cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Spiral wave dynamics under full Euclidean symmetry-breaking: A dynamical system approach
Creators: name: Boily, Patrick
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Mathematics.

description: Spirals are common in Nature: the snail's shell and the ordering of seeds in the sunflower are amongst the most widely-known occurrences. While these are static, dynamic spirals can also be observed in excitable systems such as heart tissue, retina, certain chemical reactions, slime mold aggregates, flame fronts, etc. The images associated with these spirals are often breathtaking, but spirals have also been linked to cardiac arrhythmias, a potentially fatal heart ailment. In the literature, very specific models depending on the excitable system of interest are used to explain the observed behaviour of spirals (such as anchoring or drifting). Barkley [5] first noticed that the Euclidean symmetry of these models, and not the model itself, is responsible for the observed behaviour. But in experiments, the physical domain is never Euclidean. The heart, for instance, is finite, anisotropic and littered with inhomogeneities. To capture this loss of symmetry, LeBlanc and Wulff [48,51] introduced forced Euclidean symmetry-breaking (FESB) in the analysis. To accurately model the physical situation, two basic types of symmetry-breaking perturbations are used: translational symmetry-breaking (TSB) and rotational symmetry-breaking (RSB) terms. LeBlanc and Wulff, [51] and LeBlanc [48] have studied the effects of these individual perturbations, and they have shown that phenomena such as anchoring and quasi-periodic meandering can be explained by FESB. However, these specific perturbations only tell part of the story. In this thesis, the effects of multiple TSB perturbations, as well as those of combined TSB-RSB perturbations are studied and provide a more complete explanation for two aspects of spiral dynamics: anchoring and boundary drifting. Higher co-dimension phenomena are also considered.
Worte statt Waffen! Drei Plakate zu Veranstaltungen für den Frieden 2024 in Mecklenburg
Creators: name: Havemann, Frank
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Entspannungspolitik
Neustrelitz
Neubrandenburg
Die Linke
Jan van Aken
Dieter Klein
Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung
Friedensbündnis Neubrandenburg
NaturFreunde M-V
Abrüstung
Prinzip gemeinsamer Sicherheit

description: Am 4. Mai 2024 trug Prof. Dieter Klein von der Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung Berlin in Neubrandenburg zur Doktrin der gemeinsamen Sicherheit vor, am 10. Juli Jan van Aken in Neustrelitz zu Abrüstung, Sicherheit und Diplomatie in Zeiten des Krieges. Nach beiden Vorträgen gab es lebhafte Diskussionen. Am Weltfriedenstag ist eine Kundgebung auf dem Markt von Neustrelitz gegen Kriege, Rüstung und die Stationierung neuer Raketen geplant. Es werden die Plakate für die drei Veranstaltungen präsentiert. Weil die Hochschule Neubrandenburg Ihre Zusage für den Vortrag mit Prof. Klein zurückzog, fand er im Programmkino Latücht statt.
Separation of Powers and Judicial Autonomy: A Cornerstone of Democracy
Creators: name: Ocheme, Vivian
name: Speak Out Africa Initiative
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Separation of Powers
Democracy
Judicial Autonomy
Rule of Law
Judicial Independence.

description: The principle of the separation of powers lies at the heart of democratic governance, dividing authority among three distinct branches of government; the legislative, the executive, and the judiciary. This division ensures that no single branch can monopolize power, thus maintaining a system of checks and balances. Within this framework, judicial autonomy plays a pivotal role in ensuring that the judiciary remains independent and capable of fairly upholding the rule of law without undue influence from other branches or powerful interests.
PARTYCYPACJA POLITYCZNA KOBIET A WPROWADZENIE USTAWOWYCH KWOT WYBORCZYCH
Creators: name: Centrum Innowacji, Transferu Technologii I Rozwoju Fundacja Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: Law
subject: FOS: Law
subject: History
subject: Economics

description: "Preferencje polityczne" to pismo o profilu humanistycznym, prezentujące na swoich kartach interdyscyplinarne podejście do problematyki zachowań wyborczych, szczególnie czynników determinujących identyfikacje polityczne. Pismo jest otwarte na współpracę z różnymi ośrodkami naukowymi w kraju. Wydawcą jest Centrum Innowacji, Transferu Technologii i Rozwoju Fundacja Uniwersytetu Śląskiego. Patronat nad projektem sprawuje Polskie Towarzystwo Nauk Politycznych.
Μελέτη του άγχους κατά την εγκυμοσύνης σε δείγμα εγκύων στην Βόρεια Ελλάδα
Creators: name: Δερές Εμμανουήλ Εμμανουήλ
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2023
Subjects: άγχος
εγκυμοσύνη
αγχώδεις διαταραχές
anxiety
pregnancy
anxiety disorders

description: To άγχος κατά τη διάρκεια της εγκυμοσύνης έχει σχετιστεί με δυσμενείς επιπτώσεις για τη μητέρα και το έμβρυο. Η συχνή συνύπαρξη του άγχους με την κατάθλιψη κατά τη διάρκεια της εγκυμοσύνης, έχει ως αποτέλεσμα, οι μελέτες που επικεντρώνονται αποκλειστικά στο άγχος να είναι λιγότερες. Αυτή η προοπτική επιδημιολογική μελέτη είχε ως στόχο τον προσδιορισμό του επιπολασμού του προγεννητικού άγχους σε εγκύους στη Βόρεια Ελλάδα καθώς και την διάκριση πιθανών παραγόντων κινδύνου για την εμφάνισή του. Στο πλαίσιο της μελέτης συμμετείχαν 1.079 επιλέξιμες γυναίκες (96,3% του συνόλου του δείγματος).Το State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) χρησιμοποιήθηκε για την εκτίμηση του άγχους, με βαθμολογία αποκοπής ≤ 46, ως ενδεικτική για το άγχος. Μια σειρά από δημογραφικούς και μαιευτικούς παράγοντες εξετάστηκαν για τη συσχέτισή τους με το αυξημένο άγχος στις εγκύους. Το τρέχον άγχος (S- anxiety) βρέθηκε να είναι αυξημένο (35,4 %) σε σχέση με το γενικό άγχος (T-anxiety, 18%) στο δείγμα εγκύων που μελετήθηκαν. Παράγοντες που συσχετίστηκαν με το αυξημένο S-άγχος στις εγκύους ήταν: το τρίμηνο της εγκυμοσύνης (OR: 1.531; 95% CI: 1.052-2.228) και η προγεννητική κατάθλιψη που αύξησε κατά περίπου 5 φορές τον κίνδυνο εμφάνισης άγχους στην εγκυμοσύνη(OR: 5.595; 95% CI: 3.820-8.196)
description: Anxiety during pregnancy has been associated with adverse effects on both the mother and the fetus. The frequent coexistence of anxiety and depression during pregnancy has resulted in fewer studies focusing exclusively on anxiety. This prospective epidemiological study aimed to determine the prevalence of prenatal anxiety in pregnant women in Northern Greece and identify potential risk factors for its occurrence. A total of 1,079 eligible women participated in the study, accounting for 96.3% of the total sample. The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) was used to assess anxiety, with a cutoff score of ≤46 indicating anxiety. A range of demographic and obstetric factors were examined for their association with increased anxiety in pregnant women. State anxiety (S) was found to be elevated (35.4%) compared to Trait anxiety (18%) in the studied sample of pregnant women. Factors associated with increased S-anxiety in pregnant women were the trimester of pregnancy (OR: 1.531; 95% CI: 1.052-2.228) and prenatal depression, which increased the risk of anxiety by approximately fivefold during pregnancy (OR: 5.595; 95% CI: 3.820-8.196).
Klaus Voll, Doreen Beierlein (eds.): Rising India - Europe’s Partner? Foreign and Security Policy, Politics, Economics, Human Rights and Social Issues, Media, Civil Society and Intercultural Dimensions
Creators: name: Schüller, Dr. Margot
Publisher: name: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia
Year: 2021

description: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, Nr. 105 (2007): ASIEN (Oktober)
Utilization of fused deposition method 3D printing for evaluation of discrete element method simulations
Creators: name: Hnízdil, P.
name: Chotěborský, R.
name: Kuře, J.
Publisher: name: Agronomy Research
Year: 2020
Subjects: FEM
DEM
design of tools
mechanical
manufacturing
industry 4.0
article

description: FDM 3D printing is used for designing prototype assessment in engineering production. It is usually used to verify the functionality of kinematics mechanisms. It can also be used for innovation in agricultural production, eg. the development of new mechanisms for agriculture tools. Such a mechanism as well as the entire components is printed using FDM and they are made of plastics. This whole can be experimentally verified in a laboratory trough. The article deals with the verification of the possibilities of using FDM technology for the design of agricultural tools. The material properties, namely stress-strain, of the plastics after printing are entered into the Ansys mechanical library, and the DEM results are also imported into Ansys mechanical. Material properties of plastics for FDM technology such as PLA, PETG show that its mechanical properties limited their using for validation.
KUZGI BUG'DOY MAYSALARINING KUZGI O'SUV DAVRIDA ORGANIK MODDALAR TО'PLASHIGA MINERAL О'G'ITLAR MEYORLARI VA NISBATLARINING TA'SIRI
Creators: name: Ирназарова, Нилуфар
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Ushbu maqolada Qashqadaryo viloyatining och tusli bо‘z tuproqlari sharoitida mineral о‘g‘itlar meyorlari va nisbatlarining oziqabop kuzgi bug‘doyning kuzgi о‘suv davrida quruq modda, tuplash bо‘g‘inida shakar tо‘plashiga ta’siri bо‘yicha olingan ilmiy ma’lumotlar tahlili keltirilgan.
Increasing Drug Costs : Are we getting good value?
Creators: name: Therapeutics Initiative (University Of British Columbia)
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2023

description: Therapeutics Letter 59 considers whether Canadians are receiving good value (in terms of better drug treatments) in the face of rising drug costs. Conclusions: The majority of new drugs do not represent a major advantage when compared to available alternatives. Since most new “me-too” drugs are much more expensive than equally effective older drugs, they represent a waste of health care resources. Physicians collectively have the power to prevent this waste and thus free up money for other sectors of the health care system.
GABA action and sex steroid feedback in the goldfish (Carassius auratus) neuroendocrine brain
Creators: name: Martyniuk, Christopher Joseph
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Biology, Neuroscience.

description: The inhibitory amino acid neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) has a significant role in vertebrate reproduction. In teleost fish, GABA will stimulate the release of LH from the pituitary during certain periods of gonadal development. This thesis characterizes the mRNA transcript distribution of the enzymes that are responsible for the synthesis (glutamic acid decarboxylase) and degradation (GABA-transaminase) of GABA in the brain of the goldfish and shows that regions containing estrogen receptors and reproductive neuropeptides also contain high amounts of GABA-related transcripts. I show that GABAergic synaptic transmission may be modulated by GABA via genomic effects on GABA receptor subunits. In order to better understand GABA stimulated LH release in fish, I studied GABA agonist action on gene expression. This experiment showed that GABA agonists modulate GABA synthesis and degradation differentially. I also show that a rapid and pronounced increase in activin betaalpha transcription in neuroendocrine tissues via GABAB receptors and GABAA mediated changes in tyrosine hydroxylase mRNA are putative mechanisms by which GABA mediates pituitary LH release in fish. Lastly, I outline the development of a goldfish brain enriched cDNA microarray to study estrogen feedback in the neuroendocrine brain. Male goldfish exposed to the xenoestrogen ethinylestradiol (EE2) had significantly reduced gonads and circulating sex steroids. Microarray and real-time RT-PCR showed that brain aromatase, secretogranin-III, and interferon-related developmental regulator 1 (IFDR-1) were altered after EE2 treatment. This thesis (1) further characterizes the GABAergic system in goldfish using different approaches to gain a better understanding of the role of GABA in neuroendocrine function in fish; (2) identifies evolutionary conserved patterns of gene expression changes after GABA and estrogenic treatment in fish; and (3) demonstrates that the goldfish microarray is a useful tool to study the effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals on neuroendocrine function.
Biochemical composition and quality of herring preserves with addition of bio-protective cultures
Creators: name: Bazarnova, J.
name: Korableva, N.
name: Ozerova, O.
name: Moskvicheva, E.
Publisher: name: Agronomy Research
Year: 2020
Subjects: frozen fillet of Atlantic and Pacific herrings
fatty acid composition
triglycerides
bio-protective cultures
preserves
fillings
buffering
curing period
article

description: Herrings rich in vitamins B12, A, D, minerals, including calcium, potassium, magnesium, iodine, possess high levels of lysine, tyrosine, phenylalanine and tryptophan, as well as omega-3 unsaturated fatty acids, namely eicosapentanoic, docosahexoenoic and docosapentoenoic. To suppress the microbiological spoilage of fish preserves, it is promising to use bio-protective cultures that have minimal impact on the production process and product properties. Bacterial strains are able to exert a static effect on the microflora, which causes biodeterioration of food products. Microorganisms as part of bio-protective cultures are included in the fermentation process, so they can be attributed to ordinary food ingredients, so there is no need to put separate information on the packaging. The chemical composition of the frozen Atlantic and Pacific herring fillet, the amino acid composition of proteins, and the fatty acid composition of lipids were studied. The difference between Atlantic and Pacific herrings was detected, which consists in a significantly higher content of docosahexaenoic acid. The difference in the fractional composition of triacylglycerols for the Atlantic and Pacific herring was established. The microflora of SafePro B-2 biological product (Chr. Hansen GmbH), containing multiple strains of Lactobacillus sakei, and the viability of the culture in preserves fillings were studied. The experimental development of canned food with SafePro B-2 additives was carried out. Microbiological, organoleptic and biochemical indicators of the preserves quality during cold storage were studied. The influence of introduced culture on the dynamics of preserves curing period and their shelf life was established.
Optimization of options for differential application of nitrogen fertilizers in the precision farming system
Creators: name: Мatvejenko, Dmitriy
name: Komarov, Аndrei
name: Nugis, Edvin
name: Lekomtsev, Peter
Publisher: name: Agraarteadus
Year: 2020
Subjects: precision farming
differential application
nitrogen
spring wheat
hydrothermal coefficient
test sites
article

description: This paper aims to present the use of various treatments for the differential application of nitrogen in the precision farming system. To assess the state of the vegetation cover, both ground-based observations and associated remote sensing methods were used. Assessment of the state of plants (Menkovsky of AFI, 2009–2011) was carried out according to the phases of their growth and development using an N-tester in the field, as well as analysis of plant samples in a specialized laboratory. Remote sensing was carried out at the time of the analysis of plant samples using unmanned aerial vehicles equipped with cameras that allow shooting in different areas of the spectrum. The test sites with predetermined doses of nitrogen fertilizers for decrypt the obtained images were used. It is shown that for differential application of nitrogen fertilizers in spring wheat crops it is advisable to use the optical characteristics of the state of plants performed using calibration test sites. We have found that the maximum yield in the differentiated nitrogen applications treatment (TK-4) was 4510 kg per hectare (kg ha–1 ). At the same time, the minimum in the TK1 treatment was 3780 kg ha–1 . On average, over the years of research differentiated fertilizer application increased the collection of protein per hectare by 15–17%. In the TK-4 treatment for three years, a grain was obtained that corresponded to the first quality class (exceed 14%) in terms of protein content. Our novel research has shown that for characterizing the state of plants an assessment is given which was performed using calibration test sites.
SPOŁECZNY ODBIÓR DEBAT PRZEDWYBORCZYCH KAMPANII PARLAMENTARNEJ 2011
Creators: name: Centrum Innowacji, Transferu Technologii I Rozwoju Fundacja Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: Law
subject: FOS: Law
subject: History
subject: Economics

description: "Preferencje polityczne" to pismo o profilu humanistycznym, prezentujące na swoich kartach interdyscyplinarne podejście do problematyki zachowań wyborczych, szczególnie czynników determinujących identyfikacje polityczne. Pismo jest otwarte na współpracę z różnymi ośrodkami naukowymi w kraju. Wydawcą jest Centrum Innowacji, Transferu Technologii i Rozwoju Fundacja Uniwersytetu Śląskiego. Patronat nad projektem sprawuje Polskie Towarzystwo Nauk Politycznych.
DETERMINANTY POPARCIA SPOŁECZNEGO DLA POLSKIEGO CZŁONKOSTWA W UNII EUROPEJSKIEJ I WPROWADZENIA W POLSCE EURO, A ZNACZENIE KAMPANII INFORMACYJNEJ DOTYCZĄCEJ WSPÓLNEJ WALUTY
Creators: name: Centrum Innowacji, Transferu Technologii I Rozwoju Fundacja Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: Law
subject: FOS: Law
subject: History
subject: Economics

description: "Preferencje polityczne" to pismo o profilu humanistycznym, prezentujące na swoich kartach interdyscyplinarne podejście do problematyki zachowań wyborczych, szczególnie czynników determinujących identyfikacje polityczne. Pismo jest otwarte na współpracę z różnymi ośrodkami naukowymi w kraju. Wydawcą jest Centrum Innowacji, Transferu Technologii i Rozwoju Fundacja Uniwersytetu Śląskiego. Patronat nad projektem sprawuje Polskie Towarzystwo Nauk Politycznych.
Self-other organization : why early life did not evolve through natural selection
Creators: name: Gabora, Liane
Publisher: name: Elsevier
Year: 2018

description: The improbability of a spontaneously generated self-assembling molecule has suggested that life began with a set of simpler, collectively replicating elements, such as an enclosed autocatalytic set of polymers (or protocell). Since replication occurs without a selfassembly code, acquired characteristics are inherited. Moreover, there is no strict distinction between alive and dead; one can only infer that a protocell was alive if it replicates. These features of early life render natural selection inapplicable to the description of its change-of-state because they defy its underlying assumptions. Moreover, natural selection describes only randomly generated novelty; it cannot describe the emergence of form at the interface between organism and environment. Self-organization is also inadequate because it is restricted to interactions amongst parts; it too cannot account for context-driven change. A modified version of selection theory or self-organization would not work because the description of change-ofstate through interaction with an incompletely specified context has a completely different mathematical structure, i.e. entails a non-Kolmogorovian probability model. It is proposed that the evolution of early life is appropriately described as lineage transformation through contextdriven actualization of potential (CAP), with self-organized change-of-state being a special case of no contextual influence, and competitive exclusion of less fit individuals through a selectionlike process possibly (but not necessarily) playing a secondary role. It is argued that natural selection played an important role in evolution only after genetically mediated replication was established.
WARTOŚCI PODSTAWOWE A PREFERENCJE IDEOLOGICZNE I DECYZJE WYBORCZE W WYBORACH DO SEJMU 2011
Creators: name: Centrum Innowacji, Transferu Technologii I Rozwoju Fundacja Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: Law
subject: FOS: Law
subject: History
subject: Economics

description: "Preferencje polityczne" to pismo o profilu humanistycznym, prezentujące na swoich kartach interdyscyplinarne podejście do problematyki zachowań wyborczych, szczególnie czynników determinujących identyfikacje polityczne. Pismo jest otwarte na współpracę z różnymi ośrodkami naukowymi w kraju. Wydawcą jest Centrum Innowacji, Transferu Technologii i Rozwoju Fundacja Uniwersytetu Śląskiego. Patronat nad projektem sprawuje Polskie Towarzystwo Nauk Politycznych.
QoS control and guarantees for MPLS VPN based services: The packet loss case
Creators: name: Zhang, Dongli
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: The market opportunity is tremendous for cost-effective and flexible MPLS VPN services overall. QoS control and guarantees for provided VPN services is a critical issue to be addressed such that service providers can maximize their profits and keep their competitive edge in the market. The focus of this thesis is to solve the quantitative QoS control problem in the provisioning of QoS enabled VPN services across the core IP/MPLS networks, especially in the packet loss case. A QoS control framework is proposed in a control-theoretic perspective, where the open-loop and closed-loop control techniques are combined together. As one of the key components of the solution devised, a traffic monitor is first designed and implemented in Java. The packet loss estimators calculate the packet loss probability based on traffic measurements, where two estimation formulae are derived by applying the large deviation theory. A reactive estimator is then constructed on-line, which surpasses the original two estimators with the capacity of adapting itself to model imprecisions. Furthermore, a Kalman filter is employed to optimally estimate the packet rate mean and variance. The resulting reactive estimator is applied to the service admission control for admitting an appropriate amount of services and traffic flows into the core network. The focus of the thesis is on the dynamic packet loss probability control for VPN services. Preliminary controllers are first designed and evaluated for the analytic loss model. System identification technology is then applied to identify the dynamic loss model, where both of the offline and online prediction error methods are explored. Controlling the identified model is examined by both classical and modern controller design technologies. Since the identified linear model contains time-varying and norm-bounded parameters, a Linear Matrix Inequality (LMI) approach for designing robust and optimal controllers is also studied. The performance of the packet loss control system is evaluated with real measured traffic from the live NCIT*net2 network.
A Rake’s Progress in a New Politics of Risk: Examining the Construction of Risk and Mental Disorder in Not Criminally Responsible on Account of Mental Disorder (NCRMD) Disposition Hearings in Ontario
Creators: name: Moreau, Gregory
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2017
Subjects: Risk
Not Criminally Responsible on Account of Mental Disorder
NCRMD

description: In Canada, individuals accused of a criminal offence can raise a defence of Not Criminally Responsible on Account of Mental Disorder (NCRMD), stating they were suffering from a mental disorder that rendered them incapable of appreciating the nature or quality of the act, or of appreciating that it was wrong. Individuals found NCRMD are then rendered under the jurisdiction of a provincial mental health review board tasked with evaluating whether or not the individual represents a significant risk to the safety of the public. This study adopted a methodological approach using qualitative content analysis to investigate the construction of risk in the decision-making process of the Ontario Mental Health Review Board (ORB). Results from the analysis of 30 printed rationales for decision, the justificatory document for any disposition made by a review board, indicate some ambiguity in conceptualizing risk and justifying the dispositions made by the ORB. In an effort to open the black-box of these justificatory documents, this study notes the objectivity effect of a medicalized language that obfuscates understanding of terms used by the ORB to justify risk assessments. Ultimately, the complexity of the notion of risk is reduced to a function of medical-biological psychiatric diagnostics and intervention, community or social normativity, and secondary risk management (defensive decision-making by professionals involved in the review process). These interpretations are then discussed in terms of policy implications under a new politics of uncertainty (Power, 2004).
PROBLEM LEGALIZACJI ZWIĄZKÓW PARTNERSKICH OSÓB TEJ SAMEJ PŁCI W KAMPANII WYBORCZEJ 2011 ROKU
Creators: name: Centrum Innowacji, Transferu Technologii I Rozwoju Fundacja Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: Law
subject: FOS: Law
subject: History
subject: Economics

description: "Preferencje polityczne" to pismo o profilu humanistycznym, prezentujące na swoich kartach interdyscyplinarne podejście do problematyki zachowań wyborczych, szczególnie czynników determinujących identyfikacje polityczne. Pismo jest otwarte na współpracę z różnymi ośrodkami naukowymi w kraju. Wydawcą jest Centrum Innowacji, Transferu Technologii i Rozwoju Fundacja Uniwersytetu Śląskiego. Patronat nad projektem sprawuje Polskie Towarzystwo Nauk Politycznych.
WPŁYW KOMPETENCJI OBYWATELSKICH NA POZIOM KONSOLIDACJI DEMOKRACJI W POLSCE
Creators: name: Centrum Innowacji, Transferu Technologii I Rozwoju Fundacja Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: Law
subject: FOS: Law
subject: History
subject: Economics

description: "Preferencje polityczne" to pismo o profilu humanistycznym, prezentujące na swoich kartach interdyscyplinarne podejście do problematyki zachowań wyborczych, szczególnie czynników determinujących identyfikacje polityczne. Pismo jest otwarte na współpracę z różnymi ośrodkami naukowymi w kraju. Wydawcą jest Centrum Innowacji, Transferu Technologii i Rozwoju Fundacja Uniwersytetu Śląskiego. Patronat nad projektem sprawuje Polskie Towarzystwo Nauk Politycznych.
Reconsidering the public health failings of the criminal justice system: a reflection on the case of Scott Ortiz
Creators: name: Kerr, Thomas
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2016

description: Throughout most of the world, the primary response to the health and social impacts of illicit drug use has been to intensify the enforcement of drug laws. The consequences of this policy approach include an unprecedented growth in prison populations and increasing concerns regarding drug-related harms within prisons and without, including increased risk of HIV and hepatitis C (HCV) infection. This has led to calls from public health and prisoner advocacy groups to prison authorities to improve health services available in the community and those available to prisoners. While considerable progress has been made with respect to the growing implementation of HIV and HCV prevention measures within some nations' prisons, the case of Scott Ortiz illuminates a new set of challenges for prisoners and their advocates as judges often have a faulty understanding of public health arguments and data. In this case we see one such instance where a judge acts in ways not rooted in sound public health evidence or practice to produce a perverse outcome that violates both sound medical and judicial objectives.
The Meaning and Role of Sacrificial Rituals in Traditional Korean Educational Institutions
Creators: name: Lee, Eun-Jeung
name: Chung, Soon-Woo
Publisher: name: Asien
Year: 2021

description: In Korea during the Chosŏn dynasty (1392–1910) Confucian scholars were able to construct a political and social order and culture around the symbolic space of the Confucian private academy (sŏwŏn) by relying on a tradition of iterative ritual performances. These designated each member of society with a proper social role and universal grammar. The function of the rituals at Confucian private academies was that of a social signifier within the construction of a social contract peculiar to Chosŏn society. The academies spread, which began in the sixteenth century in areas outside the capital, produced a “Confucianization” of traditional rituals, and thence the indoctrination with Confucian morals at the local level. This kind of transformation of society had been the aim of the Chosŏn rulers right from the dynasty’s foundation in 1392. However, the driving force behind this transformation was not the center, but local scholars. They wanted to enhance their own social and political dominance and privileges through the creation of symbolic ritual spaces under their control, including the invention of a tradition of local sages/scholars to be enshrined and revered at the sŏwŏn.
description: Asien, Nr. 154/155 (2020): ASIEN (Januar/April)
Flexural and shear strengthening of concrete structures with prestressed GFRP sheets
Creators: name: Ahmad, Syed Iftikhar
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Civil.

description: Although Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) composite sheets have showed excellent results in laboratory for strengthening reinforced concrete structures, it could not get wide popularity in field application cost. To address this problem the present study was carried out to explore the possibility of using Glass FRP (GFRP) composite sheets which is relatively cheap material. GFRP has relatively low modulus of elasticity and therefore disregarded for strengthening in the past. Active strengthening technique i.e. prestressing was used for maximum utilization of GFRP strength. Prestressing has not only helped in achieving this goal but also improved the behaviour of strengthened member under service load and delayed premature delamination. Long term losses associated with prestressing were also studied and it was found in acceptable range. The research work comprised of both experimental and analytical investigations. The experimental program consisted of testing twenty three (eight flexure and fifteen shear), rectangular section, simply supported reinforced concrete beams. The variables in flexure beams were levels of prestressing, number of GFRP layers, and conventional reinforcement ratio. In shear beams variables were shear span to effective depth (a/d) ratio, number of prestressed GFRP layers, non-prestressed GFRP U-straps and U-jackets. Flexure beams strengthened with prestressed GFRP sheet showed higher increase in flexural capacity and better serviceability behaviour. Shear beams strengthened with prestressed GFRP sheets showed increase in shear capacity. Delay in sheet delamination was noted in prestressed GFRP sheet. Long term retention of prestressing force in GFRP sheets was noted in strengthened beams. An innovative and easy to apply prestressing system was developed in this study. Recommendation was framed for modification in the prestressing system for field application. The analytical tool i.e. Response 2000, used in this study accurately predicts the flexural beam behaviour whereas prediction of shear capacity was underestimated due to ignoring the effect of transverse clamping force on shear capacity. For the rest of shear beams, the model accurately predicted the shear capacity. Comparison of predicted and observed results of shear and flexure beams was carried out and it was concluded that prestressing of GFRP sheet is a useful and economical technique for strengthening of structural members.
PREFERENCJE POLITYCZNE A WOLNOŚĆ SŁOWA
Creators: name: Centrum Innowacji, Transferu Technologii I Rozwoju Fundacja Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: Law
subject: FOS: Law
subject: History
subject: Economics

description: "Preferencje polityczne" to pismo o profilu humanistycznym, prezentujące na swoich kartach interdyscyplinarne podejście do problematyki zachowań wyborczych, szczególnie czynników determinujących identyfikacje polityczne. Pismo jest otwarte na współpracę z różnymi ośrodkami naukowymi w kraju. Wydawcą jest Centrum Innowacji, Transferu Technologii i Rozwoju Fundacja Uniwersytetu Śląskiego. Patronat nad projektem sprawuje Polskie Towarzystwo Nauk Politycznych.
Politics of Memory in Korea
Creators: name: Mosler, Hannes B.
Publisher: name: Asien
Year: 2021

description: Memory politics, or the politics of memory, is about “who wants whom to remember what, and why” (Confino 1997: 1393). This struggle over memory is, besides directly writing and teaching history in publications and educational institutions, fought by way of (repetitive) performative acts at the site ofstatues, monuments, and memorials taking the form of rituals — such as holding commemorative speeches, worshipping, and mourning. Of course, “[the] remaking of the past is not the monopoly of modernity” (Kim 2010: 578), and thus political remembrance does not exhaust itself in those macropolitical commemorations referring to Korea’s contemporary history alone. It can also be found in activities maintaining traditions, in practices of historiography, and in everyday culture — which extends much further into the past. Against this backdrop, this special issue draws together five papers that explore multiple different forms of political remembrance in Korea over the centuries, at diverse memory sites, and regarding various ways of performing them.
description: Asien, Nr. 154/155 (2020): ASIEN (Januar/April)
Informe de Lectura Una relectura del método sociológico: Emile Durkheim y el estudio científico de las formaciones sociales.
Creators: name: Melany Santillan
Publisher: name: unknown
Year: 2024

description: Este artículo ofrece una relectura crítica del método sociológico propuesto por Émile Durkheim, destacando su relevancia en el estudio contemporáneo de las formaciones sociales. Durkheim establece la Sociología como una disciplina autónoma, enfatizando la necesidad de un enfoque empírico y objetivo en la investigación de los fenómenos sociales. Se analiza cómo su conceptualización de los "hechos sociales" como realidades externas que ejercen influencia coercitiva sobre los individuos permite comprender la dinámica entre la estructura social y el comportamiento individual. Además, se discute la importancia de clasificar los hechos sociales en categorías que faciliten la comparación y el análisis, contribuyendo a la identificación de patrones y tendencias en contextos diversos
Determining the origins of carbon-13 enrichments in biomineralized fissure calcrete deposits from the western northwest territories, Canada: Comparing acetogenic and methanogenic bacterial processes
Creators: name: Marschner, Mark
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Geology.

description: The occurrence of secondary carbonate deposit within limestone fissures, called "endostromatolites", is evidence of biomineralization occurring in Canada's permafrost regions. Clustered growth columns propagating orthogonally to the fissure surface grew under saturated conditions during a period of climate amelioration after the end of the last major period of glaciation in North America (∼ 13 000 years b.p.). The enriched delta 13C signal along endostromatolite growth columns (compared to the host rock) was previously interpreted as the result of methanogenesis. A conceptual model of the original growth environment links bacterial communities in soil horizons overlying the limestone outcrops with the microorganisms living within the rock mass. A field investigation of surface waters within the thawed active layer above permafrost in a periglacial limestone terrain did not show any 13C-enrichment trends in DIC (dissolved inorganic carbon). Microsampling of individual growth columns from endostromatolite hand specimens yielded delta 13C values enriched compared to the host rock but no real trends along the growth column that could be used as clear evidence of a Rayleigh-type distillation process (i.e. the isotopic enrichment of a residual substrate). A series of laboratory closed-system incubation experiments using bacterial communities cultured from field materials was performed. Acetogenesis, rather than methanogenesis, was the predominant process at low temperatures and/or when DIC was provided as a substrate. The development of new methodologies, including compound-specific isotopic analyses of DOC components in complex matrices, provided enough results for a carbon mass balance to be calculated on the systems. A very distinct Rayleigh-type 13C-enrichment trend was observed for methanol as a substrate, but enrichment of DIC was ubiquitously short-lived due to negative feedback signals from production of 12CO2. However, DIC enrichment occurred during production of acetate, thus pointing to the origin of enriched delta13C signals in endostromatolites as being from acetogenic processes. Keywords. endostromatolite; acetogenesis; methanogenesis; permafrost; 13C; 18O; DIC.
Genome-wide significance for a modifier of age at neurological onset in Huntington's Disease at 6q23-24: the HD MAPS study
Creators: name: Li, Jian-Liang
name: Hayden, Michael R.
name: Warby, Simon C.
name: Durr, Alexandra
name: Morrison, Patrick J.
name: Nance, Martha
name: Ross, Christopher A.
name: Margolis, Russell L.
name: Rosenblatt, Adam
name: Squitieri, Ferdinando
name: Frati, Luigi
name: Gómez-Tortosa, Estrella
name: García, Carmen A.
name: Suchowersky, Oksana
name: Klimek, Mary L.
name: Trent, Ronald J.
name: McCusker, Elizabeth
name: Novelletto, Andrea
name: Frontali, Marina
name: Paulsen, Jane S.
name: Jones, Randi
name: Ashizawa, Tetsuo
name: Lazzarini, Alice
name: Wheeler, Vanessa C.
name: Prakash, Ranjana
name: Xu, Gang
name: Djoussé, Luc
name: Mysore, Jayalakshmi S.
name: Gillis, Tammy
name: Hakky, Michael
name: Cupples, L. A.
name: Saint-Hilaire, Marie H.
name: Cha, Jang-Ho J.
name: Hersch, Steven M.
name: Penney, John B.
name: Harrison, Madaline B.
name: Perlman, Susan L.
name: Zanko, Andrea
name: Abramson, Ruth K.
name: Lechich, Anthony J.
name: Duckett, Ayana
name: Marder, Karen
name: Conneally, P. M.
name: Gusella, James F.
name: MacDonald, Marcy E.
name: Myers, Richard H.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2015

description: Background: Age at onset of Huntington's disease (HD) is correlated with the size of the abnormal CAG repeat expansion in the HD gene; however, several studies have indicated that other genetic factors also contribute to the variability in HD age at onset. To identify modifier genes, we recently reported a whole-genome scan in a sample of 629 affected sibling pairs from 295 pedigrees, in which six genomic regions provided suggestive evidence for quantitative trait loci (QTL), modifying age at onset in HD. Methods In order to test the replication of this finding, eighteen microsatellite markers, three from each of the six genomic regions, were genotyped in 102 newly recruited sibling pairs from 69 pedigrees, and data were analyzed, using a multipoint linkage variance component method, in the follow-up sample and the combined sample of 352 pedigrees with 753 sibling pairs. Results Suggestive evidence for linkage at 6q23-24 in the follow-up sample (LOD = 1.87, p = 0.002) increased to genome-wide significance for linkage in the combined sample (LOD = 4.05, p = 0.00001), while suggestive evidence for linkage was observed at 18q22, in both the follow-up sample (LOD = 0.79, p = 0.03) and the combined sample (LOD = 1.78, p = 0.002). Epistatic analysis indicated that there is no interaction between 6q23-24 and other loci. Conclusion In this replication study, linkage for modifier of age at onset in HD was confirmed at 6q23-24. Evidence for linkage was also found at 18q22. The demonstration of statistically significant linkage to a potential modifier locus opens the path to location cloning of a gene capable of altering HD pathogenesis, which could provide a validated target for therapeutic development in the human patient.
UWARUNKOWANIA SPOŁECZNO-POLITYCZNE WYBORÓW PARLAMENTARNYCH W POLSCE W 2011 ROKU
Creators: name: Centrum Innowacji, Transferu Technologii I Rozwoju Fundacja Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: Law
subject: FOS: Law
subject: History
subject: Economics

description: "Preferencje polityczne" to pismo o profilu humanistycznym, prezentujące na swoich kartach interdyscyplinarne podejście do problematyki zachowań wyborczych, szczególnie czynników determinujących identyfikacje polityczne. Pismo jest otwarte na współpracę z różnymi ośrodkami naukowymi w kraju. Wydawcą jest Centrum Innowacji, Transferu Technologii i Rozwoju Fundacja Uniwersytetu Śląskiego. Patronat nad projektem sprawuje Polskie Towarzystwo Nauk Politycznych.
Predicting success and failure at the regulation of eating behaviours: Relations between women's regulation styles and food planning strategies
Creators: name: Otis, Nancy
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Psychology, Behavioral.
subject: Psychology, Clinical.

description: Recent studies based on self-determination theory (Deci & Ryan, 2002) have found that autonomous regulation is linked to healthy eating behaviours, while controlled regulation is linked to dysfunctional eating behaviours (Pelletier, Dion, Slovinec-D'Angelo, & Reid, 2004). The main purpose of this thesis was to build on this previous work by examining the relations between regulation styles for eating behaviours and approach vs. avoidance food planning strategies in order to better understand success (healthy eating behaviours) and failure (bulimic symptoms and failure at weight-loss) at the regulation of eating behaviours. In total, three studies were conducted. In the first study, a new scale was developed to assess approach food planning and avoidance food planning, namely the Planning of Eating Behaviours Scale (PEBS). Results from confirmatory factorial analyses supported the two-factor structure of the scale. In addition, construct validity was assessed through correlations between the PEBS subscales and measures of well-being. In Study 2, mediational analyses were performed to examine whether approach and avoidance food planning could account for the effects of regulation styles on eating behaviours. Results indicated that approach food planning is a partial mediator of the relation between autonomous regulation and healthy eating behaviours, such that women with autonomous regulation are more likely to use approach food planning, which in turn is positively associated with healthy eating behaviours. Avoidance food planning was identified as a partial mediator of the relation between controlled regulation and dysfunctional eating behaviours (e.g., bulimic symptoms and food concerns), such that women with controlled regulation are more likely to use avoidance food planning which in turn is more likely to lead to dysfunctional eating behaviours. Finally, Study 3 examined whether two types of planning interventions alter the relationship between regulation styles and the outcome of the regulation. The approach-oriented intervention made women with high levels of autonomous regulation more successful at weight loss. Results also indicated a main positive effect for autonomous regulation on body weigh goal attainment and healthy food choices. The avoidance-oriented intervention was found to have no impact on measures of success, whether on its own or in interaction with regulation styles.
Media exposure, perception, attitudes, and use. The philosophy of youth in Bangkoksufficiency economy. Of youth in Bangkok
Creators: name: Apinya Kaewpremkusol
Publisher: name: Faculty of Management Science Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University
Year: 2019
Subjects: exposure
awareness
attitude
utilization
principles of the Sufficiency Economy Philosophy

description: Journal of Management Science Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University, 6, 2, 20-35
Cumulative incidence for wait-list death in relation to length of queue for coronary-artery bypass grafting: a cohort study
Creators: name: Sobolev, Boris
name: Kuramoto, Lisa
name: Levy, Adrian R.
name: Hayden, Robert
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2016

description: Background: In deciding where to undergo coronary-artery bypass grafting, the length of surgical wait lists is often the only information available to cardiologists and their patients. Our objective was to compare the cumulative incidence for death on the wait list according to the length of wait lists at the time of registration for the operation. Methods The study cohort included 8966 patients who registered to undergo isolated coronary-artery bypass grafting (82.4% men; 71.9% semi-urgent; 22.4% non-urgent). The patients were categorized according to wait-list clearance time at registration: either "1 month or less" or "more than 1 month". Cumulative incidence for wait-list death was compared between the groups, and the significance of difference was tested by means of regression models. Results Urgent patients never registered on a wait list with a clearance time of more than 1 month. Semi-urgent patients registered on shorter wait lists more often than non-urgent patients (79.1% vs. 44.7%). In semi-urgent and non-urgent patients, the observed proportion of wait-list deaths by 52 weeks was lower in category "1 month or less" than in category "more than 1 month" (0.8% [49 deaths] vs. 1.6% [39 deaths], P < 0.005). After adjustment, the odds of death before surgery were 64% higher in patients on longer lists, odds ratio [OR] = 1.64 (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.02–2.63). The observed death rate was higher in category "more than 1 month" than in category "1 month or less", 0.79 (95%CI 0.54–1.04) vs. 0.58 (95% CI 0.42–0.74) per 1000 patient-weeks, the adjusted OR = 1.60 (95%CI 1.01–2.53). Longer wait times (log-rank test = 266.4, P < 0.001) and higher death rates contributed to a higher cumulative incidence for death on the wait list with a clearance time of more than 1 month. Conclusion Long wait lists for coronary-artery bypass grafting are associated with increased probability that a patient dies before surgery. Physicians who advise patients where to undergo cardiac revascularization should consider the risk of pre-surgical death that is associated with the length of a surgical wait list.
SUKCES RUCHU PALIKOTA W ŚWIETLE MODELU CZYNNIKÓW MOŻLIWEGO SUKCESU POLITYCZNEGO (POLITICAL OPPORTUNITY STRUCTURE)
Creators: name: Centrum Innowacji, Transferu Technologii I Rozwoju Fundacja Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: Law
subject: FOS: Law
subject: History
subject: Economics

description: "Preferencje polityczne" to pismo o profilu humanistycznym, prezentujące na swoich kartach interdyscyplinarne podejście do problematyki zachowań wyborczych, szczególnie czynników determinujących identyfikacje polityczne. Pismo jest otwarte na współpracę z różnymi ośrodkami naukowymi w kraju. Wydawcą jest Centrum Innowacji, Transferu Technologii i Rozwoju Fundacja Uniwersytetu Śląskiego. Patronat nad projektem sprawuje Polskie Towarzystwo Nauk Politycznych.