cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Student perspectives on rubric-referenced assessment
Creators: name: Andrade, Heidi
name: Du, Ying
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2005

description: This study suggests that students use rubrics to support their own learning and academic..performance. In focus groups, fourteen undergraduate students discussed the ways in which..they used rubrics to plan an approach to an assignment, check their work, and guide or reflect..on feedback from others. The students said that using rubrics helped them focus their efforts,..produce work of higher quality, earn a better grade, and feel less anxious about an..assignment. Their comments also revealed that most of the students tend not to read a rubric..in its entirety, and that some may perceive of a rubric as a tool for satisfying a particular..teacherâ€™s demands rather than as a representation of the criteria and standards of a discipline. Accessed 32,451 times on https://pareonline.net from April 20, 2005 to December 31, 2019. For downloads from January 1, 2020 forward, please click on the PlumX Metrics link to the right.
title: Enhancing Validity in Phonological Awareness Assessment through Computer-Supported Testing
Creators: name: Cassady, Jerrell C.
name: Smith, Lawrence L.
name: Huber, Linda K.
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2005

description: Phonological awareness is an early indicator of emergent reading skill that is known to be reliably related to eventual reading performance. This established research based coupled with federal and state requirements to measure phonological awareness as an indicator of early reading program success has heightened the attention toward phonological assessment tools. The purpose of this paper is to identify two central threats to validity that are present in the standard assessment tools and provide a methodological solution to both threats using the Standardized Assessment of Phonological Awareness as an example. Accessed 29,414 times on https://pareonline.net from November 19, 2005 to December 31, 2019. For downloads from January 1, 2020 forward, please click on the PlumX Metrics link to the right.
Additional file 12 of Layer-specific molecular signatures of colon anastomotic healing and leakage in mice
Creators: name: Sengul, Hilal
name: Bantavi, Vasiliki
name: Gloeck, Laura
name: Li Yim, Andrew Y. F.
name: Leven, Patrick
name: Efferz, Patrik
name: Schneiker, Bianca
name: Lysson, Mariola
name: De Jonge, Wouter J.
name: Wehner, Sven
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 12: Figure S11: A Experimental setup scheme. Mice underwent anastomosis surgery at time point 0. 72h hours later anastomosis were prepared, embedded in paraffin, sectioned and underwent Masson Goldner Trichome (MGT) staining allowing collagen content quantification (green areas). B Representative pictures of MGT stainings from CAH and CAL anastomoses used for collagen content quantification shown in figure 7. Scale bar in the enlarged image section = 50µm.
Dynamics driven by the Trace Anomaly in FLRW Universes
Creators: name: Koksma, J. F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: By means of a semiclassical analysis we show that the trace anomaly does not affect the cosmological constant. We calculate the evolution of the Hubble parameter in quasi de Sitter spacetime, where the Hubble parameter varies slowly in time, and in FLRW spacetimes. We show dynamically that a Universe consisting of matter with a constant equation of state, a cosmological constant and the quantum trace anomaly evolves either to the classical de Sitter attractor or to a quantum trace anomaly driven one. There is no dynamical effect that influences the effective value of the cosmological constant.
description: Conference proceedings of the "Invisible Universe Conference" in Paris (2009)
title: The Standard Error of a Proportion for Different Scores and Test Length
Creators: name: Walker, David A.
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2005

description: This paper examines Smith’s (2003) proposed standard error of a proportion index associated with the idea of reliability as sufficiency of information. A detailed table indexing all of the standard error values affiliated with assessments that range from 5 to 100 items, where students scored as low as 50% correct and 50% incorrect to as high as 95% correct and 5% incorrect, calculated in increments of 1 percentage point, is presented, along with distributional qualities. Examples using this measure for classroom teachers and higher education instructors of assessment are provided. Accessed 19,072 times on https://pareonline.net from June 05, 2005 to December 31, 2019. For downloads from January 1, 2020 forward, please click on the PlumX Metrics link to the right.
Activity and rotation of low mass stars in young open clusters
Creators: name: Seifahrt, Andreas
name: Reiners, Ansgar
name: Scholz, Aleks
name: Basri, Gibor
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present first results from a multi-object spectroscopy campaign in IC2602, the Hyades, the Pleiades, and the Coma cluster using VLT/FLAMES. We analysed the data for radial velocity, rotational velocity, and H-alpha activity. Here, we highlight three aspects of this study in the context of rotational braking and the rotation-activity relationship among low mass stars. Finally we discuss the cluster membership of sources in IC2602.
description: To appear in the proceedings of Cool Stars XV Conference, 4 pages
Additional file 1 of Improved chemiluminescence behavior of Cu-etched sulfur quantum dots for Rizatriptan sensitive assay
Creators: name: Mojarrad, Sima
name: Hallaj, Tooba
name: Naseri, Abdolhossein
name: Amjadi, Mohammad
name: Niaei, Aligholi
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: Space Science
Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Biotechnology
Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Additional file 1
title: Test Equating by Common Items and Common Subjects: Concepts and Applications
Creators: name: Yu, Chong Ho
name: Osborn-Popp, Sharon E.
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2005

description: Accessed 34,044 times on https://pareonline.net from May 15, 2005 to December 31, 2019. For downloads from January 1, 2020 forward, please click on the PlumX Metrics link to the right.
Mexican American Holidays and Festivities
Creators: name: Baeza, Gilda
Publisher: name: Benson Latin American Collection
Year: 1990
Subjects: Mexican American
Mexican American arts
Popular culture--Mexico

description: The citations below present general information on the Mexican American observance of holidays and special occasions. Some of these events are unique to the Hispanic Southwest, while others are cultural adaptations from Mexico. Unless otherwise indicated, the works included are written in English and reflect the observances in the United States.
Masses of 130Te, 130Xe and double-beta-decay Q-value of 130Te
Creators: name: Redshaw, Matthew
name: Mount, Brianna J.
name: Myers, Edmund G.
name: Avignone, Frank T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The atomic masses of 130Te and 130Xe have been obtained by measuring cyclotron frequency ratios of pairs of triply-charged ions simultaneously trapped in a Penning trap. The results with one standard deviation uncertainty are M(130Te) = 129.906 222 744(16) u and M(130Xe) = 129.903 509 351(15) u. Allowing for cancellation of systematic errors in the mass difference, the double-beta-decay Q-value, required for searches for the neutrino-less double-beta-decay of 130Te, is determined to be Qbb (130Te) = 2527.518(13) keV.
description: 6 pages, 0 figures, submitted to Physical Review Letters
Parallel pumping of electrons
Creators: name: Maisi, V. F.
name: Pashkin, Yu. A.
name: Kafanov, S.
name: Tsai, J. S.
name: Pekola, J. P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present simultaneous operation of ten single-electron turnstiles leading to one order of magnitude increase in current level up to 100 pA. Our analysis of device uniformity and background charge stability implies that the parallelization can be made without compromising the strict requirements of accuracy and current level set by quantum metrology. In addition, we discuss how offset charge instability limits the integration scale of single-electron turnstiles.
description: 6 pages, 4 figures, 1 table
Die Darm-Herz-Achse – Vermittler von kardiovaskulärer Morbidität im Zusammenspiel mit Protease-aktivierten Rezeptoren
Creators: name: Friebel, Julian
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: thrombo-inflammation
subject: intestinal barrier
subject: dysbiosis
subject: PAR
subject: protease-activated receptor
subject: microbial translocation
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Inflammation und Thrombogenität, die durch eine Barrierestörung initiiert oder in ihrer Progression beeinflusst werden können, sind ausgewählte Therapieziele akuter und chronischer kardiovaskulärer Erkrankungen. Bemerkenswert ist, dass bereits heute Therapeutika verfügbar sind, die in den PAR-vermittelten thromboinflammatorischen Prozess eingreifen können. Vorapaxar ist der einzige sich im klinischen Einsatz befindliche selektive PAR1-Antagonist (primär als Thrombozytenaggregationshemmer in der Sekundärprävention). Mit FIIa/FXa-Inhibitoren (NOAKs) stehen ebenfalls PARmodulierende Therapeutika zur Verfügung. Direkte und indirekte PAR-Inhibitoren besitzen Gerinnungs-unabhängige, pleiotrope Effekte (anti-inflammatorisch, anti-fibrotisch, atheroprotektiv). Deshalb ist das therapeutische Eingreifen in die FIIa/FXa-PAR1/PAR2-Achse ein vielversprechender Ansatz in der kausalen Therapie der Atherosklerose-assoziierter Erkrankungen sowie der kardialen Fibrose bei HFpEF-Patientinnen und Patienten. Zwei therapeutische Ziele könnten dadurch zeitgleich angegangen werden: Therapie des kardiovaskulären Remodellings (pleiotrope Effekte: anti-fibrotische, anti-inflammatorische und atheroprotektive Wirkung) und Prävention atherothrombotischer und thromboembolischer Komplikationen (antikoagulatorische Komponente). Ein dritter, synergistischer Therapieansatz soll im Folgenden skizziert werden: Die Möglichkeit akute und chronische kardiovaskuläre Erkrankungen darüber hinaus durch eine PAR-Inhibition bereits kausal zu therapieren (Barrierestabilisierung im Darm durch pleiotrope Effekte → mikrobielle Translokation → systemische Entzündung → Atherosklerose, kardiale Fibrose) sollte in die Untersuchung zukünftiger zielgerichteter und individualisierter Therapiekonzepte einfließen.
Variations in the effects of two training methods upon work output
Creators: name: Moncrieff, John
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of "steady pace" and "interval" training methods upon work output. Thirty-four male University of British Columbia first year students between the ages of nineteen and twenty-one, were selected from the required physical education activity program. Each student was tested on a fixed resistance type bicycle ergometer. The number of revolutions achieved in two minutes was recorded. Two groups were then formed by the "paired comparison" method and trained for six weeks. Both groups did the same amount of work in each training session but each group varied its method of work application, i.e. one group trained at a steady effort while the other group trained at a higher power, with regulated rest periods between bursts of power. Each group was subjected to a two minute test at the intervals of two, four and six weeks after the commencement of training. On the basis of statistical treatment, the following results were evident: 1. There was no statistically significant improvement of work output scores for either group after two weeks of training. 2. After four weeks of training, both groups exhibited marked improvement in work output scores which were statistically significant at the five percent level of confidence. 3. Tests after six weeks of training indicated statistically significant improvements in performance scores in both groups. These scores were statistically significant at the five percent level of confidence. 4. Both types of training, when compared, showed no difference in the results obtained at the end of two, four and six weeks of training. There was no statistically significant difference between the means of each group at the end of two, four and six weeks of regulated training. It was concluded that within the limitations of the study, there was no difference in work output obtained from the results of either "steady" or "interval" types of training provided the total work done by the members of either group was the same. In both groups, however, a statistically significant gain in work output was evident after four and six weeks of training.
Adaptive Work Environments: The Virtual (Offsite) Office
Creators: name: Zeller, Donna
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Disabilty
Employment
Virtual Office
Human Resource Practices and Policies
Adaptive Work Environments

description: The purpose of this descriptive book review* on Motion Study for the Handicapped (1920) is to explore existing studies by the renowned team of Frank Gilbreth and Dr Lillian Gilbreth; then present their research in relation to the current virtual office environment. The transnational model of multinational organizations, selected for this article, is a global enterprise; hence, the information will include an international perspective. ”A book review is a thorough description, critical analysis, and / or evaluation of the quality, meaning, and significance of a book, often written in relation to prior research on the topic” (USC Libraries, n.d.). A descriptive book review “presents the content and structure of a book as objectively as possible, describing essential information about a book’s purpose and authority” (USC Libraries, n.d.). “The most important element of a review….is that it allows one to to enter into dialogue and discussion with the work’s creator and other audiences” (The Writing Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, n.d.).
Study of the MgB2 grain size role in ex-situ multifilamentary wires with thin filaments
Creators: name: Malagoli, A.
name: Braccini, V.
name: Bernini, C.
name: Romano, G.
name: Vignolo, M.
name: Ferdeghini, C.
name: Putti, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The MgB2 superconductor has already demonstrated its applicative potential, in particular for DC applications such as MRI magnets, thanks to the low costs of the raw materials and to its simple production process. However further efforts have still to be made in order to broaden its employment also towards the AC applications such as SFCL, motors, transformers. The main issues are related to the reduction of the AC losses. Some of these can be faced by obtaining multifilamentary conductors with a large number of very fine filaments and, in this context, the powders granulometry can play a crucial role. We have prepared MgB2 starting powders with different granulometries and by the ex-situ P.I.T method we have realized multifilamentary wires with a number of filaments up to 361 and an average size of each filament lowered down to 30 microns. In particular we have studied the relationship between grain and filament size in terms of transport properties and show that the optimization of this ratio is possible in order to obtain suitable conductors for AC industrial applications.
Additional file 1 of PepH3-modified nanocarriers for delivery of therapeutics across the blood-brain barrier
Creators: name: Szecskó, Anikó
name: Mészáros, Mária
name: Simões, Beatriz
name: Cavaco, Marco
name: Chaparro, Catarina
name: Porkoláb, Gergő
name: Castanho, Miguel A.R.B.
name: Deli, Mária A.
name: Neves, Vera
name: Veszelka, Szilvia
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer

description: Supplementary Material 1: Figure S1. Zeta potential of non-tagged and PepH3-tagged niosomes with albumin or single-domain antibody cargo. Figure S2. The effect of PepH3 (1.875-120 μM) on the viability of RBECs after 24 h incubation. Figure S3. The effect of NPs (0.1-3 mg/mL) on the viability of RBECs. Figure S4. The effect of sdAb loaded non-tagged and PepH3-tagged NPs on the viability of HBEC-5i cell line. Figure S5. Time-dependent cellular uptake of the PepH3 peptide and NPs where the fluorescence intensity values were normalized to cell nuclei number. Figure S6. Cellular uptake mechanisms of the non-targeted TR-BSA loaded nanoparticles. Figure S7. Permeability of Quasar 570 labelled PepH3 peptide (1.3 kDa, 10 nM, 30 min) and the BBB marker molecule, albumin (67 kDa) across the rat BBB model. Figure S8. Permeability of transcellular BBB marker, EBA and the paracellular BBB marker, SF across the rat BBB model after 30 min and 24 h incubation. Figure S9. Permeability of the BBB marker FD4 (4 kDa) across the human BBB model after 2 h incubation of NPs.
A search for wide brown dwarf companions to stars within 10pc
Creators: name: Treselj, Marin
name: Seifahrt, Andreas
name: Hodapp, Klaus-Werner
name: Bedalov, Ana
name: Mugrauer, Markus
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the first results of a large imaging survey to identify wide brown dwarf companions to stars within 10 pc. We have performed a deep (H-band limit ~ 19.0 mag), wide field (up to 16x16 arcmin) astrometric imaging campaign in two epochs around more than 230 nearby stars. Preliminary results show that the wide low-mass companion fraction is far lower than expected, indicating that interactions with the galactic disk may have removed the weakly bound wide companions around old stars.
description: To appear in proceedings of Cool Stars XV Conference, 3 pages
title: Technical Documentation for Alternate Assessments
Creators: name: Schafer, William D.
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2005

description: The three usual criteria for assessments from the psychometric perspective - reliability, validity, and utility - are discussed in this paper in the context of alternate assessments that are individualized for students with severe cognitive disabilities. Possible sources of data for documentation of the technical quality of alternate assessments are discussed. Some suggestions for developing alternate assessments are presented. Accessed 18,315 times on https://pareonline.net from August 23, 2005 to December 31, 2019. For downloads from January 1, 2020 forward, please click on the PlumX Metrics link to the right.
Ambiguity and Communication
Creators: name: Hromkovic, Juraj
name: Schnitger, Georg
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Formal Languages and Automata Theory (cs.FL)
subject: Computational Complexity (cs.CC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The ambiguity of a nondeterministic finite automaton (NFA) N for input size n is the maximal number of accepting computations of N for an input of size n. For all k, r 2 N we construct languages Lr,k which can be recognized by NFA's with size k poly(r) and ambiguity O(nk), but Lr,k has only NFA's with exponential size, if ambiguity o(nk) is required. In particular, a hierarchy for polynomial ambiguity is obtained, solving a long standing open problem (Ravikumar and Ibarra, 1989, Leung, 1998).
title: Does It Matter If Non-Powerful Significance Tests Are Used in Dissertation Research?
Creators: name: Deng, Heping
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2005

description: This study examines the statistical power levels presented in the dissertations completed in the field of educational leadership or educational administration. Eighty out of 221 reviewed dissertations were analyzed and overall statistical power levels were calculated for 2,629 significance tests. The statistical power levels demonstrated in the dissertations were satisfactory for detecting Cohen's large effect (d=0.80) and medium effect (d=0.50) but quite low for small effect (d=0.20). Therefore, the authors of analyzed dissertations had a very low probability of finding true significance when looking for Cohen's small effect. Accessed 19,703 times on https://pareonline.net from September 20, 2005 to December 31, 2019. For downloads from January 1, 2020 forward, please click on the PlumX Metrics link to the right.
title: Growth Models in Action: Selected Case Studies
Creators: name: Goldstein, Jessica
name: Behuniak, Peter
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2005

description: This paper provides an overview of the issues related to the use of growth to model student achievement. Case studies from nine states and two cities are presented to demonstrate the diversity in the definitions of growth across the nation as well as the complexities of incorporating growth into pre-existing state systems. Several suggestions for future research are also provided. Accessed 12,865 times on https://pareonline.net from August 25, 2005 to December 31, 2019. For downloads from January 1, 2020 forward, please click on the PlumX Metrics link to the right.
Additional file 1 of In vitro and preclinical evaluation of the antifungal activity of 6-methoxy-1 H-indole-2-carboxylic acid produced by Bacillus toyonensis strain OQ071612 formulated as nanosponge hydrogel
Creators: name: El-Sayed, Sayed E.
name: Abdelaziz, Neveen A.
name: El-Housseiny, Ghadir S.
name: Aboshanab, Khaled M.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer

description: Supplementary Material 1
Supplementary Materials from Risk, sanctions and norm change: the formation and decay of social distancing norms
Creators: name: Vriens, Eva
name: Andrighetto, Giulia
name: Tummolini, Luca
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 310901
subject: Animal behaviour

description: Global challenges like the climate crisis and pandemic outbreaks require collective responses where people quickly adapt to changing circumstances. Social norms are potential solutions, but only if they themselves are flexible enough. The COVID-19 pandemic provided a unique opportunity to study norm formation and decay in real-world contexts. We tracked empirical and normative expectations about social distancing and empirical and normative expectations of sanctioning from June 2021 to February 2022 to explore how norms and meta norms evolved as COVID-19 risk decreased and increased. We found that norms and meta norms partially coevolve with risk dynamics, although they recover with some delay. This implies that norms should be enforced as soon as risk increases. We therefore tested how sanctioning intentions vary for different hypothetical norms and find them to increase with a clear meta norm of sanctioning, yet decrease with a clear social norm of distance. In conclusion, social norms evolve spontaneously with changing risk, but might not be adaptive enough when the lack of meta norms of sanctioning introduce tolerance for norm violations. Moreover, norm nudges can potentially have negative externalities if strengthening the social norm increases tolerance for norm violations. These results put some limits to social norms as solutions to guide behaviour under risk.This article is part of the theme issue ‘Social norm change: from evolution to policy intervention’.
Leadership, Not Leaders: Reflections on Ronald Heifetz's Theory of Adaptive Leadership
Creators: name: McAuley, Ian
Publisher: name: Journal of Behavioural Economics and Social Systems
Year: 2021

description: How can we mobilise the resources of a group or society to make progress on the difficult issues they face? Policy commentator Ian McAuley puts Heifetz’s model of adaptive leadership into the Australian context.
description: Journal of Behavioural Economics and Social Systems, Vol. 2 No. 1 (2020): Journal of Behavioural Economics and Social Systems (BESS)
‘How Change Happens’: A Policymaker’s Guidebook
Creators: name: McAuley, Ian
Publisher: name: Journal of Behavioural Economics and Social Systems
Year: 2021

description: To what extent do subtle policy ‘nudges’ impinge on people’s freedom of choice? How do social movements such as #MeToo suddenly gain momentum? Policy commentator Ian McAuley reflectson the insights and arguments offered in Cass Sunstein’s most recent book.
description: Journal of Behavioural Economics and Social Systems, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2019): Journal of Behavioural Economics and Social Systems (BESS)
Meta-skills Are the Key to Human Potential
Creators: name: Senova, Melis
Publisher: name: Journal of Behavioural Economics and Social Systems
Year: 2021

description: A new world is trying to be born –a world that seeks greater resilience, creativity, compassion and sustainable planetary progress. To bring this world into being, we need a new set of abilities not yet taught in schools and a fresh perspective on humanity. Neuroscientist, entrepreneur and expert in human-centred design Dr Melis Senova explains the idea behind her proposal for a new Institute for Human Potential.
description: Journal of Behavioural Economics and Social Systems, Vol. 2 No. 1 (2020): Journal of Behavioural Economics and Social Systems (BESS)
Are You Ready to Collaborate? Improving the Quality of University-Industry Collaborations
Creators: name: Bjurström, Erik
name: Lund, Morten
name: Nielsen, Christian
Publisher: name: Journal of Behavioural Economics and Social Systems
Year: 2021

description: Universities are under ever-increasing political and commercial pressure to engage with industry to convert their research into viable value-adding products and services. A longitudinal study by the Scandinavian researchers examining 25 university-industry collaborations suggests that aligning goals and creating a flexible setup between partners in the early stages of engagement is crucial for its success.
description: Journal of Behavioural Economics and Social Systems, Vol. 2 No. 1 (2020): Journal of Behavioural Economics and Social Systems (BESS)
Courage and Freedom to Fail: Innovation, Risk and Outcomes in Public Life
Creators: name: Bodrova, Olga
Publisher: name: Journal of Behavioural Economics and Social Systems
Year: 2021

description: Australia needs new institutions and techniques to reduce the risks of courageous decision-making in politics and the public service and encourage progress and reform. Global Access Partners’ director of research Olga Bodrova recaps the ideas of one of GAP’s most forward-thinking taskforces.
description: Journal of Behavioural Economics and Social Systems, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2019): Journal of Behavioural Economics and Social Systems (BESS)
A Blueprint for Innovation Collaboration: Implementing the Coffee House Concept
Creators: name: Massingham, Peter
Publisher: name: Journal of Behavioural Economics and Social Systems
Year: 2021

description: The seeds of modern economic development and international trade were sown in the coffee houses of 17th century London. Dr Peter Massingham revisits their development to explore new models of collaboration between business and academia to boost Australia’s innovation performance.
description: Journal of Behavioural Economics and Social Systems, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2019): Journal of Behavioural Economics and Social Systems (BESS)
Enhancing the robustness of scale-free networks
Creators: name: Zhao, Jichang
name: Xu, Ke
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Error tolerance and attack vulnerability are two common and important properties of complex networks, which are usually used to evaluate the robustness of a network. Recently, much work has been devoted to determining the network design with optimal robustness. However, little attention has been paid to the problem of how to improve the robustness of existing networks. In this paper, we present a new parameter alpha, called enforcing parameter, to guide the process of enhancing the robustness of scale-free networks by gradually adding new links. Intuitively, alpha < 0 means the nodes with lower degrees are selected preferentially while the nodes with higher degrees will be more probably selected when alpha > 0. It is shown both theoretically and experimentally that when alpha < 0 the attack survivability of the network can be enforced apparently. Then we propose new strategies to enhance the network robustness. Through extensive experiments and comparisons, we conclude that establishing new links between nodes with low degrees can drastically enforce the attack survivability of scale-free networks while having little impact on the error tolerance.
description: 8 pages, 4 figures
Additional file 1 of Higher levels of VEGF-A and TNFα in patients with immune checkpoint inhibitor-induced inflammatory arthritis
Creators: name: Gray-Gaillard, Elise F.
name: Shah, Ami A.
name: Bingham III, Clifton O.
name: Elisseeff, Jennifer H.
name: Murray, Joseph
name: Brahmer, Julie
name: Forde, Patrick
name: Anagnostou, Valsamo
name: Mammen, Jennifer
name: Cappelli, Laura C.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Supplementary Material 1
A Systematic Search for X-ray Cavities in the Hot Gas of Galaxy Groups
Creators: name: Dong, Ruobing
name: Rasmussen, Jesper
name: Mulchaey, John S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have performed a systematic search for X-ray cavities in the hot gas of 51 galaxy groups with Chandra archival data. The cavities are identified based on two methods: subtracting an elliptical beta model fitted to the X-ray surface brightness, and performing unsharp masking. 13 groups in the sample 25% are identified as clearly containing cavities, with another 13 systems showing tentative evidence for such structures. We find tight correlations between the radial and tangential radii of the cavities, and between their size and projected distance from the group center, in quantitative agreement with the case for more massive clusters. This suggests that similar physical processes are responsible for cavity evolution and disruption in systems covering a large range in total mass. We see no clear association between the detection of cavities and the current 1.4 GHz radio luminosity of the central brightest group galaxy, but there is a clear tendency for systems with a cool core to be more likely to harbor detectable cavities. To test the efficiency of the adopted cavity detection procedures, we employ a set of mock images designed to mimic typical Chandra data of our sample, and find that the model-fitting approach is generally more reliable than unsharp masking for recovering cavity properties. Finally, we find that the detectability of cavities is strongly influenced by a few factors, particularly the signal-to-noise ratio of the data, and that the real fraction of X-ray groups with prominent cavities could be substantially larger than the 25--50% suggested by our analysis.
description: 19 pages, 16 figures, 2 tables, accepted by ApJ
The development of a single-item test as a measure of soccer skill
Creators: name: Johnson, Joseph Robert
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: The purpose of this study was to develop and establish a wall-volley type test as a method of measuring soccer skill. The subjects were students in attendance at The University of British Columbia. The test was administered to 75 students who represented five distinct soccer ability groups: The Thunderbirds (Varsity first team), the Chiefs (Varsity second team), the Braves (Varsity third team), a Physical Education major class, and a Service Programme class. Each group consisted of 15 subjects. Subjects were rank-ordered by the experimenter according to ability. The test required each subject to perform the wall volley test of three 30-second trials. The subject's aggregate score was correlated against the experimenter's rank ordering of players. This test differed from previous wall-volley type tests of soccer ability in the dimensions of the target area; the distance of the restraining line; the use of a moving ball at the commencement of the test, and in the method of scoring. Test results proved satisfactory, and the test suggests itself as a speedy, economic means of evaluating the soccer skill of players by coaches and physical educators. It was noted from repeated testing that subjects perform better after at least two practice sessions.
Simplifying the Management of Complexity: as Achieved in Nature
Creators: name: Turnbull, Shann
name: Guthrie, James
Publisher: name: Journal of Behavioural Economics and Social Systems
Year: 2021

description: Governance scientists Dr Shann Turnbull and Prof James Guthrie AM use stakeholder firms to illustrate how to simplify the management of complexity and use natural laws to transform corporations into common good enterprises to counter global existential risks.
description: Journal of Behavioural Economics and Social Systems, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2019): Journal of Behavioural Economics and Social Systems (BESS)
Origin of the anomalous Slater-Pauling curve in cobalt-manganese alloy clusters
Creators: name: Pereiro, M.
name: Baldomir, D.
name: Arias, J. E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Atomic and Molecular Clusters (physics.atm-clus)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Surprising enhancement of the magnetic moments recently observed in dilute Co-Mn alloy clusters is explained using ab initio electronic structure calculations. The calculated magnetic moments generally agree with the reported experimental data. An equation for calculating the magnetic moments of the Co-Mn alloy clusters has been derived to correct the deviations predicted by the rigid-band model and the virtual bound states approximation. A strategy is proposed to obtain the ground-state structures of the Co-Mn clusters and it was also put to the test of the experiment.
description: 8 pages, 7 figures and 4 tables
Anomalous Spin Dynamics of Hubbard Model on Honeycomb Lattices
Creators: name: Sun, Gao-Yong
name: Kou, Su-Peng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, the honeycomb Hubbard model in optical lattices is investigated using O(3) non-linear sigma model. A possible quantum non-magnetic insulator in a narrow parameter region is found near the metal-insulator transition. We study the corresponding dynamics of magnetic properties, and find that the narrow region could be widened by hole doping.
description: 9 pages, 12 figures
Second Track to Success
Creators: name: Fritz, Peter
Publisher: name: Journal of Behavioural Economics and Social Systems
Year: 2021

description: The increasing complexity of contemporary issues, driven by globalisation and accelerating social and technological change, is outstripping the ability of traditional methods to comprehend, let along control, them. Entrepreneur and philanthropist Peter Fritz AM explains why the time is right for Second Track solutions.
description: Journal of Behavioural Economics and Social Systems, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2019): Journal of Behavioural Economics and Social Systems (BESS)
Additional file 1 of Longitudinal tracking of healthcare professionals: a methodological scoping review
Creators: name: Zhao, Yingxi
name: Li, Xuan
name: Leckcivilize, Attakrit
name: English, Mike
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1: Microsoft word document (.doc); Search strategy.
Mechanisms of exclusive meson production at high energies
Creators: name: Szczurek, Antoni
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: I discuss mechanisms of exclusive production of mesons at high energies. Some illustrative examples for the FNAL Tevatron and CERN LHC as well as for lower energies are shown.
description: 5 pages, 6 figures based on a talk presented at Diffraction 2008, La Londe-les-Maures, France, September 2008
Managing Stakeholder Relationships During the Tatts / Tabcorp Merger Process
Creators: name: Segal, Simon
Publisher: name: Journal of Behavioural Economics and Social Systems
Year: 2021

description: Mergers and acquisitions are significant events in the life of corporations, with complicated and disruptive social, economic and political consequences for their stakeholder relationships. PhD research candidate Simon Segal examines the complex balancing of M&A stakeholder management through a case study of the mega-merger of Australia’s two biggest lottery firms. The views expressed are his own.
description: Journal of Behavioural Economics and Social Systems, Vol. 2 No. 1 (2020): Journal of Behavioural Economics and Social Systems (BESS)
The Future Business Strategy: Technology and Profitability
Creators: name: Picket, Les
Publisher: name: Journal of Behavioural Economics and Social Systems
Year: 2021

description: Protracted disruption, uncertainty, shrinking company lifespans, accelerated technological change, artificial intelligence, robotics, short-termism and workforce transformation are combining to challenge executive management in both the public and private sectors. Human capital and corporate governance professional Les Pickett explores global trends and emerging issues.
description: Journal of Behavioural Economics and Social Systems, Vol. 2 No. 1 (2020): Journal of Behavioural Economics and Social Systems (BESS)
Extracting the Kolmogorov Complexity of Strings and Sequences from Sources with Limited Independence
Creators: name: Zimand, Marius
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Computational Complexity (cs.CC)
subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: An infinite binary sequence has randomness rate at least $σ$ if, for almost every $n$, the Kolmogorov complexity of its prefix of length $n$ is at least $σn$. It is known that for every rational $σ\in (0,1)$, on one hand, there exists sequences with randomness rate $σ$ that can not be effectively transformed into a sequence with randomness rate higher than $σ$ and, on the other hand, any two independent sequences with randomness rate $σ$ can be transformed into a sequence with randomness rate higher than $σ$. We show that the latter result holds even if the two input sequences have linear dependency (which, informally speaking, means that all prefixes of length $n$ of the two sequences have in common a constant fraction of their information). The similar problem is studied for finite strings. It is shown that from any two strings with sufficiently large Kolmogorov complexity and sufficiently small dependence, one can effectively construct a string that is random even conditioned by any one of the input strings.
The Second Track and Talanoa: Implementation of the Pacific Connect Programme in the Pacific Islands
Creators: name: Blackshaw, Benjamin
Publisher: name: Journal of Behavioural Economics and Social Systems
Year: 2021

description: The Second Track and talanoa – a Pacific term for conversation – share many common traits. Both are based on a foundation of mutual trust and offer a comfortable forum to share ideas. Both appreciate the importance of listening as well as talking and value other people’s experience and insights. ICDP’s communications coordinator Benjamin Blackshaw explains how Second Track methodology has been applied to pursue idealistic goals through realistic steps as part of the Pacific Connect programme.
description: Journal of Behavioural Economics and Social Systems, Vol. 2 No. 1 (2020): Journal of Behavioural Economics and Social Systems (BESS)
Constraining models of the large scale Galactic magnetic field with WMAP5 polarization data and extragalactic Rotation Measure sources
Creators: name: Jansson, Ronnie
name: Farrar, Glennys R.
name: Waelkens, Andre H.
name: Ensslin, Torsten A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We introduce a method to quantify the quality-of-fit between data and observables depending on the large scale Galactic magnetic field. We combine WMAP5 polarized synchrotron data and Rotation Measures of extragalactic sources in a joint analysis to obtain best fit parameters and confidence levels for GMF models common in the literature. None of the existing models provide a good fit in both the disk and halo regions, and in many instances best-fit parameters are quite different than the original values. We note that probing a very large parameter space is necessary to avoid false likelihood maxima. The thermal and relativistic electron densities are critical for determining the GMF from the observables but they are not well constrained. We show that some characteristics of the electron densities can already be constrained using our method and with future data it may be possible to carry out a self-consistent analysis in which models of the GMF and electron densities are simultaneously optimized.
description: 27 pages, 13 figures. Accepted for publication in JCAP; arXiv version updated to include minor revisions
Twenty Years on the Second Track: GAP Case Studies
Creators: name: Fritz-Kalish, Catherine
Publisher: name: Journal of Behavioural Economics and Social Systems
Year: 2021

description: The Second Track was developed by Global Access Partners from principles established in track two diplomacy to encourage rational conversations in contested policy spaces. GAP’s co-founder Catherine Fritz-Kalish traces the origins and outcomes of her company’s most successful Second Track projects.
description: Journal of Behavioural Economics and Social Systems, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2019): Journal of Behavioural Economics and Social Systems (BESS)
Second Track Processes: A Research Agenda
Creators: name: Massingham, Peter
Publisher: name: Journal of Behavioural Economics and Social Systems
Year: 2021

description: Knowledge management expert Dr Peter Massingham proposes a fresh direction for Second Track research in terms of being a unique type of complex adaptive social system tackling complex problem solving. This approach will open new ways to explore and test their operation and demonstrate their practical utility.
description: Journal of Behavioural Economics and Social Systems, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2019): Journal of Behavioural Economics and Social Systems (BESS)
Line-profile variations of stochastically excited oscillations in four evolved stars
Creators: name: Hekker, S.
name: Aerts, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Since solar-like oscillations were first detected in red-giant stars, the presence of non-radial oscillation modes has been debated. Spectroscopic line-profile analysis was used in the first attempt to perform mode identification, which revealed that non-radial modes are observable. Despite the fact that the presence of non-radial modes could be confirmed, the degree or azimuthal order could not be uniquely identified. Here we present an improvement to this first spectroscopic line-profile analysis. Aims: We aim to study line-profile variations of stochastically excited solar-like oscillations in four evolved stars to derive the azimuthal order of the observed mode and the surface rotational frequency. Methods: Spectroscopic line-profile analysis is applied to cross-correlation functions, using the Fourier Parameter Fit method on the amplitude and phase distributions across the profiles. Results: For four evolved stars, beta Hydri (G2IV), epsilon Ophiuchi (G9.5III), eta Serpentis (K0III) and delta Eridani (K0IV) the line-profile variations reveal the azimuthal order of the oscillations with an accuracy of ~1. Furthermore, our analysis reveals the projected rotational velocity and the inclination angle. From these parameters we obtain the surface rotational frequency. Conclusions: We conclude that line-profile variations of cross-correlation functions behave differently for different frequencies and that they provide additional information in terms of the surface rotational frequency and azimuthal order.
description: Accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 9 pages, 10 figures and 3 tables. A version with figure 1 in full resolution can be obtained upon request from first author