cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Il culto della croce nella liturgia del venerdì santo nell’altomedioevo
Creators: name: Mazza, Enrico
Publisher: name: Didaskalia
Year: 2006

description: O artigo intende mostrar a origem do rito da adoração da cruz na liturgia de Sexta-feira santa. Para o efeito examinam-se as liturgias romana, galicana e moçarábica. A partir dos documentos estudados, verifica-se que até ao séc. VII a Sexta-feira santa não conhece nenhuma liturgia própria. Em Roma, o sacramentário Gelasianum Vetus é o primeiro livro litúrgico a mencionar, para este dia, uma liturgia da palavra seguida do rito da veneração da cruz e da comunhão dos fiéis. A história deste rito está ligada ao culto da relíquia da verdadeira cruz praticado na liturgia estacional do Papa. A relíquia era levada em procissão da basílica de S. João de Latrão até à basílica de Santa Cruz em Jerusalém, onde era depositada num altar. Na primeira parte do séc. VIII, o Ordo romanus XXIII testemunha esta prática da liturgia papal, decalcando a descrição feita por Egéria sobre os ritos da semana santa em Jerusalém nos finais do séc. IV. A liturgia da Gália ignora qualquer rito de adoração da cruz. Na tradição hispânica, a origem dos ritos de Sexta-feira santa relaciona-se com o Ofício de Laudes, Tércia e Noa, que têm como tema dominante a paixão de Cristo. O autor conclui, por conseguinte, que o rito da adoração da cruz não nasce em Roma nem em Espanha, mas é um desenvolvimento da veneração da relíquia da santa cruz e do Ofício divino, respectivamente.
description: Didaskalia, v. 36 n. 1 (2006): A teologia escrita por portugueses
Synthesis, structures, and fluorescent properties of two oxalato-bridged dinuclear zinc(II) complexes with tridentate and tetradentate polybenzimidazole ligands
Creators: name: Li, Li-qin
name: Li, Meng
name: Zhang, He
name: Li, Shuo
name: Nie, Feng-Mei
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: Two dinuclear oxalato-bridged zinc(II) complexes, [Zn2(bbma)2(μ2-η4-ox)](ClO4)2 (1) and [Zn2(ntb)2(μ2-η2-ox)](ClO4)2∙4CH3OH (2), containing tridentate and tetradentate polybenzimidazole ligands were synthesized, where bbma is bis(benzimidazol-2-yl-methyl)amine and ntb is tris(2-benzimidazolylmethyl)amine. They were characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction, elemental analysis, IR and fluorescence spectroscopy. Zinc(II) in 1 and 2 are five-coordinate in distorted trigonal bipyramidal geometry. Oxalate bridges two zinc(II) ions as a bis-bidentate chelate in 1 while bis-monodentate in 2. The Zn···Zn distances are 5.318(1) Å for 1 and 7.1295(5) Å for 2, respectively. 1-D chain structures are formed in 2 by intermolecular hydrogen bonds. The solid state fluorescence spectra have been studied for 1 and 2.
CNAM - François Dubois
Creators: name: Leibowitch, Jacques (1942-2020)
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2020

description: 1 fichier (14 pages). Pièces jointes : 13 photos prises lors d'un exposé de J. Leibowitch au CNAM.
Una domus et ecclesia Dei in saeculo: leitura sócio-antropológica do projecto de ecclesia de S. Cipriano de Cartago
Creators: name: Lamelas, Isidro Pereira
Publisher: name: Didaskalia
Year: 2006

description: S. Cipriano foi bispo de Cartago num período (248-258) em que a Igreja católica se debate com um duplo desafio: por um lado a crise da unidade e integridade da comunidade cristã manifestas nas cisões internas e nos numerosos lapsi que a prova da perseguição provocou; por outro lado a necessidade de redefinir as «fronteiras» e as «portas» de relacionamento da Igreja como o século. Em resposta a este duplo desafio Cipriano propõe uma eclesiopraxia baseada na metáfora «domus-casa» com a qual pretende, por uma parte redefinir as condições de uma pertença forte à Ecclesia (extra ecclesiam nulla…), por outra, possibilitar uma abertura sem riscos ao mundo (ecclesia in saeculo).
description: Didaskalia, v. 36 n. 1 (2006): A teologia escrita por portugueses
Supplementary Table S1 from State anxiety and emotional face recognition in healthy volunteers
Creators: name: Attwood, Angela S.
name: Easey, Kayleigh E.
name: Dalili, Michael N.
name: Skinner, Andrew L.
name: Woods, Andy
name: Crick, Lana
name: Ilett, Elizabeth
name: Penton-Voak, Ian S.
name: Munafò, Marcus R.
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 170299 Cognitive Science not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: 179999 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 60801 Animal Behaviour
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Post-hoc paired-sample t-test results of hit data from studies one and two
Um debate sobre o conhecimento de Deus: composição e interpretação de Jb 32–37
Creators: name: Almendra, Luísa Maria
Publisher: name: Didaskalia
Year: 2006

description: Os chamados «discursos de Elihu» (Jb 32–37) irrompem no decorrer do livro de Job, como uma voz, aparentemente desconhecida e inesperada, que pretende retomar as linhas principais do debate iniciado por Job e pelos amigos. A surpresa e a complexidade filológica destes discursos atraíram sobre si inúmeras reacções críticas, enunciadas neste artigo como perguntas dominantes feitas a Jb 32–37. É no limite e na oportunidade destas perguntas que o projecto e a resposta de uma Análise Retórica Bíblica adquire uma relevância singular, surpreendentemente delineada em novos horizontes de compreensão e de questionamento que se afiançam mais próximos do texto bíblico e do seu autor. O passo determinante focaliza-se no estudo da composição do texto, como o fundamento inequívoco de uma compreensão e interpretação objectiva e coerente. Esta interpretação aparece validada por uma observação crítica, onde se sustenta a unidade evidente dos «discursos de Elihu» e a energia de uma linguagem sapiencial; os alicerces de figuração de um autor e da direcção de uma mensagem, geradores de uma fecundidade que caminha de mãos dadas com a reabertura de um novo debate.
description: Didaskalia, v. 36 n. 1 (2006): A teologia escrita por portugueses
Nucleoside derivatives from the marine-derived fungus Aspergillusversicolor
Creators: name: Chen, Min
name: Fu, Xiu-Mei
name: Kong, Chui-Jian
name: Wang, Chang-Yun
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: Four nucleoside derivatives (1–4) were isolated from the fungus Aspergillus versicolor derived from the gorgonian Dichotella gemmacea collected in the South China Sea. Their structures were elucidated by comprehensive spectroscopic method of NMR and MS analysis. All isolated metabolites were evaluated for their cytotoxicity, antibacterial activity and lethality towards brine shrimp Artemia salina. Compounds 1/2 exhibited selective antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus epidermidis with an MIC value of 12.5 μM. It should be noted that 1 and 2, whose structures were listed in SciFinder Scholar, had no associated reference. This is the first report about their isolation, structure elucidation and biological activities.
Matos,Wybouw,Martins_suppF&T from Tetranychus urticae mites do not mount an induced immune response against bacteria
Creators: name: Matos, Gonçalo
name: Wybouw, Nicky
name: Martins, Nelson E.
name: Zélé, Flore
name: Riga, Maria
name: Leitão, Alexandre B.
name: Vontas, John
name: Grbić, Miodrag
name: Leeuwen, Thomas Van
name: Magalhães, Sara
name: Sucena, Élio
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Supplementary Figures and Tables
Anforderungen der Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg an ein Forschungsdatenrepositorium
Creators: name: Hardjowirogo, Sarah-Indriyati
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Forschungsdatenmanagement, Forschungsdaten, HfMT, Repositorium

description: Auswertung der Interviews mit Forschenden der Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg zur Bedarfserhebung für ein Forschungsdatenrepositorium
Growth and development in very preterm infants : the influence of infant, maternal and medical factors
Creators: name: Rust, Libi
Publisher: name: University of Hertfordshire
Year: 2004
Subjects: Infants (Premature), Development

description: It is generally acknowledged that infants born very preterm are at a high risk of developmental delay. It has been suggested that the first few months of life ex-utero might constitute a "sensitive period" during which growth rate could influence later outcome measures including cognitive development. This study investigated the early growth of a sample of 90 infants born very preterm and the developmental status (at 18 months of age) of 81 of those infants (mean gestational age 29.4 weeks; mean birth weight 1283g). Two main issues were addressed. One concerned the relative contribution of various early infant, maternal and medical factors to rate of growth up to 3-months corrected age. The other issue was the extent to which these early factors, as well as early growth rate, were predictive of developmental status at 18 months of age (again corrected for gestation), using the Mental Development Index of the Bayley Scales. Analyses revealed that there were few significant predictors of early growth among the variables that were examined. Infants who had required more intensive medical care during the neonatal period showed a slower growth rate than the more robust infants. Breast-fed infants grew slower from birth to term, but thereafter grew significantly better, resulting in no discernable difference over the whole 5-7 month period. None of the infant behavioural, maternal or social variables examined appeared to be related to early growth. Infants who were born lighter-for-gestation grew faster than the infants who were heavier for gestational age. At the 18-month follow-up assessment this very preterm sample performed poorly overall in comparison to published norms for full term infants. When regression analyses were performed, weight at 3-months of age was found to be predictive of developmental status at 18-months (even when concurrent weight was taken into account), whereas actually being born growth retarded was not found to be a risk factor for poorer developmental outcome. This supports the concept of a "sensitive period" during the first few months of life, when growth rate may influence developmental outcome. Other significant predictors of developmental outcome were gender, early brain scan and mean parental height.
Xylaolide A, a new lactone from the fungus Xylariaceae sp. DPZ-SY43
Creators: name: Yang, Bin
name: Dong, Junde
name: Lin, Xiuping
name: Tao, Huaming
name: Zhou, Xuefeng
name: Liu, Yonghong
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: Chemical investigation of the fungus Xylariaceae sp. DPZ-SY43 has led to the isolation of a new compound, xylaolide A (1) together with three known compounds (2–4). The structures were established by analysing the spectroscopic data. Compound 1 was evaluated for its cytotoxicity.
Electronic Supplementary Material from Evidence for strategic cooperation in humans
Creators: name: Burton-Chellew, Maxwell N.
name: Mouden, Claire El
name: West, Stuart A.
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 60801 Animal Behaviour

description: Humans may cooperate strategically, cooperating at higher levels than expected from their short-term interests, to try and stimulate others to cooperate. To test this, we experimentally manipulated the extent an individual's behaviour is known to others, and hence whether or not strategic cooperation is possible. In contrast with many previous studies, we avoided confounding factors by preventing individuals from learning during the game about either pay-offs or about how other individuals behave. We found clear evidence for strategic cooperators—just telling some individuals that their groupmates would be informed about their behaviour led to them tripling their initial level of cooperation, from 17 to 50%. We also found that many individuals play as if they do not understand the game, and their presence obscures the detection of strategic cooperation. Identifying such players allowed us to detect and study strategic motives for cooperation in novel, more powerful, ways.
1+1′ resonant multiphoton ionisation of OH radicals via the A2Σ+ state: insights from direct comparison with A-X laser-induced fluorescence detection
Creators: name: M. Beames, Joseph
name: Liu, Fang
name: Lester, Marsha I.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: A 1+1′ resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionisation (REMPI) scheme for OH X2Π radicals is characterised for a broad range of intermediate A2Σ+ (v = 1, J, Fi) levels. The intensities of OH A-X (1,0) transitions detected by subsequent fixed-frequency VUV ionisation are compared with those obtained by near simultaneous laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) measurements. The ratios of the 1+1′ REMPI to LIF signals are used to derive enhancement factors which reflect the VUV absorption to the OH A3Π, 3d, v = 0 Rydberg state and/or the fast autoionisation process that yields OH+ ions. The determination of the enhancement factors permits 1+1′ REMPI to be utilised as a quantitative state-specific probe of OH X2Π radicals.
Supplementary Table S2 from State anxiety and emotional face recognition in healthy volunteers
Creators: name: Attwood, Angela S.
name: Easey, Kayleigh E.
name: Dalili, Michael N.
name: Skinner, Andrew L.
name: Woods, Andy
name: Crick, Lana
name: Ilett, Elizabeth
name: Penton-Voak, Ian S.
name: Munafò, Marcus R.
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 170299 Cognitive Science not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: 179999 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 60801 Animal Behaviour
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Paired-sample t-test results of sensitivity (unbiased hit rate) data from studies one and two
Supporting information from Photosynthetic pigment-protein complexes as highly connected networks: implications for robust energy transport
Creators: name: Baker, Lewis A.
name: Habershon, Scott
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 30699 Physical Chemistry not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 30799 Theoretical and Computational Chemistry not elsewhere classified

description: Contains details of the electronic Hamiltonians used to simulate FMO and LHC-II, as well as simulation results for alternative Hamiltonians.
Kinetic and Morphological Studies of Two Different Topological Structures Developed from N, N’-Bis (4-N-Alkylo-Xybenzoyl) Hydrazine (4D16) Organogel
Creators: name: Zhang, Yan
name: Wang, Haitao
name: Zhao, Chengxiao
name: Bai, Binglian
name: Li, Min
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: The compound N, N’-bis (4-n-alkylo-xybenzoyl) hydrazine (4D16), containing a dihydrazide unit in the rigid core, had been systematically investigated in view of their gelation behaviors, topological structures, and gelation formation processes. It has been demonstrated that 4D16 shows strong gelation ability in nonpolar solvents such as benzene and toluene. The xerogels consist of entangled ribbons with the width about 5 μm. According to X-ray diffraction (XRD), cubic structure is revealed in the benzene system, whereas layered structure is observed in toluene system. The morphological observations and kinetic studies by fluorescence spectroscopy as well as rheological study further reveal that self-assembly processes during gelation also differs. Radius fibers with a fractal dimension about 1.4 were observed in benzene system; whereas, less open fibrillar structures with fractal dimension approximately 1.1 were revealed for toluene system. The present results appear to represent that the molecular packing modes turn out to be solvent-dependent, which is due to unique dynamic processes.
Suppl_Materials and Methods from Tetranychus urticae mites do not mount an induced immune response against bacteria
Creators: name: Matos, Gonçalo
name: Wybouw, Nicky
name: Martins, Nelson E.
name: Zélé, Flore
name: Riga, Maria
name: Leitão, Alexandre B.
name: Vontas, John
name: Grbić, Miodrag
name: Leeuwen, Thomas Van
name: Magalhães, Sara
name: Sucena, Élio
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Supplementary Materials and Methods
'The red light of emotion' : reading anger in contemporary British women's working-class fiction
Creators: name: Wheeler, Patricia Ann
Publisher: name: University of Hertfordshire
Year: 2005

description: This thesis investigates the representation of anger in contemporary British women's writing. It argues that Helen Zahavi, Pat Barker, Livi Michael and Anne McManus foreground anger (frequently materialising as anxiety and offset with humour) to pose a series of questions with regard to gender, class and sexuality and that they do so in contemporary 'versions' of the British working-class novel. In exploring the writing of Zahavi, Barker, Michael and McManus I define them as both feminist and working-class writers, but not in an absolute or inviolable way. In this thesis I am more interested in how anger, women's writing and the working-class novel offer what Mikhail Bakhtin calls 'a play of voices in a social context'. The introduction examines antecedent working-class novels and discusses the 4slipperiness' of such literary terms as 'the working-class novel' and 'realism'. I suggest that the male-authored working-class novels of the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century frequently objectify the working classes and place workingclass women within a literary straitjacket. Chapter I explores how working-class women writers have been silenced and are generally absent from a working-class tradition and explores notions of anger and anxiety that relate to their absence within the paradigms of more recent feminist theory. The subsequent chapters offer close readings of the writers under discussion to exemplify the ways in which their representations of anger offer original, inventive and complex interrogations of a range of issues. The final chapter draws on a range of recent fictions by women writers and argues that they use representations of anger strategically in imaginative and accessible narratives that focus on contemporary British society.
Making sense of a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease : partners' experiences
Creators: name: Casson, Roland James
Publisher: name: University of Hertfordshire
Year: 2004

description: Objectives This study aimed to explore the personal experiences and meanings that people develop in response to their partner being diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, and how these inform the ways in which they cope with and manage their situation in the early stages. Method In-depth interviews were conducted with four women whose partners had received a diagnosis of early-stage Alzheimer's disease from specialist services within the past six months. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis was used to identify themes running within their accounts. Results Three key themes emerged from the analysis: `Receiving confirmation of a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease', `Making sense of the diagnosis' and "Staying on an even keel'. `Receiving confirmation of a diagnosis ofAlzheinzer's disease' came at the end of a chain of events for participants. By the time they had been through the process of searching for an explanation for their husband's cognitive difficulties and consulted with professionals, most had half-expecteda diagnosis, although it provoked some strong emotional responsesT. hey described a range of strategies to 'make sense of the diagnosis', including making social comparisons, interpreting professional and social discourses about Alzheimer's disease, making comparisons with previous phases of their life, and attempting to understand and empathise with their partner's experience. The core theme that emerged from participants' accounts was an emphasis on 'staying on an even keel' and protecting their partners' sense of competence and selfhood. They engaged in a range of idiosyncratic intra-personal and interpersonal adjustments to achieve this goal, including re-evaluating their life story and redefining themselves or their partners as `old', re-defining social boundaries to avoid social stigma, and subtly taking on an increasingly powerful position within the relationship in a way that their partners would not be aware of. Conclusions The results are discussed in relation to current clinical debates about the ethics and practicalities of diagnostic disclosure as well as how services can better engage with and respond to the psychosocial needs of family caregivers in the early stages of dementia.
Concise Synthesis of 6-Cyanobenzo[b]furan, a Useful Building Block
Creators: name: Nguyen, Son T.
name: Williams, John D.
name: Majgier-Baranowska, Helena
name: Li, Bing
name: R. Neelagiri, Venugopal
name: Kim, Hwa-Ok
name: Peet, Norton P.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: A new three-step synthesis of 6-cyanobenzo[b]furan (6) was developed, starting from commercially available 6-hydroxybenzo[b]furan-3-one (18). Key steps in this process were the first step, which was the reductive dehydration of 18 to produce 6-hydroxybenzo[b]furan (19), and the last step, which converted the aryl triflate 20 to the aryl cyanide 6 in a palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling protocol. Overall yield for this new synthesis was 49%.
Theoretical Study on the Fractal Structure and Stabilizing Role of the Graviton in the Gravitational Field
Creators: name: Touloumidis, Stylianos
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 510105
subject: General relativity and gravitational waves
classificationCode: 490204
subject: Mathematical aspects of general relativity

description: Theoretical Study on the Fractal Structure and Stabilizing Role of the Graviton in the Gravitational Field
Autobiographical memory and depression : an investigation of over general memory processing on recall tasks
Creators: name: Akande, Rachel Sarah
Publisher: name: University of Hertfordshire
Year: 2004

description: Depression is a prevalent diagnosis within psychiatric populations. People with depression have been shown to recall over general autobiographical memories. The current study uses a cognitive stage model of memory to explain the retrieval processes involved in autobiographical memory. Two memory tasks were used: a standard cued recall task and a free recall cued task. Thirty individuals participated in the study: 15 clinically depressed individuals and 15 non-depressed controls. Analysis showed that the depressed group were significantly more over general than the comparison group. The free recall task provided data on the processes involved in retrieving a specific memory. The depressed group were observed to experience an aberration in this process. Further, they were less able to navigate around the autobiographical memory network. Large effect sizes were found between the groups. The implications of these findings in terms of self concept and difficulties problem solving are discussed. In addition, the consequences for assessment, diagnosis, treatment and relapse are explored. Recommendations for future research are made.
Five-year outcomes from a prospective trial of image-guided accelerated hypofractionated proton therapy for prostate cancer
Creators: name: Henderson, Randal H.
name: Bryant, Curtis
name: Hoppe, Bradford S.
name: R. Charles Nichols
name: Mendenhall, William M.
name: Flampouri, Stella
name: Su, Zhong
name: Zuofeng Li
name: Morris, Christopher G.
name: Mendenhall, Nancy P.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: Medicine
Cell Biology
Pharmacology
Biotechnology
Cancer

description: Purpose: To report 5-year outcomes of a prospective trial of image-guided accelerated hypofractionated proton therapy (AHPT) for prostate cancer. Patients and methods: 215 prostate cancer patients accrued to a prospective institutional review board-approved trial of 70Gy(RBE) in 28 fractions for low-risk disease (n = 120) and 72.5Gy(RBE) in 29 fractions for intermediate-risk disease (n = 95). This trial excluded patients with prostate volumes of ≥60 cm3 or International Prostate Symptom Scores (IPSS) of ≥15, patients on anticoagulants or alpha-blockers, and patients in whom dose-constraint goals for organs at risk (OAR) could not be met. Toxicities were graded prospectively according to Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE), version 3.0. This trial can be found on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT00693238). Results: Median follow-up was 5.2 years. Five-year rates of freedom from biochemical and clinical disease progression were 95.9%, 98.3%, and 92.7% in the overall group and the low- and intermediate-risk subsets, respectively. Actuarial 5-year rates of late radiation-related CTCAE v3.0 grade 3 or higher gastrointestinal and urologic toxicities were 0.5% and 1.7%, respectively. Median IPSS before treatment and at 4+ years after treatment were 6 and 5 for low-risk patients and 4 and 6 for intermediate-risk patients. Conclusions: Image-guided AHPT 5-year outcomes show high efficacy and minimal physician-assessed toxicity in selected patients. These results are comparable to the 5-year results of our prospective trials of standard fractionated proton therapy for patients with low-risk and intermediate-risk prostate cancer. Longer follow-up and a larger cohort are necessary to confirm these findings.
Room-Temperature Synthesis of Hydroxylnaphthalene-1,4-dione Derivative Catalyzed by Phenylphosphinic Acid
Creators: name: Liu, Di
name: Zhou, Shixue
name: Gao, Jun
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: An efficient one-pot synthesis of hydroxylnaphthalene-1,4-dione derivatives is accomplished by a three-component reaction of 2-hydroxynaphthalene-1,4-dione, aromatic aldehydes, and amines in water under ambient temperature catalyzed by phenylphosphinic acid. This method has the advantages of good yield, mild reaction conditions, simple workup, environmental friendliness and cost efficiency.
Sustainable Urban Transport : India Initiatives
Creators: name: Savant, Sujata
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 50205 Environmental Management
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 50209 Natural Resource Management

description: Sustainable mobility is the mobility which is environmentally sound, socially just and economically feasible. It is the public transport that performs strongly in all three areas. Public transport is not only more energy efficient, socially inclusive, more equitable and space saving but also creates 2-3 times more jobs than private transport. Public Transport, therefore, is a dynamic actor in the sustainable future of cities. Transportation is the primary source of CO2 and other green house gases, contributing up to 40 % of the cities total emissions. All over the world cities have initiated measures such as increasing the share of public transport and non-motorised modes to reduce the negative impacts of urban transport. Bus Rapid Transit, a new approach in bus system operation has put urban transportation on a more sustainable path. The paper describes the experience of BRT in Latin American cities, Indian urban transport scenario, policy frame work of Government of India and the efforts made by Indian cities to put their public transport on a sustainable path.
Assessing the efficiency and effectiveness of local authorities in Saudi Arabia : a case study of Jeddah Municipality
Creators: name: Aazam, Salwa Hassan Farid
Publisher: name: University of Hertfordshire
Year: 2004

description: The aim of the thesis is to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of the major services that are provided by Jeddah Municipality (JM) by using criteria which are derived from the Saudi environment. The Delphi technique was used in the first instance to obtain a consensus of opinion as to the meaning of efficiency and effectiveness among Saudi experts on local administration in Saudi Arabia. It was used, secondly, to develop criteria which then were used to assess the selected services. With the developed consensus in mind, efficiency of the selected services was measured. However, the assessment was limited to only a few services due to insufficient data provided by JM. The results indicate a tendency towards an increase in efficiency of the assessed services. However, since the assessment was limited only to few services from the same department, and was further constrained by limited data, it therefore cannot be considered as a clear-cut measurement of the level of the efficiency of services provided by JM. The second part of the study was based upon questionnaires designed by using the criteria for effectiveness. The questionnaires were sent to the recipients of the service, the Saudi experts on local administration in Jeddah city, and the staff of JM's departments that are responsible for delivering the selected services. The results indicate that according to beneficiaries and experts, the effectiveness of the selected services is low, while according to the staff the effectiveness of the selected services is mid-range. Recommendations were made to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the existing selected services and on how to measure the efficiency and effectiveness of these services. Furthermore, the study recommends JM's officials and departments to be accountable and transparent. Accountability and transparency are important elements for improvement of municipal services in particular, and the provision of public services in general.
Additional file 1 of Geographical variation and clustering are found in atrial fibrillation beyond socioeconomic differences: a Danish cohort study, 1987–2015
Creators: name: Wodschow, Kirstine
name: Bihrmann, Kristine
name: Larsen, Mogens Lytken
name: Gislason, Gunnar
name: Ersbøll, Annette Kjær
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1. Flow chart of data with indication of numbers (n) of individuals censored at each step in the data management and numbers of incident atrial fibrillation (AF).
A globalização dos desportos: entre a indigenização do críquete indiano e a popularização do futebol português
Creators: name: Kumar, Rahul
Publisher: name: Comunicação & Cultura
Year: 2012

description: Procuramos debater neste artigo o valor heurístico do conceito de indigenização para a compreensão dos processos de globalização dos desportos face aos contributos da teoria social clássica. A partir de uma comparação histórica entre duas modalidades em dois contextos diversos – o futebol português e o críquete indiano –, opusemos a um modelo da diferença cultural, em que se alicerça o argumento de Appadurai, um modelo de popularização dos desportos, influenciado pela lógica da distinção entre classes sociais e do crescimento das interdependências sociais.
description: Comunicação & Cultura, n. 13 (2012): Desporto e espetáculo
Project Description and Analysis Plan
Creators: name: Heffernan, Neil
name: Erickson, John
name: Botelho, Anthony F
name: Sales, Adam
name: Thanaporn Patikorn
Publisher: name: OSF Registries
Year: 2019

description: The project goals and definitions of methods, outcome measures, and planned analyses with descriptions and references to each of the data and R scripts to be used therein.
Atos biográficos na sedução da imagem: A Ilha dos Amores, de Paulo Rocha
Creators: name: Avelar, Mário
Publisher: name: Comunicação & Cultura
Year: 2012

description: Este ensaio pretende refletir sobre a forma como Paulo Rocha acolhe a biografia e a obra de Wenceslau de Moraes no seu filme A Ilha dos Amores. Num primeiro instante sinalizar-se-ão, breve e elipticamente, alguns factos do percurso deste escritor. Num segundo momento transitar-se-á para a análise do filme através de uma leitura de instantes considerados relevantes para a sua singularidade estética.
description: Comunicação & Cultura, n. 13 (2012): Desporto e espetáculo
Entrevista a James Curran
Creators: name: Figueiras, Rita
name: Ribeiro, Nelson
Publisher: name: Comunicação & Cultura
Year: 2012

description: James Curran é professor catedrático e diretor do Goldsmiths Leverhulme Media Research Centre. A sua investigação centra-se sobretudo na relação entre os media e a democracia, quer através do ângulo da história dos media, quer da economia política dos media, áreas sobre as quais publicou mais de duas dezenas de livros, como Media and Democracy, Power without Responsability (co-autoria de Jean Seaton) e Media and Society. Na sua obra mais recente, Misunderstanding the Internet (co-autoria de Natalie Fenton e Des Freedman), James Curran reavalia o impacto social da Internet, desconstruindo os discursos que consideram que a web revolucionou a sociedade do século xxi. A entrevista, realizada a 28 de fevereiro de 2012, dia em que James Curran proferiu uma conferência na Universidade Católica Portuguesa, aborda variados temas. Entre estes, destacamos o impacto das formas de propriedade dos media na construção do conhecimento dos cidadãos sobre os temas públicos e o atual discurso sobre o jornalismo e os media, que, de acordo com o investigador, tem sido marcado, nos últimos anos, por uma sobrevalorização do papel das novas tecnologias.
description: Comunicação & Cultura, n. 13 (2012): Desporto e espetáculo
Production, Purification, and Antibiofilm Activity of a Novel Exopolysaccharide from Arthrobacter sp. B4
Creators: name: Li, Yumei
name: Li, Qiang
name: Hao, Dakui
name: Jiang, Dong
name: Luo, Yan
name: Liu, Yingzi
name: Zhao, Zhiwen
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: A novel exopolysaccharide (EPS), namely, B4-EPS, is produced by Arthrobacter sp. B4. Response surface methodology (RSM) was employed to optimize the fermentation medium for increasing B4-EPS production. Based on Plackett–Burman design (PBD), glucose, yeast extract, and KH2PO4 were selected as significant variables, which were further optimized by a central composite design (CCD). According to response surface and canonical analysis, the optimal medium was composed of 16.94 g/L glucose, 2.33 g/L yeast extract, and 5.32 g/L KH2PO4. Under this condition, the maximum yield of B4-EPS reached about 8.54 g/L after 72 hr of batch fermentation, which was pretty close to the predicted value (8.52 g/L). Furthermore, B4-EPS was refined by column chromatography. The main homogeneous fraction (B4-EPS1) was collected and applied to assay of antibiofilm activity. B4-EPS1 exhibited a dose-dependent inhibitory effect on biofilm formation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 without antibacterial activity. About 86.1% of biofilm formation of P. aeruginosa PAO1 was inhibited in the presence of 50 µg/mL B4-EPS1, which was more effective than the peer published data. Moreover, B4-EPS1 could prevent biofilm formation of other strains. These data suggest B4-EPS may represent a promising strategy to combat bacterial biofilms in the future.
PRODUCTION, PURIFICATION AND ANTIBIOFILM ACTIVITY OF A NOVEL EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE FROM ARTHROBACTER sp. B4
Creators: name: Li, Yumei
name: Li, Qiang
name: Hao, Dakui
name: Jiang, Dong
name: Luo, Yan
name: Liu, Yingzi
name: Zhao, Zhiwen
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: A novel exopolysaccharide (EPS), namely B4-EPS, is produced byArthrobacter sp. B4. Response surface methodology (RSM) was employed to optimize the fermentation medium for increasing B4-EPS production. Based on Plackett–Burman design (PBD), glucose, yeast extract and KH2PO4 were selected as significant variables, which were further optimized by a central composite design (CCD). According to response surface and canonical analysis, the optimal medium was composed of 16.94 g/L glucose, 2.33 g/L yeast extract, and 5.32 g/L KH2PO4. Under this condition, the maximum yield of B4-EPS reached about 8.54 g/L after 72 h batch fermentation, which was pretty close to the predicted value (8.52 g/L). Furthermore, B4-EPS was refined by column chromatography. The main homogeneous fraction (B4-EPS1) was collected and applied to assay of antibiofilm activity. B4-EPS1 exhibited a dose-dependent inhibitory effect on biofilm formation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 without antibacterial activity. About 86.1% of biofilm formation of P. aeruginosa PAO1 was inhibited in the presence of 50 µg/mL B4-EPS1, which was more effective than the peer published data. Moreover, B4-EPS1 could prevent biofilm formation of other strains. These data suggest B4-EPS may represent a promising strategy to combat bacterial biofilms in the future.
Pierre Babin: 1925 (Paray le Monial) - 2012 (Lyon)
Creators: name: Capucho, Carlos
Publisher: name: Comunicação & Cultura
Year: 2012

description: Pela importância da sua obra ímpar, pela relevância da sua forte relação com Portugal (onde formou inúmeros agentes pedagógicos e deixou alguns discípulos) e pela memória da sua presença em alguns momentos na Universidade Católica Portuguesa, aqui se deixa uma justa homenagem a este importante investigador, professor, ensaísta e sacerdote católico francês falecido com 87 anos no início de maio do corrente ano.
description: Comunicação & Cultura, n. 13 (2012): Desporto e espetáculo
«Julgamento pelos media»: policiamento, ambiente mediático das notícias 24/7 e a «política da indignação»
Creators: name: Greer, Chris
name: McLaughlin, Eugene
Publisher: name: Comunicação & Cultura
Year: 2012

description: Este artigo analisa a natureza em mudança das relações entre os meios de comunicação social e a chefia da polícia. Com base em estudos prévios (Greer & McLaughlin, 2010), usamos os conceitos de «estrutura inferencial» (Lang & Lang, 1955 e «hierarquia da credibilidade» (Becker, 1967) para analisar o «julgamento pelos media» do antigo comissário do Serviço da Polícia Metropolitana (MPS), Sir Ian Blair. Centramo-nos na reação coletiva e fundamentalmente hostil por parte dos media à declaração de Blair em 2005, que afirmara que: (a) os media são culpados de «racismo institucional» na sua cobertura dos homicídios; e (b) que os homicídios de duas crianças de 10 anos em Soham, 2001, receberam níveis desproporcionados de atenção por parte dos media. Um longo período de aniquilação simbólica na imprensa britânica generalista estabeleceria uma «estrutura inferencial» que definiu Blair como comissário «dado a gafes»: a sua posição na «hierarquia da credibilidade» foi destruída e foi-lhe retirada a legitimidade no cargo. A demissão sem precedentes de um comissário da MPS insere-se num contexto mais abrangente de «jornalismo de ataque» e na crescente «política da indignação» nos meios de comunicação social.
description: Comunicação & Cultura, n. 14 (2012): Media e crime
Uma carta de vilões? A imprensa e a Lei dos Direitos Humanos
Creators: name: Gies, Lieve
Publisher: name: Comunicação & Cultura
Year: 2012

description: A Lei dos Direitos Humanos de 1998 (HRA), uma peça fundamental do campo legislativo que visa o reforço da proteção dos direitos humanos no Reino Unido, tem sido alvo de uma cobertura noticiosa negativa por parte da imprensa desde que entrou em vigor. Os apoiantes desta legislação estão preocupados com o facto de esta estar a ser retratada como uma «carta de vilões», que apenas beneficia os elementos menos merecedores da sociedade. Este artigo analisa os enquadramentos que os jornais têm aplicado aos acontecimentos mais relevantes que envolveram a HRA, não descurando também uma visão geral das reportagens quotidianas sobre o tema. Os resultados sugerem que os enquadramentos são muito mais subtis e diversificados do que se poderia ser levado a pensar a partir do epíteto «carta de vilões». A partir da cobertura noticiosa da HRA em jornais de grande formato quando a lei entrou em vigor na Inglaterra e no País de Gales, demonstrar-se-á como, nesta ocasião em particular, a cobertura revelou diferenças ideológicas assinaláveis. Por outro lado, e tendo em conta um outro acontecimento decisivo no contexto do debate sobre os direitos humanos, que foi a introdução do controverso projeto do Cartão de Identidade, é evidente que o assunto atraiu a imprensa de forma unânime, ainda que nessa ocasião o debate tivesse sido conduzido numa linguagem mais direcionada para a questão das liberdades civis do que dos direitos humanos. Por fim, considerando a cobertura noticiosa dos tabloides sobre um acórdão histórico proferido pelo Comité de Apelo da Câmara dos Lordes, este artigo analisa ainda a identidade daqueles que são qualificados como vítimas merecedoras nas narrativas dos tabloides sobre a HRA.
description: Comunicação & Cultura, n. 14 (2012): Media e crime
Structural basis of pesticide detection by enzymatic biosensing: a molecular docking and MD simulation study
Creators: name: Mohd. Shahbaaz
name: Suvardhan Kanchi
name: Myalowenkosi Sabela
name: Bisetty, Krishna
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Inorganic Chemistry

description: Designing of rapid, facile, selective, and cost-effective biosensor technology is a growing area for the detection of various classes of pesticides. The biosensor with these features can be achieved only through the various bio-components using different transducers. This study, therefore, focuses on the usage of molecular docking, specificity tendencies, and capabilities of proteins for the detection of pesticides. Accordingly, the four transducers, acetylcholinesterase (ACH), cytochromes P450 (CYP), glutathione S-transferase (GST), and protein kinase C (PKC) were selected based on their applications including neurotransmitter, metabolism, detoxification enzyme, and protein phosphorylation. Then after molecular docking of the pesticides, fenobucarb, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), and parathion onto each enzyme, the conformational behavior of the most stable complexes was further analyzed using 50 ns Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations carried out under explicit water conditions. In the case of protein kinase C (PKC) and cytochrome P450 3A4 enzyme (CYP), the fenobucarb complex showed the most suitable combination of free energy of binding and inhibition constant −4.42 kcal/mol (573.73 μM) and −5.1 kcal/mol (183.49 μM), respectively. Parathion dominated for acetylcholinesterase (ACH) with −4.57 kcal/mol (448.09 μM) and lastly dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane for glutathione S-transferase (GST), −5.43 kcal/mol (103.88 μM). The RMSD variations were critical for understanding the impact of pesticides as they distinctively influence the energetic attributes of the proteins. Overall, the outcomes from the extensive analysis provide an insight into the structural features of the proteins studied, thereby highlighting their potential use as a substrate in biorecognition sensing of pesticide compounds.
Tanto pânico para nada? Representações e realidades da solicitação online de menores
Creators: name: Jewkes, Yvonne
Publisher: name: Comunicação & Cultura
Year: 2012

description: Este artigo visa compreender de onde provêm as ideias da sociedade sobre os riscos existentes online para as crianças e jovens. Articulando perspetivas das áreas da criminologia, da sociologia e dos estudos dos media, argumentaremos que, do ponto de vista cultural, a sociedade não possui uma visão clara sobre a infância e atém-se a ideias extremamente ambíguas sobre a mesma e sobre a sexualidade. Adicionalmente, apesar da tendência dos media para apresentarem a atração dos adultos por menores como um fenómeno exclusivamente «moderno», sempre estiveram subjacentes às normas sociais e legais ideias contraditórias sobre o tema, que foram particularmente salientes na sociedade vitoriana. Atualmente, numa altura em que os indivíduos têm preterido os espaços públicos em favor da «segurança» dos ambientes domésticos e privados, tem-se assistido à emergência de um dos fenómenos mais preocupantes da nossa época: o abuso sexual online de menores.
description: Comunicação & Cultura, n. 14 (2012): Media e crime
Alltag in der Agglomeration: Eine qualitativ-empirische Studie der Lebenswelt Agglomeration im Kontext der Stadtwerdung der Agglomeration
Creators: name: Küng, Johannes
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020

description: Die Agglomeration Zürichs gilt als eines der Gebiete mit der höchsten Entwicklungsdynamik der Schweiz. Auf Grund des schnellen Bevölkerungswachstums und den damit einhergehenden Herausforderungen für die politischen Gemeinden und die Gesellschaft ist die Agglomeration für die Raumplanung von besonderer Bedeutung. In den letzten Jahren entstanden auf allen Ebenen des politischen Systems der Schweiz Konzepte und Strategien zur Steuerung der Entwicklung der Agglomeration. Das wichtigste Konzept wurde im Rahmen des nationalen Forschungsprogramm NFP65 «Neue urbane Qualitäten» entwickelt, welches unter dem Titel Stadtwerdung der Agglomeration bekannt wurde. In besonderem Masse sind die Bewohnenden der Agglomeration von dieser Entwicklung betroffen. Die subjektive Wahrnehmung der Bewohnenden der Agglomeration findet jedoch in den entsprechenden Konzepten wenig Beachtung. Diese Master-Thesis erforscht deshalb anhand eines qualitativ-empirischen Forschungsdesign die subjektive Wahrnehmung der Lebenswelt Agglomeration seitens der Bewohnenden und sucht nach den Strukturen, die diese Lebenswelt prägen. Die Arbeit geht dabei von einer gegenseitigen Bewirkung von Struktur und Lebenswelt aus und nimmt das Gesellschaftsmodell der modale Strukturierungstheorie nach Gregor Husi als Interpretationsfolie. Die Arbeit hat zum Ziel, die subjektive Wahrnehmung der Lebenswelt Agglomeration seitens der Bewohnenden der Agglomerationsgemeinden in die Diskussion über die Entwicklung der Agglomeration einzubringen und entwickelt anhand der Theorie des kleinstmöglichen Eingriffs nach Lucius Burckhardt sowie der Diskurstheorie nach Jürgen Habermas einen Vorschlag, wie die Herausforderungen der Agglomeration als Chancen zur Entwicklung einer neuen Form der Stadt genutzt werden könnten.
description: + Code Diss LU: hslusa masa be + Fussnote: Master of Science in Sozialer Arbeit, Bern, Luzern, St. Gallen, 2020 + NL-Code: NLLUHSA202002
Carbon-covered mesoporous silica and its application in Rhodamine B adsorption
Creators: name: R. C. S. Nascimento
name: A. O. S. Silva
name: L. Meili
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Modified versions of MCM-41 and SBA-15 were obtained from sucrose by carbon deposition. The ability of the resulting materials, MCM-41 CC and SBA-15 CC, to remove Rhodamine B from aqueous solutions was evaluated. TG/DTG, XRD, Nitrogen Adsorption (BET), and SEM were used to characterize the materials. Adsorption was investigated by finite bath studies. To characterize the adsorption behavior and mechanism, kinetics and equilibrium were assessed. MCM-41 CC provided the best adsorption results: adsorptive capacity of 11.91 mg of dye/g of material and 91.95% w/v dye removal (C0 = 50 mg L−1). The sucrose particles interacted well, to result in improved area and micropore volume. Hence, carbon deposition can afford materials with increased adsorptive capacity depending on the sieve employed during their preparation.