cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Answer-biased summarization
Creators: name: Yulianti, Evi
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 460508
subject: Information retrieval and web search

description: Displaying answers directly on the search results page has been shown to have a positive effect on a user's search experience. It leads to good abandonment, a scenario in which users have already found what they require on the results page and therefore do not need to read the documents. A substantial amount of a user's time can then consequently be saved. However, research on finding answers to non-factoid queries has not been extensively explored, even though these types of queries represent the most frequently asked questions on the Web. This situation then raises a need to improve the answers to non-factoid queries in search results. In this thesis, we try to solve this issue by improving search result summaries. We performed an answer-biased summarization of documents in the search results. These answer-biased summaries are expected to contain answers to the user's query. The main challenge of this task is the lexical gap between the query and the sentences containing answers in the document. The answer-bearing sentences may share different vocabularies with the queries. We propose some techniques to improve the extraction of answer-biased summaries from documents. First, we utilize the related content from community question answering (CQA) site to guide the selection of sentences that bear answers. Three optimization-based and one learning-to-rank based methods are proposed.

The effect of the quality of the related CQA content on the accuracy of the generated summaries is also analyzed. Next, we use the semantic and context information for generating answer-biased summaries from documents. Finally, we extend our work on answer-biased summarization for ad-hoc retrieval. Here, the quality features extracted from the summaries are incorporated into ranking functions. Our results show that the related CQA content can be used to improve the creation of answer-biased summaries from documents. There is a significant effect of the CQA content quality on the accuracy of optimization-based summaries. However, such significance is not found on learning-to-rank-based summaries. Further, the semantic and context features are also shown to boost the accuracy of answer-biased summaries. Then, in our extension work on ad-hoc retrieval, the result shows that our ranking methods using answer-biased summaries can give significant improvement over state-of-the-art ranking models.
Chemical and sensory approaches for improving the flavour of Australian strawberries
Creators: name: De Silva, Thishkaya Patabadi Maddumage
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 310803
subject: Plant cell and molecular biology

description: Strawberry varieties grown in Australia are mostly introduced, and are predominantly sourced from the USA. Consequently, these varieties are well suited to the USA climate. The Australian Strawberry Breeding Program focuses on locally bred varieties and the environmental and genotypic factors that influence berry quality and flavour profile. As such, enhancing the flavour of strawberries (Fragaria x annanasa) is one of the industry highest priorities. The breeding program supports this initiative and has resulted in increasing industry acceptance of Australian varieties. Most Australian-grown strawberries are produced in open fields and are heavily impacted by environmental factors. This research aims to understand the environmental effects on strawberry quality attributes [volatile compounds, total soluble solids (sugars) and titratable acidity and the consumer preference of the cultivars]. Australian-grown cultivars and advanced-breeding lines were analysed for their quality attributes and the influence of growing environment on these compounds. These quality attributes were then assessed to identify the compounds that were responsible for consumer preference. Levels of some esters, lactones and sugars were found to be responsible for the consumer preference of certain genotypes compared with others.

Sampling were carried out in two seasons (2013-2014 and 2014-2015) for 15 non-consecutive weeks. The sampled commercial cultivars were Albion, Melba, San Andreas, Palomar and Camino Real. Apart from these, few advanced-breeding lines were sampled. The advanced-breeding lines are Australian plant breeding materials selected by the breeders. These lines included; 10-004-168, 10-004-165, 10-057-27, 08-029-80, 06-050-202 and 07-048-190. The cultivars and Australian advanced-breeding lines contained esters, terpenoids, lactones, aldehydes, furans, alcohols and acids. These findings provided sufficient information that Australian advanced-breeding lines contain favourable compounds which are stable in the Australian growing condition.

The effect of environmental parameters was analysed. The variation of the volatile compounds, sugars and acids were explained using the genotype, environment and GxE interaction. This study intended to understand the genotypes that perform well in the Australian growing conditions. Furthermore, the current study revealed 39 important strawberry flavour compounds with high broad-sense heritability. Analysis of the most and least consumer preferred strawberries showed -dodecalactone, ethyl hexanoate, (E)-Hex-2-enyl butanoate, TSS, 1-methylethyl hexanoate, mesifurane, methyl octanoate, ethyl butanoate, S-methyl thiobutanoate were important for consumer desirability. This study demonstrated that a combination of chemical compounds and sugars create better strawberries.
title: Die bildlichen Komponenten des Rebusflugblattes 'Die 3 Blinden aus Böhmen'
Creators: name: Vater, Andreas
Year: 2009

description: Ein Rebus ist eine Form von Bilderrätsel, die durch zwei Elemente charakterisiert werden kann: die additive Aneinanderreihung von Bild/Text-Komponenten und die Substitution von Textstellen durch Bilder. Die Rebusbilder referieren dabei in unterschiedlicher Weise auf den gesuchten Begriff, der zum Verständnis des jeweiligen Textes enträtselt gehört: sie veranschaulichen den Begriff selbst oder verweisen auf das Wort, das den gesuchten Begriff meint, im einfachsten Fall etwa durch die Darstellung des Körperteils Arm anstelle des Besitzstandes, der mit dem Adjektiv arm ausgedrückt wird. Die Diplomarbeit setzt sich zum Ziel, die spezifische Verwendung der bildlichen Komponenten des 1621 gedruckten Flugblattes 'Die 3 Blinden aus Böhmen' herauszuarbeiten, ihre Einbettung innerhalb des Textgefüges zu systematisieren und ihre Bedeutung als Rätselbilder zu hinterfragen. Als Ausgangspunkt für die Untersuchung gilt dabei die Betrachtung, daß die Form von Rebussen je nach Zweck sehr variabel ausfallen kann und daß die Kriterien einer 'Geheimschrift', als welcher der Rebus in der zweiten Hälfte des 16. Jahrhunderts von italienischen Gelehrten beschrieben wird, der Form des Rebusflugblattes – ein zentraler Text, der vereinzelt von Rebusbildern unterbrochen ist - entgegenstehen: “Was die Geheimschrift mit Bildern anbelangt, kann man keine andere feste Regel angeben außer anzumerken, daß die Bilder den unterschiedlichen Begriffen angepaßt sein mögen, einsichtig und mit so wenig Buchstaben sein sollen wie möglich ist; [...] und je weniger Buchstaben diese Geheimschriften haben, desto besser sind sie.”
title: N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone as a Reaction Medium for Gold(III)-Ion Reduction and Star-like Gold Nanostructure Formation
Creators: name: Mirdamadi Esfahani, Maleknaz
name: Goerlitzer, Eric Sidney Aaron
name: Kunz, Ulrike
name: Vogel, Nicolas
name: Engstler, Joerg
name: Andrieu-Brunsen, Annette
Publisher: name: ACS
Year: 2022

description: The efficiency of a wet chemical route to synthesize gold nanostructures with tunable size and shape significantly depends on the applied solvent and the interaction of solvent molecules with other species such as gold ions. The ability of the organic solvent N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP) as a suitable medium for application in star-like gold nanostructure (AuNS) synthesis with a tunable morphology at ambient conditions has been investigated. The time-dependent analysis of the UV–vis absorption spectra of AuIIICl₄– in a pure NMP solution illustrates the role of NMP as simultaneous complexing and reducing agents. Kinetic studies indicate that AuIIICl₄– in NMP solution is reduced to AuICl₂–, with no need to use another reducing agent, any external energy sources, or solvent pretreatment. This is because AuI species stay stable in this solution unless poly(vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP) catalyzes their disproportionation. Morphological studies by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) specify the high-yield synthesis of AuNS with monocrystalline spikes in a concentrated NMP solution by PVP. This study illustrates that the presence of seeds, as another agent to catalyze the disproportionation of AuI species, makes it possible to synthesize AuNS in varying concentrations of PVP in this medium. The role of PVP concentration and the presence of seeds in the formation kinetics, morphology, and optical properties is systematically discussed. The results achieved through this study develop a straightforward and safe procedure for AuNS synthesis in high yield in a water-miscible organic polar solvent with tunable morphology and optical properties. Considering the high capability of NMP to dissolve various types of polymers and hydrophobic ligands, synthesizing AuNS in this solvent opens a window to a practical and easy way to fabricate gold-based nanomaterials with fascinating optical properties.
Storytelling as an effective tool in adult and vocational education
Creators: name: McGrath, Peta
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024

description: This practitioner research explores the teaching strategy of storytelling and its effectiveness in adult education, specifically in the vocational education and training environment. It uses an action research approach through case studies, personal experience, and reflection to explore this teaching strategy. In addition, reasons for its effectiveness are provided. These reasons link storytelling to adult learning principles and whole brain theories of learning. The practitioner also discusses the influence on her own practice and the practice of others.

Storytelling is an art form that has experienced a renewed interest in the past few years. Some of this can be explained in the innate human need to engage with others and to tell and share stories. This has been an integral part of our existence, and while technology has in some ways served to diminish storytelling, the swing back has created a thirst for stories in society which can be evidenced in the growth of areas such as digital storytelling, research into stories, organizational storytelling, healing with stories, oral history projects and pastimes such as scrapbooking and genealogy.

Within this exegesis is a discussion of storytelling as an innovation in the VET environment and how innovation can be managed in this sector. This is important as it diffuses the use of storytelling as an effective teaching strategy in the broader VET community.

The exegesis is one part of the project, the other being the portfolio of accompanying products. The major product is the accredited course in Storytelling for TAFE NSW. Links to the portfolio are made throughout the exegesis so that the relationship between the two components is clear.
Scytoleptus Gerstaecker 1856
Creators: name: Poore, Gary C. B.
name: Collins, David J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Decapoda
Axiidae
Scytoleptus

description: Scytoleptus Gerstaecker, 1856
 Remarks.The steep margin of the median gastric carina, falling almost vertically to the short rostrum, and with three small teeth, immediately differentiate the genus and its only species.
description: Published as part of Poore, Gary C. B. & Collins, David J., 2009, Australian Axiidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Axiidea), pp. 221-287 in Memoirs of Museum Victoria 66 (2) on page 277, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2009.66.20, http://zenodo.org/record/12208159
Additional file 2 of Independent and combined effects of smoking, drinking and depression on periodontal disease
Creators: name: Huang, Y. Q.
name: Xu, J. N.
name: Huang, Y.
name: Xu, Y. D.
name: Wang, H. L.
name: Shi, W. T.
name: Wang, J.
name: Wang, H.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: Medicine
Biotechnology
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Science Policy
Mental Health

description: Additional file 2: Table S1. The interaction of smoking, drinking and depression on periodontitis stratified by age and gender.
The role of referendum and non-referendum mechanisms for state-framing
      processes
Creators: name: Satalak, Pataramon
Publisher: name: Lancaster University
Year: 2018
Subjects: the will of the people
external self-determination
referendum
non-referendum

description: This thesis presents how the ‘will of the people’ is legitimized in the
      practical application of external self-determination. Since international
      law recognizes people as political communities, if they are sufficiently
      knowledgeable and aware of their rights, their involvement can legitimize
      the actions of their governmental authority. In order for the people’s
      deliberations- or self-governance- to be considered legitimate, the
      expression of their will in territorial alteration decision-making
      processes must be continuous. Moreover it is necessary to have responsible
      institutional and legal frameworks to guarantee that the people’s will is
      both considered and put into action.

      Using republican liberal theory, this study will explore the importance of
      ordinary citizens in determining their territorial status. The theory
      foregrounds the right to participate in determining their own destiny, and
      suggests a number of practical ways in which democratic legitimacy can be
      achieved. In order that the people’s will be considered legitimate,
      republican liberalism promotes ongoing interactions between ordinary
      citizens, democratic mechanisms, institutions and legal instruments. In
      order to ensure that any self-determination process conforms to republican
      liberal theory’s requirements for legitimacy, the process must empower
      people both individually and collectively to participate. It must also
      ensure that all citizens are considered equal and have political equality,
      regardless of their ethnic, racial, religious or linguistic backgrounds.
      In addition, republican liberal theory stresses the power of the people to
      check and scrutinize governmental authorities, and addresses the
      importance of law (constitution or statutes) in guaranteeing that the will
      of the people is central to any political decision regarding their future
      status.
Spongiaxius Sakai and de Saint Laurent 1989
Creators: name: Poore, Gary C. B.
name: Collins, David J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Decapoda
Axiidae
Spongiaxius

description: Spongiaxius Sakai and de Saint Laurent, 1989
 Spongiaxius Sakai and de Saint Laurent, 1989: 41.— Sakai and Ohta, 2005: 88–89.
 Sakaiocaris Kensley, 1989: 964 (objective synonym: same type species).
 Remarks. The rostrum with its margin of erect spines, separated by a constriction from the carapace, serves to recognise species of Spongiaxius.
description: Published as part of Poore, Gary C. B. & Collins, David J., 2009, Australian Axiidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Axiidea), pp. 221-287 in Memoirs of Museum Victoria 66 (2) on page 277, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2009.66.20, http://zenodo.org/record/12208159
sj-docx-1-cjo-10.1177_00084174221142172 - Supplemental material for “Metacognitive Reflection and Insight Therapy” (MERIT) for the Occupational Therapy Practitioner
Creators: name: Wasmuth, Sally
name: Horsford, Caitlin
name: Mahaffey, Lisa
name: Lysaker, Paul H.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 111708 Health and Community Services
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-cjo-10.1177_00084174221142172 for “Metacognitive Reflection and Insight Therapy” (MERIT) for the Occupational Therapy Practitioner by Sally Wasmuth Caitlin Horsford, Lisa Mahaffey, and Paul H. Lysaker in Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy
title: "ÖSSDAT"
Creators: name: Vomela, Stefan
Year: 2009

description: Im vorliegenden Werk wurde eine Revision und Strukturierung der Datengrundlage für eine ÖSSA-Datenbank mit dem Arbeitstitel „ÖSSDAT“ durchgeführt. Die übergeordnete Struktur der ÖSSDAT besteht aus 4 hierarchisch geordneten Ebenen die sich in Startseite, Übersichtsblatt, Verzeichnisblätter und Datenblätter gliedern. Die Daten wurden in die Prozesse Kohlenstoff, Stickstoff, Biomasse und Nettoprimärproduktion strukturiert; als Subsysteme wurden Vegetation, Boden, Anthroposphäre, Peplosphäre und Gewässer entwickelt. In die ÖSSDAT wurden die relevanten Daten sämtlicher Untersuchungen nach der ÖSSA-Methode zusammengeführt, revidiert, strukturiert und eingearbeitet. Die Datensammlung ermöglicht einen Überblick sowohl über die verfügbaren Daten als auch über mögliche Datendefizite. Für eine funktionelle Datenbank fehlt der ÖSSDAT noch ein Datenbankmanagementsystem. Multimediabeilage 1 CD
Häufig gestellte Fragen zum Deutschen Elektronischen Meldeund Informationssystem für den Infektionsschutz (DEMIS)
Creators: name: Seidel, Juliane
name: Diercke, Michaela
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Im Zuge der Einführung des Deutschen Elektronischen Melde- und Informationssystems (DEMIS) werden sich die Arbeitsabläufe bei Melde- und Benachrichtigungspflichtigen und im Öffentlichen Gesundheitsdienst (ÖGD) sehr verändern. Das DEMIS-Team versucht auf vielen Informationsveranstaltungen über die bevorstehenden Änderungen zu informieren. Dabei werden häufig ähnliche Fragen (Frequently Asked Questions – FAQ) gestellt, die in diesem Beitrag beantwortet werden sollen. Die FAQ werden auch auf der DEMIS-Internetseite (www.rki.de/demis) veröffentlicht und dort regelmäßig aktualisiert.
sj-docx-2-chl-10.1177_17475198221141979 – Supplemental material for Thermal and thermo-oxidative stability of a series of palladium and platinum ferrocenylamine sulfides and selenides
Creators: name: Ali, Hussein M
name: Ali, Isra H
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 91299 Materials Engineering not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Materials engineering

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-2-chl-10.1177_17475198221141979 for Thermal and thermo-oxidative stability of a series of palladium and platinum ferrocenylamine sulfides and selenides by Hussein M Ali and Isra H Ali in Journal of Chemical Research
Additional file 1 of Chronic atrophic gastritis and risk of incident upper gastrointestinal cancers: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Li, Junqiu
name: Pan, Jielu
name: Xiao, Dinghong
name: Shen, Nan
name: Wang, Ruiqing
name: Miao, Hongyv
name: Pu, Peimin
name: Zhang, Haiyan
name: Yv, Xiao
name: Xing, Lianjun
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 1: File 1 Search strategy.
Prospects of discovering stable double-heavy tetraquarks at a Tera-$Z$ factory
Creators: name: Ali, Ahmed
name: Parkhomenko, Alexander Ya.
name: Qin, Qin
name: Wang, Wei
Publisher: name: Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, DESY, Hamburg
Year: 2018

description: Motivated by a number of theoretical considerations, predicting the deeply bound double-heavy tetraquarks $T^{\{bb\}}_{[\bar u \bar d]}$, $T^{\{bb\}}_{[\bar u \bar s]}$ and $T^{\{bb\}}_{[\bar d \bar s]}$, we explore the potential of their discovery at Tera-$Z$ factories. Using the process $Z \to b \bar b b \bar b$, we calculate, employing the Monte Carlo generators MadGraph5$\_$aMC@NLO and Pythia6, the phase space configuration in which the~$b b$ pair is likely to fragment as a diquark. In a jet-cone, defined by an invariant mass interval $m_{bb} < M_{T^{\{bb\}}_{[\bar q \bar q']}} + \Delta M$, the sought-after tetraquarks $T^{\{bb\}}_{[\bar q \bar q^\prime]}$ as well as the double-bottom baryons,~$\Xi_{bb}^{0,-}$, and $\Omega_{bb}^-$, can be produced. Using the heavy quark--diquark symmetry, we estimate $\mathcal{B} (Z \to T^{\{bb\}}_{[\bar u \bar d]} + \; \bar b \bar b) = (1.4^{+1.1}_{-0.5}) \times 10^{-6}$, and about a half of this for the $T^{\{bb\}}_{[\bar{u}\bar{s}]}$ and $T^{\{bb\}}_{[\bar d \bar s]}$. We also present an estimate of their lifetimes using the heavy quark expansion, yielding $\tau(T^{\{bb\}}_{[\bar q \bar q^\prime]}) \simeq 800$~fs. Measuring the tetraquark masses would require decays, such as $T^{\{bb\} -}_{[\bar u \bar d]} \to B^- D^- \pi^+$, $T^{\{bb\} -}_{[\bar u \bar d]} \to J/\psi \overline K^0 B^-$, $T^{\{bb\} -}_{[\bar u \bar d]} \to J/\psi K^- \overline B^0$, $T^{\{bb\} -}_{[\bar u \bar s]} \to \Xi_{bc}^0 \Sigma^-$, and $T^{\{bb\} 0}_{[\bar d \bar s]} \to \Xi_{bc}^0 \bar\Sigma^0$, with subsequent decay chains in exclusive non-leptonic final states. We estimate a couple of the decay widths and find that the product branching ratios do not exceed~$10^{-5}$. Hence, a good fraction of these modes will be required for a discovery of $T^{\{bb\}}_{[\bar q \bar q']}$ at a Tera-$Z$ factory.
sj-docx-1-aop-10.1177_10600280221141402 – Supplemental material for Efficacy and Safety of Vancomycin Bayesian-Estimated Area Under the Curve Versus Trough-Based Dosing
Creators: name: Cerenzio, John
name: Truong, James
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 111599 Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-aop-10.1177_10600280221141402 for Efficacy and Safety of Vancomycin Bayesian-Estimated Area Under the Curve Versus Trough-Based Dosing by John Cerenzio and James Truong in Annals of Pharmacotherapy
Large $N$ scaling and factorization in SU($N$) Yang-Mills gauge theory
Creators: name: Vera, Miguel García
name: Sommer, Rainer
Publisher: name: Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, DESY, Hamburg
Year: 2018
Subjects: gauge field theory: Yang-Mills
confinement: length
dimension: 4
numerical calculations: Monte Carlo
factorization
scaling
lattice
perturbation theory
continuum limit
nonperturbative
statistical
Wilson loop
flow

description: The large $N$ limit of SU($N$) gauge theories is well understood in perturbation theory. Also non-perturbative lattice studies have yielded important positive evidence that t Hoofts predictions are valid. We go far beyond the statistical and systematic precision of previous studies by making use of the Yang-Mills gradient flow and detailed Monte Carlo simulations of SU($N$) pure gauge theories in 4 dimensions. With results for $N=3,4,5,6,8$ we study the limit and the approach to it. We pay particular attention to observables which test the expected factorization in the large $N$ limit. The investigations are carried out both in the continuum limit and at finite lattice spacing. Large $N$ scaling is verified non-perturbatively and with high precision; in particular, factorization is confirmed. For quantities which only probe distances below the typical confinement length scale, the coefficients of the $1/N$ expansion are of $\mathrm{O}(1)$, but we found that large (smoothed) Wilson loops have rather large $\mathrm{O}(1/N^2)$ corrections. The exact size of such corrections does, of course, also depend on what is kept fixed when the limit is taken.
title: Assessment in CLIL
Creators: name: Hönig, Ingrid
Year: 2009

description: In der Erwachsenenbildung wird häufig beobachtet, dass Lerner, die während ihrer Schulzeit CLIL-Unterricht hatten, selbstbewusster und natürlicher sprechen. Sie führen dies darauf zurück, dass an Österreichs Schulen die Fremdsprache in CLIL nicht beurteilt wird. Ähnliche Beobachtungen werden auch anderorts gemacht, aber empirische Untersuchungen über Leistungsbeurteilung in CLIL gibt es noch sehr wenige. Diese Studie wurde gemacht um zu untersuchen, wie Leistung in CLIL wirklich beurteilt wird. Im Besonderen wollte ich herausfinden, welche Rolle die Fremdsprache in der Leistungsbeurteilung spielt. Ich führte eine qualitative Studie in zwei Klassen einer Oberstufe in einem Gymnasium durch, in denen Geschichte auf English unterrichtet wurde. Sie umfasst vier Interviews mit CLIL-Lehrern, Beobachtung von zwei CLIL Klassen mit Videoaufnahmen und dem Kommentar einer Lehrerin über neun transkribierte mündliche Prüfungen. Das wichtigste Ergebnis aus den Unterrichtsbeobachtungen ist, dass Lehrer trotz gegenteiliger Aussagen die Sprachfertigkeit der Schüler bewerten und diese sogar als Hauptkriterium bei der Notengebung heranziehen. Wie die Studie weiter zeigt, sind traditionelle Methoden der Leistungsbeurteilung, wie zum Beispiel die mündliche Prüfung, für die gerechte Beurteilung der Schüler ungeeignet. Alternative Bewertungsverfahren sind erforderlich, deren Entwurf jedoch eine formale Übereinstimmung von Sprachkriterien im CLIL Unterricht sowie der Gewichtung von Sprache und Inhalt in den Prüfungen voraussetzt.
description: It has been frequently observed in adult education that learners having undergone some kind of CLIL instruction speak more self-confidently and naturally in the 2nd language. In the Austrian context this is usually accounted for by referring to the principle of not assessing CLIL students on the L2. Similar observations have been made elsewhere, but empirical research on assessment is still very scarce. This study was therefore undertaken to explore how assessment is carried out in CLIL, in particular to find out which role L2 language proficiency plays in assessment. My qualitative study was carried out in an upper-secondary grammar school, in History lessons taught in English in two forms. It comprises interviews with four CLIL teachers, observation and video-taping in two CLIL classes, and a teacher’s comment on nine transcribed oral exams. My most significant finding was that, in spite of teachers’ assertions to the contrary, they did assess language proficiency and even used it as a major criterion in grading students. As my study shows, traditional methods of assessment such as oral exams do not do CLIL students’ achievements justice. Alternative instruments are required. Devising these, however, would call for formal agreement on language criteria in CLIL education as well as on the weighting of content and language in exams.
sj-docx-1-acr-10.1177_02841851221140678 - Supplemental material for Intra- and interobserver agreement of rectal cancer staging with MRI
Creators: name: Kilickap, Gulsum
name: Dolek, Betul Akdal
name: Ercan, Karabekir
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 110320 Radiology and Organ Imaging
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-acr-10.1177_02841851221140678 for Intra- and interobserver agreement of rectal cancer staging with MRI by Gulsum Kilickap, Betul Akdal Dolek and Karabekir Ercan in Acta Radiologica
Additional file 2 of Chronic atrophic gastritis and risk of incident upper gastrointestinal cancers: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Li, Junqiu
name: Pan, Jielu
name: Xiao, Dinghong
name: Shen, Nan
name: Wang, Ruiqing
name: Miao, Hongyv
name: Pu, Peimin
name: Zhang, Haiyan
name: Yv, Xiao
name: Xing, Lianjun
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 2: Fig. S1. Sensitivity analysis was performed for gastric cancer (GC), oesophageal cancer (OC), and oesophagogastric junction cancer (OJC) using a study-by-study exclusion approach.
sj-docx-1-jpe-10.1177_0739456X231221996 – Supplemental material for Planning the “Ruralopolis” in India: Circular Migration, Survival Entrepreneurship, and the Subversive Non-Farm Economy
Creators: name: Randolph, Gregory F.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2024
Subjects: Urban and Regional Planning not elsewhere classified

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-jpe-10.1177_0739456X231221996 for Planning the “Ruralopolis” in India: Circular Migration, Survival Entrepreneurship, and the Subversive Non-Farm Economy by Gregory F. Randolph in Journal of Planning Education and Research
VIPER: a web application for rapid expert review of variant calls
Creators: name: Wöste, Marius
name: Dugas, Martin
Publisher: name: F1000 Research Limited
Year: 2018

description: With the reduced cost and increased throughput of next-generation sequencing genomic analyses have become applicable for many research areas. Many tools have been developed to detect genomic variation at different scales ranging from single-nucleotide variants to deletions of whole chromosomes. As the amount of genomic data steadily increases, manual review of variant calls using visualization tools such as the IGV becomes a cumbersome task.

We developed the Variant InsPector and Expert Rating tool (VIPER) to streamline the manual review of variant calls. VIPER imports variant call information from VCF or CSV files and alignment information from BAM files. Variant call breakpoints are then visualized in the background utilizing IGVs command interface. This allows for precomputation of breakpoint images, thus minimizing waiting times for visualization. Variant call metadata such as coverage or quality may be provided in the input files as well.

VIPER presents the visualized breakpoints as well as the metadata in a simple web interface, allowing for quick iteration through variant calls. Calls can be filtered based on metadata and review decisions. Additionally, researchers can specify matched samples such as control-tumor samples or trios in a sperate text file. VIPER will then show each sample’s matched samples along during the visualization.

VIPER has already successfully been applied to analyses with more than 10 000 calls. It is available on every major OS and can be accessed freely via GitHub. A more detailed description of VIPER can be found in our Applications Note published in Bioinformatics (https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/bty022).
title: Lokale Entwicklung im transnationalen Raum
Creators: name: Wolfsgruber, Isabelle
Year: 2009

description: Es liegt die Annahme vor, dass sich die Unterstützung durch NGOs und transnationale Netzwerke der nicaraguanischen Migrantinnen und Migranten in Costa Rica positiv auf die lokale Entwicklung von Costa Rica und Nicaragua auswirkt. Diese Entwicklung und –möglichkeiten finden hier in einem transnationalen Feld statt, welches von MigrantInnen zwischen beiden Ländern durch ihre alltägliche Lebensrealität aufgespannt und von unterschiedlichen Faktoren wie sozialen Netzwerken, Sozialkapital, Remittances, Bildung, rechtliche, soziodemographische und wirtschaftliche Aspekte beeinflusst wird. Um diesen Interaktionen und Wirkungsfeldern eine adäquate Erklärungsbasis geben zu können, werden die Transnationalsismustheorien als Basis der Hypothese herangezogen. Die Arbeit und der Beitrag, welcher von den beteiligten NGOs und (in)formellen Netzwerken in diesem Feld geleistet wird, wird schließlich nicht nur auf direkte „sichtbare“ Entwicklungsergebnisse reduziert, da relevante Veränderungen nicht in einer zeitlichen Relation stehen. Im Zentrum steht vielmehr das Potential der Veränderungsmöglichkeiten, wie gesteigertes Bewusstsein, Empowerment und persönliche Entwicklung, die in ihrem Zusammenwirken Entwicklungsperspektiven schaffen und konkrete Veränderungen schon im kleinen Rahmen veranlassen.
description: The primary hypothesis of this paper is that there is a positive correlation between the assistance of NGOs and transnational networks for Nicaraguan migrants in Costa Rica and the local development of both Costa Rica and Nicaragua. This development and its potential take place in a transnational setting, which stretches between both countries, is part of the daily life of migrants and is influenced by several factors such as social network, social capital, remittances, education, legal, socio-demographic and economic aspects. To be able to capture these interactions and effects, it’s necessary to apply the theories of transnationalism as a basis for this hypothesis. The work and contribution of the involved NGOs and (in)formal networks will not be reduced to “visible” development outcomes though, since relevant change cannot be cast into a time frame. The main focus lies upon the potential change, which may occure through elevated consciousness, empowerment and personal development, creating development perpectives and (small) specific changes.
Additional file 1 of Novel genome-wide DNA methylation profiling reveals distinct epigenetic landscape, prognostic model and cellular composition of early-stage lung adenocarcinoma
Creators: name: Gan, Junwen
name: Huang, Meng
name: Wang, Weishi
name: Fu, Guining
name: Hu, Mingyuan
name: Zhong, Hongcheng
name: Ye, Xin
name: Cao, Qingdong
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Supplementary Material 1
title: Language and narrative empathy
title: an empirical stylistic approach to readers' engagement with characters
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Fernandez Quintanilla, Carolina
Publisher: name: Lancaster University
Year: 2018
Subjects: empathy
narrative empathy
characters
characterisation
qualitative
empirical stylistics
reader response
emotional engagement
empathy with characters
Eduardo Galeano

description: Narrative empathy, broadly understood as the sharing of characters’
      perspective and emotional experiences, is thought to be often involved in
      readers’ engagement with characters. A number of claims have been made in
      the literature about the potential effects of particular narrative
      techniques on readerly experiences of empathy. However, most of these
      discussions are based on narratological hypotheses, and empirical work in
      the area has been rather thin. This study seeks to understand the role of
      textual, but also readerly, factors in readers’ empathetic (or otherwise)
      engagement with characters.

      I take a qualitative linguistic approach that combines
      stylistic-narratological textual analysis and empirical reader-response
      research. I analyse some short stories by Uruguayan author Eduardo
      Galeano, and focus on narrative techniques which have been regarded as
      being somehow involved in either empathetic or non-empathetic reader
      responses ― point of view, speech and thought presentation, emotion
      presentation, and characterisation techniques. I also consider readerly
      factors such as contextual appraisal (including moral evaluation) and the
      reader-character relationship. The empathy potential of these textual and
      non-textual phenomena is then considered in the light of what readers
      report. I conducted two focus group discussions with readers who shared
      their experiences of the characters after reading three stories. Through
      thematic analysis (using Atlas.ti), I relate readers’ self-reported
      involvement with characters to insights from textual analysis and
      scholarly claims.

      While my findings support some of the assumptions in the literature, they
      also problematise some claims about the direct effects of textual cues. I
      argue for a nuanced approach that accommodates the interaction between
      textual and readerly phenomena, and conclude that narrative empathy is a
      highly flexible and context-dependent phenomenon given the complex
      interplay between textual and readerly factors. The main contributions of
      the study are to do with (i) the value of the focus on language (a
      stylistically-informed approach to the stimulus texts and a
      linguistically-aware approach to readers’ responses), (ii) the gathering
      of empirical data on readers’ responses through focus groups, and (iii)
      the in-depth qualitative analysis of these responses, whereby I map out
      the complex interplay between textual and readerly factors, and develop a
      typology of potential linguistic evidence of empathetic responses.
Supplemental Material - Beyond Pan-Ethnicity: Responsiveness of Elected Officials to Asian American Subgroups
Creators: name: Yeung, Yat To
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 160607 International Relations
subject: FOS: Political science

description: Supplemental Material for Beyond Pan-Ethnicity: Responsiveness of Elected Officials to Asian American Subgroups by Yat To Yeung in American Politics Research
Pakistanapseudinae Gutu 2008
Creators: name: Błażewicz-Paszkowycz, M.
name: Bamber, R. N.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Tanaidacea
Parapseudidae

description: Subfamily Pakistanapseudinae Guţu, 2008 new rank    Remarks. Guţu (2008b) separated the family Parapseudidae into two groups, separating the species of the Pakistanapseudes - group discussed by Błażewicz-Paszkowycz & Bamber (2007a) from the remaining parapseudids. Guţu (ibid.) erected two tribes (Parapseudini and Pakistanapseudini), but it is entirely more appropriate to consider these as subfamilies, so we have given them that new rank herein.
description: Published as part of Błażewicz-Paszkowycz, M. & Bamber, R. N., 2012, The Shallow-water Tanaidacea (Arthropoda: Malacostraca: Peracarida) of the Bass Strait, Victoria, Australia (other than the Tanaidae), pp. 1-235 in Memoirs of Museum Victoria 69 on page 40
sj-docx-2-ijo-10.1177_0306624X221133007 – Supplemental material for The Pragmatic American Revisited: A Direct Replication of Pickett and Baker (2014)
Creators: name: Jones, Angela M.
name: Roche, Sean Patrick
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 160299 Criminology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Law

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-2-ijo-10.1177_0306624X221133007 for The Pragmatic American Revisited: A Direct Replication of Pickett and Baker (2014) by Angela M. Jones and Sean Patrick Roche in International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
Additional file 3 of Novel genome-wide DNA methylation profiling reveals distinct epigenetic landscape, prognostic model and cellular composition of early-stage lung adenocarcinoma
Creators: name: Gan, Junwen
name: Huang, Meng
name: Wang, Weishi
name: Fu, Guining
name: Hu, Mingyuan
name: Zhong, Hongcheng
name: Ye, Xin
name: Cao, Qingdong
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Supplementary Material 3
Tropical Graph Curves
Creators: name: Manjunath, Madhusudan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 14T15, 14T20, 14Q05, 05C10, 52B10

description: We study tropical line arrangements associated to a three-regular graph $G$ that we refer to as \emph{tropical graph curves}. Roughly speaking, the tropical graph curve associated to $G$, whose genus is $g$, is an arrangement of $2g-2$ lines in tropical projective space that contains $G$ (more precisely, the topological space associated to $G$) as a deformation retract. We show the existence of tropical graph curves when the underlying graph is a three-regular, three-vertex-connected planar graph. Our method involves explicitly constructing an arrangement of lines in projective space, i.e. a graph curve whose tropicalisation yields the corresponding tropical graph curve and in this case, solves a topological version of the tropical lifting problem associated to canonically embedded graph curves. We also show that the set of tropical graph curves that we construct are connected via certain local operations. These local operations are inspired by Steinitz' theorem in polytope theory.
description: A completely revised version with the erroneous part removed and the rest of paper rewritten with a new perspective
On ends of finite-volume noncompact manifolds of nonpositive curvature
Creators: name: Ji, Ran
name: Wu, Yunhui
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In this paper we confirm a folklore conjecture which suggests that for a complete noncompact manifold $M$ of finite volume with sectional curvature $-1 \leq K \leq 0$, if the universal cover of $M$ is a visibility manifold, then the fundamental group of each end of $M$ is almost nilpotent.
description: Inventiones Mathematicae, to appear, 36 pages
sj-pdf-2-aut-10.1177_13623613221132921 – Supplemental material for Co-design of an NHS primary care health check for autistic adults
Creators: name: Taylor, Helen
name: Ingham, Barry
name: Mason, David
name: Finch, Tracy
name: Wilson, Colin
name: Scarlett, Clare
name: Moss, Sebastian
name: Buckley, Carole
name: Urbanowicz, Anna
name: Raymaker, Dora
name: Seiboth, Charlotte
name: Lees, Rhianna
name: Garland, Deborah
name: Osbourne, Malcolm
name: Lennox, Nicholas
name: Cooper, Sally-Ann
name: Nicolaidis, Christina
name: Parr, Jeremy R
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: 110319 Psychiatry (incl. Psychotherapy)
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Education
subject: 130312 Special Education and Disability
subject: FOS: Educational sciences

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-2-aut-10.1177_13623613221132921 for Co-design of an NHS primary care health check for autistic adults by Helen Taylor, Barry Ingham, David Mason, Tracy Finch, Colin Wilson, Clare Scarlett, Sebastian Moss, Carole Buckley, Anna Urbanowicz, Dora Raymaker, Charlotte Seiboth, Rhianna Lees, Deborah Garland, Malcolm Osbourne, Nicholas Lennox, Sally-Ann Cooper, Christina Nicolaidis and Jeremy R Parr in Autism
Additional file 6 of Characterization of Neowestiellopsis persica A1387 (Hapalosiphonaceae) based on the cpcA, psbA, rpoC1, nifH and nifD gene sequences
Creators: name: Nowruzi, Bahareh
name: Hutarova, Lenka
name: Vešelenyiova, Dominika
name: Metcalf, James S.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Supplementary Material 6
title: Is the application of a vulnerability framework effective in determining
      patterns of the incidence of dengue disease on the island of Dominica?
title: the Water Associated Disease Index (WADI) model
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Richards, Heather
Publisher: name: Lancaster University
Year: 2018
Subjects: Infectious disease, dengue, outbreak, vulnerability, small island, Dominica, GIS, WADI,

description: The goal of the proposed thesis is to identify vulnerable areas of
      increased risk of transmission to dengue virus as a re-emerging public
      health threat. Vulnerability will be based on social, ecological, and
      environmental factors in the Commonwealth of Dominica, a small island
      nation in the Caribbean.

      Using a combination of susceptibility (social) and exposure (ecological /
      environmental) components, this thesis will aim to provide an evidence
      base for reducing disease burden from infectious disease outbreaks, by
      improving the understanding of the susceptibility and exposure drivers of
      vulnerability and making recommendations for mitigation measures that will
      minimize the impact of these disease outbreaks.

      Methodology The construction of an index model was conducted based on an
      eco-health model, the Water Associated Disease Index (WADI), using
      publicly available data sets. Secondary data analysis was carried out to
      examine the relationship between vulnerability to an increased risk of
      disease transmission and the incidence of dengue disease cases in Dominica
      using negative binomial regression. Using the same statistical analysis,
      an alternative non-index model was used for comparison. Using Geographic
      Information System (GIS), a visual representation of an increased risk of
      vulnerability to dengue virus transmission in the form of a map was
      constructed.

      Findings The index model and the non-index model exhibited a moderate fit
      highlighting that the components of the eco-health model can indicate
      vulnerable areas to an increased risk of dengue disease transmission in a
      small island setting.

      Discussion An integrative approach to assessing vulnerability, like the
      WADI model, is an effective tool in determining areas that are more
      exposed to infectious diseases through an examination of the combined
      social, environmental, and ecological determinants of health.

      Conclusion Dengue virus is a re-emerging threat to public health. As it
      affects the most impoverished regions of endemic areas disproportionately,
      low-cost effective tools are needed to neutralize this growing threat.
      Further research into integrative models that incorporate the
      vulnerability drivers within the social, ecological and environmental
      determinants of health is still required to review their linkages and
      develop effective assessment tools.
Whiteleggia Lang 1972
Creators: name: Błażewicz-Paszkowycz, M.
name: Bamber, R. N.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Tanaidacea
Whiteleggiidae
Whiteleggia

description: Genus Whiteleggia Lang, 1972
 Whiteleggia multicarinata (Whitelegge, 1901)
 W. multicarinata, Lang, 1970, 605–615, figs 3–8; – Błażewicz-Paszkowycz & Bamber, 2007, 132 (Bass Strait material).
 Additional material examined. 2 specimens, Stn. BSS 206, Eastern Bass Strait, 19 km E of Lake Tyers Entrance, 37º50.5'S, 148º16.0'E, 26 m depth, coarse sand, 30 July 1983, coll. M. Gomon & R. Wilson, FV Silver Gull.
 Remarks. This endemic south-east-Australian species occurred across the Bass Strait, on heterogeneous sandy substrata from depths between 26 and 124 m. Previous records were of the type material, off New South Wales, Australia, at 37 to 108 m depth, and further specimens in 1914 on sand and mud in depths of 70 to 100 m off Merimbula, New South Wales (not off South Africa – see Błażewicz-Paszkowycz & Bamber, 2007, p. 132).
description: Published as part of Błażewicz-Paszkowycz, M. & Bamber, R. N., 2012, The Shallow-water Tanaidacea (Arthropoda: Malacostraca: Peracarida) of the Bass Strait, Victoria, Australia (other than the Tanaidae), pp. 1-235 in Memoirs of Museum Victoria 69 on page 25