cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Additional file 3 of The downregulated membrane expression of CD18 in CD34+ cells defines a primitive population of human hematopoietic stem cells
Creators: name: Mesa-Núñez, Cristina
name: Leon-Rico, Diego
name: Aldea, Montserrat
name: Damián, Carlos
name: Sanchez-Baltasar, Raquel
name: Sanchez, Rebeca
name: Omaira Alberquilla
name: Segovia, José Carlos
name: Bueren, Juan Antonio
name: Almarza, Elena
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology

description: Additional file 3: Figure S3. Flow cytometry analyses of integrins CD49f and CD18 in purified CD34+ cells from cord blood samples. Histograms represent data from three independent CB samples analyzed for the percentage of CD18 and CD49f expressing cells in two different subsets of progenitor populations: CD34+ and CD34+CD38-.
New tasks for central bankers
Creators: name: JASAY, A.E.
Publisher: name: PSL Quarterly Review
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Central banking, fiscal policy, monetary policy
subject: E52, E58, E62

description: Before the vast expansion of public sector operations, fiscal policy was not fully understood and not very relevant. Managing the internal activity and the external balance was only possible through monetary policy. Today, monetary policy is instead taken to officially confirm private guesses about the economy or even to be of little consequence all together. The article considers three main reasons why the economy has become considerably more stable, and why monetary policy may have a less direct impact than in the past. JEL: E52, E58, E62
description: PSL Quarterly Review, V. 13, N. 54 (1960)
Progressive taxation in underdeveloped countries
Creators: name: COSCIANI, C.
Publisher: name: PSL Quarterly Review
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Progressive taxation, fiscal policy, underdeveloped countries, income distribution, balance of payments
subject: E24, E62, H21, O15, F32

description: The arguments for progressive taxation in the nineteenth century were strongly countered by reference to their harmful effects on the incentives to produce, save and invest. This position is still fairly widespread in discussions on what makes a sound fiscal policy for the underdeveloped countries today. The present article argues that progressive taxation corrects the misdistribution of national income, producing additional positive effects in a depressed economy in the process of development, especially as regards investment and the balance of payments. The considerations set out by the author suggest that in underdeveloped countries, progressive taxation must therefore not be regarded only from the point of view of national finance, but from that of the redistribution of income. JEL: E24, E62, H21, O15, F32
description: PSL Quarterly Review, V. 13, N. 55 (1960)
Dendrosotinus albopilosus
Creators: name: Madl, M.
name: Achterberg, C. Van
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Braconidae
Dendrosotinus
Dendrosotinus albopilosus

description: Dendrosotinus albopilosus (GRANGER 1949)
 Dendrosoter albopilosus n.sp.: GRANGER 1949: 124 (key), 125 (descr. ♀, Madagascar). Dendrosotinus albopilosus (GRANGER 1949): SHENEFELT & MARSH 1976: 1276 (tax., cat.).
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Madagascar: Prov. Toliara: Bekily.
Endemic.
description: Published as part of Madl, M. & Achterberg, C. Van, 2014, A catalogue of the Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) of the Malagasy subregion, pp. 5-220 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 46 (1) on page 83, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4507364
Additional file 2 of CircAtlas: an integrated resource of one million highly accurate circular RNAs from 1070 vertebrate transcriptomes
Creators: name: Wanying Wu
name: Peifeng Ji
name: Fangqing Zhao
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 2. Review History.
Language maintenance : a sociolinguistic study of female Tibetan immigrant youths in Toronto, Canada
Creators: name: Ghoso, Dawa Bhuti
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: This thesis explores language maintenance and shift among female Tibetan immigrant youths in Toronto, Canada. It considers the various factors affecting language shift and maintenance such as pre-migration experience such as residence and educational history, linguistic repertoires, domains of language use, institutional support factors such as exposure to media and attitude to native language. Data from a survey questionnaire is analysed to inform the research with supplementary information provided from interviews. The thesis demonstrates that language shift from Tibetan to English is taking place among the respondents. First language (L1) oracy is receding in its function towards personal domains while L1 literacy is at a critical stage where the shift is more pronounced and it seems that it was already underway before the female Tibetans youths came to Canada. The only domain, where Tibetan language seems to be well maintained is in the personal domains of home, speaking to parents and in religious activities. Code switching and a new dialect formation or koineisation is taking place among the Tibetan in Diaspora
Dendrosotinus seyrigi
Creators: name: Madl, M.
name: Achterberg, C. Van
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Braconidae
Dendrosotinus
Dendrosotinus seyrigi

description: Dendrosotinus seyrigi (GRANGER 1949)
 Dendrosoter seyrigi n.sp.: GRANGER 1949: 124 (key, descr. ♀, fig. 149, Madagascar), 125 (key). Dendrosotinus seyrigi (GRANGER 1949): SHENEFELT & MARSH 1976: 1277 (tax., cat.).
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Madagascar: Prov. Toliara: Behara, Bekily.
Endemic.
description: Published as part of Madl, M. & Achterberg, C. Van, 2014, A catalogue of the Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) of the Malagasy subregion, pp. 5-220 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 46 (1) on page 83, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4507364
Projektbericht und Entwicklungsdokumentation des Films "Mein Weg in die Welt" Lichtblicke und Hürden eines hörbeeinträchtigten Kindes während Kindheit und Pubertät
Creators: name: Siebenhaar, Christoph
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Sonderpädagogik
Pädagogik für Schwerhörige und Gehörlose
Hörschädigung
Kind
Masterarbeit

description: Die Filmdokumentation «Mein Weg in die Welt» bildet das Kernstück dieser Entwicklungsarbeit. Sie zeigt die Entwicklung unseres hörbeeinträchtigten Sohnes. Der Projektbericht versucht die persönlichen Erfahrungen zusammen mit der wissenschaftliche Auseinandersetzung zum Thema Hörbeeinträchtigung in einen allgemeingültigen Kontext zu stellen. Selbstbetroffene Jugendliche, Eltern, Studierende und Fachpersonen erhalten zusammen mit dem ersten Film «Mein Weg zur Sprache» Einblick in eine Familie, in welcher die bilinguale Erziehung in Laut- und Gebärdensprache vom Babyalter bis in die Adoleszenz einen wichtigen Stellenwert einnimmt. Daneben werden Themen wie Integration/Separation, Identität, Berufswahl und Geschwister angesprochen. Die Evaluation weist darauf hin, dass der Film eine sehr positive Ausstrahlung hat, das Sowohl-als-auch zeigt und er damit zu weiterführenden Diskussionen anregt.
title: Stress and creep damage evolution in materials for ultra-supercritical power plants
Creators: name: Paddea, Sanjooram
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2014

description: The so-called creep strength enhanced ferritic (CSEF) 9-12% Cr steels have been identified as the most promising class of materials for some of the key components in ultra-supercritical fossil-fired power plants, including the main steam pipes, headers and superheater tubings. These steels are less costly, and they have a lower coefficient of thermal expansion and a higher thermal conductivity when compared with austenitic stainless steels, making them less susceptible to degradation through thermal fatigue. However, experience has shown that the weldments in these steels are particularly prone to premature creep failure, due to a localised form of cracking in the heat-affected zone {HAZl, which is referred to as Type IV cracking. The work presented in this thesis is concerned with the effects of residual stresses and constraint on Type IV cracking. In the first part of this work, the residual stresses in a 25.4 mm thick, 324 mm diameter pipe girth weld, made in a P91 steel pipe, have been measured in both the as-welded and post weld heat treated (PWHT) conditions using neutron diffraction, and compared with the corresponding metallurgical zones across each weld. It was found that the highest as-welded tensile stresses resided near the outer boundary of the HAZ, and towards t he weld root region and these were not fully relieved by the applied PWHT. In both conditions substantial tensile direct and hydrostatic stresses existed across the HAZ, including the fine-grained and intercritically-annealed regions, where premature Type IV creep failures manifest in 9-12% Cr steel welds. Compressive stresses were found in the weld metal coinciding with the last weld bead to be deposited. In the second part of the work, creep tests were conducted at 625°C on cross-weld and simulated fine-grained HAZ specimens. The contributions of specific influences on creep performance (such as residual stress, constraint and creep damage associated with relaxation of residual stresses during PWHT) were then systematically examined. It was found that the geometric constraint (introducing a triaxial stress state) was beneficial in improving creep rupture life and that residual stresses (of the order of 50 MPa) showed a. clear reduction in life. Moreover there was some evidence that residual stress relaxation associated with PWHT may introduce some creep damage. The digital image correlation (DIC) technique was applied to resolve tensile and time dependent creep deformation properties along the length of P91 cross-weld samples. The results demonstrated the capability of the Die technique for full field measurement of strain during both room-temperature-tensile and high temperature creep tests in the vicinity of welded joints, where the gradients in microstructure and mechanical properties can be steep.
The problem of controlling liquidity in France
Creators: name: FOURNIER, H.
Publisher: name: PSL Quarterly Review
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Liquidity, France, money supply, banking system, Bank of France, monetary institutions, bank liquidity
subject: E51, E52, E58, G21

description: The idea of liquidity in France finds expression in more or less the same way as in the other western countries. It is normal practice to distinguish between the “liquidity of the economy” on the one hand, and the “liquidity of the banking system” on the other. The former corresponds to the money supply, while the latter comprises the banks’ holdings of notes and coin and their balances with the Bank of France, together with the total amount of the items that they can put into the Bank of France. The methods of influencing liquidity are also similar to those employed in other countries. However, to make them easier to understand, the present article first recalls certain special features of France’s monetary institutions, namely the banks, the specialized institutions and the Treasury. The author then examines the duel problems of controlling the liquidity of the economy and bank liquidity. JEL: E51, E52, E58, G21
description: PSL Quarterly Review, V. 13, N. 55 (1960)
Distribution of periodic points of certain Gauss shifts with infinite invariant measure
Creators: name: Boca, Florin P.
name: Siskaki, Maria
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 37A44 (Primary) 11J70, 11N37, 37D40 (Secondary)

description: This paper investigates the periodic points of the Gauss type shifts associated to the even continued fraction (Schweiger) and to the backward continued fraction (Rényi). We show that they coincide exactly with two sets of quadratic irrationals that we call $E$-reduced, and respectively $B$-reduced. We prove that these numbers are equidistributed with respect to the (infinite) Lebesgue absolutely continuous invariant measures of the corresponding Gauss shift.
description: 29 pages, added an appendix with examples, fixed a few typos
Additional file 1 of CircAtlas: an integrated resource of one million highly accurate circular RNAs from 1070 vertebrate transcriptomes
Creators: name: Wanying Wu
name: Peifeng Ji
name: Fangqing Zhao
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 1: Figure S1. An example shows the calculation of the MCS score. Figure S2. The correlation between the MCS scores of circRNAs and the conservation scores of their corresponding linear counterparts. Table S1. RNA-seq datasets used in this study. Table S2. Comparison between circAtlas1.0 and circAtlas 2.0. Table S3. Bioinformatic softwares and parameter settings used in this study.
Technical progress, the production function and dualism
Creators: name: LEIBENSTEIN, H.
Publisher: name: PSL Quarterly Review
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Economic dualism, technical progress, production function, investment
subject: E13, E23, O33

description: While a great deal has been written in recent years on the problem of economic dualism, rather little has been done to connect it with the nature of technical progress. The purpose of the present work is to suggest a view of the production function and its relation to technical progress, which may lead to insights into the phenomenon of economic dualism. It is suggested that the nature of the production function and of technological progress may serve, in the extreme case, as a bottleneck to the inducement to invest, and in the less extreme case, as a factor that stifles the inducement to invest in the backward sector as compared to the advanced sector. In addition, other elements are considered which are closely linked to the inducement to invest, and which operate in a differential manner between two sectors. JEL: E13, E23, O33
description: PSL Quarterly Review, V. 13, N. 55 (1960)
Incongruence theory: Framework for FMCG brands to sell online
Creators: name: Parackal, Mathew
name: Mather, Damien
name: Rory, Redman,
name: Cox, Peter
name: Ibrahim, Khaled
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 150506 Marketing Theory
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This study investigated the incongruence theory for selling products of FMCG brands online. The investigation was carried out on women aged 25-35 living in Auckland and Wellington. They were asked of their views to purchase Harraways Oats’ single sachets via three separate channels, namely, supermarket, online shop, and online subscription plan. The study employed an online in-depth interviewing methodology to collect response to questions pertaining to the channels, presented on Facebook posts to separate groups of women. This was done to preserve the data from contamination and any form of influence. The responses were separately analysed for topics using text mining. The analysis showed there was reasonable support for purchasing this product as an online subscription plan. As online shops and subscription plans are both incongruent to FMCG products, the results provided an early indication for suggesting the incongruence theory for selling FMCG brands online as a subscription plan.
Tax and credit aids to industrial development in Southern Italy: a comment on methodology
Creators: name: KAUFFMAN, K.M.
Publisher: name: PSL Quarterly Review
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Tax aids, special credit facilities, investment, Italy, bias, methodology, development
subject: H81, O14, O18

description: In their interesting article, “Tax and Credit Aids to Industrial Development in Southern Italy”, G. Ackley and L. Dini analysed the influence of tax encouragements and special credit facilities on the relative attractiveness of investments in the North and South of Italy. To accomplish their objectives the authors made a number of simplifying assumptions. In the present note, the author explores the nature of the bias in the Ackley-Dini methodology. In particular cases in the real world there is no reason to believe the author’s assumptions will be applicable, and thus it is argued that the use of the method set out in their article can yield seriously misleading results. JEL: H81, O14, O18
description: PSL Quarterly Review, V. 13, N. 55 (1960)
Mit den Augen kommunizieren Anschaffung und erste Nutzung eines augengesteuerten Sprachcomputers
Creators: name: Peter, Danja
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Sonderpädagogik
Kommunikationshilfe
Computer
Masterarbeit

description: Augengesteuerte Sprachcomputer bieten Menschen ohne verständliche Lautsprache und erheblicher motorischer Beeinträchtigung die Möglichkeit kommunikativ an ihrer Umwelt zu partizipieren. Für eine erfolgreiche Förderung der vorkommunikativen und kommunikativen Fä-higkeiten müssen dem Nutzer Entwicklungen zugetraut werden. Multimodale und individuelle Lernangebote sowie die Begleitung des Umfeldes sind dafür zentral. Die vorliegende Masterarbeit beschäftigt sich mit kind- und umfeldbezogenen Aspekten der Versorgung sowie der ersten Nutzung eines solchen Hilfsmittels. Praxisrelevante Inhalte aus Experteninterviews und der Theorie verbinden sich zum „Leitfaden zur Anschaffung und ersten Nutzung eines augengesteuerten Sprachcomputers“. Die Evaluationsergebnisse des Leitfadens zeigen, dass dieser von Fachleuten als nützlich und praxisnah eingeschätzt wird.
Tax and credit aids to industrial development in Southern Italy. Reply to comment by Dr. Kauffman
Creators: name: ACKLEY, G.
name: DINI, L.
Publisher: name: PSL Quarterly Review
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Tax aids, special credit facilities, investment, Italy, bias, methodology
subject: H25, H81, O14, O18

description: In this brief note, the authors respond K.M. Kauffman’s comment on the methodology used in their article “Tax and Credit Aids to Industrial Development in Southern Italy”. It is argued that Kauffman’s “correct method” still involves certain difficulties. The recognition of such was among the reasons why the authors chose their simplified approximation to begin with. JEL: H25, H81, O14, O18
description: PSL Quarterly Review, V. 13, N. 55 (1960)
A Wide Dataset of Ear Shapes and Pinna-Related Transfer Functions Generated by Random Ear Drawings
Creators: name: Guezenoc, Corentin
name: Seguier, Renaud
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Audio and Speech Processing (eess.AS)
subject: Sound (cs.SD)
subject: Classical Physics (physics.class-ph)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) individualization is a key matter in binaural synthesis. However, currently available databases are limited in size compared to the high dimensionality of the data. Hereby, we present the process of generating a synthetic dataset of 1000 ear shapes and matching sets of pinna-related transfer functions (PRTFs), named WiDESPREaD (wide dataset of ear shapes and pinna-related transfer functions obtained by random ear drawings) and made freely available to other researchers. Contributions in this article are three-fold. First, from a proprietary dataset of 119 three-dimensional left-ear scans, we build a matching dataset of PRTFs by performing fast-multipole boundary element method (FM-BEM) calculations. Second, we investigate the underlying geometry of each type of high-dimensional data using principal component analysis (PCA). We find that this linear machine learning technique performs better at modeling and reducing data dimensionality on ear shapes than on matching PRTF sets. Third, based on these findings, we devise a method to generate an arbitrarily large synthetic database of PRTF sets that relies on the random drawing of ear shapes and subsequent FM-BEM computations.
title: Competenza comunicativa: insegnare e valutare. L’università tra scuola e mondo del lavoro
Creators: name: Kaiser, Marita
name: Masini, Federico
name: Stryjecka, Agnieszka
Publisher: name: Sapienza Università Editrice
Year: 2021

description: In un mondo in cui sono sempre più necessari cooperazione internazionale, coordinazione, compatibilità, trasparenza e mobilità l’importanza di una formazione plurilingue, che abiliti a saper comprendere e a creare comprensione sia sul livello interpersonale che in ambito lavorativo, appare oggi a tutti evidente. Il secondo Convegno Nazionale degli Insegnanti Universitari di Lingue Straniere, ossia di tutte le figure professionali impegnate nella didattica delle lingue straniere nel sistema universitario italiano, è stato un’importante occasione di confronto scientifico tra 140 partecipanti provenienti da 40 università e oltre 20 lingue straniere. Il volume raccoglie 25 contributi dedicati alle esperienze didattiche di lingue sia occidentali che orientali, incluso l’italiano, in contesti accademici differenti, e offre uno stimolo importante sui metodi attraverso cui gli insegnanti possono contribuire alla formazione di una competenza comunicativa adeguata al contesto universitario e ai diversi sbocchi professionali.
Practical method for decomposing discretized breakup cross sections into components of each channel
Creators: name: Watanabe, Shin
name: Ogata, Kazuyuki
name: Matsumoto, Takuma
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Background: In the continuum-discretized coupled-channel method, a breakup cross section (BUX) is obtained as an admixture of several components of different channels in multi-channel scattering. Purpose: Our goal is to propose an approximate way of decomposing the discretized BUX into components of each channel. This approximation is referred to as the "probability separation (P-separation)". Method: As an example, we consider $^{11}$Be scattering by using the three-body model with core excitation ($^{10}\mathrm{Be}+n+\mathrm{T}$, where T is a target). The structural part is constructed by the particle-rotor model and the reaction part is described by the distorted wave Born approximation (DWBA). Results: The validity of the P-separation is tested by comparing with the exact calculation. The approximate way reproduces the exact BUXs well regardless of the configurations and/or the resonance positions of $^{11}$Be. Conclusion: The method proposed here can be an alternative approach for decomposing discretized BUXs into components in four- or five-body scattering where the strict decomposition is hard to perform.
description: 6 pages, 2 figures
Human capital and business performance in the European tourism and hospitality sector
Creators: name: Costa, Vânia
name: Loureiro, Isabel Sofia
name: Mira, Maria Do Rosário
name: Pereira, Raquel
Publisher: name: Journal of Tourism & Development
Year: 2024

description: This paper examines the business performance of the European tourism sector, focusing on the three segments of Hotels and Restaurants (HR), Recreational and Cultural Activities (RCA) and Transport and Logistics (TL). This exploratory study is based on a sample of 6.000 companies operating in 17 EU countries during 2021, selected by the random sampling method and distributed equally among each sub-segment, providing crucial information on the financial performance and human capital of the tourism sector. Financial and human capital information was collected from the Orbis Europe database. The methodology uses a multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) to examine differences in financial performance indicators by group, specifically between the three segments of economic activity, size, and country where the enterprises are based. The results reveal significant differences between some enterprises' competitiveness indicators. The tourism sector is mainly made up of small and medium-sized companies.TL presents a higher volume of operating revenue. HR employs and has higher employee costs, followed by TL and RCA. However, TL has a higher average cost per employee, reflecting higher salaries, followed by RCA and finally HR. Profit per employer is highest in the RCA segment, followed by TL and RH. The EU countries with the highest profit per employee are the Netherlands, Sweden, Hungary, and Ireland.
description: Journal of Tourism & Development, vol. 47 (2024)
Additional file 1 of The downregulated membrane expression of CD18 in CD34+ cells defines a primitive population of human hematopoietic stem cells
Creators: name: Mesa-Núñez, Cristina
name: Leon-Rico, Diego
name: Aldea, Montserrat
name: Damián, Carlos
name: Sanchez-Baltasar, Raquel
name: Sanchez, Rebeca
name: Omaira Alberquilla
name: Segovia, José Carlos
name: Bueren, Juan Antonio
name: Almarza, Elena
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology

description: Additional file 1: Figure S1. Schematic representation of the gating strategy. (A) Gating strategy for Fig. 1A and C. Nucleated cord blood cells were labeled using hCD18, hCD34, hCD38, hCD90 and hCD45RA. The gating strategy started with the selection of CD18high and CD18low/neg populations. Inside each of these groups of cells, CD34+ population was selected. Then, the CD38- population was chosen inside the CD18highCD34+ and CD18low/negCD34+ fractions. These two groups (CD18highCD34+CD38- and CD18low/negCD34+CD38-) were asked for the percentage of both CD90+ and CD45RA- populations. (B) Gating strategy for Figure 1B. The percentage of CD18high and CD18low/neg populations was determined in the CD34+ population. A similar analysis was performed in the CD38- population gated inside the CD34+. The CD90+CD45RA- population selected inside these CD38- cells was also asked for the percentage of CD18high and CD18low/neg populations.
A smooth covariate rank transformation for use in regression models with a sigmoid dose–response function
Creators: name: Royston, Patrick
name: Royston, Patrick
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
subject: acd, continuous covariate, sigmoid function, fractional polynomials, regression models

description: We consider how to represent sigmoid-type regression relationships in a practical and parsimonious way. A pure sigmoid relationship has an asymptote at both ends of the range of a continuous covariate. Curves with a single asymptote are also important in practice. Many smoothers, such as fractional polynomials and restricted cubic regression splines, cannot accurately represent doubly asymptotic curves. Such smoothers may struggle even with singly asymptotic curves. Our approach to modeling sigmoid relationships involves applying a preliminary scaled rank transformation to compress the tails of the observed distribution of a continuous covariate. We include a step that provides a smooth approximation to the empirical cumulative distribution function of the covariate via the scaled ranks. The procedure defines the approximate cumulative distribution transformation of the covariate. To fit the substantive model, we apply fractional polynomial regression to the outcome with the smoothed, scaled ranks as the covariate. When the resulting fractional polynomial function is monotone, we have a sigmoid function. We demonstrate several practical applications of the approximate cumulative distribution transformation while also illustrating its ability to model some unusual functional forms. We describe a command, acd, that implements it.
Doryctes fasciatipennis GRANGER 1949
Creators: name: Madl, M.
name: Achterberg, C. Van
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Braconidae
Doryctes
Doryctes fasciatipennis

description: Doryctes fasciatipennis GRANGER 1949
 Doryctes fasciatipennis n.sp.: GRANGER 1949: 114 (key), 115 (fig. 141), 118 (descr. ♀, Madagascar).
 Doryctes fasciatipennis GRANGER 1949: SHENEFELT & MARSH 1976: 1282 (cat.).
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Madagascar: Prov. Toliara: Behara, Bekily.
Endemic.
description: Published as part of Madl, M. & Achterberg, C. Van, 2014, A catalogue of the Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) of the Malagasy subregion, pp. 5-220 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 46 (1) on page 84, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4507364
The control of the liquidity and the Radcliffe Committee
Creators: name: HUME, L.J.
Publisher: name: PSL Quarterly Review
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Bank liquidity, money supply, quasi-money, Italy, Radcliffe Committee, Gambino
subject: E42, E51, E52

description: In “The Control of Liquidity in Italy”, A. Gambino offered an interesting account of factors determining the levels of bank liquidity, money and quasi-money in Italy. In his opening remarks, however, he linked his comments with the Radcliffe Committee’s view that “it is the liquidity of the economy rather than the supply of money that the authorities should seek to affect by their use of monetary measures”. In this brief note, the author argues that this reference to the Radcliffe Committee’s conclusion is not appropriate as it implies a misleading picture of the Committee’s thesis. Moreover, the concept of liquidity used by the Committee is not the same as that explored by Gambino in remainder of his article. JEL: E42, E51, E52
description: PSL Quarterly Review, V. 13, N. 55 (1960)
Dynamical Phase Transitions for Flows on Finite Graphs
Creators: name: Gabrielli, Davide
name: Renger, D. R. Michiel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 60F10, 05C21, 82C22, 82C26

description: We study the time-averaged flow in a model of particles that randomly hop on a finite directed graph. In the limit as the number of particles and the time window go to infinity but the graph remains finite, the large-deviation rate functional of the average flow is given by a variational formulation involving paths of the density and flow. We give sufficient conditions under which the large deviations of a given time averaged flow is determined by paths that are constant in time. We then consider a class of models on a discrete ring for which it is possible to show that a better strategy is obtained producing a time-dependent path. This phenomenon, called a dynamical phase transition, is known to occur for some particle systems in the hydrodynamic scaling limit, which is thus extended to the setting of a finite graph.
title: Using narratives and storytelling in career development : a South African distance learning perspective
Creators: name: Chinyamurindi, Willi Tafadzwa
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2013

description: This research investigated how a career is conceptualised amongst a sample of previously disadvantaged South African distance learners. The research argued and used a narrative and story-telling approach in understanding career development. This method is used given the need to generate knowledge specific to the local context and using this knowledge to inform a wider audience. Although other methods (mostly quantitative) have aided the process of knowledge generation within the careers literature, their limitations are noted in this thesis as well. Participant narratives revealed three main findings. First, individuals interviewed in this research narrated a life of struggle and challenge as not only affecting their personal lives but also their framing of the nature of a career. Second, stumbling blocks acting as constraints not just to the lived experience but towards career development are presented in this thesis. Third, the way individuals work around these stumbling blocks through a process referred to as enacted negotiation is presented. This process, though driven by the individual, mediates between the individual and their situation. The process emphasises how individuals take action as a result of their situation in aiding their career development. A Career Development/Context/Constraints Framework (CDaCCF) based on the findings from this research is proposed. This research illustrated the use of a narrative inquiry in understanding career development amongst a sample of previously disadvantaged individuals in South Africa. The implications of this are explored.
Rückblick auf die frühe Kindheit – Eltern von Kindern mit Autismus erzählen
Creators: name: Kellenberger, Yvonne
name: Messmer, Lea
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Sonderpädagogik
Heilpädagogische Früherziehung
Autismus
Kleinkind
Masterarbeit

description: Aufgrund bekannter Belastungen von Eltern von Kindern im Autismus-Spektrum ist ein frühes Einsetzen einer bedürfnisorientierten, professionellen Begleitung wichtig: dies im Kontext erschwerter Diagnosestellung im frühen Kindesalter und teils wenig vertieftem Fachwissen der im Frühbereich tätigen Fachpersonen. Die vorliegende Arbeit fokussiert die Themen Elterliches Erleben der frühen Kindheit und Zusammenarbeit mit einer Fachperson der Heilpädagogischen Früherziehung. Aus der Auswertung von Elterninterviews mittels qualitativer Inhaltsanalyse werden Themen wie Orientierungslosigkeit, Nicht-verstanden-Werden und ein grosses elterliches Bedürfnis nach Begleitung sichtbar. Daraus lässt sich schlussfolgern, dass im Frühbereich vermehrt Angebote und Hilfen geschaffen werden müssen, die auf die spezifischen Bedürfnisse der Eltern von Kindern im Autismus-Spektrum abgestimmt sind.
The control of wages and the value of money: the Dutch experience
Creators: name: PEDERSEN, J.
Publisher: name: PSL Quarterly Review
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Monetary policy, control, wage-level, purchasing power of money, Central Bank, inflation, Dutch scheme, Dutch experience
subject: E24, E31, E52, E58, E65

description: During the era of the gold standard, control of the wage-level and thereby of the purchasing power of money, was affected by the discipline imposed by the Central Bank on the labour market organisations. Once the gold standard was abolished and since governments accepted the obligation to establish and obtain full employment, this mechanism of control could function no longer. Yet inflation can arise even when there is considerable unemployment, if for example excess demand exists in some markets. The article discusses in particular the Dutch scheme of wage-control by the government as a means to control such inflation. The author considers the effectiveness and sustainability of the system, as well as its impact on trade unions. JEL: E24, E31, E52, E58, E65
description: PSL Quarterly Review, V. 10, N. 40 (1957)
China's coal industry at a crossroads
Creators: name: Kaneko, Sawa
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: China's coal industry stands on the cusp of further industrial restructuring. In order to make its industry more financially sustainable and to challenge the giant global corporations of the advanced economies, small-scale coal mining, particularly township-and-village owned coal mines (TVCMs) have been forced to close. Many have been replaced with more modern and large-scale operations. TVCMs have made significant contributions to the growth of China's economy in terms of coal provision since the economic reforms of the late 1970s. Moreover, they yielded numerous socio-economic benefits including absorbing surplus labour and combating rural poverty, all of which are priorities of the Chinese government. Despite recognizing the socio-economic importance of TVCMs, the Chinese government has started to implement the widespread closure of TVCMs since 1998. The Chinese government legitimizes the closure policy in terms of the problems distinctive to TVCMs including low safety standards and environmental damage. Many observers, however, construe the issue in the context of competition with the state-owned (SOE) coal mines. It is true that the poor safety measures of TVCMs contributed to the high death toll of China's coal industry and that many TVCMs do not care about environmental protection. Moreover, intensifying competition with TVCMs led to lower coal prices and in turn to further financial problems for SOE coal mines. Yet these arguments are not enough to fully capture all aspects of the Chinese government's motivation. This paper alternatively argues that closing down TVCMs and replacing capacity with large-scale SOE coal mines is the result of deliberate calculation responding to internal and external pressures amid the increasing market orientation of the country. Both, internal pressure to maintain state power through the SOEs in the energy sector, and external pressure to accommodate the intensifying global competition in the energy market triggered the demise of TVCMs; secondly, these forces are pushing further industrial restructuring through the enforced consolidation of mining enterprises into large state conglomerates.
The hire purchase problem in Australia
Creators: name: ROWAN, D.
name: RUNCIE, N.
Publisher: name: PSL Quarterly Review
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Australia, hire purchase problem, policy, control, monetary policy
subject: E51, E52

description: The paper is concerned with the description, analysis and prescription of Australia’s hire purchase problem. In the first part, the author surveys the structure of the Australian hire purchase industry, its record of development in recent years, its sources of finance, and the main classes of transaction which it undertakes. In the second part of the paper, the impact of the growth of hire purchase upon the Australian economy is analysed within the confines of the macro-economy and the short run. The last section deals with policy and the control of hire purchase. Here the discussion is rather technical as it involves the political, constitutional and technical framework within which monetary policy in Australia is perforce conducted. JEL: E51, E52
description: PSL Quarterly Review, V. 10, N. 40 (1957)
Banking in Sweden
Creators: name: CLAYTON, G.
Publisher: name: PSL Quarterly Review
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Sweden, monetary system, financial system, Swedish monetary institutions, banking
subject: E42, G21

description: Since 1850 Sweden has undergone an extensive process of industrialisation and economic development, mostly financed internally. It has done so by developing an organised monetary and financial system for the mobilisation of savings and their transmission to industrial borrowers. As it is the case in England, Swedish monetary institutions have been forced to adapt to an environment that is increasingly influenced by the growth of the public sector and the extent of governmental intervention. JEL: E42, G21
description: PSL Quarterly Review, V. 10, N. 40 (1957)
Tariff and non-tariff obstacles to United States imports
Creators: name: LANDSBERG, H.H.
Publisher: name: PSL Quarterly Review
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Import obstacles, United States, tariffs, national security, export restrictions, U.S. trade policy
subject: F10, F13

description: The article deals with the obstacles to importing to the United States. Recent developments and future plans for tariffs are briefly reviewed and the major non-tariff obstacles, which exporters often consider more irksome than customs duties, are analysed. The author first looks at the scope and problems of Tariff Simplification, now in progress. The revision of valuation standards by the U.S. Treasury are then discussed. Two major obstacles, administrative burdens and tariff changes, are then dealt with. In the latter category recent developments, such as the “national security” argument and self-imposed export restrictions are discussed. The author concludes by sketching the outlook for U.S. trade policy. JEL: F10, F13
description: PSL Quarterly Review, V. 10, N. 40 (1957)
Digital marketing strategies and tools in hotels
Creators: name: Moniz, Ana Isabel
name: Silva, Osvaldo
name: Leite, Hugo
Publisher: name: Journal of Tourism & Development
Year: 2024

description: This article examines the importance attributed to digital marketing strategy and digital marketing tools in the hotel industry, to customer engagement, according to managers’ perceptions. The research was conducted in 2022, surveying 40 hotels (75% of the universe), located in São Miguel Island, in the Azores (Portugal). It was concluded that a significant majority (72.5%) have a well-defined marketing plan outlining their digital strategy. The greatest emphasis goes to the use and trust attributed to websites, social networks, and Online Travel Agencies (OTAs). Facebook and Instagram are the most important social networks; Booking.com is the platform that best captures customer attention. Search Engine Optimization stands out as the most important tool. Using a multiple correspondence analysis, a typology of profiles of hotel managers was identified, based on their perceptions regarding the digital marketing strategy and tools used: the social networks apologists, mainly directors and managers of 2 or 3-star hotels; the digital marketing enthusiasts, associated with higher-star hotels; and the digital marketing laggards, linked to lower-tier hotels. Hotels can use the data and information to track how they engage with current and potential customers, target areas for improvement, and make informed decisions.
description: Journal of Tourism & Development, vol. 47 (2024)
From Stata to aML
Creators: name: Ayllón, Sara
name: Ayllón, Sara
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
subject: aML, file open, file write, multilevel multiprocess models

description: In this article, I explain how to exploit Stata to run multilevel multiprocess regressions with applied maximum likelihood (aML). I show how a single do-file can prepare the dataset, write the control files, input the starting values, and run the regressions without the need to manually open the aML’s Command Prompt window. If desired, results can be brought back to Stata for postestimation. I also provide an example that illustrates how well Stata and aML work together.
HRTF Individualization: A Survey
Creators: name: Guezenoc, Corentin
name: Seguier, Renaud
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Audio and Speech Processing (eess.AS)
subject: Sound (cs.SD)
subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The individuality of head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) is a key issue for binaural synthesis. While, over the years, a lot of work has been accomplished to propose end-user-friendly solutions to HRTF personalization, it remains a challenge. In this article we establish a state-of-the-art of that work. We classify the various proposed methods, review their respective advantages and disadvantages, and, above all, methodically check if and how the perceptual validity of the resulting HRTFs was assessed.
description: Audio Engineering Society Convention 145, Audio Engineering Society, Oct 2018, New York, United States
A menu-driven facility for power and detectable-difference calculations in stepped-wedge cluster-randomized trials
Creators: name: Hemming, Karla
name: Girling, Alan
name: Hemming, Karla
name: Girling, Alan
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
subject: steppedwedge, stepped wedge, sample size, cluster-randomized controlled trials, power, detectable difference

description: This article introduces the Stata menu-driven program steppedwedge, which calculates detectable differences and power for stepped-wedge randomized trials. The command permits continuous, binary, and rate outcomes (with normal approximations) for comparisons using two-sided tests. The command allows specification of the number of clusters randomized at each step, the number of steps and the average cluster (cell) size, or an incomplete design in which the user specifies the design pattern (a matrix with one row per cluster, one column per time point, and entries indicating exposure and observable data). Cluster heterogeneity can be parameterized using either the intracluster correlation or the coefficient of variation (of the outcome). The command is illustrated via examples.
The theory of money in France since 1945
Creators: name: JAMES, E.
Publisher: name: PSL Quarterly Review
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Theory of money, French contribution, French economists, quantity theory, psychology, value of money, monetary authorities, intervention
subject: E40, E52, E58, B22

description: While the most interesting contributions to the theory of money over the past thirty years have arguably been the work of British or Swedish economists, it would not be fair to pass over less striking ventures and fail to to point out the traditional subtlety and canniness of important papers by the Latins. The present article recapitulates the most important developments and contributions made by French economists to the theory of money since 1945. Two main points emerge from the analysis. The first is a general move away from a purely mechanistic version of the quantity theory, emphasising the importance of psychology in the determination of the value of money. The second is the conviction by the French that monetary authorities are capable of plotting a course for the national economy and influencing real factors comprised by it, and thus have an important role to play. JEL: E40, E52, E58, B22
description: PSL Quarterly Review, V. 10, N. 41 (1957)
Sustainable practices of Millennials and Generation Z as tourists in scientific research publications
Creators: name: Ministro, Mark
name: Eurico, Sofia
name: Lopes, Maria Sofia
name: Oliveira, Fernanda
Publisher: name: Journal of Tourism & Development
Year: 2024

description: In an era characterized by escalating environmental challenges and an urgent call for sustainable development, this study examines the pivotal role of Millennials (Gen Y) and Generation Z (Gen Z) in shaping sustainable practices within the tourism industry. Through a thorough analysis of 49 scientific articles sourced from the SCOPUS database, we explore the evolving discourse surrounding these two cohorts and sustainable tourism. Our findings underscore a burgeoning scholarly interest in understanding the intersections between Millennials, Generation Z, and sustainable tourism practices. Themes such as environmental sustainability, travel behaviour, and consumption preferences emerge prominently in the literature. Notably, Generation Z emerges as a focal point of investigation, reflecting their heightened concern for the planet's well-being. This study contributes to a nuanced understanding of the complexities inherent in Millennial and Generation Z cohort engagement in sustainable tourism and highlights avenues for future research and policy intervention.
description: Journal of Tourism & Development, vol. 47 (2024)