cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Brief admission by self-referral as an add-on to usual care for individuals with self-harm at risk of suicide: cost-effectiveness and 4-year health-economic consequences after a Swedish randomized controlled trial
Creators: name: Lindkvist, Rose-Marie
name: Carlsson, Katarina Steen
name: Daukantaitė, Daiva
name: Flyckt, Lena
name: Westling, Sofie
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health

description: Brief Admission by self-referral (BA) is a crisis-management intervention standardized for individuals with self-harm at risk of suicide. We analyzed its health-economic consequences. BA plus treatment as usual (TAU) was compared with TAU alone in a 12-month randomized controlled trial with 117 participants regarding costs for hospital admissions, coercive measures, emergency care and health outcomes (quality-adjusted life years; QALYs). Participants were followed from 12 months before baseline to up to five years after. Over one year BA was associated with a mean annual cost reduction of 4800 or incremental cost of 4600 euros, depending on bed occupancy assumption. Cost-savings were greatest for individuals with >180 admission days in the year before baseline. In terms of health outcomes BA was associated with a QALY gain of 0.078. Uncertainty analyses indicated a significant QALY gain and ambiguity in costs, resulting in BA either dominating TAU or costing 59 000 euros per gained QALY. BA is likely to produce QALY gains for individuals living with self-harm and suicidality. Cost-effectiveness depends on targeting high-need individuals and comparable bed utilization between BA and other psychiatric admissions. Future research should elaborate the explanatory factors for individual variations in the usage and benefit of BA.
Psychometric validation of the Montgomery–åsberg Depression Rating Scale – Youth (MADRS-Y) in a clinical sample
Creators: name: Vestin, Magnus
name: Blomqvist, Ida
name: Henje, Eva
name: Dennhag, Inga
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biotechnology
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Science Policy
Mental Health

description: Depression in adolescence is a serious major global health problem with increasing rates of prevalence. Measures of depression that are valid for young people are clearly needed in clinical contexts. The study included 577 patients from child and adolescent psychiatry (n = 471) and primary care (n = 106) aged 12–22 years in Sweden (Mage=16.7 years; 76% female). The reliability and validity for Montgomery–Åsberg Depression Rating Scale – Youth (MADRS-Y) were investigated. To confirm the latent structure, we used a single-factor confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). A Kruskal–Wallis test was performed to test total score differences between diagnostic groups. Using Spearman’s rho correlations, we examine whether single items in the MADRS-Y correlate with suicidal ideation measured by The Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire-JR (SIQ-JR). The internal consistency using McDonald’s coefficient omega was excellent. The CFA of the 12-item MADRS-Y supported a one factor structure. Evidence of convergent and discriminant validity was shown. There was a significant difference in MADRS-Y scores across diagnostic groups, with higher results for depressive disorders. A strong correlation with suicidal ideation was found for two items. The results support MADRS-Y as a brief, reliable, and valid self-report questionnaire of depressive symptoms for young patients in a clinical setting.
Christina Leibfried: Sinologie an der Universität Leipzig. Entstehung und Wirken des Ostasiatischen Seminars 1878-1947
Creators: name: Führer, Bernhard
Publisher: name: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia
Year: 2021

description: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, Nr. 91 (2004): ASIEN (April)
Broad genomic and transcriptional analysis reveals a highly derived genome in dinoflagellate mitochondria
Creators: name: Jackson, Christopher J.
name: Norman, John E.
name: Schnare, Murray N.
name: Gray, Michael W.
name: Keeling, Patrick J. (Patrick John), 1969-
name: Waller, Ross F.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2015

description: Background: Dinoflagellates comprise an ecologically significant and diverse eukaryotic phylum that is sister to the phylum containing apicomplexan endoparasites. The mitochondrial genome of apicomplexans is uniquely reduced in gene content and size, encoding only three proteins and two ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs) within a highly compacted 6 kb DNA. Dinoflagellate mitochondrial genomes have been comparatively poorly studied: limited available data suggest some similarities with apicomplexan mitochondrial genomes but an even more radical type of genomic organization. Here, we investigate structure, content and expression of dinoflagellate mitochondrial genomes. Results From two dinoflagellates, Crypthecodinium cohnii and Karlodinium micrum, we generated over 42 kb of mitochondrial genomic data that indicate a reduced gene content paralleling that of mitochondrial genomes in apicomplexans, i.e., only three protein-encoding genes and at least eight conserved components of the highly fragmented large and small subunit rRNAs. Unlike in apicomplexans, dinoflagellate mitochondrial genes occur in multiple copies, often as gene fragments, and in numerous genomic contexts. Analysis of cDNAs suggests several novel aspects of dinoflagellate mitochondrial gene expression. Polycistronic transcripts were found, standard start codons are absent, and oligoadenylation occurs upstream of stop codons, resulting in the absence of termination codons. Transcripts of at least one gene, cox3, are apparently trans-spliced to generate full-length mRNAs. RNA substitutional editing, a process previously identified for mRNAs in dinoflagellate mitochondria, is also implicated in rRNA expression. Conclusion The dinoflagellate mitochondrial genome shares the same gene complement and fragmentation of rRNA genes with its apicomplexan counterpart. However, it also exhibits several unique characteristics. Most notable are the expansion of gene copy numbers and their arrangements within the genome, RNA editing, loss of stop codons, and use of trans-splicing.
Le marxisme de Georg Lukacs et de Guy Debord
Creators: name: Allard, Stéphane
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Political Science, General.

description: Je pars du constat selon lequel le marxisme est en crise. Ceci dit, la question suivante se pose : le marxisme conserve-t-il une pertinence aujourd'hui ? Selon moi, les pensées de Georg Lukacs et de Guy Debord permettent de rendre compte de certaines transformations du capitalisme au XIX e et XXe siècles. Pour comprendre ces auteurs, il faut d'abord les situer dans leur contexte. Au coeur des pensées de ces auteurs se situent les concepts de réification, pour Lukacs, et de spectacle, pour Debord. Pour les élaborer, Lukacs et Debord ont tous deux accordé une grande importance aux notions marxiennes de fétichisme de la marchandise, de prolétariat et de praxis. Le dernier chapitre de la thèse présenté une mise en rapport de la pensée des deux auteurs. En conclusion, j'interroge le rapport de Lukacs et de Debord à ce que certains chercheurs ont appelé le romantisme révolutionnaire. Mots-clés : Lukacs, Debord, capitalisme, marxisme, réification, spectacle, aliénation, romantisme, situationnisme, romantisme révolutionnaire
Bärbel Braun: Nationalstaat als politische Fiktion und als Realität. Antikoloniale Nationalbewegung, koloniale und postkoloniale Staatsformation in Indonesien
Creators: name: Graf, Arndt
Publisher: name: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia
Year: 2021

description: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, Nr. 67 (1998): ASIEN (April)
From the analogue divide to the hybrid divide: the internet does not ensure equality of access to information in science
Creators: name: Barjak, Franz
Publisher: name: Idea Group
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Wissenschaft
subject: Internet
subject: Hyperlink
subject: Web Impact Factor
subject: 330 - Wirtschaft
subject: 659 - Werbung & Public Releations (PR)

description: New Infrastructures for Knowledge Production: Understanding E-Science offers a distinctive understanding of new infrastructures for knowledge production based in science and technology studies. This field offers a unique potential to assess systematically the prospects for new modes of science enabled by information and communication technologies. The authors use varied methodological approaches, reviewing the origins of initiatives to develop e-science infrastructures, exploring the diversity of the various solutions and the scientific cultures which use them, and assessing the prospects for wholesale change in scientific structures and practices. New Infrastructures for Knowledge Production: Understanding E-Science contains practical advice for the design of appropriate technological solutions, and long range assessments of the prospects for change useful both to policy makers and those implementing institutional infrastructures. Readers interested in understanding contemporary science will gain a rich picture of the practices and the technologies that are shaping the knowledge production of the future.
description: The chapter investigates whether the internet has improved the information access for scientists which did not participate fully in the transfer of information in pre-internet times. Several empirical analyses over the last decade have nurtured the hope that the internet had this effect. We argue that these findings were mostly due to the low level of dissemination of the internet in the early 90s. Based on a large European data set we show that internet use is consistently higher for male, highly recognised, and senior researchers. This suggests that the internet has become the domi¬nant means of communication in science - to such an extent that any scientist, regardless of whether they are established or not, has to use the available internet tools in order to communicate effectively. The previous ‘analogue divide’ of information access has become a ‘hybrid divide’ including the analogue and the digital communication media.
Helmut Buchholt und Thomas Menkhoff (Hrsg.): Vom Wanderkrämer zum Towkay. Ethnische Chinesen im Prozeß der Modernisierung der asiatisch-pazifischen Region
Creators: name: Schucher, Günter
Publisher: name: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia
Year: 2021

description: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, Nr. 67 (1998): ASIEN (April)
Geographies of First Nations, Inuit, and Metis Peoples in a Contemporary Grade-nine Applied-level Ontario Geography Textbook
Creators: name: Brand, Kelly
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Education, Multilingual.
subject: Education, Social Sciences.
subject: Native American Studies.

description: This study examines the representations of First Nations, Inuit, and Metis geographies within a contemporary grade-nine Canadian geography textbook. Although First Nations, Inuit, and Metis peoples have lived on the territory now known as Canada for thousands of years, in the past two hundred years, with the exception of some place names, colonialism has worked to largely remove evidence of their presence from the landscape and to exclude them from the dominant narratives of Canadian geography. In this study, I conduct a critical discourse analysis of a textbook currently approved by the Ontario Ministry of Education's Trillium List for the compulsory grade-nine applied-level Canadian geography course: Canadian Geography: A Sense of Place. First, I consider how the textbook creates knowledge of First Nations, Inuit, and Metis peoples and their geographies. Next, I examine how this creation compares to the textbook's representation of Canadians. Finally, I explore what an Aboriginal geography might look like and how Aboriginal perspectives could be incorporated into the text. The grade-nine Canadian geography course is the only mandatory geography course for students in the applied stream. If students do not continue with geography, the text they use in this course or used by the teacher to organize this course will be their last exposure to geography texts and formal discussions of Aboriginal geographies. This textbook is important because for many students, it will be the only time in their lives that they are systematically exposed to knowledge about First Nations, Inuit, and Metis peoples. While there are attempts at inclusion, old misrepresentations appear again in new forms within this textbook. A major task of this textbook is constructing the nation and presenting a nationalized geography.
Introduction to the Management of Transformational Change
Creators: name: Lombriser, Roman
name: Sullivan, Patrick E.
Publisher: name: Wiley
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: 330 - Wirtschaft
subject: 659 - Werbung & Public Releations (PR)

description: Igor Ansoff developed a unique strategic management school of thought that is a synthesis of his years in industry, the work of several significant predecessors, his own keen insight into the significant variables that are related to successful strategic behavior, and empirical research that supports his theories and prescriptions. The Ansoff school of thought is environment driven. The foundational pieces of his approach are introduced here in a unique format. Specialists in the field present their views as to how the material relates peppering it with their own views and personal contact with Igor Ansoff. There are a series of tools that have been developed to assess the complexity of the business environment and the organization's response to it. The only emprirically validated approach to date.
Nicole Brechmann: Ethnische und religiöse Konflikte in Südasien. Literatur seit 1990. Eine Auswahlbibliographie
Creators: name: Aßmann, Kersti
Publisher: name: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia
Year: 2021

description: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, Nr. 67 (1998): ASIEN (April)
STATISTIKA SOHASINI RIVOJLANTIRISHDA MAKROIQTISODIY KO'RSATKICHLARNI HISOBLASH
Creators: name: Xolmuradov, M.A.
name: Sharipov, Baxtiyor
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Ushbu maqolada xizmatlar tarixi, mohiyati va rivojlanishi haqida fikr va mulohazalar bayon etilgan. Shu bilan birga, O‘zbekiston iqtisodiyotini rivojlantirish tendentsiyalari va xizmatlarning tarkibiy ko‘rsatkichlari belgilab berildi. Bundan tashqari, ular ta’sir etuvchi omillarni o‘rganish, tarkibiy o‘zgarishlarni baholash, aholi jon boshiga to‘g‘ri keladigan xizmatlar belgilandi. Bundan tashqari, aholi jon boshiga xizmat ko'rsatishning kelajakdagi prognozi qiymati va xulosalar va takliflarga asoslangan.
Regionale Clusterpolitik in Deutschland: Policy-Transfer zwischen Konvergenz und Vielfalt
Creators: name: Kiese, Matthias
Publisher: name: Nomos
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: 330 - Wirtschaft
subject: 659 - Werbung & Public Releations (PR)

description: In Zeiten der intensiven Vernetzung der globalen Ökonomien besinnen sich Städte und Regionen immer öfter auf ihre Stärken und versuchen, durch eine Bildung von Clustern die Förderung von High-Tech-Kompetenzfeldern anzuregen und dadurch ihre Wettbewerbsfähigkeit zu erhöhen. Trotz zahlreicher Erfolgsstorys bleiben aber viele Fragen zu den Instrumenten und Handlungskorridoren für eine effektive Regionalisierung und Clusterbildung durch politische Akteure offen: - Was sind überhaupt Cluster? Wodurch lassen sie sich von anderen Phänomenen und Problemlösungsstrategien abgrenzen? - Welche Rolle spielen der Staat und die Politik dabei? Oder verläuft die Entwicklung nach ökonomisch-technologischen Sachzwängen? - Wie lässt sich der Weg vom Konzept zur Praxis umsetzen? Welche analytischen Konzepte und Diskussionen existieren in den verschiedenen Fachdisziplinen? Welche Instrumente und erfolgreichen Beispiele gibt es in Deutschland? In 11 Beiträgen von Wissenschaftlern und Praktikern wird versucht, auf diese Fragen Lösungen zu finden. Dabei werden die Antworten nicht nur auf der lokal-regionalen, sondern auch auf der Landes- und Bundesebene gesucht.
D3.6 – Secondary data capture and interoperability II
Creators: name: Aristodemos Pnevmatikakis
name: Spyros Spanos
name: Harm op den Akker
name: Pavlos Kranas
name: Jake Griffiths
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Data Capture
Interoperability
Clinical Studies
Big Data
Patient Data
Data Collection

description: The purpose of this iHelp deliverable, D3.6 – “Secondary data capture and interoperability II”, a public report, is to complement the first version, D3.5 – “Secondary data capture and interoperability I”, as an inventory of secondary data for the iHelp clinical studies, i.e., the information extracted from their end-users, individuals that are mostly patients, but in cases of preventive studies, also the general public. No matter their status (patient, or individual), end-users in iHelp are study participants, and this is how they are referred to in this document. The deliverable thus documents the choices made on what to measure and what to simply ask the study participants to provide, trying to strike a balance between loading people with devices (and cost) but also asking too much of them in terms of data entry. In that respect it is of interest outside the iHelp community, serving as a data collection manual outside of the strict clinical setting. It also considers how the data can be collected and how they can be represented in the iHelp big data platform.

This document is delivered in M22 (October 2022), after the compliment of the requirement collection as reported in D2.3 – “State of the art and requirements analysis III” in M20. This document presents the final secondary data inventory, as discussed between the partners responsible for secondary data collection and the clinical partners.
PAZAR: a framework for collection and dissemination of cis-regulatory sequence annotation
Creators: name: Portales-Casamar, Elodie
name: Kirov, Stefan
name: Lim, Jonathan
name: Lithwick, Stuart
name: Swanson, Magdalena I.
name: Ticoll, Amy
name: Snoddy, Jay
name: Wasserman, Wyeth W.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2015

description: PAZAR is an open-access and open-source database of transcription factor and regulatory sequence annotation with associated web interface and programming tools for data submission and extraction. Curated boutique data collections can be maintained and disseminated through the unified schema of the mall-like PAZAR repository. The Pleiades Promoter Project collection of brain-linked regulatory sequences is introduced to demonstrate the depth of annotation possible within PAZAR. PAZAR, located at http://www.pazar.info , is open for business.
Case Study Edinburgh Business School
Creators: name: Robertson, Alix
Publisher: name: MMT Digital
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: 330 - Wirtschaft
subject: 659 - Werbung & Public Releations (PR)

description: Edinburgh Business School students study on campus in Edinburgh, online through distance learning or at one of Edinburgh Business Schools partner centres across the globe. With such a vast geographical reach comprising over 25 partners and 300 approved tutors, easy effective communication and information exchange is absolutely vital.
Hartmut Walravens (Hrsg.): Joseph Franz Rock (1884-1962). Berichte, Briefe und Dokumente des Botanikers, Sinologen und Nakhi-Forschers
Creators: name: Führer, Bernhard
Publisher: name: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia
Year: 2021

description: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, Nr. 91 (2004): ASIEN (April)
Maha Sila Viravong: Prinz Phetsarat: Ein Leben für Laos ("Eine Biographie von Chao Maha Uparat Phetsarat" und "Die Geschichte des 12. Oktober 1945")
Creators: name: Rehbein, Boike
Publisher: name: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia
Year: 2021

description: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, Nr. 91 (2004): ASIEN (April)
Developing a research program for intravesical oxybutynin in children with poorly compliant neurogenic bladders
Creators: name: Guerra, Luis Antonio Caldas
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Health Sciences, Public Health.
subject: Biology, Physiology.
subject: Health Sciences, Epidemiology.

description: Statement of the problem. Children with neurogenic bladders and poor bladder compliance are usually managed with bladder catheterization and oral anticholinergic medication. They may become non-responders to the drug or present with severe harms. Oxybutynin intravesically is an alternative therapy. Methods. CHEO experience (case series) with intravesical oxybutynin. Systematic review of the literature of intravesical oxybutynin in children with neurogenic bladders. Protocol for a RCT is proposed. Results. CHEO case series and the systematic review suggest intravesical oxybutynin is effective and well tolerated. There was a significant improvement in urinary incontinence and urodynamic outcomes. Published studies are of low level of evidence, and there was no RCT. The incidence of harm was low. Conclusion. Based on the evidence collected, there is not sufficient justification to recommend this therapy for children with neurogenic bladder. Research with a more sound study design, such as RCT, should be conducted to assess the efficacy of this intervention in children.
Leo Suryadinata/Evi Nurvidya Arifin/Aris Ananta: Indonesia's population. Ethnicity and religion in a changing political landscape
Creators: name: Graf, Arndt
Publisher: name: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia
Year: 2021

description: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, Nr. 91 (2004): ASIEN (April)
Karin Preisendanz/Dietmar Rothermund (Hrsg.): Südasien in der "Neuzeit" - Geschichte und Gesellschaft, 1500-2000
Creators: name: Dohrmann, Jona
Publisher: name: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia
Year: 2021

description: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, Nr. 91 (2004): ASIEN (April)
Understanding British Columbians’ experiences with primary health care : developing a sector-specific survey
Creators: name: Wong, Sabrina T.
name: Peterson, Sandra
name: Regan, Sandra
name: Watson, Diane E.
name: Black, Charlyn, 1954-
Publisher: name: Centre for Health Services and Policy Research (CHSPR)
Year: 2014

description: "The report describes work underway at CHSPR to develop and validate a sector-specific survey regarding adults' experiences with primary health care (PHC) in the province. The resulting survey measures dimensions (or aspects) of PHC identified as priorities through focus groups held with patients across the province, a review of relevant scientific literature, and input from government stakeholders. Understanding British Columbians' Experiences with PHC lays out broad findings based on survey development and validation—a more detailed analysis of the survey items, index and scales is available upon request." -CHSPR website
Two Worlds, Two Realities - The Social Experience of Seasonal Agricultural Workers in Quebec
Creators: name: Dube, Melissa
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Sociology, Social Structure and Development.

description: This thesis explores the social experience of Mexican and Guatemalan temporary immigrants in Quebec who are part of the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (SAWP) and the Temporary Foreign Workers Program (TFWP). Two distinct perspectives exist on the matter: that the programs are beneficial for all parties involved (workers, employers, and governments); and, that the programs exploit the workers involved, who must make important sacrifices and get meagre benefits. In the literature review, a neoliberal environment is found to be a macro factor that affected the programs substantially. This thesis, based on qualitative research conducted with workers and other program participants, brings new evidence to bear on these debates. Even though the workers come to Quebec strictly to earn money for their families, the social isolation and language barrier they endure in their host communities make their lives in Canada often very difficult. While more and more activities for the workers are being organised, additional efforts could be made. This thesis concludes that, overall the experience of the workers is not poor, but there is clearly room for improvement in order to balance their significant sacrifices and the benefits they (and Canada) get from the difficult work they perform.
Assessment of algorithms for high throughput detection of genomic copy number variation in oligonucleotide microarray data
Creators: name: Baross, Ágnes
name: Delaney, Allen D.
name: Li, H. I.
name: Nayar, Tarun
name: Flibotte, Stephane
name: Qian, Hong
name: Chan, Susanna Y.
name: Asano, Jennifer
name: Ally, Adrian
name: Cao, Manqiu
name: Birch, Patricia
name: Brown-John, Mabel
name: Fernandes, Nicole
name: Go, Anne
name: Kennedy, Giulia
name: Langlois, Sylvie
name: Eydoux, Patrice
name: Friedman, J. M. (Jan Marshall), 1947-
name: Marra, Marco, 1966-
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2016

description: Background: Genomic deletions and duplications are important in the pathogenesis of diseases, such as cancer and mental retardation, and have recently been shown to occur frequently in unaffected individuals as polymorphisms. Affymetrix GeneChip whole genome sampling analysis (WGSA) combined with 100 K single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genotyping arrays is one of several microarray-based approaches that are now being used to detect such structural genomic changes. The popularity of this technology and its associated open source data format have resulted in the development of an increasing number of software packages for the analysis of copy number changes using these SNP arrays. Results: We evaluated four publicly available software packages for high throughput copy number analysis using synthetic and empirical 100 K SNP array data sets, the latter obtained from 107 mental retardation (MR) patients and their unaffected parents and siblings. We evaluated the software with regards to overall suitability for high-throughput 100 K SNP array data analysis, as well as effectiveness of normalization, scaling with various reference sets and feature extraction, as well as true and false positive rates of genomic copy number variant (CNV) detection. Conclusion: We observed considerable variation among the numbers and types of candidate CNVs detected by different analysis approaches, and found that multiple programs were needed to find all real aberrations in our test set. The frequency of false positive deletions was substantial, but could be greatly reduced by using the SNP genotype information to confirm loss of heterozygosity.
Frank Umbach: Konflikt oder Kooperation in Asien-Pazifik? Chinas Einbindung in regionale Sicherheitsstrukturen und die Auswirkungen auf Europa
Creators: name: Dosch, Jörn
Publisher: name: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia
Year: 2021

description: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, Nr. 91 (2004): ASIEN (April)
The New Formenlehre meets jazz: the piano sonatas of Nikolai Kapustin
Creators: name: Pham, Dao
Publisher: name: Anglia Ruskin Research Online (ARRO)
Year: 2025

description: Nikolai Kapustin (1937-2020) lived the majority of his life under the Soviet Union as a classical composer and as a touring Jazz Big Band pianist. His experiences in both the classical and jazz worlds are synthesized in his works. While the composition titles resemble the classical tradition (Sonatas, Bagatelles, Prelude and Fugues, Etudes, etc.), they nonetheless evoke the sonorities of jazz. The synthesis of jazz and classical form has been remarked upon by many concert critics and performance-studies scholars within the last decade. Prominently featured among Kapustin’s hybrid compositions are the sonatas, hallmarks of the classical era. If Kapustin’s sonatas are to be taken at face value, and they fulfil some of the expecations of a classical sonata, it stands to reason that these works can be understood by the analytical methods of today. The most recent theories of sonata form build on Caplin’s Classical Form (1998) and Hepokoski and Darcy’s Elements of Sonata Theory (2006), pioneers of an analytical school known as the “New Formenlehre”. While the New Formenlehre represents a modern approach to sonata form, the literature is still strongly rooted in 18th-century repertoire. Only within the last decade has the current discourse veered from the high classical style towards romanticism. As one would expect, Kapustin, as a composer from the 20th-century working with jazz idioms, is left out of this discourse. As such, there is a considerable gap of knowledge not only in regards to Kapustin’s compositions but also to jazz idioms more broadly. The premise of this thesis is to bridge the gap by engaging the Kapustin piano sonatas with the New Formenlehre literature in analytical dialogue. This will extend current sonata theory into newer territories such as jazz with its idiosyncratic harmonies and key relationships. This thesis develops a new jazz sonata theory, a framework built out of jazz-inclusive modifications to Caplin’s theory of Formal Functions, “microform”, and Hepokoski and Darcy’s framework, “macroform”.
The deacon's participation in the tria munera in the Latin and Ukrainian Catholic churches: A historical-canonical analysis
Creators: name: Leclair, Douglas M
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Canon Law.

description: Since the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965), the legislation and other official documents of the Roman Catholic Church have often characterized the Church's mission in terms of the tria munera, the threefold functions of teaching, sanctifying, and governing. According to Church law and teaching, all the baptized have the right and obligation to participate in their own manner in this threefold mission. This study explores the proper role of the deacon's exercise of the tria munera as set forth in the canon law of the Latin and the Eastern Catholic Churches with a special focus on the particular laws of the Ukrainian Catholic Church. In response to the decrees of Vatican II, Pope Paul VI restored the permanent order of the diaconate to the Latin Church where it had been dormant for centuries; at the same time, the diaconate was reaffirmed and reawakened in the Eastern Catholic Churches where it had survived in law though only barely in practice. While much has been written about the identity and ministry of the deacon since Vatican II, this is the first study to examine thoroughly the juridical sources on the deacon's participation in the tria munera as it impacts his functions, rights, obligations, and relationship with the other members of the hierarchy and the laity. The first chapter surveys the origin, nature, and distinguishing characteristics of the order of the deacon. This is developed mainly from juridical and liturgical sources with a particular focus on the similarities and differences in the diaconate in the Christian East and West. The second chapter analyzes in-depth the restoration of the permanent diaconate in the legislation of the Latin Church, noting also some differences and tensions between the so-called "transitional" and the permanent order of the diaconate. The third chapter develops and analyzes the laws on the diaconate in the Ukrainian Catholic Church, especially the Ukrainian Church in Canada. The fourth chapter is a comparative analysis of the laws of the Latin Church and the common and particular law of the Ukrainian Catholic Church with regard to the order of deacons and the tria munera. The conclusions sum up the key similarities and differences in these two legal systems on this issue and offer some suggestions for future legislative reforms.
Taiwan nach den Präsidentschaftswahlen
Creators: name: Schubert, Gunter
Publisher: name: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia
Year: 2021

description: Am 20. März 2004 fanden in Taiwan zu dritten Mal Direktwahlen für das Amt des Staatspräsidenten statt. Sie wurden überschattet von zwei Schüssen, die am Vorabend des Wahltages auf den Amtsinhaber und erneuten Präsidentschaftskandidaten der regierenden Demokratischen Fortschrittspartei (DFP) Chen Shuibian und seine Stellvertreterin Lu Xiulian (Annette Lu) abgegeben wurden.
description: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, Nr. 91 (2004): ASIEN (April)
Le occupazioni degli spazi di edilizia residenziale pubblica a Roma. Il caso-studio del Quarticciolo: genesi e significati di un fenomeno collettivo
Creators: name: Davoli, Chiara
Publisher: name: Argomenti
Year: 2020
Subjects: segregazione abitativa, occupazione abitativa, organizzazione collettiva, diritto alla casa, diritto alla città

description: L’articolo presenta il caso-studio realizzato al Quarticciolo, quartiere ERP situato nella periferia est di Roma. In primis si inquadra il contesto di studio e si esamina la composizione sociale degli abitanti e le tipologie di condizione abitativa. In seguito si analizzano le pratiche di accesso informale agli alloggi popolari e le istanze che muovono il “Comitato di quartiere Quarticciolo”, un’esperienza di lotta per la casa nata nel 2017. Obiettivo della ricerca è comprendere le motivazioni e i significati politici assunti dalle pratiche dal basso nei quartieri in cui il disinvestimento delle amministrazioni pubbliche è alto. Le informazioni sono state raccolte attraverso fonti secondarie e metodi qualitativi, come interviste semi-strutturate e osservazione partecipante. The article presents a research on the informal access to public housing and on the instances of the "Quarticciolo neighborhood committee", an experience of struggle for house born in 2017 in the eastern suburban area Quarticciolo that is a popular housing district. The study examines the context and it analies the social composition of the inhabitants and the different types of housing conditions. The research objective is to understand the political meanings and motivations assumed by bottom-up practices in neighborhoods where the public administration’s disengagement is high. The data have been collected through secondary sources and qualitative methods, such as semi-strcutured interviews and participant observation.
description: Argomenti, N. 15 (2020): Gennaio-Aprile
On the role of chromatin in the regulation of adenovirus vector transgene expression
Creators: name: Ross, P. Joel
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Biology, Microbiology.

description: Adenovirus vectors are undergoing evaluation in clinical trials for the treatment of a variety of human diseases. However, little is clearly understood regarding interactions between non-replicating adenovirus (Ad) vectors and the host nucleus. Here I have examined the role of chromatin in the regulation of helper-dependent Ad (hdAd) vector-encoded transgenes. Eviction of the Ad DNA packaging-protein VII, histone deposition, and transgene expression initiated within 2 hours of infection; hdAd assembled into physiologically-spaced nucleosomes within 6 hours. Histone deposition was transcription-independent, dependent on the histone chaperone HIRA, and essential for efficient viral gene expression. Having established that hdAd vectors assemble into chromatin, I examined the role of epigenetic factors in mediating the repressive effects of prokaryotic DNA attached to eukaryotic transgenes. To this end, I used helper-dependent adenovirus (hdAd) vectors with identical expression cassettes, but containing 22 kb of prokaryotic or eukaryotic stuffer DNA (hdAd-prok and hdAd-euk, respectively). I hypothesized that abundant CpG motifs in the hdAd-prok backbone are methylated, resulting in the formation of chromatin that is refractory to transcription. Within the host cell, the hdAd-prok transgene promoter was not associated with epigenetic markers of heterochromatin, although it did exhibit reduced association with acetylated histones H3 and H4. Inhibition of histone deacetylases or insertion of an insulator element between the transgene and stuffer DNA abrogated the inhibitory effects of prokaryotic DNA. However, I did not detect methylation of hdAd-prok DNA. Therefore, I examined the role of promyelocytic leukemia (PML) bodies and their constituents, Sp100 and Daxx - which have all been implicated in repression of DNA virus transcription - in repression of hdAd-prok. Intact PML bodies and the PML protein were not necessary for repression of hdAd-prok. Rather, Sp100 isoforms B and HMG, which bind to unmethylated CpGs, and Daxx, which interacts with histone deacetylases, repressed expression of hdAd-prok. Therefore, "foreign" prokaryotic DNA is recognized by Sp100B/HMG and Daxx, which repress associated genes via induction of histone deacetylation. I found that chromatin plays an important role in the regulation of Ad vector-encoded transgenes, suggesting that both genetic and epigenetic factors must be considered in the design of Ad vectors for gene therapy.
Panoramica dello stato attuale delle condizioni abitative e delle risposte istituzionali
Creators: name: Cubeddu, Francesca
Publisher: name: Argomenti
Year: 2020
Subjects: Abitare, Casa Popolare, Edilizia Residenziale Pubblica, Housing Sociale, esclusione - inclusione sociale, sicurezza sociale

description: Il presente elaborato analizza la condizione abitativa e la risposta delle istituzioni, attraverso le policy emanate negli anni. La casa ha una funzione pubblica poiché ne racchiude la comunità, inoltre, è un diritto riconosciuto. L’analisi del sistema residenziale pubblico mostra la storia sociale di un sistema urbano garantendo l’accesso ad ogni soggetto, anche alla persona più fragile, e permette una ricostruzione della sua agility, della sua identità e la riappropriazione delle sue funzioni di cittadino.
description: Argomenti, N. 15 (2020): Gennaio-Aprile
MARITAL SATISFACTION AND PERSONALITY TRAITS: THE ROLE OF INDIVIDUAL PERSONALITY, SPOUSE'S PERSONALITY, AND PERSONALITY SIMILARITY BETWEEN SPOUSES
Creators: name: Brkljačić, Tihana
name: Brajša-Žganec, Andreja
name: Džida, Marija
name: Kotrla Topić, Marina
name: Kućar, Maja
Publisher: name: Hellenic Journal of Psychology
Year: 2024
Subjects: Assortative mating; Big Five; Marital satisfaction; Married couples; Personality traits

description: The aim of this study was to analyse the relations between spouses’ marital satisfaction and personality traits and to explain marital satisfaction of spouses by their own personality traits, their spouse’s personality traits, and similarity of these traits between spouses. Eight hundred twenty married couples participated in the research. Both partners filled in various questionnaires. In this study we analysed marital satisfaction and personality traits. Marital satisfaction was assessed by the Marital/Relationship Satisfaction Scale, and Big Five personality traits were assessed by International Personality Item Pool. Results revealed that marital satisfaction, as well as personality traits were correlated between spouses. Women showed lower marital satisfaction, but higher agreeableness, conscientiousness, intellect, and neuroticism compared to men. No differences in extraversion between spouses were found. Personality traits explained about 18% of the variance of marital satisfaction. More satisfied with marriage were those women who were less neurotic and more conscientious, who had more educated, agreeable, and less neurotic spouses, and who were similar to their spouses in conscientiousness. Men who were less neurotic, more agreeable, whose spouses were more conscientious, and who were similar to their spouses regarding conscientiousness and intellect, were more satisfied with their marriage. In conclusion, one’s own personality traits, as well as similarity in personality traits within a married couple, contribute to satisfaction with marriage of both spouses.
description: Hellenic Journal of Psychology, Vol 21, No 2 (2024)
COMPLEMENTARY, ALTERNATIVE AND EMERGING TREATMENTS FOR DEPRESSION: AN UPDATED NARRATIVE REVIEW
Creators: name: Verma, Hitesh
Publisher: name: Hellenic Journal of Psychology
Year: 2024
Subjects: Alternative and complementary medicine; Depression therapies; Depression therapies evaluation

description: Depression is a widespread mental health disorder characterized by persistent sadness, loss of interest, and impaired functioning. While conventional treatments like medication and therapy are common, complementary, alternative, and emerging treatments are gaining attention. This review examines the efficacy, safety, integration, and accessibility of these treatments for depression. The review covers a range of treatments including acupuncture, herbal supplements, massage therapy, yoga and meditation, music therapy, ketamine therapy, and virtual reality therapy. Clinical trials have shown that these alternative treatments can reduce depressive symptoms and improve well-being. However, some interventions carry risks and side effects. Integrating these treatments with conventional approaches can enhance outcomes and personalize care.

 

 
description: Hellenic Journal of Psychology, Vol 21, No 2 (2024)
THE ROLE OF SELF-COMPASSION IN LONELINESS
Creators: name: Christodoulou, Niki
name: Adonis, Marios
Publisher: name: Hellenic Journal of Psychology
Year: 2024
Subjects: Loneliness; self-compassion; social isolation; social support

description: Self-compassion has recently gained attention in research and clinical practice, as it is associated with psychological health and overall well-being. Equally, loneliness has become a worldwide concern for many people and intensified by the recent COVID-19 pandemic. Previous findings have suggested that self-compassion is associated with more social connections, while self-compassion and loneliness correlate negatively. This study examined the association between self-compassion and loneliness after controlling for social isolation. One hundred ninety-eight participants (66.2% women) between the ages of 21 and 65 completed a series of online questionnaires measuring self-compassion, loneliness, perceived social support, and social isolation.  Self-compassion was significantly negatively correlated with loneliness. Furthermore, self-compassion predicted levels of loneliness even after controlling for age, perceived social support, and social isolation. 
description: Hellenic Journal of Psychology, Vol 21, No 2 (2024)
TEACHERS' MENTAL HEALTH DURING COVID-19: AN EVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAM FOR TEACHERS
Creators: name: Poulou, Maria S.
name: Grazzani, Ilaria
name: Cavioni, Valeria
name: Cefai, Carmel
name: Camilleri, Liberato
Publisher: name: Hellenic Journal of Psychology
Year: 2024
Subjects: Mental health promotion; Teachers’ social and emotional competences; Resilience

description: While it is acknowledged that teachers’ social and emotional competences influence the quality of teacher-student relationships, the role of teachers’ own mental health has been often overlooked. A plethora of school-based programs have focused exclusively on teaching students’ social and emotional competences, with no emphasis given to the implementors’ social and emotional competences. The present study is part of a bigger research project and investigated changes on teachers’ social and emotional competences and resilience, following the implementation of Promoting Mental Health at Schools (PROMEHS), a school-based program developed for both students and teachers’ promotion of mental health at schools. The program was implemented through teleconference during COVID-19. Participants were 152 in-service primary and secondary education teachers, divided in an experimental and a control group. The Social and Emotional Competence for Teachers (SECTRS) and the Connor Davidson Resilience Scale (DC-RISK, 10) were used to measure teachers’ social and emotional competences and resilience. The study revealed moderate changes on teachers’ competences following the PROMEHS program
description: Hellenic Journal of Psychology, Vol 21, No 2 (2024)
INNOVATSION RIVOJLANISH SHAROITIDA TURIZM SALOHIYATIDAN FOYDALANISH JARAYONLARINI TAKOMILLASHTIRISH
Creators: name: Jo'raboev, Ibrohimjon
name: Sharipov, Baxtiyor
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Maqolada turizmning innovatsion rivojlanishi sharoitida sodir bo‘layotgan o‘zgarishlarning turizm salohiyatiga ta’sirii, sifatli xizmat ko‘rsatish negizida  baholash masalalari ko‘rilgan bo‘lib, turizmda turistik faoliyatni baholash mexanizmi o‘rganilgan. Iqtisodiyotni modernizatsiyalash sharoitida  turizm sohalarining innovatsion o‘ziga xos xususiyatlari asosida turizmning maqbul rivojlanishiga e’tibor qaratilgan.
Circulating surfactant protein D as a potential lung-specific biomarker of health outcomes in COPD: a pilot study
Creators: name: Sin, Don D.
name: Leung, Rochelle
name: Gan, Wen Q.
name: Man, S. F. P.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2015

description: Background: There is a paucity of surrogate lung-specific biological markers that can be used to track disease progression and predict clinical outcomes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The principal aim of this pilot study was to determine whether circulating surfactant protein D (SPD) or Clara Cell protein-16 (CC16) levels are associated with lung function or health status in patients with severe COPD. Methods We studied 23 patients with advanced COPD. Lung function measurements, Chronic Respiratory Disease Questionnaire (CRQ) scores, and serum levels of SPD, CC16, and C-reactive protein (CRP) were determined at baseline and at 3 months. Results At baseline, FEV1 was inversely associated with serum SPD levels (P = 0.045) but not with CC16 (P = 0.675) or CRP levels (P = 0.549). Over a 3 month period, changes in SPD levels correlated significantly with changes in CRQ scores (adjusted P = 0.008) such that patients who had the largest declines in serum SPD levels experienced the largest gains in health status. The association was particularly notable between circulating SPD level and the dyspnea domain of the CRQ score (P = 0.018). Changes in CC16 or CRP levels did not correlate with changes in CRQ scores. Conclusion Changes in serum SPD levels tracked well with changes in health status over a 3 month period in patients with severe COPD. These data suggest that circulating SPD levels may be useful biomarkers to track health outcomes of COPD patients.
Rolle der Zivilgesellschaft in Pakistan und Indien - Friede, Konfliktbewältigung und Demokratie
Creators: name: Adam, Rainer
name: Klaff, Rene
Publisher: name: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia
Year: 2021

description: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, Nr. 67 (1998): ASIEN (April)