cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Nachrichten
Creators: name: Schepers, Stephan
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Nachrichten aus der Region.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 25 Nr. 1 (2009): Stromschlag: Alternative Energien versus Ölpreisschock
A thesis of clinical research and practice: Part A: “I’ve learned a lot – can I get better now?”: Exploring experiences of living with Long COVID and cognitive difficulties; Part B: “'We’ll fight our way through it together”: Exploring the experiences of relatives of loved ones living with Long COVID and cognitive difficulties; Part C: Summary of clinical practice and assessments
Creators: name: Muckle, Kirsty Elizabeth
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2023

description: It is estimated that in the UK around 2 million people are living with ‘Long COVID’ and,
description: of those, more than half are reporting difficulties with cognition. Qualitative literature
description: on the lived experience of Long COVID is limited and lived experience of cognitive
description: symptoms more limited still. Meanwhile, the importance of having guidelines for
description: managing Long COVID reflect lived experience of the condition has been
description: acknowledged. This study explored the lived experience of living with Long COVID
description: and cognitive symptoms with 11 participants in the UK. Verbatim transcripts of
description: semi-structured interviews were analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis
description: (IPA). The analysis identified five Group Experiential Themes (GETs); Uncertain and
description: unsafe; Navigating a novel condition; Anger and injustice; Grief and loss; and
description: Adjustment and meaning-making. Experiences were influenced by contextual factors,
description: such as the pandemic as well as personal and social histories, and can be understood
description: using models of invisible illness disability. Findings were broadly consistent with the
description: current literature on lived experiences of Long COVID, however additionally highlight
description: the profound emotional toll of this experience. Grief and loss particularly are described
description: in the literature as part of adjustment to living with a chronic illness. Implications for
description: clinical practice and future research are discussed.
Vehicle Routing with Cross-Docking
Creators: name: Petersen, Hanne L.
name: Røpke, Stefan
Publisher: name: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Year: 2009

description: As part of the current trend towards optimisation of freight transport operations, cross-docking has played an increasing role in recent years, as a means of obtaining better utilisation of vehicles, thereby allowing for a reduction of total driven dis- tance. In order to make efficient use of a cross-dock it is necessary to have access to good data for the transported goods, and proper procedures for handling these data and planning the daily operation. In this paper we present an application of a transportation problem with cross-docking, and our suggested solution approach for solving the corresponding vehicle routing problem.
description: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2010): Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Designing Restaurants of the Future: Integrating Robots into Hospitality Service
Creators: name: TUOMI, AARNI ILMARI
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2021

description: This thesis explores the applications and implications of a novel technological innovation, service robotics, in food service. The research sheds light on how service robotics transform food service production and delivery and change the way people work in food service organisations. The research adopts a design-based approach, whereby the phenomenon under study is sequentially explored through the principles of service design. Overall, the research 1) establishes a lay of the land of the current state of service robotics in food service, 2) considers how the robotisation of food service might evolve in the future, and 3) develops prototypes to evaluate the suitability of integrating a specific service robot, Pepper™, into food service. Five roles service robotics currently assume in food service are found: support, substitute, differentiate, improve, upskill. Corresponding these, five roles of food service employees are found: enabler, coordinator, differentiator, educator, innovator. As the diffusion of service robot innovation continues, in the future service robotics will act as an extended muscle, extended memory, extended social presence, or a safe keeper, while employees themselves will assume the role of cheerleader or researcher. Pepper™, in particular, is found more suitable for supporting than substituting employees in food service, whereby Pepper™ is able to act as an extended social presence in stationary tasks such as welcoming customers or taking orders. Drawing all three sections together, this thesis puts forward conceptualisations of a robotised food service encounter, an automated service sequence, and a sensor-enabled servicescape. These are underpinned by characterising food service robotics as a radical technological innovation which depicts features of both product and service innovation. As more tasks are to be delegated to service robotics, the thesis concludes by considering the changing relationships of social and material actors in organisational life, and conceptualises the notion of sociomateriality of robotised food service.
Developing emission models for fugitive particulate matter in arid and semi-arid regions.
Creators: name: Hassan, Hala
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2020

description: There is substantial evidence that airborne particulate matter (PM) contributes to haze, acid rain, global climate change, and decreased life expectancy. Many recent studies have reported that a large fraction of airborne PM could be attributed to fugitive PM (fPM). The developing arid and semi-arid regions, in particular, are facing the biggest brunt of fPM usually ascribed to the regionally transported dust. On the other hand, the rapid expansion of their metropolitan cities is contributing a considerable amount of locally induced fPM which makes it a prominent environmental and health stressor in these areas. Based on field measurements and dispersion modelling, this thesis aims to: (i) measure fPM from two common sources (loose soils and non-exhaust traffic) in areas with arid desert climates, (ii) derive representative emission models, and (iii) assess their overall environmental and health impacts. For this thesis, on site measurements and samples of PM (<10 µm diameter) were collected. Source apportionment was performed to determine the contributions of individual sources. Dispersion modelling and regression analysis were used to derive emission models for loose Calcisols (a prominent soil in the subject areas) and vehicle-induced fPM (VfPM). Finally, our derived models were used along with the state-of-the-art practices (i.e., regional emission models and the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Environmental Burden of Disease (EBD) method) to determine the environmental and health impacts of local fPM. Several important findings were extracted from the above analysis: (i) fPM from different origins contribute more than 60% of the urban PM in arid areas, (ii) power law emission models with wind speed dependence were derived for loose Calcisols soil, (iii) emission factors were derived for VfPM using linear regression and were close to values reported in USA, (iv) EBD estimates found that fPM may lead to ~ 11.0 times higher short-term excess mortalities compared to constant database measurements.
title: Subclinical Psychopathy and Guilt Induction
title: Can Psychopaths Experience Implicit and Explicit Guilt?
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: PISAVADIA, TRINA
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2020

description: Introduction: Although many theories of psychopathy have identified an emotional deficit and a reduced capacity to experience guilt, little research has been done on the relationship between psychopathy and guilt. A key motivating emotion in the role of reparatory behaviour has been identified as guilt (De Hooge, Nelissen & Breugelmans 2011). The study of implicit and explicit guilt is very much in its infancy. Some theories of psychopathy have identified an attention dysfunction, whereby psychopaths engage goal orientated behaviour thus avoiding the experience of guilt as it would be deemed as counter-productive for a psychopaths’ success.
description: Aim: The present study sought to explore the relationship between subclinical psychopathy and the experience of implicit and explicit guilt through a method of guilt induction and attention manipulation.
description: Method: Participants completed an online survey which included a measure of psychopathy (Levenson Self-Report Psychopathy Scale), guilt induction method, explicit measure of guilt and an implicit assessment of guilt. Participants were randomly allocated to one of three guilt induction conditions.
description: Results: The sample consisted of 383 participants who completed the full online survey. There was a significant difference found in low and medium psychopaths between the control condition and the guilt induction and guilt plus attention condition in the experience of explicit guilt. A significant difference was found between the three conditions and the experience of explicit guilt but was unrelated to all three levels of psychopathy.
description: Implications for future research: Further research is needed to investigate the relationship between explicit and implicit guilt. The use of experimentally inducing guilt in a psychopathy sample is in its infancy and would benefit from further exploration. The relationship between guilt and psychopathy can help clinicians with treatment planning and outcomes.
Adapting scour risk management practices for national bridge stocks to a changing climate.
Creators: name: Dikanski, Hristo
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2020

description: Infrastructure operators are facing the challenges of managing assets under pressures from reduced budgets, aging infrastructure and increasing travel demand. This happens in the context uncertain climate change prompting the need for ever more robust and flexible decision support tools. One major risk to bridges in both current and future climate conditions is bridge scour- the removal of riverbed material at bridge foundations due to the flow of water. Scour is the foremost cause of bridge failure both in the UK and worldwide. This thesis explores climate change impacts on the management of scour risk for national bridge stocks. To do this a selection of methods is compiled to model the chain of processes linking climate change to scour risk at a network level, exploring the role of key uncertainties. One main research finding is that the current scour assessment techniques used in Network Rail may be insensitive to the effects of climate change. This is a result of a number of factors, including the use of over-conservative models, exceedance probabilities and safety factors. This conservatism is not well understood and leads to the reduced ability of Network Rail to objectively assess bridge scour risk at a network level, which has repercussions both in the context of current and future climate. Another key finding is that climate change uncertainty, which is largely aleatory, may in some cases be overshadowed by asset uncertainties, which can be reduced. Some model inputs, such as floodplain width and abutment width, are found to be both subjected to high uncertainty and also influential for the estimation of scour risk, leading to reduction in the confidence in scour risk assessments. Understanding model sensitivities and the relevant uncertainties would enable bridge operators to improve the quality of scour risk assessments by improving the quality of relevant data. This thesis makes a number of key recommendations that will enable Network Rail and other bridge stock managers to effectively adapt scour risk management practices for national bridge stocks to climate change.
Samfundsøkonomisk vurdering af alternative faste forbindelser mellem Helsingør og Helsingborg
Creators: name: Skougaard, Britt Zoëga
name: Salling, Kim Bang
name: Leleur, Steen
Publisher: name: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Year: 2010

description: Dette paper præsenterer en ny metode til vurdering af transportprojekter i form af feasibility risk assessment og reference class forecasting. Normalt er vurderingen af transportprojekter baseret på en cost-benefit analyse, hvor evalueringskriterier som nettonutidsværdien og benefit-cost raten beregnes. Nylige undersøgelser har imidlertid vist, at der ofte forekommer fejlestimering af de monetære input til cost-benefit analysen. Dette gælder især for anlægsomkostninger og trafikprognoserne, som ligger til grund for eksempelvis rejsetidsbesparelser. I dette paper præsenteres en ny tilgang, reference scenario forecasting (RSF), til projektvurdering, der kan håndtere netop disse unøjagtigheder. RSF er forankret i cost-benefit analysen, hvilket giver beslutningstagerne et bedre beslutningsgrundlag baseret på tidligere erfaringer. RSF-metoden er belyst ved et eksempel omhandlende anlæggelsen af en fast forbindelse mellem Helsingør og Helsingborg (HH-Forbindelsen). Først beskrives en cost-benefit analyse, og herefter usikkerhedsberegninger ved brug af Monte Carlo simulering. Analysen er afgrænset til alene at omfatte anlæg og drift af kyst-til-kyst anlægget som demo-eksempel m.h.t. RSF. Efter en konklusion, som sammenfatter den type information, som RSF kan bidrage med udover cost-benefit beregningerne, gives et perspektiv for det videre arbejde.
description: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2010): Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Pladskrav ved udbud af togtrafik
Creators: name: Jørgensen, Claus Bjørn
name: Odgaard, Thomas
name: Brix, Jens W.
Publisher: name: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Year: 2010

description: En vigtig parameter i udbud af togtrafik er de pladskrav, man stiller operatørerne. Dette projekt blev derfor igangsat for at udvikle en metode til at fastsætte samfundsøkonomisk optimale pladskrav. På den ene side giver strammere pladskrav en højere komfort for passagerne. Men det skal vejes op imod omkostningen til indkøb og drift af flere tog. Metoden er efterfølgende anvendt til at fastsætte pladskrav for Lille Syd.
description: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2010): Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Laos – die Batterie Südostasiens? Zur Staudammentwicklung im unteren Mekongbecken
Creators: name: Menniken, Timo
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Der Mekong, die »Lebenslinie von Indochina«, ist seit vielen Jahrzehnten Gegenstand von Ingenieurs- und Planerphantasien zum Staudammbau: Sein Wasserkraftpotential entspricht etwa 50 Atomkraftwerken.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 25 Nr. 1 (2009): Stromschlag: Alternative Energien versus Ölpreisschock
Mortality risk assessment, vulnerability mapping and perception of heatwaves towards their management via nature-based solutions
Creators: name: Sahani, Jeetendra
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2024

description: Climate monitoring, risk assessment, early warning and natural long-term sustainable solutions are needed to comprehensively address and manage heatwaves and their implications for human health and vulnerability challenges. The research examined methods to assess and manage heatwave-related risks, and nature-based solutions (NBS), including green and blue infrastructures, were emphasised for urban cooling. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and statistical analysis aided vulnerability mapping, while thermal comfort assessment relied on mortality and meteorological data sources. The intricate connection between heatwaves and health risks was studied through distributed lag non-linear model, demonstrating the risk of extreme temperatures on mortality in studied sites of the UK, emphasising the importance of sustained vigilance and management. The research also explored population vulnerability during heatwaves utilising census data to create a Heat Vulnerability Index via principal component analysis, revealing interconnected socio-economic factors that necessitate targeted interventions. The research also sheds light on public perceptions and responses to heatwaves. Survey data from various UK regions highlighted individual behaviours, concerns, and the crucial role of green spaces in mitigating heat-related issues. Lastly, NBS like green and blue infrastructure were examined for heatwave management. By monitoring air temperatures over extended periods, the cooling benefits of different NBS types were quantified. The study underscores the multifaceted nature of heatwave risk management, emphasising evidence-based strategies, nature-based solutions, and targeted interventions to mitigate heatwave risks and promote resilient living amid evolving climatic patterns.
Nachrichten
Creators: name: Knappe, Eberhard
name: Wünsch, Susanne
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Nachrichten aus der Region.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 25 Nr. 1 (2009): Stromschlag: Alternative Energien versus Ölpreisschock
Householders' perceptions of energy use and energy saving.
Creators: name: Cowen, Laura J.
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2020

description: This thesis explored householders' perceptions of energy consumption and saving using novel methods and drawing on cognitive theories of categorisation and heuristics. Judging the energy consumption of household appliances is difficult; judging the effectiveness of energy-saving measures even more so. The research in this thesis proposed, and found support for, a model in which householders try to simplify energy judgements using heuristics. In heuristic energy judgements, people substitute energy consumption or savings with easier-to-access features of appliances and measures. For example, inferring high energy consumption from appliances that produce heat, and high energy savings from measures that reduce heat production. Part I: A systematic literature review of the small amount of existing heuristic energy judgements research identified a common assumption that heuristic feature substitution underlies energy judgements, but there were gaps in how the theory explains energy judgements. A novel theoretical model was constructed using established cognitive theories of categorisation and heuristic judgement making. Mixed methods were used to identify existing and novel heuristic cues used in energy consumption judgements, including the size and heat production of appliances. The heuristic elicitation design and other correlational methods were compared. The difference in coefficients from different methods underlined the importance of selecting appropriate methods for the research question and clear reporting. Part II: Mixed methods were used in a novel exploration of the heuristic cues used in energy savings judgements, including heat reduction, appliance consumption, usage reduction, and measure frequency. A paired comparisons study design enabled a novel multidimensional analysis of heuristic energy savings cues and how they are used. Part III: Householders intuitively try to simplify their energy judgements using heuristics. Giving them more information is unlikely to help. Interventions to help people save more energy need to be designed to work with, not against, the heuristic cues they intuitively use.
Clinical Experience with Octagam® 10 %, a solvent detergent virus inactivated intravenous immunoglobulin: a Canadian retrospective review of utilization
Creators: name: Betschel, Stephen D
name: Warrington, Richard J
name: Schellenberg, Robert
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2017

description: In Canada, intravenous immune globulin (IVIg) products are licensed for six disease indications, however it has been demonstrated that patients with a number of other conditions also benefit from IVIg. Here we report the routine clinical use of Octagam® 10 % across three Canadian institutions. A total of 135 patients were treated with Octagam®, for conditions represented by five distinct indication groups. The results of this review indicate that Octagam® has been well adopted and is prescribed to Canadian patients similar to other IVIg products. In alignment with current practices, 85 % of Octagam’s utilization was classified as appropriate based on Canadian IVIg guidelines.
JFSolver: a tool for modelling and solving fuzzy constraint satisfaction problems
Creators: name: Kowalczyk, Ryszard
name: Bui, Van
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Presents an experimental toolkit for modeling and solving fuzzy constraint satisfaction problems (FCSPs) called JFSolver. JFSolver is a Java based library developed as an extension of a crisp constraint programming library to provide an enhanced functionality for handling fuzzy constraints including fuzzy constraint specification, propagation and search mechanisms. JFSolver comprises an application programming interface for fuzzy constraint programming and a graphical editor for interactive problem definition and solving. This functionality is demonstrated with an illustrative example.
Development Minerals as a Catalyst for Poverty Alleviation and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Angola
Creators: name: Antonio, Matondo Estrela Garcia
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2024
Subjects: Angola, Artisanal and Small-scale Mining (ASM), Cooperative Building, Development Minerals, Formalisation, Sub-Saharan Africa, Social Capital, Local Economic Development and Pro-Poor

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This thesis shares fresh insights on the debate on formalisation of artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) in sub-Saharan Africa, with special emphasis on cooperative building. Although cooperative building and more broadly, group organisation, is seen as vital for ASM formalisation, there is a lack of in-depth analysis on this topic. Through a case study of “development minerals” in Angola, this thesis interrogates cooperative building as a strategy for formalising ASM, in turn, showcasing the disparity between what the parties driving this agenda (e.g. donors, private sector partners and host governments) believes this to entail on the one hand.Using a three-pillar framework comprising “Social Capital”, “Local Economic Development”, and “Pro-Poor”, the thesis delves into the regulatory landscape and organisational dynamics of ASM, which is populated by mostly informal ASM’s. It draws on data gathered during focus groups with (mine) operators and other grassroots-level stakeholders to map the organisational structures of informal ASM communities and detail the relationships among those who populate them. These findings are used to illuminate the disconnect between the realities of ASM’s organisational underpinnings in Angola. The latter position is informed by findings from semi-structured interviews with government officials, analysis of industry briefs and syntheses of archival documents, which collectively provided an informed understanding of the dynamics of the regulatory and policy landscape for ASM in Angola. The thesis uses findings to revisit and interrogate the idea of cooperative building as a centrepiece for the ASM formalisation strategy in sub-Saharan Africa. It argues that moving forward, to make (ASM) cooperative-building a useful exercise in sub-Saharan Africa, a compromise must be reached between the architects of (formalisation) schemes and targeted operators. Referred to here as “striking a balance”, this would entail overhauling hitherto top-down ASM formalization processes to integrate cooperative building strategies that align with the sector's current organisational framework.
How do service users’ interpersonal sensitivity to dominance and perceptions of staff coercion impact upon self -reported anger and rates of aggression in secure-care settings?
Creators: name: Holley, Jessica
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2020

description: Background: Coercive practices – which are used as means to manage violent/aggressive behaviour in secure forensic settings – have come under scrutiny in recent years due to their paradoxical effects on provoking further service user aggression and violence. Previous research has found relationships between increased service user aggression with both service users’ interpersonal styles and perceptions of staff coercion (i.e. staff limit setting). There is, however, a gap in the literature which looks at the way in which forensic service users perceive such coercive practices in relation to interpersonal sensitivities and whether this too has an impact upon service user aggression. Aims: To investigate whether forensic service users’ levels of interpersonal sensitivity to dominance increases levels of self-reported anger and rates of aggression towards staff through perceptions of staff coercion. Methods: In a cross-sectional quantitative study design, 70 service users were recruited from one high and two medium secure forensic hospitals. Standardised measures were completed by service users and recorded incident data was collected within the past year. Correlation and mediation analyses were run to investigate the relationship between study variables. Results: A significant relationship was found between service users’ interpersonal sensitivity to dominance and self-reported rates of anger, where forensic service users’ who had higher levels of interpersonal sensitivity to others’ dominance were likely to report higher rates of anger. No significant relationships were found between all other study variables. Conclusion: The findings from this study contradict previous research where coercive practices may not necessarily increase rates of aggression towards staff but, in the context of service users’ interpersonal sensitivities to dominance, it may be more useful to consider the way in which coercive practices are implemented. The findings have, however, been interpreted tentatively due to various study limitations. Recommendations have been made for clinical practice and future research.
Vitamin DEED Study – Determinants of vitamin D status in women: the role of the environmental factors, ethnicity/skin type and diet
Creators: name: Vearing, Rebecca Michala
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2023

description: Despite the essential role of vitamin D in calcium homeostasis, vitamin D deficiency is prevalent worldwide (1). This thesis aimed to determine levels of vitamin D deficiency and strengthen the evidence around the impact of skin type, diet and sun exposure on vitamin D status and associated musculoskeletal outcomes at varying latitudes.

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description: A systematic literature review characterised the current vitamin D status of the African-Caribbean (AfC) population living at varying latitudes. Meta-analysis of the data extracted found this population to have sufficient (>50 nmol/L) 25(OH)D levels at 67.8 nmol/L, 95% CI (57.9, 7.6) but poor dietary intake of vitamin D at only 3.0µg/day, 95% CI (1.67,4.31). However, at high latitudes, the mean 25(OH)D was found to be insufficient at 40.9nmol/L, 95% CI (28.1, 53.7), confirming the need for further research at high latitudes.

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description: The author built on this evidence review with a secondary analysis of the UK Biobank cohort to investigate the extent of vitamin D deficiency and dietary intakes of the AfC population in the largest sample of AfC individuals to date (n=4046). Over one third of this population were deficient (<25nmol/L), 47.1% were insufficient (25-50nmol/L) and 15.9% were sufficient (>50nmol/L). Median (IQR) 25(OH)D was insufficient at 30.0 (20.9) nmol/L.

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description: Finally, a cross-country design was adopted to explore the impact of, skin type, diet, sun exposure and lifestyle factors on the vitamin D status of healthy females living in three different countries at varying latitudes (Wollongong, Australia: 34.42° S, Surrey, United Kingdom (UK): 51.24° N, and Sao Paulo, Brazil: 23.55° S). Two hundred and twenty females were included in the study of which6% were vitamin D deficient (<25nmol/L), 15.1% were vitamin D insufficient (<50nmol/L), 48.2% were vitamin D sufficient and 30.3% had optimal vitamin D concentrations. Mean vitamin D intake was 3.4 ± 2.8µg/day for all participants, with 92% of participants having inadequate vitamin D intakes.

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description: Overall, these findings show high levels of vitamin D deficiency at high latitudes. Country specific sunlight exposure recommendations are required, that take into environmental and personal factors, as well education around sources of dietary vitamin D.
The applicability of action research to IMC
Creators: name: Luxton, Sandra
name: Reid, Mike
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Action Research (AR) is a powerful method involving an iterative and circular process of planning, evaluation, intervention and assessment, to generate/test theory, and solve business problems. Although not yet widely used in marketing, it is well suited to our domain. Caveat Emptor is counsel for those who plan to adopt AR to be well prepared with appropriate skills and resources. We examine the decision processes behind the choice and application of 'high level' emancipatory type AR in the context of IMC. Our contribution is a broadly generalisable Action Research Risk/Reward Matrix.
Volle Kraft voraus: Vietnams vielseitige Energieausschöpfung
Creators: name: Knappe, Eberhard
name: Wünsch, Susanne
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Der Bau der Dung Quat Ölraffinerie ist fast vollendet. Die ersten Probeläufe sind erfolgreich durchgeführt. Im März 2009 soll nun offiziell die Herstellung von Erdölprodukten beginnen. Für 2,3 Milliarden Euro gebaut, ist dies die erste vietnamesische Raffinerie mit einer Kapazität von 6,5 Millionen Tonnen Rohöl pro Jahr. Damit hat Vietnam einen wichtigen Schritt auf seinem Industrialisierungspfad bis 2020 zurückgelegt.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 25 Nr. 1 (2009): Stromschlag: Alternative Energien versus Ölpreisschock
Transport assessment and risk analysis: the case of the 2nd fixed link across the Danube River
Creators: name: Mudova, Nedyalka
name: Salling, Kim Bang
Publisher: name: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Year: 2009

description: The scope of this paper is to present a new methodology for appraising transport infrastructure projects. Conventionally, transport infrastructure appraisal is conducted by the use of cost-benefit analyses (CBA) in order to produce aggregated single point estimates. However, new research has proved that the embedded uncertainties within traditional CBA such as ex-ante based investment costs and travel time savings are of high significance. This paper investigates the latter two impacts in terms of the Optimism Bias principle which is used to take account of the underestimation of construction costs and the overestimation of travel time savings. By extending this principle into stochastic modelling where a quantitative risk analysis (QRA) is applied, so-called feasibility risk assessment is provided by moving from point (deterministic CBA) to interval (stochastic QRA) results. Hereby, decision support as illustrated in this paper will aim to provide assistance in the development and ultimately the choice of action, while accounting for the uncertainties surrounding transport appraisal schemes. Evidently, the methodological approach is illustrated by a case example from the Northern region of Bulgaria.
description: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2009): Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Jurisdictional Objections in International Courts and Tribunals
Creators: name: LOUCA, MARIA
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2022

description: Objections to jurisdiction have been long embedded in the practice of international adjudication and form an integral part of the proceedings. Following the traditional practice of determination of the jurisdiction prior to the merits, preliminary objections to jurisdiction were regulated for the first time by the PCIJ in its Rules of Procedure in the Mavrommatis case. The ICJ is considered the backbone of international adjudication and thus its procedures on preliminary objections are emulated in both permanent and ad hoc adjudicative bodies. Throughout the years, the increase in recourse to international adjudication along with the existence of the Optional Clause at the ICJ as well as the compromissory clauses in institutionalised arbitration at the PCA, ICSID, and ITLOS, have allowed for unilateral applications that in turn gave rise to litigation tactics being employed around the application and the administration of the rules regarding objections to jurisdiction. Evidently, the ICJ has does not only provide a consistent point of reference for the rest of the courts and tribunals when it comes to procedural questions, but it could also benefit from their corresponding practices. Also, procedural principles such as procedural fairness, good administration of justice and equality of the parties have been challenged by the parties to the disputes however, these principles have also provided good grounds to the courts and tribunals to develop and adjust their Rules of Procedures accordingly.
Information seeking behaviour of early-career translators in Chinese to English and English to Chinese two-way translation.
Creators: name: Wang, Jing
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2020

description: This research aims to investigate early-career professional translators' information-seeking behaviour in translating into and out of one's A language. As information seeking is regarded as a key competence for professional translators, a focus on information-seeking behaviour has recently gained a more central place in literature. Few, however, have discussed the relationship between directionality and information-seeking behaviour. Considering the fact that in the Chinese context, it is a common practice for a professional translator to do either Chinese-English or English-Chinese translation, this research focuses on early-career professional translators' information-seeking behaviour in two-way translation. With its exploratory nature, this research employs mixed methods by triangulating think-aloud protocols, screen recordings and interviews to investigate native Chinese translators, who are working based in China. The research combines quantitive analysis and qualitative analysis, exploring main categories of their information seeking behaviour, including information seeking triggers, resources, seeking strategies and seeking paths as well as seeking outcome and self-perception. According to the experiments, this research provides empirical evidence to the different presences of directionality during the process of information seeking. Under a dynamic framework, three dimensions of information-seeking behaviour and their connection with directionality are mainly analysed in the study. Consistent with existing literature, this research finds that, in the text dimension, translators place more emphasis on production over comprehension in both translation directions. In the resource dimension, the categories of resources are similar in both translation directions; instead, translators' individuality in resource selection is more evident. Finally, in the translator dimension, it is shown that translators' familiarity with their A language and their prior knowledge about its culture lead to a more cautious use of equivalents they sought. The finding is different from the view that the familiarity with one's A language helps simplify the translation process.
Nicht noch eine Dokumentation!?
Creators: name: Riehmer, Oda
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Filmbesprechung von: Inge Altemeier (Regie), Birgit Handke (Kamera), Hier Bio - dort Tod: Vom Sterben des Orang Utan. Altemeier & Hornung Filmproduktion, 2008.44 Min. Dt. Erstaufführung: 25.02.2008 (NDR).
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 25 Nr. 1 (2009): Stromschlag: Alternative Energien versus Ölpreisschock
Farlige kryds – afhængig af definitioner og datakilder
Creators: name: Hansen, Dennis
name: Lauritzen, Jens M.
Publisher: name: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Year: 2009

description: Både i Danmark og i udlandet er sammenhængen mellem trafikulykkers sværhedsgrad og frekvens kun dårligt undersøgt. Dette kan skyldes, at der typisk bruges politi­ eller ambulanceregistrerede ulykker, dette giver en skævvridning mod de alvorlige ulykker og en underrepræsentation af de lette ulykker. På Fyns registreres alle henvendelser til skadestuerne detaljeret, når de skyldes en trafikrelateret ulykke. Ved Ulykkes Analyse Gruppen har vi for perioden 1.1.2002 til 1.12.2007 undersøgt alle trafikrelateret ulykker, hvor ulykken er sket i et kryds. Formålet har været at undersøge, om forskellige måder at definere farlige kryds på, leder frem til forskellige grupper af farlige kryds – er det for eksempel de samme kryds der har mange ulykker og alvorlige ulykker. Desuden er det undersøgt, om kryds der er farlige ifølge skadestuernes data også kendes af politiet.
description: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2009): Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Frauen schreiben Klartext
Creators: name: Siebert, Rüdiger
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Buchbesprechung von: Preeta Samarasan, Abend ist der ganze Tag. Ullstein, ISBN 978-3-550- 08735-6. Renate und Hansheinrich Lödel (Hrsg.), Hawa - Literarische Stimmen malaysischer Frauen. Horlemann, ISBN 978-3-89502- 267-8,222. Monika Arnez/Edwin Wieringa (Hrsg.), Duft der Asche - Literarische Stimmen indonesischer Frauen. Horlemann, ISBN 978-3-89502- 269-2.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 25 Nr. 1 (2009): Stromschlag: Alternative Energien versus Ölpreisschock
A genome-wide and brain-wide statistical investigation into the cellular and genetic architectures of mood disorders and suicidal behaviors
Creators: name: Salem, Madeleine
Publisher: name: Stanford Digital Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: mood disorders
genetics
psychiatry
statistics
suicidal behavior

description: Mood disorders including major depressive disorder (MDD) and bipolar disorder are leading causes of disease burden worldwide. Mood disorders are also strongly linked to risk of death by suicide. Due to challenges posed by their heterogeneous, comorbid, polygenic, and environmentally-influenced nature, the etiologies of mood disorders remain poorly understood. In recent years, human genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have linked hundreds of genetic loci to mood disorder phenotypes; the current challenge, then, is to uncover the biological mechanisms implicated by these loci. Here, we present a robust statistical approach that combines landmark GWAS and single-nucleus RNA sequencing (snRNAseq) gene expression datasets. Specifically, MAGMA v1.10 software was used to conduct gene property and conditional analysis on well-powered European-ancestry GWAS summary statistics for MDD (n=807,553; loci=102), bipolar disorder (n= 413,466; loci=64), and suicidal behaviors (n=815,178; loci=4) to identify significant independent associations with cell types as defined by the most comprehensive human brain snRNAseq dataset available to date (461 cell types, derived from 105 brain regions and 3,369,219 individual nuclei), published in 2023 by Siletti et al. Using this methodology, we mapped polygenic risk for MDD, bipolar disorder, and suicidal behavior to specific human brain cell types and their anatomical locations. Results demonstrated distinct cellular profiles for the three phenotypes that not only identified cell types and brain areas concordant with prior findings, but also identified novel cell type associations. Further analyses conducted on cell type gene expression and gene specificity data with NeuronChat and WEBGESTALT drug over-representation analysis predicted molecular interactions between implicated cell types and suggested novel drug repurposing and development opportunities. This data-driven project is “unbiased” with respect to researcher-driven hypotheses about which cell types should be associated with mood disorders, and reveals novel associations and a greater degree of cellular and molecular specificity regarding mood disorder and suicidal behavior etiology than ever previously available.
Evaluering af kurser i alkohol og trafik (A/T Kurser)
Creators: name: Carstensen, Gitte
name: Larsen, Lotte
Publisher: name: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Year: 2009

description: Siden 1. marts 2002 har alle, der har fået kørekortet fradømt ubetinget el-ler har fået et kørselsforbud på grund af spirituskørsel, skullet gennemgå et kursus i alkohol og trafik (et såkaldt A/T-kursus) som forudsætning for at generhverve kørekortet.
description: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2009): Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Modellering av fartsvalg
Creators: name: Bayer, Stian Brosvik
name: Gjerstad, Brita
Publisher: name: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Year: 2009

description: Theory of Planned beahvior estimert ved bruk av Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) er ofte benyttet til å modellere atferd. Metoden dette gjøres på kan imidlertid være problematisk. Dette paperet foreslår en ombygging av SEM-modellen for å unngå statistiske problemer og øke modellens forklaringskraft.
description: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2009): Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Mit gutem Beispiel voran: Stärken und Schwächen des Friedensprozesses in Aceh und die Folgen für den Konflikt im Süden Thailands
Creators: name: Horstmann, Alexander
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Der Autor war im November 2008 als Mitglied des Advisory Board des ASEM educational hub peace network in Aceh und Südthailand und berichtet hier von seinen Erfahrungen.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 25 Nr. 1 (2009): Stromschlag: Alternative Energien versus Ölpreisschock
Dybdeanalyse af trafikulykker
Creators: name: Reiff, Lars Klit
Publisher: name: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Year: 2009

description: I oplægget gennemgås HVUs arbejdsprocedure og undersøgelsesmetode. Der lægges særlig vægt på en gennemgang af elementerne i analysen af hændelsesforløbet i den enkelte ulykke.
description: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2009): Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Was bleibt sind viele offene Fragen: Südostasien ringt mit der Kernenergie
Creators: name: Symon, Andrew
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Um dem ständig wachsenden Energiebedarf in Zeiten von kontinuierlich steigenden Energiepreisen und -engpässen gerecht zu werden, planen die Regierungen in Südostasien, Kernenergie als Alternative zu konventioneller Kohle- und Gasenergie weiter auszubauen
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 25 Nr. 1 (2009): Stromschlag: Alternative Energien versus Ölpreisschock
Intelligent Farttilpasning i firmabiler
Creators: name: Agerholm, Niels
name: Tradisauskas, Nerius
name: Lahrmann, Harry
Publisher: name: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Year: 2009

description: I dette paper fremlægges de endelige resultater for Intelligent Farttilpasning projektet ’Spar på Farten - Tab ikke kunder i svinget’. Projektet involverede i alt 26 erhvervskøretøjer med i alt 51 chauffører. Hver bil kørte med udstyret i cirka 14 måneder, hvoraf de første to var med udstyret inaktiveret som baseline. Udstyret var både informerende, advarende og gav incitament hvis der blev kørt for hurtigt. Hver måned vandt chaufføren med færrest strafpoint en præmie ligesom der var større præmier i forbindelse med afslutningen af forsøget. Paperet præsenterer resultater om, hvordan chaufførernes hastighedsvalg blev påvirket af IFT-udstyret. Dette ses desuden i forhold til udviklingen over tid og i forhold til hvorvidt chaufføren havde identificeret sig inden turen påbegyndtes. Endvidere fremlægges det, hvordan og hvor meget chaufførernes holdninger ændrede sig efter at have kørt med systemet. Hovedresultaterne er, at informerende og advarende Intelligent Farttilpasning alene havde en mindre effekt på deltagernes adfærd, og at denne endvidere aftog over tid. Når incitament i form af en nøgle-ID og medfølgende registrering også blev medtaget, var effekten markant større og mere konstant over tid. Andelen af den kørte distance, hvor hastigheden var over 5 km/t over hastighedsgrænsen blev i gennemsnit reduceret fra 17 til 4 %, hvor chaufførerne havde identificeret sig, mens der blev konstateret en minimal stigning fra 17 til 19 %, hvor chaufførerne ikke havde identificeret sig.
description: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2009): Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Personae - Corrected page proofs of Gallup A3
Creators: name: Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Literature
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/999953
subject: Authorship
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/822442
subject: Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/882393
subject: Authors, American
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/821764
subject: Authors
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/821688
subject: Poets, American
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1067794
subject: Poets
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1067778

description: There are four sets of page proofs, three of them corrected by the author. The first two sets were issued on 13.3.09, while the second two bear the date 19.3.09. In each case, one set was probably kept by the author and the second submitted to the publisher "for the printer". These proofs afford an excellent record of the author's attention to all details, even the fine points of layout and spacing, and also to the development of the collection as a whole. Pound added four poems in the proof stage: two to fill up blank spaces in the text; "Tally-O" and "Search", and two at the end, "And Thus in Nineveh" and "The White Stag". Some of the accidental corrections are suggested by proofreader's queries, but almost all the substantives appear to be the author's. Some notes on the back of an envelope (E.P.C. 50) appear to be Elkin Mathews' corrections to the second set of proofs, and one of these becomes a substantive in the third set of proofs. For variants see "Personae: From Manuscript to Print" [Studies in Bibl. 1981].