cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Ökologische Verbraucherpolitik - Instrumente zur Umsetzung
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Nachhaltiger Konsum
subject: Verbraucherpolitik
subject: Wirtschaft | Konsum
subject: Nachhaltigkeit | Strategien | Internationales
subject: Economy | Consumption
subject: Sustainability | Strategies | International matters

description: Ziel des Vorhabens war es, die Informationen vonBMUundUBAzum nachhaltigen Konsum besser zugänglich zu machen und moderner aufzubereiten. Es sollte ein an den Möglichkeiten von UBA und BMU orientiertes umsetzbares Basiskonzept für ein Orientierungsportal Nachhaltiger Konsum für interessierte Verbraucherinnen, Verbraucher und Multiplikatoren erstellt werden. Aktuelle Entwicklungen der Verbraucherberatung im Internet wurden hierfür berücksichtigt und in Form einer synoptischen Darstellung erfasst. Zusätzlich wurde ein Leitfaden für die qualifizierte Auswahl von externen Verlinkungen erstellt. Im Rahmen einer Sekundäranalyse wurden zugängliche Studien zum internetbasierten Informationsverhalten von Verbraucherinnen und Verbrauchern zum Thema nachhaltiger Konsum ausgewertet. Eine Fokusgruppenbefragung im Rahmen eines Workshops erfasste und analysierte Erfahrungen, Meinungen und Ideen potenzieller Nutzerinnen und Nutzer. Ein Basiskonzept fasste alle erhobenen Befunde zusammen und gab Empfehlungen für die Umsetzung des Orientierungsportals. Im Anschluss erstellte der Auftragnehmer nach konzeptionellen Vorgaben des Auftraggebers ein "Konsum-Wiki" für Verbraucher mit insgesamt 130 Faktenblättern (Factsheets).
Quelle: www.umweltbundesamt.de

description: Ziel des Vorhabens war es, die Informationen von ⁠BMU⁠ und ⁠UBA⁠ zum nachhaltigen Konsum besser zugänglich zu machen und moderner aufzubereiten. Es sollte ein an den Möglichkeiten von UBA und BMU orientiertes umsetzbares Basiskonzept für ein Orientierungsportal Nachhaltiger Konsum für interessierte Verbraucherinnen, Verbraucher und Multiplikatoren erstellt werden. Aktuelle Entwicklungen der Verbraucherberatung im Internet wurden hierfür berücksichtigt und in Form einer synoptischen Darstellung erfasst. Zusätzlich wurde ein Leitfaden für die qualifizierte Auswahl von externen Verlinkungen erstellt. Im Rahmen einer Sekundäranalyse wurden zugängliche Studien zum internetbasierten Informationsverhalten von Verbraucherinnen und Verbrauchern zum Thema nachhaltiger Konsum ausgewertet. Eine Fokusgruppenbefragung im Rahmen eines Workshops erfasste und analysierte Erfahrungen, Meinungen und Ideen potenzieller Nutzerinnen und Nutzer. Ein Basiskonzept fasste alle erhobenen Befunde zusammen und gab Empfehlungen für die Umsetzung des Orientierungsportals. Im Anschluss erstellte der Auftragnehmer nach konzeptionellen Vorgaben des Auftraggebers ein „Konsum-Wiki“ für Verbraucher mit insgesamt 130 Faktenblättern (Factsheets).
Biological resources exploitation policies during the 20 th Century, a typical case of landlocked areas of NW Morocco
Creators: name: Ennabili, Abdeslam
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 140201 Agricultural Economics
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: Economics
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: History

description: The Moroccan mountain areas are usually dominated by a
subsistence economy based on cereal crops, arboriculture, extensive livestock breeding and, secondarily, the exploitation of by-products of the forest domain. In dealing with the conservation of these resources, the various policies pursued by central authorities must be considered, in addition to local socio-economic factors. This paper reviewed and discussed use patterns of biological resources in the landlocked area of Tizgane-Alma (Ouezzane Province, NW Morocco) during the 20th century. This area is transformed from a traditional mountain agrosystem late 19th and early 20th centuries, to a mutant subsistence system in the nineties. Morocco's involvement alongside France during the world wars has made this area, among
others, a target for food supplies. The French protectorate policy was inherited by the post-independent Moroccan State, with guidance orchestrated by international organizations, particularly the World Bank. The various development projects affecting this mountain area
remain without local significant impacts in terms of natural resource conservation and promotion of the local population living standards.
Reflective assessment in work-integrated learning: to structure or not to structure, that was our question
Creators: name: Dean, Bonnie Amelia
name: Sykes, Chris
name: Agostinho, Shirley
name: Clements, Mike
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper reports the findings of a research study on whether or not to structure reflective assessment tasks. It examines students' perceived benefits or limitations from structuring reflective assessments in a Commerce WIL program at the University of Wollongong. Sixty-four students over two semesters responded to a questionnaire on their perceptions of structured reflective assessments in the Internship Program. The findings of the self-reported experiences were heterogeneous and indicative of the dominant themes relevancy and flexibility. We suggest these themes stem from a misalignment of assessment and reflective practice. Correcting this misalignment could be achieved by providing a balance of structured and unstructured reflective tasks. This study serves as an important reminder for WIL program administrators to examine their assessment strategy and decisions pertaining to structuring reflective assessments.
Predominance of information
Creators: name: Suing, Abel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Political communication
subject: Media and communications
subject: FOS: Media and communications
subject: Ecuador
subject: agenda
subject: Human rights
subject: Political violence

description: Publication presented in the opinion section of the digital newspaper hora 32 https://hora32.com.ec/ published in Loja (Ecuador).
Finding the back of the Net: Football and identities in the age of the Internet.
Creators: name: Kemp, Stuart Christopher.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Sociology, Social Structure and Development.

description: Given the increased use of the Internet in communications, entertainment and merchandizing, there are a number of issues that arise regarding how these functions impact the identities of those who use the medium. Although sport on the Internet is shown to be highly integrated with traditional media forms and consequently reflective of them, this research examines communications less contingent upon corporate influence and more impacted by characteristics of community. In addition to the influences of traditional media and modern commodified sport, the comparative case studies used by this examination present a number of other elements that impact the identities of those who affiliate themselves with professional sport online. Specifically, by doing a survey of the users of two e-mail discussion lists and having observed their message postings for a year, this study provides an understanding of how both 'local' and 'global' identities are sustained and/or formed online. The 'sportified' identities examined are shaped by the histories, activities and general character of Southampton F.C., and Manchester United F.C., which represent 'local' and 'global' identities respectively.
The impact of meditation practice and trait mindfulness on transformational leadership behaviour
Creators: name: Ulmcke, Dirk
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2021
Subjects: Mindfulness
Meditation
Transformational Leadership

description: Mindfulness has arrived at the workplace. The term denotes the state or trait of non-judgmentally and non-reactively paying attention to the very moment. The practice of mindfulness involves forms of meditation practice and attention exercises conducted to reach such mindful state or trait.
description: Today’s economic environment of globalisation and ever-faster pace of change, requires businesses and leaders to adapt how they manage transformational change. Along with addressing other organisational and individual objectives, one strategy for organisations to address change is to implement mindfulness education programs for employees and particularly for leaders. Moreover, organisations are recognising that mindfulness concepts, which have long been exclusively linked to contemplative and religious traditions, now have the potential to transform the workplace.
Il concetto di orientalismo/occidentalismo in Hasan Hanafi
Creators: name: Campanini, Massimo
Publisher: name: Università degli  Studi di Milano
Year: 2012

description: Il concetto di orientalismo/occidentalismo
in Hasan Hanafi
(Convegno internazionale
“Otre l’orientalismo e l’occidentalismo.
La rappresentazione dell’Altro nello spazio euromediterraneo”
Facoltà di Scienze della Comunicazione, Sapienza Università di Roma,
16 novembre 2007)
di Massimo Campanini
description: Altre Modernità, N° 8 (2012): Orientalismi
Sedimentology, stratigraphy, and shallow burial alteration of the Upper Jurassic Swift Formation, southeastern Alberta.
Creators: name: Molgat, Marianne Patricia.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Geology.

description: The Upper Jurassic (Oxfordian) Swift Formation in southeastern Alberta unconformably overlies Bathonian calcareous shales of the Rierdon Formation, and in turn is overlain by Lower Cretaceous sandstone, siltstone, and mudstone of the Basal Quartz Formation (Lower Mannville Group). The Swift comprises two unconformably bounded sequences: the shale member and ribbon sandstone. The shale member consists dominantly of shale with uncommon hummocky-cross-stratified siltstone. Comprising at least four parasequences that show a subtle upward-fining stacking pattern, it was deposited in an overall deepening, fully marine environment during the fourth Jurassic transgression across the Western Interior of North America. Deposition of Sequence 1 was terminated by a fall of relative sea level. During the following lowstand, multiple, northeast-southwest trending meandering channels incised along the top of the subaerially exposed shale member. During a subsequent rise of relative sea level and transgression, lowstand deposits were thoroughly reworked by wave ravinement, which deposited a thin chert pebble lag. At the same time, lowstand channels were most probably widened. Associated also with transgression were significant changes in the physical and chemical conditions of the marine basin in the study area. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Supplementary document for Measuring the optical properties of nanoscale biogenic spherulites - 5227369.pdf
Creators: name: Yallapragada, Venkata Jayasurya
name: Beck, Lior
name: Oron, Dan
name: Addadi, Lia
name: Palmer, Benjamin
name: upcher, Alexander
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplement 1: Details of extraction of spherulites; Identifying intact particles; Details of the optical microscope setup; Determination of particle dimensions; Tabulated measured values of nt; Calculation of the effect of the TEM grid film.
Selective breeding to develop a genetically improved strain of Pacific Whiteleg shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei)
Creators: name: Cao, Truong Giang
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2019
Subjects: Pacific whiteleg shrimp
selective breeding
microsatellite markers
mtDNA
heritability
genetic correlation
deformity
colour trait
SNP
GWAS

description: The Pacific whiteleg shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, is an important global aquaculture species, accounting in 2012, for about 15% of the total world-wide value of internationally traded fishery products. Although Vietnam suffered from the consequences of a strong "La Niña", the national shrimp production still reached 683,000 tonnes and the amount of L. vannamei production increased by 8.5% to 427,000 tonnes in 2017. Approximately three million people (10% of the population) in Vietnam derive their main income from shrimp farming (3 million labourers). The development of genetically improved L. vannamei lines would bring about socio-economic benefits to the aquaculture sector by improving production and profitability. There are, however, many challenges in rolling out genetic improvement programs for L. vannamei, including a lack of management tools (such as DNA tagging) to manage inbreeding and facilitate cost-effective selection, as well as a lack of scientific knowledge of the quantitative genetic basis of new traits (i.e., reproduction, body colour, survival and deformity). Furthermore, the knowledge of genetic diversity and genetic associations among shrimp populations is currently not well understood. There is no published information regarding genetic expressions of body colour under different culture environments, and this species genetic association with growth traits are unknown. There is also a paucity of scientific knowledge regarding markers and trait associations for characters of commercial interest and the best options to integrate genomic information into conventional selective breeding programs.
Reina Lewis, Rethinking Orientalism. Women, Travel and the Ottoman Harem
Creators: name: Gendusa, Ester
Publisher: name: Università degli  Studi di Milano
Year: 2012

description: Reina Lewis, Rethinking Orientalism. Women, Travel and the Ottoman Harem
(New Brunswick, Rutgers University Press, 2004, pp. 297
ISBN 0813535433)
di Ester Gendusa
description: Altre Modernità, N° 8 (2012): Orientalismi
Hamid Dabashi, Brown Skin, White Masks
Creators: name: Vanzan, Anna
Publisher: name: Università degli  Studi di Milano
Year: 2012

description: Hamid Dabashi, Brown Skin, White Masks
(London&New York, Pluto Press, 2011, pp. 165
ISBN 978-0-7453-2873-7)
di Anna Vanzan
description: Altre Modernità, N° 8 (2012): Orientalismi
Sense Making of IT Innovations and Management of IT Innovation Information in Small to Medium sized Enterprises: Towards a Purposeful Inquiry and Purposeful Intervention Concept
Creators: name: Glen, Robert
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2008
Subjects: sense making
information technology innovations
purposeful inquiry
purposeful intervention concepts
medium sized enterprises

description: The introduction of a modern globalised economy and the advent of the Internet and the World Wide Web have imparted a need for businesses operators to be constantly informed about relevant Information Technology (IT) innovations. Some of these IT innovations can affect business success and survival; the focus of this research was on the IT sense making and management of IT innovation information within regional Small to Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs). This research included an interpretivist sensemaking inquiry into the IT-related capabilities of SMEs. The first objective of this field-based inquiry was to examine how SMEs managed their IT information environment and how they made sense of IT innovations in practice. The second objective was to introduce practical change that demonstrably improved these two IT-related activities. A review of the relevant literature revealed little in the way of theoretical frameworks that were capable of achieving these objectives. As a result, this research developed and tested several new research tools which were developed and tested, such as the frameworks for 'Inquiry and Intervention'. These frameworks were developed using an applied methodology known as the Soft Systems Methodology (SSM). The frameworks were then operationalised using the action research methodology within eight SME case study situations. The result of this activity was the provision of many valuable findings and insights, which related to how SMEs made sense of IT innovations in practice and how they managed their respective IT innovation information environments. Other key findings were noted, such as the highly centralised nature of the IT sense making process and the unstructured, ad-hoc nature of the IT innovation evaluation process. The IT information management of these SMEs was also noted as being poor, since they operate within an extremely rich information environment; however, most chose to make sense of IT innovations using only lean information sources. The types of IT innovation information sources identified in this study included both formal and informal, such as family and friends. The primary source of this information was from vendors of IT products and services and consultancy firms that had little or no understanding about the IT needs of each business.
Feature interaction detection in a telephony network integrated with switch-based features and IN features.
Creators: name: Fu, Jennifer Qifang.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: Telephony systems have evolved from the Plain Old Telephony System providing only the basic functionality of making phone calls, to sophisticated systems in which many features have been introduced, providing network subscribers more control on the call establishment process. The concept of Intelligent Network was developed to facilitate and accelerate the introduction of new features in a cost-effective manner. However, this objective confronts---a major obstacle known as the feature interaction problem. A feature interaction occurs when at least one feature is prevented from performing its functionality or when the system functions incorrectly due to the presence of features. In the first part of the thesis, we present a model for specifying a telephony network integrated with both switch-based features and IN features using a mixture of resource-oriented style and state-oriented style as well as a specially organized Abstract Data Type hierarchy. The model is designed in a way that independent specification and rapid introduction of features is provided. In the second part of the thesis, we present an improved formal definition of the concept of Feature Interaction and a Feature Interaction Detection System. The system is limited to interactions caused by violation of features or system properties. Feature Interaction between the given features can be detected and presented in the format of Message Sequence Charts via five steps: Test Scenario Designer, Integrator, Feature Interaction Hunter, Property Checker and Message Sequence Charts Translator. It is concluded that LOTOS is useful as a Formal Description Technique in specifying the telephony system with features and for detecting feature interactions at the abstract specification level.
Quantifying the instantaneous net drag force profile within elite front-crawl and backstroke swimming
Creators: name: Formosa, Danielle
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2012
Subjects: net drag force
backstroke
front crawl
coordination
swimming

description: The aim of this research was to quantify the instantaneous net drag force profiles of elite front-crawl and backstroke swimmers. From these profiles the inter-stroke coordination, stroke symmetry and the influence of the breathing action on stroke kinetics was quantified. In study 1, an Assisted Towing Device developed in the Netherlands was compared to the earlier Measurement of Active Drag system. Nine intermediate club level swimmers, were tested randomly on both systems and significant differences (p =0.002) of 55 % in active drag were found, when swimming at the same maximum speed (mean 1.68 m.s-1, 1.40 - 1.87 m.s-1). These differences were attributed to variations in swimming styles when using the two measurement systems. The Measurement of Active Drag system was unable to measure the swimmer’s early catch phase and kick, due to the fixed length and depth of the systems push-off pads. This restricted hand placement then naturally generated a different swimming technique, when compared to the more natural free swimming style associated with the Assisted Towing Method protocol. The more natural, self-selected, arm stroke length, plus the ability to kick; and a data output of an instantaneous force-time profile, resulted in this method being the preferred testing protocol. Twenty-nine elite front-crawl and 19 elite backstroke swimmers (FINA point ranking 924.5 ± 69.0), were recruited to complete six studies to quantify factors that influence the magnitude of the intra-stroke fluctuations. These studies examined; breathing, gender differences, inter-stroke coordination and symmetry variations. This was achieved through an Assisted Towing Method which was designed and developed at the Australian Institute of Sport. The magnitude and location of the minimum and maximum net drag forces and arm symmetry were identified in Study 1. The mean location in the stroke phases where minimum and maximum net drag forces occurred were at 45 % (insweep phase) and 75 % (upsweep phase) of the front-crawl stroke, respectively. Most participants adopted an asymmetrical stroke. This study showed the advantages of representing data as an instantaneous net drag force profile, because it enabled identification of intra-stroke variations within and between individuals.
Artificial neural networks applied to plasma spray manufacturing
Creators: name: Choudhury, Tanveer Ahmed
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Thermal spray is a general term for a group of coating processes that are used to apply metal or non-metallic coatings to protect a functional surface or to improve its performance. The atmospheric plasma spray is a highly variable and versatile thermal spray process in terms of the input and output relationships. The artificial neural network based models can be incorporated to an on-line plasma spray control system to allow the automated system achieve the desired process stability and assist thermal spray engineers in reducing time and the complexities related to the pre-spray tuning and parameter setting.
Alberta’s Future Leaders Program: Long-Term Impacts
Creators: name: Gartner-Manzon, Sophie
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: Sport for development
Long-term impacts

description: Sport for development programs are becoming increasingly popular to address a variety of social issues such as poverty, lack of education, gender equality, and conflict within marginalized communities. Within Canada, many sport for development programs are created for Aboriginal peoples, as they are considered marginalized communities. However, there is a dearth of research on what the actual impacts of sport for development programs are on the recipients of the program, as well as on those who provide the program. My thesis, which is written in the publishable paper format, is comprised of two papers. Using a case study approach in paper one, I explore the impacts that Alberta’s Future Leaders Program’s (AFL) youth leadership retreat has had on its participants (Aboriginal youth). Similarly, using a case study approach in paper two, I explore if/how working for AFL had lasting impacts on the former employees, known as youth workers and arts mentors. Together, the two papers in this thesis show the need for a deeper look into the actual impacts sport for development programs yield, provide insights into some of the lasting impacts AFL has had on its participants, and address the importance of long-term evaluation for sport for development programs.
Patterns and predictors of exercise behavior during 24 months of follow-up after a supervised exercise program during breast cancer chemotherapy
Creators: name: An, Ki-Yong
name: Kang, Dong-Woo
name: Morielli, Andria R
name: Friedenreich, Christine M
name: Reid, Robert D
name: McKenzie, Donald C
name: Gelmon, Karen
name: Mackey, John R
name: Courneya, Kerry S
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2020

description: Background: Understanding the longer-term exercise behavior of patients with breast cancer after chemotherapy is important to promote sustained exercise. The purpose of the current study was to report the longer-term patterns and predictors of exercise behavior in patients with breast cancer who exercised during chemotherapy. Methods: In the Combined Aerobic and Resistance Exercise (CARE) Trial, 301 patients with breast cancer were randomized to three different exercise prescriptions during chemotherapy. Exercise behaviors after chemotherapy were self-reported at 6-, 12-, and 24-month follow-up. Exercise patterns were identified by categorizing patients according to which exercise guideline they were meeting (neither, aerobic only, resistance only, or combined) at each of the three follow-up timepoints (64 possible patterns). Predictors of longer-term exercise behavior included physical fitness, patient-reported outcomes, and motivational variables from the theory of planned behavior assessed at postintervention (postchemotherapy). Univariate and multivariate stepwise multinomial logistic regression and linear regression were used for statistical analyses. Results: A total of 264 (88%) participants completed all three follow-up exercise behavior assessments and exhibited 50 different exercise patterns. Postintervention aerobic fitness was the most consistent predictor of longer-term exercise behavior at all three timepoints. For example, higher aerobic fitness (per 1 ml/kg/min) predicted better adherence to the “aerobic only” (OR = 1.09; p = 0.005) and “combined” (OR = 1.12; p < 0.001) guidelines compared to “neither” guideline at 6-month follow-up. Additionally, higher postintervention muscular strength (per 1 kg) was associated with better adherence to the “resistance only” (OR = 1.07; p = 0.025) and “combined” (OR = 1.08; p < 0.001) guidelines compared to “neither” guideline at 24-month follow-up. Finally, lower perceived difficulty (per 1 scale point) was associated with better adherence to the “combined” (OR = 0.62; p = 0.010) and “aerobic only” (OR = 0.58; p = 0.002) guideline compared to the “neither” guideline at the 24-month follow-up. Conclusions: Our study is the first to show that the longer-term exercise patterns of patients with breast cancer who exercised during chemotherapy are diverse and predicted by physical fitness and motivational variables after chemotherapy. Our novel implications are that improving physical fitness during chemotherapy and applying motivational counseling after chemotherapy may improve longer-term exercise behavior in patients with breast cancer. Trial registration: (NCT00249015).
Investigating the preparation and perspectives of eight high performance athletes.
Creators: name: Werthner, Penny C.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: Psychology, Behavioral.

description: The objectives of this research are twofold. The first objective is to complement and extend our knowledge of the psychological mindset that high performance athletes bring to their training and competitive setting that enables them to perform their best. The second objective is focused on achieving a better understanding of the thirty-seven to fifty percent of an athlete's life that is spent outside of physical training and rest/sleep portion of her or his life. To this end, the research studied the lives, thoughts and emotions of eight high performance athletes who had already won medals at the international and Olympic level and were continuing to train for the next Olympics. A three phase process of interviews was conducted with each of the eight athletes and encompassed training, training camps, national trials, international competitions and a 1997 World Championships, over a nine-month period, from December, 1996 to August, 1997. Ten general dimensions were developed that captured the complexity of the lives of the eight athletes. Within the first general dimension, Mental Mindset, a model was developed, in collaboration with the eight athletes. The nine other general dimensions that developed over the course of analysis were Beginnings, Personal Description, The Ebb and Flow of Self Confidence, Meaning of Excelling in Sport, Will, Degrees of Balance, Joy's in an Athlete's Life, Relationships, Difficulties and Dilemmas, and an eleventh dimension, a special case of A Girl on Boys' Teams. Three of these dimensions, Ebb and Flow of Self Confidence, Will and Degrees of Balance emerged from the words and thoughts of the athletes over the course of the three phases of interviews. The other six dimensions were introduced by the researcher in the initial framework. Along with the ten general dimensions, was a sense that each of these athletes were 'living with excelling.' There were both commonalities among the athletes and a uniqueness in the way each of the athletes viewed her or his journey in high performance sport and in life outside of sport. This sense of uniqueness included a 'fierce intensity' that five of the athletes brought to their lives in sport; a 'sense of fragility' that one of the athletes brought to his life, particularly in terms of his level of self-confidence; a 'reflective' manner that was the essence of one of the athletes; and a simple, 'uncomplicated' manner and view of life that was the essence of the eighth athlete. The commonalities included getting an early start in sport (for most but not all); a strong sense of belief, self-confidence and will, when they were performing well; considerable support from others; joy inside and outside the world of sport; learning to accept the inevitable ups and downs and difficulties; and finally, finding a degree of balance in their life. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Che genere di donne
Creators: name: Vallorani, Nicoletta
Publisher: name: Università degli  Studi di Milano
Year: 2012

description: Che genere di donne
(A. Vanzan, La storia velata, Edizioni Lavoro, 2006 – ISBN 8872131719
A. Vanzan, Figlie di Shahrazàd. Scrittrici iraniane dal XIX secolo ad oggi, Bruno Mondadori, 2009 - ISBN 9788861592957
A. Vanzan, Le donne di Allah. Viaggio nei femminismi islamici, Bruno Mondadori, 2010 - ISBN 9788861594692)
di Nicoletta Vallorani
description: Altre Modernità, N° 8 (2012): Orientalismi
Supplementary document for Measuring the optical properties of nanoscale biogenic spherulites - 5227369.pdf
Creators: name: Yallapragada, Venkata Jayasurya
name: Beck, Lior
name: Oron, Dan
name: Addadi, Lia
name: Palmer, Benjamin
name: upcher, Alexander
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplement 1: Details of extraction of spherulites; Identifying intact particles; Details of the optical microscope setup; Determination of particle dimensions; Tabulated measured values of nt; Calculation of the effect of the TEM grid film.
The cognitive and motivational effects of imagery training from different visual perspectives.
Creators: name: Cumming, Jennifer L.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: Education, Physical.

description: The primary purpose of this study was to examine Hardy's (1997) hypothesis that external visual imagery is the most beneficial imagery perspective for tasks that focus on form and body shape. A secondary purpose was to test whether a short-term imagery training program would result in improvements in imagery ability. Eighteen synchronized figure skaters participated in a five week imagery training program that focused on imaging the form and body position of skating skills in practice and competitive situations. Analysis of the results provided support for Hardy's hypothesis because skaters who adopted an external imagery perspective benefited the most from the imagery training program. This was demonstrated by a significant increase in the use of the cognitive functions of imagery as measured by the Sport Imagery Questionnaire. In comparison, skaters who adopted an internal perspective made no significant improvements. Significant improvements were made on both general imagery ability and a skating specific scale. The results are further discussed in terms of an athlete's preference for a particular imagery perspective, as well as the implications for sport psychology consultants.
Gustavo Gorriti, Sendero: historia de la guerra milenaria en el Perú
Creators: name: Cairati, Elisa
Publisher: name: Università degli  Studi di Milano
Year: 2012

description: Gustavo Gorriti, Sendero: historia de la guerra milenaria en el Perú
(Lima, 2008, anno, pp. 426. ISBN 978-997-223-946-5)
di Elisa Cairati
description: Altre Modernità, N° 8 (2012): Orientalismi
Supplementary document for Experimental and theoretical investigation of 2D nanoplatelet-based conversion layers for color LED microdisplays. - 5227816.pdf
Creators: name: Quesnel, Etienne
name: Suhm, Aurélien
name: Derouard, Marianne
name: Reymermier, Maryse
name: Lorin, Géraldine
name: Laugier, Christelle
name: Tournaire, Myriam
name: Le Maitre, Patrick
name: Lagrange, Alexandre
name: Racine, Benoit
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Additional data
Midwifery practice during birth: rites of passage and rites of protection
Creators: name: Reed, Rachel
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2013
Subjects: birth
childbirth
labour
midwifery
midwifery practice
midwives
midwives' stories
narrative
mothers' stories
narrative inquiry
narrative research
ritual
rites of passage
rites of protection

description: This study explored midwifery practice during birth. In particular, the experiences, actions and interactions between midwives and women during uncomplicated, normal births. Most of the existing literature focuses on outcomes associated with individual practices; and there is a lack of research evidence supporting many of the common midwifery practices carried out during birth. There is also limited research exploring midwives' experiences and perceptions of their practice during birth; although it seems that the context of midwifery practice, and cultural norms influence practice. Studies exploring women's experience of birth have identified an altered state of consciousness, and issues of control as key factors. However, there has been very little research specifically examining women's experience of midwifery practice during birth. This study sought to explore the experience of midwifery practice from both the perspective of the midwife and the woman.
Transmedia television drama: proliferation and promotion of extended stories online
Creators: name: Loads, Matthew
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Transmedia storytelling associated with television drama has existed online for more than sixteen years. For most of its existence, this material has been dominated by texts associated with the promotion of television series. This additional material has made inroads into primetime television and most high-rating television drama productions have established an online presence. This study concentrates on additional content that is available online in relation to all Australian drama productions and some international drama productions in a five-month period. This paper asks what additional material in particular exists, finds out the prevalence of promotional material in comparison to storytelling and seeks to discover if any distinct categories of television drama productions provide more transmedia texts than others. A significant amount of additional material was discovered to feature promotion over storytelling. Differences in approach to this type of storytelling can be seen between public, free-to-air commercial and subscription broadcasters.
An investigation of how early childhood teachers manage changes to their teaching practice in the context of their exposure to appropriate professional development training programs
Creators: name: Duke, Henriette
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2009
Subjects: early childhood
professional development
changed pedagogy

description: This study was designed to investigate the perspectives of early childhood teachers on how they managed changes to their teaching practice in the context of their exposure to a specified professional development training program. It encompasses what these teachers thought, believed, predicted, conceptualised and evaluated with regard to the value of one form of professional development training. It also details the resulting actions, orientations, dispositions and attitudes that these teachers adopted. In 2004, a proposed policy change to the age of entry into Preschool and the first year of schooling in the Northern Territory of Australia compounded concerns for teachers already proficient in early childhood pedagogy. The concerns related to participant perceived pressures to be committed to professional development training programs, to provide educational programs that reflect a rapidly changing society and to become change agents in schools. The aim of this interpretive study was to explore the teachers' perspectives on their ability to create effective learning environments of the future, after their participation in a professional development program specifically designed to prepare them for the proposed age of entry policy change. This study was based on the collection and analysis of interview data from early childhood teachers who were involved in the age of entry policy change. The study continued with the formulation of three theoretical propositions which were derived from the analysis of the interview data. The first finding of the study related to participant approval of the professional development training program content, but it identified feelings of apprehension and resentment about the implementation of an imposed policy. Second, it found that societal and generational classroom changes posed personal and pedagogical constraints for the participants of the study and influenced their interpretations of best early childhood pedagogy and practice. There was no conclusive evidence to suggest that all teachers in the study were committed to being change agents, as individual circumstances were deemed to influence their particular perceptions of future schooling issues. In conclusion, this study considers recommendations for policy, practice and future research in the education agenda of the Northern Territory to establish a unified, strong source and facilitator of change in both the local and national contemporary early childhood education agendas.
title: A Rhetorical Phenomenology of Political, Apocalyptic, and Qubit Technical Communication
Creators: name: Cheek, Ryan K.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2022

description: What influences the way we discuss and think about technology? How does technology, in turn, shape our understanding of politics, relationships, and ethics? I explore these questions while reflecting on my own experiences researching and writing about political technical communication during the COVID-19 pandemic. Modern life is saturated with technology. Although many voters may not realize it, technology is central to the operation of democracy. In part one, I use rhetorical methods to explore how the link between electoral politics and technical communication as a field might be strengthened. In part two, I examine cases where apocalyptic culture transmits deeply conservative political perspectives through technical communication. Finally, in part three, qubits (which are the quantum computing version of a bit in modern computing software) are creatively used as a metaphor for thinking about the relationship between ethics, technology, research, and activism.
Pollutant removal performance of constructed floating wetlands for stormwater treatment
Creators: name: Schwammberger, Peter
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2020
Subjects: Best management practice
Carex appressa
Constructed floating wetlands
Floating treatment wetlands
Green infrastructure
Plant nutrient uptake
Pollutant treatment
Stormwater management
Stormwater pollution
Tall sedge
Treatment performance
Urban runoff
Water sensitive urban design

description: Stormwater management is becoming increasingly important to protect our global waters from pollution and ecological degradation. The global trend towards urbanisation demands new stormwater management strategies and mitigation measures. The overall goal of this thesis was to explore removal of pollutants from stormwater runoff by constructed floating wetlands (CFWs) in addition to a lake system for urban catchments. Two large-scale CFWs (with a total area of 2,088 m2) were installed into a newly constructed 2.6-ha lake system to treat stormwater runoff during the construction phase of a 45-ha residential development in subtropical Queensland, Australia. Plant growth, nutrient partitioning and nutrient uptake by tall sedge (Carex appressa) plants in the two large-scale CFWs were investigated (Chapter 2) and compared to C. appressa plants which were removed from the urban lake and were relocated into a well-established 0.127-ha stormwater retention pond at another site (Chapter 3). Low nutrient concentrations in the lake water caused C. appressa plants to allocate biomass predominantly to the roots and to form a long and dense root network which filtered and trapped TSS from construction runoff. The relocated C. appressa plants showed extensive shoot growth associated with high nutrient uptake (nitrogen, phosphorus, sulphur) but a significant decline in root biomass. In Chapter 4, pollutant removal efficiencies of both CFWs were evaluated during storm events and inter-event periods as a function of inlet and outlet pollutant concentrations, flow and rainfall. Pollutant concentration removal efficiencies for TN and TP were low and highly variable, partly due to low inlet pollutant concentrations and short hydraulic retention times (<1 day), while TSS removal was significant. In summary, this thesis provides improved understanding of pollutant removal processes in CFWs treating stormwater runoff during the early construction stages of an urban development.
Pietro Piovani, Per una filosofia morale
Creators: name: Sini, Carlo
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2012

description: Una recensione di Carlo Sini a Pietro Piovani, Per una filosofia morale, a cura di Fulvio Tessitore, Bompiani, Il pensiero Occidentale, Milano 2010, pp.1196
description: Nóema, N° 2 (2011): Oggettività e realismo: l'ultima impresa della verità
Fate and persistence of DDT and its metabolites in the Okavango Delta, Botswana.
Creators: name: Mbongwe, Bontle.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Health Sciences, Toxicology.

description: Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) had been used in the Okavango delta, Botswana, since the 1950's for the control of malaria and sleeping sickness disease vectors. Concentrations of DDT were determined in water, plant material, invertebrates and fish samples. Isotopes of nitrogen (delta15N) were further used to infer organisms' trophic position and the level of biomagnification of total DDT (DDT and it's metabolites). Average concentrations of total DDT ranged from 0.04 ng.L-1 in water to 8.33 ng.g-1 (wet weight) in fish from the Okavango delta. As predicted from global distillation models, these concentrations are about 2 orders of a magnitude lower than the levels in fish from temperate and arctic regions of Canada, where DDT was banned in the early 1970s. The DDE metabolite was the most abundant fraction of total DDT. Although total DDT concentrations were higher in areas treated for malaria control than areas treated for tsetse control, these concentrations were driven by factors other than the historic application of the pesticide. Gaborone dam, an area where DDT had not been used, was sampled in order to compare total DDT levels to treated areas. Here, levels in fish were 3 times higher than in the Okavango delta but consistent with predictions from delta15N values. Lipid was also a significant predictor of DDT concentrations. Fattier and larger fish such as Hydrocynus vittatus and Synodontis sp. contained higher levels of DDT than those with less fat.
Aspects of Solinus' Collectanea rerum memorabilium
Creators: name: Belanger, Caroline
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: Solinus
Classical Studies
Roman Literature
Roman History
Rome

description: Solinus’ Collectanea rerum memorabilium, composed in the third or fourth century, was an esteemed work of travel and natural history throughout Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Although scholars since the early Enlightenment have criticised this work as an unoriginal compilation of earlier sources, Solinus’ skill in selecting and organising information, and his book's influence throughout much of western history, cannot be denied. The first chapter argues that Solinus designed his book to have wide appeal, so as to entertain and educate the greatest possible audience. No previous English or French scholarship has addressed Solinus’ book as a fundamentally entertaining work, but there are many indications that it would be considered a fashionable and amusing informational text by the elite class. By drawing on several highly respected genres, frequently citing received authorities, and writing in a flowing discourse, Solinus presents information about worldwide wonders, of no immediate use to the average Roman, as though it were beneficial and even necessary to the educated reader. The second chapter looks closely at Solinus’ literary technique, then considers him in the context of three other encyclopedic authors: Aulus Gellius in the second century, and Macrobius and Martianus Capella in the fifth. The third chapter examines the Collectanea as a work of imperial literature. I argue for the novel claim that Solinus’ depiction of the Macrobian Ethiopians seems to associate them with his contemporaries, the Axumites. His portrayal of the Macrobians shows that although on the surface the book adheres to Romano-centric literary traditions, in subtle ways it reflects its contemporary context and Solinus’ own perspective. By examining the text itself as well as the context in which it was created and received, this thesis contributes to a new understanding of the Collectanea’s value as a work of literary and historical significance.
Supplementary document for Experimental and theoretical investigation of 2D nanoplatelet-based conversion layers for color LED microdisplays. - 5227816.pdf
Creators: name: Quesnel, Etienne
name: Suhm, Aurélien
name: Derouard, Marianne
name: Reymermier, Maryse
name: Lorin, Géraldine
name: Laugier, Christelle
name: Tournaire, Myriam
name: Le Maitre, Patrick
name: Lagrange, Alexandre
name: Racine, Benoit
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

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