cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
EFFECT OF INFLATION ON BUSINESS PROFITABILITY AND ACCOUNTING PRACTICES IN NIGERIA.
Creators: name: Justina Chioma Agu, Ph.D.
name: Festus Ndubuisi, Nkwo
name: Amaechi Marcellus, Chukwu
Publisher: name: American serial
Year: 2024
Subjects: Inflation, Business Profitability, Accounting Practices, Cost Management & Financial Stability

description: This study investigates the effect of inflation on business profitability and accounting practices in Nigeria, with a focus on how businesses are coping with rising costs and adjusting their financial management strategies. A survey of 222 businesses in Nigeria was conducted to examine the effects of inflation on profitability, evaluate the effectiveness of current accounting practices, and explore strategies employed to mitigate inflation's impact. The results show that inflation has primarily reduced profitability, with 54.1% of businesses reporting moderate to significant reductions in profitability. Additionally, 58.5% of businesses indicated that their accounting practices were either effective or very effective in adjusting to inflation, while 22.5% felt their systems were ineffective. Strategies most commonly adopted to mitigate inflation’s impact include raising prices (40.5%), reducing operating costs (33.8%), and enhancing operational efficiency (13.5%). The study highlights the importance of regularly updating financial statements and adjusting budget forecasts to better reflect inflationary trends. It concludes that while many businesses are taking proactive steps to manage inflation, there remains a need for continued improvements in accounting practices and long-term strategic planning. The findings provide valuable insights for businesses looking to navigate inflationary challenges and maintain financial stability.
Ammonia emissions from a dairy housing and wastewater treatment plant quantified with an inverse dispersion method accounting for deposition loss
Creators: name: Valach, Alex Constantin
name: Häni, Christoph
name: Bühler, Marcel
name: Mohn, Joachim
name: Schrade, Sabine
name: Kupper, Thomas
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023

description: Ammonia (NH3) emissions negatively impact air, soil, and water quality, hence human health and biodiversity. Significant emissions, including the largest sources, originate from single or multiple structures, such as livestock facilities and wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). The inverse dispersion method (IDM) is effective in measuring total emissions from such sources, although depositional loss between the source and point of measurement is often not accounted for. We applied IDM with a deposition correction to determine total emissions from a representative dairy housing and WWTP during several months in autumn and winter in Switzerland. Total emissions were 1.19?±?0.48 and 2.27?±?1.53?kg NH3 d?1 for the dairy housing and WWTP, respectively, which compared well with literature values, despite the paucity of WWTP data. A concurrent comparison with an inhouse tracer ratio method at the dairy housing indicated an offset of the IDM emissions by?20%. Diurnal emission patterns were evident at both sites mostly driven by changes in air temperature with potential lag effects such as following sludge agitation. Modeled deposition corrections to adjust the concentration loss detected at the measurement point with the associated footprint were 22?28% of the total emissions and the cumulative fraction of deposition to emission modeled with distance from the source was between 7% and 12% for the measurement distances (60?150?m). Although estimates of depositional loss were plausible, the approach is still connected with substantial uncertainty, which calls for future validation measurements. Longer measurement periods encompassing more management activities and environmental conditions are required to assess predictor variable importance on emission dynamics. Combined, IDM with deposition correction will allow the determination of emission factors at reduced efforts and costs, thereby supporting the development and assessment of emission reducing methods and expand the data availability for emission inventories. Implications: Ammonia emissions must be measured to determine emission factors and reporting national inventories. Measurements from structures like farms and industrial plants are complex due to the many different emitting surfaces and the building configuration leading to a poor data availability. Micrometeorological methods provide high resolution emission data from the entire structure, but suffer from uncertainties, as the instruments must be placed at a distance from the structure resulting in a greater loss of the emitted ammonia via dry deposition before it reaches the measurement. This study constrains such emission measurements from a dairy housing and wastewater treatment plant by applying a simple correction to account for the deposition loss and compares the results to other methods.
Lebensqualität bei Menschen mit Demenz : Ein bedeutender Aspekt adäquater Versorgung
Creators: name: Becker, Stefanie
Publisher: name: Rosenfluh
Year: 2014

description: Für eine gute palliative Versorgung von Menschen mit Demenz ist das emotionale Befinden der Betroffenen von zentraler Bedeutung. Die nonverbale Kommunikation ist bis ins letzte Stadium der Erkrankung möglich und eine wichtige Ressource, auf die es gezielt zu achten gilt.
title: Metal free texaphyrin synthesis
Creators: name: Sessler, Jonathan L.
name: Magda, Darren
name: Hannah, Sharon
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: C07D487/22
subject: 540/472

description: The present invention provides a process of synthesizing a compound of Formula I by treating, in an inert medium and in the presence of an organic base, a compound of formula A with an organo metallic agent capable of acting as an outer sphere oxidant to form a compound of Formula I.
Die Berufsausbildung des Schweizerischen Musikpädagogischen Verbandes in den ersten Jahrzehnten ihres Bestehens
Creators: name: Skamletz, Martin
Publisher: name: Olms
Year: 2021

description: Der 1893 gegründete Schweizerische Gesang- und Musiklehrer-Verein entwickelt schnell schwerpunktmäßig pädagogische Aktivitäten, nimmt 1911 seinen noch heute gültigen Namen Schweizerischer Musikpädagogischer Verband SMPV an und richtet 1913 eine eigene Berufsausbildung parallel und analog zu den städtischen und kantonalen Konservatorien ein. Dabei liegt der Schwerpunkt von Anfang an auf der Ermöglichung der Diplomierung von schon praktisch tätigen Musiker*innen, und bis heute sucht das Angebot eines berufsbegleitenden Privatstudiums international seinesgleichen – nach Auslagerung der Berufsausbildung des SMPV in die Schweizer Akademie für Musik und Musikpädagogik SAMP 2006 ist sie mittlerweile unter dem Dach der Kalaidos Fachhochschule tätig und vergibt anerkannte BA- und MA-Abschlüsse. Dieser Beitrag zeichnet die Frühgeschichte dieser privaten musikalischen Ausbildung nach, die von Anfang dezentral und gesamtschweizerisch funktioniert, während das öffentliche Bildungssystem in allen Bereichen kantonal organisiert ist.
Kundensegmente im Agrotourismus
Creators: name: Hochuli, Andreas
name: Huber, Mario
name: Hofstetter, P.
Publisher: name: Agroscope Liebefeld-Posieux ALP
Year: 2016
Subjects: agritourism
customer segments
cluster analysis

description: Voraussetzung für eine marktorientierte Ausgestaltung eines touristischen Angebots sind Kenntnisse der Gästebedürfnisse. Mittels einer Clusteranalyse wurden erstmals Gästesegmente (Cluster) aufgrund individueller Bedürfnisse für den Agrotourismus in der Schweiz identifiziert. Die Abgrenzung der sechs Cluster basiert auf einer Befragung von 655 potenziellen Gästen von Agrotourismusbetrieben. Die sechs Gästesegmente weisen vor allem hinsichtlich der Freizeitaktivitäten auf dem Bauernhof und in der Region klare Präferenzen auf. In Bezug auf Übernachtungs- sowie Verpflegungsangebote sind die Unterschiede zwischen den Cluster hingegen weniger markant.
Early English Books Online and the Text Creation Partnership: Applications, Innovations, and Alternatives
Creators: name: Winter, Erin
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2023
Subjects: Early printed books
Online databases
Digital library use studies
Study & teaching of database searching

description: Early English Books Online or EEBO is a database of more than 140,000 images of rare and early books used by scholars of history and literature for decades. EEBO is a longstanding microfilm product turned image database with established use patterns. EEBO-TCP, a set of 60,000 manually transcribed documents from EEBO, has enabled unprecedented opportunities for large-scale analysis of surviving English print. In this exploratory study, I examine the practices of teaching and research with EEBO and EEBO-TCP in American universities through findings derived from the qualitative coded insights of a focus group of professors and librarians. The focus group discussed teaching methodologies, alternative digital archives, and organizational techniques scholars and librarians have utilized in working with a EEBO and EEBO-TCP. This study is intended to provoke further research into the complex technical mediations underpinning digitization of early printed books and identify areas where academic libraries can facilitate the research process.
title: Conversion of &agr;,&bgr;-unsaturated ketones and &agr;,&bgr;-unsaturated esters into &agr;-hydroxy ketones and &agr;-hydroxy esters using Mn(III) catalyst, phenylsilane and dioxygen
Creators: name: Magnus, Philip D.
name: Payne, Andrew H.
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: C07C403/16
subject: C07C45/62
subject: C07C45/64
subject: C07F7/1892
subject: C07J13/005
subject: C07C49/04
subject: C07C49/647
subject: C07C49/21
subject: C07C49/403
subject: C07C49/792
subject: C07C49/17
subject: C07C49/747
subject: C07C49/707
subject: C07C49/743
subject: C07C49/713
subject: C07B2200/07
subject: C07C2601/14
subject: C07C2601/16
subject: 549/200
subject: 552/585
subject: 568/377
subject: 568/388

description: The present invention provides a novel process for the conversion of &agr;,&bgr;-unsaturated ketones. This invention is an improvement over existing processes in that it operates at neutral reaction conditions that prevent the formation of side reactions and that it is a single step, which proceeds with complete selectivity and gives a yield that is approximately 30% higher than the currently used processes. An example of this process is the conversion of 16-dehydroprogesterone into 17 &agr;-hydroxyprogesterone.
Reproduktive Gesundheit: Perspektive geflüchteter Frauen in der Schweiz
Creators: name: Wegelin, Milena
name: Abdin, Nour
Publisher: name: Berner Fachhochschule BFH, Departement Gesundheit
Year: 2022

description: Wie gelingt es, die Perspektive einer marginalisierten Gruppe einzuholen? Ein Pilotprojekt der angewandten Forschung Geburtshilfe ist dieser Frage nachgegangen. Geflüchtete Frauen wurden zu ihren Bedürfnissen im Bereich der Familienplanung und Verhütung sowie zu ihren Erfahrungen in der entsprechenden Gesundheitsversorgung befragt.
IAM_COMPACT_D5.8_Climate_action_in_the_sustainability_spectrum
Creators: name: Frilingou, Natasha
name: Keppo, Ilkka
name: Zamanipour, Behzad
name: Mateo, Adrián
name: Ferreras, Noelia
name: Hernando, Gonzalo Parrado
name: Miguel, Luis Javier
name: Nikas, Alexandros
name: Koasidis, Konstantinos
name: Horowitz, Russel
name: Rodés-Bachs, Clàudia
name: Rouhette, Theo
name: Arto, Iñaki
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: The task associated with this report aims to provide sustainable decarbonisation pathways, including biodiversity, materials, and biophysical limits, as well as place climate action as a cross-cutting theme across the sustainability spectrum. It aligns climate action and sustainable development by assessing integrated co-benefits of climate-neutral pathways and policies targeting different SDGs. IAM-driven pathways have limited coverage of SDGs and are mostly focused on climate action, energy efficiency, industry, and infrastructure, while other environmental and social dimensions are rarely assessed. Thus, we analyse the capabilities of each IAM COMPACT model to represent SDGs, creating a suitable quantitative framework that facilitates their evaluation. We emphasise synergistic effects among SDGs, by detecting barriers to and co-benefits of specific goals, assessing model weaknesses and potential improvements to fill gaps and reinforce modelling capacity, and providing feedback on measures targeting multiple SDGs.

We then focus on models’ capacity to analyse energy, land, and material resources, biophysical limits, aspects of global biodiversity conservation, and nature restoration. By developing a set of biodiversity indicators, a policy package is created to affect the indicators and produce scenarios that are simulated with the goal of gaining a deeper understanding of biodiversity, material resources, and biophysical limits.

Finally, we synthesise the previous sections and develop a multi-level integration of IAMs and uncertainty analysis with quantified implications for multiple SDGs. We draw from relevant SDG indicators extracted from IAMs, a novel multi-objective optimisation process, and stochastic multicriteria acceptability analysis.
title: Apparatus for the characterization of tissue of epithelial lined viscus
Creators: name: Richards-Kortum, Rebecca R.
name: Mitchell Follen, Michele
name: Utzinger, Urs
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: A61B5/0071
subject: A61B5/0084
subject: A61B5/4331
subject: A61B5/0075
subject: 600/478
subject: 604/27
subject: 604/48

description: A method and apparatus for characterizing tissue of epithelial lined viscus in vivo including, for example, the endocervical canal. The method comprises illuminating an interior surface of the viscus with electromagnetic radiation wavelengths to produce a plurality of fluorescence intensity spectra, detecting a plurality of emission wavelengths from the fluorescence intensity spectra, and characterizing the epithelial viscus tissue as a function of the emission wavelengths. The apparatus includes a light source of emitting a plurality of electromagnetic radiation wavelengths, an optical probe connected to the light source, the probe being adapted to apply the plurality of electromagnetic radiation wavelengths to an interior surface of epithelial viscus tissue under test and to gather fluorescence emitted from the tissue, a detector connected to the probe for detecting at least one fluorescence spectrum emitted from the tissue under test and a programmed computer connected to the detector for processing the at least one fluorescence spectrum according to a predetermined algorithm to characterize the tissue under test.
„Die Sprache ist ‚broken English‘ “: Wie sich Beschäftigte trotz limitierter Sprachkenntnisse Handlungsspielräume schaffen.
Creators: name: Gaibrois, Claudine
Publisher: name: Budrich Journals
Year: 2017

description: Trotz zunehmender sprachlicher Durchmischung der heutigen Firmenbelegschaften hat Sprache als Differenzlinie in der Diversitätsforschung bislang relativ wenig Beachtung erhalten. Anhand einer diskursanalytischen Fallstudie aus der Schweiz zeigt dieser Beitrag auf, wie Mitarbeiter_innen von Unternehmen mit sprachlich durchmischter Belegschaft die Konsequenzen von Sprachenvielfalt beschreiben, und wie sie mit diesen Konsequenzen umgehen. Dabei zeigt sich, dass Sprachkenntnisse als sehr relevant für die zur Verfügung stehenden Handlungsspielräume interpretiert werden. Gleichzeitig schildern Beschäftigte eine Vielzahl von Arten, sich trotz limitierter Sprachkenntnisse Handlungsspielräume zu verschaffen.
title: Methods for determining toxicity reversing agents
Creators: name: Shive, William
name: Pettit, Flora H.
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: G01N33/5008
subject: G01N33/5014
subject: G01N33/5047
subject: G01N33/5088
subject: Y10S424/90
subject: 424/900
subject: 435/29
subject: 435/4
subject: 435/7.2
subject: 435/7.24

description: Disclosed are methods for assessment of the ability of substances to ameliorate the toxic-effects of compounds based on a lymphocyte culture assay. The lymphocyte assay is a repeatable and quantitative assay for lymphocyte growth in a chemically defined media in which specific compounds with potential toxicity and substances with potential abilities to ameliorate the toxicity can be added to determine specific and individualized requirements for such substances. Also disclosed are methods for ameliorating side-effects by administering to a patient undergoing therapy with a drug that has a toxic-effect, a substance identified by the methods of the invention. Further provided is a composition that ameliorates the toxic-effect of the statin family of drugs. Methods and processes for partially purifying and/or isolating this composition are also provided. Thus, the methods of the invention not only provide substances for reversal of compound-toxicity but also provide methods for pre-approving compounds for human use.
Proteine als Bausteine von innovativen Lebensmitteln
Creators: name: Brunner, Thomas
name: Denkel, Christoph
name: Heine, Daniel
name: Kopf, Katrin Annika
Publisher: name: Swiss Professional Media
Year: 2016

description: Veränderte Lebensgewohnheiten und neue Lebensstile der Konsumentinnen und Konsumenten haben einen immer stärker werdenden Einfluss auf die Lebensmittelindustrie. Die interdisziplinäre Forschung an der HAFL bemüht sich daher, die Bedürfnisse der Verbrauchergemeinschaft zu verstehen und in neue Konzepte zu übersetzen.
Mannerheimia scutellata Coiffait 1982
Creators: name: Shavrin, Alexey V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Mannerheimia
Mannerheimia scutellata

description: Mannerheimia scutellata Coiffait, 1982
(Fig. 5)
Mannerheimia scutellata Coiffait, 1982: 149; Shavrin 2021: 307
Type material examined. Holotype ♂ (Fig. 5; dissected prior to the present study: the aedeagus glued on the same card with the specimen): ‘ INDIA: Kashmir: Sonamarg | Himalaya-Hauptkette | Nichinai-Tal, 9. VI.1976 | 3200 – 3100 m | MARTENS & SCHAWALLER leg.’ , ‘TYPE’ , ‘Holo – [handwritren in black] | Typus’ , ‘ Mannerheimia | scutellata | H. COIFFAIT det. 19 [printed]39’ , ‘SNGMuseum | Frankfurt/Main | Loan-000297’ , ‘ Mannerheimia | scutellata Coiff. ’ , ‘SNG-Museum | Frankfurt/Main | Loan-000297’ , ‘ Mannerheimia | scutellata Coiffait, 1982 | Shavrin A. V. det. 2013’  (SF).
Remarks. Mannerheimia scutellata was described based on the holotype from “ Inde, Cachemire, Sonamarg…”. I study the holotype (Fig. 5) from SF, but aedeagus is slightly damaged, thus I decide to not redescribe this species in the present study.
description: Published as part of Shavrin, Alexey V., 2024, On some Himalayan species of the genus Mannerheimia Mäklin, 1880 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Anthophagini), pp. 584-592 in Zootaxa 5474 (5) on page 591, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5474.5.8, http://zenodo.org/record/12731004
title: Software fault tolerance of concurrent programs using controlled re-execution
Creators: name: Garg, Vijay
name: Tarafdar, Ashis
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: G06F11/366
subject: G06F11/1479
subject: G06F11/3632
subject: G06F11/3636
subject: 714/11
subject: 714/10
subject: 714/E11.130
subject: 714/E11.212

description: A method for fault tolerance in concurrently executing computer programs is presented. The present invention controls the re-execution of concurrent programs in order to avoid a recurrence of synchronization failure. The invention (i) traces an execution, (ii) detects a synchronization failure, (iii) determines a control strategy, and (iv) re-executes under control. Control is achieved by tracing information during an execution and using this information to add synchronizations during the re-execution.
Tracking Lineage-Based Language in Presidential Statements
Creators: name: Evans, Madison
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2023
Subjects: Genealogy
African Americans
Presidents

description: An important distinction of the Black American lineage is that it consists of those descended from people enslaved under US chattel slavery. This lineage is distinct from other African diasporic peoples whose histories do not include enslavement within the United States. Black Americans have a distinct culture, experience and worldview that is unique to them. They experience racism and white supremacy that is linked to government policies from slavery to modern day. Several presidential administrations have directly addressed the plight of Black Americans through published literature. However, the policies put forth in these documents do not delineate the Black American lineage from other disadvantaged groups, ultimately limiting the efficiency of their stated goals to positively impact Black Americans.
title: Detecting isotopes and determining isotope ratios using raman spectroscopy
Creators: name: Varghese, Philip L.
name: Fink, Manfred F.
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: G01J3/44
subject: G01N21/65
subject: G01N21/031
subject: G01N2021/651
subject: 356/301

description: The methods and apparatus described may be used for the discrimination of two closely spaced spectral lines. In certain embodiments the methods and apparatus may be used for the detection of isotopes and isotopic ratios by Raman spectroscopy. In certain embodiments the conversion of a labeled substrate to a labeled product may be detected. In particular embodiments the conversion of a 13C labeled substrate to a 13C labeled product may be detected. In other embodiment the conversion of 13C urea to 13CO2 is detected. Embodiments described include the diagnostic determination of 13CO2/12CO2 ratio in a test sample.
Violations: Practices and Patterns in Dismissed Federal Data Breach Cases  and why the Dismissals Matter
Creators: name: Wells Jr.,  R. Michael
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2023
Subjects: Privacy, Right of
Data security failures
Federal government

description: Privacy matters to hundreds of millions of people in the United States, and it is central to 
freedom and individual and societal well-being. Because we live in the age of “big data” data 
breaches are a constant risk. A data breach is when data is stolen by a hacker from a computer 
system maintained by an entity such as an online retailer. At some point, virtually everyone will 
be the victim of a data breach; some may not know it until years later. Consequently, our 
personal data is at constant risk. Data breaches threaten to expose the intimate details of our sex 
lives, our medical information, financial information, employment records, online searches, 
movies we watch, books we check out at the library, and places we shop. When it comes to 
protecting our personal data, American law lags compared to the rest of world, and legal 
remedies are limited. Federal judges play a large role in perpetuating this lag, which threatens the 
privacy of all Americans. To maintain a case in federal court in the United States, a plaintiff 
must have “standing to sue.” In federal court, this means a plaintiff must have suffered harm that 
is “concrete” and “particularized,” causally linked to the injury complained of, and likely to 
result in a favorable outcome. This is a high bar for injured plaintiffs. When it comes to data 
breach lawsuits, they are usually dismissed by federal judges for a lack of standing because the 
federal courts generally consider financial or physical harm to be the only harms that are 
considered “concrete” and sufficient injury to maintain a data breach case. Consequently, most 
federal judges will dismiss cases where the harm asserted consists of stress, anxiety, worry, and 
time spent remedying the situation. Regardless of how probable future identity theft is, judges 
rarely consider evidence of future harm. This paper examines federal data breach cases where 
judges dismissed the cases for a lack of standing and determines whether there are consistent 
patterns in these decisions.
Pelvic floor muscle displacement during jumps in continent and incontinent women : An exploratory study.
Creators: name: Moser, Helene
name: Leitner, Monika
name: Eichelberger, Patric
name: Kuhn, Annette
name: Baeyens, Jean-Pierre
name: Radlinger, Lorenz
Publisher: name: Wiley-Blackwell - STM
Year: 2019
Subjects: biomechanical phenomena impact activity reflexive stress urinary incontinence

description: INTRODUCTION The prevalence of stress urinary incontinence during high-impact activities is high. Enhanced comprehension of pelvic floor muscle (PFM) displacement and activity is clinically relevant for the development of specific approaches in rehabilitation. The aim of the study is to investigate and to compare PFM displacement between the continent and incontinent women during jumps. METHODS A cross-sectional, exploratory design was applied to investigate PFM displacement during drop jumps (DJ) and countermovement jumps (CMJ). PFM displacement was assessed in craniocaudal translation and forward-backward rotation with an electromagnetic tracking system. RESULTS Twenty-eight continent and 22 incontinent women were included. During the first landing of DJ, a primary caudal, during the second landing of DJ/CMJ a primary cranial translation and during all jump a primary backward rotation was observed. No significant difference between the groups was found. DISCUSSION PFM displacement during running demonstrated caudal translation/forward rotation before and cranial translation/backward rotation after heel strike. During the second landing of DJ/CMJ a cranial translation/backward rotation and during the first landing of DJ a caudal translation/backward rotation has been observed after ground contact. This may be due to the longer lasting bodyweight force in the first landing of DJ. No eccentric-concentric stretch-shortening cycle could be seen. CONCLUSION This study indicates that during jumps two opposite reactions of involuntary PFM displacement happen, but no stretch-shortening cycle with an eccentric-concentric contraction could be found. Jumping stimuli inducing involuntary PFM displacement should be used for future investigations to consider a beneficial effect concerning continence.
title: Fault tolerant linear actuator
Creators: name: Tesar, Delbert
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: F16H25/2252
subject: F16H25/205
subject: F16H2025/2078
subject: H02K7/06
subject: H02K2213/06
subject: Y10T74/186
subject: 310/12.24
subject: 310/13
subject: 74/89.26

description: In varying embodiments, the fault tolerant linear actuator of the present invention is a new and improved linear actuator with fault tolerance and positional control that may incorporate velocity summing, force summing, or a combination of the two. In one embodiment, the invention offers a velocity summing arrangement with a differential gear between two prime movers driving a cage, which then drives a linear spindle screw transmission. Other embodiments feature two prime movers driving separate linear spindle screw transmissions, one internal and one external, in a totally concentric and compact integrated module.
KI-basierte Beratungsleistungen: Ausgestaltungsformen, Herausforderungen und Implikationen
Creators: name: Raff, Stefan
name: Von Walter, Benjamin
name: Wentzel, Daniel
Publisher: name: Springer Gabler
Year: 2021

description: Dieser Beitrag betrachtet den Einsatz KI-basierte Berater-Tools in der Dienstleistungserstellung. Diese Anwendungen werden umfassend beleuchtet und klassifiziert sowie anhand von konkreten Einsatzbeispielen illustriert. Darauf aufbauend werden zentrale Herausforderungen für deren erfolgreiche Implementierung diskutiert. In Summe schafft dieser konzeptionelle Beitrag somit ein besseres Verständnis für KI-basierte Berater-Tools und bietet konkrete Hinweise für Praktiker, um diese langfristig erfolgreich zu etablieren. Abschließend werden zudem mögliche Stoßrichtungen für künftige Forschung skizziert.
Analysis of Injuries in the Swiss U20 Elite Ice Hockey Season 2019/2020—A Retrospective Survey
Creators: name: Hohenauer, Erich
name: Taeymans, Jan
name: Blasimann Schwarz, Angela
name: Rogan, Slavko
Publisher: name: MDPI
Year: 2024

description: (1) Background: In Switzerland, there is little data on injury characteristics in elite ice hockey players aged under 20 years (U20 Elite juniors). This study aimed to determine the injury rate and type of injury in Swiss U20 ice hockey players. (2) Methods: The present study was carried out in a retrospective, non-experimental design using an online questionnaire provided to the 314 elite players of the 12 Swiss U20 Elite ice hockey teams. The injury rate, rate ratios, injury location, type and severity of injury, and injury mechanism were reported. (3) Results: Seventy-three athletes from 11 teams volunteered (response rate = 24%). A total of 30 out of 45 recorded injuries led to time loss in practice and competition. Injury occurred once or twice during the 2019/2020 season. For each player, the injury rate was 0.66 per 1000 practice hours and 2.89 per 1000 competition hours (injury rate ratio = 4.5). The head/neck region was the most common injury location (45.5%). (4) Conclusions: Knowledge of injury characteristics in ice hockey is necessary for meaningful injury management and injury prevention. The results of the present study provide information on the injury rate, location, types, severity, and mechanism in elite Swiss U20 ice hockey players. Most injuries result from contact with another player. More strict sanctioning for irregular behavior and fair play can serve as preventive measures. Further studies should examine different preventive measures such as wearing full-face coverage.
Classification of Drivers' Workload Using Physiological Signals in Conditional Automation
Creators: name: Capallera, Marine
name: Ruffieux, Simon
name: Angelini, Leonardo
name: Abou Khaled, Omar
name: Mugellini, Elena
name: Widmer, Marino
name: Sonderegger, Andreas
Year: 2021
Subjects: automated driving
classification
driver
workload
physiology
secondary task
machine learning

description: The use of automation in cars is increasing. In future vehicles, drivers will no longer be in charge of the main driving task and may be allowed to perform a secondary task. However, they might be requested to regain control of the car if a hazardous situation occurs (i.e., conditionally automated driving). Performing a secondary task might increase drivers' mental workload and consequently decrease the takeover performance if the workload level exceeds a certain threshold. Knowledge about the driver's mental state might hence be useful for increasing safety in conditionally automated vehicles. Measuring drivers' workload continuously is essential to support the driver and hence limit the number of accidents in takeover situations. This goal can be achieved using machine learning techniques to evaluate and classify the drivers' workload in real-time. To evaluate the usefulness of physiological data as an indicator for workload in conditionally automated driving, three physiological signals from 90 subjects were collected during 25 min of automated driving in a fixed-base simulator. Half of the participants performed a verbal cognitive task to induce mental workload while the other half only had to monitor the environment of the car. Three classifiers, sensor fusion and levels of data segmentation were compared. Results show that the best model was able to successfully classify the condition of the driver with an accuracy of 95%. In some cases, the model benefited from sensors' fusion. Increasing the segmentation level (e.g., size of the time window to compute physiological indicators) increased the performance of the model for windows smaller than 4 min, but decreased for windows larger than 4 min. In conclusion, the study showed that a high level of drivers' mental workload can be accurately detected while driving in conditional automation based on 4-min recordings of respiration and skin conductance.
title: System and method for determining an azimuth of a seismic energy source
Creators: name: Hardage, Bob A.
name: Gilmer, Allen L.
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: G01V1/053
subject: G01V1/28
subject: G01V1/284
subject: G01V1/3808
subject: G01V2210/20
subject: 181/108
subject: 181/113
subject: 181/121
subject: 33/1.HH
subject: 367/189

description: The present invention provides a system for, and method of determining an azimuth of a seismic energy source. In one embodiment, the system includes a directional assembly having a mount configured to be coupled to a seismic energy source, a rotatable mass assembly coupled to the mount, a compass rose coupled to one of the mount or the rotatable mass assembly and a direction reference coupled to the other of the mount or the rotatable mass assembly. The compass rose is registered with the direction reference to provide a direction orientation of the rotatable mass assembly with respect to the mount.
How social and sustainable entrepreneurial ideas enrich the world – Studying the evolution of entrepreneurial ideas in crowdfunding campaigns across time and space
Creators: name: Hopp, Christian
name: Riniker, Maria
name: Rüdiger, Matthias Sebastian
name: Dey, Pascal
Year: 2023

description: One of the many intriguing features of new venture ideas for academic inquiry is that they are “imaginary combinations of product/service offerings, potential markets or users, and means of bringing these offerings into existence” (Davidsson, 2015: 675). Consequently, entrepreneurs typically lack evidence – for example, in the form of a protype or a financial track record – that their new venture ideas are viable. Consequently, they seek to interact with customers, financiers, external resource providers or other types of potential supporters to convince them of the merit of their idea. Crowdfunding, the empirical focus of this paper, provides a privileged vantage point for analyzing how entrepreneurs showcase and test the market potential and has developed into a disperse marketplace (Belleflamme, Lambert & Schwienbacher, 2014). Potential backers are the first potential customers an entrepreneur might have, and crowdfunding trends might oftentimes foreshadow demand in new markets and product offerings. As such, they might also reflect broader societal trends, in particular as it pertains to social and sustainable entrepreneurship. As a case in point, crowdfunding has been predictive of investments by capital providers (Thies, Huber, Bock, Benlian and Kraus, 2019; Kaminski, Hopp, and Tykvova, 2019), whose investment decisions are based on a mix of financial, community, and social considerations.
title: In situ regrowth and purification of crystalline thin films
Creators: name: Bard, Allen J.
name: Liu, Chong-Yang
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: C30B13/00
subject: C30B29/54
subject: H01L29/66772
subject: H01L29/78654
subject: 117/43
subject: 117/46
subject: 117/47
subject: 117/925
subject: 117/926
subject: 117/927
subject: 257/E21.415
subject: 257/E29.286

description: Amorphous or polycrystalline films have been recrystallized into single-crystal thin films (of micrometer thickness) by a zone melting technique, in which an electrically heated wire generated a narrow heated or molten zone (0.5-2 mm wide) on the substrate sandwiched between two pieces of glass or indium-tin-oxide-coated glass. The substrate can be either an organic or inorganic compound. When the molten zone was moved slowly (3-120 μm/min) across the layer from one end of the cell to the other, a single-crystal film was produced after a single pass. This technique allows for thin film purification and an improvement in electronic, optical, and optoelectronic properties of the thin film. After this treatment, the steady-state short-circuit photocurrent can be improved by several orders of magnitude. These films are useful in the fields of optics and electronics for improving the performance in devices such as thin-film transistors and organic light-emitting diodes.
Describing Digital Humanities Projects With Linked Data: A Task-based Evaluation of Linked Data Ontologies
Creators: name: Rodiguez, Rolando
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2023
Subjects: Linked data
Digital humanities
Semantic Web

description: This study attempts to shed light on the lack of semantic web infrastructure for documenting digital humanities projects by creating a proof-of-concept workflow for manual and semi-automatic semantic web data creation. First, utilizing a set of five ontologies, triple data is created for a set of four projects from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The utility of these data is then determined via task-based assessment alongside a set of metrics for the data retrieved for the tasks. Ultimately, this study aims to detail the benefits of improving linked open data support for describing, and ultimately preserving, digital humanities projects in hopes of paving a path for the creation of a LOD database for digital humanities projects.
Edge and face linear vibration welding of wood panels
Creators: name: Ganne-Chédeville, Christelle
name: Properzi, M.
name: Pizzi, A.
name: Leban, J.-M.
name: Pichelin, Frédéric
Publisher: name: Springer
Year: 2007

description: Edge-to-edge linear vibration welding of particle- board, OSB, MDF and plywood gives better strength than face-to-face panel welding. In general, the edge-to-edge weldline is slightly weaker than the panels itself. The face- to-face weldline is stronger than the strength of the material in the same direction.
title: Process for production of nanoparticles and microparticles by spray freezing into liquid
Creators: name: Williams, Robert O.
name: Johnston, Keith P.
name: Young, Timothy J.
name: Rogers, True L.
name: Barron, Melisa K.
name: Yu, Zhongshui
name: Hu, Jiahui
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: A61K9/1617
subject: A61K9/1623
subject: A61K9/1635
subject: A61K9/1641
subject: A61K9/1647
subject: A61K9/1652
subject: A61K9/1688
subject: A61K9/1694
subject: F25C1/00
subject: F25B19/005
subject: F25D2400/30
subject: F26B5/065
subject: F26B3/08
subject: 264/13
subject: 62/64
subject: 62/70

description: The present invention provides a system and a method for the production of microparticles and nanoparticles of materials that can be dissolved. The system and method of the present invention provide quicker freezing times, which in turn produces a more uniform distribution of particle sizes, smaller particles, particles with increased porosity and a more intimate mixing of the particle components. The system and method of the present invention also produce particles with greater surface area than conventional methods. One form of the present invention provides a method for the preparation of particles. An effective ingredient is mixed with water, one or more solvents, or a combination thereof, and the resulting mixture is sprayed through an insulating nozzle located at or below the level of a cryogenic liquid. The spray generates frozen particles.
Traumatische Klickarbeit: Die Menschen hinter ChatGPT
Creators: name: Stoltze-Siebmann, Anne-Careen
name: Kurpicz-Briki, Mascha
name: Straub, Caroline
Publisher: name: Berner Fachhochschule, Wirtschaft
Year: 2023

description: Die Fähigkeiten neuer generativer KI-Modelle oder darauf basierende Produkte wie ChatGPT sind faszinierend. Neben den Bedenken, was dies mit unserer Gesellschaft macht, kommt mehr und mehr Kritik auf an den Arbeitsbedingungen der beteiligten Menschen in solchen Projekten. Wir haben darüber mit unseren Expertinnen gesprochen.
Properties of selected wood coatings applied on THM- densified Norway spruce (Picea abies K.)
Creators: name: Jäger, Elena
name: Pichelin, Frédéric
name: Volkmer, Thomas
name: Noël, Marion
name: Canoine, Benoît
Year: 2019

description: The aim of this study was to investigate the performance of diverse wood coating systems on THM- densified spruce wood. For this purpose, Norway spruce [Picea abies K.] was thermo-hydro- mechanically densified in a closed system, under pressure and steam. Five different types of solvent- and water-based coating systems were applied. To assess the interaction of the coatings and the densified wood, following tests were carried out: exposure to UV light, water permeability and climatic variation. The color of densified wood is more stable to UV light than non-treated wood and the coating system has insignificant influence on the color change. When specimens are exposed to a short-term change of climatic variation, the total volume change is less than 5% on uncoated densified wood, neglectable if coated. In case of long-term variation, (specimens exposed until constant weight), the protection effect of the coatings is less significant. The total volume change is appr. 8%. Therefore, if coatings are partially preventing moisture and water uptake of densified wood at short term exposure, they confer limited protection at long term exposure. Moreover, there is not significant performance difference within the different kinds of coating systems.
Metabarcoding of canopy arthropods reveals negative impacts of forestry insecticides on community structure across multiple taxa
Creators: name: Leroy, Benjamin
name: Seibold, Sebastian
name: Morinière, Jérôme
name: Bozicevic, Vedran
name: Jaworek, Jessica
name: Roth, Nicolas
name: Vogel, Sebastian
name: Zytynska, Sharon
name: Petercord, Ralf
name: Eichel, Peter
name: Weisser, Wolfgang
Publisher: name: Wiley-Blackwell
Year: 2022

description: 1. Insecticides used to combat outbreaks of forest defoliators can adversely affect non-target arthropods. Forestry insecticides typically suppress Lepidoptera larvae which are the cornerstone of the canopy community of deciduous oak forests. The abrupt removal of this dominant component of the food web could have far-reaching implications for forest ecosystems, yet it is rarely investigated in practice owing to several methodological shortcomings. The taxonomic impediment and the biased nature of arthropod sampling techniques particularly impede the assessment of insecticide impacts on diverse communities. 2. To tackle this issue, we propose an experimental approach combining sampling by pyrethrum knockdown and species determination via DNA metabarcoding, using community subsampling to derive estimates of species abundances. We applied this protocol to investigate the short-term effects of the insecticides diflubenzuron (DFB) and Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki (BTK) on canopy-dwelling arthropod communities in German oak woodlands. 3. Our approach allowed us to detect most of the diversity and integrate species abundances in our analyses. By classifying arthropod species into assemblages based on their expected sensitivity rather than coarse taxonomic groupings, we could unveil substantial effects of DFB across multiple taxa 5 weeks after application. 4. Although strong effects on single species appear related to direct toxicity, substantial impacts of DFB on parasitoids and xylophagous beetles suggest that anti-defoliator treatments can have previously unsuspected indirect effects on some components of forest arthropod communities. The impacts of BTK on community structure were consistent with that of DFB though much weaker. 5. Synthesis and applications. Comparing diversity patterns in the arthropod communities of sprayed and unsprayed oak canopies, our results show that selective insecticides can alter species diversity in presumably non-sensitive taxa. Even though the ecological significance of these impacts has yet to be assessed in an operational setting, their existence calls for increased regulatory scrutiny on indirect effects. As community approaches become more attainable with the rapid development of DNA metabarcoding, we suggest the inclusion of community-level end points as regulatory requirements for the approval of forest-use insecticides.
Zusammenarbeit zwischen OKJA und Tagesschulen
Résumé collaboration dans le cadre de l'école à journée continue
Creators: name: Chiapparini, Emanuela
Publisher: name: Dachverband Offene Jugendarbeit
Year: 2019

description: Die Freizeit von Kindern und Jugendlichen findet immer häufiger auch an Tagesschulen statt, neben und ergänzend zu den Angeboten der Offenen Kinder- und Jugendarbeit (OKJA). Dieser Beitrag reflektiert die Zusammenarbeit zwischen Fachpersonen der OKJA und Schulleitungen an Tagesschulen aus dem Blickwinkel theoretischer Verortungen und von Forschungsbefunden.
description: Aujourd’hui, une partie des loisirs des enfants et des jeunes se déroule au sein de l’école à journée continue. Ses offres sont en partie semblables à celles de l’animation enfance et jeunesse en milieu ouvert, qui propose toutefois moins de cours, n’a pas de devoir de vigilance et crée surtout des espaces de liberté pour les enfants et les jeunes. Des études montrent que les offres de loisirs au sein de l’école à journée continue promeuvent le comportement social lorsque les principes comme la participation volontaire, le bas seuil, la participation, etc., issus de l’animation, sont appliqués. La promotion des performances scolaires est souvent priorisée par rapport au développement de la personnalité. Mais en même temps, on attend des animateurs-trices qu’ils et elles encouragent chez les enfants et les jeunes le développement d’une capacité de jugement personnelle, politique et morale qui soit nuancée. C’est précisément sur ce point que la collaboration entre les professionnel-le-s de l’animation et les responsables de l’école est significative. La littérature distingue trois formes de collaboration : La collaboration multiprofessionnelle a lieu lorsque des métiers différents travaillent avec le même groupe cible, mais de façon parallèle ou différée dans le temps. Les professionnel-le-s échangent peu, mais la coordination du personnel est centrale. La coopération transprofessionnelle est répandue dans les projets à court terme dans le domaine de la santé publique. Les professionnel-le-s mettent leur rôle habituel entre parenthèses et adoptent les méthodes et savoirs d’autres métiers. La collaboration interprofessionnelle est centrée sur la collaboration entre des métiers différents. Il est alors important de voir sous quel angle la collaboration est envisagée.