cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Physically founded phonon dispersions of few-layer materials and the case of borophene
Creators: name: Carrete, Jesús
name: Li, Wu
name: Lindsay, Lucas
name: Broido, David A.
name: Gallego, Luis J.
name: Mingo, Natalio
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Neuroscience
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: By building physically sound interatomic force constants, we offer evidence of the universal presence of a quadratic phonon branch in all unstrained 2D materials, thus contradicting much of the existing literature. Through a reformulation of the interatomic force constants (IFCs) in terms of internal coordinates, we find that a delicate balance between the IFCs is responsible for this quadraticity. We use this approach to predict the thermal conductivity of Pmmn borophene, which is comparable to that of , and displays a remarkable in-plane anisotropy. These qualities may enable the efficient heat management of borophene devices in potential nanoelectronic applications. IMPACT STATEMENT The newly found universality of quadratic dispersion will change the way 2D-material phonons are calculated. Predicted results for borophene shall become a fundamental reference for future research on this material.
RF system for Afrodite
Creators: name: Boni, R.
name: Tazzioli, F.
Publisher: name: INFN Open Access Repository
Year: 1987
Subjects: ADONE
RF system
Afrodite

description: The RF system replaces the energy lost by the particles circulating in the machine and ensures the needed beam lifetime. At 2 GeV, synchrotron radiation losses add up to 285 keV per turn. Considering a 30 % increase of the radiation because of insertion devices (wigglers or undulators) a value of about 370 keV per turn is reached. For a quantum lifetime of, at least, 15 h., an RF voltage of 1.5 MV is consequently needed at the chosen frequency of 500 MHz.
Uma abordagem à Avaliação de Ambientes Virtuais de Aprendizagem
Creators: name: Jesus, Ângelo
name: Gomes, Maria João
Publisher: name: Indagatio Didactica
Year: 2019

description: A avaliação de ambientes de aprendizagem é um tema complexo e multifatorial. No presente trabalho apresenta-se a proposta de avaliação de um ambiente virtual de aprendizagem utilizado para o ensino da farmacoterapia baseado em casos clínicos. Utilizou-se a versão portuguesa reduzida do WEBLEI assim como a Evaluative Assertion Analysis para a recolha de dados. Os resultados obtidos são abonatórios ao nível do acesso aos materiais, interação com os conteúdos e a plataforma, interação com o docente assim como na estruturação e design. Foram reveladas algumas fragilidades nomeadamente ao nível da interação entre estudantes e gestão de tempo. As inferências obtidas serão alvo de reflexão pela equipa de desenvolvimento da UC no processo contínuo de melhoria da iniciativa.
description: Indagatio Didactica, vol. 6 n.º 1 (2014)
Estratégias inovadoras de ensino e feedback potenciadas pelas tecnologias. O “caso” da Microbiologia da Universidade de Aveiro
Creators: name: Guerra, Cecília
name: Correia, António
name: Pedrosa-De-Jesus, Helena
Publisher: name: Indagatio Didactica
Year: 2019

description: Nesta comunicação apresentam-se alguns resultados de um projeto de investigação interdisciplinar, desenvolvido num contexto natural, envolvendo a observação não participante de aulas teóricas de Microbiologia. As estratégias didáticas desenhadas em colaboração com o docente da disciplina envolvem modos alternativos de ensino e formas melhoradas de feedback, potenciando a utilização de tecnologias da informação e comunicação, tais como o Moodle. Com vista a avaliar o impacto da exploração didática dessas estratégias no desenvolvimento de competências dos estudantes, como a aprendizagem autónoma, serão apresentadas reflexões do docente e de alguns estudantes envolvidos durante 2012/2013 e 2013/2014, recolhidas através de entrevistas semiestruturadas. Os resultados obtidos mostram o potencial das estratégias desenhadas, bem como das tecnologias utilizadas, para proporcionar apoio didático aos estudantes, particularmente a promoção da autonomia de aprendizagem.
description: Indagatio Didactica, vol. 6 n.º 1 (2014)
Impactos associados ao uso de tecnologias da comunicação em contextos de aprendizagem: a perceção e a influência do género nos estudantes do ensino superior português
Creators: name: Morais, Nídia Salomé
name: Batista, João
name: Ramos, Fernando
Publisher: name: Indagatio Didactica
Year: 2019

description: Neste artigo apresentam-se e discutem-se alguns dos resultados obtidos no âmbito de uma investigação que teve como objetivo principal identificar e caracterizar o uso que os estudantes do Ensino Superior Público Português (ESPP) fazem das Tecnologias da Comunicação (TC) para suporte à aprendizagem, com especial enfoque na dimensão do género. Para a prossecução dos objetivos propostos, desenvolveu-se um estudo de âmbito nacional, de cariz descritivo e exploratório e optou-se pela disponibilização de um questionário online para a recolha de dados. No âmbito do presente artigo, contextualiza-se o estudo, apresentam-se os objetivos e as opções metodológicas, bem como alguns dos resultados obtidos, especificamente os que dizem respeito aos impactos associados ao uso de TC em contexto de aprendizagem e à influência do género na perceção desses impactos. Os resultados obtidos sugerem que um dos impactos mais referidos pelos participantes é o facto de o uso de TC em contextos de aprendizagem lhes ter permitido o desenvolvimento de novas competências tecnológicas, bem como lhes ter facilitado a construção das suas aprendizagens e o acesso a conteúdos que de outra forma não conseguiriam aceder. A variável género parece ter influência na perceção de alguns dos impactos associados ao uso de TC no suporte à aprendizagem, sendo que o sexo feminino perceciona, na generalidade, mais impactos do que o sexo masculino.
description: Indagatio Didactica, vol. 6 n.º 1 (2014)
O uso de recursos educacionais abertos no ensino superior: potencialidade, desafio e oportunidade
Creators: name: Coelho, Dalila
name: Balula, Ana
name: Ramos, Fernando
Publisher: name: Indagatio Didactica
Year: 2019

description: Mundialmente, o Ensino Superior tem sido impelido a uma lógica de ‘abertura’, nomeadamente, através da disponibilização de publicações em acesso livre, de percursos de educação aberta e a distância, e de práticas pedagógicas sustentadas em recursos educacionais dinâmicos, abrangentes e adequados à evolução tecnológica. Insere-se neste cenário o uso e criação de recursos educacionais, livres em termos de acesso, transformação e partilha, designados por Recursos Educacionais Abertos (REA). Considerado parceiro estratégico no movimento REA, o Ensino Superior constitui um terreno prioritário de atuação e investigação neste âmbito, subsistindo, contudo, desafios transversalmente prioritários, tais como, a sensibilização para o tema, a criação e fortalecimento de redes colaborativas, a capacitação de atores e o reforço da investigação. A literatura salienta a necessidade de expandir o uso destes recursos no Ensino Superior, no plano institucional e educativo, acompanhando e capacitando os seus agentes numa perspetiva holístico-processual, e de conhecer, em profundidade, tais processos, numa lógica de transformação das práticas educacionais vigentes em práticas educacionais abertas. No presente artigo serão identificados a problemática, principais objetivos, caraterísticas, ações e opções metodológicas a concretizar numa investigação, em curso no âmbito do nosso projeto de doutoramento, na Universidade de Aveiro, materializado num estudo de caso múltiplo, a decorrer em dois contextos lusófonos – Portugal e Moçambique - norteado a pela seguinte geral de investigação: “Como se caracteriza o uso de Recursos Educacionais Abertos em instituições do Ensino Superior português e moçambicano, e que modelo(s) colaborativo(s) será(ão) adequado(s) para a sua promoção e adoção, a nível institucional e educativo?”.
description: Indagatio Didactica, vol. 6 n.º 1 (2014)
A biological modeling based comparison of two strategies for adaptive radiotherapy of urinary bladder cancer
Creators: name: L. J. Lutkenhaus
name: A. Vestergaard
name: A. Bel
name: M. Høyer
name: M. C. C. M. Hulshof
name: C. M. Van Leeuwen
name: O. Casares-Magaz
name: J. B. Petersen
name: J. Søndergaard
name: L. P. Muren
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: Background Adaptive radiotherapy is introduced in the management of urinary bladder cancer to account for day-to-day anatomical changes. The purpose of this study was to determine whether an adaptive plan selection strategy using either the first four cone beam computed tomography scans (CBCT-based strategy) for plan creation, or the interpolation of bladder volumes on pretreatment CT scans (CT-based strategy), is better in terms of tumor control probability (TCP) and normal tissue sparing while taking the clinically applied fractionation schedules also into account. Material and methods With the CT-based strategy, a library of five plans was created. Patients received 55 Gy to the bladder tumor and 40 Gy to the non-involved bladder and lymph nodes, in 20 fractions. With the CBCT-based strategy, a library of three plans was created, and patients received 70 Gy to the tumor, 60 Gy to the bladder and 48 Gy to the lymph nodes, in 30–35 fractions. Ten patients were analyzed for each adaptive plan selection strategy. TCP was calculated applying the clinically used fractionation schedules, as well as a rescaling of the dose from 55 to 70 Gy for the CT-based strategy. For rectum and bowel, equivalent doses in 2 Gy fractions (EQD2) were calculated. Results The CBCT-based strategy resulted in a median TCP of 75%, compared to 49% for the CT-based strategy, the latter improving to 72% upon rescaling the dose to 70 Gy. A median rectum V30Gy (EQD2) of 26% [interquartile range (IQR): 8–52%] was found for the CT-based strategy, compared to 58% (IQR: 55–73%) for the CBCT-based strategy. Also the bowel doses were lower with the CT-based strategy. Conclusions Whereas the higher total bladder TCP for the CBCT-based strategy is due to prescription differences, the adaptive strategy based on CT scans results in the lowest rectum and bowel cavity doses.
How much could be saved in Chinese hospitals in procurement of anti-hypertensives and anti-diabetics?
Creators: name: Sun, Jing
name: Ren, Luo
name: Wirtz, Veronika
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: Background: Efficient use of government funding has been increasingly relevant for the success and sustainability of ongoing health-system reform in China; however, as there is no generic substitution policy, patients and basic health-insurance programs pay more for public-preferred brand originators. Such phenomenon is especially typical in public hospitals. The objective of this study is to estimate the potential cost savings in procurement by Chinese public hospitals when switching from brand originators of anti-hypertensive and anti-diabetic medications to their generic equivalents between 2012–2014. Method: IMS Health volume and value consumption data (IMS China Hospitals Audit system 2012–2014) were used, which covered all Chinese hospitals with 100 beds and above. The top 60% IMS volume consumption of respective anti-hypertensive and anti-diabetic medication with unique dosage form and strength were included. The potential cost savings were calculated from a switch of brand originators with their generic equivalents on the Chinese and international market. An independent sample t-test was conducted to compare the difference of proportion of cost savings in value between the Chinese and international market. Results: An average of 44% (US$44 million) and 87% (US$90 million) and a total of US$1.4 and 2.8 billion (2014 US$) could be saved from a switch from originator brand anti-hypertensives and anti-diabetics to domestically and internationally available generic equivalents, respectively. The differences of cost savings (in proportion) between domestic and international market were statistically significant (α = 0.005, p = 0.003, p = 0.002, p = 0.000). Conclusion: Expensive brand originators dominated the anti-hypertensive and anti-diabetic market in Chinese hospitals between 2012–2014. Preference of brand originators wastes a huge amount of health resources in China and these limited resources could have been used more efficiently. As one of the world’s key generic suppliers, if China wants to use its health resource more efficiently on medicines, comprehensive measures are needed to address both demand-side (consumers’ low trust in the quality of local generics) and supply-side barriers (health professionals’ preference of brand originators).
MPEC 2024-E46 : 2024 ED1
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2024 ED1

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Tracking Utopias: Technology, Labor, and Secularism in Bombay Cinema (1930s-1940s)
Creators: Mukherjee, Debashree
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2016
Subjects: Utopias in motion pictures
Motion pictures
South Asians

description: This article analyzes a range of modes through which the promise of utopia was mobilized in late colonial Bombay cinema. We witness a conflicted terrain of interests and desires as alternate film histories come into view. I look at 3 lost films written by Sa'adat Hasan Manto, examine their content and context, and open up discussion of technological utopianism, the impact of socialist thought, and prescriptive visions of secular harmony in pre-Independence talkie cinema.
PROMOTION OF GREEN AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND ALLIED SECTORS IN INDIA: FOR THE FASTER AND SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE DIGITAL ERA
Creators: name: William George A J
name: Dr. Manoj P. K
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Linkages, Mortgage to GDP Ratio, Green Housing, Green Tourism, ICT, AI.

description: Abstract

Housing is one of the most essential pre-requisites of human life and is second only to the need for food. So, providing this vital need of citizens is being accorded the topmost priority by the Governments worldwide and India is no exception. In India, in particular, ‘Affordable Housing for All’ has been the country’s national goal, ever since 2017. Though India had sought to attain the goal in 2022 – the year when it attained 75 years since independence in 1948, the country could not attain the goal because of Covid-19 pandemic problem and other reasons. Right now, India is trying to attain this goal at least by the year 2025. In this context, it may be noted that the ‘Real Housing Problem’ in India is the housing problem of the poor and the marginalized – those in Low Income Group (LIG) and Economically Weaker Sections (EWS).Thus, a focused approach to address their housing problem is essential to attain the national housing goal in India. Besides, in order to ensure sustainability of the housing development, it is inevitable that ‘Green’ or environment-friendly materials, processes and technologies are employed for housing development. The obvious benefits of housing investments include the personal wellbeing of the members of the households including greater productivity and also their socio-economic empowerment like higher social status. Over and above these, investment in housing accelerates economic development of the whole economy because housing sector has got linkages, both forward and backward, with more than three hundred allied industries. Investments in such allied sectors (e.g. tourism and hospitality) is also good for the economy. In this context, this paper analyses the significance of promotion of Green and Affordable housing for the faster economic development of India, when the national goal of the nation is ‘Affordable Housing for All’.
Clinical importance of inflammatory facet joints of the spine in ankylosing spondylitis: a magnetic resonance imaging study
Creators: name: S Lee
name: JY Lee
name: JH Hwang
name: JH Shin
name: T-H Kim
name: S-K Kim
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Science Policy

description: Objectives: The aims of this study were to assess the reliability of a novel magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scoring system for inflammatory lesions of facet joints and to clarify the clinical significance of facet joint inflammation in ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Method: A total of 53 AS patients (45 males, 84.9%) were assessed for active inflammatory lesions involving the facet joints, as indicated by bone marrow oedema, at 23 discovertebral units (DVUs) between C2 and S1 using a novel scale, the AS Activity of the Facet joint (ASAFacet). The reliability of the ASAFacet was evaluated using intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) and Bland–Altman plots. Results: ICC values for the ASAFacet scores were 0.857 [95% confidence interval (CI) 0.741–0.919] for inter-observer and 0.941 (95% CI 0.873–0.969) for intra-observer reliability. Inflammatory activity scores in facet joints were evenly distributed at all spine levels (p = 0.294 for ASAFacet), whereas vertebral body inflammation was more prominent in the thoracic spine than in the cervical and lumbar spine [p Conclusions: This study suggests that recognition of facet joint inflammation has the potential to contribute to our understanding of clinical outcomes in AS.
Social exclusion of rural-urban migrants in transitional China
Creators: name: Huang, Yeqing
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 399999
subject: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: Most previous studies of China's transitional period have focused on the state's continuing role in restructuring the social classes, and how the former elite classes in state socialist China maintain their privileged position during the market transition. This study emphasizes the increasing importance of market forces in initiating and stabilizing social inequality, and the way that the market force affects institutional reforms in transitional China. -- Rural-urban migrants in China are the subject of this research project. One of the most important groups of contributors to China's recent three decades of economic growth, they are confronted with multi-dimensional social exclusion in urban society. Using both qualitative and quantitative data, the project examines five aspects of rural-urban migrants' social exclusion: the household registration system (hukou), employment opportunities, welfare entitlements, identity and settlement. The aspects of employment, welfare, identity and settlement have been highly associated with the hukou system. The project examines how those four aspects are detaching from the hukou system, thus demonstrating the increasing importance of market forces in the social exclusion of rural-urban migrants during this transitional period. -- This study presents two major findings. First, the trends of decentralization and marketization are important forces reforming the hukou and welfare systems. As local governments are more market- and economy-driven, the implementation of public policy centres on local economic interests. This is the major reason for the institutional exclusion of rural-urban migrants from welfare system. Second, market forces play an increasingly important role in resource redistribution, which was formerly the responsibility of government. These findings call for increasing reform to centralised public policy, with the state to take major responsibility in coordinating and enforcing a united labour market and social welfare system.
Effect of supplementation of broilers with Black Soldier Fly Larvae (BSFL) reared on recycled phosphorus-rich substrates
Creators: name: Seyedalmoosavi, Seyed Mohammad Mahdi
Publisher: name: Universität Rostock
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 590 Zoological sciences

description: The future depletion of non-renewable rock phosphorus (P) highlights urgent need for P recycling. Recovered P could be an alternative source of rock P. In order to reintroduce recovered P into nutrient cycle, the present study examined whether this could be achieved by enriching larvae of the black soldier fly (BSFL). We evaluated the effects of supplementing mineral enriched whole BSFL reared on recycled minerals originated from sewage sludge with high P concentration in broiler diets on feed intake (FI), growth performance, alterations in P-relevant metabolites in blood and bone of broilers.
Dynamically operated, solar-driven Reverse Osmosis for battery-free drinking water supply
Creators: name: Derakhshan, Alireza
Publisher: name: Universität Rostock
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 600 Technology (Applied sciences)
subject: 620 Engineering & allied operations
subject: 621.3 Electrical Engineering, Electronics

description: Batteries account for a significant share of the lifecycle cost of solar-based water desalination systems. Recently, battery-free PVRO has been developed and widely used, requiring less investment and running costs. However, removing batteries leads to high fluctuations and uncontrolled shutdowns during the operation. Because the solar energy curve is inherently intermittent, and sharp energy reductions occur frequently. A novel technology, Multifunctional Driver (MFD), is developed in this thesis to address this drawback of the conventional battery-free solar reverse osmosis systems.
Innovative Solutions in Last-Mile Delivery: Integrating the Use of Moving Smart Parcel Stations
Creators: name: Diab, Yousef Nazih
Publisher: name: Manara - Qatar Research Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 40
subject: Engineering

description: In the last decade, e-commerce has been growing consistently. Fostered by the covid pandemic, the online retail growth has gone exponential, with most of industries including food, clothing, groceries among many others proposing online retail. This growth in the online retailing activities has raised very important logistical challenges particularly, the last leg of the distribution commonly referred to as the Last Mile delivery. For instance, the traditional truck-based home delivery has reached its limits within metropolitan areas and cannot be an effective delivery method anymore. Driven by technological progress, several other logistics solutions have been deployed as innovative alternatives to deliver parcels. This includes delivery by drones, smart parcel stations, robots, crowdsourcing among others. In this setting, the aim of this research is to provide a comprehensive review and analysis on the latest trends in last mile delivery solutions taking both industry and academia perspectives. We use a content analysis literature review to analyze over 60 relevant publications and derive the necessary features of the latest innovation in the last mile delivery and point out their different maturity levels as well as the related theoretical and operational challenges. We then propose a real data case study to assess the use of moving smart parcel stations in Doha, Qatar to serve 500 customers over a 6 months period, and evaluate its performance according to different KPIs such as costs and carbon footprints.
Cenários de futuro na Educação a Distância e Elearning no ensino superior em Portugal. estudo exploratório
Creators: name: Costa, Angelina
name: Morgado, Lina
Publisher: name: Indagatio Didactica
Year: 2019

description: O ensino superior vive complexos momentos de mudança à escala mundial. O desenvolvimento exponencial das tecnologias e, consequentemente, da educação a distância e do elearning, os novos públicos que têm acesso a este nível de ensino, o facto de ser, pela sua natureza, um espaço de inovação na relação e na construção do conhecimento, os desenvolvimentos científicos, concretamente na área da educação e das tecnologias, são fatores que têm feito emergir necessidades de análise, de avaliação e de reflexão da produção científica, tornando-as tarefas substanciais da comunidade académica. Com este estudo pretende-se esboçar cenários de futuro na educação a distância e elearning, no ensino superior, olhando para a situação de Portugal no contexto europeu. Foram definidos três momentos de investigação. Num primeiro momento, pretende-se delinear o estado da arte da investigação sobre educação a distância e elearning, no ensino superior, mas ir para além dele, num segundo momento, convocando a discussão e a reflexão dos protagonistas no processo. Num terceiro momento, pretende-se confrontar as perspetivas nacionais com as perspetivas de especialistas europeus neste domínio. Ainda em processo de investigação, apresenta-se aqui o design do estudo e resultados preliminares e parciais da fase 1 de investigação.
description: Indagatio Didactica, vol. 6 n.º 1 (2014)
Espaço online, oportunidade e desafio para indivíduos e instituições
Creators: name: Aresta, Mónica
name: Pedro, Luís
name: Santos, Carlos
name: Moreira, António
Publisher: name: Indagatio Didactica
Year: 2019

description: O reconhecimento da dimensão participativa, criativa e social da rede trouxe profundas alterações à forma como os indivíduos consideram e refletem assuntos relacionados com a educação, a identidade e o conhecimento. Quando é cada vez mais difícil permanecer fora do mundo digital, este artigo reflete sobre a importância da identidade construída na rede, tanto para indivíduos como para as Instituições de Ensino Superior. Apresentando as principais conclusões de um estudo de caso desenvolvido no âmbito do Programa Doutoral em Multimédia em Educação (Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal), o artigo aborda a temática da construção da identidade online de um grupo de alunos de mestrado (n=13) num espaço providenciado pela sua instituição de ensino (SAPO Campus) e em espaços informais (Facebook e Twitter). Este artigo poderá contribuir para o conhecimento dos processos de construção da identidade em ambientes online, bem como para uma análise da importância e do impacte da construção de uma identidade online para a reputação dos indivíduos e das Instituições de Ensino Superior.
description: Indagatio Didactica, vol. 6 n.º 1 (2014)
Trajectories of Pain in Very Old Age: The Role of Eudaimonic Wellbeing and Personality
Creators: name: Wettstein, Markus
name: Schilling, Oliver Karl
name: Wahl, Hans-Werner
Publisher: name: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: neuroticism
subject: extraversion
subject: terminal decline
subject: purpose in life
subject: autonomy
subject: primary aging
subject: tertiary aging
subject: biopsychosocial model of pain
subject: 610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Pain is common in very old age and in the last years prior to death. However, little is known regarding longitudinal trajectories of pain in very old age and at the end of life. Moreover, whereas medical and morbidity-related factors contributing to pain are established, the role of psychosocial factors, such as eudaimonic wellbeing or personality as potential determinants of late-life pain trajectories has so far not been sufficiently investigated. We used data from the LateLine project. The sample consisted of n = 118 very old adults (M = 90.5 years, SD = 2.8 years) who were living alone at baseline and who had died between 2009 and 2021. They took part in up to 16 measurement occasions (M = 5.2, SD = 4.7, range 1–16) within an observational interval of 7 years. Assessment of pain was based on the SF-36 bodily pain subscale. Key indicators of eudaimonic wellbeing (autonomy, environmental mastery, and purpose in life) as well two of the Big Five personality traits (neuroticism and extraversion) were included as predictors. We controlled in all analyses for gender, education, subjective health, and depressive symptoms. Contrasting pain trajectories over chronological age (time since birth) vs. time to death, a time-to-death-related model resulted in a better model fit and accounted for a larger amount of pain variability than the age-related model. Mean-level change in pain, both over age and time to death, was not significant, but there was substantial interindividual variability in intraindividual trajectories. Age-related change in pain was significantly predicted by autonomy and neuroticism, with increasing pain among those who had lower initial autonomy scores and higher initial neuroticism scores. With regard to time-to-death-related trajectories of pain, higher purpose in life as well as lower extraversion at baseline predicted less increase or even steeper decrease in pain with approaching death. Our findings suggest that, despite overall mean-level stability in pain both over age and time to death, there is a substantial proportion of individuals who reveal deterioration in pain over time. Regarding the role of psychosocial predictors, personality traits and eudaimonic wellbeing are related with late-life pain trajectories both over age and time-to-death.
An Assist for Cognitive Diagnostics in Soccer: Two Valid Tasks Measuring Inhibition and Cognitive Flexibility in a Soccer-Specific Setting With a Soccer-Specific Motor Response
Creators: name: Musculus, Lisa
name: Lautenbach, Franziska
name: Knöbel, Simon
name: Reinhard, Martin Leo
name: Weigel, Peter
name: Gatzmaga, Nils
name: Borchert, Andy
name: Pelka, Maximilian
Publisher: name: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: executive functions
subject: elite youth soccer
subject: talent identification
subject: talent development
subject: diagnostics
subject: 150 Psychologie

description: In professional soccer, players, coaches, and researchers alike recognize the importance of cognitive skills. Research addressing the relevance of cognitive skills has been based on the cognitive component skills approach (i.e., general cognitive processes) or the expert performance approach (i.e., sport-specific cognitive processes). Our project aimed to combine the strengths of both approaches to develop and validate cognitive tasks measuring inhibition and cognitive flexibility in a soccer-specific setting with a soccer-specific motor response. In the main study 77 elite youth soccer players completed a computerized version of the standard flanker and number–letter tasks as well as flanker and number–letter tasks requiring a soccer-specific motor response (i.e., pass) in a soccer-specific setting (i.e., the SoccerBot360). Results show good reliability for both tasks. For the SoccerBot360 number–letter task, switch effects for response times and accuracy and acceptable convergent validity were shown. A flanker effect for response time but not accuracy was apparent. Due to no acceptable convergent validity, the flanker task was revised (i.e., adaptation of stimuli) and 63 adult soccer players participated in a follow-up validation study in the SoccerBot100. The revised flanker task showed the flanker effect for response time, but not for accuracy. However, acceptable convergent validity for response time was present. Thus, the soccer-specific number–letter and to some extent the soccer-specific flanker task show potential to be used as a valid cognitive diagnostic tool by soccer clubs.
First-principles DFT study of SO2 and SO3 adsorption on 2PANI: a model for polyaniline response
Creators: name: Rad, Ali Shokuhi
name: Ateni, Saeed Ghasemi
name: Habib-Allah Tayebi
name: Peiman Valipour
name: Foukolaei, Vahid Pouralijan
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Space Science
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Hematology

description: Interaction of SOx (x = 2,3) molecules on active sites of dianiline (as a model for polyaniline, denoted here as 2PANI) was studied using density functional theory at the BLYP-D/6-31+G(d) level of theory. Natural population analysis was used to find out the charge distribution as well as the net transferred charge of SOx upon adsorption on 2PANI and the result has been compared with Mulliken charge analysis to evaluate the sensing ability of 2PANI. The computed density of states point to the remarkable orbital hybridization between SOx and 2PANI during the adsorption process. As a consequence, the results of UV–VIS confirm the sensing ability of 2PANI toward SO2 and SO3. Based on our results, it can be found that at proper configuration the SO2 and SO3 molecules can be adsorbed on 2PANI with adsorption energies (Eads) of −18.2 and −62.9 kJ/mol (BSSE), respectively.
Synthesis, characterization and fluorescent properties of water-soluble glycopolymer bearing curcumin pendant residues
Creators: name: Haisong Zhang
name: Yu, Meng
name: Hailei Zhang
name: Libin Bai
name: Yonggang Wu
name: Sujuan Wang
name: Xinwu Ba
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: Curcumin is a potential natural anticancer drug with low oral bioavailability because of poor water solubility. The aqueous solubility of curcumin is enhanced by means of modification with the carbohydrate units. Polymerization of the curcumin-containing monomer with carbohydrate-containing monomer gives the water-soluble glycopolymer bearing curcumin pendant residues. The obtained copolymers (P1 and P2) having desirable water solubility were well-characterized by infrared spectroscopy (IR), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), gel permeation chromatography (GPC), UV–Vis absorption spectroscopy, and photoluminescence spectroscopy. The copolymer P2 with a molar ratio of 1:6 (curcumin/carbohydrate) calculated from the proton NMR results exhibits a similar anticancer activity compared to original curcumin, which may serve as a potential chemotherapeutic agent in the field of anticancer medicine. The prepared glycopolymer (P2) bearing curcumin residues exhibit a similar anticancer activity to original curcumin.
A Gestão e a Formação de Docentes para o Uso das Tecnologias da Comunicação: o caso do ensino superior público português
Creators: name: Batista, João
name: Morais, Nídia Salomé
name: Ramos, Fernando
Publisher: name: Indagatio Didactica
Year: 2019

description: Neste artigo apresentam-se resultados parcelares de um projeto em que foi estudada a perspectiva institucional do uso das tecnologias da comunicação no suporte à aprendizagem no ensino superior público português. Apresenta-se a contextualização do estudo e a orientação metodológica, a que se segue a descrição de resultados. Estes baseiam-se nos dados obtidos a partir de 639 docentes e de 31 responsáveis institucionais que responderam a um questionário online. Os resultados são relativos a seis indicadores sobre a formação de docentes e também a alguns aspectos da gestão dos docentes, nomeadamente os incentivos e a recompensa dos docentes pelo uso que fazem das tecnologias da comunicação no suporte à aprendizagem. Estes resultados são discutidos e são indicadas as principais conclusões, sendo de destacar a evidência de um cenário contrastante entre as opiniões dos responsáveis institucionais (genericamente positivas) e as dos docentes (genericamente negativas), assim como de posições também contrastantes entre as respostas dos docentes dos dois sub-sistemas de ensino superior, sendo menos favoráveis as dos docentes do ensino politécnico em relação às dos docentes do ensino universitário, nomeadamente no que respeita à formação de docentes.
description: Indagatio Didactica, vol. 6 n.º 1 (2014)
Os desafios da implementação do e/bLearning no ensino superior: estudo de caso do Instituto Politécnico de Portalegre
Creators: name: Silva, Ana
name: Santos, Carolina
name: Romacho, João
name: Loures, Luís
name: Pinheiro, Luís
Publisher: name: Indagatio Didactica
Year: 2019

description: A introdução de eLearning no Ensino Superior é um processo com sucesso a nível mundial; é uma pedra angular para a construção de sociedades em desenvolvimento. Portugal a nível do Ensino Superior apresenta já iniciativas no ensino do eLearning, mas as mesmas são extremamente diversas e durante alguns anos um pequeno número de Universidades e Institutos promoviam efetivamente alternativas reais de aprendizagem baseadas em tecnologias de informação e comunicação. Pelo contrário, estas iniciativas centravam-se no uso das plataformas de eLearning (Moodle) no apoio documental às Unidades Curriculares. O caráter exploratório da iniciativa de eLearning do Instituto Superior Politécnico de Portalegre, um Instituto do Ensino Superior Politécnico público, tem características próprias que promovem o seu interesse científico e académico. Por um lado, porque a iniciativa decorre da visão estratégica do Instituto e da necessária adequação da sua prática académica ao paradigma de Bolonha. Por outro lado, porque a sua situação geográfica o solicita, bem como a situação económica dos nossos estudantes. Este artigo descreve o percurso do eLearning no Instituto Politécnico de Portalegre, a avaliação ao longo do ano letivo 2012/2013 e 1.ºsemestre de 2013/2014 em que se procedeu a algumas Unidades Curriculares de 2.ºciclo e Pós-Graduação oferecidas no IPP em Blended Learning e à definição dos modelos pedagógicos adaptados ao módulo de ambientação online para os estudantes.
description: Indagatio Didactica, vol. 6 n.º 1 (2014)
Adoção de uma Plataforma de e-Learning no Ensino Superior – O Fator Institucional
Creators: name: Campaniço, Bertolino
name: Pedro, Neuza
Publisher: name: Indagatio Didactica
Year: 2019

description: As tecnologias de informação e comunicação (TIC) desempenham um papel central nas nossas vidas. A maioria dos processos que diariamente executamos passam por estes canais digitais. O espectro de aplicação destas tecnologias é infindável. A lógica de utilização subjacente às TIC está a impor-se aos modos tradicionais de organização da Sociedade. Em resultado, o desígnio de algumas Instituições está a enfraquecer face a esta demanda avassaladora. No caso especifico das instituições de Ensino Superior (IES), e em particular o Professor, estão a ser secundarizados nos processos de ensino-aprendizagem. O Aluno dispõe hoje de um número infindável de recursos e, por esse motivo, tem o poder de decidir quem ocupa o centro do seu universo de aprendizagem. As TIC podem servir de estímulo a processos de reinvenção da Instituição e do Professor. Neste contexto, as Plataformas de e-Learning assumem-se como uma tecnologia que pode atalhar e estimular essa viagem. Neste contexto, no segundo semestre do ano letivo 2010-11 teve inicio um projeto de implementação de uma Plataforma de e-Learning na Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa (FFUL). O presente artigo representa um resumo desse Projeto, que terminou no final do 1º semestre do ano letivo 2012-13. Neste Projeto optou-se por adotar uma abordagem sistémica sobre o e-Learning e, nessa medida, observá-lo como um processo composto por quatro elementos: o Aluno, o Professor, a Instituição e a Tecnologia. Aqui procurar-se-á dar especial destaque ao papel da Instituição, na promoção de um contexto organizacional favorável a processos desta natureza.
description: Indagatio Didactica, vol. 6 n.º 1 (2014)
Dimensões para a construção de um curso em b-learning: Um estudo de caso
Creators: name: Peres, Paula
name: Mesquita, Anabela
Publisher: name: Indagatio Didactica
Year: 2019

description: Este artigo descreve a metodologia seguida no desenvolvimento do curso de pós-graduação em TCeIE, que se pautou por critérios de qualidade nas dimensões institucionais, pedagógicas, desenho dos média, tecnológicas e de avaliação. Paralelamente, os resultados obtidos são analisados tendo em conta as perspetivas dos alunos que, pela resposta a um questionário identificaram os fatores críticos de sucesso na oferta de soluções de b-learning. Conclui-se com algumas sugestões práticas para quem pretende enveredar por este tipo de solução na oferta formativa.
description: Indagatio Didactica, vol. 6 n.º 1 (2014)
Repensar a tecnologia em contextos educativos: o SAPO Campus no DeCA
Creators: name: Santos, Carlos
name: Ramos, Fernando
name: Pedro, Luís
Publisher: name: Indagatio Didactica
Year: 2019

description: Hoje em dia, as tecnologias oferecidas pelas instituições de ensino ainda se baseiam, na sua grande maioria, em práticas e rotinas que são principalmente centradas no professor ou na gestão do processo de ensino. O SAPO Campus procurar contribuir para transformar essa tradição, propondo uma plataforma integrada de serviços Web 2.0 que promove a abertura, a construção de comunidades de aprendizagem, a partilha de recursos e a colaboração entre os seus membros. Neste trabalho apresentamos alguns resultados obtidos a partir da utilização da nova plataforma SAPO Campus no Departamento de Comunicação e Arte (DeCA) da Universidade de Aveiro e apresentamos um possível modelo de expansão desta plataforma para toda a instituição.
description: Indagatio Didactica, vol. 6 n.º 1 (2014)
Recursos e materiais pedagógicos utilizados no desenvolvimento dos processos de aprendizagem no ensino superior
Creators: name: Barreira, Carlos
name: Monteiro, Frederico
name: Bidarra, Graça
name: Vaz-Rebelo, Piedade
Publisher: name: Indagatio Didactica
Year: 2019

description: Segundo a literatura da especialidade, a avaliação formativa apresenta inúmeras vantagens para os intervenientes durante e após o processo de ensino e de aprendizagem, nomeadamente na reorganização da unidade curricular e na consciencialização das dificuldades dos estudantes. As características, natureza e utilidade da avaliação formativa exigem um permanente processo de interação e comunicação entre os intervenientes, assegurando uma troca de informação consistente e efetiva. Neste sentido, o conhecimento e a descrição dos recursos e materiais pedagógicos utilizados nas atividades letivas pelos docentes no ensino superior poderão contribuir para compreender a relação entre as estratégias de ensino e de avaliação e a aprendizagem dos estudantes. Este estudo insere-se no âmbito do projeto AVENA – “Avaliação, Ensino e Aprendizagem no Ensino Superior em Portugal e no Brasil: Realidades e Perspetivas”, apresentando alguns dos dados recolhidos na Universidade de Coimbra, através da observação de 160 horas de aulas de 8 unidades curriculares referentes a 8 cursos de licenciatura, representando de quatro áreas científicas (Artes e Humanidades, Ciências da Saúde, Engenharias e Tecnologias, Ciências Sociais). De um modo geral, os dados salientam a utilização sistemática da plataforma online de gestão académica da Universidade de Coimbra como uma ferramenta de apoio na organização das unidades curriculares e das aulas, permitindo a disponibilização permanente de conteúdos e outras informações pertinentes. Verificam-se ainda algumas diferenças ao nível da utilização de certos recursos e materiais (e.g. PowerPoint e quadro), associados à especificidade de cada área científica e ainda aos conhecimentos, competências, experiências e preferências dos docentes.
description: Indagatio Didactica, vol. 6 n.º 1 (2014)
Pondscape: Rhône Genevois. (French version)
Creators: name: Boissezon, Aurélie
name: Sordet, Adrienne
name: Fahy, Julie
name: Demierre, Eliane
name: Hornung, Jules
name: Oertli, Beat
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Pondscape
Wetland
Ponds
Nature-based Solution
Ecosystem services
Nature Contribution to people
Best practices
Biodiversity

description: This Leaflet concerns the Swiss pondscape "Rhône Genevois".

In the framework of the project PONDERFUL, a synthetic “leaflet” has been developed for each of thepondscapes making part of DEMO-sites implemented across Europe, Turkey and Uruguay. The mainobjective of the leaflets is to present a selection of science-based success stories in the implementationof pondscapes as Nature-based Solutions (NbS) for addressing societal challenges (such as climatechange and biodiversity loss), and to promote the transferability of these practices elsewhere. Thesuccess stories are evidenced in this leaflet by the measurement of indicators of the NatureContribution to People, and by a cost-benefit analysis.

The leaflets were written and designed to interest and inspire professionals in land use planning andmanagement of natural areas, people active in NGOs, and also for a wider and more varied public.The information provided in the leaflet is intentionally simplified to avoid excessive jargon andscientific complexity and to remain accessible and understandable to a broad audience.
A follow-up study of sedentary work and ischemic heart disease
Creators: name: Møller, Simone Visbjerg
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 111706 Epidemiology
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Master's Thesis by Simone Visbjerg Møller, Copenhagen University, 2013
TALABA YOSHLAR O'RTASIDA SURUNKALI GASTRIT RIVOJLANISHINING OLDINI OLISH: PROFILAKTIK YONDASHUVLAR
Creators: name: Maxkamov, Mansurjon
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Ushbu ilmiy ishda talaba yoshlar orasida surunkali gastritning keng tarqalganligi, uning asosiy sabablari va profilaktik choralar tahlil qilinadi. Tadqiqot davomida oliy ta’lim muassasalarida tahsil olayotgan talabalar o‘rtasida sog‘lom ovqatlanish odatlari, stress omillari va yomon odatlarning gastrit rivojlanishiga ta’siri o‘rganildi. Shuningdek, kasallikning oldini olishda ma’rifiy va sog‘lom turmush tarzini shakllantirishga qaratilgan choralar taklif etildi.