cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Beyond state politics in Asia's transboundary rivers: Revisiting two decades of critical hydropolitics
Creators: name: Rogers, Sarah
name: Fung, Zali
name: Lamb, Vanessa
name: Gamble, Ruth
name: Wilmsen, Brooke
name: Wu, Fengshi
name: Han, Xiao
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 3709
subject: Physical geography and environmental geoscience
classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society
classificationCode: 4406
subject: Human geography

description: For the past two decades, work across a range of fields, but particularly geography, has engaged ‘critical hydropolitics’ as a way to highlight not only the politics inherent in decisions about water, but also the foundational assumptions of more conventional hydropolitical analyses that tend to focus on conflicts and cooperation over water resources, with a heavy emphasis on ‘the state’ as the key actor and scale of analysis. In this article we review critical hydropolitical literature that focuses on transboundary rivers that descend from the eastern Tibetan Plateau, namely the Lancang-Mekong, Yarlung Tsangpo-Brahmaputra and Nu-Salween river basins. We highlight five key and interrelated themes that have emerged in the literature to date - the state, scale, infrastructure, knowledge and logics, and climate change - and discuss how these provide useful tools for more fine-grained analyses of power, control and contestation.
Fertility tourism: A systematic review
Creators: name: Strickland, Paul
name: Ratten, Vanessa
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 35
subject: Commerce, management, tourism and services
classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society
classificationCode: 4403
subject: Demography
subject: FOS: Sociology
classificationCode: 4407
subject: Policy and administration
classificationCode: 4410
subject: Sociology

description: No description available
Devising a people-friendly test kit for overcoming challenges in the assessment of water quality and analysis of water pollution in the river Ganga
Creators: name: Chauhan, Shraddha
name: Yadav, Anjali
name: Kurup, Premnadh
name: Li, Xia
name: Swarnakar, Pradip
name: Gupta, Raju Kumar
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 41
subject: Environmental sciences
classificationCode: 4105
subject: Pollution and contamination

description: Abstract:  The Ganga is the most sacred Indian river, and it influences the lifestyle of ∼400 million people. However, owing to several anthropogenic activities, biotic and abiotic pollutants have increased substantially. The water quality assessment of the Ganga river has indicated that the water is not potable along most of its stretch. Most of the pollutants originate from a lack of responsible waste dumping from industrial, farming, sewage sectors and religious activities and cremation practices. The level of dissolved oxygen and biological oxygen could be the reason for serious concerns about aquatic life and human health risks. In this context, the challenges associated with formulating a standard testing kit for the Ganga water from people friendly viewpoint and utilising their knowledge base is presented. Overall identified data from available sources have been classified in terms of sources, such as industrial, farming, various religious activities, cremation practices, and their possible effects on aquatic life and human health. The present level of pollution from all sources and accepted standards are discussed. Further, we have highlighted the need for understanding pollution from the people's perspective involved in various activities and postulated the information regarding the sensors that have been developed to identify a variety of pollutants in the water.
Supplementary document for Deep background-mismodeling-learned reconstruction for high-accuracy fluorescence diffuse optical tomography - 6438301.pdf
Creators: name: Deng, Yong
name: Jiang, Yuxuan
name: Liu, Kaixuan
name: Li, Wensong
name: Luo, Qingming
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: supplementary materials
Supplementary document to the article "Rad6 Regulates Conidiation by Affecting the BiotinMetabolism in Beauveria bassiana"
Creators: name: Guan, Yi
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 310705
subject: Mycology

description: Rad6 is a canonical ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme known for its role in regulating chromosome-related cellular processes in yeast and been proven in multiple functions in Beauveria bassiana, including insect-pathogenic lifestyle, UV damage repair and conidiation. However, previous studies only reported the key role of Rad6 in regulating spore production in a nutrition-rich medium, without deep mechanism analysis. In this study, we found that the disruption of Rad6 leads to a profound reduction in spore production, irrespective of whether the fungus is cultivated in nutrient-rich or nutrient-poor environments. The absence of rad6 exerts a suppressive effect on the transcription of essential genes in the central developmental pathway, namely brlA, abaA, and wetA, resulting in a direct downregulation of conidiation capacity. Additionally, mutant strains exhibit a more pronounced decline in both spore generation and hyphal development when cultured in nutrient-rich conditions. This observation correlates with the downregulation of the CDP downstream gene vosA and the upregulation of flaA in nutrition-rich cultures. Moreover, single-transcriptomics analyses indicate that irregularities in biotin metabolism, DNA repair, and tryptophan metabolism are the underlying factors contributing to the reduced spore production. Comprehensive dual transcriptomics analyses pinpoint abnormal biotin metabolism as the primary cause of spore production decline. Subsequently, we successfully restored spore production in the Rad6 mutant strain through the supplementation of biotin, further confirming the transcriptomic evidence. Altogether, our findings underscore the pivotal role of Rad6 in influencing biotin metabolism, subsequently impacting the expression of CDP genes and ultimately shaping the asexual life cycle of B. bassiana.
Devising a people-friendly test kit for overcoming challenges in the assessment of water quality and analysis of water pollution in the river Ganga
Creators: name: Chauhan, Shraddha
name: Yadav, Anjali
name: Kurup, Premnadh
name: Li, Xia
name: Swarnakar, Pradip
name: Gupta, Raju Kumar
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023

description: Abstract:  The Ganga is the most sacred Indian river, and it influences the lifestyle of ∼400 million people. However, owing to several anthropogenic activities, biotic and abiotic pollutants have increased substantially. The water quality assessment of the Ganga river has indicated that the water is not potable along most of its stretch. Most of the pollutants originate from a lack of responsible waste dumping from industrial, farming, sewage sectors and religious activities and cremation practices. The level of dissolved oxygen and biological oxygen could be the reason for serious concerns about aquatic life and human health risks. In this context, the challenges associated with formulating a standard testing kit for the Ganga water from people friendly viewpoint and utilising their knowledge base is presented. Overall identified data from available sources have been classified in terms of sources, such as industrial, farming, various religious activities, cremation practices, and their possible effects on aquatic life and human health. The present level of pollution from all sources and accepted standards are discussed. Further, we have highlighted the need for understanding pollution from the people's perspective involved in various activities and postulated the information regarding the sensors that have been developed to identify a variety of pollutants in the water.
Mapping data acquisition and processing report, Cruise EX1104: Cayman Trench, August 2 - 18, 2011, Balboa, Panama to Key West, Florida
Creators: name: Lobecker, Elizabeth
name: Nadeau, Megan
name: Stuart, Elaine
name: Howard, Vincent
name: Mefford, Jonathan
Publisher: name: NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Underwater exploration -- Mexico, Gulf of

description: This report covers only the EM 302 multibeam mapping activities conducted during this cruise. Considerable other activities including Conductivity Temperature Depth (CTD) vertical casts and tow-yo's, Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) dives, as well as education and outreach activities were conducted which may be referred to in this report but details will not be provided here. A full cruise report describing these activit ies will be produced by the Expedition Manager.
Audience at Dogwood Hollow Theatre Performance
Creators: name: (:Unas)
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1956
Subjects: Stony Brook
Concert halls
Amphitheaters
Music festivals
Concerts
Audiences
Theater audiences
Performances

description: This photograph shows a right side view of a large audience at the Dogwood Hollow Theatre in 1956. The audience looks prepared to enjoy a performance from the Stony Brook Music Festival. Within the audience are black and white Americans seated together, rare for this time. It is possible Dogwood Hollow played a role in promoting integration among black and white musicians and audiences. This photograph has been used to document the appearance of Stony Brook locations in "The Negro Motorist Green Book", including the Three Village Inn. The photograph shows the size of Dogwood Hollow's large audience, having over 2000 seats.
A note on badly approximable systems of linear forms over a field of formal series
Creators: name: Hussain, Mumtaz
name: Shulga, Nikita
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 49
subject: Mathematical sciences
classificationCode: 4901
subject: Applied mathematics
classificationCode: 4904
subject: Pure mathematics

description: We prove that the set of badly approximable systems of M linear forms in N variables over the field of formal power series is hyperplane absolute winning. A consequence of this winning property is that the set has full Hausdorff dimension.
LINGUISTICA ACQUISIZIONALE E SILLABO: ALCUNE RIFLESSIONI PRELIMINARI
Creators: name: Luoni, Gabriele
Publisher: name: Italiano LinguaDue
Year: 2016

description: Gli studi di linguistica acquisizionale (SLA, Second Language Acquisition) negli ultimi anni hanno delineato quanto sia complesso imparare un’altra lingua. Sono state esplorate sempre più in profondità le differenze tra i processi di acquisizione e apprendimento ed è emersa una conoscenza sempre più dettagliata dei meccanismi di acquisizione. Anche se  i risultati hanno origine in studi sperimentali che spesso sono condotti al di fuori dei normali contesti didattici, offrono, tuttavia, spunti teorici che possono essere utilizzati per organizzare con maggior coerenza il sillabo. Nella prima parte dell’articolo vengono esaminate alcune caratteristiche di un sillabo linguistico; vengono poi prese in considerazione le caratteristiche dei processi di acquisizione sulla base degli studi più recenti e confrontate con i dati sull’acquisizione della lingua italiana. Nella parte centrale vengono esaminati i modelli di interfaccia tra conoscenze esplicite e implicite a partire dagli studi di N.C. Ellis e Michael Ulman e alcuni tratti del modello di Input Processing elaborato da Van Patten per mostrare quale ruolo possano avere nell’elaborazione dei contenuti del sillabo. Nell’ultima parte viene affrontato un caso pratico di studio sui pronomi clitici.

Acquisitional  linguistics and syllabus: some preliminary reflections
Studies on acquisitional linguistics (SLA Second Language Acquisition) in recent years have outlined the complexity of learning another language. The differences between acquisition and learning processes have been explored more thoroughly and greater knowledge regarding capture mechanisms has emerged. Although the results from experimental studies are often conducted outside normal teaching contexts, they offer theoretical insights that can be used to organize the syllabus more coherently. In the first part of the article, some of the characteristics of a language syllabus are examined. The traits of acquisition on the basis of the most recent studies are taken into consideration and compared with data on the acquisition of the Italian language. There is a discussion regarding explicit and implicit knowledge interface models, starting from the studies by N.C. Ellis and Michael Ulman and some sections of the Input Processing model developed by Van Patten, in order to show what role they may have in the development of the content of the syllabus. In the last part, a practical case study on clitic pronouns is presented.
description: Italiano LinguaDue, V. 8, N. 1 (2016)
Towards Hydro-Transparency on the Euphrates-Tigris Basin: Mapping Surface Water Changes in Iraq, 1984–2015
Creators: name: Mason, Michael
name: Akıncı, Zeynep Sıla
name: Bilgen, Arda
name: Nasir, Noori
name: Al-Rubaie, Azhar
Publisher: name: University of Edinburgh
Year: 2023
Subjects: Iraq

description: This policy paper uses open-source software to examine surface water changes in the Euphrates-Tigris Basin from 1984–2015, focusing on Iraq – a downstream riparian state. The timeline captures the impact on Iraq of upstream dam construction, notably in Turkey and Iran, conflicts, and political transformations, and a period of protracted drought across the basin between 2007–18. Between 1984–2015, the area of permanent water in Iraq declined by a third, with greatest losses in the south. There was an 86 percent reduction in area of the Mesopotamian Marshes. In contrast, over the same period, the area of permanent water in Turkey increased by over a quarter. Mapping long-term changes in the occurrence and variability of surface water is a necessary step in achieving greater hydro-transparency; that is, the open availability of information on the movement, storage and management of water within and across state borders. Increased hydro-transparency, through the public provision of evidence-based information, can build trust between the riparian states (Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran), informing options for more sustainable, equitable and reasonable utilisation of basin flows.
Economic Consequences of Greylisting by the Financial Action Task Force
Creators: name: de Koker, Louis
name: Howell, John
name: Morris, Charles
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 35
subject: Commerce, management, tourism and services
classificationCode: 3502
subject: Banking, finance and investment

description: This study considers the impact of the FATF’s greylisting process from a market perspective. The results are intended to inform the development of public policy and improvement of market signalling. The study develops a theoretical market impact model and identifies the indicators which may impact banking operations and institutional decisions. It is explicitly market-oriented in that the model seeks to reflect how stakeholders in financial and non-financial markets typically respond to signals sent out by the FATF. The authors find that the FATF’s greylisting signalling has changed over time and distinguish four broad periods reflecting different messaging. The study uses financial, trade, and other variables derived from the World Bank’s ‘World Development Indicators’ databank to explore evidence of impact in each of the different phases of the FATF’s approach to greylisting. The study uses a pooled cross-section and time series approach with fixed effects, based on a sample of 177 countries and 3540 country-years of data from 2000 to 2020. The study examines impacts on net official development assistance, the banking environment (non-performing loans, risk premiums), net foreign assets, indebtedness, and market capitalisation. It finds significant correlations between many financial variables and FATF listing events, including an apparent reduction in development assistance during greylisting periods which endured after the country was delisted. This is of significant concern, as such reductions may impact disproportionately on developing economies.
META-ANALISI E APPLICAZIONE DI UNA PROPOSTA DIDATTICA ORIENTATA ALL’AZIONE PER L’APPRENDIMENTO DEI SEGNALI DISCORSIVI IN ITALIANO LS
Creators: name: Ferroni, Roberta
name: Birello, Marilisa
Publisher: name: Italiano LinguaDue
Year: 2016

description: Nel presente contributo si riportano i risultati di uno studio i cui obiettivi sono: a) verificare come vengono trattati i segnali discorsivi (SD) in un manuale di italiano LS il cui approccio è orientato all’azione; b) analizzare come questi SD vengono percepiti e ritualizzati nel parlato dialogico di studenti di italiano LS di livello B1 del Quadro comune europeo di riferimento per le lingue. La ricerca è stata svolta fra studenti universitari del corso di Laurea di Lingua e Letteratura Italiana della Facoltà di Filosofia, Lettere e Scienze Umane dell’Università di San Paolo del Brasile. Dall’analisi delle proposte didattiche, tratte dall’unità 6 del corso d’italiano per stranieri Bravissimo! 3-B1(Birello e Vilagrasa, 2014), si evince che le attività incentrate sui SD presuppongono un costante reimpiego in un contesto di lavoro significativo, attraverso degli «spazi interattivi» in cui gli apprendenti prendono consapevolezza e mettono alla prova le regole che gestiscono la co-costruzione conversazionale in LS. L’esposizione e la riflessione sui SD, abbinate a proposte di attività interattive significative, in cui lo studente ha un preciso scopo da raggiungere, offrono delle opportunità di riutilizzo dei SD simile a quello che può prodursi in una situazione al di fuori dell’aula.

Meta-analysis and application for action-learning italian fl discourse signals

In this paper we report the results of a study whose objectives were: a) to determine how discourse markers (DMs) are addressed in an action-oriented Italian FL textbooks; b) to analyze how these DMs are perceived and ritualized in the spoken conversation of students studying Italian as a FL at the B1 level as defined by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. The study was carried out among university students majoring in Italian Language and Literature at the School of Philosophy, Letters and Humanities of the University of São Paulo, Brazil. The analysis of the pedagogical approach, focusing on Unit 6 of an Italian for foreigners course, Bravissimo! 3-B1 (Birello and Vilagrasa, 2014), indicates that the activities concentrating on DMs assume constant practice in a meaningful task context, through “interactive spaces” in which the students become aware of and practice the rules that govern conversational co-construction in the FL. The presentation of and reflection on DMs, coupled with the meaningful interactive activity approach, where the student has a precise objective, provide opportunities to practice DMs similar to those that can occur in situations outside of the classroom.
description: Italiano LinguaDue, V. 8, N. 1 (2016)
Ethiopia's Pivot from Institutionalised Regional Diplomacy to Populist Peacemaking
Creators: name: Taye, Eliab
Publisher: name: University of Edinburgh
Year: 2024
Subjects: Peace Processes
Ethiopia
Sudan

description: This paper analyses the mediation initiative launched by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in Sudan in June 2019, which facilitated political dialogue between the country’s soldiers and civilians. In the short term, it paved the way to a celebrated breakthrough. It also marked a significant step in the emergence of a new paradigm for Ethiopian diplomacy, based on advancing personalised foreign policymaking and marginalising longstanding foreign policy principles and institutions. The paper uses the concept of “populist peacemaking” to frame this pivot and analyses its impact on the relations between Ethiopia and Sudan.
Inclusive Policy? An Intersectional Analysis of Policy Influencing Women’s Reproductive Decision‐Making
Creators: name: Haintz, Greer Lamaro
name: McKenzie, Hayley
name: Turnbull, Elizabeth
name: Graham, Melissa
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society
classificationCode: 4403
subject: Demography
subject: FOS: Sociology
classificationCode: 4407
subject: Policy and administration
classificationCode: 4410
subject: Sociology

description: Policy can be used and experienced as a tool for social inclusion or exclusion; it can empower or disenfranchise. Women’s reproductive decision‐making and health is impacted by policy, and women’s experiences of diverse and intersecting marginalised social locations can influence their experiences of policy. This research aimed to explore how intersectionality is considered within Victorian state government policies that influence and impact women’s reproductive decision-making. A systematic search of Victorian (Australia) government policy instruments was undertaken, identifying twenty policy instruments. Policies were analysed using an intersectional policy analysis framework using a two‐stage process involving deductive coding into the domains of the framework, followed by inductive thematic analysis within and across domains. Findings reveal inconsistencies within and across policies in how they consider intersecting social relations of power in the representation of problems, women’s positionings, policy impacts, and policy solutions. These gaps could exclude and marginalise individuals and groups and contribute to systemic inequities in women’s reproductive decision-making and the outcomes of those decisions, particularly among already marginalised groups. The lack of women’s voices in policy further excludes and marginalises those impacted by the policy and limits the representation of all women in policy. Policy development needs to meaningfully involve women with diverse and intersecting marginalised social locations, and critical reflexivity of all stakeholders, to ensure policies can better account for the experiences of, and impacts upon, women who are marginalised and effect change to promote social inclusion and equity in women’s reproductive decision‐making.
MA, ANONG ULAM?
Creators: name: Omaña, Arnold Peregrine A.
Publisher: name: BINAS PUBLISHING
Year: 2025
Subjects: MA, ANONG ULAM?

description: PACIFICUS: A Literary Magazine by Binas Publishing (Volume 1, Issue 1)

 

PACIFICUS is a literary magazine by Binas Publishing that celebrates the power of words through a diverse collection of poetry, short stories, essays, and creative works. With its inaugural issue, PACIFICUS Volume 1, Issue 1 sets the stage for a platform where writers and artists can share their voices, perspectives, and imagination.

 

This edition features compelling narratives, thought-provoking reflections, and artistic expressions that resonate with readers across different backgrounds. Whether exploring themes of identity, resilience, culture, or the human experience, PACIFICUS embodies the essence of storytelling that inspires and connects.

 

As a publication dedicated to fostering literary excellence, PACIFICUS aims to nurture emerging and established writers while enriching the literary landscape. Each issue aspires to be a testament to creativity, insight, and the enduring impact of literature.
PROBLEMI DI DECODIFICAZIONE DI ESPRESSIONI IDIOMATICHE ITALIANE IN APPRENDENTI ALGERINI
Creators: name: Amina, Hachouf
Publisher: name: Italiano LinguaDue
Year: 2016

description: L’apprendimento di una lingua non consiste soltanto nell’appropriarsi degli elementi minimi che la costituiscono, ma anche della sua ricchezza fraseologica. Ora, afferrare il senso di un’espressione idiomatica richiede una certa dimestichezza con la lingua del soggetto parlante, tanto nella lingua madre che nella lingua obiettivo. Per la loro frequenza di uso nel linguaggio quotidiano, tali espressioni che rivelano alcuni aspetti culturali specifici della lingua, costituiscono una componente rilevante della competenza lessicale. In sede glottodidattica il dovere di afferrare il senso dell’espressione idiomatica incombe sull’insegnante. Però, non è sufficiente presentare le espressioni idiomatiche della lingua straniera con le loro rispettive significazioni. Queste unità fraseologiche dovrebbero fare parte dell’apprendimento della lingua. Questo lavoro si focalizza sulle difficoltà che incontrano gli studenti algerini per la comprensione di tali unità lessicali. Fare scoprire agli studenti le divergenze interpretative di alcune espressioni idiomatiche ―  tra la loro cultura e la cultura italiana ― costituisce il primo passo per l’acquisizione di una competenza comunicativa in quella lingua.

Algerian learners’ problems in decodifying italian idiomatic expressions
Learning a language means not only knowing elements of that language but also the richness of its phraseology. Grasping the meaning of an idiom requires familiarity both with the source language and the target language. Frequent, everyday use of idiomatic expressions reveals specific cultural aspects in a language, important chatacteristics of lexical competence. In language learning, it is the teacher’s task to help students grasp the meaning of idioms. The presentation of these expressions and their corresponding meanings is insufficient. These phraseological units should be part of foreign language learning. Based on the difficulties that Algerian students of Italian encounter in their understanding of idioms, this study aims to help learners discover differences in interpretation between their native culture and Italian culture, and thus develop communicative competence in the Italian language.
description: Italiano LinguaDue, V. 8, N. 1 (2016)
Global China and the Quest for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Creators: name: Vangeli, Anastas
Publisher: name: University of Edinburgh
Year: 2024
Subjects: Global Transitions
Bosnia and Herzegovina
China

description: In the past decade China has had a significant footprint in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Even if it has not dramatically reshaped lived realities, China has changed the agenda and debate on BiH’s future and is now an unavoidable topic. Yet, while the complex and uneasy peacebuilding process in BiH, and China’s growing presence and impacts in the country and the broader region, have been individually studied at length, their intersection is rarely discussed. While neither BiH or Chinese representatives frame Sino-BiH relations against the backdrop of peacebuilding, nor use peacebuilding vocabulary (unlike in relations between BiH and the West, where this is a central trope), for China, the pursuit and maintenance of peace remains a long-term goal in its relations with BiH their outset. China’s vision and methods, however, differ significantly from those of Western liberal actors. Thus, this paper assesses how China’s nominally peace oriented developmentalist and pragmatic approach is reshaping BiH’s peacebuilding landscape, and what this intersection reveals about the evolving dynamics of global peace paradigms beyond the country and its region itself. The Global Transitions Series looks at fragmentations in the global order and how these impact peace and transition settlements. It explores why and how different third-party actors – state, intergovernmental, and non-governmental – intervene in conflicts, and how they see themselves contributing to reduction of conflict and risks of conflict relapse. The series critically assesses the growth and diversification of global and regional responses to contemporary conflicts. It also asks how local actors are navigating this multiplicity of mediators and peacebuilders and how this is shaping conflict outcomes and post-conflict governance.
CareerX: AI-Powered Career Path Recommender System for College Students
Creators: name: Yuvraj Gupta, Yuvraj Gupta
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: AI, Career Guidance, Recommender System, College Students, Natural Language Processing, Resume Analyzer, Job Matching, Machine Learning

description: CareerX is an AI-powered career path recommender system designed to help college students make informed career decisions based on their skills, interests, and academic background. This research paper presents the design, architecture, and implementation of the CareerX mobile application, which integrates Natural Language Processing (NLP), machine learning algorithms, and real-time job data to deliver personalized career recommendations. Key features include a resume analyzer, learning roadmap generator, and job finder module. The system was tested with users from Dronacharya College of Engineering, achieving a 90% satisfaction rate and showing significant improvements in resume quality and job matching. This preprint documents the methodology, evaluation results, and future scope of the project.
Inclusive Policy? An Intersectional Analysis of Policy Influencing Women’s Reproductive Decision‐Making
Creators: name: Haintz, Greer Lamaro
name: McKenzie, Hayley
name: Turnbull, Elizabeth
name: Graham, Melissa
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023

description: Policy can be used and experienced as a tool for social inclusion or exclusion; it can empower or disenfranchise. Women’s reproductive decision‐making and health is impacted by policy, and women’s experiences of diverse and intersecting marginalised social locations can influence their experiences of policy. This research aimed to explore how intersectionality is considered within Victorian state government policies that influence and impact women’s reproductive decision-making. A systematic search of Victorian (Australia) government policy instruments was undertaken, identifying twenty policy instruments. Policies were analysed using an intersectional policy analysis framework using a two‐stage process involving deductive coding into the domains of the framework, followed by inductive thematic analysis within and across domains. Findings reveal inconsistencies within and across policies in how they consider intersecting social relations of power in the representation of problems, women’s positionings, policy impacts, and policy solutions. These gaps could exclude and marginalise individuals and groups and contribute to systemic inequities in women’s reproductive decision-making and the outcomes of those decisions, particularly among already marginalised groups. The lack of women’s voices in policy further excludes and marginalises those impacted by the policy and limits the representation of all women in policy. Policy development needs to meaningfully involve women with diverse and intersecting marginalised social locations, and critical reflexivity of all stakeholders, to ensure policies can better account for the experiences of, and impacts upon, women who are marginalised and effect change to promote social inclusion and equity in women’s reproductive decision‐making.
Application of video frame interpolation to markerless, single-camera gait analysis
Creators: name: Dunn, Marcus
name: Kennerley, Adam
name: Murrell-Smith, Zhane
name: Webster, Kate
name: Middleton, Kane
name: Wheat, Jonathan
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences
classificationCode: 4207
subject: Sports science and exercise
classificationCode: 4603
subject: Computer vision and multimedia computation

description: Abstract: In clinic settings, factors such as time, cost, expertise, and technology feasibility limit the use of instrumented biomechanical analysis. Recent advances in commercial markerless motion capture systems can address patient ease-of-use factors, but are high cost and require specialised equipment, dedicated spaces, and technical expertise. As such, they present similar limitations to biomechanical analyses in clinic settings. Single-camera pose estimation techniques have generated cautious optimism for markerless gait analysis. However, parameters derived using low-cost and low-sample rate cameras commonly used in clinic settings are not yet accurate enough to detect change in complex movement systems. Video frame interpolation is a single-step process that artificially increases the sample rate of videos. This study applied video frame interpolation to videos of walking and demonstrates improved precision for step, stance, swing and double support times, as well as marginal improvements to the precision of ankle and knee joint angles, derived by single-camera pose estimation. Video frame interpolation potentially represents a delimiting factor for gait analysis in clinic settings, as limiting factors such as time, cost, technology feasibility and patient ease-of-use can be minimised.
IL NOME IN LIS NEL SEGNATO DI ADULTI UDENTI: UNA INDAGINE PRELIMINARE SUL CORPUS LISAU
Creators: name: La Grassa, Matteo
Publisher: name: Italiano LinguaDue
Year: 2016

description: L’indagine presenta i primi risultati emersi dall’analisi di una parte del corpus LISAU (LIS di Adulti Udenti) sulla produzione segnata del sintagma nominale in LIS da parte di informanti udenti che hanno appreso la LIS come L2 in età adulta. Scopo dell’indagine è cominciare a tracciare una linea di ricerca nell’ambito della linguistica acquisizionale con riferimento all’acquisizione della LIS come L2 da parte di udenti. Il corpus LISAU include il segnato di 7 informanti udenti con livello di competenza omogenea che hanno terminato un corso di terzo livello presso la sede Ente Nazionale Sordi di Prato e di 2 informanti sordi segnanti nativi considerati come gruppo di controllo. L’analisi si è incentrata sulla realizzazione dei nomi di prima e di seconda classe rilevando anche forme non citazionali, sulla realizzazione di forme plurali e sulle modalità di accordo tra nomi e aggettivi. Dalla maggior parte dei dati analizzati si rileva la piena competenza degli informanti nella realizzazione del sintagma nominale.

Nouns Signed by hearing adults in LIS: a preliminary survey on the LISAU corpus

The results of an analysis concerning part of the LISAU (LIS of  Hearing Adults) corpus related to the production of the noun phrase in LIS by hearing informants who learned the LIS L2 in adulthood are presented. The purpose of the investigation was to outline the process with regard to the acquisition of LIS L2 by hearing adults. The LISAU corpus is composed of the sign language of 7 hearing informants with a homogeneous level of competence who completed a third-level course at the Ente Nazionale Sordi in Prato. LISAU also includes the sign language of 2 deaf native signers, considered the control group. The analysis focuses on the first and second-class nouns, including non-citation forms, plural forms and noun-adjective agreement. Most of the analyzed data reveals the informants’ full competence in creating noun phrases.
description: Italiano LinguaDue, V. 8, N. 1 (2016)
Turkey's Presence in the Western Balkans
Creators: name: Sofos, Spyros A.
Publisher: name: University of Edinburgh
Year: 2024
Subjects: Global Transitions
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Turkey

description: This paper seeks to map Turkey’s multifaceted engagement in Bosnia (and the Western Balkans, where this impacts Bosnia) and trace its evolution over the past three decades. More specifically, the paper attempts to shed light on, and contextualise continuities and discontinuities in Ankara’s humanitarian, development, commercial and cultural diplomacy associated with its peacebuilding activities in Bosnia and examine the ways Turkey’s engagement in Bosnia and Herzegovina/the Western Balkans, contributes to, or diverges from, the BiH peace process and transition. The author addresses the emergence of Turkey as an ambitious regional and global actor, focusing on its first steps into peacebuilding in the Western Balkans, before turning his attention to Turkey’s foreign policy reorientation, including understanding of peacebuilding and its activities in Bosnia-Herzegovina over the past 15 years. The paper then provides an overview of the underlying trends and characteristics of the second phase of Ankara’s peacebuilding engagement. Finally, it explores how Turkey’s peacebuilding strategy and activities over the past 15 years impact the country’s place in the regional and global system, namely its alliances and partnerships, and the effectiveness of its interventions. The Global Transitions Series looks at fragmentations in the global order and how these impact peace and transition settlements. It explores why and how different third-party actors – state, intergovernmental, and non-governmental – intervene in conflicts, and how they see themselves contributing to reduction of conflict and risks of conflict relapse. The series critically assesses the growth and diversification of global and regional responses to contemporary conflicts. It also asks how local actors are navigating this multiplicity of mediators and peacebuilders and how this is shaping conflict outcomes and post-conflict governance.
Metadata for "Energy and morphology ofmartensite–twinned martensite interface in CuAlNi shape memory alloy: A phase-field study"
Creators: name: Rezaee Hajidehi, Mohsen
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Here is the metadata associated with the publication "Energy and morphology ofmartensite–twinned martensite interface in CuAlNi shape memory alloy: A phase-field study" by Seyedshoja Amini, Mohsen Rezaee-Hajidehi and Stanisław Stupkiewicz
Application of video frame interpolation to markerless, single-camera gait analysis
Creators: name: Dunn, Marcus
name: Kennerley, Adam
name: Murrell-Smith, Zhane
name: Webster, Kate
name: Middleton, Kane
name: Wheat, Jon
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023

description: Abstract: In clinic settings, factors such as time, cost, expertise, and technology feasibility limit the use of instrumented biomechanical analysis. Recent advances in commercial markerless motion capture systems can address patient ease-of-use factors, but are high cost and require specialised equipment, dedicated spaces, and technical expertise. As such, they present similar limitations to biomechanical analyses in clinic settings. Single-camera pose estimation techniques have generated cautious optimism for markerless gait analysis. However, parameters derived using low-cost and low-sample rate cameras commonly used in clinic settings are not yet accurate enough to detect change in complex movement systems. Video frame interpolation is a single-step process that artificially increases the sample rate of videos. This study applied video frame interpolation to videos of walking and demonstrates improved precision for step, stance, swing and double support times, as well as marginal improvements to the precision of ankle and knee joint angles, derived by single-camera pose estimation. Video frame interpolation potentially represents a delimiting factor for gait analysis in clinic settings, as limiting factors such as time, cost, technology feasibility and patient ease-of-use can be minimised.
L’UTILIZZO DELLA REALTÀ AUMENTATA NELLA DIDATTICA DELL’ITALIANO L2
Creators: name: Lombardi, Giulia
Publisher: name: Italiano LinguaDue
Year: 2016

description: L’articolo prende spunto dall’analisi di alcune tra le applicazioni mobile di realtà aumentata più famose e utilizzate sia quotidianamente che nella didattica delle materie scientifiche, per sfruttarne le potenzialità anche nell’insegnamento dell’italiano a stranieri. Dopo una brevissima panoramica che intende fare il punto sull’utilizzo delle tecnologie nella classe di lingue, vengono introdotti i concetti di mobile-learning e di realtà aumentata. A partire dai primi impieghi di questo strumento nella didattica delle materie scientifiche e tecniche, si arriva alle prime sperimentazioni d’avanguardia nelle classi di lingua, comunque molto rare: l’articolo ripercorre le tappe che portano all’introduzione praticamente pionieristica di questo metodo nella didattica dell’italiano come lingua seconda. Quindi si passa ad analizzarne tutti i vantaggi in termini di inclusione, usabilità, motivazione, versatilità ed innovazione. Nella seconda parte, vengono tratteggiate e catalogate in una tabella le caratteristiche tecniche e di impiego didattico di cinque applicazioni che ricorrono alla tecnologia della realtà aumentata: Aurasma, Wikitude, Google Goggles, Taggar, Zooburst. Nella terza e ultima parte, vengono proposte e descritte tre attività didattiche esemplificative, che vogliono guidare il docente all’utilizzo degli strumenti sopra descritti, dalla progettazione alla presentazione in aula.

The use of augmented reality in italian L2 teaching

This article was inspired by analyzing some of the most famous and frequently used augmented reality mobile applications that science teachers use to exploit their potential in teaching Italian to foreigners. After a brief overview of the use of technology in language classrooms, mobile-learning concepts and augmented reality are introduced. We trace the first uses of this tool in teaching scientific and technical matters, and then the initial avant-garde experiments in language classrooms, which are still very rare.  The article retraces the steps that lead to the introduction of this method, pioneering teaching Italian as a second language. All of the advantages –in terms of inclusion, usability, motivation, versatility and innovation – are analyzed. In the second part, the specifications and educational uses of five applications that use augmented reality technology – Aurasma, Wikitude, Google Goggles, Taggar and Zooburst – are outlined and compared. In the third and final part, three sample educational activities used to train teachers in using the tools described above, from the design to the presentation in the classroom, are presented.
description: Italiano LinguaDue, V. 8, N. 1 (2016)
title: Riemann problems in the retinal circulation
Creators: name: Onah, Ifeanyi Sunday
Publisher: name: University of Glasgow
Year: 2024

description: Retinal haemorrhage (abnormal bleeding of the blood vessels in the retina) is often observed following traumatic brain injury. The retinal blood vessels, known as the retinal circulation, are supplied by the central retinal artery (CRA) and the central retinal vein (CRV), which pass along the optic nerve after passing through a region of ceresbrospinal fluid (CSF) in the nerve sheath. In this thesis we develop a theoretical model for blood flow in the retinal blood vessels which forms the foundation of a predictive model of retinal haemorrhage.
We first consider a case where sudden change in CSF pressure (i.e. following brain injury) drives a large amplitude pressure perturbation (shock waves), treating the blood vessel as a single compliant tube with uniform material properties. We develop a Riemann problem to consider the response to an instantaneous discontinuity in flow and/or tube cross-sectional area across an interface, and examine the flow propagation. We identify the four classical flow structures that emerge from the discontinuity.
We extend our Riemann problem to consider an abrupt change in material properties coincident with the initial discontinuity, as a model for the central retinal vessels crossing between regions (e.g. between the optic nerve and the retina). Our Riemann problem exhibits the four classical solutions each with an additional stationary wave across the point of discontinuity. However, these classical solutions are not sufficient to cover the entire parameter space, and we demonstrate the existence of transcritical states resulting from a rarefaction wave resonating with the stationary wave, producing additional shock waves. These new resonant solutions were enough to close the gaps in our parameter space left by the classical solutions.
Finally we investigate the propagation of these large-amplitude pressure waves through a symmetric junction (mimicking blood flow through the retinal vessel networks). Our Riemann problem exhibits analogs of the four classical wave structures (again with a discontinuity across the stationary wave at the junction) as well as analogs of the transcritical (resonant) states identified in flow through a single vessel with a discontinuity in material properties. Furthermore, we find that the onset of resonance is delayed when the daughter vessels are chosen to be less stiff than the parent vessel and can be eliminated entirely if the reduction in stiffness is sufficiently large.
Australian work health and safety enforcement regarding service provision to people with disabilities: lessons for service providers*
Creators: name: Hough, Alan
name: Bigby, Christine
name: Marsh, Dru
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 3904
subject: Specialist studies in education
classificationCode: 4203
subject: Health services and systems
classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society
classificationCode: 4409
subject: Social work

description: In Australia, work health and safety legislation applies to all work-places, including those where disability-related supports and serv-ices are provided. It is thus relevant to people with disabilities(including people with intellectual disabilities) and the workers sup-porting them. The legislation allows work health and safety regula-tors to take enforcement action against people and organisationsthat breach their legal duties, including through prosecution andagreeing to enforceable undertakings. Using legal databases andregisters of enforcement actions, this article examines the extentand circumstances of prosecutions and enforceable undertakings inAustralian disability-related services and supports and identifiesnine lessons for providers of services to people with disabilities.
ALCUNI NUMERI SULLO STUDIO DELLA LETTERATURA ITALIANA ALL’ESTERO
Creators: name: Abbatangelo, Francesca
Publisher: name: Italiano LinguaDue
Year: 2016

description: Questo contributo, situato all’interno di un lavoro di ricerca più ampio, intende esaminare quantitativamente l’evoluzione dello studio della letteratura italiana nelle università straniere negli ultimi anni. Nonostante la scarsezza e la disomogeneità delle fonti, si propongono i dati riguardanti gli anni accademici 2009/2010, 2011/2012, 2012/2013, 2013/2014: l’obiettivo è esporre numeri e distribuzione degli studenti, nel tentativo di delineare un andamento complessivo.

Some numbers on the study of italian literature abroad

This contribution, part of a broader study, intends to examine the evolution of the study of Italian literature in universities abroad in recent yearsquantitatively. Despite the scarcity and variability of the sources, the data regards the academic years 2009/2010, 2011/2012, 2012/2013, 2013/2014: the objective is to present the numbers and distribution of students in an effort to outline a trend.
description: Italiano LinguaDue, V. 8, N. 1 (2016)
THE USE OF BITUMEN-EMULSION COMPOSITES IN ROAD CONSTRUCTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF KARAKALPAKSTAN.
Creators: name: Abdikadirov, Polat
name: Allanazarov, Sharibay
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: The article presents. Device for treating road surfaces, using thin-layer coatings, preparing stable bitumen emulsions.
Forging new habits: critical drugs scholarship as an otherwise to rights
Creators: name: Seear, Kate
name: Mulcahy, Sean
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society
classificationCode: 440107
subject: Social and cultural anthropology
classificationCode: 48
subject: Law and legal studies
classificationCode: 480406
subject: Law reform
classificationCode: 4807
subject: Public law

description: No description supplied
Backstage performances of parliamentary scrutiny, or coming together in parliamentary committee rooms
Creators: name: Mulcahy, Sean
name: Seear, Kate
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 360403
subject: Drama, theatre and performance studies
classificationCode: 48
subject: Law and legal studies
classificationCode: 4804
subject: Law in context
classificationCode: 4807
subject: Public law

description: No description supplied