cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Trends of Venous Thromboembolism Risk Before and After Diagnosis of Gout : A General Population-Based Study
Creators: name: Li, Lingyi
name: McCormick, Natalie
name: Sayre, E. C.
name: Esdaile, John
name: Lacaille, Diane
name: Xie, Hui
name: Choi, Hyon
name: Aviña-Zubieta, J. Antonio
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2020

description: Objective: To estimate the overall risk and the temporal trend of VTE, DVT, and PE before and after gout diagnosis in an incident gout cohort compared with the general population. Methods: We conducted a matched cohort study using a province-wide population-based administrative health database in Canada. We calculated incidence rates (IRs) and multivariable adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) for the risk of VTE, DVT, and PE before and after gout diagnosis. Results: Among 130,708 incident individuals with gout (64% male, mean age 59 years), 2,071 developed VTE, 1,377 developed DVT and 1,012 developed PE. IRs per 1000 person-years for gout were 2.63, 1.74, and 1.28 compared with 2.03, 1.28 and 1.06 for non-gout, respectively. The fully adjusted HRs (95% CI) for VTE, DVT, and PE were 1.22 (1.13-1.32), 1.28 (1.17-1.41), and 1.16 (1.05-1.29). For the pre-gout period, the fully adjusted HRs (95% CI) were 1.51 (1.38-1.64), 1.55 (1.40-1.72) and 1.47 (1.31-1.66) for VTE, DVT, and PE. During the 3rd, 2nd, and 1st years preceding gout, the fully adjusted HRs for VTE were 1.44, 1.56, and 1.62. During the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th years after gout, the fully adjusted HRs were 1.63, 1.29, 1.33, 1.28, and 1.22. Similar trends were also seen for DVT and PE. Conclusion: Increased risks of VTE, DVT, and PE were found both before and after gout diagnosis. The risk increased gradually before gout, peaking in the year prior to diagnosis, and then progressively declined. Gout-associated inflammation may contribute to venous thrombosis risk.
Organisational innovation audits: a typology of theories with some practical implications
Creators: name: De Waal, Anton
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Few managers will dispute that innovation is both key to survival and a precursor to wealth creation, yet many organisations are not good at it or do not even know where to begin. Literature suggests that the innovation audit is a good starting point, as it provides organisations with a reviewing mechanism of how effectively they are able to deliver the level of innovation necessary to create new products, new services and new ways of undertaking activities (Drummond and Ensor, 2001). In recent years a number of models for auditing innovation have been developed. These vary in scope and complexity from simple Internet surveys to comprehensive frameworks that assess performance in innovation management. Using desk research, this paper firstly determines what the requirements for a good innovation audit are, then continues to identify the limitations of a few contemporary innovation auditing tools. It finally proposes a new and improved framework, the Systemic Value Innovation Audit (SVIA), which meets the determined requirements for good innovation auditing tools. The SVIA builds upon existing theory and other auditing tools and uniquely identifies and covers the three main themes of 1) assessing present and recent past performance in innovation; 2) assessing the current state of institutionalisation of innovation within the organisation; and 3) predicting future performance in innovation based on past and current innovation strategy
The Prophetic Dream in the Itinerary of Constantine Manasses
Creators: name: Chryssogelos, Konstantinos
Publisher: name: Parekbolai. An Electronic Journal for Byzantine Literature
Year: 2013
Subjects: Constantine Manasses, Itinerary

description: The present study deals with the dream sequence in the Itinerary of Constantine Manasses. The allegorical dream, which the narrator has in the beginning of the poem, proves to be prophetic, foreseeing his future adventures. In general, there was a revived interest on behalf of the Byzantine scholars in the theory of dreams, largely due to the reemergence of Aristotelian works during that era. However, the dream sequence in the Itinerary seems to be associated mainly with dreambooks and especially Artemidorus’ Oneirocriticon. Further relations with the novelistic genre of late antiquity and 12th century Byzantium, as well as possible intertextual references to various works of the ancient Greek literature (the Histories of Thucydides and the Persians of Aeschylus) are also included in this paper.
description: Parekbolai. An Electronic Journal for Byzantine Literature, Vol 3 (2013)
Supplementary document for Single-Frame Diffractive Imaging with Randomized Illumination - 4910664.pdf
Creators: name: Levitan, Abraham
name: Keskinbora, Kahraman
name: Sanli, Umut
name: Weigand, Markus
name: Comin, Riccardo
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental Document
Concordant patterns of genetic, acoustic, and morphological divergence in the West African Old world leaf‐nosed bats of the hipposideros caffer complex
Creators: name: Baldwin, Heather J.
name: Vallo, Peter
name: Ruiz, A. Tonatiuh
name: Anti, Priscilla
name: Nkrumah, Evans E.
name: Badu, Ebenezer K.
name: Oppong, Samuel K.
name: Kalko, Elisabeth K. V.
name: Tschapka, Marco
name: Stow, Adam J.
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Hipposideros ruber
subject: nuclear microsatellites
subject: DDC 570 / Life sciences
subject: DDC 590 / Animals (Zoology)
subject: Cytochrome b
subject: Hipposideridae
subject: Phylogeny
subject: Cytochrom b
subject: Phylogenie

description: We investigated bats of the Hipposideros caffer complex from Ghana in order to resolve their cryptic diversity. We confirmed presence of four previously established mtDNA lineages and demonstrated significant divergence among them based on nuclear microsatellites, frequency distribution of echolocation calls, and external morphometry. We showed that H. caffer complex in West Africa consists of at least four distinct species and highlighted the potential presence of further cryptic species. Levels of biodiversity are globally underestimated, especially in tropical ecosystems. This is particularly so for bats compared to other mammalian taxa, due to morphological conservatism. Here, we investigate West African bats of the Hipposideros caffer complex, an insectivorous bat group occurring throughout the Afrotropics. From samples collected in Ghana, we aim to resolve the cryptic diversity identified by mitochondrial (mt) DNA using nuclear genetic, acoustic, and external morphometric data. We confirmed the presence of four previously established mtDNA lineages within the H. caffer complex and found significant genetic divergence among lineages based on nuclear microsatellite data and significant differences in frequencies of echolocation calls and morphometric measures. From these new data, we conclude that H. caffer complex in West Africa consists of at least four distinct species. While the small‐sized species from coastal savanna could be assigned to H. caffer tephrus, the taxonomic identity of the three sympatric, similarly sized species pertaining to H. ruber from the forest zone of Central Ghana is yet to be assessed.
Ekphrasis Earos. Le topos de la venue du printemps chez des auteurs byzantins
Creators: name: Loukaki, Marina
Publisher: name: Parekbolai. An Electronic Journal for Byzantine Literature
Year: 2013
Subjects: Rhétorique byzantine, Ekphrasis, Homilétique, Roman d'amour

description: La description de la venue du printemps (ekphrasis earos), un topos aux composantes spécifiques dans la littérature de la seconde sophistique, devint l’ objet d’ enseignement reproduit de façon stéréotypée dans les écoles de Rhétorique protobyzantines. La symbolique de la renaissance de la nature s’ est révélée particulièrement favorable à la didascalie chrétienne comme image du Christ ressuscité ; ainsi, l’ekphrasis earos se retrouve dans plusieurs homélies sur Pâques, le Baptême, la Nativité du Christ, l’Annonciation de la Vierge, etc. La jonction de la tradition chrétienne avec la tradition païenne dans la composition des descriptions du printemps semble qu’ elle fut favorisée dans le milieu scolaire de l’ époque médio-byzantine. Les ekphraseis earos de Libanius (Progym. XII 7), de Grégoire de Nazianze (Or. 44) et de Pseudo-Méléagre (AP IX 363) furent des modèles. À partir du XIIe siècle, les nouvelles tendances de la littérature, qui ont remis à l’honneur le roman d’ amour, le monde naturel et les détails de la vie quotidienne, ont donné lieu à des compositions dépourvues de toute allusion chrétienne.
description: Parekbolai. An Electronic Journal for Byzantine Literature, Vol 3 (2013)
Supplementary document for Single-Frame Diffractive Imaging with Randomized Illumination - 4910664.pdf
Creators: name: Levitan, Abraham
name: Keskinbora, Kahraman
name: Sanli, Umut
name: Weigand, Markus
name: Comin, Riccardo
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2020
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental Document
Representations of Power in the Byzantios Oration of Theodore Metochites: Illusions and Realities
Creators: name: Voudouri, Alexandra
Publisher: name: Parekbolai. An Electronic Journal for Byzantine Literature
Year: 2014
Subjects: Theodore Metochites; Byzantios; Palaiologan period; Constantinople

description: The early 14th century and so far very little commented on Byzantios logos by Theodore Metochites appears to be the first surviving, lengthy, and independent city encomium in the Greek language since the 4th century Antiochikos logos by Libanios. Metochites seems to be quite familiar with the late antique tradition of the extended independent city praises and as a result the 70 folia long laus Constantinopolitana, includes all the expected, and power-indicating praising themes: thesis, foundation, walls, secular buildings and other infrastructure, occupations of the citizens, internal and external beauty, piety of the citizens and churches, secular education, ports and trade, commonwealth and cosmopolitanism, ecumenical character, intense Christian faith and synkrisis with other famous cities. But can an encomium of Constantinople, written in the dramatic first decade of the 14th century, really be a source of any power representations at all? Or should one reassess the encomiastic topoi and attempt to distinguish fact from fiction and power from illusion of power? Finally, can the lengthier and more persistent analysis of particular features serve as a proof of their more realistic character? The above questions are approached by using some hidden dating indicators of Byzantios logos, in addition to a critical evaluation of Metochites᾽ use of the late antique rhetorical guidelines, and in the light of the latest research on the economic and spiritual life in early Palaiologan Constantinople.
description: Parekbolai. An Electronic Journal for Byzantine Literature, Vol 3 (2013)
Factors influencing the accuracy of freehand implant placement: a prospective clinical study
Creators: name: Schnutenhaus, Sigmar
name: Wagner, Marie
name: Edelmann, Cornelia
name: Luthardt, Ralph G.
name: Rudolph, Heike
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: accuracy
subject: computer-guided surgery
subject: freehand
subject: DDC 610 / Medicine & health
subject: Cone-beam computed tomography
subject: Dental implants
subject: Surgery, Computer-assisted
subject: Zahnimplantation
subject: Zahnprothetik
subject: Computerassistierte Chirurgie
subject: Bildgebendes Verfahren

description: (1) Background: The objective of implant prosthetic restoration is to ensure the best possible rehabilitation of function and esthetics. Optimal positioning of the implant with regard to the bone availability, surrounding soft tissue, and prosthetic sustainability should be strived for during implant placement. The factors influencing freehand implant placement and the accuracy achieved with this procedure are investigated in this prospective clinical study. (2) Methods: Implants were placed in the single-tooth edentulous sites of the premolar and molar areas in 52 patients. Three-dimensional (3D)-planning was performed virtually prior to the freehand implant operation, and the desired position of the implant was provided to the surgeon. (3) Results: The deviations between the planned and the actually achieved position with freehand implant placement showed the following mean values and standard deviations: angle 8.7 ± 4.8°, 3D deviation at the implant shoulder 1.62 ± 0.87 mm, mesiodistal deviation 0.87 ± 0.75 mm, buccolingual deviation 0.70 ± 0.66 mm, and apiocoronal deviation 0.95 ± 0.61 mm. The type of jaw had a significant influence on accuracy. Major deviations were observed in the lower jaw. Furthermore, the timing of implant placement influenced the mesiodistal deviation and angular deviation; (4) Conclusions: Freehand implant placement demonstrated a higher level of deviation between the planned and actually achieved implant positions. In particular, the ranges showed a large spread. From a prosthetic point of view, there may be complications during the restoration of the prosthetic crown if the implant exit point is not optimally located or if the implants show a high angular deviation.
Ανέκδοτος κανόνας εις την υπεραγίαν Θεοτόκον του Ευθυμίου Α´ Κωνσταντινουπόλεως (;)
Creators: name: Germanis, Filippos
Publisher: name: Parekbolai. An Electronic Journal for Byzantine Literature
Year: 2014
Subjects: Euthymios I, patriarch of Constantinople; Hymnography

description: The codex X.IV.8. (403) of Real Biblioteca at El Escorial contains, on folios 56r-58v, a canon of supplication (κανὼν Παρακλητικός) addressed to the Virgin Mary Theotokos. The canon, although anonymous in the manuscript as well as in a large part of the manuscript tradition, is transmitted in a great number of manuscripts under the name either of Euthymios I, patriarch of Constantinople (907-912) or of Methodios I, patriarch of Constantinople (843-847). The presence of another canon (ἕτερος κανὼν), which is also anonymous, in the same codex following the aforementioned canon and more specifically on folios 58v-61r, led G. de Andrés to the suggestion of a possible common authorship of the two hymnographical works, which he then attributed to Euthymios. Current research remains quite vague regarding the attribution of the canon of supplication to either Patriarch Euthymios or Patriarch Methodios or potentially to a third person. As a result, the attribution of the two canons to a specific person is uncertain, even if their comparison leads to their attribution to the same composer. For this reason, we proceed to a comparison of the second canon, which is published here for the first time, with the original works of Euthymios, with a view to finding similarities which would probably allow us to consider Euthymios as its potential composer.
description: Parekbolai. An Electronic Journal for Byzantine Literature, Vol 3 (2013)
Segmental involvement of the corpus callosum in C9orf72-associated ALS: a tract of interest-based DTI study
Creators: name: Müller, Hans-Peter
name: Lulé, Dorothée
name: Roselli, Francesco
name: Behler, Anna
name: Ludolph, Albert C.
name: Kassubek, Jan
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: C9orf72 expansion
subject: DDC 610 / Medicine & health
subject: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
subject: Magnetic resonance imaging
subject: Motor neuron disease
subject: Diffusion tensor imaging
subject: Myatrophische Lateralsklerose
subject: Diffusionsgewichtete Magnetresonanztomografie

description: Background: C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat expansions are associated with widespread cerebral alterations, including white matter alterations. However, there is lack of information on changes in commissure fibres. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) can identify amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)-associated patterns of regional brain alterations at the group level. The objective of this study was to investigate the structural connectivity of the corpus callosum (CC) in ALS patients with C9orf72 expansions. Methods: DTI-based white matter mapping was performed by a hypothesis-guided tractwise analysis of fractional anisotropy (FA) maps for 25 ALS patients with C9orf72 expansion versus 25 matched healthy controls. Furthermore, a comparison with a patient control group of 25 sporadic ALS patients was performed. DTI-based tracts that originate from callosal sub-areas I to V were identified and correlated with clinical data. Results: The analysis of white matter integrity demonstrated regional FA reductions for tracts of the callosal areas II and III for ALS patients with C9orf72 expansions while FA reductions in sporadic ALS patients were observed only for tracts of the callosal area III; these reductions were correlated with clinical parameters. Conclusion: The tract-of-interest-based analysis showed a microstructural callosal involvement pattern in C9orf72-associated ALS that included the motor segment III together with frontal callosal connections, as an imaging signature of the C9orf72-associated overlap of motor neuron disease and frontotemporal pathology.
Supplementary document for Breaking Plasmonic Symmetry through the Asymmetric Growth of Gold Nanorods - 4910867.pdf
Creators: name: Melendez, Lesly
name: Barrow, Steven
name: Liu, Amelia
name: Connell, Tymothy
name: Gomez, Daniel
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Breaking Plasmonic Symmetry through the Asymmetric Growth of Gold Nanorods
Resorting to Rare Sources of Antiquity: Nikephoros Basilakes and the Popularity of Plutarch’s Parallel Lives in Twelfth-Century Byzantium
Creators: name: Xenophontos, Sophia
Publisher: name: Parekbolai. An Electronic Journal for Byzantine Literature
Year: 2014
Subjects: Nikeporos Basilakes; Plutarch; Nicetas Choniates; Progymnasmata

description: This article examines the Byzantine adaptation of the anecdote of the Lydian king Pythes within Nikephoros Basilakes’ Progymnasma 11 in relation to its earliest surviving source, Plutarch’s Mulierum virtutes 262D–263A. By looking at the ascription accompanying Basilakes’ progymnasma, it additionally argues for the popularity of Plutarch’s Parallel Lives in Komnenian Byzantium.
description: Parekbolai. An Electronic Journal for Byzantine Literature, Vol 4 (2014)
Marinos and the Purpose of Prior Analytics II
Creators: name: Agiotis, Nikos
Publisher: name: Parekbolai. An Electronic Journal for Byzantine Literature
Year: 2014
Subjects: Marinos; Leon Magentenos; Prior Analytics; Aristotle

description: This article includes a critical edition of a scholion attributed to the neoplatonic philosopher Marinos and some remarks regarding its possible relation to texts of Michael Psellos and Leon Magentenos.
description: Parekbolai. An Electronic Journal for Byzantine Literature, Vol 4 (2014)
Stakeholder theory contributions to the corporate responsibility debate
Creators: name: Lachapelle, Dominic
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Philosophy.
subject: Business Administration, Management.

description: Different approaches to corporate responsibility can be identified throughout the business ethics and corporate responsibility literature. Stakeholder theory, one of these approaches, has emerged in recent years as the most prominent. This approach calls for a shift from the supremacy of economic interests of stockholders and attempts to derive alternatives for corporate governance that include and balance the interests of all those affected by corporate conduct. This thesis consists of a review of relevant literature to identify three major contributions stakeholder theory brings to the CR debate: (1) it implicitly introduces the organic model into the CR debate and thereby forces a fundamental change in the way corporations are conceived within ethics frameworks; (2) in recognition of the expanding ethical sphere of corporations, it extends corporate responsibility beyond economic performance, the owners of the corporation, expertise, and the law and government regulations; and (3) it provides a foundation for identifying what responsibilities corporations do have.
Supplementary document for Breaking Plasmonic Symmetry through the Asymmetric Growth of Gold Nanorods - 4910867.pdf
Creators: name: Melendez, Lesly
name: Barrow, Steven
name: Liu, Amelia
name: Connell, Tymothy
name: Gomez, Daniel
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2020
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Breaking Plasmonic Symmetry through the Asymmetric Growth of Gold Nanorods
Quasar Accretion Disk Sizes from Continuum Reverberation Mapping from the Dark Energy Survey
Creators: name: Mudd, D.
name: Martini, P.
name: Zu, Y.
name: Kochanek, C.
name: Peterson, B. M.
name: Kessler, R.
name: Davis, T. M.
name: Hoormann, J. K.
name: King, A.
name: Lidman, C.
name: Sommer, N. E.
name: Tucker, B. E.
name: Asorey Barreiro, Jacobo
name: Hinton, S.
name: Glazebrook, Karl
name: Kuehn, K.
name: Lewis, G.
name: Macaulay, E.
name: Moeller, A.
name: O'Neill, C.
name: Zhang, B.
name: Abbott, T. M.C.
name: Abdalla, F. B.
name: Allam, S.
name: Banerji, M.
name: Benoit-Lévy, A.
name: Bertin, E.
name: Brooks, D.
name: Rosell, A. Carnero
name: Carollo, D.
name: Kind, M. Carrasco
name: Carretero, J.
name: Cunha, C. E.
name: D'Andrea, C. B.
name: Costa, L. N.Da
name: Davis, C.
name: Desai, S.
name: Doel, P.
name: Fosalba, P.
name: García-Bellido, J.
name: Gaztanaga, E.
name: Gerdes, D. W.
name: Gruen, D.
name: Gruendl, R. A.
name: Gschwend, J.
name: Gutierrez, G.
name: Hartley, W. G.
name: Honscheid, K.
name: James, D. J.
name: Kuhlmann, S.
name: Kuropatkin, N.
name: Lima, M.
name: Maia, M. A.G.
name: Marshall, J. L.
name: McMahon, R. G.
name: Menanteau, F.
name: Miquel, R.
name: Plazas, A. A.
name: Romer, A. K.
name: Sanchez, E.
name: Schindler, R.
name: Schubnell, M.
name: Smith, M.
name: Smith, R. C.
name: Soares-Santos, M.
name: Sobreira, F.
name: Suchyta, E.
name: Swanson, M. E.C.
name: Tarle, G.
name: Thomas, D.
name: Tucker, D. L.
name: Walker, A. R.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We present accretion disk size measurements for 15 luminous quasars at 0.7 <= z <= 1.9 derived from griz light curves from the Dark Energy Survey. We measure the disk sizes with continuum reverberation mapping using two methods, both of which are derived from the expectation that accretion disks have a radial temperature gradient and the continuum emission at a given radius is well described by a single blackbody. In the first method we measure the relative lags between the multiband light curves, which provides the relative time lag between shorter and longer wavelength variations. From this, we are only able to constrain upper limits on disk sizes, as many are consistent with no lag the 2 sigma level. The second method fits the model parameters for the canonical thin disk directly rather than solving for the individual time lags between the light curves. Our measurements demonstrate good agreement with the sizes predicted by this model for accretion rates between 0.3 and 1 times the Eddington rate. Given our large uncertainties, our measurements are also consistent with disk size measurements from gravitational microlensing studies of strongly lensed quasars, as well as other photometric reverberation mapping results, that find disk sizes that are a factor of a few (similar to 3) larger than predictions.
Restorative processes and zero tolerance policies: Can they co-exist? An exploratory case study of an Ontario secondary school
Creators: name: Newberry, Avery
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Education, Secondary.
subject: Sociology, Criminology and Penology.

description: School violence is an issue currently generating much policy and research attention. It has become a serious concern, not only because of its damaging effects but also because, it is linked to later anti-social and criminal behaviour. Typically, responses to school violence fall into three categories. This thesis explores the feasibility of restorative practices in Canadian schools that have zero tolerance policies towards violence. Hirschi's social bonding theory (1969) is used to support arguments for the need to shift from current punishment orientated responses to more restorative responses. In this inductive case study analysis of an Ontario secondary school it is observed that a peaceful/restorative culture can thrive, in conjunction with both restorative processes and zero tolerance policy.
Performance Assessment Model for Municipal Solid Waste Management Systems: Development and Implementation
Creators: name: Abdulaziz AlHumid, Hatem
name: Haider, Husnain
name: S. AlSaleem, Saleem
name: Alinizzi, Majed
name: Shafiquzaman, Md.
name: Sadiq, Rehan
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: Most of the municipalities in the Gulf region are facing performance-related issues in their municipal solid waste management (MSWM) systems. They lack a deliberate inter-municipality benchmarking processes. Instead of identifying the performance gaps for their key components (e.g., personnel productivity, operational reliability, etc.) and adopt proactive measures, the municipalities primarily rely on an efficient emergency response. A novel hierarchical modeling framework, based on deductive reasoning, is developed for the performance assessment of MSWM systems. Fuzzy rule-based modeling using Simulink-MATLAB was used for performance inferencing at different levels, i.e., component, sub-components, etc. The model is capable of handling the inherent uncertainties due to limited data and an imprecise knowledge base. The model’s outcomes can exclusively assist the managers working at different levels of organizational hierarchy for effective decision-making. Performance of the key components assists the senior management in assessing the overall compliance level of performance objectives. Subsequently, operations management can home in the sub-components to acquire useful information for intra-municipality performance management. Meanwhile, individual indicators are useful for inter-municipality benchmarking. The model has been implemented on two municipalities operating in Qassim Region, Saudi Arabia. The results demonstrate the model’s pragmatism for continuous performance improvement of MSWM systems in the country and elsewhere.
Contests of Andreia in Procopius' Gothic Wars
Creators: name: Stewart, Michael Edward
Publisher: name: Parekbolai. An Electronic Journal for Byzantine Literature
Year: 2014
Subjects: Procopius; Gothic wars; Gender Studies

description: Much of the recent work on gender constructions in the writings of the sixth-century Byzantine writer Procopius have focused on his Secret History. Yet, the crucial role that gender constructions play in his other writings has garnered far less notice. This essay concentrates on one theatre of war, Italy, and examines how in the Gothic Wars Procopius used the field of battle as a means to comment on the role that courage and manliness played in determining the outcome of the war. The conflict, in Procopius’ telling, offered the Byzantines the opportunity not only to regain Italy, but also to test their military and manly virtues against a worthy enemy, the Goths.
description: Parekbolai. An Electronic Journal for Byzantine Literature, Vol 4 (2014)
Supplementary document for Enhanced light extraction of light-emitting diode with micro patterns by femtosecond laser micromachining for visible light communication - 4911818.pdf
Creators: name: Zhang, Fan
name: Xu, Cong
name: Yin, Kai
name: Duan, Jian
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Lasers and Quantum Electronics

description: Results for the spectra, morphology, and light efficiency of the micro patterns on LED fabricated by Gaussian and Bessel laser beams.
Speech production processing in the second language.
Creators: name: Lukach, Melanie.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1993
Subjects: subject: Language, Linguistics.

description: The phenomenon of foreign accent has long been a topic of linguistic theory. Neufeld proposes that speech production, especially at the phonological level, is hampered by the use of (conscious or unconscious) knowledge that speakers have about the L2--metalinguistic knowledge. Those who begin acquiring an L2 after the age of five focus more on structural correctness than younger learners, and tend to use this metalinguistic knowledge more often. Thus even among balanced bilinguals, on an experiment designed to induce focus on form, older learners should perform more speech errors and dysfluencies than native speakers or early bilinguals, and tend to correct more. This pattern should be even more pronounced in learners who have acquired their L2 in a formal (school) context. An experiment consisting of five tasks was designed to test these three points of Neufeld's Pre- and Post-Articulatory Verification (PAV) model. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
A Byzantine Emperor between Reality and Imagination: The Image of Leo VI in the Hagiographical Texts of the Middle Byzantine Period
Creators: name: Tsiaples, Georgios
Publisher: name: Parekbolai. An Electronic Journal for Byzantine Literature
Year: 2014
Subjects: Leo VI, Constantine Porphyrogennetos; Theophano

description: A group of hagiographical texts, written during the period from 886 to 976, contains valuable information about Leo’s VI (886-912) marital adventures, intellectual concerns and administrative skills. Although the condemnation of the wise ruler, because of his turbulent life and the problems that it caused between Church and State, would be expected, the authors showed particular interest in the restoration of his image. It cannot be supported with certainty that all of these texts, about Leo VI, were composed with the encouragement or guidance of imperial authority. This, however, is the first, chronologically, attempt to restore the image of a member of the Macedonian dynasty. Several years later, a similar effort will take place, under the direction of Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos, through historiography, in order to justify the crimes that Basil I committed, attempting to displace the Amorians. The numerous flattering mentions, in which the roots of Leo’s VI legend can be traced, indicate not only the interest of the hagiographers, about the wise emperor, but the audience’s as well.
description: Parekbolai. An Electronic Journal for Byzantine Literature, Vol 4 (2014)
A novel mouse model to study fracture healing of the proximal femur
Creators: name: Haffner-Luntzer, Melanie
name: Weber, Birte
name: Lam, Charles
name: Fischer, Verena
name: Lackner, Ina
name: Ignatius, Anita
name: Kalbitz, Miriam
name: Marcucio, Ralph S.
name: Miclau, Theodore
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: DDC 610 / Medicine & health
subject: Fractures, Bone
subject: Fracture healing
subject: Osteoporosis
subject: Knochenbruch
subject: Frakturheilung
subject: Osteoporose

description: The majority of fractures, especially in elderly and osteoporotic patients, occurs in metaphyseal bone. However, only a few experimental models exist to study metaphyseal bone healing in mice. Currently used mouse models of metaphyseal fracture healing are either based on drill hole defects, lacking adequate biomechanical stimulation at the site of fracture and therefore endochondral ossification in the fracture callus, or are introduced into the distal part of the mouse femur stabilized by a locking plate, which is challenging due to the small specimen size. Therefore, the aim of the current study was to develop a new mouse model to study metaphyseal fracture healing of the proximal femur. We chose a combination between an open osteotomy and a closed intramedullary stabilization. A 24 G needle was inserted into the femur in a closed manner, then an osteotomy was made with a 0.4‐mm Gigli wire saw between the third and the lesser trochanter of the femur using an open approach. Fractured femurs were analyzed using microcomputed tomography and histology at days 14 and 21 after surgery. No animals were lost due to surgery or anesthesia. All animals displayed normal limb loading and a physiological gait pattern within the first three days after fracture. We found robust endochondral ossification during the fracture healing process with high expression of late chondrocyte and early osteogenic markers at day 14 (d14). By day 21 (d21), all fractures had a bony bridging score of 3 or more, indicating successful healing. Callus volume significantly decreased from d14 to d21, whereas high numbers of osteoclasts appeared at the fracture callus until d21, indicating that callus remodeling had already started at d21. In conclusion, we successfully developed a novel mouse model to study endochondral fracture healing of the proximal femur. This model might be useful for future studies using transgenic animals to unravel molecular mechanisms of osteoporotic metaphyseal fracture healing
The Liturgy and Meal in Version D of the Ακολουθία του ανοσίου τραγογένη Σπανού
Creators: name: Newman, Nicholas
Publisher: name: Parekbolai. An Electronic Journal for Byzantine Literature
Year: 2015
Subjects: Spanos; Vernacular Literature

description: By applying Wolfgang Iser’s concept of the “implied reader” to the discussion of the person under attack in the Service of the Unholy, Goat Bearded Spanos (edited by Hans Eideneier), this paper attempts to show how the author uses the Spanos to create a variety of parodies, including a parody of the monastic holy man. This paper then offers a translation and interpretation of two sections of the D version of this text, which illustrates this attack on the monastics.
description: Parekbolai. An Electronic Journal for Byzantine Literature, Vol 5 (2015)
Theodore Metochites and His Logos on the Archangel Michael. An Essay on the Text's Sources and Its Intellectual Background
Creators: name: Kaltsogianni, Eleni
Publisher: name: Parekbolai. An Electronic Journal for Byzantine Literature
Year: 2015
Subjects: Theodore Metochites, Archangel Michael, Hagiology

description: The article deals with one of the hitherto unedited hagiographical works of Theodore Metochites, the Logos on the Archangel Michael. Emphasis is put on the investigation of the text’s sources and especially on the use of arguments based on ancient Greek philosophy, which bring the Logos very close to Metochites’ philosophical treatises. In this vein the Logos also reflects the intellectual trends and preoccupations of the early Palaiologan period
description: Parekbolai. An Electronic Journal for Byzantine Literature, Vol 5 (2015)
Cross-Reactive and Lineage-Specific Single Domain Antibodies against Influenza B Hemagglutinin
Creators: name: Ramage, Walter
name: Gaiotto, Tiziano
name: Ball, Christina
name: Risley, Paul
name: Carnell, George W.
name: Temperton, Nigel
name: Cheung, Chung Y.
name: Engelhardt, Othmar G.
name: Hufton, Simon E.
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: Influenza B virus (IBV) circulates in the human population and causes considerable disease burden worldwide, each year. Current IBV vaccines can struggle to mount an effective cross-reactive immune response, as strains become mismatched, due to constant antigenic changes. Additional strategies which use monoclonal antibodies, with broad reactivity, are of considerable interest, both, as diagnostics and as immunotherapeutics. Alternatives to conventional monoclonal antibodies, such as single domain antibodies (NanobodiesTM) with well-documented advantages for applications in infectious disease, have been emerging. In this study we have isolated single domain antibodies (sdAbs), specific to IBV, using alpacas immunised with recombinant hemagglutinin (HA) from two representative viruses, B/Florida/04/2006 (B/Yamagata lineage) and B/Brisbane/60/2008 (B/Victoria lineage). Using phage display, we have isolated a panel of single domain antibodies (sdAbs), with both cross-reactive and lineage-specific binding. Several sdAbs recognise whole virus antigens, corresponding to influenza B strains included in vaccines spanning over 20 years, and were capable of neutralising IBV pseudotypes corresponding to prototype strains from both lineages. Lineage-specific sdAbs recognised the head domain, whereas, sdAbs identified as cross-reactive could be classified as either head binding or stem binding. Using yeast display, we were able to correlate lineage specificity with naturally occurring sequence divergence, at residue 122 in the highly variable 120 loop of the HA1 domain. The single domain antibodies described, might have applications in IBV diagnostics, vaccine potency testing and as immunotherapeutics.
Le public des textes historiographiques à l’époque macédonienne
Creators: name: Markopoulos, Athanasios
Publisher: name: Parekbolai. An Electronic Journal for Byzantine Literature
Year: 2015
Subjects: historiographie byzantine, public, lecteurs, auditeurs, Michel Psellos, Nicétas David, Photius, Basile Ier, Léon VI, Constantin VII Porphyrogénète, Syméοn Logothète, puissants, “nouveaux héros”, ἀνάγνωσις, ἀκρόασις, περιττοί, σπουδαῖοι, ἰδιῶται

description: L’ auteur essaie de montrer que la recherche concernant le public qui, dans l’ Empire byzantin et plus principalement durant la période médiobyzantine lisait (ou écoutait) les textes historiographiques, doit d’ abord examiner le statut social des lecteurs/auditeurs et ensuite la composition des textes eux-mêmes. D’ ailleurs, il est bien accepté aujourd’ hui que malgré les différences en ce qui concerne la forme et la narration entre l’ historiographie et la chronographie, il y a des nombreux éléments communs parmi eux tandis que les auteurs disposent souvent de la même formation intellectuelle. La répartition des lecteurs/auditeurs en trois catégories décrite d’ une manière admirative par Michel Psellos dans son éloge de Syméon Métaphraste (περιττοί, σπουδαῖοι, ἰδιῶται) est toujours valable mais il n’existe aucun élément digne d’ attention suggérant que les περιττοί lisaient les œuvres historiques qui correspondaient à leur (haut) niveau de culture – comme on croyait auparavant –, laissaint les autres textes, ‘inférieurs’ au point de vue stylistique, aux σπουδαῖοι et ἰδιῶται. Cependant à l’ époque en question il y a une catégorie spéciale de public qui lisait (ou écoutait) les textes historiques, indépendamment du niveau de culture; il s’agit de tous ceux auxquels étaient destinés les biographies des nouveaux « héros », composées en grand nombre au cours de la période macédonienne.
description: Parekbolai. An Electronic Journal for Byzantine Literature, Vol 5 (2015)
Wenn 68er 68 werden - Alter und bürgerschaftliches Engagement
Creators: name: Vieregge, Henning Von
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: DDC 320 / Political science
subject: Citizen activities
subject: Achtundsechziger
subject: Online-Publikation
subject: Ringvorlesung
subject: Soziales Engagement

description: Steigt die 68er-Generation voll ein ins bürgerschaftliche Engagement? Wenn nein, was hindert sie? Wenn ja, was treibt sie? Werden sie die Risse kitten, die der Rückzug des Staates aus vielen Leistungen reißt? Oder wollen sie Impulse für eine bessere Welt setzen? Der Autor des Buches "Der Ruhestand kommt später" (Frankfurt 2012) hat Manager der 68er-Generation interviewt. Deren Antworten bündelt er zu seinen Antworten. Der Vortrag wird von der Universität Mainz in Kooperation mit der Universität des Dritten Lebensalters der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt/Main angeboten.
Evaluation of the Mindful Moderate Eating Group program: a mindfulness-based group therapy program for women with binge eating difficulties
Creators: name: Woolhouse, Hannah
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Binge eating is one of the most common forms of eating difficulties, and is associated with a range of psycho-social problems. While Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is the most commonly used treatment for binge eating problems, mindfulness-based treatments have emerged in recent times as a promising alternative approach. The current study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of a mindfulness-based group therapy program for women with binge eating difficulties. Of interest were changes to eating psychopathology, and associated general psychopathology, and the subjective experience of group participants and facilitators. The study employed a repeated-measures, mixed-methods design to evaluate the Mindful Moderate Eating Group (MEG) program, a therapy program run through a University Psychology Clinic in Melbourne, Australia. Quantitative data was collected via questionnaires at pre-program, post-program, three-month follow-up and six-month follow-up. Following the program, all participants were invited to take part in a face-to-face interview to explore their experiences in more depth. A total of 30 women completed a pre- and post-questionnaire, 28 completed a 3-month follow-up questionnaire and 24 completed a 6-month follow-up questionnaire. The age of the sample ranged from 18 years to 52 years (M = 32.2 years, SD = 7.9). Following participation in the program, there was a significant reduction to binge eating severity, dieting behaviours, negative body image, and negative affect. There was also a significant increase to self-esteem. All of these reductions were maintained at three-month follow-up. The findings in the current study support the effectiveness of mindfulness-based group therapy programs for women with binge eating difficulties. Participation in the Mindful MEG program led to significant reductions in both eating psychopathology and general psychopathology and these changes were maintained at three month follow-up. Implications from the qualitative component of the study include the value of concurrent individual counselling for group members, and the importance of quality formal supervision for group facilitators.
A micro model of the determinants of youth unemployment in Canada 1951--1968
Creators: name: Maphangoh, Steve Qengebe Mphankomo Majola
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1972
Subjects: subject: Economics, Labor.
subject: Sociology, Public and Social Welfare.
subject: Sociology, Demography.

description: Abstract not available.
Titanium Activation in Prussian Blue Based Electrodes for Na-ion Batteries: A Synthesis and Electrochemical Study
Creators: name: Li, Min
name: Mullaliu, Angelo
name: Passerini, Stefano
name: Giorgetti, Marco
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: titanium hexacyanoferrate
subject: cathode material
subject: Na/Li-ion batteries
subject: DDC 540 / Chemistry & allied sciences
subject: Cathodes
subject: Natrium-Ionen-Akkumulator

description: Sodium titanium hexacyanoferrate (TiHCF, Na0.86Ti0.73[Fe(CN)6]·3H2O) is synthesized by a simple co-precipitation method in this study. Its crystal structure, chemical composition, and geometric/electronic structural information are investigated by X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD), microwave plasma-atomic emission spectroscopy (MP-AES), and X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS). The electroactivity of TiHCF as a host for Li-ion and Na-ion batteries is studied in organic electrolytes. The results demonstrate that TiHCF is a good positive electrode material for both Li-ion and Na-ion batteries. Surprisingly, however, the material shows better electrochemical performance as a Na-ion host, offering a capacity of 74 mAh g−1 at C/20 and a 94.5% retention after 50 cycles. This is due to the activation of Ti towards the redox reaction, making TiHCF a good candidate electrode material for Na-ion batteries.
ISSN exercise & sports nutrition review update: Research & recommendations
Creators: name: Kerksick, Chad M.
name: Wilborn, Colin D.
name: Roberts, Michael D.
name: Smith-Ryan, Abbie
name: Kleiner, Susan M.
name: Jäger, Ralf
name: Collins, Rick
name: Cooke, Matthew
name: Davis, Jaci N.
name: Galvan, Elfego
name: Greenwood, Mike
name: Lowery, Lonnie M.
name: Wildman, Robert
name: Antonio, Jose
name: Kreider, Richard B.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Background: Sports nutrition is a constantly evolving field with hundreds of research papers published annually. In the year 2017 alone, 2082 articles were published under the key words 'sport nutrition'. Consequently, staying current with the relevant literature is often difficult. Methods: This paper is an ongoing update of the sports nutrition review article originally published as the lead paper to launch the Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition in 2004 and updated in 2010. It presents a well-referenced overview of the current state of the science related to optimization of training and performance enhancement through exercise training and nutrition. Notably, due to the accelerated pace and size at which the literature base in this research area grows, the topics discussed will focus on muscle hypertrophy and performance enhancement. As such, this paper provides an overview of: 1.) How ergogenic aids and dietary supplements are defined in terms of governmental regulation and oversight; 2.) How dietary supplements are legally regulated in the United States; 3.) How to evaluate the scientific merit of nutritional supplements; 4.) General nutritional strategies to optimize performance and enhance recovery; and, 5.) An overview of our current understanding of nutritional approaches to augment skeletal muscle hypertrophy and the potential ergogenic value of various dietary and supplemental approaches. Conclusions: This updated review is to provide ISSN members and individuals interested in sports nutrition with information that can be implemented in educational, research or practical settings and serve as a foundational basis for determining the efficacy and safety of many common sport nutrition products and their ingredients.
title: Pollution Events at the High-Altitude Mountain Site Zugspitze-Schneefernerhaus (2670 m a.s.l.), Germany
title: Pollution Events at the High-Altitude Mountain Site Zugspitze-Schneefernerhaus (2670 m a.s.l.), Germany
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Ghasemifard, Homa
name: Ries, Ludwig
name: Vogel, Felix R.
name: Yuan, Ye
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2019

description: Within the CO2 time series measured at the Environmental Research Station Schneefernerhaus (UFS), Germany, as part of the Global Atmospheric Watch (GAW) program, pollution episodes are traced back to local and regional emissions, identified by 13C(CO2) as well as ratios of CO and CH4 to CO2 mixing ratios. Seven episodes of sudden enhancements in the tropospheric CO2 mixing ratio are identified in the measurements of mixing/isotopic ratios during five winter months from October 2012 to February 2013. The short-term CO2 variations are closely correlated with changes in CO and CH4 mixing ratios, achieving mean values of 6.0 0.2 ppb/ppm for CO/CO2 and 6.0 0.1 ppb/ppm for CH4/CO2. The estimated isotopic signature of CO2 sources (s) ranges between -35%0 and -24%0, with higher values indicating contributions from coal combustion or wood burning, and lower values being the result of natural gas or gasoline. Moving Keeling plots with site-specific data selection criteria are applied to detect these pollution events. Furthermore, the HYSPLIT trajectory model is utilized to identify the trajectories during periods with CO2 peak events. Short trajectories are found covering Western and Central Europe, while clean air masses flow from the Atlantic Ocean and the Arctic Ocean. Quelle: https://www.mdpi.com