cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
AS DIFERENTES TÉCNICAS DE REABILITAÇÃO ESTÉTICA ORAL ATRAVÉS DAS FACETAS DE RESINA COMPOSTA
Creators: name: Amanda Mara Rodrigues FERREIRA
name: Ana Lucia Roselino RIBEIRO
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Facetas de resina
Resina direta
Resina indireta
Estética Dental

description: RESUMO

 

A reabilitação oral com facetas de resina composta possibilita a melhoria da estética dental de um determinado paciente, proporcionando um sorriso harmônico, alinhado e com tonalidade uniforme. A realização de um planejamento detalhado do cirurgião-dentista associado com o conhecimento dos materiais e domínio da técnica é essencial para que o caso seja executado com sucesso e maestria. Entretanto, vale salientar, que a escolha da técnica de execução de cada caso dependerá exclusivamente das condições particulares que a dentição do paciente oferece ao profissional. Além do mais, as facetas de resina composta proporcionam uma melhoria de vida para o paciente, pois eleva a sua autoestima e conseqüentemente garante uma maior segurança durante o sorriso e a comunicação.Desta forma, esse estudo e levantamento de informações visam abordar e demonstrar as diferentes técnicas existentes para confecção de facetas de resina composta, que juntas, possuem o mesmo objetivo, entregar aos pacientes resultados satisfatórios e duradouros.
Part of the message comes in gesture: how people with aphasia convey information in different gesture types as compared with information in their speech
Creators: name: Nispen, Karin van
name: van de Sandt-Koenderman, Mieke
name: Sekine, Kazuki
name: Krahmer, Emiel
name: Rose, Miranda
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 3209
subject: Neurosciences
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
classificationCode: 4201
subject: Allied health and rehabilitation science
classificationCode: 52
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
classificationCode: 5202
subject: Biological psychology
classificationCode: 5204
subject: Cognitive and computational psychology

description: Background: Studies have shown that the gestures produced by people with aphasia (PWA) can convey information useful for their communication. However, the exact significance of the contribution to message communication via gesture remains unclear. Furthermore, it remains unclear how different gesture types and representation techniques impact message conveyance. Aims: The present study aimed to investigate the contribution of gesture to PWA’s communication. We specifically focussed on the degree to which different gesture types and representation techniques convey information absent in the speech of PWA. Methods & Procedure: We studied the gestures produced by 46 PWA and nine non-brain-damaged participants (NBDP) during semi-structured conversation. For each of the different types of gestures and representation techniques we identified whether these conveyed essential information, that is information that was absent in speech. Rather than looking at information that was either similar to information in speech or additional to information in speech, we focused on the essential gestures only. Outcomes & Results: For PWA, a fifth of their gestures were Essential. Despite individual differences between PWA, the majority produced more Essential gestures than NBDP, who produced limited amounts of Essential gestures. Essential information was mostly conveyed by specific gesture types: Pointing, Emblems and Iconic gesture. Within the group of iconic gestures, not only Handling and Enact but also Object and Shape gestures, were often Essential. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that a great proportion of gestures produced by most PWA convey information essential for understanding their communication. In their communication advice, speech language therapists could draw attention to specific gesture types to make sure that interlocutors pay more attention to these gestures when communicating with PWA.
Martin Galli
Creators: name: Galli, Martin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Curculionidae
Martin

description: Martin Galli: Fig. 2-6 & couverture.
Publié par l’Association Française de Cartographie de la Faune et de la Flore (AFCFF)
description: Published as part of Galli, Martin, 2023, First record of a new parasitoid wasp for France: Calymmochilus russoi Gibson, 1995 (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Eupelmidae), pp. 1-5 in Faunitaxys 11 (13) on page 6, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(13), http://zenodo.org/record/15365795
Supplemental Material, JPPM902143_Web_Appendix - The Effect of Consumers’ Perceived Power and Risk in Digital Information Privacy: The Example of Cookie Notices
Creators: name: Bornschein, Rico
name: Schmidt, Lennard
name: Maier, Erik
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 150402 Hospitality Management
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: Supplemental Material, JPPM902143_Web_Appendix for The Effect of Consumers’ Perceived Power and Risk in Digital Information Privacy: The Example of Cookie Notices by Rico Bornschein, Lennard Schmidt and Erik Maier in Journal of Public Policy & Marketing
Appendix_1 – Supplemental material for The state of play – the first national survey of consultation-liaison psychiatry services in New Zealand
Creators: name: Hopkins, John
name: Cullum, Sarah
name: Sundram, Frederick
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: 110319 Psychiatry (incl. Psychotherapy)
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Neuroscience

description: Supplemental material, Appendix_1 for The state of play – the first national survey of consultation-liaison psychiatry services in New Zealand by John Hopkins, Sarah Cullum and Frederick Sundram in Australasian Psychiatry
INE908131 Supplementary material - Supplemental material for Discrepancies between current and ideal endovascular stroke treatment practice in Europe and North America: Results from UNMASK EVT, a multidisciplinary survey
Creators: name: Ospel, Johanna M
name: Kashani, Nima
name: Turjman, Francis
name: Fischer, Urs
name: Baxter, Blaise
name: Rabinstein, Alejandro
name: Sheilagh Coutts
name: Menon, Bijoy K
name: Almekhlafi, Mohammed
name: Hill, Michael D
name: Saposnik, Gustavo
name: Mayank Goyal
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 110904 Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Neuroscience

description: Supplemental material, INE908131 Supplementary material for Discrepancies between current and ideal endovascular stroke treatment practice in Europe and North America: Results from UNMASK EVT, a multidisciplinary survey by Johanna M Ospel, Nima Kashani, Francis Turjman, Urs Fischer, Blaise Baxter, Alejandro Rabinstein, Sheilagh Coutts, Bijoy K Menon, Mohammed Almekhlafi, Michael D Hill, Gustavo Saposnik and Mayank Goyal in Interventional Neuroradiology
Co-integration rank determination in partial systems
using information criteria
Creators: name: Cavaliere, Giuseppe
name: De Angelis, Luca
name: Fanelli, Luca
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2016
Subjects: SECS-P/05 Econometria

description: We investigate the asymptotic and finite sample properties of the most widely used information criteria for co-integration rank determination in ‘partial’ systems, i.e. in co-integrated Vector Autoregressive (VAR) models where a sub-set of variables of interest is modeled conditional on another sub-set of variables. The asymptotic properties of the Akaike Information Criterion (AIC), the Bayesian Information Criterion (BIC) and the Hannan-Quinn Information Criterion (HQC) are established, and consistency of BIC and HQC is proved. No- tably, consistency of BIC and HQC is robust to violations of the hypothesis of weak exogeneity of the conditioning variables with respect to the co-integration parameters. More precisely, BIC and HQC recover the true co-integration rank from the partial system analysis also when the conditional model does not convey all information about the co-integration parameters. This result opens up interesting possibilities for practitioners who can determine the co-integration rank in partial systems without being concerned with the weak exogeneity of the conditioning variables. A Monte Carlo experiment which considers large systems as data generating process shows that BIC and HQC applied in partial systems perform reasonably well in small samples and comparatively better than ‘traditional’ approaches for co-integration rank determination. We further show the usefulness of our approach and the benefits of the conditional system anal- ysis to co-integration rank determination with two empirical illustrations, both based on the estimation of VAR systems on U.S. quarterly data. Overall, our analysis clearly shows that the gains of combining information criteria with partial systems analysis are indisputable.
On the Consistency of Bootstrap Testing
for a Parameter on the Boundary of the
Parameter Space
Creators: name: Cavaliere, Giuseppe
name: Nielsen, Heino Bohn
name: Rahbek, Anders
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2016
Subjects: SECS-P/05 Econometria

description: It is well-known that with a parameter on the boundary of the parameter space, such as in the classic cases of testing for a zero location parameter or no ARCH effects, the classic nonparametric bootstrap - based on unrestricted parameter estimates - leads to inconsistent testing. In contrast, we show here that for the two aforementioned cases a nonparametric bootstrap test based on parameter estimates obtained under the null - referred to as 'restricted bootstrap' - is indeed consistent. While the restricted bootstrap is simple to implement in practice, novel theoretical arguments are required in order to establish consistency. In particular, since the bootstrap is analyzed both under the null hypothesis and under the alternative, non-standard asymptotic expansions are required to deal with parameters on the boundary. Detailed proofs of the asymptotic validity of the restricted bootstrap are given and, for the leading case of testing for no ARCH, a Monte Carlo study demonstrates that the bootstrap quasi-likelihood ratio statistic performs extremely well in terms of empirical size and power for even remarkably small samples, outperforming the standard and bootstrap Lagrange multiplier tests as well as the asymptotic quasi-likelihood ratio test.
Supplementary document for Broadband dispersion spectroscopy using interferometric phase modulation under background light suppression - 6443558.pdf
Creators: name: Song, Wenqing
name: Fujiwara, Kokoro
name: Zhang, Zheyuan
name: Morichika, Ikki
name: Ashihara, Satoshi
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental Document
Mr.
Creators: name: PRIYANK VARSHNEY
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR
BANKING OPERATIONS

description: ABSTRACT The present era is of intense competition in Indian retail banking. Almost all banks are providing competitive products and services to their customers. It includes SMS, ATMs, Online Banking, Mobile Banking and many more services. Parsuraman et al. (1985) developed the service quality model at an initial stage and documented that service quality is a function of expectations of the customers and actual performance of service product through various service quality dimensions. The time when the size of overall Indian banking system has become gigantic which includes both small and large banks with huge number of branch network, one of the biggest challenge faced by banks in present time is the switching intention of the customers. Hence it becomes more important to understand that why customers in India switch from one bank to another bank. Considering this aspect, the study under consideration has focused on the switching behavior of customers in retail banking service in India. Clemes et al. (2007) has suggested nine factors influencing banking switching behavior of customers. The impact of these influence factors have been studied and tested empirically using exploratory factor analysis (EFA). Quantitative data have been collected by means of questionnaire employed from Clemes et al. and administered to 496 banking customers throughout India by using convenience sampling. Results of the study disclosed that price, customer commitment, responses to service failure, customer satisfaction, reputation, service quality, competition, service products and involuntary switching have their noteworthy effect on customers’ switching behaviour. The results of present study can be used by the Indian banks for designing their product and service strategies, marketing strategies and customer services practices in order to decrease customer switching. This would also help them in improving their service operations and in increasing customer fulfilment and truthfulness by understanding the banking behaviour of their customers. The price war and intense competition in Indian banking industry have exposed banks to one of the major threats of switching. Consumers are now more price and service conscious in their financial services purchasing behavior. They are more prone to change their banking behaviour as banking products and services are nearly identical in nature. The purpose of this paper is to provide an insight of the drivers that lead a customer switch from one service provider to another in Indian banking industry using exploratory design. Design/methodology/approach – The impacts of the influencing factors have been studied and tested empirically using exploratory factor analysis.
title: Triboelectric Solar Generator Concept and Experimental Research
Creators: name: Yazdanshenas, Elias
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04zjtrb98
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2015

description: In this thesis, a novel concept, a triboelectric solar generator (TSG ), is proposed for generation of high voltage direct current (HVDC) electricity from solar radiation. An experimental investigation was conducted to prove the concepts of charge generation through the triboelectric effect and charge transmission using semiconductors. The triboelectric effect, also known as the contact electrification, is a well-known physical phenomenon that electrostatic charges are generated by rubbing dissimilar materials. However, traditional triboelectric generators had never been commercialized due to their poor power output. Physically, it is due to the difficulty of charge transmission from insulators, which generate charges. The proposed TSG is able to overcome the shortcomes of traditional triboelectric generators and efficiently transmit charges using semiconductors. In the concept, a TSG generates charges through rubbing a steam/water jet on semiconductors, and transmit those charges using p-n jucntion diodes.

The research was carried out via a modified Faraday's experimental apparatus on his steam electricity experiments. Steam/water jets with an average felow rate of 0.3gr/s are injected onto cones (2.5 in diameter and 3in length) coated by various materials, including electrical tape, epoxy, silicone glue, PDMS, and titanium dioxide. Two sets of experiments are conducted to prove the concept. The first set of experiments were performed to replicate Faraday's steam electricity experiments as well as evaluating the functionality of the test apparatus. The second set of experiments were performed to evaluate the effect of n-type semiconductors on the triboelectric charge generation with incident lights.

The first set of the experiment demonstrated that all the materials were rendered negative charges, which was exactly the same conclusion drawn by Faraday. The second set of experiments demonstrated that semiconductors have significant effects on the charge generation. Future research will focus on the effect of semiconductors on the charge transmission.
SURROGATE MODELING APPROACH FOR STATISTICAL SIMULATION OF LINEAR CAR SUSPENSION DYNAMICS
Creators: name: Dilyorjon Yuldashev Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: A parametric uncertainty analysis of a car suspension system was conducted in this study. Four degrees-of-freedom (DOF) mathematical models were developed for both passive and semi-active suspension systems, and the uncertainty of these models was analyzed using a surrogate modeling approach. This approach employed polynomial-based surrogate models to simulate uncertainties, offering an alternative to traditional Monte Carlo (MC) simulations. The results indicate that the surrogate modeling method is not only more computationally efficient but also robust in capturing the uncertainty in dynamic systems compared to the MC approach, making it a powerful tool for the statistical simulation of linear car suspension dynamics.

Keywords – surrogate modeling, linear car suspension dynamics, uncertainty analysis, polynomial-based surrogate model, Monte Carlo method
Trustees’ Bare Legal Title: Concept or Misconception?
Creators: name: Barkley, Tobias
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 4806
subject: Private law and civil obligations

description: There is a widespread idea that trustees hold a ‘bare’ or ‘dry’ title, which is distinguishable from an absolute owner’s title. A number of cases in Australia have suggested this is a misconception and a trustee’s title should not be distinguished from that of an absolute owner. This is said to be required by the theory that beneficial interests are not carved out of the trustee’s title but grafted onto it. This article will argue this is an error; ‘bare legal title’ is a legitimate and useful concept. First, the carving/grafting theory, when properly understood, is narrow in scope and does not conflict with the idea of bare legal title. Second, the distinctiveness of a trustee’s title is recognised in a wide enough variety of contexts that it can be accepted as a useful general concept for interpreting rules that refer to property.
Current Possibilities for Improving Polymer Photochromic Systems
Creators: Nechwatal, Axel
Nicolai, Monika
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2015

Photochromic effects in polymers—repeatable color changes after irradiation with short-wave light—offer considerable potential for enhancing the functionality of products. The textile industry especially shows a keen interest in such materials.1,2

However, polymers containing photochromic dyes have two specific peculiarities:

•• The real photochromic reaction is accompanied by unwelcome side effects. These processes continuously decrease the color change (so-called fatigue).

•• Both the reversible color change itself (the rate, the depth, and the relaxation in the dark) and photochromic fatigue are influenced to a large extent by the type and the condition of the fiber and plastic, respectively.

Photochromic dyes react sensitively to their immediate micro-environment, to the structure of the polymer matrix, to the presence of degradation products, to substances being added, or to outside influences.3

For industrial use, photochromic fatigue considerably constrains most potential applications. There has been a lot of activity in this field, for example, concerning the influences of oxygen or heat.4 Also, the development of photochromic dyes has seen

an increased interest. Up to now, however, it has not been possible to achieve lightfastness matching that of the usual colorings of dyes or plastics. Therefore, in manufacturing photochromic polymers (no matter whether by fiber spinning, extrusion or injection molding) one has to deal with these problems.

This paper provides an overview of some approaches to extend the photochromic life as long as possible—approaches that are feasible for every user.
title: An Experimental Study of the Near Wake Field Behind a Propeller Aircraft
Creators: name: Yavas, Hasan Ozgur
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04zjtrb98
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2010

description: This thesis presents an experimental study of the wake behind a generic, high wing, half model of a propeller driven aircraft. Wake surveys are performed at a free stream velocity of 9m/s in the Old Dominion University Low-Speed Wind Tunnel. The objective of the study is understanding the general characteristics of development and interaction of tip vortices, flap vortices, and propeller vortices in the wake of a two propeller aircraft. The measurements in the wake were obtained by using hot-wire anemometry. Measurements were made both using single wire and X-wire probes mounted on a traverse mechanism on three planes behind the model. These wake surveys allow for, in principle, the explanation of the main characteristics of the tip vortex, flap vortex, and propeller wake, as well as their interactions. To be able to understand these characteristics, the velocity field, turbulence intensity, and the Reynolds normal and shear stresses were examined on the three planes.
Amélioration de la Maintenance des Pelles Hydrauliques (Pelle Standard ZX330-3)
Creators: name: Teyeb, Oussama
name: Sidiya, El Bechir
name: Kleib, Mohamedou
Publisher: name: l'Institut Supérieur d'Enseignement Technologique de Rosso (ISET)
Year: 2024

description: Ce projet de fin d'études a été réalisé dans le cadre d'un stage durant l'année académique 2023-2024 à l'Institut Supérieur d’Enseignement Technologique de Rosso (ISET), en partenariat avec la Société Nationale des Aménagements Agricoles et des Travaux (SNAAT). Il se concentre sur l'amélioration des stratégies de maintenance des pelles hydrauliques, avec un accent particulier sur le modèle ZX330-3 de Hitachi.
The age of Homo Naledi and associated sediments in the Rising Star Cave, South Africa
Creators: name: Dirks, Paul HGM
name: Roberts, Eric M
name: Hilbert-Wolf, Hannah
name: Kramers, Jan D
name: Hawks, John
name: Dosseto, Anthony
name: Duval, Mathieu
name: Elliott, Marina
name: Evans, Mary
name: Grun, Rainer
name: Hellstrom, John
name: Herries, Andrew
name: Joannes-Boyau, Renaud
name: Makhubela, Tebogo V
name: Placzek, Christa J
name: Robbins, Jessie
name: Spandler, Carl
name: Wiersma, Jelle
name: Woodhead, Jon
name: Berger, Lee R
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 31
subject: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
classificationCode: 32
subject: Biomedical and clinical sciences
classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: New ages for flowstone, sediments and fossil bones from the Dinaledi Chamber are presented. We combined optically stimulated luminescence dating of sediments with U-Th and palaeomagnetic analyses of flowstones to establish that all sediments containing Homo naledi fossils can be allocated to a single stratigraphic entity (sub-unit 3b), interpreted to be deposited between 236 ka and 414 ka. This result has been confirmed independently by dating three H. naledi teeth with combined U-series and electron spin resonance (US-ESR) dating. Two dating scenarios for the fossils were tested by varying the assumed levels of222Rn loss in the encasing sediments: a maximum age scenario provides an average age for the two least altered fossil teeth of 253 +82/-70 ka, whilst a minimum age scenario yields an average age of 200 +70/-61 ka. We consider the maximum age scenario to more closely reflect conditions in the cave, and therefore, the true age of the fossils. By combining the US-ESR maximum age estimate obtained from the teeth, with the U-Th age for the oldest flowstone overlying Homo naledi fossils, we have constrained the depositional age of Homo naledi to a period between 236 ka and 335 ka. These age results demonstrate that a morphologically primitive hominin, Homo naledi, survived into the later parts of the Pleistocene in Africa, and indicate a much younger age for the Homo naledi fossils than have previously been hypothesized based on their morphology.
The age of Homo Naledi and associated sediments in the Rising Star Cave, South Africa
Creators: name: Dirks, Paul HGM
name: Roberts, Eric M
name: Hilbert-Wolf, Hannah
name: Kramers, Jan D
name: Hawks, John
name: Dosseto, Anthony
name: Duval, Mathieu
name: Elliott, Marina
name: Evans, Mary
name: Grun, Rainer
name: Hellstrom, John
name: Herries, Andrew
name: Joannes-Boyau, Renaud
name: Makhubela, Tebogo V
name: Placzek, Christa J
name: Robbins, Jessie
name: Spandler, Carl
name: Wiersma, Jelle
name: Woodhead, Jon
name: Berger, Lee R
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022

description: New ages for flowstone, sediments and fossil bones from the Dinaledi Chamber are presented. We combined optically stimulated luminescence dating of sediments with U-Th and palaeomagnetic analyses of flowstones to establish that all sediments containing Homo naledi fossils can be allocated to a single stratigraphic entity (sub-unit 3b), interpreted to be deposited between 236 ka and 414 ka. This result has been confirmed independently by dating three H. naledi teeth with combined U-series and electron spin resonance (US-ESR) dating. Two dating scenarios for the fossils were tested by varying the assumed levels of222Rn loss in the encasing sediments: a maximum age scenario provides an average age for the two least altered fossil teeth of 253 +82/-70 ka, whilst a minimum age scenario yields an average age of 200 +70/-61 ka. We consider the maximum age scenario to more closely reflect conditions in the cave, and therefore, the true age of the fossils. By combining the US-ESR maximum age estimate obtained from the teeth, with the U-Th age for the oldest flowstone overlying Homo naledi fossils, we have constrained the depositional age of Homo naledi to a period between 236 ka and 335 ka. These age results demonstrate that a morphologically primitive hominin, Homo naledi, survived into the later parts of the Pleistocene in Africa, and indicate a much younger age for the Homo naledi fossils than have previously been hypothesized based on their morphology.
Enhancement of electrochemical properties of micro/nano electrodes based on TiO2 nanotube arrays
Creators: name: Khudhair, D
name: Gaburro, J
name: Shafei, S
name: Barlow, Anders
name: Nahavandi, S
name: Bhatti, A
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 51
subject: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Titanium oxide nanotube (TiO2 nanotube) arrays were produced by anodizing titanium foils in two different electrolytes. The first electrolyte consisted of ethylene glycol containing 0.5 wt% NH4F and 4 vol% of distilled water to produce pure TiO2 nanotube arrays and the second consisted of HF aqueous solution (0.5 wt%) containing 0.5% polyvinylalcohol to produce carbon doped TiO2 nanotube arrays. The fabricated TiO2 nanotube arrays were subsequently annealed in the atmosphere of nitrogen. The morphology and crystal structure of fabricated arrays were characterized by means of scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction. The electrical conductivity and capacitance of TiO2 nanotube arrays were investigated by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and cyclic voltammetry (CV). Water contact angle and biocompatibility of fabricated nanotube arrays were investigated. The results showed that carbon doped TiO2 nanotube arrays annealed in the atmosphere of nitrogen have higher conductivity and capacitance than those of pure arrays annealed in the same atmosphere. Doping with carbon enhances the biocompatibility and wettability of TiO2 nanotube arrays. It has also noted that electrical conductivity and capacitance of TiO2 nanotube arrays were directly proportional to the tube wall thickness.
Data and code for "Bubble blasts! An adaptation for buoyancy regulation in shallow foraging gray whale"
Creators: name: Bird, Clara
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 310901
subject: Animal behaviour
classificationCode: 310301
subject: Behavioural ecology
classificationCode: 401304
subject: Photogrammetry and remote sensing

description: Overview: This project examines the hypothesis that bubble blasts associated with foraging are a behavioral adaptation used by PCFG gray whales to reduce the energetic cost of shallow foraging dives. To do this we examine the relationships between (1) bubble blast occurrence and individual morphology (length and body condition) and foraging tactic use, and (2) foraging dive duration and bubble blast occurrence, morphology, and behavior.Codemodel_script.R - runs bayesian modelsfunctions.R - contains functions used for processingresults_figures.R - processes outputs of models to produce results and figures in manuscript.Data Descriptiondataframe.csv - dataset containing individual behavior, morphology, and habitat information.Video EthogramVideoEthogram.mp4 - video containing examples of each foraging tactic in the ethogram
Severe consequences of habitat fragmentation on genetic diversity of an endangered Australian freshwater fish: A call for assisted gene flow
Creators: name: Pavlova, Alexandra
name: Beheregaray, Luciano B
name: Coleman, Rhys
name: Gilligan, Dean
name: Harrisson, Katherine
name: Ingram, Brett A
name: Kearns, Joanne
name: Lamb, Annika M
name: Lintermans, Mark
name: Lyon, Jarod
name: Nguyen, Thuy TT
name: Sasaki, Minami
name: Tonkin, Zeb
name: Yen, Jian DL
name: Sunnucks, Paul
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 31
subject: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
classificationCode: 3103
subject: Ecology
classificationCode: 3104
subject: Evolutionary biology
classificationCode: 3105
subject: Genetics

description: Genetic diversity underpins the ability of populations to persist and adapt to environmental changes. Substantial empirical data show that genetic diversity rapidly deteriorates in small and isolated populations due to genetic drift, leading to reduction in adaptive potential and fitness and increase in inbreeding. Assisted gene flow (e.g. via translocations) can reverse these trends, but lack of data on fitness loss and fear of impairing population “uniqueness” often prevents managers from acting. Here, we use population genetic and riverscape genetic analyses and simulations to explore the consequences of extensive habitat loss and fragmentation on population genetic diversity and future population trajectories of an endangered Australian freshwater fish, Macquarie perch Macquaria australasica. Using guidelines to assess the risk of outbreeding depression under admixture, we develop recommendations for population management, identify populations requiring genetic rescue and/or genetic restoration and potential donor sources. We found that most remaining populations of Macquarie perch have low genetic diversity, and effective population sizes below the threshold required to retain adaptive potential. Our simulations showed that under management inaction, smaller populations of Macquarie perch will face inbreeding depression within a few decades, but regular small-scale translocations will rapidly rescue populations from inbreeding depression and increase adaptive potential through genetic restoration. Despite the lack of data on fitness loss, based on our genetic data for Macquarie perch populations, simulations and empirical results from other systems, we recommend regular and frequent translocations among remnant populations within catchments. These translocations will emulate the effect of historical gene flow and improve population persistence through decrease in demographic and genetic stochasticity. Increasing population genetic connectivity within each catchment will help to maintain large effective population sizes and maximize species adaptive potential. The approach proposed here could be readily applicable to genetic management of other threatened species to improve their adaptive potential.
Supplemental Material, editing_certificate - A novel BEMD-based method for forecasting tourist volume with search engine data
Creators: name: Tang, Ling
name: Zhang, Chengyuan
name: Li, Tingfei
name: Li, Ling
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2022
Subjects: Economics
Hospitality Management

description: Supplemental Material, editing_certificate for A novel BEMD-based method for forecasting tourist volume with search engine data by Ling Tang, Chengyuan Zhang, Tingfei Li and Ling Li in Tourism Economics
sj-docx-1-jme-10.1177_1052562920910170 – Supplemental material for Experiencing Emotion in Conducting Qualitative Research as a PhD Student
Creators: name: Vince, Russ
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 150310 Organisation and Management Theory
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-jme-10.1177_1052562920910170 for Experiencing Emotion in Conducting Qualitative Research as a PhD Student by Russ Vince in Journal of Management Education
Supplementary_File_6_Meta-analysis_individual_forest_plots – Supplemental material for A mixed-methods systematic review and meta-analysis of barriers and facilitators to paediatric symptom management at end of life
Creators: name: Greenfield, Katie
name: Holley, Simone
name: Schoth, Daniel E
name: Harrop, Emily
name: Howard, Richard F
name: Bayliss, Julie
name: Brook, Lynda
name: Satbir S Jassal
name: Johnson, Margaret
name: Wong, Ian
name: Liossi, Christina
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 110308 Geriatrics and Gerontology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 111702 Aged Health Care
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Supplemental material, Supplementary_File_6_Meta-analysis_individual_forest_plots for A mixed-methods systematic review and meta-analysis of barriers and facilitators to paediatric symptom management at end of life by Katie Greenfield, Simone Holley, Daniel E Schoth, Emily Harrop, Richard F Howard, Julie Bayliss, Lynda Brook, Satbir S Jassal, Margaret Johnson, Ian Wong and Christina Liossi in Palliative Medicine
Socio-demographic predictors and average annual rates of caesarean section in Bangladesh between 2004 and 2014
Creators: name: Khan, Md Nuruzzaman
name: Islam, Md
name: Shariff, Asma Ahmad
name: Alam, Md Mahmudul
name: Rahman, Md Mostafizur
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 32
subject: Biomedical and clinical sciences
classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences
classificationCode: 4204
subject: Midwifery

description: Background: Globally the rates of caesarean section (CS) have steadily increased in recent decades. This rise is not fully accounted for by increases in clinical factors which indicate the need for CS. We investigated the socio-demographic predictors of CS and the average annual rates of CS in Bangladesh between 2004 and 2014. Methods: Data were derived from four waves of nationally representative Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS) conducted between 2004 and 2014. Rate of change analysis was used to calculate the average annual rate of increase in CS from 2004 to 2014, by socio-demographic categories. Multi-level logistic regression was used to identify the sociodemographic predictors of CS in a cross-sectional analysis of the 2014 BDHS data. Result: CS rates increased from 3.5% in 2004 to 23% in 2014. The average annual rate of increase in CS was higher among women of advanced maternal age (≥35 years), urban areas, and relatively high socio-economic status; with higher education, and who regularly accessed antenatal services. The multi-level logistic regression model indicated that lower (≤19) and advanced maternal age (≥35), urban location, relatively high socio-economic status, higher education, birth of few children (≤2), antenatal healthcare visits, overweight or obese were the key factors associated with increased utilization of CS. Underweight was a protective factor for CS. Conclusion: The use of CS has increased considerably in Bangladesh over the survey years. This rising trend and the risk of having CS vary significantly across regions and socio-economic status. Very high use of CS among women of relatively high socio-economic status and substantial urban-rural difference call for public awareness and practice guideline enforcement aimed at optimizing the use of CS.
Ectopic neurohypophysis in a child with anterior hypopituitarism
Creators: name: Patel, Parth
Publisher: name: EURORAD
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Neuroradiology brain
subject: MR
subject: Imaging sequences
subject: Cysts
subject: Endocrine disorders

description: Clinical History Image Findings Discussion Find Diagnosis Differential Diagnosis
description: male, 8 years
description: Clinical History: Eight year old child presented with short stature and recurrent seizures. Clinical examination showed growth retardation, micro penis and undescended testes. Laboratory examination revealed low Insulin-like growth factor 1, poor cortisol response to hypog... Final Diagnosis: Pituitary stalk transaction syndrome
Gerstmann Syndrome
Creators: name: Zhong, Jim
Publisher: name: EURORAD
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Neuroradiology brain
subject: Image manipulation / Reconstruction
subject: MR
subject: Contrast agent-intravenous
subject: Surgery
subject: Neoplasia

description: Clinical History Image Findings Discussion Find Diagnosis Differential Diagnosis
description: female, 55 years
description: Clinical History: A 55- year old man presented with a 2 month history of difficulty picking things up with his right hand and increasing problems with reading and writing. On examination he had sensory ataxia and finger agnosia. Final Diagnosis: Glioblastoma Multiforme causing Gerstmann's Syndrome
Supplemental Material, sj-docx-2-her-10.1177_1937586720910082 - Using the Importance for Survival Scale to Identify Preferred Nature Scenes With Restorative Potential: A Qualitative Study
Creators: name: Thake, Carol L.
name: Bambling, Matthew
name: Edirippulige, Sisira
name: Marx, Eric
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Supplemental Material, sj-docx-2-her-10.1177_1937586720910082 for Using the Importance for Survival Scale to Identify Preferred Nature Scenes With Restorative Potential: A Qualitative Study by Carol L. Thake, Matthew Bambling, Sisira Edirippulige and Eric Marx in HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal
GAM917379 Supplemental Material2 - Supplemental material for Study, Design, and Rationale of Noncommunicable Diseases in Nepal (NCD Nepal) Study: A Community-Based Prospective Epidemiological and Implementation Study in Rural Nepal
Creators: name: Gagan Neupane
name: Acharya, Sameer
name: Bhattarai, Manoj
name: Upadhyay, Ashish
name: Bishal Belbase
name: Bhandari, Manoj
name: Drona Pandeya
name: Shatakshi Pokharel
name: Sulochana Ghimire
name: Gorakh Thapa
name: Biraj Karmacharya
name: Madan Raj Bhatt
name: Spertus, John A
name: Neupane, Dinesh
name: Lava Timsina
name: Yashashwi Pokharel
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 111708 Health and Community Services
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified

description: Supplemental material, GAM917379 Supplemental Material2 for Study, Design, and Rationale of Noncommunicable Diseases in Nepal (NCD Nepal) Study: A Community-Based Prospective Epidemiological and Implementation Study in Rural Nepal by , , Gagan Neupane MBBS, Sameer Acharya MBBS, Manoj Bhattarai MD, Ashish Upadhyay MD, Bishal Belbase MBBS, Manoj Bhandari MD, Drona Pandeya MS, MLS (ASCP), CM, Shatakshi Pokharel MBBS, Sulochana Ghimire PCL, BPH, Gorakh Thapa PCL, Biraj Karmacharya MPH, PhD, Madan Raj Bhatt MA, MPH, John A Spertus MD, MPH, Dinesh Neupane MSPH, PhD, Lava Timsina MPH, PhD, Yashashwi Pokharel MD, MSCR, in Global Advances in Health and Medicine
Why non-native grasses pose a critical emerging threat to biodiversity conservation, habitat connectivity and agricultural production in multifunctional rural landscapes
Creators: name: Godfree, Robert
name: Firn, Jennifer
name: Johnson, Stephanie
name: Knerr, Nunzio
name: Stol, Jacqui
name: Doerr, Veronica
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 31
subject: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
classificationCode: 3103
subject: Ecology
classificationCode: 37
subject: Earth sciences
classificationCode: 41
subject: Environmental sciences
classificationCode: 4102
subject: Ecological applications

description: Context: Landscape-scale conservation planning is key to the protection of biodiversity globally. Central to this approach is the development of multifunctional rural landscapes (MRLs) that maintain the viability of natural ecosystems and promote animal and plant dispersal alongside agricultural land uses. Objectives: We investigate evidence that non-native grasses (NNGs) in rangelands and other low-intensity agricultural systems pose a critical threat to landscape conservation initiatives in MRLs both in Australia and globally. Methods: We first establish a simple socio-ecological model that classifies different rural landscape elements within typical MRLs based on their joint conservation and agro-economic value. We then quantify the impacts of eight Australian NNGs (Andropogon gayanus, Cenchrus ciliaris, Eragrostis curvula, Hyparrhenia hirta, Nassella neesiana, Nassella trichotoma, Phalaris aquatica and Urochloa mutica) on different landscape elements and then classify and describe the socio-ecological transformations that result at the MRL scale. Results: Our data indicate that two broad classes of NNGs exist. The first reduces both conservation and agro-economic value (‘co-degrading’ species) of invaded landscapes, while the second improves agro-economic value at the expense of conservation value (‘trade-off’ species). Crucially, however, both classes cause hardening of the landscape matrix, agricultural intensification, reduced habitat connectivity, and the loss of multi-value land use types that are vital for landscape conservation. Conclusions: NNGs drive socio-ecological transformations that pose a growing threat to landscape-scale connectivity and conservation initiatives in Australia and globally. There is an urgent need for further research into the impacts of NNGs on habitat connectivity and biodiversity within multifunctional landscapes, and the socio-ecological goals that can be achieved when landscape transformation and degradation by these species is unavoidable.
Supplemental Material, Example__Find_Out_Stage_3 - Find Out A New Method to Study Abductive Reasoning in Empirical Research
Creators: name: Żelechowska, Dorota
name: Żyluk, Natalia
name: Urbański, Mariusz
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 111708 Health and Community Services
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 111099 Nursing not elsewhere classified
subject: 160807 Sociological Methodology and Research Methods
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: Supplemental Material, Example__Find_Out_Stage_3 for Find Out A New Method to Study Abductive Reasoning in Empirical Research by Dorota Żelechowska, Natalia Żyluk and Mariusz Urbański in International Journal of Qualitative Methods
PMS914680 Supplemental Material - Supplemental material for The Effects of Expert and Augmented Feedback on Learning a Complex Medical Skill
Creators: name: Cecilio-Fernandes, Dario
name: Fokie Cnossen
name: Coster, Jenifer
name: AD (Debbie) C. Jaarsma
name: Tio, René A.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Supplemental material, PMS914680 Supplemental Material for The Effects of Expert and Augmented Feedback on Learning a Complex Medical Skill by Dario Cecilio-Fernandes, Fokie Cnossen, Jenifer Coster, AD (Debbie) C. Jaarsma and René A. Tio in Perceptual and Motor Skills
title: Research Related to Multi Degree of Freedom Magnetic Suspensions
Creators: name: Yang, Yan
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04zjtrb98
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 1997

description: This thesis covers the activities associated with 1) recommissioning of the 6-inch Magnetic Suspension and Balance System (MSBS) and 2) enhancing the Annular Suspension and Pointing System (ASPS). These activities continue the program of research in the multi degree of freedom magnetic suspension program at Old Dominion University. The 6-inch MSBS is a large gap magnetic suspension system used as a model support and balance system in wind tunnels. The first stage of recommissioning of the 6- inch MSBS for the 6-inch subsonic wind tunnel is performed. Experimental data and computational results for the magnetic field distribution of the MSBS are given and compared with the estimated magnetic field strength. The comparison indicates that the magnet system is still operating as designed. The Electromagnetic Position Sensor used in the 6-inch MSBS is analyzed before its final reinstatement. The ASPS is a small gap magnetic suspension system providing orientation, mechanical isolation and fine pointing of space payloads. The control system of the ASPS is improved by designing a new code to realize real time control over the system The original Proportional-Derivative controller is upgraded to a Proportional-Integral-Derivative controller. This progress leads to a system which is more stable and robust with less noise. This new controller is generic and can be adapted to the 6-inch MSBS. Finally, future work on these two systems is proposed.
Analysis of natural convection heat transfer in a rectangular cavity with discrete heat flux: Implications for building thermal management using artificial neural networks
Creators: name: Rachedi, Kamel
name: Ragueb, Haroun
name: Behnous, Dounya
name: Tahiri, Antar
name: Manser, Belkacem
name: Chikh, Mohamed Abdessamed Ait
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: This study numerically investigates free convection within a rectangular air-filled cavity, simulating real-romm conditions. The top, bottom, and one sidewall are at constant temperatures, while the opposite sidewall has a constant discrete heat flux, akin to heater appliances. The impact of heating intensity, length, and position on temperature distribution is explored. Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) are utilized to correlate the average Nusselt number, providing a model for engineering applications in building thermal management. The dataset includes 2436 simulation runs with varying parameter: Rayleigh number (103 to 106), aspect ratio (0.5 to 2), heating surface length (0.1 to 1), and elevation (0.05 to 0.95). Results show increased Rayleigh numbers intensify the stream function and promote uniform temperature distribution. The elevation of the heating surface influences temperature distribution, with placement closer to the floor or ceiling optimizing heat transfer. ANN modeling predicts the average Nusselt number with high precision (±3%).