cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Characterization of a Post Processed Titanium Cold Spray Additive Structure
Creators: name: Abdul Khalik, Mohammed Ahmed
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Cold spray additive manufacturing (CSAM), or metal 3D printing, can be used for making titanium parts. CSAM parts have high porosity and brittleness, which requires further post-treatment to improve the properties of titanium parts. Due to titanium's reactivity to oxygen, it needs costly protective inert gases, and the post-treatments become expensive. This study used an innovative thermo-mechanical treatment patented by CSIRO in post-treating CSAM structures from grade 2 and grade 5 titanium alloys. This successful and economic thermo-mechanical treatment can be best defined as in-situ electro-plastic treatment (ISEPT), which deploys electric current and load simultaneously on titanium strips.
title: VerNETZungen: Integrierte Nanopartikel-Synthese und -Verarbeitung im NanoEnergieTechnikZentrum
Creators: name: Wiggers, Hartmut
name: Haep, Stefan
name: Gutmann, Jochen
name: Barcikowski, Stephan
name: Wagener, Philipp
name: Hartmann, Nils
name: Ulbricht, Mathias
Publisher: name: DuEPublico: Duisburg-Essen Publications online, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: 660

description: Das NanoEnergieTechnikZentrum ermöglicht in seinen „Linked Facilities“ die integrierte Synthese und Weiterverarbeitung von Nanopartikeln und -materialien für energietechnische Anwendungen in einer Prozesskette – in direkter Zusammenarbeit von Chemikern, Physikern und Ingenieuren aus Wissenschaft und Industrie.
description: UNIKATE: Berichte aus Forschung und Lehre, no. 43NanoEnergie: Materialentwicklung für eine nachhaltige Energieversorgung, p. 26
The Perceptions of Healthcare Students toward the Evidence-Based Practice of Asthma Management
Creators: name: Alobaidi, Fatimah
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2021

description: The Perceptions of Healthcare Students toward the Evidence-Based Practice of Asthma Management
By
Fatimah Alobaidi, BS (Under the Direction of Dr. Rachel Culbreth)
BACKGROUND: Despite the growing research work regarding asthma perceptions among different populations, healthcare professional students? perceptions have not previously been examined. Therefore, it is important to assess healthcare students' perceptions towards the evidence-based practice of asthma management to address the need for designing a targeted intervention to improve understanding of evidence-based management of asthma in college settings. PURPOSE: The aim of the study was to evaluate the Healthcare students? perceptions Towards the evidence-based practice of asthma management. METHODS: Data were collected through self-administered survey. RESULTS: Sixty students (N=60) were surveyed from three majors: nursing students accounted for 78.3%; followed by respiratory therapy students 15%; and nutrition students 6.7%. The majority of respondents were female (88.3%), while only seven were male (11.7%). 26.7% of the participants self-declared that they had been diagnosed with asthma. Almost half of the sample had no experience in healththerapy (53.3%). Only three participants (5%) were often treating asthma patients while more than half of the participants had never treated asthma patients (68.3%). The findings revealed that healthcare students reported the strongest agreement on the importance of recognizing the signs and symptoms of asthma with a total mean score of 6.85 (SDñ.404). Students who had clinical experience demonstrated significantly greater understanding of asthma treatment than those who had no clinical experience (p=.044). The study showed that students who never treated asthma patients had significantly lower knowledge about the causes of asthma (p=.039), signs and symptoms of asthma (p=.004), and the treatment of asthma (p=.005). Asthmatic students rated their knowledge about the signs and symptoms, and treatment of asthma significantly higher than non-asthmatic students (p=.005, p=.014, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: Healthcare students have positive perceptions toward the evidence-based practice of asthma management. Further research with larger sample size, various healthcare professions, and different educational institutions is recommended.
title: Der „liberale Frieden“ am Ende der Fahnenstange: Zu den Widersprüchen von „relational sensibilities“
Creators: name: Chandler, David
Publisher: name: DuEPublico: Duisburg-Essen Publications online, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 320

description: David Chandler argumentiert, dass „relational sensibilities“ keinen kohärenten Gegenentwurf zum Ansatz des liberalen Friedens entwickle, sondern letztlich dessen Annahmen und Widersprüchen verhaftet bleibe. Zwar rückt der neue Zugang das Lokale sinnvollerweise in den Fokus, doch bleibt, so die Replik, ungeklärt, wie man lokale Akteure und Kulturen als Gleichgestellte respektieren kann, wenn man gleichzeitig beansprucht, ein Recht auf Intervention zu haben.
description: Increasingly it appears that classical
‘liberal peace’ approaches to
post-conflict development are out
of favour. These approaches are seen
to be externally-driven, and hubristic,
assuming external actors have
the right goals and correct policies
as well as the means to attain them.
Approaches which appreciate the
limits of the universalist approach
but still agree with interventionist
projects tend to emphasise an alternative
policy-approach based on the
appreciation of ‘relational sensibilities’.
The ‘relational’ understanding
of the limits to peacebuilding interventions
starts not with the artifice of
international designs and blueprints
but with the ‘real’, grounded, local
processes, practices and interrelationships
and emphasise the importance
of local agency to fulfilling international
aspirations. This short piece
analyses the limits of the ‘relational
approach’. Relational critiques
– focusing on plural understandings,
respect for local agency and nonliberal
understandings – remain stuck
in the paradox of liberal peace: the
contradiction between the claim to
have a right to intervene (and thereby
have some superior moral or material
qualities) and the claim to treat
those intervened upon as equals and
to respect local cultures and values. As the focus of peacebuilding has
become increasingly relational and
‘bottom-up’, the aspirations of liberal
peace transformations have been dissipated
(the aims and goals of intervention
have been much less aspirational),
but relational approaches
have provided no positive replacement.
Even within the ‘relational
sensibilities’ approach, the contradictions
of the liberal peace have been
all too manifest.
description: UNIKATE: Berichte aus Forschung und Lehre, no. 47Globale Kooperationsforschung: Transdisziplinäre und transkulturelle Perspektiven, p. 66
title: Vom Ende des barmherzigen Samariters: Militarisierung, Politisierung und Kommerzialisierung der humanitären Hilfe
Creators: name: Weiss, Thomas
Publisher: name: DuEPublico: Duisburg-Essen Publications online, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 320

description: PhilanthropInnen und humanitäre HelferInnen wurden lange als „gute Samariter“ wahrgenommen; zunehmend werden jedoch ihre selbstlosen Motivationen, Prinzipien und Handlungen hinterfragt. Der Beitrag plädiert für eine neue Lernkultur: ExpertInnen im Feld internationaler Kooperation sollten sich stärker an der empirischen Evidenz orientieren und in konkreten Krisen im Sinne einer Verantwortungsethik handeln.
description: Humanitarians are no longer simply
seen as selfless angels. Their motivations
and mastery, their principles
and products are contested from
inside and outside of aid organizations.
Understanding the ongoing
transformations in contemporary
humanitarianism requires examining
the nature and evolution of the dominant
humanitarian culture away from
an agreed culture of cooperation to a
contested one of competition. In the
post-Cold War era, the latter reflects
militarization, politicization, and
marketization. What is required is a
learning culture for practitioners and
a consequentialist ethics more oriented
to responsible reflection than
rapid reaction.
description: UNIKATE: Berichte aus Forschung und Lehre, no. 47Globale Kooperationsforschung: Transdisziplinäre und transkulturelle Perspektiven, p. 72
Examination of alcohol use patterns in youth : A study of alcohol-related poisonings at a pediatric hospital in British Columbia, Canada
Creators: name: Cheng, Phoebe
name: Zargaran, Atousa
name: Rajabali, Fahra
name: Turcotte, Kate
name: Babul, Shelina
Publisher: name: Allied Academies
Year: 2022

description: Objective: Identify alcohol use patterns among pediatric patients with alcohol-related poisonings to better inform current substance use programs on how youth poisonings could be addressed. Conclusion: Alcohol-related harm continues to be a prevailing public health problem despite the establishment of national drinking guidelines and laws to discourage underage drinking. Continued efforts to educate and disseminate safe drinking practices among youth are especially crucial to mitigate alcohol poisonings during and post-COVID-19 pandemic.
title: Kulturelle Vielfalt: Hindernis oder Ressource für Global Governance?: Drei Perspektiven
Creators: name: :None
Publisher: name: DuEPublico: Duisburg-Essen Publications online, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 320

description: Kann kulturelle und weltanschauliche Diversität zu einer demokratischeren Weltpolitik beitragen? Oder überwiegen
die Risiken? Drei Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmer des Duisburger Dialogs vom November 2013 nehmen hierzu
Stellung.
Interkulturelles Lernen als Chance
– Ein Gespräch mit Zeynep Sezgin
Kulturelle Dominanzansprüche überwinden
– Ein Gespräch mit Ahmed Badawi
Afrikanische Perspektiven auf demokratische globale Zusammenarbeit
– Ein Gespräch mit Charity Musamba
description: UNIKATE: Berichte aus Forschung und Lehre, no. 47Globale Kooperationsforschung: Transdisziplinäre und transkulturelle Perspektiven, p. 88
The Effects of an Asthma Action Plan and Asthma Self-efficacy on Asthma Control
Creators: name: Alkhthlan, Abdullah
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2021

description: Background: Asthma is one of the major chronic diseases around the world. The use of an asthma action plan has been recommended wildly from various well-known health organizations as a form of self-management. Despite the widespread recommendation, the use of an asthma action plan is still questionable. Purpose: The purpose of this study to assess the effectiveness of asthma action plan and asthma self-efficacy on asthma control. Methods: The study was carried out as quantitative cross-sectional survey. The survey was carried out online and consists of three tools which are the Asthma Control Test (ACT), Asthma Impact Survey (AIS) and the Consumer Health Activation Index survey (CHAI). The subjects are divided to two groups adult asthma patients and children with asthma. Results: A total of two hundred and nine respondents, 139 of the respondents completed the survey (Adults group n=77, and Children group n= 62). The average mean ACT score for adults was 13.45, SD 5.3 and 18.98, SD 4.1 and p value < 0.001. Adult patients with an asthma action plan had a mean ACT score of 12.85 SD 5.54 and those without an AAP had a mean score of 14 SD 5.2, p value 0.372. And for the children group with an AAP had a mean ACT score of 19.06, SD 3.9, and those with an AAP had a mean score of 18.55 with SD 4.97, p value = 0.737. A linear regression analysis was done to compare the ACT score and the CHAI score. No association was found between the ACT and CHAI tools in both groups with a p value of 0.827 for the adult group and p value of 0.963 for the children group. Conclusion: Despite the widespread recommendation of the use of an asthma action plan, we found that having an asthma action plan did not improve asthma control.
The Impact of Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference on Lung Volumes in the Adult Population
Creators: name: Al Ahmed, Sarah
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2021

description: BACKGROUND: This study aimed to examine the impact of Body Mass Index and Waist. The circumference on Pulmonary Function Test spirometry parameters such as FVC, FEV1, PEF and FEF25?75% in the adult population.
METHODS: Twenty-five adult participants (aged between 18 and 50 years) were involved in this study. The participants completed a questionnaire about their weight, height, gender, waist circumference, and medical history. The height, weight, and waist circumferences were obtained in the pulmonary function test lab. Subjects were instructed to perform at least three acceptable forced vital capacity maneuvers by spirometry to meet the acceptability criteria for the American thoracic society (ATS) testing standards; the FVC and FEV1 maneuvers should be within 150 ml for the subject to meet the repeatability criteria. The Body mass index was calculated for all subjects.
RESULTS: The result shows no significant impact of BMI on FVC, FEV1, PEFR, or FEF 25?75% (P values = 0.056, 0.419, 0.413, 0.843, respectively and r values = 0.4, 0.2, -0.2, -0.04, respectively). Also, there was no significant impact found between WC and FVC, FEV1, PEFR, or FEF 25?75% (P values= 0.397, 0.920, 0.359, 0.727 respectively and r values= 0.2, -0.02, -0.2, -0.1, respectively).
CONCLUSION: This study found no significant correlation between BMI and spirometric values (FVC, FEV1, PEFR, or FEF 25?75% ), and no correlation found between WC and spirometric values (FVC, FEV1, PEFR, or FEF25?75%).
title: Transkultureller Dialog und die Wiedererfindung globaler Demokratie: Ein Gespräch mit Jan Aart Scholte
Creators: name: :None
Publisher: name: DuEPublico: Duisburg-Essen Publications online, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 320

description: Kosmopolitische Begründungen für globale Demokratie sind angesichts der kulturellen und weltanschaulichen Diversität in der heutigen Welt in der Krise. Jan Aart Scholte, der im November 2013 am Käte Hamburger Kolleg einen transkulturellen Dialog inszenierte, will als Alternative Reflektionsräume schaffen, in denen sich Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmer jenseits der konventionellen, westlich dominierten Routinen auf grundlegende Normen und Prinzipien globaler Demokratie diskursiv verständigen können.
description: UNIKATE: Berichte aus Forschung und Lehre, no. 47Globale Kooperationsforschung: Transdisziplinäre und transkulturelle Perspektiven, p. 82
Survey of Respiratory Therapy Students’ Perceptions of Appropriate Vibrating Mesh Nebulizer Placement for Inline Mechanical Ventilator Circuits
Creators: name: Kenney, Jordan
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2021

description: BACKGROUND: Perceptions of Respiratory Therapists (RTs) pertaining to the appropriate location of vibrating mesh nebulizer placement are an understudied subject that has the potential to shape training methods and improve the execution of research-based practice methods.
METHODS: This study consisted of a convenience sample and an online survey that was electronically distributed to all students currently enrolled in the respiratory therapy program at Georgia State University. The questionnaire consisted of demographic factors, perception of nebulizer placement questions, and a rating question to determine how students gained their knowledge.
RESULTS: The sample included 34 (47.9%) 1st year Baccalaureate students, 15 (21.1%) 2nd year Baccalaureate students, 8 (11.3%) 1st year integrated Masters students, 4 (5.6%) 2nd year integrated Masters students, 2 (2.8%) 1st year traditional Masters students, and 7 (9.9%) 2nd year traditional Masters students, totaling 71 participants (n=1 survey incomplete). Among those who completed the study 62.0% were female, 59.2% were first-year students, 26.8% were second-year students, and 12.7% were traditional Master students. Of all the participants, 71.8% have no work experience, 16.9% have experience as a paid RT technician, and 9.9% have experience as a Certified Respiratory Therapist (CRT) or Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT). The responses to the nebulizer placement questions were categorized into 3 categories: correct according to research, somewhat correct, and incorrect. Total scores were computed for each individual according to their responses (2 points for correct responses, 1 point for partially correct, and 0 points for incorrect). The total mean score is 3.25 (standard deviation=1.26), with only 2.8% of students receiving a perfect score. Statistically significant differences were found between student position and total scores, with 2nd year students scoring the highest (mean= 3.83, standard deviation= 1.20, F= 4.94, p= 0.010).
CONCLUSIONS: This study suggests that 2nd year students will most appropriately place a vibrating mesh nebulizer in a mechanical ventilation circuit when compared to 1st year students and traditional Master students. This finding supports the idea that 2nd year students are the most up-to-date with current research involving vibrating mesh nebulizer placement. This can be explained by the limited knowledge of first-year students, and outmoded knowledge of traditional master students.
Does Increasing Flow to a High-flow Nasal Cannula Affect Mean Airway Pressure in a Pediatric In Vitro Model?
Creators: name: Liu, James
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2021

description: Introduction: High flow nasal cannulas (HFNC) are an oxygen supply device that has become increasingly popular. This high flow therapy was initially utilized in the neonatal populations for treatment of conditions such as bronchiolitis and respiratory distress. The mechanism of treatment behind HFNC in these conditions relies upon the large amount of flow which produces continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) against the airways. This pressure maintains the structural patency of the airway, allowing for continuous flow during inspiration and expiration. The small amount of CPAP generated by the HFNC assists in oxygenation and gas exchange by expanding the size of alveoli at end expiration and generating a greater surface area for diffusion across the alveolar capillary membrane. The purpose of this study was to determine if greater flows generated from the HFNC to a pediatric in vitro model would affect the mean airway pressure (MAP). Method: A pediatric in vitro model was utilized to simulate two spontaneous breathing patterns with the use of a Dual Adult Test and Training Lung (TTL) connected to a Hamilton-G5 ventilator. Positive pressure ventilation delivered to one side A of the Dual Adult TTL simulated a spontaneously breathing negative pressure model on the other side B of the Dual Adult TTL. The two sides of the Dual Adult TTL were connected via a wooden board and clamped to cause simultaneous movement of both lungs. HFNC delivered flow to side B through a fabricated airway. A pressure sensor placed between the MIL TTL and the fabricated airway and connected to an auxiliary pressure monitoring port on the Hamilton-G5 ventilator. Three different HFNC were used and tested at two various flows (10, 15, and 20 liters per minute (L/min)) and two different respiratory patterns (labored and unlabored). No other parameters were changed. Data Analysis: two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), descriptive statistics, and post hoc Bonferroni were used for this study. SPSS 26.0 for Windows was used for all data analysis in this study Results: The average MAP produced by all three HFNC were increased at all flow rates. Greater flow rates up to 20 L/min created a greater amount of MAP, an average of 2.34 cm H2O and 2.49 for unlabored and labored breathing pattern respectively at 20 L/min. The Hudson HFNC generated the greatest MAP of all three HFNC (3.81 cm H2O at 20 L/min, labored breathing pattern). Based on ANOVA analysis, increased flows through all devices were statistically significant based on a p value of 0.05. Conclusions: A significant difference in MAP was found between flow rates for all devices and simulated breathing patterns, devices for all flow rates and simulated breathing patterns, and both simulated breathing patterns for all devices and flow rates.
title: Auf die Form kommt es an!: Hierarchische Strukturen aus Nanopartikeln für Solarzellen, Opal-artige Materialien und Mikrolinsen
Creators: name: Marlow, Frank
name: Schunk, Daniel
name: Wiggers, Hartmut
Publisher: name: DuEPublico: Duisburg-Essen Publications online, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: 624

description: In der Nanotechnologie wird oft von einer Technologielücke gesprochen. Diese Lücke lässt sich beim Bottom-up-Zugang zur Nanotechnologie auch auf Längenskalen abbilden, geht es doch bei diesem Zugang um den Aufbau makroskopischer Objekte aus Nanobausteinen. Man bewegt sich also vom Nano- über den Mikro- in den Millimeterbereich (nm → μm → mm). Teile dieser Lücke, die Herstellung von Nanopartikeln, die Aufskalierung und die Formulierung in Suspensionen, werden derzeit geschlossen.
description: UNIKATE: Berichte aus Forschung und Lehre, no. 43NanoEnergie: Materialentwicklung für eine nachhaltige Energieversorgung, p. 42
Pelosia obtusa
Creators: name: Titov, Sergey V.
name: Volynkin, Anton V.
name: Morozov, Pavel S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Erebidae
Pelosia
Pelosia obtusa

description: Pelosia obtusa (Herrich-Schäffer, 1847)
 Bionomics. FP: VI. Mesophilous species. Forests and woodlands, river valleys.
 Known localities. Z: Moiseyevka, Zhana Zhuldiz, Temirbaysor, Ala Akkuli, Azіmbay, Priirtyshskoye; T: Ay-Sary, Zhetekshi Lake; AK: Borly, Akkuduk, Beskaragai; B: Airtas; M: Koktas, Zmeinyi Yar; A: Belaya.
 Literature: Dubatolov & Titov (2015); Titov et al. (2017b).
description: Published as part of Titov, Sergey V., Volynkin, Anton V. & Morozov, Pavel S., 2024, Revised checklist of the superfamily Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera) of Northeast Kazakhstan (Pavlodar Region), pp. 288-376 in Ecologica Montenegrina 73 on page 302, DOI: 10.37828/em.2024.73.22, http://zenodo.org/record/13248329
A Survey of Prevalence and Experience of the Adaptive Support Ventilation (ASV) Mode among Respiratory Care Practitioners in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia
Creators: name: Alrastem, Zainab
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2021

description: Background: Adaptive support ventilation (ASV) is an improved ventilatory mode that uses a closed-loop controlled system between breaths using the least required setting for minimal breathing work based on patients? demands and lungs mechanics. ASV mode has significant outcomes when used with different lung conditions. Despite the known literature about the effectiveness of ASV mode, there is a lack of research that addresses RTs? practice regarding ASV mode.
Purpose: This study aimed to determine what is known about the ASV mode practice in the Eastern Province hospitals of Saudi Arabia among RTs and explore the potential reasons for not applying ASV mode.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was designed as a self-administered questionnaire developed from the literature review. The questionnaire was examined for validity by three experts of respiratory therapy educators from Georgia State University. The survey instrument includes two parts. The population was a convenience sample of RTs. An online link was distributed to 183 RTs from eight hospitals via their official e-mails. RT students, interns, and other healthcare providers were excluded.
Results: A total of 64 RTs responded. The majority of respondents were bachelor's degree holders (89.1%), and the mean of the respondents' experience years was 7.4 ñ 5.12 SD years. More than half of respondents used ASV mode (59.4%), whereas the remaining (40.6%) have never used the ASV mode before. For those who used ASV mode (n=38), only (42.1%) used the ASV mode protocol. Most RTs picked the correct answers regarding the initial parameters, essential features, and patient types (97.4%, 65.8%, and 60.5%, respectively). 58% of RTs do not prefer to use ASV mode as an initial mode, but 65.8% prefer to use ASV as a weaning mode and agreed that ASV mode could facilitate the weaning process and shorten mechanical ventilation duration 81.6% and 79%, respectively. 73.7% would suggest other RTs use ASV mode. There were no significant differences between the RTs' perceptions regarding ASV mode based on their current positions. Those who never used ASV mode (n=26) revealed their reasons as follows, lack of equipment (65.4%), lack of knowledge (38.5%), unfamiliar with ASV mode (38.5%), and the physicians are unfamiliar with ASV (38.5%).
Conclusion: The study showed that more than half of RTs from hospitals in the Eastern Province have used, were familiar with ASV mode, and have positive perceptions toward ASV mode. The most apparent reason for not applying ASV mode is the lack of equipment. Besides the known publications about the effectiveness of ASV mode, the present study adds to the limited body of knowledge to what extent RTs know and use the ASV mode. Further research is highly recommended with a larger number of participants from various regions of Saudi Arabia.
title: Editorial
Creators: name: Peschel, Stefanie
name: Locker-Grütjen, Oliver
Publisher: name: DuEPublico: Duisburg-Essen Publications online, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Patente an Hochschulen
subject: 000

description: UNIKATE: Berichte aus Forschung und Lehre, no. 46Patente: Motivation für die Wissenschaft?, p. 6
An Assessment of the Knowledge, Perception, and Prevalence of Using APRV on ARDS Patients among Respiratory Therapists in the Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
Creators: name: Al Obead, Mohammad
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2021

description: Background: Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is one of the most serious and fatal diseases in intensive care units throughout the world with high mortality rates. The mode airway pressure release ventilation (APRV) showed significant outcomes when used with ARDS patients mainly resulting in mortality reduction. There are no studies have tested the knowledge and perception regarding APRV and ARDS besides the APRV prevalence in Saudi Arabia (SA).

Purpose: This study was aimed to survey respiratory therapists (RTs) as they are the most involved practitioners for this type of disease and assess their knowledge and perception of using APRV on patients with ARDS and explore the prevalence of using APRV mode in the Eastern Province (EP) of SA.

Methods: A cross sectional study was designed as self-administered survey based on current literature and research. The survey was examined for face validity by five respiratory therapy educators from Georgia State University. The survey instrument includes three sections to collect data from participants. The population of this study was a non- probability convenience sample. Participants were limited to RTs only and all other healthcare providers were excluded. An online link was sent to 116 RTs from six hospitals, divided equally to three government and three private hospitals.

Results: A total of 52 returned surveys were received with a response rate of 44.8%. The majority of participants were bachelor?s degree holders (90.2%). Also, majority of them had less than eight years of experience (78.4%). Our results revealed that the RTs had a moderate amount of knowledge about ARDS and APRV mode (63.2%). The vast majority of hospitals in the EP were provided with APRV mode (96.1%). Significantly, results showed that APRV was used by more than 80% of the respondents, half of whom had positive outcomes when using APRV. Patients with ARDS were the most common disease when APRV was applied (98%). There were few significant differences found between the two types of hospital therapists in terms of APRV usage (p=0.0002 and p= 0.006). However, other aspects like APRV-ARDS knowledge, perception, and ARDS protocol and practices showed no significant differences between participants in the two groups.

Conclusion: This study showed that the vast majority of hospitals were fully supplied with the mode and most of the EP RTs have used the mode APRV. This study identified a gap in literature which revealed limited data involving RTs knowledge and perceptions with APRV used as treatment for ARDS. This study opens the window for further studies on RTs, involving APRV and ARDS in Saudi Arabia. Future research is highly recommended to be with the use of larger sample number and to include multiple regions of the country.
Predictors of health-related quality of life following injury in childhood and adolescence : a pooled analysis
Creators: name: Dipnall, Joanna F
name: Rivara, Frederick P
name: Lyons, Ronan A
name: Ameratunga, Shanthi
name: Brussoni, Mariana
name: Lecky, Fiona E
name: Bradley, Clare
name: Beck, Ben
name: Lyons, Jane
name: Schneeberg, Amy
name: Harrison, James E
name: Gabbe, Belinda J
Publisher: name: BMJ Publishing Group
Year: 2022

description: Background Injury is a leading contributor to the global disease burden in children and places children at risk for adverse and lasting impacts on their health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and development. This study aimed to identify key predictors of HRQoL following injury in childhood and adolescence. Methods Data from 2259 injury survivors (<18 years when injured) were pooled from four longitudinal cohort studies (Australia, Canada, UK, USA) from the paediatric Validating Injury Burden Estimates Study (VIBES-Junior). Outcomes were the Paediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) total, physical, psychosocial functioning scores at 1, 3–4, 6, 12, 24 months postinjury. Results Mean PedsQL total score increased with higher socioeconomic status and decreased with increasing age. It was lower for transport-related incidents, ≥1 comorbidities, intentional injuries, spinal cord injury, vertebral column fracture, moderate/severe traumatic brain injury and fracture of patella/tibia/fibula/ankle. Mean PedsQL physical score was lower for females, fracture of femur, fracture of pelvis and burns. Mean PedsQL psychosocial score was lower for asphyxiation/non-fatal submersion and muscle/tendon/dislocation injuries. Conclusions Postinjury HRQoL was associated with survivors’ socioeconomic status, intent, mechanism of injury and comorbidity status. Patterns of physical and psychosocial functioning postinjury differed according to sex and nature of injury sustained. The findings improve understanding of the long-term individual and societal impacts of injury in the early part of life and guide the prioritisation of prevention efforts, inform health and social service planning to help reduce injury burden, and help guide future Global Burden of Disease estimates.
title: Innovative Energieeffizienz: Nanoskalige Materialien für die Thermoelektrik
Creators: name: Schierning, Gabi
name: Schmechel, Roland
name: Wolf, Dietrich
Publisher: name: DuEPublico: Duisburg-Essen Publications online, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: 621.3

description: Die Steigerung von Effizienz und Nachhaltigkeit technischer Systeme, wie denen zur Energiegewinnung, ist immer mit Materialentwicklung verbunden. Der Nanotechnologie kommt hierbei eine besondere Rolle zu, da viele energierelevante Prozesse auf der Nanometerskala ablaufen. Nanotechnologie allein kann die Energieprobleme dieser Welt nicht lösen, aber – vernünftig angewendet – helfen, viele Prozesse effizienter zu gestalten. Im Hinblick auf die Thermoelektrik eröffnet ein Materialdesign auf der Nanometerskala die Möglichkeit, nachhaltige und ungiftige Wandlermaterialien kostengünstig herzustellen.
description: UNIKATE: Berichte aus Forschung und Lehre, no. 43NanoEnergie: Materialentwicklung für eine nachhaltige Energieversorgung, p. 52
Prevalence of Burnout Syndrome Among Respiratory Therapists in Saudi Arabia
Creators: name: Asiri, Waleed
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2021

description: BACKGROUND: Burnout (BO) is the consequence of chronic work-related stress exposure and is a common syndrome noticed in healthcare providers. Three dimensions typify BO syndrome: emotional exhaustion (EE), depersonalization (DP), and low personal accomplishment (PA). Burnout impacts healthcare workers' performance and efficiency, and therefore on the quality of care provided. Despite the growing research work regarding BO syndrome among healthcare providers, Respiratory Therapists' (RTs) BO has not previously been examined. Therefore, it is essential to determine Respiratory Therapists' BO in Saudi Arabia to address the need for developing BO prevention strategies and wellness programs for RTs. PURPOSE: The study aimed to assess the prevalence of BO among RTs in Saudi Arabia and examine the association between BO and sociodemographic data and professional satisfaction. METHODS: A cross-sectional study involving a convenience sample of RTs in Saudi Arabia was conducted utilizing the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) in addition to questions regarding sociodemographic information and professional satisfaction. RESULTS: Two hundred thirty-six RTs (N=236) were surveyed in this study. The majority of the respondents were male n=130 (55.1%), single n=140 (59.3%), and lived in the central region n=136 (57.6%). The age of the participating RTs in the study ranged from 20 to 58 years, with an average of 28.5 years (SDñ5.08). The results showed that RTs had a high level of EE with a mean of 31.97, a moderate level for DP with a mean of 11.39, and a moderate level for lack of PA with a mean of 33.58. Age, gender, the role of the RTs, hours of work, and shift schedule of the participants were associated with BO. The workload was the most work factor among RTs associated with BO. Professional satisfaction of work-life balance, the current job, and monthly income were related to the burnout levels across the three subscales. CONCLUSION: This study was the first to explore BO by MBI and related factors among RTs in Saudi Arabia. Burnout seemed to be a common problem among RTs in Saudi Arabia and was associated with sociodemographic information and professional satisfaction. The findings may help to develop effective intervention strategies to limit and prevent BO. More prospective studies are required with a larger number of participants of RTs.
Power-to-Liquids
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2016

description: The 2015 Paris Agreement requires massive greenhouse gas emission reductions in all sectors by mid-century. Renewable fuels are a major building block to achieve substantial absolute emission reductions in aviation. This study gives an introduction into the novel concept of producing renewable jet fuel using renewable electricity, so-called Power-to-Liquids (PtL). The PtL production pathways and the drop-in capability of the resulting jet fuel are explained and their comparative performances are discussed in terms of greenhouse gas emissions, energy efficiencies, costs, water demand and land requirements. Quelle: https://www.umweltbundesamt.de
The Nature of Gravitational Wave Events with Host Environment Escape Velocities
Creators: name: Li, Guo-Peng
name: Fan, Xi-Long
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose a novel method to probe the parameters and origin channels of gravitational wave events using the escape velocities of their host environments. This method could lead to more convergent posterior distributions offering additional insights into the physical properties, formation, and evolution of the sources. The method provides more accurate parameter estimation for events that represent previous mergers in the hierarchical triple merger scenario and is valuable for the search for such mergers with third-generation ground-based detectors. To demonstrate this approach, we take six recently identified events in LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA data, considered as potential previous mergers in hierarchical triple mergers, as examples. The use of escape velocities results in posterior spin distributions that are concentrated near zero, aligning with the expected birth spins of first-generation black holes formed from the collapse of stars. The uncertainty in the posterior primary mass distribution is significantly reduced comparing with the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA distributions, especially for events modeled under the assumption of a globular cluster origin scenario. We rule out the possibility that GW190512, GW170729, and GW190708 originates from globular clusters as previous mergers in the hierarchical triple merger scenario.
description: 15 pages, 7 figures, 3 tables; accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal
title: Bewusstseinsveränderung in der Forschungslandschaft: Verwertung von Hochschulerfindungen
Creators: name: Schmachtenberg, Ernst
Publisher: name: DuEPublico: Duisburg-Essen Publications online, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: 000

description: Zwölf Jahre nach der Änderung des Arbeitnehmererfindungsgesetzes ist ausreichend Zeit verstrichen, um eine Bestandsaufnahme vorzunehmen und einen Ausblick auf die weitere Entwicklung zu wagen.
description: UNIKATE: Berichte aus Forschung und Lehre, no. 46Patente: Motivation für die Wissenschaft?, p. 10
The Importance and Needs for a Standardized Preceptor Training Program in Respiratory Therapy Departments in Riyadh City, Saudi Arabia
Creators: name: Aljoni, Ahmed
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2021

description: 


BACKGROUND: Preceptorship is defined as the interaction between the staff and a student. It was the only method of transmitting and providing respiratory therapy (RT) education. Preceptorship is the preferred method of educating both undergraduate and graduate students. Due to a staffing shortage, clinical instructors (Cis) are rarely allocated to RT students. Instead, they are placed with RT staff who act as a clinical preceptor with little to no formal education training. Therefore, the RT students may not receive sufficient clinical education. PURPOSE: This study aims to examine the availability and the method of preceptor training and evaluates the importance and the need for employee preceptor training programs in respiratory therapy departments in Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia. METHODS: A cross-sectional study involving a convenience sample of RTs from Saudi Arabia was conducted through an electronic survey. RESULTS: Seventy-one of RTs (N=71) from five selected hospitals from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, were surveyed in this study. The majority of respondents (74.6%) were male. (n=43; 60.6%) were staff, (n= 16; 22.5%) were supervisors, (n= 9; 12.7%) were clinical instructors and (n= 3; 4.2%) were managers. The majority of participants (87.3%) believed there is a need for a standardized preceptor-training program. However, only (n= 15; 21.1%) of them received their training before receiving the students. The majority of respondents (64.8%) pointed out that preceptors have been assigned to preceptorship tasks. CONCLUSION: This study was the first study to evaluate the needs and importance of standardized preceptor-training programs across RT departments in Saudi Arabia. The results of the study support the demand for a standardized preceptor-training program for respiratory therapy members.
title: Gegen den (konventionellen) Strom: Nicht-klassische Thermoelektrika mit nicht-klassischen Verfahren
Creators: name: Wöhrl, Nicolas
name: Schulz, Stephan
name: Buck, Volker
Publisher: name: DuEPublico: Duisburg-Essen Publications online, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: 530
subject: 621.3

description: Thermoelektrische Materialien sind eine Möglichkeit, Verbrennungsprozesse energieeffizienter zu machen, indem Verlustwärme gewissermaßen in elektrische Spannung „recycelt“ wird. Nicht-klassische Thermoelektrika mit nicht-klassischen Verfahren bilden hierbei ein interessantes Forschungsfeld in der Nanotechnologie; sowohl für spannende Grundlagenforschung als auch für die technologische Anwendung.
description: UNIKATE: Berichte aus Forschung und Lehre, no. 43NanoEnergie: Materialentwicklung für eine nachhaltige Energieversorgung, p. 64
Job Satisfaction among Saudi Arabian Respiratory Therapists
Creators: name: Alosaimi, Saleh
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2021

description: BACKGROUND: Job satisfaction has been a significant issue for healthcare organizations in recent years due to job satisfaction?s influence on performance and the quality of patient care. Although job satisfaction has a strong association with respiratory therapists' performance, the job satisfaction of Saudi Arabian respiratory therapists (RTs) has not previously been examined. PURPOSE: This cross-sectional study aimed to measure the job satisfaction level among Saudi Arabian RTs. This study aimed to identify the occupational and personal characteristic factors that influence job satisfaction. The study also investigated the educational background's influence on job satisfaction. METHODS: The study used a cross-sectional survey that consist of two sections: the sociodemographic section and the Job Satisfaction Survey (JSS), which was developed by Paul Spector in 1985. RESULTS: A total of 140 responders participated and completed the research survey. The research found that payment, promotion, fringe benefits, and contingents rewards were associated with dissatisfaction among RTs. In contrast, the nature of work and coworkers were found to be associated with improving job satisfaction in Saudi Arabian RTs. The study findings found no significant association between personal factors and overall job satisfaction. In addition, the study found that RTs who work for 8 hrs were found to be more satisfied with their job compared to RTs who work for 12 hrs. The study found that RTs who studied in the US were more satisfied with their nature of work compared to RTs that studied in Saudi Arabia. CONCLUSIONS: RTs were not satisfied with their payment, promotion, fringe benefits, and contingent rewards, while they were satisfied with coworkers' relationships and nature of work. Further study is needed to understand job satisfaction among Saudi Arabian RTs and factors that could influence job satisfaction since these studies will increase healthcare organizations' and respiratory care departments' awareness about the job satisfaction of their RT employees.
title: Geschäftsmodell, Zubrot, oder Verlustgeschäft?: Patente aus dem akademischen Bereich
Creators: name: Schüth, Ferdi
Publisher: name: DuEPublico: Duisburg-Essen Publications online, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: 000

description: Der Autor nimmt die Patente aus dem Wissenschaftsbereich kritisch unter die Lupe. Er erklärt, warum Patente nicht immer zu wirtschaftlichen Erfolgen führen und stellt einige erfolgreiche Patente aus den Reihen der Max-Planck-Institute vor.
description: Patents from the academic sector
can be highly attractive, both for
inventors and their organizations.
There are several examples where
licence revenues of up to hundreds
of millions of Euros have been generated.
However, in order to harvest
such revenues, many less successful
applications have to be filed. This
requires stringent patent management,
terminating less promising
applications early on in the patent life
cycle, before high costs are generated.
IP from the academic sector can be
commercialized both by licensing
and spin-off companies, and there
are successful examples for both
approaches. Also here a good strategy
is needed, balancing the pros and
cons of exclusive and non-exclusive
licences and the terms of the licence
contracts. With a good organization
of IP management in place, net profits
(based on the cost of licensing,
not on the cost of research) can be
generated for research organizations,
amounting – in Germany – to profits in the range of 0.5% to 5% of the
total budget of the organizations for
which published data are available.
description: UNIKATE: Berichte aus Forschung und Lehre, no. 46Patente: Motivation für die Wissenschaft?, p. 16
Evaluating The Effective Teaching Characteristic of Saudi Arabian Preceptors in Clinical Education
Creators: name: Alolayan, Abdulaziz
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2021

description: BACKGROUND: Preceptors play an important role in clinical education for the next generation of respiratory therapy students. To improve respiratory therapy clinical educations, clinical instructors' behavioral characteristics that affect students' performance must be thoroughly evaluated. Therefore, there is a growing need to better address what students consider the most and least important effectiveness characteristics of clinical instructors in respiratory therapy clinical education. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to evaluated and perceived the effectiveness of behavioral teaching characteristics of clinical instructors by interns and undergraduate respiratory therapy students. METHODS: The study utilized a descriptive cross-sectional survey. The survey was distributed to interns and undergraduate students enrolled in an accredited respiratory therapy program at urban universities and hospitals located in Saudi Arabia. The survey consisted of 35 teaching behaviors presented on a five-point Likert scale according to importance. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Mann-Whitney U test. RESULTS: Thirty-six students responded with a response rate of 63%. Interns were 50% of the total sample, with females and males equally split at 50%. Fifty percent of respondents studied were undergraduate, of which females accounted for 36.2% and males 13.8%. The study findings indicate that the evaluation of interns and undergraduate students of the most and least important behavioral characteristics are similar, but both grasp the ordered rank of importance differently. Intern students ranked ?Facilitate student?s awareness of their Professional responsibility? as the most effectiveness characteristic with a mean score value M = 4.92 and standard deviation (S.D ñ.39). While undergraduate students ranked the behavioral characteristic ?Encourage students to feel free to ask questions or ask for help? as the most effectiveness with a mean score value M = 4.72 and standard deviation (S.D ñ .49). Additionally, intern students rank the characteristic ?Demonstrate engaging style of bedside teaching? as the least effectiveness with a mean score value M = 3.14 and standard deviation (S.D ñ 1.0). While undergraduate students ranked the behavioral characteristic ?Be realistic in expectations of students? performance? as the least effectiveness with a mean score value M = 3.56 and standard deviation (S.D ñ .93). CONCLUSION: Although the ratings of interns and undergraduate students were similar, mean scores revealed a change in the ranking of effectiveness teaching characteristic evaluation. This could be due to the fact that students' evaluations vary as they progress through clinical training or educational experience. In the end, the findings of this study will enable respiratory therapy clinical instructors to evaluate themselves based on the evaluations of interns and undergraduate students.