cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The aggregate Euler equation and transaction services of government bonds
Creators: name: Arnold, Matthias
name: Linnemann, Ludger
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Dortmund
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: crosssectional dependence
subject: dynamic panel
subject: Euler equation
subject: liquidity
subject: non-separable utility
subject: 310
subject: 330
subject: 620

description: We estimate an aggregate consumption Euler equation on a panel of OECD countries allowing for the stocks of government bonds to influence the intertemporal path of private consumption. The results can be interpreted as mildly supportive of recently proposed theories which postulate that government bonds have a liquidity value due to their role in facilitating transactions. We also allow for non-separability between consumption and leisure in utility in a way that distinguishes between the extensive and the intensive margin of employment. The relation between expected changes in consumption and employment at the extensive margin turns out as the most robust feature of the data, while the intensive margin appears to be of limited importance.
description: Discussion Paper / SFB 823;54/2012
Hepatoprotective activity of cinnamon ethanolic extract against CCl4-induced liver injury in rats
Creators: name: Bazargan, Maryam
name: Eidi, Akram
name: Mortazavi, Pejman
name: Zaringalam, Jalal
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Dortmund
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: carbon tetrachloride
subject: Cinnamomum zeylanicum L.
subject: cinnamon
subject: hepatoprotective
subject: rat
subject: 610

description: The inner bark of cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum L.) is commonly used as a spice and has also been widely employed in the treatment and prevention of disease. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the protective effect of cinnamon bark extract against carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)-induced liver damage in male Wistar rats. Administration with cinnamon extracts (0.01, 0.05 and 0.1 g/kg) for 28 days significantly reduced the impact of CCl4 toxicity on the serum markers of liver damage, aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase and alkaline phosphatase. In addition, treatment of cinnamon extract resulted in markedly increased the levels of superoxide dismutase and catalase enzymes in rats. The histopathological studies in the liver of rats also supported that cinnamon extract markedly reduced the toxicity of CCl4 and preserved the histoarchitecture of the liver tissue to near normal. Thus, the results suggest that cinnamon extract acts as a potent hepatoprotective agent against CCl4 induced hepatotoxicity in rats.
description: EXCLI Journal ; Vol. 11, 2012
Challenges of Balanced Scorecard Measurement, Cascading and Evaluation in the Case of INSA
Creators: name: Mulat, Masresha
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2015

description: This study assessed the challenges faced while implementing the balanced scorecard system particularly in measurement, cascading and evaluation tasks in the case of Information Network SecurityAgency (INSA). The study tries to evaluate the challenges faced by the Agency in implementing the tasks as compared to the standard literatures of the system. The study adopted descriptive research with a primary purpose of assessing challenges faced by the Agency in implementing the balanced scorecard as their performance and strategic management system. In order to assess the implementation status, the study has been conducted by designing five-point likert scale questionnaires and semi-structured interview questions. The total sample size of the questionnaires is 286 involving team managers and permanent non- management employees of the Agency. In this case the study adopted probability sampling particularly stratified random sampling technique based on size of positions held (middle management and non-management) in each department (as strata) to select 286 sample size,where as in the case of semi structured interview the study adopted purposive sampling technique to select 5 respondents who have the working knowledge of the system. Accordingly the study identified the challenges such as insufficient KPI to measure objectives, deficiency in assignment of measurement data validation body, boss influence on evaluation, absence of clear attachment between high performance and reward, and lack of continuous communication on changes of the middle level scorecard to lower level as the challenges in the study. Based on the findings the study proposes to the Agency to conduct intensive awareness creation on how to produce relevant and sufficient KPI so as to capture full spectrum of the objectives, to assign measurement data validation body to each measurement so as to reduces and- bagging or data gamming, to communicate clearly changes in higher tiers scorecard to lower tiers and further more to attach visibly the reward-system with performance result to effectively take advantage of the Balanced Scorecard system. Key words: Balanced scorecard, Performance measurement, Cascading, Evaluation
The relationship between quarto one and quarto two of Romeo and Juliet
Creators: name: Lord, Mary.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2023

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Turning Around along the Cosmic Web
Creators: name: Lee, Jounghun
name: Yepes, Gustavo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A bound-violation designates a case that the turn-around radius of a bound object exceeds the upper limit put by the spherical collapse model based on the standard $Λ$CDM paradigm. Given that the turn-around radius of a bound object is a stochastic quantity and that the spherical model overly simplifies the true gravitational collapse which actually proceeds anisotropically along the cosmic web, the rarity of the occurrence of a bound violation may depend on the web environment. Assuming a Planck cosmology, we numerically construct the bound-zone peculiar velocity profiles along the cosmic web (filaments and sheets) around the isolated groups with virial mass $M_{\rm v}\ge 3\times 10^{13}\,h^{-1}M_{\odot}$ identified in the Small MultiDark Planck simulations and determine the radial distances at which their peculiar velocities equal the Hubble expansion speed as the turn-around radii of the groups. It is found that although the average turn-around radii of the isolated groups are well below the spherical bound-limit on all mass scales, the bound violations are not forbidden for individual groups and that the cosmic web has an effect of reducing the rarity of the occurrence of a bound violation. Explaining that the spherical bound limit on the turn-around radius in fact represents the threshold distance up to which the intervention of the external gravitational field in the bound-zone peculiar velocity profiles around the non-isolated groups stays negligible, we discuss the possibility of using the threshold distance scale to constrain locally the equation of state of dark energy .
description: accepted for publication in ApJ, revised version, minor mistakes corrected, 12 figures, 2 tables
By-laws of the Lee Benevolent Association, 1925
Creators: name: Lee's Benevolent Association Of Canada
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Fraternal organizations
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1430375
subject: Associations, institutions, etc.
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/819166
subject: Lee Association (Victoria, B.C.)
subject: Immigrants
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/967712

description: Bylaws of the Lee Association in relation to organizing meetings, membership, the board of directors, the role of the president and secretary, and association finances. Signed by the president and the secretary of the association. Registered on 27 April 1925 by H. G. Garrett, Registrar of Companies. Identifier: BC Registry Services: Society files No. S452.
Analysis of carotenoid accumulation and expression of carotenoid biosynthesis genes in different organs of Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis)
Creators: name: Kim, Haeng Hoon
name: Kim, Hye Ran
name: Kim, Jae Kwang
name: Kim, Yeon Bok
name: Kwon, Do Yeon
name: Lee, Jeongyeo
name: Park, Sang Un
name: Park, Woo Tae
name: Tuan, Pham Anh
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Dortmund
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis
subject: carotenoid biosynthesis genes
subject: carotenoids
subject: Chinese cabbage
subject: β-carotene
subject: 610

description: The relationship between carotenoid accumulation and expression of carotenoid biosynthesis genes was investigated in the flowers, stems, young leaves, old leaves, and roots of Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis). Quantitative real-time PCR analysis showed that the mRNA levels of BrPSY, BrPDS, BrZDS, BrLCYB, BrLCYE, BrCHXB, and BrZEP leading to the production of carotenoids were highest in the flowers or the leaves and lowest in the roots of Chinese cabbage. In contrast, the mRNA expression of BrNCED, a gene involved in abscisic acid (ABA) biosynthesis, was highest in the roots. High-performance liquid chromatography revealed that carotenoids, namely, lutein and β-carotene, were distributed predominantly in the flowers and leaves, with very little in the underground organ, the roots. Specifically, old leaves contained 120.3 μg/g lutein and 103.93 μg/g β-carotene, which is the most potent dietary precursor of vitamin A. Moreover, we found a relatively large amount of cis isomers of β-carotene, namely, 9-cis β-carotene and 13-cis β-carotene, in Chinese cabbage. These results provide insight into carotenoid biosynthetic mechanisms in Chinese cabbage and may be helpful in the metabolic engineering of carotenoid biosynthesis in plants.
description: EXCLI Journal ; Vol. 11, 2012
Byproduct of crocodile liver extract: Potential in vitro viral inhibition in a flu model
Creators: name: Jureerut Daduang
Publisher: name: Asia-Pacific Journal of Science and Technology
Year: 2022
Subjects: Animal Byproduct, Antiviral Agents, Crocodile, Influenza A Virus, Liver Compounds

description: Asia-Pacific Journal of Science and Technology, 27, 6, 12
Transnational experiences and solidarity: inclusion vs. inequality
Creators: name: Visconti, Francesco
name: Kyriazi, Anna
Publisher: name: Eurac Research
Year: 2023

description: As a result of globalization and EU integration, more and more people are moving across borders. How do these transnational experiences impact people’s attitudes towards solidarity and redistribution? Transnational citizens are more solidaristic with migrants but less supportive of redistribution to reduce income inequality.
WiscSort: External Sorting For Byte-Addressable Storage
Creators: name: Banakar, Vinay
name: Wu, Kan
name: Patel, Yuvraj
name: Keeton, Kimberly
name: Arpaci-Dusseau, Andrea C.
name: Arpaci-Dusseau, Remzi H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Databases (cs.DB)
subject: Performance (cs.PF)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We present WiscSort, a new approach to high-performance concurrent sorting for existing and future byte-addressable storage (BAS) devices. WiscSort carefully reduces writes, exploits random reads by splitting keys and values during sorting, and performs interference-aware scheduling with thread pool sizing to avoid I/O bandwidth degradation. We introduce the BRAID model which encompasses the unique characteristics of BAS devices. Many state-of-the-art sorting systems do not comply with the BRAID model and deliver sub-optimal performance, whereas WiscSort demonstrates the effectiveness of complying with BRAID. We show that WiscSort is 2-7x faster than competing approaches on a standard sort benchmark. We evaluate the effectiveness of key-value separation on different key-value sizes and compare our concurrency optimizations with various other concurrency models. Finally, we emulate generic BAS devices and show how our techniques perform well with various combinations of hardware properties.
The Effect of Corporate Social Responsibility on Brand Equity: The Case of Commercial Bank of Ethiopia
Creators: name: Jemal, Tewodros
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2018

description: The purpose of this study was to test the effect of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) on Brand Equity of Commercial Bank of Ethiopia. Schwatr's and Caroll's (2003) three domains approach of CSR is used. Brand Equity is viewed based on most commonly cited model of Aaker's (1996). Both descriptive and linear multiple regression analysis used to evaluate the relationship between (dependent variable) brand equity against with the independent variables (CSR domains of Ethical Domain, Legal Domain and Economic Domain). The research design was quantitative and to reach at the final sample unite from a population of about 15.9 Million customers of CBE multi-stage sampling method was employed. The analysis is made in support of SPSS version 21 statistical software. Descriptive statistics and multiple linear regression analysis method is used. The researcher has selected samples of 384 from the total population of Commercial Bank of Ethiopia customers focusing on four district offices located in Addis Ababa city and collected the primary data from these respondents using questionnaire. The findings of this study show that all three domains of Corporate Social Responsibility have significant and positive effect on Brand Equity of Commercial Bank of Ethiopia. The study further revel that, the R-square value is 0.59, which means 59% of the variation in Brand Equity of Commercial Bank of Ethiopia, is explained by the explanatory variables namely Ethical domain of CSR, Legal domain of CSR and Economic domain of CSR, the overall Corporate Social Responsibility three domains. Therefore, CSR activities have positive effect on brand equity. This helps the bank to retain customers and attract prospective customers, and this leads the bank to be more profitable and sustain on gaining competitive advantage in the banking industry by not ignoring the wellbeing of the society
Probing quantum vacuum fluctuations over a charged particle near a reflecting wall
Creators: name: De Lorenci, V. A.
name: Ribeiro, C. C. H.
name: Silva, M. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the influence of the vacuum fluctuations of a background electric field over a charged test particle in the presence of a perfectly reflecting flat wall. A switching function connecting different stages of the system is implemented in such a way that its functional dependence is determined by the ratio between the measuring time and the switching duration. The dispersions of the velocity components of the particle are found to be smooth functions of time, and have maximum magnitudes for a measuring time corresponding to about one round trip of a light signal between the particle and the wall. Typical divergences reported in the literature and linked with an oversimplification in modeling this system are naturally regularized in our approach. Estimates suggest that this sort of manifestation of quantum vacuum fluctuations over the motion of the particle could be tested in laboratories.
description: 19 pages, 7 figures (published version)
New insights of protein folding as learned from beta-sheets
Creators: name: Feng, Yuanming
name: Gao, Shan
name: Ruan, Jishou
name: Zhang, Ning
name: Zhang, Tao
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Dortmund
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: helix
subject: near-neighbor pairing
subject: protein folding
subject: strand-level
subject: β-sheet
subject: 610

description: The folding of denatured proteins into their native conformations is called Anfinsen’s dogma, and is the rationale for predicting protein structures based on primary sequences. Through the last 40 years of study, all available algorithms which either predict 3D or 2D protein structures, or predict the rate of protein folding based on the amino acid sequence alone, are limited in accuracy (80 %). This fact has led some researchers to look for the lost information, from mRNA to protein sequences, and it encourages us to rethink the rationale of Anfinsen’s dogma. In this study, we focus on the relationship between the strand and its partners. We find two rules based on a non-redundant dataset taken from the PDB database. We refer to these two rules as the “first coming first pairing” rule and the “loveless” rule. The first coming first pairing rule indicates that a given strand prefers to pair with the next strand, if the connected region is flexible enough. The loveless rule means that the affinities between a given strand and another strand are comparable to the affinity between the given strand and its partner. Of course, the affinities between the given strand and a helix/coil peptide are significantly less than the affinity between the given strand and its partner. These two rules suggest that in protein folding, we have folding taking place during translation, and suggest also that a denatured protein is not the same as its primary sequence. Rechecking the original Anfinsen experiments, we find that the method used to denature protein in the experiment simply breaks the disulfide bonds, while the helices and sheets remain intact. In other words, denatured proteins still retain all helices and beta sheets, while the primary sequence does not. Although further verification via biological experiments is needed, our results as shown in this study may reveal a new insight for studying protein folding.
description: EXCLI Journal ; Vol. 11, 2012
Measurement-induced chaos and quantum state discrimination in an iterated Tavis-Cummings scheme
Creators: name: Torres, Juan Mauricio
name: Bernád, József Zsolt
name: Alber, Gernot
name: Kálmán, Orsolya
name: Kiss, Tamás
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A cavity quantum electrodynamical scenario is proposed for implementing a Schrödinger microscope capable of amplifying differences between non orthogonal atomic quantum states. The scheme involves an ensemble of identically prepared two-level atoms interacting pairwise with a single mode of the radiation field as described by the Tavis-Cummings model. By repeated measurements of the cavity field and of one atom within each pair a measurement-induced nonlinear quantum transformation of the relevant atomic states can be realized. The intricate dynamical properties of this nonlinear quantum transformation, which exhibits measurement-induced chaos, allows approximate orthogonalization of atomic states by purification after a few iterations of the protocol, and thus the application of the scheme for quantum state discrimination.
description: 9 pages, 8 figures
Acute and sub-chronic toxicological evaluation of hydro-methanolic extract of Coriandrum sativum L. seeds
Creators: name: Desai, Swati
name: Devkar, Ranjitsinh
name: Patel, Dipak
name: Ramachandran, A.V.
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Dortmund
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: acute toxicity
subject: Coriandrum sativum L.
subject: hydro-methanolic seed extract
subject: sub-chronic toxicity
subject: 610

description: Coriandrum sativum L. (CS) seeds are known to possess therapeutic potentials against a variety of physiological disorders. This study assesses acute and sub-chronic toxicity profile of hydro-methanolic extract of CS seeds using OECD guidelines. In acute toxicity study, mice were once orally administered 1000, 3000 and 5000 mg/kg body weight of CS extract. There were no any behavioral alterations or mortality recorded in CS treated groups. The LD50 value was more than 5000 mg/kg body weight. In the sub-chronic oral toxicity study, the animals were orally administered with CS extract (1000, 2000 and 3000 mg/kg body weight) daily for 28 days whereas; vehicle control group received 0.5 % carboxy methyl cellulose. There was significant reduction in food intake, body weight gain and plasma lipid profiles of CS2 and CS3 (2000 and 3000 mg/kg body weight respectively) groups as compared to the control group. However, there were no alterations in haematological profile, relative organ weights, histology and plasma markers of damage of vital organs (heart, liver and kidney). The overall finding of this study indicates that CS extract is non-toxic up to 3000 mg/kg body weight and can be considered as safe for consumption.
description: EXCLI Journal ; Vol. 11, 2012
By-laws of the Yuen Wo Society
Creators: name: Yen Wo Society (Victoria, B.C.)
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Fraternal organizations
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1430375
subject: Yen Wo Society (Victoria, B.C.)
subject: Associations, institutions, etc.
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/819166

description: A document showing Yuen Wo Society’s by-laws signed by the secretary on 15 July 1922. Registered 10 October 1922 by H. G. Garrett, Registrar of Companies. In 1905, Yuen Wo Society was founded by the Hakka people in Victoria, B. C. Identifier: BC Archives.
Towards a model of the phonotactics of German
Creators: name: Cutts, Graeme Leonard.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2023

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
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Protective effect of ethanolic extract of Commiphora mukul gum resin against oxidative stress in the brain of streptozotocin induced diabetic Wistar male rats
Creators: name: Mallaiah, P.
name: Ramesh, B.
name: Saralakumari, D.
name: Sreenivasulu, N.
name: Sudhakara, G.
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Dortmund
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: antioxidant enzymes
subject: Commiphora mukul
subject: rat brain
subject: streptozotocin
subject: 610

description: The objective of the study was to investigate the possible neuroprotective effect of ethanolic extract of Commiphora mukul gum resin (EtCMGR) against oxidative stress in the brain of streptozotocin (STZ) induced diabetic Wistar rats. The experimental animals were divided into four groups: control (C), control treated with EtCMGR (C+CM), diabetic (D) and diabetic treated with EtCMGR (D+CM). Diabetes was induced by a single intraperitoneal injection of STZ (55 mg/kg body weight). Plant extract treated groups (C+CM and D+CM) were administered EtCMGR at a dose of 200 mg/kg body weight/day by gavage for 60 days. Diabetic rats showed hyperglycemia, hypoinsulinemia with impaired insulin sensitivity. EtCMGR treatment to diabetic (D+CM group) rats prevented the rise in glucose level by 96.7 %, while enhancing insulin level (77.7 %) and improving insulin sensitivity (27.3 %) compared to D group. The brain antioxidant status of D group rats showed higher levels of lipid peroxidation (77.9 %), protein glycation (100 %), and increased activities of xanthine oxidase (47.1 %) and sorbitol dehydrogenase (101.9 %) and lowered concentration of reduced glutathione (38.2 %) and decreased activities of antioxidant enzymes i.e., glutathione reductase (24 %), glutathione peroxidase (24.4 %) and superoxide dismutase (42.1 %) and increased activities of catalase (87.4 %) and glutathione-S-transferase (45.3 %) compared to control group. While EtCMGR treatment for 60 days in D+CM group prevented the observed abnormalities of antioxidant tatus of D group. This study demonstrates that EtCMGR is a potent neuroprotective agent against oxidative damage induced under diabetes.
description: EXCLI Journal ; Vol. 11, 2012
Assessment of Service Quality and Customer Satisfaction in Public Service: Evidence from Ethiopian Revenue and Customs Authority
Creators: name: Bokan, Tilahun
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2017

description: The purpose of this study was to assess how service quality affects customer satisfaction in the public sector empirical evidence from Ethiopian revenue and customs authority. The study used to identify the relationship between service quality dimensions and customer satisfaction besides the effect of service quality dimensions on customer satisfaction was analysed. To this end gap model of service quality with the application of SERVQUAL instrument. The five dimensions of SERVQUAL instrument named tangibility, reliability, responsiveness, assurance and empathy were used to measure tax payers' expectation and perception to calculate the gap score within the sector. A total of 384 questionnaire distributed to the tax payers' those selected in stratified random sampling from different branches of Addis Ababa Administration small and medium tax payers' office, from this 309 questionnaire were valid and analysed. The data analysis was conducted through statistical techniques such as descriptive statistics, bivariate correlations and multiple linear regressions using SPSS version 20.The result revealed that all five SERVQAUL dimension have negative gap score, in that Assurance dimension has the highest negative gap score whereas tangibility and empathy have lowest gap score, implying that tax payers' perceive less than their expectation, suggesting a low service quality that leads tax payers' dissatisfaction with the service provided by ERCA. Moreover all of the service quality dimension have strong relationship with tax payers' satisfaction, besides the result shown that reliability, responsiveness and assurance has significant effect on customer satisfaction. Accordingly Ethiopian revenue and customs authority needs to give more emphasis and due attention to reliability, responsiveness and assurance dimensions of service quality to improve the level of customer satisfaction
Market Driven Multi-domain Network Service Orchestration in 5G Networks
Creators: name: Dieye, Mouhamad
name: Jaafar, Wael
name: Elbiaze, Halima
name: Glitho, Roch
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The advent of a new breed of enhanced multimedia services has put network operators into a position where they must support innovative services while ensuring both end-to-end Quality of Service requirements and profitability. Recently, Network Function Virtualization (NFV) has been touted as a cost-effective underlying technology in 5G networks to efficiently provision novel services. These NFV-based services have been increasingly associated with multi-domain networks. However, several orchestration issues, linked to cross-domain interactions and emphasized by the heterogeneity of underlying technologies and administrative authorities, present an important challenge. In this paper, we tackle the cross-domain interaction issue by proposing an intelligent and profitable auction-based approach to allow inter-domains resource allocation.
title: Expertise accounts for inversion effect
title: new behavioral evidence
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Feng, Jun
name: Gong, Jingjing
name: Huang, Yonghua
name: Wei, Yazhou
name: Zhang, Weiwei
name: Zhang, Yan
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Dortmund
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: expertise effect
subject: inversion effect
subject: priming effect
subject: 610

description: A contextual priming paradigm was used to investigate the influence of processing of configural/featural information and activation of expertise upon inversion effect. 32 participants were divided into Faces group (Faces priming vs. English letters priming) and Chinese characters group (Chinese characters priming vs. English letters priming). Pair matching tasks were performed in the processing of configural and featural information respectively. Participants were primed with either Face/Chinese characters or Combination of English letters, and then tested on ambiguous, undefined, but identical stimuli that could be interpreted as either faces/Chinese characters or combination of English letters in terms of different contextual priming. The presence of inversion effect in Faces and Chinese characters priming (only in the processing of configural information) and the absence of such effect in the English letters priming demonstrated that inversion effect should be attributed not only to the processing of configural information but also to the specific top-down priming mechanism. However, inversion effect of Chinese characters priming was distinct from that induced in the faces priming, and such effect of inversion in Chinese characters couldn’t be explained by the recruitment of face-specific mechanisms, which justified the explanation of inversion effect by expertise.
description: EXCLI Journal ; Vol. 11, 2012
Fermentation conditions, total polyphenol content, and antioxidant activity of threeleaf cayratia (Cayratia trifolia L.) wine prepared using thermotolerant yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae HG1.3
Creators: name: Phong, Huynh X.
Publisher: name: Asia-Pacific Journal of Science and Technology
Year: 2022
Subjects: Antioxidant capacity, Cayratia trifolia, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Threeleaf cayratia wine

description: Asia-Pacific Journal of Science and Technology, 27, 6, 9
The grotesque in Peter Weiss' Marat/Sade / by Victoria R. Bate.
Creators: name: Bate, Victoria R.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2023

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
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Dyadic Mimicry and Cognitive (Dis)similarities
Creators: name: Bretter, Christian
Publisher: name: OSF Registries
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Social Psychology
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: These materials and data support the publication output "The Effect of Non-Verbal Mimicry on Evaluations in Interactions with Cognitively (Dis)similar Individuals" published in Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. You can find both datasets and the stimulus materials in their separate folders.
Lack of association between Ser413/CYS polymorphism of plasminogen activator inhibitor type 2 (PAI-2) and premature coronary atherosclerotic disease
Creators: name: Bahari, Marzieh
name: Jooyan, Najmeh
name: Saffari, Babak
name: Senemar, Sara
name: Yavarian, Majid
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Dortmund
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: atherosclerosis
subject: PAI-2
subject: polymorphism
subject: premature CAD
subject: 610

description: Plasminogen activator inhibitor type-2 (PAI-2) is a serine protease inhibitor of the fibrinolytic system produced predominantly by the macrophages and monocytes. It has been demonstrated that fibrinolysis regulation has a great importance in the pathogenesis of atherosclerotic plaques. Thus in the current investigation, we sought to determine whether Ser413/Cys polymorphism (rs6104) of PAI-2 gene could be associated with atherosclerosis and cardiovascular risk factors. Ser413/Cys polymorphism was determined by PCR-RFLP technique using Mwo I restriction enzyme for 184 men under 50 years of age and 216 women less than 55 years of age who underwent diagnostic coronary angiography. Data on the history of familial myocardial infarction or other heart diseases, hypertension, and smoking habit were collected by a simple questionnaire. Fasting levels of blood sugar, triglycerides, total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels were also measured by enzymatic methods. Frequencies of the Ser413 and Cys413 alleles were 0.760 and 0.240 in the whole population, respectively. The PAI-2 gene variant analyzed was not significantly associated with either the prevalence of premature CAD or the classical risk factors of CAD development such as diabetes, serum cholesterol, triglycerides, low-density lipoprotein and highdensity lipoprotein cholesterol, body mass index, hypertension, familial history of heart dysfunction or smoking.
description: EXCLI Journal ; Vol. 11, 2012
The Effect Of Market Orientation On Business Performance: A Case Of Commercial Bank Of Ethiopia
Creators: name: worku, Ephrem
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2017

description: The growing number of academic studies on market orientation and the mixed findings they report complicate efforts among managers and academics to identify the antecedents and outcomes of this construct. In view of that, This study examined the effect of market orientation on business performance a case study on commercial bank of Ethiopia has showed that market orientation is a critical component of business performance and offers evidence of the effectiveness of the implementation of the marketing concept by using MARKOR scale of Kohli, Jaworski and Kumar (1993) for independent variable market orientation with its components intelligence generation, intelligence dissemination and responsiveness and the 11 items scale for dependent variable business performance(financial and non-financial) are adapted from Ali Kara et al. (2005). The data used for this study was collected using structured questionnaire from CBE 249 top manager, customer service managers and marketers who are selected by non-probability convenience sampling method and this study used explanatory research design with Quantitative research approach which were appropriate for this kind of study. To answer the basic research questions descriptive, correlation and regression analyses were computed. From correlation analysis it is explained that intelligence generation, intelligence dissemination and responsiveness correlated strongly among themselves and with business performance measures. The overall market orientation analyses findings shows that the extent to which market orientation being applied by CBE is good, particularly the highest score belongs to intelligence dissemination which implies that CBE is doing better on communication of information with its customers and among employees, and it shows that the level of market orientation is good moreover CBE managers are aware of and doing a good job in exercising and implementing the concept market orientation and its effect on the overall business performance. The results obtained from this study should be helpful for CBE top managers to develop the appropriate market-oriented strategy in order to achieve a better performance
Soft-/rapidity- anomalous dimensions correspondence
Creators: name: Vladimirov, Alexey A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We establish a correspondence between ultraviolet singularities of soft factors for multiparticle production and rapidity singularities of soft factors for multiparton scattering. This correspondence is a consequence of the conformal mapping between scattering geometries. The correspondence is valid to all orders of perturbation theory and in this way provides one with a proof of rapidity renormalization procedure for multiparton scattering (including the transverse momentum dependent (TMD) factorization as a special case). As a by-product, we obtain an exact relation between the rapidity anomalous dimension and the well-known soft anomalous dimension. The three-loop expressions for TMD and a general multiparton scattering rapidity anomalous dimension are derived.
description: 5 pages, 1 fig; v2 update to published version
Effect of intercostal stretch on pulmonary function parameters among healthy males
Creators: name: Aziz, Ku Badlisyah Ku
name: Das, Srijit
name: Jagannathan, Madhana Gopal
name: Kamaruddin, Kamaria
name: Leonard, Joseph H.
name: Mohan, Vikram
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Dortmund
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: breathing exercises
subject: intercostal muscles
subject: spirometry
subject: vital capacity
subject: 610

description: The use of manual stretching procedures has become more prevalent in cardiorespiratory physiotherapy to improve pulmonary functions. However, limited evidence exists regarding evaluation of their effectiveness. The study aimed to determine the impact of Intercostal (IC) stretch in improving the dynamic pulmonary function parameters (Forced Expiratory Volume in the first second (FEV1), Forced Vital Capacity (FVC) and FEV1/FVC % and respiratory rate among healthy adults. Thirty healthy male subjects were recruited based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. Subjects were assigned to the experimental group and the control group through random sampling method. In the experimental group, subjects underwent IC stretch for ten breaths on the inspiratory phase of the respiratory cycle with breathing control exercises in semi recumbent position, while in the control group, breathing control exercises alone were performed in the semi recumbent position. The results of the study showed, FEV1/FVC % in the experimental group significantly improved with P=0.017 (p<0.05) than the control group, which means IC stretch increased lung volume and lead to improved lung function. This study suggested the IC stretching with breathing control may be more effective in improving dynamic lung parameters especially FEV1/FVC % than breathing control alone.
description: EXCLI Journal ; Vol. 11, 2012
A comparative study of two different techniques for developing French listening comprehension skills in the language laboratory
Creators: name: Gabriel, Norman.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2023

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
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Alteration of plasma biochemical, haematological and ocular oxidative indices of alloxan induced diabetic rats by aqueous extract of Tridax procumbens Linn (Asteraceae)
Creators: name: Ikewuchi, Jude Chigozie
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Dortmund
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: hypoglycemia
subject: lipid profile
subject: ocular oxidative stress
subject: tannic acid
subject: Tridax procumbens Linn
subject: β-sitosterol
subject: 610

description: In this study, the effects of an aqueous extract of the leaves of Tridax procumbens on the haematology, plasma biochemistry and ocular indices of oxidative stress was investigated in alloxan induced diabetic rats. Diabetes mellitus was induced by injection of alloxan (80 mg/kg body weight), via the tail vein. The extract was administered orally at 100, 200 and 300 mg/kg (both to normal and diabetic rats), and metformin at 50 mg/kg. On gas chromatographic analysis of the alkaloid fraction of the aqueous extract, thirty nine known alkaloids were detected, consisting mainly of 73.91 % akuamidine, 22.33 % voacangine, 1.27 % echitamine, 0.55 % echitamidine, 0.36 % lupanine, 0.27 % crinamidine, 0.23 % augustamine and 0.10 % 6-hydroxypowelline. Tannic acid and β-sitosterol were detected in high quantities. Compared to Test control, the treatment dose-dependently, significantly lowered (P<0.05) plasma glucose, triglyceride, very low density lipoprotein cholesterol, total bilirubin, urea, blood urea nitrogen; plasma alkaline phosphatase, alanine and aspartate transaminases, and ocular superoxide dismutase activities, and lymphocyte count. It also significantly increased (P<0.05) plasma calcium and ocular ascorbic acid contents, haemoglobin concentration and neutrophil count. This study showed that the extract was hypoglycemic, positively affected the haemopoietic system and integrity and function (dose dependently) of the liver and kidney of the diabetic rats; improved the lipid profile and had no deleterious effect on red cell morphology and protected against oxidative stress in ocular tissues. This study also revealed the presence of pharmacologically active compounds in the leaf extract. All of these, highlight the cardioprotective potential of the leaves of Tridax procumbens, and support its use in traditional health care practices for the management of diabetes mellitus.
description: EXCLI Journal ; Vol. 11, 2012
Managing Urban Institutions for Development (Employment and Housing) in Addis Ababa City
Creators: name: Shiferaw, Biruk
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2015

description: Addis Ababa city is experiencing rapid expansion and population growth. Following the population growth the demand for employment opportunities is getting much higher than the supply of jobs. In addition to this the expansion of the city could not significantly respond to the demand for shelter. These key problems of employment opportunity and housing shortage are becoming a challenge to urban citizens in Addis Ababa. Unless these evils are tackled, the desired fruits of development i.e. improved quality of urban citizen's life will not be realized. None of urban institutions could resolve these problems individually but individual actions need to be coordinated, road blocks cleared and challenges tackled by different institutions having different in some cases overlapping roles. This thesis aims at exploring the government institutions' role of enabling the private sector and NGO's & Private Company's contribution in tackling unemployment and housing shortages. The role of one NGO, WISE, and one private company, Sunshine construction PLC, were taken in this thesis to see their individual and coordinated action in tackling unemployment and housing shortage in Addis Ababa. This resulted in-depth understanding of the problem and recommending possible solutions. The thesis has revealed that the level of unemployment in Addis Ababa is significantly high, the absence of employment policy and coordinated action caste its shadow on the efforts of government in tackling unemployment. Similarly, there has been no coordinating organ of the housing sector that synergizes individual efforts and clear obstacles. Moreover the supply of land is a bit of a challenge that negatively affecting the supply of housing. Strong collaboration and partnership among the NGOs, private firms and the government organs responsible for housing and employment believed to bring about a positive change in the labour market and housing development
Cosmology and the neutrino mass ordering
Creators: name: Hannestad, Steen
name: Schwetz, Thomas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose a simple method to quantify a possible exclusion of the inverted neutrino mass ordering from cosmological bounds on the sum of the neutrino masses. The method is based on Bayesian inference and allows for a calculation of the posterior odds of normal versus inverted ordering. We apply the method for a specific set of current data from Planck CMB data and large-scale structure surveys, providing an upper bound on the sum of neutrino masses of 0.14 eV at 95% CL. With this analysis we obtain posterior odds for normal versus inverted ordering of about 2:1. If cosmological data is combined with data from oscillation experiments the odds reduce to about 3:2. For an exclusion of the inverted ordering from cosmology at more than 95% CL, an accuracy of better than 0.02 eV is needed for the sum. We demonstrate that such a value could be reached with planned observations of large scale structure by analysing artificial mock data for a EUCLID-like survey.
description: 12 pages, 3 figures, v2: minor improvements, matches version published in JCAP
MOST Observations of our Nearest Neighbor: Flares on Proxima Centauri
Creators: name: Davenport, James R. A.
name: Kipping, David M.
name: Sasselov, Dimitar
name: Matthews, Jaymie M.
name: Cameron, Chris
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a study of white light flares from the active M5.5 dwarf Proxima Centauri using the Canadian microsatellite MOST. Using 37.6 days of monitoring data from 2014 and 2015, we have detected 66 individual flare events, the largest number of white light flares observed to date on Proxima Cen. Flare energies in our sample range from $10^{29}$-$10^{31.5}$ erg. The flare rate is lower than that of other classic flare stars of similar spectral type, such as UV Ceti, which may indicate Proxima Cen had a higher flare rate in its youth. Proxima Cen does have an unusually high flare rate given its slow rotation period, however. Extending the observed power-law occurrence distribution down to $10^{28}$ erg, we show that flares with flux amplitudes of 0.5% occur 63 times per day, while superflares with energies of $10^{33}$ erg occur ~8 times per year. Small flares may therefore pose a great difficulty in searches for transits from the recently announced 1.27 M_earth Proxima b, while frequent large flares could have significant impact on the planetary atmosphere.
description: 6 pages, 4 figures, ApJ Letters accepted
Death and leadership on Misima : an anthropological history of a Massim village
Creators: name: Whiting, Susan.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2023

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Narrative of a Voyage to Port Phillip and Van Diemen's Land by A. W. H. Humphrey, edited by John Curey, The Colony Press, Melbourne, 1984.
Creators: name: RUSQUE, Dorothée
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Source: Travel of W. H. Humphrey to Australia, letters edited by John Currey (1784)