cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Mapping environmental factors to Fasciola hepatica at farm-level
Creators: name: Qin, Qi
Publisher: name: University of Glasgow
Year: 2019

description: Fascia/a hepatica is a common parasite, which affects sheep and cattle. In past decades, due to wet weather and the increasing temperature in summer and early autumn, the risk of sheep and cattle infection by F. hepatica has significantly increased, and it has also caused enormous economic loss. Th·e distribution of F.-hepatica is profoundly affected by environmental conditions including precipitation, temperature, soil moisture, and vegetation type and can be predicted on a regional scale by environmental data. In the UK, a large numnber of farms are small or medium­ sized, and the current-parasite forecast system works on a national scale postal area scales, which is too broad to provide a precise forecast or enable the development of within-farm management strategies. Hence, there is a need to map the environment data to F. hepatica at the farm level. This study examined the relationships between F. hepatica and environmental factors at the within-farm and within-field levels, useing earth observation techniques and geographic infor­mation systems (GIS) to analyse the potential contribution of environmental factors to the den­sity of F. hepatica on pasture. Five study fields within two farms in Scotland, Cochno and Dumgoyne, were used i this study. Nine variables grouped within four categories were used to describe the environmental conditions: 1) remote sensing indices: normalized difference water index (NDWI) and normalized difference vegetation index (NOVI); 2) soil properties: soil moisture and soil temperature; 3) topographical factors: elevation, slope, and aspect; 4) grazing grass: grass height and grass weight. Two variables were used to describe the intensity of F. hep­atica in pasture grass: count of metacercarial cysts and yield of metacercariae (the number of metacercarial cysts per gram pasture). Univariate negative binomial regression models of each environment factors were built against the number of metacercariae per 0.1 gram. Subsequently, the significant variables were used in a multivariate regression model. The environmental condi­tions were diverse among the five fields and the F. hepatica density also varied quite widely. The results of this study showed that there were strong associations among environmental variables. These associations result in complex interactions when modelling the environment to F. hep­atica. Relationships among environmental variables and metacercarial density measures were quite inconsistent. Although the NDVI, grass weight, soil moisture and slope in particular fields showed significant relationships with F. hepatica, the remote sensing indicators tested would not be useful for determining parasite concentrations within farm-level.
Ethics Approval
Creators: name: Anderson, Dana
name: Vega, Anahi
name: Miranda, Jacob Francisco
name: Marianita Mora
name: Saluna, Cecilia Nicole Lim
name: Antillon, Cesar
name: Pavon, Ariadna Sosa
name: Vega, Mellissa
Publisher: name: OSF Registries
Year: 2020

description: Here you will find the approval documents from the IRB, Informed Consent (for Prolific and CSUEB student populations), and the recruitment flyer for participants.
Additional file 13: of Spatiotemporal patterns and environmental drivers of human echinococcoses over a twenty-year period in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China
Creators: name: Cadavid Restrepo, Angela
name: Yang, Yu
name: McManus, Donald
name: Gray, Darren
name: Barnes, Tamsin
name: Williams, Gail
name: Soares MagalhĂŁes, Ricardo
name: Hamm, Nicholas
name: Clements, Archie
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
Astronomical and Space Sciences not elsewhere classified
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Developmental Biology
Science Policy
Computational Biology

description: Scatterplots of number of CE cases by township against annual mean temperature at 13-year lag. (DOCX 145 kb)
title: Philip Roth and the "Jewish Body"
Creators: name: Lander, Joshua
Publisher: name: University of Glasgow
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Philip Roth, antisemitism, Jewish identity, body, race.

description: In the wake of Donald Trump’s presidency, American and European readers turned to Philip Roth’s The Plot Against America (2004) in an attempt to understand how such a tyrant could have risen to power. Trump’s ascension, combined with Roth’s death last year, generated a renewed interest in the author’s literature and his explorations of what it means to be an American. This thesis foregrounds Roth’s examinations of Americanness by thematising the “Jewish body” in his fictions. I explore how Jewishness has been racially codified through the body, and how Roth’s fiction subversively responds to and resists antisemitic racial binaries that sought to distinguish the “Jew” from the “American”. In its investigation of the “Jewish body”, the thesis examines how Jews in America were re-racialized after the Second World War and the Shoah, noting the ways in which Jews’ entry into “whiteness” affected conceptualizations of Jewish gender differences. In its discussion of race and gender, the thesis confronts Roth’s problematic representations of women and the masculinist focus underpinning the author’s fictions. In doing so, the thesis expands beyond Roth’s treatment of masculinity and male desire that has dominated Roth scholarship. Instead, I bring into focus Roth’s representation of Jewish matriarchs, nationality, sexuality, and race, using the “Jewish body” as the thematic kernel to interlink each chapter. The thesis argues Roth undermines racism and antisemitism, and considers to what extent the author risks replicating the sexism underpinning America’s racist social structures.
title: Precision application of plant protection products in agriculture: role of the European Precision Application Task Force EUPAF and implications for pollinators
Creators: name: Alix, Anne
name: Schartner, Jonas
name: Gottesbüren, Bernhard
name: Hloben, Peter
name: Kempenaar, Corne
name: Pagani, Patrick
name: Steenbergh, Anne
Publisher: name: Bundesbehörden und Einrichtungen im Geschäftsbereich des Bundesministeriums für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (BMEL)
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: 630

description: Julius-Kühn-Archiv, vol. 481Hazards of pesticides to bees, 16th International Symposium of the ICP-PR Bee Protection Group, - Proceedings -; 15th - 17th October, 2024; Sevilla (Spain), p. 32
Additional file 14: of Spatiotemporal patterns and environmental drivers of human echinococcoses over a twenty-year period in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China
Creators: name: Cadavid Restrepo, Angela
name: Yang, Yu
name: McManus, Donald
name: Gray, Darren
name: Barnes, Tamsin
name: Williams, Gail
name: Soares MagalhĂŁes, Ricardo
name: Hamm, Nicholas
name: Clements, Archie
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Cell Biology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Astronomical and Space Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Computational Biology

description: Scatterplots of number of AE cases by township against winter mean temperature for the period 0â 4Â years before diagnosis. (DOCX 75 kb)
title: Edith Nesbit's later children's fantasy novels, 1907-1913: magic, socialism, and sexuality
Creators: name: Promsuttirak, Pisuda
Publisher: name: University of Glasgow
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Edith Nesbit, children's literature, Edwardian children's literature, fantasy, socialism, sexuality, gender.

description: This thesis examines Edith Nesbit’s children’s novels written between 1907 and 1913. Major works in focus include The Enchanted Castle (1907), The House of Arden (1908), Harding’s Luck (1909), The Magic City (1910), The Wonderful Garden (1911), and Wet Magic (1913). The study inquires into the ways in which Nesbit applies views about children and childhood to explore and express three major political ideologies: power, socialism, and sexuality. Interrogating the connection between fantasy and agentic powers, the use of fictional child figures within the socialist context, and the connection between gender authority and sexual maturation, the analysis challenges the idealisation of childhood. Placing these novels in the Edwardian literary and socio-political contexts, the representation of children in Nesbit’s works reflects and questions the concurrent attitudes towards children and adults’ treatment of the young members of society.
title: Epigenomics and gametocytogenesis in the rodent malaria model, Plasmodium berghei
Creators: name: Power, Bridget Joanne
Publisher: name: University of Glasgow
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Malaria, Plasmodium, gametocytogenesis, transmission, gametocyte, Plasmodium berghei.

description: In 2017, an estimated 219 million people became infected with a Plasmodium parasite, resulting in malaria. Of the 435,000 deaths, 61% were in children aged 5 years and under. With increasing incidences of resistance to standard anti-malarial therapies, and the unprecedented failure of rapid diagnostic tests in Sub-Saharan Africa, there is an onus on the scientific community to identify new mechanisms by which parasites of the Plasmodium genus can be detected and targeted for eradication. In the present study, the epigenetic mechanisms by which the rodent malaria parasite, Plasmodium berghei, regulates its transmission were examined. In malaria parasites, transmission from a mosquito vector to a mammalian host is mediated by a stage of sexual development known as gametocytogenesis. Using reverse genetics approaches, in combination with fluorescence-assisted cell sorting, a previously undetermined role for histone acetyltransferase 1 (HAT1) in Plasmodium intraerythrocytic growth and gametocytogenesis was determined. In a similar manner, histone deacetylase 1 (HDA1), a protein previously shown to be transcribed alongside proteins AP2-G and LSD2 prior to schizont egress, was determined to be essential to optimal asexual growth of P. berghei. In addition to these functional studies, acid extraction of histones and tandem mass spectrometry were used to determine the array of histone post-translational modifications that define the mature asexual schizont from sexual-stage gametocytes. To examine some of these sex-specific histone modifications further, a novel chromatin-immunoprecipitation/high-throughput sequencing technique, called ‘ChIPmentation’, was used to identify the genomic targets of four epigenetic modifications in mature asexual parasites, with a view to future comparison of these histone marks to those found at gametocyte stage. This study also represents the first time that H3K122 acetylation has been examined at any stage in any Plasmodium species. The insights gleaned from this study add to our current knowledge of the landscape of epigenetic modifications and their regulatory enzymes at asexual and sexual stages of Plasmodium parasite development.
Projecting phantasy: the spectre in cinema
Creators: name: McRae, Donna Leanne
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This research project explores various ghosts of cinema. The studio component is a feature film Johnny Ghost (76 minutes, B&W, 2011) which explores ‘cryptic incorporation’, in which grieving is left incomplete. The lead character, Millicent, is a professional musician who lectures in music at a university. She is also a recovering alcoholic who has a commemorative tattoo stretching across her shoulder. When she finally decides to remove it, she encounters ghosts of her post-punk past who won’t let her move on. In the accompanying exegesis, other types of cinematic ghost are considered; from the spectral beings engineered to thrill us with fear to the ghosts of memory and regret, and the ethereal emanations that film itself inevitably contains. I argue that the experience of watching a long dead actor enacting a supernatural narrative on the screen is strangely ironic, given that the actors themselves fit the exact definition of a ghost.
Anodic treatments in an ionic liquid for the corrosion protection of magnesium alloy AZ31
Creators: name: Latham, Julie-Anne
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Recent work in our group found that applying a potential bias to magnesium alloys during immersion in ionic liquids (ILs) could improve the homogeneity and corrosion protection properties of the film (when immersed in 0.01 M NaCl). To gain an understanding of the effect of potential bias cyclic voltammetry was used to evaluate the behaviour of magnesium alloy AZ31 in the IL trihexyl(tetradecyl)phosphonium bis(2,4,4-trimethylpentyl) phosphinate ([P6,6,6,14][(iC8)2PO2]). The behaviour of the system was investigated using scan rates of 1, 10 and 100 mV/s, conditions of wet (6 wt% water) and dry (0.1 wt% water) IL, access to and absence of air and dilution of the IL in a solvent. These were all replicated on an inert glassy carbon (GC) substrate for comparison to AZ31. It was found that scanning the potential anodically resulted in anodic film growth under the “high field” mechanism of film growth. During film growth the IL was adsorbed into the oxide/hydroxide film to form a resistive film on AZ31. The presence of excess water in the system results in breakdown of the anion of the IL through hydrolysis. Ionic liquid films were formed on magnesium alloy AZ31 in ([P6,6,6,14][(iC8)2PO2]) ionic liquid using potentiostatic and galvanostatic anodising methods. We have found that galvanostatic and potetiostatic anodising in the IL is effective and can be used to control the dimensions of the film by varying the time of treatment and magnitude of potential. The films are comprised of both the anion and cation but the growth of the film is likely dominated by the anion whereas the cation is adsorbed. Film formation is still possible when the IL is diluted in a non-reactive solvent, but the morphology of the film is altered. In all cases, deposition under anodic bias was only effective over the α matrix-phase. Performing an acid pickling pre-treatment (mixture of nitric and phosphoric acid) coupled with galvanostatic anodising in the IL were effective in reducing the corrosion rate of AZ31 by a factor of 3 and reduced the anodic dissolution reaction by 1.5 orders of magnitude (vs. a blank ‘as-polished’ AZ31 surface). The principal outcomes of this research provide an improved understanding of the formation of IL films on AZ31 for corrosion protection.
Additional file 15: of Spatiotemporal patterns and environmental drivers of human echinococcoses over a twenty-year period in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China
Creators: name: Cadavid Restrepo, Angela
name: Yang, Yu
name: McManus, Donald
name: Gray, Darren
name: Barnes, Tamsin
name: Williams, Gail
name: Soares MagalhĂŁes, Ricardo
name: Hamm, Nicholas
name: Clements, Archie
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Cell Biology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Astronomical and Space Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Scatterplots of number of AE cases by township against annual mean temperature calculated for the period 11â 15Â years before diagnosis. (DOCX 72 kb)
In-cell characterization of the stable tyrosyl radical in E. coli ribonucleotide reductase using advanced EPR spectroscopy
Creators: name: Meichsner, Shari L.
name: Kutin, Yury
name: Kasanmascheff, Müge
Publisher: name: TU Dortmund
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: EPR spectroscopy
subject: Metalloenzymes
subject: Ribonucleotide reductase
subject: Tyrosyl radicals
subject: Unnatural amino acids
subject: 540

description: The E. coli ribonucleotide reductase (RNR), a paradigm for class Ia enzymes including human RNR, catalyzes the biosynthesis of DNA building blocks and requires a di-iron tyrosyl radical (Y122.) cofactor for activity. The knowledge on the in vitro Y122. structure and its radical distribution within the β2 subunit has accumulated over the years; yet little information exists on the in vivo Y122.. Here, we characterize this essential radical in whole cells. Multi-frequency EPR and electron-nuclear double resonance (ENDOR) demonstrate that the structure and electrostatic environment of Y122. are identical under in vivo and in vitro conditions. Pulsed dipolar EPR experiments shed light on a distinct in vivo Y122. per β2 distribution, supporting the key role of Y. concentrations in regulating RNR activity. Additionally, we spectroscopically verify the generation of an unnatural amino acid radical, F3Y122., in whole cells, providing a crucial step towards unique insights into the RNR catalysis under physiological conditions.
description: Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl.;60(35)
title: Investigating the immuno-regulatory roles of beta2 integrins
Creators: name: McIntyre, Claire Lindsay
Publisher: name: University of Glasgow
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: beta2 integrin, dendritic cell, γδ T cell.

description: The balance of the immune system between activation versus tolerance is essential for mounting responses to pathogens whilst preventing excessive or inappropriate responses that cause host damage. The β2 integrins (CD11a/b/c/d) are leukocyte-specific adhesion receptors that play essential roles in regulating immune responses. Many studies have focussed on the roles of β2 integrins in contributing to immune activation including: leukocyte migration, immune synapse formation and phagocytosis. However, there is evidence that β2 integrins can also play immuno-regulatory roles. The overall aim of this thesis was to explore the regulatory roles of β2 integrins in dendritic cells (DCs) and γδ T cells. Previous studies have shown in the absence of functional β2 integrins, DCs display enhanced activation and are capable of inducing greater T cell responses. I identified that specifically, the absence of CD11a or CD11c, but not CD11b or CD11d, leads to increased co-stimulatory molecule expression on DCs generated in vitro and greater numbers of DCs in the spleen in vivo. CD11a knockout (KO) DCs were also capable of inducing enhanced T cell responses. These findings are the first to highlight CD11a and CD11c as negative regulators of DC function. In studies using β2 integrin-deficient mice, the development of skin and oral mucosal inflammation are associated with an expansion of γδ T cells therefore, I hypothesised that β2 integrins are a novel regulator of γδ T cells. I characterised γδ T cells in β2 integrin (CD18) KO mice and found an increased number of Vγ6Vδ1+ γδ T cells in the spleen, blood, lungs and uterus with enhanced IL-17 production. Thymic development of Vγ6+ cells was unaffected by integrin loss but development of Vγ4+ cells was impaired. Vγ6+ cells showed similar proliferative capacity however, this subset was associated with reduced expression of apoptotic markers, indicating the accumulation of these cells is likely due to increased survival. Together, this data highlights a previously undescribed role for β2 integrins in promoting Vγ4+ γδ T cell development and regulating Vγ6+ γδ T cell numbers in the periphery. These findings emphasise the importance of β2 integrins in regulating immune responses. Further work to understand the downstream pathways of this regulation will identify potential therapeutic targets for diseases where DC or γδ T cell responses are dysregulated.
title: Biomarkers, Martian analogues and Raman spectroscopy
Creators: name: Porteous, Rory
Publisher: name: University of Glasgow
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Mars, Biomarkers, Raman, Earth Sciences, Silica Sinter, Altiplano, Martian Analogue

description: In the search for signs or traces of extraterrestrial life we are confined to our understanding of how life arose on Earth, processes that are intrinsically tied to our understanding of both the biotic and abiotic process that formed many of the features on this planet. Understanding how life arose on Mars, and where any such signs of life could persist, requires an understanding of the same processes that took place on Earth, in addition to how those signs could have persisted over the timescale in which Mars would have been considered a ‘lifeless’ planet. Exploration of Mars is highly dependent on prioritization of sample sites that maximise the potential for discoveries that justify the expense and difficulty of exploring a planet that is not our own. This study sought to determine whether a possible origin of life environment could provide data sufficient to encourage targeting such a location for future Mars missions. Hydrothermal vents where heated waters from a volcanically active zone could provide the necessary mineral surfaces, thermal gradient and possible sources of organic molecules from the earth’s crust to form the first proto-cells. Both terrestrial and particularly aquatic hydrothermal vents are the source of energy for many bacteria. In aquatic settings a hydrothermal vent is often the sole source of energy for any potential community. The silica sinters analysed in this thesis returned 3 potential sources of biosignatures; actively viable bacteria that were able to be cultured; visual evidence of microbial encrustation in the form of filamentous or coccal bacteria; and organic biomarkers in the form of n-alkanes, fatty acids and other organic compounds. It was also established that the Chilean Altiplano could be considered a Martian analogue due to its similar environmental characteristics (temperature, humidity, increased UV, low biomass) and a diurnal soil cycle matching that on Mars with regards to cold atmospheric temperatures and surface heating of soils leading to a fluctuating temperature and soil humidity profile.
Carnet nº 14, commencé à Omuta (p. 34)
Creators: name: Péraire, Lucien
name: CNRS
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2023

description: created: 11-11-1930
Development and application of a III-V surface electron microscope
Creators: name: Zheng, Changxi
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: GaAs based communication and optoelectronic devices are widely used in our daily lives. Applications range from mobile phones and satellite communications to laser pointers, printers, barcode readers and DVD players. The components making up these devices are composed of thin layers of III-V semiconductor material, the thicknesses of which must be finely controlled. This is achieved by growing such layers via molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) with atomic layer precision. In addition to current technologies, the long-term research objective in III-V materials is to utilise variants of MBE to fabricate new quantum structures of nanoscale dimensions for new device applications. However, despite this current and future technological importance, the real-space imaging of III-V MBE surface growth dynamics is restricted by the presence of large incident As flux which restricts the use of conventional imaging techniques. To address this issue, the main goal of this thesis is therefore to develop a unique surface electron microscope to study the surface dynamics of III-V materials in real-time during MBE growth. The thesis begins with the design and development of a III-V low energy electron microscope (LEEM). The incorporation of III-V MBE and a high As flux, in particular, required numerous modifications to a commercial LEEM instrument (Elmitec LEEM III). These are described in detail in Chapter 2. Following the development of the LEEM it is important to understand the contrast associated with quantum structure formation. With this in mind, theories of mirror electron microscopy (MEM) were developed and experimentally verified using Ga droplets and their associated surface trails as convenient test objects. This work resulted in the development of the Laplacian and caustic theories of MEM imaging which is fully described in Chapters 3, 4 and 5. Finally, based on the advances in instrumental development and imaging, proof-of-principle applications were undertaken to confirm that III-V and other materials could be investigated under high As flux. These included the control of the GaAs (001) congruent evaporation temperature by As flux (Chapter 6), the asymmetric coalescence of Ga droplets during Langmuir evaporation (Chapter 7), and the dynamic behaviour of As on Si(111) at high temperatures (Chapter 8).
Using citizen science for coastal data collection.
Creators: name: Orchard, Shane
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 50202 Conservation and Biodiversity
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 50205 Environmental Management
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 50206 Environmental Monitoring
subject: Environmental Science
subject: 50209 Natural Resource Management
subject: 50203 Environmental Education and Extension

description: Coastal News 62, 3-4.August, 2016

Abstract
Citizen science has come of age in New Zealand and there are a wide range of opportunities for coastal scientists and practitioners to make use of, or contribute to it. This article provides an overview of some recent highlights and progress with a focus on projects supported by NatureWatch NZ, a national platform for citizen science in New Zealand.
title: Tutors’ perceptions of the purpose and significance of film education in a lifelong learning programme at a British university
Creators: name: Pierquin, Martine
Publisher: name: University of Glasgow
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: film, film education, film studies, adult education, lifelong learning, continuing education, educational theory and practice, narrative inquiry, interview research.

description: This research explores film tutors’ perceptions of the purpose and significance of film education in a lifelong learning programme at a British university, and brings new insights into university tutors’ understanding of film and film education in a lifelong learning context. The question of what tutors aim to transmit to their students and whether adult students in turn shaped their views is also examined. Narrative inquiry and interpretative methodology were used in the case study. In-depth interviews were conducted with eight film tutors and additional data obtained through biographical and critical incident inquiry. Transcripts were analysed using thematic analysis and the emerging themes discussed to unpack tutors’ outlooks and assumptions. The research highlights how tutors’ life stories influenced their developing interest in film and demonstrates how the role of television in bringing film culture to households also had a significant impact. One of the main findings is the concept of the passeur in tutors’ understanding of their role as film educators, a term used by French critic Alain Bergala to refer to passionate cinephiles who make it their responsibility to transmit their love of cinema and film culture to others. It is a role they themselves inherited from others. Indeed, passing on their love of film to the tutors were a range of initiators and mentors, from family members, friends, film critics they read or followed on TV, professors, and film society members. Significantly, the research shows that, for the most part, tutors’ film education took place outside rather than within the education system. Furthermore, none of the tutors involved in the case study chose to study film as a first degree on leaving school, but only later gained postgraduate or professional qualifications. Their personal experience and background, explain why film tutors enjoy teaching in informal settings and engage in dialogic pedagogy. Finally, implications for film education, lifelong learning and professional development are considered.
title: Alternative financial spaces: a case study of credit unions in Scotland
Creators: name: McGrath, Claire
Publisher: name: University of Glasgow
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Alternative financial spaces, credit unions, financial crisis, financialisation, neoliberalism.

description: This thesis explores the changing values and practices of the credit union sector in Scotland as a case study for alternative financial spaces in the wake of the 2008-9 financial crisis. Credit unions have emerged as part of a global movement, adapting to local contexts to provide access to finance for the economically marginalised. Using an evolutionary perspective, the thesis charts the trajectory of the credit union movement, focusing in on the key influences and their impact on viability and values in the post financial crisis political and economic landscape in Scotland. The financial crisis had a profound effect on the financial sector, including on alternatives such as credit unions. The thesis explores whether the credit union sector’s traditional commitment to alternative social values has been sustained despite pressures in the post-crisis political economic environment. It is contended that a new phase of neoliberalism emerged from the financial crisis, creating new challenges for credit unions as a result of austerity and a changed regulatory framework. At the same time, neoliberal ideals and financialisation processes are serving to crowd out the alternative values that underpin the movement, with potential repercussions for the role of credit unions within the economy. A qualitative research design is employed to explore these issues through a multi-method study of the Scottish credit union sector.
Strengthening parliaments in the pacific region
Creators: name: Kinyondo, Abel Alfred
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This qualitative study of five Pacific parliaments reports an investigation of the relationship between training and parliamentary performance. It draws on the theories from political science, adult education and training and human resources fields in an attempt to explain that relationship. The first part of the study identifies types of training programs available in the case parliaments. Then the study evaluates the impact of training on the performance of case MPs and their parliaments. It also conducts an across-case performance assessment. The results show that training programs provided to case parliaments are generally too didactic and have failed to produce a significant and positive impact on performance of case MPs and their parliaments. Parliamentary stakeholders interviewed in this study associate this failure with the manner in which training programs provided in the case parliaments are poorly designed and delivered. It is in this context that this study highlights the need for reforms and identifies approaches that could assist in reforming the way training programs for Pacific parliaments are designed, delivered and evaluated. In the case of Tonga, the need for training programs to be accompanied by other parliamentary strengthening techniques, such as embarking on relevant constitutional reforms, is examined. The thesis contributes to theory and practice by providing empirical evidence on the effectiveness or otherwise of previously published training models. Specifically, while it supports the applicability of the training model proposed in the adult education and training field, it raises questions on the compatibility of the training model suggested in the human resources field. The final chapter of the thesis provides donors and parliamentary practitioners with an education and training model that could be used to improve the effectiveness of parliaments in the Pacific region and beyond.
Using citizen science for coastal data collection
Creators: name: Orchard, Shane
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 50202 Conservation and Biodiversity
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 50205 Environmental Management
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 50206 Environmental Monitoring
subject: Environmental Science
subject: 50209 Natural Resource Management
subject: 50203 Environmental Education and Extension

description: AbstractCitizen science has come of age in New Zealand and there are a wide range of opportunities for coastal scientists and practitioners to make use of, or contribute to it. This article provides an overview of some recent highlights and progress with a focus on projects supported by NatureWatch NZ, a national platform for citizen science in New Zealand.
Roughness effect on shock wave boundary layer interaction on transonic fan profile
Creators: name: Hanfy, Ahmed H.
name: Flaszyński, Paweł
name: Kaczyński, Piotr
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: "SBLI", "roughness" , "transonic compressors", "experimental"

description: Aiming to improve the fan profile aerodynamic performance for transonic compressors, an experimental study of a linear cascade was obtained within the TeamAero project. For this purpose, a model of a turbine compressor passage was designed and assembled in a transonic wind tunnel. In the experiment, the distributed roughness with different heights and locations was used to induce transition upstream of the shock wave. The influence of the boundary layer transition induced by different roughness values and textures on the flow pattern in a single passage cascade of a compressor.
Additional file 2: of Spatiotemporal patterns and environmental drivers of human echinococcoses over a twenty-year period in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China
Creators: name: Cadavid Restrepo, Angela
name: Yang, Yu
name: McManus, Donald
name: Gray, Darren
name: Barnes, Tamsin
name: Williams, Gail
name: Soares MagalhĂŁes, Ricardo
name: Hamm, Nicholas
name: Clements, Archie
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
Astronomical and Space Sciences not elsewhere classified
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Information Systems not elsewhere classified
Developmental Biology
Science Policy
Computational Biology

description: Spatial distribution of the average annual mean temperature in Â°C in NHAR for the period 1980â 2013. (DOCX 209 kb)
Exploring the early experiences of assisted dying in Aotearoa New Zealand: a qualitative study protocol
Creators: name: Young, Jessica
name: Dehkhoda, Aida
name: Ahuriri-Driscoll, Annabel
name: Cheung, Gary
name: Diesfeld, Kate
name: Egan, Richard
name: Karaka-Clarke, Te Hurinui
name: Moeke-Maxwell, Tess
name: Reid, Kate
name: Robinson, Jackie
name: Snelling, Jeanne
name: White, Ben
name: Winters, Janine
Publisher: name: Open Access Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 32
subject: Biomedical and clinical sciences
classificationCode: 4203
subject: Health services and systems
classificationCode: 52
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: IntroductionIncreasing numbers of jurisdictions are legalising assisted dying (AD). Developing research protocols to study the experiences and outcomes of legislation is imperative. AD is a topic that, by nature of its complexity and inherent ethical issues, lends itself to qualitative research. Using the objectives of the statutory framework, this qualitative study aims to provide a robust review of the newly formed AD service in New Zealand and the extent to which it is safe, people-centred, dignity-enhancing, accessible and available equitably to all eligible people.Methods and analysisThe research uses an appreciative inquiry design to focus on what is working well, what could be improved, what constitutes the ‘ideal’ and how to enable people to achieve that ideal. We are using online semi-structured interviews and face-to-face focus groups to explore the experiences of key stakeholders: eligible/ineligible service users; eligible/ineligible service users with impairments; families of service users; AD providers; non-providers (providers who object to AD and others who are not directly involved in providing AD but are not opposed in principle); health service leaders; and Māori community members. An estimated 110 participants will be interviewed. We will conduct thematic and regulatory analyses of data.Ethics and disseminationThe ethical aspects of this study have been approved by the Northern A Health and Disability Ethics Committee through the full review pathway (2023 EXP 18493). To disseminate the findings, we will draft resources to support interviewee groups, to be developed with feedback from stakeholder meetings. We will submit evidence-based recommendations to inform the government review of the End of Life Choice Act 2019. Findings will be disseminated in peer-reviewed publications, conferences, webinars, media, stakeholder feedback sessions and accessible research briefings.
Near perfect sequences of odd and even lengths.
Creators: name: Hariharan, Rema
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Sequences having zero correlation zones are of vital importance in applications, for example, wireless communications and quasi-synchronous CDMA systems. In this thesis, we construct new near perfect sequences of odd and even lengths, and those of odd lengths are constructed here, for the first time. Near perfect sequences are a special category of zero correlation zone sequences. Near perfect sequences over roots of unity have many potential applications, in cellular communication systems, radar, position sensing and ultrasonic imaging. Our contribution consists of three parts. Part I: First, we provide a method of constructing new near perfect sequences of odd lengths, over the roots of unity. We use a completely orthogonal pair of sequences and a shift sequence obtained by folding a binary M-sequence of length 2^2J-1, row-wise, into a (2^J-1)×(2^J+1) array for J≥2. We provide many examples of near perfect sequences of odd lengths, illustrating our construction. We prove our main result, that near perfect sequences over the m^th roots of unity, m any odd prime, can be constructed for unbounded lengths. These lengths guarantee arbitrarily long zero correlation zones. Global Position Sensing (GPS) uses sequences of lengths approximately equal to 2^40. Our method can be used to construct new near perfect sequences of similar lengths, with very large zero correlation zones, since our construction produces near perfect sequences of unbounded lengths. To examine the universality of our construction, we perform an exhaustive computer search of near perfect sequences of length 15. We found that, of all sequences obtained, one third of the sequences were equivalent to our constructed sequences. We classify these sequences into three types. We also present a variation of our first construction of near perfect sequences. We obtain shift sequences by the method of folding M-sequences of length 2^2J-1, diagonally (rather than row-wise) into arrays with co-prime sizes. Part II: Next, we construct new near perfect sequences of even lengths, by concatenating two distinct near perfect sequences of the same odd length, under some given conditions. Part III: Finally, we examine some cross correlation sequences of some of our near perfect sequences of odd lengths. We find that, for each of our new near perfect sequences, say, s, the cross correlation between s and s^* is also near perfect.
Using citizen science for coastal data collection.Coastal News, 62, 3-4.
Creators: name: Orchard, Shane
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 50202 Conservation and Biodiversity
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 50205 Environmental Management
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 50206 Environmental Monitoring
subject: Environmental Science
subject: 50209 Natural Resource Management
subject: 50203 Environmental Education and Extension

description: AbstractCitizen science has come of age in New Zealand and there are a wide range of opportunities for coastal scientists and practitioners to make use of, or contribute to it. This article provides an overview of some recent highlights and progress with a focus on projects supported by NatureWatch NZ, a national platform for citizen science in New Zealand.
Opportunities for cross-disciplinary interoperability in SSH research data management
Creators: name: Broeder, Daan
name: Kleemola, Mari
name: Zinn, Claus
name: Elbers, Willem
name: Ďurčo, Matej
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: SSHOC
Social Sciences and Humanities Open Cloud
European Open Science Cloud
EOSC
Sharing Datasets
SSH research data management

description: Moderator: Daan Broeder (CLARIN) ConversionHub - Mari Kleemola (Tampere University, CESSDA) Switchboard - Claus Zinn (CLARIN) Virtual Collection Registry - Willem Elbers (CLARIN)  SSH Vocabulary Platform - Matej Ďurčo (OEAW, DARIAH)
What do health care professionals want to know about assisted dying? Setting the research agenda in New Zealand
Creators: name: Young, Jessica
name: Snelling, J
name: Beaumont, Sophie
name: Diesfeld, K
name: White, B
name: Willmott, L
name: Robinson, J
name: Ahuriri-Driscoll, A
name: Cheung, G
name: Dehkhoda, Aida
name: Egan, R
name: Jap, J
name: Karaka-Clarke, TH
name: Manson, L
name: McLaren, C
name: Winters, J
Publisher: name: Open Access Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences
classificationCode: 4206
subject: Public health
classificationCode: 4203
subject: Health services and systems
classificationCode: 4205
subject: Nursing

description: Background: New Zealand recently introduced law permitting terminally ill people to request and receive assisted dying (AD) in specified circumstances. Given the nature and complexity of this new health service, research is vital to determine how AD is operating in practice. Objective: To identify research priorities regarding the implementation and delivery of AD in New Zealand. Methods: Using an adapted research prioritisation methodology, the researchers identified 15 potential AD research topics. A mixed-methods survey of health professionals was undertaken where respondents were asked to rate the 15 topics according to the relative importance for research to be conducted on each issue. Respondents could also suggest additional research areas, and were invited to participate in a follow-up interview. Results: One hundred and nineteen respondents completed the survey. 31% had some experience with AD. The highest rated research topic was the ‘effectiveness of safeguards in the Act to protect people’; the lowest rated topic was research into the ‘experiences of non-provider (e.g., administrative, cleaning) staff where assisted dying is being provided’. Respondents suggested 49 other research topics. Twenty-six interviews were conducted. Thematic analysis of interview data and open-ended survey questions was undertaken. Six research themes were identified: general factors related to the wider health system; the experiences of health care providers at the bedside; medico-legal issues; the impact of AD; experiences on the day of dying; and the overall effectiveness of the AD system. Key issues for stakeholders included safety of the AD service; ensuring access to AD; achieving equity for ‘structurally disadvantaged’ groups; and ensuring the well-being of patients, families/whānau, providers and non-providers. Conclusions: Based on early experiences of the implementation of the AD service, health professionals provide important insights into what research should be prioritised post-legalisation of AD. These findings can be used to shape the research agenda so that research may inform law, policy and best practice.
title: High scale boundary conditions in extensions of the standard model
Creators: name: McDowall, John
Publisher: name: University of Glasgow
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Beyond the Standard Model Physics, particle physics phenomenol- ogy, Higgs physics, dark matter physics.

description: The recent discovery of the Higgs boson by the ATLAS and CMS exper- iments and the subsequent measurements of it properties are the latest vindications of the Standard Model of particle physics. The SM has a number of well known flaws, and the continuing dearth of Beyond the Standard Model signatures from experiment has led to investigations into whether the SM is valid up to very high scales. The motivation for much of this work comes from the quartic Higgs coupling λ and its β function, which run to an extremely small values at high scales. These may be hints of new UV dynamics, in particular the Multiple Point Principle which posits the existence of a second degenerate minimum in the effective potential at the Planck scale, and Asymptotic Safety, where the dimensionless couplings of the potential run towards an interacting UV fixed point. In this work we will investi- gate the possibility for similar high scale boundary conditions in extensions of the Standard Model. Specifically, we look at the Real Singlet model, the Complex Sin- glet model, the Type-II Two Higgs Doublet Model, and the Inert Doublet Model. We will apply the relevant theoretical constraints to the parameter space of theses models, as well as experimental constraints such as those from ATLAS, CMS, LEP, the Tevatron, WMAP, Planck and LUX. Points that pass these constraints will also be investigated for their validity under a number of high scale boundary conditions on its scalar sector, and the valid parameter space will be checked for signatures in the mass spectrum that can be probed by current and future collider experiments.
Additional file 3: of Spatiotemporal patterns and environmental drivers of human echinococcoses over a twenty-year period in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China
Creators: name: Cadavid Restrepo, Angela
name: Yang, Yu
name: McManus, Donald
name: Gray, Darren
name: Barnes, Tamsin
name: Williams, Gail
name: Soares MagalhĂŁes, Ricardo
name: Hamm, Nicholas
name: Clements, Archie
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Astronomical and Space Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Computational Biology

description: Spatial distribution of the average annual mean precipitation in mm in NHAR for the period 1980â 2013. (DOCX 182 kb)
Programme du colloque Cinéma et modernité culturelle
Creators: name: Séminaire Histoire Culturelle Du Cinéma
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2020

description: Relation: http://purl.org/poi/crdo.vjf.cnrs.fr/cocoon-e53bb3c8-f44e-4c15-bbb3-c8f44e6c1580