cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Production capacity investment with data updates
Creators: name: Kaminsky, Philip
name: Yuen, Ming
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This article presents a model of the capacity investment problem faced by pharmaceutical firms and other firms with long and risky product development cycles. These firms must balance two conflicting objectives: on one hand, the delay in scaling up production once the product is approved must be minimized and, on the other hand, the risk of investing in ultimately unused capacity must be minimized. A stylized model of this type of capacity investment problem is developed and analyzed. In this model the firm re-evaluates its capacity investment strategy as information about the potential success of the product is continually updated (for example, via clinical trial results in the case of the pharmaceutical industry). Motivated by observations of current practices in the biopharmaceutical industry, a computational study is used to explore how practices such as more frequent re-evaluations of investment decisions, stopping and restarting of projects, and the use of alternative types of capacity can, under certain conditions, help the firm reduce both the delay of the commercial launch of the new product and the risk of lost investment.
Production capacity investment with data updates
Creators: name: Kaminsky, Philip
name: Yuen, Ming
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: This article presents a model of the capacity investment problem faced by pharmaceutical firms and other firms with long and risky product development cycles. These firms must balance two conflicting objectives: on one hand, the delay in scaling up production once the product is approved must be minimized and, on the other hand, the risk of investing in ultimately unused capacity must be minimized. A stylized model of this type of capacity investment problem is developed and analyzed. In this model the firm re-evaluates its capacity investment strategy as information about the potential success of the product is continually updated (for example, via clinical trial results in the case of the pharmaceutical industry). Motivated by observations of current practices in the biopharmaceutical industry, a computational study is used to explore how practices such as more frequent re-evaluations of investment decisions, stopping and restarting of projects, and the use of alternative types of capacity can, under certain conditions, help the firm reduce both the delay of the commercial launch of the new product and the risk of lost investment.
Numerical modelling of different solid fuel combustion and gasification in fluidized bed under air and oxy-fuel conditions
Creators: name: Diba, Mst Farhana
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This thesis presents an extensive numerical study of combustion and gasification of different solid fuels in fluidized bed combustors using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modelling techniques. The combustion and gasification models are developed and coupled with the Eulerian-Eulerian gas-solid flow model in the commercial CFD software AVL Fire. The model is capable of solving solid hydrodynamics and complex thermal conversion of different fuels and applied to simulate thermal conversion of various solid fuels, such as coal, biomass and sewage sludge, using air and oxygen enriched recycled flue gas in bubbling fluidized bed combustors of different scale sizes.
Effect of Passenger Presence on Older Drivers’ Risk of Fatal Crash Involvement
Creators: name: Keli A. Braitman
name: Chaudhary, Neil K.
name: McCartt, Anne T.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Objective: To determine the association between passenger presence and risk of fatal crash involvement in relation to driver and passenger age and gender, focusing especially on drivers ages 65 and older. Methods: Data on US fatal crashes were obtained for 2002–2009. Using the quasi-induced exposure methodology, logistic regression analysis was used to predict the odds of fatal crash involvement as a function of driver age and gender as well as passenger age and gender. Results: Overall, risk of fatal crash involvement with passengers was 43 percent lower for drivers ages 65–74 and 38 percent lower for drivers 75 and older. Older drivers’ risk of fatal crash involvement was lower with almost all combinations of passenger age and gender; there was no reduction in risk with passengers ages 75 and older. Effects were stronger at nonintersection locations than at intersection locations. Conclusion: Older drivers’ crash risk is lower with almost every combination of passenger age group and gender. It is unclear whether the presence of passengers lowers older driver crash risk or whether safer drivers tend to ride with passengers.
Cost-Effective User Allocation in Mobile Edge Computing
Creators: name: Thanh Phu, Lai
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: In a densely populated area, one might notice they are surrounded by numerous cellular base stations. Their mobile device then has to pick a suitable base station to connect to. This user allocation problem is a very mature and well-studied problem in wireless communication. Nevertheless, since the advent of mobile edge computing, where base stations now have computational capabilities with the support of edge servers, the user allocation problem must be redefined to adapt to mobile edge computing environments. This thesis investigates the user allocation problem from the perspective of an app vendor, who needs to achieve several optimization objectives with regards to operational cost and user quality of experience.
Light-Vehicle Occupancy and Severe Injury by Vehicle and Crash Type
Creators: name: Parenteau, Chantal S.
name: Viano, David C.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Purpose: This study investigated the number of occupants involved and severely injured in light-vehicle crashes by vehicle and crash type. Methods: 1994–2010 NASS-CDS data were analyzed to estimate the risk of severely injured occupants involved in motor vehicle crashes. Crashes were grouped by front, side, rear, and rollovers. The effect of occupancy and vehicle type was investigated. Light vehicles were less than 4536 kg with model year 1994+. The annual number of Maximum Abbreviated Injury Scale (MAIS) 4+F injuries was estimated and the risk was determined using all occupants with known injury (MAIS 0–6+F). Results: There were 21,869 MAIS 4+F injuries annually, with 62.7 percent involving passenger cars, 15.9 percent sport utility vehicles (SUVs), 15.3 percent trucks, and 6.1 percent vans. In 36.6 percent of van crashes, MAIS 4+F occurred when there were 4+ occupants and 13.0 percent with 7+ occupants in the vehicle. Overall, 12.8 percent of severely injured were in crashes involving 4+ occupants and 1.4 percent with 7+ occupants. In addition, 30.1 percent of MAIS 4+F occurred in rollovers and only 5.8 percent of crashes were rollovers. Rollovers had the highest injury risks, irrespective of the number of occupants. There was a trend for an increased fraction of injury in frontal crashes and a lower fraction in rollovers. There were high risks in side and rear crashes with 5+ occupants. Conclusions: On average, there were 1.35 occupants involved in a crash per vehicle. Severely injured occupants were uncommon in 5+ occupancy vehicles. There was a trend for increased injury risks with occupancy. The risk was 1.65 times higher in vehicles with 7+ occupants compared to those with a driver only.
From Bethel to Pentecost: The Tower of the Tarot deck as the Tower of Babel
Creators: name: Graham, Lloyd
Publisher: name: Academia.edu
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Babel, Tower of, in art
subject: Major arcana (Tarot) in art
subject: Tarot in art
subject: Tarot
subject: Tarot cards
subject: Babel, Tower of
subject: Major arcana (Tarot)

description: Images of the Tower of Babel (Gen 11:1-9) in illustrated Christian manuscripts are suggestively similar to representations on the Tower card in many versions of the Tarot deck; both genres show the Tower being destroyed from above, with oversized persons falling head-first from it. In terms of connections between heaven and earth, the antithetical relationship between God's holy stairway at Bethel – the "House of God" (Gen 28:10-19) – and mankind's cursed simulacrum at Babel (Gen 11:4-5) could justify early identifications of the Tower card as the "House of the Devil" or "House of the Damned." The Tower's builders were punished for their hubris by having their single language split into the different tongues of the world. The New Testament parallel to this linguistic division – which befell Jesus's apostles at Pentecost – was characterised by tongues of flame descending from heaven (Acts 2:3-4), so it would be natural to apply the same visual cipher to the event at Babel. Such celestial fire would readily have been integrated with the existing iconography of the Tower being destroyed from above, whereupon it could easily have become "normalised" as a conventional lightning bolt.
Light-Vehicle Occupancy and Severe Injury by Vehicle and Crash Type
Creators: name: Parenteau, Chantal S.
name: Viano, David C.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: Purpose: This study investigated the number of occupants involved and severely injured in light-vehicle crashes by vehicle and crash type. Methods: 1994–2010 NASS-CDS data were analyzed to estimate the risk of severely injured occupants involved in motor vehicle crashes. Crashes were grouped by front, side, rear, and rollovers. The effect of occupancy and vehicle type was investigated. Light vehicles were less than 4536 kg with model year 1994+. The annual number of Maximum Abbreviated Injury Scale (MAIS) 4+F injuries was estimated and the risk was determined using all occupants with known injury (MAIS 0–6+F). Results: There were 21,869 MAIS 4+F injuries annually, with 62.7 percent involving passenger cars, 15.9 percent sport utility vehicles (SUVs), 15.3 percent trucks, and 6.1 percent vans. In 36.6 percent of van crashes, MAIS 4+F occurred when there were 4+ occupants and 13.0 percent with 7+ occupants in the vehicle. Overall, 12.8 percent of severely injured were in crashes involving 4+ occupants and 1.4 percent with 7+ occupants. In addition, 30.1 percent of MAIS 4+F occurred in rollovers and only 5.8 percent of crashes were rollovers. Rollovers had the highest injury risks, irrespective of the number of occupants. There was a trend for an increased fraction of injury in frontal crashes and a lower fraction in rollovers. There were high risks in side and rear crashes with 5+ occupants. Conclusions: On average, there were 1.35 occupants involved in a crash per vehicle. Severely injured occupants were uncommon in 5+ occupancy vehicles. There was a trend for increased injury risks with occupancy. The risk was 1.65 times higher in vehicles with 7+ occupants compared to those with a driver only.
Multi-scale investigation of the performance of demolition wastes using numerical analysis and experimental methods
Creators: name: Rahimzadeh Oskooei, Parisa
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This study investigated the macro and micro-mechanical behaviour of bound and unbound construction and demolition (C&D) materials using experimental testing and numerical analysis. A novel artificial neural network (ANN) model was proposed for predicting the resilient modulus of bound and unbound C&D materials. Discrete element modelling (DEM) was used to simulate realistic particle shapes, evaluate the evolution of cracks through particles and measure the breakage energy during single crushing and 1D compression tests. In addition, a DEM model was developed to simulate the behvaiour of lightly cement stabilized C&D materials under unconfined compression and k0 loading-unloading condition.
The Use of Self-Report Exposure Measures Among Novice Motorcyclists: Appropriateness and Best Practice Recommendations
Creators: name: Sakashita, Chika
name: Senserrick, Teresa
name: Soufiane Boufous
name: Rome, Liz De
name: Ivers, Rebecca
name: Elkington, Jane
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: Objectives: While self-report methods to collect exposure information have large practical advantages in many research contexts, little research has specifically investigated the reliability and validity of motorcyclists’ self-reported exposure. The present study aimed to examine the reliability and validity of different self-report exposure measures and to provide recommendations on best practice self-report riding exposure questions. Methods: The reliability and validity of different self-report exposure measures were examined amongst novice motorcyclists through t-tests, Bland Altman plots, coefficients of variation, and correlations. Results: The most valid and reliable data was provided when riding exposure was asked for the current average week rather than earlier and longer periods, and in units of time rather than distance or number of trips. The greater reliability of riding exposure found amongst commuting and rural riders compared to recreational and metropolitan riders respectively and at the second interview compared to the first suggests that factors such as riding purposes, geographical locations, and riding experience can contribute to measurement error. Conclusions: If self-reported odometer readings are used, questions on whether the respondents share their own bike or ride more than one bike, and a built-in process to ensure respondents report the exact odometer reading on their bike are recommended. It is recommended that self-report riding exposure questions ask about the hours of riding for the current average week, and data on riding purposes, locations, and experience are also collected.
Combined DES/SD model of breast cancer screening for older women, II: screening-and-treatment simulation
Creators: name: Tejada, Jeremy J.
name: Ivy, Julie S.
name: King, Russell E.
name: Wilson, James R.
name: Ballan, Matthew J.
name: Kay, Michael G.
name: Diehl, Kathleen M.
name: Yankaskas, Bonnie C.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: In the second article of a two-article sequence, the focus is on a simulation model for screening and treatment of breast cancer in U.S. women of age 65+. The first article details a natural-history simulation model of the incidence and progression of untreated breast cancer in a representative simulated population of older U.S. women, which ultimately generates a database of untreated breast cancer histories for individuals in the simulated population. Driven by the resulting database, the screening-and-treatment simulation model is composed of discrete-event simulation (DES) and system dynamics (SD) submodels. For each individual in the simulated population, the DES submodel simulates screening policies and treatment procedures to estimate the resulting survival rates and the costs of screening and treatment. The SD submodel represents the overall structure and operation of the U.S. system for detecting and treating breast cancer. The main results and conclusions are summarized, including a final recommendation for annual screening between ages 65 and 80. A discussion is also presented on how both the natural-history and screening-and-treatment simulations can be used for performance comparisons of proposed screening policies based on overall cost-effectiveness, the numbers of life-years and quality-adjusted life-years saved, and the main components of the total cost incurred by each policy.
title: Gemeinnützige Daseinsvorsorge und Wettbewerbsordnung: Eine Untersuchung am Beispiel der Sportförderung
Creators: name: Fischer, Peter
Publisher: name: Bucerius Law School Press
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Sportförderung
subject: Gemeinnütziger Zweck
subject: Wettbewerbsordnung
subject: 342

description: Mangels einer beihilferechtlichen Bereichsausnahme steht das Konzept der Erbringung von Sozialdienstleistungen im Zweckbetrieb (§§ 65 ff. AO) „im europäischen Zugwind“ (W. Rainer Walz). Indes kündigt sich eine Herstellung praktischer Konkordanz zwischen widerstreitenden Grundsätzen an. Das EU-Primärrecht und z.B. die Europäische Sozialcharta nehmen die „Dienste von allgemeinem Interesse“ in den Blick, um „ein hohes Niveau in Bezug auf Qualität, Sicherheit und Bezahlbarkeit, Gleichbehandlung und Förderung des universellen Zugangs und der Nutzerrechte“ zu gewährleisten. Das Europäische Parlament und die neuere Entscheidungspraxis der EU-Kommission würdigen die „besonderen Merkmale des Sports“ und „dessen auf freiwilligem Engagement basierende Strukturen sowie dessen soziale und pädagogische Funktion“ (Art. 165 AEUV). Das Gericht Erster Instanz der EU hat dies jüngst in beihilferechtlichen Entscheidungen zur mitgliedstaatlichen Sportförderung bestätigt. In Europa verfestigen sich die Ideen der Gemeinnützigkeit und des Ehrenamtes als Ausformungen der Aufgabenteilung zwischen Staat und Zivilgesellschaft. Die vorliegende Arbeit skizziert diese Entwicklung unter steuer-, verfassungs-, europa- und vereinsrechtlichen Aspekten.
title: Transparenz im Dritten Sektor: Eine wissenschaftliche Bestandsaufnahme
Creators: name: Krimmer, Holger
name: Weitemeyer, Birgit
Publisher: name: Bucerius Law School Press
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Gemeinnützige Organisation
subject: Publizität
subject: 343

description: Das Informationsinteresse im Hinblick auf die Tätigkeit und die Finanzierung gemeinnütziger Organisationen ist in den letzten Jahren erheblich gewachsen. Trotz bereits vorhandener Grundlagenforschung im nationalen wie im internationalen Umfeld fehlt eine aktuelle Untersuchung über die Transparenz- und Publizitätsanforderungen sowie über die empirischen Strukturen der unterschiedlichen Bereiche des Dritten Sektors, welche die bereits vorhandenen Regelungen und Mechanismen zusammenträgt und darstellt, ihre tatsächliche Verbreitung und Akzeptanz untersucht und sachgerechte Kriterien zu Transparenz und Offenlegung entwickelt. Diese Aufgabe übernimmt die Studie und trägt damit zur Versachlichung der Transparenzdebatte bei.
title: Wirtschaftsstrafrecht: Plage oder Gewinn für den Standort Deutschland?
Creators: name: Schiedek, Jana
name: Rönnau, Thomas
Publisher: name: Bucerius Law School Press
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Wirtschaftsstrafrecht
subject: Finanzkrise
subject: Unternehmensethik
subject: Standortfaktor
subject: 345

description: Die Fachtagung „Wirtschaftsstrafrecht: Plage oder Gewinn für den Standort Deutschland?“ war eine überaus erfolgreiche Kooperationsveranstaltung der Bucerius Law School und der Behörde für Justiz und Gleichstellung. Dieser Tagungsband fasst die Beiträge der Tagung, die im September 2012 in Hamburg an der Bucerius Law School stattfand, zusammen. Wie schon die Fachtagung soll auch der vorliegende Tagungsband dem Ziel dienen, Wissenschaft und Praxis im Bereich des Wirtschaftsstrafrechts zusammenzubringen.
description: Schriften der Bucerius Law School, vol. 12
Distribution and Type of Crash Damage to Motorcyclists’ Clothing: Validation of the Zone Approach in the European Standard for Motorcycle Protective Clothing, EN13595
Creators: name: Ivers, Rebecca
name: Meredith, Lauren
name: Brown, Julie
name: Rome, Liz De
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Objective: Though the use of protective clothing reduces the risk of injury for motorcycle riders, not all protective clothing performs the same in crashes. A European Standard for motorcycle protective clothing (EN13595) was released in 2002 that specifies 4 zones in motorcycle clothing with different levels of protective qualities and 4 different test methods for assessing damage resistance. This project examined damage location and type in clothing worn by riders following a crash to establish the distribution of impact points and validate the zones described in EN13595. Method: Data from 117 crashed motorcycle riders collected during crash investigation were examined. These data included medical data and clothing inspections and contained 576 cases of clothing damage. To ensure that the impact point distribution included all possible contact locations, an additional 433 distinct injury locations were examined where injury had occurred but clothing was either undamaged or not present at that location. Descriptive techniques were used in the analysis. Results: The majority of damage occurred in areas covering the extremities or pelvic girdle (93%), with most occurring on the wrists and hands (18%) and ankles and feet (18%). Clothing regions covering the shoulder (10%), forearm (10%), elbow (9%), thigh (7%), lower leg (6%), and pelvic–hip region (5%) were also frequently damaged. Other body regions contributed only 8 percent of damage seen. Analysis of distinct injury locations demonstrated a similar distribution of impact. The most common types of clothing damage were abrasion, accounting for 69 percent, and torn material, which accounted for 26 percent of all damage. Further, the majority of material abrasion and tearing occurred in regions corresponding to zone 1, followed by zones 2, 3, and then 4. There were very few instances (3%) of burst and cut damage. Conclusions: The results are in agreement with the general concept of the zones used in the EU Standard. However, these results indicate that minor adjustments may be warranted. In particular, the number of impacts to the forearm and lower leg suggest that these regions might be better protected by considering the whole regions as zone 1or 2 rather than the multiple regions as currently indicated in the EU Standard. However, the subjective nature of determining the zone in which damage (and/or injury) occurred limits these findings and any others that attempt to validate the zone principles using real-world data. Further validation requires consideration of the severity of impact at different zones.
A Numerical Investigation on the Variation in Hip Injury Tolerance With Occupant Posture During Frontal Collisions
Creators: name: Yue, Neng
name: Untaroiu, Costin D.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Objective: More than half of occupant lower extremity (LEX) injuries during automotive frontal crashes are in the knee–thigh–hip (KTH) complex. The objective of this study is to develop a detailed and biofidelic finite element (FE) occupant LEX model that may improve current understanding of mechanisms and thresholds of KTH injuries. Methods: Firstly, the pelvis, thigh–knee–hip, and foot models developed in our previous studies were connected into an occupant lower limb model. Further validations, including posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) stretching, thigh lateral loading, KT, and KTH impact loading were then performed to verify the injury predictability of the model under complex frontal and lateral loading corresponding to automotive impacts. Finally, a sensitivity study was performed with the whole lower limb model to investigate the effect of the hip joint angle to acetabulum injury tolerance in frontal impacts. Results: The whole lower limb model proved to be stable under severe impacts along the knee, foot, and lateral components. In addition, the biomechanical and injury responses predicted by the model correlated well with the corresponding test data. An increase in hip joint extension angle from −30 to +20° relative to neutral posture showed an increase of 19 to 58 percent hip injury tolerance. Conclusions: The stability and biofidelity response of the pelvis–lower limb (PLEX) model indicates its potential application in future frontal and lateral impact FE simulations.
Effect of Passenger Presence on Older Drivers’ Risk of Fatal Crash Involvement
Creators: name: Keli A. Braitman
name: Chaudhary, Neil K.
name: McCartt, Anne T.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: Objective: To determine the association between passenger presence and risk of fatal crash involvement in relation to driver and passenger age and gender, focusing especially on drivers ages 65 and older. Methods: Data on US fatal crashes were obtained for 2002–2009. Using the quasi-induced exposure methodology, logistic regression analysis was used to predict the odds of fatal crash involvement as a function of driver age and gender as well as passenger age and gender. Results: Overall, risk of fatal crash involvement with passengers was 43 percent lower for drivers ages 65–74 and 38 percent lower for drivers 75 and older. Older drivers’ risk of fatal crash involvement was lower with almost all combinations of passenger age and gender; there was no reduction in risk with passengers ages 75 and older. Effects were stronger at nonintersection locations than at intersection locations. Conclusion: Older drivers’ crash risk is lower with almost every combination of passenger age group and gender. It is unclear whether the presence of passengers lowers older driver crash risk or whether safer drivers tend to ride with passengers.
Nickel-Dithiolene Ion-Pair Compounds Showing Thermotropic Liquid Crystal Behaviors and Alkyl Chain Length Dependent Electrochemical Properties
Creators: name: Duan, Hai-Bao
name: Ren, Xiao-Ming
name: Jian-Lan Liu
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Nine ion-pair compounds [Cn-Apy]2[Ni(mnt)2] (Cn-Apy+ = 1-alkyl-4-aminopyridinium, n = 2-10, corresponding to compounds 1-9; mnt2- = maleonitriledithiolate) were synthesized and characterized structurally. The hydrocarbon chain in the countercation adopts all trans-plane conformation when n < 7; otherwise, it adopts the mixed trans and gauche conformation. 1, 2, 8, and 9 show the layered packing structure of alternating anions and cations, whereas 3-6 display the mixed stacking structure of anions (A) and cations (C) in a … ACCA … manner. 3–9 exhibit the thermotropic liquid crystal behaviors. The redox couple of [Ni(mnt)2]−/[Ni(mnt)2]2- in the solid state depend on the hydrocarbon chain length in the cation.[Supplemental materials are available for this article. Go to the publisher’s online edition of Soft Materials to view the free supplemental file.]
Efficiency Analysis of Organic Farming Systems A Review of Concepts, Topics, Results and Conclusions
Creators: name: Lakner, Sebastian
name: Breustedt, Gunnar
name: Lakner, Sebastian
name: Breustedt, Gunnar
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Production Economics
subject: Productivity Analysis
subject: organic farming
subject: technical efficiency
subject: environmental efficiency
subject: productivity
subject: farming systems
subject: subsidies

description: This article summarizes the literature on efficiency and productivity of organic farming. We distinguish between studies that concentrate on specific problems of the organic sector and studies that compare conventional and organic farms. Organic farms can on average improve their efficiency by 21%-points (SFA) and 27%-points (DEA). In comparing efficiency and productivity of organic with conventional farms sample selection is a major challenge, since the organic farms have a different farm-structure and are often represented by a relatively small number of observations. In studies taking into account selectivity problems organic farms are on average 4%-points less efficient than conventional farms. In four of five studies, organic farms are less productive than conventional farms and productivity is for about 20%-points lower than on conventional farms, which fits the results of yield comparisons. Efficiency influences the decision to convert to organic farming, but it is an empirical question, whether this influence is positive or negative. The impact of subsidies on farm level efficiency is found to be negative in most studies. Organic farms show the same or a higher degree of efficiency if environmental variables are taken into account.
Distribution and Type of Crash Damage to Motorcyclists’ Clothing: Validation of the Zone Approach in the European Standard for Motorcycle Protective Clothing, EN13595
Creators: name: Ivers, Rebecca
name: Meredith, Lauren
name: Brown, Julie
name: Rome, Liz De
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: Objective: Though the use of protective clothing reduces the risk of injury for motorcycle riders, not all protective clothing performs the same in crashes. A European Standard for motorcycle protective clothing (EN13595) was released in 2002 that specifies 4 zones in motorcycle clothing with different levels of protective qualities and 4 different test methods for assessing damage resistance. This project examined damage location and type in clothing worn by riders following a crash to establish the distribution of impact points and validate the zones described in EN13595. Method: Data from 117 crashed motorcycle riders collected during crash investigation were examined. These data included medical data and clothing inspections and contained 576 cases of clothing damage. To ensure that the impact point distribution included all possible contact locations, an additional 433 distinct injury locations were examined where injury had occurred but clothing was either undamaged or not present at that location. Descriptive techniques were used in the analysis. Results: The majority of damage occurred in areas covering the extremities or pelvic girdle (93%), with most occurring on the wrists and hands (18%) and ankles and feet (18%). Clothing regions covering the shoulder (10%), forearm (10%), elbow (9%), thigh (7%), lower leg (6%), and pelvic–hip region (5%) were also frequently damaged. Other body regions contributed only 8 percent of damage seen. Analysis of distinct injury locations demonstrated a similar distribution of impact. The most common types of clothing damage were abrasion, accounting for 69 percent, and torn material, which accounted for 26 percent of all damage. Further, the majority of material abrasion and tearing occurred in regions corresponding to zone 1, followed by zones 2, 3, and then 4. There were very few instances (3%) of burst and cut damage. Conclusions: The results are in agreement with the general concept of the zones used in the EU Standard. However, these results indicate that minor adjustments may be warranted. In particular, the number of impacts to the forearm and lower leg suggest that these regions might be better protected by considering the whole regions as zone 1or 2 rather than the multiple regions as currently indicated in the EU Standard. However, the subjective nature of determining the zone in which damage (and/or injury) occurred limits these findings and any others that attempt to validate the zone principles using real-world data. Further validation requires consideration of the severity of impact at different zones.
Megalopinus creberrimus
Creators: name: Mainda, Tobias
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Megalopinus
Megalopinus creberrimus

description: Megalopinus creberrimus (L. Benick, 1941)  (Figs 5A, B)
 Specimens examined: male, ‘ Philippines: Mindanao, Dominorog, Bukidnon, Sept. 2022, leg. local collector’ / ‘ Megalopinus creberrimus (L. Benick, 1941), det. Mainda 2024’ (cTM).
 Note: The examination of a specimen from Dominorog, Bukidnon in Mindanao Island provides a new distribution record for the species which until now was only known from the islands of Palawan and Borneo (Sabah). The intraspecific color variation of this species was already noted by Puthz (2012). However, other diagnostic characters such as the punctation of the elytra, the lateral striae on tergite V and especially the internal structure of the aedeagus (Puthz 2012: Fig. 85) are more helpful in identifying the specimen as belonging to M. creberrimus. The study of this species makes it necessary to designate a further elytral puncture-row (cf. Mainda 2022): epipleural row (epr) for a row directly lateral to the sublateral row (slr), Fig. 5B.
 Description: Habitus as in Fig. 5A. Measurements: BL: 3.30 mm, DE: 0.60 mm, FBL: 2.00 mm, EL: 0.83 mm, EW: 1.08 mm, HW: 1.03 mm, PL: 0.70 mm, PW: 0.85 mm, SL: 0.65 mm. Head and pronotum blackish; elytra with reddish falciform patch in middle of dorsal row on each elytron (Fig. 5B); abdomen dark brown, paratergites slightly lightened, basal striae of tergite V extending at most to middle; antennae and legs yellow. Punctures of left elytron: epr (3), slr (6), shr (5), dsr (7), ssr-c (10), str (9); punctures of right elytron: epr (3), slr (7), shr (7), dsr (6), ssr-c (14), str (9).
description: Published as part of Mainda, Tobias, 2024, On Oriental species of the genus Megalopinus Eichelbaum, 1915: one new species and taxonomical and biogeographical notes (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Megalopsidiinae), pp. 37-46 in Soil Organisms 96 (1) on pages 44-45, DOI: 10.25674/409, http://zenodo.org/record/13193892
A Numerical Investigation on the Variation in Hip Injury Tolerance With Occupant Posture During Frontal Collisions
Creators: name: Yue, Neng
name: Untaroiu, Costin D.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: Objective: More than half of occupant lower extremity (LEX) injuries during automotive frontal crashes are in the knee–thigh–hip (KTH) complex. The objective of this study is to develop a detailed and biofidelic finite element (FE) occupant LEX model that may improve current understanding of mechanisms and thresholds of KTH injuries. Methods: Firstly, the pelvis, thigh–knee–hip, and foot models developed in our previous studies were connected into an occupant lower limb model. Further validations, including posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) stretching, thigh lateral loading, KT, and KTH impact loading were then performed to verify the injury predictability of the model under complex frontal and lateral loading corresponding to automotive impacts. Finally, a sensitivity study was performed with the whole lower limb model to investigate the effect of the hip joint angle to acetabulum injury tolerance in frontal impacts. Results: The whole lower limb model proved to be stable under severe impacts along the knee, foot, and lateral components. In addition, the biomechanical and injury responses predicted by the model correlated well with the corresponding test data. An increase in hip joint extension angle from −30 to +20° relative to neutral posture showed an increase of 19 to 58 percent hip injury tolerance. Conclusions: The stability and biofidelity response of the pelvis–lower limb (PLEX) model indicates its potential application in future frontal and lateral impact FE simulations.
title: Strategie und Führung in Familienunternehmen
Creators: name: Röthel, Anne
name: Schmidt, Karsten
Publisher: name: Bucerius Law School Press
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Familienbetrieb
subject: Führung
subject: 340

description: Strategie und Führung sind für Bestand und Beständigkeit von Familienunternehmen von entscheidender Bedeutung. Die Festlegung von Strategien sowie die personelle und institutionelle Ausgestaltung der Unternehmensführung berühren die Grundlagen von Familiengesellschaften und verlangen nach vielfältigen Abstimmungen sowohl auf unternehmerischer als auch auf familiärer Ebene. Die in diesem Tagungsband dokumentierte 5. Jahrestagung des Notarrechtlichen Zentrums Familienunternehmen der Bucerius Law School ergründete die rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen, unter denen dies gelingen kann.
description: Schriften des Notarrechtlichen Zentrums Familienunternehmen, vol. 5
title: Wings beneath the sea
title: the aviation archaeology of Catalina flying boats in Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Jung, Silvano Vittorio
Publisher: name: Charles Darwin University
Year: 2001

description: Darwin Harbour, in Australia's Northern Territory, is reported to have seven Catalina Flying Boats that were lost during and shortly after World War Two. Five have been found, but their identification remains a puzzle. This thesis tests if a combined historical and archaeological study can identify the wreck sites and link history to otherwise amorphous assemblages on the harbour floor. This is the first study in Australia of an emergining science called aviation archaeology, which challenges previous attitudes and practices regarding aircraft wreck sites. The United States Navy lost three Catalinas on 19 February 1942. The RAAF are reported to have lost four throughout 1945. The US Navy Catalinas were, hence, early types, whereas the RAAF had lost more advanced machines. This thesis examines the attributes of the different types of Catalinas that were lost and determines if this is a viable method for identifying the wreck sites. The historical record relating to the Darwin Harbour Catalina losses is compiled and analysed for clues in the identification of the archaeological material found on the wreck sites today. This searching, prior to undertaking wreck inspections, has uncovered new information regarding the fate of one RAAF Catalinas that forces archaeologists and historians to re-evaluate the events that occurred in Darwin Harbour during World War Two. In this thesis the assemblages on the harbour floor are linked to their individual histories. This has implications for their management as important places in the Northern Territory. The wreck sites represent the only tangible remains of the recent, but now forgotten Flying Boat history of the Northern Territory. They are an important archaeological resource and their condition suggests that they are also rare. The results of this thesis, furthermore, suggests how the wreck sites can be managed and argues why they should be recognised as heritage places under the Northern Territory Heritage Conservation Act 1991 (NTG 1991). The ultimate outcome ofthis thesis, however, is that this research will act as a starting point for the closure to the Catalina puzzle, by identifying the places where important events happened and in particular, where two RAAF fatalities occurred. This indicates that the place (wreck site) were death occurs is equally important to relatives as where the bodies are buried.
A homemaker's guide to the wilderness
Creators: name: Kennedy, Talitha
Publisher: name: Charles Darwin University
Year: 2011

description: This research project investigates the concept of human intimacy with the natural environment. I consider my personal experience as an archetype of the chronic contemporary condition, that of an urban dweller looking out from the modern comforts of the domestic and global culture to reconcile my existence within nature. My move from Melbourne to living amidst the prevailing wildlife of tropical Darwin has honed my fascination for organic processes. This however is a socially critical perspective, which reflects on the cultural implications of perceiving the natural world. In the context of this research, I relate my artistic approach to a ‘homemaker’- one defined by the security of the familiar - trying to find their way in the ‘Wilderness’. This is a primordial space beyond civilisation where the forces of nature threaten harshness and danger as much as they are the source of fecund wild beauty and truth. The title is a reference to my concern with an anthropocentric approach to the natural environment as much as a metaphor for the exploratory practice-led methodology. My studio investigations function as a process of representation, from pseudo-scientific fieldwork to sculpture as experiential simulations of wonder for the natural form. The resulting body of work primarily uses black leather, hand stitched into soft sculptures. This visual language retains the vocabulary of the domestic and cultivated - the crafted form, soft toys and furnishings - whereas the materiality of leather takes on a bestial quality suggesting the body and evocative of skin. The physical form of the sculptures are modeled on nature observations - such as plant structures, termite mounds and mangrove root systems, but signify universal life forms of organic growth and decay. The rendering of natural form as something familiar and resembling one’s own body makes for a sensation of simulated intimacy. In considering how my work is read by a viewer, I draw on the Phenomenological notion of the ‘lived body’, in particular Merleau-Ponty’s concept of ‘flesh’, where the flesh of the body is how we know the flesh of the world.
title: Internationale Familienunternehmen
Creators: name: Röthel, Anne
name: Schmidt, Karsten
Publisher: name: Bucerius Law School Press
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Familienbetrieb
subject: Multinationales Unternehmen
subject: Internationales Gesellschaftsrecht
subject: 340

description: Viele deutsche Familienunternehmen sind der lebendige Beweis, dass familiäre Tradition, lokale Verwurzelung und globales Wirken keinen Widerspruch bedeuten müssen. Viele Familienunternehmen, die einst lokal begonnen haben, sind heute Global Player. Nicht selten haben sich die Unternehmerfamilien ebenso stark verändert und sind über die Zeit sowohl verzweigter als auch internationaler geworden. Die mit der Internationalisierung von Familienunternehmen und Unternehmerfamilien verbundenen Herausforderungen standen am 13. November 2015 im Mittelpunkt der 4. Jahrestagung des Notarrechtlichen Zentrums Familienunternehmen, die dieser Tagungsband dokumentiert.
description: Schriften des Notarrechtlichen Zentrums Familienunternehmen, vol. 4
Climate Change Impacts Due to Biogenic Carbon: Addressing the Issue of Attribution Using Two Metrics With Very Different Outcomes
Creators: name: Guest, Geoffrey
name: Strømman, Anders Hammer
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Although not without its critics, considerable recognition has been given to the climate cooling benefits provided by storing carbon from biomass in various storage pools. However, it has recently been found that depending on the storage pool/period and source of biomass, the associated climate impacts may be a burden or a benefit. It is important that carbon accounting schemes and life cycle assessment practitioners take these carbon/CO2 flux dynamics and the climate impacts that they create into consideration. In this work we illustrate these climate impacts with a Norwegian case study using a material flow analysis of the biogenic carbon in harvested wood products derived from a 2006 harvest year. We illustrate the dynamic carbon balance over time and show how the climate impacts can diverge greatly between two well-known climate impact metrics: global warming potential (GWP) and global temperature potential (GTP). We also show how these climate impacts can be attributed to contributing parties with an example of a glue laminated beam value chain which is stored in a long-lived building. We discuss the associated attribution issues that will inevitably arise and we offer recommendations on how best to minimize them.
title: Konfliktvermeidung in Familienunternehmen
Creators: name: Röthel, Anne
name: Schmidt, Karsten
Publisher: name: Bucerius Law School Press
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Familienunternehmen
subject: Konfliktvermeidung
subject: Güterstandsklausel
subject: Gesellschaftsrecht
subject: 340

description: Auf der Jahrestagung 2013 mit dem Generalthema Konfliktvermeidung in Familienunternehmen wurden typische Konflikte in Familienunternehmen in den Blick genommen und danach gefragt, wie sie sich durch vorausschauende Gestaltung vermeiden lassen: Prof. Dr. Manfred Wenckstern, Notar in Hamburg, stellt die hergebrachte Gestaltung von Güterstandsklauseln in Gesellschaftsverträgen infrage und entwickelt aus seiner Analyse der Gemengelage von Familien- und Gesellschaftsrecht die Alternative einer sogenannten milden Güterstandsklausel. Prof. Dr. Martin Erker, Rechtsanwalt in München, erörtert unter Rückgriff auf reiche Erfahrungen mit Beiräten deren Nützlichkeit als Konfliktvermeidungs- und Konfliktlösungsinstanz in Familienunternehmen. Prof. Dr. Dirk Verse, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, schließlich zeigt Wege auf, wie durch vorausschauende Satzungsgestaltung den Interessen von Minderheitsgesellschaftern in Familienunternehmern zum Zwecke der Konfliktvermeidung Rechnung getragen werden kann und sollte.
description: Schriften des Notarrechtlichen Zentrums Familienunternehmen, vol. 2
Additional file 1 of Associated factors with poor treatment response to initial glucocorticoid therapy in patients with adult-onset Still’s disease
Creators: name: Kondo, Fumiaki
name: Sugihara, Takahiko
name: Umezawa, Natsuka
name: Hasegawa, Hisanori
name: Hosoya, Tadashi
name: Kimura, Naoki
name: Mori, Masaaki
name: Yasuda, Shinsuke
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Hematology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1: Figure S1. Association of WBC count with a poor treatment outcome during 4 weeks in females (A) or young adults (B).
title: Die Verträge der Familienunternehmer
Creators: name: Röthel, Anne
name: Schmidt, Karsten
Publisher: name: Bucerius Law School Press
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Familienbetrieb
subject: Vertrag
subject: Gesellschaftsrecht
subject: 340

description: Gegenstand der Jahrestagung 2012 unter dem Titel Die Verträge der Familienunternehmer waren die typischen Gestaltungsziele von Familienunternehmern und die rechtlichen Grenzen, an die Unternehmer und ihre Berater stoßen: Wann empfehlen sich Pflichtteilsverzichtsverträge, und wann erscheint ihre Wirksamkeit zweifelhaft? Bis zu welchen Grenzen lassen sich Nachfolge und Erbfolge vorwegnehmen? Wie stehen Gesellschaftsvertrag und Familienverfassung zueinander? Und schließlich: Wie sicher sind erbschaftsteuerlich motivierte Gestaltungen in der gesellschaftsrechtlichen Konstruktion von Familienunternehmen?
description: Schriften des Notarrechtlichen Zentrums Familienunternehmen, vol. 1