cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Priority research needs to inform amphibian conservation in the Anthropocene
Creators: name: Grant, Evan H Campbell
name: Amburgey, Staci M
name: Gratwicke, Brian
name: Chaves, Victor Acosta
name: Belasen, Anat M
name: Bickford, David
name: Brühl, Carsten A
name: Calatayud, Natalie E
name: Clemann, Nick
name: Clulow, Simon
name: Crnobrnja‐Isailovic, Jelka
name: Dawson, Jeff
name: De Angelis, David
name: Dodd, C Kenneth
name: Evans, Annette
name: Ficetola, Gentile Francesco
name: Falaschi, Mattia
name: González‐Mollinedo, Sergio
name: Green, David M
name: Gamlen‐Greene, Roseanna
name: Griffiths, Richard A
name: Halstead, Brian J
name: Hassapakis, Craig
name: Heard, Geoffrey
name: Karlsson, Catharina
name: Kirschey, Tom
name: Klocke, Blake
name: Kosch, Tiffany A
name: Novaes, Sophia Kusterko
name: Linhoff, Luke
name: Maerz, John C
name: Mosher, Brittany A
name: O'Donnell, Katherine
name: Ochoa‐Ochoa, Leticia M
name: Olson, Deanna H
name: Ovaska, Kristiina
name: Roberts, J Dale
name: Silla, Aimee J
name: Stark, Tariq
name: Tarrant, Jeanne
name: Upton, R
name: Vörös, Judit
name: Muths, Erin
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 4104
subject: Environmental management
classificationCode: 3103
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: The problem of global amphibian declines has prompted extensive research over the last three decades. Initially, the focus was on identifying and characterizing the extent of the problem, but more recently efforts have shifted to evidence-based research designed to identify best solutions and to improve conservation outcomes. Despite extensive accumulation of knowledge on amphibian declines, there remain knowledge gaps and disconnects between science and action that hamper our ability to advance conservation efforts. Using input from participants at the ninth World Congress of Herpetology, a U.S. Geological Survey Powell Center symposium, amphibian on-line forums for discussion, the International Union for Conservation of Nature Assisted Reproductive Technologies and Gamete Biobanking group, and respondents to a survey, we developed a list of 25 priority research questions for amphibian conservation at this stage of the Anthropocene. We identified amphibian conservation research priorities while accounting for expected tradeoffs in geographic scope, costs, and the taxonomic breadth of research needs. We aimed to solicit views from individuals rather than organizations while acknowledging inequities in participation. Emerging research priorities (i.e., those under-represented in recently published amphibian conservation literature) were identified, and included the effects of climate change, community-level (rather than single species-level) drivers of declines, methodological improvements for research and monitoring, genomics, and effects of land-use change. Improved inclusion of under-represented members of the amphibian conservation community was also identified as a priority. These research needs represent critical knowledge gaps for amphibian conservation although filling these gaps may not be necessary for many conservation actions.
Effective tobacco control measures in Bangladesh require a whole-of-government approach
Creators: name: Islam, Md
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 4410
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
classificationCode: 4407
subject: Policy and administration
classificationCode: 4408
subject: Political science
subject: FOS: Political science

description: Abstract: In many low- and middle-income countries, the implementation of tobacco control measures is disorganized, and the activities of the various departments involved are often inadequately aligned with policy aims. This paper discusses some fragmented and conflicting approaches to tobacco control measures in Bangladesh, and how these can undermine public health interventions. The paper argues in favor of a whole-of-government approach. The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) created an unprecedented opportunity to reduce the use of tobacco substantially. While tobacco use declined in most countries that had signed the FCTC, including Bangladesh, the fragmented approach of various government departments and organizations in the country is hindering the proper implementation of tobacco control measures. There is tension between groups that focus on economic development, livelihood, and public health. There is also considerable uncertainty among government officials and an inadequate focus on several crucial aspects such as tobacco cessation services. However, in this rapidly developing country, where there are serious concerns around developing the economy and reducing poverty, it is challenging to separate tobacco control efforts from the promises of employment and tax revenues from tobacco industries. Indeed, this may well overshadow the tobacco control measures. It is necessary, then, to consider the complexity of this issue in Bangladesh by looking at the entire system and to adopt a whole-of-government approach to address the opposing forces. As an FCTC signatory, Bangladesh is obligated to implement tobacco control measures. However, it may not be possible to do this properly without a whole-of-government approach.
title: Konzeptpapier: Perspektiven auf Nachhaltigkeitstransformation und -transfer an der HNEE
Creators: name: Göttert, Thomas
name: König, Bettina
name: Nölting, Benjamin
name: Roose, Ilka
Publisher: name: Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development
Year: 2022
Subjects: Lebensgrundlagen
Lebensvielfalt
Nachhaltigkeitstransfer
Transformation
Wissenschaft-Praxis-Kooperationen

description: Das Forschungszentrum [Nachhaltigkeit – Transformation – Transfer] ist eine wissenschaftliche Einrichtung der Hochschule für nachhaltige Entwicklung Eberswalde (HNEE), gefördert vom Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kultur (MWFK) des Landes Brandenburg. In diesem Diskussionspapier werden die Forschungsansätze des Forschungszentrums dargelegt. Der Fokus richtet sich auf die Konzepte Nachhaltigkeit, Transformation und Transfer, die für seine Arbeit zentral sind. Mit diesem Diskussionspapier möchte das Forschungszentrum sein Ausgangsverständnis und seine Arbeitsweise transparent machen und sich als Kooperationspartner für Wissenschaft und Praxis positionieren.
Caregiver sensitivity predicts infant language use, and infant language complexity predicts caregiver language complexity, in the context of possible emerging autism
Creators: name: Smith, Jodie
name: Chetcuti, Lacey
name: Kennedy, Lyndel
name: Varcin, KJ
name: Slonims, V
name: Bent, Catherine
name: Green, J
name: Iacono, Teresa
name: Pillar, S
name: Taylor, C
name: Wan, MW
name: Whitehouse, AJO
name: Hudry, Kristelle
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 3209
subject: Neurosciences
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
classificationCode: 5201
subject: Applied and developmental psychology
classificationCode: 5203
subject: Clinical and health psychology
classificationCode: 5204
subject: Cognitive and computational psychology

description: While theory supports bidirectional effects between caregiver sensitivity and language use, and infant language acquisition—both caregiver-to-infant and also infant-to-caregiver effects—empirical research has chiefly explored the former unidirectional path. In the context of infants showing early signs of autism, we investigated prospective bidirectional associations with 6-min free-play interaction samples collected for 103 caregivers and their infants (mean age 12-months; and followed up 6-months later). We anticipated that measures of caregiver sensitivity/language input and infant language would show within-domain temporal stability/continuity, but also that there would be predictive associations from earlier caregiver input to subsequent child language, and vice versa. Caregiver sensitive responsiveness (from the Manchester Assessment of Caregiver–Infant interaction [MACI]) predicted subsequent infant word tokens (i.e., amount of language, coded following the Systematic Analysis of Language Transcripts [SALT]). Further, earlier infant Mean Length of Utterance (MLU; reflecting language complexity, also derived from SALT coding) predicted later caregiver MLU, even when controlling for variability in infant ages and clear within-domain temporal stability/continuity in key measures (i.e., caregiver sensitive responsiveness and infant word tokens; and infant and caregiver MLU). These data add empirical support to theorization on how caregiver input can be both supportive of, and potentially influenced by, infant capacities, when infants have social-communication differences and/or communication/language delays suggestive of possible emerging autism.
Understanding and Administering Educational Organizations: The Contribution of Greenfield's '' Alternative Theory''
Creators: name: Johnson, Neil A.
Publisher: name: Journal of Educational Thought / Revue de la Pensée Educative
Year: 2018

description: Some contemporary writers have strongly attacked traditional theories of educational administration, but few with the vehemence and public recognition of T.B. Greenfield. The alternative view of educational organizations proposed by Greenfield has attracted the attention of administrators, theorists, and researchers around the world. By considering this perspective in relation to three major systems views of schools and other organizations, the author examines the contribution of Greenfield's "Alternative Theory" to current educational administration practice and scholarship
description: Journal of Educational Thought / Revue de la Pensée Educative, Vol 24 No 1 (1990)
Tumor delivery of liposomal doxorubicin prepared with poly-L-glutamic acid as a drug-trapping agent
Creators: name: Andang Miatmoko
name: Kawano, Kumi
name: Yoda, Hitomi
name: Yonemochi, Etsuo
name: Hattori, Yoshiyuki
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Context: Poly-l-glutamic acid (PGA) is an anionic polymer with a large number of carboxyl groups that can interact electrostatically with cationic drugs such as doxorubicin (DOX). Objective: For stable encapsulation of DOX into liposomes, we prepared triethylamine (TEA)-PGA-liposomes using PGA as an internal trapping agent. Methods: We prepared TEA-PGA-liposomes by remote loading of DOX with a TEA gradient into preformed liposomes prepared with 1, 2, or 4 mg/mL PGA (molecular weights 4800, 9800, and 20 500), and evaluated their biodistribution and antitumor effects on Lewis lung carcinoma (LLC) tumor-bearing mice. Results: TEA-PGA-liposomes using the higher the molecular weight or concentration of PGA showed a slower release of DOX from the liposomes. TEA-PGA-liposomes prepared with a high concentration of PGA could enhance DOX accumulation in tumors and prolonged DOX circulation in the serum, indicating that DOX may be retained stably in the liposomal interior by interaction with PGA. Furthermore, injection of TEA-PGA-liposomes prepared with 4 mg/mL of PGA9800 or 2 mg/mL PGA20500 strongly inhibited tumor growth in LLC tumor-bearing mice. Conclusions: PGA may be a potential trapping agent for liposomal DOX for tumor drug delivery.
One More Time: How Do You Get Both Equality and Excellence in Education?
Creators: name: Schaefer, Thomas E.
Publisher: name: Journal of Educational Thought / Revue de la Pensée Educative
Year: 2018

description: The tension between egalitarian goals and excellence in education comes to the fore when democratic societies attempt to educate their citizens. Rather than resolving the tension in Favor of either side of the polarity, a theory is advanced whereby both equality and excellence may be seen not only as compatible, but as requiring each other. The argument is made that "equal education" achieves real equality only through excellence. At the same time, and particularly in democracies, educational excellence demands equality as its foundation. Finally, the mutually supportive interrelationship between equality and excellence is adumbrated in a framework drawing upon perennial philosophical views of the nature of freedom.
description: Journal of Educational Thought / Revue de la Pensée Educative, Vol 24 No 1 (1990)
Η ψηφιακή τεχνολογία στην αλυσίδα εφοδιασμού: τα ελληνικά βήματα
Creators: name: Γκοντέβα, Αθανασία
Publisher: name: Πανεπιστήμιο Πειραιώς
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Αλυσίδα μπλοκ
subject: Έξυπνα λιμάνια
subject: Εφοδιαστική αλυσίδα
subject: Τεχνολογία
subject: Ψηφιοποίηση

description: Η παρούσα εργασία πραγματεύεται το ζήτημα της ψηφιοποποίησης των διαδικασιών και των λειτουργιών επί της αλυσίδας εφοδιασμού, συγκεκριμενοποιώντας το δε στην ελληνική πραγματικότητα. Τι νοείται όμως ως ψηφιοποιήση «Digitalization» και ως αλυσίδα μπλοκ «blockchain» που χρησιμοποιούνται εν συναρτήσει με την αλυσίδα εφοδιασμού και πώς ακριβώς επηρεάζουν αυτήν; Το εν λόγω ζήτημα αποτελεί το εισαγωγικό μέρος της εργασίας σε μια προσπάθεια ορισμού και προσέγγισης αυτών των δύο (2) βασικών εννοιών για την ανάπτυξη και κατανόηση του θέματος καθ’ όλη την εξέλιξή του, καθότι συναντώνται σχεδόν σε κάθε κομμάτι της Διπλωματικής. Έχοντας δοθεί λοιπόν ένα πλαίσιο κύριων όρων, παρουσιάζεται το πρώτο μέρος αναφορικά με την ενσωμάτωση των ψηφιακών μέσων στην αλυσίδα εφοδιασμού προβάλλοντας την εφαρμογή και τα οφέλη αυτής της ενσωμάτωσης. Συγκεκριμένα, αναπτύσσονται ενδεικτικά κάποια από τα πρώτα βήματα εισαγωγής της τεχνολογίας, της πορείας που ακολούθησε σε συνδυασμό με την αλληλεπίδραση των εταιρειών και χωρών, φθάνοντας πια στην χρήση του “Project 44” και των «Έξυπνων Λιμανιών». Στο δεύτερος μέρος της εργασίας, ειδικεύεται η ανάπτυξη του θέματος στην ευρωπαϊκή και περαιτέρω ελληνική πραγματικότητα. Εντοπίζεται ο ευρωπαϊκός προσανατολισμός, ενώ επιλέγονται η Γαλλία και η Γερμανία ως ενδεικτικές χώρες για την πορεία τους στην ψηφιοποιήση της αλυσίδας εφοδιασμού, καθώς εξετάζεται και ο βαθμός εφαρμογής της τεχνολογίας σε αυτήν. Έπειτα, προσεγγίζεται η Ελλάδα σαν ευρωπαϊκή χώρα και η ένταξη αυτής στο «e -CMR» στο πλαίσιο υλοποίησης του προγράμματος από την Ευρώπη. Η περίπτωση όμως της Ελλάδας είναι ιδιάζουσα εξού και παρατίθεται πιο αναλυτικά η υστέρηση που δείχνει να αντιμετωπίζει σε αυτόν τον τομέα μέσα από συγκεκριμένες αιτίες, ενώ τέλος η κατάσταση μπορεί να αλλάξει με την εφαρμογή μέτρων – προτάσεων. Η εργασία κλείνει με σύντομη σύνοψη και την αποτύπωση συμπερασμάτων από την ανάλυση που προηγήθηκε.
Fast iterative reverse filters using fixed-point acceleration
Creators: name: Deng, Guang
name: Galetto, Fernando
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 4006
subject: Communications engineering
classificationCode: 4603
subject: Computer vision and multimedia computation

description: Iterative reverse filters have been recently developed to address the problem of removing effects of a black box image filter. Because numerous iterations are usually required to achieve the desired result, the processing speed is slow. In this paper, we propose to use fixed-point acceleration techniques to tackle this problem. We present an interpretation of existing reverse filters as fixed-point iterations and discuss their relationship with gradient descent. We then present extensive experimental results to demonstrate the performance of fixed-point acceleration techniques named after: Anderson, Chebyshev, Irons, and Wynn. We also compare the performance of these techniques with that of gradient descent acceleration. Key findings of this work include: (1) Anderson acceleration can make a non-convergent reverse filter convergent, (2) the T-method with an acceleration technique is highly efficient and effective, and (3) in terms of processing speed, all reverse filters can benefit from one of the acceleration techniques.
title: Cyclic loading of magnetite bearing rocks: modifications of structure, magnetic and elastic properties
Creators: name:  Fuchs ,   Helena
name:  Reznik ,   Boris
name:  Kontny ,   Agnes
name:  Schilling ,   Frank
Publisher: name: Deutsche Geologische Gesellschaft - Geologische Vereinigung e.V. (DGGV)
Year: 2021

description: Repeated seismic activity can cause progressive failure of rock masses due to material fatigue [1]. To simulate induced seismic loading, an iron ore with alternating quartz- and magnetite-rich layers from the Sydvaranger mine (Finnmark/Norway) was subjected to laboratory uniaxial compressional cyclic loading at low stresses in the range of elastic deformation (about 6 MPa static ±3 MPa dynamic pressure) and frequencies related to induced seismicity (10 – 100 Hz) [2]. Some of the experiments were performed until material failure occurred at up to 2 million cycles. Changes in magnetic behaviour were identified by measurements of magnetic susceptibility from Verwey transition in magnetite (about 120 K) to room temperature after intervals of 150 000 loading cycles. Magnetic domains were analysed with magnetic force microscopy. Deformation-related surface structures on magnetite and quartz were identified by reflected light microscopy and high-resolution scanning electron microscopy and compared to results from Raman spectroscopy. Dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) was used for cyclic loading, which is a common method for determination of viscoelastic behaviour, especially of soft materials with pronounced viscoelasticity like polymers. Suitability of DMA for determination of relative changes of viscoelastic parameters during cyclic loading will be discussed under consideration of the relatively high Young’s modulus and almost ideal elastic behaviour of the iron ore under the chosen experimental conditions. [1] Gischig et al. (2016) Rock Mech Rock Eng, 49, 2457-2478. [2] https://www.geosig.com (2009), Seismic Signals and Sensors.
title:  Location of #selfie
Creators: name: Di Foggia, Giacomo
Publisher: name: RomaTrE-Press
Year: 2018

description: In questo intervento voglio proporre che il #selfie è lontanissimo dall’essere un oggetto figurativo, che la figuratività non è che un effetto accidentale, una conseguenza. Ovvero, che inseriti nell’ambiente di uno o più social network, questi autoscatti azzerano la propria natura figurativa, trasformandosi in pure orme e lasciti di un passaggio. Cercherò di dimostrare che il #selfie è tanto più vicino a pratiche di arte concettuale antifigurativa, quanto distante dall’idea di (auto)raffigurazione autoritrattistica artistica.
description: Fotografia e culture visuali del XXI secolo
Discovering the Individual: Some Perspectives
Creators: name: Koss, Lynne
Publisher: name: Journal of Educational Thought / Revue de la Pensée Educative
Year: 2018

description: Probably everyone concerned with education carries around with him a mental model of the ideally intelligent person, the student every teacher would like to find, or be responsible for creating. Like most ideals, however, the model person does not exist. The teacher must deal instead with numerous assorted personalties, each one different from the next, each responding differently to the environment around him.
description: Journal of Educational Thought / Revue de la Pensée Educative, Vol 5 No 2 (1971)
title: Journal Bildende Kunst.Gestaltung.Musik.Bühne.Wissen
Creators: name: Universität Der Künste Berlin
Publisher: name: Verlag der Universität der Künste
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 700 Künste; Bildende und angewandte Kunst

description: Ausgabe 16 (2022 Frühling)
description: Journal Bildende Kunst.Gestaltung.Musik.Bühne.Wissen; 2022, Frühling
Single image defocus map estimation through patch blurriness classification and its applications
Creators: name: Galetto, Fernando
name: Deng, Guang
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 4607
subject: Graphics, augmented reality and games

description: Depth information is useful in many image processing applications. However, since taking a picture is a process of projection of a 3D scene onto a 2D imaging sensor, the depth information is embedded in the image. Extracting the depth information from the image is a challenging task. A guiding principle is that the level of blurriness due to defocus is related to the distance between the object and the focal plane. Based on this principle and the widely used assumption that Gaussian blur is a good model for defocus blur, we formulate the problem of estimating the spatially varying defocus blurriness as a Gaussian blur classification problem. We solve the problem by training a deep neural network to classify image patches into one of the 20 levels of blurriness. We have created a dataset of more than 500,000 image patches of size 32 × 32 which does not require human labelling. The dataset is used to train and test several well-known network models. We find that MobileNetV2 is suitable for this application due to its low memory requirement and high accuracy. The trained model is used to determine the patch blurriness which is then refined by applying an iterative weighted guided filter. The result is a defocus map that carries the information of the degree of blurriness for each pixel. We compare the proposed method with state-of-the-art techniques and we demonstrate its successful applications in adaptive image enhancement and defocus magnification limited to images that present a clear distinction between defocus levels.
Review of the current distribution of southern elephant seals in the eastern South Pacific
Creators: name: J Acevedo
name: A Aguayo-Lobo
name: JL Brito
name: D Torres
name: B Cáceres
name: A Vila
name: M Cardeña
name: P Acuña
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: The eastern South Pacific southern elephant seal population was extinguished by extensive hunting and the current presence of this species in this area is not well understood. We reviewed existing records from the 1900s to 2014 in the eastern South Pacific, as well as tagged seals and movement records in order to assess the potential immigration source of these individuals. A total of 409 confirmed sightings were compiled, ranging from the southern tip of South America (Cape Horn Archipelago) as far north as Ecuador, including some oceanic island groups. The evidence shows also that recolonisation of its former Pacific distribution has started, with slow population growth in three incipient pupping sites in southern Chile (south of 51°S). Although the source of all of the individuals in the growing colonies is unknown, evidence from tags and satellite tagging indicates that some seals come from subpopulations on the Peninsula Valdes and the Falkland/Malvinas Islands, although mtDNA analysis showed, preliminarily, a greater genetic relationship only with the Falkland/Malvinas Islands rookery.
The Educational Significance of the Ecological Revolution
Creators: name: Colwell Jr., Thomas B.
Publisher: name: Journal of Educational Thought / Revue de la Pensée Educative
Year: 2018

description: Despite the enormous popularity of the ecological revolution throughout the world today, there is little evidence that American educators have reacted very positively to its challenge and begun the hard work of determining its significance for the activities of schooling. This is not to imply complete inactivity on their part. Many national groups ( e.g., the NEA, National Parks Service, and the Audubon Society) and local school districts, as well as numerous individual teachers in both secondary and higher education are busy developing or have already developed proposals for environmental education. Nor is it the case that educators have been unresponsive personally and individually to the theme of environmental crisis. They have shared as fully as other Americans the mixture of shock, indignation, and enthusiastic optimism in the possibilities of environmental redress which the ecological revolution brought in its wake. Still we have experienced nothing like the wave of widespread educational r eform so characteristic of the Sputnik era, or the more recent reform efforts of the 60's. By and large the effects of the ecological revolution on education have been superficial: the celebration of Earth Day; the addition of courses on "environmental awareness", or the beefing up of existing courses by adding units in ecology; the establishment in Universities of interdisciplinary departments or even separate environmental "centers" to handle the environmental theme; and the appropriation into educational vocabularies, and their use in a variety of frequently ungainly contexts, of a host of ecologically "in" terms like "ecology", "environment", "Nature", and so on. While these efforts are always well intended and often energetically pursued, they only scratch the surface of the challenge and the opportunity which today's environmental revolution holds for education.
description: Journal of Educational Thought / Revue de la Pensée Educative, Vol 6 No 2 (1972)
Education and Relevance: A Philosophical Analysis of William Glaser
Creators: name: Cochrane, Donald B.
name: Major, A. Jane
Publisher: name: Journal of Educational Thought / Revue de la Pensée Educative
Year: 2018

description: In the most recent wave of disenchantment with the American School, it has been charged that the "education" has not been relevant, though to what has not always been clear. The criticism has varied from concern with issues such as motivation, interest, failure, to orther matters relating to the value of what is or ought to be taught. Whatever falls under the heading of being "relevant," often is presented as a panacea for an undefined range of ills. In educational argument, the introduction of relevance has a curious impact: to assert that an educational practice is 'relevant' is almost to perform the act of justification itself. Such is the persuasive power of the notion in much discussion.
description: Journal of Educational Thought / Revue de la Pensée Educative, Vol 6 No 2 (1972)
The Academic Labor Market: With Special Reference to Political Science
Creators: name: Rintala, Marvin
name: Dreijmanis, John
Publisher: name: Journal of Educational Thought / Revue de la Pensée Educative
Year: 2018

description: The academic labor market i1s a fact of life for all present and prospective academicians. Like some other important facts of academic life, it has remained largely unexamined. This article is an analysts of the academic labor market. While there are specific references to political science, they serve to illustrate the operations of the market in general. A reliable sociology orf knowledge is still in an embryonic stage of development. Even a sociology of the knowledgeable remains to be realized.1 American political scientists, many of whom are ahistorical, have devoted little attention to the history and sociology of political science as an academic discipline. As the authoTs of a pioneering work on the discipline noted, "most American political scientists are largely unfamiliar with the origins and early evolution of their discipline."2 To the extent that political scientists lack disciplinary self-consciousness, political science as an academic discipline remains underdeveloped.
description: Journal of Educational Thought / Revue de la Pensée Educative, Vol 6 No 2 (1972)
Evaluation of the efficacy of a web-based work-related asthma educational tool
Creators: name: Lipszyc, Joshua C.
name: Gotzev, Simeon
name: Scarborough, Jack
name: Liss, Gary M.
name: Gupta, Samir
name: Tarlo, Susan M.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: Background: Work-related asthma (WRA) has been estimated to account for 15–20% of adult asthma cases. Studies have indicated that a substantial number of asthma patients have inadequate knowledge of work-related effects on their disease, which may contribute to suboptimal asthma control. A Canadian web-based educational tool on WRA was developed to address this knowledge gap in the population. Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of this web-based tool. Methods: Participants were recruited prior to a routine visit at a tertiary care asthma clinic in Toronto. A brief WRA knowledge questionnaire was developed and administered immediately before and after using of the web-based educational tool, and one year later. Results: The study sample (N = 34) was mostly female (68%) with a mean age of 50.7 (SD, 17.2). Participants demonstrated significant improvement in questionnaire scores following interaction with the tool. The mean score increased from 76% (SEM = 2.1) to 84% (SEM = 1.7) (p = 0.001). On average, scores improved on 12 of the 13 questionnaire items. A 1-year follow-up of a sample of 19 participants demonstrated a slight reduction in mean scores, from 86% (SEM = 1.9) to 84% (SEM = 1.9), but still demonstrated a trend towards a higher score than the baseline (78%; SEM = 2.9; p = 0.08). Conclusions: Our findings suggest that the educational tool has a positive effect on WRA knowledge, and that knowledge may be retained long-term. Future studies are needed in non-tertiary care clinic populations which may possess less baseline knowledge of WRA.
title: Uncertainty and risk analysis in basin and stratigraphic modelling: the response surface approach
Creators: name:  Daher ,   Samer Bou
name:  Thebault ,   Alcide
Publisher: name: Deutsche Geologische Gesellschaft - Geologische Vereinigung e.V. (DGGV)
Year: 2021

description: Any attempt at modelling natural phenomena includes a number of numerical assumptions on which we have little or no constraints. Basin and forward stratigraphic modelling are methodologies that aim at reproducing the history of sedimentary basins and their internal complexities. As are all deterministic models, these models are characterized by the none-uniqueness of their results. Meaning very different models can equally honor the calibration data. The traditional approach to such a problematic is a Monte-Carlo approach which requires running 100s or 1000s of simulations in order to capture the uncertainty and quantify the risk on an output of interest (e.g. Source rock maturity, charge, source rock presence, reservoir presence…). Such a large number of simulations requires days or weeks of computation and is thus not suitable for the operational needs of the industry. In this presentation we will introduce an innovative approach for an efficient and effective sensitivity and risk analysis using response surface modelling. This method requires a small number of simulations, out of which a response surface can be constructed to mimic the behavior of the calculator. The predictivity of the response surface is checked with confirmation runs. The response surface can then be interrogated and producing thousands of results instantly for a thorough and quick sensitivity and risk analysis. This method can be applied to basin and forward stratigraphic modelling and the analysis can be done on maps (whole model or per interval), along planned well paths (vertical or deviated), and in scalar mode.
Addressing the growing fossil record of subadult hominins by reaching across disciplines
Creators: name: Bolter, Debra R
name: Cameron, Noel
name: Hawks, John
name: Churchill, Steven E
name: Berger, Lee
name: Bernstein, Robin
name: Boughner, Julia C
name: Elton, Sarah
name: Leece, Angeline
name: Mahoney, Patrick
name: Molopyane, Keneiloe
name: Monson, Tesla A
name: Pruetz, Jill
name: Schell, Lawrence
name: Stull, Kyra E
name: Wolfe, Christopher A
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 4401
subject: Anthropology
subject: FOS: Sociology
classificationCode: 3103
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
classificationCode: 4301
subject: Archaeology

description: No description supplied
The PADI: An Instrument for Measuring Philosophical Values
Creators: name: Van Meter, Eddy J.
Publisher: name: Journal of Educational Thought / Revue de la Pensée Educative
Year: 2018

description: Individuals who occupy a position of responsibility in any formal organization are often confronted by day-to-day situations for which there are no specific institutional rules or policies defining a mandatory or most appropriate course of action to be followed in resolving issues or making decisions related to the situation.1 This seems to be especially true within the context of an educational organization, whether in the process of selecting materials and methods for teaching students or in the administrative operation of the total school system. Given such "open" situations, a question arises concerning how, in fact, an individual makes a situational decision under these nonspecified conditions. It has been suggested that by defining an individual's choice among the alternatives with which he is faced in any decision making situation, and knowing the extent to which he believes each alternative is likely to result in a particular outcome, it is thereby possible to predict what his desicion will be. Aside from the question of the feasibility and practieality of such a procedure in an educational setting, a subtle issue can be raised in trying to explain the initial rationale by which an educator might define each situational alternative and make his choice among such alternatives.
description: Journal of Educational Thought / Revue de la Pensée Educative, Vol 6 No 2 (1972)
A systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis of the roles of home-visiting nurses working with women experiencing family violence
Creators: name: Adams, Catina
name: Hooker, Leesa
name: Taft, Angela
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 4205
subject: Nursing
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Aims: To systematically review and synthesize qualitative research exploring home-visiting nurses' roles and identify the challenges for nurses working with women experiencing family violence. Design: We undertook a thematic synthesis of qualitative studies, focusing on the family violence work of nurse home visitors. Data sources: A systematic search of four scientific databases (ProQuest Central, CINAHL, MEDLINE, EMBASE) was undertaken in August 2021. Grey literature was searched, including government and non-government research documents, theses, clinical guidelines, policy documents and practice frameworks. Review methods: Inclusion criteria included research from high-income countries, peer-reviewed qualitative studies in English published from 1985 to 2021, and included research on home-visiting nurse family violence practice. The first author conducted the data search and the initial screening. The first and second authors independently reviewed the full text of 115 papers, identifying 26 for inclusion in the thematic synthesis (Figure 1—PRISMA flowchart). Results: The thematic synthesis identified two themes: (1) relationship building—with the client, with services and with colleagues/self; and (2) family violence practice—ask/screen, validate/name, assess risk/safety plan and safeguard children. Conclusion: The thematic synthesis confirmed the multiple roles fulfilled by home-visiting nurses and enabled insight into the challenges they face as they undertake complex and demanding work. The roles of the home-visiting nurse have evolved, with the initial focus on safeguarding children leading to broader family violence nursing practice roles, including the identification of family violence and safety planning discussions with women. Impact: Our meta-synthesis has confirmed the high-level communication and rapport-building skills required by nurses undertaking complex and conflicting roles. Nurses need support and supervision to undertake emotionally demanding work. Integrated health systems, clinical practice guidelines and tools, and training programmes need to encompass the breadth and complexity of the roles of these specialist practitioners.
Urinary extracellular vesicles as a source of protein-based biomarkers in feline chronic kidney disease and hypertension
Creators: name: Lawson, JS
name: Syme, HM
name: Antrobus, PR
name: Karttunen, JM
name: Stewart, Sarah
name: Frankl, FE Karet
name: Williams, TL
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 3009
subject: Veterinary sciences
subject: FOS: Veterinary sciences

description: Objectives: To validate a methodology for isolating feline urinary extracellular vesicles and characterise the urinary extracellular vesicle population and proteome in cats with normal renal function and cats with normotensive or hypertensive chronic kidney disease. Methods: Feline urinary extracellular vesicles were isolated using three different methods (precipitation alone, precipitation followed by size exclusion chromatography and ultrafiltration followed by size exclusion chromatography, which were compared via transmission electron microscopy and nanoparticle tracking analysis. Cats with normal renal function (n=9), normotensive chronic kidney disease (n=10) and hypertensive chronic kidney disease (n=9) were identified and urinary extracellular vesicles isolated from patient urine samples via ultrafiltration followed by size exclusion chromatography. Extracellular vesicle size and concentration were determined using nanoparticle tracking analysis, and subsequently underwent proteomic analysis using liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry to identify differences in protein expression between categories. Results: Urinary extracellular vesicle preparations contained particles of the expected size and morphology, and those obtained by ultrafiltration + size exclusion chromatography had a significantly higher purity (highest particle: protein ratio). The urinary extracellular vesicle proteomes contained extracellular vesicle markers and proteins originating from all nephron segments. Urinary extracellular vesicle concentration and size were unaffected by renal disease or hypertension. There were no differentially expressed proteins detected when comparing urinary extracellular vesicles derived from cats in the healthy category with the combined chronic kidney disease category, but five differentially expressed proteins were identified between the normotensive chronic kidney disease and hypertensive chronic kidney disease categories. Clinical Significance: Feline urinary extracellular vesicles can be successfully isolated from stored urine samples. Differentially expressed urinary extracellular vesicle proteins were discovered in cats with hypertensive chronic kidney disease, and warrant further investigation into their utility as biomarkers or therapeutic targets.
Evaluation of the Efficacy of a Web-Based Work-Related Asthma Educational Tool
Creators: name: Lipszyc, Joshua C
name: Gotzev, Simeon
name: Scarborough, Jack G
name: Liss, Gary
name: Gupta, Samir
name: Tarlo, Susan M.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: Background: Work-related asthma (WRA) has been estimated to account for 15-20% of adult asthma cases. Studies have indicated that a substantial number of asthma patients have inadequate knowledge of work-related effects on their disease, which may contribute to suboptimal asthma control. A Canadian web-based educational tool on WRA was developed to address this knowledge gap in the population. Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of this web-based tool. Methods: Participants were recruited prior to a routine visit at a tertiary care asthma clinic in Toronto. A brief WRA knowledge questionnaire was developed and administered immediately before and after using of the web-based educational tool, and one year later. Results: The study sample (N = 34) was mostly female (68%) with a mean age of 50.7 (SD, 17.2). Participants demonstrated significant improvement in questionnaire scores following interaction with the tool. The mean score increased from 76% (SEM = 2.1) to 84% (SEM = 1.7) (p = 0.001). On average, scores improved on 12 of the 13 questionnaire items. A 1-year follow-up of a sample of 19 participants demonstrated a slight reduction in mean scores, from 86% (SEM = 1.9) to 84% (SEM = 1.9), but still demonstrated a trend towards a higher score than the baseline (78%; SEM = 2.9; p = 0.08). Conclusions: Our findings suggest that the educational tool has a positive effect on WRA knowledge, and that knowledge may be retained long-term. Future studies are needed in non-tertiary care clinic populations which may possess less baseline knowledge of WRA.
“It can save your life, that’s all I know,” barriers and facilitators for engagement in take-home naloxone for people receiving opioid substitution treatment in regional Australia: An explorative study
Creators: name: Natale, Isabella
name: Harvey, Craig
name: Wood, Penelope
name: Anderson, Karen
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences
classificationCode: 52
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society
classificationCode: 420399
subject: Health services and systems not elsewhere classified

description: Engagement in take-home naloxone (THN) programs by people receiving opioid substitution treatment (OST) in Australia is low despite methadone being a significant contributor to opioid overdose deaths. Our aim was to explore barriers and facilitators for OST patients to engage in THN. We used a descriptive qualitative design with thematic analysis to gain insight into naloxone uptake by people engaged in an OST program in regional Australia. Eleven participants were interviewed; eight had previously engaged with THN. Barriers to THN included limited knowledge and understanding, lack of information, and not personally experiencing an overdose. Facilitators included having a traumatic experience of overdose, knowledge and understanding of THN and overdose, empowerment in carrying naloxone, and expanding THN programs. Support for the expansion of THN programs is desired among participants, and widespread peer distribution is understood to be the key to success. This study found that prior traumatic experience of overdose facilitates acceptance of THN, and being offered THN was the most important factor in engagement. Less clear is how to engage people who lack a traumatic overdose experience.
Seroprevalence of Coxiella burnetii antibodies in wild deer populations in eastern Australia
Creators: name: Voss, L
name: Huaman Torres, Jose Luis Alfredo
name: Pacioni, C
name: Tolpinrud, A
name: Helbig, Karla
name: Carvalho, Ana-Teresa
name: Firestone, SM
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 3009
subject: Veterinary sciences
subject: FOS: Veterinary sciences

description: Coxiella burnetii causes significant reproduction losses in livestock and the disease Q fever in humans. Transmission of C. burnetii is facilitated by the stability of the bacterium in the environment and the susceptibility of a variety of host species to infection. Consequently, inter-species transmission occurs frequently through either direct or indirect contact. Wildlife may represent reservoirs of C. burnetii and could therefore be a source of infection for domestic animals. Understanding the prevalence of C. burnetii infections at the wildlife-livestock interface is important for disease control. This study aimed to investigate the extent of C. burnetii exposure in wild deer in eastern Australia. Serum samples were obtained from 413 wild deer from seven regions in four eastern Australian states from 2017 to 2020. Antibodies were detected using a commercial Q fever antibody kit validated for ruminants. Seroprevalence of C. burnetii antibodies in deer was determined and true prevalence estimated, for each region. The overall seroprevalence of C. burnetii antibodies in wild deer was 3.4% (14 seropositive of 413 deer sampled) with true prevalence estimated to be 4.3% (95% credible interval: 0.6%, 10.9%). Seropositive deer were identified only in Queensland (7/108 seropositive) and northern New South Wales (7/120 seropositive). This geospatial distribution is consistent with seropositivity in other animal species and indicative of the level of C. burnetii in the environment. The low seroprevalence suggests that wild deer are unlikely to be a major reservoir species for C. burnetii in eastern Australia but may still be implicated in inter-species transmission cycles.
Estimating presymptomatic episodic memory impairment using simple hand movement tests: A cross‐sectional study of a large sample of older adults
Creators: name: Wang, Xinyi
name: St George, Rebecca J
name: Bindoff, Aidan D
name: Noyce, Alastair J
name: Lawler, Katherine
name: Roccati, Eddy
name: Bartlett, Larissa
name: Tran, Son N
name: Vickers, James C
name: Bai, Quan
name: Alty, Jane
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 3202
subject: Clinical sciences
classificationCode: 3209
subject: Neurosciences
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
classificationCode: 5202
subject: Biological psychology

description: Abstract:- 
INTRODUCTION: Finding low-cost methods to detect early-stage Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a research priority for neuroprotective drug development. Presymptomatic Alzheimer's is associated with gait impairment but hand motor tests, which are more accessible, have hardly been investigated. This study evaluated how home-based Tasmanian (TAS) Test keyboard tapping tests predict episodic memory performance.
METHODS: 1169 community participants (65.8 ± 7.4 years old; 73% female) without cognitive symptoms completed online single-key and alternate-key tapping tests and episodic memory, working memory, and executive function cognitive tests.
RESULTS: All single-key (R2adj = 8.8%, ΔAIC = 5.2) and alternate-key (R2adj = 9.1%, ΔAIC = 8.8) motor features predicted episodic memory performance relative to demographic and mood confounders only (R2adj = 8.1%). No tapping features improved estimation of working memory.
DISCUSSION: Brief self-administered online hand movement tests predict asymptomatic episodic memory impairment. This provides a potential low-cost home-based method for stratification of enriched cohorts.
Highlights: We devised two brief online keyboard tapping tests to assess hand motor function. 1169 cognitively asymptomatic adults completed motor- and cognitive tests online. Impaired hand motor function predicted reduced episodic memory performance. This brief self-administered test may aid stratification of community cohorts.
Solvent-free, one-pot synthesis of α,β-unsaturated esters in the presence of a C3-symmetric arsine
Creators: name: Changqing Wang
name: Yang, Liu
name: Zhou, Rong
name: Guangquan Mei
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: An efficient synthesis of α, β-unsaturated esters is achieved via a one-pot reaction in the presence of a C3-symmetric arsine. The key advantages are the short reaction time, simple workup, mild reaction conditions, and high yields.