cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Length of stay in hospital and all-cause readmission following elective total joint replacement in elderly men
Creators: name: Mnatzaganian, George
name: Ryan, Philip
name: Norman, Paul E.
name: Davidson, David C.
name: Hiller, Janet
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Background: We retrospectively assessed the independent effects of patient and clinical factors on length of stay and all-cause 90-day, one-year, and two-year readmission following elective total joint replacement. We also evaluated the independent association between length of stay and readmission with postoperative five-year mortality. Methods: Longitudinal data from 819 men who had had total joint replacement were integrated with validated hospital morbidity data and mortality records. Length of stay, readmission, and mortality following total joint replacement were each modeled using multivariable proportional hazards regression. Results: Mean age at surgery was 76.3 ± 4.3 years. Median length of stay following total joint replacement decreased by 25% from 12 days in 1997–1998 to nine days in 2005–2007. Age, inhospital complications, total knee replacement, private hospital, and increased body weight were significantly associated with longer stay. A dose-response relationship between weight and length of stay was observed (P = 0.003). Crude 90-day, one-year, and two-year readmission rates were 17.3%, 47.4%, and 65.0%, respectively. Ninety-day readmission was associated with comorbidity, inhospital complications, and treatment in public hospitals. Age, comorbidity, socioeconomic disadvantage, and increased weight significantly increased the risk of one-year and two-year readmission. Patients with a body mass index ≥ 30 kg/m2 were 34% more likely to be readmitted within two years compared with those having a body mass index of 18.5–24.9 kg/m2. All-cause one-year and two-year readmission rates were significantly higher in patients undergoing a total knee replacement than those undergoing a total hip replacement. No independent associations between length of stay and all-cause readmission or mortality were observed. All-cause 90-day and one-year readmission independently increased the risk of long-term postoperative mortality. Conclusion: After adjusting for confounding factors, including age, comorbidity, obesity, and inhospital complications, length of stay was not independently associated with post-discharge readmission or death. We report that the obese, those having total knee replacement, and the socioeconomically disadvantaged are the highest consumers of hospital resources following elective total joint replacement in elderly men. Our findings may assist clinicians in better selection of elderly patients for surgery, and informing them about their individual level of risk.
Eligibility requirements for work-integrated learning programs: exploring the implications of using grade point averages for student participation
Creators: name: Dunn, Louise
name: Schier, Mark
name: Hiller, Janet
name: Harding, Ian
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 390102
subject: Curriculum and pedagogy theory and development
classificationCode: 390405
subject: Educational technology and computing

description: Educational institutions often specify eligibility criteria for student participation in Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) programs including paid industry placement experiences designed to improve student learning and employability outcomes. The criteria may be based solely on the completion of a preliminary stage of course work or include additional academic quality performance measures. Although it is acknowledged that eligibility criteria are required to assist in determining student preparedness for the industry experience, this paper argues that imposing academic quality criteria such as credit or distinction grade averages, in addition to course work completion, may be at odds with the overall objectives of WIL. Using the example of a 12 month paid industry placement program within the health and science discipline areas, this paper examines the implications of adopting this type of quality criterion for the three key WIL stakeholder groups: the university, employers and students.
Methods for accounting for neighbourhood self-selection in physical activity and dietary behaviour research: a systematic review.
Creators: name: Lamb, Karen E
name: Thornton, Lukar E
name: King, Tania L
name: Ball, Kylie
name: White, Simon R
name: Bentley, Rebecca
name: Coffee, Neil T
name: Daniel, Mark
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2020
Subjects: Adult
Diet
Exercise
Bias
Environmental exposure
Neighbourhood Characteristics

description: BACKGROUND:Self-selection into residential neighbourhoods is a widely acknowledged, but under-studied problem in research investigating neighbourhood influences on physical activity and diet. Failure to handle neighbourhood self-selection can lead to biased estimates of the association between the neighbourhood environment and behaviour. This means that effects could be over- or under-estimated, both of which have implications for public health policies related to neighbourhood (re)design. Therefore, it is important that methods to deal with neighbourhood self-selection are identified and reviewed. The aim of this review was to assess how neighbourhood self-selection is conceived and accounted for in the literature. METHODS:Articles from a systematic search undertaken in 2017 were included if they examined associations between neighbourhood environment exposures and adult physical activity or dietary behaviour. Exposures could include any objective measurement of the built (e.g., supermarkets), natural (e.g., parks) or social (e.g., crime) environment. Articles had to explicitly state that a given method was used to account for neighbourhood self-selection. The systematic review was registered with the PROSPERO International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (number CRD42018083593) and was conducted in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement. RESULTS:Of 31 eligible articles, almost all considered physical activity (30/31); few examined diet (2/31). Methods used to address neighbourhood self-selection varied. Most studies (23/31) accounted for items relating to participants' neighbourhood preferences or reasons for moving to the neighbourhood using multi-variable adjustment in regression models (20/23) or propensity scores (3/23). Of 11 longitudinal studies, three controlled for neighbourhood self-selection as an unmeasured confounder using fixed effects regression. CONCLUSIONS:Most studies accounted for neighbourhood self-selection by adjusting for measured attributes of neighbourhood preference. However, commonly the impact of adjustment could not be assessed. Future studies using adjustment should provide estimates of associations with and without adjustment for self-selection; consider temporality in the measurement of self-selection variables relative to the timing of the environmental exposure and outcome behaviours; and consider the theoretical plausibility of presumed pathways in cross-sectional research where causal direction is impossible to establish.
IDEOLOGICAL STRUGGLE ON THE POLIGONS OF IDEOLOGY IN THE CONDITIONS OF GLOBALIZATION
Creators: name: Safarova, Tumaris
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Nowadays, in the era of globalization, world politics is prone to continuous changes. Looking at the political landscape of the world, we can observe that various large and small political crises, economic crises and armed conflicts are increasing in it.
Image-and-text health warning labels on alcohol and food: potential effectiveness and acceptability.
Creators: name: Pechey, Emily
name: Clarke, Natasha
name: Mantzari, Eleni
name: Blackwell, Anna K M
name: De-Loyde, Katie
name: Morris, Richard W
name: Marteau, Theresa M
name: Hollands, Gareth J
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2020
Subjects: Cancer
Alcohol
Food
Graphic Health Warning Labels
Image-and-text Warning Labels
Pictorial Health Warning Labels

description: BACKGROUND:Health warning labels (HWLs) using images and text to depict the negative health consequences of tobacco consumption are effective and acceptable for changing smoking-related outcomes. There is currently limited evidence concerning their potential use for reducing consumption of alcoholic drinks and energy-dense foods. The aim of this research was to describe the potential effectiveness and acceptability of image-and-text (also known as pictorial or graphic) HWLs applied to: i. alcoholic drinks and ii. energy-dense snack foods. METHODS:Two online studies were conducted using between-subjects designs with general population samples. Participants rated one of 21 image-and-text HWLs on alcoholic drinks (n = 5528), or one of 18 image-and-text HWLs on energy-dense snacks (n = 4618). HWLs comprised a graphic image with explanatory text, depicting, respectively, seven diseases linked to excess alcohol consumption, and six diseases linked to excess energy intake. Diseases included heart disease and various cancers. Outcomes were negative emotional arousal, desire to consume the labelled product, and acceptability of the label. Free-text comments relating to HWLs were content analysed. RESULTS:For both alcoholic drinks and energy-dense snacks, HWLs depicting bowel cancer generated the highest levels of negative emotional arousal and lowest desire to consume the product, but were the least acceptable. Acceptability was generally low for HWLs applied to alcohol, with 3 of 21 rated as acceptable, and was generally high for snacks, with 13 of 18 rated as acceptable. The majority of free-text comments expressed negative reactions to HWLs on alcohol or energy-dense snacks. CONCLUSIONS:Image-and-text health warning labels depicting bowel cancer showed greatest potential for reducing selection and consumption of alcoholic drinks and energy-dense snacks, although they were the least acceptable. Laboratory and field studies are needed to assess their impact on selection and consumption.
Molecular basis of ALK1-mediated signalling by BMP9/BMP10 and their prodomain-bound forms.
Creators: name: Salmon, Richard M
name: Guo, Jingxu
name: Wood, Jennifer H
name: Tong, Zhen
name: Beech, John S
name: Lawera, Aleksandra
name: Yu, Minmin
name: Grainger, David J
name: Reckless, Jill
name: Morrell, Nicholas W
name: Li, Wei
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2020

description: Activin receptor-like kinase 1 (ALK1)-mediated endothelial cell signalling in response to bone morphogenetic protein 9 (BMP9) and BMP10 is of significant importance in cardiovascular disease and cancer. However, detailed molecular mechanisms of ALK1-mediated signalling remain unclear. Here, we report crystal structures of the BMP10:ALK1 complex at 2.3 Å and the prodomain-bound BMP9:ALK1 complex at 3.3 Å. Structural analyses reveal a tripartite recognition mechanism that defines BMP9 and BMP10 specificity for ALK1, and predict that crossveinless 2 is not an inhibitor of BMP9, which is confirmed by experimental evidence. Introduction of BMP10-specific residues into BMP9 yields BMP10-like ligands with diminished signalling activity in C2C12 cells, validating the tripartite mechanism. The loss of osteogenic signalling in C2C12 does not translate into non-osteogenic activity in vivo and BMP10 also induces bone-formation. Collectively, these data provide insight into ALK1-mediated BMP9 and BMP10 signalling, facilitating therapeutic targeting of this important pathway.
Redeveloping the greyfields with ENVISION: using participatory support systems to reduce urban sprawl in Australia
Creators: name: Glackin, Stephen
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Given the recent publications from Australian State governments demanding greater community and stakeholder engagement in urban planning, as well as calls from international agencies for a reduction in the footprint, and increase in the sustainable planning, of cities, there is now the potential for the advances made in geo-tools to have considerable effect. Arising out of 'Greening the Greyfields', a federally funded, inter-state project examining the feasibility of redevelopment in the middle suburbs, ENVISION was produced as a GIS-based, Participatory Support System, for engaging with the diverse array of stakeholders involved in urban redevelopment. This system was designed to bring wide-ranging land, demographic and market data together to highlight the redevelopment options, and identify potential redevelopment precincts, across metropolitan centres, with the aim of initiating debate between those involved on how best to manage urban growth. The result of this project has seen ENVISION being used at a state and municipal level, where workshops based on its use have begun to highlight the barriers to redevelopment as well as the ways forward for more sustainable redevelopment in the urban Greyfields (middle suburbs with high levels of un-planned redevelopment, high incidences of culturally and technologically obsolete dwellings, on land that is highly undercapitalised). Based on the communicative and deliberative models of community engagement, ENVISION has shown that geo-tools can have considerable affect in the mutual education of stakeholders, in extracting the pertinent issues and potential barriers to redevelopment, and in encouraging groups of experts to produce novel solutions to 'wicked' problems that they could not, without the collaboration that the tool demands, resolve on their own. Ultimately this project highlights the ability of GIS to not only provide an interface to real-time data manipulation, but its power to be used as a tool for communicative education between the diverse perspectives within a politically, technologically, financially and culturally sensitive area.
High-frequency dynamics in artificial spin ice
Creators: name: Arroo, Daan Medard
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2018

description: High-frequency techniques such as ferromagnetic resonance measurements are a sensitive probe of how internal magnetic fields are distributed in ferromagnetic samples and as such may be used to gain information about the magnetic state of complex systems. One class of such complex systems are artificial spin ice arrays, here frustrated interactions between nanoscale ferromagnetic islands lead to a highly degenerate energy landscape. In this thesis, it is explored how ferromagnetic resonance measurements might be used to read the magnetic state of artificial spin ice systems and conversely, whether controlling the magnetic state of such systems could be used as a way of tuning their high-frequency response for device applications. In order to assess the efeect on the high-frequency response of different microstates, a novel experimental technique is presented to prepare artificial spin ice systems in specific microstates and micromagnetic simulations are used to characterise the effect of microstate changes on ferromagnetic resonance measurements. The state-preparation technique allows an unusual phase of high-energy and low-entropy microstates that correspond to negative spin temperatures to be accessed. It is shown that ferromagnetic resonance measurements may be used to directly measure the spin temperature of artificial spin ice systems, including negative temperatures.
title: Ein „Königsteiner Schlüssel“ für die EU-Flüchtlingspolitik
Creators: name: Beverungen, Carolin
name: Thym, Daniel
name: Gies, Sigrid
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: 342

description: Verfassungsblog: On Matters Constitutional
medicina narrativa La pratica della Medicina Narrativa per lo sviluppo delle strategie di coping negli adolescenti ricoverati per disturbi funzionali al tempo del Covid.
Creators: name: Ferro, Sabina
Publisher: name: Tutor
Year: 2024

description: Introduzione: In Italia, circa 9 milioni di bambini e adolescenti sono stati esposti allo scenario emergenziale del SARS CoV-2 e alle misure messe in atto per contenerlo, sperimentando cambiamenti sostanziali nei loro contesti familiari, educativi e sociali.


Nel 60-70% della popolazione pediatrica generale troviamo un malessere che si traduce in disturbi del sonno e difficoltà di concentrazione nei più piccoli, mentre negli adolescenti prevalgono ansia e depressione. Nella pratica clinica e in letteratura, emerge come l'espressione del disagio, già presente nella vita di questi adolescenti ma slatentizzato o amplificato dalla pandemia.


Lo studio dimostra come affiancarsi alla complessità e al disagio con la pratica della Medicina Narrativa e della Consulenza autobiografica.


 


Materiali e metodi: Lo studio osserva all'interno della UOC di Pediatria dell'Ospedale dell'Angelo di Mestre, l'utilizzo della Medicina Narrativa, quale metodologia d'intervento clinico assistenziale finalizzata alla costruzione condivisa, tramite le narrazioni, di un percorso di cura personalizzato. E l’uso della Scrittura Autobiografico secondo il metodo della Libera Università dell’Autobiografia di Anghiari (Ar).


 


Risultati: Le narrazioni contengono elementi che esprimono disagio, sotto le forme psicologiche, fisiche, sociali, famigliari, ed aspetti che riconducono a delle strategie di coping messe in atto. Emerge la possibilità formare alla complessità il personale attraverso la Medicina Narrativa.


 


Conclusione: gli elementi emersi nel piccolo campione, hanno evidenziato attraverso la Medicina Narrativa:


• risvolti legati ad una funzione terapeutica che, con l’aiuto del Facilitatore di Medicina Narrativa, permette lo sviluppo di autoconsapevolezza e di suggerimenti per l'acquisizione di strategie di coping;

• un risvolto autoformativo e formativo sia sui pazienti che sugli operatori. Sui primi con la possibilità di costruire un percorso di cura personalizzato; su secondi di formarsi alla complessità, stimolando la discussione multidisciplinare con le altre figure professionali coinvolte verso individuazione di interventi mirati alle esigenze, alle priorità e al vissuto della persona che assiste.







 




 






 


 
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Supporting children made homeless by family violence: an update on the Safe from the Start Project
Creators: name: Spinney, Angela
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This article is a follow up to one published in Parity in 2010 which explored the negative impacts on children both from experiencing domestic violence and from being made homeless and discussed how front line workers and mothers can help to ameliorate this damage through a Salvation Army Tasmania action research project called Safe from the Start. The purpose of this article is to update readers on the progress of this Tasmanian project for this Tasmanian edition of Parity.
DESIRABILITY AND TOOLS OF COMMUNICATION IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN POLAND - EXAMPLE OF SELECTED INSTITUTION IN SILESIAN VOIVODESHIP
Creators: name: Komańda, Marcin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: Economics

description: The problem of organization communication with the environment is one of the key issues in contemporary management. This is due to the fact that external environment determines the effectiveness of a commercial company. It seems that it is not different also in the case of public organizations. These institutions imposed by the formal and legal solutions are urged to think about their functioning in terms drawn from the business, which are expected to contribute to the proper and effective spending of public funds.
Il Laboratorio di Comunicazione e Relazione d’Aiuto nel CdL in Infermieristica dell’Università di Torino
Creators: name: Bailon, Mariagiulia
name: Miniotti, Marco
name: Leombruni, Paolo
name: Massariello, Patrizia
Publisher: name: Tutor
Year: 2024

description: INTRODUZIONE (BACKGROUND)


Parallelamente all’acquisizione di conoscenze teoriche e competenze tecniche applicate al ragionamento clinico, la formazione infermieristica richiede lo sviluppo di capacità comunicative e relazionali adattate al contesto di cura. Da più di un ventennio, il CdL in Infermieristica di UniTo prevede un percorso di attività di laboratorio (Laboratorio di Comunicazione e Relazione d’Aiuto) di 60 ore lungo il triennio di formazione volto alla promozione delle capacità comunicative e relazionali degli studenti.


MATERIALI E METODI


Il percorso consta di attività esperienziali in piccoli gruppi guidate da uno psicologo e seminariali in plenaria, con partecipazione obbligatoria, focalizzate su aspetti cardine della relazione di cura e articolate come segue: 1anno-Seminario sul tocco terapeutico, Esperienza guidata sul gruppo di lavoro, Laboratorio sulle abilità comunicative, Esperienza guidata sulle parole-chiave (Relazione, Cura, Salute); 2anno-Esperienza guidata sul paziente difficile, Esperienza guidata sulle parole-chiave (Ascolto, Empatia, Sentimento); 3anno-Seminario sulla cura del morire; Esperienza guidata sul gruppo di lavoro, Esperienza guidata sulle parole-chiave (Compassione, Rabbia, Morte).


RISULTATI


Il coinvolgimento e la partecipazione attiva degli studenti all’offerta formativa è generalmente buona. Le attività proposte vengono riconosciute utili sul piano della professionalità e quali occasioni di riflessione e confronto per una crescita personale e per la gestione delle difficoltà emozionali esperite durante il tirocinio. 


L’analisi delle dinamiche gruppali all’interno dei piccoli gruppi sostiene la fruibilità del percorso.


CONCLUSIONI


Il Laboratorio di Comunicazione e Relazione d’Aiuto si conferma quale proposta formativa utile e sostenibile all’interno della formazione infermieristica.
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L’esperienza digitale ECM di Regione Lombardia: Il Digital Learning per i professionisti sanitari e i nuovi modelli di controllo per i provider lombardi
Creators: name: DEVERCELLI, MARIANGELA
Publisher: name: Tutor
Year: 2024

description: L’orientamento post-pandemico di Regione Lombardia è stato capitalizzare l’esperienza sviluppata sul versante digitale sotto un duplice profilo: per favorire l’accreditamento di metodologie formative innovative per i professionisti sanitari, per definire nuovi modelli di gestione del processo dei controlli attraverso l’Osservatorio ECM.  In entrambe i casi obiettivo dominante creare una cultura del digitale tra i provider lombardi.
description: Tutor, V. 23 N. 2
Rivisitare un corso pratico utilizzando le griglie descrittive e il metodo di Peyton aggiornato per la generazione Z
Creators: name: Cella, Mattia
Publisher: name: Tutor
Year: 2024

description: L’insegnamento delle abilità tecnico-gestuali è un elemento rilevante della formazione in ambito sanitario (Grantcharov and Reznick, 2008). Esistono diverse strategie per insegnare le abilità pratiche come il metodo Halsted (1904) o i più moderni video learning (Maloney et al., 2012). Tra queste, una delle più supportate e condivise è l’approccio secondo Peyton (Giacomino et al., 2020). Il metodo Peyton è una procedura a quattro step che guida lo studente dalla dimostrazione della tecnica alla comprensione delle singole fasi del gesto (deconstruction and comprehension) e termina con l’esecuzione in completa autonomia (performance) (Krautter et al., 2011).

All’Istituto Superiore di Osteopatia (ISO) di Milano sempre più corsi vengono strutturati utilizzando questa metodologia con l’aggiunta di alcune variazioni in modo da venire incontro alle esigenze e alle caratteristiche degli studenti della generazione Z. Ogni tecnica facente parte del programma del corso è descritta in specifiche griglie in modo da allineare la spiegazione della stessa da parte di docente e assistenti riducendo così eventuali variazioni del gesto. Durante la lezione, la classe viene divisa in gruppi da 8/10 studenti con un docente/assistente per ogni gruppo. Questi piccoli gruppi aumentano la qualità dell’insegnamento mediante il metodo di Peyton e favoriscono il passaggio di

feedback personalizzati per ogni studente (Giacomino et al. 2020).

Le griglie descrittive sono utili agli studenti per guidare il proprio ripasso e agli insegnanti per costruire delle griglie valutative allineate da utilizzare all’esame. La griglia valutativa è in possesso degli studenti già dal primo giorno di lezione e, al termine di ogni argomento, ne viene usata una simile per la valutazione formativa.
description: Tutor, V. 23 N. 2
Le competenze del supervisore-coach nel contesto della formazione/lavoro in medicina generale: un progetto sperimentale
Creators: name: Parisi, Giuseppe
Publisher: name: Tutor
Year: 2024

description: INTRODUZIONE


Vista la carenza a livello nazionale dei medici di medicina generale è stata data ai medici frequentanti il Corso Triennale di Formazione Specifica in Medicina Generale (FSMG) la possibilità di iniziare l’attività professionale senza una previa attività di tirocinio, equiparandola ad esso.


La FSMG di Trento, nell’intento di favorire un graduale passaggio dalla formazione al lavoro, ha individuato nella supervisione-coach una possibile modalità alternativa alla tutorship, e in mancanza di esperienze di supervisioni strutturate a livello nazionale, ha deciso di avviare il presente progetto sperimentale.


L’obiettivo consiste nel costruire una figura di supervisore che risponda alle esigenze dell’attuale contesto di formazione/lavoro e valutare la sua efficacia nel migliorare le competenze dei medici corsisti in contesto di formazione/lavoro garantendo la sicurezza del paziente.


Seguendo la letteratura (Balon et al., 2021; Cooper & Forrest, s.d.; Kilminster & Jolly, 2000; Launer, s.d.; Lee et al., 2022; O’Sullivan et al., 2021; Radha Krishna et al., 2019; Rothwell et al., 2021), si sono identificate tre funzioni di questa figura: 1) coaching (stimolare e valorizzare l’autonomia lavorativa e la crescita), 2) consulenza e 3) valutazione del medico corsista.


Un gruppo di medici di medicina generale esperti hanno frequentato un corso di 12 ore progettato ad hoc e successivamente seguito un medico corsista. Parallelamente è stata attivata una supervisione ai supervisori-coach attraverso una “comunità di pratica”, al fine di condividere le esperienze e riflettere sul nuovo ruolo assunto.


 


MATERIALI, METODI E RISULTATI


La valutazione dell’esperienza, basata sull’analisi dei questionari somministrati, e di una serie di focus group, indica che c’è stato un miglioramento della capacità di interpretare il ruolo di supervisore da parte dei partecipanti e un miglioramento delle competenze specifiche. Inoltre, il progetto è stato gradito e accettato dai medici corsisti, dei quali è stata documentata la crescita professionale.


 


CONCLUSIONI


Il supervisore coach è una utile risposta alla complessità del passaggio dalla formazione al lavoro nell’attuale sistema formativo, contribuendo a ripristinare la gradualità di passaggio dalla formazione al lavoro, garantendo la sicurezza del paziente.
description: Tutor, V. 23 N. 2
title: Rule of Law in Times of the Populist Surge: Comments on Armin von Bogdandy and Michael Ioannidis
Creators: name: Sonnevend, Pál
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 340

description: Verfassungsblog: On Matters Constitutional
title: Die Zeugen Jehovas und das Datenschutzrecht
Creators: name: Hoeren, Thomas
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 342

description: Scheinbar geht es nur um eine Petitesse in dem Streitfall der EuGH-Rechtssache C-25/17. Vordergründig geht es um die kleine Frage, ob die Zeugen Jehovas als Religionsgemeinschaft bei Hausbesuchen den besonderen Bestimmungen des europäischen Datenschutzrechts unterliegen. Doch wie zu zeigen sein wird, geht es um mehr, um wichtige Fragen des europäischen Datenschutzrechts und seiner Anwendbarkeit generell sowie um die Reichweite für den gesamten kirchlichen Bereich.
description: Verfassungsblog: On Matters Constitutional
ICT leadership in schools: part 1
Creators: name: Keane, Therese
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This article is the first of two articles dealing with the гоlе of leadership in Information and Communications Technology (IСТ) in secondary schools. Where the first article will ехаmiпе the historical context and current research аvаilablе suггоuпdiпg the гоlе and focus of IСТ leadership, the second article - tо bе pubIished in 2012 - will provide recommendations for effective IСТ leadership in teaching and leaming.
title: The Disheartening Speech by the President of Bulgaria’s Supreme Court Which Nobody in Brussels Noticed
Creators: name: Vassileva, Radosveta
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 342

description: While many foreign commentators focus on the endangered democratic values in Poland and Hungary, the situation in Bulgaria is equally deplorable. If the President of the Supreme Court contends that there is no separation of powers and that his family is facing abuse because he turns down orders by the executive, then surely ordinary citizens, especially critics of the government, have no means to protect themselves from the rage of those who have captured the Bulgarian State.
description: Verfassungsblog: On Matters Constitutional
The Satanic Verses of Bhagavad-gita
Creators: name: Kedar Joshi
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion

description: This work mainly presents a hardcore moral criticism of the Bhagavad-gita, the criticism that the Gita in fact implies that 1. Krishna—the preacher of yoga—is not in the least a yogi himself, 2. Krishna alone is satanic (or evil), and 3. Krishna—for reasons other than the ones for which he is considered evil—is nothing short of a terrorist and the Gita is Hindu terrorism. And, as a matter of necessity, it attempts to systematically dig into the Gita's metaphysical foundations, further examining the gravity of each criticism through monistic and dualistic metaphysical interpretations (or perspectives). Finally, as a matter of example, it also cites some of the verses of the Quran that appear similar in meaning to the Gita’s satanic verses, thereby drawing parallels between the two seemingly antithetical religious texts. The work thus points out that although the Gita may not seem to be as directly and explicitly terroristic as the Quran, terrorism—the one against unbelievers, for instance—is equally inherent in the Gita and the Gita can be fairly interpreted as a book of terrorism.
title: Zugang für die Erben gesichert, aber viele Fragen offen: Das BGH-Urteil zu digitalen Hinterlassenschaften
Creators: name: Peifer, Karl-Nikolaus
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 342

description: Der Bundesgerichtshof eröffnet den Erben den Zugang zum Nutzerkonto der Social-Media-Accounts eines Verstorbenen. Die Entscheidung verhindert, dass die Betreiber sozialer Netzwerke zu einer Art Gralshüter über das Konto auch in Fällen werden, in denen nicht dessen Löschung, sondern nur ein Gedenkzustand beantragt wurde. Die Vorstellung, dass ausgerechnet Facebook in der Lage sein sollte, nach dem Tod des Betroffenen dessen höchstpersönliche Kommunikationen allein zu sichten, wäre denn auch sehr seltsam gewesen. Die mit dem Fall verbundenen Fragen löst der BGH indes geradezu hemdsärmelig.
description: Verfassungsblog: On Matters Constitutional
Surface imprinting approach for preparing specific adsorbent for IgG separation
Creators: name: Yeşeren Saylan
name: Üzek, Recep
name: Uzun, Lokman
name: Denizli, Adil
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: In this study, we focused our attention on preparing of a new adsorbent for specific separation of immunoglobulin G (IgG). In this respect, we applied core–shell surface imprinting approach. Silica microspheres were selected as core-material to prepare specific surface imprinted polymer against IgG. Silica surface was activated via acidic treatment and modified with 3-methacryloyloxypropyl trimethoxysilane (MPTMS). Then, IgG molecules were imprinted on the surface of microspheres by using N-methacryloyl-L-aspartic acid as complexing/functional monomer. The core–shell silica microspheres were characterized using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, thermo gravimetric analysis and zeta size analysis. Then, the microspheres were used for the separation of IgG from aqueous solution to evaluate/optimize conditions. The effect of parameters such as concentration, pH, ionic strength, and temperature on the separation of IgG were evaluated in their relevant ranges. The maximum IgG adsorption capacities of IgG-imprinted and non-imprinted core–shell silica microspheres were found to be 15.43 and 9.43 mg/g, respectively, at pH 6.0 phosphate buffer. 1.0 M NaCl was used as a desorption agent. Selectivity of the imprinted microspheres was also investigated by using human serum albumin and haemoglobin as competitor molecules.
title: Vom Regen in die Traufe: Ausbau der Schleierfahndung statt Zurückweisungen an den Grenzen
Creators: name: Michl, Fabian
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 342

description: Verfassungsblog: On Matters Constitutional
Lokalisering av Titandioksid Nanopartikler i Gingivale fibroblaster
Creators: name: Helland, Marius
name: Larsen, Erik
name: Lien, Anita
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: Cell Biology
Toxicology

description: Article written by first year students on the BSc program in Nanotechnology, University of Bergen.
The circle of trust
Creators: name: Keane, Therese
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Given the nature of the ever-changing technological landscape, how does a school plan and begin to document a 3-5 year ICT Strategic Plan? How does a school plan to ensure they catch the next technological wave to remain innovative? With all the new technologies coming into prominence, who do Principals turn to for advice that is impartial, non biased, and accurate? The most obvious people in the immediate school scenario, or the traditional 'circle of trust' is the ICT Leader and the Network Administrator, but how do they keep up with the ever changing landscape? What is the basis of their advice?
Emplacement and deformation ages of the Wyangala Granite, Cowra, NSW
Creators: name: P. G. Lennox
name: M. A. Forster
name: I. S. Williams
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: New geochronological data from the Wyangala Granite in the Hill End Trough, Eastern Lachlan Fold Belt, constrain the timing of granite emplacement and subsequent deformation. SHRIMP U–Pb dating of zircon indicates that the granite crystallised in the late Silurian (425.2 ± 3.5 Ma). Subsequent west-over-east thrusting resulted in the development of mylonite along its eastern margin and cataclasis of megacrystic and groundmass feldspars, especially in pervasive shear zones within the granite. 40Ar/39Ar dating of feldspar from two deformed granite samples yielded ‘plateau’ ages in the range 375–365 Ma that are interpreted to reflect the timing of deformation associated with major shearing. These ages broadly overlap with the proposed age range of the late Middle Devonian Tabberabberan event and some biotite K–Ar and Rb–Sr ages in the nearby Sunset Hills Granite.
ICT leadership in schools: part 2
Creators: name: Keane, Therese
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This article is the second of two articles examining the role of leadership in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in secondary schools. Where the first article, (Keane, T. (2011) ICT Leadership in Schools Part 1, The Australian Educational Leader, 33(4), pp. 20-24.) examined the historical context and current research available surrounding the role and focus of ICT leadership, this article will provide recommendations for effective ICT leadership in teaching and learning.
title: Order in the Eurozone: MAURIZIO FERRERA and CLAUS OFFE in Conversation
Creators: name: Koncewicz, Tadeusz
name: Offe, Claus
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 342

description: Verfassungsblog: On Matters Constitutional
On Identifying Plausibility and Deliberative Public Policy
Creators: name: Schomberg, Rene Von
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion

description: Ariticle on identify plausibility claims in the context of scientific and public controversies and their relation to decision making/policy
Influence of 18 GHz microwave radiation on the enzymatic activity of escherichia coli lactate dehydrogenase and cytochrome c oxidase
Creators: name: Shamis, Yury
name: Ivanova, Elena
name: Alextaube
name: Croft, Rodney
name: Crawford, Russell
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The catalytic activity of two common bacterial enzymes, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and cytochrome c oxidase (COX) from Escherichia coli was examined following bacterial exposure to microwave (MW) radiation under well-defined experimental conditions. The experiments were conducted in a specialized microwave processing apparatus, with an exposure frequency of 18 GHz, and a temperature profile that was restricted to below 40°C to avoid thermal degradation of the bacteria. The absorbed power was calculated to be 1,500 kW/m3 and the electric field was determined to be 300 V/m. Both values were theoretically confirmed using Computer Simulation Technology (CST) Microwave Studio 3D Electromagnetic Stimulation Software. Results showed that the activity of both enzymes was increased following MW radiation compared to negative controls and thermally treated samples subjected to similar temperature profiles. It is suggested that the increase in COX and LDH enzyme activity could not be explained by conventional heating alone, but was rather a result of micro-thermal effects that incorporated 'undetectable' thermal mechanisms.
Transmesh: a locative media system
Creators: name: Berry, Marsha
name: Hamilton, Margaret
name: Keep, Dean
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The nexus between art and science has been increasingly recognized as a research area. In this paper the author discuss how she used genetic algorithms for her art practice. She refers to technical aspects only where they are directly relevant to her process. The algorithm simulates drawing by rendering image sequences using a target image such as a photograph. The first rendered image is a random placement of brush strokes. The final image closely resembles the target image. She used the image sequences to create a video work interrogating contemporary Vietnamese icons - mannequins and motorcycles.
The un-named 'Native Informant': a subjective academic narrative
Creators: name: Arnold, Josie
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: In this paper I address educational matters that challenge academic and scholarly 'givens' so as to enrich knowledge. This acts in two ways to alert educators to the Eurowestern enculturization of knowledge and to propose some useful insights. Firstly, I make a personal scholarly narrative about the situation of the un-named native informant in postcolonial times. I call this a 'subjective academic narrative' to highlight that cultural stories are all subjective and personal narratives even when (maybe especially when) they claim to be scholarship that arises from disinterested data collection. Through the stories that are told we come to a view of the native informant that needs reconsideration. Secondly, this paper looks at such stories, at postcolonialism and at decolonization of knowledge, asking us to look anew at what we think of as black and white. Throughout I interpolate quotes from relevant narratives that admit their fictional genre. This paper considers how it is very startling to question the givens of Eurowestern knowledge structures when we see anew the foundations upon which they lie. In surveying this, I suggest that it is not sufficient merely to identify the colonised mind in the workings of the academy: it is also necessary to do something about introducing change. There is no way to recover an unchanged idealised past once colonisation has occurred. Today postcolonialism issues a challenge to the once geographically and now electronically colonised as well as the colonisers. It is to see how they can transform themselves into a culture that can reinstitute elements of the past in a culture that has been both traumatised and enriched by colonisation. This is a massive challenge as cybercolonisation occurs with its inevitable globalisation of cultures into EuroAmerican ways of being, thinking and knowing.
MODERN PEDAGOGICAL APPROACHES TO THE MODERNIZATION OF ECOLOGICAL EDUCATION
Creators: name: Maksudova, Gulnara
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: In this article, the theoretical-methodological foundations of the formation of eco-literacy in students in the process of modernization of environmental education, pedagogical-psychological features of modernization of environmental education, the corrective effect of eco-creativity, eco-responsibility, eco-literacy competencies in students between nature and human relations studied. Modern pedagogical approaches to the modernization of environmental education are also analyzed.
title: Neues vom Glossator (14): Kämpfen, kommentieren, durch Texte kämpfen
Creators: name: Steinhauer, Fabian
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 342

description: Von Organen und Maschinen, Gesetzen und Polypen, Rudolf Jhering und Roger Caillois.
description: Verfassungsblog: On Matters Constitutional
New constraints on the Neoproterozoic geological evolution of the SE corner of the Arabian Plate (NE Oman)
Creators: name: Bauer, Wilfried
name: Jacobs, Joachim
name: Callegari, Ivan
name: Scharf, Andreas
name: Schmidt, Jonatan
name: Mattern, Frank
Publisher: name: Geological Society of London
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 3705
subject: Geology
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences

description: Supplementary file 1: measurement conditions for U–Pb isotope data by LA-ICP-MS, University of Bergen, for samples HAT 1 and HAT 7
'Gotta Catch 'Em All!': Pokemon, cultural practice and object networks
Creators: name: Bainbridge, Jason
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The Pokémon franchise is over seventeen years old, a networked assemblage of heterogeneous elements (manga, gaming, toys, anime) that is also constitutive of new knowledges around both consumerism and commodification. This paper explores how all of the elements of this franchise, from the brand, to the various media platforms, to the Pokémon trainers, to the pocket monsters themselves (the non-human objects) as well as the designers and the consumers (the humans) function as objects in the construction of a social network. In so doing it seeks to understand not only how the franchise functions but also how the objects in this franchise (particularly the nonhuman Pokémon creatures and trainers) work in tandem to connect audiences to very specifically Japanese ideas of the “national imagination” (folklore, spiritualism, the supernatural) and environmental concerns (biodiversity, the struggle between conservation and containment) through the larger consumerist framework of acquisition and play structured as cultural practice. In this way, it is argued, that the Pokémon object network functions as a gateway into Japanese culture more broadly and a channel through which Japanese culture is itself mainstreamed internationally.
title: Muss der österreichische Bundespräsident CETA ratifizieren?
Creators: name: Beham, Markus
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 340

description: „Sie werden sich wundern, was alles gehen wird.“ Dieses Zitat stammt nicht vom amtierenden Bundespräsidenten und ehemaligen Grünen-Politiker Alexander Van der Bellen, sondern seinem damaligen FPÖ-Gegenkandidaten Norbert Hofer. Umso überraschender erscheint es, dass nun Van der Bellen seine verfassungsmäßige Kompetenz aktiver wahrnimmt als seine bisherigen Amtsvorgänger: Er weigert sich vorerst, das CETA-Abkommen zu ratifizieren. Als Begründung nennt er die ausstehende Entscheidung des Europäischen Gerichtshofs (EuGH) hinsichtlich Unionskonformität der darin vorgesehenen „Schiedsgerichte“.
description: Verfassungsblog: On Matters Constitutional
Improving NESB students' learning in communication through simulating social media: an Australian case study
Creators: name: Gill, Robert
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Australian universities are mindful of graduating students who are prepared for the workforce. A growing trend in organisational communication is the use of digital/electronic media to communicate with stakeholders, and many universities are now adopting pedagogy that imulates professional use of social media. International students who come from non-English speaking backgrounds (NESB) and are new to Australian university study can often struggle with understanding information that is delivered verbally, particularly when delivered under he traditional lecture/tutorial or didactic approach. The use of online communication in the curriculum can improve employability skills and heighten comprehension for NESB students. This paper examines results by NESB students mainly from Chinese universities studying hrough a collaborative articulated pathway program who have completed the core communication unit between 2010 and 2012. The majority of these students have come from limited English-speaking environments. The paper analyses their results and uses contemporary iterature to form conclusions on cognitive capabilities for the NESB cohort when studying this introductory unit on-campus. The student results and the literature analysed demonstrates that NESB students perform better when comprehending and consolidating knowledge elivered through interactivity involving digital communication, primarily e-text-based content that simulates social media. It concludes that electronic communication based on social media model can heighten NESB student engagement and improve employability.