cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Shoot growth and anthesis in Vitis
Creators: name: Pratt, Charlotte
name: Coombe, B. G.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2016

description: In the majority of shoots on a grapevine the number of internodes is fairly constant at anthesis. The number of visible internodes was higher in Vitis vinifera L. (16-19) than in V. labruscana BAILEY (12-14). This synchrony in the rates of development of nodes at the shoot tip and of the flowers on the inflorescences was found in a wide array of conditions (time, cultivars, countries, climates, cultural practices). The factor found to cause greatest variation between vines was vine vigour. La croissance des rameaux et l'anthese de la vigne La majorité des rameaux verts de la vigne montre un nombre assez constant d'entrenoeuds au moment de l'anthèse. Vitis vinifera L. (16-19) présente un plus grand nombre d'entrenoeuds que V. labruscana BAILEY (12-14). On retrouve dans diverses conditions (années, variétés, pays, climats, pratiques culturales) cette synchronisation de la vitesse du développement des noeuds de l'apex végétatif avec celle des fleurs sur les inflorescences. La vigueur de la vigne elle-même est le facteur responsable des plus grandes variations dans le nombre d'entrenoeuds au moment de l'anthèse.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 17 No. 2 (1978): Vitis
Onderzoeksdatamanagement: een introductie - videotranscript. RDM Ondersteuning basistraining voor informatiespecialisten sessie 1
Creators: name: Selm, Mariette Van
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Library and Information Studies
subject: FOS: Media and communications

description: Videotransript voor sessie 1 van de RDM Ondersteuning basistraining voor informatiespecialisten. Dit lesmateriaal is ontwikkeld door Mariëtte van Selm in het kader van het project RDM Ondersteuning (2013-2015) van de Bibliotheek van de Universiteit van Amsterdam (UvA).
Colombletes Legalov 2007
Creators: name: Legalov, Andrei A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Attelabidae
Colombletes

description: Subgenus Colombletes Legalov, 2007, placem.n.
 Colombletes Legalov, 2007: 61
 Type species: Auletobius columbiensis Voss, 1922
 Remarks. There is monotypical subgenus with Rh. (C.) columbiensis (Voss, 1922), comb.n. from Colombia. This taxa is transitive between the genus Rhynchitobius and genus Pseudomesauletes.
description: Published as part of Legalov, Andrei A., 2011, A new species of the genus Zherichiniletus Legalov, 2003 with systematic notes on the tribes Sanyrevilleini Auletini and Cesauletini (Coleoptera: Rhychitidae), pp. 93-104 in Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 11 (1) on page 100, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13204284
What Role Can Islamic Banks Play in Narrowing Trade Finance Gap for Small and Medium Enterprises? Is Supply Chain Finance a Potential Solution?
Creators: name: Zubair, Muhammad Burhan
Publisher: name: Manara - Qatar Research Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 50
subject: Philosophy and religious studies

description: Purpose – This paper attempts to investigate the reasons driving the global trade finance gap and the role that Islamic Banks can play to narrow this gap using innovative products such as Sharia-compliant Supply Chain Finance (SCF).Design/methodology/approach – This qualitative study followed an exploratory research methodology that gathered data and information from multiple sources such as industry reports, companies’ surveys, Sharia scholars' opinions etc. All this data was then analyzed using the content analysis approach to infer and interpret the relevant information. The summarized results were then utilized to design the proposed Sharia compliant SCF solution that addresses the issues identified in the research. This methodology helped identify key issues banks and SMEs face in trade finance and bring to light key emerging themes currently prevailing in the industry, which have been incorporated in the proposed solution to achieve maximum gains.Findings – The proposed Sharia-compliant SCF solution enhanced by i) adopting emerging technologies either in-house or in collaboration with fintechs and ii) linking it with sustainability initiatives can assist Islamic banks to play a significant role in closing the trade finance gap in the markets they operate and across the OIC member states.Originality/value – This study is a small addition to the extant literature on trade finance and issues banks and SMEs face that lead to the trade finance gap. The solution proposed in this study for Islamic Banks to play a role in closing this gap using Digital and Sustainable Sharia-compliant SCF is a novel approach in addressing the trade finance gap.
Green-grafting between Muscadine grape (Vitis rotundifolia Michx.) and bunch grapes (Euvitis spp.) as a tool for physiological and pathological investigations
Creators: name: Bouquet, A.
name: Hevin, M.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2016

description: Well-known graft incompatibility between Muscadine grapes (V. rotundifolia Michx.) and bunch grapes (Euvitis spp.), seems to be easily overcome with the greengrafting method. Attempts at reciprocal graftings between V. rotundifolia and V. rupestris, using this method, have been successful. However, the number of successful unions is comparatively lesser when V. rotundifolia is used as scion. These results are discussed according to the differences of anatomical structure between the two species. The possibility of a delayed incompatibility cannot be ruled out, however, the interest in the method is not to use directly V. rotundifolia as rootstock, but to make easy tests of the value of this species as parent in interspecific breeding programs. Le greffage en vert entre la Muscadine (Vitis rotundifolia Michx.) et les vignes vraies (Euvitis spp.) comme moyen d'études physiologiques et pathologiques L'incompatibilité au greffage reconnue depuis longtemps entre les espèces de la section Muscadinia et les espèces de la section Euvitis du genre Vitis semble être facilement surmontable par la technique du greffage en vert. Des essais de greffages réciproques entre V . rotundifolia et V. rupestris ont été couronnés de succès en employant cette méthode. Toutefois, le taux de reprise est comparativement moins élevé lorsque V . rotundifolia est utilisé comme greffon. Ces résultats sont discutés en fonction des différences de structure anatomique entre les deux espèces. L'éventualité d'une incompatibilité retardée ne peut pas être écartée, mais l'utilité de cette méthode n'est pas tant de permettre une utilisation directe de V . rotundifolia comme porte-greffe, que de faciliter la réalisation de t ests visant à mieux préciser les aptitudes de cette espèce comme géniteur dans un programme d'hybridation.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 17 No. 2 (1978): Vitis
Die Rolle der Ausbildenden bei der Einführung digitaler Technologien in der beruflichen Bildung (Rahmenbedingungen, Akzeptanz, Kompetenzen)
Creators: name: Dziarstek, Linda
name: Söffgen, Yvonne
name: Wuttke, Laura
Publisher: name: TU Dortmund
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: 360
subject: 370
subject: Digitalisierung
subject: Berufsbildung

description: Digitale Technologien halten Einzug in die berufliche Bildung und bieten dabei nicht nur zahlreiche Chancen, sondern bringen auch Herausforderungen mit, die in diesem Beitrag diskutiert werden. Bei der Einführung digitaler Technologien spielen Ausbildende eine zentrale Rolle und können diese sowohl fördern, als auch hindern. Sie beeinflussen durch ihre Einstellung und ihre Kompetenzen die digitale Transformation der Bildung. Daher werden Bedarfe und Ressourcen der pädagogischen Fachkräfte näher erläutert.
description: Digital technologies are being integrated into vocational education and training, presenting a range of opportunities whilst also revealing challenges, which are discussed in this paper. Trainers play a key role in the implementation of digital technologies and can both promote and hinder this.The digital transformation of vocational education and training depends on their attitudes and skills. Therefore, this paper looks more closely at trainers' needs and resources.
lnfluence of Salt Creek rootstock on composition and quality of Shiraz grapes and wine
Creators: name: Hale, C. R.
name: Brien, C. J.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2016

description: Salt Creek rootstock modified the composition and quality of Shiraz grapes and wine. At harvest, grapes from vines grown on Salt Creek stock had a higher pH and higher levels of titratable acidity, malate and potassium and a lower level of soluble solids than grapes from vines grown on their own roots. Wines made from these grapes showed similar differences in composition. In addition, wines made from vines on Salt Creek had lower concentrations of phenolic compounds, anthocyanins (total and ionised) and chloride than wines from ungrafted vines. The Salt Creek wines were less dense in colour, duller in hue and had a greater "chemical age". Sensory evaluations also revealed differences between the wines. Wines from vines on Salt Creek were scored lower than the wines from ungrafted vines. Only part of the difference was due to colour. Der Einfluß der Unterlage Salt Creek auf die Zusammensetzung und Qualität von Trauben und Wein der Sorte Shiraz Die Unterlage Salt Creek modifizierte die Zusammensetzung und Qualität der Trauben und des Weines der Rebsorte Shiraz. Bei der Ernte hatten die Trauben auf Salt-Creek-Unterlage einen höheren pH-Wert und höhere Gehalte an titrierbarer Säure, Malat und Kalium, aber weniger lösliche Trockensubstanz als die Trauben wurzelechter Shiraz-Reben. Die aus diesen Trauben hergestellten Weine zeigten in ihrer Zusammensetzung ähnliche Unterschiede. Darüber hinaus hatten Weine von Pfropfreben niedrigere Konzentrationen an phenolischen Verbindungen, Anthocyanen (insgesamt und ionisiert) sowie Chloriden als Weine von wurzelechten Reben. Die Salt-Creek-Weine hatten eine weniger intensive Färbung, einen stumpferen Farbton und ein höheres „chemisches Alter". Auch bei der sensorischen Prüfung wurden Unterschiede zwischen diesen Weinen festgestellt. Die Weine von Reben auf Salt Creek wurden niedriger bewertet als Weine von wurzelechten Reben. Die unterschiedliche Beurteilung war nur teilweise auf Färbungsunterschiede zurückzuführen.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 17 No. 2 (1978): Vitis
Tanzanauletes hustachei
Creators: name: Legalov, Andrei A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Attelabidae
Tanzanauletes
Tanzanauletes hustachei

description: Tanzanauletes hustachei (Dalla Torre & Voss, 1937)
 Auletobius hustachei Dalla Torre & Voss, 1937: 26 [RN]
 Auletobius orientalis Hustache, 1929 a: 501 [non Lea, 1926]
 Material. 1 female (RDP), Kenya, Eastern Nguni, N of Ngomeni, 30.XII.2007, Snizek.
 Distribution. Kenya, Tanzania.
 Remarks. This species is proven the first time for the fauna of Kenya.
description: Published as part of Legalov, Andrei A., 2011, A new species of the genus Zherichiniletus Legalov, 2003 with systematic notes on the tribes Sanyrevilleini Auletini and Cesauletini (Coleoptera: Rhychitidae), pp. 93-104 in Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 11 (1) on page 101, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13204284
Field-based AT Innovation Methodology and Development of an Information Assistance Robot System for Older People with Cognitive Decline
Creators: name: Inoue, Takenobu
name: Nihei, Misato
name: Kamata, Minoru
Publisher: name: TU Dortmund
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: 360
subject: 370
subject: Unterstützungstechnologie
subject: Alter

description: This chapter describes the methodology for the development of assistive technologies with the user and the use fields at its core, which is called Field-based Assistive Technology Innovation (FATI). Furthermore, as a case study, the development of a communication robot that provides important information in the daily lives of older adults, such as dates and schedules, is presented. In devising the FATI methodology, a comprehensive framework for promoting AT innovation was developed. Then, based on existing user-centred design methods, etc., a methodology focusing on AT concept planning was developed. As a result, a concept planning guideline consisting of seven items was developed, and a concept planning sheet was created to visualise the process. In the case study of the development of an information assistance robot for older adults with memory loss, in which FATI was applied, the needs of older persons with cognitive decline were accurately identified, many stakeholders in the robot's use were identified, and a concept was compiled for the intended use scenario. This methodology may also hold promise for the appropriate integration of rapidly advancing recent technology into the AT space.
description: In diesem Kapitel wird die Methodik für die Entwicklung von Assistiven Technologien (AT), mit Nutzer*innen und den Anwendungsfeldern im Mittelpunkt, beschrieben, die auch als Feldbasierte Assistive Technologie-Innovation (FATI) bezeichnet wird. Als Fallbeispiel wird die Entwicklung eines Kommunikationsroboters, der wichtige Informationen im täglichen Leben älterer Menschen, wie z.B. Termine und Zeitpläne bereitstellt, vorgestellt. Mit der FATI-Methodik wurde ein umfassender Rahmen zur Förderung von AT-Innovationen entwickelt. Anschließend wurde auf der Grundlage bestehender nutzungszentrierter Designmethoden etc. eine Methodik entwickelt, die sich auf die Planung von AT-Konzepten konzentriert. Das Ergebnis ist ein Leitfaden für die Konzeptplanung, bestehend aus sieben Elementen, sowie ein Konzeptplanungsblatt zur Visualisierung des Prozesses. In der Fallstudie zur Entwicklung eines Informationsunterstützungsroboters für ältere Erwachsene mit Gedächtnisverlust, bei der FATI angewandt wurde, wurden die Bedürfnisse älterer Menschen mit kognitiven Einschränkungen genau ermittelt, verschiedene potentielle Nutzer*innengruppen für den Einsatz des Roboters identifiziert und ein Konzept für das geplante Einsatzszenario erstellt. Diese Methodik erscheint vielversprechend für die angemessene Integration von schnell fortschreitender neuer Technologie in den AT-Bereich.
PKS 1622-253: a weakly accreting, powerful gamma-ray source
Creators: name: Punsly, Brian
name: Rodriguez, Luis F.
name: Tingay, Steven J.
name: Cellone, Sergio A.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We discuss new deep radio observations of PKS 1622-253 and their implications for the energetics of the central engine that powers this strong high-energy gamma-ray source. Combining archival infrared and optical measurements with new millimeter observations, we show that even though the accretion flow in PKS 1622-253 is underluminous by quasar standards, a powerful superluminal jet is launched with a higher kinetic luminosity than most EGRET blazars. Only a few percent of the total jet kinetic luminosity is required to power even the most powerful gamma-ray flares that are observed. The implication is that a high-accretion system is not required in order to power the strongest high-energy gamma-ray sources.
Spatial data for modelling and management of freshwater ecosystems
Creators: name: Chee, Yung En
name: Elith, Jane
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2012
Subjects: Geography

description: Fluvial habitats are inherently variable. They are shaped by flow magnitude, frequency, timing and duration, by the effects of upstream and downstream features along flow paths and by bioclimatic processes and human activities in upstream contributing catchments. Managing freshwater ecosystems requires tools and data that effectively account for these multi-scale processes. We tackle these challenges in this analysis of the distribution of 17 native and alien fish species in south-eastern Australia. A fine-scale, stream-link-based GIS database comprising an extensive set of ecologically meaningful attributes at multiple scales was developed to characterise the multidimensional environmental space of freshwater biota. This article describes the methods and data required to construct such a database. Boosted regression tree models were employed to analyse relationships between species and 20 candidate environmental predictors. For some species, competitors/predators were also included as predictors. Models were evaluated from several viewpoints: the ecological plausibility and intuition arising from them, their ability to predict to river links within the training area and for 11 species for which data were sufficient, their ability to predict to an adjacent but geographically distinct region. Despite modest environmental contrasts in the study area, these data and species distribution models (SDMs) produced predictions with useful predictive ability and discriminatory power. Critically, predictors of distribution identified as important for the various species modelled were ecologically interpretable. Several – but not all – of the models tested for transferability also predicted distributions reasonably well in the adjacent region. The GIS stream database and SDMs have immediate applications, but also provide a valuable foundation for developing more sophisticated tools for management and conservation in Australian freshwater environments.
Beziehung zwischen der Eisenversorgung von Weinreben und dem pH-Verlauf in der Nährlösung
Creators: name: Marschner, H.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2016

description: Relation between iron supply to grapevine and pH pattern in the nutrient solution In water culture experiments the effects of iron deficiency (-Fe) and iron supply as FeEDTA (control) or Fe(OH)3 on the pH pattern in the nutrient solution in the harvest composition, the wine pH and the level of free SO2 are also signifiner" have been studied. With sufficient iron (FeEDTA), the pH of the nutrient solution increased from 6 to approximately 7 during the experiment. However, the pH decreased under iron stress (-Fe or Fe(OH)3) to as low as 4. Simultaneously with this decrease in pH, chlorosis occured on the young leaves; with Fe(OH)3-supply, however, the pH rose again after some days, accompanied by regreening of the leaves. At harvest, the young leaves of the Fe(OH)3 treatment contained more iron and the chlorophyll content was at least as high as in the control (FeEDTA). Nevcrtheless, with Fe(OH)3 the shoot growth was clepressed as much as in plants without iron supply (-Fe). The results indicate that like other dicotyledonous plant species, grapevine is also able to lower the pH of the growth medium under iron stress and utilize inorganic Fe-III compounds even in well aeiated systems. This regulation mechanism is probably of considerable im~)ortance for the iron uptake from soils low in iron availability.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 17 No. 2 (1978): Vitis
Interpretations of colour composition in young red wines
Creators: name: Somers, T. C.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2016

description: Recent developments in research on pigment composition and anthocyanin equilibria in red wines have enabled more objective description, and some useful interpretation, of the various wine types and styles. Very large variations in recognised parameters of wine colour have been shown in varietal Australian wines by application of a new analytical method. While there are wide ranges in phenolic content, which normally arise from corresponding variation in the harvest composition, the wine pH and the evel of free S02 are also significant determinants of wine colour density and hue. Data on such influences together with measures of the anthocyanin and total phenolic content, are readily obtained from a set of 6 spectrophotometric observations. The method is proposed as providing a kind of "anatomical description" of a young red wine in terms which relate both to the harvest composition and the wine making method. The utility of this concept in oenology has been emphasized by the showing of correlations between several parameters of wine colour and independent assessments of wine quality. Interpretation der Färbungskomponenten bei jungen Rotweinen Neuere Erkenntnisse der Forschung über die Farbstoffzusammensetzung und das Anthocyangleichgewicht von Rotweinen ermöglichen eine objektivere Beschreibung und eine zweckmäßige Interpretation der verschiedenen Weintypen und -nuancen. Durch die Anwendung einer neuen analytischen Methode konnte bei australischen Rotweinsorten eine beträchtliche Variabilität der Parameter, welche die Weinfärbung charakterisieren, aufgezeigt werden. Der Phenolgehalt kann über einen breiten Bereich variieren, wofür normalerweise entsprechende Schwankungen in der Zusammensetzung des Lesegutes verantwortlich sind; aber auch Wein-pH und Konzentration der freien schwefligen Säure stellen wesentliche Faktoren für die Ausprägung der Farbintensität und -tönung dar. Aus insgesamt 6 spektralphotometrischen Bestimmungen können leicht Daten über solche Einflüsse sowie Werte des Anthocyan- und Gesamtphenolgehaltes gewonnen werden. Es wird vorgeschlagen, diese Methode für eine Art „anatomischer Beschreibung" junger Rotweine zu benutzen, wobei Größen verwendet werden, die in Bezug sowohl zu der Zusammensetzung des Lesegutes wie zur Weintechnologie stehen. Die Brauchbarkeit dieser Vorstellungen wird dadurch erhärtet, daß Korrelationen zwischen einer Reihe von Parametern der Weinfärbung und den unabhängig davon gewonnenen Ergebnissen sensorischer Qualitätsprüfungen aufgezeigt werden konnten.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 17 No. 2 (1978): Vitis
The influence of acetaldehyde and water on the determination of 14C in wine alcohol
Creators: name: Hanekom, A. N.
name: De Villiers, Johanna F.
name: Houtman, A. C.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2016

description: Der Einfluß von Acetaldehyd und Wasser auf die 14C-Bestimmung bei Weinalkohol Die Bestimmung von 14C im Äthanol von Wein wird nicht signifikant beeinflußt, wenn die Destillation sorgfältig durchgeführt wird und der Wasser- und Aldehydgehalt 10 % (v/v) bzw. 0,5 % (v/v) nicht übersteigt.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 17 No. 2 (1978): Vitis
title: Corona Constitutional #51: Corona im Bundestag
Creators: name: Steinbeis, Maximilian
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 342

description: Heftige Szenen haben sich heute im Deutschen Bundestag abgespielt. Anlass war die Abstimmung über das die Änderung des Infektionsschutzgesetzes, die gesetzliche Grundlage für alles, was in diesen Tagen der zweiten Corona-Welle alles an Maßnahmen zur Eindämmung der Pandemie über uns hereinbricht. Diese Gesetzesgrundlage hatten zuletzt immer mehr Gerichte für unzureichend befunden. Darauf hat der Gesetzgeber reagiert. Ob diese Reaktion verfassungsrechtlich ausreicht und was der Streit darüber für den Parlamentarismus in Deutschland bedeutet, darüber redet Max Steinbeis mit HANS-MICHAEL HEINIG, Verfassungsrechtsprofessor an der Universität Göttingen.
description: Verfassungsblog: On Matters Constitutional
Personal Robot Technologies to Support Older People Living Independently
Creators: name: Petrie, Helen
name: Samaddar, Sanjit
name: Chen, Yao
Publisher: name: TU Dortmund
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: 360
subject: 370
subject: Alter
subject: Unterstützungstechnologie
subject: Roboter
subject: Autonomie

description: The world’s population is ageing, and the number of younger people available to care for the older population is decreasing. Digital technologies, particularly robotic technologies, are considered an important part of the solution to this looming problem. This chapter reviews some of the research over the last decade (2013 – 2023) on the development and evaluation of personal robots to assist older people living independently. The research is divided into three areas: that on older people’s needs and desires in relation to personal robots and their attitudes towards robots; their reactions to personal robots after a brief experience with them; and the evaluation of older people’s longer-term use of personal robots. Strengths and weaknesses of the research are discussed, as well as areas of need for further research.
description: Die Weltbevölkerung altert und die Zahl der jüngeren Menschen, die für die Pflege der älteren Bevölkerung zur Verfügung stehen, nimmt ab. Digitale Technologien, insbesondere Robotertechnologien, gelten als wichtiger Teil der Lösung für dieses drohende Problem. Dieses Kapitel gibt einen Überblick über die Forschung der letzten zehn Jahre (2013 - 2023) zur Entwicklung und Bewertung von persönlichen Robotern, die ältere Menschen dabei unterstützen, ein unabhängiges Leben zu führen. Die Forschung ist in drei Bereiche unterteilt: die Bedürfnisse und Wünsche älterer Menschen in Bezug auf persönliche Roboter und ihre Einstellung zu Robotern; ihre Reaktionen auf persönliche Roboter nach kurzer Erfahrung mit ihnen; und die Bewertung der längerfristigen Nutzung persönlicher Roboter durch ältere Menschen. Stärken und Schwächen der Forschung werden diskutiert, ebenso wie Bereiche, in denen weitere Forschung notwendig ist.
The 14C content of the ethanol of South African wines ior the years 1925-1975
Creators: name: Hanekom, A. N.
name: Du Plessis, C. S.
name: De Villiers, Johanna F.
name: Houtman, A. C.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2016

description: It has been shown that, due to atmospheric conditions, South African natural wines are lower in 14C content than their northern hemisphere counterparts for the periods of active nuclear explosion tests. On this basis it is incorrect to apply northern hemisphere 14C data to wines of the southern hemisphere. Der 14C-Gehalt des Äthanols südafrikanischer Weine der Jahrgänge 1925-1975 Es konnte gezeigt werden, daß südafrikanische Naturweine infolge der atmosphärischen Bedingungen einen niedrigeren 14C-Gehalt besitzen, als ihn Vergleichsweine von der nördlichen Erdhalbkugel aus der Zeit der Kernwaffenversuche aufweisen. Es ist somit nicht gerechtfertigt, die 14C-Werte der Nordhemisphäre bei Weinen der südlichen Erdhalbkugel anzuwenden.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 17 No. 2 (1978): Vitis
Dal saggio «Caesar als Historiker» di Matthias Gelzer
Creators: name: Sparavigna, Amelia Carolina
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Giulio Cesare

description: Breve discussione di un saggio di Matthias Gelzer su Giulio Cesare come storico. In esso, Gelzer ricorda che, in un approccio scientifico ai fatti storici, "una critica appropriata deve partire innanzitutto dalle condizioni politiche e sociali e dai concetti dell’epoca". Come dire che ci si deve riferire anche alle condizioni al contorno, quando si vuol risolvere un sistema fisico.
MaxNet: an efficient Max-Mi fair allocation scheme
Creators: name: Nguyen, Duc D.
name: Wang, Jidong
name: Andrew, Lachlan L. H.
name: Chan, Sammy
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: It has been analytically proved that both MaxNet and SumNet can achieve max-min fair allocation in static networks. In SumNet networks, such as the TCP algorithm of the current Internet, the source rate is controlled by congestion signal which is the sum of signals from all of the congested links along the path from the source to the destination. In MaxNet networks, only the most congested link generates the control signal to dictate the source rate. This paper investigates the practical aspects of both schemes, specifically, the convergence speed and fairness tracking capability under transient network conditions. We have shown that the stability of SumNet's max-min fairness heavily depends on the network load. Within the stable ranges of operating points, SumNet's max-min fair allocation is obtained at the cost of response speed. An enhanced approach is proposed to improve the stability of SumNet to meet the max-min fairness criterion. We have shown both analytically and by simulation that under stable conditions, Maxnet has faster convergence speed and better fairness tracking capability than SumNet in a highly volatile environment.
Immunomodulatory effects of traditional Chinese herbal formulation, ginseng and dang gui ten combination (PS10)
Creators: name: Thomsen, Michael
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The severe debility and immune dysfunction associated with serious disease may respond well to treatment with the tonic formulas from Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). One of these, Ginseng and Dang Gui Ten Combination has gained prominence as the formula most suitable to assist convalescence after chemotherapy and radiotherapy. A literature review of the herbal combination suggests that it synergistically provides a broad range of pharmacological activity with a very low level of toxicity. The herbs may have haemopoietic, antimutagenic, antitumour, immunomodulatory and anticomplement activities and they seem to promote lymphocyte activation, interleukin production, protect various organs against toxicity, inflammation and ulceration, and promote drug delivery and radiation sensitising while protecting healthy tissue. The specific immunomodulatory effects of PS10 combination were investigated in 10 healthy volunteers (7 males and 3 females aged 43 to 58 years). The study was a longitudinal study (28 days), using a repeated measures design to investigate the pre and then post intervention changes in Natural Killer (NK) cell activity as well as total and differentiated lymphocyte counts. Furthermore, liver function tests (LFT) were included to assess any adverse effects on the liver. It was envisaged that NK cells or other white blood cell subset variation could indicate an immunomodulatory effect of the herbal formulation, PS10. Investigative methodologies included NK cell function assessment via the ability of peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) to lyse the human erythroleukemia cell line K562.(Lozzio and Lozzio, 1975) Target cells are labelled by incubation with radioactive chromium, washed, then added to a dilution series of PBMC's and incubated for 4 hours. Supernatants are harvested and the amount of intracellular chromium- 51 released into the supernatant is measured with a gamma counter. The amount of chromium-51 released is proportional to the lytic activity of the NK cells. The gradient of the line of best fit through the plotted points was recorded as the measure of cytotoxicity or killing.(Brooks and Flannery, 1980) The steeper the gradient, the greater the cytotoxicity. This pilot study demonstrated that the herbal preparation Ginseng and Dang Gui Ten Combination (PS10) increased the total number of lymphocytes cells in healthy human volunteers (n=10) (p<0.007). Although the test formulation increased NK cell activity in some participants, the change in mean NK cell cytotoxicity was not significant.
Barrierefrei, zugänglich oder doch barrierearm? Eine Argumentation für den Begriff Barrierefreiheit
Creators: name: Wilkens, Leevke
name: Maskut, Nele
name: Lueg, Marie-Christin
Publisher: name: TU Dortmund
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: 360
subject: 370
subject: Barrierefreiheit

description: Barrierefrei, zugänglich oder barrierearm? An verschiedenen Stellen stößt man darauf, dass von ‚barrierearmen‘ Tagungen, Dokumenten oder Ähnlichem gesprochen wird, da es nicht möglich sei, etwas vollkommen barrierefrei zu gestalten. Die Diskussion darum, welcher dieser Begriffe dafür verwendet werden kann/soll, um die Gegebenheiten und Zugangsmöglichkeiten zu umschreiben, scheint eine Herausforderung im deutschen Sprachgebrauch zu sein. Um Argumentationslinien hinter der Verwendung verschiedener Begriffe besser zu verstehen und sichtbar zu machen, ist das Ziel dieses Beitrags für die verschiedenen Konnotationen zu sensibilisieren, die die Verwendung der zur Verfügung stehenden Begrifflichkeiten mit sich bringt. Dies geschieht unter der Prämisse, dass Barrierefreiheit ein rechtlich definierter Begriff ist und dementsprechend ein Rechtsanspruch auf Barrierefreiheit von gestalteten Lebensräumen besteht.
description: The literal translation of the German word for accessibility is 'barrier-free'. Thus, discussing which terms can/should be used to describe something as accessible seems a challenge only in German. In various places, one comes across 'barrier-poor' conferences, documents, or the like, as it seems impossible to make something completely barrier-free in the literal sense. In order to better understand and visualize the reasoning behind the use of different terms, this article aims to raise awareness of the different connotations that the use of the available terminology entails. This is done under the premise that accessibility is a legally defined term and that there is therefore a legal entitlement to accessibility of designed ‘living spaces’.
Vragenlijst RDM Ondersteuning basistraining voor informatiespecialisten
Creators: name: Selm, Mariette Van
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Library and Information Studies
subject: FOS: Media and communications

description: Vragenlijst, te gebruiken om een basistraining onderzoeksdatamanagement voor informatiespecialisten af te stemmen op wat de deelnemers al weten en op wat zij belangrijk vinden om aan de weet te komen. De vragenlijst is ontwikkeld door Mariëtte van Selm in het kader van het project RDM Ondersteuning (2013-2015) van de Bibliotheek van de Universiteit van Amsterdam (UvA).
Evaluation of the Edinburgh Post Natal Depression Scale using Rasch analysis
Creators: name: Pallant, Julie F.
name: Miller, Renee L.
name: Tennant, Alan
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Background: The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) is a 10 item self-rating post-natal depression scale which has seen widespread use in epidemiological and clinical studies. Concern has been raised over the validity of the EPDS as a single summed scale, with suggestions that it measures two separate aspects, one of depressive feelings, the other of anxiety. Methods: As part of a larger cross-sectional study conducted in Melbourne, Australia, a community sample (324 women, ranging in age from 18 to 44 years: mean = 32 yrs, SD = 4.6), was obtained by inviting primiparous women to participate voluntarily in this study. Data from the EPDS were fitted to the Rasch measurement model and tested for appropriate category ordering, for item bias through Differential Item Functioning (DIF) analysis, and for unidimensionality through tests of the assumption of local independence. Results: Rasch analysis of the data from the ten item scale initially demonstrated a lack of fit to the model with a significant Item-Trait Interaction total chi-square (chi Square = 82.8, df = 40; p < .001). Removal of two items (items 7 and 8) resulted in a non-significant Item-Trait Interaction total chisquare with a residual mean value for items of -0.467 with a standard deviation of 0.850, showing fit to the model. No DIF existed in the final 8-item scale (EPDS-8) and all items showed fit to model expectations. Principal Components Analysis of the residuals supported the local independence assumption, and unidimensionality of the revised EPDS-8 scale. Revised cut points were identified for EPDS-8 to maintain the case identification of the original scale. Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that EPDS, in its original 10 item form, is not a viable scale for the unidimensional measurement of depression. Rasch analysis suggests that a revised eight item version (EPDS-8) would provide a more psychometrically robust scale. The revised cut points of 7/8 and 9/10 for the EPDS-8 show high levels of agreement with the original case identification for the EPDS-10.
Computational Analysis and Annotation of Proteome Data: Sequence, Structure, Function and Interactions
Creators: name: Domenico, Tomás Di
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Computational Biology
subject: 60102 Bioinformatics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: My PhD thesis, covering intrinsic protein disorder, tandem repeat proteins, and network-based analysis of protein data.
Tachinus marginatus
Creators: name: Veselova, Elena
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Tachinus
Tachinus marginatus

description: Tachinus (s.str.) marginatus (Fabricius, 1793)
 Oxyporus marginatus Fabricius, 1793: 532 Tachinus marginatus; Ganglbauer, 1895: 342 Tachinus (s.str.) marginatus; Horion, 1967: 76 Tachinus (s.str.) marginatus; Tichomirova, 1973a:150
 Tachinus (s.str.) marginatus; Ullrich, 1975: 118 Tachinus (s.str.) marginatus; Schülke, 1989, Entomologische Nachrichten und Berichte, 33(5): 230
 Tachinus marginatus; Kashcheev, 1999, Selevinia 1998–1999: 57
 Material. CHITA AREA: 1 male: Kuenga River, Shev’ya, 26.08.1977, V.G. Kovalev & V. V. Zherikhin leg. (EV).― 1 female: Ukurey, 06.08.1977, V. G.Kovalev leg. (EV).― AMUR AREA: 2ex: lower reaches of Ol’doy River, 09.08.1958, O.N.Kabakov leg. (ZIN).―1ex: Skovorodinskiy District, Yankan, 01.07.1959, O.N.Kabakov leg. (ZIN).―3ex: Svobodnyi, 22.07.1970, O.N.Kabakov leg. (ZIN).― 2 females: Zeya Town, 22.06.1978, V. V. Belov & S.A.Kurbatov leg.― 1 female: near Zeya Town, UV light, 23.07.1978, V. V. Belov & S.A.Kurbatov leg.― 1 female: Zeyskiy Nature Reserve, «52nd km» cordon, 13.07.1978, V. V. Belov & S.A.Kurbatov leg.― 1 female: same locality, 19.07.1978, V. V. Belov & S.A.Kurbatov leg.―5ex: Selemdzhinskiy District, Ekimchan, 26– 30.08.1979, O.N.Kabakov leg. (ZIN).― 1 female: Selemdzhinskiy District, Norskiy Nature Reserve, right bank of Nora River, near Meunskiy cordon, shingle, silt, clay, mosses and leaf litter under Salix sp. and Alnus sp. 20.08.2004, AR leg. (EV).― KHABAROVSK TERRITORY: 1ex: Komsomolskiy District, Evur River, 22.09.1957, O.N.Kabakov leg. (ZIN).― 1 female: Verkhnebureinskiy District, Bureinskiy Nature Reserve, Pravaya Bureya River basin, road from Medvezhye winter hut to Niman pass, 870–1240 m a.s.l., in bear excrement on road, 08.08.2007, AR leg. (EV).
 Remarks. T. marginatus is distributed from N and Central Europe in the West to the Russian Far East in the East (Ullrich 1975). It is also recorded for Kazakhstan (Kashcheev 1999), Mongolia, China and the Korean Peninsula (Ullrich l.c.). It is unknown from Japan (L.-Z.Li 1995). Ullrich (l.c.) mentioned several finds of the named species from the N Amur River basin. Ganglbauer (1895), Horion (1967), and Tichomirova (1973a) cited the species for the Caucasus. Neither Ullrich’s (l.c.) nor my material studied confirm these records which seem to be misidentifications of T. cingulatus Solsky, 1864 resembling T. marginatus in appearance.
description: Published as part of Veselova, Elena, 2011, On the fauna of Tachyporinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) of the Russian Far East. I. The genus Tachinus Gravenhorst, 1802, pp. 73-92 in Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 11 (1) on page 84, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13204293
Web-based Medical Equipment Management System in Seven Referral Hospitals
Creators: name: Abiyou, Semegnew
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2018

description: Medical devices are an integral part of healthcare service delivery and they are used for monitoring, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of patients. Proper utilization of medical devices is important for ensuring the safety of users and patients, reducing downtime, improving the quality of health services and increasing the benefit of financial investment. The aim of this study was to assess the utilization of medical devices and to develop web-based medical equipment management system. Both quantitative and qualitative data has been collected for the study. The data collection was conducted between August 26, 2017 to September 20, 2017 in all the seven government owned teaching hospitals which are found in Addis Ababa and Hawassa cities. On average, each hospital delivered services for more than 3 million populations, and had more than 17 service standards, 330 medical equipment and 500 beds during the research period. Data were collected by observation of available resources, interviewing selected professionals about their services and also through questionnaire which was filled by biomedical engineers and biomedical technicians who assessed the utilization phase of healthcare technology management in the seven hospitals. According to the data collected, more than half (17/31) of the respondents did not know the exact number of medical equipment in their facility and there were only 29% (2/7) of hospitals which had recommended test equipment and workshop space in their facilities and almost all hospitals did not have international standards and guidelines and also service manuals. The percentage of respondents who didn't agree on the availability of reference materials, electrical safety and performance test equipment, sufficient user and maintainer training, sufficient maintenance staff, preventive maintenance schedule for all medical equipment were 74%, 77%, 65%, 54% and 36% respectively. In order to better manage medical devices, we have designed and developed an automated medical equipment management system that can be deployed in a hospital. The system is developed using HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, PHP, and MySQL. We strongly believe that such automated system helps to improve communication between system users, decrease resilience on human role, reduce data redundancy, allow multiple users to access the data, enhance the security of the equipment, improve planning and budgeting for medical equipment.
Tachinus rishirianus Watanabe et Shibata 1965
Creators: name: Veselova, Elena
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Tachinus
Tachinus rishirianus

description: Tachinus (s.str.) rishirianus Watanabe et Shibata, 1965, sp.propria
 Tachinus (s.str.) rishirianus Watanabe et Shibata, 1965, Kontyû, 33(3): 322
 Tachinus (s.str.) rishirianus; Tichomirova, 1973a: 150
 Tachinus (s.str.) pallipes rishirianus; Ullrich, 1975: 113
 Tachinus (s.str.) pallipes rishirianus; L.-Z.Li, 1995, The Japanese Journal of systematic entomology, 1(1): 56
 Tachinus (s.str.) pallipes pallipes; Ryabukhin, 1999: 90
 Tachinus (s.str.) pallipes rishirianus; Herman, 2001, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 265: 974
 Tachinus (s.str.) pallipes rishirianus; Smetana, 2004:347
 Material. AMUR AREA : 1 female: Komusun River, 1000 m a.s.l. 30.08.1979, O.N.Kabakov leg. (ZIN).― SAKHALIN AREA: 1 female: Central Sakhalin Island, Stlanikovyi Mt. Ridge, source of Tym’ River near mouth of Troynoy Rill, 50º45’52"N 143º07’17"E, 13– 15.07.2003, I. V. Melnik leg. (EV).― MAGADANAREA: 1 male: N Cisokhotia, 35 km N of Magadan, 19.08.1981, A.Lebedev leg. (EV).― 1 male, 2 females: N Cisokhotia, 10 km N of Splavnaya, in soil and leaf litter near decaying body of Oncorhynchus keta, 25.08.1981, A.S.Ryabukhin leg. (EV).― 12 males, 20 females: same locality, 25– 28.08.1981, A.S.Ryabukhin leg. (EV).
 Remarks. T. rishirianus was originally described from Japan (the Rishiri Island near Hokkaido). Ullrich (1975) considered it to be similar to the continental T. pallipes in both general appearance and the shape of the aedeagus, and supposed the geographically defined island population to be a subspecies of the latter. T. rishirianus had been known from the terra typica only, but it was cited recently for the Daisetsuzan Mts. on the Hokkaido Island (L.-Z.Li 1995) also. I report it here from the Sakhalin Island and the Asian mainland (the N Amur basin and N Cisokhotia) for the first time. This species was recorded for the latter location (Ryabukhin 1999) as T. pallipes pallipes basing on my old misidentification. My present study proves Ryabukhin’s series to be T. rishirianus. According to Ullrich’s redescriptions and figures, and also to my own data, both the species differ significantly in the coloration of elytra, the ground sculpture of pronotum, elytra and abdomen, the puncturation of abdominal tergites, the shape of aedeagus and terminalia. The distinctions are stable, intermediate forms are unknown, and there is a distinct hiatus between both taxa. The reasons provided make it possible to consider T. rishirianus as a good species. T. rishirianus may be regarded as an eastern vicariant of T. pallipes.
description: Published as part of Veselova, Elena, 2011, On the fauna of Tachyporinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) of the Russian Far East. I. The genus Tachinus Gravenhorst, 1802, pp. 73-92 in Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 11 (1) on pages 85-86, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13204293
The Architecture of Traditional Urban Settlements in Oman: Harat as-Saybani, Harat al-Yemen & Harat al-Aqr
Creators: name: Al Habsi, Fatma Hilal Ahmed
Publisher: name: Manara - Qatar Research Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 50
subject: Philosophy and religious studies

description: Military architecture is a symbol of the Omani built environment and national identity. It is commonly branded as "al-Sultania Architecture" and comprises heritage buildings like the fort, towers, castles, and fortified settlements. However, most studies have focused on the morphology of the settlement and its structure. There is a paucity of comparative studies on the settlement typology, particularly its vernacular architecture and defensive features. This thesis examines the typology of three settlements in inner Oman: foothill settlements, settlements with a defensive wall, and settlements without a defensive border. It focuses on studying the urban pattern, fortification, dwellings, and the relation with the physical context. A mixed historiographic and qualitative methodology was used to demonstrate the architectural features of Harat as-Saybani, al-Yemen, and al-Aqr. The study aims to compare them to find the differences and similarities. Studying these different typologies reveals the basic fabric and unique features of the old walled and fortified oasis settlements. The result of the study indicates that people built military structures during the tribal war to protect their resources, such as the water supply and palm farms. In addition, the settlement arrangements take advantage of the topography and the surrounding environment to protect the settlement. Nonetheless, there are distinctions and commonalities across the three typologies. Firstly, the urban pattern and organization of the dwellings represent the same concept of separating between the private and public spaces. The narrow corridors, simple facade, location of the fortified structures, and their relationship with the surrounding context help protect and secure the settlement. However, there are variances in the urban patterns, fortifications, and the organization of the spaces in the dwellings in each settlement. For example, the courtyard system is only in Harat al-Yemen. Those various features made each case study unique, yet they shared the same goal of protecting the settlement.
Pachylister (Bellatrix) Mazur, 2011, subgen. n.
Creators: name: Mazur, Sławomir
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Histeridae
Pachylister

description: Bellatrix subgen. n.
 Type species: Hister bellicus Marseul, 1864 Marginal pronotal stria complete laterally. Outer lateral pronotal stria strongly abbreviated basally, the inner one complete, widely distant from margin (Figs. 1, 2). Pygidium not margined. Basal piece of edeagus very short (ratio of parameres to basal piece over 5.0). Tenth tergite divided into two parts (Fig. 7).
 The remaining characters as in the author’s definition of Pachylister (Mazur, 2004: 166).
description: Published as part of Mazur, Sławomir, 2011, Notes on some Hister-species with description of a new subgenus (Bellatrix subgen. n.) of Pachylister Lewis, 1904 (Coleoptera, Histeridae), pp. 41-44 in Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 11 (1) on pages 41-42, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13204313