cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Genome-scale transcriptional analyses of first-generation interspecific sunflower hybrids reveals broad regulatory compatibility
Creators: name: Rowe, Heather C.
name: Rieseberg, Loren H.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2015

description: Background: Interspecific hybridization creates individuals harboring diverged genomes. The interaction of these genomes can generate successful evolutionary novelty or disadvantageous genomic conflict. Annual sunflowers Helianthus annuus and H. petiolaris have a rich history of hybridization in natural populations. Although first-generation hybrids generally have low fertility, hybrid swarms that include later generation and fully fertile backcross plants have been identified, as well as at least three independently-originated stable hybrid taxa. We examine patterns of transcript accumulation in the earliest stages of hybridization of these species via analyses of transcriptome sequences from laboratory-derived F1 offspring of an inbred H. annuus cultivar and a wild H. petiolaris accession. Results While nearly 14% of the reference transcriptome showed significant accumulation differences between parental accessions, total F1 transcript levels showed little evidence of dominance, as midparent transcript levels were highly predictive of transcript accumulation in F1 plants. Allelic bias in F1 transcript accumulation was detected in 20% of transcripts containing sufficient polymorphism to distinguish parental alleles; however the magnitude of these biases were generally smaller than differences among parental accessions. Conclusions While analyses of allelic bias suggest that cis regulatory differences between H. annuus and H. petiolaris are common, their effect on transcript levels may be more subtle than trans-acting regulatory differences. Overall, these analyses found little evidence of regulatory incompatibility or dominance interactions between parental genomes within F1 hybrid individuals, although it is unclear whether this is a legacy or an enabler of introgression between species.
Stadt, Staat, sozialer Raum und Politik in Singapur. Zum Stand der aktuellen Diskussion
Creators: name: Kieserling, Manfred
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2017

description: The following article presents a survey of the literature concerning questions of politics and social space in the international city of Singapore. It shows that there are a lot of interesting publications on policies and politics as well as on urban space and its recent development. But up till now there is a lack of specific social area analyses and studies on the links and interdependencies between social space and politics. Moreover, an analysis of the consequences of the globalisation process as it affects politics and social space is still outstanding. This seems rather surprising considering the fast growing corpus of literature on global cities. Focussing on the International city of Singapore as an important exemplary location, the article shows that in addition to the progress made in research in recent years it might be pathbreaking to link the specific discourses on social space, politics and globalisation.
description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 30 Nr. 1-2 (1999): Internationales Asienforum
Program i lista uczestników Wideokonferencji "Polskie czasopisma z historii i filozofii nauki oraz naukoznawstwa ..." / The program and list of participants of the Videoconference "The Polish journals on the history and philosophy of science and the science of science ..."
Creators: name: Kokowski, Michal
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: history and philosophy of science
history of science
science of science
bibliometrics
indexing/abstracting databases
Scopus
Web of Science
WoS
Index Copernicus International Journals Mater List
ICI JML
Directory of Open Access Journals
DOAJ
European Reference Index for the Humanities and Social Sciences - ERIH PLUS
ERIH+
Google Scholar
GS
Polish academic journals
evaluation of academic journals

description: Program i lista uczestników pierwszej wideokonferencji naukowej w dziejach dwóch instytucji: PAU i IHN PAN oraz dyscypliny „historia nauki” w Polsce, zorganizowanej z okazji 20-lecia Komisji Historii Nauki PAU i powołania Pracowni Naukoznawstwa IHN PAN. Program and list of participants of the first scientific videoconference in the history of two institutions: the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Institute for the History of Science, Polish Academy of Sciences, and the discipline "history of science" in Poland, organized on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Commission on the History of Science, Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the establishment of the Science of Science Laboratory, Institute for the History of Science, Polish Academy of Sciences.
Die leise Wärmepumpe: Datengetriebene modellprädiktive Regelung für effizienten und geräuscharmen Betrieb einer Luft-Wasser-Wärmpumpe
Creators: name: Beckschulte, Moritz Richard
name: Klingebiel, Jonas
name: Will, Florian
name: Vering, Christian
name: Müller, Dirk
Publisher: name: RWTH Aachen University
Year: 2025
Subjects: energy efficiency
heat pump
heat pump control
model predictive control
sound emission

description: Deutsche Kälte- und Klimatagung, DKV 2024, Dresden, Germany, 20 Nov 2024 - 22 Nov 2024; doi:10.18154/RWTH-2025-01913
Confucian Rappers and Rockers? Singaporean Youth in the Nineties
Creators: name: Oehlers, Alfred L.
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2017

description: Rapid economic development in Singapore has spawned a wealthy generation of youth possessing nearly all the material trappings of Western pop culture. Indeed, when looked at in terms of their musical and fashion preferences, teens in Singapore are virtually indistinguishable from their Western counterparts. As a number of observers have noted, however, despite their outward appearances, youth in Singapore have remained profoundly conservative, rejecting the more liberal values associated with the music and fashions of the West, and choosing to retain their traditional ‘Asian’ values. This paper attempts to provide some insights into why this is the case.
description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 30 Nr. 1-2 (1999): Internationales Asienforum
ขนสีสดใสบ่งบอกคุณภาพที่ดีของนกตัวเมียได้หรือไม่
Creators: name: สุปาณี เลี้ยงพรพรรณ
Publisher: name: กองบริหารการวิจัย
Year: 2563
Subjects: ขนสีสดใส
คุณภาพที่ดี
นกตัวเมีย

description: วารสารวิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี, 28, 6, 1069-1074
title: Necrotising fasciitis of the breast following complicated mastitis
Creators: name: Dourado Domingues, João Manuel
Publisher: name: EURORAD
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Breast imaging
subject: Breast
subject: Emergency
subject: CT
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Clinical Case

description: Clinical History: A 63-year-old diabetic and obese female presented with left breast pain, initially treated for mastitis (clinically diagnosed). She returned with worsening pain, erythema, and swelling. An ultrasound revealed an abscess, and she was discharged and scheduled for drainage (at a specialised centre). Despite adjusted antibiotics, her condition continued to deteriorate.

description: 63 years, female
Terrorism and Counterterrorism Efforts in Mogadishu, Somalia; An Analysis of Al-Shabaab's Impact and Government Response
Creators: name: Nagan Ali Ibrahim
Publisher: name: Accord University
Year: 2025
Subjects: Terrorism and Counterterrorism
Efforts in Mogadishu,
Somalia; An Analysis of Al-Shabaab's
Impact and Government Response
Al shabab
Govenament
Counterterrorism

description: Abstract 

Aim/Purpose: This research focuses on Al-Shabaab’s terrorist activities in Mogadishu, Somalia, and assesses the counterterrorism measures taken by the Somali government. The goal of the study is to examine measures taken to counter terrorism in Somalia with respect to accomplishments, difficulties, and their ramifications.

Background: The emergence of Al-Shabaab in Mogadishu has exacerbated insecurity, economic disarray, and problems with governance. The group employs violent strategies such as bombing, killings, and propaganda through mass media that directly impact the level of national security and development of the nation. The Somali government, together with international partners, had responded militarily through the execution of diverse counterterrorism strategies which included military and soft intervention approaches.

Methodology: This study uses qualitative research design and the primary source of data is gathered through document review. From 2019 through 2024, government documents, scholarly works, media stories, and policy papers were analyzed using thematic analysis for the presence evidence patterns, obstacles, and results concerning counterterrorism activities in Mogadishu.

Contribution: This study adds to the discourse on terrorism in Somalia through the detailed appraisal of Al-Shabaab terrorist activities and the response by the Somali government in terms of counterterrorism strategies. The study seeks to contribute on the interrelations of sociopolitical context of counterterrorism and put emphasis on policy gaps.

Findings: This study found that Al-Shabaab has suffered from military operations and intelligence efforts. However, challenges such as corruption, poor interagency coordination, and socio-economic issues significantly impede counterterrorism. The local resentments in Mogadishu and the advanced recruitment techniques of Al-Shabaab are major impediments to the peace and stability.

Recommendations: To counter terrorism violence more effectively, this study recommends governance and political stability, improving intra-agency coordination, funding socio-economic activities aimed at reducing radicalization, and improving community-based counter terrorism programs. In addition, fighting corruption and adopting a more pro-human rights strategy is important for achieving stability.

Future Research: Further research needs to examine how counter terrorism activities affect community resilience and the influence of international and regional collaboration on the security of Somalia. Furthermore, research on counter-extreme propaganda efforts also has the potential to yield impactful results.
Mokinių iš skirtingos SEK aplinkos akademinio funkcionavimo teorinio modelio operacionalizacijos gairės
Creators: name: Sevalneva, Daiva
name: Melnikė, Eglė
name: Vosylis, Rimantas
name: Erentaitė, Rasa
name: Morkevičius, Vaidas
name: Raižienė, Saulė
name: Simonaitienė, Berita
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Quality of education
Secondary schools
Lithuania
Student achievement

description: Operacionalizacijos gairėse pademonstruojama, kaip nacionalinių mokinių pasiekimų duomenų pagalba operacionalizuoti teorinį modelį, skirtą mokinių iš skirtingos socialinės-ekonominės-kultūrinės (SEK) aplinkos akademiniam funkcionavimui analizuoti.
A Quantum-Theoretic Framework for Layered Vacuum Structure and Its Gravitational Consequences
Creators: name: Cacci, Marco
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: This paper introduces the Stratified Gravimetric Vacuum (SGV) model, proposing that the quantum vacuum is structured into discrete layers of virtual mass-energy.Each layer modifies local gravitational response, affecting light propagation, Casimir forces, and potentially explaining dark energy as a stratified effect.The framework is mathematically rigorous and offers two testable predictions via laboratory-scale and cosmological observations.
Confucianism and Human Rights: Rhetoric and Reality
Creators: name: Lau, Ivy Y. Y.
name: Cullen, Richard
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2017

description: With the end of the Cold War, international politics has been dominated by human rights issues. One feature of these discussions has been a lengthy debate about the merits of “cultural relativity” and “universalism” in framing human rights regimes. A sub-theme has been the validity of so-called “Asian values” as a factor in the State-citizen, mediating equation. A fairly common Western view has been that cultural relativism and, especially, Asian values, are little more than opportunistic legitimation devices for authoritarian political structures. The authors argue that this approach is both too simplistic and counter-productive. The article focusses on the very long-standing influence of Confucian values in China and their impact, historically and more currently, on mediatmg the State-citizen relationship. The article concludes that it is very important to be watchful for the misuse of “cultural” arguments to water down human rights. But it is equally important to take cultural factors seriously in this debate and not to dismiss them with slogans.
description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 30 Nr. 1-2 (1999): Internationales Asienforum
The effects of estrogen treatment on neurocognition in healthy young women and women with schizophrenia
Creators: name: Bartholomeusz, Cali F.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The wealth of biochemical, molecular and behavioural evidence to support estrogen, in particular ‘estradiol’ (E2), as a neuroprotective agent in the brain has lead to the proposal of estrogens as possible treatment for the cognitive deficits inherent to various neurological and mental disorders, such as schizophrenia. Despite this, the mechanisms underlying E2’s actions in the brain are largely unknown, although the cholinergic system shows promise as a key modulator of E2 effects, given the prominent role of this neurotransmitter system in fundamental cognitive processes. Therefore the aim of this thesis was to investigate the cognitive effects of one month of 100μg/day transdermal E2 treatment in healthy young women (Experiment One) and women of child-bearing age with schizophrenia (Experiment Two). In addition, the role of the cholinergic system in mediating the cognitive effects of estrogen was also explored in our sample of healthy young women. Both experiments were placebo-controlled randomized double-blind designs and examined the following cognitive domains: declarative verbal memory and learning, verbal fluency, working/visual memory, attention, cognitive flexibility and information processing/psychomotor speed. Short-term E2 treatment in healthy young women had selective positive effects on delayed verbal recall and spatial working memory, however the majority of cognitive domains were unaffected. Furthermore, overall E2 treatment did not protect against (or attenuate) the cognitive deficits induced by the muscarinic receptor antagonist scopolamine. In addition, one month E2 treatment did not improve cognitive functioning for our sample of women with schizophrenia. These findings add to the already largely inconsistent literature and highlight the complex effects of E2 treatment on cognitive function, which may be further influenced by age, endogenous estrogen levels and duration of treatment. These findings suggest that adjunctive E2 treatment may not be an effective treatment for cognitive deficits in women of child-bearing age with schizophrenia. However, given these are two of the few studies to have investigated the cognitive effects of E2 treatment in this age cohort, further research is required before definitive conclusions can be drawn. Future research should investigate the cognitive effects of E2 in post-menopausal women with schizophrenia and focus on alternative means for improving cognitive deficits. Further investigation into the underlying neurochemical mechanisms of estrogen in the human brain is also needed to help determine the nature of estrogen’s variable effects on cognitive function and it’s role in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia and related disorders.
Accreditation in a Sub Saharan Medical School: a case study at Makerere University
Creators: name: Galukande, Moses
name: Opio, Kenneth
name: Nakasujja, Noeline
name: Buwembo, William
name: Kijjambu, Stephen C
name: Dharamsi, Shafik
name: Luboga, Sam
name: Sewankambo, Nelson K
name: Woollard, Robert
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2016

description: Introduction: Of more than the 2,323 recognized and operating medical schools in 177 countries (world wide) not all are subjected to external evaluation and accreditation procedures. Quality Assurance in medical education is part of a medical school’s ethical responsibility and social accountability. Pushing this agenda in the midst of resource limitation, numerous competing interests and an already overwhelmed workforce were some of the challenges faced but it is a critical element of our medical profession’s social contract. This analysis paper highlights the process of standard defining for Medical Education in a typically low resourced sub Saharan medial school environment. Methods: The World Federation for Medical Education template was used as an operating point to define standards. A wide range of stakeholders participated and meaningfully contributed in several consensus meetings. Effective participatory techniques were used for the information gathering process and analysis. Results: Standards with a clear intent to enhance education were set through consensus. A cyclic process of continually measuring, judging and improving all standards was agreed and defined. Examples of the domains tackled are stated. Conclusion: Our efforts are good for our patients, our communities and for the future of health care in Uganda and the East African region.
Plakat Wideokonferencji "Polskie czasopisma z historii i filozofii nauki oraz naukoznawstwa: Jak dostać się do Scopus, WoS, ICI, DOAJ oraz ERIH+? Dlaczego warto to zrobić?" (16 kwietnia 2020) / The poster of the videoconference "The Polish journals on the history and philosophy of science, and the science of science: How to get to Scopus, WoS, ICI, DOAJ and ERIH+? Why is it worth doing?" (April 16, 2020).
Creators: name: Agencja Reklamowa NOVUM
name: Polish Academy Of Arts And Sciences
name: Kokowski, Michał
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: history and philosophy of science
history of science
science of science
bibliometrics
indexing/abstracting databases
Scopus
Web of Science
WoS
Journals Mater List Index Copernicus International
JML ICI
Directory of Open Access Journals
DOAJ
European Reference Index for the Humanities and Social Sciences Plus
ERIH+
Google Scholar
GS
Polish academic journals
evaluation of academic journals
conference program

description: Plakat Wideokonferencji "Polskie czasopisma z historii i filozofii nauki oraz naukoznawstwa: Jak dostać się do Scopus, WoS, ICI, DOAJ oraz ERIH+? Dlaczego warto to zrobić?" (Kraków–Warszawa–Toruń: Komisja Historii Nauki PAU i Pracownia Naukoznawstwa IHN PAN, 16 kwietnia 2020, godz. 10.00–15.00). Plakat wykonany został przez Agencję Reklamową NOVUM w ramach umowy o współpracy z Polską Akademią Umiejętności. Autorami treści plakatu są PAU i prof. dr habil. Michał Kokowski, kierownik tej konferencji. The poster of the Videoconference "Polish journals on the history and philosophy of science and the science of science: How to get to Scopus, WoS, ICI, DOAJ and ERIH+? Why is it worth doing?" (Kraków–Warsaw–Toruń, Poland: The Commission on the History of Science, Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences, & The Science of Science Laboratory, Institute for the History of Science, Polish Academy of Sciences, April 16, 2020, 10.00–15.00). The poster was made by the Agencja Reklamowa NOVUM under the cooperation agreement with the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences. The authors of the poster content are the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences and prof. dr. habil. Michał Kokowski, head of this conference.
Indiens und Pakistans offene Nuklearisierung und ihre widersprüchlichen Folgen
Creators: name: Maass, Citha D.
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2017

description: In May 1998 India conducted two series of nuclear tests, immediately provoking Pakistan to follow suit with two test series. With the decision of “going nuclear”, both countries openly demonstrated their nuclear capabilities, covertly developed during several decades. Thus, the South Asian enemies have qualitatively changed their mutual threat potential, and, at the same time, have irrevocably broken the global monopoly of the five nuclear weapon states (NWSs). The Indian decision was basically determined by a status motivation, claiming the same international status as China, India wants to join the exclusive group of the five NWSs, which are also the sole members with the right of veto in the UN Security Council. The Pakistani response was based on the security motivation. preventing India’s nuclear domination, re-establishing a strategic balance, and countering the weaponization of India’s nuclear programme. India’s and Pakistan’s nuclearization may give rise to contradictory developments: on the one hand, destabilizing repercussions beyond the South Asian region can be expected because the “open threat triangle” between China, India, and Pakistan encourages a nuclear and missile “arms race” between these unequal neighbouring countries; on the other, the tests have given a new impetus to global efforts towards nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament, putting severe pressure on India and Pakistan to sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) and to cooperate in negotiations on a “Fissile Materials Production Cut-off Treaty”. If both countries join the CTBT by September 1999, non-proliferation regimes will further progress towards universal validity.
description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 30 Nr. 1-2 (1999): Internationales Asienforum
METHOD OF DEVELOPING STRENGTH ABILITIES OF 14-15 YEAR-OLD SCHOOL STUDENTS
Creators: name: Saparbayeva Mahliyo Botir qizi  Teacher of the Department of "Pedagogy and Exact Sciences"  of the Faculty of Pedagogy and Philology of  Urgench Ranch Technological University
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: This article discusses the power capabilities, their manifestation as a result of the influence of the organism, which are based on the qualities of mental, muscular, motor, vegetative, hormonal functions and other physiological systems of the organism. Muscular strength as an indicator characterizing a person's physical capabilities - this is the ability to overcome or resist external resistance due to muscle tension - was studied.

Keywords: Strength, competition, research, training loads, speed, physical training, planning, training, physical exercise, muscle, wrestling, physical qualities
Die Ethnie der Hazara in Afghanistan
Creators: name: Uhrig, Reinhard
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2017

description: The Hazara are one of the several ethnic groups in Afghanistan. Traditionally they inhabited the Hazarajat, the land of the Hazara, which comprises the mountainous central areas of Afghanistan. Since the majority of them are adherents of Shiite Islam and have a distinctly Mongoloid appearance, it is easy to distinguish them from the neighbouring populations. The name “Hazara” has been interpreted as meaning the Persian word for “one thousand”, standing for one thousand soldiers of the Mongolian army of Dschinghis Khan. Estimations regarding the Hazara population differ greatly, ranging from 1,000,000 to 7,000,000. With support from the British, the Emir Abdur Rahman occupied the Hazarajat in the second part of the 19th century and with the incorporation in the Afghan state a marginalization of the Hazara people began. In the modem Afghan state the Hazara were underprivileged politically, socially and economically and suppressed by the Pashtun rulers. During the resistance against the Soviet-backed regime in Kabul a development took place that led to several changes within Hazara society and enabled the Hazara to play an important role in post-Soviet Afghanistan. Since the appearance of the Taliban movement in 1994 the Hazara, organized in the Hezb-e Wahdat (Unity Party), offer resistance. They are no longer willing to subordinate themselves to a Pashtun-dominated state.
description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 30 Nr. 1-2 (1999): Internationales Asienforum
Radical Islam, Jihad and Civil War in Afghanistan
Creators: name: Emadi, Hafizullah
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2017

description: This article studies the emergence of radical Islam in the immediate post-World War II period in Afghanistan. It examines how the struggle for political hegemony and cultural domination of the country spurred the resurgence of militant Islamic ideology and politics in the 1960s and 1970s. The article also explores the role of Islamic militancy during the war of national liberation which forced the Soviets to withdraw their forces from Afghanistan after a decade of occupation (1979-1989). Also discussed is the inability of the leaders of Islamic parties to reconcile their philosophical differences and unite around a common political agenda to rebuild the war-tom country. It shows how continued armed struggle for power among various Islamic groups eventually led to the total destruction of the country’s infrastructure in the immediate post-Soviet era and suggests what should be done to maintain unity and stability.
description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 30 Nr. 1-2 (1999): Internationales Asienforum
Foresight, entrepreneurship and the philanthropic desire for a better world
Creators: name: Braidotti, Gio
name: Hayward, Peter
name: Voros, Joseph
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: International calls for renewed and rejuvenated engagement with social and environmental issues have increased in recent times and have attained a sense of great urgency. These are the issues that dominate the agenda of non-profit 'third sector' organizations and are considered philanthropic in nature. Locally, Richard Slaughter, answered the call and with suppmt of both the Pratt Foundation and the Chancellery of Swinburne University of Technology, mounted a Melbourne-based effort to fmd innovative ways to make a difference. In the latest phase of this on-going effort, a project was mounted to first scan the research and development needs of the third sector and then engage in practical partnerships to find new routes to tackle seemingly intractable social problems.
Gestion et ouverture des données de la recherche à EcoFoG
Creators: name: Jaouen, Gaëlle
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Retour d'experience sur la stratégie de gestion des données de la recherche mise en place au sein d'une unité mixte de recherche : EcoFoG (Ecologie des forêts de Guyane).
The life and work of Maciej Nowicki (1910–1950)
Creators: name: Barucki, Tadeusz
Publisher: name: Faculty of Architecture, Wrocław University of Technology, Wrocław
Year: 2014
Subjects: Maciej Nowicki, 20th century architecture, Chandigarh, Paraboleum, Dorton Arena

description: ARCHITECTUS; ISSN 1429-7507
Zygmunt Stanisław Makowski: A pioneer of space structures
Creators: name: Parke, Gerard
name: Behnejad, Seyed Alireza
Publisher: name: Faculty of Architecture, Wrocław University of Technology, Wrocław
Year: 2014
Subjects: Zygmunt Stanisław Makowski, Space Structures Research Centre, International Journal of Space Structures, Department of Civil Engineering of the University of Surrey

description: ARCHITECTUS; ISSN 1429-7507
“Nodes and Spatial Structures”, a tribute to Stéphane du Château
Creators: name: Motro, René
Publisher: name: Faculty of Architecture, Wrocław University of Technology, Wrocław
Year: 2014
Subjects: spatial structures, Stéphane du Château, node, industrialisation, Institut Le Ricolais

description: ARCHITECTUS; ISSN 1429-7507
The innovative structural conception in Stéphane du Château’s work: from metallic trusses to the development of spatial frames
Creators: name: Porto, Cláudia Estrela
Publisher: name: Faculty of Architecture, Wrocław University of Technology, Wrocław
Year: 2014
Subjects: spatial structure, steel frame, research and development, industrialization, spatial proliferation, Stéphane du Château

description: ARCHITECTUS; ISSN 1429-7507
title: Scoping report for the UK Vaccine Network: Options for investment in vaccines and vaccine technology for infectious diseases with epidemic potential.
Creators: name: Noad, Rob
name: Ismail, Sharif
name: Simpson, Karl
name: Scott, Anthony
Publisher: name: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Year: 2021

description: This report was commissioned by the UK Department of Health and Social Care to: Describe the current landscape of vaccine development against infectious diseases of epidemic potential (IDEPs), previously defined as ‘priority diseases’ by the UK Vaccine Network (UKVN); Consider lessons learnt from developing vaccines against Ebola and COVID-19; Review remaining technical gaps that might be targeted by future UKVN funding; and Propose optimal mechanisms for project funding to ensure value for money. UKVN was established following the 2014-16 Ebola outbreak in West Africa and used an expert panel to develop a list of priority pathogens which cause IDEPs and for which vaccines should be developed. This list covered 13 priority pathogens, including Disease X, any previously unknown pathogen capable of causing epidemic disease. There was recognition that excellent pre-clinical studies showing safety and immunogenicity of prototype vaccines in animals were not being translated into vaccines for use in humans. UKVN specifically aimed to progress vaccines for priority diseases through to early phase clinical trials so that they were available for scale up and emergency use in the event of future epidemics.
Madrasa Education in India. Islamic Education, Diversity and National Identity post 9/11, Neemrana, 30.11.-2.12.2003
Creators: name: Reifeld, Helmut
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2016

description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 35 Nr. 3-4 (2004): Internationales Asienforum
PETRA BUCHHOLZ: Schreiben und Erinnern. Über Selbstzeugnisse japanischer Kriegsteilnehmer
Creators: name: Dähler, Richard
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2016

description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 35 Nr. 3-4 (2004): Internationales Asienforum
The Health Benefits and Challenges of Exercise Training in Persons Living with Schizophrenia : A Pilot Study
Creators: name: Bredin, Shannon S. D.
name: Warburton, Darren E. R.
name: Lang, Donna J.
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: Background: In addition to the hallmark cognitive and functional impairments mounting evidence indicates that schizophrenia is also associated with an increased risk for the development of secondary complications, in particular cardio-metabolic disease. This is thought to be the result of various factors including physical inactivity and the metabolic side effects of psychotropic medications. Therefore, non-pharmacological approaches to improving brain health, physical health, and overall well-being have been promoted increasingly. Methods: We report on the health-related physical fitness (body composition, blood pressure, heart rate, and aerobic fitness) and lipid profile of persons living with schizophrenia and effective means to address the challenges of exercise training in this population. Results: There was a markedly increased risk for cardio-metabolic disease in 13 persons living with schizophrenia (Age = 31 ± 7 years) including low aerobic fitness (76% ± 34% of predicted), reduced HDL (60% of cohort), elevated resting heart rate (80% of cohort), hypertension (40% of cohort), overweight and obesity (69% of cohort), and abdominal obesity (54% of cohort). Individualized exercise prescription (3 times/week) was well tolerated, with no incidence of adverse exercise-related events. The exercise adherence rate was 81% ± 21% (Range 48%–100%), and 69% of the participants were able to complete the entire exercise training program. Exercise training resulted in clinically important changes in physical activity, aerobic fitness, exercise tolerance, blood pressure, and body composition. Conclusion: Persons living with schizophrenia appear to be at an increased risk for cardio-metabolic disease. An individualized exercise program has shown early promise for the treatment of schizophrenia and the various cognitive, functional, and physiological impairments that ultimately affect health and well-being.
Integration of a double-clad photonic crystal fiber, a GRIN lens and a MEMS mirror for nonlinear optical microscopy
Creators: name: Fu, Ling
name: Jain, Ankur
name: Xie, Huikai
name: Cranfield, Charles
name: Gu, Min
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We report on a prototype of a nonlinear optical endoscope based on a double-clad photonic crystal fiber and a GRIN lens to improve the detection efficiency and a MEMS mirror to steer the beam.
Neuroprotective function of autophagy against dopamine toxicity in an in vitro model of Huntington?s disease
Creators: name: VIDONI, CHIARA
Publisher: name: Universit� degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale Amedeo Avogadro
Year: 2017

description: Huntington?s Disease (HD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the progressive loss of striatal neurons and it is caused by abnormal expansion (37Q) of the polyglutamine tract in Huntigtin protein (Htt). The HD hallmark is the accumulation of toxic aggregate-prone mutant Htt (mHtt), leading to the formation of toxic cytoplasmic and nuclear inclusions. This effect may affect autophagy. Autophagy is a lysosomal degradation process known to clear protein aggregates. Dopamine (DA)-induced oxidative stress can favour the aggregation of unfolded proteins. DA may exacerbate neuronal loss in the striatum.We hypothesised that DA could induce toxicity in Htt-expressing dopaminergic neurons dysregulating autophagy and thus precipitating neuronal cell death. The hyper-expression of mHtt per se reduced cell proliferation, cell viability and induced neuronal cell death. These effects were exacerbated after DA exposure promoting a secondary necrotic-following apoptosis toxicity. We found that DA impaired the autophagy, reducing autophagosome formation, and thus preventing the degradation of mHtt aggregates. DA toxicity led to mitochondrial damage with ROS generation. Treatments with NAC and DFO anti-oxidant agents protected DA-treated cells expressing the mHtt, preventing cell death by promoting autophagy.Next, we tested the potential of the polyphenol Resveratrol (RV) to protect the neuroblastoma cells from DA toxicity. We found that DA affects the stability and function of ATG4, a redox-sensitive cysteine-protein involved in the processing of LC3 (autophagosome formation). We found that RV prevents the ROS generation, restores ATG4 level, allows the lipidation of LC3, facilitates the degradation of mHtt aggregates and protects the cells from DA toxicity. In conclusion, our data explain DA-induced impairment of autophagy underlie the parkinsonism in HD patients, and support the therapeutic use of anti-oxidant agents, as RV, in order to slow down the HD progression.
Sartre e il Novecento
Creators: name: Tamassia, Paolo
Publisher: name: Universit� degli Studi di Trento - Dipartimento di studi letterari, linguistici e filologici
Year: 2009

description: Dopo essere stato oggetto di esaltazioni incondizionate fin quasi all?infatuazione, con l?affermarsi delle posizioni strutturaliste in Francia Sartre ha sofferto di un deciso ostracismo da parte di illustri esponenti del dibattito culturale che lo hanno accusato di essere teorico obsoleto: incapace di comprendere il proprio tempo. A trent?anni dalla sua scomparsa � pi� facile evitare questi atteggiamenti estremi che porterebbero oggi al rifiuto o all?agiografia. In questa prospettiva � stato molto proficuo ricostruire dei dialoghi fra Sartre e alcuni protagonisti del pensiero del Novecento molto distanti dal suo quadro concettuale se non, in alcuni casi, a lui apertamente ostili. Si tratta di dialoghi ?non compiuti?: da una parte perch� non hanno avuto luogo nella realt�, ma solo in filigrana nei loro testi, dall?altra perch� si sono interrotti. Cos� grazie ad una lettura in parallelo delle loro opere, che ne sollecita spesso passaggi meno noti, Sartre, Bataille, Foucault, Nancy, Spanos, Lyotard rivelano degli inattesi punti di contatto nonostante i diversi sviluppi delle loro speculazioni. Pur coinvolgendo, data la particolare fisionomia degli autori considerati, la loro riflessione filosofica ed estetica, l?indagine ha come punto focale il confronto delle loro posizioni sul rapporto fra letteratura e reale. Ne emerge un Sartre profondamente ancorato al Novecento: in grado di affrontarne le problematiche pi� urgenti e scottanti, nonch� capace di rileggere il passato all?interno dell?attualit�, come rivela il suo confronto, qui analizzato, con Euripide e con la tradizione culturale italiana.
Fluxus and legacy
Creators: name: Friedman, Ken
name: Smith, Owen F.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Part of a special issue on the legacy of the Fluxus group. Variously described as a laboratory, a conceptual country, or a community, Fluxus is well known at least by name, but its central ideas and issues are overshadowed by a multiplicity of misleading or one-sided interpretations. According to its cofounder, Dick Higgins, it is a way of doing things, a tradition, and a way of life and death rather than a moment in history or an art movement. Instead of labeling it as a movement, it is better to examine the issues or themes that typify its experience, which include globalism, the unity of art and life, and intermedia. Aiming to provide an introduction to the rich network of its ideas, this issue seeks to reveal the sometimes hidden dimensions in what may appear as a well-understood phenomenon.
JANET RIZVI: Trans-Himalayan Caravans. Merchant Princes and Peasant Traders in Ladakh ; KENNETH M. BAUER: High Frontiers. Dolpo and the Changing World of Himalayan Pastoralists; ECKART EHLERS/HERMANN KREUTZMANN (eds.): High Mountain Pastoralism in Northern Pakistan
Creators: name: Rao, Aparna
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2016

description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 35 Nr. 3-4 (2004): Internationales Asienforum
title: Value in the Lived Experience of Wearable Diabetes Technology for Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes and their Caregivers
Creators: name: Radu, Simona
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2024

description: The service literature progressively recognises value as a key research priority (Ostrom et al., 2015). Nevertheless, despite considerable discussion on this topic, value understanding remains fragmented, with limited impetus for value in the experience, particularly in the context of technology. Given the accelerated development of digitalised healthcare, it is important to understand the customer experience with technology, especially for chronic illnesses requiring continuous engagement with monitoring and treatment devices. The key objective of this study was to understand the value in the lived experience of wearable diabetes technology (WDT) for adolescents with type 1 diabetes (T1D) and caregivers.


This project is situated within service research and adopts a phenomenological approach to the dynamic and subjective nature of value. It considers essential aspects of human experience for a holistic understanding of this intricate phenomenon (Helkkula et al., 2012; Heinonen et al., 2013). It commenced with an advisory phase that sought the contribution of adolescents and caregivers with regard to the central topic and various aspects of research design. The main study included 24 semi-structured online interviews with 14 adolescents and 10 caregivers, as well as diaries collected from 6 adolescents. Data analysis followed van Manen’s (1990, 2014) recommendations and employed the five phenomenological lifeworld dimensions (i.e., embodiment, sociality, spatiality, temporality, and materiality) as an interpretative and a sensitising lens for analysis and writing.


The findings of this study suggest that the experience of value does not materialise in a vacuum but is embedded in the customer’s life. Value in the experience is phenomenologically lived in interaction with their idiosyncratic world, which includes the material technology as well as embodied, social, temporal, physical, and normative aspects of their lifeworld. This insight provides a theoretical contribution to service research by expanding the understanding of value in the experience using van Manen’s (2014) lifeworld dimensions. It offers an integrated understanding of the customer’s synergetic experience with technology within a transformative healthcare context. The empirical contribution of this study stems from the phenomenological, participatory, and co-creative methodological approach.
WERNER OTTO VON HENTIG: Von Kabul nach Shanghai. Bericht über die Afghanistan-Mission 1915/16 und die Rückkehr über das Dach der Welt und durch die Wüsten Chinas
Creators: name: Weiss, Dieter
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2016

description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 35 Nr. 3-4 (2004): Internationales Asienforum
Adelbert von Chamisso und die Südsee
Creators: name: Schütte, Heinz
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2016

description: The essay deals with Adelbert von Chamisso's (1781-1838) Reise um die Welt of 1835, which has been neglected by historical research and which describes a world increasingly united by trade. From 1815 to 1818, the poet and botanist had participated in the Russian Pacific and Arctic expedition under Otto von Kotzebue as a titular scientist. In the steps of his creation Peter Schlemihl (1813) who had lost his shadow, Chamisso ventured to search for his own identity, to retrieve his shadow, in science and in foreign lands. A border crosser between France and Germany ever since earliest youth, he became a 'threshold' personality between the world of the ancien régime and modernity of the late 19th century. In the tradition of the Enlightenment, he wrote an unusually rich text in which he proved to be an empiricist, in that "each fragment of human history" is important to him as a component of humanity's general history.
description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 35 Nr. 3-4 (2004): Internationales Asienforum
THE CREATIVE LEGACY OF SUFI ALLOYO'R AND ITS INFLUENCE ON PUBLIC LIFE AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE
Creators: name: Karshiyev Islam Egamqulovich Teacher
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description:       Sufi Alloyo'r is an important figure in the history of Uzbek literature, who significantly contributed to the development of Sufi philosophy and deeply understood its moral and spiritual essence. In his works, he illuminated the ethical, spiritual, and religious aspects of Sufism, emphasizing that the achievement of the true goal of a person is only possible through the Sufi path.

Keywords: Literature, Sufism, Doctrine, Sufism, Poetry, Spiritual issues
Gibt es eine chinesische Moderne mit konfuzianischen Charakteristika? Variationen zum Thema
Creators: name: Sausmikat, Nora
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2016

description: In many regions of the world the process of globalization triggered new conservative counter movements highlighting the autochthonous elements of the specific cultures. In China, the discussion started during the 1980s and developed throughout the 1990s into a highly political and ideological battle. The title of this paper refers to a highly popular Anglo-American discussion from the 1990s which questioned the role of Confucianism for the Chinese modernization process. In these discussions, modernization is linked mainly to industrialization and modem capitalism. The Chinese discussions on a specific "Chinese modernity" are manifold, linking modernity with the enlightenment movement of 4 May 1919 as well as with the adaptation of modem technologies and cultural practices. This article focusses on the arguments given for a specifically Chinese modernity and the specifically "Chinese" problems of modernity. It discusses the role Confucianism plays in Chinese debates on modernity by focussing on the different explanations given and patterns applied for a characterization of Chinese modernization.
description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 35 Nr. 3-4 (2004): Internationales Asienforum
Mokinių iš skirtingos socialinės-ekonominės-kultūrinės aplinkos akademinio funkcionavimo teorinis modelis
Creators: name: Erentaitė, Rasa
name: Melnikė, Eglė
name: Morkevičius, Vaidas
name: Raižienė, Saulė
name: Sevalneva, Daiva
name: Simonaitienė, Berita
name: Vosylis, Rimantas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Quality of education
Secondary schools
Student achievement
Lithuania

description: Teoriniame modelyje pristatomos pagrindinės teorinės prielaidos, kuriomis remiantis sudarytas mokinių iš skirtingos socialinės-ekonominės-kultūrinės (SEK) aplinkos akademinio funkcionavimo teorinis modelis. Taip pat aptariami modelyje naudojami konstruktai ir ankstesnių tyrimų rezultatai, pagrindžiantys šių konstruktų reikšmę mokinių iš skirtingos SEK aplinkos akademiniam funkcionavimui bendrojo ugdymo kontekste.
Das Internet - eine Plattform für politische Partizipation in Japan und Korea. Die Diskussion um die Truppenentsendung in den Irak
Creators: name: Ducke, Isa
name: Lee, Eun-Jeung
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2016

description: In December 2003, both the Japanese and South Korean governments decided to dispatch troops to Iraq to participate in reconstruction efforts. The political situation was quite similar: Both governments quoted the need to demonstrate loyalty to alliance partner US in light of the threat from North Korea as their main reason for sending troops, and in both countries the majority of citizens was strongly opposed to the dispatch of troops. This paper compares the very different use of the Internet as a forum for public debate in the run-up to the decision in each country. Why did, in spite of the similarities, the use of the Internet as a public sphere - one could say the character of e-politics - differ so greatly in Japan and Korea? After a background briefing and an analysis of the debate in various online forum, we offer some tentative explanations for the differences.
description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 35 Nr. 3-4 (2004): Internationales Asienforum
Beyond Cultural Differences: 'Intercultural' Co-operation in a German/Sri Lankan Development Project
Creators: name: Knoll, Lisa
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2016

description: As development co-operation is most of the time 'intercultural' co-operation, behaviour is frequently explained by cultural arguments. I argue that regarding behaviour as being generated by cultural origin precludes integration in a conglomerate of structural dependencies and formal and informal relationships. It is argued that culture is first of all a powerful and persuasive discourse in development co-operation and that it provides orientation in complex working situations. 'Hide-and-seek' and 'discussing openly' - behavioural patterns considered to be either typically Sri Lankan (Eastern) or typically German (Western) - are presented in order to show that culture is a reciprocal process of identity creation rather than a feasible explanation of behaviour. The structural integrations of project collaborators show that behaviour in a ' hide-and-seek' manner more likely reflects dependencies in a counterpart set-up than to cultural origin.
description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 35 Nr. 3-4 (2004): Internationales Asienforum