cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Une symphonie des cultures ?
Creators: name: Couturier, Claire
Publisher: name: 21: Inquiries into Art, History, and the Visual
Year: 2024

description: From May 7 to October 9, 1892, an international exhibition was held in Vienna, the aim of which was to present the evolution of theater and music, from their origins and through each country. Focusing on the musical aspect of the event, this article examines the contradiction between the organizers’ initial idea and the final result. Analysis centers on the historical context that necessitated the setting up of a new event and its consequences for the event’s organization. This observation leads to a study of the methodology used and the resulting hierarchy, even though the initial project aimed to avoid competition and conflict. With a focus on the ethnographic aspect of the Rotonde and the place given to the operetta, we will finally question the valuations and exclusions brought to light by the exhibition and ask if the event generated the “symphony of cultures” initially hoped for.
description: 21: Inquiries into Art, History, and the Visual, Vol. 5 No. 2 (2024): 21: Inquiries into Art, History, and the Visual. Beiträge zur Kunstgeschichte und visuellen Kultur
title: Verwaltungsgerichtlicher Rechtsschutz in Frankreich auf dem Gebiet des Umweltrechts - unter Einschluss der Probleme der grenzüberschreitenden Verfahrensbeteiligung: Vortrag vor dem Europa-Institut des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken 4. Juli 1986
Creators: name: Woehrling, Jean-Marie
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 1986
Subjects: subject: 340

description: Vorträge, Reden und Berichte aus dem Europa-Institut, vol. 70
title: Product Liability in den Vereinigten Staaten versus Europäisches Produkthaftpflichtrecht: Vierter Vortrag im Rahmen einer Ringvorlesung über „Recht, Rechnungslegung, Steuern und Wirtschaftsprüfung in den USA“ – veranstaltet im Fachbereich 2 – Wirtschaftswissenschaft vom University of Michigan Alumni Club of West Germany in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Europa-Institut am 14. November 1986
Creators: name: Taschner, Hans
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 1986
Subjects: subject: 340

description: Vorträge, Reden und Berichte aus dem Europa-Institut, vol. 78
REMOVAL OF CIBACRON BRILLIANT YELLOW 3G-P DYE FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS BY BRAZILIAN PEATS AS BIOSORBENTS
Creators: name: Suzimara Rovani
name: Fernandes, Andreia N.
name: Lima, Eder C.
name: Wmekson O. Santos
name: Adebayo, Matthew A.
name: Prola, Lizie D. T.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: Two Brazilian peat samples in different stages of decomposition, fibrous peat (FP) and decomposed peat (DP), were used as biosorbents for the removal of the textile dye Cibacron Brilliant Yellow 3G-P (CBY) from aqueous solutions. These biosorbents were characterized by Fourier transform-infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The effects of initial pH of dye solution and contact time between the dye and the biosorbents on the biosorption capacities were studied. Based on an error function (Ferror) the general-order kinetic model provided the best fit to the experimental data compared with the pseudo-first-order and pseudo-second-order kinetic biosorption models. The equilibrium data were fitted to Langmuir, Freundlich, and Liu isotherm models. For both biosorbents the equilibrium data were best fitted to the Liu isotherm model. Simulated dye house effluents were used to check the applicability of the proposed biosorbents for effluent treatment.
Expositions universelles – modèle et variations
Creators: name: Haß, Annika
name: Trautmann-Waller, Céline
Publisher: name: 21: Inquiries into Art, History, and the Visual
Year: 2024

description: 21: Inquiries into Art, History, and the Visual, Vol. 5 No. 2 (2024): 21: Inquiries into Art, History, and the Visual. Beiträge zur Kunstgeschichte und visuellen Kultur
Peer-to-peer based grid workflow runtime environment of SwinDeW-G
Creators: name: Yang, Yun
name: Liu, Ke
name: Chen, Jinjun
name: Lignier, Joël
name: Jin, Hai
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Nowadays, grid and peer-to-peer (p2p) technologies have become popular solutions for large-scale resource sharing and system integration. For e-science workflow systems, grid is a convenient way of constructing new services by composing existing services, while p2p is an effective approach to eliminate the performance bottlenecks and enhance the scalability of the systems. However, existing workflow systems focus either on p2p or grid environments and therefore cannot take advantage of both technologies. It is desirable to incorporate the two technologies in workflow systems. SwinDeW-G (Swinburne Decentralised Workflow for Grid) is a novel hybrid decentralised workflow management system facilitating both grid and p2p technologies. It is derived from the former p2p based SwinDeW system but redeveloped as grid services with communications between peers conducted in a p2p fashion. This paper describes the system design and functions of the runtime environment of SwinDeW-G.
Weltausstellungen – Modell und Variationen
Creators: name: Haß, Annika
name: Trautmann-Waller, Céline
Publisher: name: 21: Inquiries into Art, History, and the Visual
Year: 2024

description: 21: Inquiries into Art, History, and the Visual, Vol. 5 No. 2 (2024): 21: Inquiries into Art, History, and the Visual. Beiträge zur Kunstgeschichte und visuellen Kultur
title: Zur Problematik der EG-Richtlinien - vornehmlich in Italien: Vortrag vor dem Europa-Institut der Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken 11. September 1985
Creators: name: D'Atena, Antonio
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 1986
Subjects: subject: 340

description: Vorträge, Reden und Berichte aus dem Europa-Institut, vol. 79
How does the protein environment optimize the thermodynamics of thiol sulfenylation? Insights from model systems to QM/MM calculations on human 2-Cys peroxiredoxin
Creators: name: Oláh, Julianna
name: Bergen, Laura Van
name: Proft, Frank De
name: Goedele Roos
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Hematology
Biological Sciences
Chemistry
Physics
Biochemistry
Biophysics

description: Protein thiol/sulfenic acid oxidation potentials provide a tool to select specific oxidation agents, but are experimentally difficult to obtain. Here, insights into the thiol sulfenylation thermodynamics are obtained from model calculations on small systems and from a quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics (QM/MM) analysis on human 2-Cys peroxiredoxin thioredoxin peroxidase B (Tpx-B). To study thiol sulfenylation in Tpx-B, our recently developed computational method to determine reduction potentials relatively compared to a reference system and based on reaction energies reduction potential from electronic energies is updated. Tpx-B forms a sulfenic acid (R-SO−) on one of its active site cysteines during reactive oxygen scavenging. The observed effect of the conserved active site residues is consistent with the observed hydrogen bond interactions in the QM/MM optimized Tpx-B structures and with free energy calculations on small model systems. The ligand effect could be linked to the complexation energies of ligand L with CH3S− and CH3SO−. Compared to QM only calculations on Tpx-B’s active site, the QM/MM calculations give an improved understanding of sulfenylation thermodynamics by showing that other residues from the protein environment other than the active site residues can play an important role.
title: Die Regenbogenfraktion im europäischen Parlament: Vortrag vor dem Europa-Institut der Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken 30. Mai 1986
Creators: name: Buck, Karl
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 1986
Subjects: subject: 340

description: Vorträge, Reden und Berichte aus dem Europa-Institut, vol. 67
Synthesis of New Benzopyrano[2,3-c]Pyrazoles and 3-Triazolonyliminocoumarins from 3-Cyano Iminocoumarin Derivatives
Creators: name: S. Trichili
name: M. Kammoun
name: S. Abid
name: H. Ammar
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Science Policy
Biological Sciences
Chemistry
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Biotechnology
Biochemistry

description: Synthesis of benzopyrano[2,3-c]pyrazoles and 3-triazolonyliminocoumarins was successfully performed using heterocyclization of 3-cyano iminocoumarin or their N-ethoxycarbonylated derivatives with semicarbazide reagents. Elemental analysis, IR and 1H-NMR spectral data confirmed the molecular structure of the newly synthesized compounds.
title: Völkerrechtliche Probleme der Grenzen Namibias: Vortrag vor dem Europa-Institut der Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken 2. Mai 1986
Creators: name: Erasmus, Gerhard
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 1986
Subjects: subject: 340

description: Vorträge, Reden und Berichte aus dem Europa-Institut, vol. 71
Removal of Cibacron Brilliant Yellow 3G-P Dye from Aqueous Solutions by Brazilian Peats as Biosorbents
Creators: name: Suzimara Rovani
name: Fernandes, Andreia N.
name: Lima, Eder C.
name: Wmekson O. Santos
name: Adebayo, Matthew A.
name: Prola, Lizie D. T.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: Two Brazilian peat samples in different stages of decomposition, fibrous (FP) and decomposed peat (DP), were used as biosorbents for the removal of the textile dye Cibacron Brilliant Yellow 3 G-P (CBY) from aqueous solutions. These biosorbents were characterized by infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The effects of initial pH of dye solution and contact time between the dye and the biosorbents on the biosorption capacities were studied. Based on an error function (Ferror) the general order kinetic model provided the best fit to the experimental data compared with the pseudo-first order and pseudo-second order kinetic biosorption models. The equilibrium data were fitted to Langmuir, Freundlich, and Liu isotherm models. For both biosorbents the equilibrium data were best fitted to the Liu isotherm model. Simulated dyehouse effluents were used to check the applicability of the proposed biosorbents for effluent treatment.
Weltausstellung auf Dauer?
Creators: name: Fahrmeir, Andreas
Publisher: name: 21: Inquiries into Art, History, and the Visual
Year: 2024

description: While the legacy of the Great Exhibition of 1851 as the starting point of world exhibitions and for the development of South Kensington’s museum district is well understood, less attention has been paid to its third offshoot: the attempt to create a more permanent way of showcasing the world in a second Crystal Palace. On the basis of recent scholarship, this contribution discusses its economic and conceptual basis, and the reasons for its temporary success and ultimate decline.
description: 21: Inquiries into Art, History, and the Visual, Vol. 5 No. 2 (2024): 21: Inquiries into Art, History, and the Visual. Beiträge zur Kunstgeschichte und visuellen Kultur
Conformational analysis of the anti-HIV Nikavir prodrug: comparisons with AZT and Thymidine, and establishment of structure–activity relationships/tendencies in other 6′-derivatives
Creators: name: El-Sayed, Ahmed A.
name: A. Tamara Molina
name: M.C. Álvarez-Ros
name: M. Alcolea Palafox
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biological Sciences
Chemistry
Pharmacology
Cell Biology
Biochemistry
Biophysics

description: A comprehensive theoretical conformational analysis of the anti-HIV Nikavir prodrug was carried out; this prodrug has noticeable advantage over the approved drug AZT. The whole conformational parameters (χ, α, β, γ, δ, ϕ, P and νmax) were analysed as well as the NBO natural atomic charges. The calculations were carried out by means of DFT/B3LYP and ab initio MP2 methods with full relaxation of all geometrical parameters. The search located at least 67 stable structures, 4 of which were within a 1 kcal/mol electronic energy range of the global minimum. By MP2 it corresponds to the calculated values of the exocyclic torsional angles χ = –108.0°, β = 14.5°, γ = 76.7° and ε = 71.5°. The results obtained are in accordance to those found in related anti-HIV nucleoside analogues. Comparisons of the conformers with those determined in the common anti-HIV drug AZT were carried out. A detailed analysis of the lowest vibrations (<200 cm−1) in the best conformer of Nikavir was carried out. The most stable hydrated cluster of this conformer with 20 explicit water molecules was determined.Calculations in five of its 6′-derivatives were performed to identify structural trends that might correlate with the anti-HIV activity of these compounds. Ten structure–activity relationships/tendencies were established that can help for the design of new drugs. Several recommendations for this design were expressed.
title: Handel und Technologie in den deutsch-spanischen Beziehungen: Vortrag vor dem Europa-Institut der Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken 18. Juni 1986
Creators: name: Arriola Palomares, Joaquin
name: Gomez Uranga, Mikel
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 1986
Subjects: subject: 340

description: Vorträge, Reden und Berichte aus dem Europa-Institut, vol. 72
Grid-based semantic web service discovery model with QoS constraints
Creators: name: Ren, Kaijun
name: Chen, Jinjun
name: Chen, Tao
name: Song, Junqiang
name: Xiao, Nong
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: In this paper, we present a model for grid-based semantic service discovery by combining the expressive power of the present ontology language and the advantages of semantic web techniques. This model is an initial work to support dynamic workflow composition of semantically described services. Our model distinguishes other service discovery models by not only supporting semantic functional matchmaking, but also supporting flexible QoS ranking that differentiates similar services offered by different service providers in grid environments.
Beliefs and knowledge about Parkinson's Disease
Creators: name: Moore, Susan
name: Knowles, Simon
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: A survey of public attitudes showed that there is significant stigma perceived to be associated with Parkinson’s disease (PD), as well as significant misconceptions about the course and outcomes of the disease. Negative attitudes to PD were associated with perceived stigma, (younger) age, knowledge of a sufferer and knowledge of the disease. Perceived stigma, negative attitudes and incorrect beliefs are likely to impinge on the psychosocial well-being of those living with the disease, particularly those with early onset. The data from this study was collected from 200 householders and suggest that more public information about positive lifestyle possibilities for those living with Parkinson’s would be of value to disease sufferers and their carers.
Synthesis of New Benzopyrano[2,3-c]pyrazoles and 3-Triazolonyliminocoumarins from 3-Cyano Iminocoumarin Derivatives
Creators: name: S. Trichili
name: M. Kammoun
name: S. Abid
name: H. Ammar
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Science Policy
Biological Sciences
Chemistry
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Biotechnology
Biochemistry

description: Synthesis of benzopyrano[2,3-c]pyrazoles and 3-triazolonyliminocoumarins was successfully performed using heterocyclization of 3-cyano iminocoumarin or their N-ethoxycarbonylated derivatives with semicarbazide reagents. Elemental analysis, infrared, and 1H NMR spectral data confirmed the molecular structure of the newly synthesized compounds.
Key Research Issues in Grid Workflow Verification and Validation
Creators: name: Chen, Jinjun
name: Yang, Yun
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: In the grid architecture, a grid workflow system is a type of high-level grid middleware which is supposed to support modelling, redesign and execution of large-scale sophisticated e-science and e-business processes in many complex scientific and business applications. To ensure the correctness of grid workflow specification and execution, grid workflow verification and validation must be conducted so that we can identify any violations and consequently take proper action to remove them in time. However, current research on the grid workflow verification and validation is just at the early stage and very few projects focus on them. Therefore, a systematic identification of key research issues in the grid workflow verification and validation field is no doubt helpful and should be presented so that we can be on the right track and reduce unnecessary work as far as possible. Hence, in this paper, we systematically analyse the grid workflow verification and validation and investigate their key research issues. Especially, we identify some important open research points which are not discussed by the current research and hence need further investigation. All these analyses form a big picture for the grid workflow verification and validation.
Multiple temporal consistency states for dynamical verification of upper bound constraints in grid workflow systems
Creators: name: Chen, Jinjun
name: Yang, Yun
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Conventional upper bound constraint verification in grid workflow systems is based on the key assumption that an upper bound constraint only has two states: consistency and inconsistency. However, due to complexity of grid workflows and dynamic availability of participating grid services, this assumption is too restrictive as there may be some intermediate states. Therefore, in this paper, we introduce four states for an upper bound constraint. Namely, we treat conventional consistency as strong consistency and divide conventional inconsistency into weak consistency, weak inconsistency and strong inconsistency. Correspondingly, we develop their verification methods. For weak consistency, we present some algorithms on how to adjust it to strong consistency without triggering exception handling as in conventional work. For weak inconsistency, we analyse why it can rely on less costly exception handling than conventional work. The final evaluation demonstrates that our four-state approach can achieve better cost-effectiveness than the conventional two-state approach.
A minimum proportional time redundancy based checkpoint selection strategy for dynamic verification of fixed-time constraints in grid workflow systems
Creators: name: Chen, Jinjun
name: Yang, Yun
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: In grid workflow systems, existing typical checkpoint selection strategies, which are used to select checkpoints for verifying fixed-time constraints at run-time execution stage, are not effective and/or efficient for fixed-time constraint verification because they often ignore some necessary checkpoints and select some unnecessary checkpoints. To improve such status, in this paper, we develop a new checkpoint selection strategy. Specifically, we first address a new concept of minimum proportional time redundancy which can be used to tolerate certain time deviation incurred by abnormal grid workflow execution. Then, we discuss relationships between minimum proportional time redundancy and fixed-time constraint consistency. Based on the relationships, we present our new strategy. With the strategy, we can avoid the omission of necessary checkpoints and the selection of excess unnecessary checkpoints. Consequently, our strategy is more effective and efficient for fixed-time constraint verification than the existing typical strategies. The final evaluation further demonstrates this result.
Dynamic verification of temporal constraints on-the-fly for workflow systems
Creators: name: Chen, Jinjun
name: Yang, Yun
name: Chen, Tsong
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Temporal verification is an important method to check the temporal correctness of workflow management systems (WfMSs). However, the current temporal verification is relatively independent of the workflow system environments. It does not pay sufficient attention to the interrelationship between the temporal verification at different stages, the mutual dependency between some temporal constraints, and the run-time checkpoint selection strategy, which hence hinders the incorporation and consistency between the temporal verification and the workflow system environments. In this paper, we effectively integrate the temporal verification at different stages and explore the dependency between some temporal constraints. In addition, we present a new effective runtime checkpoint selection strategy which dynamically selects appropriate checkpoints based on the activity completion duration. Furthermore, based on these analyses, we develop some new methods for more efficient temporal verification. These analyses and new methods help to eliminate the gap between the temporal verification and the workflow system environments.
title: Der Inlandsbegriff im deutschen Recht mit besonderer Berücksichtigung des Personenstandsrechts: Vortrag vor dem Europa-Institut der Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken 23. September 1986
Creators: name: Wengler, Wilhelm
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 1986
Subjects: subject: 340

description: Vorträge, Reden und Berichte aus dem Europa-Institut, vol. 75
title: Das Selbstbestimmungsrecht der Völker als Menschenrecht: Vortrag vor dem Europa-Institut der Universität des Saarlandes in Verbindung mit dem Saarbrücker Rechtsforum, Saarbrücken 24. September 1986
Creators: name: Wengler, Wilhelm
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 1986
Subjects: subject: 340

description: Vorträge, Reden und Berichte aus dem Europa-Institut, vol. 76
title: Judicial Control of Prerogative Powers in Foreign Affairs: Vortrag vor dem Europa-Institut der Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken 7. November 1986
Creators: name: Bridge, John
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 1986
Subjects: subject: 340

description: Vorträge, Reden und Berichte aus dem Europa-Institut, vol. 74
title: Auf dem Wege zu einem europäischen Haftungsrecht - Der Beitrag Griechenlands: Vortrag vor dem Europa-Institut der Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken 5. November 1986
Creators: name: Kornilakis, Panos
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 1986
Subjects: subject: 340

description: Vorträge, Reden und Berichte aus dem Europa-Institut, vol. 73
title: Das zukünftige türkische Familienrecht - Kritische Anmerkungen zum Entwurf eines neuen Zivilgesetzbuches (1986): Vortrag vor dem Europa-Institut der Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken 30. Juli 1986
Creators: name: Öztan, Bilge
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 1986
Subjects: subject: 349

description: Vorträge, Reden und Berichte aus dem Europa-Institut, vol. 80
Excitation spectrum of bosons in a finite one-dimensional circular waveguide via the Bethe ansatz
Creators: name: Sykes, Andrew G.
name: Drummond, Peter
name: Davis, Matthew J.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The exactly solvable Lieb-Liniger model of interacting bosons in one dimension has attracted renewed interest as current experiments with ultracold atoms begin to probe this regime. Here we numerically solve the equations arising from the Bethe ansatz solution for the exact many-body wave function in a finite-size system of up to 20 particles for attractive interactions. We discuss the features of the solutions, and how they deviate from the well-known string solutions at finite densities. We present excited state string solutions in the limit of strong interactions and discuss their physical interpretation, as well as the characteristics of the quantum phase transition that occurs as a function of interaction strength in the mean-field limit. Finally we compare our results to those of exact diagonalization of the many-body Hamiltonian in a truncated basis. We also present excited state solutions and the excitation spectrum for the repulsive one-dimensional Bose gas on a ring.
title: Die Assessoren des Reichskammergerichts in Wetzlar: eine Fallstudie
Creators: name: Jahns, Sigrid
Publisher: name: Gesellschaft für Reichskammergerichtsforschung
Year: 1986
Subjects: subject: 340

description: Schriftenreihe der Gesellschaft für Reichskammergerichtsforschung, vol. 2
The impact of social desirability and expectation of feedback on emotional intelligence in the workplace
Creators: name: Downey, Luke
name: Godfrey, Jan-Louise
name: Hansen, Karen
name: Stough, Con
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The use of Emotional Intelligence (EI) questionnaires and scales in the workplace has been growing rapidly over the last decade. EI has been a popular measure to develop key competencies in staff in the workplace and has started to be used in guiding staff recruitment and selection. Because most questionnaires involve self report assessment, the use of EI scales to assist in employee recruitment may be compromised if test-takers are able to fake good responses to the scales or to show social desirability. The current study investigated the relationship between emotional intelligence (EI) as measured by the Workplace version of the Swinburne University Emotional Intelligence Test (SUEIT), and a new social desirability scale designed specifically for the Workplace---the Social Desirability Questionnaire (WSDQ) in 79 participants. A weak relationship between EI and social desirability was observed, and this relationship was stronger with the SUEIT dimensions of Emotional Control and Emotional Management than with the other dimensions. Social desirability was experimentally manipulated by examining the relationship between EI and WSDQ in two groups. The first group (N=34) completed the questionnaires anonymously and were told that no feedback was to be provided. The second group of participants (N=45) were informed that they would receive detailed feedback about their EI. EI did not significantly differ between the two feedback conditions. The results indicated that there is not significant or substantial relationships between self report EI and social desirability. The results of this study have significant implications for the use of self-report EI scales in employee recruitment.
Effective Teaching in a Humanities and Languages Foundation Year: Lessons Learned from Teaching During a Pandemic.
Creators: name: Hewertson, Helen
Publisher: name: PRISM: Casting New Light on Learning, Theory and Practice
Year: 2024

description: This paper will explore key research around Foundation year entry at a large Northwest university in England, UK and explore what makes effective provision. It will share lessons learned during Covid-19 from student feedback from a Humanities, and Languages foundation year. There is some research around what makes for a successful foundation year. This has not had the attention it deserves, and there are still only a few papers based in the UK context. The paper explores and discusses key aspects that make a foundation entry programme successful. Furthermore, the paper explores the experiences of students from non-traditional backgrounds, (or with non-standard qualifications), and how they can underperform in comparison to students with more traditional academic backgrounds, i.e., those that have successfully passed standard Advanced Levels. In relation to non-traditional students, a good Foundation Year can help improve the outcomes for these students, and offer them opportunities to be as successful – or indeed more successful – than traditional entry students.
description: PRISM: Casting New Light on Learning, Theory and Practice, Early View
Bewegung und Sport: Sportmotorische Tests
Creators: name: ZEILNER FRANZ
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Bewegung und Sport, sportmotorische Tests, Testung im Sport, Leistungssport, Breitensport, Schulsport, Trainingssteuerung

description: Bewegung und Sport Sportmotorische Tests im Leistungs-, Breiten- und Schulsport Gütekriterien, Testanforderungen Trainingssteuerung Leistungssteuerung
title: Rechtliche Überlegungen zum Konzept der abgestuften Integration
Creators: name: Ehlermann, Claus-Dieter
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 1985
Subjects: subject: 340

description: Vorträge, Reden und Berichte aus dem Europa-Institut, vol. 46
First-principles quantum dynamics with 150,000 atoms: Correlations in a BEC collision
Creators: name: Deuar, Piotr
name: Drummond, Peter
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: While the GP equation or perturbation theory (e.g. Bogoliubov excitations) can often used to describe the dynamics of macroscopic quantum gases of bosons, experimental situations where these are inaccurate are now common. BEC collisions are an example of this---the scattered atoms can build up sufficient phase-space density (one or more particles per mode) to stimulate coherent scattering out of the condensate into localised 'phase-grains' while remaining dephased from the main condensate and other phase-grains.
Center-of-mass measurements and coherence properties of quantum gases
Creators: name: Drummond, Peter
name: Vaughan, Timothy G.
name: Corney, Joel F.
name: Leuchs, G.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: In this paper, standard quantum limits for center-of-mass fluctuations of fermionic and bosonic quantum gases is obtained, as well as a novel, second-order measure of condensate formation. It is also shown how these measures relate to standard techniques for preparing and propagating these systems, via exact first principles many-body quantum simulations without factorization approximations.
title: Das finnische Beamtenrecht - Grundzüge und Reformvorschläge
Creators: name: Modeen, Tore
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 1985
Subjects: subject: 340

description: Vorträge, Reden und Berichte aus dem Europa-Institut, vol. 47
Visual analysis of high-dimensional parameter spaces
Creators: name: Torsney-Weir, Thomas
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: Applied Computer Science

description: We present a system called Tuner to systematically analyze the parameter space of com- plex computer simulations, which are time consuming to run and consequently cannot be exhaustively sampled. We begin with a sparse initial sampling of the parameter space, then use these samples to create a fast emulator of the simulation. Analyzing this emulator gives the user insight on further sampling the simulation. Tuner guides the user through sampling and provides tools to find optimal parameter settings of up to two objective functions and perform sensitivity analysis. We present use-cases from the domain of image segmentation algorithms. Since our method must utilize samples of the simulation and relies on an inherently interactive visualization method, we perform a complexity analysis to see how many sam- ples can be rendered while staying interactive. We examined how rendering performance changes with the dimensionality, reconstruction kernel size, and number of sample points. To study this, we decomposed the rendering complexity into a predictive cost function that combines the cost of filtering each data point and then the cost to draw each pixel on screen. This cost function is calibrated to the time to filter and draw for two different hardware configurations. The cost formulation is used to examine the effects on rendering time from using box filtering versus a radial distance measure in high-dimensional data spaces as used for the filtered scatterplot and HyperSlice visualization methods, respectively. We find that for a constant kernel volume, rendering performance increases with dimensionality in the HyperSlice technique while it decreases with the filtered scatterplot technique. We also find that the total number of sample points and not the size of the reconstruction kernel is a much stronger determinant of the rendering time.
title: Das EG-Gerichtsstands- und Vollstreckungsübereinkommen - Anwendung von Amts wegen?
Creators: name: Hauschild, Winfried
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 1985
Subjects: subject: 340

description: Vorträge, Reden und Berichte aus dem Europa-Institut, vol. 45
Seasonal changes in zooplankton communities in the re-flooded Mesopotamian wetlands, Iraq
Creators: name: Salman, Salman D.
name: Abbas, Mohammed F.
name: Abdul-Husein M. Ghazi
name: Ahmed, Huda K.
name: Anfas N. Akash
name: Douabul, Ali A.Z.
name: Warner, Barry G.
name: Asada, Taro
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Non-directional re-flooding of the wetlands in southern Iraq, which were extensively drained during the 1990s, started in 2003. The change in species composition and abundance of rotifer and cladoceran communities together with their abiotic environment were studied for 15 months in the re-flooded wetlands. The re-flooded wetlands were characterized by higher salinity than typical freshwater inland marshes, and some rotifer and cladoceran species were characteristic of the saline, post-re-flooding environment. The changes in species composition and abundance of rotifers were mostly seasonal, demonstrated by the cyclic changes in principal component analysis and their positive relationships to water temperature. Al-Huwaiza Marsh is distinguished from the other two marshes (Central and Al-Hammar Marshes) and is characterized by relatively lower and stable salinity, close to neutral pH, near or above saturation DO, and lower SO4−2. These characteristics might explain the differences in recovery processes of zooplankton communities among the three marshes. The Jaccard's similarity index for Cladocera revealed similarity between the two stations of each marsh (in terms of maximum densities recorded); however, this was not mirrored by Rotifera. Al-Huwaiza Marsh stations were very similar to each other, whereas the Al-Hammar and Central Marshes had one station of each very similar to the other station of the other marsh. Cladocera and Rotifera are predominantly freshwater species; Rotifera is more sensitive to water quality changes, particularly salinity, than the Cladocera. The observed seasonal cycles of zooplankton communities might suggest that the system was stabilizing during the study period. However, water supply shortages since 2008 continue to threaten the wetlands.
Quantum dynamics of polarisation squeezing in optical fibres
Creators: name: Corney, J. F.
name: Drummond, Peter
name: Heersink, J.
name: Dong, R.
name: Leuchs, G.
name: Andersen, U. L.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Polarisation squeezing in optical fibres is an efficient means of producing highly squeezed light. Because the experiments operate in a very nonclassical regime, the results are very sensitive to additional nonlinear and thermal effects in the fibre. To quantitatively characterise such experiments, we perform first-principles, quantum dynamical simulations of intense, ultrashort pulses in a fibre, including all significant quantum and thermal noise. We compare simulation and experiments to find excellent agreement over a wide range of pulse energies and fibre lengths.
title: Die Finanzierung der Agrarpolitik der Europäischen Gemeinschaften - Grundzüge und Rechtsprobleme
Creators: name: Karpenstein, Peter
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 1985
Subjects: subject: 340

description: Vorträge, Reden und Berichte aus dem Europa-Institut, vol. 40
Quantum effects in non linear optics
Creators: name: Leuchs, G.
name: Heersink, Joel
name: Elser, Dominique
name: Milanovic, Josip
name: Huck, Alexander
name: Dong, Rui Fang
name: Andersen, Ulrik L.
name: Corney, Joel F.
name: Drummond, Peter
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Optical non linear interactions changing the statistics of a light field are often counteracted by dissipative processes. Artificial structuring of the non linear medium can reduce dissipation and enhance the effect of the non linearity.
title: Stahl im rechtlichen und wirtschaftlichen Spannungsfeld - Brüssel - Bonn - Saarbrücken
Creators: name: Dressler, Gerhard
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 1985
Subjects: subject: 340

description: Vorträge, Reden und Berichte aus dem Europa-Institut, vol. 43
Bell inequalities for continuous-variable correlations
Creators: name: Cavalcanti, E. G.
name: Foster, C. J.
name: Reid, Margaret
name: Drummond, Peter
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We derive a new class of correlation Bell-type inequalities. The inequalities are valid for any number of outcomes of two observables per each of n parties, including continuous and unbounded observables. We show that there are no first-moment correlation Bell inequalities for that scenario, but such inequalities can be found if one considers at least second moments. The derivation stems from a simple variance inequality by setting local commutators to zero. We show that above a constant detector efficiency threshold, the continuous-variable Bell violation can survive even in the macroscopic limit of large n. This method can be used to derive other well-known Bell inequalities, shedding new light on the importance of noncommutativity for violations of local realism.
Status and recovery of indigenous crayfish populations after recent crayfish plague outbreaks in the Czech Republic
Creators: name: E. Kozubíková-Balcarová
name: L. Beran
name: Z. Ďuriš
name: D. Fischer
name: I. Horká
name: J. Svobodová
name: A. Petrusek
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The crayfish plague pathogen (Aphanomyces astaci) is one of the most important threats to indigenous European crayfish. Although it belongs among the most studied pathogens of invertebrates, only a few recent studies are available on the epidemiology of crayfish plague and its long-term effects on crayfish populations. We provide detailed data on 11 populations of European crayfish (Astacus astacus, A. leptodactylus, Austropotamobius torrentium) hit by crayfish plague in the Czech Republic between 1998 and 2011. We repeatedly surveyed the affected localities in the years following the disease outbreaks to investigate potential recovery of crayfish populations and to search for the likely sources of infection. Although the mortalities severely decimated all studied populations, European crayfish could be found in the watercourse catchments after the disease outbreaks in all but two cases. In five cases, migration barriers apparently supported crayfish survival; in two cases, the disease stopped spreading even without the presence of any barrier. Indigenous crayfish were recorded directly in the affected parts of five studied streams after some time but in most cases populations have not yet reached the original densities. Their recovery seems influenced by the population size in unaffected refuges as well as time since the outbreak. Sources of infection and transmission pathways of A. astaci apparently vary in the Czech Republic. Aphanomyces astaci of three genotype groups originating in different crayfish plague pathogen carriers were involved in the outbreaks. Direct transmission of A. astaci from invasive American crayfish present in the same stream is likely in three cases; however, these host crayfish were not recorded at the remaining localities, and long-range dispersal or other pathogen sources may be assumed. We hypothesize that chronic A. astaci infections leading to disease outbreaks under specific conditions may occur in some populations of indigenous crayfish in the Czech Republic.
Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov states in one-dimensional spin-polarized ultracold atomic Fermi gases
Creators: name: Liu, Xiaji
name: Hu, Hui
name: Drummond, Peter
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We present a systematic study of quantum phases in a one-dimensional spin-polarized Fermi gas. Three comparative theoretical methods are used to explore the phase diagram at zero temperature: the mean-field theory with either an order parameter in a single-plane-wave form or a self-consistently determined order parameter using the Bogoliubov-de Gennes equations, as well as the exact Bethe ansatz method. We find that a spatially inhomogeneous Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov phase, which lies between the fully paired Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer (BCS) state and the fully polarized normal state, dominates most of the phase diagram of a uniform gas. The phase transition from the BCS state to the Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov phase is of second order, and therefore there are no phase separation states in one-dimensional homogeneous polarized gases. This is in sharp contrast to the three-dimensional situation, where a phase separation regime is predicted to occupy a very large space in the phase diagram. We conjecture that the prediction of the dominance of the phase separation phases in three dimension could be an artifact of the non-self-consistent mean-field approximation, which is heavily used in the study of three-dimensional polarized Fermi gases. We consider also the effect of a harmonic trapping potential on the phase diagram, and find that in this case the trap generally leads to phase separation, in accord with the experimental observations for a trapped gas in three dimensions. We finally investigate the local fermionic density of states of the Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov ansatz. A two-energy-gap structure appears, which could be used as an experimental probe of the Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov states.
Europe’s top 10 invasive species: relative importance of climatic, habitat and socio-economic factors
Creators: name: Gallardo, Belinda
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Using a representative set of 10 of the worst invasive species in Europe, this study investigates the relative importance of climatic, habitat and socio-economic factors in driving the occurrence of invasive species. According to the regression models performed, these factors can be interpreted as multi-scale filters that determine the occurrence of invasive species, with human degradation potentially affecting the performance of the other two environmental filters. Amongst climate factors, minimum temperature of the coldest month was one of the most important drivers of the occurrence of Europe’s worst freshwater and terrestrial invaders like the red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii), Bermuda buttercup (Oxalis pes-caprae) and Sika deer (Cervus nippon). Water chemistry (alkalinity, pH, nitrate) determines the availability of habitat and resources for species at regional to local levels and was relevant to explain the occurrence of aquatic and semi-aquatic invaders such as the brook trout (Salvalinus fontinallis) and Canada goose (Branta canadensis). Likewise, nitrate and cholorophyll-a concentration were important determinants of marine invaders like the bay barnacle (Balanus improvisus) and green sea fingers (Codium fragile). Most relevant socio-economic predictors included the density of roads, country gross domestic product (GDP), distance to ports and the degree of human influence on ecosystems. These variables were particularly relevant to explain the occurrence of the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) and coypu (Myocastor coypu), species usually associated to disturbed environments. The Japanese kelp (Undaria pinnatifida) was generally distributed much closer to ports than the other two marine organisms, although insufficient information on human impacts prevented a correct assessment of the three marine species. In conclusion, this study shows how socio-economic development is associated with the presence of the top 10 worst European invasive species at a continental scale, and relates this fact to the provision and transport of propagules and the degradation of natural habitats that favour the establishment of invasive species.
title: Die Brüder Grimm: Märchenhafte Zufälle der Forschung - Bemerkungen zu den Umständen der Herausgabe der Edda
Creators: name: Gottzmann, Carola
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 1985
Subjects: subject: 340

description: Vorträge, Reden und Berichte aus dem Europa-Institut, vol. 42
Biological invaders are threats to human health: an overview
Creators: name: G. Mazza
name: E. Tricarico
name: P. Genovesi
name: F. Gherardi
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Invasive alien species are one of the major agents of human-accelerated global change: they threaten biodiversity, alter ecosystem structure, functions and services, inflict large economic costs and cause serious problems to human health. The effects on human health are indeed a major problem and also cause substantial costs but, surprisingly, very few studies have analyzed this topic. The paper describes and analyses the hazards to human health associated with species introductions, and discusses major correlates and possible responses. Four categories were identified: invasive species (1) causing diseases or infections; (2) exposing humans to wounds from bites/stings, biotoxins, allergens or toxicants; (3) faciliting diseases, injuries or death; and (4) inflicting other negative effects on human livelihood. Invasive species affect human health via several ways, i.e. as alien pathogens and invaders that bring/facilitate parasites or produce toxins. Others cause denutrition/malnutrition or exert displaced or deferred impacts. Their negative impacts are expected to intensify in the near future due to the increased opportunities of invasions associated with climate change, the augmented pathways of introductions and the synergic effects of climate change. It is imperative to improve our understanding of the pathways of arrival of invasive species affecting human health, their biological patterns and the mechanisms of impact, because all this information is essential to develop more effective and stringent policies for preventing and mitigating the negative effects that these species cause.
Ghost towns or vibrant villages? Constructing business-sponsored online communities
Creators: name: Stockdale, Rosemary
name: Borovicka, Michael
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Businesses are being encouraged to construct online communities to interact with their customers and to realise the many benefits such communities offer. These benefits include enhanced brand recognition and more opportunities to develop close customer relationships. However, there remains little understanding of how such communities should be developed and maintained and many have failed, languishing as 'ghost towns' online. A case study of Lonely Planet examines the way in which the travel publisher has established a vibrant online community with more than 250,000 members. Analysis shows that the company has integrated the elements of a socially constructed community with those of a business one. Lonely Planet has increased the value proposition for their customers while nurturing a sense of social belonging. This case study of a vibrant business-sponsored online community contributes to more understanding of how such communities can be developed.