cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Designing proactive public services
Creators: name: Erlenheim, Regina
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The aim of this research is to look into how to design proactive public services. It is a relevant topic in the development of governance practices globally as countries are continuously working towards providing more efficient and user-friendly public services. The notion of proactive services refers to services that are provided by the government or organisation on their own initiative in order to make citizen’s or user’s day-to-day life more seamless. Proactive services could be seen as a next step in government service provision, and thus, raise interest in a growing number of stakeholders, both governmental and individual.
Motor proficiency and preacademic learning in the young child.
Creators: name: Feder, Katya P.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1993
Subjects: subject: Health Sciences, Human Development.

description: Children with learning difficulties often demonstrate a decreased level of motor proficiency. Researchers have identified learning disability subtypes and discovered a link between math-related learning difficulties and perceptual-motor, spatial and organizational deficits. Learning difficulties are typically not diagnosed until the middle primary grades following repeated academic failure, however clumsiness, which has also been linked to difficulties with academic learning, can often be detected earlier. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between motor proficiency and preacademic difficulties in the young child; specifically the relationship between early development of visual spatial skills, sequencing and arithmetic ability. Fifty children, ages 4 years 3 months to 5 years 8 months, were tested during two 30-40 minute sessions using: (1) the Miller Assessment for Preschoolers (MAP), a screening test designed to identify children at-risk for learning difficulties; (2) a pursuit tracking task (Buck, Leonardo & Hyde, 1981); (3) number/counting concept items (Miller, 1990). Subjects were divided into high and low performance groups based on total MAP score, specified MAP spatial items and number/counting concept items, and their performance on the pursuit tracking task examined.
Heat transfer and pressure drop in internally finned tubes.
Creators: name: Jain, Virender.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1977
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Mechanical.

description: Heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics are investigated using finite difference technique for a laminar forced convection fully developed flow in internally finned circular tubes, assuming a fin shape very close to the real fin configuration. For the same mass flow rate, the larger number of fins, their height and thickness the higher will be the flow friction. For a given fin configuration, there exists an optimum fin number for maximum heat transfer.
7 Gedanken zur Work Life Balance
Creators: name: Dalla Vecchia, Martina
Publisher: name: GABAL
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Competitive Intelligence
subject: Karriere
subject: Strategie
subject: Success Factors
subject: 330 - Wirtschaft
subject: 005 - Computer Programmierung, Programme und Daten

description: Was hat sie, was andere nicht haben? Worin liegt die Magie der Zahl 7? Was finden wir, wenn wir den Scheinwerfer auf sie richten? Auf die 7. Intelligenz nach Howard Gardner, auf Stephen R. Coveys 7. Weg, gar auf das 7. Gesetz der Liebe oder die Tops und Flops des 7. Sinns. Hans-Uwe L. Köhler, Experte für emotionale Kommunikation, hat 35 Marketingexperten, Hochschulprofessoren, Verkaufsprofis, Verlagsmenschen und Journalisten gebeten, das Thema "7" aufzugreifen. Herausgekommen sind 35 spannende Essays, in denen Gedanken, Regeln und Gesetze zum beruflichen und privaten Erfolg vorgestellt werden, bei denen sich alles um die 7 dreht. Nach "Best of 55" und "Sex sells" beendet Hans Uwe L. Köhler mit dem vorliegenden Band seine fünfeckige Trilogie. Ein letztes Mal dürfen Liebhaber ungewöhnlicher Buchprojekte sich auf ein wirklich einzigartiges Leseabenteuer freuen.
Efficiency Analysis of the Australian Mining Firms
Creators: name: Hosseinzadeh, Ahmad
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This study sheds light on efficiency, and its determinants, in the Australian mining sector. The research applies a two-stage bootstrap data envelopment analysis (DEA), using a panel of 34 companies over the period 2010 to 2014. It contributes to the literature through a firm-level examination of efficiency performance of the Australian mining sector, accounting for the effects of resource depletion in efficiency modeling and determining the driving factors of mining firms' efficiency using a robust second-stage bootstrapping technique.
The findings of this study should be of value to both government and mining businesses, in assisting in the formulation and implementation of policies designed to achieve productivity improvement within the industry.
The role of a temperate constructed wetland in nutrient mitigation.
Creators: name: Mulligan, Julie.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Biology, Ecology.

description: This study assessed the effectiveness of a newly constructed 4.2 hectare wetland in Eastern Ontario as a sink for nutrients within an urban fringe watershed. During the initial two years after construction, the wetland was a sink for total phosphorus (TP) during the spring, summer and early fall. However, it was a large source of TP during late fall. During the spring, summer and early fall the wetland was a minor sink for total nitrogen (TN), but it was an effective mechanism for reduction of TN in late fall. An analysis of the nutrient retention capabilities of plant litter indicated that sediments of lower organic content may be more effective at P retention. The very different reactions of P and N to late fall anoxia in 1997 imply the need to focus design and management of constructed wetlands on the nutrient of major concern within the watershed. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
The religious significance of the Satir Model: Philosophical, ritual and empirical perspectives.
Creators: name: Lee, Bonnie K.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Religion, General.

description: The contribution of Virginia Satir (1916--1988) as a pioneer in the field of family therapy has been undervalued due to the lack of systematic writing about her theory and method. Over three decades, she relied predominantly on conducting workshops to transmit her ideas and to effect healing. Using a multi-methods research approach, this thesis exposes the religious root of the Satir Model from three perspectives: philosophical, ritual and empirical. The coherent ontology implicit in the Satir Model, and the similarity of Satir's concept of congruence to an understanding of salvation as integration with oneself, others and the "ground of being" are explicated, using Tillich's philosophical-theological categories as a framework. Victor Turner's anthropological model of ritual process is used to bring out the liminality, symbolic enactment, oral discourse, deconstruction and reconstruction in Satir's workshops which functioned as vehicles of personal and social transformation. Finally, the theoretical perspectives are tested against quantitative empirical data collected on two scales developed for this purpose, the Congruence Scale and the Satir Experience Scale. Intrapsychic-Interpersonal, Spiritual, Creative and Communal factors emerge as four dimensions in the Congruence Scale. Participants' subscores on these factors indicate systemic interrelationships of the four dimensions. Two factors, the experience of Spiritual Significance and Human Significance, emerge from the Satir Experience Scale as dimensions experienced by participants in Satir workshops. Exposure to the Satir Model is found to be related to an increase in congruence and increase in the experience of spiritual and human significance, providing initial indication of the efficacy of the Satir Model. Synthesis of the theoretical and empirical findings demonstrates that Satir's vision articulates a holistic ontological framework with an aim towards congruence that is facilitated through workshops functioning like rites-of-passage. A case is made for typing Satir as a "prophet" figure according to Max Weber's sociological definition of a leader who, working outside of mainstream institutions, introduces a new centre of revitalizing, rehumanizing values and practices to a society in distress. In its coherent worldview, ritual practice, and effectiveness in mobilizing a population toward congruence leading to personal, social, communal and spiritual reconnectedness, the Satir Model finds continuity with the transformative impulse of the prophetic strain of religion, and yet is innovative in its contemporary cultural expression.
Handbuch zur Personalisierung von E-Commerce-Applikationen
Creators: name: Schubert, Petra
name: Leimstoll, Uwe
Publisher: name: Fachhochschule beider Basel (FHBB), Institut für angewandte Betriebsökonomie (IAB)
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: E-Business
subject: Personalisierung
subject: 330 - Wirtschaft
subject: 005 - Computer Programmierung, Programme und Daten

description: Im Rahmen eines von soft[net] geförderten Projekts entwickelt das Kompetenzzentrum E-Business am Institut für angewandte Betriebsökonomie (IAB) der Fachhochschule beider Basel (FHBB) Grundlagen für Personalisierungstools für KMU. Dieser Arbeitsbericht beschreibt die zugrundeliegenden Mechanismen zur Erfassung, Verarbeitung und Auswertung der Kundenprofile. Der Arbeitsbericht ist ein Folgebericht zur E-Commerce-Studie 2002 [Leimstoll/Schubert 2002].
Application of in vacuo chemical modification for protein characterization and enhancement of the physico-chemical properties of proteins
Creators: name: Pham, Van Thong
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Chemistry, Biochemistry.

description: Chemical modification of proteins is a major experimental tool for the study of structure-function relationships in proteins and in pharmaceutical and industrial applications of proteins. Many chemical modifying reagents and strategies have been developed for a wide variety of applications. The vast majority of these procedures are designed to be carried out in aqueous solution which limits the range of chemical modifying reagents as well as the types of modifications that can be carried out. In vacuo chemical modification is a methodology in which proteins are chemically modified in the lyophilized state and modifications can be made which are difficult or impossible to carry out in aqueous solution. Three different in vacuo chemical modifications, which cannot be carried out in aqueous solution, are used to develop novel applications for structural studies on proteins, for improvement of the physical properties of proteins, and for practical applications. The first is the in vacuo methylation of carboxyl and amino groups of proteins with iodomethane. Novel diagonal electrophoretic procedures, which can be used in structural studies or proteomic applications, were developed for the selective isolation of peptides derived from either the carboxyl terminus or the amino terminus of proteins. The second is the in vacuo glycation of proteins in which a reducing sugar is covalently attached to the amino groups of a protein without the use of chemical activating reagents. Glycated trypsin, or glycotrypsin, was shown to undergo greatly reduced autolysis thereby increasing its stability and reducing contaminating autolytic products in tryptic digests of proteins. In vacuo glycation was also shown to improve the thermostability of trypsin and chymotrypsin, and evidence was obtained that this phenomenon is generally applicable. The third is the in vacuo immobilization of proteins to solid supports without the use of activating chemicals. Immobilized trypsin and immobilized glycotrypsin were shown to have greatly improved thermostability and retained their full activity after repeated washings and multiple usages. The immobilized glycotrypsin has exceptional thermostability and it was demonstrated that it proteolyses native proteins at elevated temperatures without the requirement for prior denaturation. It was demonstrated that a complex protein structure, zona pellucida (ZP), could be immobilized in vacuo on a solid surface and retain its biological activity. This provides strong evidence that in vacuo immobilization is a benign chemical modification procedure which does not disrupt protein structure.
Carbon Disclosure as a Predictor of Firm Performance: A Systematic Literature Review
Creators: name: Mahesh Chand Garg
name: Simran Khurana
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: carbon emission, carbon performance, carbon disclosure, firm performance, greenhouse gas emission

description: Carbon emissions and global warming have become important problems of corporate environmental performance since the Kyoto Protocol went into force in February 2005. Carbon disclosure is a recently developed notion that has emerged in the past several years. The purpose of this review paper is to provide a complete understanding of the financial implications of carbon performance and disclosure. This review paper is divided into two sections namely carbon performance with firm performance and second one is carbon disclosure with firm performance. This review of literature concludes that carbon disclosure is new topic in business research. The correlation between carbon performance and carbon disclosure resulted in a favourable influence on the overall performance of the company. Carbon performance and carbon disclosure is also positively connected.
Personalisierung von E-Commerce-Applikationen in KMU: Schlussfolgerungen aus einer empirischen Untersuchung
Creators: name: Leimstoll, Uwe
name: Schubert, Petra
Publisher: name: Physica
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: CRM
subject: Customer Relationship Management
subject: E-Business
subject: E-Commerce
subject: EC-Applikationen
subject: Electronic Markets
subject: Internet
subject: Management
subject: Personalisierung
subject: Virtual Communities
subject: Virtuelle Gemeinschaften
subject: 330 - Wirtschaft
subject: 005 - Computer Programmierung, Programme und Daten

description: Personalisierung von E-Commerce-Applikationen ist ein Thema, das mit fortschreitender Reife der Systeme zunehmende Bedeutung erlangt. Es gibt heute bereits integrierte E-Commerce-Software, die E-Shop und Personalisierungsfunktionen integriert anbietet. Die erhältliche Software ist für KMU aber zu aufwendig und zu teuer. Vor diesem Hintergrund sahen wir ein Bedürfnis, die Potenziale der Personalisierung in KMU zu untersuchen. Neben den theoretischen Grundlagen der Personalisierung werden in diesem Paper die Ergebnisse einer empirischen Studie vorgestellt. Mit Hilfe einer Umfrage untersuchten wir die Einsatzpotenziale für Personalisierungstools in Schweizer KMU. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass einerseits ein Bedarf an Personalisierung besteht, andererseits die KMU personalisierten E-Commerce-Applikationen aber (noch) skeptisch gegenüberstehen. Ausserdem wird deutlich, dass die Heterogenität der organisatorischen und technischen Gegebenheiten die Entwicklung von Standardtools erschwert.
Real-Time Canny-Edge Based Obstacle Detection Model for Mobile Devices with Monocular Camera
Creators: name: Bin Za'aba, Khairul Azim
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: There are at least 253 million people in the world who are visually impaired. This thesis proposed a model of supplementary assistance for the people with low vision to detect obstacles in the walking path. The model is developed to be installed in a mobile device such as smart phone which eliminates the issues in mass-production and distribution of assistive devices. It uses a mobile device's camera and applies the edge-based obstacle detection algorithm in real-time. In addition, the secondary internal sensors such as the gyroscope and more are used to enhance the detection capability.
Steep rise in norovirus cases and emergence of a new recombinant strain GII.P16-GII.2, Germany, winter 2016
Creators: name: Niendorf, S.
name: Jacobsen, S.
name: Faber, M.
name: Eis-Huebinger, A. M.
name: Hofmann, J.
name: Zimmermann, O.
name: Hoehne, M.
name: Bock, C. T.
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Since early November 2016, the number of laboratory-confirmed norovirus infections reported in Germany has been increasing steeply. Here, we report the detection and genetic characterisation of an emerging norovirus recombinant, GII.P16-GII.2. This strain was frequently identified as the cause of sporadic cases as well as outbreaks in nine federal states of Germany. Our findings suggest that the emergence of GII.P16-GII.2 contributed to rising case numbers of norovirus gastroenteritis in Germany.
Additional file 9 of Identification of a novel ERF gene, TaERF8, associated with plant height and yield in wheat
Creators: name: Zhang, Lei
name: Liu, Pan
name: Wu, Jing
name: Linyi Qiao
name: Guangyao Zhao
name: Jizeng Jia
name: Lifeng Gao
name: Jianming Wang
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 9: Figure S3. The expression levels of TaERF8-2B in overexpression transgenic wheat lines and wild-type plants.
Galaxy and mass assembly (GAMA): UgrizYJHK sérsic luminosity functions and the cosmic spectral energy distribution by hubble type
Creators: name: Kelvin, L. S.
name: Driver, S. P.
name: Robotham, A. S. G.
name: Graham, Alister
name: Phillipps, S.
name: Agius, N. K.
name: Alpaslan, M.
name: Baldry, I.
name: Bamford, S. P.
name: Bland-Hawthorn, J.
name: Brough, S.
name: Brown, M. J. I.
name: Colless, M.
name: Conselice, C. J.
name: Hopkins, A. M.
name: Liske, J.
name: Loveday, J.
name: Norberg, P.
name: Pimbblet, K. A.
name: Popescu, C. C.
name: Prescott, M.
name: Taylor, Edward
name: Tuffs, R. J.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We report the morphological classification of 3727 galaxies from the Galaxy and Mass Assembly survey with Mr < −17.4 mag and in the redshift range 0.025 < z < 0.06 (2.1 × 105 Mpc3) into E, S0-Sa, SB0-SBa, Sab-Scd, SBab-SBcd, Sd-Irr and little blue spheroid classes. Approximately 70% of galaxies in our sample are disk dominated systems, with the remaining 30% spheroid dominated. We establish the robustness of our classifications, and use them to derive morphological-type luminosity functions and luminosity densities in the ugrizY JHK passbands, improving on prior studies that split by global colour or light profile shape alone. We find that the total galaxy luminosity function is best described by a double-Schechter function while the constituent morphological-type luminosity functions are well described by a single-Schechter function. These data are also used to derive the star-formation rate densities for each Hubble class, and the attenuated and unattenuated (corrected for dust) cosmic spectral energy distributions, i.e., the instantaneous energy production budget. While the observed optical/near-IR energy budget is dominated 58:42 by galaxies with a significant spheroidal component, the actual energy production rate is reversed, i.e., the combined disk dominated populations generate 1.3× as much energy as the spheroid dominated populations. On the grandest scale, this implies that chemical evolution in the local Universe is currently confined to mid-type spiral classes like our Milky Way.
Spatial light modulator aided noninvasive imaging through scattering layers
Creators: name: Mukherjee, Saswata
name: Vijayakumar, A.
name: Anand, Vijay
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We propose and demonstrate a new imaging technique to noninvasively see through scattering layers with the aid of a spatial light modulator (SLM). A relay system projects the incoherent light pattern emitting from the scattering layer onto the SLM. Two coded phase masks are displayed, one after another, on the SLM to modulate the projected scattered field and the two corresponding intensity patterns are recorded by a digital camera. The above procedure helps to achieve two goals. Firstly, since the coded phase masks are digitally synthesized, the point spread function of the imaging system can be engineered such that the image retrieval becomes more reliable. Secondly, the two recorded intensity patterns are subtracted one from the other and by that the background noise of the recovered image is minimized. The above two advantages along with a modified phase retrieval algorithm enable a relatively easier and accurate convergence to the image of the covered object.
title: Reproducibility of Retinol Binding Protein 4 and Omentin-1 Measurements over a Four Months Period
title: A Reliability Study in a Cohort of 207 Apparently Healthy Participants
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Wittenbecher, Clemens
name: Giuseppe, Romina Di
name: Biemann, Ronald
name: Menzel, Juliane
name: Arregui, Maria
name: Hoffmann, Juliane
name: Aleksandrova, Krasimira
name: Boeing, Heiner
name: Isermann, Berend
name: Schulze, Matthias B.
name: Weikert, Cornelia
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: The reliability of single time point measurements of the novel adipokines retinol-binding protein 4 and omentin-1 in the blood has not been evaluated in large samples yet. The present study aimed to assess the amount of biological variation of these two adipokines within individuals. The study sample comprised 207 participants (124 women and 83 men) from Potsdam (Germany) and surrounding areas, with an average age of 56.5 years (SD 4.2). Blood samples were collected from each participant twice, approximately four months apart. Using enzyme linked immunosorbent assays, the concentrations of retinol- binding protein 4 and omentin-1 were determined in EDTA plasma. As indicators of reliability, intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) were calculated from the repeated biomarker measurements. The ICCs for repeated retinol- binding protein 4 and omentin-1 measurements were 0.77 (95% CI 0.71, 0.82) and 0.83 (95% CI 0.78, 0.87), respectively, indicating for both adipokines excellent reliability. ICCs were stable across strata according to sex, age, BMI, and blood pressure. Thus, for epidemiological studies it seems reasonable to rely on concentrations of retinol-binding protein 4 and omentin-1 in samples from a single time point if repeated measurements are not available.
Schweine, das Wetter und Informatik als Trumpf
Creators: name: Wölfle, Ralf
Publisher: name: Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: E-Business
subject: 330 - Wirtschaft
subject: 005 - Computer Programmierung, Programme und Daten

description: Absatzprognosen im Handel sind schwierig. Ein ausgeklügelter Selbststeuerungsmechanismus, Supply Chain Management, hilft als Trumpfkarte im Konkurrenzkampf.
Preference for cesarean section in young nulligravid women in eight OECD countries and implications for reproductive health education
Creators: name: Stoll, Kathrin H
name: Hauck, Yvonne L
name: Downe, Soo
name: Payne, Deborah
name: Hall, Wendy A
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2017

description: Background: Efforts to reduce unnecessary Cesarean sections (CS) in high and middle income countries have focused on changing hospital cultures and policies, care provider attitudes and behaviors, and increasing women’s knowledge about the benefits of vaginal birth. These strategies have been largely ineffective. Despite evidence that women have well-developed preferences for mode of delivery prior to conceiving their first child, few studies and no interventions have targeted the next generation of maternity care consumers. The objectives of the study were to identify how many women prefer Cesarean section in a hypothetical healthy pregnancy, why they prefer CS and whether women report knowledge gaps about pregnancy and childbirth that can inform educational interventions. Methods: Data was collected via an online survey at colleges and universities in 8 OECD countries (Australia, Canada, Chile, England, Germany, Iceland, New Zealand, United States) in 2014/2015. Childless young men and women between 18 and 40 years of age who planned to have at least one child in the future were eligible to participate. The current analysis is focused on the attitudes of women (n = 3616); rates of CS preference across countries are compared, using a standardized cohort of women aged 18–25 years, who were born in the survey country and did not study health sciences (n = 1390). Results: One in ten young women in our study preferred CS, ranging from 7.6% in Iceland to 18.4% in Australia. Fear of uncontrollable labor pain and fear of physical damage were primary reasons for preferring a CS. Both fear of childbirth and preferences for CS declined as the level of confidence in women’s knowledge of pregnancy and birth increased. Conclusion: Education sessions delivered online, through social media, and face-to-face using drama and stories told by peers (young women who have recently had babies) or celebrities could be designed to maximize young women’s capacity to understand the physiology of labor and birth, and the range of methods available to support them in coping with labor pain and to minimize invasive procedures, therefore reducing fear of pain, bodily damage, and loss of control. The most efficacious designs and content for such education for young women and girls remains to be tested in future studies.
Schlussbetrachtung: B2B-Integration
Creators: name: Schubert, Petra
Publisher: name: Hanser
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: B2B
subject: B2B-Integration
subject: 330 - Wirtschaft
subject: 005 - Computer Programmierung, Programme und Daten

description: Der einleitende Fachbeitrag von Thomas Myrach stellt die Automatisierung der Datenübertragung zwischen Applikationen ins Zentrum der Betrachtung. Die drei Fallstudien zur B2B-Integration zeigen, dass der heute vorherrschende Einsatz konkurrierender Standards zu einer Integrationskomplexität führt, die teuer ist und die erst über Netzwerkeffekte (ausreichende Anzahl an Teilnehmern) einen angemessenen Nutzen erzielen lässt (vgl. auch Metcalf's Gesetz zur exponentiellen Nutzensteigerung bei steigender Anzahl der Netzwerkteilnehmer).
Cretaceous marine invertebrates: A geochemical perspective.
Creators: name: Morrison, Joan Olivia.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1991
Subjects: subject: Paleontology.

description: A diagenetic evaluation was performed on marine fossil shell material from Cretaceous sediments of North America, the Arctic, the Antarctic and several localities in Europe. Trace element chemistry, XRD, SEM and stable isotope geochemistry were consistent in their results. Preservation of the original shell material of the low-Mg calcite organisms, brachiopods and belemnites, and the numerous aragonitic organisms was slightly variable with the majority of samples well preserved. Those samples that were altered underwent diagenetic stabilization in both reducing and oxic environments. Using the chemical data from only well preserved fossil shell material, basin paleo-reconstructions showed that from Aptian to Maastrichtian time, the Cretaceous seas were generally aerobic with some dysaerobia evident at the sediment/water interface and in the shallow sediment column. Paleosalinities fluctuated from brackish to normal marine, especially in the Western Interior Seaway of North America and the Paris Basin. The Lower Saxony basin, the Arctic and Antarctic were mainly normal marine with brackish conditions developing on occasion. Paleotemperatures determined from $\partial\sp $O data of preserved aragonite and low-Mg calcite shell material, also showed some variance. The Arctic and Antarctic were coolest, with Campanian/Maastrichtian temperatures about 12 or 13$\sp\circ$C, whereas the Lower Saxony basin and the Western Interior Seaway were slightly warmer, ranging from 11 to 20$\sp\circ$C. The Barremian/Aptian appeared to be the warmest time and a cooling trend was fairly consistent from then on.
Personalisierungsfunktionen im E-Commerce: Eine Systematisierung mit Beispielen
Creators: name: Alioski, Adrian
name: Leimstoll, Uwe
name: Risch, Daniel
Publisher: name: Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW, Hochschule für Wirtschaft, Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: B2B
subject: B2C
subject: CRM
subject: Customer Relationship Management
subject: 330 - Wirtschaft
subject: 005 - Computer Programmierung, Programme und Daten

description: Dieser Arbeitsbericht strukturiert und beschreibt eine Vielzahl an Personalisierungsfunktionen, wie sie insbesondere in B2B- und B2C-Onlineshops zum Einsatz kommen können. Die Funktionen wurden im Rahmen der PersECA-Projekte (Personalisierung von E-Commerce-Applikationen) zusammengetragen und in einer "Personalisierungslandkarte" systematisiert. Dieser Arbeitsbericht entstand im Rahmen des Forschungsprojekts PersECA II (Personalisierung von E-Commerce-Appplikationen) der Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW. Der KTI/CTI (Kommission für Technologie und Innovation am Bundesamt für Berufsbildung und Technologie - BBT) danken wir für die finanzielle Unterstützung des Projekts.
A Framework for the Analysis of Socio-Economic Aspects of Electronic Markets
Creators: name: Schubert, Petra
Publisher: name: Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: E-Commerce
subject: Electronic Markets
subject: 330 - Wirtschaft
subject: 005 - Computer Programmierung, Programme und Daten

description: The Internet still lacks global acceptance of being a platform for user-friendly, trustworthy Electronic Commerce. Latest research in the field of Electronic Markets shows that there are, without any doubt, a number of socio-economic (social, psychological as well as economic) criteria which represent critical success factors for the global breakthrough of electronic shopping applications. Usually, forecasts on Electronic Commerce development focus on technical aspects, such as telecommunication infrastructure, security and speed. The following paper presents a theoretical framework for the evaluation of the socio-economic aspects to which all electronic business relations are also subject. The empirical results stem from the business case of the Electronic Mall Bodensee (EMB), an existing mall with more than 400 partners, companies as well as organisations, and universities, in the Lake Constance region (Switzerland, Germany, Austria).
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Creators: name: Liewald, Clemens
name: Mastel, Stefan
name: Hesler, Jeffrey
name: Huber, Andreas
name: Hillenbrand, Rainer
name: Keilmann, Fritz
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Principle of Mixer and Tapping Demodulation
On the importance of using appropriate spectral models to derive physical properties of galaxies at 0.7 z 2.8
Creators: name: Pacifici, C.
name: Lima Da Cunha, Elisabete
name: Charlot, S.
name: Rix, H.-W.
name: Fumagalli, M.
name: Wel, A. v. d.
name: Franx, M.
name: Maseda, M. V.
name: van Dokkum, P. G.
name: Brammer, G. B.
name: Momcheva, I.
name: Skelton, R. E.
name: Whitaker, K.
name: Leja, J.
name: Lundgren, B.
name: Kassin, S. A.
name: Yi, S. K.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Interpreting observations of distant galaxies in terms of constraints on physical parameters – such as stellar mass (M★), star formation rate (SFR) and dust optical depth (τ^V) – requires spectral synthesis modelling. We analyse the reliability of these physical parameters as determined under commonly adopted ‘classical’ assumptions: star formation histories assumed to be exponentially declining functions of time, a simple dust law and no emission-line contribution. Improved modelling techniques and data quality now allow us to use a more sophisticated approach, including realistic star formation histories, combined with modern prescriptions for dust attenuation and nebular emission. We present a Bayesian analysis of the spectra and multiwavelength photometry of 1048 galaxies from the 3D-HST survey in the redshift range 0.7 < z < 2.8 and in the stellar mass range 9 ≲ log (M★/M⊙) ≲ 12. We find that, using the classical spectral library, stellar masses are systematically overestimated (∼0.1 dex) and SFRs are systematically underestimated (∼0.6 dex) relative to our more sophisticated approach. We also find that the simultaneous fit of photometric fluxes and emission-line equivalent widths helps break a degeneracy between SFR and τ^V, reducing the uncertainties on these parameters. Finally, we show how the biases of classical approaches can affect the correlation between M★ and SFR for star-forming galaxies (the ‘star-formation main sequence’). We conclude that the normalization, slope and scatter of this relation strongly depend on the adopted approach and demonstrate that the classical, oversimplified approach cannot recover the true distribution of M★ and SFR.
The filtration of drag reducing fluids.
Creators: name: Fu, Cheng Tze.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1977
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Chemical.

description: The filtration of drag reducing fluids has been studied in order to determine the variations in the resistance of filter cake and filter septum at different pressures. At the beginning of operation, both average specific cake resistance and filter medium resistance of filtration are important at any particular pressure and constant temperature; however, the filter cake resistance plays a dominant role in the remainder of a filtration run after a certain time interval. The average specific filtration resistance and filter medium resistance were computed from the relationships of filtrate volume versus effective time; the effective time of commencement of filtration was obtained by least-squares fitting of a developed equation. The results obtained from the data collected during constant pressure filtration indicated that average specific filtration resistance was decreased by increasing the concentration of Polyox WSR Coagulant in the aqueous solution slurry. However, the filter medium resistance was found to increase under the same conditions.
Quantum simulations of ultracold atoms in fermionic phase space
Creators: name: Joseph, Ria Rushin
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: High-temperature superconductivity is a promising, energy-saving technology with the potential for eliminating power transmission energy loss. The Hubbard model is a widely used although the simplified model for high- temperature superconductivity. One promising and exact method of solving Fermi systems involves fermionic phase space representations. This thesis derives a range of Majorana identities and utilizing the fermionic Q-function and the P-functions to study the time evolution of Fermi systems. Shock wave formation and its dynamics, Majorana Hubbard model are also treated by keeping in mind the 2D Hubbard model as our long term goal.
3D-HST grism spectroscopy of a gravitationally lensed, low-metallicity starburst galaxy at z = 1.847
Creators: name: Brammer, Gabriel B.
name: Sánchez-Janssen, Rubén
name: Labbe, Ivo
name: Lima Da Cunha, Elisabete
name: Erb, Dawn K.
name: Franx, Marijn
name: Fumagalli, Mattia
name: Lundgren, Britt
name: Marchesini, Danilo
name: Momcheva, Ivelina
name: Nelson, Erica
name: Patel, Shannon
name: Quadri, Ryan
name: Rix, Hans-Walter
name: Skelton, Rosalind E.
name: Schmidt, Kasper B.
name: van der Wel, Arjen
name: van Dokkum, Pieter G.
name: Wake, David A.
name: Whitaker, Katherine E.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We present Hubble Space Telescope ( HST ) imaging and spectroscopy of the gravitational lens SL2SJ02176-0513, a cusp arc at z = 1 . 847. The UV continuum of the lensed galaxy is very blue, which is seemingly at odds with its redder optical colors. The 3D-HST WFC3 / G141 near-infrared spectrum of the lens reveals the source of this discrepancy to be extremely strong [O iii ] λ 5007 and H β emission lines with rest-frame equivalent widths of 2000 ± 100 and 520 ± 40 Å, respectively. The source has a stellar mass ∼ 10 8 M , sSFR ∼ 100 Gyr − 1 , and detection of [O iii ] λ 4363 yields a metallicity of 12 + log ( O / H ) = 7 . 5 ± 0 . 2. We identify local blue compact dwarf analogs to SL2SJ02176-0513, which are among the most metal-poor galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The local analogs resemble the lensed galaxy in many ways, including UV / optical spectral energy distribution, spatial morphology, and emission line equivalent widths and ratios. Common to SL2SJ02176-0513 and its local counterparts is an upturn at mid-IR wavelengths likely arising from hot dust heated by starbursts. The emission lines of SL2SJ02176-0513 are spatially resolved owing to the combination of the lens and the high spatial resolution of HST . The lensed galaxy is composed of two clumps with combined size r e ∼ 300 pc, and we resolve significant differences in UV color and emission line equivalent width between them. Though it has characteristics occasionally attributed to active galactic nuclei, we conclude that SL2SJ02176-0513 is a low-metallicity star-bursting dwarf galaxy. Such galaxies will be found in significant numbers in the full 3D-HST grism survey.
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Creators: name: Liewald, Clemens
name: Mastel, Stefan
name: Hesler, Jeffrey
name: Huber, Andreas
name: Hillenbrand, Rainer
name: Keilmann, Fritz
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2018
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Principle of Mixer and Tapping Demodulation
Essays on Central Bank Digital Money and Public Policies
Creators: name: Murray, Andre Dorado
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2024
Subjects: central bank digital currencies
willingness to pay
extended benefits
public policies

description: This thesis presents three essays exploring the intersection of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), consumer preferences, and labor market dynamics. In the first essay, I delve into the macroeconomic implications of CBDCs with varying levels of technological acceptance. It reveals a unique monetary policy channel-the “CBDC valuation/remuneration channel.” Employing a New Keynesian general equilibrium model, our study integrates a pricing differential mechanism to account for potential valuation differences between CBDC and physical currency.
description: The second essay investigates Mexican consumers’ willingness to pay (WTP) for irradiated U.S. fresh apples and compares it with chemical treatments. Our findings highlight varying WTP influenced by information dissemination, demographic factors, and narrative styles, contributing to a deeper understanding of consumer decisions concerning irradiation-treated fresh fruits.
description: In the third essay, we assess the effects of the extended benefits (EB) unemployment insurance program on labor market outcomes. A separate analysis of State and Federal components reveals significant differences in the magnitude and direction of effects. The study suggests that State benefits are more effective in delivering desirable labor market outcomes. It also identifies nuanced impacts on unemployment spells, employment prospects, and exits from the labor force during both recession and recovery periods.
description: These essays collectively offer valuable insights into the macroeconomic repercussions of CBDCs, shed light on consumer behavior in the context of innovative agricultural technologies, and unravel the intricate dynamics of unemployment insurance programs on labor market outcomes. The findings contribute to informed policymaking in navigating the complexities of a rapidly evolving economic landscape.
High-risk helicopter operational safety dynamics
Creators: name: Aherne, Bryan B.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Helicopter emergency medical service flights are conducted in hazardous operating conditions often at night and during inclement weather. The proportion of fatal accidents during those operations has remained unchanged over time. This investigation identified operational safety risk factors underlying those accidents with the aim to present quantitative risk assessment guidance material to improve safety and prevent night-time operational accidents. Inexperienced pilots in years within that domain had the greatest likelihood of a non-survivable accident in conditions unsuited for night visual flight rule operations. Prediction models using significant variables are presented as nomograms for guidance material to aid decision making.
Sambey's Law: Information-Causal Unified Framework (ICUF) – Interactive Singularities
Creators: name: Sambey, Stanley Everett
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Sambey’s Law (ICUF) states N + ξ = reality: events (N ) plus coherence (ξ) make re-ality, reset by sleep or rest. Each organism—from quantum bits ( 10 events) to humanbrains ( 10¹ events/day, 1 × 10¹² bits)—is an interactive singularity, shaping its own re-ality while connecting with others. Order matches reality: 10² J/K (quantum), 10¹³ J/K(brain). Consciousness predicts, dreaming sorts, interactions link—all simple as 1+1=2. Seezenodo.org/records/14956617 (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14956617)
Unternehmensorganisation - Schlank und effizient
Creators: name: Telesko, Rainer
Publisher: name: Swiss Professional Media
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: 330 - Wirtschaft
subject: 005 - Computer Programmierung, Programme und Daten

description: Schlanke Prozesse, Outsourcing von Prozessen, Verbesserung des Prozessreifegrads und von Kostenbildern. Welcher Manager kennt sie nicht, die Verheissungen des modernen Prozessmanagements? Geschäftsprozessmanagement boomt und das wird vorläufig auch so bleiben. Was gilt es bei einer erfolgreichen Implementierung zu beachten?
Modern Jewish Immigration: Russian-Speaking Jews in American Jewish Life
Creators: name: Israel, Mitchell Alex
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2023

description: In the late 20th and early 21st centuries, there were several groups of Jews who immigrated to the US. The four most notable came from Latin America, Israel, Iran, and the Former Soviet Union (FSU). The largest immigrant group came from the FSU, especially in the late 1980s and early 1990s. As the Soviet Union collapsed, millions of Jews who were living there emigrated, primarily to Israel and the US. In the US, American Jewish organizations helped Russian-Speaking Jewish (RSJ) immigrants adjust to life in the US, but they didn’t understand that their view of Judaism differed. RSJs were not able to practice Judaism as a religion for decades because of the Soviet Union’s restriction on religion. Their connection to Judaism came from their family history and culture, not religion. There were many that were not interested in engaging with Judaism at all, and the ones who wanted to do so on their terms. In the early 2000s, RSJ immigrants created several of their own grassroots organizations. These organizations use the RSJ understanding of Judaism as a form of Jewish education. New York and Chicago both now have RSJ organizations that are funded by their cities’ federations. Newer Jewish organizations that engage communities around the world also created programming specific for RSJs. Jewish organizations succeeded in including RSJs when they appealed to their sense of Judaism. One religious group that markets specifically to RSJs is Chabad, because they create an environment in which some RSJs are comfortable.
Ultra-pure, water-dispersed Au nanoparticles produced by femtosecond laser ablation and fragmentation
Creators: name: Kubiliute, Reda
name: Maximova, Ksenia A.
name: Lajevardipour, Alireza
name: Yong, Jiawey
name: Hartley, Jennifer S.
name: Mohsin, Abu S. M.
name: Blandin, Pierre
name: Chon, James
name: Sentis, Marc
name: Stoddart, Paul
name: Kabashin, Andrei
name: Rotomskis, Ricardas
name: Clayton, Andrew
name: Juodkazis, Saulius
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Aqueous solutions of ultra-pure gold nanoparticles have been prepared by methods of femtosecond laser ablation from a solid target and fragmentation from already formed colloids. Despite the absence of protecting ligands, the solutions could be (1) fairly stable and poly size-dispersed; or (2) very stable and monodispersed, for the two fabrication modalities, respectively. Fluorescence quenching behavior and its intricacies were revealed by fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy in rhodamine 6G water solution. We show that surface-enhanced Raman scattering of rhodamine 6G on gold nanoparticles can be detected with high fidelity down to micromolar concentrations using the nanoparticles. Application potential of pure gold nanoparticles with polydispersed and nearly monodispersed size distributions are discussed.
Enhancement of safety of structures with FRP and FRP-SMA systems
Creators: name: Al-Mahaidi, Riadh
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Strengthening and repair of structures are major issues worldwide. Strengthening is required when there is an increase in the applied load, human error in initial construction, legal requirements to comply with updated versions of existing codes, or as a result of the loss of strength due to deterioration over time. The direct costs associated with replacing a structure, and the indirect costs associated with the lack of service during the period of replacement are usually high enough to make strengthening the most desirable option. Further, many bridge and building elements are subjected to significant overloads that affect the structural safety and may require strengthening. Strengthening of structures using fibre reinforced polymers (FRPs) is enjoying a great deal of popularity as a result of the unique properties of FRPs, namely, being lightweight, fatigue resistant, and noncorrosive in addition to their ease of application. As FRPs are becoming available at lower prices, a tendency toward using them as a substitute or in conjunction with steel plating (the favourite strengthening method of the 1990s) is gaining momentum. A significant proportion of the composite’s market worldwide is used for strengthening purposes in the field of structural engineering. This large growing market has forced a great deal of research and advancements in developing the standards of practice almost in every corner of the world.
Performance evaluation of an ATM multiplexer.
Creators: name: Chandan, Anil.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1990
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: In this thesis, a queuing model for an Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) based Multiplexing node is developed. In this model, it is assumed that no cell queuing is done within the multiplexer for the purpose of transmission at a later time. This introduces higher cell loss but simplifies the multiplexing (switching) algorithm which is key to ATM. This also gives constant cell delays per network node. The total network delay suffered by a cell is the sum of propagation delay, and cell transmission and buffering delay within each node the cell traverses. A closed form analytical solution is derived for the above described model and ATM cell loss probabilities (or cell blocking probabilities) are computed for a multiplexer assuming identical sources at the input. This enables us to estimate the bandwidth gain for various levels of cell loss probabilities. The model is also extended to include non-identical traffic sources and multimedia sources at the input of the multiplexer. The cell loss probabilities are studied for these cases as well. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)