cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Monster of Concrete: Korruption in Laos
Creators: name: Matzat, Lorenz
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Auf einem großen Platz mitten in Vientiane steht ein Bogen aus Beton. Er wird »Patuxay« genannt. Er steht nicht nur für Korruption, sondern für das gesamte politische System in Laos: Plump und unnütz, aber stabil — das Monster aus Beton.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 18 Nr. 2 (2002): Hand im Spiel: Demokratisierung und Korruption in Südostasien
title: Granular realism: Ontology and counter-dominant practices of spatial photography
Creators: name: Caine, Ariel
Publisher: name: Goldsmiths, University of London
Year: 2023

description: New forms of computational 3D imaging have given rise to a new photographic condition—one in which the flat image is replaced by an omni-directional spatial data constellation, and in which viewing is defined by immersive navigation. Th e ‘spatial photograph’, as I term it, does not flatten reality onto a chemical grain emulsion surface or a plane of discrete pixels, rather, in this highly computational environment, physical surface is transcoded onto a mirrored digital terrain of spatially distributed, discrete coordinate points. ‘Spatial Photography’ comes to contest both the ocular perspectival gaze of monarchic land ownership and control as well as the Cartesian flat abstraction of the map with its view from nowhere (or from a satellite). Fusing survey and perspectival imaging, optical media has gradually technologically developed to incorporate a multiplicity of images and sources, that are both perspectival and projective, communal, situated and multiple. While primarily developed by states, military and industry, permeating and restructuring them from the inside, it simultaneously opens new spaces for civic-led counter practices. Situated predominantly within the geo-political context of Israel, my homeland, I follow the changing role of the photographic as it is implicated within the larger ethno-political conflict, manifesting through a spatial entanglement of volume, control, opacity and vision. Constructed in an intertwined manner between a research project and an artists practice, through two dedicated projects, one in East Jerusalem (Silwan and City of David), the other in the Naqab Desert (Unrecognised Bedouin village of al-Araqib), this thesis offers a counter-dominant spatial photographic practice, reframed within new epistemology. ‘Spatial Photography’ is not simply a changed mode of mechanical production but rather, a vehicle for the creation of relation between different people and machinic systems, taking, analysing and producing spaces, that together add up to a socio-techno-political community of practice.
Nachrichten
Creators: name: Knappe, Eberhard
name: Wünsch, Susanne
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Nachrichten der Region.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 18 Nr. 2 (2002): Hand im Spiel: Demokratisierung und Korruption in Südostasien
Chemische Halbwertzeiten: Die vietnamesisch-amerikanische Aussöhnung
Creators: name: Pauker[T], Matthias
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: 'Agent Orange' ist nicht nur der militärische Code für einen hochgiftigen Kampfstoff. Zugleich ist diese harmlose Bezeichnung für ein Dioxinhaltiges Aerosol Synonym für den US-Amerikanischen Krieg gegen Vietnam. Seine Spuren hat dieses sogenannte Entlaubungsmittel nicht nur in den Körpern hunderttausender Kriegsbetroffener, sondern auch in den politischen Beziehungen zwischen den beiden Staaten hinterlassen. Eine bilaterale Konferenz hat jetzt versucht, den Krieg wissenschaftlich aufzuarbeiten.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 18 Nr. 2 (2002): Hand im Spiel: Demokratisierung und Korruption in Südostasien
Ein Kampf auf »Leben und Tod«? Korruption und Kommunismus in Vietnam
Creators: name: Kupfer, Kristin
name: Theissen, Christopher
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Korruption ist nicht länger das Monopol der Kommunistischen Partei. Das Autorenduo stellt in seinem Beitrag dar, wie allmählich die gesamte Gesellschaft davon durchdrungen wird.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 18 Nr. 2 (2002): Hand im Spiel: Demokratisierung und Korruption in Südostasien
Treasure your metal: why we need to respect embedded energy
Creators: name: Brooks, Geoffrey
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The recent furore about the carbon tax in this country has not been a celebration of enlightened debate. The author writes that much of the debate misses a vital aspect of carbon use, namely, that using carbon to make metal is an effective way of storing energy and that whatever approach we use to move industry to a lower carbon future should reflect this principle.
Das Geld ist nicht weg, es ist nur woanders ...
Creators: name: Knappe, Eberhard
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Beim Lesen vietnamesischer Nachrichten beschleicht einen leicht der Verdacht, eine Menge Leute haben ihr Studium nicht auf der Moritzburg, sondern in Berlin absolviert und in Landowskys »Bankgesellschaft Berlin« ein Praktikum genossen. Zwar finden sich immer wieder freche Behauptungen wie, »Vietnam sei eines der korruptesten Länder der Welt« 1 , aber allein die bei der Berlin Hyp zu erwartende Verlustsumme übersteigt das vietnamesische Bruttosozialprodukt. Im Jahr 2000 gab es im Bereich der öffentlichen Hände in Berlin 655 Korruptionsverfahren, auch diese Zahl kann Vietnam noch lange nicht toppen. Aber gelernt ist gelernt
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 18 Nr. 2 (2002): Hand im Spiel: Demokratisierung und Korruption in Südostasien
Unter- und überschätzt: Die fixen Kosten der Korruption – Ein globales Phänomen und seine Ausprägungen in Südostasien
Creators: name: Heberer, Thomas
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Von westlichen Beobachtern wurde Korruption in Südostasien viele Jahre lang geflissentlich übersehen oder unterschätzt. Der Weltbankbericht über das East Asian Miracle von 1994 erwähnte es nicht einmal. Erst die »Asienkrise« rückte das Problem in jener Region wieder in den Vordergrund. Nun wurden die dortigen Staaten für deren weite Verbreitung und den Crony-Kapitalismus gescholten, Korruption für die Krise mit verantwortlich gemacht. Ein Blick auf die aktuelle Entwicklung weist tatsächlich auf eine Massierung von Korruptionsfällen hin
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 18 Nr. 2 (2002): Hand im Spiel: Demokratisierung und Korruption in Südostasien
Mobile fortunes
Creators: name: Given, Jock
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Denis O'Brien’s story helps explain what went wrong for the Celtic Tiger, writes Jock Given in his review of the books 'A mobile fortune: the life and times of Denis O’Brien,' by Siobhan Creaton, published by Aurum Press, London, 2010, and 'Boomerang: the meltdown tour,' by Michael Lewis, published by Allen Lane, London, 2011.
Baghdadi Street Life ( ﺑﻐﺪادي ﺷﺎرع ﺣﯿﺎة ): Using I-Doc Practice to Challenge Stereotypes of Iraq and Iraqis in Hollywood Cinema
Creators: name: Aburghif, Hsham
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 360501
subject: Cinema studies

description: Hollywood depictions of Iraq and Iraqis have long perpetuated Orientalist discourse, which reinforces negative stereotypes and biasses towards people of the Middle East. These representations produce and reproduce the idea of Iraq as an ‘uncivilised’ and violent country, and depict Iraqis as irrational, barbaric, untrustworthy, and backward. This aligns with Edward Said’s notion of ‘reductive repetition’, a disseminating of simplistic and inaccurate stereotypes about the East to create a distorted image of its culture, history, and people. This practice reinforces a sense of Western superiority and exoticises the East, marginalising and dehumanising its diverse peoples, cultures, and stories.
This creative practice project utilises interactive documentary practice to challenge Hollywood stereotypes. Baghdadi Street Life is a resource that confronts assumptions regarding modern Iraq and urban Iraqis and shows how filmmakers can move beyond harmful or stereotypical representations of cultural Others. The project begins by discussing several recent Hollywood films set in Iraq, describing two of these in detail. It then moves on to offer three i-doc case studies. While the storytelling techniques of contemporary Hollywood dazzle its audiences, the films selected highlight how stereotyping in these dramas perpetuates Orientalist representation. The i-doc case studies then offer diverse ways to create a more interactive and non-linear presentation of participant stories and cultural resources.
This creative practice research has allowed for adaptation and reflection to be translated into an accurate representation of Iraqis’ lived experience, beauty, and culture. The i-doc produced, Baghdadi Street Life, informs documentary filmmaking practice and cultural representation through three main areas of discussion/description: Hollywood’s Orientalist representations, the impact of Hollywood on Iraq, and Iraqis sharing and producing their own stories. The i- doc explores how a counternarrative, such as that created through interviews with Iraqis and participant-created materials, can improve the representation of cultural Others and challenge Hollywood’s Orientalist discourse. A cultural/artistic call to understand and embrace
difference, Baghdadi Street Life demonstrates how i-doc methods and collaborative content production can be integral to improving the representation of Hollywood’s Others.
Median Urinary Iodine Concentrations Are Indicative of Adequate Iodine Status among Women of Reproductive Age in Prey Veng, Cambodia
Creators: name: Karakochuk, Crystal D.
name: Michaux, Kristina D.
name: Chai, Tze L.
name: Chan, Benny B.
name: Whitfield, Kyly C.
name: Barr, Susan I.
name: McLean, Judy
name: Talukder, Aminuzzaman
name: Hou, Kroeun
name: Ly, Sokhoing
name: Green, Tim J.
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: Iodine deficiency disorders are estimated to affect over 1.9 million people worldwide. Iodine deficiency is especially serious for women during pregnancy and lactation because of the negative consequences for both mother and infant. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to determine the median urinary iodine concentration (UIC) as a population-level indicator of iodine status among rural women farmers of reproductive age (18–45 years) in the province of Prey Veng, Cambodia. A total of 450 women provided a spot morning urine sample in 2012. Of those women, 93% (n = 420) were non-pregnant and 7% (n = 30) were pregnant at the time of collection. UIC was quantified using the Sandell-Kolthoff reaction with modifications. The median UIC of non-pregnant (139 μg/L) and pregnant women (157 μg/L) were indicative of adequate iodine status using the WHO/UNICEF/ICCIDD epidemiological criteria for both groups (median UIC between 100–199 and 150–249 μg/L, respectively). We conclude that non-pregnant and pregnant women in rural Prey Veng, Cambodia had adequate iodine status based on single spot morning urine samples collected in 2012. More research is warranted to investigate iodine status among larger and more representative populations of women in Cambodia, especially in light of recent policy changes to the national program for universal salt iodization.
Dependence of drag coefficient on the wind gustiness
Creators: name: Ting, C.-H.
name: Babanin, A.
name: Chalikov, D.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The purpose of this study is to consider the effect of wind gustiness on the drag coefficient by using the Wave Boundary Layer Model (Chalikov and Rainchik, 2011). Most of the dependences employ the sea drag as a function of wind speed at 10 meter height. However, the scatter of field observation data with respect to such dependence is very significant and this is not caused by measurement errors. Babanin and Makin (2008) suggested that, apart from the wind speed, the drag coefficient should also depend on a number of other properties, wind gustiness is one of them. In this paper, the dependence of drag coefficient on the wind gustiness is studied. Two separate situations are investigated and results are compared with steady-wind cases. First, wind speed is assumed to have sinusoidal fluctuations, with certain amplitudes with respect to the mean wind and certain periods with respect to dominant waves. Second, Ochi and Shin (1988) observational wind-gustiness spectrum is used. The results show that, for the same wind speed, the effect of gustiness can lead to a drag coefficient enhancement up to a factor of 2.
Rikscha – Rikscha: Eine außergewöhnliche Ausstellung
Creators: name: Hoffmann, Thomas
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 18 Nr. 3 (2002): Kindsköpfe: Kinder in Südostasien
Neulich bei der jungen Elite
Creators: name: Stahlenbrecher, Katharina
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Das sechste Asia-Europe Young Leaders Symposium (AEYLS), 23.-28. Juni 2002 in Berlin.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 18 Nr. 3 (2002): Kindsköpfe: Kinder in Südostasien
2808861.pdf
Creators: name: Fuchs, Silvio
name: Wünsche, Martin
name: Nathanael, Jan
name: Abel, Johann
name: Roedel, Christian
name: Biedermann, Julius
name: Reinhard, Julius
name: Hübner, Uwe
name: Paulus, Gerhard
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: supplementary notes 1-7
Evaluation of methods that account for ocular artefacts in the electroencephalogram
Creators: name: Pham, Trieu T. H.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The electroencephalogram is a record of the electrical activity of the brain. It is often contaminated by artefacts mainly caused by blinking and moving the eyes. Methods have been suggested to correct the contamination, but to date a consensus on an optimal method has not emerged. Further evaluation and innovation of methods may be necessary. This thesis focuses on the evaluation aspect. Two issues, frequency dependence and temporal stability of the propagation coefficients of the artefacts were studied. An improved eye movement validation method called the 'Peak Difference' validation method was also suggested and used to validate four correction methods.
Verpasste Gelegenheiten: Der Geist von Rio konnte in Johannesburg nicht gerettet werden
Creators: name: Guerrero, Dorothy
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Die meisten Lobbyisten kamen nicht mit der Illusion zum Welterdgipfel (World Summit on Sustainable Development — WSSD) nach Johannesburg in Südafrika, dass es wie in Rio vor zehn Jahren sein würde. Wir waren auf das Schlimmste vorbereitet, mit Argumenten auf der Grundlage sorgfältiger Studien und Fallbeispiele, gesammelt in Jahren der Forschung und Lebenserfahrung, die in Beziehung mit unserem jeweiligen Thema stehen. Gleichzeitig aber brachten wir im Gepäck eine Dosis Hoffnung mit, dass bei einem Zusammentreffen von Gedanken und Interessen noch Überraschendes passieren könnte.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 18 Nr. 3 (2002): Kindsköpfe: Kinder in Südostasien
2808861.pdf
Creators: name: Fuchs, Silvio
name: Wünsche, Martin
name: Nathanael, Jan
name: Abel, Johann
name: Roedel, Christian
name: Biedermann, Julius
name: Reinhard, Julius
name: Hübner, Uwe
name: Paulus, Gerhard
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: supplementary notes 1-7
Do epinephrine auto-injectors have an unsuitable needle length in children and adolescents at risk for anaphylaxis from food allergy?
Creators: name: Dreborg, Sten
name: Wen, Xia
name: Kim, Laura
name: Tsai, Gina
name: Nevis, Immaculate
name: Potts, Ryan
name: Chiu, Jack
name: Dominic, Arunmozhi
name: Kim, Harold
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2018

description: Background: Food allergy is the most common cause of anaphylaxis in children. Intramuscular delivery of epinephrine auto-injectors (EAI) is the standard of care for the treatment of anaphylaxis. We examined if children and adolescents at risk of anaphylaxis weighing 15–30 kg and >30 kg would receive epinephrine into the intramuscular space with the currently available EAI in North America and Europe. Methods: The distance from skin to muscle (STMD) and skin to bone (STBD) on the mid third anterolateral area of the right thigh was measured by ultrasound applying either high pressure (max) or slight pressure (min) in 102 children weighing 15–30 kg (group 1) and 100 children and adolescents, weighing more than 30 kg (group 2). Results: Using a high pressure EAI (HPEAI), Epipen Jr® and Auvi-Q®/Allerject® 0.15 mg, 11/102 (11 %) children in group 1 and 38/102 (38 %) using another HPEAI, Jext®, had a STMDmax that showed a risk of intraosseous injection. There was a 1 % risk of subcutaneous injection with these devices. There was no risk of intraosseous injection using a low pressure EAI (LPEAI), Emerade®. In group 2, the risk of intraosseous injection using a HPEAI was 3 % and no risk using a LPEAI. However, the risk of subcutaneous injection using HPEAI was 9 % and using LPEAI was 2 %. Conclusion: There is a risk of intraosseous injection using HPEAI (Epipen®/Epipen Jr®, Auvi-Q®/Allerject® and especially Jext®) in children at risk of anaphylaxis. There was also a risk of subcutaneous injection using the currently available HPEAI in children and adolescents.
Das Südostasienkonzept des Auswärtigen Amtes
Creators: name: Redaktion, Die
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 18 Nr. 3 (2002): Kindsköpfe: Kinder in Südostasien
Globalisierung der Chancen und Risiken
Creators: name: Hansen, Sven
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Das neue Asienkonzept des Auswärtigen Amtes steht ganz unter dem Eindruck des 11. September. Im Vergleich zum wirtschaftseuphorischen alten Konzept betont es stärker politische Risiken, bleibt aber deskriptiv und lässt kaum klare Strategien erkennen.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 18 Nr. 3 (2002): Kindsköpfe: Kinder in Südostasien
Nachrichten
Creators: name: Aurin, Heike
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Nachrichten der Region.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 18 Nr. 3 (2002): Kindsköpfe: Kinder in Südostasien
Im Todestrakt
Creators: name: Gulane, Judy L.
name: Ramos, Melanie P.
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Kein Minderjähriger sollte zum Tod verurteilt werden. Doch gegenwärtig sitzen fünf Minderjährige im Todestrakt. Über einen von ihnen wird im Folgenden berichtet.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 18 Nr. 3 (2002): Kindsköpfe: Kinder in Südostasien
Kein Ende der Menschenrechtsverletzungen unter Präsidentin Arroyo: Jahresbericht von Amnesty international zu den Philippinen
Creators: name: International, Amnesty
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: In ihrem Jahresbericht 2002 über die Philippinen thematisiert die Londoner Zentrale von ai die militärische Aufstandsbekämpfung und dokumentiert in diesem Zusammenhang willkürliche Verhaftungen, Hinrichtungen ohne Gerichtsurteile und Fälle von »Verschwundenen«. Hier eine Zusammenfassung des am 28. Mai 2002 publizierten Berichts.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 18 Nr. 3 (2002): Kindsköpfe: Kinder in Südostasien
Von Schurken, Aufständischen und der Terrorismuskeule: Wie man in den Philippinen Innere Sicherheit buchstabiert
Creators: name: Reese, Niklas
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Wieder einmal spielt Präsidentin Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo — kurz GMA — Chamäleon. Aus Ate Glo, der älteren Schwester, wird eine Eiserne Lady, die keinen Spaß versteht und dem Verbrechen den Kampf ansagt. In ihrer jährlichen Regierungserklärung (SONA) Ende Juli verkündet sie ihr neues Leitbild, die "starke Republik".
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 18 Nr. 3 (2002): Kindsköpfe: Kinder in Südostasien
An Investigation into CSF1R as a Human pan-monocyte marker and its basis for a novel characterisation of the monocyte compartment using lineage cytokine receptors.
Creators: name: COMBES, THEO
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2021

description: "Monocytes are a vital component of the innate immune system. They are found circulating in the blood and play key roles in health and disease. In this thesis, I characterise monocytes using lineage determining cytokine receptors (LDCRs). LDCRs are pleiotropic cytokines which drive development, proliferation and maturation of leukocytes. Our knowledge of this cytokine receptor system in monocytes is fragmented.
description: I hypothesise that characterisation of Human monocytes with LDCRs could highlight the inter-relationship and ontogeny of populations defined by current phenotyping methods, provide new methods to separate cells, as well as help elucidate their origin and relationship to other circulating myeloid cells, such as dendritic cells.
description: I found the LDCR CSF1R to be a useful and overlooked Human pan-monocyte marker. With anti-CSF1R antibodies I was able to isolate all conventional monocytes by fluorescent cell sorting and magnetic isolation, in a method which we patented and are in the process of licensing. This cannot be done with the current monocyte markers of CD14 and CD16. This work further highlighted a population of CSF1R+ CD14- CD16- dendritic cells suggesting a close link to monocytes.
description: Multi-dimensional analysis of CSF1R+ cells with single cell RNA sequence and flow cytometry data highlighted a new monocyte delineation based on the LDCRs CSF2R and CSF3R. These represent an improved alternative to the conventional CD14 and CD16 delineation. Our new system outperforms CD14 and CD16 in colorectal cancer samples, where I discovered that the monocyte distribution defined by CSF2R and CSF3R was altered compared to control samples. Further diverse CSF2R and CSF3R distributions were identified in in vitro stimulated monocytes.
description: 3
description: I conclude that using the lineage cytokine receptors CSF1R, CSF2R, and CSF3R as monocytes markers could enable more accurate identification, quantification and isolation of monocytes and related cells in blood and offer a fresh perspective on monocyte heterogeneity."
Im Konflikt mit dem Gesetz: Jugendliche in philippinischen Gefängnissen
Creators: name: Schwarz, Klaus
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Die Situation von jugendlichen Straftätern in den Philippinen ist geprägt von überfüllten und unzureichend ausgestatteten Gefängnissen und langwierigen Strafverfahren. Das am 15. April 2002 in Kraft getretene Gesetz »RULE ON JUVENILES IN CONFLICT WITH THE LAW« soll neue Alternativen zum Vollzug schaffen.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 18 Nr. 3 (2002): Kindsköpfe: Kinder in Südostasien
title: Ecclesiastical Homogeny and Splintering Spirituality: White Ecumenical Christianity and the Church in Norfolk Virginia's Civil Rights Movement
Creators: name: Wilson, Joshua Wesley
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04zjtrb98
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2013

description: The Norfolk, Virginia school closing crisis of 1958-1959 has served as a painful symbol of the Civil Rights political and social violence that gripped the region in the 1950s and 1960s. As political battles and legislative actions designed to prolong segregation made their way through the halls of Virginia government institutions, thousands of secondary school students were left without a formal public education program for months in the city, Extensive research has been conducted on the political rhetoric and government posturing but has often ignored the sentiments of Christian religious bodies functioning throughout the city and the region. This thesis seeks to address the relationship between predominantly white Christian ecumenical bodies throughout Norfolk and Virginia and the religious response to the greater Civil Rights movements through the Commonwealth and the South. The response of individual parishioners, independent congregations, and larger ecclesiastical bodies all played a role in the growing call of Civil Rights in Norfolk and Virginia.

This paper seeks to explain the role of white Christianity within the larger Civil Rights movement and attempts to offer a view into the mind of a Southern Christian attempting to find meaning in the traditional church while either seeking to support or reject the social liberation of a traditionally marginalized segment of the population. This paper uses the experiences of major mainline Protestant denominations including a study of regional Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, and Episcopal churches. Further research includes work on the Unitarian-Universalist church and the Roman Catholic Church. By examining archives and manuscripts throughout Virginia at Old Dominion University, the Library of Virginia, the Norfolk Public Library, the Union Theological Seminary of Richmond, the Virginia Historical Society, the Virginia Baptist Historical Society, the Catholic Diocese of Richmond, and the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia, this paper offers new understandings of the religious life of a city, state, and region struggling to define its religious mission in the 20'" century.
A nonlinear least squares approach to wind tunnel wall-interference corrections
Creators: name: Noel, Simon Andrew
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2024
Subjects: wind tunnel
wall interference
CFD
Aerodynamics
Optimization

description: This research presents a hybrid approach to calculating wall interference corrections for solid wall wind tunnels. The proposed approach is based on nonlinear least-squares optimisation, using static pressure measurements at the tunnel walls to implement analytical solutions using numerical methods. The method is able to determine the wall interference by using a combination of fundamental flow elements that are able to vary in both strength and position.
The method is validated against analytical methods, CFD, and experiment with comparisons drawn to the wall measurement-based 2V method implemented at the QinetiQ 5m Wind Tunnel. Experimentally validated CFD has been evaluated for a range of bodies, including a 2D cylinder, 2D NACA 0015 with deployed spoilers, a delta wing with three degrees-of-freedom, and a powered electric ducted fan, with verifiable free-air solutions to determine the effectiveness of the corrections proposed.
The results demonstrate that the NLSQ approach is capable of achieving drag corrections superior to the well-established two-variable method, while being able to achieve consistent lift and pitching moment corrections. The NLSQ method has been implemented using a vortex panel approach, and is able to obtain a correction in the order of one minute using a high degree-of-freedom representation, while a coarse representation can be calculated within seconds.
Wall crossflow was highlighted as a key advantage of using this approach, as it could explicitly correct for wall velocities. However, the accuracy of these measurements depends on the resolution of the wall tapping locations, which is typically lower in the wall spanwise direction. Recommendations for future work involve further analysis into resolving wall crossflow. Other recommendations include code optimisation and viscous potential flow modelling.
Measuring the diverging components of race : An introduction
Creators: name: Campbell, Mary E.
name: Bratter, Jenifer L.
name: Roth, Wendy D.
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2018

description: This special issue brings together original research that advances the emerging subfield on the measurement and analysis of varying components of race. The articles provide insight into how social scientists can tease apart the multiple components of race and leverage them to better understand how race continues to divide life chances, creatively using existing and new sources of data. The articles speak to three key themes: how we can better understand the various ways that race is experienced, alternative approaches to measuring the different components of race, and the implications of race measures for understanding social inequality.
A Modelling Study on the Molecular Mechanisms of Ionic Liquid-Based Separation Processes
Creators: name: YU, TIANHAO
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2022

description: Room-temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) are novel materials that can be used in separation processes in chemical industries such as liquid-liquid extraction (LLE) and CO2/CH4 separation. Due to the high cost of RTILs and limitations of experimental methods, in-silico methods are becoming more widespread in studying RTILs. In this research work, molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and density functional theory (DFT) calculations have been used to investigate the molecular basis of RTIL-based separation processes, particularly LLE of aromatics from aliphatics, and CO2/CH4 separation with RTIL-based composite membrane. In RTIL-based LLE process a method based on MD simulations was proposed, which calculates the number of molecules dissolved in each layer from the molecular structure generated by MD simulations. The proposed method successfully predicted the extractive properties such as selectivity and distribution ratio in LLE, where its reliability has been validated against experimental data. Afterwards, the extraction behaviour of seven different RTILs were tested using the proposed method where [C2mim][Tf2N] gives the best LLE performance. The deviations between the LLE performances of different RTIL extractants have been explored by the binding energies produced from DFT calculations. In CO2/CH4 separation, the mechanisms behind the selectivity enhancement by adding RTIL into ZIF-8 membrane (RTIL@ZIF-8) has been explored from the aspect of aperture configurations. The energy barrier values of CO2/CH4 penetrating the ZIF-8 aperture of different configurations have been obtained from the potential energy curves generated by DFT calculations. The MD-simulated results indicate that the presence of RTILs have stabilised the aperture configuration, which gives better selectivity compared to varied aperture configurations as evidenced from DFT calculations. Subsequently, the RTIL@ZIF-8 technique was further improved from the gas diffusion routes and feed CO2 concentration by MD simulation of CO2/CH4 diffusing through the ZIF-8 supercell. Results from MD simulations suggest that the gas molecules favour the route of minimum length, which may serve as objective of future membrane synthesis techniques. The selectivity value rises with increasing proportion of CO2 in feed mixture. When CO2 concentration achieves beyond 50%, the selectivity value still increases but does not ensure a better separation performance.
Comparative study of different bridge concepts based on lifecycle cost analyses and life-cycle assessment
Creators: name: Mara, V.
name: Haghani, R.
name: Sagemo, A.
name: Storck, L.
name: Nilsson, D.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Sustainable development has gained increasing interest in the bridge industry in the recent years, with special regard to economic and environmental impacts. In line with this, holistic approaches considering all costs and environmental impacts in a life-cycle perspective are needed. The aim of this study is to conduct a life-cycle cost analysis and life-cycle assessment of four different bridge design alternatives; a conventional steel-concrete composite bridge and three steel bridges with fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) deck. The results reveal that two design alternatives for steel-FRP bridges are competitive in terms of costs and environmental impacts compared with the conventional bridge option.
Assessing the impact of Pollution Generating Activities on groundwater in Malta - The Aquifer Stress Approach
Creators: name: Micallef, Paul
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2010

description: The main objective of this research is to establish a user-friendly, tailor-made
description: model by which legal and environmental policies on Groundwater Protection
description: can be formulated. The intention is that this approach will be integrated within
description: the National Water Policy as directed by European Union Directive on the
description: protection of groundwater against pollution, with specific focus on the Island of
description: Malta.
description: The first chapter presents the research hypothesis and main objectives. It
description: also outlines the evolution of groundwater exploitation and the importance of
description: groundwater as a source of water production in Malta. In Chapter 2, an
description: overview on the origins of and the reasons behind groundwater pollution in
description: Malta is presented. Chapter 3 presents the various arguments which justify
description: the need to effect a change in concept. In Chapter 4, analyses of the various
description: Decision Support Systems currently being used in Groundwater Pollution
description: Assessments is given. Chapter 5 presents the formulation of the proposed
description: Aquifer Stress Approach (ASA) model. A thorough explanation of the
description: methodology adopted to obtain the public attitudes towards groundwater
description: protection issues is presented in Chapter 6 whilst in Chapter 7; the ASA
description: model is applied to real life case studies. In the final Chapter, conclusions
description: and recommendations are provided.
description: The new approach involves parameters such as pollutant transport in the
description: unsaturated zone defined by the Aquifer Vulnerability Index (AVI) as well as
description: that in the saturated zone using the Residual Pollutant Index Module. Other
description: parameters include development indices reflecting also people’s awareness
description: towards various man-made activities, obtained by a perception survey, and
description: the quantitative effect of contamination generated by developments on
description: groundwater storage. Conclusions, recommendations and ideas for future
description: studies are included in the last chapter.
description: The main conclusion of the research is that, notwithstanding the various
description: socio-political, cultural and economic issues, an acceptable solution is
description: possible and takes the form of a simple, rational methodology which
description: integrates technical analysis with some established approaches. Integrating
description: within a Legal Framework to cover all activities is seen as a better, more
description: sustainable solution to redress present trends and reverse the general
description: pollution levels in groundwater on Malta.
Health and climate related ecosystem services provided by street trees in the urban environment
Creators: name: Salmond, Jennifer
name: Tadaki, Marc
name: Vardoulakis, Sotiris
name: Arbuthnott, Katherine
name: Coutts, Andrew
name: Demuzere, Matthias
name: Dirks, Kim N
name: Heaviside, Clare
name: Lim, Shanon
name: Macintyre, Helen
name: McInnes, Rachel N
name: Wheeler, Benedict W
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2016

description: Urban tree planting initiatives are being actively promoted as a planning tool to enable urban areas to adapt to and mitigate against climate change, enhance urban sustainability and improve human health and well-being. However, opportunities for creating new areas of green space within cities are often limited and tree planting initiatives may be constrained to kerbside locations. At this scale, the net impact of trees on human health and the local environment is less clear, and generalised approaches for evaluating their impact are not well developed. In this review, we use an urban ecosystems services framework to evaluate the direct, and locally-generated, ecosystems services and disservices provided by street trees. We focus our review on the services of major importance to human health and well-being which include ‘climate regulation’, ‘air quality regulation’ and ‘aesthetics and cultural services’. These are themes that are commonly used to justify new street tree or street tree retention initiatives. We argue that current scientific understanding of the impact of street trees on human health and the urban environment has been limited by predominantly regional-scale reductionist approaches which consider vegetation generally and/or single out individual services or impacts without considering the wider synergistic impacts of street trees on urban ecosystems. This can lead planners and policymakers towards decision making based on single parameter optimisation strategies which may be problematic when a single intervention offers different outcomes and has multiple effects and potential trade-offs in different places. We suggest that a holistic approach is required to evaluate the services and disservices provided by street trees at different scales. We provide information to guide decision makers and planners in their attempts to evaluate the value of vegetation in their local setting. We show that by ensuring that the specific aim of the intervention, the scale of the desired biophysical effect and an awareness of a range of impacts guide the choice of i) tree species, ii) location and iii) density of tree placement, street trees can be an important tool for urban planners and designers in developing resilient and resourceful cities in an era of climatic change.
2813738.pdf
Creators: name: He, Yu-Ming
name: Liu, Jin
name: Maier, Sebastian
name: Emmerling, Monika
name: Gerhardt, Stefan
name: Davanco, Marcelo
name: Srinivasan, Kartik
name: Schneider, Christian
name: Höfling, Sven
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental Document
Biofunctional properties of blueberries
Creators: name: AL SAEEDI, NADA
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2022

description: Epidemiological studies associate fruit and vegetable consumption with a reduced risk of degenerative diseases. Bioactive components of these foods may be responsible for their health-promoting effects. Blueberries are a rich source of candidate bioactive components such as vitamins, phenolic acids and anthocyanins. Anthocyanins are pigments that contribute to the intense colours of blueberries; they have numerous bioactive properties, such as anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and anticancer effects. Gut microflora metabolises anthocyanins to phenolic acids and aldehydes. These metabolites have higher chemical and microbial stability, and they may contribute to beneficial health effects.

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description: This study investigated the properties of a commercial blueberry extract, malvidin-3-galacotside, as one of the most abundant anthocyanins in blueberries and metabolites (malvidin in its aglycone form and 2,4,6-trihyodroxybenzaldehyde) that can be derived from malvidin-3-galacotside during gastrointestinal transit.

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description: Analysis of the blueberry extract confirmed it is rich in phenolic and flavonoids and exhibited antioxidant properties in vitro, including radical scavenging and metal chelating activities. High-performance liquid chromatography demonstrated that malvidin-3-galactoside was the most abundant form of malvidin-glycoside in the extract.

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description: The effects of the blueberry-derived agent on the Caco-2 colorectal cell line were then investigated. All these agents exhibited concentration-dependent cytotoxicity and stimulated apoptosis of Caco-2 cells. At non-cytotoxic concentrations, none of the test agents provided significant antioxidant protection against oxidative stress-induced Caco-2 cells using tert-butyl hydroperoxide. Instead, when used at higher concentrations, the blueberry-derived agents stimulated the production of intracellular ROS, with the blueberry extract and the 2,4,6-trihydroxybenzaldehyde producing the most marked effects.

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description: Finally, the effects of the blueberry-derived agents were tested when used in combination with the chemotherapeutic agent 5-fluorouracil. In all cases, the cytotoxic effects of the combination treatments were at least equivalent to the additive effects of the individual agents. However, the blueberry extract, and more marginally, the 2,4,6-trihydroxybenzaldehyde elicited synergistic effects with 5-fluorouracil.
Characterization of cohesive bond interfaces between FRP and UHPC under mode II loading using finite element methods
Creators: name: Chen, D.
name: El-Hacha, R.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The behaviour of bond interfaces in composite structures is critical in the overall performance of the system. The ability to characterize and effectively approximate this behaviour without a considerable experimental sample size can be achieved through the use of finite element method software packages. This investigation will focus on the performance of double lap shear specimens, with Fibre Reinforced Polymer (FRP) plates bonded to Ultra-High Performance Concrete (UHPC) prism with an adhesively bonded aggregate interlock system. A finite element model will be developed to model the global behaviour of the specimens, which will then be validated using experimental test results. After model validation, the development of bond stresses leading up to damage initiation as well as during damage evolution will be evaluated and compared with the trends observed during experimental testing as well as those predicted using numerical methods. The influence on the overall structural behaviour due to areas that have reached maximum bond stress will be examined. The findings from this investigation will provide more clarity into the bond behaviour throughout the entire interface rather than at distinct and discontinuous locations, allowing for improved predictions for pre- and post-damage behaviour at material interfaces.
Understanding primary care nurses' contribution to cancer early diagnosis
Creators: name: SKROBANSKI, HANNA JANINA
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2021

description: Background:
description: Primary care nurses (PCNs) play an important role in cancer early diagnosis. However, little research has examined if, or how, PCNs’ contribution to this field can be optimised.
description: Aims:
description: 1. To understand UK PCNs’ performance of cancer early diagnosis practices (i.e. recognition and response to cancer warning signs, discussions about warning signs and screening programmes).
description: 2. To determine the barriers and facilitators to UK PCNs carrying out cancer early diagnosis practices.
description: Methods:
description: Following a systematic review of published international research (n=22 studies), an explanatory sequential mixed-methods design was adopted. Phase 1 was a secondary analysis of survey data from PCNs (n=393). In phase 2, semi-structured telephone interviews (n=20) were conducted with PCNs to augment the survey findings. Findings were integrated to determine whether the two datasets supported, or expanded upon, each other (phase 3) using the COM-B model as an analytical framework. Lastly, two focus groups were conducted with PCNs (n=12) to determine views about the findings, and recommendations for enhancing their professions’ role in this field.
description: Main results and discussion:
description: Most PCNs reported regularly discussing cancer signs/symptoms, and cervical and breast screening with patients, but only a minority reported regularly discussing bowel screening. Across the research phases, barriers and facilitators to performing cancer early diagnosis practices are described according to domains of the COM-B model, including: variability in knowledge, diagnostic skills and confidence (capability-related); beliefs about the PCN role, consequences for patients, and doctor’s expectations (motivation-related); and opportunities for nurses to act on patients concerns by involving doctors or referring to secondary care (opportunity-related). Contextual influences included nurse seniority,
description: experience, and practice size and location. PCNs are generally well-positioned and motivated to help diagnose cancer earlier. This thesis provides recommendations on how to capitalise on this rich resource, and untapped opportunity, for PCNs to help save lives from cancer.
2813738.pdf
Creators: name: He, Yu-Ming
name: Liu, Jin
name: Maier, Sebastian
name: Emmerling, Monika
name: Gerhardt, Stefan
name: Davanco, Marcelo
name: Srinivasan, Kartik
name: Schneider, Christian
name: Höfling, Sven
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental Document
Characterisation of tonsillar immune cell interaction with Classical Swine Fever Virus in vaccine and virulent virus
Creators: name: Steedman, Elliot Clive
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Vaccines
subject: Veterinary Medicine
subject: Virology

description: Classical Swine Fever Virus (CSFV) causes CSF, one of the most serious diseases affecting swine. CSFV infection leads to fever, diarrhoea and wasting, with death after around 2 weeks. Live attenuated vaccine, C strain, provides full protection from 5 days post vaccination but does not provide the ability to Differentiate Vaccinated from Infected Animals (DIVA). Subunit vaccines allow DIVA but are less effective. Ideally CSFV vaccines would incorporate the efficacy of C strain but allow DIVA.Porvac is a promising subunit vaccine, formulated by fusing the CSFV E2 protein with porcine CD154 (CD40L), leading to an improved immune response. Inoculations of Porvac, C strain, E2 control and a Mock were compared in CSFV challenged pigs. DC populations in the lymph and tonsil were compared. All vaccinated animals were protected, and C strain and Mock inoculations showed similar patterns of DC frequency and activation as did both subunit vaccines.Vaccine efficacy is also dependent on route of inoculation and adjuvant. Porvac is formulated with the mineral oil emulsion adjuvant ISA50V2. The impact of this adjuvant on DC responses was compared to an alternative emulsion adjuvant ISA201VG. A novel inoculation method of implanting solid dose vaccine subcutaneously was also trialled, alongside this solid dose with pathogen associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) injection as an adjuvant. These results showed high reactogenicity with adjuvants but also high immunogenicity. An unclassified CD163+CD14+ population had been identified in tonsils of C strain vaccinated, and Alfort infected, but not healthy, animals. This population were highly susceptible to CSFV infection and may play a role in the balance between pathogenicity and protection. In vitro work was carried out to characterise these cells with a focus on generation of an equivalent population from blood derived monocytes. A large population of monocytes became CD163+CD14+CD16+ after culture with their appearance not altered via infection, though they were susceptible to CSFV infection.