cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Evaluating and Addressing the Special Collections Needs of Rhetoric and Composition Instructors in University First-Year Writing Programs
Creators: name: Kennedy, Caitlin
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2019

description: This research considers the role of collaboration in library instruction and archival pedagogy for first-year undergraduate students. To move beyond the archival orientation and one-shot instruction session, special collections librarians must work proactively with instructors to develop assignments, plan and deliver lessons, and measure student learning outcomes. They must also consider and counteract significant barriers to archival research, such as lack of representation and accessibility in the archives. Based on seven interviews with faculty and graduate student instructors in UNC’s First-Year Writing Program, this research considers the possibilities and challenges of curriculum co-development and other instructional collaborations between special collections librarians and rhetoric and composition instructors. It also analyzes instructors’ responses to a set of digital learning modules that were created specifically to facilitate archival pedagogy within the curriculum and learning context of the First-Year Writing Program.
Assessment of the prevalence and risk factors of low back pain in operating room health workers: An observational study in Italy
Creators: name: Brauneis, Stefano
name: Sorrentino, Enza
name: Di Lisa, Vincenza
name: Galluccio, Gabriella
name: Piras, Barbara
name: Carella, Francesca
name: Palozzi, Edoardo
name: Generali, Carmela
name: Maggiacomo, Simona
name: D’Aurelio, Silvia
name: Backhaus, Insa
name: La Torre, Filippo
name: Villani, Ciro
name: La Torre, Giuseppe
Publisher: name: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH)
Year: 2021

description: Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of low back pain (LBP) among health professionals and the possible risk factors. Methods: The study was carried out from April 2018 to October 2018 among all health workers of the Orthopaedic Clinic and the Emergency Department of “Policlinico Umberto I” in Rome. LBP was assessed using the Nordic Questionnaire Musculoskeletal Disorders in the section on lumbar pain. The type of physical activity carried out as prevention was investigated by use of the International Physical Activity Questionnaires. The overall state of health and lifestyle was deter- mined by the Short Form 12-item Health Survey. Job satisfaction and perceived work stress were assessed through the 15-questions of Karasek’s Questionnaire. The intensity of the low back pain was assessed using a Numerical Rating Scale. A univariate analysis was conducted to assess the associations between socio-demographic and working variables. Multiple logistic regression mod- els were used to assess independent correlates of LBP. Results: One hundred thirteen subjects were enrolled, 52 women and 61 men. The annual period- prevalence of lumbar musculoskeletal disorder was found on 79.6% of participants with LBP. Mean value evidence of NRS was 2.66. The highest LBP risk over the 12 months was found in groups with high job demand (OR = 1.18; 95%CI: 1.01 – 1.38), low decision-making opportunities (for decision latitude OR = 0.87; (0-76 – 1.0), and low levels of physical activity (OR = 0.75; 95%CI: 0.64 – 0.89). Conclusion: The working environment is a potential risk factor for the development of LBP and is suitable for prevention programmes. The protective effect of physical activity and work-related stress management indicate room for improvements for the prevention of LBP in these HCWs. Conflicts of interest: None declared.
description: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH), Volume XVI, 2021
Analyzing the Trends in Prescription Opioid for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population
Creators: name: Chandrasekaran, Kirubanand
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2019

description: As per the National Institute of Drug Abuse, more Americans die every day from opioid overdose. The problem of obtaining opioids through non-illicit prescriptions (obtained through doctor-patient relationship) is rarely discussed. This project analyses the increase in opioid recommendation in the U.S. population by analyzing the datasets provided by Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS). The survey data is analyzed for patterns and documented in the form of workflow. This project also aims at creating a predictive model with independent variables to identify the likelihood of opioid addiction.
title: Decatungstate-catalyzed radical disulfuration through direct C-H functionalization for the preparation of unsymmetrical disulfides
Creators: name: Zhang, Jingjing
name: Studer, Armido
Publisher: name: University of Muenster, Institutional Repository MIAMI
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 547 Organic chemistry

description: Unsymmetrical disulfides are widely found in the areas of food chemistry, pharmaceutical industry, chemical biology and polymer science. Due the importance of such disulfides in various fields, general methods for the nondirected intermolecular disulfuration of C-H bonds are highly desirable. In this work, the conversion of aliphatic C(sp3)-H bonds and aldehydic C(sp2)-H bonds into the corresponding C-SS bonds with tetrasulfides (RSSSSR) as radical disulfuration reagents is reported. The decatungstate anion ([W10O32]4−) as photocatalyst is used for C-radical generation via intermolecular hydrogen atom transfer in combination with cheap sodium persulfate (Na2S2O8) as oxidant. Herein a series of valuable acyl alkyl disulfides, important precursors for the generation of RSS-anions, and unsymmetrical dialkyl disulfides are synthesized using this direct approach. To demonstrate the potential of the method for late-stage functionalization, approved drugs and natural products were successfully C-H functionalized.
description: Finanziert über die DEAL-Vereinbarung mit Wiley 2019-2022.
Prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in Albania
Creators: name: Tafa, Holta
name: Mema, Donika
name: Mezini, Arian
name: Nikolla, Jolanda
name: Teferici, Alma
name: Todri, Dafina
name: Burazeri, Genc
name: Hafizi, Hasan
Publisher: name: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH)
Year: 2021

description: Aim: The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of COPD and its associated factors among adults in Albania. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted in Albania in 2013-14. A nation-wide representative sample of 1200 adults aged ≥40 years was selected using multistage cluster sampling technique. All participants were interviewed about socio-demographic characteristics, respiratory symptoms, smoking status and clinical characteristics. Spirometry was performed according to standard methods. COPD was defined as post-bronchodilator FEV1/FVC ratio <70% predicted. Results: Of the 1200 adults invited to participate, 939 adults or 78% (467 men and 472 women) were eligible for the study. The overall COPD prevalence (GOLD stage 1 or higher) was 12.4%; it was higher in men (17.4%) than in women (7.7%). Using Lower Limit of Normal (LLN), the prevalence of COPD was 9.9%, again higher in men (13.2%) than women (6.6%). The prevalence of doctor-diagnosed COPD was 1.3% (1.9% in men, 0.6 % in women). Male sex, smoking and increasing age were significantly associated with COPD diagnosis. Conclusion: The overall prevalence of COPD in Albania was 9.9% using BOLD standards. Smoking and increasing age were the main risk factors for COPD. The study highlights the importance of raising awareness of COPD among health professionals. Conflicts of interest: None declared.
description: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH), Volume XV, 2020
Delay optimization in LoRaWAN by employing adaptive scheduling algorithm with unsupervised learning
Creators: name: Ali, Zulfiqar
name: Qureshi, Kashif Naseer
name: Sami Al-Shamayleh, Ahmad
name: Akhunzada, Adnan
name: Raza, Aadil
name: Fashih Uddin Butt, Muhammad
Publisher: name: University of Limerick
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 40
subject: Engineering

description: Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) technologies have been exponentially growing because of the tremendous growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) devices across the globe. Several LPWAN technologies have been utilized by the researchers to address certain issues like increased number of collisions, retransmissions, delay, and energy consumption. However, Long Range Wide Area Network (LoRaWAN) is the most suitable and attractive technology in terms of delay optimization, low cost and efficient energy consumption. The main issue which arises in LoRaWAN is because of its high packet drop rate due to collision. The reason behind this packet drop rate is the MAC scheme known as Pure Aloha used by LoRaWAN for the transmission of the frames. Long Range (LoRa) End Devices (EDs) initiate communication with Pure Aloha that leads to a high number of retransmissions. These retransmissions further enhance the delay in LoRa networks. This paper aims to optimize the delay in LoRaWAN by using an Adaptive Scheduling Algorithm (ASA) with an unsupervised probabilistic approach called Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM). By using ASA with GMM, the retransmissions are reduced which optimizes the delay in LoRaWAN. The results show that in our approach, Packet Collision Rate (PCR) is reduced by 39% as compared to conventional LoRaWAN. In addition, the Packet Success Ratio (PSR) is also increased by 39% as compared to the conventional LoRaWAN and Dynamic Priority Scheduling Technique (PST). Further, the delay is optimized by 91% and 79%. This research could be effective for the environments where the critical data of patients need to be sent with optimised retransmissions and minimum delay towards gateways.
On-chip artificial magnon-polariton device for voltage control of electromagnetically induced transparency
Creators: name: Kaur, S.
name: Yao, B. M.
name: Gui, Y. S.
name: Hu, C. -M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We demonstrate an on-chip device utilizing the concept of artificial cavity magnon-polariton (CMP) coupling between the microwave cavity mode and the dynamics of the artificial magnetism in a split ring resonator. This on-chip device allows the easy tuning of the artificial CMP gap by using a DC voltage signal, which enables tuneable electrodynamically induced transparency. The high tunability of the artificial magnon-polariton system not only enables the study of the characteristic phenomena associated with distinct coupling regimes, but also may open up avenues for designing novel microwave devices and ultra-sensitive sensors.
March for Archives: An Examination of Five Different Institutions and Their Collecting Efforts of Material from the March for Our Lives protests
Creators: name: Wilson, Hayley
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2019

description: This study describes the collecting efforts by five different institutions across the United States of material from the March for Our Lives protests that took place in March of 2018. Interviews were conducted with staff at each of the following institutions: The North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Nashville Public Library’s Special Collections, University of Southern California’s Special Collections, Parkland Historical Society in Parkland, Florida and a government archive in Florida. The interviews highlighted how limited resources such as lack of funding and staff effect the ways in which institutions are collecting material from protests and current events across the country, the different types of material that is being collected, the manner in which these items are accessioned as well as the appraisal criteria. These findings can help archivists, historians, librarians and other information professionals better understand the variety of issues that exist regarding collecting from protest movements.
The effect of acute resistance training on inflammation in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Rose, Grace
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine and Health Sciences

description: This review investigates the effect of resistance training on the acute inflammatory response (immediately pre- compared to post-exercise). The inflammatory cascade is independently associated with the occurrence and progression of insulin resistance, atherosclerosis, neurodegeneration and tumour growth. These factors constitute the primary pathophysiology of the most pervasive chronic conditions of the developed world, such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, dementia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Whilst a state of chronic, low-grade inflammation is expected to be involved in the pathogenesis of chronic disease, acute inflammation (pulsatile increases) promotes promotes tissue regeneration and an anti-inflammatory cascade to reduce chronic cytokine elevation. Therefore, the acute inflammatory response may be a primary prevention strategy against chronic diseases with the most wide-spread effects.
Women in Montenegro exhibit a high degree of happiness and life satisfaction: Data from the Multiple Independent Cluster Survey 2018
Creators: name: Ljaljevic, Agima
name: Wenzel, Helmut
name: Laaser, Ulrich
Publisher: name: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH)
Year: 2021

description: Aim: Montenegrin government is increasingly aware of the key role of women in the society and attempts to improve social cohesion among Montenegrin people. Precondition is a high degree of life satisfaction and happiness. Methods: We used the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) of 2018 to analyse the distribution and interaction of 22 potential determinants out of 383 variables available. The participation rate was 77.7 or 2,276 women aged 15-49 years out of 2,928 invited. As data quality turned out to be limited, we employed a data mining approach, i.e. an interactive Classification and Regression Tree (C&RT). Happiness was measured ranging from very happy to very unhappy on a categorical scale of 5 steps Results: Of all Montenegrin women 70.7% declared themselves as very happy. Likewise, a 10-point scale of life satisfaction classifies 82.0% of the sample in the top ranks 8-10. Furthermore, 73.6% of the women expect the next year to be even better. Wealth, younger age, and marriage or living in union determine the status of happiness. Conclusion: Women in Montenegro exhibit a high degree of self-reported happiness and life satisfaction. Montenegrin policies should continue to support the role of women in the society. Conflicts of interest: None declared.
description: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH), Volume XV, 2020
A Decision Support Tool for Assessing the Maturity of Software Product Line Process
Creators: name: Ahmed, Faheem
name: Capretz, Luiz Fernando
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Software Engineering (cs.SE)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The software product line aims at the effective utilization of software assets, reducing the time required to deliver a product, improving the quality, and decreasing the cost of software products. Organizations trying to incorporate this concept require an approach to assess the current maturity level of the software product line process in order to make management decisions. A decision support tool for assessing the maturity of the software product line process is developed to implement the fuzzy logic approach, which handles the imprecise and uncertain nature of software process variables. The proposed tool can be used to assess the process maturity level of a software product line. Such knowledge will enable an organization to make crucial management decisions. Four case studies were conducted to validate the tool, and the results of the studies show that the software product line decision support tool provides a direct mechanism to evaluate the current software product line process maturity level within an organization.
title: Illuminating the interactions between ideologies, academic subjectivities, and practices in a hybrid graded/gradeless learning environment
title: An ethnographic study deploying the practice lens
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Ragupathi, Kiruthika
Publisher: name: Lancaster University
Year: 2022

description: This thesis examines the relationships between educational ideologies, the conceptualisation and enactment of practices, the factors and structures conditioning practices and academic subjectivities in nine course-sites within a hybrid graded/gradeless education (HGLE) context at a large research-intensive public university in Singapore. The study adopts a practice-based ethnographic approach and draws rich, varied data from participant observations, dialogic interviews, focus group discussions, artistic representations, and artefacts. Social practice theory (SPT) is applied within the research, composed of Schatzki’s site ontology and Trowler’s analytical construct of Teaching and Learning Regimes (TLR). The study investigates how the site-based social practices are constituted and conditioned in actuality through Sedlačko’s four-part methodology. The study has established six overarching findings within a HGLE context: 1) the partial approach to gradelessness did not demand a significant change in the choice of practices but necessitated a change in conceptualisation and enactment of practices; 2) workgroup communities, structures and interactions impact the conceptualisation and enactment of practices but this impact is moderated by an individual’s agentic and ideological positionings; 3) individual agency and ideological positionings play a key role in how practices are enacted; 4) practices are enmeshed with each course-site’s practice architectures, and thus ‘sayings, doings, and relatings’ of a practice draw on the cultural-discursive, material, and social arrangements that exist within or brought into the course site to make a practice possible; 5) practices are interconnected and inter-related, and so learning in and across practices occurs; 6) no definitive validated approach to effective practice exist and are generally determined by significant moments of TLR that operate within specific contexts. A model mapping tool is developed to capture the ecologies of practices—the intended, experienced, and enacted practices—alongside the significant TLR moments. The model is aimed at informing and supporting reflexive teaching and academic development.
Collection Analysis of Sex Education Print Materials in North Carolina Public Libraries
Creators: name: Osborne, William
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2019

description: Sex education print materials serve an important function in public libraries, as they provide youth with a safe, confidential way to obtain information regarding sexual health and behavior. However, public libraries have faced challenges developing these collections. This study compiles a checklist of sex education titles recommended by professional sources. Public library collections in North Carolina are selected through purposive sampling to account for library size and geographic region; titles from the checklist are searched for in these collections via electronic catalog. Results reveal that little uniformity exists between sex education collections in North Carolina public libraries, with no apparent correlation between collected recommended titles and collection size or regional location.
title: DGGV-Factsheet - Aktuelle Entwicklungen im Bereich der nationalen und internationalen Rohstoffsicherung
Creators: name:  Buchholz ,   Peter
name:  Kolb ,   Jochen
name:  Hilgers ,   Christoph
Publisher: name: Deutsche Geologische Gesellschaft - Geologische Vereinigung e.V. (DGGV)
Year: 2021

description: DGGV-Factsheet Aktuelle Entwicklungen im Bereich der nationalen und internationalen Rohstoffsicherung
Anisotropic matching principle for the hydrodynamics expansion
Creators: name: Tinti, Leonardo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Following the recent success of anisotropic hydrodynamics we propose a new, general prescription for the hydrodynamics expansion around an anisotropic background. The anisotropic distribution is fixing exactly the complete energy-momentum tensor, just like the effective temperature is fixing the proper energy density in the ordinary expansion around local equilibrium. This means that momen- tum anisotropies are already included at the leading order, allowing for large pressure anisotropies without the need of a next to leading order treatment. The first moment of the Boltzmann equation (local four-momentum conservation) provides the time evolution of the proper energy density and the four velocity. Differently from previous prescriptions, the dynamic equations for the pressure corrections are not derived from the zeroth or second moment of the Boltzmann equation, but they are taken directly from the exact evolution given by the Boltzmann equation. We check the effec- tiveness of this new approach by matching with the exact solution of the Boltzmann equation in the Bjorken limit with the collisional kernel treated in relaxation time approximation, finding an unprecedented agreement.
Clues on Software Engineers Learning Styles
Creators: name: Capretz, Luiz Fernando
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Software Engineering (cs.SE)
subject: Computers and Society (cs.CY)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) has proved to be a useful instrument for understanding student learning preferences and has enable comparisons of the learning preferences for various personality types. Regarding learning styles, there is no one best combination of characteristics, since each preference has its own advantages and disadvantages. Therefore, it is a fallacy to think that professors can devise a single teaching technique that would always appeal to all students at the same time. The ideas presented in this paper have been taken into account in two 4th year courses, named Software Requirements and Software Design in which the students develop their capstone projects. The results of this investigation may help college instructors to understanding the preferred leaning style of software engineers.
Mesoangioblasts at 20: From the embryonic aorta to the patient bed.
Creators: name: Cossu, Giulio
name: Tonlorenzi, Rossana
name: Brunelli, Silvia
name: Sampaolesi, Maurilio
name: Messina, Graziella
name: Azzoni, Emanuele
name: Benedetti, Sara
name: Biressi, Stefano
name: Bonfanti, Chiara
name: Bragg, Laricia
name: Camps, Jordi
name: Cappellari, Ornella
name: Cassano, Marco
name: Ciceri, Fabio
name: Coletta, Marcello
name: Covarello, Diego
name: Crippa, Stefania
name: Angelis, M Gabriella Cusella-De
name: De Angelis, Luciana
name: Dellavalle, Arianna
name: Diaz-Manera, Jordi
name: Galli, Daniela
name: Galli, Francesco
name: Gargioli, Cesare
name: Gerli, Mattia FM
name: Giacomazzi, Giorgia
name: Galvez, Beatriz G
name: Hoshiya, Hidetoshi
name: Guttinger, Maria
name: Innocenzi, Anna
name: Minasi, M Giulia
name: Perani, Laura
name: Previtali, Stefano C
name: Quattrocelli, Mattia
name: Ragazzi, Martina
name: Roostalu, Urmas
name: Rossi, Giuliana
name: Scardigli, Raffaella
name: Sirabella, Dario
name: Tedesco, Francesco Saverio
name: Torrente, Yvan
name: Ugarte, Gonzalo
Publisher: name: The Francis Crick Institute
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Neurosciences
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Human Biology & Physiology
subject: Microfabrication & Bioengineering
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Stem Cells

description: In 2002 we published an article describing a population of vessel-associated progenitors that we termed mesoangioblasts (MABs). During the past decade evidence had accumulated that during muscle development and regeneration things may be more complex than a simple sequence of binary choices (e.g., dorsal vs. ventral somite). LacZ expressing fibroblasts could fuse with unlabelled myoblasts but not among themselves or with other cell types. Bone marrow derived, circulating progenitors were able to participate in muscle regeneration, though in very small percentage. Searching for the embryonic origin of these progenitors, we identified them as originating at least in part from the embryonic aorta and, at later stages, from the microvasculature of skeletal muscle. While continuing to investigate origin and fate of MABs, the fact that they could be expanded in vitro (also from human muscle) and cross the vessel wall, suggested a protocol for the cell therapy of muscular dystrophies. We tested this protocol in mice and dogs before proceeding to the first clinical trial on Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy patients that showed safety but minimal efficacy. In the last years, we have worked to overcome the problem of low engraftment and tried to understand their role as auxiliary myogenic progenitors during development and regeneration.
Reorienting the VR Studio Orientation: A Contextual Design Study of a Virtual Reality Orientation Program in an Academic Library
Creators: name: Reher, Alexander
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2019

description: This case study describes an analysis and proposed redesign of the of the orientation process for the VR Studio in the D. H. Hill Jr. Library at North Carolina State University, using the contextual design methodology as described in Contextual Design: Defining Customer-Centered Systems (Beyer & Holtzblatt, 1998). Semi-structured interviews and contextual inquiry were used to study the orientation its surrounding operations. The author identifies several opportunities to improve workflows and enhance participant experiences and education. Key findings include the effects of variations caused by changes in presentation setting, the effect of audience size on learning opportunities, the instructional efficacy of the orientation structure and format, and the challenges in managing data collected over the course of orientations. The paper concludes with a series of recommendations for improving the orientation and its associated processes.
Relations between personality profiles and character strengths - an application of profile analysis via multidimensional scaling techniques (PAMS)
Creators: name: Nguyen, Phuong Linh
name: Syed, Moin
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: character strength
subject: multidimensional scaling
subject: personality
subject: profile analysis

description: This study aims to apply profile analysis via multidimensional scaling (PAMS; Davison, Kim, & Ding, 2001) to identify latent profiles of personality traits measured by the Big Five Aspect Scales (BFAS; DeYoung, Quilty, & Peterson, 2007) and to examine the associations between these personality profiles and the character strengths measured by the Values in Action Inventory of Strength (VIA-IS; Peterson & Seligman, 2004).
A direct communication proposal to test the Zoo Hypothesis
Creators: name: de Magalhaes, Joao Pedro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Popular Physics (physics.pop-ph)
subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Whether we are alone in the universe is one of the greatest mysteries facing humankind. Given the >100 billion stars in our galaxy, many have argued that it is statistically unlikely that life, including intelligent life, has not emerged anywhere else. The lack of any sign of extraterrestrial intelligence, even though on a cosmic timescale extraterrestrial civilizations would have enough time to cross the galaxy, is known as Fermi's Paradox. One possible explanation for Fermi's Paradox is the Zoo Hypothesis which states that one or more extraterrestrial civilizations know of our existence and can reach us, but have chosen not to disturb us or even make their existence known to us. I propose here a proactive test of the Zoo Hypothesis. Specifically, I propose to send a message using television and radio channels to any extraterrestrial civilization(s) that might be listening and inviting them to respond. Even though I accept this is unlikely to be successful in the sense of resulting in a response from extraterrestrial intelligences, the possibility that extraterrestrial civilizations are monitoring us cannot be dismissed and my proposal is consistent with current scientific knowledge. Besides, issuing an invitation is technically feasible, cheap and safe, and few would deny the profound importance of establishing contact with one or more extraterrestrial intelligences. A website has been set up (http://active-seti.info) to encourage discussion of this proposal and for drafting the invitation message.
description: 16 pages
How does disclosing a psychiatric diagnosis affect attitudes to people with mental illness? Protocol for a systematic review of experimental vignette studies
Creators: name: O'Connor, Cliodhna
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social Psychology and Interaction
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: Research on mental illness stigma has dramatically increased in recent years, with yearly publications increasing five-fold between 2004-2014 (Fox et al., 2018). The stigma literature is characterised by considerable inconsistency in definitions and methods (Fox et al., 2018). Synthesis of this diverse literature is needed to identify reliable empirical insights and promote conceptual and methodological consistency. An outstanding question in this literature is the extent stigma is provoked by the observable symptoms of mental illness (e.g. unusual behaviour), versus particular diagnostic labels. This is commonly studied using vignette-based designs, which compare participants’ reactions to hypothetical characters with psychopathological symptoms, whose diagnostic status is either concealed or disclosed. This literature has produced variable results: disclosing a diagnosis such as schizophrenia or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder may exacerbate stigma (Batzle et al., 2010; Harris et al., 1992; Ohan et al., 2013), while disclosing an Autism Spectrum Disorder diagnosis can ameliorate stigma (Matthews et al., 2015; O’Connor et al., 2019). This variability may be due to diagnosis-specific stereotypes: diagnostic labels differ in the quantity and content of stigmatising attitudes they provoke, producing a “stigma hierarchy” with particular antagonism towards schizophrenia, eating disorders and addiction (Angermeyer & Dietrich, 2006). The current review aims to collate, evaluate and synthesise the published research that uses experimental vignette designs to assess the effects of diagnostic disclosure on attitudes to people with mental illness.
Practical application of the Information Seeking and Communication Model (ISCM) in Higher Education - Westminster Business School Module Leader practice
Creators: name: Spring, Louis
Publisher: name: University of Westminster
Year: 2023

description: Purpose: The purpose of this study is to test the Information Seeking and Communication Model’s (ISCM’s) validity in higher education (HE) and identify insights into the provision of a framework for a more integrated and aligned (structured) module leader practice (MLp). Design and Methodological Approach: This study adopts a qualitative approach in which the primary instrument of online indepth (Teams) semi-structured interviews were used to elicit academic practice in relation to the proposed Information Seeking and Communication Model in Higher Education. Participants to the interviews comprised of 13 full time academics who were also Leaders of small, medium, and large Modules within Westminster Business School, at the University of Westminster. The results were analysed using thematic (content) analysis supported by the NVivo analytical tool. Findings: are as follows: (1) The study supports the rationality of the model with minimal alterations. (2) The model provides practical insight into the information behaviour of MLs. (3) MLs are information actors with multi-purpose, act as information users and information providers. (4) MLs are information producers and service providers, thereby creating internal sources. (5) The ML training framework developed identifies ways in which information behaviour may be positively altered, more awareness built into the notion of how MLs source, use, provide, communicate information while building a sense of a community to support the practice. Originality and Value: This study provides practical value as an information behaviour model, ISCM being applied within higher education. It contributes with new knowledge through insights into its practical usefulness in the field of library and information science (LIS). It also answers the criticism that research in LIS often does not build on earlier research, this study does, and thereby suggest further practical use of ISCM.
title: Münchner Beiträge zur jüdischen Geschichte und Kultur, Nr. 2 (2010): Von der Kristallnacht zum Novemberpogrom: Der Wandel des Gedenkens an den 9. November 1938
title: Von der Kristallnacht zum Novemberpogrom: Der Wandel des Gedenkens an den 9. November 1938
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Münchner Beiträge Zur Jüdischen Geschichte Und Kultur
Publisher: name: Münchner Beiträge zur jüdischen Geschichte und Kultur
Year: 2023

description: Mit Beiträgen von Norbert Frei, Anne Giebel, Constantin Goschler, Monika Halbinger, Harald Schmid und Alan E. Steinweis
description: Treten Sie ein! Treten Sie aus! ...84-85 Die Gründungsgeschichte Israels aus drei Perspektiven ...81-83 Die Faszination des Bösen und die Geburt des Tabubrechers ...70-80 Der 9. November 1978 und das „Recht auf Unterhaltung“...56-69 Revolution statt „Reichskristallnacht“ ...49-55 „An unsere Umwelt in Deutschland richten wir uns heute nicht im Tone der Anklage, der Mahnung und Belehrung…“ ...37-48 „Warum trat keiner für uns ein?“ ...24-36 Die ‚Kristallnacht’ in der Geschichtsschreibung...8-23
Women in the Book Trade in Revolutionary England: A Social Network Analysis
Creators: name: Corb, Hunter
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2019

description: The role of women in the early modern book trade is a topic of increasing emphasis and discussion among scholars of the history of the book. Many scholars have compiled extensive bibliographic entries and conducted in-depth archival research of individual women, yet their sporadic appearance in the historical record has led to a less-than-full picture of the realities of the working book trade. The researcher has used social network analysis in an attempt to answer this question by positioning and analyzing the status of women within the total book trade network of Revolutionary England. Through statistical tests such as eigenvector centrality, betweenness centrality, and community detection, the researcher has identified specific communities and important women figures in the network, as well as hubs and connecting nodes—key figures in the network—that warrant further localized attention.
Staying at home as a social distancing (in)action
Creators: name: Hajdu, Nandor
name: Szaszi, Barnabas
name: Aczel, Balazs
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: The goal of the present research is to map the underlying motivations as well as social and environmental influences of staying at home as a social distancing (in)action.
A Medical Literature Search System for Identifying Effective Treatments in Precision Medicine
Creators: name: Qu, Jiaming
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2019

description: The Precision Medicine Initiative states that treatments for a patient should take into account not only the patient’s disease, but his/her specific genetic variation as well. The vast biomedical literature holds the potential for physicians to identify effective treatment options for a cancer patient. However, the complexity and ambiguity of medical terms can result in vocabulary mismatch between the physician’s query and the literature. The physician’s search intent (finding treatments instead of other types of studies) is difficult to explicitly formulate in a query. Therefore, simple ad hoc retrieval approach will suffer from low recall and precision.In this paper, we propose a new retrieval system that helps physicians identify effective treatments in precision medicine. Given a cancer patient with a specific disease, genetic variation, and demographic information, the system aims to identify biomedical publications that report effective treatments. We approach this goal from two directions. First, we expand the original disease and gene terms using biomedical knowledge bases to improve recall of the initial retrieval. We then improve precision by promoting treatment-related publications to the top using a machine learning reranker trained on 2017 Text Retrieval Conference Precision Medicine (PM) track corpus. Batch evaluation results on 2018 PM track corpus show that the proposed approach effectively improves both recall and precision, achieving performance comparable to the top entries on the leaderboard of 2018 PM track.
title: Transforming Learning
title: Police Officers’ Perspectives on Social Justice Pedagogy in Mental Health Crisis Intervention Training
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Bateman, Dahlia Valrose
Publisher: name: Lancaster University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Collaboration, mental health, critical pedagogy, crisis intervention, critical race theory, education, police education, race, stigma, social justice, praxis, media

description: This thesis investigates the Mental Health crisis intervention curriculum at an urban police services organization, and its implications for persons experiencing mental health crises. The study advances a learner-focused exploration of police officers’ perspectives on the collaborative education between police officers and mental-health practitioners. The research design utilizes narrative ethnography methodology involving nine participants, consisting of eight police officers, two of whom are dedicated members of the Mobile Crisis Intervention Teams (MCIT) and a Mental Health nurse. MCIT is a collaborative initiative between Toronto Police Service and hospitals and was established for the specific purpose of being first co-responders to persons experiencing mental health and addiction issues, referred to herein as “persons in crisis”. Most participants in this study had taken a Crisis Intervention course, which has a bifurcated curriculum in Mental Health and Law Enforcement. The methodology utilized in this thesis included generating data from interviews with the participants, classroom observation, policy documents, and a ride-along observation in a densely populated section of Toronto. The participants are from diverse racial backgrounds, selected purposively to elicit unique perspectives from their own lived experiences. My post-structural approach to Law Enforcement education was to disrupt prevailing thoughts and views that may be reinforcing the hegemonic status quo of the police over marginalized groups, particularly Black people, who experience mental health challenges. Thematic Analysis was used to analyse the data and it revealed that police officers are generally accepting of Crisis Intervention Training (CIT). Nested in Critical Race Theory lens, this study found a gap in established pedagogies which exclude issues of race, stigma, and other intersectionalities from the police curriculum. Data from the study highlight four major findings: CIT training is essential but is currently inadequate to meet the complex needs of a diverse society, 2. Stigma and racism are normative in police practice; and 3. Critical and social justice pedagogies are a welcome addition to CIT curriculum at the TPS but might face resistance by officers who do not share progressive views; and 4. Police officers admit some degree of responsibility for negative outcomes but blame the media for negative public perceptions. This thesis contributes to the existing knowledge around police education and the symbiotic relationship between Law Enforcement and Health Care sectors, and identifies areas where constructive changes can be made in police curricula.
A comparison study: Comparison Between Different Classifiers for Emotion Classification Using Real Human-to-Human Chat Log Dataset
Creators: name: Zhao, Zhepu
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2019

description: In the field of emotion classification in natural language processing, researches usually concentrate on the datasets which are more academic and formal like Stack Overflow and general reviews on products or ideas like Tweeter and Amazon, but lack analysis in datasets which come from real, private, human-to-human chat logs or oral conversation. For this study, we implemented four types of commonly used classifier with a dataset which consists of both text from chat logs and oral conversations that are transformed into script. Meanwhile, we analyzed the performance of different classifiers across these two types of datasets. Specifically, we used BOW (Bag of words) and its extended version considering TF-IDF for future analysis. We found that the performance of the logistic regression does not depend too much on the dictionary size of BOW and all four types of classifiers perform better in text from user’s typing than in text transformed from oral conversations.
The needs and experiences of persons with paediatric multiple sclerosis and their caregivers: a systematic review
Creators: name: Ghai, Shashank
name: Kriauzaitė, Nora
name: Bykova, Olga
name: Maguire, Rebecca
name: Van Pesch, Vincent
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Diseases
subject: Public Health
subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Social Psychology
subject: Student Counseling and Personnel Services
subject: Education
subject: Social Work
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Child Psychology
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: Health Services Research
subject: Immune System Diseases

description: This systematic review aims to identify the existing needs and experiences of individuals with pediatric multiple sclerosis and that of their caregiver. Moreover, the review aims to assess whether existing healthcare professional consultation and communication models are adequate for individuals with pediatric multiple sclerosis and their caregivers.
Quo Vadis, Incibe? Desafíos emergentes y algunas propuestas de acción para facilitar resiliencia y prosperidad compartida (pre-print)
Creators: name: López-González, E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: inteco, incibe, cybersecurity , ciberseguridad, cyberresilience, ciberresiliencia, permacris, vuca, ai, aigenerative, chatGPT prompt enginering, , 6G, metaverse,
metaverso, computación cuantica, erapost-cuantica, recomendaciones politica fiscal, política educactiva , certificaciones
Modelo de madurez de ciberresiliencia, aceleración, higiene digital ecosistema , riesgos , vulnerabilidades, daños cibernéticos, modelo efectos olvidados,
Academia de Ciberresiliencia

description: Solemne Acto Académico conjunto entre el Instituto Nacional de Ciberseguridad y la Real Academia de Ciencias Económicas y Financieras bajo el título general “La Ciberseguridad como imperativo para la Economía de España” . león 17 de marzo de 2023
User-Centric IT Security - How to Design Usable Security Mechanisms
Creators: name: Hof, Hans-Joachim
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Nowadays, advanced security mechanisms exist to protect data, systems, and networks. Most of these mechanisms are effective, and security experts can handle them to achieve a sufficient level of security for any given system. However, most of these systems have not been designed with focus on good usability for the average end user. Today, the average end user often struggles with understanding and using security mechanisms. Other security mechanisms are simply annoying for end users. As the overall security of any system is only as strong as the weakest link in this system, bad usability of IT security mechanisms may result in operating errors, resulting in insecure systems. Buying decisions of end users may be affected by the usability of security mechanisms. Hence software providers may decide to better have no security mechanism then one with a bad usability. Usability of IT security mechanisms is one of the most underestimated properties of applications and systems. Even IT security itself is often only an afterthought. Hence, usability of security mechanisms is often the afterthought of an afterthought. Software developers are missing guidelines on how to build security mechanisms with good usability for end users. This paper presents some guidelines that should help software developers to improve end user usability of security-related mechanisms, and analyzes common applications based on these guidelines.
description: arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1506.06987
Beyond 1 Million Genomes (B1MG) M4.1 - Technology and ELSI compliance check (document)
Creators: name: Spalding, Dylan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: B1MG
Beyond 1 Million Genomes
1+MG
1 Million Genomes Initiative
GDI
Genomic Data Infrastructure
B1MG Proof of concept
DPbDD

description: During the Beyond 1 Million Genomes project, a scoping paper defining the required functionalities which would enable secure cross-border data access was published. Based on this paper, a draft infrastructure to support this was refined for the rare disease use case. This PoC and associated user workflow, was presented to Beyond 1 Million Genomes (B1MG) WP2 and 1+ Million Genomes (1+MG) WG2 for feedback, which identified ELSI issues within the proposal. Based on this feedback, the PoC and use case was adjusted, including developments within the technologies proposed within the infrastructure, and these were incorporated into an updated PoC, which was subsequently developed within the Genomic Data Infrastructure (GDI) project as a Starter Kit. However, not all ELSI issues have been identified or, or even those identified addressed, so ongoing work is required to identify and address these issues. With the Starter Kit, which supports other use cases, a Data Protection by Design and Default process has been initiated, which we proposed to perform in a hybrid approach, both top down and bottom up, to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
Linear Dependency of Translations and Square Integrable Representations
Creators: name: Linnell, Peter A.
name: Puls, Michael J.
name: Roman, Ahmed
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: Group Theory (math.GR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Let $G$ be a locally compact group. We examine the problem of determining when nonzero functions in $L^2(G)$ have linearly independent translations. In particular, we establish some results for the case when $G$ has an irreducible, square integrable, unitary representation. We apply these results to the special cases of the affine group, the shearlet group and the Weyl-Heisenberg group. We also investigate the case when $G$ has an abelian, closed subgroup of finite index.
description: A simplified proof for Theorem 1.6, fixed some typos