cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Effect of selected visual and sport training program on visual skills.
Creators: name: Azim Zadeh, Elham
name: Ghasemi, Abdollah
name: Gholami, Amin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 110604 Sports Medicine
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 170114 Sport and Exercise Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: The aim of present study was to investigate the effect of training visual and two different table tennis skills programs on some visual skills in male students. All of the participants completed the optometric screening tests and then were randomly assigned into four groups: 1: visual training &high toss service; 2: visual training & forehand drive; 3: visual training; 4: service & drive training. Before and after eight weeks subjects participated in some standard optometric tests. Mixed ANOVA 4 (group) * 2 (time) indicated that saccadic eye movements in the groups 1 & 2; facility of accommodation in the groups 2 & 3; visual reaction time in the groups 1, 2 & 3 and eye-hand coordination in the group 1 had more improvements after eight weeks (P<0.05). Therefore, we can conclude that exercising the sport skills won't be sufficient for enhancing their special visual skills. It seems that visual and sport training together will have the best results. As both the perceptual-motor and visual needs can be promoted.
Supplementary document for Effects of Interlayer Reflection and Interpixel Interaction in Diffractive Optical Neural Networks - 6158331.pdf
Creators: name: Lou, Minhan
name: Li, Yingjie
name: Yu, Cunxi
name: Sensale-Rodriguez, Berardi
name: Gao, Weilu
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Revised Supplemental Document
Saving latex gloves from landfills : evaluating sustainable methods of waste disposal such as recycling, composting, and upcycling
Creators: name: Wang, James
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2014

description: Introduction LUSH is a company that prides itself on sustainable practices, by creating their products with fresh fruits and vegetables and using as little packaging as possible to save unnecessary plastics. Materials are composted and recycled whenever possible at their manufacturing facility in Vancouver. However, latex gloves are becoming an issue as it represents approximately 95% of the wastes that go into the landfill. So the research question is: what factors prevent latex gloves from being recycled or composted? Data collection was done by conducting interviews with experts on the subject at hand, which is plastic and rubber recycling. Recommendations The best option right now would be ship waste gloves out to a company that has the expertise of recycling latex gloves. Fine Recycling in Toronto would be open to accepting the waste latex gloves from the Vancouver manufacturing facility so long as the company is willing to pay to ship the product to Toronto. The upside of shipping it to Fine Recycling is that it can help them to further their development and expertise of recycling waste latex which can lead to them potentially offering the service to companies in other industries in the near future. TerraCycle can recycle both latex and nitrile gloves at their processing facility in the state of Georgia so this option would significantly reduce waste latex gloves from the manufacturing facility should the company choose this route. Again, if the company is willing to accept the additional shipping costs and environmental impacts, then this is definitely a viable option. Transitioning to local recycling and upcycling can be done in the future if a local company puts in the time, effort, and investment to successfully develop such a process. Collaborating with other companies that are high consumers of latex materials can help to create the demand that would make such a process work. Conclusion Latex processing is mainly dictated by economics, as it must be affordable for the company processing the latex products while at the same time having enough demand for the end product. Knowledge about the process of latex composting and upcycling needs to be further developed so there are more sustainable methods of disposal for latex products. With people being more conscious about where things comes from and where they end up, they will demand alternative methods of disposal other than the landfill and for these options to be prominent within the greater community.
Effect of Biofield Treatment on Structural and Morphological Properties of Silicon Carbide
Creators: name: Trivedi, Mahendra
Publisher: name: SMN - The ScienceMedia Network
Year: 2016
Subjects: Natural Sciences
Chemistry

description: Silicon carbide (SiC) is a well-known ceramic due to its excellent spectral absorbance and thermo-mechanical properties. The wide band gap, high melting point and thermal conductivity of SiC is used in high temperature applications. The present study was undertaken to investigate the effect of biofield treatment on physical, atomic, and structural characteristics of SiC powder. The control and biofield treated SiC powder was analysed using X-ray diffraction (XRD), particle size analyzer, surface area analyzer, and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy techniques with respect to control. The XRD pattern revealed that crystallite size was significantly increased by 40% in treated SiC as compared to control. The biofield treatment has induced changes in lattice parameter, density and molecular weight of atoms in the SiC powder. Particle size was increased upto 2.4% and the surface area was significantly reduced by 71.16% in treated SiC as compared to control. The FT-IR results indicated that the stretching vibrations frequency of silicon-carbon bond in treated SiC (925 cm-1) was shifted towards lower frequency as compared to control (947 cm-1). These findings suggest that biofield treatment has substantially altered the physical and structural properties of SiC powder.
The Effect of Selected Rainbow Parachute Games on Motor and Social Development of Pre-school Children.
Creators: name: Gholami, Amin
name: Abani Arani, Masoomeh
name: Ghasemi, Abdollah
name: Ghafari, Bahram
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 110604 Sports Medicine
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 170114 Sport and Exercise Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: The present study aimed to determine the effect of selected Rainbow parachute games on motor and social development of children. 20 pre-school children (5-6 years old) from Aran and Bidgol City (Isfahan, Iran) were randomly selected and divided into two 10-person experimental and control groups. Test of gross motor development (Ulrich Test) and Vineland social maturity questionnaire were used to assess the motor and social development, respectively. Running pretest, the experimental group played selected parachute games for 8 weeks (3 sessions per week). The Rainbow parachute which is a round and colored play tools is made of light weight nylon fabric. At the end of the play sessions, pretests were re-performed in both experimental and control groups. Data were analyzed using analysis of covariance, Shapiro-Wilk test and Levin tests by statistical package of SPSS (version 17) at a significance level of 0.05. The results showed that selected parachute games significantly affected running, galloping and leaping skills from the locomotor subscale of the test of gross motor development as well as social skills (P>0.05). However, the results showed non-significant effect on hopping, sliding, and horizontal jump from locomotor subscale and object control skills (P<0.05). In conclusion, teachers of kindergartens and preschools can use the parachute games to improve some locomotor skills and social development of children.
Effect Of Visual Manipulation During Walking Training On Functional Balance And Selected Kinematic Parameters Of Gait In Older Women.
Creators: name: Gholami, Amin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 170114 Sport and Exercise Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: 110604 Sports Medicine
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of visual manipulation during walking training on functional balance and selected kinematic parameters of gait in the elderly. 16 accessible older women ranging in age from 65 to 75 were recruited and randomly assigned to a experimental (n: 8) and control (n: 8) groups. Experimental group trained walking while lower visual field was blocked for 12 weeks, 3 training sessions per week. Berg functional balance test was used for measuring subjects’ functional balance and Zebris gait analyzer was used for measuring kinematic gait parameters. We used the paired samples t test to compare the mean test scores before (pre-test) and after (post-test) intervention in each group. Independent t test was also used to evaluate the differences in means between experimental and control groups. A p-value of 0.05 was considered for all statistical methods. Results showed a significant effect of walking training while lower visual field was blocked on stride length, gait velocity, percentage variability of velocity for experimental group (P<0.05) and not statistical significant improvement on step width and double support percent (P>0.05). Within group analysis showed that there were no significant differences between pretest and post test mean scores of measured gait parameters in control group (P>0.05). Between group analysis showed that there were significant differences between posttest mean scores in two groups in stride length, gait velocity (P<0.05). Also, between and within group significant difference was revealed for experimental group in functional balance (P<0.05). We concluded walking training while lower visual field was blocked could improve some kinematic gait parameters related to walking balance in older women. Reduction in visual dependency, improvement of ability to use sensory substitution systems like somatosensory and vestibular systems can be probable causes of improvement in gait parameters.
Cost Reducing Inputs, Underproduction and Economic Welfare
Creators: name: Fiorentini, Gianluca
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 1989
Subjects: SECS-P/03 Scienza delle finanze

description: The object of this paper is to investigate social and strategic overinvestment in cost reducing inputs, when such investment enters directly in the other firms' objective function.
On the Optiml Variance of Money
Creators: name: Denicolò, Vincenzo
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 1989
Subjects: SECS-P/01 Economia politica

description: This paper analyses some monetary policy issues in a model of business cycle derived from Lucas (1972). We show that an autoregressive monetary policy rule may dominate a k-percent rule, and that the optimal monetary policy is characterised by an infinite amount of noise.
Confidence Crises and Public Debt Management
Creators: name: Giavazzi, Francesco
name: Pagano, Marco
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 1989
Subjects: SECS-P/01 Economia politica

description: The question that we ask in this paper is whether the danger of confidence crisis can be reduced by acting on the choice of the maturity structure of public debt.
Italy: The Real Effects of Inflation and Disinflation
Creators: name: Giavazzi, Francesco
name: Spaventa, Luigi
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 1989
Subjects: SECS-P/01 Economia politica

description: The Italian economy has often puzzled foreign observers over the past fifteen years. In this article we attempt to interpret these developments. In our interpretation, some implications of which are perhaps of more than local interest, we stress the role of policies throughout the period.
Risk factors associated with driving after marijuana use among West Virginia college students during the COVID-19 pandemic
Creators: name: Tang, Yuni
name: Abildso, Christiaan G.
name: Lilly, Christa L.
name: Winstanley, Erin L.
name: Rudisill, Toni M.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health

description: The purpose of this study was to assess sociodemographic and behavioral risk factors associated with driving after marijuana use (DAMU) among West Virginia college students. Participants were recruited from West Virginia University between September and November 2022. The study sample was restricted to students who were ≥18 years of age; reported recently driving; possessed a current, valid driver’s license from any US state; and were enrolled for at least one credit hour in the Fall 2022 semester. Among respondents (N = 772), 28.9% reported DAMU. Students who had a GPA of B (adjusted odds ratio [AOR]: 2.17, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.06–4.42), smoked or ingested marijuana in the past year (AOR: 26.51, 95% CI: 10.27–68.39), drove after drinking (AOR: 2.38, 95% CI: 1.18–4.79), and used both marijuana and alcohol concurrently and then drove (AOR: 10.39, 95% CI: 2.32–46.54) associated with DAMU. Individuals who felt the behavior was somewhat dangerous or not dangerous or thought their peers approved of DAMU showed significant associations with DAMU. As DAMU was prevalent, future interventions that raise awareness of the danger and potential consequences of DAMU may be needed to reduce this risky behavior on college campuses.
Rib and sternum fracture risks for restrained occupants in frontal car crashes
Creators: name: Ranmal, Aarti
name: Shaikh, Junaid
name: Lubbe, Nils
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Most car occupant fatalities occur in frontal crashes and the thorax is the most frequently injured body region. The objectives of the study were, firstly, to quantify the relation between risk factors (such as speed and occupant age) and rib and sternum fracture injury probability in frontal car crashes, and, secondly, to evaluate whether rib fracture occurrence can predict sternum fractures. Weighted German data from 1999-2021 were used to create the injury risk curves to predict both, at least moderate and at least serious, rib and sternum fracture risks. A contingency table for rib and sternum fractures allowed the calculation of sensitivity, specificity, and precision, as well as testing for the association. Elderly occupants (≥65 years old) had increased rib and sternum fracture risk compared to mid aged occupants (18-64 years old). Besides occupant age, delta-V was always and sex sometimes a significant predictor for skeletal thoracic injury. Sternum fractures were more common than rib fractures and more likely to occur at any given delta-V. Sternum fractures occurred often in isolation. Female occupants were at higher risk than males to sustain at least moderate rib and sternum fractures together and sternum fractures in isolation. Rib and sternum fractures were associated, but low sensitivity and precision show that rib fractures do not predict sternum fractures well. Elderly and female occupants were at the highest risk and should be targeted by thoracic injury criteria and thresholds for frontal crash occupant protection. Rib and sternum fractures were not associated. Therefore, sternum fractures need to be predicted and evaluated separately from rib fractures.
Supplementary document for Plasmonic lithography fast imaging model based on decomposition machine learning method - 6158686.pdf
Creators: name: Ding, Huwen
name: Liu, Lihong
name: Li, Ziqi
name: Dong, Lisong
name: Wei, Yayi
name: Ye, Tian-Chun
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Revised Supplement
Teoria dei giochi e teoria della politica economica
Creators: name: Giavazzi, Francesco
name: Carraro, Carlo
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 1989
Subjects: SECS-P/01 Economia politica

description: Verso la metà degli anni '70, molti economisti iniziarono a chiedersi se un ruolo attivo della politica monetaria e fiscale fosse ancora auspicabile ed efficace. I dubbi nascevano dall'osservazione che la politica economica sembrava incapace di risolvere il dilemma di un'alta inflazione e di una disoccupazione crescente in cui si trovavano i maggiori paesi industriali.
Behind the wheel: Probing into personality, skills, and driving behavior’s role in bus rapid transit crashes
Creators: name: Singh, Harpreet
name: Kathuria, Ankit
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health

description: Personality traits and driving skills are significantly associated with driving behaviors and crashes. In the case of professional bus drivers, the relationships amongst these variables have not been sufficiently examined in terms of road crashes. Therefore, this study seeks to examine the relationship between personality traits, driving skills, driving behaviors, and crash involvement among Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) drivers. The study employed a comprehensive data collection strategy involving self-reported questionnaires, including the driver behavior questionnaire, driver skill inventory, and Big Five inventory, alongside Global Positioning System (GPS)-extracted speeding data from a sample of 166 drivers. To explore the relationship between variables, the study utilized the Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Model (PLS-SEM) as the analytical method. The findings reveal that self-reported violations and actual speeding performed by drivers were positively associated with crash involvement, whereas positive driving behavior negatively influences violation, errors, speeding and crash involvement. The study also found that the safety skills were negatively associated with violations, errors, and speeding, while higher perceptual-motor skills were associated with higher instances of speeding violations, resulting to a higher possibility of getting involved in a crash. Finally, the study reveals that certain personality traits (extraversion and neuroticism) were positively associated with violations, errors, and speeding, leading to a higher risk of getting involved in crashes, whereas certain personality traits (conscientiousness and agreeableness) were associated with safe driving. The study findings offer valuable insights into the predictors of crashes among professional BRT drivers, which can be used to enhance driving practices, ensuring the safety of the public. Moreover, these findings provide transportation agencies with better management and decision-making capabilities to implement effective interventions to improve road safety.
Can the EMS be Exported? Lessons from Ten Years of Monetary Policy Coordination in Europe
Creators: name: Giavazzi, Francesco
name: Giovannini, Alberto
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 1989
Subjects: SECS-P/01 Economia politica

description: The paper is organized around two main questions. The first is, why is the eversion to exchange rate fluctuations stronger in Europe than elsewhere? the second question is: how does the EMS hold together?
Driving after substance use in Rhode Island adolescents: A cross-sectional analysis of surveillance data
Creators: name: Noel, Jonathan K.
name: Rosenthal, Samantha R.
name: Torres, Jadyn N.
name: Gately, Kelsey A.
name: Borden, Samantha K.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: Pharmacology
Biotechnology
Developmental Biology
Mental Health

description: Existing literature on driving under the influence during adolescence is sparse, especially for driving after the use of non-medical prescription drugs (DAP). This study examines the prevalence of driving after use of alcohol (DAA), cannabis (DAC), and DAP, and examines the role of several potential risk and protective factors. This was a secondary analysis of the 2022 Rhode Island Study Survey, a cross-sectional survey of middle and high school students. Separate multivariable regressions were conducted for each outcome among lifetime users for each substance, controlling for current substance use, individual-, perceived parental-, and perceived friend-substance use risk perception, age, sexual/gender minority (SGM) status, race, ethnicity, school level, and town poverty level. Among lifetime users of alcohol (n = 3849), cannabis (n = 2289), and non-medical prescription drugs (n = 611), the prevalence of DAA, DAC, and DAP was 4.9, 14.3, and 16.9%, respectively. Current substance use, high individual risk perception, being nonwhite, and being Hispanic were risk factors for DAA while perceiving parent’s risk perception as negative and being heterosexual cisgender-female were protective. Current substance use, negative individual risk perception, and being nonwhite were risk factors for DAC while perceiving parent’s risk perception as negative and being in high school were protective. Current substance use and older age were risk factors for DAP while perceiving parent’s risk perception as negative and perceiving friend’s risk perception as negative were protective. Driving under the influence is a concern among adolescent substance users. Current substance use and perceived parental risk perception as negative are common risks and protective factors, respectively. Findings suggest substance-specific, heterogeneous interventions are needed. For example, interventions focusing on peer perceptions are most relevant for DAP, while shifting personal perceptions of harm are most relevant for DAC.
Rainwater harvesting : a viable option for Vancouver’s City Works Yards
Creators: name: Aceto, Mariah
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2014

description: In the Greenest City 2020 Action Plan, the City of Vancouver has set the goal of reducing the City’s per capita water consumption by 33% from its 2006 consumption rate. This paper highlights an opportunity where the City itself can reduce water consumption. This paper looks at how the City can implement rainwater harvesting at its Work Yards, in particular the Manitoba and the Evans Works Yards. The findings of this research could then be applied to other works yards throughout Vancouver. The research was divided into three main parts, which included a literature review and site tours of the VanDusen Visitor Centre and the Creekside Community Centre which informed the best practices for rainwater harvesting. The second part included site tours of the Manitoba and Evans Works Yards to determine the opportunities for rainwater harvesting at these sites. The third and final part discusses how much water can be collected and the associated savings that accompany its collection. The research conducted has led to the following recommendations for the City of Vancouver’s Works Yards: o Implement water metering on the hoses used for non-potable operations o Use harvested rainwater for outdoor non-potable purposes: vehicle washing, irrigation and street cleaning o Thorough design review to ensure all system components are cohesive, as well as talking to maintenance technicians during the design process o Hire dedicated individuals for post installation o External system with an above ground tank
1. Cultural Anthropology – Claude Levi-Strauss 2. Argonauts of the Western Pacific – Bronislaw Malinowski
Creators: name: Nayla Sarah Sabhina
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Cultural Anthropology – Claude Levi-Strauss

Claude Levi-Strauss membahas perbedaan mendasar antara sejarah dan antropologi sebagai dua pendekatan dalam memahami manusia dan kebudayaannya. Menurutnya, sejarah berfokus pada peristiwa-peristiwa unik yang terjadi dalam urutan waktu, dengan perhatian khusus pada perubahan dan perkembangan yang dialami suatu masyarakat. Sejarah mencatat kejadian-kejadian dalam konteks kronologis, menjadikan setiap kebudayaan sebagai sesuatu yang tidak sepenuhnya dapat dibandingkan karena keunikannya masing-masing. Sebaliknya, antropologi menurut Levi-Strauss mengambil pendekatan sinkronik, yaitu memahami kebudayaan sebagai sistem yang bisa dipelajari dalam satu waktu tertentu, tanpa harus mengikuti garis waktu kronologis. Tujuan utama antropologi struktural adalah mencari struktur-struktur universal yang tersembunyi di balik keragaman budaya.

2. Argonauts of the Western Pacific 

"Argonauts of the Western Pacific" (1922) karya Bronislaw Malinowski adalah karya antropologi klasik yang mendirikan dasar metode observasi partisipatif dalam penelitian etnografi. Buku ini berdasarkan penelitiannya di Kepulauan Trobriand (sekarang bagian dari Papua Nugini) antara tahun 1915–1918.
Examining the impact of legalization on the prevalence of driving after using cannabis: A comparison of rural and non-rural parts of Canada
Creators: name: Wrathall, Meghan
name: Cristiano, Nick
name: Walters, David
name: Cullen, Greggory
name: Hathaway, Andrew
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: Medicine
Cell Biology
Neuroscience
Pharmacology
Biotechnology
Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
Cancer
Science Policy
Mental Health
Computational Biology
Cardiology

description: The purpose of this study was to examine the likelihood of driving after using cannabis, and of being a passenger with someone who is driving after using cannabis, in rural areas and non-rural areas before and after legalization. A multi-wave analysis of Canada’s National Cannabis Survey was conducted using logistic regression with interactions to predict the prevalence of driving after using cannabis, and of being a passenger with someone who is driving after using cannabis, in relation to place of residence (rural or non-rural) and in the weeks and months before and after legalization. Three time points were compared: pre-legalization, two months following legalization and 1 year after legalization. At the national level, there are no significant differences between the predicted estimates of driving after using cannabis for those who live in rural and non-rural areas. However, when examining the impact of legalization, we found a significant increase in driving after using cannabis among rural residents directly following legalization. Furthermore, it was observed that this increase in driving after using cannabis returns to pre-legalization rates one year after legalization. By contrast, in the weeks and months following legalization, driving after using cannabis decreased among those living in non-rural areas, and slowly increased soon thereafter. No significant differences were observed, in either time period or group, in the prevalence of being a passenger with someone who is driving after using cannabis. The finding of significantly higher risk of driving after use of cannabis soon after legalization in rural areas suggests a need for more attention to address immediate concerns for public safety. The increased potential for traffic injuries and deaths in other jurisdictions contemplating legalization supports the call for more and better targeted prevention efforts in rural communities that have far too often been overlooked and under-served.
Supplementary document for A simple computational method to increase axial contrast in multi-wavelength interference microscopy - 6158864.pdf
Creators: name: McConnell, Gail
name: Tinning, Peter
name: Schniete, Jana
name: Scrimgeour, Ross
name: Kolln, Lisa
name: Rooney, Liam
name: Bushell, Trevor
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Cell Biology

description: Supplemental Document
Effect Of Visual And Sport Skills Training On Visual Skills And Sport Performance Among Novice Table Tennis And Basketball Players.
Creators: name: Mallahi, A
name: Ghasemi, A
name: Gholami, Amin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 170114 Sport and Exercise Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: 110604 Sports Medicine
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of 8 weeks visual and sport skills training on selected visual skills and sport skills among novice table tennis and basketball players. 60 novice male athletes were randomly divided into 6 groups: (1- visual training and basketball layup, 2- visual training and table tennis forehand derive, 3- basketball layup, 4- table tennis forehand derive, 5- visual training and 6- control). Based on their training, Revien and Gabor (1981) visual training and sport skill drills were used. Before and after 8 weeks training, we used 6 visual skill tests and sport training tests. Data analysis done by t test and multiple ANOVA shown that all of the experimental groups had enhancement in their visual skills and sport skills based on their training. Visual and table tennis group had better performance in comparison with visual and basketball group. It seems that the combination of visual and sport skills training is better than exclusive sport and visual training. Also the nature of sport skills and their visual demands can affect the visual training programming.
Accessing the effects of three spatial aggregation levels of harvest blocks design on individuals' perceptions of scenic beauty
Creators: name: Zhong, Ziyan
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: Forest engineers and planners have used a variety of techniques to mitigate the visible effects of harvesting in visually sensitive areas. However, less empirical research and investigation have been conducted on spatial cues, for example, spatial aggregation level. I conducted a pilot study to investigate the perceptual effects of three different cutblock spatial aggregation levels (High, Medium, and Low). Thirty photo-realistic images were rendered of a forest landscape scene with three different aggregation levels. These scenes were rated by 74 individuals. There was no significant difference across three different spatial aggregation levels in terms of landscape scenic beauty ratings. Nevertheless, two major constructive findings are concluded. More differences are expected to be perceived by individuals on a given landscape with relatively larger scale clearcut and poorly designed cutlbocks. Colour contrast presented a significant influence on individuals’ ratings across three different levels as well. Finally, some improvements for online survey design are suggested.
PEDAGOGICAL CONDITIONS FOR THE PROFESSIONAL-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENTS BASED ON THE NARRATIVE APPROACH
Creators: name: Sadiyeva, Shakhnoza
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: This article scientifically substantiates the pedagogical potential of the narrative approach in supporting the professional-emotional development of students in the higher education system. The narrative method is presented as a key tool for shaping students’ professional identity through personal storytelling, emotional awareness, and reflective practice. The study highlights the theoretical and practical aspects of the concept of professional-emotional intelligence in higher education, as well as the relationship between emotional stability and professional potential. Methods such as reflective essays, pedagogical diaries, and emotional maps are analyzed for their effectiveness in developing students’ reflective, emotional, and sociocultural competencies. The article offers recommendations on the pedagogical conditions necessary for developing emotional and professional competencies using a narrative approach, as well as the transformative role of the teacher.
Evaluating the use of near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy as a proxy measure of carbon and nitrogen isotopes in the leaves of Black Cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa)
Creators: name: Leung, Andy
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2014

description: Stable isotopic measurements are one of the more powerful tools used to help advance our understating of plants and their environment. Yet this tool is underutilized because of the large amount of resources and time it takes to extract this information. In this study, I evaluated if near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy can be used as a faster and more economical way to estimate the ratios of carbon and nitrogen isotopes in tree leaves. The δ13C and δ15N values were determined with samples of Black Cottonwood leaves (Populus trichocarpa) taken from 3 different clones and grown in two different CO₂ concentration conditions. The samples were scanned with a near-infrared reflectance spectrometer (NIRS) to create calibration models. These models are created using partial least-squares regressions and tested by cross validation procedures. The resulting calibration models were unable to accurately predict the amount of δ13C and δ15N in the leaves as none of the models could produce a high correlation coefficient. The reflectance spectra produced by the NIRS was able to differentiate the two different CO₂ concentration treatments, and was also able to classify clones from different origins based on their reaction to the CO₂ concentration treatments.
An Economy of Industries and its Aggregate Representation
Creators: name: D'Adda, Carlo
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 1989
Subjects: SECS-P/01 Economia politica

description: The purpose of the present paper, in contrast, is to show that Keynes, in The general Theory, thought in more complex terme, referring to an economy made of industries in the Marshallian tradition.
Brand Extensions and Entry Deterrence
Creators: name: Ju Choi, Chang
name: Scarpa, Carlo
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 1989
Subjects: SECS-P/01 Economia politica

description: In many industries, we observe various "groups" of products linked by a common brand name. This approach to launching products extends the existing reputation, in this case the brand name, also to achieve the existing certain economies of scope in areas such as advertising costs.
Tassazione dei titoli pubblici e incentivo alla speculazione per le imprese
Creators: name: Matteuzzi, Massimo
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 1989
Subjects: SECS-P/01 Economia politica

description: Il paper parla della tassazioni dei titoli pubblici e degli incentivi alla speculazione per le imprese, in particolare prendendo in considerazione il DPR. 791 del 28.11.1984.
La crescita estensiva
Creators: name: Ricottilli, Massimo
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 1988
Subjects: SECS-P/02 Politica economica

description: Nelle'enunciato ci si interroga sul fenomeno della crescita, appare subito che essa ha assunto per lunghi periodi le caratteristiche di un movimento estensivo.
The Prevision of Public Inputs in Oligopolitic Markets
Creators: name: Fiorentini, Gianluca
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 1988
Subjects: SECS-P/03 Scienza delle finanze

description: Optimal rules for the provision of collective factor of production have been quite extensively investigated since the seminal cotributions of Kaizuka (1965) and Sandro (1972), that may be regarded as the counterpart of the Samuelson's papers on the optimal allocation of public goods amoung consumers.
Esternalita' di rete, sussidi pigouviani e mutmento tecnico
Creators: name: Fiorentini, Gianluca
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 1988
Subjects: SECS-P/03 Scienza delle finanze

description: Molti sono i beni la cui utilità per i consumatori non dipende dalle loro caratteristiche intrinseche, ma piuttosto dall'assistenza di un numero elevato di acquisizioni dello stesso prodotto da parte di altri consumatori.
Customer Markets" e varibilita' dei prezzi relativi
Creators: name: Chirco, Alessandra
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 1988
Subjects: SECS-P/01 Economia politica

description: Tema di questo lavoro è l'analisi di alcune possibili cause di viscosità nell'aggiustamento dei prezzi in modelli con imperfetta informazione da parte dei consumatori.
Dinamica dei prezzi in cambi flessibili
Creators: name: Colombo, Caterina
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 1988
Subjects: SECS-P/01 Economia politica

description: In questo lavoro si assume che il mercato dei beni sia caratterizzato da concorrenza monopolistica e si studia la politica di prezzo di un'impresa in presenza di incertezza sull'andamento futuro del tasso di cambio e costi fissi di aggiustamento dei prezzi.
Evoluzione temporale del portafolgio ottimo in Italia
Creators: name: Rossini, Gianpaolo
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 1988
Subjects: SECS-P/02 Politica economica

description: Tra i problemi che accompagnano i mercati finanziari in presenza di cospicui debiti da collocare va incluso in primis quello che concerne la risposta dei portafogli delle famiglie e delle imprese a variazioni dei prezzi relativi delle attività finanziarie.
Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy-related Inflammation: a case of leukoencephalopathy in an elderly patient
Creators: name: Reicher, John
Publisher: name: EURORAD
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Neuroradiology brain
subject: CT
subject: MR
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Inflammation

description: Clinical History Image Findings Discussion Find Diagnosis Differential Diagnosis
description: female, 85 years
description: Clinical History: An 85 year-old woman presented with rapidly progressive cognitive decline and behavioural disturbance. Examination revealed disorientation and inability to follow commands, with no focal neurological deficit. She was observed to have intermittent vacant e... Final Diagnosis: Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy-related Inflammation
Recommendations for Vancouver's Future Urban Forest Management Plan
Creators: name: Fraser, Eli
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2014

description: This essay outlines recommendations and aspects that should be covered in Vancouver’s upcoming Urban Forest Management Plan (UFMP). Four cities’ urban forest strategies, Toronto, Victoria, Seattle, and Portland, are analysed for common themes and attributes that are applicable to Vancouver. Vancouver’s urban forest strategy will be completed sometime in 2014. Three overarching goals were found in all four plans, with many other minor commonalities found throughout all the cities’ plans. These three common goals were to conserve and enhance their urban forests, provide stewardship to the public to properly manage and care for their sections of the urban forest, and to guarantee equitable distribution of the urban forest benefits to all residents of the city. Along with these common goals there were many other elements that were recommended for Vancouver to use in their UFMP. Examples are a holistic approach and effort from all departments of the city, economic evaluation of the current urban forest functions, and certain environmental benefits the cities’ want to see from their urban forest. Some other aspects that were not in all four plans are suggested for Vancouver’s UFMP. The current efforts that Vancouver is making towards its UFMP are also examined. These efforts, along with the recommendations outlined in this paper, will ensure Vancouver has a vigorous, in-depth urban forest strategy that will produce many values and benefits for the city, now and in the future.
Design, Construct and Test of Reliability of Vestibular Test Device.
Creators: name: Naeimikia, Malihe
name: Gholami, Amin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 110604 Sports Medicine
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 170114 Sport and Exercise Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Vestibular sensory system is one of the main sensory systems contributing motor movements especially balance control which lead to appropriate body position in different situations. The aim of this study was to design, construct and test reliability of a vestibular measurement system. After constructing of the device, 20 male non-athlete students participated voluntarily in the study. An examiner measured vestibular sense system function in 20 subjects for 10 times to evaluate the intra-experimenter reliability. For evaluating inter experimenter reliability 4 examiners were taught how to measure with the device and they measured 4 times. To evaluate the stability of device reliability, at different interval times the examiner measured 8 subjects at two days alternatively during morning and evening. All tests were performed in both sagittal (moving forward and backward) and frontal (moving laterally) planes. Correlation coefficient was used to measure to measure inter and intra experimenter reliabilities. The results showed that intra experimenter correlation coefficient for sagittal plane was 0.95 and for frontal plane was 0.93. Inter experimenter correlation coefficient score for sagittal plane was 0.89 and for frontal plane 0.85. Reliability of time consistency of the device between morning and evening measurements for sagittal and frontal planes were 0.85 and 0.89 respectively. The results indicated that high correlation coefficient values in inter and intra experimenter reliability in sagittal and frontal planes. So the device can be used for measuring vestibular sense system function in these planes.
Do Fair Bets Exist? Direct Utility Functions Under Uncertainty
Creators: name: Rossini, Gianpaolo
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 1988
Subjects: SECS-P/02 Politica economica

description: Some aspects of decision taking under risk are examined. The existence of fair gambles whose price equals their expected values is questioned and in addition the origin of expected utility is analysed.Then a diverse approach to decision taking under risk is considered, whereby agents maximize a utility function of consequences of actions. Consequences are treated like different goods and prospect is like a budle of goods. Stochastic dominance is invoked as a second stage criterion to decide whether to accept or not a prospect. Even though some problems arise as to the continuity by using the indirect utility function we are able to explain the Allais Paradox.
La domanda di moneta in Italia: questioni teoriche ed econometriche
Creators: name: Mazzoli, Marco
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 1988
Subjects: SECS-P/01 Economia politica

description: Il presente lavoro si propone di analizzare brevemente la letteratura econometrica italiana degli ultimi vent'anni per cercare di individuare l'evoluzioni di talune ipotesi di teoria economica alla base dei modelli.
Discovery of a new phase in thin flakes of KV$_{3}$Sb$_{5}$ under pressure
Creators: name: Wang, Zheyu
name: Wang, Lingfei
name: Yip, King Yau
name: Tsui, Ying Kit
name: Poon, Tsz Fung
name: Wang, Wenyan
name: Tsang, Chun Wai
name: Wang, Shanmin
name: Graf, David
name: Pourret, Alexandre
name: Seyfarth, Gabriel
name: Knebel, Georg
name: Lai, Kwing To
name: Yu, Wing Chi
name: Zhang, Wei
name: Goh, Swee K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report results of magnetotransport measurements on KV$_3$Sb$_5$ thin flakes under pressure. Our zero-field electrical resistance reveals an additional anomaly emerging under pressure ($p$), marking a previously unidentified phase boundary $T^{\rm \ast}$($p$). Together with the established $T_{\rm CDW}(p)$ and $T_c(p)$, denoting the charge-density-wave transition and a superconducting transition, respectively, the temperature-pressure phase diagram of KV$_3$Sb$_5$ features a rich interplay among multiple phases. The Hall coefficient evolves reasonably smoothly when crossing the $T^{\rm \ast}$ phase boundary compared with the variation when crossing $T_{\rm CDW}$, indicating the preservation of the pristine electronic structure. The mobility spectrum analysis provides further insights into distinguishing different phases. Finally, our high-pressure quantum oscillation studies up to 31 T combined with density functional theory calculations further demonstrate that the new phase does not reconstruct the Fermi surface, confirming that the translational symmetry of the pristine metallic state is preserved.
description: 10 pages, 5 figures. Advanced Science (2025)
Denazionalizzazioni e privatizzazione dell'impresa pubblica in Italia
Creators: name: Bianchi, Patrizio
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 1988
Subjects: SECS-P/01 Economia politica

description: Il risanamento e la ridefinizione degli obiettivi e delle strategie dell'impresa a partecipazione statale in Italia può essere inserito nel più generale processo di ridimensionamento della impresa pubblica in corso nei paesi industrializzati.
La determinazione della struttura di mercato in recenti modelli di oligopolio: competizioni tecnologiche e differenziazione del prodotto
Creators: name: Delbono, Flavio
name: Scarpa, Carlo
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 1988
Subjects: SECS-P/01 Economia politica

description: il lavoro tratta della determinazione della struttura di mercato prendendo in considerazione recenti modelli di oligopolio. Principalmente si focalizza sulle competizioni tecnologiche e sulla differenziazione del prodotto.
Struttura produttiva e concentrazione industriale. Il settore manifatturiero italiano 1951-1981
Creators: name: Fiorentini, Gianluca
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 1988
Subjects: SECS-P/03 Scienza delle finanze

description: Una delle principali questioni aperte nell'esaminare lo sviluppo economico italiano del dopoguerra è quella di spiegare la ragione per cui la struttura industriale italiana è stata ed è tuttora caratterizzata da una dimensione media di impianti e da un livello di concentrazione relativamente assai inferiore rispetto a quello degli altri paesi occidentali.
Indivisibilities in R & D Investment and Transient Leadership in Oligopoly
Creators: name: Delbono, Flavio
name: Denicolò, Vincenzo
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 1988
Subjects: SECS-P/01 Economia politica

description: In this paper we study a one-shot game of R&D between two price-setting firms that are asymmetrically placed as they produce at different cost levels. The R&D technology displays increasing returns in the form of invisibilities. We show that there exists a unique equilibrium in pure strategies, and we prove that the incumbent has never greater probability of winning the patent race than the rival.
Renuntiatio Papae. Alcune riflessioni storico-canonistiche
Creators: name: Brandmüller, Walter
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2016
Subjects: Diritti delle religioni

description: Contributo non sottoposto a valutazione
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2016: 18 luglio