cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Improving the management of children (especially Indigenous children) hospitalised with bronchiolitis
Creators: name: Mccallum, Gabrielle
Publisher: name: Charles Darwin University
Year: 2014

description: Bronchiolitis, a typically self-limiting illness causes significant morbidity and remains a leading cause of hospitalisation among infants globally. In some populations such as Northern Territory Indigenous infants, bronchiolitis is more severe and the incidence is higher. Despite being the most common acute lower respiratory infection worldwide, the current mainstay of treatment for hospitalised bronchiolitis is supportive. This thesis presents findings of studies undertaken to improve the management of hospitalised bronchiolitis, with a particular focus on Indigenous children. The major hypothesis of my thesis was that azithromycin improves short and long term clinical outcomes of children hospitalised with bronchiolitis. Gaps in knowledge were addressed and the principal findings were: 1. Severity scoring systems are easy to use, reliable and repeatable and can be used with health staff of varying levels of experience. 2. Different doses of azithromycin (single or 3-weekly doses) did not improve short or long term clinical outcomes and should not be routinely used to treat children hospitalised with bronchiolitis. 3. Azithromycin reduced the proportion of bacterial carriage, but had no impact on viruses or atypical bacteria. 4. Non-traditional risk factors prolonged hospitalisation. Presence of persistent symptoms 3-weeks beyond hospitalisation increased the risk for ongoing morbidity, respiratory readmissions and developing bronchiectasis. 5. Mobile phones in conjunction with a culturally sensitive framework were an effective strategy to improve adherence and retention of participants in the largest randomised controlled trial. 6. Improved clinical care for chronic cough post-bronchiolitis is needed for Indigenous children, in view of the high rates of persistent symptoms and poorer long-term respiratory outcomes. The long term consequence of respiratory disease among Indigenous children is an important public health issue. Identifying target points that can lead to optomising clinical care and better lung health and prevention of subsequent bronchiectasis among Indigenous children are needed.
title: Völkerrechtslunch: Fünf Fragen an RA Wolfgang Kaleck, Fachanwalt für Strafrecht, Generalsekretär des ECCHR
Creators: name: Kettemann, Matthias C.
name: Kleinert, Lukas
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 341

description: Völkerrechtsblog
Donus Jekel 1865
Creators: name: Legalov, Andrei A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Curculionidae
Donus

description: Genus Donus Jekel, 1865
 Donus Jekel, 1865: 562
 Type species: Rhynchaenus philanthus Olivier, 1807
description: Published as part of Legalov, Andrei A., 2008, New species of the genus Donus Jekel (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) from Tuva, pp. 55-58 in Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 8 (1) on page 56, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13204602
Feasibility Study of Power Generation Using Off- Grid Energy System from Micro Hydro-PV-Diesel Generator-Battery for Rural Area of Ethiopia: The Case of Indris River, Western Ethiopia
Creators: name: Bekele, Feyisa
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2017

description: In Ethiopia, electricity supply is extremely antiquated. When compared to other African countries, electric supply system and overall electric access in Ethiopia is very low. As in most Sub-Saharan Africa countries, Ethiopia experiences huge gap to access electric supply to urban and rural areas. Accordingly, Melkey Hera village is one of a rural community situated in Western Ethiopia, and experiences problems related to access to electric supply. In this village, extension of the grid is not yet practical. Therefore, the target of this paper is to investigate the viability of a micro hydro, Photo Voltaic (PV) and Diesel Generator-battery hybrid power system options to come up with the best techno-economic and optimum configuration for supplying electricity to this village. The study conducted by an assessment of the predicted village energy demand, the available renewable energy resources, and then using the software called HOMER. The optimal off- grid system design was established to combine hydro, solar PV, battery energy storage and diesel generator. This system demonstrated to be more reliable in operation, and the most cost-effective for the required level of service. The role of energy storage in system operation also demonstrated to offer additional operational advantages in-terms of reliability and cost savings. Overall, the design results show that the majority of energy obtained is from hydropower, which accounts 79%. The PV module covers 20%, and diesel generator is only 1% of the total load consumption. The renewable fraction (RF) of the project is 99%, which implies the total energy almost obtained from renewable system only and the system is environmentally friendly. The obtained hybrid system is cost competitive with $0.133/kWh, which is somewhat good to satisfy the community needs. However, this is more than current energy price in Ethiopia, which is $0.06/kWh. If due-merit is given to the electricity deficiency of the country, this higher cost should not be given concern. However, the project requires government subsidies to make service affordable. Finally, this study identified that off grid hybrid micro hydro-PV-DG-battery bank energy system is cost effective and environmentally friendly in delivering power for rural areas far from the grid. Moreover, the study provides valuable information to the government and Non-government organization (NGO) about the renewable energy potential of the country for a rural electrification project in Ethiopia. Keywords: Hybrid System, Renewable Energy, HOMER, Photovoltaic, Micro Hydro, Feasibility
Perceptions of one’s own and romantic partner’s opposite-sex friendships
Creators: name: McCubbery, Marie-Claire
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The present study sought to explore whether factors such as employment, gender, children, education and attachment style affect the formation and/or maintenance of opposite-sex friendships for individuals who are simultaneously involved in a long-term romantic relationship. In addition, the present study aimed to explore factors which may increase the risk for romantic relational conflict in individuals who do have opposite-sex friendships. This was achieved by examining whether avoidance and anxiety dimensions, beliefs about whether opposite-sex friendships are possible and friendship closeness contributed to participants feeling threatened by their romantic partner’s opposite-sex friendship; as well as participants’ comfort level with their own opposite-sex friend. Finally, the present study explored correlates between the participant’s level of attraction to their own opposite-sex friend and other variables such as gender, attachment style and friendship closeness. The 64 males and 238 females who were involved in a long-term romantic relationship completed an online questionnaire. Overall, the findings suggested that although structural opportunity factors may not affect the formation and/or maintenance of opposite-sex friendships in individuals, attachment dimensions and general beliefs about opposite-sex friendships were the most important contributors to participants’ increased feeling of threat by their partner’s opposite-sex friendships and feelings of comfort with their own opposite-sex friend. The implications of the present findings and future directions were discussed.
Hydrochus brevis
Creators: name: Darılmaz, Mustafa C.
name: Kıyak, Suat
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Hydrochidae
Hydrochus
Hydrochus brevis

description: 1. Hydrochus brevis (Herbst, 1793)
 Records in Turkey (Fig. 3): Artvin, Erzurum (Incekara et al. 2004).
 Range: Europe: Austria, Belgium, Byelorussia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Great Britain, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia (Central European Territory, North European Territory), Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine. Asia: Russia (East Siberia) (Hansen 2004).
 Remarks: This species is recorded first time by Incekara et al. (2004) to Turkish fauna. Probably it rather widely distributed in Turkey.
 Chorotype: This species has the Sibero-European chorotype.
description: Published as part of Darılmaz, Mustafa C. & Kıyak, Suat, 2008, An Annotated checklist and key to the Turkish Elongated Water Scavenger Beetles (Coleoptera: Hydrochidae), pp. 149-154 in Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 8 (2) on page 150, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13204608
Hydrochus ignicollis Motschulsky 1860
Creators: name: Darılmaz, Mustafa C.
name: Kıyak, Suat
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Hydrochidae
Hydrochus
Hydrochus ignicollis

description: 4. Hydrochus ignicollis Motschulsky, 1860
 Records in Turkey (Fig. 3): Artvin (Incekara et al. 2004)
description: Published as part of Darılmaz, Mustafa C. & Kıyak, Suat, 2008, An Annotated checklist and key to the Turkish Elongated Water Scavenger Beetles (Coleoptera: Hydrochidae), pp. 149-154 in Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 8 (2) on page 151, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13204608
Brain Tumor Detection Based on Magnetic Resonance Image Analysis
Creators: name: Amare, Ambaw
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2018

description: Automatic detection of brain tumors based on magnetic resonance (MR) image processing has been developed in this thesis. Improving the ability to accurately identify early-stage tumors is important goal for physicians, because early detection of brain tumors is a key factor in producing successful treatments. In this regard, an automatic brain tumor detection and segmentation framework has been proposed in this thesis work based on contrast enhanced T1 weighted (T1-W) images acquired from a cohort of patients with confirmed high grade brain tumors. Gray scale T1-W images have been represented in the three component Trinion space and Trinion Fourier transform has been applied aiming to extract useful features that could be used to automatically detect and segment brain tumors from their surrounding background. The performance of the proposed scheme has been evaluated by comparing its segmentation outputs with the ground truth information (based on manual contours by radiologists) that came with the MR data set. Results have showed that the algorithm achieved 99.6% sensitivity, 100% specificity, and 99.8% accuracy for pixel based segmentation while it achieved 91.5% sensitivity, 90% specificity and 90.5% accuracy for image based classification of tumors.
Grief after firm failure: an appraisal framework
Creators: name: James, Neil
name: Jedrych, Elzbieta
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper provides a first systematic assessment of how entrepreneurs react to firm failure. We use appraisal theory as an overarching theoretical framework and hypothesize that the greater the failure experience is appraised as stressful the greater the feelings of grief . To test this hypothesis we developed a unique, hand collected, database of entrepreneurs who recently filed for firm bankruptcy. 310 telephone interviews were conducted (response rate 31%) directly followed by a mail questionnaire. After a threewave mailing (i.e. two reminders) 147 valid mail questionnaires were returned (response rate 14.7%). This paper constitutes an important step in advancing empirically valid theory of emotional responses to entrepreneurial failure.
Attagenus addendus J. Sahlberg 1903
Creators: name: Háva, Jiří
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Dermestidae
Attagenus
Attagenus addendus

description: Attagenus addendus J. Sahlberg, 1903
Material examined. Algeria: “ Algeria, Les Andalouses [35°42´N 0°54´W], 20- 22.5.1984 A. Olexa [lgt.]”, 1 spec.
Distribution. Species known from Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia.
description: Published as part of Háva, Jiří, 2008, Dermestidae (Coleoptera) from the collection of the Czech entomologist Aldo Olexa. Part 3 - Attagenini, Megatomini, pp. 115-123 in Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 8 (2) on page 116, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13204614
Background Radiation Measurements with the Timepix hybrid silicon pixel detector: a CERN@school how-to guide
Creators: name: Whyntie, Tom
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: 20203 Particle Physics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Geology
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Applied Physics
subject: Atomic Physics

description: A how-to guide for making simple background radiation measurements with the Timepix hybrid silicon pixel detector is presented. After introducing the aims and context of the experiment, the equipment, preparatory steps, and detector settings required are listed, as well as guidelines for acquiring and managing the experimental data. Instructions for both the CERN@school Mk1 detector and the Jablotron MX-10 digital particle camera are provided. A number of areas for further investigation are then briefly discussed; members of the CERN@school Collaboration are encouraged to contact the authors with suggestions or queries.A formal analysis of a sample dataset taken using the procedure outlined here may be found in the paper linked to below.
CERN@school was supported by the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) via grant numbers ST/J000256/1 and ST/N00101X/1, as well as a Special Award from the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851.
Attagenus aurantiacus Reitter 1900
Creators: name: Háva, Jiří
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Dermestidae
Attagenus
Attagenus aurantiacus

description: Attagenus aurantiacus Reitter, 1900
Material examined. Syria: “ Syria, Maloulla, 1720 m, 8.5.1982, A. Olexa [lgt.]”, 1 spec.
Distribution. Species known from Iraq, Syria and Turkey.
description: Published as part of Háva, Jiří, 2008, Dermestidae (Coleoptera) from the collection of the Czech entomologist Aldo Olexa. Part 3 - Attagenini, Megatomini, pp. 115-123 in Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 8 (2) on page 116, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13204614
A Vickrey-Clarke-Groves Mechanism Approach for Fair and Equitable COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution
Creators: name: Al-Majid, Lolwa Hussain A. I.
Publisher: name: Manara - Qatar Research Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 40
subject: Engineering

description: On the 11th of March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 disease as a global pandemic. Large-scale vaccination is considered the most promising method for limiting disease transmission, reduce deaths and end the pandemic. However, distributing COVID-19 vaccines in a timely and equitable manner is a complicated task. To solve this issue WHO, Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) initiated a worldwide initiative called COVAX that aims for an equitable access for COVID-19 Vaccines. This research aims to define a new approach to manage the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine through COVAX facility and to compare it to COVAX first allocation phase. Our results show the limitations of a two-player game approach between a country and the COVAX facility. We were able to show that there are no pure nor multiple Nash equilibrium given our assumptions. Moreover, even in the case of mixed Nash equilibrium, having the country always be truthful in reporting their readiness and COVAX Faculty to always trust will not be fully achievable. Thus, the Vickrey–Clarke–Groves (VCG) mechanism was applied to solve this issue. Online public data were used to find the characteristics of the utility function by having four different countries with different death and readiness. The results illustrated that (1) VCG is indeed truthful mechanism because a country will not benefit from being untruthful by getting penalized, leading to less benefit, (2) when the deaths are greater than 1 per 100K, the COVAX facility will allocate vaccines that are equal to the country’s vaccine administration readiness. Furthermore, when compared to the official COVAX allocation mechanism, our mechanism reduces several verifying steps and therefore reduce the overall allocation process time.
Attagenus brunneus Faldermann 1835
Creators: name: Háva, Jiří
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Dermestidae
Attagenus
Attagenus brunneus

description: Attagenus brunneus Faldermann, 1835
Material examined. Armenia: “ Armenia, Sevan [40°33´N 44°57´E], 6.[19]73, A. Olexa [lgt.]”, 1 spec.; Italy: “Italia, Vedano Olona, Varese, vi.[19]64, A. Olexa [lgt.]”, 1 spec.
Distribution. Species known from Afghanistan, Algeria, Canada, Egypt, Europe, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Morocco, Pakistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, U.S.A. and Uzbekistan.
description: Published as part of Háva, Jiří, 2008, Dermestidae (Coleoptera) from the collection of the Czech entomologist Aldo Olexa. Part 3 - Attagenini, Megatomini, pp. 115-123 in Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 8 (2) on page 116, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13204614
How STEM Faculty Can Manage Generative A.I. use by Students
Creators: name: Mehrotra, Dr
name: Sharma, Harsha
name: Plotkin, Michael
Publisher: name: QUBES Educational Resources
Year: 2024

description: Generative AIs (e.g., ChatGPT have arrived on college campuses. STEM faculty have begun grappling with this disruptive technology and have responded in a various way from grudging acceptance to heroic efforts to forestall cheating to innovative incorporation. We provide a comprehensive survey of responses and a set of best practices.
Attagenus heydeni
Creators: name: Háva, Jiří
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Dermestidae
Attagenus
Attagenus heydeni

description: Attagenus heydeni (Reitter, 1881)
Material examined. Morocco: “Maroc, Tenerhir, Gorges du Todra, 5.5.1991, A. Olexa [lgt.]”, 1 spec.
Distribution. Species known from Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia.
description: Published as part of Háva, Jiří, 2008, Dermestidae (Coleoptera) from the collection of the Czech entomologist Aldo Olexa. Part 3 - Attagenini, Megatomini, pp. 115-123 in Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 8 (2) on page 116, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13204614
Attagenus hirtulus Rosenhauer 1856
Creators: name: Háva, Jiří
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Dermestidae
Attagenus
Attagenus hirtulus

description: Attagenus hirtulus Rosenhauer, 1856
Material examined. Spain: “Hisp.[ania], Dr. Graf “, 1 spec.
Distribution. Species known from Morocco, Portugal, Spain and Tunisia.
description: Published as part of Háva, Jiří, 2008, Dermestidae (Coleoptera) from the collection of the Czech entomologist Aldo Olexa. Part 3 - Attagenini, Megatomini, pp. 115-123 in Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 8 (2) on page 116, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13204614
Sistema de ressonância magnética nuclear com fluxo contínuo de água polarizada para obtenção da rastreabilidade para campos magnéticos estáticos
Creators: name: Nazarre, Diego Joriro
name: Martin, Ramon Valls
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: Applied Physics

description: Desenvolvemos um sistema para obter a rastreabilidade de intensidade de campo ou indução magnética na faixa de 2 μT a 2 T, mesmo na presença de ruído e gradientes de campo magnético ambiente. O sistema é baseado em um magnetômetro de ressonância magnética nuclear, construído na configuração de fluxo contínuo de água polarizada. O procedimento de calibração de uma bobina de referência para geração de campo magnético é descrito, assim como os resultados obtidos e a estimativa de incertezas.
Attagenus lineatus
Creators: name: Háva, Jiří
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Dermestidae
Attagenus
Attagenus lineatus

description: Attagenus lineatus (Pic, 1894)
Material examined. Morocco: “Maroc, Rabat env., 13.5.[19]91, A. Olexa [lgt.]”, 1 spec.
Distribution. Species known from Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia.
description: Published as part of Háva, Jiří, 2008, Dermestidae (Coleoptera) from the collection of the Czech entomologist Aldo Olexa. Part 3 - Attagenini, Megatomini, pp. 115-123 in Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 8 (2) on pages 116-117, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13204614
A multi-modal approach to teaching and learning: a case study of teaching materials and process engineering
Creators: name: Blicblau, Aaron
name: Pocknee, Catherine
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: How we effectively plan, coordinate, resource and promote change is of ongoing concern to those who work in Higher Education. Increased pressure from diminishing resources, intensified competition and changing obligations towards quality assurance and accountability has placed enormous strain on teaching academics. This paper seeks to examine an initiative where the delivery and assessment of a first year materials engineering subject was integrated with an online Learning Management System know as Blackboard(TM), to reduced correction time and increased student participation and satisfaction. Examples are given of how the technology available within the learning management system can be used to support laboratory work, whilst still engaging the student and staff in hands-on experimental work. Associated online learning aspects such as timely feedback, online assessment management, collaboration, group work and group communications are discussed in relation to current teaching and learning methodology.
Providing a 'home for the oppressed'? Historical perspectives on Australian responses to refugees
Creators: name: Neumann, Klaus
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The current Australian Government and many refugee advocates claim that Australia’s response to refugees was traditionally generous. The paper examines this claim by analysing five cases: the Government’s response to German sailors jumping ship in the late 1930s; the admission of displaced persons in the late 1940s; the recruitment of migrants in Trieste in the mid-1950s; the so-called Portuguese deserters case in 1961-62; and the Australian response to West Papuans seeking asylum in the Territory of Papua and New Guinea in the 1960s. The paper suggests that it is useful to juxtapose past and present Australian responses to refugees and asylum seekers. It argues that the humanitarian argument (rather than utilitarian reasoning) ought to be the key argument in the debate about Australia’s response to refugees. But since that argument is no longer endorsed by the Government, appeals to the citizens’ personal sense of responsibility have become more effective than appeals to the policy makers’ or Australia’s collective conscience.
title: Keine Priorität für die Rechtswissenschaft
Creators: name: Kießling, Andrea
name: Kingreen, Thorsten
name: Leisner-Egensperger, Anna
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 342

description: Verfassungsblog: On Matters Constitutional
Supplementary Material from Ice-Inhabiting Species of Bdelloidea Rotifera Reveal a Pre-Quaternary Ancestry in the Arctic Cryosphere
Creators: name: Shain, Daniel
name: Rogozhina, Irina
name: Fontaneto, Diego
name: Nesje, Atle
name: Saglam, Naim
name: Bartlett, Jesamine
name: Zawierucha, Krzysztof
name: Kielland, Øystein Nordeide
name: Dunshea, Glenn
name: Arnason, Einar
name: Rosvold, Jørgen
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 310499
subject: Evolutionary biology not elsewhere classified

description: Supplementary Data
Assessment of Emdibir Town Water Supply System in Cheha Woreda, Gurage Zone, SNNPR, Ethiopia
Creators: name: Antonyos, Wodajo
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2019

description: Urban water supply and consumption challenges are the widespread problems in most of the developing countries such as Ethiopia. The thesis paper focused on the water supply system of Emdibir town, capital city of Cheha Woreda Guraghe zone of Southern Nation Nationality People Regional State of Ethiopia. The main objective of this study was to assess the water supply systems of Emdibir town and to suggest some remedial measure. The water supply coverage has been evaluated by depending on the amount of water production and consumption rate. The existing water distribution system was analyzed by using Water GEMS software. The model can be used to identify the zone of high pressure and low pressure in junctions and the level of velocity through pipe. In addition, sample pressure filed data used to compare with the computed value. The analysis result has confirmed that the current water supply coverage of the town is 63.3 % of maximum daily demand. The current average per capita water production is 24.71/c/day. From one year production and consumption data the average loss become 21.4%. There are aged pipes, oversized and undersized pipes, high pressures and low pressure, high gap between demand and supply, pump capacity problem in the system. The study concluded that the total water demand and the current level of water supply service in the town are not adequate. Therefore, taking these challenges into consideration, it was suggested that providing alternative water sources, active involvement of the communities and participation of different actors and other sustainable approaches would prove to be an effective and efficient adaptive measures.
Social capital and its impact on entrepreneurship in Poland: a preliminary finding[s] of transitional change
Creators: name: Tanas, Janusz
name: Yamin, Shahid
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper investigates entrepreneurial development in transitional economy of Poland. It inspects the nature of social capital and its impact on entrepreneurship. It examines its historical context, its power and influence on people that naturally encourage the entrepreneurial approach and development. Extant literature review suggests that social capital is one of the major determinants influencing the entrepreneurial nature of a society. Poland has been the central focus of this research due to its rich historical orientations that has greatly influenced the transitional process without social upheavals. It is concluded that one of the prime reasons that Poland registered smooth transition compared to other transitional economies is its social capital that willingly accept both the positive and negative aspects of economic transformation.
title: FAU Human Rights Podcast #14: Verschwindenlassen - Kein Verbrechen der Vergangenheit
Creators: name: Ehard, Sandra
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 340

description: Das Internationale Übereinkommen zum Schutz aller Personen vor dem Verschwindenlassen hält fest, dass das Verbot des Verschwindenlassens absolut gilt. Dennoch verschwinden Menschen weltweit spurlos und Opfer sowie Angehörige erleiden schwerwiegende Menschenrechtsverletzungen. Über die geschichtliche Entwicklung, die Rolle Deutschlands und die Ausschussarbeit spricht Sandra Ehard mit Barbara Lochbihler, seit 2019 eine der 10 Expert*innen im Ausschuss gegen das Verschwindenlassen, und mit CHREN-Mitglied Dr. Rainer Huhle, der die Konvention als ehemaliges Ausschussmitglied von Anfang an begleitet hatte.
Disaster Planning and Cyber Security Risk Assessment: A Game-Theoretic Approach for the Oil and Gas Industry
Creators: name: Al-Tamimi, Jawahir Yousef J. M.
Publisher: name: Manara - Qatar Research Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 40
subject: Engineering

description: The oil and gas industry is one of the vital pillars of global economy. In this industry, there are always risks of losing supply, costly time, information, and company or government reputation. The importance of the energy sector has made it a target for physical and cyberattacks, an increasing trend in the past years. The application of tools that study the intentions and possible decisions of attackers and defenders based on game theory has not been fully adopted in the industry. In an attacker-defender scenario, game theory can be applied to study attacks based on costs and potential losses. This thesis reviews the different types of games and their applications in the literature within the oil and gas industry and uses game theory to model a security risk assessment for an organization within this industry. A novel two-player nonzero-sum game is designed with complete information and utility functions that are informed by typical characteristics of the industry. A modified security assessment game is designed through the introduction of defender and attacker rewards. This modification was done to make the security assessment game more applicable to an attacker-defender scenario in the oil and gas industry. The basic security assessment game is not realistic when it comes to an intelligent and well-planned attack and contains a possible zero-sum outcome. With the introduction of the defender and attacker rewards, the defender gets better incentives to invest more in defence, while the attacker has the opportunity to gain money in the case of choosing not to waste money, time, and resources on a failed attack. We discuss the structure of the solution as a function of the reward. This helps the rational players to understand the influence of the reward on the overall utility for the organization. We believe that these features make our model more realistic and useful for real scenarios.
PUBLIC USAGE OF E-GOVERNMENT IN EU COUNTRIES: ARE THERE ANY CONSEQUENCES FOR TAX EVASION?
Creators: name: Hunady, Jan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 380113
subject: Public economics - public choice
classificationCode: 380115
subject: Public economics - taxation and revenue
classificationCode: 440708
subject: Public administration
classificationCode: 480106
subject: Taxation law
classificationCode: 350108
subject: Taxation accounting
classificationCode: 350705
subject: Innovation management
classificationCode: 440803
subject: Comparative government and politics
classificationCode: 470102
subject: Communication technology and digital media studies

description: Due to the processes of digitalization and automation, the e-Government has become an essential tool of public administration. The paper deals with the problem of e-Government usage by the public and its potential connection to tax evasion. The analysis is based on available secondary panel and cross-sectional data on the level of EU countries in the period 2008 to 2021. We compare the situation in the countries and classify them into homogenous clusters based on the overall public usage of e-Government. Principal component analysis and cluster analysis have been used as tools for dimension reduction and clustering. Moreover, we also found evidence of a potential relationship between the usage of e-Government and tax evasion. The provision of online information and services by the government to its citizens as well as online communication with public authorities are related to the lower level of tax evasion in the country. Hence, public authorities should support e-Government usage and e-filing systems to fight against tax evasion.
Model-driven safety evaluation with state-event-based component failure annotations
Creators: name: Grunske, Lars
name: Kaiser, Bernhard
name: Papadopoulos, Yiannis
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Over the past years, the paradigm of component-based software engineering has been established in the construction of complex mission-critical systems. Due to this trend, there is a practical need for techniques that evaluate critical properties (such as safety, reliability, availability or performance) of these systems. In this paper, we review several high-level techniques for the evaluation of safety properties for component-based systems and we propose a new evaluation model (State Event Fault Trees) that extends safety analysis towards a lower abstraction level. This model possesses a state-event semantics and strong encapsulation, which is especially useful for the evaluation of component-based software systems. Finally, we compare the techniques and give suggestions for their combined usage.
Scalable privacy preserving intelligence analysis for resolving identities. Deliverable 9.4 Notifications to National Data Protection Authorities.
Creators: name: Teodoro, Emma
name: Casanovas, Pompeu
name: González-Conejero, Jorge
name: Morris, Nicholas
name: Pagallo, Ugo
name: Dignum, Virginia
name: Mitrou, Lilian
name: Watts, David
name: Sartor, Giovanni
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Security, data protection, data protection breaches, notifications to authorities, privacy, permissions

description: H2020 SPIRIT. Scalable privacy preserving intelligence analysis for resolving identities. Deliverable 9.4 Notifications to National Data Protection Authorities. Deliverable 9.4 reviews the initial strategy previously designed for the SPIRIT project regarding notification to National Data Protection Authorities in the light of the processing of personal data that will be conducted along the project.
 Section 2 provides an overview about data controllers’ obligation to be accountable and demonstrate compliance with data protection principles in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and the Directive (EU) 2016/680.
 In addition, Section 2.2 and Section 2.3 examine the obligation to notify data breaches by data controllers, paying special attention to the national implementation of the Directive (EU) 2016/680 in the countries of SPIRIT LEAs end-users. Section 3 contains a set of specific recommendations agreed with the SPIRIT Ethical Advisory Board addressing the obligations of data controllers (accountability) within the research activities. Finally, Annex I compiles the letters of the EAB approval corresponding to the content of this Deliverable.
Production and Quality Characterization Fuel Briquette Manufactured from Khat Waste at Dire Dawa
Creators: name: Kuma, Teru
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2018

description: This study aimed to produce fuel briquettes from khat waste at Dire Dawa site, which is most serious invasive plant waste, spreading throughout the world particularly at alarming rate in Ethiopia. Utilization of biomass like invasive waste plant such as khat waste in Ethiopia have greater advantage for discovery of clean renewable energy sources and for reduction of deforestation of indigenous trees. Producing of the fuel briquetting of khat waste branch and the raw material of khat waste branch of plant is carried out by using ASTM procedure. The mean average value for fixed carbon content (FCC) and calorific value of the khat waste branch of fuel briquette of sample were 39.268% and 4143.269 (cal/g) respectively. Also, the result for fixed carbon content(FCC) and calorific value of khat waste branch of raw material waste 20.9% and 3688.3946(cal/g) respectively. The finding shows that by eco-friendly utilization of khat waste plant as a clean energy fuel briquette. It is possible to manage the spread of such type alien invasive plant as well as to increase farmer's crop production, access for livestock grazing land; reduce deforestation of indigenous trees and reduce indoor air pollution.
title: #2 Welthandelsrecht
Creators: name: Schuberth, Sophie
name: Eschenhagen, Philipp
name: Lischewski, Isabel
name: Tuchtfeld, Erik
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 341

description: Warum ist das so schwer mit der weltweiten Impfstoffverteilung? In unserer zweiten Folge beleuchten wir diese Frage völkerrechtlich. Dabei gibt uns Isabel einen kurzen Überblick über die Grundprinzipien des Welthandelsrechts (Meeresschildkröten inklusive). Anschließend spricht Philipp im Interview mit Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan über das internationale Recht des geistigen Eigentums und wie es sich auf den Zugang zum Impfstoff auswirkt.

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Moderation: Sophie Schuberth & Philipp Eschenhagen
Grundlagenteil: Isabel Lischewski
Schnitt: Erik Tuchtfeld
Technische Unterstützung: Anna Sophia Tiedeke

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Für die historischen Originaltonaufnahmen: BBC news at bbc.co.uk/news
description: Völkerrechtsblog
title: #7: Die Grundfreiheiten und der Brexit: Podcast des Rechtswissenschaftlichen Zentrums für Europaforschung an der Universität des Saarlandes
Creators: name: Koch, Katharina
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 340

description: Nach langen Verhandlungen haben sich das Vereinigte Königreich und die Europäische Union am 24.12.2020, eine Woche vor Ablauf der Übergangsfrist, auf ein Freihandelsabkommen einigen können. Damit hat das Vereinigte Königreich zum 01.01.2021 auch endgültig den Binnenmarkt verlassen. Doch welche Bedeutung hat dies für den Warenverkehr zwischen der Europäischen Union und dem Vereinigten Königreich und welche Konsequenzen hat es für die Arbeitnehmer:innen?
Low cost solutions for balancing three phase feeders to SWER systems
Creators: name: Senini, Steven
name: Hosseinzadeh, Nasser
name: Loveday, Anthony
name: Turner, Jon
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Single wire earth return systems, (SWER), are widely used in sparsely settled regions and are a very low cost distribution solution. As the SWER systems are connected as phase to phase loads, the three phase side of a SWER feeder transformer can see significant unbalance. Although effort is made to balance the loads, this can not be entirely achieved. Currently, tap changing voltage regulators are used in either an open or closed delta to provide magnitude compensation, however this still leaves the possibility of phase unbalance. As one major feature of SWER is the low capital cost, it is necessary to explore the feasibility of any proposed solution to ensure that the cost is not prohibitive. A simple, low cost solution uses switched capacitor compensation and this approach is explored, using simulation, to determine the cost effectiveness and practicality. The simulation case study gives an indication of the rating of the capacitors required and the applicable control strategies. The results indicate a feasible, low cost solution applicable to SWER systems.
title: #6: Erbrecht in der EU: Podcast des Rechtswissenschaftlichen Zentrums für Europaforschung an der Universität des Saarlandes
Creators: name: Kodweiss, Viola
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 340

description: In dieser Folge spricht Viola Kodweiss über das Thema ihrer Dissertation. Sie untersucht das Pflichtteilserbrecht in Deutschland, Frankreich, Belgien und Österreich, um Stärken und Schwächen der jeweiligen Systeme zu ermitteln und Vorschläge zu ihrer Verbesserung zu machen.
Einen Pflichtteil am Erbe gibt es, seit dem Austritt Großbritaniens, in jedem Mitgliedsstaat der EU. Worin der aber besteht, ist von Staat zu Staat unterschiedlich. So können etwa in Deutschland die Eltern eines Verstorbenen in bestimmten Fällen nicht enterbt werden, während ihnen in Frankreich kein Teil am Nachlass zusteht. Auch worin genau der Pflichtteil am Nachlass für die Berechtigten besteht, unterscheidet sich. Zu rechtlichen Unklarheiten kann das führen, wenn ein Erblasser mehrere Staatsangehörigkeiten hat, oder wenn sich sein Besizt in verschiedenen Ländern befindet. In diesen Fällen muss ein europäischer Vertrag herangezogen werden.
title: #5: Ein gemeinsames Patentgericht für die EU?: Podcast des Rechtswissenschaftlichen Zentrums für Europaforschung an der Universität des Saarlandes
Creators: name: Giegerich, Thomas
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 340

description: In den letzten beiden Monaten des Jahres 2020 haben Bundestag und Bundesrat ein Gesetz zum Übereinkommen über ein einheitliches Patentgericht ratifiziert, das in gleicher Ausführung bereits im Jahr 2017 ratifiziert worden war. Was es mit diesem Gesetz auf sich hat, woher die Verzögerung kam und warum dieses Gericht ausgerechnet auf die Zustimmung aus Deutschland warten musste, erfahren wir in dieser Folge von Prof. Dr. Thomas Giegerich.
Study on biogas energy production from cactus Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill
Creators: name: Beshir, Jemal
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2016

description: Energy plays a driving role in socio-economic development arena; poverty reduction and improvement of the quality of life. Conversion of animal waste to biogas energy to replace traditional fuel and use of the slurry as a fertilizer is the current focus of the national biogas program of Ethiopia (NBP 2013). This paper presents the experimental results of the anaerobic digestion of cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica) (L.) Mill. The total solid (TS), volatile solid (VS), fixed solid (FS) and the C:N ratio of the feed stock (cactus) had been determined before the anaerobic digestion process began and then estimation of biogas production and methane content of each of the treatments, T1 (<1 year cactus at 27oC), T2 (<1 year cactus at 37oC), T3 (1 year cactus at 27oC), T4 (1 year cactus at 37oC), T5 (2 year cactus at 27oC), T6 (2year cactus at 37oC), T7 (3 year cactus at 27oC) and T8 (3year cactus at 37oC) were performed. From 500g of cactus it was found that the amount of biogas production and quality was highest in T2 (3500ml of biogas and 49% CH4) and T4 was the second highest in the amount of production and quality (3400ml of biogas and 45% CH4). T7 produced the minimum biogas production and quality (2500ml of biogas and 33% CH4). Moreover, compare to other source of energy, cactus produced a good volume of biogas but low in quality due to its C: N ratio. Thus, Cactus can be digested alone or it can be one of the feed stock for co-digestion process. This could give better quality biogas.
title: #4: Ist selbstbestimmtes Sterben ein Menschenrecht?: Podcast des Rechtswissenschaftlichen Zentrums für Europaforschung an der Universität des Saarlandes
Creators: name: Woll, Laura
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 340

description: In dieser Folge erklärt Laura Katharina Woll, ob, wie und wo in der Europäischen Union Sterbehilfe erlaubt ist.

In regelmäßigen Abständen ziehen Menschen, denen von nationalstaatlichen Gerichten verboten wird, Sterbehilfe in Anspruch zu nehmen, vor den Europäischen Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte. Dort geht es um die Frage, ob der Staat im Einzelfall richtig entschieden hat. Eine europäische Einigung gibt es zu dem Thema nicht. Auch in Deutschland sind noch einige Fragen ungeklärt. Zwar hat das Bundesverfassungsgericht im Februar 2020 das Verbot der geschäftsmäßigen Förderung der Selbsttötung gemäß § 217 StGB für verfassungswidrig erklärt, doch die politische Umsetzung des Urteils lässt noch auf sich warten.
title: #3: Zur Verhältnismäßigkeit im deutschen und französischen Recht: Podcast des Rechtswissenschaftlichen Zentrums für Europaforschung an der Universität des Saarlandes
Creators: name: Dubarry, Julien
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 340

description: In dieser Folge erzählt Prof. Dr. Julien Dubarry, warum man die Rechte der europäischen Mitgliedsstaaten nicht getrennt voneinander betrachten kann und wie sich speziell das deutsche und das französische Recht gegenseitig beeinflussen. Außerdem erklärt er einige Unterschiede zwischen den beiden Rechtssystemen, die unter anderem dazu führen, dass die Maßnahmen zum Schutz vor der Verbreitung des Covid19 Virus in Frankreich so viel strenger sind als in Deutschland. Dies liegt hauptsächlich daran, dass die Prüfung auf Verhältnismäßigkeit in den beiden Ländern unterschiedlich abläuft: In beiden Ländern muss im Wortlaut auf Legitimität, Geeignetheit, Erforderlichkeit und Angemessenheit geprüft werden, die Auslegung dieses Grundsatzes unterscheidet sich allerdings.
title: #2: Die Lage der Rechtsstaatlichkeit in der EU: Podcast des Rechtswissenschaftlichen Zentrums für Europaforschung an der Universität des Saarlandes
Creators: name: Giegerich, Thomas
name: Kempf, Annegret
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 340

description: Am 17.11.2020 wurden Prof. Dr. Thomas Giegerich und Annegret Kempf, Policy Officer bei der Generaldirektion für Justiz bei der Europäischen Kommission in Brüssel, vom EUROPE DIRECT Informationszentrum der Landeshauptstadt Saarbrücken und der Europäischen Akademie Otzenhausen dazu eingeladen, die Mittagspause gemeinsam zu verbringen. Gemeinsam mit dem Publikum wurde im Laufe des Gesprächs, das live auf Facebook verfolgt werden konnte, über die Methoden zur Gewährleistung von Rechtsstaatlichkeit im Allgemeinen und über den Rechtsstaatlichkeitsbericht der EU-Kommission im Besonderen diskutiert.
An investigation on conformal cooling in plastic injection moulding
Creators: name: Saifullah, Abul
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: One of the most important features of mould cooling in injection moulding is the provision of suitable and adequate cooling arrangements. For many years, mould designers and researcher have been trying to improve the performance of cooling system, despite the fact that cooling system complexity is physically limited by fabrication capability of conventional straight drilling methods. This research presents a comprehensive investigation on the application of conformal cooling channels in injection moulding for different cross sectional shapes, positions and diameter by endeavoring which conformal cooling configuration gives the best results in comparison with conventional cooling channels. Mould design with efficient cooling channels, comprehensive finite element analysis and flow simulation have been performed for different plastic parts with Pro/Engineer, ANSYS and Autodesk Moldflow Insight simulation software. Structural-thermal finite element analysis has been performed for two different types of industrial plastic part moulds with conventional, conformal and bimetallic conformal cooling channels to study the robustness and longevity of the conformal cooling channel moulds in comparison with conventional cooling channel moulds. Fatigue life of the mould with different cooling channel configuration and different materials has also been predicted using high cycle fatigue formulas and stress analysis results. Laser direct metal deposition (DMD) rapid manufacturing technology has been used to fabricate conformal cooling channel in injection mould for experimental validation of the results obtained by numerical modeling. Experimental verification has also been done for a test plastic part using conventional, conformal and bi-metallic cooling channel moulds, which have been manufactured by conventional computer numerical control machining process for mini injection moulding machine. Finally, hardness test has been done with Shore D hardness testing machine for test plastic parts which have been produced with conformal and conventional cooling channel mould. In conclusion, simulation and experimental verification show that with optimal cross section, diameter and position, the conformal cooling channel moulds reduce significant amount of cycle time as well as improve the quality of plastic parts produced by injection moulding process.