cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Magnetic Suppression of Cosmic Rays' Flux in $\boldsymbol{f(R)}$ and $\boldsymbol{f(Q)}$ Theories of Gravity
Creators: name: Sarmah, Swaraj Pratim
name: Goswami, Umananda Dev
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the effects of magnetic diffusion on the spectrum of ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) from a cosmological perspective. To this end, we consider two modified theories of gravity (MTGs), namely, the $f(R)$ gravity and a symmetric teleparallel gravity, also known as $f(Q)$ gravity. Utilizing these two MTGs, we calculate the suppression in the flux of UHECRs for a collection of sources. Non-evolution (NE) and cosmic star formation rate (SFR) scenarios have been considered in our calculation of the suppression factor. This study also includes a mixed composition scenario involving the nuclei upto iron (Fe). Furthermore, we provide a parameterization of the suppression factor for the proton and also for the mixed compositions within the $f(R)$ and $f(Q)$ theories, considering both NE and SFR scenarios. The influence of the turbulent magnetic field on the suppression factor is also incorporated in our work. Comparative analysis of all our results with the standard $Λ$CDM model reveals significant effects of MTGs on the suppression factor that the $f(R)$ power-law model predicts the lowest suppression factor, while the $f(Q)$ model predicts the highest, and interestingly the results from the standard model fall within the range predicted by these two cosmological models.
description: 19 pages, 12 figures
Russell_Partisanship_Appendix_PRQ – Supplemental material for Minority Opposition and Asymmetric Parties? Senators’ Partisan Rhetoric on Twitter
Creators: name: Russell, Annelise
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 160607 International Relations
subject: FOS: Political science

description: Supplemental material, Russell_Partisanship_Appendix_PRQ for Minority Opposition and Asymmetric Parties? Senators’ Partisan Rhetoric on Twitter by Annelise Russell in Political Research Quarterly
Supplemental_Figures – Supplemental material for Ecosystem shifts at two mid-Holocene tipping points in the alpine Lake Son Kol (Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia)
Creators: name: Laug, Andreas
name: Schwarz, Anja
name: Lauterbach, Stefan
name: Engels, Stefan
name: Schwalb, Antje
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: Geography
History

description: Supplemental material, Supplemental_Figures for Ecosystem shifts at two mid-Holocene tipping points in the alpine Lake Son Kol (Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia) by Andreas Laug, Anja Schwarz, Stefan Lauterbach, Stefan Engels and Antje Schwalb in The Holocene
title: Palestinian Citizens of Israel and the Arab Nation in the Satellite Media Era : Identity Formation and Bounded Communication
Creators: name: Khatib, Feras
Publisher: name: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Year: 2019

description: Palestinians have experienced exceptional challenges following the 1948 Palestinian Nakba and the simultaneous establishment of the state of Israel. Many families and communities were divided in 1948; most of the Palestinians became refugees, while others stayed in Palestine and subsequently obtained Israeli citizenship. The latter, the Palestinian citizens of Israel (PCI), became citizens of a state established on the ruins of their motherland and subjects of a new system which further detached them from their Arab roots. This research examines opinion leaders’ and journalists’ understanding of the role of the media in PCI’s subsequent experiences; specifically, the turning point represented by the development of Arab transnational satellite media in the mid-1990s, and the changing place of the Palestinian minority in Israel in the Arab media over the years. The research explores questions such as: What role did the nascent Arab satellite channels play in reuniting the PCI with the Arab sphere following their long-term detachment? How did PCI return into the Arab media’s discourse? How did greater exposure influence PCI’s national identity and its sub-components (feelings of belonging to the Arab world and the use of the Arabic language and terminology), how did it influence communication with the Arab world? What is the role of the hegemonic Israeli media in this media and political development? For this qualitative research, I conducted 35 semi-structured open-ended elite interviews with opinion leaders and decision-makers in the fields of media, politics and academia. The research concludes that the development of Arab satellite channels contributed to integrating the PCI into the Arab space; which went far beyond their Israeli citizenship and enhanced their feelings of belonging to the Arab nation. iv However, satellite channels did not help to establish a direct relationship between the Palestinian minority and the rest of the Arab world; despite the evolution of transnational media, the state of Israel remains present as a strong sovereign entity in the PCI’s reality. Theoretically, this research highlights a literature gap regarding the relationship between national/ indigenous minorities and transnational media in a context of political conflict between a state’s minority and majority populations. The research contributes to filling this gap by shedding light on three main axes: (1) the contribution of transnational media to enhancing national identity during a protracted conflict; (2) the media’s role in mediating the communication established between the minority and the nation it belongs to; and (3) the state’s relative power within this context.
title: "Hidden Catholics", "faith-blind" donors and "FBO empires" : a mixed-methods study on donor engagement of faith-based organisations in the Cameroonian health system
Creators: name: Herzig Van Wees, Sibylle
Publisher: name: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Year: 2022

description: Over the past decade, donors have engaged Christian faith-based organisations (FBOs) in health system reforms and health programmes in numerous sub-Saharan African countries. They enjoy a good reputation for the assumed quality of care they can provide, their ability to reach the poor, and their market share in health systems. However, little knowledge is available concerning the process and implications of donor engagement of FBOs. This research uses a mixed-method case study approach to describe and analyse the reasons, processes, and implications of donor engagement of FBOs in the health sector in Cameroon. Three examples of different forms of donor engagement of FBOs in health programmes in Cameroon are used to offer further knowledge on the subject. The study makes three significant findings: Firstly, it identifies a very diverse range of FBOs that participate in the health sector: faith-based networks, faith-based health training schools, faith-based service providers that are integrated into the health system, and faith-based ”Centres of Excellence”, which operate with little interaction with the state. This diversity suggests that a re-examination of the “FBO” buzzword is necessary. Secondly, the study shows that FBO engagement by donors has often been done with many assumptions about their faith attributes, their role in the health system, their relationship with the state, and their capabilities. Donor’s flawed assumptions have had negative ramifications for the equity and quality of health care provision in Cameroon. Thirdly, I argue, although many donors have embraced FBOs, the evidence suggests that controversies regarding the relationship between religion and gender, and the relationship between FBOs and the state still matter. This work provides a non-instrumental perspective, which includes the views of FBOs of their various engagements; it shows that the role of the donors in shaping these organisations and their relationships is core to furthering our knowledge about FBOs.
title: The Integration of Muslims in Britain : An account and analysis of the legal and non-legal equality and security initiatives during the New Labour years of 1997-2010, British Muslim engagement with them and their impact on Muslim integration in British society
Creators: name: Aziz, Mohammed Abdul
Publisher: name: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Year: 2022

description: There is a significant body of literature already on British Muslim integration. This study delves deeper into the integration impact of New Labour (1997-2010) on British Muslims. The study selects a range of legal and non-legal initiatives from the equality and security policy domains; situates them in their policy contexts; critically traces their development; examines Muslim engagement with them; and considers their impact on Muslim integration vis-à-vis three core principles in liberal democracies – liberty, equality and fraternity. The study employs a three-part methodology: an investigation of the relevant open-source literature; an examination of several important archives; and 16 semi-structured interviews of prominent Muslims during New Labour’s years in government. This study finds that British Muslim engagement took place in a myriad of ways. On legal provisions to promote religious equality, Muslims often led the initiatives and mostly achieved what they sought. Regarding non-legal equality measures, Muslim leadership was engaged with some initiatives and less with others, though individual Muslims at various levels significantly shaped them to Muslim needs. On the legal provisions to promote security, Muslims learnt with time to challenge the provisions – and, working with others, achieved some key successes. With non-legal security measures, there was considerable Muslim engagement, but often delivering very different motives and results than intended by government. The overall conclusion of this study is that whilst New Labour’s equality initiatives had immense potential to integrate British Muslims, they took too long to come and remained unknown and inaccessible to most. On the other hand, the security initiatives were more forthcoming, and the strong narratives around them resulted in great alienation of Muslims – in terms of their perceptions of the liberty, equality and fraternity afforded to them. There is much learning in this study for equality and security work to improve the integration of Muslims and others.
Living Authentically: Embracing Your True Self and Values
Creators: name: Oliveira D., M. Jorge
Publisher: name: Empowerverse Media & Communication Agency
Year: 2024
Subjects: authenticity
self-discovery
personal growth

description: Have you ever felt a nagging sense of inauthenticity, a feeling of living a life that doesn't quite fit? In today's world, with its emphasis on social comparison and external validation, it's easy to lose touch with our true selves and values. But what does it mean to live authentically?
title: Archaism as Cultural Distinction: Woodblock book publishing during the Mao Era 1949-1976
Creators: name: Yang, Yuyu
Publisher: name: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Year: 2022

description: This PhD thesis examines woodblock book publishing during the radical years of Mao’s life time, when thread-bound books were criticised as representing the symbol of the old literati culture by the CCP government. This very political authority paradoxically subsidised and encouraged the publication of thirteen fine woodblock books, including the unique woodblock edition of The Communist Manifesto. Using vast amount of both unpublished and published archival materials and personal interviews, this project analyses the production, dissemination and the circulating culture of woodblock publications during the Mao Era 1949–1976. It argues that archaism, as an essential feature of elite book culture, continued into the PRC through woodblock publishing practices and began to function as a type of distinction for the CCP elite group. Classic theories of both the history of woodblock publishing and archaism see 1949 as the watershed, after which both cultural practices were discouraged by the CCP political authority. This thesis provides a new perspective in studying the continuity of Chinese book culture, amends details in woodblock production in a modern era, and discloses the complex relations between archaism and the CCP ideology as a cultural system. All these will fill the gap in research on the history of woodblock books and technology, contributing new approaches and new materials of Maoist book culture to Chinese studies as a whole.
title: Self-Reported Repertoires And Observed Language Use In The Multilingual Ọrọ Community
Creators: name: Ekpo, Golden Richard
Publisher: name: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Year: 2022

description: This study is a systematic account of the spoken repertoires reported by participants in a multilingual Ọrọ community, Nigeria, and the actual language practices which members of the community engage in during their everyday discourse. The Ọrọ community is a minority ethnic group whose social and linguistic behaviours have not been explored prior to this time. The research is undertaken by means of a variety of methods including ethnographic participant observation, with particular attention on relevant aspects of the Ọrọ culture and social organisations. Moreover, information obtained from the observation approach is supplemented with data gathered through face-to-face language use in the form of formal and informal interviews and questionnaires. These methods provide a detailed demographic and ethnographic survey of language use of the community. Three research questions were adopted for this study: 1. How do individuals in Ọrọ community use a range of languages/repertoires in their daily interactions? 2. How are these languages/repertoires used in the different domains? 3. What role does language ideology play in making language choices in the community? Data analysis reveals that members of the community use multiple languages to satisfy daily communicative needs. Younger generation between the age range of 49 and below speak more of NPE while the older members prefer the use of the regional languages. Parents prefer the choice of English and NPE with their children. Among the factors that fuel multilingualism in the community are migration and exogenous marriages coupled with the activities of missionaries. The sedentary people speak more of the regional languages than returnees and incomers, who speak more of NPE, English and Yoruba. Exogenous marriages increase multilingualism as most women acquire languages different from those of their husbands. Participants with higher education engage in more bilingualism with English and any of the regional languages. Generally, NPE seems to be the most widely used language in the community irrespective of one‟s academic attainment. Language ideology in the community is also one factor responsible for the choices made by members of the community in interactions. Members in some cases choose a 4 particular code based on the way the society views it. Some codes are attached to prestige and economic advantage while some others are chosen to fulfil domain rights. The thesis provides interesting new data on some external factors affecting a multilingual‟s language behaviour. It therefore contributes to our understanding not only of the Ọrọ community, but to the study of other languages like Efik and Ibibio considered in this thesis since there has not been (to my knowledge) any study of the sociolinguistic/language use of the languages before now. It is significant to the fields of sociolinguistics, multilingualism research and African linguistics.
sj-pdf-1-msc-10.1177_0969141320930743 - Supplemental material for Systematic reviews as a “lens of evidence”: Determinants of participation in breast cancer screening
Creators: name: O Mandrik
name: E Tolma
name: N Zielonke
name: F Meheus
name: C Ordóñez-Reyes
name: JL Severens
name: R Murillo
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 111708 Health and Community Services
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 111402 Obstetrics and Gynaecology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-msc-10.1177_0969141320930743 for Systematic reviews as a “lens of evidence”: Determinants of participation in breast cancer screening by O Mandrik, E Tolma, N Zielonke, F Meheus, C Ordóñez-Reyes, JL Severens and R Murillo in Journal of Medical Screening
title: Health, Nutrition, and Economic Development : Population and Individual Level Perspectives
Creators: name: Pinna Pintor, Matteo
Publisher: name: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Year: 2019

description: This dissertation is a study of the relationship between health and economic development. It aims to provide a general reconstruction of the problem by analysing it at the aggregate, population level and at the individual, microeconomic level. In each of these two broad parts, information from economics and the medical social sciences is mobilized to detail the empirical outlines of this relationship. At the population level, empirical regularities include an epidemiologic and demographic regime inherited from the Neolithic age, when the advent of farming triggered fundamental changes in the human ecology of disease that persisted until modern times. Since then, a secular departure from this regime has been ongoing, resulting in lower prevalence of infections, increasing survival, and enhanced human physiology. The determinants of these changes are studied, and their relationship with economic development is explored. The second part of the study scales the analysis at the level of individual decision-makers allocating resources and pursuing health as a welfare goal. The framework is employed to sketch a formal representation of the potential for health to improve economic performance, and to clarify the econometric problems involved in estimating these causal impacts. Measurement issues are further explored by discussing available health indicators. A review of the existing literature provides an occasion to observe the methodology in action and assess the evidence on the productivity-raising effect of health. Finally, the microeconometric approach is applied to contemporary China. Results of wage equations estimated with different models are interpreted in light of closely related studies. The dissertation represents a mixed-method, multidisciplinary investigation of a complex, multifaceted phenomenon. In it, no general theory is advanced, and some are rejected. Its main ambition is to add meaningful if localized contributions to its global understanding, placing emphasis on the need to integrate different approaches.
title: Transmission Mechanisms of Merger Waves : A Cross-country Analysis
Creators: name: Baya, Ahmed
Publisher: name: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Year: 2019

description: In the context of M&A’s, this thesis investigates the role of industry relatedness between the acquiring and the target industry on explaining merger activity, as well as the probability of the occurrence of a merger wave. We provide evidence from both the U.S. and the UK market to allow for comparison. While we find no significant evidence of the relevance of industry networks in explaining U.S. merger activity, our results support a positive and significant relationship between UK merger activity and the level of industry relatedness between the acquirer and the target. Furthermore, we examine cross-border M&A’s within three distinctive regions: North America, Europe, and Asia. Similar to domestic M&A’s, we find that cross-border M&A’s occur in a wave-like pattern. We further analyse post-M&A performance using data of cross-border deals from 1996-2017. In particular, we explore the post-merger performance of cross-border mergers occurring inside vs. outside wave periods. We find that cross-border merger deals occurring within a wave period result in value creation if the acquirer company has a high degree of internationalisation. This relationship is primarily significant for acquirers from the North American region.
Supplementary_Material – Supplemental material for Baduanjin exercise for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Cao, Ailing
name: Feng, Fanchao
name: Zhang, Li
name: Zhou, Xianmei
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Orthopaedics
subject: Sports Medicine

description: Supplemental material, Supplementary_Material for Baduanjin exercise for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis by Ailing Cao, Fanchao Feng, Li Zhang and Xianmei Zhou in Clinical Rehabilitation
Supopl_figure1 – Supplemental material for A scoping review of interventions using accelerometers to measure physical activity or sedentary behaviour during hospitalization
Creators: name: Baldwin, Claire E
name: Parry, Selina M
name: Norton, Lynda
name: Williams, Jill
name: Lewis, Lucy K
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 110904 Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 110314 Orthopaedics
subject: 110604 Sports Medicine
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Supplemental material, Supopl_figure1 for A scoping review of interventions using accelerometers to measure physical activity or sedentary behaviour during hospitalization by Claire E Baldwin, Selina M Parry, Lynda Norton, Jill Williams and Lucy K Lewis in Clinical Rehabilitation
title: Samanid material culture and identity formation in Post-Soviet Tajikistan
Creators: name: Hughes, Katherine
Publisher: name: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Year: 2014

description: This thesis investigates the Samanids (819-1005 CE), an Early Islamic, Central Asian dynasty, as subjects and objects of identity formation. It examines their complex material cultural heritage and the role this may have played in synthesising their pre-Islamic roots and new religion. Having invented their own traditions, today the Samanids are themselves invented traditions, functioning as foundation figures in contemporary post-Soviet Tajikistan, part of the new social order production through symbols of power. This thesis looks at how this past is referenced in museums, monuments and memorial culture, and how this points the way to Tajikistan’s future. Two of the chief means of state communication of power and legitimation, today, as in medieval times, are architecture and currency. It is this study ‘in the round’ of Samanid identity formation and exposition of the interplay of past and present that is this thesis’ unique contribution to knowledge. Analysing objects directly ascribed to the Samanids, including the Samanid Mausoleum, a portrait medallion and their coinage, suggests that they modified how they portrayed themselves dependent on audience. These objects produced at the Samanid centre are compared to those found at the Empire’s periphery, within the present borders of Tajikistan, such as the upper Zarafshan Valley minarets and the intricate and sophisticated carved wooden Iskodar Mihrab, columns and panels found in nearby mosques. Their anthropomorphic designs are unusual in an Islamic religious context. Comparison of centre and periphery demonstrates Central Asia’s complexity in 9-10th century; however, the Tajikistani government today is arguably trying to project back a desired monocultural present on a heterogeneous past. While the Samanids as national identity symbols have been discussed by political scientists, these have not focused on the architecture and materiality of the new state’s cultural creations and how this may (or may not) inculcate identity and produce social cohesion. The Somoni statue is centrally sited in Dushanbe, where Lenin once stood. An understanding of how the Soviet past continues to inform the present is key to current Tajik culture and identity formation. Tajik culture is seen as ‘socialist in form and national in content’, in the reversal of the famous maxim.
ILRR_Guergoat-Lariviere-et-al_Supplemental-Online-Appendix – Supplemental material for More and Better Jobs, But Not for Everyone: Effects of Innovation in French Firms
Creators: name: Duhautois, Richard
name: Erhel, Christine
name: Guergoat-Larivière, Mathilde
name: Mofakhami, Malo
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Economics
subject: 150310 Organisation and Management Theory
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: Supplemental material, ILRR_Guergoat-Lariviere-et-al_Supplemental-Online-Appendix for More and Better Jobs, But Not for Everyone: Effects of Innovation in French Firms by Richard Duhautois, Christine Erhel, Mathilde Guergoat-Larivière and Malo Mofakhami in ILR Review
title: The Symbolism of Religious Dress in Fifth - to Ninth-Century China : Confucianism, Buddhism and Daoism
Creators: name: Lo, Chih
Publisher: name: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Year: 2017

description: This thesis proposes a new methodology for studying the symbolic and practical aspects of religious dress in fifth-to ninth-century mediaeval China: how ritual dress reflected the religious ideas of the three major traditions in mediaeval China -Confucianism, Buddhism and Daoism –and how the interaction between them and the evolution of their new forms of dress resulted in their changed worldviews. I argue that dress was more than a material phenomenon and may have been used to negotiate socio-political power and religious boundaries. An analysis was undertaken, using texts and artifacts as sources. I examined how the state used and developed each tradition so that each was transformed, interacting across sacred, secular, geographical and cultural boundaries. Analysis of dress as a strategy for undermining authority and hegemony revealed implications for the ideology of state-religion relations. I examined the hybridity and cultural brokering influencing interactions between religions and investigated the factors influencing those interactions. Cultural practices in the religious dress of mediaeval China were not coterminous with sectoral or social divisions: both heterogeneity within groups and commonality in dress practices existed across the three great Chinese religions. Boundaries between the religions were blurred, and the intermingling of designs, colours and styles of formal dress reflected the exchanges, parallels, and contradictions of the worldviews which accompanied the formation and evolution of mediaeval religious systems. Relationships between the three religions saw a cross-boundary transmission process –the changes in religious relations appear between internal and external boundaries, illustrating a complex interplay between the agency of ideology and cultural norms in religious dress. I maintain that Chinese religious dress was both a burdensome constraint and a practical source of agentive autonomy. Chinese ritual dress of the period was not an 'autonomous' influence, set apart from other religious dress traditions, but was influenced by factors including political agendas, ecology and local culture. The changed worldview of Chinese religions resulted in the diversification of Chinese religious dress and its assumption of a broader socio-political character. I demonstrate that rather than being purely a representation of religious ideology, mediaeval Chinese religious dress became a blend of spiritual and political influences and thereby an expression of secular trends.
title: Islamic Political Thought: Competing Conceptions of the Rule of Law in the Middle Period
Creators: name: El-Merheb, Mohamad
Publisher: name: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Year: 2022

description: This thesis argues that the rule of law, limited government, and the theory of delegation were the main concerns of the political thought of the late Ayyubid and early Mamluk period (c. 1230 to 1330). It interprets and reclassifies Islamic authors outside the prevalent scholarly focus on genre and caliphal authority as two perennial themes of the history of Islamic political thought. The thesis in particular examines the interrelatedness between the production of political thought and the competition among the four legal schools (madhhabs) that intensified during this period. Authors with adabised and administrative outlooks presented distinct Shāfiʿī, Ḥanafī, Sufi, Mālikī, and Ḥanbalī strains of political thought, which resembled competing proposals for an official madhhab of the state, or an official law, or a set of constitutional guidelines to be followed by the rulers. The thesis explains how these authors emphasised the exceptionality of their political ideals, to whom they elected to present their works, and what they expected in return both individually and as members of wider social groups. Examining developments in intellectual history with a context of political and social histories entails the use of literary sources to understand the authors, the intellectual discourses of the period, the competition for salaried posts and patronage, and the use and misuse of theological and legal discourses in politics. This research refutes the notion that the Ayyubid and Mamluk period was one of intellectual paucity with few exceptions and argues instead that it was an opulent period with original and varied expressions of political thought. It relies on a wide corpus of manuscript sources of which many are unknown or understudied including political treatises, statecraft manuals, and mirrors for princes. It fills a significant gap in the study of the history of political thought between the classical and modern periods of Islam.
title: Inside Sōseki’s Spiritual Land: Sōseki’s Kanshi and Chinese Thought
Creators: name: Taguchi, Kazumi
Publisher: name: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Year: 2019

description: Kinnosuke Natsume, who went under the pen name of Sōseki Natsume, was born in 1867, the moment in which Japan was transforming from the feudal Edo to the modern Meiji period. Throughout his life he retained a fondness for Edo culture since it reminded him of Japan before modernisation. Although educated in Chinese classics and acquiring an early love of Nanga painting he specialised in English literature and taught the subject at a number of universities. During his student days Sōseki met his best friend Shiki Masaoka, who later became a founder of the literary journal Hototogisu. Shiki inspired Sōseki to begin composing Chinese poems. Whilst living in London at the behest of the Japanese government, Sōseki suffered from a nervous breakdown and received the news that Shiki had died of TB. At this point Sōseki stopped composing Chinese poems and did not begin again until he became seriously ill in 1911. From 1911 to his death in 1916, Sōseki, whenever recovering from his worsening illness composed Chinese poems. He took the process of writing poetry as a form of meditation which helped him cope with his failing health, the pressures he faced and his increasing concern at the direction in which Japan was moving. This study will assess the influence of Chinese thought and literature upon Sōseki in a chronological order by examining his poems in five separate stages: student days; teaching period; serious illness; Nanga painting phase and the writing of ‘Lightness and Darkness’ (Mei-An) his last novel.
Supplemental_Table_2 - Comparing Perspectives of Canadian Men Diagnosed With Prostate Cancer and Health Care Professionals About Active Surveillance
Creators: name: Fitch, Margaret
name: Ouellet, Veronique
name: Pang, Kittie
name: Chevalier, Simone
name: Drachenberg, Darrel E
name: Finelli, Antonio
name: Jean-Baptiste Lattouf
name: Loiselle, Carmen
name: So, Alan
name: Sutcliffe, Simon
name: Tanguay, Simon
name: Saad, Fred
name: Mes-Masson, Anne-Marie
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 111708 Health and Community Services
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Medicine

description: Supplemental_Table_2 for Comparing Perspectives of Canadian Men Diagnosed With Prostate Cancer and Health Care Professionals About Active Surveillance by Margaret Fitch, Veronique Ouellet, Kittie Pang, Simone Chevalier, Darrel E Drachenberg, Antonio Finelli, Jean-Baptiste Lattouf, Carmen Loiselle, Alan So, Simon Sutcliffe, Simon Tanguay, Fred Saad and Anne-Marie Mes-Masson in Journal of Patient Experience
title: Changing Dynamics of Tobacco Production and Exchange in South India: Towards a Socio-Ecological Analysis
Creators: name: Natarajan, Nithya
Publisher: name: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Year: 2019

description: This thesis explores the declining production and exchange of tobacco in South India through a theoretical lens that is attendant to the changing dynamics of socio-ecological factors. The thesis builds on a broader literature of research which has highlighted the uneven and complex process of agrarian change that is underway across Tamil Nadu, and India more broadly, to focus on how this process can be understood through changing dynamics of ecology, articulated with shifting social and political factors. In order to do so, the thesis combines recent approaches from Green Marxism with critical agrarian literature on India’s agrarian transition, to develop a theoretical lens that asks how social and ecological factors are articulated in shaping change. The thesis draws on fieldwork undertaken in 2014-2015, comprising semi-structured interviews with 68 tobacco farmers and traders, two focus groups with labourers, observation, informal encounters with rural actors, and further interviews with relevant people from government and non-governmental organisations. Through analysis, the thesis highlights how tobacco’s success is linked to shifting regimes of appropriating nature, and how this is in turn shaping its decline in the current era, as water and soil wealth become more expensive to appropriate. The thesis ultimately suggests that analyses of agrarian change must be more attendant to the ways in which agrarian production draws on the wealth of nature, the specific processes and labour relations required to do so in different geographies, how these are reshaped by political economy factors, and how nature is in turn affected through such processes. The concluding chapter draws together insights from the thesis to suggest paths ahead for future research in this vein.
sj-pdf-1-eso-10.1177_2396987320933746 - Supplemental material for Maintaining stroke care in Europe during the COVID-19 pandemic: Results from an international survey of stroke professionals and practice recommendations from the European Stroke Organisation
Creators: name: Sousa, Diana Aguiar De
name: H Bart Van Der Worp
name: Caso, Valeria
name: Cordonnier, Charlotte
name: Strbian, Daniel
name: Ntaios, George
name: Schellinger, Peter D
name: Sandset, Else Charlotte
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Cardiology
subject: Medicine
subject: 110904 Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-eso-10.1177_2396987320933746 for Maintaining stroke care in Europe during the COVID-19 pandemic: Results from an international survey of stroke professionals and practice recommendations from the European Stroke Organisation by Diana Aguiar de Sousa, H Bart van der Worp, Valeria Caso, Charlotte Cordonnier, Daniel Strbian, George Ntaios, Peter D Schellinger, Else Charlotte Sandset and for the European Stroke Organisation in European Stroke Journal
Supplemental Material, Tables_and_Figures.R4.CL.V3 - Physical literacy in children and adolescents: Definitions, assessments, and interventions
Creators: name: Liu, Yang
name: Chen, Senlin
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: Education

description: Supplemental Material, Tables_and_Figures.R4.CL.V3 for Physical literacy in children and adolescents: Definitions, assessments, and interventions by Yang Liu and Senlin Chen in European Physical Education Review
Online_Appendix – Supplemental material for Measuring Emotional Responses to Negative Commercials: A Comparison of Two Methods
Creators: name: Fridkin, Kim
name: Kenney, Patrick J.
name: Bartia Cooper
name: Deutsch, Ryan
name: Gutierrez, Manuel
name: Williams, Alexandra
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 160607 International Relations
subject: FOS: Political science

description: Supplemental material, Online_Appendix for Measuring Emotional Responses to Negative Commercials: A Comparison of Two Methods by Kim Fridkin, Patrick J. Kenney, Bartia Cooper, Ryan Deutsch, Manuel Gutierrez and Alexandra Williams in Political Research Quarterly
sj-pdf-1-jiv-10.1177_0886260520926494 - Supplemental material for “Would You Allow Your Wife to Dress in a Miniskirt to the Party”?
Creators: name: Agar Marín-Morales
name: Bueso-Izquierdo, Natalia
name: Hidalgo-Ruzzante, Natalia
name: Pérez-García, Miguel
name: Catena-Martínez, Andrés
name: Verdejo-Román, Juan
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 160299 Criminology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Law

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-jiv-10.1177_0886260520926494 for “Would You Allow Your Wife to Dress in a Miniskirt to the Party”? by Agar Marín-Morales, Natalia Bueso-Izquierdo, Natalia Hidalgo-Ruzzante, Miguel Pérez-García, Andrés Catena-Martínez and Juan Verdejo-Román in Journal of Interpersonal Violence
title: British Imperialism and Oil : A History of British Petroleum,1901-2016
Creators: name: Hobbs, Graham
Publisher: name: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Year: 2019

description: This thesis presents a history of British Petroleum (BP), from its origins in 1901 until 2016, in the context of the history of British imperialism as a whole. It draws on Marxist studies of imperialism and the international political economy of oil. BP was a company of Britain’s empire. Its history begins in the “classical” age of imperialism. Its concessions were the products not just of inter-imperial rivalries but of inter-imperial alliances too. The change in the relative strengths of Britain and America necessitated a redistribution of control over Middle Eastern oil. The thesis charts this redivision. After the company struck oil in Alaska in 1969, BP’s production, sales and assets Americanised. To minimise the political risks to its US assets, BP sought to limit its ownership by foreign states (in particular, Britain and Kuwait) and to expand its ownership by Americans. At the start of the 1990s, the company again Americanised its shareholder base and, at the turn of the millennium, it acquired two American oil companies. It did so, in part, to protect its assets outside America, via the US state. In terms of ownership and a measure of control, BP became bi-national, Anglo-American. The thesis examines the relations between BP and the British and American states in terms of Marxist theories of the state. In terms of structuralist mechanisms and instrumentalist processes of colonisation, BP was closer to the British than the American state. And the company received more support from the former than the latter in the international arena. Since 2003, Russia has been BP’s largest source of hydrocarbons and BP has been Russia’s largest foreign producer. The thesis examines BP’s partnerships with Russian “oligarchs” and then with the Russian state, in particular, its equity stake and positions on the board of state-controlled Rosneft.
FinTextQA: A Dataset for Long-form Financial Question Answering
Creators: name: Chen, Jian
name: Zhou, Peilin
name: Hua, Yining
name: Loh, Yingxin
name: Chen, Kehui
name: Li, Ziyuan
name: Zhu, Bing
name: Liang, Junwei
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Accurate evaluation of financial question answering (QA) systems necessitates a comprehensive dataset encompassing diverse question types and contexts. However, current financial QA datasets lack scope diversity and question complexity. This work introduces FinTextQA, a novel dataset for long-form question answering (LFQA) in finance. FinTextQA comprises 1,262 high-quality, source-attributed QA pairs extracted and selected from finance textbooks and government agency websites.Moreover, we developed a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)-based LFQA system, comprising an embedder, retriever, reranker, and generator. A multi-faceted evaluation approach, including human ranking, automatic metrics, and GPT-4 scoring, was employed to benchmark the performance of different LFQA system configurations under heightened noisy conditions. The results indicate that: (1) Among all compared generators, Baichuan2-7B competes closely with GPT-3.5-turbo in accuracy score; (2) The most effective system configuration on our dataset involved setting the embedder, retriever, reranker, and generator as Ada2, Automated Merged Retrieval, Bge-Reranker-Base, and Baichuan2-7B, respectively; (3) models are less susceptible to noise after the length of contexts reaching a specific threshold.
Fragebogen_WiB_FR – Supplemental material for What drives science media use? Predictors of media use for information about science and research in digital information environments
Creators: name: Metag, Julia
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 200199 Communication and Media Studies not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Media and communications
subject: Science Policy

description: Supplemental material, Fragebogen_WiB_FR for What drives science media use? Predictors of media use for information about science and research in digital information environments by Julia Metag in Public Understanding of Science
Supplemental Material, sj-pdf-1-ppq-10.1177_1354068820938008 - Religion on the rise again? A longitudinal analysis of religious dimensions in election manifestos of Western European parties
Creators: name: Schwörer, Jakob
name: Fernández-García, Belén
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 160607 International Relations
subject: FOS: Political science

description: Supplemental Material, sj-pdf-1-ppq-10.1177_1354068820938008 for Religion on the rise again? A longitudinal analysis of religious dimensions in election manifestos of Western European parties by Jakob Schwörer and Belén Fernández-García in Party Politics
title: Exploring Thai Cultural Identity through the Remakes of Korean Dramas : A Study of Transnational and Hybrid Culture on Thai Television
Creators: name: Sinpongsporn, Isaya
Publisher: name: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Year: 2018

description: This thesis adopts the perspectives of media and cultural studies to interrogate ‘cultural identity’ and ‘cultural hybridity’ through an analysis of the influence of South Korean popular culture on contemporary Thai media production and audience reception. It posits that the deeply hybridized nature of Thai media, especially television drama, can be taken as a starting point to interrogate questions of Thai cultural identity in relation to authenticity, diversity and hybridity. Although Thai media have long been influenced by different cultures, typically from Western and East Asian countries, the official television remakes of foreign materials started as late as 2012 after the influx of South Korean pop culture, or the so-called ‘Korean Wave’, into the country. Hence to explore the features and definitions of Thai culture and to reveal the appropriation of foreign culture, as well as negotiation and reception in Thai contexts, three first remakes of South Korean television dramas in Thai versions, namely The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince, Autumn in my Heart and Full House, are studied through three approaches: textual analysis, interviews with Thai remake directors and focus groups with Thai audiences. The findings from this analysis reveal that none of above-mentioned remakes fully follows the form and content of the original versions. Each has been revised, yet with a differing degree of cultural adaptation based on the directors’ own experiences and understandings of their national culture. In terms of audience reception, although Thai audiences in this study also hold a variety of differing views on Thai culture, they share similar opinions regarding Thai remakes of Korean dramas. To them, television is more of a local than a global medium. No matter how much they appreciate Korean television drama, if it is transformed into a Thai version and is called a Thai product, Thai audiences will expect to see what they believe to be Thai culture rather than other cultures. Thai remakes with a greater degree of localisation prove preferable to remakes that offer less adaptation. Disagreement regarding Thai cultural interpretation from Thai producers and audiences provides evidence that the definition of Thai culture is subjective, variable, and sometimes inseparable from other cultures. Furthermore, it suggests that a definition of ‘true’ or ‘authentic’ Thai culture is difficult to achieve. Despite this, however, Thai culture, by law, is something Thai people feel obligated to preserve. Therefore in order to search for a consensus on the definition of Thai culture or what to preserve, instead of describing Thai culture with tangible criteria and characteristics, this thesis alternatively suggests it is necessary to take into account the dimensions of subjectivity, flexibility and hybridity in viewing Thai culture.
Supplemental Material, sj-pdf-5-ppq-10.1177_1354068820938008 - Religion on the rise again? A longitudinal analysis of religious dimensions in election manifestos of Western European parties
Creators: name: Schwörer, Jakob
name: Fernández-García, Belén
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 160607 International Relations
subject: FOS: Political science

description: Supplemental Material, sj-pdf-5-ppq-10.1177_1354068820938008 for Religion on the rise again? A longitudinal analysis of religious dimensions in election manifestos of Western European parties by Jakob Schwörer and Belén Fernández-García in Party Politics
Supplemental Material, sj-pdf-6-ppq-10.1177_1354068820938008 - Religion on the rise again? A longitudinal analysis of religious dimensions in election manifestos of Western European parties
Creators: name: Schwörer, Jakob
name: Fernández-García, Belén
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 160607 International Relations
subject: FOS: Political science

description: Supplemental Material, sj-pdf-6-ppq-10.1177_1354068820938008 for Religion on the rise again? A longitudinal analysis of religious dimensions in election manifestos of Western European parties by Jakob Schwörer and Belén Fernández-García in Party Politics