cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Effect of Cargo Loading on Occupant Injury and Seat Deformation in Motor-Vehicle Crashes
Creators: name: Viano, David C.
name: Parenteau, Chantal S.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Microbiology
subject: Physics

description: Purpose: NHTSA studied interior loose objects in the 2000-04 NASS-CDS as part of rulemaking on cargo retention testing in FMVSS 208. This study extends the investigation of cargo and loose interior object loading on occupant injury and seat deformation by cargo in motor-vehicles crashes using NASS-CDS data.Methods: 1996-2011 NASS-CDS was used to investigate the effects of loose interior objects and seat responses on occupant injury in motor vehicle crashes. Crashes were grouped by front, side, rear and rollover. Light vehicles were included with model year 1994+. NASS-CDS added new variables for cargo loading as an injury source and cause for seat deformation in 2007. NASS-CDS electronic cases were analyzed for rear occupants with moderate to severe injury (AIS 2+) from loose objects and MAIS 4+F injury with cargo deforming seats in frontal crashes.Results: There were no AIS 2+ injuries due to cargo loading in the 16 years of NASS-CDS, including specific coding from 2007–11 and by case evaluation in earlier years. In frontal crashes, loose or other interior objects accounted for 250 AIS 2+ injuries in drivers, 32 in front passengers and 206 in 2nd row occupants. The overall rate of AIS 2+ injury was 1.000% for 2nd row occupants due to loose or other interior objects. The individual cases of AIS 2+ injury from loose or other interior objects in 2nd row occupants involved 16 occupants with 44 injuries in frontal crashes. Two cases involved police vehicles and one, an ambulance. In two other cases, the loose interior object was a bike placed in the 3rd row of a station wagon and an unsecured fan in the 2nd row. Each year, there were 540 driver seats deformed by cargo, 438 front-passenger seats and 889 in 2nd row seats. Most cargo deformation of front seats occurred in frontal crashes. Annually, there were 462 driver seats deformed by cargo in frontal crashes, 143 front-passenger seats and 660 in 2nd row seats.Conclusions: This analysis supports NHTSA's earlier conclusion that cargo is not a major source of injury in frontal crashes. While anecdotal cases have been presented in the literature, there were no cases in NASS-CDS. NASS-CDS also showed that when untethered cargo deforms rear seats, it was not related to severe injury to 2nd row occupants.
Americans Evaluate Campaign Finance Reform
Creators: name: Kull, Steven
name: Fehsenfeld, Evan
name: Martens, Francesca
name: Lewitus, Evan Charles
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2018
Subjects: Campaign finance
Financial disclosure
Constitutional Amendment
Political donations
Small donors
Congress
Fundraising
Restrictions
Dark money
115th Congress
S.J. Res. 8
H.J.Res 31
H.R. 1439
Disclose Act
H.R. 1134
S. 1660
H.R. 20
S. 1640
H.R. 528
Citizen's United
Online donations
Foreign donations
Term limits
S.J.Res. 2
H.J. Res.17
H.J. Res. 23
H.R. 133
H.R. 2008

description: A policymaking simulation is an online process that puts citizens in the shoes of elected officials by simulating the process they go through in making policy decisions. Each simulation introduces a broader policy topic and then presents a series of modules that address a specific policy option that is currently under consideration in the current discourse. For each module, respondents: 1) receive a short briefing on a policy issue and the option or options for addressing it; 2) evaluate arguments for and against the policy options; and 3) finally, make their recommendation for what their elected officials should do.
description: A major study of voters’ views of campaign finance finds that large majorities support numerous bills in Congress that seek to reduce or offset the influence of big campaign donors. These include bills that call for a Constitutional amendment to overturn the Citizens United decision, increasing disclosure requirements for campaign donations, and promoting more small campaign donations. The questionnaire includes findings on a Constitutional Amendment to limit the terms of Congressional Representatives though they were not referenced explicitly in the report.
title: Exploration des liens entre le thème des solides et la théorie des niveaux de Van Hiele
title: Exploration des liens entre le thème des solides et la théorie des niveaux de Van Hiele
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Crudo, Gianni
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 0
Subjects: subject: impression 3D
subject: FabLab
subject: solides
subject: théorie des niveaux de pensée en géométrie selon Van Hiele
subject: déconstruction dimensionnelle
subject: géométrie et espace

description: Le module BP43MEP suivi à la HEP Vaud a été l’occasion de découvrir une entrée novatrice pour mon projet de mémoire. À cette occasion, une imprimante 3D avait été présentée comme point de départ pour mon travail de recherche. Manifestant de l’intérêt et de la curiosité pour cette technologie, elle sera utilisée dans ce travail pour créer du matériel pédagogique innovant, c’est à dire des connecteurs et baguettes. Ces objets permettront la construction de solides avec un matériel différent de ce que l’on trouve généralement dans les classes du canton de Vaud. Après avoir imprimé divers connecteurs et découpé des baguettes permettant la construction de quelques solides, des tâches ont été élaborées afin que les élèves puissent manipuler concrètement des solides. Durant ces tâches, les élèves auront l’occasion de construire des solides, de les manipuler, de les décrire et même de les reconnaître les yeux bandés. Ces tâches ont pour objectif de rendre visibles les connaissances que les élèves ont acquises dans ce thème. Trois élèves ont ensuite été sélectionnés et filmés lors de la réalisation de ces différentes tâches. Afin de vérifier la validité du matériel pédagogique imprimé et des tâches élaborées, je tenterai d’établir des liens entre la théorie des niveaux de pensée en géométrie selon Van Hiele et les réponses formulée par les élèves lors de la réalisation de ces tâches. Ce travail a également pour but de susciter l’intérêt des enseignants afin qu’ils enrichissent leurs pratiques grâce aux imprimantes 3D. Cet outil est en effet en train de se répandre à grande vitesse dans notre société et diverses écoles du canton de Vaud ont en déjà acquises. Il serait donc important de motiver les enseignants à adopter cet outil novateur afin d’apporter une plusvalue leur enseignement.
Parental Perceptions of the Learner Driver Log Book System in Two Australian States
Creators: name: Lyndel Bates
name: Watson, Barry
name: King, Mark Johann
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Science Policy
Information and Computing Sciences
Biological Sciences
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Cell Biology

description: Objective: Though many jurisdictions internationally now require learner drivers to complete a specified number of hours of supervised driving practice before being able to drive unaccompanied, very few require learner drivers to complete a log book to record this practice and then present it to the licensing authority. Learner drivers in most Australian jurisdictions must complete a log book that records their practice, thereby confirming to the licensing authority that they have met the mandated hours of practice requirement. These log books facilitate the management and enforcement of minimum supervised hours of driving requirements.Method: Parents of learner drivers in 2 Australian states, Queensland and New South Wales, completed an online survey assessing a range of factors, including their perceptions of the accuracy of their child's learner log book and the effectiveness of the log book system.Results: The study indicates that the large majority of parents believe that their child's learner log book is accurate. However, they generally report that the log book system is only moderately effective as a system to measure the number of hours of supervised practice a learner driver has completed.Conclusions: The results of this study suggest the presence of a paradox, with many parents possibly believing that others are not as diligent in the use of log books as they are or that the system is too open to misuse. Given that many parents report that their child's log book is accurate, this study has important implications for the development and ongoing monitoring of hours of practice requirements in graduated driver licensing systems.
RESTAURO DIGITALE DEI PAPIRI ANTICHI
Creators: name: Sparavigna, Amelia Carolina
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: 7q5
Qumran

description: Presentazione fatta al XV Congresso Internazionale Security 2010, Analisi scientifiche documentali, a Torino, 13 Marzo 2010. Si discute in particolare il frammento di papiro 7Q5 rinvenuto in una grotta di Qumran.
Evaluation of New Speed Limits in Sweden: A Sample Survey
Creators: name: Vadeby, Anna
name: Forsman, Åsa
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Engineering

description: Objective: The study sought to estimate changes in actual driving speed occurring after new speed limits were introduced in Sweden's rural road network.Method: The effects of speed limit changes were estimated for 7 groups of roads of different types and initial speed limits. To study the effects on the entire road network and not only at specific road sites, a sampling survey was conducted in which speed was measured at randomly selected sites before and after the speed limit changes. Systematic sampling was used to select sites that were widely distributed geographically, though the analysis treats the data as if the sites were selected by simple random sampling. The speed of passing vehicles was generally measured using pneumatic tubes stretched across the road.Results: The survey results indicate that the mean car speed increased by 3.5 km/h when the speed limit increased by 10 km/h on motorways and 2 + 1 roads. Reducing the speed limit by 10 km/h on 2 + 1 roads and rural roads with a speed limit of 110 km/h resulted in a 2 km/h decrease in mean speed. On rural roads where the speed limit was lowered from 90 to 80 km/h, the mean speed decreased by 3.3 km/h. These changes are statistically significant.Conclusions: The present results are in line with previous results indicating an average change in mean speed of approximately 2.5 km/h when the speed limit changes by 10 km/h. The confidence intervals were in most instances fairly small, indicating a sufficiently large number of measurement sites.
Assessing the dynamics of visual feedback training for the adaptation of oculomotor integration in mice
Creators: name: Adam, Aaron
name: Raymond, Jennifer
Publisher: name: Stanford Digital Repository
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Visual Feedback Training
subject: Cerebellum
subject: Dynamics
subject: Neural Integration
subject: Oculomotor Integrator
subject: Purkinje Cell
subject: Optogenetic Inhibition

description: Neural integration is an essential computation that converts transient inputs into extended neural activity, a computation that supports many brain functions, such as motor control and working memory. One specific example is the oculomotor integrator, that is responsible for allowing a subject to hold the eye in a given position for prolonged periods of time to maintain a stable focus on a visual object. Previous work in goldfish has shown that the oculomotor integrator can be adaptively modified using visual feedback. The purpose of this project was to examine the potential for visual feedback training to modify the oculomotor integrator in mice. To investigate this, experimental paradigms were developed using an adaptive visual field around the subject to create conditions in which the dynamics of the oculomotor integrator must be altered to stabilize the images on the retina. The ratio of image velocity to eye position during training (training gain) was varied, as was the range of eye positions around null position that were excluded from training. For all training gains, visual feedback training designed to induce unstable oculomotor integrator behavior was effective at eliciting eye movements to track the visual stimulus during training and inducing a learned increase in the instability of the oculomotor integrator as tested in the dark after training. In contrast, the tracking eye movements and learning induced by leak training were more variable, although there was a trend for the oculomotor integrator to be more leaky after training with several of the gains and null exclusion range values tested. Both leaky and unstable training were most effective for a gain value of 0.75 and a null exclusion range at or below 1.5 degrees. To identify an approach for testing the role of the cerebellum in this type of visual feedback-driven learning, oculomotor learning experiments were conducted in mice expressing ArchT in Purkinje cells. These mice did not show reliable oculomotor learning, even in the absence of illumination to inhibit the Purkinje cells, suggesting that an alternative approach is needed.
Anthropometric Specifications, Development, and Evaluation of EvaRID—A 50th Percentile Female Rear Impact Finite Element Dummy Model
Creators: name: Carlsson, Anna
name: Chang, Fred
name: Lemmen, Paul
name: Kullgren, Anders
name: Kai-Uwe Schmitt
name: Linder, Astrid
name: Svensson, Mats Y.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Science Policy
Biological Sciences
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Neuroscience

description: Objectives: Whiplash-associated disorders (WADs), or whiplash injuries, due to low-severity vehicle crashes are of great concern in motorized countries and it is well established that the risk of such injuries is higher for females than for males, even in similar crash conditions. Recent protective systems have been shown to be more beneficial for males than for females. Hence, there is a need for improved tools to address female WAD prevention when developing and evaluating the performance of whiplash protection systems. The objective of this study is to develop and evaluate a finite element model of a 50th percentile female rear impact crash test dummy.Methods: The anthropometry of the 50th percentile female was specified based on literature data. The model, called EvaRID (female rear impact dummy), was based on the same design concept as the existing 50th percentile male rear impact dummy, the BioRID II. A scaling approach was developed and the first version, EvaRID V1.0, was implemented. Its dynamic response was compared to female volunteer data from rear impact sled tests.Results: The EvaRID V1.0 model and the volunteer tests compared well until ∼250 ms of the head and T1 forward accelerations and rearward linear displacements and of the head rearward angular displacement. Markedly less T1 rearward angular displacement was found for the EvaRID model compared to the female volunteers. Similar results were received for the BioRID II model when comparing simulated responses with experimental data under volunteer loading conditions. The results indicate that the biofidelity of the EvaRID V1.0 and BioRID II FE models have limitations, predominantly in the T1 rearward angular displacement, at low velocity changes (7 km/h). The BioRID II model was validated against dummy test results in a loading range close to consumer test conditions (EuroNCAP) and lower severity levels of volunteer testing were not considered.Conclusions: The EvaRID dummy model demonstrated the potential of becoming a valuable tool when evaluating and developing seats and whiplash protection systems. However, updates of the joint stiffness will be required to provide better correlation at lower load levels. Moreover, the seated posture, curvature of the spine, and head position of 50th percentile female occupants needs to be established and implemented in future models.
NEIGHBOURHOOD RENEWAL AND GOVERNMENT BY COMMUNITY: The Atherton Gardens network
Creators: name: Meredyth, Denise
name: Ewing, Scott
name: Thomas, Julian
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This article reviews the expectations associated with wired community schemes - efforts to bridge the digital divide and promote social cohesion within neighbourhood renewal programmes. Such initiatives exemplify the strengths and limits of neo-liberal modes of government through community. They use community consultation and participation within a managerial technology that persuades people to be self-governing and adapt their aspirations, interests and conduct to accord with the ends of government - in this case, to accord with the aims of neighbourhood renewal programmes. Yet are wired community initiatives best assessed in terms of their capacity to promote community participation and social cohesion? These questions are explored through a central case study: the Reach for the Clouds project based in Atherton Gardens, a high-rise public housing estate in Melbourne, Australia. Initial research suggests that the educational implications of the project will be more significant than its capacity to build community.
Strongly anisotropic spin relaxation revealed by resonant spin amplification in (110) GaAs quantum wells
Creators: name: Griesbeck, Michael
name: Glazov, Mikhail
name: Sherman, E. Ya.
name: Schuh, Dieter
name: Wegscheider, Werner
name: Schüller, Christian
name: Korn, Tobias
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: 530 Physik
subject: 73.61.Ey, 75.40.Gb, 85.75.-d

description: We have studied spin dephasing in a high-mobility two-dimensional electron system confined in a GaAs/AlGaAs quantum well grown in the [110] direction, using the resonant spin amplification (RSA) technique. From the characteristic shape of the RSA spectra, we are able to extract the spin dephasing times (SDTs) for electron spins aligned along the growth direction or within the sample plane, as well as the g factor. We observe a strong anisotropy in the spin dephasing times. While the in-plane SDT remains almost constant as the temperature is varied between 4 and 50 K, the out-of-plane SDT shows a dramatic increase at a temperature of about 25 K and reaches values of about 100 ns. The SDTs at 4 K can be further increased by additional, weak above-barrier illumination. The origin of this unexpected behavior is discussed. The SDT enhancement is attributed to the redistribution of charge carriers between the electron gas and remote donors.
Overview of models of cellular excitability and future perspectives
Creators: name: Herrera-Valdez, Marco
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Biophysics

description: The main properties of the membrane dynamics of many excitable cell can be modeled using a 2-dimensional model. This document contains a quick review of relevant literature and an overview of important characteristics of existing and well established models of transmembrane potential. Special attention is paid to a 2-dimensional reduction of the Hodgkin and Huxley model and the properties that the reduction retains from the original model.The Fitz-Hugh model is briefly reviewed after that, followed by a brief account of modern contributions to the study of cellular excitability using dynamical systems theory are mentioned. The basic steps involved in constructing a unifying core model of excitability are outlined. The generic model can be used to establish explicit relationships between the bifurcation structures in low-dimensional models of excitable cells and their electrophysiological profiles.
Evaluation of New Speed Limits in Sweden: A Sample Survey
Creators: name: Vadeby, Anna
name: Forsman, Åsa
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Engineering

description: Objective: The study sought to estimate changes in actual driving speed occurring after new speed limits were introduced in Sweden's rural road network.Method: The effects of speed limit changes were estimated for 7 groups of roads of different types and initial speed limits. To study the effects on the entire road network and not only at specific road sites, a sampling survey was conducted in which speed was measured at randomly selected sites before and after the speed limit changes. Systematic sampling was used to select sites that were widely distributed geographically, though the analysis treats the data as if the sites were selected by simple random sampling. The speed of passing vehicles was generally measured using pneumatic tubes stretched across the road.Results: The survey results indicate that the mean car speed increased by 3.5 km/h when the speed limit increased by 10 km/h on motorways and 2 + 1 roads. Reducing the speed limit by 10 km/h on 2 + 1 roads and rural roads with a speed limit of 110 km/h resulted in a 2 km/h decrease in mean speed. On rural roads where the speed limit was lowered from 90 to 80 km/h, the mean speed decreased by 3.3 km/h. These changes are statistically significant.Conclusions: The present results are in line with previous results indicating an average change in mean speed of approximately 2.5 km/h when the speed limit changes by 10 km/h. The confidence intervals were in most instances fairly small, indicating a sufficiently large number of measurement sites.
Parental Perceptions of the Learner Driver Log Book System in Two Australian States
Creators: name: Lyndel Bates
name: Watson, Barry
name: King, Mark Johann
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: Science Policy
Information and Computing Sciences
Biological Sciences
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Cell Biology

description: Objective: Though many jurisdictions internationally now require learner drivers to complete a specified number of hours of supervised driving practice before being able to drive unaccompanied, very few require learner drivers to complete a log book to record this practice and then present it to the licensing authority. Learner drivers in most Australian jurisdictions must complete a log book that records their practice, thereby confirming to the licensing authority that they have met the mandated hours of practice requirement. These log books facilitate the management and enforcement of minimum supervised hours of driving requirements.Method: Parents of learner drivers in 2 Australian states, Queensland and New South Wales, completed an online survey assessing a range of factors, including their perceptions of the accuracy of their child's learner log book and the effectiveness of the log book system.Results: The study indicates that the large majority of parents believe that their child's learner log book is accurate. However, they generally report that the log book system is only moderately effective as a system to measure the number of hours of supervised practice a learner driver has completed.Conclusions: The results of this study suggest the presence of a paradox, with many parents possibly believing that others are not as diligent in the use of log books as they are or that the system is too open to misuse. Given that many parents report that their child's log book is accurate, this study has important implications for the development and ongoing monitoring of hours of practice requirements in graduated driver licensing systems.
Ziarah : the GulForce Association pilgrimages to Ambon
Creators: name: Rosenzweig, Paul Anthony
Publisher: name: Charles Darwin University
Year: 2000

description: The Australian 2/21st Battalion Group AIF ('Gull Force') deployed to Ambon in 1941 and, after capitulating, the men were held captive until 1945. Just 347 of 1,161 men survived, and the remains of 694 Gull Force members were interred within Ambon War Cemetery. Bill Jinkins' escape from Ambon and its facilitation by the Gaspersz family are central to an understanding of the Gull Force Association Pilgrimage, initiated by Jinkins in 1967. This thesis reveals that the Pilgrimage did not commence for two decades after the war due to attitudes in Australia and security issues in Indonesia. Primarily, permission to conduct any form of commemoration on Ambon was denied through a coincidence of dates- April 25th, Anzac Day to Australians, being the anniversary of the proclamation of the South Moluccan Republic in 1950. The Pilgrimage format is detailed, the 'Doolan Memorial' controversy is analysed, and the Pilgrimage's success is identified in a Medical Aid Programme and scholarship scheme. It is proposed that the particular success of this Pilgrimage has its basis in pela, a uniquely Moluccan tradition of co-operative alliance similar to the Australian 'mateship' concept. The Pilgrimage is seen to have served key psychological processes by giving survivors an opportunity to grieve which was denied during wartime, by allowing both initiation and finalisation of the grieving process, by developing unity within Gull Force Association, and by directing veterans' energies into a form defined as 'Sustainable Remembrance'. Finally, concern is expressed that increased official involvement may alter the nature of the Pilgrimage. It is also considered that a combined Pilgrimage might effect some form of reconciliation between Australian and Japanese veterans or their families. It is recommended that a broader membership base for Gull Force Association will be vital to the perpetuation of this Ambonese-Australian pela relationship and the Pilgrimage itself.
Review of Confinement Requirements for the Seismic Design of Rectangular RC Walls in Australia
Creators: name: Menegon, Scott
name: Wilson, John
name: Lam, Nelson T. K.
name: Gad, Emad
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The majority of low, mid and high-rise buildings in Australia are RC wall buildings, which rely on walls or building cores as the primary lateral load resisting system. The seismic design approach in Australia, like many regions of lower seismicity, typically consists of undertaking a force-based equivalent static or pseudo dynamic analysis method, where inelastic behaviour of the building is indirectly accounted for using force-reduction factors. The force-reduction factors are used to reduce the seismic design actions the structure is designed for under the premise that the earthquake forces acting on the structure are predominantly resisted by inelastic responding elements in the structural system (i.e. strength is being traded for ductility). The Australian standard for concrete structures, AS 3600 provides prescriptive detailing requirements, which if adhered to, should allow a structure to have the required amount of inelastic capacity assumed in the design. This paper will initially provide a summary of the boundary element detailing requirements (i.e. confinement steel) in the new 2018 edition of AS 3600. This is followed by a parametric study that was undertaken to assess the effectiveness of confinement reinforcement in RC walls typical of Australian construction practices. The results of the parametric study are then discussed with reference to a series of AS 3600 compliant boundary element reference examples that were developed. The paper concludes with a general discussion on the role of boundary elements and the effectiveness of confinement steel in the context of limited ductile and moderately ductile wall design.
Anthropometric Specifications, Development, and Evaluation of EvaRID—A 50th Percentile Female Rear Impact Finite Element Dummy Model
Creators: name: Carlsson, Anna
name: Chang, Fred
name: Lemmen, Paul
name: Kullgren, Anders
name: Kai-Uwe Schmitt
name: Linder, Astrid
name: Svensson, Mats Y.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: Science Policy
Biological Sciences
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Neuroscience

description: Objectives: Whiplash-associated disorders (WADs), or whiplash injuries, due to low-severity vehicle crashes are of great concern in motorized countries and it is well established that the risk of such injuries is higher for females than for males, even in similar crash conditions. Recent protective systems have been shown to be more beneficial for males than for females. Hence, there is a need for improved tools to address female WAD prevention when developing and evaluating the performance of whiplash protection systems. The objective of this study is to develop and evaluate a finite element model of a 50th percentile female rear impact crash test dummy.Methods: The anthropometry of the 50th percentile female was specified based on literature data. The model, called EvaRID (female rear impact dummy), was based on the same design concept as the existing 50th percentile male rear impact dummy, the BioRID II. A scaling approach was developed and the first version, EvaRID V1.0, was implemented. Its dynamic response was compared to female volunteer data from rear impact sled tests.Results: The EvaRID V1.0 model and the volunteer tests compared well until ∼250 ms of the head and T1 forward accelerations and rearward linear displacements and of the head rearward angular displacement. Markedly less T1 rearward angular displacement was found for the EvaRID model compared to the female volunteers. Similar results were received for the BioRID II model when comparing simulated responses with experimental data under volunteer loading conditions. The results indicate that the biofidelity of the EvaRID V1.0 and BioRID II FE models have limitations, predominantly in the T1 rearward angular displacement, at low velocity changes (7 km/h). The BioRID II model was validated against dummy test results in a loading range close to consumer test conditions (EuroNCAP) and lower severity levels of volunteer testing were not considered.Conclusions: The EvaRID dummy model demonstrated the potential of becoming a valuable tool when evaluating and developing seats and whiplash protection systems. However, updates of the joint stiffness will be required to provide better correlation at lower load levels. Moreover, the seated posture, curvature of the spine, and head position of 50th percentile female occupants needs to be established and implemented in future models.
Harmonic and subharmonic waves on the surface of a vibrated liquid drop
Creators: name: Maksymov, Ivan
name: Pototskyy, Andriy
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 4012
subject: Fluid mechanics and thermal engineering
classificationCode: 4901
subject: Applied mathematics

description: Liquid drops and vibrations are ubiquitous in both everyday life and technology, and their combination can often result in fascinating physical phenomena opening up intriguing opportunities for practical applications in biology, medicine, chemistry, and photonics. Here we study, theoretically and experimentally, the response of pancake-shaped liquid drops supported by a solid plate that vertically vibrates at a single, low acoustic range frequency. When the vibration amplitudes are small, the primary response of the drop is harmonic at the frequency of the vibration. However, as the amplitude increases, the half-frequency subharmonic Faraday waves are excited parametrically on the drop surface. We develop a simple hydrodynamic model of a one-dimensional liquid drop to analytically determine the amplitudes of the harmonic and the first superharmonic components of the linear response of the drop. In the nonlinear regime, our numerical analysis reveals an intriguing cascade of instabilities leading to the onset of subharmonic Faraday waves, their modulation instability, and chaotic regimes with broadband power spectra. We show that the nonlinear response is highly sensitive to the ratio of the drop size and Faraday wavelength. The primary bifurcation of the harmonic waves is shown to be dominated by a period-doubling bifurcation, when the drop height is comparable with the width of the viscous boundary layer. Experimental results conducted using low-viscosity ethanol and high-viscocity canola oil drops vibrated at 70Hz are in qualitative agreement with the predictions of our modeling.
Physiological transmembrane transport from thermodynamic and kinetic principles: a unifying theory
Creators: name: Herrera-Valdez, Marco
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Biophysics

description: Electrical signaling is one of the many functions performed by excitable cells, enabling fast, and in some cases, long-range coordination between different networks of cells. In turn, the electrical properties of cells depend on ionic transport. When ionic transport occurs across the membrane, it is mediated by proteins that either facilitate diffusion, or mechanically translocate ions against the electrochemical gradient that acts upon them. Transmembrane transport has been included in many models of membrane potential. However, the fluxes involved have been expressed in many functional forms not always including the same elements (eg. membrane potential, ionic concentrations of ions across the membrane, temperature, and other factors).
Het onderwijsachterstandenbeleid onderzocht. Werkt het zoals bedoeld?
Creators: name: Ledoux, Guuske
name: Roeleveld, Jaap
name: Veen, Annemiek
name: Karssen, M.
name: Van Daalen, M.
name: Blok, Henk
name: Kuijper, E.
name: Dikkers, L.
name: Mulder, Lia
name: Fettelaar, Daan
name: Driessen, Geert
Publisher: name: Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Year: 2015
Subjects: onderwijsachterstandenbeleid

description: Bestrijding van onderwijsachterstanden is sinds decennia een belangrijk onderdeel vanhet overheidsbeleid, vooral in het basisonderwijs en – steeds meer - in de voorschoolseperiode. In de loop van de tijd heeft het onderwijsachterstandenbeleid wisselende accentengekregen en zijn er verschillende nieuwe beleidsinstrumenten ingezet. Het beleidis vanaf het begin vergezeld geweest van onderzoek, de laatste jaren vooral in opdrachtvan de BOPO1. In de periode 2009-2012 lag in dit onderzoek een belangrijk accent opvoor- en vroegschoolse Educatie (VVE), met thema’s als de regierol van gemeenten enbesturen, de kwaliteit van peuterspeelzalen en kinderopvanginstellingen, de aansluitingtussen voor- en vroegschoolse educatie en de effecten van VVE op de ontwikkeling vankleuters. Daarnaast is onderzoek gedaan naar effecten van wijzigingen in de gewichtenregeling,naar prestaties en loopbanen van leerlingen uit achterstandsgroepen in hetprimair en het voortgezet onderwijs en naar onbenut talent.In de periode 2013-2014 zijn door het Kohnstamm Instituut en het ITS opnieuw enkelethema’s uit het onderwijsachterstandenbeleid onderzocht, in vijf onderzoeksprojecten,rond nieuwe vragen over zowel het VVE-beleid als het beleid binnen het basisonderwijs.Deze brochure bevat hiervan de uitkomsten. Van elk onderzoeksproject geven we eensamenvatting en bespreken we de resultaten. Aan het eind reflecteren we op overkoepelendebevindingen en op wat dit betekent voor het beleid, nationaal en lokaal. Maar eerstworden de vragen waar dit onderzoek zich op heeft gericht toegelicht.
Transitioning users into contributing developers
Creators: name: Brice, John
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Library and Information Studies
subject: FOS: Media and communications

description: Using Meadville Public Library this short article describes how a small rural public library went form no knowledge of Open Source Software to be able to develop and distribute its own Open Source Software projects.
Characterization of a rationally engineered nitric oxide, nitrate and nitrite biosensor linked to a hybrid bacterial-­mammalian promoter
Creators: name: Dobson, Rachel
name: Edwards­Hicks, Joy
name: Gritton, Russell
name: Harnisch, Lukas
name: Pascoe Harvey
name: Lo, Rebecca
name: Ouadi, Khadija
name: Kelwick, Richard
name: Bowater, Richard
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Synthetic biology is principally concerned with the rational design and engineering of biological systems that serve useful applied purposes. Biosensors are of particular interest to the field since they serve a broad array of applications, such as medical devices, environmental sensors for the detection of contaminants, toxins or pathogens or in metabolic engineering, to monitor product formation. In this study, we describe the characterization of a family of four nitric oxide, nitrate and nitrite whole­cell biosensors that are based upon a hybrid bacterial­-mammalian promoter design. The hybrid­ design of the synthetic promoter has been engineered for the detection of these nitrogenous species across both bacterial (Escherichia coli) and mammalian systems (MCF­-7). As such, these biosensors may be useful across applications as diverse as cancer therapeutics and the agricultural monitoring of nitrates and nitrites in fertiliser­ treated soil. Qualitative and quantitative analysis of these biosensors in E. coli confirmed that all four biosensor designs (termed B­M_eCFP, B­M_mRFP, M­B_eCFP and M­B_mRFP) were able to quantitatively detect 5-­20 mM of potassium nitrate. In summary, these pilot data suggest that, with further characterisation, this family of biosensors will be able to assess nitrogenous species present within both bacterial (E. coli) and mammalian systems (MCF­7).
Spectroscopic and structural properties of complexes of 3,3′-bis(2-benzimidazolyl)-2,2′-bipyridine with copper(I) and silver(I)
Creators: name: Şengül, Abdurrahman
name: Kurt, Özgür
name: Adler, Philip David Felix
name: Coles, Simon J.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The pseudo-tetrahedral complexes [CuL2]PF6·7H2O·CH3OH (1) and [AgL2]CF3SO3·H2O (2) (L = 3,3′-bis(2-benzimidazolyl)-2,2′-bipyridine) have been synthesized and characterized through crystal structure analyses, electrochemistry, and spectroscopic methods. X-ray structural analyses of 1 and 2 indicate that sterically constrained N4 ligands L are cis and behave as bidentate chelates to a single metal ion in a pseudo-tetrahedral fashion through the benzimidazole. As two benzimidazolyl rings exhibit considerable steric hindrance, the bipyridine unit of L remains uncoordinated. The pseudo-tetrahedral cation [CuL2]+ shows a quasi-reversible CuI/CuII oxidation–reduction wave in the CV in DMF (counter-ion PF6−). The fluorescence titration of L with copper(I), silver(I), and also with pH have been conducted to examine the selectivity. The ligand shows remarkably high selectivity and sensitivity for Ag(I).
Innovation capability and its impact on firm performance
Creators: name: Terziovski, Mile
name: Samson, Danny
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The paper tests several hypotheses within a Best Innovation Management (BIM) model using quantitative data, gathered from a large random sample in a mail survey of companies in the Australian manufacturing, services, construction, and software sectors. A total of 220 responses were obtained, which represents a response rate of 15 per cent. Our results revealed that three factors explain 42 per cent of the variation in innovation performance: Leadership and Strategy; Innovation Capability and New Product Development. E-Commerce and Sustainable Development Orientation were significantly associated with innovation performance. However, the two constructs were not significant differentiators between high and low innovating organisations. The research findings have significant implications for managers by providing an in-depth understanding of key evidence on how to create innovation driven companies.
The New Zealand lifestyle entrepreneur
Creators: name: Maritz, Alex
name: Beaver, Bob
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The New Zealand lifestyle entrepreneur is an opportunity based entrepreneur, opting for work-life balance versus wealth creation. They rank greater independence as a primary motive for creating and developing new business ventures. Wealth creation is seen as a secondary motive, despite a strong desire to profit from new ventures. This study introduces a two-tiered research focus on lifestyle entrepreneurs; incorporating GEM (2005) data and empirical analysis from the Thompson (2002) entrepreneurial character theme questionnaire. Findings are indicative of a predominant desire for greater independence, correlated to character themes such as woo, relator, developer and time focus. Implications include recommendations to synergise the independence motive with wealth creation by enabling the leadership associations in New Zealand entrepreneurs.
MPEC 2025-E55 : 2025 EM
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2025 EM

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Quantitative evaluation of interaction force of fibrinogen at well-defined surfaces with various structures
Creators: name: Weixin Chen
name: Inoue, Yuuki
name: Ishihara, Kazuhiko
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: 60506 Virology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Hematology
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Physiology
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Microbiology
subject: Physics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Biophysics

description: The effects of functional groups and structures at the surface of biomaterials on protein adsorption were examined using direct interaction force measurements. Three kinds of surface structures were evaluated: polymer brushes, self-assembled monolayers with low molecular weight compounds, and surfaces with conventional polymer coatings. These surfaces had various functional groups including phosphorylcholine (PC) group. The surface characterization demonstrated that surface wettability and flexibility depended on both the structure of the surface and the functional groups at the surface. The interactions of protein with these surfaces were evaluated by a force vs. distance curve using an atomic force microscope (AFM). We used fibrinogen as the protein, and the fibrinogen was immobilized on the surface of the AFM cantilever by a conventional technique. It was observed that the interaction force of fibrinogen was strongly related to surface hydrophobic nature and flexibility. That is, the interaction force increased with the increasing hydrophobic nature of the surface. The relationship between the amount of fibrinogen adsorbed on the surface and the interaction force showed good correlation in the range of fibrinogen adsorption from 0 to 250 ng/cm2, that is, in a monolayered adsorption region. The interaction force decreased with increasing surface viscoelasticity. The most effective surface for preventing fibrinogen adsorption was the polymer brush surface with phosphorylcholine (PC) groups, that is, poly(2-methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine) brush. The interaction force of this sample was less than 0.1 nN and the amount of fibrinogen adsorbed on the surface was minimal. It was found that the evaluation of protein adsorption based on the interaction force measurement is useful for low-protein adsorption surfaces. It was demonstrated that an extremely hydrophilic and flexible surface could weaken the protein interactions at the surface, resulting in greater resistance to protein adsorption.
Solid and solution study of tetranuclear zinc citrates with N-donor chelates
Creators: name: Zhou, Xin-Wen
name: Du, Juan-Juan
name: Shu-Zhang Xiao
name: Ye, Dou
name: Dong, Wen-Wen
name: An, Dong
name: Zhang, Rong-Hua
name: Zhou, Zhao-Hui
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: Tetranuclear zinc(II) citrates with N-heterocycle ligand, [Zn4(Hcit)2(phen)4(H2O)4]·2NO3·10H2O (1) and [Zn4(Hcit)2(bpy)4(H2O)6]·2NO3·12H2O (2) (H4cit = citric acid, phen = 1,10-phenanthroline, bpy = 2,2′-bipyridine), were synthesized from aqueous solution and characterized by Infrared, Powder X-ray diffraction, fluorescence spectra, and X-ray structural analyses. Complexes 1 and 2 are centrosymmetric tetranuclear species with two crystallographically independent Zn(II) ions, which display different coordination geometries, while the citrate ligand shows similar coordination modes and bridges three different Zn ions. In 1, the Zn1 is five-coordinate by three oxygens from two citrates and two nitrogens from phen. There exist weak interactions between Zn1 and O4a atom of β-carboxy group of citrate (Zn1⋯O4a = 2.895 Å). Zn2 is six-coordinate by two oxygens from one citrate, two nitrogens from phen, and two water molecules. Zn1 and Zn2 are bridged by one citrate to form a dinuclear unit, which is further extended to a tetranuclear unit. In 2, two citrates bridge two pairs of symmetry-related Zn(II) ions into a tetranuclear unit. The structural analyses of 1 and 2 indicate that different tetranuclear species are caused by arrangement of citrates with different steric hindrance of N-chelates. 1H and 13C NMR spectra indicate that 2 remains coordinated in D2O. Moreover, both 1 and 2 show strong fluorescent emission in dilute solution and solid state.
Artemisia annua as a possible contraceptive agent: a clue from mammalian rat model
Creators: name: Abolaji, Amos O.
name: Mbeh U. Eteng
name: Ebong, Patrick E.
name: Ahsana Dar
name: Farombi, Ebenezer O.
name: M. Iqbal Choudhary
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Cell Biology

description: In a previous study, we evaluated the maternal and fetal safety of antimalarial herb Artemisia annua with artemisinin yield of 1.09%. Here, we attempted to ascertain the contraceptive claim of A. annua. Sexually matured female Wistar rats (180–220 g) were allotted into four study groups of six rats each. The control group received normal saline, while the A. annua-treated groups received 100, 200 and 300 mg/kg of A. annua for 2 weeks, followed by mating with proven fertile males (1:1). The rats were allowed to carry the pregnancy to term. At birth and weaning periods, selected reproductive outcome and fertility indices were determined. The results showed that A. annua significantly reduced litter size, reproductive outcome and fertility indices compared with the control (p A. annua could serve as a prospective contraceptive agent in addition to its antimalarial activity.