cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Bumba PEreZ-Miles, Bonaldo & Miglio 2014
Creators: name: Ferretti, Nelson E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Theraphosidae
Bumba

description: Bumba Pérez-Miles, Bonaldo & Miglio, 2014
 Iracema PÉREZ-MILES, 2000:141. Type species: Iracema cabocla Pérez-Miles, 2000 (original designation, currently Bumba horrida (Schmidt, 1994), synonymy by LUCAS et al. (2020).
 Maraca PÉREZ-MILES, 2006:247 (new name for Iracema, preoccupied by TRIQUES, 1996).
 Bumba PÉREZ-MILES, BONALDO & MIGLIO, 2014:3 (new name for Maraca, preoccupied by HEBARD, 1926).
 Diagnosis. Bumba is characterized by the type IV urticating setae present, retrolateral process on male palpal tibia, palpal bulb resting in a ventral distal excavation of palpal tibia and a denticulate row in the median region of the inferior prolateral keel, metatarsus I passes between the two branches of tibial apophysis when flexed, presence of spiniform setae on prolateral and retrolateral sides of maxillae and coxae I-IV (PÉREZ-MILES, 2000; BERTANI & CARLA-DA-SILVA, 2003; PÉREZ-MILES et al., 2014; LUCAS et al., 2020).
description: Published as part of Ferretti, Nelson E., 2021, First record of the tarantula genus Bumba (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from Bolivia, with the description of a new species, pp. 1-7 in Iheringia, Série Zoologia (e 2021025) (e 2021025) 111 on page 2, DOI: 10.1590/1678-4766e2021025, http://zenodo.org/record/13266460
Different approaches and effectiveness in orthodontic traction of impacted canines: An integrative systematic review
Creators: name: Carvalho, João
name: Amaral, Rui
name: Rocha, Ana Sofia
name: Pinho, Teresa
Publisher: name: Scientific Letters
Year: 2025

description: Canines have a fundamental role in the dental arch, both aesthetically and functionally. Apart from the third molars, maxillary canines are the most frequently impacted teeth. Orthodontic traction of an impacted canine is one of the most appropriate approaches when there is a good prognosis, in growing patients and without a serious lack of space in the arch. This systematic review aims to describe the different approaches used in orthodontic traction of impacted canines and evaluate their effectiveness. PRISMA guidelines were used to perform a bibliographic search on the referenced platform PubMed. Articles published between 2014 and May 2024 were selected. Nine articles were included, and another five were added by manual search. The most studied methods were the transpalatal arch, the mini-implant, and the cantilever spring, which prove to be quite effective. Aligners, when combined with auxiliary methods, have been demonstrated to be a viable and effective alternative to conventional techniques. However, further research is required. Despite there being no consensus among authors as to which is the most effective method, choosing the correct traction approach through an accurate diagnosis and treatment planning is crucial for the successful orthodontic treatment of impacted canines.
description: Scientific Letters, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2025)
Is it time to change the tenure system of BC to more accurately address the needs of communities?
Creators: name: Reyden, Jeff D.
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2012

description: In this essay we will examine the current tenure system of BC and if it is serving the objectives it was created to uphold for the people of BC. There have been new needs arising out of the landscape of BC since the 1980’s in which timber extraction may not take precedence. Does the current tenure system of BC adequately meet these needs, or must the system change once again to accommodate these objectives? We will answer this question by looking at why the tenure system needs reforming, and then at a few alternatives with emphasis on smaller more community based management which can be brought about by decentralizing control of our forested land base.
The Susceptibility of Populus trichocarpa Provenances in the Pacific Northwest to Septoria musiva and Septoria populicola
Creators: name: Fung, Jason Chun-Yin
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2012

description: A Populus trichocarpa provenance trial in Harrison Mills had tested positive in 2009 and 2010 for Septoria musiva, a pathogen that reduces the photosynthetic activity of its host through necrotic spots on the leaf surface and has the potential to girdle and kill the host through cankers that develop on the branches and main stem. A closely related pathogen, Septoria populicola, has also been reported in the provenance trial; this particular pathogen is native to British Columbia and causes only non-lethal minor leaf lesions, but is impossible to distinguish from Septoria musiva without conducting DNA-based analyses. This study is aimed to assess the frequency of S. musiva and S. populicola infections on provenances of P. trichocarpa to determine if there is a pattern of differential susceptibility. The provenances of the P. trichocarpa extend from Alaska, through British Columbia and down into Oregon; these were grouped into two categories: a North and South population. The proportions of Septoria musiva and Septoria populicola infections were compared between the north and south populations to determine if there is a difference in infection proportions between the regions. The north and south proportions were also compared between 2010 and 2011. Although the number of infections were always higher in northern than in southern provenances, no significant differences were found between northern and southern infection proportions for Septoria musiva or Septoria populicola in 2010 or 2011. A comparison between regional infections in 2010 and 2011 was also not significantly different from one another for Septoria musiva. Although no significant differences was observed in the infection proportions of Septoria populicola between the southern populations over 2010 and 2011, a significant difference was observed in the infection proportions between northern regions in 2010 and 2011.
title: Utilizing Industrial Waste Heat for Power Generation Using sCO2 Cycles
Creators: name: Soliman, Hady
name: Þórsson, Björn
name: Trevisan, Silvia
name: Guédez, Rafael
Publisher: name: DuEPublico: Duisburg-Essen Publications online, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 620

description: The industrial sector accounts for approximately 30% of the global total energy consumption and 50% of that is lost as waste heat. Recovering waste heat from industries and utilizing it as an energy source is a sustainable way of generating electricity. Supercritical CO2 (sCO2) cycles can be used with various heat sources including waste heat. Current literature primarily focuses on the cycle’s thermodynamic performance without investigating the economics of the system. This is mainly due to the lack of reliable cost estimates for the cycle components. Recently developed cost scaling makes it possible to perform more accurate techno-economic studies on these systems. This work aims to model waste-heat-to-power systems and by performing sensitivity analysis on various system components, attempts to determine which factors require the most attention to bring this technology into commercialization. The industries with the largest unutilized waste heat are cement, iron and steel, aluminum and gas compressor stations. In this work, models of different sCO2 cycle configurations were developed and simulated for these industries. The techno-economic model optimizes for the highest Net Present Value (NPV) using an Artificial Bee Colony algorithm. The optimization variables are the pressure levels, split ratios, recuperator effectiveness, condenser temperature and the turbine inlet temperature limited by the heat source. The results show industries can cut down costs by €8-34M using this system. Furthermore, the system can achieve an LCOE between 2.5-4.5 c€/kWh which is competitive with ORC (3.2-18 c€/kWh) and steam cycles (3-9 c€/kWh). Out of the modeled industries, waste heat recovery in the steel industry yields the highest NPV of €34.6M.
description: Conference Proceedings of the European sCO2 Conference4th European sCO2 Conference for Energy Systems: March 23-24, 2021, Online Conference, p. 322
title: Closed-loop supercritical carbon dioxide wind tunnel: design and components
Creators: name: Petruccelli, Giuseppe
name: Uusitalo, Antti
name: Grönman, Aki
name: Turunen-Saaresti, Teemu
name: Zocca, Marta
Publisher: name: DuEPublico: Duisburg-Essen Publications online, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 620

description: Closed-loop supercritical CO2 cycles (sCO2) offer an innovative and efficient solution to achieve a reduction in primary energy consumption. CO2 has a low Global Warming Potential (GWP) compared to conventional fluorocarbon-based refrigerants, which makes it suitable for refrigeration cycles. Successful deployment of this technology is dependent on further experimental research. A significant effort is required to study the behavior of CO2 in the thermodynamic region close to the critical point, where sharp variations in thermophysical properties and real gas behavior are observed. This paper presents the preliminary design of the LUTsCO2 facility. The experimental setup is designed to allow detailed studies on expansion and heat transfer of CO2 near the critical point. The transcritical refrigeration cycle is preferred as the experimental layout because of its operational flexibility and the commercial availability of components. Furthermore, a closed-loop cycle has the major advantage of running the loop continuously, which would not be possible with a blowdown test rig. The preliminary design of the main components is discussed with an emphasis on the heat exchangers. The latter are designed to operate by crossing the pseudo-boiling line, and they thus experience a considerable variation in CO2 properties. This phenomenon has a direct consequence on the design of the heat exchangers and requires the application of advanced heat transfer correlations that consider whether the CO2 is in a liquid-like or gas-like state. In addition, the supersonic test section is briefly described. This component comprises a converging-diverging nozzle, which performs a supersonic expansion from the supercritical region up to the two-phase region, followed by a normal shock wave, which allows the large kinetic head available to be recovered in the diverging section.
description: Conference Proceedings of the European sCO2 Conference4th European sCO2 Conference for Energy Systems: March 23-24, 2021, Online Conference, p. 333
title: Greening a cement plant using sCO2 power cycle
Creators: name: Vesely, Ladislav
name: Thangavel, Prabu
name: Gopinathan, S.
name: Otakar, Frybort
name: Subbaraman, Ganesan
name: Kapat, Jayanta
Publisher: name: DuEPublico: Duisburg-Essen Publications online, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 620

description: This paper presents a case study for the greening of a cement plant located in India. Operating characteristics of the plant are described as well as sustainability actions previously undertaken to meet power requirements supplied by one of two subcritical coal boilers with renewables (photovoltaic and wind) and use of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) to augment the cement kiln’s heat requirements. The feasibility of deploying a sCO2 power cycle was determined to recover waste heat from different extraction points. Current assessment indicates opportunities for a Demo plant to extract 700 kWe (Turbine power output) while minimally disturbing plant operations. The Demo is expected to provide data for a larger, 8MWe (net) sCO2-derived power at higher turbine inlet temperatures and with potentially increased MSW use. Deployment of the larger sCO2 system could lead to partially or fully replacing the second coal boiler, leading to further “greening” of the plant with a potentially attractive payback period. Related modeling and design considerations are described.
description: Conference Proceedings of the European sCO2 Conference4th European sCO2 Conference for Energy Systems: March 23-24, 2021, Online Conference, p. 343
A discrete choice experiment on consumers' willingness to pay for omega-3-enriched eggs in Croatia
Creators: name: Tomić Maksan, Marina
name: Mesic, Zeljka
name: Šakić Bobić, Branka
name: Kovacic, Damir
name: Jens, Rommel
name: Edenbrandt, Anna Kristina
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022

description: The latest trends in the food market indicate a growing demand for functional food products with added health and nutritional benefits, such as omega-3-enriched eggs. Omega-3 eggs are higher in concentration of unsaturated fatty acids, vitamin D, vitamin E and other benefitial nutritional contents. Regarding health benefits, omega-3 enriched eggs can help to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and maintaining normal blood cholesterol levels. Although the demand is growing, consumers are often not willing to pay more for “nutritionally enriched” eggs. Understanding the underlying reasons for low adoption is an understudied research area. To evaluate the market position of enriched eggs , the main aim of the research is to examine consumer demand for omega-3-enriched eggs. We also investigate consumers’ knowledge about and attitudes towards omega-3-enriched eggs. We use a discrete choice experiment to estimate willingness to pay (WTP) for eggs with different attributes. Empirical data will be collected in a pre-test, using an online survey among 200 Croatian consumers who are responsible for their household's food purchases. We will estimate multinominal logit models to derive basic willingness to pay values for production type and health enhancement properties of a typical egg package. To explore preference heterogeneity, we will also estimate random parameters logit models. In addition, if a sufficiently large sample is available, we will explore how health attitudes affect consumer choices in a hybrid choice model which is theoretically informed by a Health Belief Model (cf. Green et al., 2020). Our results are useful to identify consumer segments, to evaluate market potential, and to understand the links between health beliefs and food choices.
title: Exergoeconomic analysis of a hybrid sCO2 Brayton power cycle
Creators: name: Alenezi, Abdurrahman
name: Vesely, Ladislav
name: Kapat, Jayanta
Publisher: name: DuEPublico: Duisburg-Essen Publications online, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 620

description: An exergoeconomic analysis of a hybrid power generation cycle is performed on its standalone constituents. The hybrid is based on Allam cycle configuration. Allam cycle is a supercritical carbon dioxide oxy-combustion (OC) Brayton cycle. The proposed hybrid utilizes solar power as its primary heat source and natural gas OC as a complementing heat source. The purpose of the complimenting heat source is to make up for the lost time when the sun is not available due to bad weather conditions or at nighttime. This is done to ensure the reliability, responsiveness, and availability of the cycle for power generation at all times. The hybrid is an attempt to provide power with minimal adverse effects on the environment. This study is divided into three major steps. The first and second are energy and exergy analysis. The third step is exergoeconomic analysis to obtain the cost contribution of each component relative to the cycle’s final product. Although both configurations brought similar power output and second law efficiency, the energy efficiency was higher for the OC configuration. The total product cost ($/GJ) for the OC configuration was half of that for the concentrated solar power (CSP). The unit cost of electricity in (Cent/kWh) for the CSP standalone configuration is approximately 60% higher than that of the OC configuration. In the CSP configuration, the main heat exchanger and the recuperator are the most critical units to consider for savings. Therefore, reducing the exergy destruction in the CSP main heat exchanger and the recuperator units could be cost-effective for the entire cycle, even if this would increase the component investment costs. Therefore, for exergoeconomic performance enhancement, using a recuperator with higher efficiency is recommended. On the other hand, the combustor and air separation unit (ASU) are the most critical units to consider for savings for the OC configuration. Therefore, a replacement for the ASU unit with a lower purchasing cost is recommended for overall exergoeconomic performance enhancement. The parametric study results showed that increasing the turbine’s inlet temperature is conducive to improving both configurations' thermodynamic and exergoeconomic performances. Similar trends were also obtained for the turbine inlet pressure for both configurations.
description: Conference Proceedings of the European sCO2 Conference4th European sCO2 Conference for Energy Systems: March 23-24, 2021, Online Conference, p. 363
title: Effect of the ambient temperature on the performance of small size sCO2 based pulverized coal power plants
Creators: name: Alfani, Dario
name: Astolfi, Marco
name: Binotti, Marco
name: Silva, Paolo
Publisher: name: DuEPublico: Duisburg-Essen Publications online, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 620

description: The present work focuses on the analysis of a novel coal fired sCO2 power plant concept developed in the frame of sCO2-Flex H2020 EU funded project. Fossil fuel fired power plants are expected to improve their flexibility in the future energy scenario characterized by a large share of non-predictable and non-dispatchable renewable energy sources. This upcoming context requires a new generation of coal fired power plants with a smaller size, a high flexibility and minor requirements for the installation site like no need of water consumption. Carbon dioxide in supercritical cycles is recognized to be a possible solution for this technology shift and could replace in the future common steam Rankine cycles. This paper focuses on the impact of ambient temperature variation on a small size coal fired sCO2 power plants equipped with a dry cooling heat rejection unit, with the aim of understanding the effect on plant operability and system performance. A dedicate tool is implemented for off-design behavior assessment and different control strategies are investigated. Results show that without a proper design of the heat rejection unit a small increase of ambient temperature may drastically limit the maximum attainable power output of the plant. This penalizing effect is more pronounced in hot locations, but this issue can be limited by adopting a sufficient over-sizing of the cycle heat rejection unit (HRU) or wet-and-dry solutions.
description: Conference Proceedings of the European sCO2 Conference4th European sCO2 Conference for Energy Systems: March 23-24, 2021, Online Conference, p. 379
title: Estimated cost and performance of a novel sCO2 natural convection cycle for low-grade waste heat recovery
Creators: name: Katcher, Kelsi
name: Marshall, Michael
name: Smith, Natalie
name: Replogle, Cole
Publisher: name: DuEPublico: Duisburg-Essen Publications online, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 620

description: The current work focuses on development of a natural-convection-driven system for low-cost power generation from low-grade heat sources using supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) as the working fluid. Cycle modelling sensitivity studies were conducted to predict available power generation and estimated installation cost for four applications of various thermal and physical scales; the considered applications ranged from a 2 MW-th data center to an 80 MW-th geothermal application. Sensitivity studies included variations in the sCO2 temperatures and pressures, the flow loop pipe sizing, and the flow loop elevation change to quantify the impact of each design variable on the recoverable power, the thermal efficiency, and the estimated capital cost per power. Results of this study show that increasing the elevation change across the cycle and decreasing low-side CO2 temperature (to near or below the critical temperature of 31.1°C) generated the most significant improvements in cycle performance and specific cost. It was also found that the cost per power is lowest for the largest thermal scales, namely geothermal-type applications. However, even though the small- and medium-scale applications have higher specific costs, the actual installation cost is still considered relatively low. Therefore, it is expected that these waste heat recovery cycles could still present competitive solutions for small electrical power requirements where very low-grade waste heat is available.
description: Conference Proceedings of the European sCO2 Conference4th European sCO2 Conference for Energy Systems: March 23-24, 2021, Online Conference, p. 389
AutoPersuade: A Framework for Evaluating and Explaining Persuasive Arguments
Creators: name: Saenger, Till Raphael
name: Hinck, Musashi
name: Grimmer, Justin
name: Stewart, Brandon M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We introduce AutoPersuade, a three-part framework for constructing persuasive messages. First, we curate a large dataset of arguments with human evaluations. Next, we develop a novel topic model to identify argument features that influence persuasiveness. Finally, we use this model to predict the effectiveness of new arguments and assess the causal impact of different components to provide explanations. We validate AutoPersuade through an experimental study on arguments for veganism, demonstrating its effectiveness with human studies and out-of-sample predictions.
description: Published in Proceedings of EMNLP 2024. The official version is available in the ACL Anthology at https://aclanthology.org/2024.emnlp-main.913/
title: Operational analysis of a self-propelling heat removal system using supercritical CO2 with ATHLET
Creators: name: Hofer, Markus
name: Buck, Michael
name: Starflinger, Jörg
Publisher: name: DuEPublico: Duisburg-Essen Publications online, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 620

description: This study proposes preliminary guidelines for the design and operation of a supercritical carbon-dioxide (sCO21) heat removal system for nuclear power plants. Based on a thermodynamic optimization the design point is calculated incorporating an existing small-scale compressor map. The behavior of the cycle is tested under varying boundary conditions on the steam side of the compact heat exchanger. The simulations are carried out with the thermal-hydraulic system code ATHLET, which has been extended for the simulation of sCO2 power cycles. The extensions include the thermodynamic properties, heat transfer and pressure drop correlations as well as performance map based turbomachinery models, which take the real gas behavior of sCO2 into account. During the decay heat transient, compressor surge occurs in some of the simulated cases. In order to avoid compressor surge and to follow the decay heat curve, the compressor speed is reduced together with the steam temperature. This enables to operate one single system down to a thermal load of less than 50 % even under the design restriction caused by the application of the existing compressor performance map. 1 sCO2 is defined as carbon dioxide at supercritical conditions with p > 73.8 bar and T > 31 °C
description: Conference Proceedings of the European sCO2 Conference4th European sCO2 Conference for Energy Systems: March 23-24, 2021, Online Conference, p. 400
On the shape of the connected components of the complement of two-dimensional Brownian random interlacements
Creators: name: Collin, Orphée
name: Popov, Serguei
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 60K35, 60J65

description: We study the limiting shape of the connected components of the vacant set of two-dimensional Brownian random interlacements: we prove that the connected component around $x$ is close in distribution to a rescaled \emph{Brownian amoeba} in the regime when the distance from $x\in\mathbb{C}$ to the closest trajectory is small (which, in particular, includes the cases $x\to\infty$ with fixed intensity parameter $α$, and $α\to\infty$ with fixed $x$). We also obtain a new family of martingales built on the conditioned Brownian motion, which may be of independent interest.
description: 30 pages, 4 figures
Development of an Online L2 Japanese Vocabulary Learning Tool and Quantitative and Qualitative Examination of its Effectiveness
Creators: name: Matsuo, Ayaka
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 470401
subject: Applied linguistics and educational linguistics
classificationCode: 470314
subject: Japanese language

description: Vocabulary is a crucial element in second language learning. However, researchers in vocabulary acquisition express concerns about students’ successful acquisition of vocabulary (e.g., no significant gain after one semester of instruction (Clark & Ishida, 2005)) and the limited classroom instruction dedicated to vocabulary. In an effort to address these issues, the present study developed an online vocabulary learning system intended for use as homework, incorporating relevant theories, hypotheses, and empirical findings from existing literature and investigated its effectiveness employing a mixed-methods design.For the quantitative component, students’ vocabulary gains were measured across three aspects of vocabulary knowledge (breadth/size, depth, and speed of access). A three-week experiment was conducted with students enrolled in the third-semester Japanese language course at a US Midwest institution. The final dataset included 54 students’ data. The experimental group (n = 28) utilized the new system to learn target words, while the control group (n = 26) used the current system employed in the course. The current system is also operated online and includes two types of exercises (i.e., listen-and-repeat and flashcards). ANCOVAs were employed to identify any significant differences between the groups, controlling for their pretest scores. Additionally, regression analyses were conducted to explore the relationship between the time the experimental group students spent learning new words using the new system and their outcomes, while also controlling for their pretest scores.For the qualitative component, eight students from the same participant pool as the quantitative component participated in one-hour focus group discussions, conducted separately for the experimental and control groups.The quantitative analysis revealed no significant differences between the groups; however, it was found that the time spent by the experimental group learning new words using the system significantly predicted two aspects of vocabulary knowledge. The qualitative data offered insights into potential explanations for the lack of significant differences between the groups, including the influence of students’ motivation on the experiment and the perceived difficulty level of the vocabulary exercises implemented in the new system. Based on the results of the present study, numerous suggestions are made for future development projects of similar systems and research.
Technologies of resistance : Handsome Lake and Seneca responses to land alienation and Quaker missions
Creators: name: Williams, Gregory
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2012

description: This thesis explores the connections between land alienation, colonialism and religious renewal in the life and teachings of Seneca religious leader Handsome Lake. In 1799, shortly after the arrival of three Quaker Missionaries at the Allegheny settlement of the Seneca Nation, Handsome Lake began to receive visions from the Great Spirit which reaffirmed traditional Seneca cosmology while integrating certain Christian elements. These visions also outlined a new way in which the Seneca ought to live, embodied in the Gaiwiio or “Good Word,” which is still recited on Seneca Reservations every year. This occurred shortly after the Seneca were pressured to cede the vast majority of their land base in the Treaty of Big Tree after the Six Nations Confederacy (Iroquois) was broken apart by the American War of Independence. Scholars in the tradition of Anthony Wallace have treated the religious movement that Handsome Lake started as an individualist and moralizing one which “saved” the Seneca by allowing them to integrate the core ideas of Euro-American religion and economics within the vocabulary of their traditional images and narratives. This thesis will contradict that view. It will argue that, far from being a Trojan Horse of colonial ideas, Handsome Lake's teachings allowed the Seneca to adapt to and resist colonial rule. In particular, Handsome Lake's visions contested Euro-American practices of land alienation, private property and male agricultural labor as the basis for all economic activity, as well as the authority of the Euro-American Church and State. By disrupting Euro-American discourses of economy and identity which were being imposed on the Seneca, Handsome Lake created space for independent articulations of fluid and vital indigenous ways of life.
title: Providers, Peers and Patients: How do Physicians’ Practice Environments Affect Patient Outcomes?
Creators: name: Avdic, Daniel
name: Ivets, Maryna
name: Lagerqvist, Bo
name: Sriubaite, Ieva
Publisher: name: DuEPublico: Duisburg-Essen Publications online, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Practice Style
subject: Environment
subject: Peers
subject: Quality of Care
subject: 610
subject: 330

description: We study the extent to which physician treatment styles are determined by their practice environment and whether such decisions affect the quality of care received by patients. Using rich data on all coronary angioplasty procedures in Sweden 2004–2013, our empirical approach compares stent choices of interventional cardiologists moving across hospitals to patient outcomes over time. To disentangle changes in practice styles attributable to physical (provider) and social (peer group) factors, we exploit quasi‐random variation on physicians working on the same day in the same hospital. Our findings suggest that (i) moving cardiologists’ stent choices rapidly adapt to their new practice environment after relocation; (ii) practice style changes are equally driven by the physical and social environments; and (iii) rates of decision errors, treatment costs and adverse clinical events among treated patients remain largely unchanged despite the altered practice styles.
description: CINCH working paper series, vol. 2021, no. 01
Metamorfosi del seriale. L’ordine del racconto dall’analogico al digitale
Creators: name: Zaganelli, Giovanna
name: Marino, Toni
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Cagliari
Year: 2016
Subjects: Seriale; Sequenziale; Simultaneo; Rimediazione; Blending

description: focalizzando l’attenzione sull’approccio della semiotica interpretativa. Lo scopo del lavoro è quello di mostrare come, nel passaggio dall’analogico al digitale, la struttura sequenziale del racconto seriale si modifichi per opera di una rimediazione delle caratteristiche della testualità digitale nei media analogici, e transiti a una struttura simultanea che ricalca quella ipertestuale del web. Le nuove forme di serialità, di cui si offrono alcuni esempi di letteratura web, web series e cartoon movie sperimentali, impongono nuovi vincoli al patto di cooperazione tra autore e lettore, e identificano un nuovo lettore modello. Il nuovo lettore è alfabetizzato alla lettura in ambiente digitale, non identifica la serie per generi ma per modi narrativi, può partecipare attivamente all’evoluzione della trama e – caratteristica di base – non identifica la relazione tra gli episodi della serie in base ad un principio di dipendenza concettuale, ma in base ad un principio di fusione concettuale.
description: Between, V. 6, N. 11 (2016): Forme, strategie e mutazioni del racconto seriale
title: Siebte IFToMM D-A-CH Konferenz 2021: 18./19. Februar 2021, Online-Konferenz
Creators: name: IFToMM D-A-CH
name: Universität Duisburg-Essen
Publisher: name: DuEPublico: Duisburg-Essen Publications online, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 62
subject: 620

description: IFToMM D-A-CH Konferenz, vol. 2021
title: Zwischen Vorstellung und Kalkül: ergiebige Sachkontexte beim graphischen Ableiten nutzen
Creators: name: Bosse, Marc
name: Klinger, Marcel
Publisher: name: DuEPublico: Duisburg-Essen Publications online, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 510

description: Die Analysis ist eine Teildisziplin der Mathematik, die einen großen Beziehungsreichtum zwischen ihren Konzepten und Begriffen zu einer umfassenden und häufig deduktiv aufbereiteten Theorie vereint. Gerade deshalb mag es oft schwerfallen, sinnstiftende Erfahrungen in einzelnen Unterrichtsstunden aufzubereiten (Danackwerts & Vogel, 2006). Häufig führt dieser Umstand vor allem dazu, dass die Gegenstände der Analysis eher isoliert betrachtet und in erster Linie die damit verbundenen (algorithmischen) Routinen vermittelt werden, um Lernziele zu erreichen (Klinger, 2018).
American missionaries and the Nanking massacre : a history of humanitarians, collaborators, and evangelists
Creators: name: Wong, Wilbert
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2012

description: Although American missionaries composed the majority of foreign relief workers during the Nanking Massacre of 1937, their collective role has not received significant scholarly study. Instead, the current historiography has emphasized the role of the International Committee (IC) under John Rabe's leadership. This thesis argues that the American missionaries served as the actual nucleus of relief efforts during the Massacre by disaggregating the IC into its different components as well as examining events shortly before and after the Massacre. By emphasizing the role of the missionaries, this thesis provides a nuanced alternative to the heroic narrative of the Westerners' resistance against Japanese occupation and violence. Instead, resistance was accompanied by collaboration and evangelism as the American missionaries sought to preserve both life and soul through their relief efforts during the Nanking Massacre.
title: Der Streit, Episode 1 - Abbott: Zeit zählt
Creators: name: Armbruster, André
name: Seyfert, Robert
Publisher: name: DuEPublico: Duisburg-Essen Publications online, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Podcast
subject: Soziologie
subject: Review
subject: Besprechungen
subject: 300

description: In der ersten Folge des Podcasts „Der Streit“ besprechen wir „Zeit zählt. Grundzüge einer prozessualen Soziologie“ von Andrew Abbott (Hamburger Edition, 2020). Wir diskutieren, ob Individuen langlebiger als Strukturen sind, über einen verdrängten methodologischen Individualismus ohne Handlungstheorie und ob Abbott Grundzüge einer an Prozessen orientierten Soziologie liefern kann.
description: Der Streit - Über neue soziologische Literatur: Podcast
Voluntary Associations in British Columbia’s Frontier Communities: The Case of Freemasonry in Kelowna, 1905-1914
Creators: name: Stephenson, Brian P.
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2012

description: Addressing a gap in British Columbia’s provincial, and Kelowna’s local, historiography, this thesis examines the role of Freemasonry in the growth of British Columbia and its early frontier communities. Arriving in Victoria prior to British Columbia joining Confederation in 1871, Freemasonry demonstrated itself to be a uniquely British form of social capital, the fraternity’s role in early Victoria foreshadowing the organization’s influence throughout the interior of the province. As seen through a microstudy of the frontier community of Kelowna in 1905, Freemasonry in British Columbia acted as an early social network regionally and locally, providing a province-wide system of connections while promoting similarly strong ties between individuals within the emerging communities themselves. A force for social organization, Masonic Lodges countered social disorder within British Columbia’s frontier communities and eased movement between them while influencing notions of respectability, masculinity, and civic responsibility.
On Chalykh's approach to eigenfunctions of DIM-induced integrable Hamiltonians
Creators: name: Mironov, A.
name: Morozov, A.
name: Popolitov, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Quantum Algebra (math.QA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Quite some years ago, Oleg Chalykh has built a nice theory from the observation that the Macdonald polynomial reduces at $t=q^{-m}$ to a sum over permutations of simpler polynomials called Baker-Akhiezer functions, which can be unambiguously constructed from a system of linear difference equations. Moreover, he also proposed a generalization of these polynomials to the twisted Baker-Akhiezer functions. Recently, in a private communication Oleg suggested that these twisted Baker-Akhiezer functions could provide eigenfunctions of the commuting Hamiltonians associated with the $(-1,a)$ rays of the Ding-Iohara-Miki algebra. In the paper, we discuss this suggestion and some evidence in its support.
description: 14 pages, LaTeX
Hypoglycaemia due to insulin therapy for the management of hyperkalaemia in hospitalised adults: A scoping review.
Creators: name: Chothia, Mogamat-Yazied
name: Humphrey, Toby
name: Schoonees, Anel
name: Chikte, Usuf Mohamed Ebrahim
name: Davids, Mogamat Razeen
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Research Article
subject: Medicine and health sciences
subject: Biology and life sciences
subject: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Research and analysis methods

description: INTRODUCTION: Hyperkalaemia is a very common electrolyte disorder encountered in hospitalised patients. Although hypoglycaemia is a frequent complication of insulin therapy, it is often under-appreciated. We conducted a scoping review of this important complication, and of other adverse effects, of the treatment of hyperkalaemia in hospitalised adults to map existing research on this topic and to identify any knowledge gaps. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We followed the PRISMA-ScR guidelines. Studies were eligible for inclusion if they reported on any adverse effects in hospitalised patients ≥18-years-old, with hyperkalaemia receiving treatment that included insulin. All eligible research from 1980 to 12 October 2021 were included. We searched Medline (PubMed), Embase (Ovid), the Cochrane Library, CINHAL, Africa-Wide Information, Web of Science Core Collection, LILACS and Epistemonikos. The protocol was prospectively registered with the Open Science Framework (https://osf.io/x8cs9). RESULTS: Sixty-two articles were included. The prevalence of hypoglycaemia by any definition was 17.2% (95% CI 16.6-17.8%). The median timing of hypoglycaemia was 124 minutes after insulin administration (IQR 102-168 minutes). There were no differences in the prevalence of hypoglycaemia when comparing insulin dose (<10 units vs. ≥10 units), rate of insulin administration (continuous vs. bolus), type of insulin (regular vs. short-acting) or timing of insulin administration relative to dextrose. However, lower insulin doses were associated with a reduced prevalence of severe hypoglycaemia (3.5% vs. 5.9%, P = 0.02). There was no difference regarding prevalence of hypoglycaemia by dextrose dose (≤25 g vs. >25 g); however, prevalence was lower when dextrose was administered as a continuous infusion compared with bolus administration (3.3% vs. 19.5%, P = 0.02). The most common predictor of hypoglycaemia was the pre-treatment serum glucose concentration (n = 13 studies), which ranged from < 5.6-7.8 mmol/L. CONCLUSION: This is the first comprehensive review of the adverse effects following insulin therapy for hyperkalaemia. Hypoglycaemia remains a common adverse effect in hospitalised adults. Future randomised trials should focus on identifying the optimal regimen of insulin therapy to mitigate the risk of hypoglycaemia.
Potential opportunities for cross laminated timber in South Korean residential building market
Creators: name: Yun, Dominic
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2012

description: Cross laminated timber (CLT) is one of the fastest growing engineered wood products in Europe. It is considered to be one of the most reliable wood building materials in the current market. It provides great strength while reducing construction time and carbon emission, which can be marketed competitively with steel and concrete as a primary building material. These advantages allow CLT to be considered the most popular timber product in multi-home complex construction as well as mid-rise commercial building constructions in Europe. Current Korean building permits and regulation system are highly favourable to steel and concrete construction. In order for CLT and other wood products to penetrate into this monopolized construction market, Korean government needs to make changes to promote sustainable building code. However, it is highly unlikely that CLT construction will be able to generate any significant revenue at this point due to lack of marketing and knowledge of the product in South Korea. This report will discuss in detail on what ways CLT products can be introduced initially in South Korea to create similar interest and demand CLT gained in Europe and North America. The public awareness on environment is growing rapidly in South Korea, and construction companies consistently look for greener marketing strategies to satisfy the interest and concern of the general public. CLT can be the ideal material to break through the heavily favoured construction material market in South Korea. Potential opportunities of CLT products are discussed extensively in this report.
Precedence effect for moving sounds in the horizontal plane
Creators: name: Agaeva, Maria
name: Petropavlovskaia, Ekaterina
Publisher: name: F1000Research
Year: 2016

description: The precedence effect refers to a group of auditory phenomena that is related to ability to localize sound sources in reverberant environment. In the present study, the precedence effect was explored using two moving signals. The first signal was the direct signal (lead) and the other was the delayed (lag). Sound source movement was created by successive switching of 10 loudspeakers. The path length of the lead and lag movement was 34⁰. The lead moved leftward in the right hemispace (from 34⁰ to 0⁰) and the lag moved leftward in the left hemispace (from -52⁰ to -86⁰). The duration of the lead and the lag was 1s. Lead-lag delays ranged from 1 to 40 ms (onset-to-onset interval). The listeners indicated the location of the beginning and the end of the lag. The results suggest that at short delays (up to 18 ms), the lead strongly dominates the localization of the lag signal. All listeners indicated that they perceived one location near the lead, regardless of instructions. At the longest delays two distinct sounds were perceived. The average value of the echo thresholds in eight subjects was 9.6 ms.
Research on supporting mechanism of ancillary service of PV system to grid energy efficiency based on multi-time and space-time operation.
Creators: name: Yong, Cui
name: Shao, Mingzhen
name: Xiaoqian, Zhou
name: Wen, Liu
name: Desen, Ji
name: Ramsey, Thomas Stephen
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Research Article
subject: Engineering and technology
subject: FOS: Engineering and technology
subject: Biology and life sciences
subject: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Research and analysis methods

description: Under the background of high-energy penetration of new energy into the power grid, this paper takes the ancillary service capability of photovoltaic energy integrated into the grid as the starting point and builds a photovoltaic system reactive power service impact evaluation model on the grid energy efficiency. This is based on the multi-temporal and spatial scale operation mode, in order to study the supporting principles of photovoltaic system reactive power services on the energy efficiency of grid operation and the law of influence on system energy efficiency changes. In this way, the space for power system energy efficiency improvement and the reactive power service market value of renewable energy are explored to improve the renewable energy auxiliary services participation in the theoretical system of electric power spot market transactions. The research conclusions can provide a decision-making reference for system dynamic energy efficiency management and can assist relevant market entities to make optimal decisions in spot market transactions, and provide empirical data for improving the theory of renewable energy participation in auxiliary service market transactions.
Localization of the lagged moving sounds in the precedence effect paradigm
Creators: name: Agaeva, Maria
name: Petropavlovskaia, Ekaterina
Publisher: name: F1000Research
Year: 2016

description: In reverberant environment, humans are able to localize sound source. The auditory system assigns greater weight to the direct sound (lead) than to the later-arriving sound (lag). In this study, sound localization was studied for moving lag in the lead-lag paradigm with stationary lead, compared to the localization of the single moving sound. Lead-lag delays ranged from 1to 40 ms. Testing was conducted in the free field. The lead was located at azimuth 15⁰ (in the right hemispace).  The lag moved from the lead in the left hemispace (from -52⁰ to -86⁰). Subjects were asked to point at the beginning and the end of the lag motion trajectory. Results indicate that at short delays (up to 9 ms) the lead strongly dominates sound localization, suggesting precedence effect. At delays from 9 to 18 ms subjects pointed either to the lead or to the lag. At longer delays all listeners perceived two sounds and pointed only the lag trajectory. The length of the lag motion trajectory decreased relative the single stimulus, suggesting the masking effect. Perceived starting point shifted toward the left ear depending on the delay, which means that the masking mainly affected the initial part of the trajectory.
title: Anwendung eines roboterbasierten Hardware-in-the-Loop-Simulators zur Untersuchung künstlicher Kniegelenke
Creators: name: Kleist, Eric
name: Grawe, Robert
name: Kebbach, Maeruan
name: Bader, Rainer
name: Woernle, Christoph
Publisher: name: DuEPublico: Duisburg-Essen Publications online, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 620
subject: 610

description: Kurzfassung des Tagungsbeitrags.
description: IFToMM D-A-CH Konferenz, vol. 2021Siebte IFToMM D-A-CH Konferenz 2021: 18./19. Februar 2021, Online-Konferenz
Follicular Size Threshold for Ovulation Reassessed. Insights from Multiple Ovulating Dairy Cows.
Creators: name: López-Gatius, Fernando
name: Llobera-Balcells, Mònica
name: Palacín-Chauri, Roger J
name: Garcia-Ispierto, Irina
name: Hunter, Ronald HF
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2022
Subjects: bovine
follicular size
ovulation failure
pregnancy rate
twins

description: In Bos. taurus cattle, follicular deviation to dominance begins when the selected ovulatory follicle reaches a mean diameter of 8.5 mm. The dominant follicle acquires the capacity to ovulate when it reaches a diameter of about 10 mm. In this study, data derived from 148 cows in estrus with one follicle of ovulatory size and another of 7-9 mm, reveal that the small follicle has the capacity to ovulate alone or with the dominant follicle; thus, giving rise to a single or twin pregnancy. This indicates that a follicle of deviation size may ovulate in the presence of a follicle of ovulatory size.