cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
A Systematic Review of Neurosurgical Care in Low-Income Countries.
Creators: name: Weiss, Hannah K
name: Garcia, Roxanna M
name: Omiye, Jesutofunmi A
name: Vervoort, Dominique
name: Riestenberg, Robert
name: Yerneni, Ketan
name: Murthy, Nikhil
name: Wescott, Annie B
name: Hutchinson, Peter
name: Rosseau, Gail
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2019
Subjects: Research
Traumatic brain injury
Hydrocephalus
Literature review
Global Health
Low-income Countries
Tbi, Traumatic Brain Injury
Global Neurosurgery
Lcogs, Lancet Commission On Global Surgery
Lic, Low-income Country

description: Objective:More than 5 billion individuals lack access to essential surgical care. Neurosurgical care is especially limited in low-income countries (LICs). Studies describing neurosurgical care in LICs are critical for understanding global disparities in access to neurosurgical procedures. To better understand these disparities, we conducted a systematic review of the literature identifying neurosurgical patients in LICs. Methods:MEDLINE (PubMed), Embase (embase.com), and Cochrane Library (Wiley) databases were systematically searched to retrieve studies describing neurosurgical care in LICs as defined by the World Bank Country and Lending Groups income classification. All databases were searched from their inception; no date or language limits were applied. All the articles were blindly reviewed by 2 individuals. Data from eligible studies were extracted and summarized. Results:Of the 4377 citations screened, 154 studies met inclusion criteria. The number of publications substantially increased over the study period, with 49% (n = 76) of studies published in the last 5 years. Twenty-six percent (n = 40) of studies had a first author, and 30% (n = 46) had a senior author, affiliated with a country different from the LIC of study. The most common neurosurgical diagnosis was traumatic brain injury (24%, n = 37), followed by hydrocephalus (26%, n = 40), and neoplastic intracranial mass (10%, n = 16). Of LICs, 43% (n = 15/35) had no published neurosurgical literature. Conclusions:There is a significant deficit in the literature on neurosurgical care in LICs. Efforts must focus on supporting research initiatives in LICs to improve publication bias and understand disparities in access to neurosurgical care in the lowest-resource countries.
The fall and rise of organising in a blue-collar union
Creators: name: Griffin, Gerard
name: Moors, Rosetta
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This paper analyses the growth of organising activity in a blue-collar, manufacturing union. It outlines the factors influencing the initial adoption of this philosophy in 1994, examines the reasons underlying the move away from this approach and the drivers that led to the subsequent return to the organising model in 1999. Based on an analysis of these changes the paper argues that the level of commitment and zeal of the unions' leadership is the crucial factor in determining the extent and culture of organising.
Svidercoschi, Gian Franco, Um papa que não morre. A herança de João Paulo II, col. «Santos para hoje», Editorial A. O., Braga, 2010
Creators: name: Salgado, Luís
Publisher: name: Theologica
Year: 2010

description: Theologica, v. 45 n. 1 (2010): À escuta da Palavra: Congresso Internacional sobre o Presbítero
Equity and the Funding of Australian Health Services: Prospects for Weighted Capitation
Creators: name: Peacock, Stuart
name: Segal, Leonie
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Health service funding mechanisms are pivotal in the pursuit of health system objectives, as they provide strong financial incentives for actors in the system to achieve policy goals. Underpinning funding mechanisms is a set of key economic principles, or objectives, that should guide their design and use: efficiency, equity, and accountability. The Australian health system has historically performed relatively poorly in relation to these objectives, with evidence of inefficiencies, inequities, and poor accountability in many areas of health services. The primary cause of these shortcomings may lie in the complex set of funding and delivery arrangements at the State and Federal levels of government. Potentially significant improvements in the performance of the health system would be available from the integration of the funding of services within a single tier of government, coupled with the development of a national weighted capitation approach to funding. To develop a national capitation funding model a number of unique factors require consideration, including the current fragmentation of services, the role of the private sector, the needs of indigenous populations, and the effects of rurality. The data available to develop a capitation model is of a level of detail and quality not readily found elsewhere. If policy statements promoting efficiency, accountability, and particularly equity are to be actively pursued, a national capitation model, based on robust methods should become a cornerstone of Australian health system reform.
Morla Asensio, Víctor, Job 29-42, «Comentarios a la Nueva Biblia de Jerusalén», Desclée de Brouwer, Bilbao, 2010
Creators: name: Vila-Nova, Pedro De
Publisher: name: Theologica
Year: 2010

description: Theologica, v. 45 n. 1 (2010): À escuta da Palavra: Congresso Internacional sobre o Presbítero
A General Volatility Framework and the Generalised Historical Volatility Estimator
Creators: name: Bollen, Bernard
name: Inder, Brett A.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This study proposes a new approach to the estimation of the time series properties of daily volatility in financial markets. The estimation technique is a two stage procedure which initially estimates the volatility of any particular trading day from intraday data. This procedure is implemented over a number of trading days to produce a series of daily volatility estimates. A general volatility framework is also developed and the series of daily volatility estimates can be put into this framework to estimate the time series properties of daily volatility. Furthermore, with this new approach it is shown that the time series properties of daily volatility can be modelled in a wide range of functional forms, including those functional forms which capture asymmetric information effects.
Historical connections between Atlantic Forest and Amazonia drove genetic and ecological diversity in Lithobates palmipes (Anura, Ranidae)
Creators: name: Coelho, Felipe Eduardo Alves
name: Camurugi, Felipe
name: Marques, Ricardo
name: De Medeiros Magalhães, Felipe
name: Werneck, Fernanda P.
name: Garda, Adrian Antonio
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Computational Biology

description: The Atlantic and Amazon rainforests have a shared but unclear past, with intermittent connections resulting from historical climate change. We investigate these connections by studying the phylogeography and climatic niche of the disjunct distributed frog Lithobates palmipes. We sequenced two fragments of mitochondrial DNA from Atlantic Forest (AtF) and Amazonia (AmF) individuals and evaluated how genetic diversity is distributed in space and whether past demographic changes occurred. Also, we evaluated the existence of past suitable connections between biomes for L. palmipes through ecological niche models (ENM) and tested for niche divergence. The AtF group is nested within the AmF group and closely related to individuals from eastern Amazonia, a pattern recovered in many species that used northeast connection routes. We found evidence of recurrent use of connections in different directions and time during the Pleistocene, resulting in genetic structure between biomes, with no signal of demographic change and evidence of niche divergence across both genetic groups. ENMs indicated suitable areas connecting forests throughout northeastern Brazil during the Pleistocene. Mitochondrial lineages do not match biomes exactly. One lineage is composed of AtF populations and eastern Amazonia individuals. The other is composed of western Amazonia individuals, suggesting an effect of past climatic heterogeneity within the Amazonia forest. This is the first evidence that this route drove genetic and ecological diversity for amphibians recently, a group with habits and ecological requirements different from other vertebrates that have been shown to use this putative corridor.
Counting performance or performance that counts? Benchmarking government services in Australia
Creators: name: McGuire, Linda
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Benchmarking government services is a cooperative development between the Commonwealth, State and Territory governments to compare the performance of publicly funded social infrastructure services. A performance monitoring framework has been developed for the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) by the Productivity Commission (PC) to benchmark the performance education, health, housing and community services. The objectives are accountability for public funds and improving the performance of public services providers. The focus is on public services rather than the management of public agencies. The strategy is benchmarking comparative performance and public reporting. The significance of this project is the scale of performance indicators and scope of public services. The first section of the paper explains the historical and political context in which the benchmarking project for COAG developed. The Commonwealth Government dominates funding for delivering 'social infrastructure' or 'human services', but responsibility for service delivery is fragmented in highly complex systems. Federalism, social policy, public management reform and the philosophy of the PC explain the approach to performance monitoring in COAG benchmarking project. The second section considers the nature of these services and the implications for performance monitoring. The third section examines development of the performance reporting frameworks for benchmarking government services and the status of reporting in 2000. The final section of the paper examines the strengths and limitations of the approach to reporting performance. Transparency and a suite of effectiveness and efficiency indicators for measuring the performance of government services are the strengths of performance monitoring for COAG. Two issues arising from the methodology are considered. The fi rst is applying a production process model to professional services. Performance indicators and associated measures do not take into account the nature of productivity and quality for services. This is a problem for public and private service providers. The second issue is the complex and contested nature of performance for public services. Standards and indicators derived from a business or market model of services management do not take into account the nature of public services.
Grocholewski, Cardinal Zenon, Universitatea Azi – Universität Heute, Editura Fundatiei pentru Studii Europene, Cluj-Napoca (Roménia), 2010
Creators: name: Coutinho, Jorge
Publisher: name: Theologica
Year: 2010

description: Theologica, v. 45 n. 1 (2010): À escuta da Palavra: Congresso Internacional sobre o Presbítero
Capelle-Dumont, Philippe (dir.), Philosophie et Théologie au Moyen-Âge. Anthologie – Tome II (dirigé par Olivier Boulnois), coll. «Philosophie et Théologie», Les Éditions du Cerf, Paris, 2009
Creators: name: Coutinho, Jorge
Publisher: name: Theologica
Year: 2009

description: Theologica, v. 44 n. 2 (2009): «In principio erat Verbum»: Para uma Teologia Fundamental da Palavra
A Comparative Analysis of Ecotour Guiding on Cruise Based Tours
Creators: name: Weiler, Betty
name: Ham, Sam H.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Two cruise-based nature-oriented tour operations, CruiseWest, operating along the Inside Passage of Alaska, and Lindblad Special Expeditions, operating in the Galapagos Islands, provided the data for this case study of nature-based guiding associated with the cruise industry. Both companies are leaders in the nature-based tourism industry, both offer upmarket weeklong cruise-based tours guided by both on-board expedition leaders and shore-based guides, and both operate relatively small ship-based ecotourism experiences to destinations known to be popular with tourists who want to view close-up and interact with wildlife. One-week excursions with each of the companies, in June 2000 (Alaska) and September 2000 (Galapagos), provided the case study material for the research. Using methods that were piloted as part of a previous research project, guides were systematically observed with the assistance of a standardised observation checksheet, and passengers completed a self-completed questionnaire on the final day of their one-week tour. In the end, data were collected on 12 guides (shore-based excursions) and 2 expedition leaders. Questionnaires were completed by 55 of the 68 adult passengers on-board the Spirit of Alaska (CruiseWest), and 21 of the 26 adult passengers on-board the Polaris (Lindblad). The focus was on the quality of the guiding and the elements of the guided activities that contributed to the success of the operation as an ecotourism experience, and to visitor satisfaction.
Nature-based tourism in the 1920s and 1930s
Creators: name: Frost, Warwick
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This paper outlines the massive expansion in nature-based tourism in Australia in the 1920s and the 1930s. It is argued that an understanding of the historical development of nature-based tourism is greatly important for understanding the current situation and future trends. However, previous studies of the history of tourism have tended to neglect nature-based tourism in Australia, particularly in these two critical decades. The paper focuses on three elements: - bushwalking, accommodation and fauna based attractions. In the 1920s and 1930s these were major areas of development, laying down the foundations of these sectors. The paper also considers why nature-based tourism expanded in these decades. On the face of it this seems curious, for these were decades of great political unrest and economic hardship, hardly conditions which we would normally associate with increasing tourism or the love of nature.
Weighted average power similar tests for structural change for the gaussian linear regression model
Creators: name: Forchini, Giovanni
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The average exponential tests for structural change of Andrews and Ploberger (Econometrica, 62, 1994) and Andrews, Lee and Ploberger (Journal of Econometrics 70, 1996) and modifications thereof maximize a weighted average power which incorporates specific weighting functions in order to make the resulting test statistics simple. Generalizations of these tests involve the numerical evaluation of (potentially) complicated integrals. In this paper we suggest a uniform Laplace approximation to evaluate weighted average power test statistics for which a simple closed form does not exist. We also show that a modification of the avg-F test is optimal under a very large class of weighting functions and can be written as a ratio of quadratic forms. Finally, we discuss how the computational burden of averaging over all possible change-points can be addressed.
Australia's relationship with the middle east - a trade perspective
Creators: name: Khachan, Geraldine
name: Reiman, Cornelis
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Although the Middle East continues to feature as a prominent part of the global scene, there are misunderstandings as to its composition and characteristics. Even so, the region is of increasing interest to Australia, as attested to by the current Parliamentary Inquiry into Australia's Relations with the Middle East, including the Gulf Region, doing so through sub-committees of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade. This paper identifies the Middle East from an economic perspective in relation to the potential for increased Australian trade relations in the future. In assessing Australia's trade activity in the region, this paper further defines the Middle East by reviewing the composition of its international trade. Australia's contribution is found to be much lower than that of the European Union or Asia. However, Australia is slowly improving its position. Given low market penetration, the implications are that Australia should re-examine its Middle East trade and foreign policy in order to secure long-term export earnings from an expanding and accessible market. This is especially so when the Middle East is found to consume a more diverse range of products than Australia has traditionally exported.
School-leavers' Transition to Tertiary Study: a Literature Review
Creators: name: Evans, Merran
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The theoretical and empirical literature relating to factors and problems in the transition of students from secondary to tertiary level education is reviewed here. Studies on persistence and attrition, and on the analysis and prediction of academic performance of students, generally and in particular discipline areas, are included.
Forecasting Sales of Slow and Fast Moving Inventories
Creators: name: Snyder, Ralph D.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Traditional computerised inventory control systems usually rely on exponential smoothing to forecast the demand for fast moving inventories. Practices in relation to slow moving inventories are more varied, but the Croston method is often used. It is an adaptation of exponential smoothing that 1) incorporates a Bernoulli process to capture the sporadic nature of demand and 2) allows the average variability to change over time. The Croston approach is critically appraised in this paper. Corrections are made to underlying theory and modifications are proposed to overcome certain implementation difficulties. A parametric bootstrap approach is outlined that integrates demand forecasting with inventory control. The approach is illustrated on real demand data for car parts.
Additional file 1 of Comparative efficacy of image-guided techniques in cardiac resynchronization therapy: a meta-analysis
Creators: name: Hu, Xiao
name: Xu, Hai
name: Hassea, Shameer Raaj Avishkar
name: Qian, Zhiyong
name: Wang, Yao
name: Zhang, Xinwei
name: Hou, Xiaofeng
name: Zou, Jiangang
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. PRSIMA checklist.
Sri Lanka: Liberalised Economic Policy Regime: An Evaluation of the First Ten Years
Creators: name: Wickramanayake, Jayasinghe
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The object of this paper is to evaluate the liberalisation of the economy in Sri Lanka in 1977 by closely examining macroeconomic performance during the period 1978-1987. The paper first traces the historical evolution of the Sri Lankan macroeconomy up to 1977 followed by a discussion of the liberalisation measures undertaken in 1977. Thereafter a detailed evaluation of the developments in the Sri Lankan economy during 1978-1987 is undertaken with special attention being paid to its internal and external balance. The paper concludes that contrary to expectations, the liberalisation did not bring about the desired results due to adverse exogenous developments and inconsistencies in macroeconomic policy formulation and implementation.
MPEC 2024-U212 : 2024 UX6
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2024 UX6

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Adornato, Giselda, Pablo VI. El coraje de la modernidad, col. «Semblanzas», San Pablo, Madrid, 2010
Creators: name: Coutinho, Jorge
Publisher: name: Theologica
Year: 2010

description: Theologica, v. 45 n. 1 (2010): À escuta da Palavra: Congresso Internacional sobre o Presbítero
Additional file 4 of Comparative efficacy of image-guided techniques in cardiac resynchronization therapy: a meta-analysis
Creators: name: Hu, Xiao
name: Xu, Hai
name: Hassea, Shameer Raaj Avishkar
name: Qian, Zhiyong
name: Wang, Yao
name: Zhang, Xinwei
name: Hou, Xiaofeng
name: Zou, Jiangang
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 4: Figure S1. Funnel plot of reduction in LVESV between groups.
AA.VV., La veritat i la mentida, «Scripta Biblica» 10, Associació Bíblica de Catalunya, Publicacions de l’Abadia de Montserrat, Tarragona, 2010
Creators: name: Coutinho, Jorge
Publisher: name: Theologica
Year: 2010

description: Theologica, v. 45 n. 1 (2010): À escuta da Palavra: Congresso Internacional sobre o Presbítero
Additional file 5 of Comparative efficacy of image-guided techniques in cardiac resynchronization therapy: a meta-analysis
Creators: name: Hu, Xiao
name: Xu, Hai
name: Hassea, Shameer Raaj Avishkar
name: Qian, Zhiyong
name: Wang, Yao
name: Zhang, Xinwei
name: Hou, Xiaofeng
name: Zou, Jiangang
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 5: Figure S2. Funnel plot of improvement in LVEF between groups.
Another look at measures of forecast accuracy
Creators: name: Hyndman, Rob J.
name: Koehler, Anne B
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: We discuss and compare measures of accuracy of univariate time series forecasts. The methods used in the M-competition and the M3-competition, and many of the measures recommended by previous authors on this topic, are found to be inadequate, and many of them are degenerate in commonly occurring situations. Instead, we propose that the mean absolute scaled error become the standard measure for comparing forecast accuracy across multiple time series.
¿Qué es la ciencia abierta?
Creators: name: Gallardo Ferreira, Fabian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: ciencia abierta

description: En el contexto del Proyecto Ciencia Abierta UFRO y sus planes de formación en ciencia abierta, se desarrolla la siguiente presentación la cual aborda, el concepto de ciencia abierta desde el origen de la práctica científica y como se han ido desarrollando estos conceptos para  describir la ciencia abierta.

La ciencia abierta es visto en algunos casos como un nuevo paradigma para la práctica científica que apunta la transparencia y que considera una múltiplicidad de aspectos tales como datos abiertos, acceso abierto, ciencia ciudadana, las que están plasmadas en diversos esquemas como el de la UNESCO o la Declaración de Panamá. Esta puede tener grandes beneficios tales como aumentar la visualización de la producción científica  pero implica grandes desafíos en aspectos como  financiamiento, evaluación entro otros. Si bien este "paradigma" apunta a la apertura del conocimiento, tiene sus restricciones que conllevan al respeto de derechos de autor privacidad, propiedad intelectual u otras implicancias éticas.

 
description: Agradecimiento al Equipo de Ciencia Abierta UFRO
Cost Effectiveness Analysis and the Consistency of Decision Making: Evidence from Pharmaceutical Reimbursement in Australia 1991-96
Creators: name: George, Bethan
name: Harris, Anthony H.
name: Mitchell, Andrew
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The Commonwealth Government of Australia subsidises the price that consumers have to pay for drugs that are listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Schedule (PBS). Drugs can only be listed on that schedule once a pharmaceutical company has made a submission to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC). Economic evaluation has been a mandatory part of that submission since 1993. This paper investigates whether decisions made by the PBAC are consistent with the evidence about the cost-effectiveness of that drug supplied by the pharmaceutical company. The paper also discusses whether the advice given by the PBAC to list a drug on the PBS reveals a threshold incremental cost-effectiveness ratio beyond which the PBAC is not prepared to recommend reimbursement. Method: All 355 submissions made to the PBAC between 1991 and June 1996 were reviewed. Submissions were ranked in a league table by incremental cost per life year gained (26 submissions) or the cost per QALY gained (9 submissions) and compared with advice give by the PBAC about that drug. Results: The main observation from the league table is that between 1991 and 1996 the PBAC cost-effectiveness threshold range lay between $37,000 and $69,000 per extra life year gained. Some drugs with an incremental cost per extra life year gained less than this were not recommended for listing suggesting that the cost effectiveness ratio was not the only factor determining the reimbursement decision. Other factors considered include the quality of life years gained, the quality of the evidence, the nature of the condition and the availability of substitute therapies, and the financial implications to government.
Moreno, de Buenafuente, Ángel, Desiertos. Travesía de la existencia, col. «Espiritualidad», Narcea S. A. de Ediciones, Madrid, 2009
Creators: name: Amado, Raul
Publisher: name: Theologica
Year: 2009

description: Theologica, v. 44 n. 2 (2009): «In principio erat Verbum»: Para uma Teologia Fundamental da Palavra
Gusmán Nanzano, I., Fe y razón en Juan Duns Escoto, Ed. bilingüe e versión española del Prólogo por Juan Ortín García, «Serie Mayor» 50, Instituto Teológico de Murcia OFM / Editorial Espigas, Murcia, 2009
Creators: name: Coutinho, Jorge
Publisher: name: Theologica
Year: 2010

description: Theologica, v. 45 n. 1 (2010): À escuta da Palavra: Congresso Internacional sobre o Presbítero
Economies of Specialization and Downward Sloping Supply Curves: An Inframarginal Analysis
Creators: name: Yang, Xiaokai
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This paper explores the implications of a small elasticity of substitution between consumption goods and the framework with consumer-producer, economies of specialization, and transaction costs for the analysis of demand and supply. In this framework, a consumer-producer's decision cannot be solved by the marginal analysis. An inframarginal analysis, which implies total benefit-cost analysis across several comer solutions in addition to the marginal analysis of each comer solution, is necessary for deriving demand and supply functions. The tradeoff between economies of specialization and transaction costs is specified to explore the relationship between transaction efficiency, the elasticity of substitution, and the equilibrium level of division of labor and related productivity and extent of the market network. It is shown that supply curves are downward sloping if the elasticity of substitution between consumption goods is smaller than one. As improvements in transaction efficiency drive division of labor to evolve, demand and supply functions discontinuously jump, generating structural changes in economic organization.
Capelle-Dumont, Philippe (dir.), Philosophie et Théologie dans la Période Antique. Anthologie – Tome I (dirigé par Jérôme Alexandre), coll. «Philosophie et Théologie», Les Éditions du Cerf, Paris, 2009
Creators: name: Coutinho, Jorge
Publisher: name: Theologica
Year: 2009

description: Theologica, v. 44 n. 2 (2009): «In principio erat Verbum»: Para uma Teologia Fundamental da Palavra
Cultural diversity, relocation and the security of international students at an internationalised university
Creators: name: Forbes-Mewett, Helen
name: Nyland, Chris
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The notion of security is an elusive concept that attracts varying interpretations. In this paper we adopt a definition that views security as a broadly applicable term that encompasses physical, social and economic dimensions that relate to human rights, cultural difference and relocation. The approach embraces the complexities of the security needs of international students in the context of a competitive and volatile education market. As Australia's largest international education provider, Monash University is an ideal setting within which to explore the security issues that arise for international students. Fifty-five interviewees including student representatives, front-line staff and senior management share their experiences of working closely with Monash international students. The data is used to show that there are complex cultural differences in the notion of security and that being in an unfamiliar culture affects students' sense and level of security. Understanding these influences usefully translates into reflections on how well and by whom students' security needs are met.
Bermejo, José Carlos, y Álvarez, Francisco (dir.), Pastoral de la Salud y Bioética, «Diccionarios San Pablo», San Pablo, Madrid, 2009
Creators: name: Amado, Raul
Publisher: name: Theologica
Year: 2009

description: Theologica, v. 44 n. 2 (2009): «In principio erat Verbum»: Para uma Teologia Fundamental da Palavra
Public Goods, Corruption and Growth
Creators: name: Djumashev, Ratbek
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: In this paper growth implications of corruption are analysed. In order to establish the link from corruption In the public sector to private capital accumulation and growth, a Ramsey-type model is employed. Income redistribution and inefficiency in public good provision are the main distortions caused by corruption. The income redistribution distorts the private investment decisions, while the Inefficiency in public sector increases its burden on the private sector and makes less public input available to the firms. It is shown that both effects of corruption lead to lower growth. Moreover, the model provides a new mechanism that explains the deviation of the optimal tax rate from the degree of public sector externality by incorporating corruption into the dynamic general-equilibrium framework.
Teaching Organizational Behaviour Concepts Using Systems Thinking as an Informing Paradigm
Creators: name: Bardoel, E. Anne
name: Haslett, Tim
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The success of Peter Senge's (1990) The Fifth Discipline and the later The Fifth Discipline Field Book (Senge, Roberts, Ross, Smith, & Kleiner, 1994) has created considerable interest in the area of systems theory and thinking and their application to management and management education. This paper makes the proposition that systems thinking can be applied as a framework or as an informing paradigm for teaching undergraduate and graduate Organisational behaviour subjects. It addresses the application of the systems thinking tool of causal loop diagramming to the teaching of organisational behaviour concepts.
Álvarez Barredo, Miguel, OFM, Los orígenes de la monarquía en Israel. Tradiciones literarias y enfoques teológicos de 1 Sam 8-12, «Serie Mayor» 52, Instituto Teológico de Murcia OFM / Editorial Espigas, Murcia, 2009
Creators: name: Vila-Nova, Pedro De
Publisher: name: Theologica
Year: 2010

description: Theologica, v. 45 n. 1 (2010): À escuta da Palavra: Congresso Internacional sobre o Presbítero
Supply chain management practices and supply chain performance in the Australian manufacturing industry
Creators: name: Petrovic-Lazarevic, Sonja
name: Sohal, Amrik
name: Baihaqi, Imam
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supply chain management (SCM) is identified as a strategic tool for firms to improve their performance and secure their competitiveness. This research identifies five aspects of SCM practice: supplier and customer relations, internal operations, information sharing, information technology (IT) and training. The survey in the Australian manufacturing industry was conducted to study the extent to which SCM practices were implemented. It examined the relationship between SCM practices and firms' performance. The results show that SCM practices differentiate firms with low and high level of performance. The results specifically highlight the contribution of IT and information sharing to firms’ operational performance. Also, the study found that training significantly contributes to most performance measures.
Additional file 1 of Identification of tumor antigens and immune subtypes in lower grade gliomas for mRNA vaccine development
Creators: name: Ye, Liguo
name: Wang, Long
name: Yang, Ji’an
name: Hu, Ping
name: Zhang, Chunyu
name: Tong, Shi’ao
name: Liu, Zhennan
name: Tian, Daofeng
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Additional file 1: Figure S1. Diagrams summarizing mutation analysis in TCGA-LGG. (A) Summary of mutational signature analysis on 529 LGG samples. (B) Waterfall plot of the distribution of mutations. (C) Correlation analysis among the top 20 mutant genes in LGG samples.
title: Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs) For DVCS Cross Sections
Creators: name: Almaeen, Manal
name: Grigsby, Jake
name: Hoskins, Joshua
name: Kriesten, Brandon
name: Li, Yaohang
name: Lin, Huey-Wen
name: Liuti, Simonetta
name: Maichum, Sorawich
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University Libraries
Year: 2022

description: We present a physics informed deep learning technique for Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering (DVCS) cross sections from an unpolarized proton target using both an unpolarized and polarized electron beam. Training a deep learning model typically requires a large size of data that might not always be available or possible to obtain. Alternatively, a deep learning model can be trained using additional knowledge gained by enforcing some physics constraints such as angular symmetries for better accuracy and generalization. By incorporating physics knowledge to our deep learning model, our framework shows precise predictions on the DVCS cross sections and better extrapolation on unseen kinematics compared to the basic deep learning approaches.
Diversity in Small Business Strategy
Creators: name: Gray, Judy
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Research in business has acknowledged the critical role of strategy for organizational survival and success. In contrast, 'little work has been done on small business strategy' (Low and MacMillan, 1988:144). The current study addresses this deficiency in the research by examining the relationship between business strategy and small business success. The Small Business Strategy Typology developed in this study represents an attempt to translate the Miles and Snow Typology into operational statements concerning three aspects of business strategy of relevance to new small businesses: products/services, customers, and competitors. Self-administered questionnaires were distributed to 578 Victorian New Enterprise Incentive Scheme (NEIS) graduates who had completed business training and established businesses before 1994. Factor analyses of the data using LISREL (7.20) indicated two distinct dimensions in the instrument: Proactive and Reactive Small Business Strategy. Details of each sub-scale and the corresponding items are provided in the paper. Implications for entrepreneurial performance and further research are discussed.
Ecotour guide training in less developed countries: some research directions for the 21s t century
Creators: name: Black, Rosemary
name: Ham, Sam
name: Weiler, Betty
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Ecotourism is increasing throughout the world and in particular in less developed countries where it is often promoted in association with protected areas (Weaver 1998). Guides have important roles to perform in the ecotourism experience, such as ensuring the safety of the visitor, providing accurate and compelling interpretation of sites, and modelling appropriate environmental and cultural behaviour. To be able to serve this wide range of interests, guides need training that provides them with necessary knowledge and skills. A pilot study was carried out to determine what types of guide training are currently being delivered in less developed countries. The results of this study assisted in identifying some of the key issues and research priorities for future ecotour guide training in the 21f l century. The results suggest that although training is currently being delivered in various forms by a variety of providers in less developed countries, there is scope for the development and improvement of training in less developed countries, particularly in the areas of suitable training models, appropriate assessment, program content and program evaluation.
Elders, Leo J., Au coeur de la philosophie de saint Thomes d’Aquin, Éditions Parole et Silence, Paris, 2009
Creators: name: Coutinho, Jorge
Publisher: name: Theologica
Year: 2009

description: Theologica, v. 44 n. 2 (2009): «In principio erat Verbum»: Para uma Teologia Fundamental da Palavra
Maximising Health Benefits Versus Egalitarianism: An Australian Survey of Health Issues
Creators: name: Nord, Erik
name: Richardson, Jeff
name: Street, Andrew
name: Kuhse, Helga
name: Singer, Peter
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Economists have often treated the objective of health services as being the maximisation of the QALYs gained, irrespective of how the gains are distributed. In a cross section of Australians such a policy of distributive neutrality received (a) very little support when health benefits to young people compete with health benefits to the elderly; (b) only moderate support when those who can become a little better compete with those who can become must better; (c) only moderate support when smokers compete with non smokers; (d) some support when young children compete with newborns; and (e) wide spread support when parents of dependent children compete with people without children. Overall, the views of the study population were strongly egalitarian. A policy of health benefit maximisation received very limited support when the consequence is a loss of equity and access to services for the elderly and for people with a limited potential for improving their health.
Union Recruitment and Organising on the World Wide Web
Creators: name: Cockfield, Sandra
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Within the labour movement claims are made for the potential of the World Wide Web and other information and communication technology (ICT) to reinvigorate a union movement in decline. This paper provides a first step in understanding how unions are interacting with ICTs to recruit and organise members by documenting and analysing their use of one particular ICT, the World Wide Web. Despite the investment of unions in Web technology, to date there is limited academic research on how unions use the web. The first part of the paper examines the various ways in which the Web can assist recruitment and organising. The second half of the paper explores how Australian unions are using the Web. This section analyses the results of a survey of the websites of Australian unions.
Time Is More Precious For The Young, Life Is More Valuable For The Old
Creators: name: Ng, Guang-Zhen
name: Ng, Yew-Kwang
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: It is generally believed that life is more valuable for the young as they expect to live longer. It is also generally believed that time is more precious for the middle-aged and the old as they have higher wage-rates and/or have not much time left, making the marginal utility of time high. In this paper, it is shown that results opposite to the above common-sense beliefs may be true. In particular, the marginal utility of time may decrease dramatically with age despite the fact that the wage-rate and the dollar value of time both increase with age, and despite the absence of depreciation in the ability to enjoy life. Moreover, the time value of life (the number of current years one's life is worth) may also increase with age.
Consequences of mentoring on career advancement: does protégé gender make a difference?
Creators: name: Tharenou, Phyllis
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The aim of this study was to assess if mentoring is more related to women's career advancement than men's. The study was prospective, gathering a Time 1 sample of 5019 Australian respondents who reported a mentor. The Time 2 sample a year later comprised 3220 respondents. Controlling individual, job, and organizational variables, mentor support in interaction with protégé gender predicted increased managerial advancement and reduced plateauing a year later. Career and psychosocial support differed in their relationships. Mentor career support predicted women's managerial advancement and reduced plateauing more than men's, whereas mentor psychosocial support predicted men's more than women's. Overall, protégé gender did not interact with mentor gender to predict career advancement. However, when the mentors were women, not men, career support reduced, and psychosocial support increased, the plateauing of women protégés more than men protégés. Why mentoring was differently related to men's and women's career outcomes was discussed.
Hera, Eduardo de la, El fuego de la montaña. Siete conversos para nuestro tiempo, col. «Testigos», San Pablo, Madrid, 2009
Creators: name: Coutinho, Jorge
Publisher: name: Theologica
Year: 2009

description: Theologica, v. 44 n. 2 (2009): «In principio erat Verbum»: Para uma Teologia Fundamental da Palavra
Theobald, Christoph, La réception du concile Vatican II– I. Accéder à la source, coll. «Unam Sanctam – Nouvelle série», Les Éditions du Cerf, Paris, 2009
Creators: name: Coutinho, Jorge
Publisher: name: Theologica
Year: 2009

description: Theologica, v. 44 n. 2 (2009): «In principio erat Verbum»: Para uma Teologia Fundamental da Palavra
Azcárate, Juan Luis de León, Deuteronomio, «Comentarios a la Nueva Biblia de Jerusalén», Desclée de Brouwer, Bilbao, 2009
Creators: name: Amado, Raul
Publisher: name: Theologica
Year: 2009

description: Theologica, v. 44 n. 2 (2009): «In principio erat Verbum»: Para uma Teologia Fundamental da Palavra
Does Beta React to Market Conditions? Estimates of Bull and Bear Betas Using a Nonlinear Market Model With an Endogenous Threshold Parameter
Creators: name: Woodward, George
name: Anderson, Heather
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: We apply a logistic smooth transition market model (LSTM) to a sample of returns on Australian industry portfolios to investigate whether bull and bear market betas differ. Unlike other studies, our LSTM model allows for smooth transition between bull and bear states and allows the data to determine the threshold value. The estimated value of the smoothness parameter was very large for all industries implying that transition is abrupt. Therefore we estimated the threshold as a parameter along with the two betas in a dual beta market (DBM) framework using a sequential conditional least squares (SCLS) method. Using Lagrange Multiplier type tests of linearity, and the SCLS method our results indicate that for all but two industries the bull and bear betas are significantly different.
Social Comfort Within Natural Tourist Attractions: A Case Study of Visitors to Hanging Rock, Victoria
Creators: name: Morgan, Damian
name: Lok, Luke
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Increasing tourist numbers raise dilemmas for managers of natural tourist attractions. When attractions can sustain the physical or ecological impact of visitors, the issue for managers surrounds the number of visitors that can be accommodated before the experience provided by the attraction is compromised. This issue can be resolved through determining the attraction's social carrying capacity (SCC). However, studies have demonstrated that SCC varies among users, across locations, and over time. Consequently, the debate continues as to whether the concept is of practical use for tourism and recreation managers. In light of this debate, this paper reports a case study examining visitor perceptions (N=385) of a popular natural tourist attraction. To determine SCC, relationships among density, crowding, satisfaction, and waiting were examined using a range of parametric and non-parametric statistical procedures. Significant interrelationships were found among all variables (p
«A face mutante do presbítero»
Creators: name: Varanda, Isabel
name: Vilar, José
name: Torres, Sérgio
name: Félix, Joaquim
name: Duque, João
Publisher: name: Theologica
Year: 2010

description: Theologica, v. 45 n. 1 (2010): À escuta da Palavra: Congresso Internacional sobre o Presbítero
Dung, François-Xavier Nguyen Tien, La foi au Dieu des chrétiens, gage d’un authentique humanisme. Henri de Lubac face à l’humanisme athée, coll. «Théologie à l’Université», Institut Catholique de Paris / Desclée de Brouwer, Paris, 2010
Creators: name: Coutinho, Jorge
Publisher: name: Theologica
Year: 2010

description: Theologica, v. 45 n. 1 (2010): À escuta da Palavra: Congresso Internacional sobre o Presbítero
Thomas-Fogiel, Isabelle, Le concept et le lieu. Figures de la relation entre art et philosophie, «La nuit surveillée», Les Éditions du Cerf, Paris, 2008
Creators: name: Duque, João
Publisher: name: Theologica
Year: 2009

description: Theologica, v. 44 n. 2 (2009): «In principio erat Verbum»: Para uma Teologia Fundamental da Palavra
Emery, Gilles, La Trinité. Introduction théologique à la doctrine catholique sur Dieu Trinité, coll. «Initiations», Les Éditions du Cerf, Paris, 2009
Creators: name: Vila-Nova, Pedro
Publisher: name: Theologica
Year: 2009

description: Theologica, v. 44 n. 2 (2009): «In principio erat Verbum»: Para uma Teologia Fundamental da Palavra
Braz, António Manuel da Silva, O Mosteiro e a Igreja de Ermelo: Património Cisterciense Esquecido no Tempo, col. «Memorabilia Christiana» 16, Faculdade de Teologia-Braga (UCP), Braga, 2009
Creators: name: Lima, José Da Silva
Publisher: name: Theologica
Year: 2009

description: Theologica, v. 44 n. 2 (2009): «In principio erat Verbum»: Para uma Teologia Fundamental da Palavra
Jaffé, Dan, El Talmud y los orígenes judíos del cristianismo, Jesús, Pablo y lps judéo-cristianos en la literatura talmúdica, Desclée de Brouwer, Bilbao, 2009
Creators: name: Vila-Nova, Pedro De
Publisher: name: Theologica
Year: 2009

description: Theologica, v. 44 n. 2 (2009): «In principio erat Verbum»: Para uma Teologia Fundamental da Palavra
Vide Rodríguez, Vicente, Em que Deus cremos nós?, Coimbra: Gráfica de Coimbra: 2009
Creators: name: Duque, João
Publisher: name: Theologica
Year: 2009

description: Theologica, v. 44 n. 2 (2009): «In principio erat Verbum»: Para uma Teologia Fundamental da Palavra