cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Die Verfassung der Europäischen Wirtschafts- und Währungsunion als Wirtschaftsunion: Vortrag auf der von der Universität Neapel veranstalteten "European Conference on Economic Monetary Union", Caserta, 10. - 14. Juni 1996
Creators: name: Seidel, Martin
Publisher: name: Europa-Inst., Sekt. Rechtswiss.
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: 19 17
subject: 343

description: Vorträge, Reden und Berichte aus dem Europa-Institut, vol. 348
description: Vorträge, Reden und Berichte aus dem Europa-Institut, Sektion Rechtswissenschaft Nr. 348
description: 348, Europa-Institut 1981
Applications of Nanoparticles for Optical Modulation of Neuronal Behavior
Creators: name: Paviolo, Chiara
name: Gietman, Shaun
name: Duc, Daniela
name: Moulton, Simon
name: Stoddart, Paul
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Depending on the localization of the nanoparticles relative to the cell, the vapor bubbles can create transient pores in the cell membrane or organelles to modulate cellular behavior in a process known as optoporation. The photomechanical effects of nanoparticles are multifaceted and may vary depending on the type of nanoparticle, the type of target cell, the location of the nanoparticle relative to the target cell, and the type of optical stimulation. In the context of optically active materials, a range of effects have been exploited for neuronal modulation, based on photothermal, photomechanical, photoelectric, and photochemical energy transduction pathways. Nanoparticles with photoelectric properties have also been evaluated for spatially selective neuronal stimulation. Nanoparticles with these properties can be semiconducting, metallic, or organic in nature. Semiconductors and metallic nanoparticles used in photoelectric neurostimulation are essentially quantum-confined nanoparticles and quantum dots. Nanoparticles that present photochemical effects typically contain photo-responsive pendant or functional groups that induce a chemical change within the structure.
title: L' auditoire de la Cour Internationale de Justice: du bilatéral à l'universel ; Vortrag gehalten am 3. Juli 1996
Creators: name: Salmon, Jean J. A.
Publisher: name: Europa-Inst., Sekt. Rechtswiss.
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Rechtsprechung
subject: 19
subject: 340

description: Vorträge, Reden und Berichte aus dem Europa-Institut, vol. 350
description: 350, Europa-Institut 1981
title: Das Verhältnis zwischen den Vereinten Nationen und Regionalorganisationen bei der Friedenssicherung und Friedenserhaltung: Vortrag, gehalten am 10. Juli 1996
Creators: name: Frowein, Jochen Abr.
Publisher: name: Europa-Inst., Sekt. Rechtswiss.
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Friedenssicherung
subject: Organisation
subject: Mitwirkung
subject: 19 16 21
subject: 341

description: Vorträge, Reden und Berichte aus dem Europa-Institut, vol. 343
description: Vorträge, Reden und Berichte aus dem Europa-Institut, Sektion Rechtswissenschaft 343
description: 343, Europa-Institut 1981
title: LKW-Transit durch Österreich und die EG: Vortrag, gehalten am 10. Juni 1996
Creators: name: Seidl-Hohenveldern, Ignaz
Publisher: name: Europa-Inst., Sekt. Rechtswiss.
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Transitabkommen
subject: 19 17 41
subject: 340

description: Vorträge, Reden und Berichte aus dem Europa-Institut, vol. 345
description: Vorträge, Reden und Berichte aus dem Europa-Institut 345
description: 345, Europa-Institut 1981
NIR Autofluorescence: Molecular Origins and Emerging Clinical Applications
Creators: name: del Rosal, Blanca
name: Thomas, Giju
name: Mahadevan-Jansen, Anita
name: Stoddart, Paul
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The intrinsic fluorescence of many biomolecules is the main source of background noise in fluorescence bioimaging. Autofluorescence is less significant in the near infrared (NIR) than in the visible, as fewer biological components emit in this spectral range. While this advantage has attracted interest for in vivo imaging of whole tissues, autofluorescence can still complicate the detection of exogenous contrast agents and reduce the signal-to-noise ratio of the resulting fluorescence images. However, NIR autofluorescence is not only a source of undesirable noise, but it also conveys information about the state of tissues that can be exploited for diagnostic purposes. In this chapter, we discuss the issue of NIR autofluorescence from both perspectives.
Software de reabilitação cardíaca: Banco de dados, programação e geração de relatórios
Creators: name: Jônatas De França Barros
name: Aluisio Otavio Vargas Avila
name: Mota, Carlos Bolli
name: Manfio, Eliane
name: Menezes, Mário Cesar Fernandes
name: Marilandia Lorensi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1992

description: Trabalho apresentado em Congresso.
title: Der Internationale Gerichtshof: Erfahrungen eines Richters und Beurteilung der Entwicklungstendenzen ; Vortrag, gehalten am 23. April 1996
Creators: name: Mosler, Hermann
Publisher: name: Europa-Inst., Sekt. Rechtswiss.
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: 19
subject: 340

description: Vorträge, Reden und Berichte aus dem Europa-Institut, vol. 344
description: Vorträge, Reden und Berichte aus dem Europa-Institut 344
description: 344, Europa-Institut 1981
title: Environment and security concerns for Europe: Vortrag gehalten am 16. Januar 1996
Creators: name: O'Connell, Mary Ellen
Publisher: name: Europa-Inst., Sekt. Rechtswiss.
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: 19 44 16
subject: 340

description: Vorträge, Reden und Berichte aus dem Europa-Institut, vol. 352
description: 352, Europa-Institut 1981
Acting as one: understanding the actions of the banned Essendon 34
Creators: name: Duncan, Sam
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 350405
subject: Sport and leisure management

description: In January 2016, 34 past and present players from the Essendon Football Club were found guilty of being injected with banned peptide, Thymosin Beta 4, while participating in Essendon’s supplements programme in 2011 and 2012. The release of the Court of Arbitration of Sport’s (CAS) summary of findings raised questions about the actions and intent of the participating players. In particular, the CAS highlighted concerns that the players showed a lack of due diligence and curiosity and acted in a secretive nature. This article seeks to provide a means of understanding the actions of the 34 Essendon players who willingly participated in Essendon Football Club’s supplements programme by viewing them as active participants of a community. In doing so it becomes clear that the actions of the Essendon 34 were not unusual, but that a cultural shift within Australian Football League clubs may be needed to ensure a crisis like it never occurs again.
title: Die Deutsche Telekom AG: ein nationales Monopol auf dem Weg in den europäischen Wettbewerb ; Vortrag vor dem Europa-Institut der Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, den 6. Februar 1996
Creators: name: Herbig, Gottfried
Publisher: name: Europa-Inst., Sekt. Rechtswiss.
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: 17 41
subject: 343

description: Vorträge, Reden und Berichte aus dem Europa-Institut, vol. 333
description: Vorträge, Reden und Berichte aus dem Europa-Institut, Sektion Rechtswissenschaft Nr. 333
description: 333, Europa-Institut 1981
title: Fortnightly Variability at the Transition Between Two Sub-Estuaries
Creators: name: Enzastiga, Mayra Lorena Riveron
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04zjtrb98
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2006

description: Profiles of current velocity from an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) and of water salinity, temperature and density from a Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) recorder, were combined with surface salinity, temperature and density from a Conductivity-Temperature (CT) recorder to elucidate the fortnightly variability at the Lafayette River entrance. The Lafayette River connects at its mouth with the Elizabeth River, which is a tributary to the James River in the Chesapeake Bay. Data were collected in four experiments during consecutive spring and neap tides in the autumn of 2000, and in the spring of 2001. Each experiment was carried out for -25 hours and consisted of three across-estuary transects: one at the mouth, where the Elizabeth River estuary joins the Lafayette River estuary, and two more toward the head of the estuary. The maximum depth of the transects was <5 >m, and despite the shallowness, the mean flow showed two-layer exchange during neap tides. During spring tides there was a recirculation where the two sub-estuaries interact and a marked lateral density structure. During neap tides, there was a recirculation consisting of inflow in the northern half of the estuary while within the southern half of the estuary there was a net outflow at the surface and net inflow at the bottom. The recirculation at the mouth is intensified during wet periods due to intense river discharge. The along-estuary dynamics is that proposed by the theory, that is, a balance between advection, pressure gradients and friction.
title: Anxiété aux tests et distorsions cognitives académiques chez les étudiants BP de la HEP
title: Anxiété aux tests et distorsions cognitives académiques chez les étudiants BP de la HEP
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Racine, Lauriane
name: Pott, Réjane
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 0
Subjects: subject: anxiété aux tests
subject: distorsions cognitives
subject: performances
subject: bachelor
subject: genre

description: En Suisse, l’anxiété est l’une des maladies psychiques les plus fréquentes à l’âge adulte. Les troubles anxieux font également partie des maladies psychiques les plus répandues chez les enfants et les adolescents. L’anxiété aux tests se différencie par le fait qu’elle se manifeste dans une situation ou un contexte spécifique et plus particulièrement en situation évaluative, mais également lorsque la performance est jugée ou évaluée par des tiers. Le concept de distorsions cognitives est considérablement présent dans la littérature scientifique sous des aspects liés à la compulsion aux jeux, ainsi qu’aux agressions sexuelles sur adultes et sur enfants. Les distorsions cognitives sont également liées à des recherches sur la dépression et l’anxiété. Ces distorsions incluent des domaines académiques, sociaux et athlétiques et se déclinent en quatre dimensions : catastrophisme, surgénéralisation, personnalisation et abstraction sélective. Notre étude a impliqué 200 étudiantes et étudiants en deuxième et troisième années de Bachelor à la Haute École Pédagogique de Lausanne. Notre recherche poursuivait trois buts : prouver qu’il existe un lien positif entre la composante cognitive de l’anxiété aux tests et les distorsions cognitives académiques littéraires et scientifiques, montrer qu’il existe un lien entre les distorsions cognitives académiques et les performances et enfin montrer l’existence d’un lien inverse entre l’anxiété aux tests et les notes. Nous n’avons pas pu prouver l’existence d’un lien entre anxiété aux tests et distorsions cognitives académiques, ni entre distorsions cognitives académiques et performances. Cependant, nous avons tout de même pu mettre en évidence un lien entre anxiété aux tests et performances. Nous avons également montré que les femmes sont plus sujettes à l’anxiété aux tests et qu’elles ont tendance à faire plus de distorsions cognitives académiques que les hommes.
Henri Bergson and the Mind Body Problem: Overcoming Cartesian Dualism
Creators: name: Gare, Arran
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: There are few philosophers who have been so influential in their lifetime and had so much influence, only to be subsequently ignored, as Henri Bergson (1859-1941). When in April, 1922 Bergson debated Einstein on the nature of time, it was Bergson who was far better known and respected. Now Einstein's achievements are known to everyone, but very few people outside philosophy departments have even heard of Bergson. In the wake of Friedrich Schelling and those he influenced, Bergson targeted the Cartesian dualism which permeates the culture of modernity. In doing so, he challenged deep assumptions rooted in and cemented in place by Descartes' philosophy. It this article I will argue that Bergson made considerable progress in this attack on Cartesian dualism, and diverse philosophers subsequently built on his ideas. However, failure to appreciate the source of these ideas has weakened their force, scattering them among diverse philosophers and scientists and their disciples who drew upon Bergson's work while forgetting details of his philosophy. This article is an effort to rectify this situation.
title: Conflict of principle and pragmatism: locus standi under article 173(4) ECT ; Vortrag gehalten am 26. November 1996
Creators: name: Cooke, John D.
Publisher: name: Europa-Inst., Sekt. Rechtswiss.
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Territorialitätsprinzip
subject: 19
subject: 340

description: Vorträge, Reden und Berichte aus dem Europa-Institut, vol. 353
title: 02_0963
Creators: name: Wesley Baldwin, John
name: Baldwin, John W.
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: LaMOP
subject: Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris

description: L'ensemble de ces notes ont été crée par John Baldwin lors d'une de ses premières périodes de résidence à Paris. Ces documents comprennent tous les magistri qu’il avait pu rencontrer dans ses sources. Aux XIIème et XIIIème siècles, les universités n'existant pas encore, le titre de magister s'il évoque certainement une compétence n'est pas rattaché de façon systématique au passage par les écoles. De surcroît, les magistris sont le plus souvent désignés par leur seul prénom. La lecture de ces données est donc difficile et suppose un long travail pour tenter d'identifier un individu auquel on pourrait rattacher plusieurs mentions. John Baldwin avait donc renoncé à utiliser ces données pour donner un prolongement à sa magnifique étude sur les gradués d'université et leur emploi par les Capétiens et les Plantagenêts. Néanmoins, il a conservé ces données et elles sont potentiellement très utile dans le cadre de Studium, comme le sont toutes les mentions dans les volumes des Fasti Ecclesiae Gallicanae de chanoines portant ce titre de magister sans autres précisions. L'ampleur des dépouillements rend ces données très utiles et nous devons une grande reconnaissance à John Baldwin pour avoir pris la peine de faire photocopier ses fiches et de nous les avoir transmises amicalement.
Les données ainsi que les images des fiches sont accessibles sur le site Internet à l'adresse suivante : http://studium-baldwin.lamop.fr/.
Les transcriptions des fiches ont été effectuées par des étudiants de Paris 1 Panthéon - Sorbonne mais elles n'ont pas été corrigées par la suite.
description: Relation: https://lamop.hypotheses.org/
How Have Changes in Front Air Bag Designs Affected Frontal Crash Death Rates? An Update
Creators: name: Teoh, Eric R.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Objective: Provide updated death rates comparing latest generations of frontal air bags in fatal crashes.Methods: Rates of driver and right-front passenger deaths in frontal crashes per 10 million registered vehicle years were compared using Poisson marginal structural models for passenger vehicles equipped with air bags certified as advanced and compliant (CAC), sled-certified air bags with advanced features, and sled-certified air bags without any advanced features. Analyses of driver death rates were disaggregated by age group, gender, and belt use.Results: CAC air bags were associated with slightly elevated frontal crash death rates for both drivers and right-front passengers compared to sled-certified air bags with advanced features, but the differences were not statistically significant. Sled-certified air bags with advanced features were associated with significant benefits for drivers and for right-front passengers compared to sled-certified air bags without advanced features. CAC air bags were associated with a significant increase in belted driver death rate and a comparable but nonsignificant decrease in unbelted driver death rate compared to sled-certified air bags with advanced features. Sled-certified air bags with advanced features were associated with a nonsignificant 2 percent increase in belted driver death rate and a significant 26 percent decrease in unbelted driver death rate, relative to sled-certified air bags without advanced features.Conclusions: Implementing advanced features in sled-certified air bags was beneficial overall to drivers and right-front passengers with sled-certified air bags. No overall benefit was observed for CAC air bags compared to sled-certified air bags with advanced features. Further study is needed to understand the apparent reduction in belted driver protection observed for CAC air bags.
title: Wandel in Mittel- und Osteuropa und die Stellung des Europarates: Vortrag vor dem Europa-Institut der Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, den 7. Mai 1996
Creators: name: Tarschys, Daniel
Publisher: name: Europa-Inst., Sekt. Rechtswiss.
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Europäische Integration
subject: 16
subject: 340

description: Vorträge, Reden und Berichte aus dem Europa-Institut, vol. 336
description: Vorträge, Reden und Berichte aus dem Europa-Institut, Sektion Rechtswissenschaft Nr. 336
description: 336, Europa-Institut 1981
title: Zur "Verfassung" der Europäischen Gemeinschaft: Vortrag, gehalten am 16. Oktober 1995
Creators: name: Rodríguez Iglesias, Gil Carlos
Publisher: name: Europa-Inst., Sekt. Rechtswiss.
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Verfassung
subject: 340

description: Vorträge, Reden und Berichte aus dem Europa-Institut, vol. 338
description: Vorträge, Reden und Berichte aus dem Europa-Institut, Sektion Rechtswissenschaft 338
description: 338, Europa-Institut 1981
Demonstrating a Correlation Between the Maturity of Road Safety Practices and Road Safety Incidents
Creators: name: Amador, Luis
name: Willis, Christopher Joseph
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Objective: The objective of this study is to demonstrate a correlation between the maturity of a country's road safety practices and road safety incidents.Methods: Firstly, data on a number of road injuries and fatalities for 129 countries were extracted from the United Nations Global Status on Road Safety database. These data were subdivided according to road safety incident and accident causation factors and normalized based on vehicular fleet (per 1000 vehicles) and road network (per meter of paved road). Secondly, a road safety maturity model was developed based on an adaptation of the concept of process maturity modeling. The maturity of countries with respect to 10 road safety practices was determined through the identification of indicators recorded in the United Nations Global Status of Road Safety Database. Plots of normalized road safety performance of the 129 countries against their maturity scores for each road safety practice as well as an aggregation of the road safety practices were developed. An analysis of variance was done to determine the extent of the correlation between the road safety maturity of the countries and their performance. In addition, a full Bayesian analysis was done to confirm the correlation of each of the road safety practices with injuries and fatalities.Results: Regression analysis for fatalities, injuries, and combined accidents identified maturity with respect to road safety practices associated with speed limits and use of alternative modes as being the most significant predictors of traffic fatalities. A full Bayesian regression confirms that there is a correlation between the maturity of road safety practices and road safety incidents.Conclusion: Road safety practices associated with enforcement of speed limits and promotion of alternative modes are the most significant road safety practices toward which mature countries have concentrated their efforts, resulting in a lower frequency of fatalities, injury rates, and property damage accidents. The authors argue that the use of gross domestic product (GDP) as a predictor of road safety incidents suffers from the presumptive assumption that the only criterion that matters is national income, therefore erroneously predicting that richer countries all perform approximately the same in fatalities and that developing nations are at various stages, with high variability and uncertainty in prediction. It is proposed that an aggregation of individual maturity scores from road safety practices will lead to a better indicator for policy because it connects externalities (fatalities/injuries) with intrinsic factors for which policies can be oriented.
title: Rechtliche und wirtschaftliche Fragen der EG-Kontrolle staatlicher Beihilfen zugunsten der Luftfahrtindustrie: Vortrag vor dem Europa-Institut der Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, den 28. Mai 1996
Creators: name: Leibrock, Gero
Publisher: name: Europa-Inst., Sekt. Rechtswiss.
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: 19 17 41
subject: 343

description: Vorträge, Reden und Berichte aus dem Europa-Institut, vol. 337
description: Vorträge, Reden und Berichte aus dem Europa-Institut, Sektion Rechtswissenschaft Nr. 337
description: 337, Europa-Institut 1981
Amphetamine-induced alteration to gaze parameters: A novel conceptual pathway and implications for naturalistic behavior
Creators: name: Hayley, Amie
name: Shiferaw, Brook
name: Downey, Luke
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Amphetamine produces a multiplicity of well-documented end-order biochemical, pharmacological and biobehavioural effects. Mechanistically, amphetamine downregulates presynaptic and postsynaptic striatal monoamine (primarily dopaminergic) systems, producing alterations to key brain regions which manifest as stereotyped ridged behaviour which occurs under both acute and chronic dosing schedules and persists beyond detoxification. Despite evidence of amphetamine-induced visual attentional dysfunction, no conceptual synthesis has yet captured how characteristic pharmaco-behavioural processes are critically implicated via these pathways, nor described the potential implications for safety-sensitive behaviours. Drawing on known pathomechanisms, we propose a cross-disciplinary, novel conceptual functional system framework for delineating the biobehavioural consequences of amphetamine use on visual attentional capacity and discuss the implications for functional and behavioural outcomes. Specifically, we highlight the manifest implications for behaviours that are conceptually driven and highly dependent on visual information processing for timely execution of visually-guided movements. Following this, we highlight the potential impact on safety-sensitive, but common behaviours, such as driving a motor vehicle. The close pathophysiological relationship between oculomotor control and higher-order cognitive processes further suggests that dynamic measurement of movement related to the motion of the eye (gaze behaviour) may be a simple, effective and direct measure of behavioural performance capabilities in naturalistic settings. Consequently, we discuss the potential efficacy of ocular monitoring for the detection and monitoring of driver states for this drug user group, and potential wider application. Significance statement: We propose a novel biochemical-physiological-behavioural pathway which delineates how amphetamine use critically alters oculomotor function, visual-attentional performance and information processing capabilities. Given the manifest implications for behaviours that are conceptually driven and highly dependent on these processes, we recommend oculography as a novel means of detecting and monitoring gaze behaviours during naturalistic tasks such as driving. Real-word examination of gaze behaviour therefore present as an effective means to detect driver impairment and prevent performance degradation due to these drugs.
Raised Crosswalks on Entrance to the Roundabout—A Case Study on Effectiveness of Treatment on Pedestrian Safety and Convenience
Creators: name: Nimmi Candappa
name: Stephan, Karen
name: Fotheringham, Nicola
name: Lenné, Michael G.
name: Corben, Bruce
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Objective: A common concern in the use of a roundabout is providing adequately for the pedestrian. This unique roundabout layout, which introduces raised crosswalks directly at the roundabout entrance, as opposed to at a car length back, aims at improving safety and convenience for pedestrians at roundabouts.Methods: A preliminary evaluation of the layout was undertaken to establish its effectiveness in meeting study objectives. A quasi-experimental before-and-after study design was used to compare speeds on approach and immediately prior to the crossing to ascertain potential impact speed and implications for pedestrian safety. Compliance to crossing and crossing time were also compared in relation to safety and convenience outcomes. A questionnaire assessed pedestrian perception of the safety and convenience at the roundabout before and after treatment.Results: Results from this case study indicate that mean approach speeds (free speeds 30 m from crossing) reduced from 32.7 to 30.7 km/h and immediately prior to crossing, mean speeds reduced from 19.1 to 16.3 km/h. There was also a marked reduction in proportions of vehicles traveling at speeds that could elevate risk to pedestrians. Total crossing time after treatment reduced by around 4 s, and crossing compliance increased from approximately half to approximately 90 percent. Survey of pedestrians indicated positive response to the perceived safety and convenience posttreatment.Conclusions: Preliminary results of the case study suggest positive safety and convenience outcomes. Implications for pedestrian safety include less exposure to traffic and lower risk of serious injury, particularly for elderly pedestrians; convenience outcomes include shorter waiting times to cross and greater compliance to the crossing. A larger study is required to substantiate the findings.
title: Die Stellung Deutschlands in Europa: Vortrag, gehalten am 23. Januar 1996
Creators: name: Stercken, Hans
Publisher: name: Europa-Inst., Univ. des Saarlandes
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Europäische Integration
subject: 16
subject: 340

description: Vorträge, Reden und Berichte aus dem Europa-Institut, vol. 355
description: 355, Europa-Institut 1981
Uso da Computação gráfica como auxiliar em reabilitação cardíaca
Creators: name: Jônatas De França Barros
name: Mota, Carlos Bolli
name: Aluisio Otavio Vargas Avila
name: Antônio Renato P. Moro
name: Cavalheiro, Paulo Tadeu Romagna
name: Arbelo, Clarice
name: Menezes, Mário Cesar Fernandes
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1992

description: Trabalho apresentado em Congresso.
Demonstrating a Correlation Between the Maturity of Road Safety Practices and Road Safety Incidents
Creators: name: Amador, Luis
name: Willis, Christopher Joseph
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: Objective: The objective of this study is to demonstrate a correlation between the maturity of a country's road safety practices and road safety incidents.Methods: Firstly, data on a number of road injuries and fatalities for 129 countries were extracted from the United Nations Global Status on Road Safety database. These data were subdivided according to road safety incident and accident causation factors and normalized based on vehicular fleet (per 1000 vehicles) and road network (per meter of paved road). Secondly, a road safety maturity model was developed based on an adaptation of the concept of process maturity modeling. The maturity of countries with respect to 10 road safety practices was determined through the identification of indicators recorded in the United Nations Global Status of Road Safety Database. Plots of normalized road safety performance of the 129 countries against their maturity scores for each road safety practice as well as an aggregation of the road safety practices were developed. An analysis of variance was done to determine the extent of the correlation between the road safety maturity of the countries and their performance. In addition, a full Bayesian analysis was done to confirm the correlation of each of the road safety practices with injuries and fatalities.Results: Regression analysis for fatalities, injuries, and combined accidents identified maturity with respect to road safety practices associated with speed limits and use of alternative modes as being the most significant predictors of traffic fatalities. A full Bayesian regression confirms that there is a correlation between the maturity of road safety practices and road safety incidents.Conclusion: Road safety practices associated with enforcement of speed limits and promotion of alternative modes are the most significant road safety practices toward which mature countries have concentrated their efforts, resulting in a lower frequency of fatalities, injury rates, and property damage accidents. The authors argue that the use of gross domestic product (GDP) as a predictor of road safety incidents suffers from the presumptive assumption that the only criterion that matters is national income, therefore erroneously predicting that richer countries all perform approximately the same in fatalities and that developing nations are at various stages, with high variability and uncertainty in prediction. It is proposed that an aggregation of individual maturity scores from road safety practices will lead to a better indicator for policy because it connects externalities (fatalities/injuries) with intrinsic factors for which policies can be oriented.
title: Der Gleichheitssatz im europäischen Steuerrecht: Vortrag gehalten am 21. November 1995
Creators: name: Steichen, Alain
Publisher: name: Europa-Inst., Sekt. Rechtswiss.
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: 19 17 16
subject: 343

description: Vorträge, Reden und Berichte aus dem Europa-Institut, vol. 339
description: Vorträge, Reden und Berichte aus dem Europa-Institut, Sektion Rechtswissenschaft 339
description: 339, Europa-Institut 1981
How Have Changes in Front Air Bag Designs Affected Frontal Crash Death Rates? An Update
Creators: name: Teoh, Eric R.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: Objective: Provide updated death rates comparing latest generations of frontal air bags in fatal crashes.Methods: Rates of driver and right-front passenger deaths in frontal crashes per 10 million registered vehicle years were compared using Poisson marginal structural models for passenger vehicles equipped with air bags certified as advanced and compliant (CAC), sled-certified air bags with advanced features, and sled-certified air bags without any advanced features. Analyses of driver death rates were disaggregated by age group, gender, and belt use.Results: CAC air bags were associated with slightly elevated frontal crash death rates for both drivers and right-front passengers compared to sled-certified air bags with advanced features, but the differences were not statistically significant. Sled-certified air bags with advanced features were associated with significant benefits for drivers and for right-front passengers compared to sled-certified air bags without advanced features. CAC air bags were associated with a significant increase in belted driver death rate and a comparable but nonsignificant decrease in unbelted driver death rate compared to sled-certified air bags with advanced features. Sled-certified air bags with advanced features were associated with a nonsignificant 2 percent increase in belted driver death rate and a significant 26 percent decrease in unbelted driver death rate, relative to sled-certified air bags without advanced features.Conclusions: Implementing advanced features in sled-certified air bags was beneficial overall to drivers and right-front passengers with sled-certified air bags. No overall benefit was observed for CAC air bags compared to sled-certified air bags with advanced features. Further study is needed to understand the apparent reduction in belted driver protection observed for CAC air bags.
title: Probleme der Beweiserhebung durch die Europäische Kommission für Menschenrechte: Vortrag vor dem Europa-Institut der Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, den 31. Januar 1996
Creators: name: Krüger, Hans Christian
Publisher: name: Europa-Inst., Sekt. Rechtswiss.
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: 19 16
subject: 340

description: Vorträge, Reden und Berichte aus dem Europa-Institut, vol. 331
description: Vorträge, Reden und Berichte aus dem Europa-Institut, Sektion Rechtswissenschaft Nr. 331
description: 331, Europa-Institut 1981
Raised Crosswalks on Entrance to the Roundabout—A Case Study on Effectiveness of Treatment on Pedestrian Safety and Convenience
Creators: name: Nimmi Candappa
name: Stephan, Karen
name: Fotheringham, Nicola
name: Lenné, Michael G.
name: Corben, Bruce
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: Objective: A common concern in the use of a roundabout is providing adequately for the pedestrian. This unique roundabout layout, which introduces raised crosswalks directly at the roundabout entrance, as opposed to at a car length back, aims at improving safety and convenience for pedestrians at roundabouts.Methods: A preliminary evaluation of the layout was undertaken to establish its effectiveness in meeting study objectives. A quasi-experimental before-and-after study design was used to compare speeds on approach and immediately prior to the crossing to ascertain potential impact speed and implications for pedestrian safety. Compliance to crossing and crossing time were also compared in relation to safety and convenience outcomes. A questionnaire assessed pedestrian perception of the safety and convenience at the roundabout before and after treatment.Results: Results from this case study indicate that mean approach speeds (free speeds 30 m from crossing) reduced from 32.7 to 30.7 km/h and immediately prior to crossing, mean speeds reduced from 19.1 to 16.3 km/h. There was also a marked reduction in proportions of vehicles traveling at speeds that could elevate risk to pedestrians. Total crossing time after treatment reduced by around 4 s, and crossing compliance increased from approximately half to approximately 90 percent. Survey of pedestrians indicated positive response to the perceived safety and convenience posttreatment.Conclusions: Preliminary results of the case study suggest positive safety and convenience outcomes. Implications for pedestrian safety include less exposure to traffic and lower risk of serious injury, particularly for elderly pedestrians; convenience outcomes include shorter waiting times to cross and greater compliance to the crossing. A larger study is required to substantiate the findings.
Voices from the Grandstands: The Attitudes of Australian Football Fans towards the Concept of Creating, Developing and Binding Communities
Creators: name: Duncan, Sam
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 350405
subject: Sport and leisure management

description: This article explores the AFL’s communities from the fans’ point of view. In doing so, the notion of community is examined, as is the role Australian Football has historically had in creating, developing and binding communities.
The analysis examines how Australian Football and its founding clubs were created in the image of ‘the people’ and seeks to understand how the relationship between the AFL, its clubs and the fans has changed as the competition has transformed into a business.
The responses of fourteen interview participants, all of who are current or former members of the AFL or its clubs, are utilised to illuminate the fans’ point of view regarding the ‘sense of community’ they feel in relation to the AFL club they support.
title: La citoyenneté de l'Union: passé, présent et avenir ; Vortrag vor dem Europa-Institut der Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, den 25. April 1995
Creators: name: Mouton, Jean-Denis
Publisher: name: Europa-Inst., Sekt. Rechtswiss.
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: 19 16
subject: 340

description: Vorträge, Reden und Berichte aus dem Europa-Institut, vol. 282
description: Vorträge, Reden und Berichte aus dem Europa-Institut 282 Sektion Rechtswissenschaft
description: 282, Europa-Institut 1981
Glycolysis recycling of rigid waste polyurethane foam from refrigerators
Creators: name: P. Zhu
name: Z.B. Cao
name: Y. Chen
name: X.J. Zhang
name: G.R. Qian
name: Y.L. Chu
name: M. Zhou
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Environmental Science

description: Rapid growth of rigid waste polyurethane (WPUR) foam from refrigerators attracts the attention all over the world. In this study, glycolysis was chosen to treat WPUR from scrapped refrigerators collected in Shanghai, China. Glycolysis reagents and catalysts were selected. The results indicated that the glycolysis efficiency of ethylene glycol (EG) was higher than that of diethylene glycol, and the catalytic efficiency of alkali metal salts (NaOH) was more excellent than that of triethanolamine and organic salts of alkali metal (NaAc). When EG was 100%WPUR as a glycolysis reagent and NaOH was 1%WPUR as a catalyst at a constant temperature of 197.85°C for 2 h, the glycolysis product had the highest glycolysis conversion rate. In order to maximize the recycling of WPUR, regenerative Polyurethane was performed by adding 10% distilled mixed polyol, which conformed to the QB/T 26689-2011 requirements.
The Transient Universe with the Square Kilometre Array
Creators: name: Fender, Rob
name: Stewart, Adam
name: Macquart, Jean-Pierre
name: Donnarumma, Immacolata
name: Murphy, Tara
name: Deller, Adam
name: Paragi, Zsolt
name: Chatterjee, Shami
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This chapter provides an overview of the possibilities for transient and variable-source astrophysics
with the Square Kilometre Array. While subsequent chapters focus on the astrophysics of individual events, we focus on the broader picture, and how to maximise the science coming from the telescope. The SKA as currently designed will be a fantastic and ground-breaking facility for radio transient studies, but the scientifc yield will be dramatically increased by the addition of (i) near-real-time commensal searches of data streams for events, and (ii) on occasion, rapid robotic response to Target-of-Opprtunity style triggers.
title: Die Besteuerung von in Deutschland nicht ansässigen EG-Bürgern: neuere Entwicklungen in der Rechtsprechung des EuGH mit Einfluß auf die direkten Steuern ; Vortrag vor dem Europa-Institut der Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, den 27. Juni 1995
Creators: name: Sass, Gert
Publisher: name: Europa-Inst., Sekt. Rechtswiss.
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Ausländer
subject: Steuer
subject: Rechtsprechung
subject: 19 17
subject: 343

description: Vorträge, Reden und Berichte aus dem Europa-Institut, vol. 335
description: Vorträge, Reden und Berichte aus dem Europa-Institut, Sektion Rechtswissenschaft Nr. 335
description: 335, Europa-Institut 1981
An Appraisal of Misconception of Al-Qadar (Divine Decree) Among Some Muslims of Sokoto and Kebbi States
Creators: name: Kangiwa, H. I.
name: Abdulkadir, M. M.
Publisher: name: gjrpublication
Year: 2024

description: This study examines the misconceptions surrounding Al-Qadar (Divine Decree) among some Muslims in Sokoto and Kebbi States. Despite Al-Qadar being a fundamental concept in Islamic theology, many adherents in these regions hold misunderstandings about its nature and implications, leading to fatalism, passivity, and sometimes erroneous beliefs about personal responsibility and destiny. Using qualitative methods, including interviews and surveys with scholars, community leaders, and residents, the study investigates the roots of these misconceptions— stemming from limited religious education, cultural influences, and inadequate teachings. Findings reveal that a significant portion of Muslims in these areas misinterpret Al-Qadar as a total negation of human agency, which, in turn, influences their daily decision-making and social interactions. The study underscores the importance of accurate religious education to correct these misconceptions, aiming to promote a balanced understanding of Divine Decree that integrates both divine will and human responsibility. This research contributes to Islamic scholarship by highlighting the need for informed teaching approaches to clarify foundational beliefs within local contexts.
Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles using Eucalyptus leucoxylon leaves extract and evaluating the antioxidant activities of extract
Creators: name: Rahimi-Nasrabadi, Mehdi
name: Seied Mahdi Pourmortazavi
name: Shandiz, Seyed Ataollah Sadat
name: Ahmadi, Farhad
name: Batooli, Hossein
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biological Sciences
Chemistry
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Molecular Biology
Medicine
Biochemistry

description: This study was designed to examine the in vitro antioxidant activity of essential oil and methanol extracts of Eucalyptus leucoxylon. Furthermore, the polar fraction of the extract was used as a reducing agent for the green synthesis of silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs). Antioxidant activities of the samples were determined by using three different test systems, namely DPPH and β-carotene/linoleic acid and reducing power. The structure and composition of the prepared Ag NPs were characterised by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy and UV–vis spectroscopy. Synthesised Ag NPs were almost spherical in shape with an average diameter of about ∼ 50 nm and synthesised within 120 min reaction time at room temperature.
title: Legal and economic aspects of the North American free trade agreement: Vortrag vor dem Europa-Institut der Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, den 30. Mai 1995
Creators: name: Darby, Joseph J.
Publisher: name: Europa-Inst., Sekt. Rechtswiss.
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Freihandelsabkommen
subject: 19 17
subject: 343

description: Vorträge, Reden und Berichte aus dem Europa-Institut, vol. 323
description: Vorträge, Reden und Berichte aus dem Europa-Institut, Sektion Rechtswissenschaft 323
description: 323, Europa-Institut 1981
SunPy Proposal for Enhancement 2: SunPy Organization Definition (SEP 0002)
Creators: name: Stuart, Mumford
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: SunPy
Solar
Python
Astronomy

description: This SEP describes the second major iteration of the governance for the SunPy Project. The objectives of this update are to optimize the governance based on our experiences running the project since 2014 when the original governing SEP was written. That original governance structure was modeled after a non-profit company structure, assumed a very committed board, and intertwined project finances with board responsibilities. The project has since matured and responsibilities for project management should be fully given over to the community while a smaller board with a reduced mandate provides high-level oversight. The rewrite aims to detail a governance structure which is lightweight, community-driven, and allows the project to grow.
title: Die Entwicklung des Medienrechts in Osteuropa: Vortrag vor dem Europa-Institut der Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, den 23. Mai 1995
Creators: name: Hofmann, Mahulena
Publisher: name: Europa-Inst., Sekt. Rechtswiss.
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Medienrecht
subject: 19 06
subject: 340

description: Vorträge, Reden und Berichte aus dem Europa-Institut, vol. 328
description: Vorträge, Reden und Berichte aus dem Europa-Institut, Sektion Rechtswissenschaft Nr. 328
description: 328, Europa-Institut 1981
title: Neuerungen im Außenhandelsrecht der Gemeinschaft: die Umsetzung der multilateralen Handelsabkommen der Uruquay-Runde ; Vortrag vor dem Europa-Institut der Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, den 13. Juni 1995
Creators: name: Berrisch, Georg M.
Publisher: name: Europa-Inst., Sekt. Rechtswiss.
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: 19 17
subject: 343

description: Vorträge, Reden und Berichte aus dem Europa-Institut, vol. 327
description: Vorträge, Reden und Berichte aus dem Europa-Institut, Sektion Rechtswissenschaft Nr. 327
description: 327, Europa-Institut 1981
title: Die Auswirkungen des Subsidiaritätsprinzips auf die Rechtsetzungsbefugnis der Europäischen Gemeinschaften: Vortrag vor dem Europa-Institut der Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, den 9. Mai 1995
Creators: name: Hirsch, Günter
Publisher: name: Europa-Inst., Sekt. Rechtswiss.
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: 19 16
subject: 340

description: Vorträge, Reden und Berichte aus dem Europa-Institut, vol. 330
description: Vorträge, Reden und Berichte aus dem Europa-Institut, Sektion Rechtswissenschaft Nr. 330
description: 330, Europa-Institut 1981
title: Die rechtlichen Aspekte der Kulturpolitik nach dem Maastrichter Vertrag: Vortrag vor dem Europa-Institut der Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, den 24. Oktober 1995
Creators: name: Berggreen-Merkel, Ingeborg
Publisher: name: Europa-Inst., Sekt. Rechtswiss.
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: 19 01
subject: 340

description: Vorträge, Reden und Berichte aus dem Europa-Institut, vol. 329
description: Vorträge, Reden und Berichte aus dem Europa-Institut, Sektion Rechtswissenschaft 329
description: 329, Europa-Institut 1981
title: La satisfaction équitable dans le cadre de la Convention européenne des droits de l'homme: perspectives d'actualité ; Vortrag vor dem Europa- Institut der Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, den 29. November 1995
Creators: name: Flauss, Jean-François
Publisher: name: Europa-Inst., Univ. des Saarlandes
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Rechtsschutz
subject: 340

description: Vorträge, Reden und Berichte aus dem Europa-Institut, vol. 332
description: Vorträge, Reden und Berichte aus dem Europa-Institut Sekt. Rechtswissenschaft 332
description: 332, Europa-Institut 1981
title: Maastricht and the environment: German perspective ; Vortrag vor dem Europa-Institut der Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, den 7. Februar 1995
Creators: name: Spießhofer, Birgit
Publisher: name: Europa-Inst., Sekt. Rechtswiss.
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: 19 44
subject: 340

description: Vorträge, Reden und Berichte aus dem Europa-Institut, vol. 325
description: Vorträge, Reden und Berichte aus dem Europa-Institut, Sektion Rechtswissenschaft Nr. 325
description: 325, Europa-Institut 1981
Quality and safety problems of sports nutrition products
Creators: name: Volf, E.
name: Simakova, I.
name: Eliseev, Yu.
name: Perkel, R.
name: Malyshev, E.
name: Zinin, A.
Publisher: name: Agronomy Research
Year: 2020
Subjects: carcinogenic effect
epoxides
fat component
oxidation products
safety
sports nutrition
quality
article

description: The purpose of this work was to study the quality and safety of some sports nutrition products. The objects of study were sports nutrition products: protein bars of ‘ProteinBar’ (Russia) and ‘Bombbar’ (Russia); capsule forms of dietary supplements ω–3, ω–6, ω–9 firms ‘Sportline’ (Russia), ‘Multipower’ (Germany) and ‘Maxler’ (USA). According to the research results, the normalized safety indicators of the fat component of the studied products for sports nutrition (acid number and peroxide) are within acceptable values. The standardized safety indicators of the fat component do not fully reflect the safety requirements for the fat component of sports nutrition products, since there are no standards for the most important indicators of fat safety – the content of secondary oxidation products – copolymers insoluble in petroleum ether and epoxides. The results obtained in the course of the work showed that in almost all of the studied samples are content of epoxides (7.5–47.6 g -1 ) and secondary oxidation products – 1% or more.