cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
CALCULATION OF LASER CUTTING COSTS
Creators: name: Nedic, Bogdan
name: Eric, Milan
name: Aleksijevic, Marijana
Publisher: name: Center for Quality
Year: 2016
Subjects: unconventional forming process
laser cutting
cutting costs
software for calculating cutting costs

description: International Journal for Quality Research; Vol 10, No 3, 2016. ISSN 1800-6450
description: The paper presents description methods of metal
cutting and calculation of treatment costs based on model that is developed on Faculty of mechanical engineering in Kragujevac. Based on systematization and analysis of large number of calculation models of cutting with unconventional methods, mathematical model is derived, which is used for creating a software for calculation costs of metal cutting. Software solution enables resolving the problem of calculating the cost of laser cutting, comparison' of costs made by other unconventional methods and provides documentation that consists of reports on estimated costs.
IDENTIFICATION OF FACTORS AFFECTING LEAN MANUFACTURING IMPLEMENTATION IN PUMP
MANUFACTURING COMPANIES IN INDIA A CASE STUDY
Creators: name: Pratik Badgujar
name: Bachchan Kanungo
name: G.D. Thakar
Publisher: name: Center for Quality
Year: 2016
Subjects: Lean manufacturing
pump industry
lean manufacturing implementation

description: International Journal for Quality Research; Vol 10, No 3, 2016. ISSN 1800-6450
description: Lean Manufacturing has now become a common
word in the industrial corridors. It has now been applied to the industries of several domains. No wonder that the Pump manufacturing has also witnessed profound influence of Lean philosophy. Pump manufacturing in India has a history as old as 80 years with more than 500 pump manufacturing units presently working. The present research is an explorative study and was undertaken to identify various factors affecting lean manufacturing implementation in pump manufacturing industry. Analysis of results revealed that the companies registered increase in productivity and reduction in costs and wastes. Lack of understanding, Supply chain and Company culture are found to be the strongest barriers of lean manufacturing implementation. The multiple regression model revealed that Lack of workers support can be fairly reduced by
educating them about Lean Manufacturing and establishing a healthy communication with workers. An analysis across different management levels revealed disparity in perceptions and views of personnel. There is a need for top management to align organization toward common goals so as to achieve better success in implementing lean manufacturing.
SYSTEMS APPROACH FOR CONTEMPORARY COMPLEX TOURISM SYSTEMS
Creators: name: Jakulin, Tadeja Jere
Publisher: name: Center for Quality
Year: 2016
Subjects: systems approach
tip of the iceberg
modelling
tourism
"the big picture"
co-creative society

description: International Journal for Quality Research; Vol 10, No 3, 2016. ISSN 1800-6450
description: Systems approach represents thinking outside the box and is connected to the transformation of common linear approach and thinking. Western society followed rules of classical western science, which form many centuries took analysis as mainstream of thinking and researching. One can find perfect and logical explanation for this. In the past, classical science researched matter and reached optimal results with analysis and analytical thinking. Nowadays more and more scientists research intangible world around matter and cooperate with prevailed, fastest growing service industry such as tourism. Following paper presents systems approach in tourism, which defines wideness, co-dependency among tourism system elements, and "big picture" point of view. In a frame of systems methodology, we will show the importance of systems approach in order to understand complexity in the area of tourism. At once an excellent example of the analytical approach will be shown in so called "the tip of the iceberg" theory, where events represent analytical thinking and structure or base of the iceberg represents systems approach. Complexity of the tourism systems will be explained and a model of a common tourism system developed. We claim that the analysis, in the past, caused technological progress; it caused the development of western science, which we now know it. It led to the discoveries but for dealing with contemporary complex challenges is not sufficient. Today a systems approach is suitable enough for dealing with complex question in the area of tourism and of course in global society.
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT OF TIRE MOULD CLEANING SYSTEMS AND QUALITY FINISHING
Creators: name: Ippoliti, Martin
name: Fragassa, Cristiano
Publisher: name: Center for Quality
Year: 2016
Subjects: Tire Industry
Moulds
Laser cleaning
Dry ice cleaning
Ultrasonic cleaning
Spring-vents

description: International Journal for Quality Research; Vol 10, No 3, 2016. ISSN 1800-6450
description: A modern tire merges up to 300 different chemical elements, both organic and inorganic, natural and synthetic. During manufacturing, various processes are present such as mixing, calendering and extrusion, forming dozens of individual parts. Then, moulding and vulcanization inside special moulds provides the tire its final shape. Since the surface quality of moulds strongly affects the quality of tire, mould cleaning is a fundamental aspect of the whole tire production and cleaning techniques are in continuous development. This investigation proposes a global technology assessment of tire mould cleaning systems including uncommon solutions as multi-axis robots for cleaning on board by laser or dry ice, or ultrasonic cleaning which use cavitation. A specific attention is also focused on the industry adoption of spring-vents in moulds and how they are influencing the development the quality of final products.
What Can We Learn About Stellar Activity Cycles From Zdi?
Creators: name: See, Victor
name: Jardine, M.
name: Vidotto, A.
name: Donati, J.-F.
name: Boro Saikia, S.
name: Bouvier, J.
name: Fares, R.
name: Folsom, C.
name: Gregory, S.
name: Hussain, G.
name: Jeffers, S.
name: Marsden, S.
name: Morin, J.
name: Moutou, C.
name: do Nascimento, J. D.
name: Petit, P.
name: Waite, I.
name: + BCool Collaboration
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016

description: It is known that activity cycles, similar to the 11 year cycle of the Sun, can exist on other stars. Previous work suggests that stars may lie on two branches in a cycle period vs rotation period diagram though there is no definitive explanation for why this should be the case. Fundamentally, activity cycles occur as a result of the underlying dynamo. Indeed, a great deal has been learnt about the Sun's activity cycle by studying how its magnetic field evolves over each activity cycle. In the same way, we should be able to learn about the activity cycles of other stars by studying their magnetic field properties. In this talk, I will present new insights into stellar activity cycles by analysing the magnetic maps of stars that are known to present activity cycles. I will show that stars along each of the branches appear to have different magnetic field topologies.
description: Contributed talk at the Splinter Session on "Variability of Solar/Stellar Magnetic Activity" (http://coolstars19.com/splinters/stellar-var/index.html) at the "Cool Stars 19" Workshop
Immunohistochemical evidence of dysregulation of the mTOR pathway in pheochromocytomas
Creators: name: Brimo, Fadi
name: Chaux, Alcides
name: Epstein, Jonathan I.
name: Schultz, Luciana
name: Jean-Marc Rizk
name: Pedram Argani
name: Marzo, Angelo M. De
name: Netto, George J.
Publisher: name: F1000Research
Year: 2016

description: The biological behavior of primary pheochromocytomas is difficult to predict on morphological grounds alone. In vitro studies suggest a dysregulation of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway in pheochromocytomas. Considering that mTOR inhibitors are already approved for certain malignant tumors, we sought to evaluate the activation of this pathway in 47 pheochromocytomas, including 39 primary and 8 unmatched metastatic tumors. Immunohistochemistry was used to assess the expression status of the following members of the mTOR pathway: PTEN, phos-AKT, phos-S6, p27, and c-myc. We found low PTEN and high phos-AKT levels, suggesting a dysregulation of the mTOR pathway in pheochromocytomas. We also found higher phos-S6 levels in malignant pheochromocytomas, which might indicate a role of the mTOR pathway dysregulation in tumor progression.
The digital divide: evolution of understanding
Creators: name: Bhanu Bhakta Acharya
Publisher: name: F1000Research
Year: 2016

description: The digital divide is a multi-dimensional concept that is not limited to issues of access. Rather, it covers almost every aspect of human life including information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure, ability to handle ICT tools, and quality services. Throughout the last twenty years the digital divide concept has been evolving in a manner that takes account of various technological, socio-economic, socio-political, and socio-cultural considerations. From the mid-1990s to the early 2000s notions of the digital divided tended to focus on questions of access. During the first five years of the new millennium skills-related considerations were predominant. Then, attention shifted to a usage gap during 2005-2010. In this paper I employ Okoli and Schabram's (2010) systematic literature review framework as a basis for examining 21 digital divide focused scholarly articles that were selected from 118 peer-reviewed articles published between 2010 and 2015. The objective is to assess recent conceptualizations of the term and identify emerging considerations.

The findings suggest that scholarly literature published in this domain during the last five years has identified user attitudes towards technology, motivations for use of technology, and socio-cultural backgrounds. Despite the lack of a widely agreed upon definition of the digital divide, recent conceptualizations appear to be moving away from the traditional emphasis of technological and economic gaps. Seventeen of the 21 authors in the sample view "digital divide" as a social divide, created by long-existing socio-economic and socio-cultural gaps, influenced by various psychological factors of ICT users. These authors came up with an opinion that the discourse of the digital divide has actually distracted from the major problem that is rooted in socio-economic and socio-cultural grounds. The central theme of the selected articles is – without addressing long existing socio-economic and socio-cultural inequalities, which are real and deeper divides, bridging the technological gaps might not end the real issue of digital divide.
INTEGRATED METHODOLOGY FOR PRODUCT PLANNING USING MULTI CRITERIA ANALYSIS
Creators: name: Soota, Tarun
Publisher: name: Center for Quality
Year: 2016
Subjects: Multi criteria analysis
product planning
AHP
ANP
QFD

description: International Journal for Quality Research; Vol 10, No 3, 2016. ISSN 1800-6450
description: Integrated approach to multi-criteria decision problems is proposed using quality function deployment and analytical network process. The objective of the work is to rationalize and improve the method of analyzing and interpreting customer needs and technical requirements. The methodology is used to determine, prioritize engineering requirements based on customer needs for development of best product. Framework allows decision maker to decompose a complex problem in a hierarchical structure to show relationship between objective and criteria. Multi-criteria decision modeling is used for extending the hierarchy process to both dependence and feedback. A case study on bikes is presented for the proposed model.
KNOWLEDGE AND LEARNING IN TERMS OF OPERATIONAL RISK MANAGEMENT IN THE FINANCIAL AND BANKING SYSTEMS
Creators: name: Luburic, Radoica
Publisher: name: Center for Quality
Year: 2016
Subjects: Operational risk management
quality management
quality management principles
knowledge
learning
innovations

description: International Journal for Quality Research; Vol 10, No 3, 2016. ISSN 1800-6450
description: This paper is a part of the author`s wider research that examines the impact of operational risks on the functioning of financial organisations, with particular reference to central banks. The research clearly demonstrates
the importance of the human factor in the timely identification and efficient management of operational risks. People are the basic strength of organisations; they are the source of
innovation, as well as of good relations with customers and other interested parties. The paper highlights the illusion that people can be successful in improving products or providing
better services without improving themselves as well. Any assessment of the impact of the human factor on the appearance, identification, and efficient management of operational risks is a very complex process. This has to be an ongoing process that develops through the development of the organisation, staff competences and motivation, as well as organisational culture. In particular, emphasis must be placed on the importance of learning and knowledge in both the
recognition and the efficient management of operational risks. The paper identifies education as the foundation of knowledge and knowledge as the foundation of the long-term development
of organisations. They grow in significance when employing a process approach to risk management, especially the connected roles of "process owners" and "risk owners" in effective process and risk management. It is also clearly shown that any defence against risk, is as strong as its weakest link, and the weakest link in the chain of defence is an untrained, demotivated or dissatisfied employee or team, who are unable to recognize risk on time.
Supplementary document for Mechanically induced photons from ultraviolet-C to near-infrared in Tm3+-doped MgF2 - 6455408.pdf
Creators: name: Li, Pei
name: leipeng, li
name: Li, Tao
name: Han, Yixiao
name: Cai, Chongyang
name: wang, Chunzheng
name: Peng, Dengfeng
name: Kang, Hongxiang
name: Yang, Yanmin
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Optical Properties of Materials

description: Figure S1 and S2.
STUDENT-DEFINED QUALITY BY KANO MODEL: A CASE STUDY OF ENGINEERING STUDENTS IN INDIA
Creators: name: Taifa, Ismail Wilson
name: Darshak A. Desai
Publisher: name: Center for Quality
Year: 2016
Subjects: Kano Model
Voice of Students
Satisfaction
Dissatisfaction
Class Furniture
Kano questionnaire

description: International Journal for Quality Research; Vol 10, No 3, 2016. ISSN 1800-6450
description: Engineering Students in India like elsewhere worldwide need well designed classrooms furniture which can enable them to attend lectures without negative impact in the long run. Engineering students from India have not yet been involved in suggesting their requirements for improving the mostly out-dated furniture at their colleges. Among the available improvement techniques, Kano Model is one of the most effective improvement approaches. The main objective of the study was to identify and categorise all the main attributes regarding the classrooms furniture for the purpose of increasing student satisfaction in the long run. Kano Model has been well applied to make an exhaustive list of requirements for redesigning classroom furniture. Cronbach Alpha was computed with the help of SPSS 16.0 for validation purpose and it ranged between 0.8 and 0.9 which is a good internal consistency. Further research can be done by integrating Kano Model with Quality Function Deployment.
Affective Colonization as Minority Management
Creators: name: Moses, A. Dirk
Publisher: name: PubPub
Year: 2022

description:
Minority management has become an imperative for the German state especially after changes in the citizenship law in 2000, 9/11, and the entry of nearly one million mainly Syrian refugees in 2015. Although Muslims comprise only between 6.4% and 6.7% of the population – ca. 5.3 to 5.6 millions – concern about “imported antisemitism” is particularly acute among authorities and in the press.
Molecular Mechanism of Xxylogenesis in Moso Bamboo (Phyllostachys Edulis) Shoots During Cold Storage
Creators: name: Li, C
name: Xuan, L
name: He, Y
name: Wang, J
name: Zhang, H
name: Ying, Y
name: Wu, A
name: Bacic, Tony
name: Zeng, Wei
name: Song, Lili
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 34
subject: Chemical sciences
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
classificationCode: 40
subject: Engineering

description: A bamboo shoot is the immature stem of the woody grass and a nutritious and popular vegetable in East Asia. However, it undergoes a rapid xylogenesis process right after harvest, even being stored in a cold chamber. To investigate the molecular regulation mechanisms of xylogenesis in Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis) shoots (MBSes) during cold storage, the measurement of cell wall polymers (cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin) and related enzyme activities (phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL), cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase (CAD), peroxidase (POD), and xylan xylosyltransferase (XylT)) and transcriptomic analysis were performed during cold storage. It was noticed that cellulose and lignin contents increased, while hemicellulose content exhibited a downward trend. PAL, CAD, and POD activity presented an upward trend generally in MBS when stored at 4 °C for 16 days. XylT activity showed a descending trend during the stages of storage, but slightly increased during the 8th to 12th days after harvest at 4 °C. Transcriptomic analysis identified 72, 28, 44, and 31 functional unigenes encoding lignin, cellulose, xylan biosynthesis enzymes, and transcription factors (TFs), respectively. Many of these secondary cell wall (SCW)-related genes showed higher expression levels in the later period of cold storage. Quantitative RT-PCR analysis of the selected genes conformed to the expression pattern. Our study provides a comprehensive analysis of MBS secondary wall biosynthesis at the molecular level during the cold storage process. The results give insight into the xylogenesis process of this economically important vegetable and shed light on solving this problem of the post-harvest industry.
INTEGRATION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND QUALITY ON ORGANISATIONAL AND REGIONAL LEVEL
Creators: name: Arsic, Aleksandra Kokic
Publisher: name: Center for Quality
Year: 2016
Subjects: sustainable development
quality
company
region

description: International Journal for Quality Research; Vol 10, No 3, 2016. ISSN 1800-6450
description: Subject of the article is an integration of quality management and sustainable development, with the basis of considerations of sustainable development and the structure of the key quality factors pointed to the possibility of achieving synergy of action on the most important variables, as well as the established model of integration of these two complex concepts. Areas of our study were 83 organizations in the region of Central Serbia. The study was based on questionnaires which contained 50 questions about the level of quality and sustainable development in the companies surveyed. Results of research highlights the most influenced variables in condition of constraints related to transition economy characteristics.
Exploring farmers’ climate change views and challenges to reduce climate vulnerability and enable adaptation: Evidence from Ireland
Creators: name: Balaine, Lorraine
name: Sweeney, Sharon
name: Mohammadrezaei, Mohammad
name: Meredith, David
name: Macken-Walsh, Áine
name: Henchion, Maeve
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2025
Subjects: Climate Change
Environmental Economics and Policy
Research Research Methods/Statistical Methods

description: Farm-level climate adaptation is necessary to mitigate and prevent climate change impacts and thereby build resilience within farming communities. This exploratory qualitative study aimed at examining farm-level climate resilience. Notably, we explored experience and impacts of climate change faced by Irish farmers, and identify farm-level strategies towards climate adaptation and factors affecting their implementation. Qualitative data was gathered from farmers and farm advisors to capture different perspectives. The data was analysed through thematic analysis. The results showed that farmers experienced a range of environmental, work organisation, social, and economic climate impacts, which were interconnected. Farmers responded by adopting reactive and proactive adaptation strategies, with the aim of mitigating impacts and/or reducing vulnerability to future weather events. The implementation of these strategies was influenced by a series of economic, environmental, social, and institutional factors. Overall, the results highlight the need for continued support for farmers and agricultural advisors to enable climate adaptation.
Quantitative design rules for protein-resistant surface coatings using machine learning
Creators: name: Le, Tu C
name: Penna, Matthew
name: Winkler, David
name: Yarovsky, Irene
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Preventing biological contamination (biofouling) is key to successful development of novel surface and nanoparticle-based technologies in the manufacturing industry and biomedicine. Protein adsorption is a crucial mediator of the interactions at the bio – nano -materials interface but is not well understood. Although general, empirical rules have been developed to guide the design of protein-resistant surface coatings, they are still largely qualitative. Herein we demonstrate that this knowledge gap can be addressed by using machine learning approaches to extract quantitative relationships between the material surface chemistry and the protein adsorption characteristics. We illustrate how robust linear and non-linear models can be constructed to accurately predict the percentage of protein adsorbed onto these surfaces using lysozyme or fibrinogen as prototype common contaminants. Our computational models could recapitulate the adsorption of proteins on functionalised surfaces in a test set with an r2 of 0.82 and standard error of prediction of 13%. Using the same data set that enabled the development of the Whitesides rules, we discovered an extension to the original rules. We describe a workflow that can be applied to large, consistently obtained data sets covering a broad range of surface functional groups and protein types.
Cultural and political disciplining inside China’s dislocated minority schooling system
Creators: name: Leibold, James
name: Grose, Timothy A
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 39
subject: Education
classificationCode: 3904
subject: Specialist studies in education

description: More than 200,000 ethnic minority students have passed through China’s dislocated minority schooling system since 1985. This program deracinates adolescent Tibetan, Uyghur and other chiefly minority students from their families and local communities and educates them in Putonghua in boarding schools located in Han ethnic majority cities in central and coastal China. Drawing on detailed rules and regulations from more than a dozen of these schools, this article interrogates the disciplinary mechanisms and dynamics at play in these schools. It highlights how dislocated schooling seeks to re-socialise minority students in the values, ethics and norms of mainstream Han Chinese society, with the goal of creating an ethno-comprador elite to serve as proxies for Han/CCP power while simultaneously functioning as exemplars for those Uyghurs and Tibetans who have yet to fully embrace majority norms.
PROPOSAL FOR A STANDARDIZED DESIGN AND MODELING PROCEDURE OF TALL CLT BUILDINGS
Creators: name: Polastri Andrea
name: Pozza Luca
Publisher: name: Center for Quality
Year: 2016
Subjects: CLT structures
core structures
seismic design
shear walls
tall buildings

description: International Journal for Quality Research; Vol 10, No 3, 2016. ISSN 1800-6450
description: A crucial issue in the design of a mid-rise Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) building under horizontal seismic action, is the definition of the principal elastic vibration period of an entire superstructure. Such vibration period depends on the mass distribution and on the global stiffness of the buildings. In a CLT structure the global stiffness of the buildings is highly sensitive to deformability of the connection elements. Consequently for a precise control of the vibration period of the building it is crucial to define the stiffness of each connections used to assemble a superstructure. A design procedure suitable for a reliable definition of the connection stiffness is proposed referring to code provisions and experimental tests. Discussion addresses primary issues associated with the usage of proposed procedure for numerical modeling of case study tall CLT buildings is reported.
Prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers/injuries: The protocol for the second update of the international Clinical Practice Guideline 2019
Creators: name: Kottner, Jan
name: Cuddigan, Janet
name: Carville, Keryln
name: Balzer, Katrin
name: Berlowitz, Dan
name: Law, Susan
name: Litchford, Mary
name: Mitchell, Pamela
name: Moore, Zena
name: Pittman, Joyce
name: Sigaudo-Roussel, Dominique
name: Yee, Chang Yee
name: Haesler, Emily
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 3202
subject: Clinical sciences
classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences
classificationCode: 4201
subject: Allied health and rehabilitation science
classificationCode: 4203
subject: Health services and systems

description: Aim: The European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel, the Pan Pacific Pressure Injury Alliance, and the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel are updating the ‘Prevention and Treatment of Pressure Ulcers: Clinical Practice Guideline’ (CPG)in 2019. The aim of this contribution is to summarize and to discuss the guideline development protocol for the 2019 update. Methods: A guideline governance group determines and monitors all steps of the CPG development. An international survey of consumers will be undertaken to establish consumer needs and interests. Systematic evidence searches in relevant electronic databases cover the period from July 2013 through August 2018. Risk of bias of included studies will be assessed by two reviewers using established checklists and an overall strength of evidence assigned to the cumulative body of evidence. Small working groups review the evidence available for each topic, review and/or draft the guideline chapters and recommendations and/or good practice statements. Finally, strength of recommendation grades are assigned. The recommendations are rated based on their importance and their potential to improve individual patient outcomes using an international formal consensus process. Discussion: Major methodological advantages of the current revision are a clear distinction between evidence-based recommendations and good practice statements and strong consumer involvement. Conclusion: The 2019 guideline update builds on the previous 2014 version to ensure consistency and comparability. Methodology changes will improve the guideline quality to increase clarity and to enhance implementation and compliance. The full guideline development protocol can be accessed from the guideline website (http://www.internationalguideline.com/).
Long-term clinical outcome in urothelial papilloma of the urinary bladder
Creators: name: Amin, Ali
name: Faraj, Sheila
name: Chaux, Alcides
name: Turki Al-Hussain
name: Cox, Roni
name: Nagar, Michael
name: Netto, George J.
Publisher: name: F1000Research
Year: 2016

description: Urothelial papilloma (UP) is a benign neoplasm of the urinary tract with a low incidence (<1–4%) and a male/female ratio of 1.9/1. It is usually a single lesion, more frequently located in the lower urinary tract, including the posterior/lateral wall of the bladder. In these slides, we show the outcome features of 52 urothelial papillomas classified using the ISUP/WHO 2004 criteria. Outcome categories included recurrence (development of a subsequent urothelial papilloma of the bladder wall) and progression (development of any subsequent urothelial neoplasm of higher histologic grade or stage). Recurrence was identified in 2 cases (3.8%), with a mean interval of 22 months. Progression was identified in 16 cases (30.2%), and corresponded to non-invasive low-grade urothelial carcinoma (6 cases; 11.5% of all UP, mean interval of 9 months), non-invasive high grade urothelial carcinoma (4 cases; 7.7% of all UP, mean interval of 17.8 months), flat dysplasia (3 cases, 5.8% of all UP, mean interval of 12.7 months), and papillary urothelial neoplasm of low malignant potential, PUNLMP (3 cases, 5% of all UP, mean interval 8.3 mo). None of the patients developed invasive urothelial carcinoma. Carcinoma in situ was seen in one patient (2.5%), after an interval of 15 months. None of the 52 patients died of urothelial carcinoma or related lesions (7 deaths from unrelated causes). We conclude that, although none of the patients in this study developed invasive urothelial carcinoma or died of urothelial carcinoma, a relatively high rate of progression was identified. Despite the shortcomings (selection bias, lack of a standard follow-up protocol, etc.), the present study reveals a higher progression rate than reported before. It is prudent to establish a unified follow-up protocol for UP, as this study, similarly other studies, reveals a significant rate of progression to a higher-grade lesion.
Accuracy of imputation to whole-genome sequence in sheep
Creators: name: Bolormaa, Sunduimijid
name: Chamberlain, Amanda
name: Khansefid, Majid
name: Stothard, Paul
name: Swan, Andrew A
name: Mason, Brett
name: Prowse-Wilkins, Claire P
name: Duijvesteijn, Naomi
name: Moghaddar, Nasir
name: van der Werf, Julius H
name: Daetwyler, Hans
name: MacLeod, Iona
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 31
subject: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
classificationCode: 3105
subject: Genetics

description: Background: The use of whole-genome sequence (WGS) data for genomic prediction and association studies is highly desirable because the causal mutations should be present in the data. The sequencing of 935 sheep from a range of breeds provides the opportunity to impute sheep genotyped with single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) arrays to WGS. This study evaluated the accuracy of imputation from SNP genotypes to WGS using this reference population of 935 sequenced sheep. Results: The accuracy of imputation from the Ovine Infinium ® HD BeadChip SNP (~ 500 k) to WGS was assessed for three target breeds: Merino, Poll Dorset and F1 Border Leicester × Merino. Imputation accuracy was highest for the Poll Dorset breed, although there were more Merino individuals in the sequenced reference population than Poll Dorset individuals. In addition, empirical imputation accuracies were higher (by up to 1.7%) when using larger multi-breed reference populations compared to using a smaller single-breed reference population. The mean accuracy of imputation across target breeds using the Minimac3 or the FImpute software was 0.94. The empirical imputation accuracy varied considerably across the genome; six chromosomes carried regions of one or more Mb with a mean imputation accuracy of < 0.7. Imputation accuracy in five variant annotation classes ranged from 0.87 (missense) up to 0.94 (intronic variants), where lower accuracy corresponded to higher proportions of rare alleles. The imputation quality statistic reported from Minimac3 (R 2 ) had a clear positive relationship with the empirical imputation accuracy. Therefore, by first discarding imputed variants with an R 2 below 0.4, the mean empirical accuracy across target breeds increased to 0.97. Although accuracy of genomic prediction was less affected by filtering on R 2 in a multi-breed population of sheep with imputed WGS, the genomic heritability clearly tended to be lower when using variants with an R 2 ≤ 0.4. Conclusions: The mean imputation accuracy was high for all target breeds and was increased by combining smaller breed sets into a multi-breed reference. We found that the Minimac3 software imputation quality statistic (R 2 ) was a useful indicator of empirical imputation accuracy, enabling removal of very poorly imputed variants before downstream analyses.
Shopwise – An Intelligent E-Commerce Platform for Smart Shopping
Creators: name: Saisuwan, Jirayu
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 460208
subject: Natural language processing
classificationCode: 460209
subject: Planning and decision making
classificationCode: 460910
subject: Information systems user experience design and development
classificationCode: 460905
subject: Information systems development methodologies and practice

description: Shopwise – An Intelligent E-Commerce Platform for Smart ShoppingThis project was developed as part of a Master’s thesis at Auckland Institute of Studies.Shopwise integrates a GPT-powered AI chatbot, personalized product recommendations, and a responsive e-commerce interface. The platform helps users find IT products more effectively by understanding product-specific queries and behavior-driven preferences.It was built using Next.js, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, MongoDB Atlas, and the OpenAI API. Authentication is handled using NextAuth.js.This Figshare entry includes:
– Final thesis paper (PDF)
– Source code (ZIP)
– Short demo video
Also available on Zenodo: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15302748
The antiquity of Nullarbor speleothems and implications for karst palaeoclimate archives
Creators: name: Woodhead, Jon D
name: Sniderman, JM Kale
name: Hellstrom, John
name: Drysdale, Russell N
name: Maas, Roland
name: White, Nicholas
name: White, Susan
name: Devine, Paul
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 37
subject: Earth sciences
classificationCode: 3705
subject: Geology
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
classificationCode: 3709
subject: Physical geography and environmental geoscience

description: Speleothems represent important archives of terrestrial climate variation that host a variety of proxy signals and are also highly amenable to radiometric age determination. Although speleothems have been forming on Earth for at least 400 million years, most studies rely upon the U-Th chronometer which extends only to the mid Pleistocene, leaving important questions over their longer-term preservation potential. To date, older records, exploiting the advantages of the U-Pb chronometer, remain fragmentary ‘snapshots in time’. Here we demonstrate the viability of speleothems as deep time climate archives by showing that a vast system of shallow caves beneath the arid Nullarbor plain of southern Australia, the world’s largest exposed karst terrain, formed largely within the Pliocene epoch, with a median age of 4.2 Ma, and that, in these caves, even the most delicate formations date from this time. The long-term preservation of regional-scale cave networks such as this demonstrates that abundant speleothem archives do survive to permit the reconstruction of climates and environments for much older parts of Earth history than the ~600 ka period to which most previous studies have been limited.
DIARYL BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE COMPOUNDS: POTENTIAL TREATMENTS FOR PARASITIC DISEASES AND CANCER AND NOVEL SYNTHETIC METHODS
Creators: name: Hicken, Ryan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Chagas Disease
AKT inhibition
flow chemistry

description: Diaryl compounds have inhibitory activity towards multiple parasites and forms of cancer. In this study, new compounds have been synthesized to investigate their inhibitory activities towards Chagas Disease, which is caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi and has infected millions of people in Latin America, causing health complications and in many cases death. Additionally, these compounds have been studied for AKT inhibition to inhibit the growth of cancerous cells. In this research, aryl substitutions, as well as the structural core, have been studied, producing compounds that are able to successfully inhibit the AKT pathway and T. cruzi epimastigote growth. In addition, the formation of these compounds was studied through the development of a flow reaction for the synthesis of 2-arylidene cycloalkanones, a key intermediate in the synthesis of asymmetric diarylidene cycloalkanones which exhibited strong inhibition towards AKT and T. cruzi. With this novel reaction, 2-arylidene cycloalkanones can be synthesized effectively. Additionally, this reaction was validated over 48 hours, and the scope was explored with a small library of starting materials. Through this new reaction, researchers can more efficiently synthesize 2-arylidene cycloalkanones to generate promising compounds for future investigations.
Take-home naloxone and the politics of care
Creators: name: Farrugia, Adrian
name: Fraser, Suzanne
name: Dwyer, Robyn
name: Fomiatti, Renae
name: Neale, Joanne
name: Dietze, Paul
name: Strang, John
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: © 2019 Foundation for the Sociology of Health & Illness. ‘Take-home naloxone’ refers to a life-saving intervention in which a drug (naloxone) is made available to nonmedically trained people for administration to other people experiencing an opioid overdose. In Australia, it has not been taken up as widely as would be expected, given its life-saving potential. We consider the actions of take-home naloxone, focusing on how care relations shape its uses and effects. Mobilising Science and Technology Studies insights, we suggest that the uses and effects of naloxone are co-produced within social relations and, therefore, this initiative ‘affords’ multiple outcomes. We argue that these affordances are shaped by a politics of care, and that these politics relate to uptake. We analyse two complementary case studies, drawn from an interview-based project, in which opioid consumers discussed take-home naloxone and its uses. Our analysis maps the ways take-home naloxone can afford (i) a regime of care within an intimate partnership (allowing a terminally ill man to more safely consume opioids) and (ii) a political process of care (in which a consumer takes care of others treated with the medication by administering it ‘gently’). We conclude by exploring the political affordances of a politics of care approach for the uptake of take-home naloxone.
Black Destiny in the Minds of Philadelphia Sailmaker James Forten and Liberian Governor Jehudi Ashmun
Creators: name: Gutgold, Ian
Publisher: name: The Pennsylvania State University Press
Year: 2022

description:
This article examines the divergent responses of Philadelphia sailmaker James Forten (1766–1842) and Liberian governor Jehudi Ashmun (1794–1828) to the question of the destiny of African-descended people in the United States. Forten, a leader in the African American community, came to oppose the American Colonization Society’s plans to promote Black emigration to Liberia. Ashmun, a White teacher and editor from New York state, played a significant role in establishing the colony. Although the two men never met, they led intertwined lives and stood enmeshed in rival transatlantic communication networks transmitting information about conditions in the young settlement. Central to understanding their opposing positions on the possibility and desirability of a biracial society are their contrasting conceptions of the “degraded state” of African Americans.
La marca de origen como ventaja competitiva en las entidades federativas de México
Creators: name: Patiño, Camilo
name: Hernandez Obledo, Gloria Angélica
Publisher: name: University of Guadalajara
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: City
subject: Cultural Competency
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: El presente escrito examina las marcas de origen que utilizan las entidades federativas de México desde un enfoque de competitividad territorial, función e identidad de marca, para determinar la función y existencia de componentes distintivos que brindan mayor competitividad. Se encontró que existen tres tipos de marca de origen, la primera, genérica de impulso al comercio, sin componentes de identidad que sirvan para crear una diferenciación e identidad. La segunda, es apoyada en controles de producción que asegure calidad, lo que es esencial en el reconocimiento de valor al producto. Y la tercera, aquellas que crean identificación y distinción única de sus productos mediante el cuidado en las dimensiones de calidad, autenticidad, diferenciación y habilidad, lo cual resulta en una mayor ventaja competitiva.
IMPACT OF INVESTMENT IN QUALITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ON REGIONAL SUSTAINABILITY
Creators: name: Savovic, Ivan
name: Bacovic, Maja
name: Pekovic, Sanja
name: Stanovcic, Tatjana
Publisher: name: Center for Quality
Year: 2016
Subjects: quality
lifecycle quality
environmental protection
investment
regional sustainability

description: International Journal for Quality Research; Vol 10, No 3, 2016. ISSN 1800-6450
description: Considering that quality is one of foundation of harmonized regional development, in this paper, overall view of identified need for level of product quality, improvement of environmental protection, improvement of competitiveness and improvement of quality of tourism services has been analysed. In the next phase requests of stakeholders are presented. Author has also analysed feasibility of investing in quality improvement and environmental protection in Sumadija and Pomoravlje and identified the most significant types of economic benefits and economic costs that may result from the introduction of ISO 9001, ISO 14001, HACCP and obtaining the CE mark for products and diagrammatic unveiled in the assumed maximum, realistic and minimum value applying cost/benefit analysis. On these bases, mathematical functions and calculations are applied to determine if there are different variants of total economic benefits and total economic costs. Goal was to determine if the investment in quality improvement and environmental protection in SMEs in Sumadija and Pomoravlje is largely justified and profitable.
APPLICATION OF QC TOOLS FOR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT IN AN EXPENSIVE SEAT HARDFACING PROCESS USING TIG WELDING
Creators: name: Yunus, Mohammed
name: Alsoufi, Mohammad S.
name: Irfan, Mohammed
Publisher: name: Center for Quality
Year: 2016
Subjects: Q Quality Control Tools
Continuous Improvement
Seat Hardfacing
TIG Welding
ICE valves
PDCA
Efficiency

description: International Journal for Quality Research; Vol 10, No 3, 2016. ISSN 1800-6450
description: The present study is carried out to improve quality level by identifying the prime reasons of the quality related problems in the seat hardfacing process involving the deposition of cobalt based super alloy in I.C. Engine valves using TIG welding process. During the Process, defects like stellite deposition overflow, head melt, non-uniform stellite merging, etc., are observed and combining all these defects, the rejection level was in top position in Forge shop. We use widely referred QC tools of the manufacturing field to monitor the complete operation and continuous progressive process improvement to ensure ability and efficiency of quality management system of any firm. The work aims to identify the various causes for the rejection by the detailed study of the operation, equipment, materials and the various process parameters that are very important to get defects-free products. Also, to evolve suitable countermeasures for reducing the rejection percentage using seven QC tools. To further understand and validate the obtained results, we need to address other studies related to motivations, advantages, and disadvantages of applying quality control tools.
TEACHING EDUCATION WITH TECHNOLOGICAL TOOLS AND TEACHING THEM HOW TO USE
Creators: name: Ergashova, Munavvar
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: In this thesis it is given that every person has a unique set of bilingual traits; it might be difficult to sum up bilingualism in a few words. There could be disparities in a language's aptitude and use, or in the level of expertise between the two languages. Most people learn to speak two languages because they find it useful in their daily activities. As a result, each person's level of bilingualism will be unique. Although it is relatively typical to have a dominant language, bilinguals are not always completely fluent in both of their languages. It should be mentioned that learning to communicate in two languages takes time. One cannot become bilingual after studying a language for six months. Information on bingualism hypothesis is included in this article.
How dams climb mountains: China and India’s state-making hydropower contest in the Eastern-Himalaya watershed
Creators: name: Gamble, Ruth
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society
classificationCode: 47
subject: Language, communication and culture
classificationCode: 4702
subject: Cultural studies
classificationCode: 50
subject: Philosophy and religious studies

description: No description supplied
OMERO.mde : Electron Microscopy Use Case
Creators: name: Kandpal, Niraj
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Presentation slides from RDM4mic meeting in Muenster from 19-21 September 2023. These slides contain data management use case at CECAD Imaging facility. We are using OMERO.mde to annotate EM(Electron Microscopy) data with metadata at the imaging facility. This presentation provide a use case with specific template for Electron  Microscopy.
The Self-Review Stories Of Seven First-Taker Board Passers In The Philippine Nursing Licensure Examination (P.N.L.E.): A Multiple Case Study
Creators: name: Ocampo, Nerison M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: SELF-REVIEW, MULTIPLE CASE STUDY RESEARCH, CROSS-CASE ANALYSIS, PHILIPPINE NURSES LICENSURE EXAMINATION, SELF-STUDY, REVIEW STRATEGY

description:                                                                              Thesis Abstract

"This research presents for the first time, the untold review stories of seven self-reviewees who passed the Philippine Nursing Licensure Examination (P.N.L.E.) on their first take. Despite the low passing percentage in the P.N.L.E. in the past decade, the study sought to answer possible reasons why some nurses conduct self-review, what did they do to pass, and most importantly, how did they do it. A multiple explanatory and exploratory case study was used to reveal the answers of the participants to those questions. Specifically, the study sought to answer the following: 1.) What review strategies and techniques, if any, helped them pass the P.N.L.E.? 2.) What personal traits did these self-reviewees possess which helped them pass the P.N.L.E.? and 3.) What could be the marks of a P.N.L.E. self-reviewee board passer? The self-review stories of these seven board passers (and four additional who answered an email survey questionnaire for triangulation) were analyzed through within and cross case analyses. Fourteen self-review strategies emerged and seven self-review flow charts were culled from the analyses of the responses. As to the self-reported traits, self-confidence, self-discipline and determination to pass and finish the review were present in most of the participants. A discussion of the implications to the nursing licensure, their pedagogical implications to nursing education, and areas for further study are then presented. The study closes with a document titled “Marks of a Self-reviewee Board Passer”, developed out of the case participants’ stories, highlighting their review strategies, practical tips, and lessons learned to guide future self-reviewees in the P.N.L.E."
description: Please cite: Ocampo, N.M. (2015). The Self-Review Stories of Seven First-Taker Board Passers in the Philippine Nursing Licensure Examination (P.N.L.E.): A Multiple Case Study (Master’s thesis, St. Paul University Manila, Philippines). Retrieved from http://myhappylife07.blogspot.com/2016/09/welcome-to-my-small-space-on-net.html