cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Spacetime of Pseudo-Kasnermetric with shrinking timelike dimension  and the Big Rip
Creators: name: Döring, Holger
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Pseudo-Kasnermetric; four-spacetime; timelike-coordinate; shrinking dimension; space without time; gravity field-equation; expanding universe; flat Minkoski-spacetime; adaption of Kasner- metric; TLD; timelike dimension; ; time-travel; Big Bang/Big Crunch; Big Rip.

description: Described is a Pseudo-Kasnermetric of local spacetime with shrinking timelike dimension-coordinate (TLD) as a solution of GRT gravity fieldequation. This metric leads to normal flatMinkowski-spacetime in time intervall of present time but changes with changing of timelikecoordinate from a 1-dimensional only timelike spacetime in early universe to a more 3-dimensionalpure spatial space in far future with only spacelike coordinates or dimensions (SLD) and shrinkingtimelike coordinate until it reaches the Planck-time. This whole description leads to the model ofa spacetime with permanent shrinking timelike dimension and a prediction of maximal length ofspacelike dimernsions through existence of a rip-length.
Lioptilodes antarcticus
Creators: name: Ustjuzhanin, Petr
name: Kovtunovich, Vasyly
name: Pototski, Aleksander
name: Nupponen, Kari
name: Haverinen, Risto
name: Streltzov, Alexander
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Pterophoridae
Lioptilodes
Lioptilodes antarcticus

description: Lioptilodes antarcticus (O. Staudinger, 1899)
 Material examined. 1 female, CHILE, Andes Mts., 1300 m, 33°21'S, 70°22'W, 02.ii.2017, Santiago 15 km ENE Camino a Farellones, K. Nupponen & R. Haverinen leg. (CUK).
description: Published as part of Ustjuzhanin, Petr, Kovtunovich, Vasyly, Pototski, Aleksander, Nupponen, Kari, Haverinen, Risto & Streltzov, Alexander, 2021, Two new species of plume moths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from Atacama Desert (Chile), pp. 16-23 in Ecologica Montenegrina 45 on page 21, DOI: 10.37828/em.2021.45.4, http://zenodo.org/record/13233910
Investigating Novel Approaches for Detecting Microbial Contamination in Drinking Water in Africa
Creators: name: WARD, JADE SUZANNE
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2020

description: Microbial contamination of drinking water causes disease and death worldwide, with low and middle income countries (LMICs) at greatest risk. UN Sustainable Development Goal 6 recognises this, but achieving these targets will be a monumental challenge, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. Monitoring microbial water quality is essential. Traditionally, this has been done by culturing bacterial coliforms, however, lack of resources in LMICs poses barriers to data collection.
description: This research presents novel findings that enhance our understanding of two emerging technologies for assessing microbial drinking water quality; i) in situ tryptophan-like fluorescence (TLF) and ii) high throughput sequencing (HTS) to determine bacterial community composition. Results show that TLF offers a distinct advantage by generating rapid results with few consumables, but is only suitable for high-level screening because the influence of humic-like fluorescence restricts the level of detection for microbial contamination. TLF indicates a broader contamination risk than bacterial coliforms and is not recommended as a substitute; elevated TLF does not always translate to a public health risk as defined by culturing techniques. TLF thresholds are needed for widespread use, but equating TLF thresholds to bacterial coliform data may not be appropriate. HTS directly measures bacterial DNA and therefore generates more specific results than proxy indicators. With the potential for portable HTS on the horizon, this could become important for characterising risks to drinking water. Source type and condition influenced hydrochemical conditions at a source and therefore shaped bacterial community composition. Novel comparison of TLF with bacterial community composition indicated that TLF assesses long-term hydrochemical conditions rather than acute public health risk.
description: Considering practical application and research impact, selecting an appropriate method(s) is always vital. Detecting microbial contamination rapidly, accurately and at low cost would facilitate the development of water quality monitoring worldwide, ultimately leading to public health improvements and, in turn, save lives.
Nachrichten
Creators: name: Helbardt, Sascha
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Nachrichten der Region.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 18 Nr. 3 (2002): Kindsköpfe: Kinder in Südostasien
Was denn so alles dahintersteckt ... Kinder und schulische Bildung: Der Streit um Englisch in der Grundschule
Creators: name: Höflinger, Oliver
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Schulische Bildung ist etwas, was wohl jeder von uns in der einen oder anderen Form genossen oder vielleicht auch durchlitten hat. Daher verfügt natürlich auch jeder über eine Vielzahl von mehr oder weniger interessanten, mehr oder weniger angenehmen eigenen Erinnerungen und Erfahrungen in diesem Bereich. Der Themenkomplex »Kinder und schulische Bildung« soll deshalb nicht aus dem Blickwinkel der malaysischen Kinder, das heißt dem der Schüler und Schülerinnen betrachtet werden, sondern primär aus dem der Wirtschaftspolitik, letztendlich also aus dem der malaysischen wirtschaftspolitischen Entscheidungsträger
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 18 Nr. 3 (2002): Kindsköpfe: Kinder in Südostasien
Unveiling the globular cluster systems of early-type galaxies using wide-field imaging
Creators: name: Sudarsanan Kartha, Sreeja
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Globular cluster (GC) systems can be used as powerful tools to investigate the evolutionary history of early-type galaxies. In this thesis, we study the GC systems of five early-type galaxies in which first investigation for four galaxies using wide-field imaging data. All GC systems show a clear distribution of blue and red GCs. Also, we explore their radial density, colour and azimuthal distributions. We find a dependence of the relative fraction of blue to red GCs with host galaxy environmental density for lenticular galaxies. A one-to-one relation between the ellipticities of red GCs and the galaxy stellar light emphasises the evolutionary similarities between them.
Nachrichten
Creators: name: Kupfer, Kristin
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Nachrichten der Region.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 18 Nr. 3 (2002): Kindsköpfe: Kinder in Südostasien
Cosmological Imaginations: Zen and material ecopoetics in Williams, Moore, Stevens, and Cummings
Creators: name: SCHLÖGEL DE AZAMBUJA, ENAIÊ MAIRÊ
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2021

description: This thesis proposes that Zen had a strong influence on the ecopoetic imaginations of earlytwentieth-century U.S. poets William Carlos Williams, Marianne Moore, Wallace Stevens, and E.E. Cummings. Through such an ecopoetic imagination, these poets merged materialism and
description: spirituality, thus developing what I refer to as cosmological imagination and cosmopoetics, a
description: poetics that, rather than privileging logic and rationality, opens up potential new forms of
description: consciousness. Williams implements his Zen-infused cosmological vision by developing an ethics
description: of representation that emphasises the insufficiency of human reason and language in determining
description: the nature of material reality. Furthermore, his theory of the imagination as a material and vital
description: force reveals the interrelationality and interdependence of human and non-human, organic and
description: inorganic agencies. Moore’s cosmological imagination emerges from a hybrid vision of ecopoetics
description: as assemblages that decentre human subjectivity and emphasise non-human agency. Additionally,
description: her assemblages actualise both material and transcendental becomings, giving rise to new forms of
description: cosmological consciousness. Stevens emphasises the non-referentiality and performativity of
description: poetry and its ability to produce new experiences of reality. His cosmological imagination enables
description: these experiences through the actualisation and interweaving of human and non-human agencies.
description: Furthermore, they emerge from Stevens’s focus on the openness of human sensory experience to
description: extra-human meaning-making which enables the development of an integrative and universalising
description: material-transcendental experience. The thesis closes with an analysis of Cummings’ cosmological
description: imagination, which arises from the development of assemblagic becomings of human and nonhuman agencies. His extreme experimentation and visual poetics magnifies the vital force of the
description: imagination, promoting a process of becoming which transforms the products of human
description: subjectivity into a universal metamorphic effort that dissolves the boundaries between the human
description: and the non-human, the material and the spiritual. This process, I suggest, fully transforms
description: ecopoetics into cosmopoetics. I conclude that, due to the influence of Zen, these poets were able
description: to close the gap between materialism and spirituality, thus developing a cosmopoetics that
description: engenders new forms of awareness galvanised by the vital and cosmological force of the
description: imagination.
Management akutního syndromu diabetické nohy
Creators: name: Fejfarová, Vladimíra
name: Vosková, Veronika
name: Dubský, Michal
name: Jarošíková, Radka
name: Sojáková, Dominika
name: Němcová, Veronika
name: Bebjaková, Katarína
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: syndrom diabetické nohy
management

description: Podpořeno projektem Národní institut pro výzkum metabolických a kardiovaskulárních onemocnění (Program EXCELES, ID: LX22NPO5104) – Financováno Evropskou unií – Next Generation EU.
»Es ist unökonomisch und unpolitisch, aber es ist die Realität« - Gespräch mit Walden Bello
Creators: name: Pye, Oliver
name: Schaffar, Wolfram
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Nach dem Asian Social Movements Meeting am 14. August 2002 in Bangkok interviewten Oliver Pye und Wolfram Schaffar Waiden Bello, den Direktor von Focus on the Global South, für südostasien.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 18 Nr. 3 (2002): Kindsköpfe: Kinder in Südostasien
Lioptilodes neuquenicus Gielis 1991
Creators: name: Ustjuzhanin, Petr
name: Kovtunovich, Vasyly
name: Pototski, Aleksander
name: Nupponen, Kari
name: Haverinen, Risto
name: Streltzov, Alexander
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Pterophoridae
Lioptilodes
Lioptilodes neuquenicus

description: Lioptilodes neuquenicus Gielis, 1991
 Material examined. 1 male, CHILE, Coquimbo district, 660 m, 30°52'S, 71°10'W, 01.ii.2017, near Comparbala vill., K. Nupponen & R. Haverinen leg. (CUK).
description: Published as part of Ustjuzhanin, Petr, Kovtunovich, Vasyly, Pototski, Aleksander, Nupponen, Kari, Haverinen, Risto & Streltzov, Alexander, 2021, Two new species of plume moths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from Atacama Desert (Chile), pp. 16-23 in Ecologica Montenegrina 45 on page 21, DOI: 10.37828/em.2021.45.4, http://zenodo.org/record/13233910
The use of Patient Databases in the Study of Wilson Disease
Creators: name: CAMARATA, MICHELLE ANGELA
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2021

description: Background: Wilson disease (WD) is a rare disorder of copper metabolism. Aims: Evaluate WD registries in researching areas of limited knowledge. In particular to study a) Treatment patterns and the role of zinc b) The prevalence and characteristics of mental health issues and quality of life (QOL) c) Acute liver injury in WD d) Mortality in WD in England.

description:

description: Methods: The Yale initiated WD registry is characterized and compared to cohort studies globally. Patient’s neurology, mental health and liver disease are evaluated. QOL in WD, prevalence of mental health issues and impact of liver and neurological disease is reviewed. Retrospective and cross-sectional data analysis will form a feasibility study to test the registry design, data elements and assessment tools selected.

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description: Results: 74 adult and 28 paediatric patients were enrolled from multiple sites over the first 3.5 years. Studies were conducted at various points of enrolment. Alternative WD databases were used to study other areas of limited knowledge in WD. We found that a) Treatment with alternative zinc salts can be effective with close monitoring b) Major Depression (MDD) is highly prevalent in WD and associated with more anxiety, neuroticism, perceived stress and a worse QOL. No association between liver or neurological disease and MDD was found. c) Mental health issues may affect WD patients QOL independent of the degree of liver or neurologic disease.

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description: Conclusion: My thesis highlights the value of registries in evaluating WD treatments, clinical parameters and outcome measures. Initial data from our WD registry supports the feasibility of the overall registry design. The registry data is linked to a biobank of serum and DNA for future studies in a carefully characterized population. The registry will be a valuable resource for future research and the design may be a model for other WD and rare disease registries.
OPEN SCORES: How to Program the Commons
Creators: name: Niederberger, Shusha
name: Sollfrank, Cornelia
name: Stalder, Felix
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Artistic Research
Commons
Ausstellung
Creating Commons
Scores
Handlungsanweisung

description: In 16 Langzeitprojekten artikulieren KünstlerInnen für die Ausstellung OPEN SCORES ihre eigenen Formen von (digitalen) Commons. Für die Schau haben sie je ein SCORE entwickelt, das ihre Praxis in den Ausstel­lungsraum übersetzt. Ein SCORE kann verschiedene Formen annehmen: Es kann sich um eine allgemeine, eine sehr spezifische, um eine performative oder auch eine auf Anwendung zielende Anweisung handeln. 21. September bis 12. Oktober 2019, panke.gallery, Berlin http://creatingcommons.zhdk.ch/open­scores
description: + ID: 571639 + PeerReviewed: Peer Reviewed
Der Startschuss ist gefallen ... für eine asiatische globalisierungskritische Bewegung
Creators: name: Schaffar, Wolfram
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Tagungsbericht vom Asian Social Movements Meeting in Bangkok, 10. bis 12. August 2002.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 18 Nr. 3 (2002): Kindsköpfe: Kinder in Südostasien
A recurring rollercoaster ride: a qualitative study of the emotional experiences of parents of children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Creators: name: Gómez-Ramírez, Oralia
name: Gibbon, Michele
name: Berard, Roberta
name: Jurencak, Roman
name: Green, Jayne
name: Tucker, Lori
name: Shiff, Natalie
name: Guzman, Jaime
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2016

description: Background: Despite the wealth of clinical research carried out in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), little is known about the emotional experiences of their parents. This article describes the predominant emotional experiences reported by parents of children with JIA in two Canadian cities. Methods Research participants included 15 experienced parents and 8 novice parents (<6 months since children’s JIA diagnosis). Their children were 2 to 16 years old with various JIA categories. A qualitative dataset including audio recordings and verbatim transcripts of three focus groups, and written reports of 59 reciprocal interviews (parents interviewing each other) were examined by a multidisciplinary research team following a four-step qualitative analytical process. Results Parents of children with JIA experienced recurrent mixed negative and positive emotions that varied over time. Between disease onset and diagnosis, mounting anxiety, fear and confusion were the predominant emotions. Shortly after diagnosis there were shock, disbelief, and fear, with a sense of having being blindsided by the disease. At times of disease quiescence there was hope and gratitude, but also fatigue and frustration with ongoing treatment and fear of flares. During periods of increasing or ongoing symptoms there was admiration and sympathy for the courageous way children coped with JIA, as well as sorrow and frustration for ongoing pain and limitations. There were at times, frustration and indignation with peers and teachers unable to understand the child’s fluctuations in physical activity and schoolwork. Throughout the disease, parents felt an underlying anxiety and powerlessness. Conclusions Parents of children with JIA described complex emotional journeys akin to the recurring ups and downs of rollercoaster rides, instead of ordered emotional phases ending in resolution. This has implications for healthcare providers who need to be aware of the complexity of these emotional journeys to support parents more effectively, thereby helping improve patient outcomes.
Development of a novel educational intervention to promote case-finding in chronic viral hepatitis amongst South Asian migrants- an example of a higher risk group
Creators: name: KELLY, CLAIRE
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2022

description: Introduction
description: CVH is a leading contributor to the UK’s liver disease epidemic, but is often undiagnosed. Guidance recommends case-finding in higher-risk groups in line with the World Health Organisations call for elimination of CVH as a public health problem. Migrants from high prevalence areas are one such higher-risk group. However, there
description: remains no consensus on the optimal case-finding strategy.
description: Methods
description: Focus groups (FG) were held with South Asian migrants to explore understanding of CVH. Analysis of FG data identified key themes, which were used to develop a targeted educational film. A feasibility study assessing recruitment of South Asian migrants to view this film, to promote case-finding for CVH, was completed in South-East England. Dried-blood spot testing for CVH was offered after the film. Statistical analysis was performed using Stata IC V15.
description: Results
description: Eight FGs representative across age, gender and education levels were held. Five key themes were identified: lack of awareness, access and attitude to healthcare, concerns around testing and stigma. These were used to develop a culturally tailored educational film shown in community settings to promote CVH testing.Of the n=219 recruited to view the film, 84% (n=) tested for CVH. Fourteen had exposure to CVH and all active cases were linked to care.
description: Discussion
description: This study showed it is feasible to recruit South Asian migrants to view an educational film on CVH in community settings. The effectiveness of this intervention in promoting testing for CVH (84% tested) has led to plans for a national randomised controlled trial, demonstrating the importance of targeted case-finding in line with the WHO plan for CVH elimination. Furthermore, its success means we can recommend this approach as a model for targeted community-based interventions.
Eine Zukunft für Straßenkinder – Childlife Mae Sai e.V.: Ein Projekt im Norden Thailands
Creators: name: Fiedler, Bernd
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Mae Sai, der Sitz von Childlife, ist der nördlichste Ort Thailands und einer der wichtigsten Grenzübergänge zu Burma. Viele Tagestouristen besuchen Mae Sai auf der Fahrt ins nur wenige Kilometer entfernte goldene Dreieck. Die bettelnden Kinder auf der Grenzbrücke sind für sie nicht zu übersehen. Sie erregen bei manchen Mitleid, andere schauen angeekelt weg. Dabei sehen sie nur die Spitze eines Eisberges, der so gewaltig ist, dass Mae Sai auf vielen internationalen Konferenzen als Drehscheibe für Drogen- und Menschenhandel eine traurige Rolle spielt.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 18 Nr. 3 (2002): Kindsköpfe: Kinder in Südostasien
Lioptilodes zapalaicus Gielis 1991
Creators: name: Ustjuzhanin, Petr
name: Kovtunovich, Vasyly
name: Pototski, Aleksander
name: Nupponen, Kari
name: Haverinen, Risto
name: Streltzov, Alexander
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Pterophoridae
Lioptilodes
Lioptilodes zapalaicus

description: Lioptilodes zapalaicus Gielis, 1991
 Material examined. 13 ex., CHILE ATACAMA, Huasco River valley by Huasco Bajo vill. 31.i.2017, 28°28'S, 71°09'W, 31m, K. Nupponen, R. Haverinen & A. Pototski leg.; 4 ex., CHILE, Coquimbo district, 660 m, 30°52'S, 71°10'W, 01.ii.2017, near Comparbala vill., K. Nupponen, R. Haverinen & A. Pototski leg.; 2 females, CHILE, Andes Mts., Valle Nevado, Los Condores, 06.ii.2017, 33°21'S, 70°17'W, 2420 m, K. Nupponen & R. Haverinen leg.; 2 females, CHILE, Valparaiso district, by Olmoe vill., 07.ii.2017, 33°03', 71°00'W, 1395 m, K. Nupponen & R. Haverinen leg. (IZBE, ZISP, NUPP, CUK).
description: Published as part of Ustjuzhanin, Petr, Kovtunovich, Vasyly, Pototski, Aleksander, Nupponen, Kari, Haverinen, Risto & Streltzov, Alexander, 2021, Two new species of plume moths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from Atacama Desert (Chile), pp. 16-23 in Ecologica Montenegrina 45 on page 21, DOI: 10.37828/em.2021.45.4, http://zenodo.org/record/13233910
Your Furry Friend and Your Free Time: An Examination of the Factors Impacting Dog Guardians' Leisure and Tourism Decisions
Creators: name: Hoy, Lori S.
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: dogs
subject: human-animal interactions (HAI)
subject: COVID-19
subject: affect
subject: subjective well-being
subject: dual-process theory
subject: dog-friendly
subject: partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM)
subject: public spaces
subject: companion animals
subject: Specialty online travel agency (OTA)
subject: intrinsic motivation
subject: well-being
subject: decision-making
subject: travel with dogs
subject: leisure spaces
subject: outdoor leisure
subject: Behavioral or Social Studies
subject: Recreation and Leisure Studies
subject: Tourism
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: The population of dogs in homes and their importance in peoples’ lives continues to grow globally. Often guardians wish to spend their free time with their dogs and are willing to pay more to do so. Therefore, dog guardianship considerably impacts many people’s ability to take part in leisure and travel, the activities in which they participate, the leisure destinations they visit, the accommodation they book, and the length of their holidays. This thesis aims to examine how and to what extent dog guardianship affects people’s leisure and travel preferences, intentions, and behaviours. Semi-structured interviews, a 7-day diary study, and three online surveys were used to investigate the research questions. The format of this thesis is PhD by Publication consisting of a series of four papers. The topics covered range from dog guardians’ subjective well-being and daily activities during the stress and crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic to visiting shared outdoor leisure spaces (SOLS) with dogs, the decision to travel with dogs, and specialist dog-friendly travel websites. Overall, this thesis provides four theoretical contributions including an investigation of the drivers/determinants of leisure-related behaviours of people with dogs; the production of four conceptual models capable of explaining and predicting guardians’ subjective well-being and behavioural tendencies; the use of dual-process theory frameworks, discovering the importance of intrinsic motivation and intention related to leisure and tourism with dogs; and highlighting the importance of human and dog well-being to guardians when forming behavioural tendencies and making decisions about leisure and travel with their dogs. Practical contributions related to communication and service innovation for a range of organisations are presented to improve human and dog well-being, cater for the needs and desires of the large segment of dog guardians, and provide opportunities for recovery and growth in the leisure and tourism sectors.
Die soziale Realität spricht eine andere Sprache: Kinderleben in einer gespaltenen Gesellschaft
Creators: name: Pohl, Bernd
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Bis zum scharfen Einschnitt der Asienkrise ab 1997 wurde Thailand als einer der »Tigerstaaten« gehandelt, und trotz des Ungleichgewichts der Entwicklung schien auch für die ärmeren Bevölkerungsschichten etwas übrig zu bleiben. Auch wenn Thailand heute aus volkswirtschaftlicher Sicht wieder auf einem Erholungskurs zu sein scheint, sind die sozialen Verwerfungen und Verarmungstendenzen besonders in der Peripherie und in den Problemregionen, wie zum Beispiel manchen grenznahen Gebieten oder den von Migranten bewohnten Slums der Großstädte, unübersehbar.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 18 Nr. 3 (2002): Kindsköpfe: Kinder in Südostasien
Nachrichten
Creators: name: Müller, Michaela
name: Zöllner, Hans-Bernd
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Nachrichten der Region.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 18 Nr. 3 (2002): Kindsköpfe: Kinder in Südostasien
Buchbesprechung
Creators: name: Jotow, Elena
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Buchbesprechung von: Ma Thanegi, Pilgerreise in Myanmar. Horlemann Verlag, Bad Honnef, 2002, ISBN 3-89502-146-6.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 18 Nr. 3 (2002): Kindsköpfe: Kinder in Südostasien
Stillgestanden – rechtsum! Kindersoldaten in Burma
Creators: name: Kramer, Tom
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Johnny und Luther Htoo sind vielleicht die berühmtesten Kindersoldaten der Welt. Die beiden 14-jährigen, Zigarre qualmenden Zwillinge waren die Anführer der sogenannten Armee Gottes, die im Januar 2000 ein Hospital in Thailand stürmte und dabei Hunderte Personen als Geiseln nahm. Aber während diese Aktion Schlagzeilen in aller Welt machte, schenkte man dem zugrunde liegenden Problem der Kindersoldaten in Burma nur wenig Aufmerksamkeit.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 18 Nr. 3 (2002): Kindsköpfe: Kinder in Südostasien
Nachrichten
Creators: name: Schepers, Stephan
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Nachrichten der Region.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 18 Nr. 3 (2002): Kindsköpfe: Kinder in Südostasien
Kinderhandel, ein lukratives Geschäft: Die Adoption kambodschanischer Kinder durch westliche Paare entwickelt sich zum Problem
Creators: name: Pilorge, Naly
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Ein schwacher Staat und extreme Armut schaffen in Kambodscha einen Raum, in dem Geschäfte allerart blühen können. Darunter leiden, wie in vielen Fällen, in erster Linie die, die kaum Möglichkeiten haben, sich zu organisieren oder die Aufmerksamkeit der internationalen Öffentlichkeit auf sich zu ziehen — die Kinder. In einer Untersuchung hat die Menschenrechtsorganisation LICADHO die Wege von illegalen Adoptionen und damit von Kinderhandel zurückverfolgt und aufgedeckt.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 18 Nr. 3 (2002): Kindsköpfe: Kinder in Südostasien
Trade practices law: a barrier to growth?
Creators: name: Legge, John M.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Few people would argue against the proposition that economic prosperity is fostered by competition, although there are startling disagreements between different authors as to exactly what the term 'competition' means. There is not even any agreement about the semantics: is competition a state, as described in elementary economics textbooks? Or is it an activity, its normal colloquial meaning, and the sense adopted by most management and marketing writers? If it is an activity, do competitors confront each other, as in a boxing match, or strive to reach a goal without interacting, as in athletics? Is it an individual contest, like the 100 metres? Or is it a team sport like football? If it is like footbal, what are the rules about tackling, shepherding or blocking, and offside? Equally to the point, if competition leads to prosperity, how?
Nachrichten
Creators: name: Timmann, Anke
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Nachrichten der Region.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 18 Nr. 3 (2002): Kindsköpfe: Kinder in Südostasien
The Cedar Project WelTel mHealth intervention for HIV prevention in young Indigenous people who use illicit drugs: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Creators: name: Jongbloed, Kate
name: Friedman, Anton J.
name: Pearce, Margo E.
name: Van Der Kop, Mia L.
name: Thomas, Vicky
name: Demerais, Lou
name: Pooyak, Sherri
name: Schechter, Martin T.
name: Lester, Richard T.
name: Spittal, Patricia M.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2017

description: Background: Despite successes in preventing and treating HIV, Indigenous people in Canada continue to face disproportionately high rates of HIV infection. Programs that support healing from lifetime trauma, support connection to culture, and reduce drug-related harms are critical to preventing HIV among young Indigenous people who use drugs. The Cedar Project WelTel mHealth intervention proposed here is a structured mobile-phone initiative to connect young Indigenous people who use drugs with Cedar Case Managers in a community-based setting. The intervention consists of a package of supports, including a mobile phone and cellular plan, weekly two-way text messaging, and support from Cedar Case Managers. Methods: The Cedar Project WelTel mHealth study is a multi-site Zelen pre-randomized trial to measure the effect of a two-way supportive text-message intervention to reduce HIV vulnerability among young Indigenous people who use illicit drugs in two Canadian cities. The trial is nested within the Cedar Project, an ongoing cohort study addressing HIV and hepatitis C vulnerability among young Indigenous people who use drugs in Vancouver and Prince George, British Columbia. The Cedar Project Partnership, an independent body of Indigenous Elders, leaders, and health/social service experts, governs all aspects of the study. Two hundred participants will be followed over a 16-month period, with HIV propensity score at 6 months as the primary outcome. Secondary outcomes include HIV propensity at 1 year, HIV risk, resilience, psychological distress, access to drug-related services, and connection to culture measured at 6 months and 1 year. Primary analysis is by intention to treat. Discussion: Culturally safe interventions that address barriers to HIV prevention while supporting the strength of young Indigenous people who use drugs are urgently needed. Despite presenting a tremendous opportunity to connect young, highly transient Indigenous people who use drugs to prevention services, supportive two-way mHealth programs have yet to be tested for HIV prevention in a community-based setting with this population. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02437123 https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02437123 (registered 4 May 2015). Protocol version: 24 July 2015.
Nachrichten
Creators: name: Knappe, Eberhard
name: Wünsch, Susanne
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Nachrichten der Region.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 18 Nr. 3 (2002): Kindsköpfe: Kinder in Südostasien
Theory and design of quantum devices with superconducting circuits and topological states of matter
Creators: name: Lupo, Elena
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2022

description: In recent decades, there has been a growing interest in designing new quantum devices that utilise topological states of matter. The exploitation, for instance, of the protected surface states of topological insulator (TI) nanowires, or the Majorana zero modes (MZMs) that can be formed at their edges, can potentially yield new, improved devices. This thesis analyses three platforms that can be used respectively to implement quantum information processing, quantum state tomography for device characterisation, and single-electron pumping. Regarding QIP applications, the first part of this thesis studies the coherent control and the coherence in the recently proposed Majorana transmon, where a nanowire hosting MZMs is embedded in a superconducting transmon qubit. In this platform, a single-qubit gate protocol based on the modulation of the offset charge parameter is introduced, showing that it can lead to high-fidelity qubit operations. Moreover, the system’s dynamics under 1/f charge noise is analysed, obtaining long coherence times. These results make the proposed device suitable for quantum computing applications. Since the characterisation of these novel nanowire-based junctions is essential for the development of hybrid devices, the second part of this thesis explores the quantum state tomography of circuits made out of these junctions, using projective measurements of the relative number of Cooper pairs and starting from the density matrix reconstruction of a pure Josephson junction. The use of TI nanowires is not limited to hybrid junctions, and in fact, they are suitable candidates for quantum transport applications. In this regard, the last part of the thesis investigates a quantum device that employs the topologically protected surface states of a TI nanowire to implement an adiabatic quantum pump. Because of the robustness of their surface states against non-magnetic disorder, this platform can be beneficial for the advance of single-electron sources. The charge confinement of these states can be achieved via a radius reduction in two regions of the nanowire so that the adiabatic pumping can be implemented via the only use of electrostatic gates. Conditions for obtaining quantised charge pumping and their optimisation are thus presented, together with an analysis of the possible extension to finite frequencies.
Dry granulation and mechanistic analysis of ribbon milling
Creators: name: OLALEYE, OLUWABUSAYO SEUN
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2020

description: Dry granulation is commonly used in the pharmaceutical industry to compress powders into compacts (e.g. ribbons) followed by milling of ribbons into granules with pre-defined size distributions (GSDs). One of the major challenges associated with ribbon production and ribbon milling processes is that the undesirable interactions between diverse process variables (e.g. roll compactor/mill designs and operating conditions) and the feed material properties can often result in the production of large amount of fines. Consequently, to produce granules with the desired attributes, it is crucial to optimise both the ribbon production and ribbon milling processes for a given feed material. The significance of the feed screw speed and roll speed during ribbon production was highlighted in recent publications but the synergetic effects of these parameters on ribbon porosity was rarely examined. However, in this thesis, the impact of the screw-to-roll speed ratio was investigated and the resultant ribbons were characterised. Since the interactions between process variables and feed materials can significantly influence the resultant ribbon and granule properties, it is therefore vital to develop models such as population balances that can predict the GSDs from ribbon milling, However, limited population balance models (PBMs) in the literature have investigated the effects of ribbon properties during ribbon milling. So this thesis presents the bimodal GSDs obtained experimentally from ribbon milling and these GSDs were simulated using a population balance model (PBM) coupled with a new breakage function. Additionally, a thorough understanding of the breakage of single compacts (e.g. tablets) can potentially unravel the complex interactions that exist between process variables and the feed materials. However, limited studies in the literature have examined the breakage of single pharmaceutical compacts. So in this thesis, single tablets produced from diverse pharmaceutical materials and with different porosities and thicknesses were subjected to impact breakage in a custom-built air gun for the first time and the tablet breakage phenomena were analysed using an ultrahigh-speed camera. Therefore, the work in this thesis provides the fundamental understanding that can be used to describe the breakage behaviour of different pharmaceutical compacts. Furthermore, the compact breakage phenomena and predictive models discussed in this work can potentially aid the optimisation and improvement of the pharmaceutical ribbon milling process.
Measurement-based band allocation in multiband CDMA
Creators: name: Andrew, Lachlan L. H.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Multiband (or multi-carrier) CDMA is a promising approach to increasing the capacity of CDMA systems, while maintaining compatibility with existing systems. This paper proposes an algorithm for allocating new calls to bands based on measured path gains, or alternatively, on estimates of the mobile stations' positions. By separating strong and weak users into separate bands, this algorithm reduces the other-cell interference on the uplink. It is shown to provide significantly better performance than alternative algorithms when hard handoff is used. An additional benefit of this algorithm is a reduction in the dynamic range required for uplink power control.
Don’t Look at the Giraffe! Investigating the Relationship between Anxiety and Attentional Inhibition in Preschool Children
Creators: name: BISHOP, CORINNE DANIELLE
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2022

description: Background: Cognitive psychology and neuroscience research suggests that attention may play a role in the experience of anxiety. In particular, the Attentional Control Theory (ACT) predicts that anxiety disrupts the efficiency, but not the effectiveness, of the central executive’s inhibition function. Although research with adults and older children supports this theory, no research has been conducted with young children in this area using a method that would allow for the distinction between the efficiency and effectiveness of the inhibition function.

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description: Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between anxiety and inhibitory efficiency and effectiveness in preschool aged children.

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description: Method: Secondary analysis was conducted on data of 128 3-4 year olds that had their anxiety measured using a parent-report questionnaire and attentional control measured using an anti-saccade paradigm.

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description: Results: The study did not find a relationship between anxiety and inhibitory efficiency or effectiveness. However, all children appeared to have difficulties with inhibition irrespective of their levels of anxiety.

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description: Conclusions: Anxiety-related attentional control difficulties were not observed in the sample of young children, suggesting the ACT may not be applicable to this age group. Instead, the results indicated all young children may have difficulties with attentional control which tentatively suggests these difficulties might be normative at this age.

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description: Implications: As attentional control difficulties may not be involved in the presentation or development of anxiety in preschool children it would not be recommended that measures of attentional control be used in the assessment of anxiety, nor should early intervention protocols aim to increase attentional control in preschool aged children. Instead, future research may wish to focus on understanding the developmental trajectory of anxiety-related attentional control difficulties to explain why attentional control difficulties transform from a normative phenomenon in young children to something that is anxiety-related with increasing age.
Mapping the Illicit Car Trade in Nigeria: Implications for the Political Economy of Nigeria
Creators: name: Ibekwe, Emmanuel Ogueri
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2024
Subjects: Illicit car trade, Political economy, Nigeria, Economy, Trade

description: The illicit car trade is one of the dark sides of globalization, and its impact on the political economy of Nigeria is arguably one of the less probed areas in studies investigating Nigeria’s political economy. Previous studies are cross-national and did not include data from Nigeria in their analysis. This study was, therefore, designed to map the illicit car trade and its impact on the political economy of Nigeria. It used the qualitative method of data collection and thematically analysed the data. It revealed that the illicit car trade has undermined the political economy of Nigeria through loss of government revenues, loss of jobs in the formal sector of the economy, and security challenges. It consequently undermined government legitimacy and deepened institutional corruption. The study found that illicit car trade in Nigeria involves smuggling, forgery, under-declaration of cars at the ports, evasion of tax/tariff, bribery of security officials and organised robbery. It argues that the Nigerian government and the stakeholders are overwhelmed by the spate of the illicit car trade. It recommended that an effective anti-corruption war, reduced tariffs on imported cars, encouragement of inter-agency cooperation and collaboration, restructuring of the shipping company manifest (documents) verification system, and motivation of the customs officers and other security agents should be a declarative and actual policy of the Nigerian government to mitigate all the transnational links and enterprise vacuums that make Nigeria hospitable to illicit car trade and reposition the Nigerian political economy to be both growth and development-oriented.
Buchbesprechung
Creators: name: Geske-Scholz, Brigitte
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Buchbesprechung von: Andrew X. Pham, Mond über den Reisfeldern. Goldmann Verlag, München, 2002, ISBN 3-442-30977- 8.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 18 Nr. 3 (2002): Kindsköpfe: Kinder in Südostasien
Bayesian Data Analysis of Imperfect Information for Decision-Theoretic Approaches to Structural Integrity Management
Creators: name: DI FRANCESCO, DOMENIC JOSEPH
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2021

description: Engineers are responsible for the safe and economic operation of structures, equipped only with somewhat imprecise, unreliable and incomplete data, which is generally very expensive to obtain. They have access to multiple models in industrial standards, but none will be entirely representative of the structure they are assessing. In this thesis, the novel application of partial pooling (multi-level and non-parametric) Bayesian methods are proposed as an improved approach for quantifying multi-variate uncertainty in engineering models. Where possible, information-theoretic and cross-validation criteria have been used to demonstrate the improvements in approximate (out of sample) predictive performance.
description: Risk based structural integrity management can be framed as an application of decision making under uncertainty. Information (from inspections, monitoring and testing) will benefit decision making, but is only available at a cost and identifying when this investment is expected to be worthwhile is not necessarily intuitive. Value of information analysis is an established solution to this challenge, allowing engineers to identify and pursue information consistent with a risk optimisation. However, the underlying methods of uncertainty quantification can make better use of available data by partially pooling estimates of parameters, and characterising the inter-dependencies between marginal probabilistic models.
description: Detailed in this thesis is the application of partial pooling models in estimating degradation rates (for fatigue crack and corrosion growth) and limit states (for crack failure assessment) and in relating inspection measurements across multiple locations in a structure (or group of structures). A partial pooling model has also been integrated with a value of information analysis in a method that can demonstrate the expected utility of prospective novel methods of data collection and analysis. These more representative model structures can better characterise system effects and therefore lead to improved quantitative (decision-theoretic) risk based integrity management of ageing structures, particularly those associated with imperfect and incomplete information.
Particles size, hydrophobicity and flotation response
Creators: name: Crawford, Russell
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Quartz particles of various discrete particle size ranges have been methylated to varying known mounts using trimethylchlorosilane and their flotation behaviour has been assessed in a modification of the Hallimond tube. For each particle size there is a definite degree of. surface coverage below which the particles do not float. A 'flotation domain' is identified which shorvs that both coarse (-100pm) and fine (-10pm) particles require a greater degree of surface coverage to initiate flotation than do intermediate (-40pm) particles. Water contact angles have been measured on quartz plates and powders which have been methylated (under the same conditions) with trimethylchlorosilane. Both advancing and receding water contact angles measured on quartz plates as a function of degree of surface methylationare in good agreement with the angles predicted by the Cassie equation. Advancing water contact angles measured on quartz particles as a function of degree of surface methylation are also in good agreement with angles predicted by the Cassie equation up to surface coverages of'about 70%. The angles measured at higher surface coverages are less than those anticipated by the Cassie equation. The flotation behaviour of the particles has been compared with that predicted by existing flotation theories. It has been shown that coarse particle behaviour is predicted by the kinetic theory of flotation proposed by Schulze. Fine particle behaviour, however, only qualitatively agrees with Scheludko's theory of fine particle behaviour. Calculated induction times, in conjunction with observed flotation behaviour, indicate that the bubble-particle attachment process is most efficient for particles of about 38pm in diameter ander the set experimental conditions used in this study. Flotation rate trials were performed for three particle size ranges and rate constants were evaluated for the various degrees of surface coverage. It was found that the dependence of rate constant on particle size is essentially linear.