cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Effect of Craniocervical Neural Mobilization on Quality of Life in Patients with Primary Tension Headache
Creators: name: Amira M. Elgendy
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Background:Tension-type headache (TTH) ranks among the most frequentand highly widespread primary headaches that affect people's daily tasks and reduce their quality of life (QoL). Objective: To evaluate the effect of the craniocervical neural mobilization technique on pain intensity and QoLin patients suffering from TTH. Methods:A sample of 30 patients, aged between 25-40 years, with primary tension headache, including both male and female participants, was recruited for this study. They were randomly assigned into two equal groups using closed envelopes: Study group (GI) andControl group(GII). The study group received craniocervical neural mobilization technique and aselected physiotherapy program. The control group received the same selected physiotherapy program only. Each group attended eight sessions, with sessions held twice weekly for four weeks. The outcome measures pre and post-treatment included Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) for pain intensity and Headache Impact Test-6 (HIT-6), and Headache Disability Index (HDI) for quality of life. Results:There was a significant decrease in the mean scores of VAS, HIT-6, and HDI in both groups after treatment, with more significant improvement of the study group compared to the control group (P<0.05). Conclusion: Neural mobilization is an effective method to decrease pain intensity and improve the QoLin patients suffering from TTH.
Assessment of the Magnitude of Attrition and Exploring factors Related to it among health Extension workers Deployed in Oromia Region.
Creators: name: Feyissa, Aberra
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2011

description: Background: - The lowest health tier system of Ethiopia is Primary level health care, with one Primary Hospital, 5 health centers and twenty-five health posts at rural level, that one health post serves 3000-5,000 population. Two Health Extension Workers (HEWs) are trained and deployed in each health post at the village/kebele level to improve access and equity to basic health services, targeting households particularly women/mothers focusing on sustained preventive health actions and increased health awareness. Objective: - To assess the magnitude of attrition, explore the whereabouts of the HEWs who have left their jobs and the possible factors related to those among Health Extension Workers deployed in Oromia Regional State. Methods: - It is an exploratory cross sectional study done in Oromia Regional State. Data for the number of HEWs graduated, by the years of graduations from TVETs commission, number of HEWs who have left their jobs, and the whereabouts of HEWs who have left their jobs since 1997 EFY until 2001 EFY assessed and collected from all eighteen Zones of Oromia. Three Zones (Guji, West Harerge and Nannewa Finfinne) from the Region and again three Woredas/Districts from each Zone were selected by the highest number of HEWs left their jobs/services, for the assessment of factors /reasons associated with attrition among HEWs deployed in Oromia Regional State. Systematic random sampling method used to select Health Extension Workers in each Woreda/District, using the payroll list of HEWs in each District/Woreda Heath Offices as a sample frame. The total sample size of 118 respondents were selected from each Zone/District, based on proportion to size of the current number of Health Extension Workers or key informants in each Zone/District. Results: - There were multiple reasons associated with the attrition of HEWs in the region, of which 87.4% of key informants mentioned low salary payment. One hundred ninety (20.7%) and 141 (15.3%) of HEWs that have left their jobs changed their jobs to other non-health category & left because of marriage respectively. Conclusion: - In general, 12,766 HEWs were trained and deployed that fulfilled 99.2% of the need during the five years (1997 to 2001 EFY) period in Oromia Region, and the finding of this study showed that attrition rate of HEWs was 7.2% which is not high
The $\{β\}$-expansion formalism in perturbative QCD and its extension
Creators: name: Kataev, A. L.
name: Mikhailov, S. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss the $\{ β\}$-expansion for renormalization group invariant quantities tracing this expansion to the different contractions of the corresponding incomplete BPHZ $R$-operation. All of the coupling renormalizations, which follow from these contractions, should be taken into account for the $\{ β\}$-expansion. We illustrate this feature considering the nonsinglet Adler function $D^\text{NS}$ in the third order of perturbation. We propose a generalization of the $\{ β\}$-expansion for the renormalization group covariant quantities -- the $\{ β,γ\}$-expansion.
description: 16 pages, 3 figures, a few editorial corrections for JHEP version
Land capability and land use planning: a case study
Creators: name: Lindsay, A. .
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Solutions of the fractional Schrödinger equation with sign-changing nonlinearity
Creators: name: Bieganowski, Bartosz
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Primary: 35Q55, Secondary: 35A15, 35J20, 58E05

description: We look for a solutions to a nonlinear, fractional Schrödinger equation $$(-Δ)^{α/ 2}u + V(x)u = f(x,u)-Γ(x)|u|^{q-2}u\hbox{ on }\mathbb{R}^N,$$ where potential $V$ is coercive or $V=V_{per} + V_{loc}$ is a sum of periodic in $x$ potential $V_{per}$ and localized potential $V_{loc}$, $Γ\in L^{\infty}(\mathbb{R}^N)$ is periodic in $x$, $Γ(x)\geq 0$ for a.e. $x\in\mathbb{R}^N$ and $2
MTHFR polymorphism as a predictive biomarker for gastrointestinal and hematological toxicity in North Indian adenocarcinoma patients
Creators: name: Walia, Harleen Kaur
name: Singh, Navneet
name: Sharma, Siddharth
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: In the present study, we investigated the relationship between the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) C677T and A1298C polymorphisms and overall survival, toxicity and treatment response for North Indian adenocarcinoma patients. The polymorphisms of MTHFR gene in north Indian adenocarcinoma patients were assessed by PCR-RFLP. Our data observed that patients with mutant genotype (C/C) for 1298 A>C) polymorphism showed higher trend of median survival time compared to patients bearing the wild type genotype (A/A) (MST= 13.93 vs. 7.97, p=0.12). Further, we observed patients with the heterozygous genotype for A1298C polymorphism had 12-fold risk of diarrhea (AOR =12.54, 95% CI = 1.54-101.86, p=0.018). The patients with heterozygous genotype (CT) of the C677T polymorphism had 5.34-fold increased risk of developing neutropenia (AOR=5.34, 95% CI=1.49-19.06, p=0.009). Our results suggest that MTHFR polymorphisms are associated with hematological toxicity. MTHFR polymorphism might impact the development of pemetrexed and platinum-related toxicities but not as a clinical predictor of efficiency.
Constraining modified theories of gravity with gravitational wave stochastic background
Creators: name: Maselli, Andrea
name: Marassi, Stefania
name: Ferrari, Valeria
name: Kokkotas, Kostas
name: Schneider, Raffaella
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The direct discovery of gravitational waves has finally opened a new observational window on our Universe, suggesting that the population of coalescing binary black holes is larger than previously expected. These sources produce an unresolved background of gravitational waves, potentially observables by ground-based interferometers. In this paper we investigate how modified theories of gravity, modeled using the ppE formalism, affect the expected signal, and analyze the detectability of the resulting stochastic background by current and future ground-based interferometers. We find the constraints that AdLIGO would be able to set on modified theories, showing that they may significantly improve the current bounds obtained from astrophysical observations of binary pulsars.
description: Results updated to match the version accepted on Phys. Rev. Lett
An investigation of the potential use by secondary students of a proposed environment studies centre
Creators: name: Lavender, Bruce F.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Temperature-dependent optical spectra of single-crystal (CH$_3$NH$_3$)PbBr$_3$ cleaved in ultrahigh vacuum
Creators: name: Niesner, Daniel
name: Schuster, Oskar
name: Wilhelm, Max
name: Levchuk, Ievgen
name: Osvet, Andres
name: Shrestha, Shreetu
name: Batentschuk, Miroslaw
name: Brabec, Christoph
name: Fauster, Thomas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We measure temperature-dependent one-photon and two-photon induced photoluminescence from (CH3NH3)PbBr3 single crystals cleaved in ultrahigh vacuum. An approach is presented to extract absorption spectra from a comparison of both measurements. Cleaved crystals exhibit broad photoluminescence spectra. We identify the direct optical band gap of 2.31 eV. Below 200 K the band gap increases with temperature, and it decreases at elevated temperature, as described by the Bose-Einstein model. An excitonic transition is found 22 meV below the band gap at temperatures <200 K. Defect emission occurs at photon energies <2.16 eV. In addition, we observe a transition at 2.25 eV (2.22 eV) in the orthorhombic (tetragonal and cubic) phase. Below 200 K, the associated exciton binding energy is also 22 meV, and the transition redshifts at higher temperature. The binding energy of the exciton related to the direct band gap, in contrast, decreases in the cubic phase. High-energy emission from free carriers is observed with higher intensity than reported in earlier studies. It disappears after exposing the crystals to air.
Dynamics of Vector Solitons in Bose-Einstein Condensates
Creators: name: Alotaibi, Majed O. D.
name: Carr, Lincoln D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyze the dynamics of two-component vector solitons, namely bright-in-dark solitons, via the variational approximation in Bose-Einstein condensates. The system is described by a vector nonlinear Schrödinger equation appropriate to multi-component Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs). The variational approximation is based on hyperbolic secant (hyperbolic tangent) for the bright (dark) component, which leads to a system of coupled ordinary differential equations for the evolution of the ansatz parameters. We obtain the oscillation dynamics of two-component dark-bright vector solitons. Analytical calculations are performed for same-width components in the vector soliton and numerical calculations extend the results to arbitrary widths. We calculate the binding energy of the system and find it proportional to the intercomponent coupling interaction, and numerically demonstrate the break up or unbinding of a dark-bright soliton. Our calculations explore observable eigenmodes, namely the internal oscillation eigenmode and the Goldstone eigenmode. We find analytically that the density of the bright component is required to be less than the density of the dark component in order to find the internal oscillation eigenmode of the vector soliton and support the existence of the dark-bright soliton. This outcome is confirmed by numerical results. Numerically, we find that the oscillation frequency is amplitude independent. For dark-bright vector solitons in $^{87}$Rb we find that the oscillation frequency range is 90 to 405 Hz, and therefore observable in multi-component BEC experiments.
description: 11 pages, 9 figures, 1 table, 1 appendix
Aspects of the acoustic environment of the Yarra Valley Metropolitan Park
Creators: name: Keeble, A. L.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Aminoglycosides’ dosing and monitoring practices in critically ill patients in Quebec hospitals
Creators: name: Duong, Alexandre
name: Thirion, Daniel J. G.
name: Williamson, David
name: Simard, Chantale
name: Marsot, Amélie
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Considering the aminoglycosides’ characteristics in terms of efficacy and toxicity, multiple dosing recommendations and nomograms have been suggested over several decades. The objective is to describe the dosing and monitoring practices of amikacin, gentamicin, and tobramycin in critically ill patients across health care institutions in the province of Quebec.This survey was developed with multiple-choices and short answers and targeted the lead pharmacist responsible of antimicrobial stewardship in each health care institution.Gentamicin and tobramycin dosing regimens were in-line with guidelines from different countries. Amikacin was not commonly used in Quebec. Therapeutic targets were generally consistent with the literature.Dosing adaptation were mostly done based on clinician judgment or with homemade software. Given the variability seen across practices in Quebec institutions, standardization and optimization of aminoglycosides therapeutic drug monitoring may be considered.
Assesment of the Magnitude and Determinants of Utilization and Demand for Pre-Marital VCT in Civil Marriages in Addis Ababa,Ethiopia
Creators: name: Habte, Dereje
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2003

description: A cross-sectional study was conducted from January 2003 to February 2003 to investigate the magnitude and determinants of utilization and demand for pre-marital voluntary HIV testing and to describe the VCT schemes preferred by newly marrying individuals. A total of 640 individuals (320 males and 320 females) who attended the civil marriage in Addis-Ababa municipality were enrolled in the study. Fifty five percent of study subjects reported having had pre-marital HIV testing and among those who did not have pre-marital HIV testing (284), 63.4% of them claimed to wish to have testing, but had not had it for some reason (unmet need group). The main reason given by the unmet need group was thinking that he/she feels healthy. Most couples had sexual relations but consistent condom use was reported by only 15.5% of them. Being of Gurage ethnicity, having been introduced more than five years back and frank discussion between couples on HIV/ VCT were seen to be predictors of pre-marital HIV testing in both males and females. The demand for pre-marital VCT was significantly (positively) associated with age 35 and above, and free discussion between couples on HIV/ VCT. The agreement level with in pairs for utilization as well as demand of pre-marital HIV testing was good, while that of future plan for testing among the non-tested ones was almost zero. Confidential testing, integrated VCT services, medical doctors as counselors and a face-to-face method of hearing results were the VCT schemes preferred by most respondents. Advocacy on pre-marital VCT, promotion of free discussion between couples on STD/ HIV, improving people's awareness of self-perceived risk, consistent condom use before deciding for marriage and integrated VCT sites are recommended.
Stacking ensemble for age-prediction improves performance and privacy
Creators: name: Antonopoulos, Georgios
name: More, Shammi
name: Raimondo, Federico
name: Patil, Kaustubh
Publisher: name: Forschungzentrum Jülich
Year: 2023

description: Helmholtz AI, Hamburg, Germany, 12 Jun 2023 - 14 Jun 2023
description: Brain-age prediction (BAP) using structural MRI has shown great potential for studying healthy aging anddisease. Two major desirable properties for BAP are high accuracy and data privacy. We propose astacking ensemble model (SEM) which improves both compared to current implementations.Our SEM consists of two levels (L0 and L1). At L0, we used an 873-parcel atlas to group gray-mattervolume voxels, and trained one GLMnet model for each parcel. The out-of-sample (OOS, using 3-fold cross-validation) predictions from all L0 models were used as features to train a GLMnet model at L1 whichprovides the final age-prediction. To make predictions on an independent test-set, L0 models were trainedon the whole dataset (Figure 1).We explored two different ways to train models at L0 and L1, i.e., i) using pooled data from different sites,and ii) treating each site separately and then averaging their outcomes. To compare with currentstandards we also tested models using average GMV in each parcel as inputs of L1. Additionally, to test thecase where enough data is available at the test site, we estimated L0-level OOS predictions on the testdata. These were then used to obtain predictions using L1 models. The former schemes provide differentlevels and types of privacy advantage. The latter provides an advantage for clinical applications, as onlyL0-level predictions need to be shared and not the raw data.We used T1w MRI scans of healthy subjects from 4 open datasets (IXI, eNKI, CamCAN and 1000Gehirne)with n>500 each (total N=3103, 18-90 age range). We performed leave-one-site-out analysis and testedthe impact of using one or more datasets for training.The highest test performance was observed for the set-ups with L0-level predictions coming from the testdata, with the best set up using pooled predictions of L0 from three sites to train the L1 model (MAE=4.7)followed by the L1 models trained on 3 sites separately (MAE=4.8). This set-up provides improved dataprivacy as L0 analysis can be performed at the application site and only predictions need to be shared.Set-ups based on mean GMV performed the worst (MAE=6.5-7.3). We also found that L0 models providerobust interpretation of regional aging effects, i.e. the Pearson correlation of real age with predicted-agewas higher than with GMV.
Dynamical symmetry breaking and phase transitions in driven diffusive systems
Creators: name: Baek, Yongjoo
name: Kafri, Yariv
name: Lecomte, Vivien
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the probability distribution of a current flowing through a diffusive system connected to a pair of reservoirs at its two ends. Sufficient conditions for the occurrence of a host of possible phase transitions both in and out of equilibrium are derived. These transitions manifest themselves as singularities in the large deviation function, resulting in enhanced current fluctuations. Microscopic models which implement each of the scenarios are presented, with possible experimental realizations. Depending on the model, the singularity is associated either with a particle-hole symmetry breaking, which leads to a continuous transition, or in the absence of the symmetry with a first-order phase transition. An exact Landau theory which captures the different singular behaviors is derived.
description: 14 pages, 2 figures
NARRATIVAS AUTOBIOGRÁFICAS NA EDUCAÇÃO DE JOVENS E ADULTOS
Creators: name: Coelho, Romário Neves
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Autobiografia
Memórias
Educação
Superação
Educação de Jovens e Adultos

description: Em Narrativas Autobiográficas na Educação de Jovens e Adultos, sob a progressão do prof. Romário Coelho, idealizador do projeto, a EJA cumpre seu papel de comprovar, por meio de relatos, a oportunidade de pessoas que não tiveram acesso à escola ou que não conseguiram concluir seus estudos de forma regulares possam retornar ao espaço escolar e poder refazer, reconstruir , repensar seus caminhos, sua história, resgatar sonhos e oportunidades de um futuro melhor.
Environmental mercury : chemical aspects
Creators: name: Sandars, G. A. .
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Concise estimate of the expected number of detections for stellar-mass binary black holes by eLISA
Creators: name: Kyutoku, Koutarou
name: Seto, Naoki
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study prospects for detecting extragalactic binary black holes similar to GW150914 by evolved Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (eLISA). We find that the majority of detected binary black holes will not merge within reasonable observation periods of eLISA in any configuration. While long-arm detectors are highly desired for promoting multiband gravitational-wave astronomy by increasing the detections of merging binaries, the number of total detections can be increased also by improving the acceleration noise. A monochromatic approximation works well to derive semiquantitative features of observational prospects for non-merging binaries with clearly indicating the parameter dependence. Our estimate also suggests that the number of galaxies in the error volume is so small that the host galaxy may be determined uniquely with high confidence.
description: 7 pages, 7 figures, matched to the published version
The clustering of galaxies in the completed SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: Cosmological implications of the Fourier space wedges of the final sample
Creators: name: Grieb, Jan Niklas
name: Sánchez, Ariel G.
name: Salazar-Albornoz, Salvador
name: Scoccimarro, Román
name: Crocce, Martín
name: Vecchia, Claudio Dalla
name: Montesano, Francesco
name: Gil-Marín, Héctor
name: Ross, Ashley J.
name: Beutler, Florian
name: Rodríguez-Torres, Sergio
name: Chuang, Chia-Hsun
name: Prada, Francisco
name: Kitaura, Francisco-Shu
name: Cuesta, Antonio J.
name: Eisenstein, Daniel J.
name: Percival, Will J.
name: Vargas-Magana, Mariana
name: Tinker, Jeremy L.
name: Tojeiro, Rita
name: Brownstein, Joel R.
name: Maraston, Claudia
name: Nichol, Robert C.
name: Olmstead, Matthew D.
name: Samushia, Lado
name: Seo, Hee-Jong
name: Streblyanska, Alina
name: Zhao, Gong-bo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We extract cosmological information from the anisotropic power spectrum measurements from the recently completed Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS), extending the concept of clustering wedges to Fourier space. Making use of new FFT-based estimators, we measure the power spectrum clustering wedges of the BOSS sample by filtering out the information of Legendre multipoles l > 4. Our modelling of these measurements is based on novel approaches to describe non-linear evolution, bias, and redshift-space distortions, which we test using synthetic catalogues based on large-volume N-body simulations. We are able to include smaller scales than in previous analyses, resulting in tighter cosmological constraints. Using three overlapping redshift bins, we measure the angular diameter distance, the Hubble parameter, and the cosmic growth rate, and explore the cosmological implications of our full shape clustering measurements in combination with CMB and SN Ia data. Assuming a ΛCDM cosmology, we constrain the matter density to Ω_m = 0.311 -0.010 +0.009 and the Hubble parameter to H_0 = 67.6 -0.6 +0.7 km s^-1 Mpc^-1, at a confidence level (CL) of 68 per cent. We also allow for non-standard dark energy models and modifications of the growth rate, finding good agreement with the ΛCDM paradigm. For example, we constrain the equation-of-state parameter to w = -1.019 -0.039 +0.048. This paper is part of a set that analyses the final galaxy clustering dataset from BOSS. The measurements and likelihoods presented here are combined with others in Alam et al. 2016 to produce the final cosmological constraints from BOSS.
description: 23 pages, 16 figures in the main text, appendix of 6 pages and 5 figures; revision submitted to MNRAS. The data used in this analysis is publicly available at https://www.sdss3.org/science/boss_publications.php
Grand Challenges in Wind Energy Digitalization
Creators: name: Barber, Sarah
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: This presentation reviews the what and why of digitalization, the difference between digitization and digitalization with an overview on how we could use data to reduce the cost of energy from wind and current challenges we face.
description: {"references": ["Clifton, Barber, et. al. (2023) Grand challenges in the digitalisation of wind energy. https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-8-947-2023"]}
Industrial noise and community attitudes : noise emissions associated with a petroleum refinery and an evaluation of surrounding community attitudes
Creators: name: Hulme, Jillian.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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VideoCom – Videovermittlung in der Schweiz Umgang der Gebärdensprachdolmetschenden mit Anforderungen bei der Videovermittlung in der Deutschschweiz.
Creators: name: Mürner, Jeanette
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Gebärdensprache
Gebärdensprachedolmetschen
Bachelorarbeit

description: Die vorliegende Arbeit befasst sich mit der Frage, wie Gebärdensprachdolmetschende bei der Videovermittlung VideoCom in der Deutschschweiz ein Vermittlungsgespräch handhaben. Das „WIE“ steht im Vordergrund. Anhand von Interviews wurden die Daten erhoben. Durch diese Datenerhebungsart konnte reichhaltiges Material gesammelt und zur Analyse verwendet werden. Mit Hilfe einer qualitativen Inhaltsanalyse wurde die Handhabung bei Vermittlungsgesprächen in verschiedenen Situationen ermittelt. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass der fehlende visuelle Kontakt der Gesprächsparteien die Arbeit der Gebärdensprachdolmetschenden überwiegend beeinflusst. Die Formulierung der Äusserungen in der dritten Person („sie macht...“, „er meint...“) erwies sich als eine der wichtigsten Strategien, welche die Gebärdensprachdolmetschenden bei ihrer Arbeit einsetzen können.
Green Arithmetic - Carbon Footprint Calculators for Tourist Attractions
Creators: name: Kruesi, Michael Alexander
name: Remy, Detlev
name: Shi, Jade
Publisher: name: Singapore Institute of Technology
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 350402
subject: Hospitality management

description: This study focuses on the perception that visitors to the parks of Mandai Wildlife Reserve (MWR) in Singapore have of carbon footprint calculators as interpretation tools at zoological parks. This study is a preliminary round of research that will set the stage for the creation of a working carbon footprint calculator that will be trailed at the four parks run by MWR. The research team aims to create this tool to educate and raise awareness among the visitors of the MWG parks about the importance of sustainability.
Politics, pedagogies and commoning: Reflections from the Helsinki Timebank
Creators: name: Eskelinen, Teppo
name: Van Der Wekken, Ruby
Publisher: name: International Journal of Community Currency Research (IJCCR)
Year: 2022
Subjects: Timebanks
commons
currency
social transformation
pedagogy
direct democracy
taxation

description: The article analyses timebanks as a “currency commons” and a complementary currency, particularly highlighting its political (transformative) and pedagogical aspects. Drawing from experiences from Helsinki timebank, the article argues that timebanks should be seen as open and engaging processes rather than mere alternative institutions of exchange. This means, first, recognising the varying perceptions over timebanking and varying motivations of members; and second, analysing how timebanks can feed transformative ideas into co-operation with public authorities. The proposed timetax is presented as an example of such a transformative idea.
Reasons for Low EPI Coverage Rates in Three Woredas of South West Ethiopia
Creators: name: Bekele, Worku
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 1994

description: Cross sectional surveys (EPI cluster survey and missed opportuni ty exit survey), interviews with health workers, focus group discussion, and observation of immunization activities, were conducted in three woredas of South Western Ethiopia to determine EPI coverage levels and to find out reasons for low coverage. The study was carried out from November 1993 to February 1994. It was found that the coverage rate was 42.1% for BCG, 24.4% for DPT3, 24.3% for OPV3, ?8.8% for measles, and 32.3% for maternal TT2. The study has indicated that religion, occupation, educational status and economic status of the parents and place of birth of the child have influence on starting or non starting of immunization of children while marital status of the mother and the number of under five children do not. Defaulting for childhood immunizations is 31.7% while it is 26.1% for maternal TT. Reasons for defaulting are: different obstacles (48.5%), lack of information (36.4%), and lack of motivation (9.2%). For maternal TT, starting of immunization was influenced by religion, occupational, educational and economic status of the couple, number of children under five and place of birth of child while it is not influenced by marital status of the mother. Missed opportuni ty exi t survey revealed that missed opportunity of immunization is 47.2% for women and 23.8% for children. Important reasons are lack of information (27.1%) and no offer from health workers (25%). vi Focus group discussion of caretakers, discussion with health workers and observation of EPI activities were undertaken by the principal investigator to clarify and strengthen the survey findings and these revealed that indeed there are problems, correction of which may lead to the intended goal of universal child immunization. Finally recommendations are made based on the study findings
Large photon drag effect of intrinsic graphene induced by plasmonic evanescent field
Creators: name: Luo, Ma
name: Li, Zhibing
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Large photon drag effect of the massless Dirac Fermions in intrinsic graphene is predicted for a graphene-on-plasmonic-layer system. The surface plasmons in the plasmonic layer enlarge the wave number of photon for hundreds of time of that in vacuum. The evanescent field of the surface plasmons generates directional motion of carriers in the intrinsic graphene, because of the large momentum transfer from the surface plasmon to the excited carriers. A model Hamiltonian is developed on the assumption that the in-plane wavelength of the surface plasmons is much smaller than the mean free path of the carriers. The time evolution of density matrix is solved by perturbation method as well as numerical integration. The non-diagonal density matrix elements with momentum transfer lead to gauge current that is the optically driven macroscopic direct current. The dependence of the macroscopic direct current on the incident direction and intensity of the laser field is studied.
description: 6 figures
Psychomotorisches Angebot im Aussenraum für Kinder mit hyperaktivem Verhalten
Creators: name: Mühlemann, Sabrina
name: Suter, Cornelia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Psychomotorik
Psychomotoriktherapie
Bachelorarbeit

description: Im Rahmen der vorliegenden Bachelorarbeit wird ein Angebot zur psychomotorischen Förderung im Aussenraum von Kindern mit hyperaktivem Verhalten entwickelt. Es wird der Frage nachgegangen, wie der Aussenraum für diese Thematik genutzt werden kann. Um Ursachen hyperaktiven Verhaltens und die Auswirkungen auf die Entwicklungsbereiche zu verdeutlichen, werden verschiedene Sichtweisen aus der Literatur zusammengeführt. Aus denen werden relevante Entwicklungsthemen in Form von Therapiezielen formuliert. Die Grundlage für das Angebot bilden aktuelle Studien über die Bedeutung des Aussenraumes auf die kindliche Entwicklung und werden in Verbindung mit den Therapiezielen gebracht. Das Ergebnis bietet praktische Umsetzungsmöglichkeiten im Aussenraum zur Thematik von Kindern mit hyperaktivem Verhalten innerhalb der Psychomotoriktherapie.
Angling as urban recreation: planning facilities for the Melbourne metropolitan region
Creators: name: Tamagno, Bruce.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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title: Oreocnide integrifolia (Gaud.)Miq. exhibits hypoglycemic and hypolipidemic potentials on streptozotocin diabetic rats
title: a preliminary dose and duration dependent study
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Ansarullah
name: Devkar, Ranjitsinh
name: Jadeja, Ravirajsinh
name: Ramachandran, A. V.
name: Thounaojam, Menaka
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Dortmund
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: insulin
subject: Oreocnide integrifolia
subject: streptozotocin
subject: 610

description: Oreocnide integrifolia (Gaud.)Miq (Urticaceae) leaves are used to alleviate diabetic symptoms in folk medicine in northeast India. In the present study, dose and duration dependent hypoglycemic potentials were evaluated in streptozotocin induced diabetic rats. Administration of aqueous leaf extract (100, 250, 500 and 750 mg/kg body weight orally once daily) to diabetic rats reduced glycemic levels by 56 % by 4 weeks of treatment and was comparable to standard reference drug Metformin. The experimental data also revealed significant improvement in lowering lipid profile, Urea, Creatinine, Hb, HbA1c and insulin levels. The present study clearly demonstrates hypoglycemic and hypolipidemic potential of Oreocnide integrifolia leaf extract.
description: EXCLI Journal ; Vol. 8, 2009
The selection rules of high harmonic generation: the symmetries of molecules and laser fields
Creators: name: Liu, Xi
name: Zhu, Xiaosong
name: Li, Liang
name: Li, Yang
name: Zhang, Qingbin
name: Lan, Pengfei
name: Lu, Peixiang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The selection rules of high harmonic generation (HHG) are investigated using three-dimensional time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT). From the harmonic spectra obtained with various real molecules and different forms of laser fields, several factors that contribute to selection rules are revealed. Extending the targets to stereoscopic molecules, it is shown that the allowed harmonics are dependent on the symmetries of the projections of molecules. For laser fields, the symmetries contributing to the selection rules are discussed according to Lissajous figures and their dynamical directivities. All the phenomena are explained by the symmetry of the full time-dependent Hamiltonian under a combined transformation. We present a systematic study on the selection rules and propose an intuitive method for the judgment of allowed harmonic orders, which can be extended to more complex molecules and various forms of laser pulses.
A practical overview of quantitative structure-activity relationship
Creators: name: Isarankura-Na-Ayudhya, Chartchalerm
name: Naenna, Thanakorn
name: Nantasenamat, Chanin
name: Prachayasittikul, Virapong
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Dortmund
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: multivariate analysis
subject: QSAR
subject: quantitative structure-activity relationship
subject: quantitative structure-property relationship
subject: 610

description: Quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) modeling pertains to the construction of predictive models of biological activities as a function of structural and molecular information of a compound library. The concept of QSAR has typically been used for drug discovery and development and has gained wide applicability for correlating molecular information with not only biological activities but also with other physicochemical properties, which has therefore been termed quantitative structure-property relationship (QSPR). Typical molecular parameters that are used to account for electronic properties, hydrophobicity, steric effects, and topology can be determined empirically through experimentation or theoretically via computational chemistry. A given compilation of data sets is then subjected to data preprocessing and data modeling through the use of statistical and/or machine learning techniques. This review aims to cover the essential concepts and techniques that are relevant for performing QSAR/QSPR studies through the use of selected examples from our previous work.
description: EXCLI Journal ; Vol. 8, 2009
Subdivision, development and conservation: Macedon ranges and surrounds
Creators: name: Hunt, Stanley.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Birth Preparedness, Complication Readiness and other Determinants of Place of Delivery; the Case of Goba Wereda, Bale Zone, South East Ethiopia
Creators: name: Sileshi, Semere
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2014

description: Background: Ethiopia is one of the countries with the highest maternal mortality ratio 676/100,000 livebirths and the lowest skilled delivery at birth (10%) in 2011. Skilled delivery care and provision of emergency obstetric care prevents many of these deaths. Despite implementation of birth preparedness and complication readiness (BPACR) packages to antenatal care users since 2007 in the study area, yet overwhelming proportion of births take place at home. The effect of birth preparedness and complication readiness on place of delivery is not well known and studied in this context. Objective: To determine the effect of birth preparedness and complication readiness of mothers and other factors on place of delivery among women who gave birth in the last 12 months, Goba Wereda, February, 2014. Methodology: A community based case control study preceded by initial census was conducted on a total of 358 sampled respondents (119 cases and 239 controls) who were selected using stratified-multistage sampling technique. A pre-tested and standardized questionnaire with a face-to-face interview was used to collect the data, then data was cleaned, coded and entered in to SPSS version-21, binary logistic regression models were run to identify predictors of place of delivery, Odds ratio with 95%CI was used to assess associations at a 0.05 level of significance. Result: The response rate was 118(99.1%) and 238(99.5%) for the cases and the controls respectively. Mean(±SD) age of 27.41(±5.8) and 28.84(±5.7) years for the cases and the controls respectively. Health facility delivery accounts to 285(32.9%) and home delivery accounts to 579(67.1%) of the deliveries. And 94(79.7%) and 81(34.0%) of the cases and the controls respectively were well-prepared for birth and complication. Maternal education, religion, distance from health facility, knowledge of availability of ambulance transport and history of obstetric complication were independent predictors of place of delivery (P-value <0.01). BPACR practice had an independent effect (AOR =2.55, 95%CI: 1.12, 5.84) on place of delivery. Conclusion and Recommendation: The study identified abetter institutional delivery utilization among mothers who were well-prepared for birth and complication. BPACR services should be further strengthened to enables women recognize danger signs and access skilled caregiver for all deliveries.
An examination of a proposal for an environment studies centre
Creators: name: McKenzie, Merna.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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title: Summary Report for Science-case for GeoNet Expansion SDP Workshop #1
Creators: name: Warren-Smith, Emily
name: Jacobs, Katie M.
name: Williams, Charles A.
name: Wallace, Laura M.
name: Taylor-Offord, Sam
name: Abbott, Elizabeth R.
name: D'Anastasio, Elisabetta
name: Hamling, Ian J.
name: Spesivtsev, Aleksandr
name: Rollins, Chris
Publisher: name: GNS Science
Year: 2023

description: This report outlines a summary of a one-day workshop held to discuss scientific uses of the GeoNet seismic and geodetic networks and potential science-backed expansion plans of those networks. The workshop was held as part of a Strategic Development Funded Project led by Charles Williams and supported by several others. The primary workshop organisers were Charles Williams, Katie Jacobs, and Emily Warren-Smith. The main goal of this first workshop was to develop a prioritised list of scientific and monitoring questions to be answered with GeoNet sensor network data. We had a good cross section of representation with attendees joining from GNS Science, Toitu; Te Whenua LINZ (LINZ), Toka Te Ake EQC (EQC), Massey University, University of Auckland, University of Otago, and Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka. We had about 50 in-person attendees in the Malahoff Theatre, with many more joining online. The workshop included 14 presentations on a range of topics, four discussion sessions (totaling ~3 hours) as well as two interactive exercises designed to collate end-user requirements and scope (auths)
New Teff and [Fe/H] spectroscopic calibration for FGK dwarfs and GK giants
Creators: name: Teixeira, G. D. C.
name: Sousa, S. G.
name: Tsantaki, M.
name: Monteiro, M. J. P. F. G.
name: Santos, N. C.
name: Israelian, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The ever-growing number of large spectroscopic survey programs has increased the importance of fast and reliable methods with which to determine precise stellar parameters. Some of these methods are highly dependent on correct spectroscopic calibrations. The goal of this work is to obtain a new spectroscopic calibration for a fast estimate of Teff and [Fe/H] for a wide range of stellar spectral types. We used spectra from a joint sample of 708 stars, compiled from 451 FGK dwarfs and 257 GK-giant stars. We used homogeneously determined spectroscopic stellar parameters to derive temperature calibrations using a set of selected EW line-ratios, and [Fe/H] calibrations using a set of selected FeI lines. We have derived 322 EW line-ratios and 100 FeI lines that can be used to compute Teff and [Fe/H], respectively. We show that these calibrations are effective for FGK dwarfs and GK-giant stars in the following ranges: 4500 K < Teff < 6500 K , 2.5 < logg < 4.9 dex, and -0.8 < [Fe/H] < 0.5 dex. The new calibration has a standard deviation of 74 K for Teff and 0.07 dex for [Fe/H]. We use four independent samples of stars to test and verify the new calibration, a sample of 56 giant stars, a sample composed of Gaia FGK benchmark stars, a sample of 36 GK-giant stars of the DR1 of the Gaia-ESO survey, and a sample of 582 FGK-dwarf stars. We also provide a new computer code, GeTCal, for automatically producing new calibration files based on any new sample of stars.
description: Accepted by A&A for publication, 8 pages, 9 figures
Entanglement in non-unitary quantum critical spin chains
Creators: name: Couvreur, Romain
name: Jacobsen, Jesper Lykke
name: Saleur, Hubert
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Entanglement entropy has proven invaluable to our understanding of quantum criticality. It is natural to try to extend the concept to non-unitary quantum mechanics, which has seen growing interest from areas as diverse as open quantum systems, non-interacting electronic disordered systems, or non-unitary conformal field theory (CFT). We propose and investigate such an extension here, by focussing on the case of one-dimensional quantum group symmetric or supergroup symmetric spin chains. We show that the consideration of left and right eigenstates combined with appropriate definitions of the trace leads to a natural definition of Rényi entropies in a large variety of models. We interpret this definition geometrically in terms of related loop models and calculate the corresponding scaling in the conformal case. This allows us to distinguish the role of the central charge and effective central charge in rational minimal models of CFT, and to define an effective central charge in other, less well understood cases. The example of the $sl(2|1)$ alternating spin chain for percolation is discussed in detail.
description: 11 pages, 3 figures
The feasibility of providing urban fishing ponds
Creators: name: Brailsford, J. D. .
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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