cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
ASSESSMENT OF QUALITY OF SERVICE DELIVERY IN CASE OF AMHARA SAYINT WOREDA JUSTICE OFFICE
Creators: name: ANDARGE, ESHETIE
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2010

description: In Amhara sayint woreda justice office, service quality is perceived as being generally poor. According to the Ethiopian Constitution, the mandate of a justice is to ensure service deliveries through satisfying citizens" basic needs. Therefore, an understanding of customers" expectations and perceptions is vital for any service organizations success. The general objective of this study was to assess the quality of service delivery in Amhara sayint woreda justice office, to provide a view on the customers' expectations and perceptions of the service quality delivery in order to identify any potential service quality gaps. The study follows a descriptive research design approach. The questionnaire included the SERVQUAL measuring scale. Residents of the Amhara sayint woreda justice office formed the sampling frame of this study. In accordance with the scope of the study, the study was confined to the Amhara sayint woreda justice office. In order to determine whether the identified differences were positively significance or negative significance, an independent sample ttest was conducted. Perception of customers with respect to tangibility and reliability dimension were positively recorded this shows that there is appositive significance while on the responsiveness, assurance and empathy dimension significant difference is negative in the means between expectations and perceptions Because of time and resource constraints the study focuses on only the quality of service delivery of the case studies in Amhara sayint woreda justice office only, future research should be undertaken on other service sectors customer.
ASSESSMENT OF MARKETING STRATEGY PRACTICES IN THE CASE OF DASHEN BREWERY
Creators: name: ASRESAHEGN, YILMA
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2018

description: The ultimate goal of any business establishment is to remain in business profitably through production and sales of products or services. Without optimal profit, a business firm cannot survive. One of the core activities in a business company to stay in business is having a welldeveloped marketing strategy. The ultimate success or failure of a company depends on its marketing strategy. So, it should be implemented effectively to achieve the company's objectives. Having this in mind, the study has been designed to assess the marketing strategy practices of the Dashen Brewery in light of an integrated framework. Both primary and secondary data collection instruments were used to collect data. Closed ended and open ended questionnaires along with interviews were used for the purpose of data collection. The selections of the respondents were carried out by using purposive sampling research method because no other departments were concerned about marketing strategies and the researcher took all the respondents of marketing staffs as a total population of the study. The Dashen Brewery's marketing strategy is effectively practiced by its employees and managers because they are committed to work and the smooth communication flow between marketing and other departments are the main important issue for the success of the work. It provides quality products with affordable prices by promoting its products by using high and effective advertising mechanisms with the determination of the buyers' accessibility to the products. Even though the marketing strategies of the company are effectively practiced, there are some problems that the company faced while implementing it. These are; Infrastructure problems, Economic problem, political problem, Intensive competition in the market, Shortage of raw materials, Seasonality of consumption, Sociocultural problems and the time and cost of awareness creation for the customers. Dashen Brewery exploits all the 4Ps of marketing mix elements to achieve its target. These marketing mix elements are product strategy, price, promotion and place/distribution strategy. These are vital to implement the marketing strategy effectively. The Marketing Mix Analysis has the dignity to help the company implement the right marketing strategies to satisfy and penetrate the company's customer groups, which is phrased as target markets. Therefore, the company should constantly alter the sub elements of each marketing mix to successfully compete with its competitors and offer the greatest value to its customers.
Teaching children about Internet safety: An evaluation of the effectiveness of an interactive computer game
Creators: name: Trinneer, Anne
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Psychology, Social.
subject: Education, Guidance and Counseling.
subject: Education, Technology of.

description: The effectiveness of an interactive computer game designed to alert children to dangers on the Internet and to encourage them to develop their own guidelines for Internet safety is assessed. Pre- and post-test data were collected from a treatment (n = 181) and comparison group (n = 157) of Grade 6 and 7 students from 8 elementary schools in and around a large Western Canadian city. Reported frequencies of risky online behaviours, Internet safety-related attitudes, and number of Internet safety guidelines were measured in a questionnaire format. Initial frequencies of risky online behaviours and attitudes were quite low, making it difficult to demonstrate change due to playing the computer game. Subjects who had played the game, however, wrote more Internet safety guidelines than did those who had not. These positive results for the safety guidelines provide promising initial evidence that this computer game can be used effectively as part of an Internet safety program in schools. Methodological limitations are discussed to provide direction for future research in this area.
FACTORS AFFECTING EMPLOYEE TURNOVER IN CASE OF ANGOLELA AND TERA WOREDA
Creators: name: DEBRITU, ABATE
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2019

description: A huge concern to most companies is that employee turnover is a costly undertaking especially in organizations that thrives and values viability of the business. Employees' wages, company benefits, employee attendance, and job performance are all factors that contribute to employee turnover. The company take a deep interest in their employee turnover rate because turnover affect the running of the business by creating disruptions which results to reduced production and profits of the organization. The researcher initiated to investigate this study was the existence of high rate of employee turnover in Angolela and Tera wereda. The main objective of this research was identifying factors that affect employee turnover in Angolela and Tera wereda. Descriptive and explanatory research design was used for this study. The data collection instruments were structured closed and open ended questionnaire, and semi structured interview were used. A sample size of study population was 182 employees of the wereda office out 1998 from the total population of employees. Stratified sampling was used for this study. To analyse the data descriptive statics and inferential statistics were used by using SPSS software version 20. Overwork load, lack of tanning and development, lack of reward and recognition and all of the organizational factors, social factors and personal factors were affected employee turnover in Angolela and Tera wereda. The positive correlation of organizational, social and personal factor of turnover was founded in the study. The marital status and qualification of employee have a negative effect on turnover in Angolela and Tera wereda. The researcher recommended that the management bodies of the organization should work hard and discus together about work load in order to outline job design for every employee and be ready to employing new employees during turnover is existed other than giving over activities for the rest individuals. The researcher recommended that the organizations of Angolela and Tera Wereda should offer challenging jobs and responsibilities for employees or workers and give recognition and reward for an individual who have score best performance and be role model for the others and it help employee to increase their loyalty and commitment to their office.
PROBLEMS OF MODELING THE TEACHING OF GENERAL AND SPECIALIZED SCIENCES IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
Creators: name: Inoyatov, Ikrom
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: The article gives recommendations on the development of training for professional activities by modeling the teaching of general and specialized subjects in technical higher education institutions in the Republic of Uzbekistan. The teaching of general and specialized sciences in higher education institutions faces numerous challenges. These challenges stem from the need to balance broad foundational knowledge with in-depth specialization, integrate technology effectively, and meet diverse student needs. This article explores the key problems in modeling the teaching of these subjects, evaluates current methodologies, and suggests potential solutions to enhance educational outcomes. Through a comprehensive analysis, we highlight the importance of adaptable curricula, interdisciplinary approaches, and continuous pedagogical innovation.
"Southeast Asian Urbanism" - X. Bielefeld Colloquium on SE Asia, Bielefeld, 30.Nov.-1.Dez. 1990
Creators: name: Redaktion, Die
Publisher: name: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia
Year: 2020

description: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, Nr. 38 (1991): ASIEN (Januar)
Three-dimensional visualization of multi-layered graphs with application to communications
Creators: name: Zhou, Jianong
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Engineering, System Science.

description: This thesis introduces two new algorithms for 3D graph drawing and network display. The first algorithm, the Incremental Projection Algorithm , is a new universal algorithm for displaying any graph of any vertex degree. The above algorithm can be implemented to display graph in 3D space without edge crossing. The number of edge bends produced by the algorithm does not excess two. The average time complexity of the Incremental Projection Algorithm is O( N N), where N is the number of vertices in a graph. If there is no degree of vertices great than M, the time complexity of the Incremental Projection Algorithm is O(N). The second algorithm is called Depth-Height Buffer Algorithm. The algorithm is designed for displaying special multi-layered networks. Actually, the algorithm is a method for hidden object elimination. It is useful for multi-layered communication networks visualization. The time complexity of the Depth-Height Buffer Algorithm is O(N log N) . Two demonstration packages of the above algorithms are developed in order, to verify their correctness and functionality. The thesis also discusses the methods and techniques for 2D graph drawing. In bi-layered crossing reduction aspect the thesis presents a new method called the minimizing angle approach, which may reduce the crossings among the edges with the time complexity of O(|S |max(|N|,|S |)).
Harm reduction in hospitals: is it time?
Creators: name: Rachlis, Beth Stephanie
name: Kerr, Thomas
name: Montaner, Julio
name: Wood, Evan
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2016

description: Among persons who inject drugs (IDU), illicit drug use often occurs in hospitals and contributes to patient expulsion and/or high rates of leaving against medical advice (AMA) when withdrawal is inadequately managed. Resultant disruptions in medical care may increase the likelihood of several harms including drug resistance to antibiotics as well as costly readmissions and increased patient morbidity. In this context, there remains a clear need for the evaluation of harm reduction strategies versus abstinence-based strategies with respect to addressing ongoing issues related to substance use among addicted hospitalized patients. While hospitalization can be used to stabilize addicted patients as they recover from their acute illness and help them to achieve abstinence, patients unable to maintain abstinence should not be penalized for failing to do so at the expense of their health. This article describes harm reduction activities within hospitals and areas for future investigation.
Saturated neoglycopolymers for tissue engineering
Creators: name: Czechura, Pawel
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Biology, Cell.
subject: Chemistry, Biochemistry.

description: Norbornene monomers bearing carbohydrate groups of relevance for tissue engineering were synthesized via the norbornene acid chlorides, transformed into their ROMP polymers, and reduced to yield saturated neoglycopolymers. These materials bear either O-glycoside groups designed to cross-link collagen via reaction of the ring-open sugar with free NH2 groups of lysine, or C-glycoside groups. The latter are intended for use as the central block in triblock copolymers terminated with blocks capable of crosslinking: they serve only as potentially biocompatible "spacers" to help span the interlamellar distance in collagen. A third ROMP monomer bearing a succinimide group as an alternative crosslinking agent was also prepared and polymerized. The O-glycoside monomer, bis(1,2;3,4-di-O-isopropylidene-D-galactopyranos-6-O-yl) 5-norbornene-2,3-dicarboxylate 9, and the succinimide monomer, 5-norbornene-2-carboxylic acid N-hydroxysuccinimide ester 11, were prepared by the Diels-Alder synthesis of 5-norbornene-2,3-dicarbonyl chloride 7 and 5-norbornene-2-carboxylic acid chloride 8, and subsequent nucleophilic substitution of the acid chlorides. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Herbarium best practices: The importance of addressing curatorial work (preservation and stabilisation of the specimens) especially prior to digitisation endeavours
Creators: name: Yesilyurt, Jovita Cislinski
name: Bobato, Rafaela
name: Campion, Kathryn
name: Cheng, B.Y. (Polly)
name: Desai, Rinku
name: Prakash, Ranee O.
name: Yamamoto, Hideko
name: Rueffer-Turner, Marianne
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: best practices, collections, curation, herbarium, preservation, pre-digitisation, specimens

description: Curatorial work has been cited as part of digitisation workflows, though with discussions often centred on the benefit of improving the efficiency of the digitisation process. The curatorial work referred here is about ensuring the preservation and, stabilisation of the specimens, rather than the benefit in making the specimens look aesthetically better when imaged. The underlying reasons why this work should be conducted (as an obligation) have been given little attention but should be discussed and exposed what would be the benefits in addressing the curatorial needs particularly prior to a digitisation project, and what could be the possible risks if these are not implemented. Here we address the importance of making efforts to carry out the essential care and preservation of the botanical specimens, and we suggest what could be the minimum standards that should be followed and adhered to. We t highlights not only the possible bottlenecks in the efficiency of the digitisation process (which secures access to the collections digitally), but also the necessity of maintaining the condition and accessibility of the physical collection (raw resource) which the digital process cannot replace or may not be found in other specimens.
IN03228 Mankanai Inscription of Gajabhahu II
Creators: name: Pillai, K. Kanapathi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: IN03228
UoC
Mankanai
Gajabāhu II

description: IN03228 Mankanai Inscription of Gajabhahu II - Transcript and Translation Source: Pillai, K. Kanapathi. (1962). ‘Mankanai inscription of Gajabhahu II,’ University of Ceylon Review 20, no. 1, pp. 12–14. http://dlib.pdn.ac.lk/handle/123456789/1468
Self-employment and income in Canadian metropolitan areas: The role of language and place of birth
Creators: name: Mikadze, Vladimir
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Geography.

description: The thesis focuses on the factors that account for variations of salaries and self-employed income among individuals---both born in Canada and immigrants---residing in Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver in 2001 based on the Canadian Census data. The research addresses the influence of place of birth and linguistic profile on income. Other independent variables such as age, sex, schooling and occupation are included in the analysis. The ultimate goal of the study is to highlight income differences among paid and self-employed workers (both incorporated and unincorporated) as well as to demonstrate that self-employment status can improve the financial performance of an individual. Descriptive and general linear model types of analysis are employed. Both types of analysis demonstrate significant differences in income with respect to the different factors under study. My hypotheses addressing income differences among paid and self-employed workers and regarding the increased beneficial role of self-employment for certain groups of individuals are partially or generally confirmed. The regression models for all three classes of worker reveal low R 2 values. Nevertheless, the contrast analysis in the regression models, as well as the descriptive analysis, demonstrates statistically significant differences between the mean income values of the different categories of variables and reference categories. This suggests that if the chosen variables explain just the main fluctuations in income variations and more precise results would require more details on individuals of the research approaches. The analysis is, however, meaningful at the level of major trends and influence of selected variables on income variations.
Indien und China: ökonomische und ökologische Probleme der Modernisierung in den 90er Jahren, Köln, 22.-26.Oktober 1990
Creators: name: Müller-Hofstede, Christoph
Publisher: name: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia
Year: 2020

description: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, Nr. 38 (1991): ASIEN (Januar)
КРИТЕРИИ И УРОВНИ ГЛОБАЛЬНЫХ ПРОБЛЕМ
Creators: name: Курбонова, Мухаббат
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: В дaнном тезисе рaссмaтривaются критерии и уровни глобaльных проблем, с которыми стaлкивaется человечество в XXI веке. Глобaльные проблемы имеют трaнснaционaльный хaрaктер и требуют координaции усилий нa междунaродном уровне. Стaтья aнaлизирует основные критерии, по которым глобaльные проблемы могут быть клaссифицировaны, a тaкже обсуждaет уровни их воздействия и сложности решения.
Development and characterization of PLGA 8515 scaffold for tissue engineering applications
Creators: name: Perron, Josee Karine
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Biomedical.

description: This study reports the design, development, and characterization of 85/15 poly (dl-lactide-co-glycolide) acid (PLGA 85/15) scaffolds for tissue engineering applications. In this respect the effects of different processing parameters on the PLGA 85/15 scaffold's physical and mechanical properties were investigated. Porous PLGA 85/15 scaffolds were prepared using a gas foaming/salt leaching technique. The processing parameters under examination included gas saturation pressure, gas saturation time, and NaCl/polymer mass ratio. The physical properties of the scaffold considered were the density, the porosity, the average pore size, and the pore density. The mechanical property studied was the Young's modulus in compression. The results demonstrated that all the processing parameters worked in concert to produce a scaffold with a high level of interconnectivity. From the parameteric study, key processing parameters were identified and selected parameters led to optimal physical and mechanical properties of the scaffold. The experimental results obtained from the mechanical properties of scaffolds were compared with a theoretical model from Gibson and Ashby relating the scaffold's mechanical properties to the density. The predicted elastic responses of opened pores structure from the theoretical model showed agreement with the experimental results. Subsequently, the effect of the optimized PLGA 85/15 scaffolds on the cell growth and the cell viability of the human promyelocytic leukemia cell line (HL-60) were reported. The investigation showed that the cell growth and viability were not impaired by the presence of PLGA 85/15 scaffolds for the time period under investigation. Finally, the effects of different degradation media on the optimized PLGA 85/15 scaffold's physical and mechanical properties were also elucidated. The three different media were distilled water (dH2O), a phosphate buffered saline (PBS) solution, and HL-60 cells. In general, the average macropore size and the average molecular weight decreased as the degradation time increased in each medium. However, the scaffolds maintained mechanical and structural integrity throughout the study in all three media over the degradation period studied. Overall, PBS solution most strongly affected physical and mechanical properties, followed by dH2O and HL-60 cells. The distinct variations of the scaffold's properties using different media, demonstrated the importance of carefully selecting the medium to perform in vitro studies. The medium must replicate the actual environment where the scaffold would be used, in order to represent accurately the changes in properties that the scaffold would be undergoing.
Standardized functional capacity outcome measures in post-operative cardiac surgery: A survey of current clinical practice and development of a clinical practice guideline (CPG)
Creators: name: Mac Donald, Tanya
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Health Sciences, Medicine and Surgery.
subject: Health Sciences, Surgery.

description: The objectives of the thesis were to determine the prevalence of functional capacity outcome measure use among physiotherapists working with post-operative cardiac surgery clients and to develop evidence-based recommendations regarding their use in clinical practice. The thesis consisted of a systematic review of the literature; a survey of outcome measure use in clinical practice; and the development of a clinical practice guideline. Thirty-one functional capacity outcome measures were included in the review. Only 2.6% of survey respondents reported almost always using outcome measures in their clinical practice. The Six Minute Walk Test, the modified Borg Rating Scale of Perceived Exertion and vital signs were recommended for routine use in clinical practice. A variety of outcome measures are available for use in clinical practice however their use in clinical practice continues to be less than optimal. There is a need for continued training in outcome measure use in clinical practice.
Public Spaces for Older People: A Review of the Relationship between Public Space to Quality of Life
Creators: name: Younes, Sadiq
name: Marques, Bruno
name: McIntosh, jacqueline
Publisher: name: Open Access Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington
Year: 2024

description: This paper investigates the relationship between public spaces and quality of life (QoL) for older adults, aiming to identify knowledge gaps within the context of population ageing and urbanisation. Recognising the growing importance of sustainable urban development, the research explores how cities can foster active ageing and improve QoL through accessible and inclusive public spaces. A scoping literature review identifies five key QoL domains for older adults: autonomy, meaningful activities, positive social relationships, leisure opportunities, and health. To identify knowledge gaps, a review of the literature was conducted for each of the highlighted themes. The review highlights areas requiring further investigation, including the interplay between environmental design and social connections, intergenerational perspectives on public space liveliness, the influence of context on QoL and the built environment, and the value of qualitative research in this field. By contributing to the understanding of QoL in relation to public spaces through the lens of person–environment fit theory, this study aims to inform urban design, landscape architecture, and policymaking in the creation of age-friendly communities with inclusive public spaces.
Achieving Zero Pollution of Persistent and Mobile substances
Creators: name: Sarah, Hale
name: Hamers, Timo
name: Arp, Hans Peter H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Opening presentation for the ZeroPM Prioritization Workshop in Dessau, Sept. 19-20, 2024.  https://zeropm.eu/prioritization-workshop/
Scientific needs to inform regulatory decision making
Creators: name: Rasenberg, Mike
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Mike Rasenberg (Director of Hazard Assessment, ECHA) presents an opening keynote on the scientific needs to inform regulatory decision making for the ZeroPM Prioritization Workshop in Dessau, Sept. 19-20, 2024.  https://zeropm.eu/prioritization-workshop/.
Uncovering the molecular mechanisms of ischemic tolerance---the role of ATP in depolarization-induced neuroprotection
Creators: name: Schock, Sarah C
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Biology, Neuroscience.

description: Cortical spreading depression (CSD) is a slowly propagating wave of neuronal depolarization which causes alterations in ion homeostasis, blood flow, and energy metabolism without causing irreversible damage to brain tissue. One interesting effect of CSD is that it can provide protection against a subsequent ischemic attack. However, the molecular mechanisms of this neuroprotection are still unclear. The present study was undertaken to further elucidate the molecular mechanisms of the induction of ischemic tolerance by CSD. Using a combination of molecular techniques we have investigated the role of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) in the induction of ischemic tolerance and have identified receptors, signaling pathways, channels and a transcription factor involved in the onset of protection following CSD. One of the genes known to be upregulated following CSD as well as other preconditioning stimuli is early growth response factor-1 (Egr-1). Egr-1 is a transcription factor that may control the overall genomic response to CSD. Therefore, we characterized Egr-1 expression in rat primary cortical neurons in response to conditions thought to occur during CSD. It was found that Egr-1 was upregulated following exposure to depolarization, glutamate, and, to the greatest extent, ATP. Through reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) the P2Y purinergic receptors and the protein kinase A (PKA), protein kinase C (PKC) and phospholipase C (PLC) signal transduction pathways were shown to be involved in the upregulation of Egr-1 by extracellular ATP. Rat primary cortical cultures were then exposed to extracellular ATP as a preconditioning stimulus. These cultures developed tolerance to subsequent oxygen glucose deprivation (OGD) as well as a chemical form of ischemia potassium cyanide (KCN). We also found that the P2Y purinergic receptors as well as multiple signal transduction pathways mediate the tolerance induced by ATP with the PKA and PLC pathways contributing the most. Finally, we determined that exposing cultures to potassium chloride (KCl) also elicits protection against OGD and KCN. This protection requires the release of ATP through connexin channels, specifically connexin 36 hemichannels. Through the course of this study we have found that CSD releases ATP into the extracellular space through connexin hemichannels. ATP activates P2Y purinergic receptors that induce signal transduction pathways and lead to the upregulation of transcription factors such as Egr-1, which may control the overall genomic response to preconditioning.
A stepwise prioritization approach towardseffective regulatory measuresof PMT/vPvM substancesin the REACH registration database
Creators: name: Schmolz, Erik
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Erik Schmolz, Head of Division IV Chemical Safety, presents the UBA approach for a stepwise prioritization approach towardseffective regulatory measuresof PMT/vPvM substancesin the REACH registration database for the ZeroPM Prioritization Workshop in Dessau, Sept. 19-20, 2024.  https://zeropm.eu/prioritization-workshop/
Preconditioning for Lagrange Multipliers-Based Reservoir Flow Simulation
Creators: name: Nardean, Stefano
Publisher: name: Manara - Qatar Research Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 40
subject: Engineering

description: Being able to reproduce the complex flow dynamics that take place in the subsurface is a key requirement for efficient hydrocarbon recovery and other field operations, including hydrogen storage and CO2 sequestration. Reservoir simulators are, therefore, essential assets for the energy industry, especially in the midst of the energy transition. Running a reservoir simulation involves solving sequences of large-size systems of linear equations, usually by means of iterative Krylov subspace solvers. This is typically one of the most time- and resource-consuming tasks in a simulation and is largely affected by the robustness and efficiency of the preconditioner supplied along with the Krylov solver itself. Moreover, the introduction of advanced discretization schemes, such as the Mixed Hybrid Finite Element (MHFE) method, to improve the accuracy of the model outcome, challenges the performance of existing solving techniques. One of the most established preconditioners for reservoir simulation applications is the Constrained Pressure Residual (CPR) method, which was designed taking the standard Two-Point Flux Approximation (TPFA) scheme as a reference. However, extending the conventional CPR algorithm to systems of equations originating from MHFE-based discretizations does not prove to be a robust approach, given the different structure of the matrix blocks. In this dissertation, building on the success of the CPR method, we develop an original preconditioning technique in which we adapt the conventional CPR algorithm to the MHFE matrix structure by introducing a block preconditioner for the pressure subproblem; the resulting approach is thus denoted as Block CPR (BCPR). The original aspect in the design of the block preconditioner lies in the way in which the Schur complement is approximated, i.e., by using explicit inexact versions of the Jacobian decoupling factors. This inner tool, within the global BCPR algorithm, has been denoted as Explicit Decoupling Factor Approximation (EDFA). The extensive experimental phase, first on the EDFA method alone and then on the BCPR preconditioner, proved the robustness and flexibility of these preconditioning tools even on challenging realistic applications.
Second-order optimality conditions for the sparse optimal control of nonviscous Cahn--Hilliard systems
Creators: name: Colli, Pierluigi
name: Sprekels, Jürgen
Publisher: name: Weierstrass Institute
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Cahn--Hilliard equation
subject: optimal control
subject: sparsity
subject: first- and second-order optimality conditions
subject: 35K52
subject: 49K20
subject: 49N90
subject: 93C20

description: In this paper we study the optimal control of an initial-boundary value problem for the classical nonviscous Cahn--Hilliard system with zero Neumann boundary conditions. Phase field systems of this type govern the evolution of diffusive phase transition processes with conserved order parameter. For such systems, optimal control problems have been studied in the past. We focus here on the situation when the cost functional of the optimal control problem contains a sparsity-enhancing nondifferentiable term like the $L^1$-norm. For such cases, we establish first-order necessary and second-order sufficient optimality conditions for locally optimal controls, where in the approach to second-order sufficient conditions we employ a technique introduced by E. Casas, C. Ryll and F. Tröltzsch in the paper SIAM J. Control Optim. 53 (2015), 2168--2202. The main novelty of this paper is that this method, which has recently been successfully applied to systems of viscous Cahn--Hilliard type, can be adapted also to the classical nonviscous case. Since in the case without viscosity the solutions to the state and adjoint systems turn out to be considerably less regular than in the viscous case, numerous additional technical difficulties have to be overcome, and additional conditions have to be imposed. In particular, we have to restrict ourselves to the case when the nonlinearity driving the phase separation is regular, while in the presence of a viscosity term also nonlinearities of logarithmic type turn could be admitted. In addition, the implicit function theorem, which was employed to establish the needed differentiability properties of the control-to-state operator in the viscous case, does not apply in our situation and has to be substituted by other arguments.
Gerhard und Renate Fehl (Hrsg.): The Germans to the front? Mit einer Batterie schwerer Haubitzen im „Boxerkrieg“. Ein Tagebuch der Deutschen Expedition nach China 1900-1901 von Julius Fehl
Creators: name: Eberspächer, Cord
Publisher: name: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia
Year: 2020

description: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, Nr. 88 (2003): ASIEN (Juli)
Entwicklung und Stand der Asienwissenschaften in der DDR
Creators: name: Reetz, Dietrich
Publisher: name: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia
Year: 2020

description: In dem schnellen Strudel der Ereignisse, dem sehr komplexen und oft auch wirren ProzeB der deutschen Einigung, in den wir Deutsche-West und Deutsche-Ost uns teils bewuBt begeben, ja gestürzt haben, teils auch hineingerissen wurden, nimmt für AuBenstehende das Orchideen-Feld derAsienwissenschaften eher eine Randlage ein. Dabei könnte auch hier zusammenfinden, was von Tradition und Herkunft einmal aus gleicher Quelle, der deutschen Orientwissenschaft, trank.
description: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, Nr. 38 (1991): ASIEN (Januar)
Clytorhynchus vitiensis subsp. pontifex Mayr 1933
Creators: name: LeCroy, M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Passeriformes
Monarchidae
Clytorhynchus
Clytorhynchus vitiensis
Clytorhynchus vitiensis pontifex mayr

description: Clytorhynchus vitiensis pontifex Mayr
 Clytorhynchus vitiensis pontifex Mayr, 1933b: 11 (Ngamia Island, Fiji Islands).
 Now Clytorhynchus vitiensis pontifex Mayr, 1933. See Watling, 2001: 156.
 HOLOTYPE: AMNH 252318, adult male, collected on Qamea (5 Ngamia) Island, Fiji, on 25 November 1925, by Virginia Correia on the Whitney South Sea Expedition (no. 15724).
COMMENTS: The AMNH number of the holotype was cited in the original description. Mayr gave Beck and Correia as collectors of this type, but on the original label Beck’s name is crossed out and ‘‘Mrs.’’ is written next to J.G. Correia.
Paratypes from Qamea and Rambi islands are: AMNH 223967, 223979, 252280, 252315– 252317, 252319, and 252327–252333. Of these, I did not find AMNH 252280 and 252317 in the collection, and it is possible that they were exchanged to other museums and not so marked in the catalog.
description: Published as part of LeCroy, M., 2008, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History. Part 7. Passeriformes: Sylviidae, Muscicapidae, Platysteiridae, Maluridae, Acanthizidae, Monarchidae, Rhipiduridae, And Petroicidae, pp. 1-287 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 313 (1) on page 196, DOI: 10.1206/313.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13223808
title: ÐÐ¾Ð¼Ð¿Ð»ÐµÐºÑÐ½Ð°Ñ Ð±ÐµÐ·Ð¾Ð¿Ð°ÑÐ½Ð¾ÑÑÑ Ñ Ð¸Ð¼Ð¸ÐºÐ¾-ÑÐµÑÐ¼Ð¸ÑÐµÑÐºÐ¾Ð³Ð¾ Ð¿ÑÐ¾Ð¸Ð·Ð²Ð¾Ð´ÑÑÐ²Ð°
title: Ð±Ð°ÐºÐ°Ð»Ð°Ð²ÑÑÐºÐ°Ñ ÑÐ°Ð±Ð¾ÑÐ°
titleType: Subtitle
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Year: 2017
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DETERMINANTS OF URBAN POVERTY: A HOUSEHOLD LEVEL ANALYSIS IN CASE OF DEBRE BIRHAN TOWN, ETHIOPIA.
Creators: name: MULUGETA, SHIFERAW
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2019

description: This study was conducted in Debre Birhan town with specific objectives of assessing household poverty status, and identifying the determinants of urban household poverty. The study made use of primary data collected from 203 selected sample households by conducting pre prepared structured questioner employing multi-stage sampling technique. A Logistic regression model was employed and estimated based on the primary data, with the probability of a household being poor as a dependent variable, and a set of demographic and socioeconomic variables as the explanatory variables. By making use of Food Energy Intake (FEI) approach the surveyed households are identified as the poor and non-poor. Based on this, out of the 203 surveyed household heads, 48(%) of them were found poor. Econometric results of the binary logit regression model revealed that; sex, marital status, family size, education, income, health status, housing and electricity were found to be statistically significant. Hence, market share, information flow, higher education and health service, good infrastructure , labor absorb market, opportunities and productive industries are indispensible policy interventions to better target urban poverty.
Prioritization of PMT/vPvM Substance Groups
Creators: name: Arp, Hans Peter H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Hans Peter H. Arp presents on the prioritization of PMT/vPvM substance groups for the ZeroPM Prioritization Workshop in Dessau, Sept. 19-20, 2024.  https://zeropm.eu/prioritization-workshop/
AIDS and the ancestor cult: Toward a contextual theological conversation in the "New" South Africa
Creators: name: Knox, Peter
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Anthropology, Cultural.
subject: Theology.

description: This thesis investigates the meanings of Christian salvation within the context of the AIDS pandemic in South Africa. The pandemic poses enormous social, economic, developmental, as well as theological, problems for the fledgling democracy of South Africa. The pandemic has stricken the whole continent of Africa particularly forcefully, but in South Africa, where there had been expectations of a new order since the peaceful overthrow of the apartheid government in 1994, the expectations of "salvation" for the nation have been cruelly dashed by the force of the pandemic. With the aid of a lemma, I show that salvation is neither equivalent to and coextensive with political liberation, nor reducible to a unassignable spiritual state of being in relationship with Christ. Rather, as in Old Testament writings, salvation should be understood as having direct bearing on the immediate context of the person or nation in question---which understanding is frequently overlooked. In the context of AIDS, then, an understanding of salvation should have a bearing on social death due to the stigma of the condition; on the healing of the illness itself; on the reconciliation of people whose lives are immediately affected by the pandemic; on addressing those social factors which allow the spread of HIV, and on the tardiness in the provision of effective medical care for people with various AIDS-related illnesses. In the thesis I demonstrate that another unavoidable dimension of the "New" South Africa is the traditional Bantu cult of the ancestors. I cite numerous reports showing that the cult is widely practiced, even by Christians. The ancestors are therefore an unavoidable dimension of the common religious understanding of life. If the meanings of salvation in the pandemic are being sought, then it would be a grave oversight not to consider how they relate to the cult of the ancestors. This research has shown that the cult of the ancestors makes a definite contribution to an understanding of salvation in the context of the pandemic in South Africa. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
title:  Song and sea in the Middle English Bestiary: the chapter on the siren
Creators: name: Lendinara, Patrizia
Publisher: name: Roma Tre University
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/05vf0dg29
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2025

description: The chapter on the siren in the Middle English Bestiary is remarkable for its change in perspective in the description of what happens when the sailors encounter the sirens. On hearing the voice of the sirens, which receives a focused description, sailors fall asleep, in line with the traditional narrative, and their boat, no longer being steered, is shipwrecked. According to this new representation, the sirens do not take advantage of the sailors’ drowsiness to approach the ship or climb aboard. They do not either assault or devour the sailors. The role played by the sirens is limited, although the outcome of their luring of the sailors by singing proves fatal not only for the men on board, but also for the ship, which is unrecoverably lost. Both the images of the shipwreck and the eddy where the boat sinks are unique in the bestiaries, but have a number of parallels worthy of investigation. Finally, the importance attributed to the sunken vessel is emblematic of the mercantile ideological scheme that prevailed in thirteenth century England. Apparently, the primary importance of ships and merchant trading superseded all other considerations.

Il capitolo dedicato alla sirena nel Bestiario medio inglese si caratterizza per un cambio di prospettiva nella narrazione di quanto accade quando i marinai cadono in sonno se la loro nave ha la ventura di imbattersi nelle sirene. Ascoltando il canto delle sirene, che è descritto con cura, secondo la tradizionale narrazione, i marinai si addormentano e la loro nave non più governata fa naufragio. Secondo questa nuova rappresentazione, le sirene non si avvicinano alla nave né salgono a bordo; non assalgono né divorano i marinai. Il loro ruolo è limitato benché il loro canto risulti fatale non solo per gli uomini a bordo ma anche per la nave, irrimediabilmente perduta. L’immagine del naufragio e del vortice che risucchia la nave non hanno confronti nei bestiari, ma presentano una serie di parallelismi in altre fonti. L’importanza attribuita alla imbarcazione che fa naufragio è emblematica dello spirito mercantile che regnava nell’Inghilterra del XIII secolo.
description: ἀγλαὰ δῶρα. Studi miscellanei in onore di Dora Faraci
Clytorhynchus vitiensis subsp. vatuana Mayr 1933
Creators: name: LeCroy, M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Passeriformes
Monarchidae
Clytorhynchus
Clytorhynchus vitiensis
Clytorhynchus vitiensis vatuana mayr

description: Clytorhynchus vitiensis vatuana Mayr
 Clytorhynchus vitiensis vatuana Mayr, 1933b: 12 (Tuvutha Island, Fiji Islands).
 Now Clytorhynchus vitiensis vatuanus Mayr, 1933. See Watling, 2001: 156.
 HOLOTYPE: AMNH 252270, adult male, collected on Tuvuca (5 Tuvutha) Island, 17.40S, 178.48W (USBGN, 1974c), Fiji, on 10 September 1924 by Rollo H. Beck and Jose Correia, on the Whitney South Sea Expedition (no. 14427).
 COMMENTS: The AMNH number of the holotype was cited in the original description. Paratypes from Tuvuca, Yacata (5 Yathata), and Vatuvara islands are: AMNH 252262, 252265–252268, 252268bis, 252269, 252270bis, 252271–252279, 252281–252283, and 252380. Of these, I did not find AMNH 252273 and 252281 in the collection, and it is possible that they were exchanged to other museums and not so marked in the catalog.
description: Published as part of LeCroy, M., 2008, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History. Part 7. Passeriformes: Sylviidae, Muscicapidae, Platysteiridae, Maluridae, Acanthizidae, Monarchidae, Rhipiduridae, And Petroicidae, pp. 1-287 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 313 (1) on page 196, DOI: 10.1206/313.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13223808
Clytorhynchus vitiensis subsp. wiglesworthi Mayr 1933
Creators: name: LeCroy, M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Passeriformes
Monarchidae
Clytorhynchus
Clytorhynchus vitiensis
Clytorhynchus vitiensis wiglesworthi mayr

description: Clytorhynchus vitiensis wiglesworthi Mayr
 Clytorhynchus vitiensis wiglesworthi Mayr, 1933b: 14 (Rotumah Island).
 Now Clytorhynchus vitiensis wiglesworthi Mayr, 1933. See Watling, 2001: 156.
 HOLOTYPE: AMNH 252520, adult male, collected on Rotuma (5 Rotumah) Island, 12.30S, 177.05E (USBGN, 1974c), Fiji, on 18 May 1925, by Jose G. Correia, on the Whitney South Sea Expedition (no. 17682).
COMMENTS: The AMNH number of the holotype was cited in the original description. Paratypes are: AMNH 252508–252519 and 252521–252526. Of these, I did not find AMNH 252511, 252512, and 252524 in the collection. They may have been exchanged to other museums without having been so marked in the catalog.
description: Published as part of LeCroy, M., 2008, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History. Part 7. Passeriformes: Sylviidae, Muscicapidae, Platysteiridae, Maluridae, Acanthizidae, Monarchidae, Rhipiduridae, And Petroicidae, pp. 1-287 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 313 (1) on pages 196-197, DOI: 10.1206/313.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13223808