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title: Photocatalytic removal of pollutants from water using graphitic carbon nitride-based photocatalysts
Creators: name: Ahmad, Noman
Publisher: name: Memorial University of Newfoundland
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04haebc03
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2025

description: This thesis comprises of two main sections. The first part discusses the degradation of nitenpyram using g-C₃N₄ nanosheets and the second part converse the dual functional photocatalysis which involves the simultaneous reduction of Chromium (VI) and oxidation of nitenpyram from water using g-C₃N₄/WO₃ heterojunction. Firstly, the g-C₃N₄ nanosheets were prepared by two step calcination process of melamine in muffled furnace. The characterization results of the prepared nanosheets showed enhanced visible light harvesting ability, narrow band gap and increased surface area compared with the bulk g-C₃N₄ increasing the overall efficiency of the photocatalyst. The nanosheets were utilized as a photocatalyst under visible light to degrade nitenpyram from water. All these experiments were carried out in a batch reactor with a light source for visible light photocatalytic reactions. The results show that it can degrade 99% of the nitenpyram with an initial concentration of 10 ppm at pH 9.0 and catalyst dosage of 1.0 g/L. Further analysis indicates the successful degradation of nitenpyram into its metabolites CPMF, and CPF. Secondly the nanosheets were combined with metal oxide WO₃ to form a heterojunction which can be used as a dual process for reduction of chromium (VI) and degradation of nitenpyram (NTP). Characterization results show that it has narrower band gap, suitable valance and conduction bands positions, reduced recombination rate of electron-hole pairs which increases its photocatalytic ability for the redox reaction. The experimental outcomes display that it can efficiently reduce chromium (VI) and degrade nitenpyram under visible light. For the dual process at pH 3.0, catalyst dosage of 1.0g/L and initial concentration of 20 ppm the chromium (VI) reduced 88.75% and nitenpyram (NTP) degraded 91.6%. The performance of the heterojunction is compared with the nanosheets and WO3 which shows a considerable increase in removal of pollutants from environment. The band positions of g-C₃N₄ and WO₃, as determined from UV- DRS, indicate the formation of a Type II heterojunction between the two semiconductors. This configuration significantly enhances the separation of photogenerated electrons and holes, thereby improving the reduction efficiency of chromium (VI) and the degradation efficiency of nitenpyram (NTP).
THE PRINCIPLES OF LIFE CYCLE COSTING OF THE ASSETS OF THE DEFENCE FORCES
Creators: name: Mardo, Marek
Publisher: name: The Estonian Journal of Military Studies
Year: 2024

description: Life cycle cost estimation enables decision-makers to have an overview of all costs related to a procured asset item during its service life and helps to make an optimal decision based on the total cost of a tender. Usually, armament or a weapon system is purchased with the lowest possible price. Ignorance in calculating the expenses that accompany the use of a purchased item will result in a situation where there are no budget resources left for maintenance. Without regular maintenance and updating, however, a purchased item will become unserviceable. This article1 gives a short overview of the historic development of life cycle costing, describes the life cycle stages of an item, and introduces a method for analysing the costs related to owning an item.
description: The Estonian Journal of Military Studies, No. 19 (2022)
Mental Health, Cardiovascular Disease and Declining Economies in British Columbia Mining Communities
Creators: name: Shandro, Janis
name: Koehoorn, Mieke, 1966-
name: Scoble, Malcolm James
name: Ostry, Aleck
name: Gibson, Nancy
name: Veiga, Marcello M. (Marcello Mariz)
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between community-level exposure to changes in economic conditions and the incidence and prevalence of mental disorders and cardiovascular disease in 29 resource-based communities (with a focus on mining communities) in British Columbia (BC) during a period of time marked by an economic downturn (1991–2002) The investigation relied on Labour Force Survey (LFS) and Statistics Canada Census data, and health records from the British Columbia Ministry of Health (MoH). Age and sex adjusted prevalence and incidence rates were calculated for each community from 1991 to 2002 and the development of an economic change indicator defined using Census data and industry/government documents allowed for yearly assessment of community-level exposure to economic conditions. The relationship between exposure to economic change and rates of acute and chronic cardiovascular disease and mental disorders across the 29 study communities was investigated using a generalized linear model (stratified by type of community, and adjusted for the effect of the community). Findings indicate an impact on the prevalence rates for acute cardiovascular disease (CVD) during periods of economic decline (rate increased by 13.1 cases per 1,000 population, p < 0.0001 as compared with stable periods) and bust conditions (rate increased by 30.1 cases per 1,000 population, p < 0.0001 as compared with stable conditions) and mental disorders (rate increased by 13.2 cases per 1,000 population, p = 0.0001) in mining communities during declining economic conditions as compared to steady periods of mining employment. This is not observed in other resource-based communities. The paper concludes by highlighting implications for the mining industry to consider as they begin to recognize and commit to mining community health.
MOTIVATIONAL ASPECTS IN CONSCRIPT TRAINING AND THEIR IMPACT ON LEARNING OUTCOMES AND ATTRITION
Creators: name: Lementa, Mario
name: Säälik, Ülle
name: Ots, Aivar
name: Karton, Inga
Publisher: name: The Estonian Journal of Military Studies
Year: 2024

description: The study behaviour of conscripts, which includes attrition and efficacy of training, has been topical in the last decade because a proportion of potential soldiers are left without training each year due to being prematurely discharged from service. Motivational aspects such as the perception of autonomy, self-efficacy, appreciation of training, and intention to quit are factors that may have an impact on the productivity of training. This study1 was conducted among conscripts drafted to the Kuperjanov Infantry Battalion and its objective was to determine the relationship that the perception of autonomy has with self-efficacy, appreciation of training, and intention to quit, as well as the relationship of these aspects with learning outcomes and attrition, using a method of repeated inquiry. The results indicate that a greater perception of autonomy supports later self-efficacy and reduces intention to quit but does not support a later appreciation of training. Greater perception of autonomy was related to better learning outcomes and decreased the likelihood of attrition. Consequently, it is possible to prevent the under-achievement and dropping out of conscripts by purposefully encouraging their training motivation and taking into consideration the combined impact of the motivational aspects studied herein.
description: The Estonian Journal of Military Studies, No. 19 (2022)
title: Fennel :
title: Guidelines for the Conduct of Tests for Distinctness, Uniformity and Stability.
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: International Union For The Protection Of New Varieties Of Plants,
Publisher: name: International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants,
Year: 0
Subjects: Fennel
Group identity.
New Varieties of Plants

description: The purpose of these guidelines (“Test Guidelines”) is to elaborate the principles contained in the General Introduction (document TG/1/3), and its associated TGP documents, into detailed practical guidance for the harmonized examination of distinctness, uniformity and stability (DUS) and, in particular, to identify appropriate characteristics for the examination of DUS and production of harmonized variety descriptions.
Brothers : A Novel By Yu Hua, Trs. by Eileen Cheng-yin Chow and Carlos Rojas
Creators: name: Rea, Christopher G.
Publisher: name: MCLC Resource Center Publication
Year: 2019

description: Brothers tells the story of step-brothers Baldy Li and Song Gang, inhabitants of a fictional Liu Town, from their scrappy childhood and inseparable friendship during the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) to their growing estrangement into adulthood from China's "Reform and Opening" period of the late 1970s up to the present.
PILGUHEIT EESTIKEELSE SÕJANDUSSÕNAVARA KUJUNEMISELE AASTATEL 1885–1913
Creators: name: Kikkas, Toivo
name: Hendrikson, Reet
Publisher: name: The Estonian Journal of Military Studies
Year: 2024

description: The article explores a period that can be regarded as a preliminary stage in the purposeful development of Estonian military vocabulary: the years 1885–1913. This period began with a translation made by Jakob Hurt and ended with the outbreak of the First World War; by then, the Estonian military vocabulary was already developing under very different circumstances. Over the period from 1885 to 1913, three books were published in Estonian for the Estonian soldiers serving in the Russian army, two of them translations and the third one an original print: A Handbook for Estonian soldiers („Abinõu noorte Eesti soldatite õpetamise juures“, 1885) translated by Jakob Hurt, A Dictionary for Estonian Soldiers („Soldati sõnaraamat”, 1890) by Ado Grenzstein, and A Handbook for Estonian Non-Commissioned Officers („Käsiraamat alamwäeteenijate Eestlaste tarwis“, 1896) translated by Johann Elend. While Estonians know Hurt and Grenzstein as important cultural and social figures, Elend’s name is rather unknown today and there is little information about him. We observed the circumstances under which the Estonian military vocabulary began to take shape, examined the linguistic views of said authors, and offered examples on the use of language in the cited works. The period in question has been little studied so far. This is partially due to the fact that Estonians took part in the military activities of the Russian Empire during 1885–1913 quite moderately, compared to the subsequent period. Therefore, research material is scarce. It can also be assumed that in the context of topics such as Russification and its consequences (e.g. the agrarian issues), language-related questions may have remained only a niche. The authors of this paper compensated the deficit of materials to study with an interdisciplinary approach. We based our work on the thesis that combining historical science with a philological methodology allows us to get a more extensive picture of the overall period, the language development, and the factors that affected it. The topic was examined from three viewpoints: non-linguistic, linguistic, and metalinguistic.


 
 
description: The Estonian Journal of Military Studies, No. 18 (2021)
title: Candidates for photic entrainment pathways to the circadian clock via optic lobe neuropils in the Madeira cockroach
Creators: name: Arnold, Thordis
name: Korek, Sebastian
name: Massah, Azar
name: Eschstruth, David
name: Stengl, Monika
Publisher: name: Universität Kassel
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 5-HT
subject: acetylcholinesterase histochemistry
subject: circadian entrainment pathways
subject: GABA
subject: neuropeptides
subject: optic lobe neuropils
subject: PDF
subject: RRID:AB_177540
subject: RRID:AB_2313973
subject: RRID:AB_2314414
subject: RRID:AB_2314803
subject: RRID:AB_2315017
subject: RRID:AB_2532101
subject: RRID:AB_261181
subject: RRID:AB_477522
subject: RRID:AB_477652
subject: RRID:AB_528479
subject: RRID:AB_760350
subject: 570
subject: Küchenschabe
subject: Tagesrhythmus
subject: Nervensystem

description: Gefördert im Rahmen des Projekts DEAL
PÕLVKONDADE MURRANGUL. SÕJAAJALOO ÕPETAMISEST EESTI SÕJAVÄELISES HARIDUSES AASTATEL 1919–1940
Creators: name: Kopõtin, Igor
Publisher: name: The Estonian Journal of Military Studies
Year: 2024

description: Teaching military history disciplines have played a significant role in Estonian military education. Its foundations were established by Aleksei Baiov, a Russian émigré teacher and a former professor of the Russian General Staff Academy. It is also important to consider the changes proposed by Lieutenant General Nikolai Reek, an Estonian Chief of General Staff, pertaining to the teaching of military history. As a result of Reek’s activities, military history disciplines and their content were reshaped, military history assignments were established, and the relationship between military history and other branches of military science were clarified, subjecting military history to the needs of tactical training. When he was establishing the grounds of the Estonian military education system, Reek had no choice but to use Baiov and other Russian émigré teachers since there were not many ethnic Estonian specialists in this area. Despite the fact that Reek personally invited Baiov, a conflict quickly emerged between the two men. Although, in the military sphere, they had a different academic aptitude and calibre, their conflict is now part of the legacy of the Nicholas General Staff Academy. On the one hand, Baiov stood out in Estonia for his professionalism, but on the other hand, he represented the older generation of Russian military theorists. From a positive viewpoint, that generation valued systematic research and teaching of military history; from a negative viewpoint, it was hardly connected with modern warfare. It can even be said that Reek played the role of a progressive for the younger generation of Russian military theorists since he saw a fundamental need to modernise military history and its teaching. According to Reek, it should have focused more on studying and teaching modern armed conflicts since the earlier history of the art of war was merely necessary to establish a context for the knowledge. One of the progressive doings of Reek was modernising the teaching of military history through the use of active methods to engage with the audience more personally. He preferred an analysis of military history to mere factual knowledge. Still, military history continued to be taught in a lecture format until mid-1930s; students’ independent and group analysis was not highly appreciated. In addition, the teaching of military history depended on a lecturer’s ability to make the subject attractive to students.
description: The Estonian Journal of Military Studies, No. 18 (2021)
WORKING TOWARDS ETHICAL AUTONOMOUS WEAPON SYSTEMS: A COMPENDIUM OF ARGUMENTS
Creators: name: Pekarev, Janar
Publisher: name: The Estonian Journal of Military Studies
Year: 2024

description: The weaponisation of artificial intelligence (AI) is upending traditional warfare as the development of autonomous weapon systems (AWS) increases in pace and sophistication. As a result, the concept of a weaponised AI where a weapon system that, once activated, can select and engage targets without human intervention, creates serious complications and challenges for international humanitarian law (IHL) enforcement. It also raises fundamental ethical questions as to whether people can delegate life and death decisions and accountability to artificial agents. Many authors have voiced concerns on this subject but thus far a comprehensive presentation of a deeper ethical considerations related to AWS is lacking. This article uses a systematic literature review to provide an overview of the most common arguments for and against using AWS. The results from the review indicate that compliance or non-compliance with the core principles of IHL are the most prevalent concerns in the discourse. The lack of accountability also makes for a strong deontological argument against using AWS, although normative ethics represents only half of the theoretical argumentation.


 
 
description: The Estonian Journal of Military Studies, No. 18 (2021)
A Systematic Review of the Efficacy of Bisphosphonates
Creators: name: Therapeutics Initiative (University Of British Columbia)
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2023

description: Therapeutics Letter 83 reports the findings of our systematic review of the randomized controlled trial evidence of the benefits and harms of bisphosphonates. Conclusions: There are no proven clinically meaningful benefits for bisphosphonates in postmenopausal women without a prior fracture or vertebral compression. Because of the small magnitude of effect and the high risk of bias in the RCTs, it is unclear whether bisphosphonates cause a clinically meaningful reduction of hip fractures in women with a prior fracture or vertebral compression. For any new class of drugs indicated to prevent bone fractures, it is essential that a clinically meaningful reduction in hip fractures be demonstrated before licensing.
Rajabhat Village According to the Kings Philosophy for Developing the Sustainable: Prosperity Distribution and Livable Town for Economy, Social and Environmental Development: Phase I
Creators: name: Suthinee Atthakorn
Publisher: name: DR.KEN Institute of Academic Development and Promotion
Year: 2022
Subjects: Rajabhat Village
The King's Science
Sustainable Development
Vibrant Cities

description: Interdisciplinary Academic and Research Journal, 2, 3, 93-120
KUIDAS TÕRJUB VENEMAA SÜÜDISTUSI KÜBER- JA VALEINFORÜNNAKUTES: UUDISEPORTAALI RT KEELELISTE STRATEEGIATE ANALÜÜS
Creators: name: Koppel, Julius
name: Hansson, Sten
Publisher: name: The Estonian Journal of Military Studies
Year: 2024

description: The Russian Federation uses cyber and information attacks against other countries to achieve its own geopolitical goals. Although the international community has criticised these practices, the Russian government is still trying to deflect blame and justify its actions. To better understand Russia’s strategic communication, we analysed the ways in which accusations against Russia for its cyber and information attacks are depicted in Russia’s primary government-funded international news portal RT.com. Our analysis revealed that blame for Russia’s cyber and information attacks is deflected in the articles published by RT in four main ways: (1) accusations are depicted as groundless and lacking evidence, (2) the accusers are cast as malicious and Russia as the victim, (3) the accusers are portrayed as unreliable or ridiculous, and (4) the attention of readers is distracted away from the accusations.
description: The Estonian Journal of Military Studies, No. 18 (2021)
TEHNOLOOGIA KASUTAMISE KAVATSUST MÕJUTAVATE FAKTORITE ANALÜÜS KAITSEVÄE PEASTAABI, MAAVÄE JA KAITSEVÄE AKADEEMIA OHVITSERIDE JA KADETTIDE NÄITEL
Creators: name: Saremat, Raido
Publisher: name: The Estonian Journal of Military Studies
Year: 2024

description: The objective of this study was to identify the primary factors that impact the will of officers and cadets to use unmanned ground robots and to analyse the applicability of the technology acceptance model for describing such will. The theoretical part provides an overview of the technology acceptance model, a perceived risk, the intention of use, and a tendency to trust technology. Data was collected with an online survey that included scales to assess the perception of the respondents regarding usefulness, the ease of use, the potential risk, the propensity to trust technology, and the will to use unmanned ground robots. The target group for the questionnaire comprised the officers and cadets (N=702) serving in the Land Forces, the General Staff, and the Estonian Military Academy; 49% of the target group (N=344) responded to the survey. The results of the online survey were analysed with correlation analysis method, regression analysis, and structural equation modelling. According to the results, the TAM model is suitable for researching the technology of unmanned ground robots. An analysis conducted with structural equation modelling revealed that 48% of the diversity in the will to use unmanned ground robots derives from perceived usefulness, the age of users, trust in technology, and perceived ease of use. From a statistical viewpoint, perceived risk has a significant mediating impact on the will to use robots if such use is considered easy.
description: The Estonian Journal of Military Studies, No. 18 (2021)
title: Similar Yet Different
title: Structural and Functional Diversity among Arabidopsis thaliana LEA_4 Proteins
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Knox-Brown, Patrick
name: Rindfleisch, Tobias
name: Günther, Anne
name: Balow, Kim
name: Bremer, Anne
name: Walther, Dirk
name: Miettinen, Markus S.
name: Hincha, Dirk K.
name: Thalhammer, Anja
Publisher: name: Universität Potsdam
Year: 2020

description: The importance of intrinsically disordered late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) proteins in the tolerance to abiotic stresses involving cellular dehydration is undisputed. While structural transitions of LEA proteins in response to changes in water availability are commonly observed and several molecular functions have been suggested, a systematic, comprehensive and comparative study of possible underlying sequence-structure-function relationships is still lacking. We performed molecular dynamics (MD) simulations as well as spectroscopic and light scattering experiments to characterize six members of two distinct, lowly homologous clades of LEA_4 family proteins from Arabidopsis thaliana. We compared structural and functional characteristics to elucidate to what degree structure and function are encoded in LEA protein sequences and complemented these findings with physicochemical properties identified in a systematic bioinformatics study of the entire Arabidopsis thaliana LEA_4 family. Our results demonstrate that although the six experimentally characterized LEA_4 proteins have similar structural and functional characteristics, differences concerning their folding propensity and membrane stabilization capacity during a freeze/thaw cycle are obvious. These differences cannot be easily attributed to sequence conservation, simple physicochemical characteristics or the abundance of sequence motifs. Moreover, the folding propensity does not appear to be correlated with membrane stabilization capacity. Therefore, the refinement of LEA_4 structural and functional properties is likely encoded in specific patterns of their physicochemical characteristics.
description: Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe, 901
KAITSEVÄE PÕHIVARA ELUTSÜKLIKULUDE ARVESTAMISE ALUSED
Creators: name: Mardo, Marek
Publisher: name: The Estonian Journal of Military Studies
Year: 2024

description: The objective of this article is to introduce the fundamentals and basic elements of life cycle costing. Collecting historical and theoretical background information, including the development process of life cycle costing is essential in the Defence Forces because it helps to recognise the importance of assets and benefits that the organisation may gain. The concept of life cycle costing got wider attention in the mid-sixties when the US Department of Defence (DoD) acknowledged that a mere justification of lowest price tendering on governmental procurement programmes is misleading. The DoD found themselves in a situation where financial resources for maintaining the equipment were starting to run out and the funds assigned for acquiring new equipment needed to be reallocated to compensate for the deficiency. The administration of President Kennedy ordered the Logistic Management Institute to establish the methods and principles of life cycle costing. Consequently, the theory and practices of life cycle costing got transferred to major industrial countries and used as a basis for establishing national rules. Although life cycle costing is considered an interdisciplinary subject that combines the practices of management, engineering, and finance, its primary area of support is financial accounting. Why is life cycle costing essential? Defence equipment is designed for specific purposes and probably not for mass production. These systems are complex; they contain high-tech components and require constant modifications during their entire lifespan which can last for up to fifty years. Considering all that, the life cycle cost estimation process is complicated, involving elements of risk and uncertainties, and, therefore, considered a challenge for analysts. Undertaking life cycle costing helps to identify key cost drivers and provide better insight of expenses related with program planning and budgeting.
description: The Estonian Journal of Military Studies, No. 18 (2021)
HIV knowledge and perceptions of risk in a young, urban, drug-using population
Creators: name: Johnston, C. L.
name: Marshall, Brandon David Lewis
name: Qi, Jiezhi
name: Zonneveld, C. J.
name: Kerr, Thomas
name: Montaner, Julio
name: Wood, Evan
Publisher: name: Elsevier
Year: 2017

description: Background: Educational programs targeted towards youth to prevent HIV transmission are based on a model that increased knowledge equals reduced risk behaviour. This study explored HIV knowledge among a cohort of young drug users, and their perceptions of HIV risk acquisition. Methods: Between September 2005 and August 2009, youth who used illegal drugs were recruited into a prospective cohort known as the at-risk youth study (ARYS) in Vancouver, Canada. Participants completed an 18 item HIV Knowledge Questionnaire (HIV-KQ-18) and responses were scored dichotomously (i.e., ≥15 indicating high knowledge and <15 indicating low knowledge). We compared high- and low-scoring youth using Pearson’s chi-square test and logistic regression. We also examined youths’ perceptions of risk for acquiring HIV compared to their peers. Results: Of 589 youth recruited into ARYS, the mean age was 22 (interquartile range [IQR]: 20–24), 186 (31.6%) were female, and 143 (24.3%) were of Aboriginal ancestry. The median score on the HIV-KQ- 18 was 15 (IQR: 12–16). Internal reliability was high (Cronbach’s α=0.82). The analyses demonstrated that youth with higher HIV knowledge were more likely to be older (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 1.08, per year older p = 0.031), completed high school (AOR = 1.42, p = 0.054), and engage in unprotected intercourse (AOR = 1.73, p = 0.023). The majority of respondents (77.6%) perceived themselves to be at lower risk for acquiring HIV in comparison to their peers. Conclusions: HIV knowledge scores of participants were surprisingly low for an urban Canadian setting as was their HIV risk perception. Higher HIV knowledge was not associated with reduced sexual risk behaviour. Results demonstrate that education programs are not reaching or impacting this high-risk population. Given the complex forces that promote HIV risk behaviour, prevention programs should be fully evaluated and must recognize the unique characteristics of drug-using youth and factors that drive risk among this population.
Male gender predicts mortality in a large cohort of patients receiving antiretroviral therapy in Uganda
Creators: name: Mills, Edward J.
name: Bakanda, Celestin
name: Birungi, Josephine
name: Chan, Keith
name: Hogg, Robert S.
name: Ford, Nathan
name: Nachega, Jean B.
name: Cooper, Curtis
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2016

description: Background: Because men in Africa are less likely to access HIV/AIDS care than women, we aimed to determine if men have differing outcomes from women across a nationally representative sample of adult patients receiving combination antiretroviral therapy in Uganda. Methods: We estimated survival distributions for adult male and female patients using Kaplan-Meier, and constructed multivariable regressions to model associations of baseline variables with mortality. We assessed person-years of life lost up to age 55 by sex. To minimize the impact of patient attrition, we assumed a weighted 30% mortality rate among those lost to follow up. Results: We included data from 22,315 adults receiving antiretroviral therapy. At baseline, men tended to be older, had lower CD4 baseline values, more advanced disease, had pulmonary tuberculosis and had received less treatment follow up (all at p < 0.001). Loss to follow up differed between men and women (7.5 versus 5.9%, p < 0.001). Over the period of study, men had a significantly increased risk of death compared with female patients (adjusted hazard ratio 1.43, 95% CI 1.31-1.57, p < 0.001). The crude mortality rate for males differed importantly from females (43.9, 95% CI 40.7-47.0/1000 person-years versus 26.9, 95% CI 25.4-28.5/1000 person years, p < 0.001). The probability of survival was 91.2% among males and 94.1% among females at 12 months. Person-years of life lost was lower for females than males (689.7 versus 995.9 per 1000 person-years, respectively). Conclusions: In order to maximize the benefits of antiretroviral therapy, treatment programmes need to be gender sensitive to the specific needs of both women and men. Particular efforts are needed to enroll men earlier into care.
Modellierung mehrkomponentiger Materialsysteme für die Phasenfeldmethode und Analyse der simulierten Mikrostrukturen
Creators: name: Kellner, Michael
Publisher: name: Karlsruhe
Year: 2020
Subjects: phase-field simulations
directional solidification
thermodynamic modelling
NiAl-34Cr
Nb-Si
stoichiometric phases

description: Der Erstarrungsprozess mehrkomponentiger Materialsysteme ist sowohl von großer wissenschaftlicher als auch von industrieller Bedeutung. Insbesondere die gerichtete Erstarrung mehrkomponentiger Hochtemperaturwerkstoffe ist für industrielle Anwendungen in Motoren oder Turbinen von besonderem Interesse. Im Rahmen dieser Arbeit wird der Erstarrungsprozess verschiedener mehrkomponentiger Hochtemperaturwerkstoffe mit der Phasenfeldmethode untersucht. Hierfür wird zunächst eine Methodik für die Verwendung thermodynamischer Datensätze in Phasenfeldsimulationen entwickelt und vorgestellt. Mit Hilfe dieser Methodik werden thermodynamisch konsistente Modelle der Hochtemperaturwerkstoffe NiAl-34Cr und Nb-Si generiert und mittels Phasenfeldsimulationen validiert. Anschließend werden für beide Systeme zwei- und dreidimensionale Phasenfeldsimulationen zur Untersuchung der zweiphasigen eutektischen Mikrostrukturentwicklung durchgeführt. Ziel dieser Studien ist die Identifikation von Schlüsselparametern für die Entwicklung der sich einstellenden Mikrostruktur während der gerichteten Erstarrung sowohl in geordneten eutektischen Strukturen als auch in Strukturen eutektischer Kolonien. Für die Untersuchung des Einflusses dieser Schlüsselparameter werden sowohl qualitative als auch quantitative Analysemethoden zur Untersuchung der Mikrostrukturen eingesetzt. Die vorliegende Arbeit umfasst eine vollständige Untersuchungskette von der Modellierung der Materialsysteme über die Durchführung repräsentativer Phasenfeldsimulationen bis hin zur Analyse der sich entwickelnden Mikrostrukturen.
title: Missarum divers[orum] auctoru[m] Liber ...; 1508
title: Si dedero Obreth, De fra[n]za Philippus basiron, Dringhs Brumel, Nastu pas Gaspar, De sancto Antonio Piero de la rue
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Obrecht, Jacob
name: Basiron, Philippe
name: Brumel, Antoine
Publisher: name: Universitätsbibliothek der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Year: 2009

description: Bibliograph. Nachweis: RISM B I: 15091
title: 02_1699
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/
It Takes A Team: Families Talk About Traveling for Care for Advanced Cancer
Creators: name: Robinson, Carol (Carol Anne)
name: Bottorff, J. L. (Joan L.), 1950-
name: MacKay, K.
name: Graham, R.
name: Pesut, Barbara
name: Lockie, S.
name: Fyles, G.
name: Broughton, S.
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: This resource is based on families' experiences traveling for care for advanced cancer. The quotes included are from patients and families who have traveled for care from their rural communities. This resource is intended to help families who identify with the challenges around traveling for care.
Open Access in Greece: Perceptions in Academic Institutions
Creators: name: Salamoura, Athanasia
name: Frantzi, Maria
name: Tsakonas, Giannis
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Open Access
Greece
Researchers
Greek libraries
Scholarly communication

description: Over the years, the implementation of Open Access has taken various forms, both in the Green and the Gold OA Road. HEAL-Link, the consortium of Greek academic libraries, has established the Scholarly Communication Unit, which is responsible - among others - for publishing analytical reports on the progress of its OA programmes. As part of its mission, the Unit surveyed the population of all academic members-institutions about what enables and/or prohibits the adoption of OA and achieved proportionate representation according to the size of each institution. The survey -the first on a nationwide level- was limited to a sample of 500 authors, categorized into seven broad scientific fields and represented different age groups and years of experience. Throughout the survey, the researchers were questioned about several topics, related to their opinion and experience with different aspects of OA and its implementation ways. Our interest was also in their background on OA venues and the reasons for choosing or not open scholarly publishing. Other aspects of open publishing were examined as well, such as their opinion on institutional repositories and their relationship and interaction with them. Lastly, we studied the level of their awareness, when it comes to OA publishing options provided by the consortium. In this poster, we present the results of this survey, which are crucial for the HEAL-Link, the academic institutions and the broader public to understand the reception of OA, as it also allows comparison with other countries. For instance, four out of five respondents are aware of the Gold OA road and the publication in such journals is widely preferred. Researchers seem to associate open publishing with expectations of greater exposure and increased impact, but at the same time, they are concerned about the high costs that stall its unreserved adoption. Furthermore, while the Green OA Road is widely known, it is not preferred for reasons that are related to the lack of information about the processes, the legal implications, and the use of other services. There is a need for the consortium to raise awareness of the programmes to the researchers and to contribute to a better understanding of what they can do in the OA environment to make their publications properly accessible. The results of the survey are available at https://scholarly.heal-link.gr/openaccessperceptions-en/.
Establishing a community of practice of researchers, practitioners, policy-makers and communities to sustainably manage environmental health risks in Ecuador
Creators: name: Spiegel, Jerry M.
name: Breilh, Jaime
name: Beltran, Efrain
name: Parra, Jorge
name: Solis, Fernanda
name: Yassi, Annalee
name: Rojas, Alejandro
name: Orrego, Elena
name: Henry, Bonnie
name: Bowie, William R
name: Pearce, Laurie
name: Gaibor, Juan
name: Velasquez, Patricio
name: Concepcion, Miriam
name: Parkes, Margot
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2015

description: Background: The Sustainably Managing Environmental Health Risk in Ecuador project was launched in 2004 as a partnership linking a large Canadian university with leading Cuban and Mexican institutes to strengthen the capacities of four Ecuadorian universities for leading community-based learning and research in areas as diverse as pesticide poisoning, dengue control, water and sanitation, and disaster preparedness. Methods In implementing curriculum and complementary innovations through application of an ecosystem approach to health, our interdisciplinary international team focused on the question: “Can strengthening of institutional capacities to support a community of practice of researchers, practitioners, policy-makers and communities produce positive health outcomes and improved capacities to sustainably translate knowledge?” To assess progress in achieving desired outcomes, we review results associated with the logic framework analysis used to guide the project, focusing on how a community of practice network has strengthened implementation, including follow-up tracking of program trainees and presentation of two specific case studies. Results By 2009, train-the-trainer project initiation involved 27 participatory action research Master’s theses in 15 communities where 1200 community learners participated in the implementation of associated interventions. This led to establishment of innovative Ecuadorian-led master’s and doctoral programs, and a Population Health Observatory on Collective Health, Environment and Society for the Andean region based at the Universidad Andina Simon Bolivar. Building on this network, numerous initiatives were begun, such as an internationally funded research project to strengthen dengue control in the coastal community of Machala, and establishment of a local community eco-health centre focusing on determinants of health near Cuenca. Discussion Strengthening capabilities for producing and applying knowledge through direct engagement with affected populations and decision-makers provides a fertile basis for consolidating capacities to act on a larger scale. This can facilitate the capturing of benefits from the “top down” (in consolidating institutional commitments) and the “bottom up” (to achieve local results). Conclusions Alliances of academic and non-academic partners from the South and North provide a promising orientation for learning together about ways of addressing negative trends of development. Assessing the impacts and sustainability of such processes, however, requires longer term monitoring of results and related challenges.
title: An Occidentalist Fantasy: Turkish Radio and National Identity
Creators: name: Ahiska, Saziye Meltem
Publisher: name: Goldsmiths, University of London
Year: 2000

description: This thesis analyses broadcasting as an area that conveys the complex dynamics of boundary management in the constitution of Turkish national identity. The research dwells on the conceptions, sites of transmission, strategies and programmes of Turkish Radio from its inauguration in 1927 until the end of the 1940s, and the field of force lines it was positioned in, particularly in relation to the BBC Turkish Section during the same period. The main hypothesis in the thesis is that the historical divide between “the West” and “the East” over-determined the way tensions in Turkish radio broadcasting – between “the elite” and “the people”, and between men and women – were conceived and handled. Every attempt to define, build and demarcate Turkish national identity was shaped with reference to an imagined Western-ness and for the Western gaze, which is called Occidentalis in this thesis. Turkish Radio was regarded as the “voice of the nation” and was imagined to be heard simultaneously by Others, the West and the people. However, the thesis also attends to the reality of the Occidentalist fantasy. Through a comparative analysis of the BBC Turkish Section Radio and Turkish Radio, the thesis shows how fantasies of the Other in both cases were shaped in relation to each other, in a dialogic relationship. Radio technology with its processes of embodiment and disembodiment, and “mass address” provide the means to produce and sustain and Occidentalist fantasy that both denied and re-defined divisions in the national realm in a dialogic link with the West. Thus, the thesis raises a range of theoretical and practical questions concerning the discursive, technical and psychoanalytical aspects of national identity and “communication” through radio broadcasting.
Collaboration between infection control and occupational health in three continents: a success story with international impact
Creators: name: Yassi, Annalee
name: Bryce, Elizabeth
name: Breilh, Jaime
name: Lavoie, Marie-Claude
name: Ndelu, Lindiwe
name: Lockhart, Karen
name: Spiegel, Jerry M.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2015

description: Abstract: Globalization has been accompanied by the rapid spread of infectious diseases, and further strain on working conditions for health workers globally. Post-SARS, Canadian occupational health and infection control researchers got together to study how to better protect health workers, and found that training was indeed perceived as key to a positive safety culture. This led to developing information and communication technology (ICT) tools. The research conducted also showed the need for better workplace inspections, so a workplace audit tool was also developed to supplement worker questionnaires and the ICT. When invited to join Ecuadorean colleagues to promote occupational health and infection control, these tools were collectively adapted and improved, including face-to-face as well as on-line problem-based learning scenarios. The South African government then invited the team to work with local colleagues to improve occupational health and infection control, resulting in an improved web-based health information system to track incidents, exposures, and occupational injury and diseases. As the H1N1 pandemic struck, the online infection control course was adapted and translated into Spanish, as was a novel skill-building learning tool that permits health workers to practice selecting personal protective equipment. This tool was originally developed in collaboration with the countries from the Caribbean region and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). Research from these experiences led to strengthened focus on building capacity of health and safety committees, and new modules are thus being created, informed by that work. The products developed have been widely heralded as innovative and interactive, leading to their inclusion into “toolkits” used internationally. The tools used in Canada were substantially improved from the collaborative adaptation process for South and Central America and South Africa. This international collaboration between occupational health and infection control researchers led to the improvement of the research framework and development of tools, guidelines and information systems. Furthermore, the research and knowledge-transfer experience highlighted the value of partnership amongst Northern and Southern researchers in terms of sharing resources, experiences and knowledge.
Solanum (ser. Conicibaccata) Bitter
Creators: name: Spooner, David M.
name: Van Den Berg, Ronald G.
name: Peña, Antonio Rivera-
name: Velguth, Peter
name: Rio, Alfonso Del
name: López, Alberto Salas-
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2001
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Solanales
Solanaceae
Solanum

description: SOLANUM SERIES CONICIBACCATA Bitter, Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 11: 381. 1912. — Lectotype, chosen by D’Arcy (1972), S. oxycarpum Scheide in Schltdl. Solanum [rankless] Oxycarpa Rydb., Bull Torrey Bot. Club 51: 146, 172. 1924. [Note: This description applies only to the Mexican and Central American members of ser. Conicibaccata]. Plants to 0.2–2.5 m tall; stems 2–13 mm wide at base, green to purple, simple to branched; leaves odd pinnate, lateral leaflets with apex acuminate, base oblique, rounded to cuneate; terminal leaflet ovate to elliptical, apex acute to acuminate, base attenuate; interstitial leaflets absent or present; pseudostipular leaves auriculate; inflorescence terminal, sometimes later displaced laterally; pedicel 15–30 mm long; calyx tube 1.5–5 mm long, lobes 1–8 mm long, short and acute to long attenuate; corolla 2–3 cm in diam, rotate to rotate-pentagonal with short acumens, white to blue to purple, sometimes lined or mottled; filaments 1.5–2 mm long, anthers 4–5.5 mm long, cordate at base; style exceeding stamens by 2–3.6 mm; fruits conical, rounded to pointed at tip, medium to deep green or sometimes tinged with purple, 1.1–5 cm long. Chromosome number: 2 n = 4 x = 48.
description: Published as part of Spooner, David M., Van Den Berg, Ronald G., Peña, Antonio Rivera-, Velguth, Peter, Rio, Alfonso Del & López, Alberto Salas-, 2001, Taxonomy of Mexican and Central American Members of Solanum Series Conicibaccata (sect. Petota), pp. 743-756 in Systematic Botany 26 (4) on page 751, DOI: 10.1043/0363-6445-26.4.743, http://zenodo.org/record/6341256
description: {"references": ["D'ARCY, W. G. 1972. Typification of subdivisions of Solanum L. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 59: 262 - 278."]}