cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Scanning Near-field Microscopy of Silicon-based Material for Quantum Technologies
Creators: name: Smith, Jessica Faye
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2022

description: The goal of the work presented here was to use cryogenic Scanning Near-field Optical Microscopy
description: (SNOM), an imaging technique that detects local changes to the dielectric function
description: of a sample surface, to locate and identify single dopants in silicon for quantum technologies.
description: SNOM imaging was performed on heavily doped Ga in Si at room and low (8K) temperatures
description: where free carriers donated by the Ga atoms caused changes in the samples dielectric function.
description: These investigations yielded a minimum number of observable dopants equal to an estimated
description: 5000 Ga atoms per 1 μm^2. Lightly doped (2.5×1015 cm^−3) indium in silicon samples were also
description: studied as their transition lines lie within the SNOMs wavelength range and the local dielectric
description: function of the sample may be changed by moving the SNOM imaging wavelength on and off
description: the lines. No indium atoms were observed in these experiments.

description:

description: Photonic Crystal Cavities (PCCs) in silicon were also investigated with an eventual aim of
description: coupling single donors / acceptors with a PCC and inffering the presence of the single dopant
description: by a shift in the cavities resonance. SNOM imaging was carried out on PCCs designed to
description: have cavity resonances within the SNOM wavelength range 7.6-8.6 μm, suitable for dopants in
description: silicon, and showed light confinement within the cavity. Also, THz – time domain spectroscopy
description: was performed on PCCs with cavity resonances between 1-4 THz, suitable for dopants in
description: germanium, and showed frequency dependent drops in transmission of the THz through the
description: PCCs.

description:

description: Finally, characterisation techniques for determining the radiation pattern, absolute power
description: and frequency spectra of THz sources have been developed and implemented to evaluate sources
description: within the 1-4 THz range for possible coupling to the SNOM to study dopants in germanium.
description: Characterisation techniques have been demonstrated on two different emitters operating between
description: 50 GHz to 1 THz.
Computergestützter Kulturkolonialismus: Die Ökonomie zur Nutzung vieler Sprachen in Datensammlungen und im Internet
Creators: name: Klein, Norbert
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Der Autor zeichnet einen Weg für die »kambodschanische Informationsgesellschaft«, die weitestgehend unabhängig von internationalen Urheberrechten sein könnte.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 21 Nr. 4 (2005): Das alles und noch viel mehr ...: Marken- und Biopiraterie in Südostasien
Why Groups Matter to Sociocultural Evolution : How Religio-Cultural Entrepreneurship Drove Political and Religious Evolution in Ancient Israel
Creators: name: Abrutyn, Seth
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2018

description: Evolutionary concepts have a rich history in sociological theory, from Spencer to Durkheim, Marx to Weber. Recently, a neo-evolutionary revival has occurred in the social sciences, (1) bringing neuroscience into dialogue with age old sociological questions of origins; (2) considering the gene-culture relationship; and (3) constructing sweeping general theories of sociocultural evolution. Generally, the role collective actors play in the evolutionary process is taken for granted, as is the contingent, multi-directional, and multi-linear paths evolution takes when we focus on specific cases. The paper below examines the evolution of the ancient Israelites from the 8th-6th centuries BCE, teasing out a theory that supplements these other important areas. Specifically, it is argued that (a) institutional entrepreneurs are the collectives that drive sociocultural selection processes by innovating organizationally, normatively, and symbolically; (b) their cultural assemblages are sources of variation upon which sociocultural forms of selection, like Spencerian or Marxian, can work; and, (c) institutional spheres evolve and become “survivor machines” for the entrepreneur’s assemblage, imposing it on a significant proportion of the population and reproducing it across time and space.
Analysis and design of efficient massive device communication for heterogeneous networks.
Creators: name: Su, Man
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2020

description: With the exponential increase in high rate traffic in today’s mobile cellular networks, wireless communication system is facing a enormous change. Wireless cellular networks have to provide full coverage of wireless access anywhere and anytime and have enough capacity to serve user equipments (UEs). In order to satisfy the high rate traffic and consider the sustainability of our society, 5G networks will need to face big challenges. In this dissertation, analysis and design of efficient massive device communication schemes are considered for Heterogeneous Networks (HetNets). The contributions of this study are two-fold. One is to overcome random access bottleneck for massive device in HetNets, the other is to overcome bandwidth bottleneck for massive device in HetNets. First, two different strategies to overcome random access bottleneck for massive device in small cells have been proposed. One strategy is model-based load estimation and dynamic p-persistence random access scheme. Performance shows that proposed load estimation and p-persistence random access help to reduce contention when a massive number of UEs simultaneously accessing a small cell. Another strategy is hash preamble random access scheme, which used some information based on the load estimation developed in the Chapter 3. The hash preamble random access scheme includes the multiway-tree coding virtual preamble space and Fibonacci hash preamble mapping. Multiway-tree coding virtual preamble increases orthogonal preamble space and reduced ambiguities by coding. Fibonacci hash preamble further reduces ambiguities by the hash function. These two random access schemes are proposed to support massive devices in small cells. The results in proposed model-based load estimation and dynamic p-persistence random access scheme are 5 times as high as the LTE system. The results in proposed hash preamble random access scheme are 16 times as high as the LTE system. Second, a technique to overcome bandwidth bottleneck for massive device accessing a small cell in HetNets is introduced. To overcome the bandwidth bottleneck, we propose using cognitive-based small cells. The main feature of cognitive-based approach is the elimination of message exchanges to achieve spectrum sharing. We model our proposed solution using into a Continuous-Time Markov Chain model and demonstrate improvement of the system performance in terms of system throughput, collision rate load balancing and delay for HetNets.
Nachrichten
Creators: name: Timmann, Anke
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Nachrichten aus der Region.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 21 Nr. 4 (2005): Das alles und noch viel mehr ...: Marken- und Biopiraterie in Südostasien
Nachrichten
Creators: name: Knappe, Eberhard
name: Wünsch, Susanne
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Nachrichten aus der Region.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 21 Nr. 4 (2005): Das alles und noch viel mehr ...: Marken- und Biopiraterie in Südostasien
Switchable Dual-Function Materials: A New Generation of CO2 Capture-Conversion
Creators: name: Merkouri, Loukia-Pantzechroula
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2024
Subjects: Dual function materials
Catalysis
CO2 capture and utilization,
CO2 methanation
Reverse water-gas shift
Dry reforming of methane
Engineering

description: Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a renewable carbon source that can be used as a C1 building block to produce fuels and chemicals via carbon capture and utilisation technologies. Designing a process that integrates CO2 capture with utilisation steps and which is flexible enough to keep up with the fluctuations in supply and demand can be an out-of-the-box solution to produce on-demand chemicals, making these technologies financially appealing.The NiRu/CeAl catalyst, presented in this thesis, demonstrated a high activity in the CO2 methanation, reverse water-gas shift (RWGS), and dry reforming of methane (DRM) reactions and showed promising stability results in a 60-hr cycle of methanation-RWGS-DRM. This formulation was used as the basis for switchable dual-function materials (DFMs), and a successful proof-of-concept study was performed using Na2O, K2O, and CaO as adsorbents. The designed switchable DFMs captured CO2 at a range of temperatures and converted it into CH4, CO, or syngas by using either H2 or CH4 as a co-reactant. By conducting mechanistic studies during cyclic operation, dissociation of CO2 and formation of carbonates species were observed, and the desired product was formed at the specified conditions through formyls. When the Ca-containing DFM was tested under a real flue gas (fermentation off-gases from a brewery), it manifested a stable CH4 capacity over time, despite the presence of O2 and H2O. The techno-economic feasibility of switchable catalysis was also assessed, which revealed a carbon-negative and profitable process, mainly due to the production of synthetic natural gas.Overall, this thesis presents a new generation of integrated CO2 capture and conversion materials that can capture CO2 from any source that contains it, ranging from ambient air to pure streams, and convert it into the desired product by changing the co-reactant and temperature, thus providing the world with an one-stop shop solution for a net-zero future.
title: Molecular mechanism and health effects of 1,2-naphthoquinone
Creators: name: Soares, Antonio G.
name: Muscara, Marcelo N.
name: Costa, Soraia K. P.
Publisher: name: IfADo - Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors, Dortmund
Year: 2020
Subjects: naphthoquinone
free radicals
inflammation
cardiovascular system
review

description: Extensive literature regarding the health side effects of ambient pollutants (AP) are available, such as diesel exhaust particles (DEPs), but limited studies are available on their electrophilic contaminant 1,2-Naphthoquinone (1,2-NQ), enzymatically derived from naphthalene. This review summarizes relevant toxicologic and biological properties of 1,2-NQ as an environmental pollutant or to a lesser degree as a backbone in drug development to treat infectious diseases. It presents evidence of 1,2-NQ-mediated genotoxicity, neurogenic inflammation, and cytotoxicity due to several mechanistic properties, including the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), that promote cell damage, carcinogenesis, and cell death. Many signal transduction pathways act as a vulnerable target for 1,2-NQ, including kappaB kinase b (IKKbeta) and protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B). Antioxidant molecules act in defense against ROS/RNS-mediated 1,2-NQ responses to injury. Nonetheless, its inhibitory effects at PTP1B, altering the insulin signaling pathway, represents a new therapeutic target to treat diabetes type 2. Questions exist whether exposure to 1,2-NQ may promote arylation of the Keap1 factor, a negative regulator of Nrf2, as well as acting on the sepiapterin reductase activity, an NADPH-dependent enzyme which catalyzes the formation of critical cofactors in aromatic amino acid metabolism and nitric oxide biosynthesis. Exposure to 1,2-NQ is linked to neurologic, behavioral, and developmental disturbances as well as increased susceptibility to asthma. Limited new knowledge exists on molecular modeling of quinones molecules as antitumoral and anti-microorganism agents. Altogether, these studies suggest that 1,2-NQ and its intermediate compounds can initiate a number of pathological pathways as AP in living organisms but it can be used to better understand molecular pathways.
description: EXCLI Journal; 19:Doc707; ISSN 1611-2156
Im Schatten des Terrors
Creators: name: Werning, Rainer
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Buchbesprechung von: Asian Regional Exchange for New Alternatives — ARENA (Hrsg.), Militarising State, Society and Culture in Asia: Critical Perspectives. Erschienen als Asian Exchange, Vol. 20, No. 2, 2004/Vol. 21, No. 1, 2005, Plongkong 2005.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 21 Nr. 4 (2005): Das alles und noch viel mehr ...: Marken- und Biopiraterie in Südostasien
An avatar-based system for Arabic sign language to enhance hard-of-hearing and deaf students' performance in a fundamentals of computer programming course.
Creators: name: Abuzinadah, Nihal E.
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2020

description: Different studies have shown that deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) students face many difficulties in learning applied disciplines in science, engineering, technology, and mathematics. The development of videos or avatars to aid in the teaching of programming for positively affects DHH students. The use of sign language increases the understanding of DHH, therefore, it will be utilized in the proposed virtual and Augmented reality environment which will hopefully improve students’ performance in learning about computer programming as well as enhance their engagement and facilitate the accessibility of learning for learners suffering from deafness in Saudi Arabia. This thesis aims to help deaf and hearing-impaired students in Saudi Arabia to tackle applied subjects like computer programming and equip them for careers in the technological field. Computer programming is an integral component in this field that can greatly assist in developing technological solutions. The study reveals important considerations in the creation of a virtual learning environment for DHH students to learn computer programming and showed that DHH students performed well, understood the topics, and could write a small program. The research methodology shows how to create an avatar for teaching computer programming using Arabic sign language. This gives DHH students opportunities to join the scientific world as they were previously unable to do so. Three expert signers evaluated the proposed Arabic Sign Language (ArSL) dictionary with 450 technological terms and added 114 new signs to the signer dictionary. Therefore, to make an overall evaluation, Augmented Reality (AR) as a knowledge technology will be applied through the 6 unit of the proposed “Java programming” course. Accordingly, 6 designed flashcards will be used, one flashcard for each course unit to retrieve summarized knowledge discovery of this unit. Also, many tools will be used to support augmented reality such as Vuforia and Unity library.
Spitze(n)Frauen
Creators: name: Bey, Ulrike
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Buchbesprechung von: Mark R. Thompson und Claudia Derichs (Hg.), Frauen an der Macht: Dynastien und politische Führerinnen in Asien. Passauer Beiträge zur Südostasienkunde Band 10, Passau 2005, ISBN: 3-933509-29-7.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 21 Nr. 4 (2005): Das alles und noch viel mehr ...: Marken- und Biopiraterie in Südostasien
title: Simple querying service for OpenAPI descriptions with Semantic Web extensions
title: Απλή υπηρεσία αναζήτησης σε περιγραφές OpenAPI με επεκτάσεις σημασιολογικού ιστού
Creators: name: Αποστολακης Ιωαννης
Publisher: name: Technical University of Crete
Year: 2022

description: This work presents OpenAPI Query Language 2 (OAQL2), a language for querying OpenAPI documents. OpenAPI is a standard format for the description of RESTful services, based on JSON. OAQL2 is designed with syntax similar to SQL and supports querying most of the fields in an OpenAPI document, as well as the semantic annotations proposed for OpenAPI in previous work. A web service capable of executing OAQL2 queries was implemented. This service stores metadata for each OpenAPI description and executes the queries on them. It builds indexes to speed up queries, can handle composite schema objects and uses reasoning to support searching in a semantic model. Compared to the system implemented in previous work, it is shown to be much faster and complete in terms of syntax and compatibility with OpenAPI.
description: Η παρούσα εργασία παρουσιάζει την OpenAPI Query Language 2 (OAQL2), μια γλώσσα αναζήτησης για έγγραφα OpenAPI. Το OpenAPI είναι ένα πρότυπο για την περιγραφή RESTful υπηρεσιών, βασισμένο σε JSON.  Η OAQL2 είναι σχεδιασμένη με παρόμοια σύνταξη με την SQL και υποστηρίζει αναζήτηση στα περισσότερα πεδία ενός εγγράφου OpenAPI, καθώς και τους σημασιολογικούς σχολιασμούς που προτάθηκαν για το OpenAPI σε προηγούμενη εργασία. Υλοποιήθηκε μια διαδικτυακή υπηρεσία ικανή να εκτελεί ερωτήματα OAQL2. Η υπηρεσία αυτή αποθηκεύει μεταδεδομένα για κάθε περιγραφή OpenAPI και εκτελεί τα ερωτήματα σε αυτά. Δημιουργεί ευρετήρια για να επιταχύνει τα ερωτήματα, μπορεί να χειριστεί σύνθετα αντικείμενα σχήματος και χρησιμοποιεί συλλογισμό για να υποστηρίξει την αναζήτηση σε ένα σημασιολογικό μοντέλο. Σε σύγκριση με το σύστημα που υλοποιήθηκε σε προηγούμενη εργασία, φαίνεται ότι είναι πολύ πιο γρήγορη και πλήρης όσον αφορά την σύνταξη και την συμβατότητα με το OpenAPI.
Alles nur geklaut – Produktpiraterie ist kein Kavaliersdelikt, sondern organisierte Kriminalität
Creators: name: Range, Steffen
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Die internationale Fälscherszene erweist sich als global operierende Industrie, die Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft systematisch untergräbt. Kein Wirtschaftszweig wächst schneller. Die Fälscherhochburgen liegen in China, Taiwan, Malaysia und Thailand. Der Flandel mit Plagiaten ist kein Kavaliersdelikt, sondern organisierte Kriminalität.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 21 Nr. 4 (2005): Das alles und noch viel mehr ...: Marken- und Biopiraterie in Südostasien
A story of contrast Taiwan vs USA but also Resilience Engineering vs High Reliability Organizations Theory - Resilience Egineering Association Special Series on COVID-19
Creators: name: Chuang, Sheuwan
name: Mooney, Laurin
name: Provan, David
name: Lay, Elizabeth
name: Herrera, Ivonne
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: COVID-19, Resilience Engineering, Resilient Healthcare, High Reliability Organisations

description: Due to the widespread effects of Covid-19, there are a number of resilience practitioners who are responding on the front-lines of the epidemic in healthcare, aviation, disaster relief, law enforcement and other disciplines. To promote widespread sharing to case studies, emergent best practices and adaptive strategies the Resilience Engineering Association arrange a bi-weekly webinar series to share -in real time- methods of coping. This document summarizes a webinar, were panelist explore insights through HRO and RE lenses, considering impacts of discounting, transparency, anticipating, building flexible systems, dealing with uncertainty, monitoring and responding strongly to weak signals and how these contributed to the capabilities of society to act and respond when dealing with crisis.
Inhalt
Creators: name: Redaktion, Die
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 21 Nr. 4 (2005): Das alles und noch viel mehr ...: Marken- und Biopiraterie in Südostasien
Wired high rise: using technology to combat isolation on an inner city public housing estate
Creators: name: Hopkins, Liza
name: Ewing, Scott
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper describes the development, construction, and consequences to date of a 'wired community' being created at Atherton Gardens, a low-income inner city public-housing estate in Melbourne, Australia. This wired community, which will comprise almost 800 households, is the result of a complex partnership between a non-profit internet service provider, government agencies, and charitable organizations. It aspires to improve the welfare of residents by creating new community interests, fostering local enterprise, and more effectively coordinating social services and support systems. Proponents of the network see computer access and connectivity as an important means of enhaving social and economic participation and self-help amongst a disadvantaged and socially-isolated community. While a great deal has been written about the beneficial effects of electronic service delivery, detailed empirical research on the use and consequences of computer networks remains patchy. This paper presents initial findings from a three-year research project looking at this new network and how it is used, its complex genesis, and its impact on the culturally-diverse population of the wired high-rise.
title: What is the Value of National Identity Differences on Perceptions of Politics and Society?
title: A Comparative Study of Scotland and England in the Post-European Union Referendum Context
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: SOUTHGATE, DAVID
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2020

description: Brexit and the continuing prospect of Scottish independence has provided a unique opportunity to explore the political relevance of national identity within the context of an increasingly dis-United Kingdom. This thesis demonstrates the relationship between Scottish and English identity and the political outcomes of Brexit, Scottish independence, political representation and perceptions of foreign nationals. It uses 21 interviews in Scotland, 24 in England and separate Scottish (n = 1,074) and English (n = 1,632) surveys in a multiple methods configuration. This allows it to triangulate the specific effect of Scottish and English identity upon these key political outcomes. From its survey component it establishes that predominant/exclusive national identification, comprised of associating strongly with national identity (Scottish/English) and simultaneously weakly with the state alternative (British), increases ingroup defensiveness or an aversion to perceived threats. Predominant/exclusive identification as English increases feelings of underrepresentation, negative views of the impact of foreign nationals and support for Brexit. Predominant/exclusive identification as Scottish increases feelings of underrepresentation and support for Scottish independence but does not affect either views of the impact of foreign nationals or views of Brexit. The interview component demonstrates that the political connotations attached to English identity are often that of a far-right, Eurosceptic and inwardly focused nature. Scottish identity’s political connotations were conversely articulated as being of a more tolerant, civic and socially conscientious nature with the identity being seen as an important precursor to Scottish independence. The thesis provides strong evidence from the survey and interview results, combined with the existing literature and theory, to support its conclusion that English and Scottish identity display strong relevance to the key political issues of the contemporary UK. Whilst predominant/exclusive association with national identity increases the perception of threat the threats are also perceived differently due to the specific nature of each identity. The Scots perceive the threat to be domestic – emanating from the UK political system. The English perceive it to be external – emanating from the ‘outsider threats’ of the EU and foreign nationals. The argument of this thesis is also supported by the extant English and Scottish identity literature and a strong theoretical component from the field of political psychology in Social Identity Theory and the Common Ingroup Identity Model.
The VISTools project - Fishing vessels as automatic data-gathering platforms - a win-win for fishers and scientists
Creators: name: Blondeel, Lancelot
name: Rappé, Pedro
name: Al Farisi, Brahim
name: Van De Sompele, Anthony
name: Allegaert, Wim
name: Blanco, Clyde
Publisher: name: PICES - North Pacific Marine Science Organization
Year: 2025

description: VISTools was presented by Lancelot Blondeel on the 5th International Symposium on the Effects of Climate Change on the World's Ocean (ECCWO5) that took place in Bergen, Norway, from the 17th until the 21st of April 2023 and was co-organized by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) and PICES. ECCWO5 brings together experts from around the world to better understand climate effects on ocean ecosystem, what adaptation and mitigation measures could look like, and how to implement them.
Die Radikalisierung des Islams. Eine Fachtagung zur Ursachenforschung
Creators: name: Horstmann, Alexander
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Internationale Konferenz über »The Radicalization of Muslim Communities in Southeast Asia«, Manila-Makati, Philippines, 30. November bis 2. Dezember 2005, organisiert von der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und des Council for Islam and Democracy.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 22 Nr. 1 (2006): Der Letzte macht das Licht aus: Energie & Rohstoffe in Südostasien
Control of cooling in casting dies based on thermal feedback
Creators: name: Patrzalek, Matthew
name: Shayan, Ebrahim
name: Toncich, Dario J.
name: Savage, Gary
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Thermal control of High Pressure Die Casting (HPDC) attracted significant research effort between 1970 and 2001 because of its influence on quality. Many researchers had examined feedback control and modelling of the thermal factors of high pressure die casting process in order to better regulate the process. In general, feedback and modelling had been treated as two separate areas, but the objective of this research was to investigate them as a whole. The research work here is funded by the Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for CAST and is part of a larger program involving Deakin University, CSIRO, Ford and Nissan Australia. The research is specifically aimed at high pressure die casting processes but analogous processes (such as injection moulding and thixomoulding) that used cooling channels to stabilise or balance die temperature profiles could also benefit from this research. A key element of this research program was the development and construction of a small, prototype casting system that could be used to explore the validity of any developed, thermal models.
A thesis of clinical research and Practice: Part A: Exploring Primary-Aged Pupil Perspectives on the Experience of Attending a Pupil Referral Unit: A Systematic Review and Thematic Synthesis; Part B: “Every Time I Got Down, He Kept Helping Me Back Up”: A Reflexive Thematic Analysis of the Formation and Impact of Staff-Pupil Relationships in a Primary Pupil Referral Unit Through the Lens of Attachment Theory; Part C: Summary of Clinical Practice and Assessments.
Creators: name: Aumayer, Kathryn
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2024
Subjects: Pupil Referral Units;
School Exclusion
Attachment
PRU
Education

description: For pupils whose behaviour or needs mean that they cannot be safely educated within the mainstream classroom, they will often be educated for a period in a Pupil Referral Unit (PRU). Often these are pupils with multiple vulnerabilities at risk of poorer life outcomes so it is important to understand the role a pupil’s time at the PRU can play in improving their educational and psychosocial outcomes. The number of primary school-aged pupils attending PRUs is rising, yet there remains a lack of research regarding the experiences of these pupils. Part one of this portfolio presents a systematic review and thematic synthesis of the experiences of pupils attending primary PRUs. The findings suggest that generally their time at the PRU is experienced as positive by pupils and that relationships and systems of support within the PRUs are important to them, although most pupils also remained motivated to return to mainstream education. Part two presents an empirical project using qualitative interviews with staff and pupils to explore the nature and impact of staff-pupil relationships in primary PRUs. The findings suggest that staff-pupil relationships within PRUs are closer in nature than those that form within a mainstream setting, which is fed into by staff being able to adapt their practice to fit the pupil, the creation of a compassionate narrative about the pupil’s difficulties, a change in priorities, and staff also forming positive relationships with the pupil’s family/caregivers.
Eine kostbare Ressource mit Konfliktpotential: Wasser in Südostasien
Creators: name: Kloepper, Yvonne
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: »Der nächste Krieg in der Region wird nicht aufgrund von Besitzansprüchen oder Öl geführt werden, sondern wegen Wassers.« Diese Worte wurden zwar bereits vor einigen Jahren formuliert, haben aber bis heute an Brisanz sicher nichts eingebüßt. Denn, wenn die Rede von Ressourcen und ihrer Rolle im südostasiatischen Kontext ist, führt kein Weg an dem Gut Wasser vorbei. Warum dem so ist, sollen hier ausgewählte Beispiele über die Staudammsituation in Thailand, Laos und Burma zeigen.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 22 Nr. 1 (2006): Der Letzte macht das Licht aus: Energie & Rohstoffe in Südostasien
Data-Driven Approaches to NBA Team Evaluation and Building
Creators: name: Chun, Hyunsoo
name: Creegan, David
name: Majedi, Olivia
name: Smolyak, Daniel
name: Valcarcel, Brian
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2020
Subjects: Gemstone Team PROCESS

description: Gemstone Team PROCESS
description: In the National Basketball Association (NBA), it has historically been difficult to build and sustain a team that can consistently compete for championships. Given this challenge, we have developed a series of analyses to support NBA teams in making data-driven decisions. Relying on a variety of datasets, we examined several facets related to the construction of NBA rosters and their performance. In our analysis of on-court performance, we have used clustering algorithms to classify teams in terms of play style, and determined which play styles tend to lead to success. In our analysis of roster construction and transactions, we have investigated the relative value of draft picks and the impact of trades involving draft picks, as well as the effect of roster continuity (i.e. maintaining the same players across seasons) on team success. Additionally, we have developed a model for predicting player contract values and performance versus contract value, which will help teams in identifying the most cost-effective players to acquire. Ultimately, this assembly of analyses, in conjunction, can be used to inform any NBA team’s decisions in its pursuit of success.
Spatio-temporal instabilities in mixed convection of air subject to large temperature gradient
Creators: name: Suslov, Sergey
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The problem of stability of mixed convection flow in an air-filled tall vertical differentially heated channel is considered when the cross-channel temperature difference is of the order of a hundred degrees Kelvin. It is shown that the realistic nonlinear fluid properties variation associated with large temperature gradient leads to significant deviations from the flow scenarios predicted using conventional constant-property Boussinesq approximation. In the Boussinesq limit of small temperature gradients the conduction state becomes unstable with respect to shear-driven disturbances of a primary flow. In contrast, when the fluid properties are allowed to vary, a new buoyancy-driven instability may arise. These two physically distinct instabilities can co-exist and compete over a wide range of parameters (such as the Grashof and Reynolds numbers and non-dimensional temperature difference between the channel walls) governing the problem. This enables a rich diversity of resulting flow patterns that evolve both in space and time. In nearly natural convection regimes (with a cubic primary velocity profile) the shear-driven instability is found to be absolute (convection cells occupy the full channel volume), while in predominantly forced convection regimes with relatively large pressure gradient along the channel (Poiseuille-type flows) the shear-driven instability is known to be convective with convection cells carried away by the primary flow. In contrast, for small to moderate values of the Reynolds number, the buoyancy instability reveals its convective nature with disturbances propagating downwards regardless of the direction of the applied external pressure gradient. The goal of this study is twofold: first, to provide an insight into the physics of various instabilities arising in mixed convection channel flows and, second, to determine the accurate boundary separating regions of absolute and convective instabilities in the multi-parameter space of the mixed convection problem. Analytical results are confirmed by direct numerical integration of the disturbance equations and resulting flow fields are presented for both shear- and buoyancy-driven instabilities.
A thesis of clinical research and practice: Part A: “It Makes You Appreciate Who You Are and Where You Are”: A Qualitative Exploration of Nature-Based Interactions After Acquired Brain Injury; Part B: “You’d Be Giving Me Something Different”: Opinions of Those With Acquired Brain Injury Towards the use of Nature Based Rehabilitation within UK Healthcare Services; Part C: Summary of clinical practice and assessments
Creators: name: Atkin, Charlotte
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2023

description: Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) is a long-term condition, where damage to the brain can have significant impact on one’s physical, cognitive, and emotional wellbeing. Although research suggests that nature engagement might support these areas in many other populations, the research pertaining to those with ABI has been relatively limited. This portfolio investigates the experience and opinions of nature-based interactions after ABI through the same semi-structured interview with thirteen participants, and is divided into two empirical papers. The first paper explores what it is like to interact with nature after ABI, to see whether there are any benefits or challenges for this population that have been otherwise overlooked. Results suggest nature engagement to be of psychological benefit to this population, over and above what is already set out in mainstream evidence. It can promote psychological adjustment, mood, cognitive restoration, and a sense of escape. Results did however find physical and emotional challenges for this population that have otherwise been overlooked in the literature, which highlight important considerations for the implementation of nature-based interventions. In the second empirical paper, opinions of those with an ABI are further explored with relation to the use of nature-based rehabilitation (NBR) in healthcare services. Results suggest NBR is an important avenue for services to consider implementing, in light of perceived lack of support for those with ABI in the current system, and a desire for different and more engaging methods. Those with ABI also highlighted important recommendations for services to adopt if implementing NBR, such as involving service users in the creation of rehabilitation plans. Both papers therefore highlight positive findings with relation to nature’s benefits for an ABI population, with specific considerations for this population in mind. This has important implications for both theory and clinical delivery of nature-based interventions going forward.
Energie ohne Grenzen ... lautet das Motto, seit in Südostasien nicht mehr von einem Überfluss an leicht gewonnener Energie ausgegangen werden kann
Creators: name: Symon, Andrew
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Hohe Ölpreise, aufkeimende Nachfrage und umweltbedingte Ängste sind bei Energieangelegenheiten in Südostasien im Fokus der (politischen) Entscheidungsträger. Die Region, geschichtlich gesehen eine der ersten wichtigen Ölexportregionen, wird immer mehr von Ölimporten, hauptsächlich aus dem Nahen Osten, abhängig. Nach Angaben des Asia Pacific Energy Research Centre (APERC), einer Gesellschaft unter der Schirmherrschaft der APEC, wird um 2020 jedes Land in Südostasien, ausgenommen das winzige erdölreiche Sultanat Brunei auf Borneo, ein reiner Ölimporteur sein
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 22 Nr. 1 (2006): Der Letzte macht das Licht aus: Energie & Rohstoffe in Südostasien
Self-consistent green’s function studies of modern hamiltonians in finite and infinite systems.
Creators: name: Mcilroy, Christopher
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2020

description: This dissertation presents an ab initio investigation of modern nuclear Hamiltonians predicted by chiral effective field theory (ChEFT) and lattice quantum chromodynamics (LQCD), in both infinite and finite matter using self-consistent Green's function (SCGF). The third order algebraic diagrammatic construction [ADC(3)] originally devised for quantum chemistry, was used to approximate the self-energy in both systems. This is the first application of ADC(3) to infinite matter. These calculations implemented both two- and three-nucleon ChEFT interactions to compute the equation of state of pure neutron matter and symmetric nuclear matter, whilst also obtaining the spectral function. The procedure was benchmarked using the NNLOsat interaction against a previous SCGF calculation based on the T-matrix approach. The benchmark showed good convergence with respect to the model space but it yielded an apparent lack in the binding energy of ~30% at the saturation density of symmetric nuclear matter when compared to the SCGF T-matrix results and the available literature. After the benchmark a preliminary investigation in to modern N²⁻⁴LO nucleon-nucleon interactions extended to include the N²LO three-nucleon interaction was conducted. These results were reviewed with in the current perceived limitations of the SCGF formalism developed here. In this study, increasing the regulator cut off or the order of the chiral expansion for the nucleon-nucleon interaction decreased the observed binding energy whilst also lowering the saturation density. The calculation of finite nuclei used a potential derived from LQCD by the HAL QCD collaboration at an unphysical pion mass, MPS=469 MeV/c². The short-range repulsion of this interaction requires one to include a resummation of ladder diagrams from the excluded model space. The effectiveness of the ladder resummation from outside the computational model space is considered by the infrared convergence of the total binding energies. The introduction of these missing ladder diagrams leads to a complete diagonalisation of short-range degrees of freedom independently of the choice of model space. The binding energy of Helium-4 was calculated to be -4.80 MeV. The heavier doubly magic nuclei, Oxygen-16 and Calcium-40, had binding energies of -17.9 MeV and -74.4 MeV respectively. This means whilst Calcium-40 is observed to be bound with respect to Alpha break up, Oxygen-16 is expected to be unstable.
Connectivity-Based Parcellation of Functional SubROIs in Putamen using A Sparse Spatially Regularized Regression Model
Creators: name: Zhang, Yiming
name: Liu, Aiping
name: Tan, Sun Nee
name: McKeown, Martin J.
name: Wang, Z. Jane
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2018

description: In this paper, we present a novel framework for parcellation of a brain region into functional subROIs (Sub-Region-of-Interest) based on their connectivity pat- terns with other brain regions. By utilising previously established neuroanatomy information, the proposed method aims at nding spatially-continuous, func- tionally consistent subROIs in a given brain region. The proposed framework relies on 1) a sparse spatially-regularized fused lasso regression model for en- couraging spatially and functionally adjacent voxels to share similar regression coe cients; 2) an iterative merging and adaptive parameter tuning process; 3) a Graph-Cut optimization algorithm for assigning overlapped voxels into separate subROIs. Our simulation results demonstrate that the proposed method could reliably yield spatially continuous and functionally consistent subROIs. We applied the method to resting-state fMRI data obtained from normal subjects and explored connectivity to the putamen. Two distinct functional subROIs could be parcellated out in the putamen region in all subjects. This approach provides a way to extract functional subROIs that can then be investigated for alterations in connectivity in diseases of the basal ganglia, for example in Parkinson's disease.
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Creators: name: Redaktion, Die
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 22 Nr. 1 (2006): Der Letzte macht das Licht aus: Energie & Rohstoffe in Südostasien
LABORATORIO WEB - Laboratório Clínico Online - LabConsult
Creators: name: Monteiro Dias, Roberto
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008

description: The implementation of online systems for delivering clinical test results and reports has become essential for modernizing laboratory services and meeting the demands of contemporary patients. According to Veja Magazine, this technology enables secure and direct communication between laboratories and patients, providing quick and convenient access to test results while improving service efficiency. The system also ensures privacy through password protection and allows patients to view, print, and clarify questions about their exams at any time. This approach strengthens patient engagement, promotes loyalty, and aligns with practices already adopted in countries such as the United States, Canada, and Japan. In Brazil, over 10 million people have shown interest in this service, demonstrating that it represents not just a trend but a necessity driven by technological evolution and the pursuit of greater convenience and quality in healthcare services.
Platform Development for the Implementation and Testing of New Swarming Strategies
Creators: name: Celidonio, Sara
name: Hoffman, Nathaniel
name: Kent, Helen
name: Motter, Paul
name: Patsy, Matthew
name: Postlethwait, Kevin
name: Tuit Farquhar, Henry
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2020
Subjects: Gemstone Team SWARM-AI

description: Gemstone Team SWARM-AI
description: Swarm robotics--the use of multiple autonomous robots in coordination to accomplish a task--is useful for mapping, light package transport, and search and rescue operations, among other applications. Researchers and industry professionals have developed robotic swarm mechanisms to accomplish these tasks. Some of those mechanisms or “strategies” have been tested on hardware; however, the technical requirements involved in fielding a drone swarm can be prohibitive to physical testing. Team SWARM-AI has developed a platform that provides a starting point for testing new swarming strategies. This platform allows the user to select vehicles of their choosing- either air, land, or water based, or some combination thereof- as well as define their own swarming method. Using a novel decentralized approach to ground control software, this platform provides a user interface and a system of computational “units” to coordinate drone swarms with a centralized, decentralized, or combination architecture. Additionally, the platform propagates user input from the master unit to the rest of the swarm and allows each unit to request sensor data from other units. The user is free to edit the processes by which each drone interacts with the environment and the rest of the swarm, giving them freedom to test their swarming strategy. The software system is then tested with a swarm of quadcopters using Software in the Loop (SITL) testing.
An IPA study exploring how nursing and midwifery students experience disgust.
Creators: name: Hadjittofi, Marilena
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2020

description: Background: Even though disgust has been recognised as a common and prominent emotion in healthcare, very little is known about how healthcare professionals understand, experience and conceptualise disgust. A literature review revealed that healthcare professionals do experience disgust, yet they struggle to talk about it and may use empathy as a means to cope with and overcome disgust. Further in-depth analysis is required to further our understanding in how professionals experience disgust and how this might be influenced by their professional identity. Objective: To gain an in-depth understanding of how nursing and midwifery students experience, understand and cope with disgust in their clinical work. Method: 6 participants (all women; 2 nursing students, 4 midwifery students) from a University in the South of England were interviewed. Their interviews were transcribed verbatim and analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Results: Four superordinate themes, We are not supposed to express disgust as professionals, We have ways of managing disgust, It’s easier to talk about moral disgust and ‘We’ respond to moral disgust by distancing ourselves from ‘them’ and eight subthemes were identified through inductive interpretative analysis. Together these themes show that the experience and expression of disgust in a healthcare context is a complex and delicate process, inextricably linked to the professional identity. This is further evidenced by the reluctance of participants to take part in the study and talk about disgust.
A Dynamical Model of Temporal Expansion and Emergent Spacetime Geometry
Creators: name: Anwar Morgan, Nero
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: This work presents a theoretical framework in which time is modeled as a dynamic scalar field , whose exponential expansion induces the emergence of spatial geometry and gravitational structure. Unlike classical general relativity, this model treats time as the generative origin of space. The proposed field equation leads to an exponentially expanding scale factor and a naturally arising curved spacetime, comparable to de Sitter or anti-de Sitter models. The theory provides new interpretations for cosmological acceleration and dark energy, while maintaining dimensional consistency and a potential link to quantum frameworks.

 Temporal Field, Emergent Spacetime, Scalar Field, General Relativity, Cosmology, Dark Energy, Quantum Gravityfg
Asienhaus-Bibliothek: Neueingänge
Creators: name: Redaktion, Die
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 22 Nr. 2 (2006): Die Zukunft ist grau: Alte Menschen in Südostasien
The effect of students' cultural values on the teacher-driven learning style preference
Creators: name: Mitsis, Ann
name: Foley, Patrick
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This study examined the relationship between business students' cultural values profile and the Teacher-Driven learning preferences of 364 higher education business students from Victoria University, Melbourne Australia. Two empirically driven inventories were used: Robertson and Hoffman's (2000) Cultural Values Scale, derived from the work of Hofstede (1980, 1991, 1998), and Honey and Mumford's (1992) Learning Style Questionnaire, derived from Kolb's (1974, 1976) theoretical framework. A major finding of this study was that high Masculinity, high Confucian, high Uncertainty Avoidance and high Collectivism ratings form the characteristics of the Teacher-Driven learning style.