cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
In Heaven, as it is on Earth: Representations of literary heavens in contemporary literature, with a focus on Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones
Creators: name: Tidy, Samantha
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024

description: This exegesis examines the landscape of heaven depicted in the contemporary novel, The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. I examine the various characteristics of the heaven (or 'afterlife') depicted in Sebold's novel, with the aim of ascertaining the narrative effects of using this device.

Using Ingrid Daemmrich's analysis of the paradisiacal motif in literature as a framework (Daemmrich, I 1997, Studies on Themes and Motifs in Literature: Enigmatic Bliss, The Paradise Motif in Literature, Peter Lang, New York), I reveal characteristics in The Lovely Bones that are both consistent with and challenge traditional literary representations of heaven and which therefore demonstrate that the text utilises the established literary motif of heaven for symbolism and meaning, but in a contemporary context.

I explore the growing trend of contemporary literary heavens by reviewing two other literary heavens that are relevant to this scholarship. I examine where as writers and readers, we ascertain our concept of heaven (in society's religious foundations and from prior literature), and for the relevance of the key text, I briefly discuss the author's likely cultural influences. Having established the novel's lack of alignment with a religious version of heaven, I then examine the nature of and the narrative effect of, the personalised heaven depicted in the novel, The Lovely Bones.

In doing so, I explore one of the new portraits of heaven in literature, an example which represents a growing trend away from portraying a classic edenic heaven shared by all humanity (and traditional to literary representations of heaven), toward a contemporary, personalised heaven that seeks to meet the wants and desires of the individual in our modern society. With reference to literature's ability to reflect back to us, our society's beliefs and values, I examine what this new portrait of heaven reveals about society.

Access to the project examined in conjunction with this exegesis has been restricted due to copyright.
title: Validation of International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, German Modification (ICD-10-GM) Codes Used to Detect Adverse Drug Events in Hospital Routine Data
Creators: name: Kuklik, Nils
name: Stausberg, Jürgen
name: Jöckel, Karl-Heinz
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Epidemiologie
subject: Medizinische Dokumentation
subject: Medizinische Informatik
subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Introduction: Adverse drug events (ADEs) pose a burden to healthcare systems in terms of harm to patients and financial resources [ref:1]. Although several surveillance systems are available and established, they lack completeness, suffer from acceptance problems, or are cost intensive [ref:2].[for full text, please go to the a.m. URL]
description: 62. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie e.V. (GMDS)
EDUCAÇÃO AMBIENTAL CRÍTICA E  INTERDISCIPLINARIDADE:  PREMISSAS PARA O DEBATE
Creators: name: César Augusto Soares da Costa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013

description: Resumo: O presente ensaio objetiva discutir o termo “interdisciplinaridade/interdisciplinar” à luz das diferentes Conferências e documentos ambientais normativos da área. Apontamos que o termo está inserido e relacionado ao conteúdo e à prática da educação, orientada para a resolução dos problemas concretos do meio ambiente através de enfoques interdisciplinares e de uma participação ativa e responsável de cada indivíduo e da coletividade. Com isso, queremos assinalar que compreendendo a interdependência da interdisciplinaridade frente às múltiplas determinações sociais, o termo supõe considerar a relevância da “totalidade” nas relações entre sociedade-natureza para a formulação própria da Educação Ambiental crítica. Nesse sentido, a educação ambiental crítica exige uma sistematização que organize os processos de construção crítica de conhecimentos, atitudes, valores políticos, sociais e históricos. Por fim, apontamos que o desafio para a educação ambiental crítica em sua reflexão interdisciplinar é estar à altura dos desafios da sociedade chamada sociedade capitalista, justamente, delineando uma teoria crítica no patamar das atuais condições sociais, culturais e políticas que são regidos pelo modo de produção capitalista.    Palavras-chave: Educação Ambiental Interdisciplinaridade, sociedade-natureza.
Additional file 3 of Genetic confounding in the association of early motor development with childhood and adolescent exercise behavior
Creators: name: Zi, Yahua
name: Bartels, Meike
name: Dolan, Conor
name: de Geus, Eco J.C.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Mental Health

description: Supplementary Material 3
A knowledge based supervisory support system for pan stage operations in a sugar mill
Creators: name: DODD, ROLAND
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024

description: The recent downturn in world sugar prices has placed even greater demands upon the Australian sugar industry to reduce the costs of sugar manufacture and increase the consistency of producing high quality sugar. One of the proposed approaches in increasing the consistency of very high quality sugar production and leveraging further avenues for cost saving is in the development of a computer based advisory system. This system is able to provide expert knowledge in the area of pan stage management and best practices in the absence of human experts. This thesis explores the design, key features and outcomes of a knowledge based supervisory support system (KBSSS) framework proposed specifically for providing cooperative decision support in the area of pan stage operations within a sugar mill. To demonstrate the viability of the proposed KBSSS framework a prototype system was develop ed in accordance with the proposed framework.

The KBSSS utilises three core innovative system technologies that form the core components of the proposed KBSSS framework. These technologies are: 1) Dynamic industrial pan stage process models for identifying the dynamic relationships between sections of pan stage operations to allow for future forecasting of pan stage operating conditions, 2) Integration techniques for the merging of the developed pan stage process models into the hybrid fuzzy logic expert system rule base to provide localisation adjustment to match with local real world factory operational conditions, and 3) Explanatory capabilities to provide justification and support of system advice and recommendations.

As a result of research and development carried out in this thesis, the KBSSS's test results demonstrated in the thesis indicate the viability of the proposed KBSSS framework and highlight the forecasting capabilities of the developed system resulting in favourable outcomes compared to data from pan stage operations. As a result of the research undertaken in the thesis a prototype KBSSS, for pan stage operations, based upon the three core supporting intelligent system technologies reported in the thesis has been developed.
Solar-hydrogen systems for remote area power supply
Creators: name: Ali, Suhaib Muhammed
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024

description: Remote area power supply (RAPS) is a potential early market for solar-hydrogen systems because of the comparatively high cost of conventional energy sources such as diesel generators in remote regions isolated from main electricity grid.

The objectives of this project are to:
• Review previous work on renewable energy – hydrogen systems, with special emphasis on remote power supply applications
• Develop a computer simulation model of small-scale solar hydrogen systems for remote energy supply with climatic conditions and the profile of the electrical load to be met as inputs.
• Design, construct and evaluate the performance of a laboratory-scale solar hydrogen system suitable for remote area power supply
• Investigate a number of low-cost options for storage of the hydrogen produced as compressed gas.
• Conduct a preliminary triple bottom line (economic, environmental and social) evaluation of this system compared to conventional RAPS systems employing battery storage or diesel generators.
ЧИСЛЕННОСТЬ МИКРООРГАНИЗМОВ В ТЕХНОЛОГИИ БЕЗ ОБРАБОТКИ ПОЧВЫ В ЗАВИСИМОСТИ ОТ ПРЕДШЕСТВЕННИКА И ДОЗ МИНЕРАЛЬНЫХ УДОБРЕНИЙ
Creators: name: МЕНЬКИНА ЕЛЕНА АЛЕКСАНДРОВНА, ВОРОПАЕВА АНАСТАСИЯ АНАТОЛЬЕВНА
Publisher: name: Федеральное государственное бюджетное научное учреждение «Калужский научно-исследовательский институт сельского хозяйства» (Калуга)
Year: 2018

description: Изучали влияние разных способов обработки почвы: технологи. прямого посева без обработки (No-till) и общепринятую технологию для данной зоны края, разных доз минеральных удобрений и различных предшественников на микробиологическую активность почвы.
Operations research for decision support in wildfire management
Creators: name: Minas, James
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024

description: The February 2009 ‘Black Saturday’ bushfires resulted in 173 fatalities, caused AUD$4 billion in damage and provided a stark reminder of the destructive potential of wildfire. Globally, wildfire-related destruction appears to be worsening with observed increases in fire occurrence and severity. Wildfire management is a difficult undertaking and involves a complex mix of interrelated components operating across varying temporal and spatial scales. This thesis explores how operations research methods may be employed to provide decision support to wildfire managers so as to reduce the harmful impacts of wildfires on people, communities and natural resources. Some defining challenges of wildfire management are identified, namely complexity, multiple conflicting objectives and uncertainty. A range of operations research methods that can resolve these difficulties are then presented together with illustrative examples from the wildfire and disaster operations research literature. Three mixed integer programming models are then proposed to address specific real-world wildfire management problems. The first model incorporates the complementray effects of fuel treatment and supression preparedness decisions within an integrated framework. The second model schedules fuel treatments across multiple time periods to maintain fire resistant landscape patterns while satisfying various ecological and operational requirements. The third model aggregates fuel treatment units to minimise total perimeter requiring management.
Additional file 1 of Impact of delayed processing of positive blood cultures on organism detection: a prospective multi-centre study
Creators: name: Roberts, Tamalee
name: Chandna, Arjun
name: Watthanaworawit, Wanitda
name: Thaiprakong, Areerat
name: Soeng, Sona
name: Simmalavong, Manivone
name: Phoumin, Phonelavanh
name: Saengchun, Weerawut
name: Khatta, Nongyao
name: Hinfonthong, Pattaraporn
name: Kaewpundoem, Napaporn
name: Lee, Sue J.
name: Perrone, Carlo
name: Amos, Ben
name: Turner, Paul
name: Ashley, Elizabeth A.
name: Ling, Clare L.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Hematology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Median inoculum, time to positivity, time to removal from the automated detection system, and time to SC1, for each of the target organisms. IQR = inter-quartile range; SC1 = sub-culture 1. *after removal from the machine, **after flagging positive. Table S2. Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed-rank test p-values for the comparison of growth of Streptococcus pneumoniae from Phase One for all bottles (i.e., BACTEC and BacT/ALERT combined). Comparisons are between SC1 versus all other SCs, and SC4 versus SC4 swab, within each temperature condition. *All bottles resulted in growth. SC1 = 0–6 h; SC2 = 22–26 h; SC3 = 30–34 h; SC4 = 46–50 h; SC4 swab = Amies transport swab stored for 46–50 h; SC5 = 7 days. Values in bold indicate p
title: Die Krankheitskosten des Mammakarzinoms nach Behandlungsphasen in Deutschland –  eine GKV-Routinedatenanalyse
Creators: name: Kreis, Kristine
name: Plöthner, Marika
name: Seufert, Richard
name: Schreeb, Katharina
name: Jahndel, Veronika
name: Maas, Sylke
name: Kuhlmann, Alexander
name: Zeidler, Jan
name: Schramm, Anja
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biometrie
subject: Epidemiologie
subject: Medizinische Dokumentation
subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Einleitung: Mit einer jährlichen Inzidenz von rund 70.000 Patienten handelt es sich beim Mammakarzinom mit Abstand um die häufigste onkologische Erkrankung bei Frauen in Deutschland. Ebenfalls platziert sich das Mammakarzinom an der Spitze aller krebsbedingten Todesfälle und auf dem vierten[zum vollständigen Text gelangen Sie über die oben angegebene URL]
description: 62. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie e.V. (GMDS)
The crafting of text on emblematic objects: jewellery and tableware
Creators: name: BARTLEY, Roseanne
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024

description: This project examines the historical use of text on emblematic objects and through a studio-based practice investigates the signifying properties of object, text and material in the communication of symbolic message. It involves the manufacture of contemporary jewellery and tableware in traditional and non-traditional materials and references cultural and political themes. The symbolism of these themes has been explored through the visual and material applications of selected text, the collection and manipulation of found material (found with or without text), and how meaning can be symbolised through the transcendent manipulation of form.

In my research I examined the established history of emblematic objects, which through their incorporation of text, their function and scale in relation to the body, organise, distinguish, categorise, unite or isolate groups of people.

In my research I established that text has been employed by gold and silversmiths through out history and in a variety of ways - to narrate messages, as an abstract decoration, or as a means of identifying the maker but the graphic potential of text as a visible sign was rarely demonstrated. With this studio based project I was interested in investigating the signifying properties of text and the creation of a dynamic relationship between text, form and material as a means to communicate symbolic meaning. My research establishes the potential of the metaphoric and material language of jewellery and tableware to make reference to and communicate within contemporary cultural and political dialogues.
Validation of dynamic signature for identity verification
Creators: name: Yau, Shern
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024

description: Machine based identity validation is extremely important to determine the authenticity of documents, for financial transactions, and for e-communication. Recent explosion of frauds have demonstrated the ineffectiveness of password, personal identification numbers and biometrics.

This thesis presents a signature verification technique which is inexpensive, user friendly, robust against impostors and is reliable, and insensitive to factors such as users’ exposure to emotional stimuli. This work has addressed three important issues which are:
• The selection of appropriate features for dynamic and static signatures.
• The suitable classifier for classification of the features.
• The impact of emotional stimuli on the natural handwriting and signatures of the subjects.

The thesis reports a comparison of the dynamic and static signatures and demonstrates that while the dynamic signature technique has a small increase in the rejection of the authentic user (92% compared with 94%), the system is far more discerning regarding the acceptance of the impostors (1% compared with 21%). The work also demonstrates that the use of ’unknown’ as a class reduces the rejection to zero, by putting those into a class who would be asked to repeat the experiment.

This thesis has also studied the impact of emotional stimuli on peoples’ handwriting and signatures and has determined that while the signatures are insensitive to these stimuli, the handwriting is affected by these stimuli. This outcome may be of importance for people who conduct graphology analysis on people because this suggests that while general handwriting is affected by short term emotional changes of people, signatures are a more robust indicator of the person and hence their personality.
Additional file 1 of The development of working alliance in early stages of care from the perspective of patients attending a chiropractic teaching clinic
Creators: name: Ivanova, Dima
name: Newell, Dave
name: Field, Jonathan
name: Bishop, Felicity L.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health
subject: Hematology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Supplementary Material 1: Topic Guide
title: In Cowboy America
Creators: name: Mizal-Archer, Michelle
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04zjtrb98
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2006

description: "In Cowboy America" is just as much a coming-of-age memoir about a young writer as it is about the Filipino-American experience. In 16 chapters I recall memories of family members—Grandmother, aunts, uncles and parents—as well as memories of my own. The stories capture events from my childhood years to marriage. The text also encapsulates family events of the past, before I was even born, and brings them to the forefront to show how they have shaped who I am today: a writer who has chosen a career most Asians, and Asian-Americans in general, have decided not to pursue. The memoir also explores the dynamics of a family divided between cultures—in this case, the Philippine and the American. What is America? It is one thing to those who come here and something else to those, like me, who are born here. In this sense, the memoir takes the reader through a journey of the heart of one family—my family—as well as a physical journey from East to West, both in-country and internationally. This is a story of how we are molded by the landscape we live on and the landscapes we dream about. This is a story of whom we are shaped by, the people we come from and the people we meet. This is a story of wanting to leave the past behind and push forward on roads frequently traveled by others. But most of all, this is a story of how past becomes the present and no matter how hard we try to fight it, there are some memories that are meant to be revealed, even if it means taking "the road less traveled by."
Internet-based survey design for university web sites: a case study of a Thai university
Creators: name: Vate-U-Lan, Poonsri
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024

description: In recent years with the increasingly world-wide introduction of the Internet, the use of online questionnaires has increased dramatically. However in Thailand, there has been only very limited systematic research on web-based design in Thailand, including for Thai undergraduates who are the biggest group of Thai internet users. The particular characteristics of the Thai language (e.g. no capital letters, no break between words, Thai script etc.) present some interesting challenges for online Thai surveys. This experimental study investigated web-based survey design principles based on an English language background trial at a Thai university with individual interviews and focus groups with the use of think aloud and other research techniques. The findings of two types of web usability tests revealed that the scrolling web-based format was the most suitable for conducting survey s and that such surveys are most likely to attract higher response rates when endorsed by a trusted organization, when instructions are short, simple and specific, when closed and dichotomous questions provide sufficient answer options and when matrix and semantic differential questions are limited. Research also indicates that the font, Ms Sans Serif of size "-1" or 14 pixels in Thai, is the most appropriate for the Thai language, as is a simple progression bar, three-point rating scales and an artistically decorated survey form.

The approximate ideal length of an effective on-line survey is about 20 questions, taking about 5 - 10 minutes to complete. The short and potentially sensitive demographic questions are best obtained just before respondents complete the questionnaire. Thai undergraduates adequately understand check boxes, option or radio buttons, and drop-down menus; therefore a help section may only be necessary when the survey is more complex than a general survey.

The study also examined the most attractive invitation method, comparing pop-up windows, message banners and advertising marquees in a 22-day trial on a Thai university website where 3,848 survey forms were completed, representing 22.7 per cent of those who entered the survey web-site. The characteristics did not differ from the actual university web-users profile - 58% were female and 32.8% were university students. The most effective invitation method was a message box when users clicked on any link on the homepage since it is a new method with no restriction from the browser with an effective grasp on the attention of the users. The most significant reasons influencing participants' decisions about the questionnaire were the same factors effecting decisions to participate in surveys generally: topic of survey followed by the importance of the survey content. The third reason influencing users' decisions to participate in this survey was the invitation method. In future, the third factor may become the ben efit accruing to the respondent.
Role of stearoyl-CoA desaturase1 in fatty acid-induced insulin resistance
Creators: name: Pinnamaneni, Srijan
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024

description: Recent investigations suggest that reducing stearoyl CoA desaturase (SCD) 1 expression confers protection against obesity and insulin resistance, whereas others show that increasing SCD1 expression protects cells from lipotoxicity. The overall aim of this thesis was to establish the role of SCD1 expression in fatty acid metabolism and insulin stimulated glucose disposal in skeletal muscle.

In vitro and in vivo studies were conducted to investigate the relationship between fatty acid subtype, SCD1 expression and fuel metabolism. The role of fatty acid subtype on fatty acid metabolite accumulation and insulin resistance was initially examined in rats. Rats were provided with a low fat diet or a high fat diet consisting of predominantly saturated (SAT) or polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA). Rats fed a SAT diet were insulin resistant and had increased skeletal muscle diacylglycerol content whereas rats fed a PUFA diet retained insulin sensitivity and accumulated triacylglycerol rather than diacylglycerol. Interestingly, SCD1 mRNA and protein content were elevated in SAT rats compared with PUFA fed and control fed rats, indicating a possible involvement of SCD1 in the aetiology of insulin resistance. Subsequently, SCD1 expression was examined in the skeletal muscle of various rodent models of genetic and diet-induced obesity. SCD1 content was consistently upregulated in the skeletal muscle of obese rodents.

To determine whether SCD1 contributes to or protects from fatty-acid induced insulin resistance, SCD1 levels were transiently altered in L6 skeletal muscle myotubes. Short interfering (si) RNA was used to decrease SCD1 content and a pcDNA3.1/HygromSCD1 vector was introduced to increase SCD1 content. Reducing SCD1 protein resulted in marked esterification of exogenous fatty acids into diacylglycerol and ceramide. Insulin-stimulated Akt (acute transforming retrovirus thymoma) phosphorylation and 2-deoxyglucose uptake were reduced with SCD1 siRNA. Exposure of L6 myotubes to palmitate abolished insulin-stimulated glucose uptake in both control and SCD1 siRNA myotubes. Transient overexpression of SCD1 resulted in triacylglycerol esterification but attenuated ceramide and diacylglycerol accumulation and protected myotubes from fatty acid-induced insulin resistance. Further, these changes were associated with reduced phosphorylation of c-Jun Amino-Terminal Kinase (JNK) and the inhibitor of IêB kinase (IKK), both of which impair insulin signalling. These studies indicated that SCD1 protects from cellular toxicity in L6 myotubes by preventing excessive accumulation of bioactive lipid metabolites. Collectively, these experiments indicate that increasing SCD1 expression may be a protective mechanism designed to prevent insulin resistance in obese phenotypes.
'There is a World Outside Verona': global capabilities and the global workforce: a case study of a Masters program
Creators: name: Cerotti, Paul
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024

description: This is a study of global capabilities needed in postgraduate students. International education and the globalization process, evident in their impact on a business student’s global capabilities in tertiary education, have gained momentum in the past decade. The knowledge-intensive economy demands that business students seeking a global career possess global capabilities.

RMIT University has a set of generic teaching and learning capabilities that are ostensibly applied to its many degree courses. There exists no explicit set of global capabilities that address what is needed to work globally. Further, neither RMIT University nor RMIT Business possesses a definitive set of global capabilities for business students. The aim of this research is to contribute to the body of knowledge on global capabilities in the Master of Business Information Technology (MBIT).

Semi-structured interviews were conducted with three distinct sets of subjects, whose views contextualised the data gathered from both the business and education environments. University, corporate, and students’ perspectives into the global capabilities needed by postgraduate students were gathered.

Results from this research have identified the importance of global capabilities whether you are a student, an employer or an academic. The most important capabilities are an understanding of globalization, global work, and the global organisation. Clear themes were the comprehension of cross cultural sensitivity and an ability to adapt to a globalized ever changing world. These capabilities can be acquired though exposure in an academic setting that is acutely sensitive to the world of globalization. Students in a liminal career state need to adopt these capabilities in order function globally.
Additional file 2 of The development of working alliance in early stages of care from the perspective of patients attending a chiropractic teaching clinic
Creators: name: Ivanova, Dima
name: Newell, Dave
name: Field, Jonathan
name: Bishop, Felicity L.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health
subject: Hematology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Supplementary Material 2: Checklist
sj-docx-2-dps-10.1177_10442073221128917 – Supplemental material for Perceptions of Federal Workplace Attributes: Interactions Among Disability, Sex, and Military Experience
Creators: name: von Schrader, Sarah
name: Shaw, Leslie
name: Colella, Adrienne
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Education
subject: 160512 Social Policy
subject: FOS: Political science
subject: 130312 Special Education and Disability
subject: FOS: Educational sciences

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-2-dps-10.1177_10442073221128917 for Perceptions of Federal Workplace Attributes: Interactions Among Disability, Sex, and Military Experience by Sarah von Schrader, Leslie Shaw and Adrienne Colella in Journal of Disability Policy Studies
Valuation of Reef Tourism: A Preliminary Review and Lessons Learned for a Study in the Philippines
Creators: name: Oco, D.M.C.
name: Delos Reyes, J.A.
name: Sevilla-Nastor, J.B.
name: Roquiño, E.F.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Coral reefs
subject: reef tourism
subject: PSALSAR framework

description: Coral reefs are globally important ecosystems known for their high productivity and biodiversity. These reefs offer various ecosystem services, including provisioning and regulation. The coastal environment of the Philippines is rich in a diversity of reef species and associated marine organisms, attracting tourists each year, making the country a major tourist destination in Asia, and generating livelihoods for coastal communities. Recent studies suggest declines in reef diversity and abundance due to destructive fishing methods, industrial and agricultural waste, and unsustainable urban development, threatening the tourism sector and the economic opportunities provided by the reefs. This study compiles and synthesizes existing published research articles on valuation methods commonly used to assess the benefits of reef-related tourism. Articles published in Science Direct, Scopus, and Web of Science journals were searched using the PSALSAR framework. The initial search results of 7,982 using specific terms and Boolean operators were further refined, yielding 21 articles deemed eligible for annotation and preliminary review. Results of synthesis revealed that, despite the considerable number of studies on valuation, few focused on reef-related tourism. The articles encompassed a wide range of study sites, coastal habitat characteristics, and list of tourism activities. Valuation studies for reefs are commonly conducted in sites either in protected areas e.g., marine parks or popular tourist destinations e.g., Great Barrier Reef. Moreover, economic value is obtained from revenues earned, taxes collected, tourist expenditures and cost of handling reef-associated tourism activities. In this manner, the reef is undervalued as it only reflects the indirect use value of the ecosystem services e.g., supporting, cultural. Consequently, valuation studies that measure the economic value of provisioning services e.g., fish catch, fish population, and downstream employment is lacking. There is a significant monetary amount missing in reports that represent the reef’s value in providing food and employment to the most vulnerable sector – the coastal community. Thus, reefs in the Philippines remain exploited and non-prioritized for national programs in the absence of comprehensive valuation.
Additional file 1 of Identifying the determinants of patient satisfaction in the context of antenatal care in Kenya, Tanzania, and Malawi using service provision assessment data
Creators: name: Bergh, Kate
name: Bishu, Sebawit
name: Taddese, Henock B.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1: Appendix A. Systematic search strategy for journal articles from 2000 to 2020 relating to the determinants of patient satisfaction with ANC in SSA. Appendix B. Structural attributes at the health facilities analysed in Kenya, Tanzania, and Malawi. Appendix C. Attributes of structure and process reported in the ANC observational and exit interviews. Appendix D. Waiting time before being seen by providers in public and private health facilities.
Processing and analysis of chromatographic data
Creators: name: Parker, Rhiannon
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024

description: Data pre-processing and analysis techniques are investigated for the analysis of one- and two-dimensional chromatographic data. Pre-processing, in particular alignment, is of paramount importance when employing multivariate chemometric methods as these techniques highlight variance, or changes between samples at corresponding variables (i.e. retention times).

Principal components analysis (PCA) was employed to evaluate the effectiveness of alignment. Two methods, correlation optimised warping and icoshift were compared for the alignment of high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) metabolite data. PCA was then employed as an exploratory technique to investigate the influence of phosphite on the secondary metabolites associated with Lupinus angustifolius roots inoculated with the pathogen, Phytophthora cinnamomi.

In a second application, HPLC with acidic potassium permanganate chemiluminescence detection was evaluated for the analysis of Australian wines from different geographic origins and vintages. Linear discriminant analysis and quadratic discriminant analysis were used to classify red and white wines according to geographic origin. In the analysis of wine vintage, partial least squares and principal components regression were compared for the modelling of sample composition with wine age.

Finally, software was developed for quality control (QC) of flavours and fragrances using comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography (GC×GC). The software aims to automatically align and compare a sample chromatogram to a reference chromatogram. A simple method of partitioning the two-dimensional pattern space was employed to select reference control points. Corresponding control points in a sample chromatogram were identified using a triangle-pattern matching algorithm. The reference and sample control points were then used to calculate the translation, scaling and rotation operations for an affine transform, which is applied to the complete sample peak list in order to align reference and sample peaks. Comparison of reference and sample chromatograms was achieved through the use of fuzzy logic.

It is concluded that the pre-processing and chemometric methods investigated here are valuable tools for the analysis of chromatographic data. The developed GC×GC software was successfully employed to analyse real flavour samples for QC purposes.
Additional file 3 of The development of working alliance in early stages of care from the perspective of patients attending a chiropractic teaching clinic
Creators: name: Ivanova, Dima
name: Newell, Dave
name: Field, Jonathan
name: Bishop, Felicity L.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health
subject: Hematology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Supplementary Material 3: COREQ 32-Item Checklist
Depressive symptoms and outcomes in cardiac rehabilitation patients
Creators: name: Wood, Jennifer
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024

description: Depression is both a risk factor for the development of cardiovascular conditions and a risk factor for poorer mortality and morbidity outcomes in those with existing cardiovascular disease. Cardiac rehabilitation programs aim to modify cardiovascular risk factors and improve prognosis for cardiac patients, yet little research has investigated the relationship between depression, cardiac rehabilitation participation and outcomes. This study aimed to address this need through conduction of a large-scale investigation of depressive symptoms in cardiac patients and their relationship with physical health indicators and long-term outcomes of morbidity and mortality.

Method: A total of 1625 consecutively enrolled cardiac rehabilitation cases (24.2 % female, mean age = 59.8 yrs) completed the Cardiac Depression Scale (CDS, Hare & Davis, 1993) and provided demographic and physical health information. Follow-up data was obtained at discharge (N = 1042), three (N = 742) and twelve (N = 486) month follow-up. Data linkage was used to obtain morbidity information through the Victorian Admitted Episodes Database and mortality information through the Victorian Death Registry (N =1,402) over a mean follow-up period of 3.7 years.

Results: There was a statistically significant reduction in rates of Moderate/Severe depressive symptoms between admission (39.9%) and discharge (19.4%), which was maintained at three (20.3%) and twelve month follow-up (21.3%). Elevated depressive symptoms at admission were associated with poorer morbidity and mortality outcomes. A significant interaction effect between depressive symptoms, program completion and morbidity was found. Further findings on the relationships between depressive symptoms, patient demographics, program completion, physical outcomes, morbidity and mortality are presented.

Conclusion: A clinically significant proportion of cardiac rehabilitation patients reported moderate/severe levels of depressive symptoms, and these were related to poorer morbidity and mortality outcomes. The potential role of cardiac rehabilitation programs in addressing the treatment of depression through provision of structured exercise is discussed and recommendations regarding further research made.
title: Sekundäre Folgeneoplasien nach Krebs im Kindesalter – Inzidenzen und Risiken aus der Kohorte des Deutschen Kinderkrebsregisters 1980-2014
Creators: name: Scholz-Kreisel, Peter
name: Kaatsch, Peter
name: Spix, Claudia
name: Becker, Cornelia
name: Marron, Manuela
name: Schmidberger, Heinz
name: Zahnreich, Sebastian
name: Blettner, Maria
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Epidemiologie
subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Dank moderner Therapien hat sich die Überlebenswahrscheinlichkeit von Krebserkrankungen im Kindesalter in den letzten Jahrzehnten deutlich verbessert. So leben heute noch 85 % der ehemaligen Patienten mehr als 15 Jahre nach der Erkrankung [ref:1]. Hierdurch kommen allerdings zunehmend[zum vollständigen Text gelangen Sie über die oben angegebene URL]
description: 62. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie e.V. (GMDS)
sj-docx-2-jme-10.1177_10525629221127648 – Supplemental material for Disrupting Privilege as Power and Control: Re-Imagining Business and the Appreciation of Indigenous Stewardship in Management Education Curricula
Creators: name: Young-Ferris, Anna
name: Voola, Ranjit
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 150310 Organisation and Management Theory
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-2-jme-10.1177_10525629221127648 for Disrupting Privilege as Power and Control: Re-Imagining Business and the Appreciation of Indigenous Stewardship in Management Education Curricula by Anna Young-Ferris and Ranjit Voola in Journal of Management Education
Additional file 1 of Genetics of early-life head circumference and genetic correlations with neurological, psychiatric and cognitive outcomes
Creators: name: Vogelezang, Suzanne
name: Bradfield, Jonathan P.
name: Grant, Struan F. A.
name: Felix, Janine F.
name: Jaddoe, Vincent W. V.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 1. Additional data includes 15 tables, 3 figures and additional cohort information and methods.
title: As long as you have breath – The effects of in-utero exposure to Ramadan on the occurence of wheezing in adulthood
Creators: name: Pradella, Fabienne
name: van Ewijk, Reyn
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Epidemiologie
subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Introduction: The prenatal roots of airways diseases such as wheezing are traced back to gene-environment interactions. Primarily maternal smoking has been named as important environmental risk factor [ref:4]. Lopuhaä et al. [ref:2] showed that prenatal famine exposure increases[for full text, please go to the a.m. URL]
description: 62. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie e.V. (GMDS)
sj-docx-1-wso-10.1177_17474930221131706 – Supplemental material for Blinding of outcome assessors and its association with outcome in a randomized open-label stroke trial
Creators: name: van der Ende, Nadinda AM
name: Roozenbeek, Bob
name: Broderick, Joseph P
name: Khatri, Pooja
name: Lingsma, Hester F
name: Dippel, Diederik WJ
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Cardiology
subject: Medicine
subject: 110904 Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-wso-10.1177_17474930221131706 for Blinding of outcome assessors and its association with outcome in a randomized open-label stroke trial by Nadinda AM van der Ende, Bob Roozenbeek, Joseph P Broderick, Pooja Khatri, Hester F Lingsma and Diederik WJ Dippel in International Journal of Stroke
title: Long-term Air Pollution and Incidence of the Metabolic Syndrome in the Population-Based Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study
Creators: name: Matthiessen, Clara
name: Lucht, Sarah
name: Hennig, Frauke
name: Ohlwein, Simone
name: Moebus, Susanne
name: Jöckel, Karl-Heinz
name: Hoffmann, Barbara
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Epidemiologie
subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Introduction: In the last few decades, air pollution has been intensively investigated and has been shown to have a wide range of acute and chronic health impacts. Most epidemiological studies have found an association between air pollution and cardiopulmonary morbidity and mortality. Recently, further[zum vollständigen Text gelangen Sie über die oben angegebene URL]
description: 62. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie e.V. (GMDS)
TERROIR as a state of mind
Creators: name: Reinmuth, Gerard
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024

description: Our three-year engagement with the RMIT Masters program has been an exploration in what we 'do' and what our state of mind and operation is, to lead to a continued mastery in an expanding and evolving practice. Greater understanding of our strengths and weaknesses has allowed us to distance ourselves further from new projects and reflect upon the space these projects occupy within our framework of ideas and explorations.

The platform we have built for moving forward is structured upon that which already exists - primarily the collaboration between Gerard Reinmuth and Scott Balmforth - with a greater awareness of practice operative procedures to deal with 'new' issues that we were confronted with during the Masters program, including; working outside collectives that encourage mastery with our exposure to new clients and managing practice scale which grew from a team of 15 to 25.

Current office projects were used as exemplars of the presentation of our ideas and methodology and to seek critical comment on 'what we do' and propositions to assist us in using our 'state of mind' as a platform to further innovation.

The projections on future practice that conclude our Masters program are of course therefore also projections as to how our collaboration can further yield new developments with the sharpness offered by the vision acquired during this Masters process. Any further 'conclusions' would be anathema to the whole process we have undertaken - this document is the history of the practice and its projection.
title: Veränderung der Verschreibung von potentiell inadäquater Medikation (PIM) bei der älteren Bevölkerung (≥65 Jahre) durch Rückmeldung an die niedergelassenen Ärzte in den Jahren 2012 bis 2015
Creators: name: Schaper, Katharina
name: Emcke, Timo
name: Schuster, Reinhard
name: Ostermann, Thomas
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Epidemiologie
subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Einleitung: Die Verabreichung potentiell inadäquater Medikation (PIM) rückt zunehmend in den Fokus bei der Verschreibung von Arzneimitteln an Patienten ab 65 Jahren. Mit Einführung der PRISCUS-Liste im Jahr 2010 wurde für Deutschland eine Übersichtstabelle der PIM erarbeitet[zum vollständigen Text gelangen Sie über die oben angegebene URL]
description: 62. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie e.V. (GMDS)
title: Determinants for transitions in care in adults +65 in Germany: a longitudinal study
Creators: name: Steinbeißer, Kathrin
name: Holle, Rolf
name: Grill, Eva
name: Peters, Annette
name: Seidl, Hildegard
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Epidemiologie
subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: In 2015, more than 2.8 million people in Germany had a level of care. Of them, 72.6% received informal or formal home care, whereas 27.4% received full-time residential care. As older people use and need different types of care over time, it is important to understand the patterns of transitions[for full text, please go to the a.m. URL]
description: 62. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie e.V. (GMDS)
The creation of virtual luminous enclaves through 3D imaging
Creators: name: Bell, Samantha
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024

description: The broad aim of my PhD by Project is to make an academic, conceptual and aesthetic contribution in the current debate concerning the new technologies. In particular, I discuss my creative art practice using a 3D computer graphics application for image creation from the standpoint as an art practitioner with an established professional background in fine art photography.

This involves undertaking a very different kind of creative art production, one that requires the visual study of the city I have constructed in the virtual environment. The computer and associated technologies used to generate a collection of still images has resulted in a move from traditional photographic equipment and modus operandi of past studio endeavours. However, the camera, albeit in virtual form, is still the central tool for image production.

The implications of the shift in creative art production from analogue to digital; the change of location, from the physical world to the virtual environment; and prerequisite construction of the city, previously in existence; are some comparative situations explored in more depth throughout the Exegesis. I analyse the issues of embodiment and control in the 3D computer generated virtual environment in relation to image genesis.
title: Das ikidS-Projekt – Untersuchung des Einflusses chronischer Erkrankungen auf den frühen Schulerfolg
Creators: name: Hoffmann, Isabell
name: Gräf, Christine
name: König, Jochem
name: Schmidt, Martina
name: Schnick-Vollmer, Kathleen
name: Urschitz, Michael
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Epidemiologie
subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Hintergrund und Ziele: Ein höherer Bildungsstatus gilt allgemein als prädiktiver Faktor für ein gesünderes Leben. Unklar ist jedoch wie stark der Gesundheitszustand eines Kindes bei Einschulung den weiteren Bildungsweg beeinflusst und somit das Erreichen eines höheren Bildungsstatus[zum vollständigen Text gelangen Sie über die oben angegebene URL]
description: 62. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie e.V. (GMDS)