cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Diagnostic Performance of Self-Assessment for Constipation in Patients With Long-Term Opioid Treatment
Creators: name: Tafelski, Sascha
name: Bellin, Felicitas
name: Denke, Claudia
name: Beutlhauser, Torsten
name: Fritzsche, Thomas
name: West, Christina
name: Schäfer, Michael
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Constipation is a prevalent comorbidity affecting ∼50% of patients with long- term opioid therapy. In clinical routine different diagnostic instruments are in use to identify patients under risk. The aim of this study was to assess the diagnostic performance of an 11-item Likert scale for constipation used as a self-assessment in opioid-treated patients. This trial was conducted as a retrospective cohort study in Berlin, Germany. Patients with long-term opioid therapy treated in 2 university-affiliated outpatient pain facilities at the Charité hospital were included from January 2013 to August 2013. Constipation was rated in a self-assessment using a numeric rating scale from 0 to 10 (Con- NRS) and compared with results from a structured assessment based on ROME-III criteria. Altogether, 171 patients were included. Incidence of constipation was 49% of patients. The receiver-operating characteristic of Con-NRS achieved an area under the curve of 0.814 (AUC 95% confidence interval 0.748–0.880, P < 0.001). Con-NRS ≥ 1 achieved sensitivity and specificity of 79.7% and 77.2%, respectively. The positive predictive value and the negative predictive value were 70.3% and 81.6%, respectively. Overall diagnostic performance of a concise 11-item Likert scale for constipation was moderate. Although patients with long-term opioid therapy are familiar with numeric rating scales, a significant number of patients with constipation were not identified. The instrument may be additionally useful to facilitate individualized therapeutic decision making and to control therapeutic success when measured repetitively.
Sustainable resource use and the projected development of PV
Creators: name: Günther, Jens
name: Lehmann, Harry
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2013
Subjects: Umweltauswirkung
Recycling

description: Climate protection, the transformation of the energy system, the sustainable use of natural resources and increasing resource efficiency are main strategic policy fields in the EU and the member countries. Whereas the expansion of PV electricity supply is clearly fostering the first two strategic fields, negative effects on the latter may occur. The expected expansion requires significant amounts of raw materials and other resources. This raises questions on raw material supply, but also hampers the target achievement on resource efficiency and trade-offs to different environmental policies may occur. Whereas the topic of raw material supply is already under intensive investigation, the questions on synergies and trade-offs coming along with the PV expansion are rarely explored. Several research projects on behalf of the German Federal Environment Agency (UBA) and the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) were analyzing different aspects in the context of environmental feasible expansion of PV in Germany. Based on selected results, we highlighted the interlinkages of PV expansion and resource use, evaluate the possible trade-offs and synergies to sustainable use of natural resources and conclude with implication for environmental policies, resource efficiency and suggestion for a resource efficient expansion of PV.Quelle: http://www.eupvsec-proceedings.com/
Die Software im Unternehmen
Creators: name: Leimstoll, Uwe
name: Quade, Michael H.
Publisher: name: Swiss Professional Media
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: 330 - Wirtschaft
subject: 005 - Computer Programmierung, Programme und Daten

description: Die Business-Software-Studie 2011 der Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz zeigt auf, wie KMU und andere Schweizer Organisationen ihre zentralen Geschäftsprozesse mit Software unterstützen. Auch die Einstellungen zu Cloud Computing und Mobile Computing wurden untersucht. Die Unterstützung zentraler Geschäftsprozesse mit geeigneter Software ist heute auch in kleineren Unternehmen von immenser Bedeutung. Die Qualität, die Geschwindigkeit und natürlich auch die Kosten der betrieblichen Abläufe werden entscheidend von der Software beeinflusst.
The regiospecific synthesis and reactivity of 2-hydroxybenzocyclobutenones.
Creators: name: Lear, Yvonne.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: Chemistry, Organic.

description: Part I. A novel preparation of regiospecifically substituted 2-hydroxy-benzocyclobutenones is presented. The sequence involved conversion of ortho-bromobenzaldehydes via their cyanohydrins into TBS protected mandelate esters and subsequent cyclization by a halogen metal exchange reaction. Deprotection afforded 2-hydroxybenzocyclobutenones. Overall yield for the sequence was approximately 50%, and was improved by converting the ethyl esters into Weinreb amides prior to halogen metal exchange. Addition of aryl Grignard reagents to the 2-hydroxybenzocyclobutenones followed by oxidation and thermolysis yielded the target anthraquinones. The difficulties associated with the oxidation reaction are discussed since the best results were obtained using DMSO/SO$\sb3$-pyridine complex with a maximum yield of 50% for the compound with no substituents on the aromatic ring; yields were lower for substituted compounds. Alkylidene and bis-alkylidene benzocyclobutenones were synthesized by reacting the hydroxybenzocyclobutenones with Wittig type reagents. Reaction of 2-hydroxybenzocyclobutenone with Lawesson's reagent resulted in the formation of a ring expanded dithiolactone. Part II. The synthesis of a series of podophyllotoxin derivatives is presented. The first type result from nucleophilic substitution of the 4-hydroxy group under Lewis acid conditions using trimethylsilylcyanide or allyltrimethylsilane as the nucleophiles. The resulting 4-allyl-4-deoxypodophyllotoxin was reacted under hydroboration conditions to yield the 4-(hydroxypropyl) derivative, oxidation gave the corresponding carboxylic acid. These were demethylated to give the required free hydroxy group. The second type result from addition of organolithium reagents to podophyllotoxone or its 4$\sp\prime$-demethyl analogue. A tertiary alcohol of this type with a phenylethyl substituent in the C4 position was prepared. The most active of these compounds in vitro was the hydroxypropyl derivative which was chosen for in vivo study. In vivo testing showed the compound to be inactive. Part III. Conjugates of alpha-terthienyl and bovine serum albumin were prepared using both reductive amination techniques and the mixed anhydride process. The biological and photochemical characterization of these conjugates is presented. The bioassays showed the conjugates to be very toxic to yeast and brine shrimp while the photochemical studies showed the conjugates were highly fluorescent and produced sufficient singlet oxygen to cause significant cell damage. However, the lower quantum yield as compared to the free $\alpha$-T indicated a possibility of causing damage to the protein as well, thus altering its conformation. The mixed anhydride process was also used to prepare conjugates of $\alpha$-T with a mouse antibody and with the human antibody MRK 16 which is specific to p-glycoprotein.
The application of systems thinking to health promotion: complexity-informed community-based prevention in Healthy Together Victoria
Creators: name: Bensberg, Monica
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This thesis by publication examines the application of systems thinking to health promotion in Healthy Together Victoria (HTV). HTV was a large-scale, multi-site initiative that adopted a complex systems approach to reduce obesity in Victoria, Australia from 2012 to 2016. Data were collected through 31 semi-structured in-depth interviews with HTV participants. The findings are described with respect to implications for systems practice, theories, tools and capacity for health promotion professionals. This thesis includes four peer reviewed journal articles and two practice reports.
Emerging Air Interfaces and Management Technologies for the 5G era
Creators: name: Demestichas, Panagiotis
name: Protonotarios, Emmanuel
name: Barani, Bernard
name: Bourse, Didier
name: Leung, Victor Chung Ming, 1955-
Publisher: name: Springer International Publishing
Year: 2018

description: This Special Issue originates from the international conference EuCNC2016, which was held in June 2016 in Athens, Greece. Initially, it publishes some key contributions presented at the conference describing different aspects in the most recent 5G (5th generation) activities in the areas of Air Interfaces and Management Technologies. The series continues with further articles in the context of the same area. 5G mobile networks/wireless systems are the next step of mobile telecommunication standards, offering services and speed far beyond what 4G may offer. The most recent research activities focus on the development of 5G communications and networks, aiming to be fully available for the consumers through their devices by 2020. The scope of this Special Issue is to focus on aspects like 5G communications and networks technologies and more specifically Air Interfaces and Management Technologies. In the context of this Special Issue, numerous high-quality papers were received. After rigorous peer review, the following papers have been accepted and included in the Special Issue.
Business-Software in KMUs: Worauf kommt es an?
Creators: name: Leimstoll, Uwe
Publisher: name: Netzmedien AG
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: E-Business
subject: ERP-Systeme
subject: Integration
subject: Standardsoftware
subject: 330 - Wirtschaft
subject: 005 - Computer Programmierung, Programme und Daten

description: Die Unterstützung von Geschäftsprozessen mit Business Software ist mittlerweile auch in kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen gang und gäbe. Ein zentrales Thema, das in diesem Zusammenhang schon lange diskutiert wird, ist das Thema der Integration. Die Entscheidung, bis zu welchem Grad Business Software integriert werden soll, ist für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen auch heute noch extrem schwierig. Der Artikel basiert auf den Ergebnissen einer repräsentativen empirischen Untersuchung und zeigt auf, welche Vor- und Nachteile die Integration von Business Software aus Sicht der Schweizer KMU mit sich bringt. Beschrieben werden auch die Schwerpunkte der Integration sowie die Anforderungen der KMU an künftige ERP-Systeme und an die Anbieter der Systeme. Den Netzguide Business-Software können Sie zum Preis von CHF 58.- direkt bei der Netzmedien AG bestellen.
4D Visualization of replication foci in mammalian cells corresponding to individual replicons
Creators: name: Chagin, V. O.
name: Casas-Delucchi, C. S.
name: Reinhart, M.
name: Schermelleh, L.
name: Markaki, Y.
name: Maiser, A.
name: Bolius, J. J.
name: Bensimon, A.
name: Fillies, M.
name: Domaing, P.
name: Rozanov, Y. M.
name: Leonhardt, H.
name: Cardoso, M. C.
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Since the pioneering proposal of the replicon model of DNA replication 50 years ago, the predicted replicons have not been identified and quantified at the cellular level. Here, we combine conventional and super-resolution microscopy of replication sites in live and fixed cells with computational image analysis. We complement these data with genome size measurements, comprehensive analysis of S-phase dynamics and quantification of replication fork speed and replicon size in human and mouse cells. These multidimensional analyses demonstrate that replication foci (RFi) in three-dimensional (3D) preserved somatic mammalian cells can be optically resolved down to single replicons throughout S-phase. This challenges the conventional interpretation of nuclear RFi as replication factories, that is, the complex entities that process multiple clustered replicons. Accordingly, 3D genome organization and duplication can be now followed within the chromatin context at the level of individual replicons.
Trade-Offs between Economic and Environmental Optimization of the Forest Biomass Generation Supply Chain in Inner Mongolia, China
Creators: name: Zhang, Min
name: Wang, Guangyu
name: Gao, Yi
name: Wang, Zhenqi
name: Mi, Feng
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: The utilization of forest residue to produce forest biomass energy can mitigate CO₂ emissions and generate additional revenue for related eco-enterprises and farmers. In China, however, the benefit of this utilization is still in question because of high costs and CO₂ emissions in the entire supply chain. In this paper, a multi-objective linear programming model (MLP) is employed to analyze the trade-offs between the economic and environmental benefits of all nodes within the forest biomass power generation supply chain. The MLP model is tested in the Mao Wu Su biomass Thermoelectric Company. The optimization results show that (1) the total cost and CO₂ emissions are decreased by US$98.4 thousand and 60.6 thousand kg, respectively; 3750 thousand kg of waste-wood products is reduced and 3750 thousand kg of sandy shrub stubble residue is increased; (2) 64% of chipped sandy shrub residue is transported directly from the forestland to the power plant, 36% of non-chipped sandy shrub residue is transported from the forestland to the power plant via the chipping plant; (3) transportation and chipping play a significant role in the supply chain; and (4) the results of a sensitivity analysis show that the farmer’s average transportation distance should be 84.13 km and unit chipping cost should be $0.01022 thousand for the optimization supply cost and CO₂ emissions. Finally, we suggest the following: (1) develop long-term cooperation with farmers; (2) buy chain-saws for regularly used farmers; (3) build several chipping plants in areas that are rich in sandy shrub.
Fallstudie Nordostschweizerische Kraftwerke - NOK
Creators: name: Tanner, Christian
Publisher: name: Hanser
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Business Software
subject: E-Business
subject: E-Commerce
subject: E-Procurement
subject: ERP-Systeme
subject: Ecademy
subject: New Markets
subject: Payment System
subject: SCM
subject: Supply Chain Management
subject: Website
subject: Zahlungssystem
subject: 330 - Wirtschaft
subject: 005 - Computer Programmierung, Programme und Daten

description: Die Nordostschweizerischen Kraftwerke versorgen gemeinsam mit den Kantonswerken und gegen 500 Endverteilern über 2.3 Millionen Bewohner mit Strom. Im Hinblick auf die bevorstehende Energiemarktliberalisierung werden Optimierungspotenziale konsequent genutzt und neue Kooperationsformen angestrebt. Die im Geschäftsbereich Kernenergie eingesetzte elektronische Einkaufslösung im ASP-Modell (Application Service Providing) optimiert die Prozesse bei der Beschaffung von C-Teilen. Ein pragmatisches Vorgehen, vielfältige Ausbauoptionen und minimale Investitionskosten für eine professionelle, benutzerfreundliche Anwendung zeichnen diese Lösung aus.
The international pulsar timing array project: Using pulsars as a gravitational wave detector
Creators: name: Hobbs, G
name: Archibald, A
name: Arzoumanian, Z
name: Backer, D
name: Bailes, Matthew
name: Bhat, N D R
name: Burgay, M
name: Burke-Spolaor, S
name: Champion, D
name: Cognard, I
name: Coles, W
name: Cordes, J
name: Demorest, P
name: Desvignes, G
name: Ferdman, R D
name: Finn, L
name: Freire, P
name: Gonzalez, M
name: Hessels, J
name: Hotan, A
name: Janssen, G
name: Jenet, F
name: Jessner, A
name: Jordan, C
name: Kaspi, V
name: Kramer, M
name: Kondratiev, V
name: Lazio, J
name: Lazaridis, K
name: Lee, K J
name: Levin, Y
name: Lommen, A
name: Lorimer, D
name: Lynch, R
name: Lyne, A
name: Manchester, R
name: McLaughlin, M
name: Nice, D
name: Oslowski, Stefan
name: Pilia, M
name: Possenti, A
name: Purver, M
name: Ransom, S
name: Reynolds, J
name: Sanidas, S
name: Sarkissian, J
name: Sesana, A
name: Shannon, Ryan
name: Siemens, X
name: Stairs, I
name: Stappers, B
name: Stinebring, D
name: Theureau, G
name: van Haasteren, R
name: van Straten, Willem
name: Verbiest, J P W
name: Yardley, D R B
name: You, X P
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The International Pulsar Timing Array project combines observations of pulsars from both northern and southern hemisphere observatories with the main aim of detecting ultra-low frequency (~10^-9 -10^-8 Hz) gravitational waves. Here we introduce the project, review the methods used to search for gravitational waves emitted from coalescing supermassive binary black-hole systems in the centres of merging galaxies and discuss the status of the project.
Politikszenarien für den Klimaschutz VII
Creators: name: Repenning, Julia
name: Emele, Lukas
name: Blanck, Ruth
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Emissionsminderung
subject: Politikszenarien
subject: Projektionsbericht
subject: Treibhausgasminderung
subject: Klimaschutz
subject: Treibhausgasemissionen
subject: Aktionsprogramm Klimaschutz 2020
subject: Nationaler Aktionsplan
subject: Energieeffizenz
subject: Klimaziel
subject: Klima | Energie

description: Untersucht wurden die Treibhausgasemissionen für Deutschland auf der Basis von Modellanalysen für im Detail spezifizierte energie- und klimapolitische Instrumente. Im Mit-Maßnahmen-⁠Szenario⁠ (MMS) werden alle Maßnahmen berücksichtigt, die bis zum 31.08.2014 ergriffen worden sind. Im Mit-Weiteren-Maßnahmen-Szenario (MWMS) kommen die im Aktionsprogramm ⁠Klimaschutz⁠ 2020 und im Nationalen Aktionsplan Energieeffizienz im Dezember 2014 zusätzlich von der Bundesregierung beschlossenen Maßnahmen hinzu.Im Vergleich zum Basisjahr 1990 wird bis 2020 eine Emissionsminderung für die vom Kyoto-Protokoll erfassten Treibhausgase von 32,7 % (MMS) bzw. 37,4 % (MWMS) erreicht, bis 2030 sind es 43 bzw. 49 %. Der vorliegende Bericht entspricht inhaltlich im Wesentlichen dem Projektionsbericht der Bundesregierung 2015.
Classification of Personalization Functions for E-Commerce Applications
Creators: name: Risch, Daniel
name: Schubert, Petra
name: Leimstoll, Uwe
Publisher: name: Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: CRM
subject: Customer Relationship Management
subject: 330 - Wirtschaft
subject: 005 - Computer Programmierung, Programme und Daten

description: Personalization is an interdisciplinary topic that has been discussed in the literature of marketing and information systems as well as in other research areas. In this paper we present findings from a longitudinal research project on personalization of e-commerce systems. The findings were taken from interviews and software development projects with company partners (action research). In a first step personalization functions are classified according to their order of appearance along the buying process. In a second step they are grouped into subcategories. There is no single strategy for selecting successful personalization functions as the suitability varies depending on parameters like industry, number of customers or product range. The main contribution described in this paper is a classification framework for existing and emerging personalization functions for e-ecommerce applications.
Heizen mit geothermischen Wärmepumpensystemen - Beitrag für einen klimaneutralen Gebäudebestand
Creators: name: Lohse, Christiane
name: Schuberth, Jens
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2018
Subjects: Energieeffizienz
Klimaschutz
Umweltverträglichkeit

description: Die Klimaneutralität des Gebäudebestands im Jahr 2050 ist notwendig, um die Dekarbonisierung des Energiesystems zu erreichen und damit den Anforderungen des Pariser Klimaabkommens gerecht zu werden. Das bedeutet, dass die Energienachfrage des Gebäudebestandes stark sinken und vollständig durch erneuerbare Energien gedeckt werden muss. Das "GreenEe"-Szenario aus dem Projekt "Ressourcenschonendes und treibhausgasneutrales Deutschland 2050" des Umweltbundesamtes und ökonomische Optimierungen des Fraunhofer ISE zeigen, dass in einem Energiesystem aus erneuerbaren Energien hauptsächlich Elektro-Wärmepumpen geeignet sind, den gründlich sanierten Gebäudebestand mit 320 TWh Niedertemperaturwärme zu versorgen. Voraussetzung für eine hohe Effizienz der Wärmepumpen sind eine niedrige Energienachfrage und ertragreiche Wärmequellen. Dazu zählt vor allem das Erdreich, aus dem Wärmepumpen 150 TWh Heizwärme gewinnen können, wie ein GIS-basierter Abgleich zeigt. Alternativen wie Abwasser, Solar-Erdreich oder -Eisspeicher sind vielversprechende Konzepte und ermöglichen höhere Jahresarbeitszahlen als die Wärmequelle Außenluft. Wenn Wärmepumpensysteme circa 80 Prozent der Heizwärme bereitstellen sollen, sind sie zwingend umweltverträglich einzusetzen. Dazu gehören minimale Lärmemissionen von Luft-Wärmepumpen und klimafreundliche Kältemittel. Eine hohe Energieeffizienz ist erreichbar durch effiziente Geräte, ertragreiche Wärmequellen, korrekte Planung und Installation sowie eine fortlaufende Überwachung der Energieeffizienz im Betrieb. Darüber hinaus sind Boden, Grund- und Trinkwasser beim Einsatz von Erdsonden und -kollektoren vor Beeinträchtigungen zu schützen. Nur so lassen sich absehbare Umweltkonflikte vermeiden und eine breite Akzeptanz der Technik erreichen. In: Proceedings "Der Geothermiekongress DGK 2018" : Essen, 27.-29. November 2018 / Geothermiekongress DGK 2018 Herausgebendes Organ. - Essen. - (2018), F 21.1
E-Shop für FCB: B2C-Geschäft
Creators: name: Imhof, Ruth
Publisher: name: Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: E-Shop
subject: 330 - Wirtschaft
subject: 005 - Computer Programmierung, Programme und Daten

description: Die Permashop AG versorgt die Fans des FC Aarau, des FCB oder der Schweizer Formel 1 mit allem, was ihre Leidenschaft assortiert. An Spitzentagen, zum Beispiel während spezieller Events oder Cupspielen, werden bis zu 500 Bestellungen über den E-Shop abgewickelt.
Untersuchung der klimapolitischen Wirksamkeit des Emissionshandels - erweiterte Analysen
Creators: name: Cludius, Johanna
name: Schumacher, Katja
name: Loreck, Charlotte
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Kosteneffizienz
subject: Emissionshandel
subject: Emissionsminderung
subject: EU-Emissionshandel
subject: EU-EHS
subject: 2. Handelsperiode
subject: Klima | Energie

description: Der EU-Emissionshandel (EU-EHS) für Treibhausgase aus der Strom- und Wärmeversorgung und energienintensiven Industrien wurde im Jahr 2005 eingeführt und deckt etwa 45 % der EU-Gesamtemissionen ab. Ein vermuteter Vorteil eines Emissionshandels sind Kostensenkungen durch die Möglichkeit zum Handel der Verpflichtungen, bei gleichzeitiger Einhaltung der Emissionsobergrenze. Dieser Bericht stellt Schätzergebnisse für solche "Handelsgewinne" für die Jahre 2008 bis 2012 Ń die zweite Handelsperiode des EU-EHS Ń dar. Da die Ergebnisse stark von der Schätzmethode abhängen, werden verschiedene Methoden und Annahmen verglichen. Quelle: http://www.umweltbundesamt.de
description: Der EU-Emissionshandel (EU-EHS) für Treibhausgase aus der Strom- und Wärmeversorgung und energienintensiven Industrien wurde im Jahr 2005 eingeführt und deckt etwa 45 % der EU-Gesamtemissionen ab. Ein vermuteter Vorteil eines Emissionshandels sind Kostensenkungen durch die Möglichkeit zum Handel der Verpflichtungen, bei gleichzeitiger Einhaltung der Emissionsobergrenze. Dieser Bericht stellt Schätzergebnisse für solche "Handelsgewinne" für die Jahre 2008 bis 2012 – die zweite Handelsperiode des EU-EHS – dar. Da die Ergebnisse stark von der Schätzmethode abhängen, werden verschiedene Methoden und Annahmen verglichen.
Legal Requirements for the Personalization of Commercial Internet Applications in Europe
Creators: name: Schubert, Petra
name: Kummer, Mathias
name: Leimstoll, Uwe
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Personalisierung
subject: 330 - Wirtschaft
subject: 005 - Computer Programmierung, Programme und Daten

description: Most e-commerce applications require the collection and storing of information about customers. As a consequence, the performed transactions involve legal issues. For three years, the authors have been involved in a project that studies the potentials of personalization of e-commerce systems from the particular angle of SMEs. The paper picks up a couple of scenarios that many e-commerce vendors face when implementing personalization on their Web sites. The specific focus of the discussion is the legal use of costumer profiles for e-commerce applications. Since most legal issues are difficult to understand for non-lawyers the paper makes use of a case study, which shows explicitly what e-commerce vendors need to keep in mind when implementing personalization on their Web sites.
Radiative proton capture study of copper-59.
Creators: name: Gauthier, Raymond.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1970
Subjects: subject: Physics, Nuclear.

description: Enriched 58Ni targets were bombarded with H1 + ions of energy varying from 900 to 2000 kev. A 30 cc Ge(Li) detector was used to detect the gamma rays following the radiative proton capture. Nine resonances were studied and the spectra analysed to give gamma ray branching ratios and energy levels in 59Cu. From the decay of the resonance level for Ep = (1423.64 +/- .43) kev and Ep = (1843.45 +/- .56) kev the Q of the reaction was calculated to be (3418.5 +/- 2.4) kev. Partial proton and gamma ray widths were determined by integration of the 1303 kev and 878 kev gamma ray peaks following the beta+ disintegration of 59Cu. A Doppler shift measurement performed on the Ep = 1424 kev resonance level gave a value tau < 2 x 10-15 second.
Synergistic association of STX1A and VAMP2 with cryptogenic epilepsy in North Indian population
Creators: name: Baghel, Ruchi
name: Grover, Sandeep
name: Kaur, Harpreet
name: Jajodia, Ajay
name: Parween, Shama
name: Sinha, Juhi
name: Srivastava, Ankit
name: Srivastava, Achal
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Introduction “Common epilepsies”, merely explored for genetics are the most frequent, nonfamilial, sporadic cases in hospitals. Because of their much debated molecular pathology, there is a need to focus on other neuronal pathways including the existing ion channels. Methods For this study, a total of 214 epilepsy cases of North Indian ethnicity comprising 59.81% generalized, 40.19% focal seizures, and based on epilepsy types, 17.29% idiopathic, 37.38% cryptogenic, and 45.33% symptomatic were enrolled. Additionally, 170 unrelated healthy individuals were also enrolled. Here, we hypothesize the involvement of epilepsy pathophysiology genes, that is, synaptic vesicle cycle, SVC genes (presynapse), ion channels and their functionally related genes (postsynapse). An interactive analysis was initially performed in SVC genes using multifactor dimensionality reduction (MDR). Further, in order to understand the influence of ion channels and their functionally related genes, their interaction analysis with SVC genes was also performed. Results A significant interactive two-locus model of STX1A_rs4363087|VAMP2_rs2278637 (presynaptic genes) was observed among SVC variants in all epilepsy cases (P1000-value = 0.054; CVC = 9/10; OR = 2.86, 95%CI = 1.88–4.35). Further, subgroup analysis revealed stronger interaction for the same model in cryptogenic epilepsy patients only (P1000-value = 0.012; CVC = 10/10; OR = 4.59, 95%CI = 2.57–8.22). However, interactive analysis of presynaptic and postsynaptic genes did not show any significant association. Conclusions Significant synergistic interaction of SVC genes revealed the possible functional relatedness of presynapse with pathophysiology of cryptogenic epilepsy. Further, to establish the clinical utility of the results, replication in a large and similar phenotypic group of patients is warranted.
Group Conferencing Effects on Youth Recidivism and Elements of Effective Conferences
Creators: name: Bonett, Robert
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Group conferencing is a justice mechanism that brings an offender, their victim(s), police and supporters together for a facilitated discussion about the crime, what can be done to repair the harm, and prevent recurrence of harmful behaviour. This thesis examined longitudinal effects of conferencing and explored differential effects of conference elements on youth recidivism. Conferencing was associated with substantive reductions in the likelihood of ongoing recidivism, while conferences attended by secondary victims and police informants were associated with the largest reductions in post-conference recidivism. This thesis concludes that group conferencing is an effective judicial mechanism to reduce recidivism among youth.
Families of chronically ill children: The relationship between mothers' reports of normalization and social support.
Creators: name: Foster, Christine C.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Psychology, Social.

description: This study tested the hypotheses that mothers of chronically ill children who reported high use of normalization by their families had higher levels of perceived social support. Additionally, the internal reliability of the Normalization Scale (Murphy, 1992) was determined. A non-probability purposive sample of thirty-three mothers of chronically ill school-aged children was recruited from a medical day unit of a regional pediatric tertiary health setting. Employing the Family Management Style Model (Knafl & Deatrick, 1990) as a conceptual framework, the study used a descriptive correlational design. Data were collected from mothers using the Normalization Scale (Murphy, 1994), the Personal Resource Questionnaire, (Weinert, 1987) and a demographic questionnaire. Mothers' reported use of normalization by their families was found to be associated with perceived social support and their satisfaction with help received from their social support network. The relationship between mothers' reported use of normalization and the size of the social support network was not significant. The study demonstrated that family and friends are the sources of support that mothers most frequently cite as helpful. This investigation also confirmed the importance of health care professionals in the family's process of normalizing their child's illness and their family life. Support groups were not perceived as helpful by these mothers. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Status update of the Parkes pulsar timing array
Creators: name: Verbiest, J P W
name: Bailes, Matthew
name: Bhat, N D R
name: Burke-Spolaor, S
name: Champion, D J
name: Coles, W
name: Hobbs, G B
name: Hotan, A W
name: Jenet, F
name: Khoo, J
name: Lee, K J
name: Lommen, A
name: Manchester, R N
name: Oslowski, Stefan
name: Reynolds, J
name: Sarkissian, J
name: van Straten, Willem
name: Yardley, D R B
name: You, X P
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The Parkes Pulsar Timing Array project aims to make a direct detection of a gravitational wave background through the timing of millisecond pulsars. In this paper, the main requirements for that endeavour are described and recent and ongoing progress is outlined. We demonstrate that the timing properties of millisecond pulsars are adequate and that technological progress is timely to expect a successful detection of gravitational waves within a decade, or alternatively to rule out all current predictions for gravitational wave backgrounds formed by supermassive black-hole mergers.
Zukunftsfähige Organisationsentwicklung. Nachhaltig wirtschaften
Creators: name: Von Kutzschenbach, Michael
Publisher: name: Swiss Professional Media
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: 330 - Wirtschaft
subject: 005 - Computer Programmierung, Programme und Daten

description: Die Entwicklungen der letzten Jahrzehnte darunter die Weltwirtschaftskrise, die globale Erwärmung oder das Bevölkerungswachstum stellen bestehende Konzepte erfolgreichen Wirtschaftens auf die Probe. Ob und wie nachhaltiges Wirtschaften möglich ist, gehört zu den derzeit oft gestellten Fragen.
Obesity and type 2 diabetes in sub-Saharan Africans - Is the burden in today’s Africa similar to African migrants in Europe? The RODAM study
Creators: name: Agyemang, Charles
name: Meeks, Karlijn
name: Beune, Erik
name: Owusu-Dabo, Ellis
name: Mockenhaupt, Frank P.
name: Addo, Juliet
name: Aikins, Ama De Graft
name: Bahendeka, Silver
name: Danquah, Ina
name: Schulze, Matthias B.
name: Spranger, Joachim
name: Burr, Tom
name: Agyei-Baffour, Peter
name: Amoah, Stephen K.
name: Galbete, Cecilia
name: Henneman, Peter
name: Klipstein-Grobusch, Kerstin
name: Nicolaou, Mary
name: Adeyemo, Adebowale
name: Van Straalen, Jan
name: Smeeth, Liam
name: Stronks, Karien
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Obesity
subject: Type 2 diabetes
subject: Migrants
subject: Ethnic minority groups
subject: Europe
subject: Sub-Saharan Africa
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Background Rising rates of obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2D) are impending major threats to the health of African populations, but the extent to which they differ between rural and urban settings in Africa and upon migration to Europe is unknown. We assessed the burden of obesity and T2D among Ghanaians living in rural and urban Ghana and Ghanaian migrants living in different European countries. Methods A multi-centre cross-sectional study was conducted among Ghanaian adults (n = 5659) aged 25–70 years residing in rural and urban Ghana and three European cities (Amsterdam, London and Berlin). Comparisons between groups were made using prevalence ratios (PRs) with adjustments for age and education. Results In rural Ghana, the prevalence of obesity was 1.3 % in men and 8.3 % in women. The prevalence was considerably higher in urban Ghana (men, 6.9 %; PR: 5.26, 95 % CI, 2.04–13.57; women, 33.9 %; PR: 4.11, 3.13–5.40) and even more so in Europe, especially in London (men, 21.4 %; PR: 15.04, 5.98–37.84; women, 54.2 %; PR: 6.63, 5.04–8.72). The prevalence of T2D was low at 3.6 % and 5.5 % in rural Ghanaian men and women, and increased in urban Ghanaians (men, 10.3 %; PR: 3.06; 1.73–5.40; women, 9.2 %; PR: 1.81, 1.25–2.64) and highest in Berlin (men, 15.3 %; PR: 4.47; 2.50–7.98; women, 10.2 %; PR: 2.21, 1.30–3.75). Impaired fasting glycaemia prevalence was comparatively higher only in Amsterdam, and in London, men compared with rural Ghana. Conclusion Our study shows high risks of obesity and T2D among sub- Saharan African populations living in Europe. In Ghana, similarly high prevalence rates were seen in an urban environment, whereas in rural areas, the prevalence of obesity among women is already remarkable. Similar processes underlying the high burden of obesity and T2D following migration may also be at play in sub-Saharan Africa as a consequence of urbanisation.
title: ICD-Codierung von Todesursachen
title: ICD-Codierung von Todesursachen
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Gruhl, Heike
name: Wengler, Annelene
name: Plaß, Dietrich
name: Rommel, Alexander
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2019

description: Im Projekt BURDEN 2020 - Die Krankheitslast in Deutschland und seinen Regionen - werden anhand der amtlichen Todesursachenstatistik die durch vorzeitige Sterblichkeit verlorenen Lebensjahre (Years of Life Lost, YLL) berechnet. Dafür müssen "ungültige ICD-Codes" identifiziert und umverteilt werden. "Ungültig" bedeutet, dass ein ICD-Code die Todesursache nur ungenügend wiedergibt, sodass er für die Berechnung der Krankheitslast nicht informativ ist. In diesem Artikel werden die ersten Schritte zur Berechnung der todesursachenspezifischen YLL dargestellt. Klassifizierungen ungültiger Codes werden verglichen. Es wird untersucht, wie viele Todesfälle mit ungültigen Codes in der Todesursachenstatistik in Deutschland absolut und relativ vorliegen und wie sich diese nach Alter, Geschlecht und Regionen verteilen. Auf Grundlage der Klassifikation der Weltgesundheitsorganisation (WHO) können für das Jahr 2015 in Deutschland bei den insgesamt 925.200 Todesfällen 15,6% ungültige Codes identifiziert werden. Nach der Klassifikation der Global Burden of Disease-Studie (GBD-Studie) des Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) liegt der Anteil bei 26,6%. Die ICD-bezogenen Verteilungsmuster unterscheiden sich bei WHO- und IHME-Klassifikation kaum. Große Unterschiede gibt es zwischen den Bundesländern: Der Anteil ungültiger Codes beträgt 16-35% (nach IHME-Klassifikation). Die Todesursachenstatistik in Deutschland enthält einen erheblichen Anteil an Todesfällen mit ungültigen Codes. Die Unterschiede zwischen den Bundesländern können nur teilweise mit der unterschiedlichen Verarbeitung der Daten erklärt werden. Zukünftig ist aufgrund der weiteren Verbreitung und Verbesserung der elektronischen Datenerfassung eine höhere Qualität der Todesursachenstatistik zu erwarten. Quelle: https://link.springer.com/
Made in Switzerland. Smart Cars
Creators: name: Bendel, Oliver
Publisher: name: Swiss Professional Media
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 330 - Wirtschaft
subject: 005 - Computer Programmierung, Programme und Daten

description: Die Schweiz kann wieder eine bedeutende Rolle im Automobilbau und in der Zulieferindustrie spielen. Es braucht nur die richtigen Weichenstellungen. Die Bahn wird nicht aufs Abstellgleis geraten, sondern kann sogar Synergien schaffen. Um diese scheinbar gewagte These zu begründen, muss ein bisschen ausgeholt werden.
The sensitivity of the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array to individual sources of gravitational waves
Creators: name: Yardley, D. R. B.
name: Hobbs, G. B.
name: Jenet, F. A.
name: Verbiest, J. P. W.
name: Wen, Z. L.
name: Manchester, R. N.
name: Coles, W. A.
name: van Straten, Willem
name: Bailes, Matthew
name: Bhat, N. D. R.
name: Burke-Spolaor, S.
name: Champion, D. J.
name: Hotan, A. W.
name: Sarkissian, J. M.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We present the sensitivity of the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array to gravitational waves (GWs) emitted by individual supermassive black hole binary systems in the early phases of coalescing at the cores of merged galaxies. Our analysis includes a detailed study of the effects of fitting a pulsar timing model to non-white timing residuals. Pulsar timing is sensitive at nanoHertz frequencies and hence complementary to Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory and Laser Interferometer Space Antenna. We place a sky-averaged constraint on the merger rate of nearby (z > 0.6) black hole binaries in the early phases of coalescence with a chirp mass of 10^10  M(.) of less than one merger every 7 yr. The prospects for future GW astronomy of this type with the proposed Square Kilometre Array telescope are discussed.
Shared preference niche organization: Implications for community organization and diversity.
Creators: name: Wisheu, Irene Catherine.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Biology, Ecology.

description: Patterns of resource partitioning have been widely described, but the causes of these patterns are incompletely understood. To explore how the patterns are formed, I did a quantitative literature survey. In Chapter One, I (1) discuss current misconceptions in the literature, (2) document and describe five ways in which resource partitioning can occur, and (3) establish guidelines for predicting the two most common ways in which patterns of partitioning are formed. In Chapter One, the most common way in which patterns of resource partitioning were formed was through shared preference niche organization. Centrifugal organization extends shared preference organization from one resource gradient to multiple gradients. In Chapter Two, experimental evidence supporting the validity of the centrifugal organization model is reviewed and predictions of the model are presented. The centrifugal organization model predicts how the size of species pools changes along a resource gradient. Two other models from the literature make contradictory predictions. The three models were tested in Chapter Three using biomass/species composition data from 33 eastern North American wetlands. The resulting 640 quadrats produced a pattern of pool size consistent with a previously untested model, the species pool model. This model states that the pattern of pool size is the same as the pattern of alpha diversity along a biomass gradient. This suggests that (1) the more easily measured alpha diversity values can be used to predict where large species pools occur and (2) ecological processes that are associated with changes in alpha diversity may also influence the species pool.
Future Trends and Opportunities: Opportunities for innovation and disruption in the financial industry
Creators: name: Blessing, Elisha
name: K, Hubert
name: Hershey, Jason
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 461302
subject: Computational complexity and computability

description: The financial industry is undergoing a transformative evolution driven by technological advancements and shifting consumer expectations. "Future Trends and Opportunities: Opportunities for innovation and disruption in the financial industry" provides a comprehensive exploration of key trends shaping the industry's future. From the rise of digital transformation and blockchain to the integration of artificial intelligence and sustainable finance, the abstract highlights the multifaceted opportunities for innovation. Emphasis is placed on enhancing customer experiences, improving operational efficiency, promoting financial inclusion, and addressing the challenges of regulation, cybersecurity, and privacy. The abstract concludes by emphasizing the critical importance of adaptation, continuous innovation, and collaborative efforts between traditional institutions and fintech disruptors to navigate the dynamic landscape and seize the opportunities that lie ahead in the evolving financial ecosystem.
Stellenwert von E-Business-Integrationsprojekten in Unternehmen
Creators: name: Wölfle, Ralf
Publisher: name: Hanser
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: E-Business
subject: Integration
subject: 330 - Wirtschaft
subject: 005 - Computer Programmierung, Programme und Daten

description: Die Gestaltung von Informationssystemen ist mit der Gestaltung von Geschäftsprozessen untrennbar verflochten. Heilmann [1989] spricht im Umfeld der Wirtschaftsinformatik von Integration als Verknüpfung von Menschen, Aufgaben und Techniken zu einem Ganzen ? entsprechend vielschichtig gestaltet sich die Abwägung von Vor- und Nachteilen der Integration. Dieser Beitrag widmet sich der Aufgabe, die verschiedenen Potenzialfelder von E-Business-Integrationsprojekten zu identifizieren, gleichzeitig aber auch Risiken und Ursachen für die Komplexität aufzuzeigen. Er richtet sich an Fachverantwortliche in Organisationen, die sich in der Vorbereitung auf ein Integrationsprojekt einen Überblick über die Thematik verschaffen wollen.
title: Konzept zur Bewertung der technischen Innovationen zur Erfüllung der gesetzlichen Vorgaben bei stationären Kälte- und Klimaanlagen
title: Konzept zur Bewertung der technischen Innovation zur Erfüllung der gesetzlichen Vorgaben bei stationären Kälte- und Klimaanlagen
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Gschrey, Barbara
name: Zeiger, Bastian
name: Schwarz, Winfried
Publisher: name: Umweltbundesamt
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Klimaanlage
subject: Kältetechnik
subject: Europäische F-Gase-Verordnung
subject: Kälteanlage
subject: F-Gase-Verordnung
subject: Klima | Energie
subject: Climate | Energy

description: Im Rahmen des Vorhabens entwickelten die Projektpartner zusätzliche Produkte: eine Checkliste für die Begehung von Anlagen vor Ort, einen Katalog technischer Möglichkeiten zur Verbesserung der Dichtheit von Kälteanlagen und ein Handbuch zur Umsetzung der Aufzeichnungspflichten. Quelle: http://www.umweltbundesamt.de
description: Im Rahmen des Vorhabens entwickelten die Projektpartner zusätzliche Produkte: eine Checkliste für die Begehung von Anlagen vor Ort, einen Katalog technischer Möglichkeiten zur Verbesserung der Dichtheit von Kälteanlagen und ein Handbuch zur Umsetzung der Aufzeichnungspflichten.
Schlussbetrachtung: ERP-basierte E-Shops
Creators: name: Schubert, Petra
Publisher: name: Hanser
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Business Software
subject: E-Business
subject: E-Shop
subject: ERP-Systeme
subject: 330 - Wirtschaft
subject: 005 - Computer Programmierung, Programme und Daten

description: Betrachtet man die Produkte, die von den Unternehmen in diesem Kapitel angeboten werden, dann mutet die Liste wie eine Statistik der meistverkauften Produkte im Internet an: Büromaterial, Computerzubehör, Geschenkartikel. Die Fallstudien bestätigen, dass es offensichtlich spezielle Branchen gibt, deren Produkte auf besondere Art für den Verkauf über E-Shops geeignet sind. Die betrachteten Anbieter sind Handelsbetriebe. Geschenkidee ist mit 10 Mitarbeitenden ein Kleinstunternehmen, Schoch und Waser sind mit 130 respektive 190 Mitarbeitenden mittelständische Unternehmen.Das B2B-Geschäft der Unternehmen konzentriert sich auf mittlere bis grosse Unternehmen. Dies könnte ein Indiz dafür sein, warum sich die Firmen für die Einführung von Webshops entschieden haben. Um die Beschaffungsprozesse effizienter und kostengünstiger zu gestalten, bestehen Grosskunden zunehmend auf der Möglichkeit eines elektronischen Datenaustauschs. Geschenkidee.
The process of resonance of four track athletes.
Creators: name: Doell, Kelly.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Health Sciences, Recreation.

description: The purpose of this study was to identify if and how athletes experience resonance and how they feel it affects their performance and overall well-being. Four middle distance track athletes (M = 16.5 years old) in their specializing years of participation (Cote & Hay, 2002) participated in in-depth, semi-structured interviews using the Resonance Performance Model (RPM, Newburg 2001) as a structural framework. Over a period of 10 weeks, each athlete was interviewed once every three weeks and completed a daily journal to follow their personal process of resonance and its affect on training, competition, and well-being. Results showed that athletes experienced resonance in their sport but were often unaware of their dream feeling. Over time, athletes became more aware about how they felt during training, performance, and daily living. Resonance was also positively regarded as affecting well-being and overall quality of track performance. Implications for future research and future application of the RPM are discussed.
IT Outsourcing bei KMUs: eine Bestandsaufnahme
Creators: name: Leimstoll, Uwe
Publisher: name: Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: ICT
subject: IKT
subject: Informatik
subject: Outsourcing
subject: 330 - Wirtschaft
subject: 005 - Computer Programmierung, Programme und Daten

description: Die Schweizer KMUs stehen dem IT Outsourcing eher zurückhaltend gegenüber. «Selbermachen» ist angesagt, obwohl mit der Auslagerung durchaus positive Effekte erzielt wurden. Für die IT-Dienstleister heisst es: Nischen suchen.