cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
WATER STRESS EFFECT ON THE FACTORS OF PRODUCTION OF IRRIGATED RICE IN NORTHWEST REGIONS OF BANGLADESH
Creators: name: Palash, Md Salauddin
name: Rahman, Md Wakilur
name: Amin, Md Ruhul
name: Mainuddin, Mohammed
name: Jalilov, Shokhrukh –Mirzo
name: Palash, Md Salauddin
name: Rahman, Md Wakilur
name: Amin, Md Ruhul
name: Mainuddin, Mohammed
name: Jalilov, Shokhrukh –Mirzo
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Water scarcity
subject: irrigated rice
subject: irrigation
subject: production factors
subject: Bangladesh

description: Like all animals, plant growth and productivity depend on water. Water plays an important role in plant vegetation as well as economic gain from the crop plant cultivation. An in-depth analysis is performed to see the impacts of water availability on functional factors of irrigated rice (Boro) production and productivity. Primary and secondary data were used to perform the qualitative and quantitative analysis. Primary data were collected from five districts of northwestern regions of Bangladesh considering the severity of groundwater scarcity. A total 643 samples were selected from irrigated rice (Boro) producer across the regions to analyze the water stress effect on factors of production and productivity. Severity of water stress has positive relationship with irrigation and pesticide cost, and negative relationship with lease value, labor and seed cost. Remaining two factors of production such as fertilizer and tillage cost shows a volatile indicator in water stressed condition. In the water stressed areas, though irrigation cost is higher, and farmers get lower yield from their land, but the net return is not much lower compared to less water stressed areas because of getting higher price of rice in the water stressed regions. The water stressed effect on irrigated rice production is significant which leads the policy maker to think of factors preventing farmers to adopt less water consuming crop varieties in the drought prone areas of Bangladesh and rice market to reach equilibrium price during the season.
Polarization studies of rotating radio transients
Creators: name: Caleb, Manisha
name: van Straten, Willem
name: Keane, Evan
name: Jameson, A.
name: Bailes, Matthew
name: Barr, Ewan
name: Flynn, Christopher
name: Ilie, C. D.
name: Petroff, E.
name: Rogers, A.
name: Stappers, B. W.
name: Venkatraman Krishnan, V.
name: Weltevrede, P.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We study the polarization properties of 22 known rotating radio transients (RRATs) with the 64-m Parkes radio telescope and present the Faraday rotation measures (RMs) for the 17 with linearly polarized flux exceeding the off-pulse noise by 3 sigma. Each RM was estimated using a brute-force search over trial RMs that spanned the maximum measurable range +/- 1.18 x 10(5) rad m(2) (in steps of 1 rad m(2)), followed by an iterative refinement algorithm. The measured RRAT RMs are in the range vertical bar RM vertical bar 1-950 rad m(-2) with an average linear polarization fraction of 40 per cent. Individual single pulses are observed to be up to 100 per cent linearly polarized. The RMs of the RRATs and the corresponding inferred average magnetic fields (parallel to the line of sight and weighted by the free electron density) are observed to be consistent with the Galactic plane pulsar population. Faraday rotation analyses are typically performed on accumulated pulsar data, for which hundreds to thousands of pulses have been integrated, rather than on individual pulses. Therefore, we verified the iterative refinement algorithm by performing Monte Carlo simulations of artificial single pulses over a wide range of S/N and RM. At and above an S/N of 17 in linearly polarized flux, the iterative refinement recovers the simulated RM value 100 per cent of the time with a typical mean uncertainty of 5 rad m(-2). The method described and validated here has also been successfully used to determine reliable RMs of several fast radio bursts (FRBs) discovered at Parkes.
Social self-concept in preadolescent children at school: An investigation of its structure using a structural equation modelling approach.
Creators: name: Wilson, Patricia.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Psychology, Social.

description: This study investigated the structure of social self-concept in preadolescent children at school. Subjects were 227 male and female grade three students from eight schools in a metropolitan area. A multidimensional, hierarchical model of social self-concept was proposed and tested using confirmatory factor analytic procedures within the framework of the analysis of covariance structures. The hypothesized model was based upon the theoretical model of self-concept first proposed by Shavelson, Hubner, and Stanton (1976). Subjects were given two self-report instruments designed to measure self-concept in the areas of social relations with classmates, other children at school, and teachers. Additionally, a teacher rating scale and a peer sociometric instrument were used as measures of the child's actual social behaviour. Data were collected at two time points, in the fall and the spring of the same academic year. The hypothesized and counterhypothesized models provided a poor fit to the data. Analyses then continued in an exploratory mode. Of all models tested, the best-fitting model of social self-concept was found to be a four-factor model with general self-concept as the first factor, self-concept of popularity as the second factor, social self-concept in general and in regard to school and classmates as the third factor, and social self-concept in regard to teachers as the fourth factor. Because the facets of social self-concept were found to be less differentiated than hypothesized it was not possible to investigate the proposed hierarchical structure of the construct. Partial support was found for the hypothesis that social self-concept can be differentiated from social behaviour as measured by peers and teachers. Social behaviour with teachers, in particular, was found to be very different from self-reports of social behaviour. Social behaviour with peers and self-reports of social behaviour with peers were found to be associated moderately, indicating that self and other ratings were referring to the same, or similar, behaviours, but each from their own unique perspective. Analysis of the second time point data did not support the stability of social self-concept over a six month period, indicating the necessity of replicating these results before conclusions can be more than tentative. This study presented an important possible revision to the Shavelson et al. (1976) model of self-concept. The study demonstrated the salience of popularity in the child's conception of his or her own social relations. It demonstrated, further, that the child's perspective regarding social relations differs from that of peers or of teachers.
Neues Fluglärm-Berechnungsverfahren für den Vollzug der EU-Umgebungslärmrichtlinie
Creators: name: Myck, Thomas
name: Vogelsang, Berthold M.
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2018

description: Nach der EU-Umgebungslärmrichtlinie wird die Belastung durch Umgebungslärm europaweit ermittelt. Für Fluglärm wird bislang in Deutschland die vorläufige Berechnungsmethode für den Umgebungslärm an Flugplätzen benutzt. Zukünftig soll dieses Verfahren durch die â€ÌBerechnungsmethode für den Umgebungslärm von Flugplätzen, BUFâ€Ì ersetzt werden. Dieses Regelwerk besteht aus einer Anleitung zur Datenerfassung an Flugplätzen und dem Berechnungsalgorithmus mit einer zugehörigen Datenbank. In die Anleitung zur Datenerfassung wurden Elemente und Verfahrensweisen übernommen, die sich bei der Ermittlung von Lärmschutzbereichen nach dem Fluglärmschutzgesetz bewährt haben. Ein detaillierter Vergleich mit der â€ÌAnleitung zur Berechnung von Lärmschutzbereichen, AzBâ€Ì zeigt, dass sowohl die AzB als auch die BUF für die jeweilige Aufgabenstellung gut geeignet sind. Beide Berechnungsverfahren sind modern und qualitätsgesichert. Quelle: https://www.laermbekaempfung.de
description: Summary According to the EU Environmental Noise Directive environmental noise pollution is determined across Europe. For aircraft noise, the preliminary calculation method for environmental noise at airports has been used so far in Germany. In the future this procedure will be replaced by the â€ÌCalculation Method for Environmental Noise of Airports, BUFâ€Ì. This set of rules consists of instructions on the data acquisition at airports and the calculation algorithm with an associated database. The instructions on the data acquisition contain elements and procedures that have proven to be useful for the establishment of noise protection areas according to the Act on Protection against Aircraft Noise. A detailed comparison with the â€ÌInstructions on the Calculation of Noise Protection Areas, AzBâ€Ì shows that both the AzB and the BUF are well suited for the respective task. Both calculation procedures are modern and quality assured. Quelle: https://www.laermbekaempfung.de
The medicinal ethnobotany of the Kenyah of East Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo).
Creators: name: Leaman, Danna Jo.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Biology, Botany.

description: The hypothesis that plant materials are selected and valued for use in traditional remedies based on their biological activity was examined in the context of the health, culture, and environment of the Kenyah people of the Apo Kayan Plateau, East Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo. In an ethnobotanical survey conducted in three Kenyah villages in the Apo Kayan, 403 remedies involving 203 species of plants were documented. Locally important remedies and taxa were identified, and the distribution of knowledge within the Kenyah communities was evaluated using a new quantitative medicinal importance value index based on consensus. Plants with a high importance value as malaria remedies (IV$\rm\sb{mal}$) produced extracts that inhibited cultured Plasmodium falciparum more effectively than extracts of remedies with low IV$\rm\sb{mal}$ and control plants. Several species were identified for further research directed toward safe and effective treatments for malaria. The relationship between Kenyah selection of medicinal materials from the surrounding Apo Kayan flora according to locally defined plant attributes, their medicinal importance value (IV), and biological activity was investigated through field bioassays for larvicidal, antifungal, and phototoxic activity using brine shrimp (Artemia salina Leach) and brewer's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae). The distribution of biological activity within the medicinal flora suggests selection by the Kenyah for antifungal activity. Within the medicinally used flora, biologically active tissues are selected over inactive tissues. Biological activity is significantly related to medicinal importance value (IV) at the levels of plant part ($r\sp2 = .64;\ P .05$) and species ($r\sp2 = .64;\ P .01$), and selection frequency is significantly related to biological activity at the level of taxonomic superorder ($r\sp2$ =.32; P =.01). Primary and secondary forest species are exceptionally active. A model combining traditional science and modern science to identify priorities for research on safe and effective uses of traditional remedies, and conservation of medicinal plant and animal resources, is proposed.
Low energy exciton states in a nanoscopic semi-conducting ring
Creators: name: Hu, Hui
name: Zhang, Guang-Ming
name: Zhu, Jia-Lin
name: Xiong, Jia-Jiong
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We consider an effective mass model for an electron-hole pair in a simplified confinement potential, which is applicable to both a nanoscopic self-assembled semiconducting InAs ring and a quantum dot. The linear optical susceptibility, proportional to the absorption intensity of near-infrared transmission, is calculated as a function of the ring radius R0. Compared with the properties of the quantum dot corresponding to the model with a very small radius R0, our results are in qualitative agreement with the recent experimental measurements by Pettersson et al.
A regulatory focus perspective on eating behavior : how prevention and promotion focus relates to emotional, external, and restrained eating
Creators: name: Pfattheicher, Stefan
name: Sassenrath, Claudia
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: eating behavior
subject: emotional eating
subject: external eating
subject: prevention focus
subject: promotion focus
subject: restrained eating
subject: DDC 150 / Psychology
subject: Regulatory focus (Psychology)
subject: Food habits
subject: Essgewohnheit

description: By applying regulatory focus theory (RFT) to the context of eating behavior, the present research examines the relations between individual differences in the two motivational orientations as conceptualized in RFT, that is, prevention-focused and promotion-focused self-regulation and emotional, external, and restrained eating. Building on a representative study conducted in the Netherlands (N = 4,230), it is documented that individual differences in prevention focus are positively related to emotional eating whereas negligible associations are found in regards to external and restrained eating. Individual differences in promotion focus are positively related to external eating whereas negligible associations are found in regards to emotional and restrained eating. In relating RFT to different eating styles we were able to document significant relations of basic self-regulatory orientations with regard to essential daily behavior associated with health and well-being. The implications for changing eating styles are discussed.
From healthcare professional to system developer: emerging trends in mobile technology development
Creators: name: Burley, Liz
name: Scheepers, Helana
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Previous attempts to involve doctors and nurses with HealthCare organisation Information Technology initiatives have often proved futile. Often this has been because HeallhCare Professionals do not perceive any direct benefit for them at the point of care. Traditional, static implementations of Clinical Information Systems have been driven by Hospital Administration in an attempt to reduce costs. Mobile clinical applications on the other hand have been driven by the early adopters, the HealthCare Professionals themselves in an attempt to streamline their own individual work practices. Not only are they researching and purchasing the Mobile clinical applications, several have begun developing the applications themselves. This paper explores the emerging trend of HealthCare Professionals developing mobile applications themselves and harnessing their profession to market these applications. Using Diffusion of Innovation Theory (DOl) the trend is analysed to see how this diffusion differs from the earlier attempts to implement static Clinical Information Systems and explores further research in the use of mobile applications by HealthCare Professionals.
Investigating the Regulation of Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis: Endogenous and Exogenous Cues
Creators: name: Pettit, Alexandra S.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: neurogenesis
depression
opiate
selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor
connexin
gap junction

description: The discovery of stem and progenitor cells capable of ongoing neurogenesis in the adult mammalian brain has raised hope that we will one day be able to harness their intrinsic regenerative capacity following injury. Development of such therapeutic strategies relies on a comprehensive understanding of the underlying regulation of the neurogenic process. To this end, I show, in this thesis, that cultured post-natal hippocampal neural progenitor cells (NPCs) express a specific repertoire of connexins (Cx), a family of channel forming proteins critical for communication prior to the development of functional chemical synapses. I show that this pattern of Cx expression, specifically Cx43 and Cx45, is modulated by interaction with the extracellular matrix component laminin providing evidence of extracellular matrix-cell interaction in the regulation of intrinsic Cx expression and function in postnatal NPCs. In adult brain, I show, for the first time, that Cx45 localizes to all cell types of the neuronal lineage with the exception of the type 3 doublecortin (DCX)-positive NPCs. Using a loss of function approach, I show that this expression is required for the normal proliferation of type 1 nestin and glial fibrillary acidic protein-positive stem like NPCs but not for the differentiation or survival of their progeny in the adult hippocampus. With respect to exogenous pharmacological cues that influence hippocampal neurogenesis, this thesis also demonstrates that chronic treatment with a sub-set of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor antidepressants, fluoxetine and escitalopram, increases the proliferation but not the survival of adult NPCs in healthy, non-depressed mice. Further, standard post-operative analgesia with the opiate buprenorphine inhibits the proliferation of DCX-positive adult NPCs and increases the survival of their progeny. Finally, over the course of the research for this thesis, it became clear that exposing research animals to even very subtle environmental changes can influence the basal neurogenic process. Ultimately this work further highlights the exquisite sensitivity of the regulation of what is already recognized to be a highly dynamic process and provides important insight into the neurogenic process that can be used to inform future therapeutic development and application.
Late-glacial, fine-resolution pollen and sediment analyses of Little Dyke Lake sediments, Central Nova Scotia.
Creators: name: Frappier, Monique G.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Physical Geography.

description: A detailed analyses of Little Dyke Lake basal sediments revealed two environmental disturbances occurred during the late-glacial. These disturbances were correlated to the previously reported Killarney and Younger Dryas climatic oscillations of the Maritimes. Organic accumulation commenced at about 11 500 yrs BP. Macrofossil and pollen evidence indicate that a forest-tundra including abundant juniper and spruce krummholz had developed 300-600 years after deglaciation. Changes in the vegetation composition were followed by an increased inwash of coarser, siltier sediment. With climate amelioration, a spruce woodland grew during the time when paleo-Indians occupied the nearby Debert site. The deposition of clayey and organic rich sediments are associated with the spruce woodland. Plants found in the understory, especially herbs and grasses, and those most apt to grow under cooler, drier and disturbed conditions then became more important in the landscape. This shift in the vegetation cover is accompanied with the sudden replacement of dark clayey sediment by a reddish coarse silt. The termination of the Killarney cooling is reflected by an increase abundance of coarse mineral sediment. However, high Juniperus pollen percentages accompany a shrub Betula maxima when maximum erosion of sands arrives to the lake basin. Changes in the character of the sediment appear to coincide with pollen changes resulting from climatic cooling. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Ambient nanoscale sensing with single spins using quantum decoherence
Creators: name: McGuinness, L. P.
name: Hall, L. T.
name: Stacey, A.
name: Simpson, D. A.
name: Hill, C. D.
name: Cole, J. H.
name: Ganesan, K.
name: Gibson, B. C.
name: Prawer, S.
name: Mulvaney, P.
name: Jelezko, Fedor
name: Wrachtrup, J.
name: Scholten, R. E.
name: Hollenberg, L. C. L.
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: DDC 530 / Physics
subject: Hyperfine structure
subject: Kohärenz

description: Abstract Magnetic resonance detection is one of the most important tools used in life-sciences today. However, as the technique detects the magnetization of large ensembles of spins it is fundamentally limited in spatial resolution to mesoscopic scales. Here we detect the natural fluctuations of nanoscale spin ensembles at ambient temperatures by measuring the decoherence rate of a single quantum spin in response to introduced extrinsic target spins. In our experiments 45 nm nanodiamonds with single nitrogen–vacancy (NV) spins were immersed in solution containing spin 5/2 Mn2+ ions and the NV decoherence rate measured though optically detected magnetic resonance. The presence of both freely moving and accreted Mn spins in solution were detected via significant changes in measured NV decoherence rates. Analysis of the data using a quantum cluster expansion treatment of the NV-target system found the measurements to be consistent with the detection of  2500 motionally diffusing Mn spins over an effective volume of (16 nm)3 in 4.2 s, representing a reduction in target ensemble size and acquisition time of several orders of magnitude over conventional, magnetic induction approaches to electron spin resonance detection. These measurements provide the basis for the detection of nanovolume spins in solution, such as in the internal compartments of living cells, and are directly applicable to scanning probe architectures.
Meaning Negotiation and Customer Engagement in a Digital BELF Setting: a Study Of Instagram Company Interactions
Creators: name: Brunner, Marie-Louise
name: Diemer, Stefan
Publisher: name: Iperstoria
Year: 2019
Subjects: BELF; corpus linguistics; linguistics

description: The use of communication strategies in BELF has been analyzed mainly in face-to-face and video-mediated interactions, as well as in computer-mediated communication. This study focuses on customer communication in the social network Instagram. Instagram is a key company advertising and webcare channel for companies that address an international and young customer base. In these international settings, English is the main medium of interaction. The basis for this study is a collection of Instagram posts and comments by 20 European companies from 2018. The data is analyzed qualitatively with a focus on customer engagement strategies and meaning negotiation. Customer engagement through emotional and plurilingual framing in the initial posts is comparable to rapport strategies in international teams using BELF. Culture-specific images may prompt intercultural negotiations in the comments section, engaging customers further. The use of plurilingual resources is frequent. Business-specific vocabulary is foregrounded, with both company and customers partaking in domain-specific discourse. This leads to meaning negotiation and interactive clarification strategies, which have also been documented in other BELF contexts. In sum, customer interactions on Instagram show how the intercultural and plurilingual environment is used to engage customers and create rapport, and how meaning in a business context is negotiated successfully.
description: Iperstoria, No 13 (2019): Negotiating Meaning in Business English as a Lingua Franca
ZAWiW Frühjahrsakademie 2000: Begrüßung und Einführung
Creators: name: Häusser, Anja
name: Aumann, Bernd
name: Hölting, Carola
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Frühjahrsakademie 2000
subject: ZAWiW
subject: Altenbildung

description: Begrüßung und Einführung zur Frühjahrsakademie 2000 des ZAWiW (Zentrum für Allgemeine Wissenschaftliche Weiterbildung der Universität Ulm). Das Thema zu dieser Weiterbildungswoche für Menschen im dritten Lebensalter lautete: Medizin wohin? Herausforderungen und Visionen.
Packhorse Purgatory
Creators: name: Eagle, Chris
Publisher: name: Iperstoria
Year: 2019
Subjects: narrative; American Studies; Packhorse Purgatory; Havasupai reservation

description: Deep in a remote basin of the Grand Canyon, the Havasupai Indian Reservation is one of the most isolated and poorest areas in all of North America. It also contains some of the most beautiful waterfalls in the world. With no access road in or out, its 500 residents are still supplied almost entirely by packhorses. This essay chronicles a visit I made there in December 2015, and the serious health and cultural crises I observed during conversations with local tribe members. All the Havasu wanted to learn from me about life “up top” – whether Donald Trump was really running for President, or if that was just “a show.” Back in 1947, the novelist Wallace Stegner visited this very same reservation, and he wrote an article for The Atlantic detailing his impressions titled “Packhorse Paradise.” My own essay “Packhorse Purgatory,” as the title suggests, is partly a response to and an updating of Stegner’s largely outdated and paternalistic impressions.
description: Iperstoria, No 13 (2019): Negotiating Meaning in Business English as a Lingua Franca
Micro-net: the parallel path artificial neuron
Creators: name: Murray, Andrew G. W.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: A feed forward architecture is suggested that increases the complexity of conventional neural network components through the implementation of a more complex scheme of interconnection. This is done with a view to increasing the range of application of the feed forward paradigm. The uniqueness of this new network design is illustrated by developing an extended taxonomy of accepted published constructs specific and similar to the higher order, product kernel approximations achievable using 'parallel paths'. Network topologies from this taxonomy are then compared to each other and the architectures containing parallel paths. In attempting this comparison, the context of the term 'network topology' is reconsidered. The output of 'channels' in these parallel paths are the products of a conventional connection as observed facilitating interconnection between two layers in a multilayered perceptron and the output of a network processing unit, a 'control element', that can assume the identity of a number of pre-existing processing paradigms. The inherent property of universal approximation is tested by existence proof and the method found to be inconclusive. In so doing an argument is suggested to indicate that the parametric nature of the functions as determined by conditions upon initialization may only lead to conditional approximations. The property of universal approximation is neither, confirmed or denied. Universal approximation cannot be conclusively determined by the application of Stone Weierstrass Theorem, as adopted from real analysis. This novel implementation requires modifications to component concepts and the training algorithm. The inspiration for these modifications is related back to previously published work that also provides the basis of 'proof of concept'. By achieving proof of concept the appropriateness of considering network topology without assessing the impact of the method of training on this topology is considered and discussed in some detail. Results of limited testing are discussed with an emphasis on visualising component contributions to the global network output.
Mondi e modi della traduzione. A cura di Stefano Rosso e Marina Dossena
Creators: name: Franceschi, Valeria
Publisher: name: Iperstoria
Year: 2019
Subjects: review

description: Review of Mondi e modi della traduzione. Edited by Stefano Rosso and Marina Dossena
description: Iperstoria, No 13 (2019): Negotiating Meaning in Business English as a Lingua Franca
Comparison of powdered activated carbon and activated sludge treatment of a kraft pulp mill wastewater.
Creators: name: Graham, Brian Robert.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Civil.

description: The Powdered Activated Carbon Treatment$\rm\sp{TM}$ (PACT$\rm\sp{TM})$ process consists of powdered activated carbon addition to the activated sludge treatment process. Objectives were (1) to compare treatment of kraft pulp mill wastewater using activated sludge versus PACT$\rm\sp{TM},$ by measuring toxicity, organic load, adsorbable organic halides (AOX) and metals and (2) to assess how three operating conditions: (1) carbon dose; (2) hydraulic retention time; (3) solids retention time, affected performance. Findings were: (1) Lengthy hydraulic retention times are unnecessary. Short hydraulic retention times (4 h) provide adequate treatment. (2) Activated sludge treatment alone removes most biochemical oxygen demand, PACT$\rm\sp{TM}$ offers no improvement. PACT$\rm\sp{TM}$ improves removal of soluble chemical oxygen demand. PACT$\rm\sp{TM}$ improves removal of AOX. Powdered activated carbon dose is the sole determinant of this increased removal. (3) Activated sludge treatment alone removes Microtox$\rm\sp{TM}$ toxicity. PACT$\rm\sp{TM}$ slightly improves treatment of highly toxic wastewaters. Significant chronic toxicity towards Ceriodaphnia remains in effluents from both activated sludge and PACT$\rm\sp{TM}.$ Both treatments remove toxicity to Ceriodaphnia, but PACT$\rm\sp{TM}$ effluents are more toxic. Powdered activated carbon alone exhibits toxicity to Ceriodaphnia. (4) The effect of PACT$\rm\sp{TM}$ on removal of metals is inconclusive. (5) PACT$\rm\sp{TM}$ treatment of kraft mill wastewater would be very expensive. (6) PACT$\rm\sp{TM}$ has limited benefits over activated sludge for the treatment of kraft mill wastewater, therefore PACT$\rm\sp{TM}$ is not recommended for treatment of kraft mill wastewater.
Visible/Invisible. Incursioni nella narrativa italiana americana contemporanea. Carla Francellini
Creators: name: Mariani, Enrico
Publisher: name: Iperstoria
Year: 2019
Subjects: review

description: Review of Visible/Invisible. Incursioni nella narrativa italiana americana contemporanea by Carla Francellini
description: Iperstoria, No 13 (2019): Negotiating Meaning in Business English as a Lingua Franca
Connecting galaxy disk and extended halo gas kinematics
Creators: name: Kacprzak, Glenn
name: Churchill, C. W.
name: Steidel, C. C.
name: Ceverino, D.
name: Klypin, A. A.
name: Murphy, Michael
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We have explored the galaxy disk/extended halo gas kinematic relationship using rotation curves (Keck/ESI) of ten intermediate redshift galaxies which were selected by Mg II halo gas absorption observed in quasar spectra. Previous results of six edge-on galaxies, probed along their major axis, suggest that observed halo gas velocities are consistent with extended disk-like halo rotation at galactocentric distances of 25 − 72 kpc. Using our new sample, we demonstrate that the gas velocities are by and large not consistent with being directly coupled to the galaxy kinematics. Thus, mechanisms other than corotation dynamics (i.e., gas inflow, feedback, galaxy-galaxy interactions, etc.) must be invoked to account for the overall observed kinematics of the halo gas. In order to better understand the dynamic interaction of the galaxy/halo/cosmic web environment, we performed similar mock observations of galaxies and gaseous halos in ΛCDM cosmological simulations. We discuss an example case of a z = 0.92 galaxy with various orientations probing halo gas at a range of positions. The gas dynamics inferred using simulated quasar absorption lines are consistent with observational data.
Il cibo come cultura. Dialoghi Interdisciplinari. A cura di Linda Avesani, Chiara Battisti, Sidia Fiorato e Giovanna Felis
Creators: name: Soccio, Anna Enrichetta
Publisher: name: Iperstoria
Year: 2019
Subjects: review

description: Review of Il cibo come cultura. Dialoghi Interdisciplinari edited by Linda Avesani, Chiara Battisti, Sidia Fiorato and Giovanna Felis
description: Iperstoria, No 13 (2019): Negotiating Meaning in Business English as a Lingua Franca
Bushfire surveillance using dynamic priority maps and swarming unmanned aerial vehicles
Creators: name: Howden, David John
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Bushfires are large or destructive conflagrations that occur in areas of wilderness, their remote location serving as a barrier to rapid detection or response. As a result of their inaccessibility, these fires can grow to unsuppressible proportions and not only cause significant economic damage to an area, but also endanger the lives of communities and their fire fighters. Fast and effective detection and monitoring is a key factor in bushfire fighting, however the areas bush fires typically occur in are remote, with minimal to no communication infrastructure. Fire managers often have to rely on archaic information gathering methods such as fire towers and physical patrols by fire fighters at the scene. Having accurate knowledge of the status of a bushfire is indispensable for enabling accurate fire prediction modelling, maintaining the safety of fire fighting crews and allowing efforts to be focused on areas of the highest risk such as urban areas with strong human presence. This problem is ideal for the application of multiple, small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The advantages of deploying UAVs as a swarm include massive scalability, low communication overheads, reduced need for human supervision, and resilience against individual failure. For deployment of multiple UAVs to be practical, a method for controlling their actions autonomously and cooperatively is required. This dissertation presents a swarm intelligence approach to exhaustive and continuous surveillance of large areas. Digital pheromone maps are used to represent the environment, facilitating both information sharing and collective decision making. Individual pheromone maps, stored on-board, are communicated via short range, peer to peer broadcasts, allowing for environmental knowledge to be synchronised and spread through the swarm. This enables emergent coordination in an area without the infrastructure needed to provide global communication, and the resilience against loss of individual vehicles that operations in the vicinity of unpredictable and volatile bushfires requires.
Breeding strategies of open-cup-nesting birds in sub-Antarctic forests of Navarino Island, Chile
Creators: name: Jara, Rocío F
name: Crego, Ramiro D
name: Arellano, Francisco J
name: Altamirano, Tomás A
name: Ibarra, José T
name: Rozzi, Ricardo
name: Jiménez, Jaime E
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2019

description: Background: There is limited knowledge about the breeding strategies of birds inhabiting in South American temperate forests. This is particularly true for open-cup forest passerines breeding at high latitudes (> 42°). To better understand the ecology of these species, in this study we described and compared the breeding strategies (i.e., nest dimensions, nest height from the ground, egg laying rhythm, clutch size, length of the developmental periods, breeding phenology, and diversity of nesting substrate) of five passerine birds that inhabit sub-Antarctic ecosystems. Methods: During three breeding seasons (2014–2017), we monitored 103 nests of the five most abundant open-cup forest-dwelling passerines (Phrygilus patagonicus, Anairetes parulus, Turdus falcklandii, Elaenia albiceps, and Zonotrichia capensis) on Navarino Island (55°S), Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve, southern Chile. Additionally, we compared the breeding strategies of T. falcklandii to another population breeding at lower latitude (39°S). Results: Most of the species started laying eggs the last week of September; only E. albiceps started 2 months later. During the breeding season of 2016–2017 both E. albiceps and Z. capensis started laying eggs earlier than the previous year. Anairetes parulus and Z. capensis were the most specialized in terms of nesting substrate. Turdus falcklandii had larger clutch sizes and nested closer to the ground on Navarino Island compared to the northern population, which might put this and other ground nesting species of this island at a higher risk of predation by the recently introduced American mink (Neovison vison). Conclusions: Our five study species breed exclusively in open-cups (not in cavities) in sub-Antarctic forests, and some of them built their nests closer to the ground compared to populations breeding at lower latitudes. This may be associated with the lack of terrestrial predators on Navarino Island. Our study opens further questions about the mechanisms driving differences in breeding strategies among populations.
The dynamics of Galactic centre pulsars: constraining pulsar distances and intrinsic spin-down
Creators: name: Perera, B. B. P.
name: Barr, Ewan
name: Mickaliger, M. B.
name: Lyne, A. G.
name: Lorimer, D. R.
name: Stappers, B. W.
name: Eatough, R. P.
name: Kramer, M.
name: Ng, C.
name: Spiewak, R.
name: Bailes, Matthew
name: Champion, D. J.
name: Morello, V.
name: Possenti, A.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Through high-precision radio timing observations, we show that five recycled pulsars in the direction of the Galactic Centre (GC) have anomalous spin period time derivative (P) over dot measurements - PSRs J1748 -3009, J1753 - 2819, J1757 - 2745, and J1804 - 2858 show negative values of (P) over dot and PSR J1801 - 3210 is found to have an exceptionally small value of (P) over dot. We attribute these observed (P) over dot measurements to acceleration of these pulsars along their lines of sight (LOSs) due to the Galactic gravitational field. Using models of the Galactic mass distribution and pulsar velocities, we constrain the distances to these pulsars, placing them on the far side of the Galaxy, providing the first accurate distance measurements to pulsars located in this region and allowing us to consider the electron density along these LOSs. We find the new electron density model YMW16 to be more consistent with these observations than the previous model NE2001. The LOS dynamics further constrain the model-dependent intrinsic (P) over dot values for these pulsars and they are consistent with measurements for other known pulsars. In the future, the independent distance measurements to these and other pulsars near the GC would allow us to constrain the Galactic gravitational potential more accurately.
Luftqualität 2017 in Deutschland
Creators: name: Kessinger, Susan
name: Minkos, Andrea
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2018

description: Auch 2017 war die Luft in Deutschland vielerorts vor allem durch die Schadstoffe Stickstoffdioxid (NO2), Feinstaub (PM10) und Ozon (O3) belastet. Besonders in Städten und Ballungsräumen wurden erneut zu hohe Stickstoffdioxidwerte gemessen. Das zeigt die Auswertung der noch vorläufigen Messdaten der Länder und des Umweltbundesamtes (UBA). An circa 46 Prozent der verkehrsnahen Messstationen wurde der NO2-Grenzwert von 40ng/m3 im Jahresmittel überschritten. Im Mittel gingen die NO2-Konzentrationen im verkehrsnahen Bereich aber etwas zurück. Für Feinstaub und Ozon zählt das Jahr 2017 zu den am geringsten belasteten Jahren im betrachteten Zeitraum 2000 bis 2017. Bei PM10 kam es nur an einer Station zu einer Grenzwertüberschreitung, bei Ozon überschritten noch 17 Prozent der Stationen den Zielwert. Das ist allerdings noch kein Grund zum Aufatmen, denn die strengeren Luftgüteleitwerte der Weltgesundheitsorganisation (WHO) werden für beide Schadstoffe nahezu deutschlandweit verfehlt. In: UMID : Umwelt und Mensch - Informationsdienst ; Umwelt & Gesundheit, Umweltmedizin, Verbraucherschutz / Boden- und Lufthygiene (Berlin) Institut für Wasser. (2018), Heft 1, Seite 57
description: As in the years before, in 2017 the air was mainly polluted by the following substances: nitrogen dioxide (NO2), particulate matter (PM10) and ozone (O3). Again, especially in cities and agglomerations the measured NO2 concentrations were too high. This is shown by the evaluation of air quality based on preliminary data of the networks of the federal states and the German Environment Agency. Almost half (46 Percent) of all air monitoring stations in urban traffic locations exceeded the NO2 limit value of 40 ng/m3 for the annual mean. But, on average, the NO2 urban traffic pollution shows a decrease. In 2017, one of the lowest levels of PM10 and O3 pollution was recorded within the entire period of observation from 2000 to 2017. Only one measuring station exceeded the PM10 limit value, and 17 Percent of the measuring stations exceeded the O3 target value. But this is not an all-clear signal, because the stricter recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO) were not complied with nearly throughout Germany. In: UMID : Umwelt und Mensch - Informationsdienst ; Umwelt & Gesundheit, Umweltmedizin, Verbraucherschutz / Boden- und Lufthygiene (Berlin) Institut für Wasser. (2018), Heft 1, Seite 57
The Insuperability of Sensation. Indagini letterarie tra mente, corpo e affect. Pilar Martinez Benedì
Creators: name: Romanzi, Valentina
Publisher: name: Iperstoria
Year: 2019
Subjects: review

description: Review of The Insuperability of Sensation. Indagini letterarie tra mente, corpo e affect by Pilar Martinez Benedì
description: Iperstoria, No 13 (2019): Negotiating Meaning in Business English as a Lingua Franca
Cloning and characterization of the TRPM-2 gene in the rat and human.
Creators: name: Pineault, Jean M.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1993
Subjects: subject: Biology, Genetics.

description: The removal of circulating androgens by castration has a marked effect on the physical size, protein, RNA and DNA contents of the rat ventral prostate. This androgen ablation also produces major changes in overall gene expression. Several castration induced mRNAs have previously been identified of which the major sequence is TRPM-2. The cDNA for the rat TRPM-2 has been previously cloned and its protein product characterized. This mRNA sequence is 1,640 bases in length. It codes for a protein of 70-80 kDa, that appears to play an important role in active cell death by blocking complement mediated cell lysis. TRPM-2 is present in a wide variety of species including rat and human. I have isolated genomic clones from two rat and human genomic libraries made from partial Mbo I digests in the EMBL3 vector. I have screened those libraries with the full length cDNA sequence corresponding to the rat TRPM-2, and have isolated overlapping clones which span the TRPM-2 locus in both species. The TRPM-2 gene has been characterized in both species by complete sequence analysis. The gene covers 13.750 bp in the rat and 16.570 bp in human, each having 9 exons. 5,700 bp of upstream sequences have also been sequenced for the rat gene and 1,300 bp for the human. The sequence similarity between the respective coding and 5$\sp\prime$ regions of the gene in both species is nearly 79%. There is also a striking exon/intron structural similarity between the two species. The rat TRPM-2 gene was also shown to be expressed in a wide variety of tissues at very different levels. Finally, the previously published sequence of SGP-2 cDNA is very similar to the TRPM-2 cDNA sequence except for their respective 5$\sp\prime$ ends. PCR analysis has clearly demonstrated that the SGP-2 leader is a cloning artifact.
Cyclotrons operated for nuclear medicine and radiopharmacy in the German speaking D-A-CH countries : an update on current status and trends
Creators: name: Zippel, Claus
name: Ermert, Johannes
name: Patt, Marianne
name: Gildehaus, Franz Josef
name: Ross, Tobias L.
name: Reischl, Gerald
name: Kuwert, Torsten
name: Solbach, Christoph
name: Neumaier, Bernd
name: Kiss, Oliver
name: Mitterhauser, Markus
name: Wadsak, Wolfgang
name: Schibli, Roger
name: Kopka, Klaus
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: (medical) cyclotron
subject: radionuclide production
subject: infrastructure for radiopharmaceutical production
subject: radiation equipment and supplies
subject: DDC 610 / Medicine & health
subject: Nuclear medicine
subject: Cyclotrons
subject: Radioisotopes
subject: Radiopharmaceuticals; Therapeutic use
subject: Nuklearmedizin
subject: Zyklotron
subject: Radionuklid
subject: Radiopharmakon

description: Background Cyclotrons form a central infrastructure and are a resource of medical radionuclides for the development of new radiotracers as well as the production and supply of clinically established radiopharmaceuticals for patient care in nuclear medicine. Aim To provide an updated overview of the number and characteristics of cyclotrons that are currently in use within radiopharmaceutical sciences and for the development of radiopharmaceuticals to be used for patient care in Nuclear Medicine in Germany (D), Austria (A) and Switzerland (CH). Methods Publicly available information on the cyclotron infrastructure was (i) consolidated and updated, (ii) supplemented by selective desktop research and, last but not least, (iii) validated by members of the committee of the academic “Working Group Radiochemistry and Radiopharmacy” (AGRR), consisting of radiochemists and radiopharmacists of the D-A-CH countries and belonging to the German Society of Nuclear Medicine (DGN), as well as the Radiopharmaceuticals Committee of the DGN. Results In total, 42 cyclotrons were identified that are currently being operated for medical radionuclide production for imaging and therapy in Nuclear Medicine clinics, 32 of them in Germany, 4 in Austria and 6 in Switzerland. Two thirds of the cyclotrons reported (67%) are operated by universities, university hospitals or research institutions close to a university hospital, less by/in cooperation with industrial partners (29%) or a non-academic clinic/ PET-center (5%). Most of the cyclotrons (88%) are running with up to 18 MeV proton beams, which is sufficient for the production of the currently most common cyclotron-based radionuclides for PET imaging. Discussion The data presented provide an academically-updated overview of the medical cyclotrons operated for the production of radiopharmaceuticals and their use in Nuclear Medicine in the D-A-CH countries. In this context, we discuss current developments and trends with a view to the cyclotron infrastructure in these countries, with a specific focus on organizational aspects.