytical skills
Creators: name: Gerstman, Julie
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Instructors in university macroeconomics units are continuously reminded that tertiary students are not as capable in higher level reasoning skills as required in business. This has been exacerbated in Australian universities by an increased proportion of students from non English speaking backgrounds. Including more innovative sources and teaching methods into learning have been chosen to revitalise curriculum practices. Students will be exposed to more primary data and related visual news summaries as learning strategies to improve their reasoning and analytical skills and demonstrate the relevance of topics studied. A rationale for this intervention is developed based on research, experience and employers’ needs. By guided practise, students gain confidence in interpreting, analysing and critiquing, instead of regurgitating interpretations of a teacher or author. The skills promoted in this intervention require deep and self regulated learning. The paper explains the rationale and methodology of the research. The evaluation techniques include both qualitative and quantitative measures. The SOLO taxonomy is used to measure reasoning skills as an appropriate measure of student cognitive outcomes that has been applied to ranking tertiary learning skills. The study tests students' skills to summarise and analyse data at entry level, again at mid semester and finally at the end of the semester. A necessary part of the intervention includes 'constructive alignment,' that requires learning objectives to be aligned with appropriate assessment tasks. The qualitative evaluation will be undertaken through focus groups, intending to 'tease out' the student perspective of the intervention and provide richer results than the numbers alone provide.
BO'LG'USI O'QITUVCHILAR SUGGESTIVLIGINI TAKOMILLASHTIRISHNING NAZARIY VA FUNDAMENTAL ASOSLARI
Creators: name: Shermatova, Manzura
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: ushbu maqolada bo’lg’usi pedagoglarning suggestivligini takomillashtirishning nazariy va fundamental asoslari, shaxsga yo’naltirilgan ta’lim paradigmasi, suggestivlik muammolari haqida so’z boradi.
Media training: it's time journalists got even
Creators: name: Dodd, Andrew
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Journalists tend to get angry when they discover that there is an industry dedicated to minimising their capacity to get free flowing information from the people they interview. They are surprised and dismayed by the extent of media training and by the tactics trainees are taught in order to 'retain control' during interviews. This paper asserts that journalists shouldn’t just get angry. They should get even. It argues that journalism educators have an important role in preparing reporters to deal with media-trained talent. It discusses the prevalence of media training - who is providing it and who is receiving it - and exposes some of the more dubious tricks of the trade. Also, it begins the discussion about the ways journalists can respond.