cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
“Choose nature. Buy less.” Exploring sufficiency-oriented marketing and consumption practices in the outdoor industry
Creators: name: Gossen, Maike
name: Kropfeld, Maren Ingrid
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 330 Wirtschaft
subject: sufficiency
subject: sustainable consumption
subject: sustainable marketing
subject: sustainable business model
subject: social practice theory
subject: qualitative research

description: The outdoor industry is highly exposed to the impacts of climate change and resource scarcity since its business models generally rely on an intact ecosystem. Companies in the outdoor apparel and gear industry actively implement sustainability strategies based on efficiency, consistency, and more recently also sufficiency. Sufficiency aims at an absolute reduction of consumption levels and entails strategies such as decreasing purchases, modal shifts, product longevity, and sharing practices. Outdoor companies increasingly use marketing to advocate sufficiency-oriented consumption. This exploratory study investigates outdoor companies’ sufficiency-promoting marketing strategies and activities. The study includes primary and secondary data of six outdoor companies. The analysis focuses on the companies’ sustainability visions, their marketing objectives and channels, and their marketing mixes. Following a social practice theory approach, we found evidence that our case companies supported all forms of sufficiency-oriented consumption practices with a strong focus on product longevity. Another central finding of our study is the emphasis placed on product and promotion policies to foster sufficiency-oriented consumption practices. Solely relying on these strategies will not suffice, however, to change unsustainable consumption practices. Achieving that change requires at least two further steps. First, companies will have to find an answer to the conflict between promoting sufficiency-oriented practices and economic growth. Second, the companies should start understanding consumption as a social practice, which would open new opportunities to create and steer their communities of practices. By changing elements or links of practices and attracting new members to their communities, companies in the outdoor industry can be drivers towards more sufficiency-oriented consumption practices. Further research should assess the impact of sufficiency-promoting marketing on consumer practices to estimate its potential for sustainable change.
Cooperative Orbital Angular Momentum Wireless Communications
Creators: name: Chen, Ruirui
name: Cheng, Wenchi
name: Lin, Jinyang
name: Liang, Liping
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: Orbital angular momentum (OAM) mode multiplexing has the potential to achieve high spectrum-efficiency communications at the same time and frequency by using orthogonal mode resource. However, the vortex wave hollow divergence characteristic results in the requirement of the large-scale receive antenna, which makes users hardly receive the OAM signal by size-limited equipment. To promote the OAM application in the next 6G communications, this paper proposes the cooperative OAM wireless (COW) communication scheme, which can select the cooperative users (CUs) to form the aligned antennas by size-limited user equipment. First, we derive the feasible radial radius and selective waist radius to choose the CUs in the same circle with the origin at the base station. Then, based on the locations of CUs, the waist radius is adjusted to form the receive antennas and ensure the maximum intensity for the CUs. Finally, the cooperative formation probability is derived in the closed-form solution, which can depict the feasibility of the proposed COW communication scheme. Furthermore, OAM beam steering is used to expand the feasible CU region, thus achieving higher cooperative formation probability. Simulation results demonstrate that the derived cooperative formation probability in mathematical analysis is very close to the statistical probability of cooperative formation, and the proposed COW communication scheme can obtain higher spectrum efficiency than the traditional scheme due to the effective reception of the OAM signal.
The effect of an intensive care unit staffing model on tidal volume in patients with acute lung injury
Creators: name: Cooke, Colin
name: Watkins, Timothy
name: Kahn, Jeremy
name: Miram Treggiari
name: Caldwell, Ellen
name: Hudson, Leonard
name: Rubenfeld, Gordon
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2013
Subjects: Medicine

description: High-intensity physician staffing associated with delivery of lower tidal volumes in patients with ARDS
Joint Power Allocation and Placement Scheme for UAV-assisted IoT with QoS Guarantee
Creators: name: Chen, Ruirui
name: Sun, Yanjing
name: Liang, Liping
name: Cheng, Wenchi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In the disaster and remote regions, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can assist the data acquisition for Internet of Things (IoT). How to cover massive IoT devices (IDs), which require diverse quality-of-service (QoS), is a crucial challenge. For UAV-assisted IoT, this paper studies the deployment scheme with QoS guarantee to place multiple UAVs for covering all ground IDs and maximizing the average data rate of UAVs. First, for the ground ID, we propose the QoS demand based power allocation (QDPA) algorithm to solve the diversity of QoS with respect to data rate demand. Then, the data rate maximization placement (DRMP) algorithm is proposed to optimize the placement of single UAV. Finally, based on QDPA and DRMP algorithms, we propose the joint power allocation and placement (JPAP) scheme with QoS guarantee, which can cover massive IDs, to deploy multiple UAVs for maximizing the average UAV data rate. Simulation experiments are conducted to verify the superiority of our proposed JPAP scheme, which can minimize the UAV number and maximize the average data rate of UAVs.
title: Gesucht: Straßenverkehrsrecht für die Zukunft
Creators: name: Hillermann, Tessa
name: Jawurek, Charlotte
name: Pfeifer, Friederike
name: Schneider, Luisa
name: Senders, Julian
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 342

description: Verfassungsblog: On Matters Constitutional
Brain networks in bipolar disorder II: a resting-state fMRI study
Creators: name: Maglanoc, Luigi Angelo
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Behavioral Neuroscience

description: Bipolar disorder II (BD-II) is characterized by hypomanic and depressive episodes, accompanied by mild cognitive deficits, which can be postulated to be due to emotional and cognitive dyscontrol, with attention as the binding factor. Structural and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) have implicated several brain regions across the BD spectrum, including the prefrontal cortex (PFC), cingulate cortex and amygdala. Newer studies also look at whole brain networks using resting-state fMRI (RS-fMRI). A notable RS network is the default-mode network (DMN), typically activated at rest and associated with mind wandering. The aim of the current study was to characterize functional brain networks specifically in BD-II patients (n = 32) by assessing of within and between network connectivity against healthy controls (n = 35) through RS-fMRI (age 18-50). We also assessed the subjects on working memory measures using the RAVLT and BVMT-R. Independent component analysis and dual regression was used for within-network analysis, and FSLNets was used for between-network connectivity and network modeling. Based on earlier findings, we predicted aberrant connectivity within the DMN, increased connectivity within the anterior cingulate cortex, decreased connectivity between the ventrolateral PFC and amygdala, and decreased connectivity between the posterior cingulate cortex and DMN. We also expected visual networks to display increased connectivity to the amygdala. Decreased test performance was observed on the BVMT-R, and decreased delayed recall on the RAVLT. We found no statistically significant changes in connectivity within or between networks, indicating that brain networks in BD-II are not significantly different from healthy individuals.
Precoding Based Downlink OAM-MIMO Communications with Rate Splitting
Creators: name: Chen, Ruirui
name: Lin, Jinyang
name: Zhang, Beibei
name: Ding, Yu
name: Xu, Keyue
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: Orbital angular momentum (OAM) and rate splitting (RS) are the potential key techniques for the future wireless communications. As a new orthogonal resource, OAM can achieve the multifold increase of spectrum efficiency to relieve the scarcity of the spectrum resource, but how to enhance the privacy performance imposes crucial challenge for OAM communications. RS technique divides the information into private and common parts, which can guarantee the privacies for all users. In this paper, we integrate the RS technique into downlink OAM-MIMO communications, and study the precoding optimization to maximize the sum capacity. First, the concentric uniform circular arrays (UCAs) are utilized to construct the downlink transmission framework of OAM-MIMO communications with RS. Particularly, users in the same user pair utilize RS technique to obtain the information and different user pairs use different OAM modes. Then, we derive the OAM-MIMO channel model, and formulate the sum capacity maximization problem. Finally, based on the fractional programming, the optimal precoding matrix is obtained to maximize the sum capacity by using quadratic transformation. Extensive simulation results show that by using the proposed precoding optimization algorithm, OAM-MIMO communications with RS can achieve higher sum capacity than the traditional communication schemes.
Air-to-Ground Cooperative OAM Communications
Creators: name: Chen, Ruirui
name: Ding, Yu
name: Zhang, Beibei
name: Li, Song
name: Liang, Liping
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: For users in hotspot region, orbital angular momentum (OAM) can realize multifold increase of spectrum efficiency (SE), and the flying base station (FBS) can rapidly support the real-time communication demand. However, the hollow divergence and alignment requirement impose crucial challenges for users to achieve air-to-ground OAM communications, where there exists the line-of-sight path. Therefore, we propose the air-to-ground cooperative OAM communication (ACOC) scheme, which can realize OAM communications for users with size-limited devices. The waist radius is adjusted to guarantee the maximum intensity at the cooperative users (CUs). We derive the closed-form expression of the optimal FBS position, which satisfies the antenna alignment for two cooperative user groups (CUGs). Furthermore, the selection constraint is given to choose two CUGs composed of four CUs. Simulation results are provided to validate the optimal FBS position and the SE superiority of the proposed ACOC scheme.
Provisions of Administrative Grievance against Disciplinary Decisions
Creators: name: Mo'men Nayef Alabbadi, Kefah Abdelqader Alsouri, Ibtisam Mousa Saleh
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Administrative, Islamic Jurisprudence, Judicial Law, Public Administration

description: This study examines the provisions of administrative grievance against disciplinary decisions, guided in this by the opinions of juristsin Islamic jurisprudence, and the judgments of the judiciary, seeking the help of the directions of the Jordanian administrative judiciary and the Jordanian Civil Service Bylaw in matters and issues that must be resorted to. The Researchers addressed the subject of the study in three sections, where we talked about the nature of Islamic jurisprudenceand administrative grievance, which is one of the most important issues that regulate the relationship of public servants with public administration, where administrative grievance was defined as a legal means forwarded by the concerned party to the administrative authority that issued the administrative decision in order to reconsider such decision which affect the legal status of the person concerned.

The study concluded that the provisions of the administrative grievance in the Jordanian administrative legislation are inadequate and insufficient to address and regulate all issues related to disciplinary decisions and actions. Therefore, the Jordanian legislator must provide for the terms of the administrative grievance clearly and explicitly in the texts of the Jordanian Administrative Judicial Law, as well as the Jordanian Civil Service Bylaw.
Innervation of supraclavicular adipose tissue: A human cadaveric study
Creators: name: Sievers, William
name: JA Rathner
name: Green, Rodney
name: Kettle, Christine
name: Irving, Helen
name: Whelan, Donna
name: Fernandez, Richard
name: Zacharias, Anita
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: © 2020 Sievers et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Functional brown adipose tissue (BAT) was identified in adult humans only in 2007 with the use of fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography imaging. Previous studies have demonstrated a negative correlation between obesity and BAT presence in humans. It is proposed that BAT possesses the capacity to increase metabolism and aid weight loss. In rodents it is well established that BAT is stimulated by the sympathetic nervous system with the interscapular BAT being innervated via branches of intercostal nerves. Whilst there is evidence to suggest that BAT possesses beta-3 adrenoceptors, no studies have identified the specific nerve branch that carries sympathetic innervation to BAT in humans. The aim of this study was to identify and trace the peripheral nerve or nerves that innervate human BAT in the supraclavicular region. The posterior triangle region of the neck of cadaveric specimens were dissected in order to identify any peripheral nerve branches piercing and/or terminating in supraclavicular BAT. A previously undescribed branch of the cervical plexus terminating in a supraclavicular adipose depot was identified in all specimens. This was typically an independent branch of the plexus, from the third cervical spinal nerve, but in one specimen was a branch of the supraclavicular nerve. Histological analysis revealed the supraclavicular adipose depot contained tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactive structures, which likely represent sympathetic axons. This is the first study that identifies a nerve branch to supraclavicular BAT-like tissue. This finding opens new avenues for the investigation of neural regulation of fat metabolism in humans. Copyright:
Vida y muerte de Sansón: Digital edition
Creators: name: Leblanc Elina
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Spanish literature
Digital edition
XML-TEI

description: Digital edition of a Spanish pliego de cordel, published by the Andalusian printer José María Moreno (19th c.). It contains the XML-TEI file of the edition, as well as the files that led to this edition, i.e. the digital facsimiles (raw and retouched), and the transcription produced by the OCR tool Transkribus (PAGE-XML). This digital edition is a part of the research project Desenrollando el cordel / Untangling the cordel / Démêler le cordel (2020-2024), led by professor Constance Carta at the University of Geneva and supported by the philanthropic Sandoz-Monique de Meuron Family Foundation.
title: #32 Kriegsvölkerrecht: Gaza
Creators: name: Tuchtfeld, Erik
name: Lischewski, Isabel
name: Eschenhagen, Philipp
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 341

description: Wir schauen auf den Krieg in und um Gaza. Im Interview ordnet Stefan Talmon die Kampfhandlungen der Hamas und Israels aus Perspektive des ius ad bellum und des ius in bello völkerrechtlich ein. Dabei geht es ausschließlich um die Kampfhandlungen zwischen dem 7. Oktober 2023 und dem 21. November 2023, an dem das Interview aufgenommen wurde. Zuvor geht Isabel Lischewski im Grundlagenteil auf das Gutachten des Internationalen Gerichtshofs zum Bau einer Mauer auf besetztem palästinenischen Gebiet vom 09.07.2004 ein. Wir freuen uns über Lob, Anmerkungen und Kritik an ⁠podcast@voelkerrechtsblog.org⁠. Abonniert unseren Podcast ⁠via RSS⁠, über ⁠Spotify⁠ oder überall dort, wo es Podcasts gibt. Es gibt die Möglichkeit, auf diesen Plattformen den Völkerrechtspodcast zu bewerten, wir freuen uns sehr über 5 Sterne! Hintergrundinformationen: ⁠IGH, Gutachten zum Bau einer Mauer auf besetztem palästinenischen Gebiet, 09.07.2004⁠ Verwandte Folge zum Kriegsvölkerrecht: ⁠#22 Staatliche Hilfe zu militärischen Operationen: Regeln und Grenzen, 04.11.2022⁠ ⁠#19 Der Kriegsparteistatus: It’s complicated, 08.07.2022⁠ ⁠#16 Krieg in der Ukraine: Das Völkerrecht unter Beschuss, 01.04.2022⁠ ⁠#4 Das Gewaltverbot: Ausnahmen bestätigen die Regel, 09.04.2021⁠ Moderation: ⁠Philipp Eschenhagen⁠ & ⁠Erik Tuchtfeld⁠ (⁠LL.M (Glasgow)⁠) Grundlagen: ⁠Dr. Isabel Lischewski⁠ Interview: ⁠Prof. Dr. Stefan Talmon⁠ & ⁠Philipp Eschenhagen⁠ Schnitt: ⁠Daniela Rau⁠ Credits: ⁠UN Generalsekretär António Guterres, Rede vom 14. Oktober 2023
description: Völkerrechtsblog
The Influence of Inclusive School Policy and GSAs on Long-Term Well-Being for LGBT Students in Texas
Creators: name: Kang, Angela
Publisher: name: The University of Texas at Austin
Year: 2020
Subjects: LGBT
students
education
inclusive
policy
GSA

description: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (i.e., LGBT) youth are at risk for lower educational attainment than their heterosexual and cisgender peers. Prior research indicates that inclusive anti-discrimination policies and gender sexual alliances (ie., GSAs) can improve school outcomes for LGBT and all youth, yet few studies have examined these strategies with respect to long term educational attainment such as graduation rate, college readiness, and higher education enrollment. Using data from the Texas Education Agency (TEA), I conducted nested regression analyses to examine the influence of inclusive enumerated anti-discrimination policies and GSAs on long-term educational attainment indicators in the 20 largest public school districts of Texas. Results suggest that across school districts, 42.03% of schools had GSAs and 56.04% had inclusive policies. Further, students in schools with GSAs were significantly more likely to be deemed college-ready or college, career, or military-ready by the TEA. Our findings indicate that GSAs may be a successful proximate strategy in supporting inclusive campus culture that can translate to long-term positive outcomes.
title: Das Spannungsverhältnis zwischen Staatsräson und Grundrechten: Auf dem Weg zu einer präziseren Antisemitismusdefinition
Creators: name: Neumann, Clara
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 342

description: Verfassungsblog: On Matters Constitutional
Vida y muerte de Sansón: Digital edition
Creators: name: Leblanc Elina
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Spanish literature
Digital edition
XML-TEI

description: Digital edition of a Spanish pliego de cordel, published by the Andalusian printer José María Moreno (19th c.). It contains the XML-TEI file of the edition, as well as the files that led to this edition, i.e. the digital facsimiles (raw and retouched), and the transcription produced by the OCR tool Transkribus (PAGE-XML). This digital edition is a part of the research project Desenrollando el cordel / Untangling the cordel / Démêler le cordel (2020-2022), led by the professor Constance Carta at the University of Geneva and supported by the philanthropic Sandoz-Monique de Meuron Family Foundation.
Vida y muerte de Sansón: Digital edition
Creators: name: Leblanc Elina
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Spanish literature
Digital edition
XML-TEI

description: Digital edition of a Spanish pliego de cordel, published by the Andalusian printer José María Moreno (19th c.). It contains the XML-TEI file of the edition, as well as the files that led to this edition, i.e. the digital facsimiles (raw and retouched), and the transcription produced by the OCR tool Transkribus (PAGE-XML). This digital edition is a part of the research project Desenrollando el cordel / Untangling the cordel / Démêler le cordel (2020-2022), led by the professor Constance Carta at the University of Geneva and supported by the philanthropic Sandoz-Monique de Meuron Family Foundation.
Re-Veal the Beef Industry: Strategies to Produce High-Quality Beef From Young Cattle in Pastoral Systems
Creators: name: Zhang, Renyu
name: Pavan, Enrique
name: Farouk, Mustafa
name: Realini Cujo, Carolina
Publisher: name: AgResearch
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 30
subject: Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences
classificationCode: 3006
subject: Food sciences

description: Veal is a high-value meat produced from young cattle less than 12 mo of age. The characteristic light red/pink color, tenderness, and low-fat content of veal products (especially milk-fed white veal or bobby veal) are the main features preferred by consumers. However, consumer concerns over the impact of meat production and consumption on the environment and animal welfare have increased significantly in recent years, becoming a threat to the sustained growth of the meat sector. On the other hand, processing veal from young calves (especially bobby calves) has threatened the social license to operate for both dairy and meat industries. Recently, research has been conducted to develop alternative strategies to produce beef with reduced environmental impacts and to improve animal welfare. One of the strategies could be to accelerate the beef production cycle by producing beef from younger animals of 8 to 12 mo old (i.e., vealers), especially those from dairy surplus, meanwhile reducing the number of mature animals, which are the main contributors to greenhouse gases. Information on veal from feedlots with concentrate diets is more available in the literature, compared to the equivalent from veal produced in pastoral systems, limiting the strategies that can be developed to improve the quality of veal as a whole. The present review aimed to overview the factors affecting the nutritional composition and quality of veal reported in the literature and to offer some strategies to produce value-added veal products to support the sustainable growth of veal in the dairy and beef industries.
The Effects of Video Game Experience and Family Environment on Spatial Memory Development
Creators: name: Majmundar, Lajja
Publisher: name: The University of Texas at Austin
Year: 2020
Subjects: navigation
spatial development
video games
environmental cues
memory

description: How children navigate their world, and what environmental cues they use to build a map of their environment has been extensively studied behaviorally. But, with advances in technology, experimental designs have shifted from real environments to virtual environments. This generates an experimental experience that mimics everyday navigation but is easier to control for any confounding variables. To this extent, it has sparked the question of how video game experience influences individual differences in spatial map formation. The present study addresses how video game exposure impacts spatial memory across 6- 12-year-olds and adults. Indices of spatial memory were determined by behavioral measures taken from an object location task (path efficiency, distance error, angular error). Video game experience was collected through a questionnaire that generated scores for active gameplay, virtual layout exposure, and passive watching. An additional factor considered was the effect of family structure on video game experience. This included the amount of family disposable income, parental educational level, and perceived family dynamic. Participants showed a developmental increase in spatial memory accuracy across the age range tested, and participants with greater video game experience demonstrated better spatial memory. However, this was significantly mediated by an interaction with age, whereby only children showed a link between video game experience and spatial memory. While parental education was a significant predictor of video game experience, parental education and perceived family function were not. Additionally, all three measures were non-significant predictors of task performance directly. This study shows that while video game experience is a significant predictor of object location task performance in children, whether social familial factors if any, mediate this relationship are yet to be fully understood.
title: Verfassungsblatt: 2023/11
Creators: name: :None
Publisher: name: Verfassungsblog gGmbH
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Verfassungsrecht
subject: constitutional law
subject: Verfassungspolitik
subject: constitutional policy
subject: 340

description: Verfassungsblatt, vol. 1 (2023), no. 11, p. 1685
An Anthropology of Waste: The University of Texas’s Zero Waste Goal
Creators: name: Micek, Amanda
Publisher: name: The University of Texas at Austin
Year: 2020
Subjects: Anthropology of waste
discard studies
zero waste
waste
dirt

description: This is an examination of how we define waste and, subsequently, how waste is used as a weapon by the power structures in place. First, this paper provides a definition to the broad term “waste” and continues on to examine who creates these definitions, who these definitions aim to serve, and how these definitions affect people. I argue that there is a link between race, socioeconomic standing, and one’s visibility of and proximity to waste. I take these ideas and situate them within the city of Austin and more specifically at the University of Texas’ home football games. My research looks at the zero waste policy being pursued by Texas Athletics and who shoulders the burden of such an ambitious goal.
The SCOAP3 Open Access publishing model
Creators: name: Mele, Salvatore
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Astronomy

description: The High-Energy Physics community has spearheaded Open Access with over half a century of dissemination of pre-prints culminating in the arXiv system and is now pushing forward with an Open Access model which goes beyond the present, often controversial, proposals with a novel practical approach: SCOAP3

In the SCOAP3 model, libraries federate to explicitly cover the costs of peer-review rather than implicitly supporting it via journal subscriptions. Rather than selling subscriptions, journals will charge for the peer-review service and make the electronic versions of their journals free to read. Unlike many “author-pays” Open Access models, authors are not directly charged to publish their articles in the Open Access paradigm.

This unique experiment of “flipping” from Toll Access to Open Access all journals covering the literature in a given subject is rapidly gaining momentum, with over two thirds of the required funding envelope, estimated at about 10 Million Euros, having already been pledeged by partners in Europe, North America and Australasia.

This talk will describe the history of innovations in Open Access in High-Energy Physics, the advantages they have generated as a context for the SCOAP3 model, as well as the status of this initiative, in the wider context of a user-driven evolution of scholarly communication in the field.
Breastfeeding peer support by telephone in the RUBY randomised controlled trial: a qualitative exploration of volunteers' experiences
Creators: name: Grimes, Heather
name: Forster, Della
name: Shafiei, Touran
name: Amir, Lisa
name: McLardie-Hore, Fiona
name: McLachlan, Helen
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 32
subject: Biomedical and clinical sciences
classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences
classificationCode: 4203
subject: Health services and systems

description: Background There is growing evidence that peer support programs may be effective in supporting breastfeeding mothers. A randomised controlled trial (RCT) (the RUBY study) that tested peer support in the Australian context found that infants of first-time mothers who received proactive telephone peer support were more likely to be receiving breastmilk at six months of age. Methods This qualitative sub-study of the RUBY RCT explores the experiences and views of peer volunteers who delivered the intervention. Focus groups were conducted with 17 peers from the RUBY RCT between November 2015 and March 2016. All had provided peer support to at least one mother. Results We found that volunteers identified strongly with the mothers' need for support when establishing breastfeeding. Key components of the support were strengthening the mothers' selfbelief through affirmation and sharing experiential knowledge. Volunteers found the role rewarding and personally therapeutic although some women reported challenges initiating and maintaining contact with some mothers. Data were analysed using a hybrid approach to thematic analysis combining inductive and deductive techniques Conclusions Breastfeeding peer support programs are reliant on recruitment of motivated volunteers who can provide empathetic mother-to-mother support. This study provides important information regarding volunteers' experiences that may support the upscaling of breastfeeding peer support for new mothers.
Oncogenic signaling in uveal melanoma
Creators: name: Park, John
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 399999
subject: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: Uveal melanoma is a rare cancer, and despite adequate local control, more than 50% of patients will develop metastatic disease. Life-expectancy for metastatic uveal melanoma patients is poor and overall survival of patients has not improved with current standard therapies. Tebentafusp, a T-cell directed therapy is the only treatment that has resulted in improved overall survival for patients with metastatic uveal melanoma in a clinical trial setting. The focus of this work was to examine the response patterns of uveal melanoma to current and novel therapies both in vitro and in vivo.
The introductory chapter reviews the immunobiology, genetics, and signaling pathways involved in uveal melanoma survival and proliferation. Current and novel treatments of metastatic uveal melanoma are discussed, including the role of molecular therapies, immunotherapies and liverdirected therapy. Biomarkers of response are also examined with a particular focus on circulating tumour DNA.
The results are presented in four chapters. Chapter 2 describes the signaling and survival effects of protein kinase C inhibitors on a panel of uveal melanoma cell lines. This work is extended in Chapter 3, which includes an analysis of the MAPK, PI3K/mTOR and YAP signaling pathways in uveal melanoma, and the efficacy of selective pathway inhibitors. In Chapter 4, the utility of circulating tumour DNA in uveal melanoma patients treated with protein kinase C inhibitor is explored. Chapter 5 presents transcriptomic signaling analyses in uveal melanoma biopsy samples derived from patients treated with protein kinase C inhibitor-based therapies.
In the concluding chapter we discuss the future directions in uveal melanoma research and treatment.
Use Of Academic Networks And Their Impact On The Development Of Responsibility Towards Self-Learning Education Through The Web In The Teaching And Communication Techniques Of Students
Creators: name: Hatim Ibrahim
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Edmodo, Academic Networking, Self-Learning Education, Teaching And Communication Techniques.

description: The experiment proposed the usage of a global educational network called Edmodo, which is still an uncommon reality in many schools. The aim of the current research is to determinethe impact of Edmodo academic networking on the development of responsibility towards self-learning education through the web in teaching and communication techniques, and the measure of responsibility towards self-learning education over the web, as well as the development of content in the techniques of education and communication. The results of the research resulted in statistically significant differences between the averages of the grades of individuals in the experimental group in the tribal and dimension standards of the measure of responsibility towards self-learning education through the web in favor of the remote application. The recommendations and proposals indicate the importance of research variables in conducting similar research, and the extent to which they benefit from their integration in the field of education.
Descarbonização da economia
Creators: name: de Morgado Souza, Vinícius
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 300301
subject: Animal growth and development
classificationCode: 300307
subject: Environmental studies in animal production
classificationCode: 300303
subject: Animal nutrition

description: Esse termo está relacionado à missão de conter o aumento da temperatura da Terra. Esse objetivo deve ser atingido por meio da otimização de recursos e da redução de emissão dos gases causadores do efeito estufa por meio de alternativas tecnológicas nas cadeias que compõe a economia.aque
Networks of Commemoration: Gender, Class, and the Remembrance of General Brock, 1898-1912
Creators: name: Holdsworth, Peter
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: History
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: This is the final version of my Major Research Essay for a MA in Public History at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario. It re-examines the Centenary of the War of 1812, or "Brock Centenary," through a social network analysis of the role of women in the executives of historical and patriotic organizations around the turn of the twentieth century in Ontario. The database is collected from archival documents and this along with relevant data sets used for the social network analysis through Gephi are provided here.
Does it Matter Which Citation Tool is Used to Compare the h-index of a Group of Highly Cited Researchers?
Creators: name: Ebrahim, Nader Ale
name: Farhadi, Hadi
name: Salehi, Hadi
name: Melor Md Yunus
name: Aghaei Chadegani, Arezoo
name: Farhadi, Maryam
name: Fooladi, Masood
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2013
Subjects: Science Policy
Economics
Education
Applied Computer Science

description: h-index retrieved by citation indexes (Scopus, Google scholar, and Web of Science) is used to measure the scientific performance and the research impact studies based on the number of publications and citations of a scientist. It also is easily available and may be used for performance measures of scientists, and for recruitment decisions. The aim of this study is to investigate the difference between the outputs and results from these three citation databases namely Scopus, Google Scholar, and Web of Science based upon the h-index of a group of highly cited researchers (Nobel Prize winner scientist). The purposive sampling method was adopted to collect the required data. The results showed that there is a significant difference in the h-index between three citation indexes of Scopus, Google scholar, and Web of Science; the Google scholar h-index was more than the h-index in two other databases. It was also concluded that there is a significant positive relationship between h-indices based on Google scholar and Scopus. The citation indexes of Scopus, Google scholar, and Web of Science may be useful for evaluating h-index of scientists but they have some limitations as well.
Laser-capture microdissection RNA-sequencing for spatial and temporal tissue-specific gene expression analysis in plants
Creators: name: Liew, Lim
name: Wang, Yan
name: Peirats-Llobet, Marta
name: Berkowitz, Oliver
name: Whelan, James
name: Lewsey, Mathew
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: © 2020 JoVE Journal of Visualized Experiments. The development of a complex multicellular organism is governed by distinct cell types that have different transcriptional profiles. To identify transcriptional regulatory networks that govern developmental processes it is necessary to measure the spatial and temporal gene expression profiles of these individual cell types. Therefore, insight into the spatio-temporal control of gene expression is essential to gain understanding of how biological and developmental processes are regulated. Here, we describe a laser-capture microdissection (LCM) method to isolate small number of cells from three barley embryo organs over a time-course during germination followed by transcript profiling. The method consists of tissue fixation, tissue processing, paraffin embedding, sectioning, LCM and RNA extraction followed by real-time PCR or RNA-seq. This method has enabled us to obtain spatial and temporal profiles of seed organ transcriptomes from varying numbers of cells (tens to hundreds), providing much greater tissue-specificity than typical bulk-tissue analyses. From these data we were able to define and compare transcriptional regulatory networks as well as predict candidate regulatory transcription factors for individual tissues. The method should be applicable to other plant tissues with minimal optimization.
Supplementary document to the article "Rad6 regulates the conidiation by affecting the biotin metabolism in Beauveria bassiana"
Creators: name: Guan, Yi
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 310705
subject: Mycology

description: Rad6 is a canonical ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme known for its role in regulating chromosome-related cellular processes in yeast and been proven in multiple functions in Beauveria bassiana, including insect-pathogenic lifestyle, UV damage repair and conidiation. However, previous studies only reported the key role of Rad6 in regulating spore production in a nutrition-rich medium, without deep mechanism analysis. In this study, we found that the disruption of Rad6 leads to a profound reduction in spore production, irrespective of whether the fungus is cultivated in nutrient-rich or nutrient-poor environments. The absence of rad6 exerts a suppressive effect on the transcription of essential genes in the central developmental pathway, namely brlA, abaA, and wetA, resulting in a direct downregulation of conidiation capacity. Additionally, mutant strains exhibit a more pronounced decline in both spore generation and hyphal development when cultured in nutrient-rich conditions. This observation correlates with the downregulation of the CDP downstream gene vosA and the upregulation of flaA in nutrition-rich cultures. Moreover, single-transcriptomics analyses indicate that irregularities in biotin metabolism, DNA repair, and tryptophan metabolism are the underlying factors contributing to the reduced spore production. Comprehensive dual transcriptomics analyses pinpoint abnormal biotin metabolism as the primary cause of spore production decline. Subsequently, we successfully restored spore production in the Rad6 mutant strain through the supplementation of biotin, further confirming the transcriptomic evidence. Altogether, our findings underscore the pivotal role of Rad6 in influencing biotin metabolism, subsequently impacting the expression of CDP genes and ultimately shaping the asexual life cycle of B. bassiana.
Circulating BiP/Grp78 is a novel prognostic marker for sepsis-mediated immune cell death
Creators: name: Doerflinger, Marcel
name: Reljic, Boris
name: Menassa, Joseph
name: Nedeva, Christina
name: Jose, Irvin
name: Faou, Pierre
name: Mackiewicz, L
name: Mansell, Ashley
name: Pellegrini, M
name: Hotchkiss, R
name: Puthalakath, Hamsa
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 31
subject: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
classificationCode: 3101
subject: Biochemistry and cell biology
classificationCode: 32
subject: Biomedical and clinical sciences
classificationCode: 3204
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
classificationCode: 3205
subject: Medical biochemistry and metabolomics
classificationCode: 3211
subject: Oncology and carcinogenesis
classificationCode: 3404
subject: Medicinal and biomolecular chemistry

description: No description supplied
An approadl for predicting the occurrence of interveinal chlorosis in Anab-e-Shahi grape (Vitis vinifera L.)
Creators: name: Shikhamany, S. D.
name: Satyanarayan, G.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2017

description: With a view to evolve a criterion to predict the occurrence of interveinal chlorosis of Anab-e-Shahi at different stages of fruit development, the calcium and magnesium contents of the petioles and leaf blades at full bloom stage were compared. Hypotheses were formulated, by which a 96 percent accuracy in prediction was made possible. Versuch einer Prognose der Interkostalchlorose bei der Sorte Anab-e-Shahi Um ein Kriterium für die Vorhersage der Interkostalchlorose in den verschiedenen Phasen der Beerenentwicklung von Anab-e-Shahi zu erarbeiten, wurde der Calcium- und Magnesium-Gehalt in den Blattstielen und Blattspreiten zur Zeit der Anthesis verglichen. Es werden Hypothesen formuliert, die mit 96%iger Wahrscheinlichkeit eine Prognose ermöglichen.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 11 No. 3 (1972): Vitis
title: Der Jurist als Arbeitsmigrant: Mobilitäten, Anstellungsmärkte und Karrieren von Spitzenjuristen in spätmittelalterlichen und frühneuzeitlichen Territorien Hessens und benachbarter Regionen
Creators: name: Jendorff, Alexander
Publisher: name: Gesellschaft für Reichskammergerichtsforschung
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 340

description: Schriftenreihe der Gesellschaft für Reichskammergerichtsforschung, vol. 52
Circulating BiP/Grp78 is a novel prognostic marker for sepsis-mediated immune cell death
Creators: name: Doerflinger, Marcel
name: Reljic, Boris
name: Menassa, Joseph
name: Nedeva, Christina
name: Jose, Irvin
name: Faou, Pierre
name: Mackiewicz, L
name: Mansell, A
name: Pellegrini, M
name: Hotchkiss, R
name: Puthalakath, Hamsa
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022

description: No description supplied
Evaluation of Moore and Grab Sampling Method for Salmonella Typhi Detection in Environmental Samples in Ghana
Creators: name: Owusu, Michael
name: Darko, Eric
name: Akortiah, Deborah
name: Nkrumah, Gifty
name: Twumasi-Ankrah, Sampson
name: Owusu-Ansah, Michael
name: Uzzell, Christopher B.
name: Rigby, Jonathan
name: M Troman, Catherine
name: A Zhou, Nicolette
name: Meschke, John S.
name: Shaw, Alexander G.
name: C Grassly, Nicholas
name: Adu-Sarkodie, Yaw
name: owusu-dabo, Ellis
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 420203
subject: Environmental epidemiology
classificationCode: 420202
subject: Disease surveillance

description: Background: Typhoid fever causes substantial mortality and morbidity in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) as a result of inadequate water, hygiene, and sanitation facilities. The gold standard for typhoid diagnosis is blood culture, however this method is expensive and mostly unavailable in LMICs. Environmental surveillance (ES) could offer a low cost alternative to identify circulation of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (S.Typhi) and help inform public health interventions including vaccination. Methods: We implemented standardized protocols for ES at 40 validated sites in peri-urban communities in Ghana from July 2022 to August 2023. Grab samples (GS) and Moore swabs (MS) were collected monthly for the initial 6 months and subsequently monthly MS were maintained for the rest of the study period. Wastewater samples were tested for S. Typhi target genes (ttr, staG, tviB) and a biomarker of human faecal contamination (Bacteroides HF183) using multiplex quantitative PCR (qPCR). Clinical surveillance for typhoid fever was performed by blood culture of febrile cases presenting to the local hospital who lived in the study area. Results: For the first 6 months of wastewater ES, we observed a higher prevalence of S. Typhi by qPCR in MS compared to GS [100/240 (42%; 95% Confidence Interval [CI]: 34-50% vs. 24/240 (10%; 95% CI: 6-16%)]; p-value <0.001]. The prevalence of S. Typhi in blood culture surveillance was 0.21% [12/5,576; 95% CI: 0.12-0.38%]. Precipitation (1.1 (95% CI: 1.02-1.10) and number of wet days (2.0 (95%CI: 1.40-2.88) were positively associated with an increased odds of S. Typhi detection in MS and GS. Conclusion: ES was more sensitive than clinical surveillance for the detection of S. Typhi in peri-urban community in Ghana. Further work is required to confirm these qPCR detections with amplicon sequencing and develop strategies for integration of ES into public health decision making for the prevention of typhoid fever.
Characterization of novel lytic bacteriophages of Achromobacter marplantensis isolated from a pneumonia patient
Creators: name: Hiu Tat Chan
name: Ku, Heng
name: YP Low
name: Batinovic, Steven
name: Mwila Kabwe
name: Petrovski, Steve
name: Tucci, Joseph
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2020
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Achromobacter spp. are becoming increasingly associated with lung infections in patients suffering from cystic fibrosis (CF). A. marplatensis, which is closely related to A. xylosoxidans, has been isolated from the lungs of CF patients and other human infections. This article describes the isolation, morphology and characterization of two lytic bacteriophages specific for an A. marplatensis strain isolated from a pneumonia patient. This host strain was the causal agent of hospital acquired pneumonia-the first clinical report of such an occurrence. Full genome sequencing revealed bacteriophage genomes ranging in size from 45901 to 46,328 bp. Transmission electron microscopy revealed that the two bacteriophages AMA1 and AMA2 belonged to the Siphoviridae family. Host range analysis showed that their host range did not extend to A. xylosoxidans. The possibility exists for future testing of such bacteriophages in the control of Achromobacter infections such as those seen in CF and other infections of the lungs. The incidence of antibiotic resistance in this genus highlights the importance of seeking adjuncts and alternatives in CF and other lung infections.