cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Poverty Alleviation and Measures of Poverty in Indonesia
Creators: name: Gerke, Solvay
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2016

description: The rise of poverty in Indonesia since the monetary crisis of 1997 has been of major concern to the Indonesian government, international agencies and scholars. In this paper we aim to identify the various dimensions of poverty and to discuss the problem of monitoring the different levels. The paper provides information on the main data sources in Indonesia and outlines how poverty is measured on the national and local level. In conclusion different data sets and poverty measures are compared and evaluated as to their reliability and usefulness, in particular under conditions of administrative decentralisation in Indonesia.
description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 34 Nr. 1-2 (2003): Internationales Asienforum
Pilot "Tourism & Citizen Science" Program on Oceans & Human Health: Report on results and recommendations; 2019-2020
Creators: name: Vera, Julia
name: , Parga
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Citizen Science
Coastal tourism operators
Oceans & Human Health
Project SOPHIE

description: The “Seas, Ocean and Public Health in Europe” (SOPHIE) Project has championed the development of a pilot “Tourism & Citizen Science” Program. The Program is a scoping effort aimed at identifying the strengths, weaknesses, risks, opportunities and critical success factors of launching a sentinel network that activates coastal & marine tourism operators and their clients (or “blue tourism stakeholders”) as “citizen sensors” that contribute to building knowledge on Oceans and Human Health (OHH) interactions in Europe. SOPHIE’s “Tourism & Citizen Science” Program has fully served its purpose, confirming a broad scope of opportunity to use citizen science as a vehicle to gather data for OHH research. However, it has also identified relevant risks that need to be addressed for it to deliver useful results, efficiently and cost-effectively.
Panel inicio sendero Acequias de Paulo y El Coto de Pórtugos
Creators: name: University of Granada
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: El municipio alpujarreño de Pórtugos, ubicado en el macizo granadino de Sierra Nevada, destaca por sus diversas fuentes y manantiales que abastecen de agua una importante red de acequias históricas. Estos nacimientos de agua se enriquecen con los aportes nivales y permiten dotar al municipio de abundante agua. Estos sistemas de riego existen, al menos, desde época andalusí y han generado numerosos espacios de cultivo, pastos y han modelado el paisaje, haciendo de este, un espacio singular.En el caso del sendero Acequias de Paulo y El Coto, podremos apreciar, transitando por el camino de servidumbre de paso de la acequia, parte de un sistema ancestral de manejo de agua. Esta acequias, toma las aguas del río Jabalí y recorren zonas de alta montaña, guiando el agua hasta puntos muy concretos donde se “carea”. Esto, significa la infiltración del agua en la tierra de manera artificial, para recogerla, en zonas más bajas, un tiempo después. A través de diferentes puntos de interés , podremos aprender sobre estos regadíos de alta montaña: la gestión y mantenimiento por parte de las comunidades de regantes, sus beneficios ambientales, infraestructuras asociadas a estas y otros elementos con los que nos encontraremos a lo largo del recorrido (más información en el código QR). Visitaremos un espacio alterado por el ser humano tradicionalmente, pero que respeta de manera equilibrada y eficiente el medio en el que se encuentra.
Alternativen zum un-sozialen Wohnungsbau? Reformversuche in Pakistan und den Philippinen
Creators: name: Berner, Erhard
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2016

description: Substandard and insecure housing conditions are recognized as a crucial aspect of urban poverty. In most large cities in the developing world, the formal market serves only a minority of the population. It is estimated that between 30 and 70 % live in 'irregular' settlements and that up to 85 % of the new housing stock is produced in an extra-legal manner, with severe social and environmental consequences. John Turner's groundbreaking work and the first Habitat conference in Vancouver 1976 became markers of a paradigm shift towards an enabling and participatory approach to housing provision. However, little progress has been made in translating the new paradigm into practical and sustainable policies. Relocation schemes, social housing, slum upgrading, and sites and services are beset by two related problems: They are far too small-scale to serve the growing demand, and products are far too expensive to be affordable for low-income groups. The paper claims that the informal sector's strategy of incremental development and improvement of housing and infrastructure can be incorporated into public policies, and introduces cases from the Philippines and Pakistan as good practices in this direction.
description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 34 Nr. 1-2 (2003): Internationales Asienforum
Borstenvieh und Schweinedreck - Vom Nutzen des Schweins in der Industriestadt Kanpur
Creators: name: Bellwinkel-Schempp, Maren
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2016

description: The paper is a case study on the Khatik, an untouchable caste, traditionally engaged in butchery, vegetable vending and pig rearing. Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh became not only a centre of textile and leather industry, but also the centre of bristle trade for the whole of India. The story of Mithoo Lall, the self crowned "king of bristles", illustrates the rise and decline of the Khatik due to bristle exports under colonialism. After the decline of the bristle trade the Khatik switched over to public pig rearing which became a menace to the whole of Kanpur. Their antagonism against the Muslims was used by Hindutva forces during the 1992 post-Ayodhya riots. Recently, the Khatik came back to the Congress and their alliance with the BJP seems to be over.
description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 34 Nr. 1-2 (2003): Internationales Asienforum
การใช้โปรแกรม HIVQUAL-T เพื่อประเมินคุณภาพในการดูแลผู้ป่วย เอชไอวี/เอดส์ ของโรงพยาบาลพระสมุทรเจดีย์สวาทยานนท์
Creators: name: ทิพวรรณ คูศิริวิเชียร
Publisher: name: กองแผนงาน
Year: 2555
Subjects: โปรแกรม HIVQUAL-T การดูแลผู้ป่วย เอชไอวี/เอดส์ โรงพยาบาลพระสมุทรเจดีย์สวาทยานนท์

description: วารสารควบคุมโรค, 38, 2, 129-137
Grand coutumier de Normandie. “Charte aux Normands." Autres pièces de droit normand. 1392-1420
Creators: name: N.R.
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2019

description: Source: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b525106913
description: Source: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Français 5959
description: Relation: vignette : https://www.nakala.fr/data/11280/2be7d7ba
description: created: 1392-1420
Vor einer Neuordnung des islamischen Orients? Alte Kränkungen und neue Kooperationsperspektiven
Creators: name: Weiss, Dieter
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2016

description: US hegemonial supremacy is proclaiming a New Political Order for the Middle East. Its implementation is meeting resistance in Arab societies . A prevailing mood of wounded self-esteem and cultural identity is being expressed by fundamentalist movements claiming that "Islam is the solution" to the deficits in socio-economic development and political organisation particularly as compared to the Newly Industrialising Countries of the Far East. The Arab Human Development Report 2002 has identified the "freedom deficit, the women's empowerment deficit and the human capabilities and knowledge deficit" throughout the region. International development cooperation should focus on generally accepted fields of education, technology and scientific research, thus strengthening attitudes compatible with the challenges of globalisation. A Euro-Arab Partnership University has a crucial part to play in exploring common avenues in the face of global challenges, narrowing options and rising ecological constraints.
description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 34 Nr. 1-2 (2003): Internationales Asienforum
Another NSA entry point: and this time, it's your smartphone
Creators: name: Branch, Philip
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The US National Security Agency (NSA) leaks just keep coming. Only a few days after details of its software anti-cryptography hacks were exposed by The Guardian, New York Times and ProPublica, German news source Der Spiegel reported some intriguing news regarding the NSA's activities in hacking smartphones. According to the article, Der Spiegel has seen leaked internal NSA documents that report on NSA's efforts in hacking iPhones, Androids and BlackBerrys.
Fibre composites pile rehabilitation and concrete formwork jacket: concept development and finite element analysis
Creators: name: Manalo, A. C.
name: Karunasena, W.
name: Sirimanna, C.
name: Maranan, G.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) composites offer an extremely versatile option to strengthen or rehabilitate existing structures in harsh marine environment. However, most of the current composite repair systems are limited to applications in easy-to-assess sections or portions of the structure only at a certain depth underwater and requires longer time for people to install and consequently, work underwater. This paper presents the concept development of a new type of FRP jacket and the preliminary evaluation of the potential of this composite repair system for pile rehabilitation and concrete formwork. The novelty of this fibre composite strengthening system is that it is quick and safe to install due to the easy-fit and self-locking mechanical joint technology developed and patented by Joinlox. This paper focuses on the analysis and evaluation of the capacity and behaviour of an innovative FRP jacket system subjected to internal pressure using Strand7 finite element (FE) software to verify the practicability of the concept. Comparison with full-scale testing showed that the FE simulations can reasonably predict the expansion behaviour and failure of the FRP jacket.
Simulation and Experimental Results for a Single Diode Photovoltaic Model using Newton-Raphson Parameter Estimation Method
Creators: name: Rongrit Chatthaworn
Publisher: name: Faculty of Engineering, Mahasasakham University
Year: 2018
Subjects: Modeling
monocrystalline
Newton-Raphson (NR)
seriesresistance
shunt resistance

description: Mahasarakham International Journal of Engineering Technology, 4, 2, 29-36
Twoje czasopismo w bazie Scopus: krok po kroku / Your journal in Scopus: step by step
Creators: name: Gaca-Zając, Katarzyna
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Scientific journals
indexation
Scopus
selection criteria
evaluation process

description: Prezentacja przedstawiona podczas Wideokonferencji „Polskie czasopisma z historii i filozofii nauki oraz naukoznawstwa: Jak dostać się do Scopus, WoS, ICI, DOAJ oraz ERIH+? Dlaczego warto to zrobić?” (Komisja Historii Nauki PAU i Pracownia Naukoznawstwa IHN PAN, Kraków – Warszawa – Toruń, 16 kwietnia 2020, godz. 10.00–15.00). The presentation given during the Videoconference “The Polish journals on the history and philosophy of science and the science of science: How to get to Scopus, WoS, ICI, DOAJ and ERIH+? Why is it worth doing?” (The Commission on the History of Science, Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences, and The Science of Science Laboratory, Institute for the History of Science, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków – Warsaw – Toruń, Poland, April 16, 2020, 10.00–15.00).
WINFRIED FLÜCHTER (ed.): Japan and Central Europe Restructuring. Geographical Aspects of Socio-economic, Urban and Regional Development
Creators: name: Rothacher, Albrecht
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2017

description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 29 Nr. 3-4 (1998): Internationales Asienforum
A new and unified model for prediction of ultimate deformation of linear concrete members with and without jacketing
Creators: name: Ueda, T.
name: Jirawattanasomkul, T.
name: Zhang, D. W.
name: Dai, J. G.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Existing prediction models for peak load of reinforced concrete columns with jacketing are mostly empirical and are different for different jacketing materials. For rational seismic design, ultimate deformation is a better limit state than peak load, however there are only few prediction models available. This study presents a new and unified analytical method with potential shear strength concept and consideration of flexure-shear interaction, which is applicable to both cases with and without jacketing. The method can be applied to various jacketing materials; reinforced concrete, steel plate and FRP sheet including conventional FRP and large rupturing strain (LRS) FRP. The model consists of flexure strength/stiffness model and shear strength/stiffness model. The flexure model interacts with the shear model through the reduced neutral axis depth and the increased tensile force in tension reinforcement by tension shift in shear cracking zone. On the other hand the shear model interacts with the flexure model through the yielding of tension reinforcement and the concrete strength degradation in compression softening. The method can predict the load-deformation relationship including postpeak region and better ultimate deformation with LRS FRP sheet in the experiments of this and previous studies.
Bullying, Suicide, and Self-Harm Among Individuals Who Are Overweight : An Evidence Review
Creators: name: Girardi, Alberta
name: Babul, Shelina
name: Rajabali, Fahra
name: Pike, Ian, 1958-
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2021

description: The purpose of this report is to summarize and synthesize recent research evidence on the association between body weight and three indices of psychosocial functioning: bullying, suicide, and self-harm. The guiding research question was whether overweight or obese individuals are more likely to experience injury as a result of these difficulties compared with individuals who are of healthy weight.
SABINE DABRINGHAUS / RODERICH PTAK (eds.): China and Her Neighbours. Borders, Visions of the Other, Foreign Policy. 10th to 19th Century
Creators: name: Schmidt-Glintzer, Helwig
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2017

description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 29 Nr. 3-4 (1998): Internationales Asienforum
Seismic performance of actual RC members retrofitted with CFRP and epoxy resin
Creators: name: Araki, H.
name: Sauod, M.
name: Tokugawa, T.
name: Yasojima, A.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Experiments were performed in order to clarify the effects of standard retrofitting methods, utilizing three RC beams taken from an existing building constructed approximately forty years ago. In the structural specifications, plain round bars of 19
Optimization of Concrete Duct Bank Power Cable using Self-Adaptive Differential Evolution
Creators: name: Chayada Surawanitkun
Publisher: name: Faculty of Engineering, Mahasasakham University
Year: 2018
Subjects: Underground power cables
concrete duct bank
cableampacity
the temperature distribution
optimization

description: Mahasarakham International Journal of Engineering Technology, 4, 2, 41-49
RITA LILJESTRÖM / EVA LINDSKOG / NGUYEN VAN ANG / VUONG XUAN TlNH: Profit and Poverty in Rural Vietnam: Winners and Losers of Dismantled Revolution
Creators: name: Meyer-Tran, Erland
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2017

description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 29 Nr. 3-4 (1998): Internationales Asienforum
The validity of administrative data to identify hip fractures is high : A systematic review
Creators: name: Hudson, Marie
name: Aviña-Zubieta, J. Antonio
name: Lacaille, Diane
name: Bernatsky, Sasha, 1967-
name: Lix, Lisa M.
name: Jean, S.
Publisher: name: Elsevier
Year: 2022

description: Objective: To determine the validity of the diagnostic algorithms for osteoporosis and fractures in administrative data. Study Design and Setting: A systematic search was conducted to identify studies that reported the validity of a diagnostic algorithm for osteoporosis and/or fractures using administrative data. Results Twelve studies were reviewed. The validity of the diagnosis of osteoporosis in administrative data was fair when at least three years of data from hospital and physician visit claims were used (area under the receiver operating characteristic [ROC] curve [AUC] = 0.70) or when pharmacy data were used (with or without the use of hospital and physician visit claims data, AUC > 0.70). Nonetheless, the positive predictive values (PPV) were low (< 0.60). There was good evidence to support the use of hospital data to identify hip fractures (sensitivity 69-97%; PPV 63-96%) and the addition of physician claims diagnostic and procedural codes to hospitalization diagnostic codes improved these characteristics (sensitivity 83-97%; PPV 86-98%). Vertebral fractures were difficult to identify using administrative data. There was some evidence to support the use of administrative data to define other fractures that do not require hospitalization. Conclusions Administrative data can be used to identify hip fractures. Existing diagnostic algorithms to identify osteoporosis and vertebral fractures in administrative data are suboptimal.
Unifying Reality and Responsibility: Applying the Unified Probabilistic Reality Framework to Space Exploration Risks and Reflecting on a Collaborative Path Not Taken
Creators: name: Sambey, Stanley Everett
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: This paper explores the intersection of the Unified Probabilistic Reality Framework(UPRF), a novel non-quantum theory of reality, with contemporary space explorationchallenges, specifically the space debris risks posed by SpaceX’s Starlink constellation.On May 4, 2025, SpaceX launched 29 Starlink V2 Mini Optimized satellites, adding toa constellation of over 7,000, which constitutes approximately 78% of all active satellitesin orbit. The author, a pioneer in early internet infrastructure and cannabis advocacy inCanada, applies UPRF to propose innovative solutions for mitigating space debris risks,leveraging concepts like gravity as a decay flux and non-local Infinite Probability Field(IPF) dynamics. The paper also reflects on the author’s early contributions—runningthe northernmost FidoNet hub in 1994, co-founding the Marijuana Party of Canada, andleading the Nation’s Capital Compassion Society—and imagines a counterfactual scenariowhere Elon Musk, then a student, collaborated with the author. Such a partnership couldhave shaped a future where space exploration aligns with cosmic unity and social good,potentially reducing the risks now evident in Starlink’s orbital dominance.
ANJA NITZSCHE: Frauen, Marktwirtschaft und Patriarchat - Auswirkungen der gesellschaftlichen Erneuerung auf die Situation von Frauen in Vietnam
Creators: name: Meyer, Katja
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2017

description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 29 Nr. 3-4 (1998): Internationales Asienforum
Flexural behavior and sustainable analysis of polymer bubbuled reinforced concrete slabs
Creators: name: Ibrahim, Amer M.
name: Ali Oukaili, Nazar K.
name: Salman, Wissam D.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This work presents the flexural capacities and sustainable analysis of reinforced concrete (RC) two way hollow slabs with polymer sphere voids, also known as polymer bubbled RC slab system. A polymer bubbled RC slab has two-dimensional arrangement of voids included to reduce the self-weight. The strength and behavior of bubbled RC slabs with polymer spheres voids is investigated experimentally. Eleven RC square slabs of 1000mm x 1000mm dimensions have been tested to obtain the flexural behavior. Variables of the experimental work are: diameter of polymer spheres, thickness of reinforced concrete slabs, and percentage of Metakaolin (cement replacement). It has been found that bubbled RC slab, (with ratio of bubble diameter B to slab thickness H, B/H=0.51 to 0.80), has about (90 to 100%) of the ultimate load capacity of a similar reference solid slab (which has the same slab thickness). Also, bubbled slabs consume about (70 to 75%) of the concrete needed for the similar solid slab. An increase in the deflection at 0.7P
Homelessness independently predicts injection drug use initiation among street-involved youth in a Canadian setting
Creators: name: Feng, Cindy X.
name: DeBeck, Kora
name: Kerr, Thomas
name: Mathias, Steve
name: Montaner, Julio
name: Wood, Evan
Publisher: name: Elsevier
Year: 2017

description: Purpose: This longitudinal study examines the association between homelessness and injection drug use initiation among a cohort of street-involved youth in a setting of high-prevalence crystal methamphetamine use. Methods: We derived data from the At-Risk Youth Study, a prospective cohort of street-involved youth aged 14–26 years, recruited between September 2005 and November 2011. We used Cox proportional hazards regression to identify factors independently associated with time to injection initiation. Results: Among 422 street-youth who had never injected at baseline, we observed 77 injection initiation events during follow-up. Homelessness was independently associated with injection initiation in multivariate Cox regression (relative hazard, 1.80 [95% confidence interval, 1.13–2.87]) after adjusting for crystal methamphetamine use and other potential confounders. Conclusions: These findings highlight that homelessness is a key risk factor for injection initiation among street-involved youth. Supportive housing interventions for street youth may help prevent injection drug use initiation within this high-risk population.
การควบคุมลูกน้ำยุงรำคาญ โดยใช้ Novaluron ในแหล่งน้ำขัง
Creators: name: เสียงธรรมวิมล โรจน์ฤทัย
Publisher: name: กองแผนงาน
Year: 2555
Subjects: โนวาลูรอน สารยับยั้งการลอกคราบ การควบคุมลูกน้ำยุงรำคาญ

description: วารสารควบคุมโรค, 38, 2, 138-146
THOMAS PSOTA: Waldgeister und Reisseelen. Die Revitalisierung von Ritualen zur Erhaltung der komplementären Produktion in Südwest-Sumatra
Creators: name: Schrader, Heiko
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2017

description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 29 Nr. 3-4 (1998): Internationales Asienforum
อำเภอควบคุมโรคเข้มแข็งแบบยั่งยืนเพื่อการป้องกันควบคุมโรคอย่างมีประสิทธิผล กรณีอำเภอเมือง จังหวัดยโสธร
Creators: name: พงษ์สวัสดิ์ รัตนแสง
Publisher: name: กองแผนงาน
Year: 2555
Subjects: อำเภอควบคุมโรคเข้มแข็งแบบยั่งยืน จังหวัดยโสธร

description: วารสารควบคุมโรค, 38, 2, 147-156
PETER CAREY (ed.): The British in Java, 1811-1816. A Javanese Account. A Text Edition, English Synopsis and Commentary on British Library Additional Manuscript 12330
Creators: name: Schreiner, Klaus H.
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2017

description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 29 Nr. 3-4 (1998): Internationales Asienforum
ผลของการใช้แนวปฏิบัติในการจัดการความปวดต่อการรับรู้ความปวดของผู้ป่วยหลังผ่าตัดช่องท้อง
Creators: name: สมพร พงศ์ชู
Publisher: name: กองแผนงาน
Year: 2555
Subjects: การจัดการความปวด ผู้ป่วยหลังผ่าตัดช่องท้อง

description: วารสารควบคุมโรค, 38, 2, 157-165
GÜNTER SPREITZHOFER: Tourismus Dritte Welt. Brennpunkt Südostasien. Alternativtourismus als Motor für Massentourismus und soziokulturellen Wandel
Creators: name: Baumhackl, Herbert
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2017

description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 29 Nr. 3-4 (1998): Internationales Asienforum
Feed-in Tariff Premium for Optimal Solar PV Allocation: Case of Phitsanulok 1st Substation
Creators: name: Chayada Surawanitkun
Publisher: name: Faculty of Engineering, Mahasasakham University
Year: 2018
Subjects: Solar photovoltaics
renewable energy
feed-in tariff
distribution system
allocation

description: Mahasarakham International Journal of Engineering Technology, 4, 2, 50-55
KARL-HEINZ KRÄMER: Ethnizität und nationale Integration in Nepal. Eine Untersuchung zur Politisierung der ethnischen Gruppen im modernen Nepal
Creators: name: Wagner, Christian
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2017

description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 29 Nr. 3-4 (1998): Internationales Asienforum
Experimental study on repair method of cracked steel members with pre-tensioned CFRP strips
Creators: name: Nakamura, H.
name: Yamamura, Y.
name: Lin, F.
name: Maeda, K.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: In this study, the repair method of cracked steel members with pre-tensioned CFRP strips was investigated experimentally. Since the compressive force is introduced into the steel member by releasing the pre-tension of CFRP strips after bonding, this technique has attracted attention as an effective way for fatigue crack repair. Aiming to apply to real structure, the prototype of the simple and compact pre-tensioning device has been developed, and the repair effect by introducing the compressive force to the steel member were verified experimentally. The fundamental experimental programs were conducted using the flat steel plates and varying the pre-tension of CFRP strips. As the result of tensile test and creep test, it was found that it is possible to introduce the compressive force of approx. 17 kN, which is equivalent to approx. 70 MPa of the pre-stress, to the steel plate rationally. Moreover, the strains in the steel plate were measured for approx. 900 days after introducing the compressive force. Approx. 10% of losses of pre-stress due to the creep of adhesive joint were observed under room temperature. As the result of fatigue test, the application to fatigue crack repair has been confirmed feasible.
Setting Conservation Priorities in a Widespread Species: Phylogeographic and Physiological Variation in the Lake Chub, Couesius plumbeus (Pisces: Cyprinidae)
Creators: name: Taylor, Eric B., 1958-
name: Darveau, Charles-A.
name: Schulte, Patricia M.
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: Defining units of conservation below the species level is a widely accepted conservation priority, but is especially challenging for widespread taxa that have experienced diverse geographic histories and exist across heterogenous environments. The lake chub (Pisces: Couesius plumbeus) is a widespread freshwater fish in North America and occurs from the southcentral USA to northwestern Alaska and Canada. We used mtDNA sequence analysis to test for divergent lineages predicted to occur as a result of survival of lake chub in distinct glacial refugia. Lake chub consisted of two major mtDNA lineages separated by 3.8% sequence divergence which are probably late to pre-Pleistocene in origin. We combined these data with those consistent with thermal adaptation in fish living in thermal springs versus those living in a lake with wide seasonal temperature variation, and with data on distribution of lake chub in major watershed units. We assessed these data against objective criteria developed to identify conservation units under Canadian endangered species legislation. Our analysis identified twelve major units of conservation within C. plumbeus that could be assessed under Canada’s Species-at-Risk Act. Our study illustrates how different character traits manifested at very different spatial scales can be used to define conservation units within widely-distributed taxa.
Adaptive, model-based cloud computing security management
Creators: name: Abdelrazek, Mohamed
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The cloud computing model introduces novel features, resources elasticity and pay-as-you-go model, that motivate IT community to outsource their assets to cloud platforms. However, securing outsourced cloud-hosted assets is still an open issue. Cloud tenants complain from the loss-of-control, lack-of-trust, and lack-of-security-controls-adaptors problems. In this research, we introduce a novel cloud security management platform that successfully mitigates these problems. Our platform enables cloud tenants to define their security requirements, integrate their security controls, and monitor assets' security status at runtime. The platform delivers an online, automated security analysis and patching services to keep tenants' assets always secure.
Lifestyling in Southeast Asia. Workshop at the Sociology of Development Research Centre (SDRC), University of Bielefeld, 12th-13th May, 1997
Creators: name: Horstmann, Alexander
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2017

description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 28 Nr. 2-3 (1997): Internationales Asienforum
Hongkong und China auf dem Weg in das pazifische Jahrhundert (Hong Kong and China on the Eve of the Pacific Century), April 24 and 25, 1997, in Rostock, Germany
Creators: name: Zellmer-Bjick, Martina
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2017

description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 28 Nr. 2-3 (1997): Internationales Asienforum
WOLFGANG HADAMITZKY / MARIANNE KOCKS: Japan-Bibliografie. Verzeichnis deutschsprachiger japanbezogener Veröffentlichungen
Creators: name: Zöllner, Reinhard
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2017

description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 28 Nr. 2-3 (1997): Internationales Asienforum
Near-field study of surface plasmonic lenses for nanofocusing applications
Creators: name: Venugopalan, Priyamvada
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Optical imaging has been utilised as a unique method for investigating specific properties of materials. However, the optical resolution is limited by the Rayleigh diffraction limit. This thesis has used the unique properties of surface plasmons lending them to the design of a circularly symmetric three dimensional nanoscopic structure. This structure can focus the energy of a plasmon to a very small volume, much beyond the diffraction limit. In this thesis, the author presents a circular ring plasmonic lens which can focus two wavelengths of light to the same focal plane, opening up applications in super-resolution imaging and optical-data storage.
The Advocacy for Pedestrian Safety Study : Cluster Randomised Trial Evaluating a Political Advocacy Approach to Reduce Pedestrian Injuries in Deprived Communities
Creators: name: Lyons, Ronan A.
name: Kendrick, Denise
name: Towner, Elizabeth M. L.
name: Coupland, Carol
name: Hayes, Mike
name: Christie, Nicola
name: Sleney, Judith
name: Jones, Sarah
name: Kimberlee, Richard
name: Rodgers, Sarah E.
name: Turner, Samantha
name: Brussoni, Mariana
name: Vinogradova, Yana
name: Sarvotham, Tinnu
name: Macey, Steven
Publisher: name: PLoS ONE
Year: 2021

description: Objective: To determine whether advocacy targeted at local politicians leads to action to reduce the risk of pedestrian injury in deprived areas. Setting: 239 electoral wards in 57 local authorities in England and Wales. Participants: 617 elected local politicians. Main outcome measures: 25–30 months post intervention, primary outcomes included: electoral ward level: percentage of road traffic calmed; proportion with new interventions; school level: percentage with 20 mph zones, Safe Routes to School, pedestrian training or Road injury education; politician level: percentage lobbying for safety measures. Secondary outcomes included politicians’ interest and involvement in injury prevention, and facilitators and barriers to implementation. Results: Primary outcomes did not significantly differ. Intervention group politicians reported greater interest in child injury prevention (RR 1.09, 95%CI 1.03 to 1.16), belief in potential to help prevent injuries (RR 1.36, 95%CI 1.16 to 1.61), particularly pedestrian safety (RR 1.55, 95%CI 1.19 to 2.03). 63% of intervention politicians reported supporting new pedestrian safety schemes. Conclusions: This study demonstrates the feasibility of an innovative approach to translational public health by targeting local politicians in a randomised controlled trial. The intervention package was positively viewed and raised interest but changes in interventions were not statistically significance. Longer term supported advocacy may be needed.
Galaxies and the intergalactic medium at redshift 5.7: the environment of metal absorption systems
Creators: name: Diaz, Carlos Gonzalo
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Metal absorption line systems observed in the spectra of background quasars (QSOs) contribute information on two crucial processes of galaxy evolution: the reionization of intergalactic hydrogen and the chemical enrichment of the intergalactic medium (IGM). The aim of this thesis is to study the environment (at both small and large scales) of triply ionized carbon (Civ) absorption systems at redshift z ∼ 5.7 in two independent fields of view, using Lyman alpha emitters (LAEs) and Lyman break galaxies (LBGs) as tracers of the mass distribution and star formation. These two fields are centred on QSOs SDSS J1030+0524 (zem = 6.309) and SDSS 1137+3549 (zem = 5.962). Using wide field photometry (∼80×60h−1 comoving Mpc), we study the impact of the Lyman α line on the broad-band colours of LBGs to develop a set of conditions that aim to select bright galaxies (MUV(1350˚A) <∼ −21.0 mag) in a narrow redshift slice of Δz ∼ 0.2 at z ∼ 5.7. The LBGs’ projected distribution is compared to the distribution of z ∼ 5.7 narrow-band selected LAEs (Δz ∼ 0.08). We find that the Civ systems are located more than 10h−1 projected comoving Mpc from the main concentrations of LBGs and no candidate is closer than ∼5h−1 projected comoving Mpc. In contrast, an excess of LAEs is found on scales of ∼10h−1 comoving Mpc, suggesting that LAEs are the primary candidates for the source of the Civ systems. Our spectroscopic data confirm the excess of line emitters in the field J1030+0524 within 10h−1 comoving Mpc of the highest column density Civ system at z ≥ 5.5 known to date at zCiv = 5.7242 ± 0.0001. Furthermore, the closest galaxy to this Civ absorption system, LAE 103027+052419, is confirmed at zLyα = 5.724±0.001 which results in a separation of 212.8h−1 physical kpc. We compare the observed properties of LAE 103027+052419 with 25 spectroscopically confirmed z∼5.7 LAEs. Our results suggest that, if the Civ system is produced by a galactic outflow from LAE 103027+052419, the gas should have departed at z ≥ 8, which agrees with the pre-galactic enrichment scenario and implies that outflows at z >∼6 can enrich larger volumes than outflows at z <∼ 3.5. Moreover, if an undetected dwarf galaxy population is the source of the carbon, then the enrichment caused by these galaxies would have extended beyond the reach of a typical star-formation driven outflow. Therefore, Civ systems at the tail-end of the epoch of reionization may be produced by star-forming galaxies that have been injecting metals into the IGM since very early times (z > 6). In summary, we conclude that, in contrast with lower redshift (z <∼ 3.5) systems, strong Civ absorption systems at z ∼ 5.7 trace low-to-intermediate density environments dominated by faint galaxies. Moreover, the excess of LAEs associated with a high ionization metal absorption system at z ∼ 5.7 agrees with the idea that faint galaxies dominate the ionizing photon budget at this redshift.
CARSTEN HERRMANN-PILLATH (ed.): Wirtschaftliche Entwicklung in Chinas Provinzen und Regionen, 1978-1992. Ein Statistisches Handbuch
Creators: name: Heberer, Thomas
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2017

description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 28 Nr. 2-3 (1997): Internationales Asienforum
BEN KIERNAN: The Pol Pot Regime: Race, Power, and Genocide in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge, 1975-79
Creators: name: Charney, Michael W.
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2017

description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 28 Nr. 2-3 (1997): Internationales Asienforum
Nutrient- and non-nutrient-based natural health product (NHP) use in adults with mood disorders : prevalence, characteristics and potential for exposure to adverse events
Creators: name: Davison, Karen M.
name: Kaplan, Bonnie J.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2013

description: Background: To address knowledge gaps regarding natural health product (NHP) usage in mental health populations, we examined their use in adults with mood disorders, and explored the potential for adverse events. Methods: Food and NHP intake was obtained from 97 adults with mood disorders. NHP data was used to compare prevalence with population norms (British Columbia Nutrition Survey; BCNS). Bivariate and regression analyses examined factors associated with NHP use. Assessment of potential adverse effects of NHP use was based on comparing nutrient intakes from food plus supplements with the Dietary Reference Intakes and by reviewing databases for reported adverse health effects. Results: Two-thirds (66%; 95% CI 56 to 75) were taking at least one NHP; 58% (95% CI 47 to 68) were taking NHPs in combination with psychiatric medications. The proportion of each type of NHP used was generally higher than the BCNS (range of p’s < 0.05 to 0.0001). When intakes from food and NHP sources were combined, a small proportion exceeded any Lowest-Observed-Adverse-Effect-Levels: only for niacin (n = 17) and magnesium (n = 6), two nutrients for which the potential for adverse effects is minimal. Conversely, about 38% (95% CI 28 to 49) of the sample were taking a non-nutrient based NHP for which previous adverse events had been documented. Conclusions: The prevalent use of NHPs in this population suggests that health care providers need to be knowledgeable about their characteristics. The efficacy and safety of NHPs in relation to mental health warrants further investigation.
SIMONE PRODOLLIET: Händlerinnen, Goldgräber und Staatsbeamte. Sozialgeschichte einer Kleinstadt im Hochland Südwestsumatras
Creators: name: Schlehe, Judith
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2017

description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 28 Nr. 2-3 (1997): Internationales Asienforum
MICHAEL R.J. VATIKIOTIS: Indonesian Politics under Suharto: Order, Development and Pressure for Change; RAINER ROHDEWOHLD: Public Administration in Indonesia
Creators: name: Chin, James
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2017

description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 28 Nr. 2-3 (1997): Internationales Asienforum
TypA is involved in virulence, antimicrobial resistance and biofilm formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Creators: name: Neidig, Anke
name: Yeung, Amy T
name: Rosay, Thibaut
name: Tettmann, Beatrix
name: Strempel, Nikola
name: Rueger, Martina
name: Lesouhaitier, Olivier
name: Overhage, Joerg
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2016

description: Background: Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an important opportunistic human pathogen and is extremely difficult to treat due to its high intrinsic and adaptive antibiotic resistance, ability to form biofilms in chronic infections and broad arsenal of virulence factors, which are finely regulated. TypA is a GTPase that has recently been identified to modulate virulence in enteric Gram-negative pathogens. Results: Here, we demonstrate that mutation of typA in P. aeruginosa resulted in reduced virulence in phagocytic amoebae and human macrophage models of infection. In addition, the typA mutant was attenuated in rapid cell attachment to surfaces and biofilm formation, and exhibited reduced antibiotic resistance to ß-lactam, tetracycline and antimicrobial peptide antibiotics. Quantitative RT-PCR revealed the down-regulation, in a typA mutant, of important virulence-related genes such as those involved in regulation and assembly of the Type III secretion system, consistent with the observed phenotypes and role in virulence of P. aeruginosa. Conclusions: These data suggest that TypA is a newly identified modulator of pathogenesis in P. aeruginosa and is involved in multiple virulence-related characteristics.
STEPHANIE ZINGEL-AVÉ LALLEMANT / WOLFGANG-PETER ZINGEL (eds.): Neuere deutsche Beiträge zu Geschichte und Kultur Pakistans / Contemporary German Contributions to the History and Culture of Pakistan
Creators: name: Von Hinüber, Oskar
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2017

description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 28 Nr. 2-3 (1997): Internationales Asienforum
Armutsbekämpfung und die Bekämpfung der Ärmsten: Landtransfer-Programme in philippinischen Städten
Creators: name: Berner, Erhard
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2017

description: Conventional policies of urban poverty alleviation have proven to the largely ineffective; they have, in particular, failed to defuse the worsening housing crisis in the large cities of developing countries. Despite shortcomings in funding and implementation, the Philippine ’Community Mortgage Program' represents a promising paradigm shift. It allows squatter associations to acquire land by means of state-guaranteed credit which is to be paid back over a period of 25 years. The resulting installments are well below room rents for a single room in the same areas and thus, acceptable for most residents. The results of my studies in Manila and Cebu City, however, indicate that the program always excludes a substantial part of the residents, among them the dire poor. The outcome is a division of the communities which often turns into dramatic conflicts: The association has to pay for the whole area and tries to get rid of non-paying residents by all possible means.
description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 28 Nr. 2-3 (1997): Internationales Asienforum
Studies on Mitigating Lipid Oxidation Reactions in a Value-Added Dairy Product Using a Standardized Cranberry Extract
Creators: name: Kitts, David D.
name: Tomiuk, Stephen
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: A standardized whole cranberry extract (WCE) was used to stabilize a model sunflower-casein emulsion prototype for future formulation activities with a fresh cream cheese product. The WCE contained total organic acids (20% w/w) and polyphenols (5%), the latter consisting of total anthocyanins (10%, w/w) and proanthocyanidins (12% w/w). Antioxidant capacity of the WCE was determined by ORAC, (hydrophilic ORAC = 348.31 ± 33.45 µmol of Trolox equivalents/g; lipophilic ORAC = 11.02 ± 0.85 µmol of Trolox equivalents/g). WCE was effective at stabilizing the model emulsion at a level of 0.375% (w/w), yielding a final pH of 5.6. Generation of initial lipid peroxidation products, hexanal and pentanal was inhibited by 92.4% ± 3.9% and 66.6% ± 5.3% (n = 3), respectively, when emulsions containing WCE were incubated at 50 °C for 90 h. This information was useful for formulating a fresh cream cheese product containing WCE to produce value-added potential and good self-life. The standardized WCE gave a final pH of 5.6 for the cheese premix and also significantly (P < 0.05) lowered both the PV and CD after 28 and 21 days at 4 °C storage, respectively, compared to untreated control. We conclude that there are important functional role(s) for cranberry constituents when presented as a standardized ingredient for producing value-added, stable fresh dairy products.
Carnet nº 27, commencé à Koeroengan Njawa (p. 9)
Creators: name: Péraire, Lucien
name: CNRS
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2023

description: created: 11-2-1932
Political and Administrative Reforms in Indonesia: New Perspectives for the 1990s?
Creators: name: Rohdewohld, Rainer
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2017

description: Since 1983 the Indonesian government has been implementing a policy of economic deregulation, strengthening the economic role of the private sector and thus opening up new sources of development investment. Although economic deregulation has not always been without setbacks and inconsistencies, the New Order government has proved its ability to react flexibly to changing economic circumstances. In the administration, decentralisation and a policy of professionalisation of the civil service have been introduced. However, implementation of decentralisation has been slow and is limited to functional aspects, while the patrimonial attitude of the civil service and its bureaucratic work procedures remain unchanged. Regarding the political framework of the Indonesian corporatist state, the government of President Suharto has been unwilling to accommodate the demands for more political openness and broader political participation.
description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 28 Nr. 2-3 (1997): Internationales Asienforum
Micro-texture-mediated dynamic hetero-deformation enabling high strength-ductility in a dilute Mg-Al-Ca-Mn alloy
Creators: name: Wang, Si-Qing
name: Wang, Tong
name: Wang, Shi-Chao
name: Chen, Jia-Rui
name: Jia, Hai-Long
name: Zha, Min
name: Wang, Hui-Yuan
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Space Science
subject: Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Micro-texture design of hard-/soft-oriented grains improves Mg alloys' mechanical properties, while strength-ductility trade-off persists due to insufficient early-stage strengthening from soft-oriented grains and later-stage strain coordination in hard-oriented grains. Here, a TD-spread basal-textured dilute Mg-1.27Al-0.38Ca-0.45Mn alloy architected by uniformly-mixed basal-/TD-/random-oriented grains was prepared by simple hard-plate rolling and short-time annealing. Interestingly, it features dynamic hetero-deformation as TD-oriented grains initially act as hard domains enhancing strength and later function as soft domains by activating multiple non-basal slips. Facilitated by such hard-to-soft transition of TD-oriented grains, a superior strength-ductility combination (yield strength of ∼218 MPa, elongation of ∼27.3%) was achieved. The hard-to-soft transition of TD-oriented grains enables dynamic hetero-deformation in the dilute Mg-1.27Al-0.38Ca-0.45Mn alloy, achieving both enhanced strength upon yielding and strain coordination during later high-stress deformation.
Lipid vesicle interactions with plasma polymers
Creators: name: Askew, Hannah Julia
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The cell membrane surrounds each cell in our body and controls how cells communicate to form different tissues. Our understanding of this outer shell is limited due to the complexity of the membrane structure. In this thesis artificial cell membrane models were constructed on thin film coatings known as plasma polymers. These coatings provide more flexibility in the types of tools we can use to study membranes. Critically, this study showed that micro- and nanoscale patterning of the plasma polymers enabled spatial control of membrane structures, an important step in recreating more realistic artificial cell membrane models.