cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
A Study to Examine the Reactivation of Language Skills in a P.G.C.E. Modern Foreign Language Programme
Creators: name: Llewellyn-Williams, Jill
Publisher: name: Cardiff Metropolitan University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Language studies not elsewhere classified

description: Modern languages students who are training to be languages teachers not only have to learn the craft of the profession but are also under constant pressure to maintain their foreign language skills, especially as they have to put their language competence under the close scrutiny of their mentors and university tutors in the challenging environment of the classroom. This study is a three-year investigation of PGCE modern foreign languages students, their attempts to reactivate lapsed language skills and a tutor-led guided learning initiative to offer a targeted language support programme. The study of language attrition (De Bot and Stoessel, 2000; Hansen, 2001; Meara, 2004) has proved particularly fruitful as a theoretical underpinning to the research. Data on language loss and relearning were gathered by means of a reflective log undertaken by PGCE languages students. These formed the basis of a guided learning initiative that took place in a university School of Education. Students were encouraged to reflect on the process of language attrition and to identify strategies that allowed successful language regeneration. The aim of this initiative was to improve the reactivation of lapsed language skills, to encourage reflection on the process of metalearning and to help students to develop into more confident and competent teachers. Following six months of guided learning, there was an indication that overall gains in grammatical knowledge were limited while there was an improvement in vocabulary. The greatest gains were demonstrated by those students who successfully integrated their language learning activities with their professional training and showed a commitment to maintaining their language skills on a regular and consistent basis. It is recognised that the guided learning initiative has had an impact on practice and the way tutors perceive their role in supporting students' professional and subject knowledge development. The findings will inform the future delivery of the programme.
Tunable non-equilibrium dynamics: field quenches in spin ice
Creators: name: Mostame, Sarah
name: Castelnovo, Claudio
name: Moessner, Roderich
name: Sondhi, Shivaji L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present non-equilibrium physics in spin ice as a novel setting which combines kinematic constraints, emergent topological defects, and magnetic long range Coulomb interactions. In spin ice, magnetic frustration leads to highly degenerate yet locally constrained ground states. Together, they form a highly unusual magnetic state -- a "Coulomb phase" -- whose excitations are pointlike defects -- magnetic monopoles -- in the absence of which effectively no dynamics is possible. Hence, when they are sparse at low temperature, dynamics becomes very sluggish. When quenching the system from a monopole-rich to a monopole-poor state, a wealth of dynamical phenomena occur the exposition of which is the subject of this article. Most notably, we find reaction diffusion behaviour, slow dynamics due to kinematic constraints, as well as a regime corresponding to the deposition of interacting dimers on a honeycomb lattice. We also identify new potential avenues for detecting the magnetic monopoles in a regime of slow-moving monopoles. The interest in this model system is further enhanced by its large degree of tunability, and the ease of probing it in experiment: with varying magnetic fields at different temperatures, geometric properties -- including even the effective dimensionality of the system -- can be varied. By monitoring magnetisation, spin correlations or zero-field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, the dynamical properties of the system can be extracted in considerable detail. This establishes spin ice as a laboratory of choice for the study of tunable, slow dynamics.
description: (16 pages, 13 figures)
Photohadronic Origin of the TeV-PeV Neutrinos Observed in IceCube
Creators: name: Winter, Walter
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We perform an unbiased search of the origin of the recently observed 28 events above ~30 TeV in the IceCube neutrino observatory, assuming that these are (apart from the atmospheric background) of astrophysical origin produced by photohadronic interactions. Instead of relying on the normalization of the neutrino flux, we demonstrate that spectral shape and flavor composition can be used to constrain or identify the source class. In order to quantify our observations, we use a model where the target photons are produced by the synchrotron emission of co-accelerated electrons, and we include magnetic field effects on the secondary muons, pions, and kaons. We find that the lack of observed events with energies much larger than PeV points towards sources with strong magnetic fields, which do not exhibit a direct correlation between highest cosmic ray and neutrino energies. While the simplest AGN models with efficient proton acceleration plausibly describe the current data at about the 3sigma confidence level, we show that IceCube can rule out that the observed neutrinos stem from the sources of the ultra-high energy cosmic rays with a factor of ten increased statistics at more than 5sigma if the current observations are confirmed. A possible caveat are sources with strong magnetic fields and high Lorentz factors, such as magnetic energy dominated GRBs.
description: 6 pages, 3 figures. Several clarifications and discussions added. Version accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. D
The molecular mechanisms involved in lipid metabolism during low intensity exercise
Creators: name: Butcher, Lee
Publisher: name: Cardiff Metropolitan University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Cardiology (incl. cardiovascular diseases)

description: An important molecular mechanism by which physical activity reduces cardiovascular risk is through regulation of plasma lipids. This study aimed to investigate whether low intensity exercise modulates monocytic lipid metabolism and the activity of the nuclear transcription factor Peroxisome Proliferators-Activated Receptor-γ (PPARγ). Furthermore, this study aimed to elucidate the molecular signalling mechanisms induced through PPARγ activation.Thirty-four sedentary adults, mean age 45.6 ± 11.1 years, participated in an eight week low intensity exercise programme consisting of walking 10,000steps, three times a week. Compared to controls, there was a significant decrease in total cholesterol (pre-exercise: 5.73 1.39 mmol/L; post-exercise: 5.32 1.28mmol/L)and a significant increase in high density lipoprotein (pre-exercise: 1.46 0.47 mmol/L; post-exercise: 1.56 0.50 mmol/L) after the exercise programme. There was also a significant increase in serum oxidised LDL (oxLDL) concentrations pre to post exercise (0 weeks: 554 107ng/ml; 4weeks: 698 134ng/ml; 8weeks: 588 145ng/ml).A significant increase in leukocyte mRNA expression for PPARγ (4 weeks: 1.80.9 fold; 8weeks: 4.31.9 fold)was observed, which was reinforced by increased PPARγ DNA-binding activity post exercise (pre-exercise: 0.220.09 OD units; post-exercise: 1.130.29 OD units. A significant increase in gene expression was observed for the oxLDL scavenger receptor CD36 (4 weeks: 3.80.6 fold; 8 weeks: 2.70.5 fold). LXR (8weeks: 3.50.8 fold) and two LXRα regulated genes involved in RCT, namely ABCA1 andABCG1 were significantly upregulated after eight weeks of exercise (8 weeks: ABCA1: 3.460.56 fold; ABCG1: 3.060.47 fold). The culmination of in-vitro evidence lead to the postulation of a two pathway molecular mechanism associated with oxLDL stimulation of CD36, via PPARγ in monocytic cells. A „short-term‟ pathway (<24 hours), upregulates PPARγ (2 fold) via a transient ERK1/2 and COX-2 dependent mechanism. Whereas a „long-term‟pathway (>24 hours), involves the direct upregulation of PPARγ via ligands within oxLDL, which is ERK1/2 independent but still COX-2 dependent. Activation of PPARγ enables direct DNA-binding with CD36, facilitating the oxLDL to enter the cell, via CD36, exacerbating the effect and promoting the cellular clearance of oxLDL. However, between 24 and 72 hours the „short-term‟ pathway is required to upregulate PPARγ via COX-2 and hence induces upregulation of CD36. It is possible that over several weeks of low intensity exercise the more rapid molecular pathway can be supplemented by PPARγ ligands present within oxLDL, and hence directly stimulate PPARγ gene transcription. In conclusion this study proposes a novel molecular mechanism for low intensity exercise induced modulation of plasma lipids via cellular clearance of cholesterol that involves activation of the nuclear transcription factors PPARγ and LXRα.
Power laws and Self-Organized Criticality in Theory and Nature
Creators: name: Markovic, Dimitrije
name: Gros, Claudius
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems (nlin.AO)
subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: Neurons and Cognition (q-bio.NC)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Power laws and distributions with heavy tails are common features of many experimentally studied complex systems, like the distribution of the sizes of earthquakes and solar flares, or the duration of neuronal avalanches in the brain. Previously, researchers surmised that a single general concept may act as a unifying underlying generative mechanism, with the theory of self organized criticality being a weighty contender. Consequently, a substantial amount of effort has gone into developing new and extended models and, hitherto, three classes of models have emerged. The first line of models is based on a separation between the time scales of drive and dissipation, and includes the original sandpile model and its extensions, like the dissipative earthquake model. Within this approach the steady state is close to criticality in terms of an absorbing phase transition. The second line of models is based on external drives and internal dynamics competing on similar time scales and includes the coherent noise model, which has a non-critical steady state characterized by heavy-tailed distributions. The third line of models proposes a non-critical self-organizing state, being guided by an optimization principle, such as the concept of highly optimized tolerance. We present a comparative overview regarding distinct modeling approaches together with a discussion of their potential relevance as underlying generative models for real-world phenomena. The complexity of physical and biological scaling phenomena has been found to transcend the explanatory power of individual paradigmal concepts. The interaction between theoretical development and experimental observations has been very fruitful, leading to a series of novel concepts and insights.
description: Review article, Physics Reports, in press
MPEC 2023-V175 : 2023 VT5
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2023 VT5

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.
Physico-chemical parameters of wet deposition in Cardiff
Creators: name: Abogrean, Elhadi M.
Publisher: name: Cardiff Metropolitan University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Pollution and contamination not elsewhere classified

description: The issue of acid deposition and associated environmental problems has received special attention during recent decades and has been the subject of extensive research in a number of countries. However, there are no recent studies on acid deposition in Cardiff. Weekly rainfall samples were obtained from two urban areas in Cardiff from February 2006 to July 2007 and analysed for pH, electrical conductivity and major ions; SO42−, NO3−, Cl−, Ca2+, Na+, Mg2+, K+ and Pb2+. The chemical composition of precipitation was analysed in conjunction with meteorological variables to evaluate temporal and seasonal variations. Annual wet deposition was estimated, and enrichment factors determined. The pH of individual precipitations fluctuated excessively with a wide range from 4.9 to 6.6 indicating high variability in the acid sources and in neutralisation processes. Correlations between calcium and sulphate imply that CaSO4 may merge with the rainfall and neutralise the acidity. The volume-weighted mean concentrations of NO3−and non-sea salt SO42− were 24.1 and 31.4 μeq l−1, respectively. With the exception of the sea salt ions, no distinct spatial variations in ion composition were observed. Enrichment factors were calculated for most ions and higher correlation coefficients were obtained among most of the ions. Sea-derived material (Na+, Mg2+ and Cl−) showed pronounced cycles in concentration with maxima in autumn/winter. The Cl- (102 kg ha-1 yr-1) and Na+ (66 kg ha-1 yr-1) showed the highest wet deposition flux compared to the other ions. Anthropogenic and crustal sources made a significant contribution to both the acidification and neutralisation of precipitation in Cardiff. In all rain samples SO4-2 concentration exceeded NO3- concentration. Statistical analysis showed no significant differences in the physico-chemical parameters of the rainfall samples between the sites when tested at p<0.05. However, the ionic concentrations of wet precipitation depicted significant seasonal differences except for rainfall volume, K+, NO3- and SO4-2
Microbiological risks associated with hot-drinks vending
Creators: name: Hall, Andrew
Publisher: name: Cardiff Metropolitan University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Microbiology not elsewhere classified

description: The UK vending industry has received little microbiological attention. Although reported cases of gastroenteritis related to hot-drinks vending are rare,there is evidence of microbial contamination and one reported outbreak of gastroenteritis concerning consumption of hot chocolate. This thesis examines the microbiologyof hot-drinks vending operations, the effect of commonly used cleaning protocols on the microbial load of vending components and vended hot drinks and assesses the microbiological risks associated with hot-drinks vending machines. A survey of vending operators identified three main cleaning methods. Laboratory validation of these methods was conducted using vending machine mixing bowls, artificially soiled with hot chocolate powder and Bacillus cereusor Staphylococcus aureus. Detergent, detergent/sanitiser and dishwasher protocols allachievedsignificant(ANOVA, p<0.05),3 log reductions. No significant (Tukey‟s pairwise comparison, p<0.05) difference was observed between the protocols. The development of a microbial population within a commercial hot-drinks vending machine was investigated.The machine vended ≥50 hot chocolate drinks per day over 19 weeks andwas cleaned using a weekly, detergent-based protocol. Over the first 7–10 weeks a significant (ANOVA, p<0.05) increase in the microbial load of the mixing bowl, dispense point and vended drink was observed, reaching a „quasi-steady state‟ until the end of the study. Weekly cleaning significantly (ANOVA, p<0.05) reduced the microbial load of the mixing bowl and drink. The microbial load of the drink showed no reduction over nine minutes after vending, suggesting only spores were present. B.cereuswas identified using biochemical methods. The presence of B.cereusin the vending powders, machine components and drinks was confirmed using aPolymerase Chain Reaction based assay. Of the 291 isolates tested, 90% were confirmed as B.cereus. Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA analysis indicated that the primary source of contamination in the vended drinks was the drinks powder. However, some isolates were identified within the drinks that were found on the machine components but not the powders. A microbiological risk assessment found the risk of B.cereusgastroenteritis associated with consumption of vended hot chocolate was low, providing machines are maintained appropriately.
Melomys rubicola Thomas 1924
Creators: name: Honacki, James H.
name: Kinman, Kenneth E.
name: Koeppl, James W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Muridae
Melomys
Melomys rubicola

description: Melomys rubicola Thomas, 1924. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 13:298. TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, Torres Strait, Bramble Cay, about 9° S., 144° E. DISTRIBUTION: Bramble Cay (Torres Strait). COMMENT: Possibly represents either leucogaster or an Australian species (ACZ). ISIS NUMBER: 5301410011038016001.
description: Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 5), pp. 504-560 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 529, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353037
Massive Quiescent Cores in Orion: V. The Physical Structures on Sub-Jeans Scale and the Chemical Properties in Two Extremely Dense Cores
Creators: name: Ren, Zhiyuan
name: Li, Di
name: Chapman, Nicholas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a high-resolution $1.5"$ observational study towards two massive dust-and-gas cores, ORI8nw\_2 and ORI2\_6 in Orion Molecular Cloud using the Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy (CARMA). In both regions the 3.2 mm continuum emission reveals a dense and compact dust core of 1 to 3 solar masses. The cores are estimated to have number densities more than $10^9$ cm$^{-3}$, which are among the highest volume density ever published for the star-forming cores. In both regions the ${\rm N_2H^+}$ shows multiple gas clumps which are spatially displaced from the dense gas traced by the 3.2 mm continuum as well as the ${\rm HCO^+}$. The ${\rm N_2H^+}$ clumps in ORI8nw\_2 are gravitationally unbound. The clumps have masses comparable to the thermal Jeans mass, and are separated with intervals comparable with the Jeans length, thus likely result from thermal Jeans fragmentation. The fragmentation may have prohibited the high-mass star formation in the two cores which originally have larger total masses. In both regions the abundance ratio of ${\rm [N_2H^+]/[HCO^+]}$ appears to be higher than those in infrared dark clouds as a result of CO depletion. The extreme high central density in these Orion cores implies a very small Jeans scale ($<500$ AU). To further reveal the evolution of such dense cores requires higher resolution and sensitivity.
description: 33 pages, 10 Figures, 3 Tables, Accepted to ApJ
A Dissertation Exploring the Issues Surrounding the Rapid Development of Information Appliances by Designers
Creators: name: Gill, Steve
Publisher: name: Cardiff Metropolitan University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Industrial and product design

description: This PhD by published works dissertation includes seven peer reviewed publications. The author uses selected papers to demonstrate the novelty of the work, summarising papers' findings and illustrating as appropriate. The Introduction explains the way in which the work has developed, its focus and the raison d'etre for the order in which the papers are presented. Contribution to New Knowledge briefly summarises the contribution of the outputs individually and collectively to the author's chosen field. The Background chapter explains the work's origins, how the author became interested in the field, how he developed his initial interests into a research topic and the timescale of events. Two papers; The Virtual Environment in Design Projects (1999) and Designing a Learning Environment for Three Dimensional Thinkers (2000) are used as reference material. In the Current Practice and Application chapter the work of other researchers relevant to the field of enquiry and the current practices of the design and manufacturing industry are discussed. References to papers included in this submission are cited as necessary. The IE System; Origins and First Workable Manifestations chapter describes how the various elements of the system came together to form one coherent methodology. The chapter details how the work progressed from early manifestations and describes the development of the IE2 and IE3. The Trials and Empirical Performance Measurement chapter uses material from two papers: The Traditional Design Process Versus a New Design Methodology: A Comparative Case Study of a Rapidly Designed Information Appliance and Rapid Development of Tangible Interactive Appliances: Achieving the Fidelity / Time Balance. Through reference to these papers the author summarises the results of the various trials described in detail within them. The dissertation concludes by describing the latest and future work with colleagues at Lancaster University and Sony-Ericsson. The IE4, IE5 and IE6 are described and the plans for the future research are discussed.
Additional file 2 of Selection and validation of a classification system for a child-centred preference-based measure of oral health-related quality of life specific to dental caries
Creators: name: Rogers, Helen J.
name: Gilchrist, Fiona
name: Marshman, Zoe
name: Rodd, Helen D.
name: Rowen, Donna
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 2: Supplement 2 Results of Exploratory Factor Analysis.
Melomys rufescens
Creators: name: Honacki, James H.
name: Kinman, Kenneth E.
name: Koeppl, James W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Muridae
Melomys
Melomys rufescens

description: Melomys rufescens (Alston, 1877). Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1877: 124. TYPE LOCALITY: Papua New Guinea, New Ireland or East New Britain Prov., "Duke of York Isl. or adjacent parts of New Britain or New Ireland " Islands. DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea; Bismarck Arch.; Bougainville Isl. ISIS NUMBER: 5301410011038017001.
description: Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 5), pp. 504-560 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 529, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353037
Quantum effects improve the energy efficiency of feedback control
Creators: name: Horowitz, Jordan M.
name: Jacobs, Kurt
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The laws of thermodynamics apply equally well to quantum systems as to classical systems, and because of this quantum effects do not change the fundamental thermodynamic efficiency of isothermal refrigerators or engines. We show that, despite this fact, quantum mechanics permits measurement-based feedback control protocols that are more thermodynamically efficient than their classical counterparts. As part of our analysis we perform a detailed accounting of the thermodynamics of unitary feedback control, and elucidate the sources of inefficiency in measurement-based and coherent feedback.
description: 7 pages, 4 figures
Equations of state for the thermodynamic properties of cryogenic mixtures
Creators: name: Tkaczuk, Jakub
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: equations of state
fluid mixtures
thermodynamic properties

description: This work is motivated by the needs of large cryogenic facilities and aims to improve their thermal efficiency in the range of 40 – 80 K. It allows describing the thermodynamic properties of cryogenic mixtures accurately.The empirical multiparameter equations of state explicit in the Helmholtz energy are developed for the binary mixtures of helium, neon, argon, and nitrogen. The development process is presented and consists of the experimental data review, data points weighting, and minimizing the objective function using supervised non-linear regression.The equations are valid in the single-phase and at the phase envelopes for the entire composition span and pressures as high as 1000 MPa. The single-phase uncertainties at low pressure (0 – 10 MPa) reach 0.5 – 2.5% for 95% of data points used for the EOS development. At higher pressures, some of the equations deviate up to 5% in density from the experimental data. The deviations in the speed of sound vary from 4 to 10%.In addition to the single-phase uncertainty discussion, a new metric is proposed to evaluate the uncertainties in phase equilibria calculations. Its advantages and shortcomings over the classical pressure-based metric are presented.The equations of state are validated at cryogenic temperatures in the single-phase region with measurements of the Joule-Thomson coefficient. Indirect measurements are first acquired for pure fluids, allowing for the experiment validation and then for mixtures, providing new results to the study. The expanded relative standard uncertainty is presented and discussed along with the Monte Carlo analysis for the combined uncertainty. The impact of the composition uncertainty on the Joule-Thomson coefficient is quantified for mixtures using the Monte Carlo simulations.The presented equations of state are in good agreement with the acquired Joule-Thomson coefficient values. A short discussion on perspectives and further steps concludes this work and aims at a more accurate mixture property description thanks to new, more accurate measurements and modern minimization algorithms used to develop the equations.
Perceptions of Spirituality and Spiritual Development in Education held by Teachers and Students on Teacher Training Courses
Creators: name: Rawle, Martin
Publisher: name: Cardiff Metropolitan University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Teacher education and professional development of educators

description: Current legislation requires schools in England and Wales to promote the spiritual development of their pupils. The non-statutory guidance provided by various bodies has resulted in broad and inclusive definitions of the ‘spiritual’ and ‘spiritual development’ which combines both the religious and the secular and applies to all areas of the curriculum and school life. The world of academia has responded to this quasi-official guidance with varying degrees of approval to downright hostility, exposing the pretence that all agree with the current definitions and guidance. This thesis examines, by means of a cross-sectional survey, using qualitative and quantitative data gathered by means of questionnaire and interview, the perceptions of a sample of student teachers (428) on teacher training courses and qualified teachers (76) of the meanings of 'spirituality', 'spiritual experience' and 'spiritual development'. Although different viewpoints emerge, some underlying themes can be discerned. 'Spirituality' is conceived as the acquisition of a set of principles to guide everyday living, which may be derived from a religion, from a personal philosophy or from beliefs concerning morality, relationships with others, and an increased awareness of life and the world. The 'spiritual development' of pupils is seen to imply their freedom to search for and decide the principles they will adopt. The views of respondents on the extent to which 'spiritual development' should form part of the teacher's role are also reported, and it is suggested that current terminology associated with ‘spirituality’ be replaced with terms which students and teachers can more readily understand.
MPEC 2023-V176 : 2023 VU5
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2023 VU5

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.
Additional file 1 of A health concept with a social potential: an interview study with nursing home residents
Creators: name: Vikström, Sofia
name: Grönstedt, Helena K.
name: Cederholm, Tommy
name: Franzén, Erika
name: Seiger, Åke
name: Faxén-Irving, Gerd
name: Boström, Anne-Marie
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1. The semi structured interview guide developed for the study
Additional file 3 of Selection and validation of a classification system for a child-centred preference-based measure of oral health-related quality of life specific to dental caries
Creators: name: Rogers, Helen J.
name: Gilchrist, Fiona
name: Marshman, Zoe
name: Rodd, Helen D.
name: Rowen, Donna
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 3: Supplement 3. Table of correlations between items within CARIES-QC.
Mesembriomys Palmer 1906
Creators: name: Honacki, James H.
name: Kinman, Kenneth E.
name: Koeppl, James W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Muridae
Mesembriomys

description: Mesembriomys Palmer, 1906. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 19:97. REVIEWED BY: C. H. S. Watts (CHSW). COMMENT: Includes Ammomys; see Musser, 1981, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 169(2):67- 176, who reviewed generic relationships. ISIS NUMBER: 5301410011039000000.
description: Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 5), pp. 504-560 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 529, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353037
NV-center imaging of bubble domains in a 6 Å film of cobalt with perpendicular magnetization
Creators: name: Tetienne, J. -P.
name: Hingant, T.
name: Rondin, L.
name: Rohart, S.
name: Thiaville, A.
name: Jué, E.
name: Gaudin, G.
name: Roch, J. -F.
name: Jacques, V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We employ a scanning NV-center microscope to perform stray field imaging of bubble magnetic domains in a perpendicularly magnetized Pt/Co/AlOx trilayer with 6 Å of Co. The stray field created by the domain walls is quantitatively mapped with few-nanometer spatial resolution, with a probe-sample distance of about 100 nm. As an example of application, we show that it should be possible to determine the Bloch or Néel nature of the domain walls, which is of crucial importance to the understanding of current-controlled domain wall motion.
description: Proceedings of the 58th Annual Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (MMM) Conference
A sociolinguistic study of postgraduate students' perceptions of using English for academic purposes
Creators: name: Abdulkader, Abdulkader
Publisher: name: Cardiff Metropolitan University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Higher education

description: English for Academic Purposes (EAP) has been increasingly researched in recent years. However, in this research the learner's voice is still not clearly evident. The current study investigates postgraduate students' perceptions of using EAP in studying for higher degrees in Wales and Syria. The study makes a contribution to the field by focusing on the learner's voice in two different contexts, where English is a native language or a foreign language. The students in the study were either home students in Syria or international students in Wales. The juxtaposition of two different contexts allowed for key points of comparison and contrast to be observed. The methodology employed in the research was that of a main and associated case study. A range of data were gathered from University Wales and University Syria through the two case studies. It was found that most University Wales interviewees, as international students, perceived cultural context as an inseparable part of their concept of EAP. They were also aware that they were engaged with a number of overlapping cultures in their use of English. By contrast, the majority of University Syria interviewees, as home students, often perceived clear boundaries between EAP and the cultures surrounding it. It was also found that both groups of interviewees perceived particular features of teaching styles and resources as important elements in their use of EAP. The study findings are valuable in illustrating the similarities and differences of the students' perceptions of their use of EAP in two different contexts. They are also valuable in highlighting the students' identity as EAP learners, a pragmatic one in response to EAP and one that was evolving in response to the broad context of their studies. A central finding was the key role enacted by context in students' overall perception of EAP. Context highlighted the necessity of re-defining EAP, closely considering the different contexts in which it occurs.
Contextual testing of interactive prototypes at the early stages of the design process
Creators: name: Woolley, Alex
Publisher: name: Cardiff Metropolitan University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Industrial and product design
Interaction and experience design

description: Information appliances combine bespoke hardware with custom interfaces. This presents a challenge when prototyping early in the design process, as it can be difficult to combine both the digital and physical elements of the product to create a viable prototype for user testing. Although a number of prototyping kits have been developed that attempt to address this issue, these have previously only be trialled using "laboratory" based approaches. This thesis demonstrates that although laboratory testing can be beneficial, the use of a contextual testing approach provides better information for the early stages of design. The research comprises an extensive user study comparing data gathered using laboratory and in-context testing approaches, supported by a case study of a usability team working within a multinational mobile phone manufacturer. The case study provides grounding for the research, and was used both to set the user study findings in-context and also to inform the user study method design. The thesis concludes by proposing a workflow for contextual testing in the design process, and identifies areas of future development for prototyping toolkits to better support contextual testing. The contribution of this work to knowledge is a clear demonstration that contextual testing can be conducted early in the information appliance design process; and that this approach delivers better design information, particularly in regard to the physical elements of the design.
Additional file 2 of Men’s willingness to pay for prostate cancer screening: a systematic review
Creators: name: Farabi, Hiro
name: Rezapour, Aziz
name: Najmeh Moradi
name: Aghamir, Seyed Mohammad Kazem
name: Koohpayehzadeh, Jalil
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

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Ageing in an increasingly smart world : an ethnography of ageing at home with smart and assistive devices
Creators: name: Creaney, Rachel
Publisher: name: University of St Andrews
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: HQ1061.5C8
subject: Older people--Home care--Technological innovations
subject: Older people--Scotland--Case studies
subject: Technology and older people
subject: Self-help devices for older people
subject: Assistive computer technology

description: With increasing desires to live at home for longer and have more control of one's healthcare, coupled with rises in smart technology use and affordability, the drive for healthcare smart homes (HSH) from certain policymakers and technologists, particularly in rural communities, has heightened. These digitalised homes aim to enable older people to live independently at home for longer and potentially improve their wellbeing through the use of smart and assistive technologies. Much of the existing literature on the impacts of HSH living is from: healthcare or technocentric domains; shorter term or 'laboratory' settings with individual residents rather than more in-depth research including the wider networks. Furthermore, there is increasing development of DIY versions of HSH (i.e. portable smart and assistive devices gathered by the resident and their wider caring networks to be used in their homes, rather than a tailor-made HSH). Thus, in this thesis I use multiple ethnographic methods (visual, traditional and autoethnographic methods) to explore the longer-term experiences of five older people, and their wider caring networks, living within DIY HSH. I draw on theories and concepts relating to bricolage, dramaturgy, and simulations to explore the experiences of a sense of home, identity formation and future planning within DIY HSH living. I argue there are multiple (and potentially competing) experiences of DIY HSH living concerning sense of home, identity and envisioning the future. This range of experiences is connected to various levels and types of access to devices and technical support (what I term 'vertical noir hierarchies'), and the experiences and motivations of the wider caring networks. Ultimately, through use of multi-modal ethnographic methods and a new conceptual framework, I highlight that a singular experience of DIY HSH living is impossible. This is illustrated through understanding the (often conflicting) experiences of both older DIY HSH residents and their wider caring networks, and their types and levels of access to DIY HSH devices.
Additional file 3 of Men’s willingness to pay for prostate cancer screening: a systematic review
Creators: name: Farabi, Hiro
name: Rezapour, Aziz
name: Najmeh Moradi
name: Aghamir, Seyed Mohammad Kazem
name: Koohpayehzadeh, Jalil
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

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The development of design rules for selective laser melting
Creators: name: Thomas, Daniel
Publisher: name: Cardiff Metropolitan University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Computer aided design

description: The research reported in this thesis focuses on assisting the design process in respect of end use metallic products produced using the Selective Laser Melting (SLM) technology. The advancements in layer additive manufacturing technologies such as SLM have enabled the manufacture of end use products directly from Computer Aided Design data. Many companies and researchers are exploring the application of SLM in industry for specific applications, such as the mass customisation of biomedical implants and novel lattice structures. However, bridging SLM from research into mainstream manufacturing is not straightforward, as demanding industry standards and compliance need to be fulfilled. Additive Manufacturing (AM) technologies are often perceived by designers as being able to generate all conceivable geometries. However, SLM is not completely freeform as the inherent process difficulties can distort many part geometries, and designers often lack an understanding of these process issues and their effect on the final SLM product. The aim of this research is to address this lack of design knowledge, by developing a set of design rules to allow for more predictable and reliable results when manufacturing parts with SLM. This thesis documents how the design rules were created. Firstly, the geometric limitations of SLM were evaluated through a quantitative cyclic experimental methodology. Part orientation, fundamental geometries and compound design features were explored until self-supporting parts with the optimum part accuracy were achieved. Design rules were then created and evaluated through a series of interviews with industrial and academic design professionals.
Additional file 1 of Prevalence of sexual violence in Ethiopian workplaces: systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Worke, Mulugeta Dile
name: Zewdie Birhanu Koricha
name: Debelew, Gurmesa Tura
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biotechnology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1. Database searching strategies.
Repeated poisonings in Denmark – a nationwide study
Creators: name: Jensen, Thomas Leth
name: Frost, Matilde Tejlbo
name: Dalhoff, Kim
name: Petersen, Tonny Studsgaard
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Neuroscience
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Poisonings contribute significantly to morbidity and mortality of patients. Some patients have numerous contacts to a poison information center, indicating repeated poisoning exposures. Information on the involved substances is necessary to explore methods to prevent self-harm and reduce mortality. The objective of this study was to characterize the patient population with repeated poison exposures in Denmark and identify the substances involved. This study was a retrospective cohort study of enquiries to the nationwide Danish Poison Information Centre and the Danish National Patient Registry. The databases were used to identify patients with more than five individual poisoning episodes within a 12-month-period between 1 January 2013, and 31 December 2017. One hundred and thirty-seven patients and 995 patients met the inclusion criteria in the Danish Poison Information Centre and the Danish National Patient Registry, respectively. The majority were women (82.5% and 66.3% for the Danish Poison Information Centre and the Danish National Patient Registry cohorts, respectively). The mean age was 24.7 and 29.5 years. Psychiatric comorbidities were frequent with 74.5% and 67.0% suffering from personality disorders and 70.1% and 54.5% from affective disorders in the Danish Poison Information Centre and the Danish National Patient Registry cohorts, respectively. One thousand seven hundred and fifty-two poisoning episodes were identified in the Danish Poison Information Centre database, and the most common types of substance were ‘pharmaceuticals’ (1,420 episodes). The most common medications ingested were quetiapine, paracetamol and cyclizine. Median number of contacts to the Danish Poison Information Centre was 10. Patients with one or more poisoning episodes involving cyclizine had on average 11.4 poisoning episodes involving cyclizine. In the Danish National Patient Registry cohort 80.9% were alive after 10 years compared to 97.7% in the background population. Most poisonings were intentional and occurred among younger women. Psychiatric comorbidity was frequent. Most often, pharmaceuticals were the toxic substance, mainly quetiapine, paracetamol and cyclizine. Changing the status of cyclizine from over the counter to prescription only medication, and implementing stricter rules for prescribing quetiapine, could limit future poisoning incidences.
Additional file 1 of Men’s willingness to pay for prostate cancer screening: a systematic review
Creators: name: Farabi, Hiro
name: Rezapour, Aziz
name: Najmeh Moradi
name: Aghamir, Seyed Mohammad Kazem
name: Koohpayehzadeh, Jalil
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1
Additional file 2 of Prevalence of sexual violence in Ethiopian workplaces: systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Worke, Mulugeta Dile
name: Zewdie Birhanu Koricha
name: Debelew, Gurmesa Tura
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biotechnology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 2. Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) tool for appraisal of cross-sectional studies.
Mesembriomys gouldii
Creators: name: Honacki, James H.
name: Kinman, Kenneth E.
name: Koeppl, James W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Muridae
Mesembriomys
Mesembriomys gouldii

description: Mesembriomys gouldii (Gray, 1843). List Mamm. Br. Mus., p. 116. TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, Northern Territory, Port Essington. DISTRIBUTION: N. Western Australia, N. Northern Territory, N. Queensland, Melville Isl., Bathurst Isl. (Australia). ISIS NUMBER: 5301410011039001001.
description: Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 5), pp. 504-560 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 530, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353037
Mesembriomys macrurus
Creators: name: Honacki, James H.
name: Kinman, Kenneth E.
name: Koeppl, James W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Muridae
Mesembriomys
Mesembriomys macrurus

description: Mesembriomys macrurus (Peters, 1876). Monatsb. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, p. 355. TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, Western Australia, near Roebourne. DISTRIBUTION: N. Western Australia; N. Northern Territory. ISIS NUMBER: 5301410011039002001.
description: Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 5), pp. 504-560 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 530, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353037