cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Luftqualität 2022
title: Luftqualität 2023
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Dauert, Ute
name: Feigenspan, Stefan
name: Hellack, Bryan
name: Kessinger, Susan
name: Minkos, Andrea
name: Moravek, Alexander
name: Richter, Simone
name: Wichmann-Fiebig, Marion
Publisher: name: Umweltbundesamt
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Luft
subject: Feinstaub
subject: Stickstoffdioxid
subject: Ozon
subject: Ultrafeinstaub
subject: Black Carbon
subject: Ammoniak
subject: PM10
subject: PM2,5
subject: NO2
subject: WHO
subject: Luftschadstoffe
subject: PM2.5
subject: Luftqualität
subject: Grenzwerte
subject: VOC
subject: Luft
subject: Gesundheit
subject: Verkehr

description: Diese Auswertung der Luftqualität im Jahr 2022 in Deutschland basiert auf vorläufigen, noch nicht abschließend geprüften Daten aus den Luftmessnetzen der Bundesländer und des Umweltbundesamtes, Stand 31. Januar 2023. Aufgrund der umfangreichen Qualitätssicherung in den Messnetzen stehen die endgültigen Daten erst Mitte 2023 zur Verfügung. Die jetzt vorliegenden Daten lassen aber eine generelle Einschätzung des vergangenen Jahres zu. Ausgewertet werden die Schadstoffe Feinstaub (PM10 und PM2,5), Stickstoffdioxid (NO2) sowie Ozon (O3). Betrachtet werden nicht nur geltende Ziel- und Grenzwerte, sondern auch die aktuell geltenden Richtwerte der Weltgesundheitsorganisation. Quelle: www.umweltbundesamt.de
description: Diese Auswertung der Luftqualität im Jahr 2023 in Deutschland basiert auf vorläufigen, noch nicht abschließend geprüften Daten aus den Luftmessnetzen der Bundesländer und des Umweltbundesamtes, Stand 3. April 2024. Aufgrund der umfangreichen Qualitätssicherung in den Messnetzen stehen die endgültigen Daten erst Mitte 2024 zur Verfügung. Die jetzt vorliegenden Daten lassen aber eine generelle Einschätzung des vergangenen Jahres zu. Ausgewertet werden die Schadstoffe Feinstaub (PM10 und PM2,5), Stickstoffdioxid (NO2) sowie Ozon (O3). Betrachtet werden nicht nur geltende Ziel- und Grenzwerte, sondern auch die aktuell geltenden Richtwerte der Weltgesundheitsorganisation.
description: Diese Auswertung der Luftqualität im Jahr 2022 in Deutschland basiert auf vorläufigen, noch nicht abschließend geprüften Daten aus den Luftmessnetzen der Bundesländer und des Umweltbundesamtes, Stand 31. Januar 2023. Aufgrund der umfangreichen Qualitätssicherung in den Messnetzen stehen die endgültigen Daten erst Mitte 2023 zur Verfügung. Die jetzt vorliegenden Daten lassen aber eine generelle Einschätzung des vergangenen Jahres zu. Ausgewertet werden die Schadstoffe Feinstaub (PM10 und PM2,5), Stickstoffdioxid (NO2) sowie Ozon (O3). Betrachtet werden nicht nur geltende Ziel- und Grenzwerte, sondern auch die aktuell geltenden Richtwerte der Weltgesundheitsorganisation.
Comparing relative weight reduction and principal component analysis methods applied to perinatal outcome classification ANN methods
Creators: name: Ouyang, Hui
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.
subject: Artificial Intelligence.

description: This thesis compares relative weight reduction (RWR) and principal component analysis (PCA) variable selection methods applied to perinatal outcome classification artificial neural network (ANN) models. The two perinatal outcomes classified using ANN models are Apgar score at 5 minutes after baby birth and vaginal or cesarean section delivery type from Niday Perinatal Database. The important factors of determining the perinatal outcomes are found separately using RWR and PCA methods applied to ANN tools. It is found that RWR performs better than PCA on specificity measures and it has the advantage of keeping individual indicator data information. The PCA method performs better on sensitivity measures and it is suitable for large input data noise reduction. The Niday 2001 models are also verified in a five member committee of classifiers using Niday 2004 unseen data. The performance measures show that the Niday 2001 models are sufficient in classifying the desired outcomes.
Elemental and configural associative processes in judgements of the contingency between compound predictors and an outcome.
Creators: name: Pasto, Luigi.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Psychology, Cognitive.

description: In 4 experiments, participants judged the contingency between compound predictors and an outcome, as well as the contingency between the compounds' constituent elements and the outcome, in different contingency and similarity conditions. The Rescorla-Wagner (1972) and Pearce (1987) models of associative learning describe different processes through which a compound predictor becomes associated with an outcome, and how responses to a compound are mediated by the association between its constituent elements and the outcome. According to the Rescorla-Wagner model, when a compound is paired with an outcome an association will develop between each element of the compound and the outcome, and responding to the compound will reflect the associative strength accrued to each element in an additive fashion. According to the Pearce model, a compound is associated with the outcome in its entirety (i.e., as a configural cue), and responding to the compound is related to both the associative strength of the configural cue and the associative strength generalised to the compound from other predictors as a function of similarity. Across experiments and conditions, compound predictors were assessed independently of the normative relation between their constituent elements and an outcome. Manipulations of the similarity among predictors, measured as the proportion of elements they share, did not impact judgements of compound predictors. Findings are consistent with the notion that compound predictors are functionally independent of their constituent elements, and possible modifications of the Rescorla-Wagner and Pearce models to account for these findings are discussed. A configural associative model that assumes no generalisation of associative strength among predictors appears to provide the best fit to the empirical findings.
Potential of asphericity as a novel diagnostic parameter in the evaluation of patients with 68Ga-PSMA-HBED-CC PET-positive prostate cancer lesions
Creators: name: Meissner, Sebastian
name: Janssen, Jan-Carlo
name: Prasad, Vikas
name: Brenner, Winfried
name: Diederichs, Gerd
name: Hamm, Bernd
name: Hofheinz, Frank
name: Makowski, Marcus R.
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Prostatic neoplasms
subject: Positron emission tomography computed tomography
subject: Gleason score
subject: Asphericity
subject: Histopathology
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Background The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic value of the asphericity (ASP) as a novel quantitative parameter, reflecting the spatial heterogeneity of tracer uptake, in the staging process of patients with 68Ga- PSMA-HBED-CC positron emission tomography (PET)-positive prostate cancer (PC). In this study, 37 patients (median age 72 years, range 52–82 years) with newly diagnosed PC, who received a 68Ga-PSMA-HBED-CC PET fused with computed tomography (68Ga-PSMA-PET/CT), a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the prostate, and a core needle biopsy (within 74.2 ± 80.2 days) with an available Gleason score (GSc) were extracted from the local database. The ASP and the viable tumor volume (VTV) was calculated using the rover software (ABX GmbH, Radeberg, Germany), a segmentation tool for automated tumor volume delineation. Additionally, parameters including total lesion binding rate (TLB), maximum, mean and peak standardized uptake value (SUVmax/mean/peak), prostate-specific antigen (PSA), D’Amico classification, and prostate imaging reporting and data system (PI-RADS) were analyzed. Results The ASP mean differed significantly (p ≤ 0.05) between the different GSc groups: GSc 6–7: 11.9 ± 4.8%, GSc 8: 25.5 ± 4.8%, GSc 9–10: 33.3 ± 6.8%. A significant correlation between ASP and GSc (rho = 0.88; CI 0.78–0.94; p < 0.05) was measured. The ASP enabled an independent (p > 0.05) prediction of the GSc. A moderate correlation was measured between ASP and the D’Amico classification (rho = 0.6; CI 0.32–0.78; p < 0.05). The VTV showed a moderate correlation with the SUVmax (rho = 0.58; CI 0.32–0.76; p < 0.05) and the GSc (rho = 0.51; CI 0.23–0.72; p < 0.05). Conclusion The asphericity in 68Ga-PSMA-PET could represent a promising novel quantitative parameter for an improved non- invasive tumor staging of patients with PC.
McCarthy reconsidered: A look at how the historiography of Joseph McCarthy and McCarthyism has changed in light of new information.
Creators: name: Bonham, R. Bruce.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Biography.

description: The immediate origins of this thesis may be traced to the release by the United States Government in 1995 and 1996 of the Venona files, some 2,900 Soviet intelligence messages intercepted and decoded during the Cold War period by the National Security Agency and its U.S. Army predecessor, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Central Intelligence Agency and the British and allied services. These deciphered messages confirm that at least 350 Soviet espionage agents in the United States, including many in the U.S. government, had covert ties to Soviet intelligence agencies by the 1940s, much as Senator Joseph McCarthy had charged. This, of course, reawakened my interest in McCarthy and McCarthyism. In the chapters that follow, I first examine some of the historiography on McCarthyism and point out recent revelations about individual espionage cases, which show that many of McCarthy's charges need to be revisited due to new and ever-changing evidence. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Compliance, relaxation and creep recovery of normal strength concrete.
Creators: name: Lockman, Marty John.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Civil.

description: Calculating the long term serviceability of reinforced concrete structures requires an appropriate description of the mechanical properties of concrete. Among the long duration properties of concrete are shrinkage and creep of concrete. At relative humidities less than 96--99% concrete shrinks. For concrete, creep is the deformation under load after having subtracted the shrinkage and elastic deformation. For specimens loaded in a drying environment there is creep due to drying in addition to creep measured without moisture movement. The movement of moisture is a major complication in developing creep prediction equations. In addition, to estimate shrinkage and creep, the structural engineer is required to calculate the loss of prestress and strain/deflection under loads which vary in time. Superposition can be used to calculate recovery, relaxation, ageing and redistribution---the validity of superposition for concretes with moisture movement is discussed. In November 1999 ACI 209 adopted guidelines that should be met by prediction methods. A revised, code type, prediction model, which meets the ACI guidelines, is presented and compared to the RILEM data bank of shrinkage and creep measurements. Providing moisture movement is considered irreversible, relaxation can be calculated by superposition. Calculated relaxations are compared to experimental results. Calculating recovery by superposition is sensitive to the assumptions made concerning moisture movement. Moisture movement, drying before loading, state of moisture on reloading or unloading are critical to the adaptability, and complication of a model. Normal strength concretes, defined as concretes with mean compressive strengths less than 82 MPa, are concretes which do not experience self desiccation. The shrinkage due self desiccation is sensitive to the early age availability of moisture.
title: Improving collaboration in design thinking teams through automated coaches
Creators: name: Kohl, Steffi
Publisher: name: European Society for Socially Embedded Technologies (EUSSET)
Year: 2020

description: Effective collaboration requires practice, reflection, and awareness of group dynamics. Expert coaches can facilitate learning these skills. However, while ideal, it is economically not feasible to have a coach for every team in every meeting. Emerging technology, such as sociometric badges, provide a promising opportunity to harness data about interactions to make collocated collaboration visible. These data can help researchers, designers, and users understand the complexity of collaboration and subsequently find means to improve them. This paper introduces a line of multidisciplinary research combining organisational science, business, and computer science. It aims to understand how communication patterns of design thinking teams in real world organizations are related to team performance, with the purpose of building automated coaches. The outcomes of this paper have potential applications in computer assisted coaching and contribute to the body of knowledge spanning multiple fields. It is hoped that the interdisciplinary nature of this research will promote the flow of ideas between social and computer sciences.
Scenarios on the feasibility of emissions reductions consistent with 2˚C stabilization
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: CO2-arme Technologien
subject: Klimarahmenkonvention
subject: CO2
subject: air pollutant emission
subject: Klima | Energie
subject: Luft
subject: Climate | Energy
subject: Air

description: This report summarizes the results of the UFOPLAN project "Scenarios on the feasibility of emissions reduction scenarios consistent with 2˚C stabilizationŁ conducted by PIK and Ecofys. We use an integrated energy-economy-climate modeling system to examine how a further delay of cooperative action increases economic mitigation challenges.
Quelle: http://www.umweltbundesamt.de/
description: This report summarizes the results of the UFOPLAN project “Scenarios on the feasibility of emissions reduction scenarios consistent with 2°C stabilization” conducted by PIK and Ecofys. We use an integrated energy-economy-climate modeling system to examine how a further delay of cooperative action increases economic mitigation challenges.
title: Understanding Developers’ Linguistic Behaviors in Hierarchical Open Source Communities
Creators: name: Han, Yisi
Publisher: name: European Society for Socially Embedded Technologies (EUSSET)
Year: 2020

description: Online communication among developers is critical for the success of Open Source Software (OSS) communities. As a typical complex sociotechnical system, an OSS community often forms a hierarchical structure in which a few developers are elite while the rest are non-elite. The differences in social status among developers would unavoidably result in different linguistic behaviors. I sought to develop an understanding towards such differences in linguistic behaviors and how they influence project outcomes. Using data from GITHUB, I designed three interrelated studies. The first will characterize such differences at a collective level. The second will further explore the dynamic changes on linguistic behaviors with the focus on individual developers who experience non-elite and elite transitions. The last aims to quantify the impacts of linguistic behaviors on project outcomes. I also plan to build a tool to help developers achieve better communication within and across hierarchies
Strategisk planlægning af reinvesteringer i infrastrukturen
Creators: name: Baagø, Julie
name: Morberg, Didde Mohr
Publisher: name: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Year: 2012

description: Banedanmarks økonomiske ramme for jernbaneinfrastrukturen er gældende for perioden 2007-2014. Reinvesteringer i jernbanen har en lang planlægningshorisont, og der er derfor behov for at se ind i en ny rammeaftaleperiode på nuværende tidspunkt. Behovet for at se ind i en ny aftaleperiode hænger også sammen med, at der er vedtaget en lang række anlægsprojekter på jernbanen, som skal udføres frem mod 2020, f.eks. nyt signalsystem og ny bane mellem København og Ringsted. Planlægningen af reinvesteringer frem mod 2020 skal derfor koordineres med disse nye anlæg. Udgangspunktet for planlægningen er to mulige økonomiske rammer for perioden frem til 2020. Der er tale om et stort og et lille scenarie. Anlægselementerne har en lang levetid, og der er derfor taget højde for en endnu længere tidshorisont i selve planlægningsprocessen. I denne artikel beskrives principperne for, hvordan Banedanmark foretager en langsigtet, strategisk planlægning af reinvesteringer i infrastrukturen under forudsætning af økonomiske rammer. Tilsvarende økonomiske rammebetingelser gælder generelt for infrastrukturforvaltere.
description: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2012): Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Forbedringer af rettidighed for godstog – et fælles ansvar.
Creators: name: Richter, Troels
Publisher: name: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Year: 2012

description: Banedanmarks jernbanenet er domineret af passagertog, og flere steder er nettet udnyttet til kapacitetsgrænsen. Hovedparten af de godstog, der kører i Danmark, er transitgodstog mellem Sverige og kontinentet. En stor del af disse tog ankommer til Banedanmarks net udenfor deres køreplanskanal. Dette gør, at disse tog ofte skal overhales af hurtigerekørende passagertog med yderligere forsinkelser til følge. Banedanmark har indledt et samarbejde med godsoperatøren DB Schenker for at forbedre trafikafviklingen af deres transitgodstog. Et af virkemidlerne er disponeringsplaner for godstog, hvor forsinkede godstog omlægges til en ny rettidig kanal. Et andet virkemiddel er en mødestruktur, hvor udfordringer for trafikafviklingen klarlægges i fællesskab, og der udarbejdes tiltag til at håndtere disse. En kvantitativ evaluering af omlægningerne af forsinkede godstog til nye kanaler viser, at dette har en tydelig positiv effekt på forudsigeligheden for, hvornår disse godstog forlader Banedanmarks net. Målemetoderne til at foretage denne evaluering er udviklet specifikt til dette formål, idet de klassiske metoder til at vurdere kvaliteten af trafikafviklingen af passagertog ikke tager højde for de specielle forhold, der gælder for transitgodstog.
description: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2012): Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Reliability of Railway Operation
Creators: name: Landex, Alex
Publisher: name: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Year: 2012

description: Delays in railway networks cause problems in the daily operation and result in reduced reliability of the railway operation. The article defines methods based on the two closely related concepts of regularity and punctuality. These methods cover the traditional measures for trains based on the realized and simulated operation but also more advanced methods that take the passengers’ experience into account. This is done by using passenger delay models that estimates the delays of the passengers based on train delays and knowledge about the passenger behavior. For high‐frequent operation, the traditional measures cannot describe the perceived service reliability of the passengers as passengers can travel with delayed trains without knowing of the delay. Here, the article presents other reliability measures. Using the presented reliability approaches, the article illustrates how the reliability of railway operation can be improved through reliability analyses.
description: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2012): Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
title: Warp & weft, no. 1
title: for string quartet and electronics and Warp & weft, no. 2 for fifteen players
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Carlson, Stephan
Publisher: name: University of Iowa
Year: 2023

description: Warp & Weft, no. 1: for string quartet and electronics was begun in August of 2022 and completed in February of 2023. It is in part inspired by Salvatore Sciarrino’s Un'immagine di Arpocrate and Arshia Samsaminia’s Beyond the Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response. These two pieces both borrow an idea from the study of sound called the sound envelope, which is used to describe how sound changes over time. Other ideas have been borrowed from electronic instruments and tools: Freeze and Endless Reverb, max patches developed by Benjamin van Esser; Granulator II, a granular synthesis patch developed by Robert Henke; and lastly the Noise Sculptor and the Noise Blaster, two max patches developed by the composer, Stephan Carlson. Like the two pieces by Sciarrino and Samsaminia, Warp & Weft, no. 1 takes the sound envelope as an inspiration for form and material, and throughout its four parts foregrounds one or more of the components of the envelope through gestures, textures, and harmonies inspired by the electronics utilized.
description: Warp & Weft, no. 2: for fifteen players was begun in April of 2023 and completed in October of 2023. It was built around the string quartet materials from Warp & Weft, no. 1, and in place of the accompanying electronics track adds to the string quartet flute, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, trumpet, three percussionists, piano, and electric guitar. This dierence in instrumental forces led Carlson to make both several divergences in gesture, harmony, and texture. In addition to this, Carlson also made a few major divergences in form. Two entire sections of Warp and Weft, no. 1— the Phase Pulse and Blast Antiphons sections— were omi!ed from Warp and Weft, no. 2 due to dierences in musical character between the two versions of the piece.
description: Grounded in the study of sound as well as in processes at work in musical electronics, Warp and Weft no. 1 and no. 2 represent an exploration of and creative expansion on the musical expectations and imagination of the musician and listener alike.
Practical guidelines for fast, efficient and robust simulations of yield-stress flows without regularisation using accelerated proximal gradient or augmented Lagrangian methods
Creators: name: Treskatis, Timm
name: Roustaei, Ali
name: Frigaard, Ian
name: Wachs, Anthony
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2017

description: The mathematically sound resolution of yield stress fluid flows involves nonsmooth convex optimisation problems. Traditionally, augmented Lagrangian methods developed in the 1980's have been used for this purpose. The main drawback of these algorithms is their frustratingly slow O(1/√k) worst-case convergence, where k is the iteration counter. Recently, an improved 'dual FISTA' algorithm (short: FISTA*) was introduced, which achieves the higher and provably optimal rate of O(1/k). When implementing these algorithms in two finite-element packages (FreeFem++ by Frédéric Hecht, UPMC Paris and Rheolef by Pierre Saramito, UGA Grenoble), we observed that these theoretical convergence rates are not generally attained. In this article, we present four common numerical pitfalls that adversely impact the convergence of the optimisation algorithms. By means of constructive and practical guidelines we point out how a careful implementation can not only recover the full order of convergence, but also reduce the computational cost per iteration for further efficiency gains. Furthermore, we assess the performance and accuracy of FISTA* for the practical case of flow in wavy walled channel and demonstrate significant speed-up when FISTA* is employed instead of the classical augmented Lagrangian method.
The information and support needs of primary caregivers of premature and/or medically complex infants upon discharge from the neonatal intensive care unit.
Creators: name: Aylward, Deborah Ann.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Health Sciences, Nursing.

description: Objective. To determine the perceptions of primary caregivers of premature and/or medically complex infants regarding information received prior to discharge from hospital and information and support needs four weeks after discharge from a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Design. Non-experimental descriptive design with administration of two questionnaires prior to and four weeks after discharge. Demographic information was collected prior to discharge. Setting. Prior to discharge, the NICU of a regional pediatric teaching hospital and four weeks after discharge, the home environment. Participants. Thirty of thirty-two (94%) consecutively discharged primary caregivers of premature and/or medically complex infants enrolled over a four-month period. Results. Information related to basic infant care was perceived to have been provided. Information related to infant environment, behaviour and development, the unique characteristics of premature infants and recognition of changes in infant's health status require more attention. Written information and a number of a place to call for information were wanted. Conclusions. Primary caregivers indicate the need for reinforcement of information provided in hospital once they are at home, especially in the area of infant behaviour and development and characteristics specific to the premature infant. This is relevant to program planning and a method to deliver and/or reinforce this information should be developed.
Danish Key Performance Indicators for Railway Timetables
Creators: name: Schittenhelm, Bernd
name: Landex, Alex
Publisher: name: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Year: 2012

description: Based on the first common list of Danish railway timetable evaluation criteria this paper presents a series of existing and newly developed key performance indicators (KPI) for railway timetables. Measuring the level of timetable capacity consumption is done by the well-known UIC 406 methodology. By introducing the concept of timetable patterns it becomes possible to measure how systematic a given timetable is. Robustness of the timetable depends much on the complexity of the planned railway traffic. With the application of timetable fix points a new powerful tool becomes available to measure the robustness potential of a timetable. Societal acceptance of an implemented timetable is crucial for its success. It can be measured with satisfaction surveys. These must be conducted by an independent non-departmental organization to ensure objectivity, as it is done by “Passenger Focus” in the United Kingdom. Short travel and transfer times make the railway competitive. The degree of deviation from the shortest possible travel and transfer time gives an overview of the socio-economic attractiveness of a given timetable. The new KPI have proven useful in their first trial. Most of the presented KPI must be calculated manually but have a high potential to be automated and integrated into future timetabling software packages. Few of the KPI demand a high level of knowledge about railway infrastructure characteristics and basic timetable train path structures. This makes a future automation more difficult. The first trial of the recommended timetable KPI has shown further development possibilities by e.g. looking separately at railway stations when applying the UIC 406 methodology and considering timetable pattern differences when calculating how systematic a timetable is.
description: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2012): Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
title: Education Faculty Math Curriculum and In-Service Teachers Needs
Creators: name: Yaqubi, Sayed Sarwar
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Teacher
subject: Faculty
subject: Math
subject: Curriculum
subject: Needs
subject: In-Service
subject: Jowzjan University
subject: Afghanistan
subject: Interviews
subject: Research
subject: Qualitative
subject: Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research
subject: Higher Education
subject: International and Comparative Education
subject: Science and Mathematics Education

description: This study accomplished as an education master thesis and addresses the following issue- the education faculty math curriculum in Jowzjan University in Afghanistan and the in-service teachers’ needs. I conducted this study on third-year in-service teachers who are studying at the Jowzjan University in Afghanistan. This study was conducted as qualitative study; there were 11 participants from the third-year in-service teachers. The methodology system was interview with participants. Because of the lack of time I did just one time interview with the participants. There were not class observation and group discussion. The finding from this study revealed some important and significant issues which I discussed in this thesis. The finding in this study categorized in five themes and each theme separately discussed. As I stated in last chapter of this thesis, this was the first time that such research conducted in the Jowzjan University; therefore, the study highlights the way of doing research for other teachers in the Jowzjan University.
Creative Commons
Creators: name: Fitzgerald, Brian
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper written by one of the Creative Commons project leaders for Australia outlines the background and operation of Creative Commons (CC) licensing which has emerged as a new form of copyright management for the Web 2.0 era. It documents examples of how CC licensing is being used including the recent adoption of it by government departments. The paper highlights that CC licensing is a voluntary mechanism and ultimately its use is a matter of choice for the copyright owner. The paper also considers key criticisms of the licence and concludes by cautioning against rejecting this new approach without further investigation.
title: Sistema kontrol'nych spiskov dlja pasporta promyslennoj bezopasnosti OTRASLEVYE KONTROL'NYE SPISKI dlja podgotovki i proverki pasporta promyslennoj bezopasnosti v sootvetstvii s polozenijami
title: Отраслевый контрольный
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Industrie
subject: Anlagenbetrieb
subject: Leitfaden
subject: Seveso
subject: Triple S
subject: UNECE
subject: safety report
subject: industrial accident
subject: industrial accidents
subject: safety management
subject: checklist
subject: guideline
subject: Chemikalien
subject: Chemicals

description: Basierend auf dem UNECE-Übereinkommen über die grenzüberschreitenden Auswirkungen von Industrieunfällen und der EU-Richtlinie 96/82/EG (SEVESO II) bietet dieser sektor- und gebietsspezifische Leitfaden verschiedene Checklisten zur Erstellung und Überprüfung von Sicherheitsberichten. Quelle: Bericht
description: Опираясь на соглашение ЕЭК ООН о трансграничном воздействии промышленных аварий и Директиву ЕС 96/82/EG (SEVESO II), это руководство, охватывающее различные сектора и области, предлагает различные контрольные листы для составления и проверки отчетов о безопасности.
A Randomized Controlled Trial Investigating the Effects of a Special Extract of Bacopa monnieri (CDRI 08) on Hyperactivity and Inattention in Male Children and Adolescents: BACHI Study Protocol (ANZCTRN12612000827831)
Creators: name: Kean, James
name: Kaufman, Jordy
name: Lomas, Justine
name: Goh, Antionette
name: White, David
name: Simpson, David
name: Scholey, Andrew
name: Singh, Hemant
name: Sarris, Jerome
name: Zangara, Andrea
name: Stough, Con
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 520201
subject: Behavioural genetics
classificationCode: 520202
subject: Behavioural neuroscience
classificationCode: 520203
subject: Cognitive neuroscience
classificationCode: 520205
subject: Psychopharmacology
classificationCode: 520206
subject: Psychophysiology
classificationCode: 520207
subject: Social and affective neuroscience
classificationCode: 520301
subject: Clinical neuropsychology
classificationCode: 520401
subject: Cognition
classificationCode: 520403
subject: Learning, motivation and emotion

description: Clinical diagnoses of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and the use of prescription medications for its treatment have increased in recent years. Current treatments may involve the administration of amphetamine-type substances, a treatment path many parents are apprehensive to take. Therefore, alternative pharmacological treatments are required. Few nutritional or pharmacological alternatives that reduce ADHD associated symptoms (hyperactivity and inattention) have been subjected to rigorous clinical trials. Bacopa monnieri is a perennial creeping herb. CDRI 08 is a special extract of Bacopa monnieri which has been subjected to hundreds of scientific studies and has been shown in human randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to improve memory, attention, and mood. It is hypothesised that chronic administration of CDRI 08 will improve attention, concentration and behaviour in children with high levels of hyperactivity and/or inattention. This paper reports the protocol for the first 16-week, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, parallel groups trial examining the efficacy and safety of CDRI 08 in male children aged 6–14 years with high levels of inattention and hyperactivity. The primary outcome variable will be the level of hyperactivity and inattention measured by the Conners’ Parent Rating Scale (CPRS). Secondary outcome variables include cognition, mood, sleep, and EEG. Trial registration: Australia and New Zealand Clinical Trials Register (ANZCTR): ACTRN12612000827831.
A new translation of Peter Weiss's The insurance
Creators: name: Ferguson, Nathan
Publisher: name: University of Iowa
Year: 2022
Subjects: 20th Century
German
Peter Weiss
German literature
public abstract
Drama
Performing Arts
Translation

description: Peter Weiss is a name with immediate and strong recognition in the fields of theatre and German literature. Late in the generation of ‘exile’ authors who had to escape Germany on account of Nazi persecution, he remained prolific in the creation of plays, novels, and films from the 50s through the 80s, reaching international fame primarily for his works of documentary theatre that were among the few contemporary works to get staged in both East and West Germany. With this kind of a record, it is astounding that he still has untranslated works; and yet he does. This thesis is one step towards finishing that project, as it includes a full translation of his second published play, The Insurance (Die Versicherung). Beyond just translating it, though, I must examine why it might have taken this long to get translated, and how the play functions on the stages of today, far removed from those of Europe in the 60s.
A technology-enabled Counselling program versus a delayed treatment control to support physical activity participation in people with inflammatory arthritis: study protocol for the OPAM-IA randomized controlled trial
Creators: name: Li, Linda C.
name: Feehan, Lynne M.
name: Shaw, Chris
name: Xie, Hui
name: Sayre, E. C.
name: Aviña-Zubieta, J. Antonio
name: Grewal, Navi
name: Townsend, Anne F.
name: Gromala, Diane
name: Noonan, Greg
name: Backman, Catherine L.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2017

description: Background: Being physically active is an essential component of successful self-management for people with inflammatory arthritis; however, the vast majority of patients are inactive. This study aims to determine whether a technology-enabled counselling intervention can improve physical activity participation and patient outcomes. Methods: The Effectiveness of Online Physical Activity Monitoring in Inflammatory Arthritis (OPAM-IA) project is a community-based randomized controlled trial with a delayed control design. We will recruit 130 people with rheumatoid arthritis or systemic lupus erythematosus, who can be physically active without health professional supervision. Randomization will be stratified by diagnosis. In Weeks 1–8, participants in the Immediate Group will: 1) receive education and counselling by a physical therapist (PT), 2) use a Fitbit and a new web-based application, FitViz, to track and obtain feedback about their physical activity, 3) receive 4 biweekly follow-up calls from the PT. Those in the Delayed Group will receive the same program in Week 10. We will interview a sample of participants about their experiences with the intervention. Participants will be assessed at baseline, and Weeks 9, 18 and 27. The primary outcome measure is time spent in moderate/vigorous physical activity in bouts of ≥ 10 min, measured with a portable multi-sensor device in the free-living environment. Secondary outcomes include step count, time in sedentary behaviour, pain, fatigue, mood, self-management capacity, and habitual behaviour. Discussion: A limitation of this study is that participants, who also administer the outcome measures, will not be blinded. Nonetheless, by customizing existing self-monitoring technologies in a patient-centred manner, individuals can be coached to engage in an active lifestyle and monitor their performance. The results will determine if this intervention improves physical activity participation. The qualitative interviews will also provide insight into a paradigm to integrate this program to support self-management. Trial registration Date of last update in ClinicalTrials.gov: September 18, 2015. ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02554474 .
Fremkommelighed der batter
Creators: name: Andersen, Henriette Gammelgaard
name: Sharma, Anil
Publisher: name: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Year: 2012

description: Projektet ”Fremkommelighed der batter” har til formål at sætte busfremkommelighed på kommunernes dagsorden. Movia vil med projektet bidrage til kommunernes viden omkring konkrete løsningsmuligheder og de økonomiske fordele, der er ved at forbedre bussernes fremkommelighed. Der vil være fokus på op til 12 buslinjer/længere strækninger hvor der kan opnås en mærkbar rejsetidsbesparelse, og hvor der er potentiale for flere passagerer. Succeskriteriet for ”Fremkommelighed der batter” er at udarbejde løsningsforslag, til hvordan køretiden på de udvalgte buslinjer/strækninger kan sænkes med mindst 15 % i myldretiden.
description: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2012): Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Understanding the learning experiences of university students with learning disabilities.
Creators: name: Farmer, Tim.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Education, Educational Psychology.

description: The increased interest in identifying effective interventions to facilitate learning disabled students in their academic pursuits necessitates a better understanding of the personal struggles of these students. This study is a preliminary attempt to focus on adult university students who have only recently been identified as having a learning disability. It used a social constructivist approach in an attempt to identify cognitive and metacognitive strategies employed by these students in the past and present, and those they might employ in future. Cognitive dissonance emerged as a major factor as regards the self-concept and self-esteem of these adult students. The dissonance surrounding their self-concept emanated from educational experiences and conflicting judgements about their intelligence. Their narratives identified anxiety as another major factor related to their learning experiences and this was consistent with several empirical studies that have found higher levels of anxiety among students with learning disabilities than the average student population. The narratives within this study have linked the students' cognitive dissonance with their anxiety and their attempts to establish consonance in their self-concept and what they perceived as acceptable levels of self-esteem. This study has resulted in significant insights into the use of myths by these four individuals as a means of coping with their dissonance and anxiety. It explores to what degree this myth-making was effective in assisting these four participants in mediating and self-regulating their learning. The methodology for this study included three 90-minute interviews over one- to three-week periods (Seidman 1998). The interviewer made use of the results of empirical tests that had previously been administered to these students to identify their learning disability. The test results helped to augment the students' exploration of their cognitive struggles and strategies. It is hoped that this study will lead to a richer understanding of the struggles of students with undiagnosed learning disabilities. Further, it is hoped that this study will enhance the use of narratives and a social constructivist approach to further research more effective mediations and self-regulation by this population.
Bedre Bus til Nørre Campus
Creators: name: Baadsgaard, Simon
Publisher: name: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Year: 2012

description: Københavns Kommune har en vision om at udvikle Nørre Campus til en ”vidensbydel”, som skal have en af Europas største koncentrationer af uddannelse, grundforskning og anvendt forskning inden for bl.a. sundhedsvidenskab og naturvidenskab. Udviklingen af byudviklingsområdet kræver høj tilgængelighed til og fra området. Vidensbydelen skal bindes sammen med det øvrige København, men også med Øresundsregionen og det øvrige Europa. Københavns Kommune vil derfor have Danmarks bedste busbetjening af Nørre Campus, samt en effektiv og højklasset busbetjening fra det nordlige København til Nørreport Station. Den mest højklassede form for busdrift er Bus Rapid Transit (BRT). Det indebærer bl.a. etablering af et særligt bustracé og højklassede BRT-stationer. Analyser har vist, at projektet vil forbedre regulariteten, reducere rejsetiden og tiltrække flere passagerer. Fra politisk side i Københavns Kommune blev det i maj 2012 besluttet, at der skulle anlægges en BRT- løsning på strækningen fra Nørreport Station til kommunegrænsen til Gentofte. Københavns Kommune forventer, at projektet er anlagt med udgangen af 2014.
description: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2012): Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
title: NaviCom
title: a web application to create interactive molecular network portraits using multi-level omics data
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Dorel, Mathurin
name: Viara, Eric
name: Barillot, Emmanuel
name: Zinovyev, Andrei
name: Kuperstein, Inna
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Human diseases such as cancer are routinely characterized by high-throughput molecular technologies, and multi-level omics data are accumulated in public databases at increasing rate. Retrieval and visualization of these data in the context of molecular network maps can provide insights into the pattern of regulation of molecular functions reflected by an omics profile. In order to make this task easy, we developed NaviCom, a Python package and web platform for visualization of multi-level omics data on top of biological network maps. NaviCom is bridging the gap between cBioPortal, the most used resource of large-scale cancer omics data and NaviCell, a data visualization web service that contains several molecular network map collections. NaviCom proposes several standardized modes of data display on top of molecular network maps, allowing addressing specific biological questions. We illustrate how users can easily create interactive network-based cancer molecular portraits via NaviCom web interface using the maps of Atlas of Cancer Signalling Network (ACSN) and other maps. Analysis of these molecular portraits can help in formulating a scientific hypothesis on the molecular mechanisms deregulated in the studied disease.
Cell material interactions in ocular tissue engineering and transplantation
Creators: name: Allen, Brittany
Publisher: name: University of Iowa
Year: 2024
Subjects: Cell-material interaction
Corneal endothelial cell
Photoreceptor
public abstract
Cell Transplantation
Extracellular Matrix
Tissue Engineering
Materials Science

description: Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) causes blindness due to tissue death in the macula and impacts approximately 15 million people in the United States. As AMD progresses, photoreceptor cell death occurs, resulting in blindness in the central visual field. Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) allow for the generation of patient-specific photoreceptor cells that could be used to treat AMD. However, these photoreceptor cells require a scaffold to protect and orient them during the transplantation process. Photopolymerization is a common technique to fabricate these photoreceptor cell scaffolds. For example, in conjunction with a photomask, photopolymerization can produce micron-scale pores to facilitate cell loading. In this work we studied how photopolymerization parameters, such as light intensity and exposure time, can influence scaffold stiffness, micropore architecture, and cell loading of a poly(caprolactone triacrylate) (PCLTA), synthetic polymer scaffold. Many photoreceptor replacement scaffolds are made with synthetic polymers and then coated with extracellular matrix (ECM) molecules to promote cell attachment. However, the impact of ECM molecules on immature retinal cell types such as retinal progenitor cells or photoreceptor precursor cells, which are commonly seeded onto photoreceptor replacement scaffolds, is not yet known. Thus, we also studied the impact of substrate coatings on retinal cell differentiation and found that ECM molecules, such as fibronectin and laminin, upregulate markers of photoreceptor cell fate.
description: Fuchs’ Endothelial Cell Dystrophy (FECD) is another degenerative ocular disease that requires transplantation of a thin cell layer to restore vision. FECD results in clouding of cornea due to corneal endothelial cell (CEC) death. There are several surgical techniques to transplant donor CECs, including Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) and Descemet’s membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK). DMEK involves transplantation of fewer layers of donor cornea, results in higher visual acuity, and requires less recovery time than DSAEK. However, DMEK is more surgically challenging due to poor mechanical properties and scrolling of the graft. In this work, we photopolymerized a thin layer of hyaluronic acid on to the apical side of the DMEK graft and successfully prevented graft scrolling. Our approach is an exciting step towards making DMEK a more widely available treatment for FECD.