cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Sales promotion in Australia: a review of current industry practice
Creators: name: Luxton, Sandra
name: Sharp, Anne
name: Corkindale, David
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Introduction: Sales promotion is defined and current knowledge discussed. Objectives: Claimed objectives, actual techniques and measurement tools are examined, with the hypothesis that managers claim to use sales promotion for brand enhancement, but really, use it to pursue competitive goals. Methodology: 200 managers were surveyed to determine behaviour and beliefs about sales promotion. Analysis was based on frequency distribution, factor and correspondence analysis. Results: Managers frequently use a range of techniques, most commonly product sampling, point of purchase displays, free product and cut prices. Key objectives are to attract customers, improve brand awareness and stimulate sales. Conclusions: Techniques and objectives consistently support the use of sales promotion as a tool to enhance brand/market position although priced based promotions which are more associated with competitive retaliation are also commonly used. Measures of effectiveness only focus on sales.
Fifth-Generation (5G) mmWave Spatial Channel Characterization for Urban Environments’ System Analysis
Creators: name: Azpilicueta, Leyre
name: Lopez-Iturri, Peio
name: Zuñiga-Mejia, Jaime
name: Celaya-Echarri, Mikel
name: Rodríguez-Corbo, Fidel Alejandro
name: Vargas-Rosales, Cesar
name: Aguirre, Erik
name: Michelson, David G.
name: Falcone, Francisco
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2020

description: In this work, the channel characterization in terms of large-scale propagation, small-scale propagation, statistical and interference analysis of Fifth-Generation (5G) Millimeter Wave (mmWave) bands for wireless networks for 28, 30 and 60 GHz is presented in both an outdoor urban complex scenario and an indoor scenario, in order to consider a multi-functional, large node-density 5G network operation. An in-house deterministic Three-Dimensional Ray-Launching (3D-RL) code has been used for that purpose, considering all the material properties of the obstacles within the scenario at the frequency under analysis, with the aid of purpose-specific implemented mmWave simulation modules. Different beamforming radiation patterns of the transmitter antenna have been considered, emulating a 5G system operation. Spatial interference analysis as well as time domain characteristics have been retrieved as a function of node location and configuration.
Success Factors in Leveraging Freelance Marketplaces in Software Development Projects
Creators: name: Walter, Alexandre
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: freelance marketplace
software development
project management
success factors
ebusiness
programming
outsourcing

description: The purpose of this research is to explore project success factors and freelance marketplace characteristics that are critical to the success of software development projects on freelance marketplaces, while identifying important metrics to measure the success of software development projects on freelance marketplaces. This exploratory study is done from the point of view of the software development services buyer. Three methodologies were developed for the purpose of this research. First, a methodology for the definition of the freelance marketplace concept and the delimitation of the field of study was followed. Second, a methodology for sourcing opinions from blogs and self-published articles was created to mine information to complement the scant specialized literature on the subject of freelance marketplace characteristics and freelance marketplace project success factors. Third, a survey methodology was used as the main data collection instrument. The findings suggest that freelance marketplaces play the role of enabler of project success factors. The most important success factors are focused on product quality, project efficiency factors, cost control factors, and qualifications of the buyer. The most important metric to measure the success of software development projects on freelance marketplaces was quality in use.
Reflections on the Law and Ethics of Regulating Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis in the United Kingdom
Creators: name: Krahn, Timothy
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Assisted Human Reproduction
subject: Bioethics
subject: Disabilities
subject: Discrimination
subject: Down syndrome
subject: Ethics
subject: Feminism
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Law
subject: FOS: Law
subject: Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis
subject: Regulation

description: The purpose of this thesis is to query the legitimacy of offering preimplantation genetic diagnostic (PGD) testing against Down's syndrome on the basis of United Kingdom (UK) law and policies. I will argue that extending PGD testing for Down’s syndrome as a permissible use of this technology does not (straightforwardly) adhere with the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) Code of Practice's stated factors which are to be considered when assessing the appropriateness of PGD applications. Indeed, due consideration of the evidence given in the relevant literature about the capacities and quality of life possible for persons living with Down's syndrome would seriously call into question the validity of a positive judgment recommending PGD as a treatment service for Down's syndrome according to the current UK regulatory instruments. I end the thesis by considering why the HFEA's relatively recent decision to limit client access according to an exclusive list of "serious" and therefore "in principle" test-worthy genetic conditions—understood as legitimate applications for PGD—stands to entrench prejudice, stigma, social bias, and unfair discrimination against the disadvantaged social group of persons living with Down's syndrome.
title: Laser Pump and Probe Excited State Absorption Measurements
Creators: name: Jong, Shawpin
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04zjtrb98
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 1986

description: A pump and probe technique was used to investigate triplet-triplet excited state absorption in solutions of the scintillators 2,5 diphenyloxazole (PPO) and 2,1 naphthyl,5 phenylzole (a-NPO) in several solvents.

KrF excimer radiation (248 nm) was used to pump the samples under investigation as well as a tunable dye laser which was used as the probe. Time-resolution was obtained by changing the optical path difference between the pump and probe beams.

Transient excited state absorption was measured in a wide spectral region between 330 nm and 600 nm, showing a peak at 400 nm for PPO solutions, and two peaks at 390 nm and 455nm respectively for a-NPO solutions. After the excimer pump excited the sample, the absorption peaked approximately respectively. 110 ns and 60 ns for PPO and a - NPO. Fluorescence from the S1 ->S0 band was monitored simultaneously.

The effect of varying concentrations (in the range 10 -1 M and 10 -7 M) was investigated. Both the fluorescence and excited state absorption displayed a concentration quenching effect for PPO in cyclohexane and 1,4 dioxane, and for a -NPO in 1,4 dioxane. The maxima occurred at approximately 10 -3 M. No such self-quenching was observed for toluene solutions.

A numerical analysis of the relevant rate equations for the molecular excitations and deexcitation processes was performed. This analysis yielded some rate constants that have not been measured previously. For example: K the intersystem crossing rate for PPO was found to be 2.9 x 10 6 sec -1 and that for a-NPO to be 3.3 x 10 6 sec -1 ; K, the excimer formation for a-NPO was measured as 7 e. 5 x 10 -12 cm 3 – sec -1 ; K tr the quenching by O 2 of PPO triplets is 1.6 x 10 5 sec -1 while a- NPO it is 2.5 x 10 6 sec -1 . K, the triplet-triplet self-quenching rate for PPO is 3.2 x 10 -12 cm 3 -sec -1 and for a-NPO it is 6.8 x 10 -12 cm 3 -sec -1 .
title: Plastics in the environment
title: Plastics in the environment
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Umweltbundesamt
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Kunststoff
subject: Kunststoffabfall
subject: Seetrift
subject: plastics
subject: Plastic pollution
subject: plastic waste
subject: Environmental effects
subject: Plastic monitoring
subject: Plastic reduction
subject: microplastics
subject: marine litter
subject: Economy | Consumption
subject: Waste | Resources
subject: Water
subject: Soil | Land

description: Plastics are important materials, and the demand for and the consumption of plastic has been increasing for years. When plastics enter the environment, they can cause great damage to both ecosystems and living organisms. Meanwhile, plastics is found in oceans, rivers, lakes, and soil. One of the mains causes worldwide is the lack of insufficient waste and wastewater management but there are many other sources like tyre abrasion, films from agriculture, or plastic particles from cosmetics or cleaning materials. In addition, more and more plastic material enters the environment through littering. This paper shows - with regard to Germany - where we stand, what we need to do, what the research needs are, and which measures we can already implement in order to tackle the problem. Quelle: https://www.umweltbundesamt.de
description: Plastics are important materials, and the demand for and the consumption of plastic has been increasing for years. When plastics enter the environment, they can cause great damage to both ecosystems and living organisms. Meanwhile, plastics is found in oceans, rivers, lakes, and soil. One of the mains causes worldwide is the lack of insufficient waste and wastewater management but there are many other sources like tyre abrasion, films from agriculture, or plastic particles from cosmetics or cleaning materials. In addition, more and more plastic material enters the environment through littering. This paper shows – with regard to Germany - where we stand, what we need to do, what the research needs are, and which measures we can already implement in order to tackle the problem.
eVenturing with information-enabled innovators and entrepreneurs: designing customised learning space for the new skill set requirements of eBusiness
Creators: name: Chow, Geoffrey
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Existing graduate programs at the Centre for eBusiness and Communication, Swinburne, are successfully meeting the challenge of developing information enabled managers with the knowledge, skills and abilities to operate in complex eBusiness environments and networked global marketspaces. Having made the transition to the virtual world of eBusiness, the next challenge was to design a flexible learning space that encouraged information enabled learners to eVenture in cyberspace. A fresh design approach was required to develop the new concepts, principles and techniques needed to help learners look beyond the horizon, identify emerging and unfamiliar indicators of change and then use sound business acumen to generate strategic opportunities and sustainable eBusiness models. This paper describes the development of a customised learning and assessment space, built upon a tested digital delivery system, that allows learners to move comfortably through time, space and place; transcend the limitations of national boundaries and the constraints of bricks and mortar; and apply the new 'virtual' skill set of entrepreneurship, innovation and creativity.
LA NOZIONE DI ‘COMPETENZA’ NELLA PEDAGOGIA LINGUISTICA
Creators: name: Ciliberti, Anna
Publisher: name: Italiano LinguaDue
Year: 2013

description: Nel mio contributo propongo  una riflessione sulle varie nozioni di ‘competenza’ che, nel corso del tempo, si sono succedute nella pedagogia e nella didattica linguistica. Tale nozione, offrendo i principi ispiratori ai programmi di studio di lingue2, determina in buona misura gli obiettivi di insegnamento, la scelta dei contenuti, delle attività  di classe, delle forme esercitative nonché le modalità di  verifica e valutazione dei risultati ottenuti.In particolare, mi soffermerò sulle nozioni di ‘competenza nella cultura 2’ e su quella, oggi  al centro del dibattito glottodidattico, di ‘competenza comunicativa interculturale’: nozione, quest’ultima, assimilabile, secondo diversi studiosi, al concetto di ‘educazione interculturale’.  The concept of  ‘competence’ in language education: from ‘linguistic competence’ to ‘intercultural communicative competence’This paper is a reflection on the various notions of ‘competence’ in pedagogy and language teaching over time. This concept provides the guiding principle of the L2 curriculum and determines the teaching objectives, choice of content, classroom activities, ways of practicing and the testing and evaluating method the results obtained to a large extent.In particular, I will focus on the concepts of ‘competence in culture 2’ and on  ‘intercultural communicative competence’, currently at the heart of the language teaching debate.  The latter is similar to the idea of 'intercultural education' according to several scholars.
description: Italiano LinguaDue, Vol 4, N° 2 (2012)
Microindentation Creep of Calcium-Silicate-Hydrate and Secondary Hydrated Cement Systems
Creators: name: Nguyen, Dan-Tam
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: Calcium-Silicate-Hydrate
Microindentation
Ettringite
C-S-H
Jennite
Calcium Carbonate
Creep
Tobermorite

description: The nanostructure, physical properties and mechanical performance of C-S-H, 1.4 nm tobermorite, jennite, and ettringite were studied. C-S-H of variable stoichiometries was examined as a model system in comparison with that produced in the hydration of Portland cement. The current Master’s thesis is comprised of four research papers designed to improve the current understanding of the nanostructure and engineering properties of C-S-H systems and modified C-S-H systems. Many of the controversial issues in cement science were identified and were addressed in a comprehensive research study, which examined the key features of the C-S-H systems at the nano-structure level. In Chapter 4, each paper presented new evidence for a number of mechanical aspects of C-S-H materials. Numerous advanced analytical tools were used in order to verify the observations made in each section. The major achievements of the current work are mentioned briefly as follows: 1. It was determined that microindentation is a useful method for determining the creep behavior of C-S-H of various stoichiometries, 1.4 tobermorite, jennite, and ettringite. 2. Microindentation parameters i.e. creep modulus, indentation modulus and indentation hardness are porosity dependent. 3. Microindentation creep measurements on C-S-H (C/S = 0.80 and 1.20) demonstrated that creep modulus, indentation modulus, and indentation hardness are all dependent on mass-loss from the 11%RH condition. 4. Evidence was presented that the nanostructural role of interlayer water in C-S-H has a significant influence on the creep process.
Girls in Gangs: Listening to and Making Sense of Females' Perspectives of Gang Life
Creators: name: Kelly, Ashlin
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: Girls in gangs
Gangs in Canada
Girls in mixed gangs
Gangs

description: This thesis is an exploratory qualitative study that seeks to capture some of the experiences and challenges faced by females who have been gang-involved, either directly or peripherally. A total of eleven interviews were completed with seven women who were either former members of a gang (directly involved) or knew and associated with male and female gang members (peripherally involved) in Canada. The thesis examines my participants’ views of why women enter, persist and desist from gangs. My participants reported that girls join and stay in a gang primarily because they have a significant other who is a male gang member. A sense of kinship, financial dependency, and a lack of alternatives were cited as reasons for girls to join and persist in gangs. The main motivators for desisting were pregnancy, physical separation, treatment and hitting “rock bottom”. The principal findings indicate that there is a gendered hierarchy within mixed gangs that enables males to maintain power and control over females, impacting girl’s expectations, roles and responsibilities in a mixed gang. The significant social, psychological, physical and financial barriers to desistance are outlined and should be considered when devising programming to facilitate gang desistance for females. Furthermore, my participants stressed the need for comprehensive intervention initiatives that account for gender in order to help women desist safely and successfully. The study highlights that desisting from a gang can be a lifelong process, requiring ongoing support structures. The findings speak to the need to make the ‘invisible’ female gang members visible.
The Grothendieck Gamma Filtration, the Tits Algebras, and the J-invariant of a Linear Algebraic Group
Creators: name: Junkins, Caroline
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: algebraic groups
cohomological invariants
algebraic geometry
projective homogeneous varieties

description: Consider a semisimple linear algebraic group G over an arbitrary field F, and a projective homogeneous G-variety X. The geometry of such varieties has been a consistently active subject of research in algebraic geometry for decades, with significant contributions made by Grothendieck, Demazure, Tits, Panin, and Merkurjev, among others. An effective tool for the classification of these varieties is the notion of a cohomological (or alternatively, a motivic) invariant. Two such invariants are the set of Tits algebras of G defined by J. Tits, and the J-invariant of G defined by Petrov, Semenov, and Zainoulline. Quéguiner-Mathieu, Semenov and Zainoulline discovered a connection between these invariants, which they developed through use of the second Chern class map. The first goal of the present thesis is to extend this connection through the use of higher Chern class maps. Our main technical tool is the Steinberg basis, which provides explicit generators for the γ-filtration on the Grothendieck group K_0(X) in terms of characteristic classes of line bundles over X. As an application, we establish a connection between the J-invariant and the Tits algebras of a group G of inner type E6. The second goal of this thesis is to relate the indices of the Tits algebras of G to nontrivial torsion elements in the γ-filtration on K_0(X). While the Steinberg basis provides an explicit set of generators of the γ-filtration, the relations are not easily computed. A tool introduced by Zainoulline called the twisted γ-filtration acts as a surjective image of the γ-filtration, with explicit sets of both generators and relations. We use this tool to construct torsion elements in the degree 2 component of the γ-filtration for groups of inner type D2n. Such a group corresponds to an algebra A endowed with an orthogonal involution having trivial discriminant. In the trialitarian case (i.e. type D4), we construct a specific element in the γ-filtration which detects splitting of the associated Tits algebras. We then relate the non-triviality of this element to other properties of the trialitarian triple such as decomposability and hyperbolicity.
Chancen und Grenzen des Recyclings im Kontext der Circular Economy
Creators: name: Hagelüken, Christian
name: Schmidt, Mario
name: Schebek, Liselotte
Publisher: name: Ressourcenkommission am Umweltbundesamt
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Kreislaufwirtschaft
subject: Ressourcenschonung
subject: Recycling
subject: circular economy
subject: Abfallrecycling
subject: Abfall | Ressourcen

description: Circular Economy hat neben ökologischen und klimapolitischen Zielen auch eine wichtige Bedeutung zur Stärkung der Versorgungssicherheit sowie zur Erreichung weiterer wirtschaftspolitischer und sozio-ökonomischer Ziele. Recycling ist dabei eine der Stellschrauben zusammen mit einer Reihe weiterer Ansätze und Strategien (z.B. Langlebigkeit, Nutzungsintensität und Sharing Economy). Um den Beitrag sowie die Grenzen von Recycling für Ressourcenschonung und Klimaschutz zu bewerten, bedarf es einer klaren Benennung des Betrachtungsrahmens und von Systemgrenzen sowie präzise ausformulierter Berechnungsansätze und Indikatoren. Die Ressourcenkommission am Umweltbundesamt (KRU) fasst in diesem Papier den aktuellen Wissensstand zum Recycling zusammen und empfiehlt mögliche Indikatoren mit einem Fokus auf Metalle, welche eine Schlüsselrolle für die Energie- und Klimawende innehaben. Quelle: umweltbundesamt.de
description: Circular Economy hat neben ökologischen und klimapolitischen Zielen auch eine wichtige Bedeutung zur Stärkung der Versorgungssicherheit sowie zur Erreichung weiterer wirtschaftspolitischer und sozio-ökonomischer Ziele. Recycling ist dabei eine der Stellschrauben zusammen mit einer Reihe weiterer Ansätze und Strategien (z.B. Langlebigkeit, Nutzungsintensität und Sharing Economy). Um den Beitrag sowie die Grenzen von Recycling für Ressourcenschonung und ⁠Klimaschutz⁠ zu bewerten, bedarf es einer klaren Benennung des Betrachtungsrahmens und von Systemgrenzen sowie präzise ausformulierter Berechnungsansätze und Indikatoren. Die Ressourcenkommission am Umweltbundesamt (KRU) fasst in diesem Papier den aktuellen Wissensstand zum Recycling zusammen und empfiehlt mögliche Indikatoren mit einem Fokus auf Metalle, welche eine Schlüsselrolle für die Energie- und Klimawende innehaben.
Efficiently computing weighted proximity relationships in spatial databases
Creators: name: Lin, Xuemin
name: Zhou, Xiaomei
name: Liu, Chengfei
name: Zhou, Xiaofang
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Spatial data mining recently emerges from a number of real applications, such as real-estate marketing, urban planning, weather forecasting, medical image analysis, road traffic accident analysis, etc. It demands for efficient solutions for many new, expensive, and complicated problems. In this paper, we investigate the problem of evaluating the top k distinguished 'features' for a 'cluster' based on weighted proximity relationships between the cluster and features. We measure proximity in an average fashion to address possible nonuniform data distribution in a cluster. Combining a standard multi-step paradigm with new lower and upper proximity bounds, we presented an efficient algorithm to solve the problem. The algorithm is implemented in several different modes. Our experiment results not only give a comparison among them but also illustrate the efficiency of the algorithm.
Supplementary document for Dynamic coherent diffractive imaging with a physics-driven untrained learning method - 5409037.pdf
Creators: name: Yang, Dongyu
name: Zhang, Junhao
name: Tao, Ye
name: Lv, Wenjin
name: Sun, Xinkai
name: Lu, Shun
name: Chen, Hao
name: Xu, Wenhui
name: Shi, Yishi
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Optical Technology

description: Supplemental Document
title:  Introduzione. La responsabilità civile della struttura e dell’esercente la professione sanitaria
Creators: name: Ammassari, Ginevra
Publisher: name: RomaTrE-Press
Year: 2017

description: Il contributo analizza l’attuale sistema della c.d. responsabilità sanitaria delineato dalla L. 24/2017 e ricostruisce sul piano diacronico e sistematico l’evoluzione subita dalla qualificazione del rapporto tra esercente la professione sanitaria, struttura sanitaria e utente del servizio, attraverso un’analisi della giurisprudenza e delle norme di legge succedutesi negli ultimi trenta anni.
description: I profili processuali della nuova disciplina sulla responsabilità sanitaria
Music Performance Anxiety in Children and Teenagers: Effects of Perfectionism, Self-Efficacy, and Gender
Creators: name: Dempsey, Erin
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: music
performance anxiety
children
teenagers
self-efficacy
perfectionism

description: Music Performance Anxiety is something that has affected a number of musicians and numerous studies have been conducted on performance anxiety in adult musicians. However, research on performance anxiety in children and adolescence is still lacking when compared to literature on adult and music performance anxiety. This study examined the signs and symptoms that children (ages 8-12) and teenagers (ages 13-17) feel and the levels of performance anxiety they perceive. In addition, this study also examined levels of perfectionism, self-efficacy and gender as predictors of anxiety and compared these with levels of anxiety. Sixty-five participants completed three questionnaires and a demographic survey. Results suggest a tentative increasing relationship between music performance anxiety and age while no relationship between gender and anxiety was found. Strong relationships between perfectionism and self-efficacy with anxiety indicate that students with high levels of perfectionism and low levels of self-efficacy are more likely to have high levels of performance anxiety. Just as previous studies with adults have found, our findings in children and adolescents suggest that perfectionism may render people vulnerable to performance anxiety while self-efficacy may be an important buffer against this anxiety.
Bella Coola Courier
Creators: name: (:Null)
Publisher: name: Bella Coola, B.C. : Bella Coola Publishing Co.
Year: 2017

description: The Bella Coola Courier was published in Bella Coola, in the Central Coast region of British Columbia, and ran from September 1912 to October 1917. The Courier was published by the Bella Coola Publishing Company, and its stated aim was "to work for the upbuilding and development of Bella Coola particularly, and the welfare of Northern British Columbia generally" (vol. 1, no. 1, p. 2).
On the Neutral Gas Content and Environment of NGC 3109 and the Antlia Dwarf Galaxy
Creators: name: Barnes, D. G.
name: de Blok, W. J. G.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: As part of a continuing survey of nearby galaxies, we have mapped the neutral gas content of the low surface brightness Magellanic-type galaxy NGC 3109 and its environment, including the Antlia dwarf galaxy, at unprecedented velocity resolution and brightness sensitivity. The H I mass of NGC 3109 is measured to be 3.8 ± 0.5 x 108 M⊙. A substantial warp in the disk of NGC 3109 is detected in the H I emission image in the form of an extended low surface brightness feature. We report a positive detection in H I of the nearby Antlia dwarf galaxy and measure its total neutral gas mass to be 6.8 ± 1.4 x 105 M⊙. We show the warp in NGC 3109 to lie at exactly the same radial velocity as the gas in the Antlia dwarf galaxy and speculate that Antlia disturbed the disk of NGC 3109 during a mild encounter ∼1 Gyr in the past. H I data for a further eight galaxies detected in the background are presented.
Direct clinical evidence recommending the use of Proteinase K or Dithiothreitol to pretreat sputum for detection of SARS-CoV-2
Creators: name: Peng, Jing
name: Lu, Yanjun
name: Song, Juan
name: Vallance, Bruce A.
name: Jacobson, Kevan
name: Yu, Hong Bing
name: Sun, Ziyong
Publisher: name: Frontiers
Year: 2021

description: One of the primary tools for diagnosing COVID-19 is the nucleic acid-based real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test performed on respiratory specimens. The detection rate of SARS-CoV-2 in lower respiratory specimens (such as sputum) is higher than that for upper respiratory specimens (such as nasal and pharyngeal swabs). However, sputum specimens are usually quite viscous, requiring a homogenization process prior to nucleic acid (NA) extraction for RT-PCR. Sputum specimens from COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 patients were treated with four commonly used reagents—saline, N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NALC), proteinase K (PK), and dithiothreitol (DTT), prior to NA extraction. These reagents were then compared for their performance in diagnosing COVID-19 in real clinical practice. The detection rate of SARS-CoV-2 in PK- or DTT-treated sputum was comparable, and higher than that in sputum treated with NALC or saline. While there was a 4.8% (1/21) false negative rate for the PK- and DTT-treated sputum, neither treatment showed any false positive cases among patients with non-COVID diseases. Moreover, sputum pretreated with saline, NALC, PK or DTT showed higher detection rates of SARS-CoV-2 as compared to pharyngeal swabs. Taken together, we provide direct evidence recommending the use of PK or DTT to pretreat sputum samples to facilitate SARS-CoV-2 detection by clinical laboratories. Moreover, our methods should help to standardize the procedure of processing sputum specimens and improve the ability to detect SARS-CoV-2 in these samples.
Supplementary materials from Transiently restricting individual amino acids protects D. melanogaster against multiple stressors
Creators: name: Fulton, Tahlia L
name: Johnstone, Joshua N
name: Tan, Jing J.
name: Balagopal, Krithika
name: Dedman, Amy
name: Chan, Andrea Y.
name: Johnson, Travis K.
name: Mirth, Christen
name: Piper, Matthew
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 3105
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Supplementary tables and figures for manuscript (included in main file)
title: L’azione diretta
Creators: name: Cossignani, Fabio
Publisher: name: RomaTrE-Press
Year: 2017

description: Si analizza la nuova azione diretta del danneggiato contro l’assicuratore introdotta dalla legge di riforma della responsabilità sanitaria (l. n. 24/2017, art. 12), con particolare riferimento all’ambito di applicazione, alla legittimazione e al litisconsorzio.
description: I profili processuali della nuova disciplina sulla responsabilità sanitaria
Supplementary Material from Near field hydrodynamic interactions determine travelling wave directions of collectively beating cilia
Creators: name: Cheng, Ziqi
name: Vilfan, Andrej
name: Wang, Yanting
name: Golestanian, Ramin
name: Meng, Fanlong
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 310908
subject: Animal physiology - biophysics
classificationCode: 320802
subject: Human biophysics

description: cilia supplement.pdf
Supplementary Material from Near field hydrodynamic interactions determine travelling wave directions of collectively beating cilia
Creators: name: Cheng, Ziqi
name: Vilfan, Andrej
name: Wang, Yanting
name: Golestanian, Ramin
name: Meng, Fanlong
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 310908
subject: Animal physiology - biophysics
classificationCode: 320802
subject: Human biophysics

description: ESM descriptions.pdf
The Route of Wooden Churches in Olesno County – sketch
Creators: name: Kleszcz, Justyna
Publisher: name: Faculty of Architecture, Wrocław University of Technology, Wrocław
Year: 2012
Subjects: Wooden ecclesiastical architecture, protection of historic monuments, Opole group churches, Wieluń group churches, log construction, local heritage.

description: ARCHITECTUS; 31; 63-74; ISSN 1429-7507
Are assessment and emotions connected with a building conditioned by its external appearance? Attitudes towards formally differentiated architectural objects
Creators: name: Dębek, Michał
Publisher: name: Faculty of Architecture, Wrocław University of Technology, Wrocław
Year: 2012
Subjects: Attitudes towards objects, assessment of architectural objects, evaluation of buildings, aesthetics

description: ARCHITECTUS; 31; 83-94; ISSN 1429-7507
Euro 2012 Enterprise – attempt at assessing the achieved architectural and constructional effects
Creators: name: Pelczarski, Michał
name: Pelczarski, Zdzisław
Publisher: name: Faculty of Architecture, Wrocław University of Technology, Wrocław
Year: 2012
Subjects: Polish stadiums for Euro 2012, stadium roof structures, stadium facades

description: ARCHITECTUS; 31; 95-108; ISSN 1429-7507
The Reality of Free Will
Creators: name: Janew, Claus
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 500399
subject: Philosophy not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 500312
subject: Philosophy of cognition
classificationCode: 500315
subject: Philosophy of mind (excl. cognition)
classificationCode: 500311
subject: Philosophical psychology (incl. moral psychology and philosophy of action)

description: The uniqueness of each standpoint, each point of effect, can only be "overcome" by the standpoint changing to other standpoints and returning. In such alternation, which can also appear as constant change, lies the unity of the world. The wholeness of an alternation, however, is a structure of consciousness due to the special relationship between the circumscribing periphery and the infinitesimal center. This process structure unites determinacy and indeterminacy also totally in every place. Therefore, everywhere we are dealing with forms of consciousness with more or less freedom of choice and an increasingly unknown depth. We live in a world of choosing consciousness, or rather awareness. In this respect, our environment expresses a deep truth about ourselves.

Published in: Journal of Consciousness Exploration & Research (2020), 11(1), p.1-16.
Meeting the challenge of teaching and learning: professional academic developers v. practicing facilitator?
Creators: name: Lasky, Barbara
name: Tempone, Irene
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Changing funding requirements at the national and local university level, coupled with a university restructure, created a challenge for academic managers. One response by a School of Business in a small, traditionally teaching based university was, alnong other strategies, to create the position of Educational Development Facilitator/Coordinator (EDFIEDC). This paper tracks the development of the role of the EDFIEDC and its adaptation to the changing needs of academics both in the fields of research and teaching, and considers this development within the literature on academic development as the EDF/EDC is a practicing academic} not a professional academic developer. This EDFIEDC leads by example, bringing current educational research and personal teaching insights to the role, in an effort to assist academics in the School to face the challenge of enhancing learning and teaching and managing different funding models. Utilizing action learning techniques, where the researchers are also the researched, the authors, one of whom is the EDFIEDC in question, reflect on the role as it has developed over the last four years, identifYing both positive outcomes and negative issues, and highlighting areas of future research.
Supplementary Information for Sample Processing & Data Analyses from Inbreeding avoidance, competition and natal dispersal in a pair-living, genetically monogamous mammal, Azara’s owl monkey (Aotus azarae)
Creators: name: Corley, Margaret K
name: Garcia de la Chica, Alba
name: van der Heide, Griëtte
name: Rotundo, Marcelo
name: Caccone, Adalgisa
name: Fernandez-Duque, Eduardo
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 310499
subject: Evolutionary biology not elsewhere classified

description: Detailed protocols for genotyping samples, processing phenology data, and constructing & interpreting models
title: 'I Try To Take the Whole Family Thing Out of the Picture': How Professionals Navigate Motherhood Bias at Work
Creators: name: Gulbrandsen, Rachael
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2022

description: This research aims to improve our understanding of professional mothers and the strategies they develop to navigate bias and sustain their careers. Previous research has shown that women with children face a motherhood bias that results in negative career outcomes such as reduced wages, fewer high-quality assignments, and decreased chances for promotion and leadership opportunities. This research investigates how professional mothers respond to that bias by analyzing interviews with forty-seven women in the field of law about their professional experiences: their experiences before and after having children; the challenges they face navigating their careers and families; and the strategies they’ve developed to maintain their careers and home lives. We find that the strategies mothers develop fit into two categories. Category one involves downplaying their status as mothers in hopes of reducing negative career consequences. Category two involves downshifting their careers in order to maximize flexibility in their work and at home. Each strategy relies on specific resources and results in tradeoffs of career advancement, career rewards, and well-being. The findings help us understand how workplace policies and practices can best support professional mothers.
The Reality of Free Will
Creators: name: Janew, Claus
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 500399
subject: Philosophy not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 500312
subject: Philosophy of cognition
classificationCode: 500315
subject: Philosophy of mind (excl. cognition)
classificationCode: 500311
subject: Philosophical psychology (incl. moral psychology and philosophy of action)

description: The uniqueness of each standpoint, each point of effect, can only be "overcome" by the standpoint changing to other standpoints and returning. In such alternation, which can also appear as constant change, lies the unity of the world. The wholeness of an alternation, however, is a structure of consciousness due to the special relationship between the circumscribing periphery and the infinitesimal center. This process structure unites determinacy and indeterminacy also totally in every place. Therefore, everywhere we are dealing with forms of consciousness with more or less freedom of choice and an increasingly unknown depth. We live in a world of choosing consciousness, or rather awareness. In this respect, our environment expresses a deep truth about ourselves.

Published in: Journal of Consciousness Exploration & Research (2020), 11(1), p.1-16.
The Stokes structure in asymptotic analysis 2: from differential equation to Stokes structure
Creators: name: Gurarii, V.
name: Katsnelson, V.
name: Matsaev, V.
name: Steiner, J.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This is the second in a series of four papers entitled 'The Stokes structure in asymptotic analysis'. We present a method of direct derivation of the Stokes structure s from a differential equation. We introduce and revise the related important definitions and statements using the Weber`s differential equation as an example. Our technique presented in this paper will be extended later to matrix differential equations.
Interictal Psychosis – A Case of Psychosis of Epilepsy
Creators: name: SIDDIQUI, JAVED ATHER
name: QURESHI, SHAZIA FARHEEN
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Epilepsy and mental disorder are comorbid with each other, due to altered cerebral functions. Around 19 to 52 percent of adult patients with epilepsy have psychiatric disorders such as depression, anxiety, psychosis and cognitive and personality changes. This case report recognizes the risk factor for development of psychosis, so clinicians should be vigilant for psychosis in patient with epilepsy. It is also called schizophrenia like psychosis or psychosis of epilepsy and it is under-recognized and under-treated, in child and adolescent patients. Here we present a case of epilepsy presenting with schizophrenia like symptoms and improved with both antipsychotics and antiepileptic.
Intrigue of Infinity on the Border of Two Worlds on the basis of "The Street of Crocodiles" by Bruno Schulz, i.e. a metaphor of Bruno Schulz's prose in Izabela Cichońska's concept
Creators: name: Cichońska, Izabela
name: Kotz, Jacek
name: Czajka, Roman
Publisher: name: Faculty of Architecture, Wrocław University of Technology, Wrocław
Year: 2012
Subjects: Diploma thesis, metaphor of Bruno Schulz's prose

description: ARCHITECTUS; 31; 129-132; ISSN 1429-7507
Untitled ItemInterictal Psychosis – A Case of Psychosis of Epilepsy
Creators: name: SIDDIQUI, JAVED ATHER
name: QURESHI, SHAZIA FARHEEN
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Epilepsy and mental disorder are comorbid with each other, due to altered cerebral functions. Around 19 to 52 percent of adult patients with epilepsy have psychiatric disorders such as depression, anxiety, psychosis and cognitive and personality changes. This case report recognizes the risk factor for development of psychosis, so clinicians should be vigilant for psychosis in patient with epilepsy. It is also called schizophrenia like psychosis or psychosis of epilepsy and it is under-recognized and under-treated, in child and adolescent patients. Here we present a case of epilepsy presenting with schizophrenia like symptoms and improved with both antipsychotics and antiepileptic.
Lesbian parenting: issues, strengths and challenges
Creators: name: McNair, Ruth
name: Dempsey, Deborah
name: Wise, Sarah
name: Perlesz, Amaryll
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The Lesbian and Gay Families Project is a new study of lesbian, bisexual, gay, transgender and intersex families. This article focuses on aspects of the data collected from 136 women participants living in Victoria. The issues explored included family formation and methods of conception; reasons for choosing such methods; family structure including roles and responsibilities of the biological and non biological mothers and the biological father; levels of social and professional support; and an exploration of the self perceived strengths of and challenges for lesbian led families. Key findings are presented in each of these areas.
Appendix for High infectivity and waterborne transmission of seagrass wasting disease.
Creators: name: Eisenlord, Morgan Elizabeth
name: Agnew, M. Victoria
name: Winningham, Miranda
name: Lobo, Olivia Joy
name: Vompe, Alex D
name: Wippel, Bryanda
name: Friedman, Carolyn
name: Harvell, Drew
name: Burge, Colleen
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 310399
subject: Ecology not elsewhere classified

description: Additional tables and figures. Tables include detailed output for all models run (Tables S1, S2, and S4) and full data summary for both sentinel and ID50 experiments (Tables S3 and S5). Figures include a diagram of ID50 experiment design (Table S1) and regression of log transformed L. zosterae DNA copies in ID50 experiment tissue (Table S2).
title: An Optimized Lentiviral Vector System for Conditional RNAi and Efficient Cloning of microRNA embedded short hairpin RNA Libraries
Creators: name: Adams, Felix
name: Heckl, Dirk
name: Hoffmann, Thomas
name: Talbot, Steven
name: Kloos, Arnold
name: Thol, Felicitas
name: Heuser, Michael
name: Zuber, Johannes
name: Schambach, Axel
name: Schwarzer, Adrian
Publisher: name: Medizinische Hochschule Hannover Bibliothek
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Cell Line
subject: *Cloning, Molecular
subject: Doxycycline/pharmacology
subject: Gene Knockdown Techniques
subject: Genetic Vectors/*genetics
subject: Humans
subject: Lentivirus/*genetics
subject: MicroRNAs/*genetics
subject: Promoter Regions, Genetic
subject: *RNA Interference
subject: RNA, Small Interfering/*genetics
subject: 610

description: RNA interference (RNAi) and CRISPR-Cas9-based screening systems have emerged as powerful and complementary tools to unravel genetic dependencies through systematic gain- and loss-of-function studies. In recent years, a series of technical advances helped to enhance the performance of virally delivered RNAi. For instance, the incorporation of short hairpin RNAs (shRNAs) into endogenous microRNA contexts (shRNAmiRs) allows the use of Tet-regulated promoters for synchronous onset of gene knockdown and precise interrogation of gene dosage effects. However, remaining challenges include lack of efficient cloning strategies, inconsistent knockdown potencies and leaky expression. Here, we present a simple, one-step cloning approach for rapid and efficient cloning of miR-30 shRNAmiR libraries. We combined a human miR-30 backbone retaining native flanking sequences with an optimized all-in-one lentiviral vector system for conditional RNAi to generate a versatile toolbox characterized by higher doxycycline sensitivity, reduced leakiness and enhanced titer. Furthermore, refinement of existing shRNA design rules resulted in substantially improved prediction of powerful shRNAs. Our approach was validated by accurate quantification of the knockdown potency of over 250 single shRNAmiRs. To facilitate access and use by the scientific community, an online tool was developed for the automated design of refined shRNA-coding oligonucleotides ready for cloning into our system.
description: Biomaterials, vol. 139, p. 102
The Complex of Monastic buildings with St. Michael the Archangel Orthodox Church in Jaroszówka. Diploma of the year 2010.
Creators: name: Stafiniak, Adam
Publisher: name: Faculty of Architecture, Wrocław University of Technology, Wrocław
Year: 2012
Subjects: Monastery, cloister, ecclesiastical architecture, orthodoxy, the sacred, Orthodox theology

description: ARCHITECTUS; 31; 133-138; ISSN 1429-7507
Coordination of chemical analyses under the European Human Biomonitoring Initiative (HBM4EU): concepts, procedures and lessons learnt
Creators: name: Vorkamp, Katrin
name: Kolossa-Gehring, Marike
name: Lopéz, Marta Esteban
name: Gilles, Liese
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2023

description: The European Human Biomonitoring Initiative (HBM4EU) ran from 2017 to 2022 with the aim of advancing and harmonizing human biomonitoring in Europe. More than 40,000 analyses were performed on human samples in different human biomonitoring studies in HBM4EU, addressing the chemical exposure of the general population, temporal developments, occupational exposure and a public health intervention on mercury in populations with high fish consumption. The analyses covered 15 priority groups of organic chemicals and metals and were carried out by a network of laboratories meeting the requirements of a comprehensive quality assurance and control system. The coordination of the chemical analyses included establishing contacts between sample owners and qualified laboratories and monitoring the progress of the chemical analyses during the analytical phase, also addressing status and consequences of Covid-19 measures. Other challenges were related to the novelty and complexity of HBM4EU, including administrative and financial matters and implementation of standardized procedures. Many individual contacts were necessary in the initial phase of HBM4EU. However, there is a potential to develop more streamlined and standardized communication and coordination in the analytical phase of a consolidated European HBM programme. © 2023 The Authors