cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Quam maximis potest itineribus: return trip from image to model in construction within the graphic space of descriptive geometry
Quam maximis potest itineribus: andata e ritorno della costruzione tra immagine e modello nello spazio grafico della geometria descrittiva
Creators: name: Ballarin, Matteo; IUAV Venezia
name: Gay, Fabrizio; IUAV Venezia
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna
Year: 2012
Subjects: ICAR17 - Disegno
photo-modeling, drawing didactics, SketchUp, architectural and territorial survey
fotomodellazione, didattica del disegno, SketchUp, rilievo architettonico e territoriale

description: The contribution examines a joint didactic strategy for architectural survey, descriptive geometry and digital drawing as a sort of return trip from image to solid model. Starting with basic photogrammetry and photo modeling processes, via freeware softwares, topographic techniques are exploited within a Monge methodology. The representational goal is the achievement of a single solid model from a manual survey; the didactic process ends in tabular and orthogonal representation of models thus obtained.
description: Il contributo testimonia una strategia d'insegnamento congiunto del rilievo architettonico, della geometria descrittiva e del disegno digitale concepita come un viaggio di andata e ritorno tra immagine e modello. Iniziando dalla fotogrammetria elementare e dalle tecniche di foto-modellazione offerte da software (gratuiti e dotati di un'interfaccia sufficientemente  intuitiva) si possono poi introdurre – col metodo di Monge – le tecniche del rilievo topografico, giungendo alla costruzione interdefinita di un unico modello digitale degli oggetti del rilievo. Il circolo didattico si chiude poi costruendo rappresentazioni tabulari tradizionali dei modelli.
'Business idea' evaluation; presenting the Structural Position Analysis (SPA) technique
Creators: name: Bill, Frederic
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: 'The IKEA vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people. We make this possible by offering a wide range of well-designed, functional home furnishing products at prices so low that as many people as possible will be able to afford them.'; (http://franchisor.ikea.com/, 2006-07-10) Given the undeniable success of the IKEA business concept, one may well argue that the above 'business idea' is a good one. Short of considering post-facto success like growth or some measurement of profitability, we however have preciously few assessment-techniques for evaluating 'business ideas';. There are, of course, some techniques, like scrutinizing whether the 'business idea' matches the customer's needs, the company's resources and the intended products. Thus, analyzing the consistency of the 'business idea'. Likewise, it is possible to evaluate to what extent customers, resources and products are addressed in the 'business idea'. Unfortunately, a coherent 'business idea' is not automatically a good one, and even a non-coherent idea is not automatically a bad one. It is however not so easy to say why it is so. If this paper will not remedy that situation, it will at least present and demonstrate a new technique for business idea analysis and development. That is the Structural Position Analysis (SPA) technique. 'Principal Topic:' The notion or concept of the 'business idea'; is well spread on corporate web sites and, furthermore, also present in much graduate and undergraduate teaching. Despite this, there are few attempts at developing robust and generally valid methods and techniques for analysis and evaluation of business ideas. Rather, the centre of attention in business-proposal-assessment tends instead to be the entrepreneur. Thus, evaluating the personal requisites of individuals rather than the ideas as such. It is, for instance, common and often stated textbook knowledge that, for instance, an A (or first class) entrepreneur with a B (or second class) idea is considered as more preferable for banks and other investors than the B entrepreneur with an A idea. This is likely to be due at least partly to the lack of methods and techniques for evaluating. Instead the successful idea becomes something of an extraordinary insight, in line with the character of entrepreneurial innovations as argued already by Schumpeter. Thus, the successful 'business idea' brings about something novel or never before seen. Since this in itself implies that there at best are few points of reference for an evaluation, the face value or potential successfulness of the idea is difficult to assess beforehand. The SPA technique for 'business idea' evaluation, proposed in this paper addresses this problem.
The white dwarf cooling sequence of the globular cluster Messier 4
Creators: name: Hansen, Brad M.
name: Brewer, James
name: Fahlman, Greg G.
name: Gibson, Bradley K.
name: Ibata, Rodrigo A.
name: Limongi, Marco
name: Rich, R. Michael
name: Richer, Harvey B.
name: Shara, Michael M.
name: Stetson, Peter B.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We present the white dwarf sequence of the globular cluster M4, based on a 123 orbit Hubble Space Telescope exposure, with a limiting magnitude of V~30 and I~28. The white dwarf luminosity function rises sharply for >25.5, consistent with the behavior expected for a burst population. The white dwarfs of M4 extend to approximately 2.5 mag fainter than the peak of the local Galactic disk white dwarf luminosity function. This demonstrates a clear and significant age difference between the Galactic disk and the halo globular cluster M4. Using the same standard white dwarf models to fit each luminosity function yields ages of 7.3+/-1.5 Gyr for the disk and 12.7+/-0.7 Gyr for M4 (2 sigma statistical errors). Based on observations with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, obtained at the Space Telescope Science Institute, which is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., under NASA contract NAS5-26555. These observations are associated with proposal GO-8679.
Delirium and the Good Death: An Ethnography of Hospice Care
Creators: name: Wright, David
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Delirium
subject: Hospice
subject: Nursing
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Qualitative
subject: Ethnography
subject: End-of-life
subject: Good death
subject: Relational ethics
subject: Palliative care

description: Delirium is a disturbance of consciousness and cognition that affects many terminally ill patients before death. It can manifest as confusion, hallucinations, and restlessness, all of which are known to be distressing to patients, families, and professional caregivers. Underlying the contemporary palliative care movement is a belief in the idea that a good death is possible; that dying can be made better for patients and families through the proper palliation of distressing symptoms and through proper attention to psychological, social, and spiritual issues that affect wellbeing at the end of life. Given that delirium is potentially disruptive to all that the good death assumes, i.e., mental awareness, patient-family communication, peace and comfort, the question was asked: What is the relationship between end-of-life delirium and the good death in hospice care? Ethnographic fieldwork was conducted at a freestanding residential hospice over a period of 15 months in a suburban community in eastern Canada. The research methods included participant observation (320 hours over 80 field visits), interviews with 28 hospice caregivers, and document analysis. The findings of this study provide an in-depth examination of the nature of caregiving relationships with patients and with families in end-of-life care. They illustrate how a commitment toward providing for the good death prevails within the cultural community of hospice, and how the conceptualization, assessment, and management of end-of-life delirium are organized within such a commitment. In this setting, experiences of conscious and cognitive change in dying are woven by hospice caregivers into a coherent system of meaning that is accommodated into prevailing scripts of what it means to die well. At the same time, delirium itself provides a facilitative context whereby processes of supporting families through the patient’s death are enabled. This study highlights the relevance of considering the contextual and cultural features of individual end-of-life care settings that wish to examine, and perhaps improve, the ways in which care of delirious patients and their families is provided.
Responsive Geometry
Geometria responsiva
Creators: name: Valenti, Graziano Mario; Università La Sapienza Di Roma
name: Romor, Jessica; Università La Sapienza Di Roma
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna
Year: 2012
Subjects: modelli dinamici, superfici piegate, superfici rigate, programmazione visuale, modelli parametrici
ICAR17 - Disegno
dynamic models, folding surfaces, ruled surfaces, visual programming, parametric models

description: As the architectural drawing, the industrial one shows a growing interest for “responsive” behaviors. From the design scale to the architectural scale, the objects are ever more often endowed with a digital intelligence, a behavioral logic that allows them to interact with the people using them. The “responsive” objects and spaces will certainly characterize the near future. This transformation process will also especially involve the form, and the geometry abstracted and described by the form itself. So, a new way of imagine and design dynamic models is necessary. Parametric modeling is a great help in this process, but the designer will necessarily more than ever face with the geometry. In this study we test the parameterization oriented to the dynamic transformation of flat surfaces in conical ones.
description: Il progetto industriale, così come quello architettonico, manifesta un’attenzione crescente verso comportamenti di tipo  “responsivo”. Gli oggetti, sia nella piccola scala del Design, sia nella più grande scala dell’architettura, sono sempre più frequentemente dotati di un’intelligenza digitale, una logica comportamentale che consente loro di interagire con le persone che li fruiscono. Gli oggetti e gli spazi a carattere “responsivo”  caratterizzeranno senza dubbio il prossimo futuro e questo processo di trasformazione riguarderà in modo particolare anche la forma e dunque la geometria che la forma stessa astrae e descrive. E’ necessario dunque un nuovo modo di immaginare e di progettare modelli dinamici. La modellazione parametrica è un valido ausilio in questo processo, ma il progettista, più del solito, dovrà necessariamente confrontarsi con la geometria. Lo studio qui illustrato sperimenta la parametrizzazione finalizzata alla trasformazione dinamica di superfici piane in superfici coniche.
Giorgione's discovery of Jupiter's four largest moons 105 years before Galileo Galilei
Creators: name: Keim, Frank
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Callisto
subject: Europa
subject: Ganymedes
subject: Heliocentric system
subject: Io
subject: DDC 500 / Natural sciences & mathematics
subject: Astronomy; 16th century
subject: Jupiter (Planet)
subject: Optics
subject: Optics. History
subject: Satellites. Jupiter
subject: Science. History
subject: Aristarchus
subject: Giorgione / t.Drei Philosophen
subject: Optik
subject: Renaissance

description: In his 1508/09 painting "The three philosophers", Giorgio di Castelfranco (alias Giorgione) portrayed next to others Aristarchus of Samos, a great astronomer of his time. Almost as an aside, Giorgione’s painting captured a revolutionary discovery, which is shown on the document Aristarchus holds in front of his chest: the observation of Jupiter’s four largest moons, one hundred years before Galileo Galilei. (This paper is an extract from the enquiry "Giorgiones Entdeckung der vier großen Jupitermonde 105 Jahre vor Galileo Galilei" by the author, published at Ulm in 2005 via: http://vts.uni-ulm.de/doc.asp?id=5401).
Προγραμματιζόμενα φωτονικά κυκλώματα
Creators: name: Κατερινόπουλος, Γεώργιος Κωνσταντίνου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2024
Subjects: Προγραμματιζόμενα Κυκλώματα
Ολοκληρωμένη Οπτική
Τεχνοοικονομική Ανάλυση
Programmable Circuits
Integrated optics
Techno-Economic Analysis

description: Στην δεδομένη διπλωματική εργασία εξετάζονται οι ευκαιρίες που παρουσιάζονται από τις νέες έννοιες των κοινών προγραμματιζόμενων φωτονικών ολοκληρωμένων κυκλωμάτων (PICs) για την ανάπτυξη της φωτονικής σε μεγάλη κλίμακα. Τα προγραμματιζόμενα PIC αποτελούνται από πλέγματα κυματοδηγών, ρυθμιζόμενων συζευκτών και ολισθητών φάσης, τα οποία μπορούν να συνδυαστούν με λογισμικό για τον καθορισμό διαφόρων λειτουργιών μέσω πολλαπλής και μεταβαλλόμενης συνδεσιμότητας μεταξύ θυρών εισόδου και εξόδου. Τα προγραμματιζόμενα φωτονικά ολοκληρωμένα κυκλώματα (photonic integrated circuit PIC) μπορούν να μειώσουν δραματικά το χρόνο ανάπτυξης και το κόστος ανάπτυξης νέων φωτονικών προϊόντων καθώς παρακάμπτουν τον κύκλο σχεδιασμού-κατασκευής ενός προσαρμοσμένου φωτονικού ολοκληρωμένου κυκλώματος. Διαθέτοντας ολόκληρη τεχνολογία φωτονικής, ηλεκτρονικών και λογισμικού, περιστασιακά τα εν λόγω ολοκληρωμένα μπορούν να κατασκευαστούν φθηνότερα και σε μεγαλύτερες ποσότητες από τα προγραμματιζόμενα φωτονικά ολοκληρωμένα κυκλώματα συγκεκριμένων εφαρμογών. Συγκεκριμένα, θα εξεταστούν οι τεχνικές απαιτήσεις των προγραμματιζόμενων φωτονικών ολοκληρωμένων κυκλωμάτων (PIC) και θα συζητηθεί η κλίμακα της οικονομίας. Τέλος, παρατίθεται μια ποιοτική ανάλυση των πιθανών εφαρμογών, όπου τα προγραμματιζόμενα φωτονικά ολοκληρωμένα κυκλώματα (PIC) μπορούν να διαδραματίσουν υποστηρικτικό ρόλο, ειδικά σε εταιρείες που δεν έχουν υπόβαθρο ή τεχνογνωσία στην τεχνολογία φωτονικής ολοκλήρωσης.
description: The present thesis examines the opportunities presented by the new concept of common programmable photonic integrated circuits (PICs) for large-scale photonics development. A programmable PIC comprises a mesh of waveguides, adjustable couplers and phase-shifters, which can be controlled by software to define various functions via multiple and reconfigurable connections between input and output ports. Off-the-shelf programmable PICs can help to overcome the design-fabrication cycle of custom PICs, significantly reducing the development time and development costs of new photonic products. Featuring a complete technology pile of photonics, electronic packaging, and software, these chips can be manufactured cheaper and larger than PICs for specific applications. In particular, we will review the technical requirements of these general programmable PICs and discuss the scale of the economy. Finally, we will conduct a qualitative analysis of potential applications where programmable PICs can play a supporting role, especially in companies that do not have a deep background in PIC technology.
Signaling in 360° desktop virtual reality influences learning outcome and cognitive load
Creators: name: Albus, Patrick
name: Seufert, Tina
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Signaling
subject: Desktop virtual reality
subject: Cognitive load
subject: Instructional design
subject: Learning outcome
subject: Media in education
subject: DDC 150 / Psychology
subject: Virtual reality
subject: Education
subject: Computer-assisted instruction
subject: Learning
subject: Distance education
subject: Virtuelle Realität
subject: E-Learning

description: Learning with desktop virtual reality learning environments (DVR) can be highly visual and present many visual stimuli simultaneously. This can be distracting and require instructional support to help learners in their learning processes. The signaling principle could be a promising approach to support these processes, as signals can guide learners’ attention to the relevant information (Mayer, 2005). The present study investigated the effects of signals in a 360° DVR on learning outcomes and cognitive load. In our between-subjects design, we examined a total of N = 96 participants who were randomly assigned to the signaling or non-signaling group. We hypothesized that the signaling group would achieve higher recall, comprehension, and transfer performance than the non-signaling group. We also expected that the signaling group would experience less extraneous cognitive load and higher germane cognitive load than the non-signaling group. The results show that learners who received signals in a DVR achieved significantly higher recall and comprehension scores than learners who did not receive signals. Transfer performance did not differ between groups. Participants in the signals group also experienced significantly lower extraneous cognitive load than participants in the non-signaling group. However, no differences in germane cognitive load were found between groups. These results suggest that learners in a DVR can be supported by signals in their learning processes while simultaneously helping to reduce unnecessary cognitive load.
Developing human biomonitoring as a 21st century toolbox within the European exposure science strategy 2020-2030
Creators: name: Conrad, André
name: Jeddi, Maryam Zare
name: Hopf, Nancy B.
name: Louro, Henriqueta
name: Kolossa-Gehring, Marike
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Human-Biomonitoring
Kreislaufwirtschaft

description: Human biomonitoring (HBM) is a crucial approach for exposure assessment, as emphasised in the European Commissionâ€Ìs Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability (CSS). HBM can help to improve chemical policies in five major key areas: (1) assessing internal and aggregate exposure in different target populations; 2) assessing exposure to chemicals across life stages; (3) assessing combined exposure to multiple chemicals (mixtures); (4) bridging regulatory silos on aggregate exposure; and (5) enhancing the effectiveness of risk management measures. In this strategy paper we propose a vision and a strategy for the use of HBM in chemical regulations and public health policy in Europe and beyond. We outline six strategic objectives and a roadmap to further strengthen HBM approaches and increase their implementation in the regulatory risk assessment of chemicals to enhance our understanding of exposure and health impacts, enabling timely and targeted policy interventions and risk management. These strategic objectives are: 1) further development of sampling strategies and sample preparation; 2) further development of chemical-analytical HBM methods; 3) improving harmonisation throughout the HBM research life cycle; 4) further development of quality control / quality assurance throughout the HBM research life cycle; 5) obtain sustained funding and reinforcement by legislation; and 6) extend target-specific communication with scientists, policymakers, citizens and other stakeholders. HBM approaches are essential in risk assessment to address scientific, regulatory and societal challenges. HBM requires full and strong support from the scientific and regulatory domain to reach its full potential in public and occupational health assessment and in regulatory decision-making. © 2022 The Authors
L’epoca delle splines: geometrie e linee del progetto contemporaneo
The splines age: geometries and lines of contemporary design
Creators: name: Cicalò, Enrico; Università Di Sassari
name: Causin, Andrea; Università Di Sassari
name: Solci, Margherita; Università Di Sassari
name: Turco, Emilio; Università Di Sassari
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna
Year: 2012
Subjects: ICAR17 - Disegno
splines, NURBS, freeforms, geometria architettonica, rappresentazione digitale
splines; NURBS; freeforms; architectural geometry; digital representation

description: L’iconografia dell’architettura e del design di ogni epoca si caratterizza per l’uso di linee e di forme geometriche che vengono rese realizzabili dall’evoluzione dei materiali e delle tecniche costruttive, nonché dall’introduzione di particolari strumenti matematici a servizio della rappresentazione digitale del progetto. È il caso delle splines, linee alla base delle NURBS (Non Uniform Rational B-Splines) che consentono le freeform divenute il simbolo dell’architettura e del design più avanzato. A partire da una riflessione sulla geometria e sulla rappresentazione di queste particolari curve, questo articolo discute le influenze sulle forme del progetto architettonico contemporaneo che deve obbligatoriamente confrontarsi con modelli matematici e geometrici complessi da cui dipende la loro costruzione.
description: Architecture and design have always been characterized by lines and geometric forms made possible by new materials and by building technology evolution, as well as by the new mathematical tools for digital design representation. It is the case of the splines, lines on which are based the NURBS (Non Uniform Rational B-Splines) and the freeforms became the symbol of the most advanced contemporary architecture and design. Beginning from the analysis of the geometry and the representation of this particular curves, this paper discusses the role of splines and NURBS on contemporary architectural design that has to deal with the mathematical and geometrical models from which their building depends.
description: DISEGNARECON; Vol. 5, n. 9 (2012) - Geometria - Costruzione - Architettura, a cura di Riccardo Migliari; 325 - 334
Learning credential portability: provenance protocol development
Creators: name: Li, Xiaochen
name: Calway, Bruce
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Globalisation of the higher education industry has increased the mobility of students and workforce. For example students able to move across educational institutions, across learning modes and across borders, however, higher education offered in different countries is not identical, making it difficult to recognise learning credentials gained in another country. The lack of portability in learning credentials poses problems to the stakeholders of the higher education industry (students, universities, professional associations, employers, etc.) in terms of collecting sufficient evidences of previous learning and facilitating mobility for individuals. The process of evidencing the origin and validity of an item over time, to keep track and uphold authentication, is called 'provenance'. The concept and technologies of provenance have been used in various areas such as: antiquities; online learning; email properties; and e-science research. We explore this concept within the higher education industry. It is hard to maintain logical records in multiple institutions, in various countries, and in multiple languages and formats. At the moment evidencing the learning credentials offered by issuing universities is truly ad-hoc, and validity of learning credentials is at best circumstantial and hardly efficient. Provenancing learning credentials means attesting them at the point of creation/origin. Properly provenanced learning credentials are able to be carried across institutions, systems and borders. A provenance-based protocol is proposed to evidence learning credentials, promote the portability of learning credentials, and then the mobility of students and workforce.
Additional file 1 of Efficacy of combination-chemotherapy with pirarubicin, ifosfamide, and etoposide for soft tissue sarcoma: a single-institution retrospective analysis
Creators: name: Saito, Shiro
name: Aiba, Hisaki
name: Yamada, Satoshi
name: Okamoto, Hideki
name: Hayashi, Katsuhiro
name: Kimura, Hiroaki
name: Miwa, Shinji
name: Takanobu Otsuka
name: Murakami, Hideki
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Cancer
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 1: Supplemental Table. Additional patient characteristics.
Collision geometry scaling of Au+Au pseudorapidity density from sqrt[SNN]=19.6 to 200 GeV
Creators: name: Back, B. B.
name: Baker, M. D.
name: Ballintijn, M.
name: Barton, D. S.
name: Betts, R. R.
name: Bickley, A. A.
name: Bindel, R.
name: Budzanowski, A.
name: Busza, W.
name: Carroll, A.
name: Decowski, M. P.
name: Garcia, E.
name: George, N.
name: Gulbrandsen, K.
name: Gushue, S.
name: Halliwell, C.
name: Hamblen, J.
name: Heintzelman, G. A.
name: Henderson, C.
name: Hofman, D. J.
name: Hollis, R. S.
name: Holynski, R.
name: Holzman, B.
name: Iordanova, A.
name: Johnson, E.
name: Kane, J. L.
name: Katzy, J.
name: Khan, N.
name: Kucewicz, W.
name: Kulinich, P.
name: Kuo, C. M.
name: Lin, W. T.
name: Manly, S.
name: McLeod, D.
name: Mignerey, A. C.
name: Nouicer, R.
name: Olszewski, A.
name: Pak, R.
name: Park, I. C.
name: Pernegger, H.
name: Reed, C.
name: Remsberg, L. P.
name: Reuter, M.
name: Roland, C.
name: Roland, G.
name: Rosenberg, L.
name: Sagerer, J.
name: Sarin, P.
name: Sawicki, P.
name: Skulski, W.
name: Steinberg, P.
name: Stephans, G. S. F.
name: Sukhanov, A.
name: Tonjes, M. B.
name: Tang, J. L.
name: Trzupek, A.
name: Vale, C.
name: Van Nieuwenhuizen, G. J.
name: Verdier, R.
name: Wolfs, F. L. H.
name: Wosiek, B.
name: Wozniak, K.
name: Wuosmaa, A. H.
name: Wyslouch, B.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The centrality dependence of the midrapidity charged particle multiplicity in Au+Au heavy-ion collisions at sqrt[SNN]=19.6 and 200 GeV is presented. Within a simple model, the fraction of hard (scaling with number of binary collisions) to soft (scaling with number of participant pairs) interactions is consistent with a value of x=0.13±0.01(stat)±0. 05(syst) at both energies. The experimental results at both energies, scaled by inelastic p(p̄)+p collision data, agree within systematic errors. The ratio of the data was found not to depend on centrality over the studied range and yields a simple linear scale factor of R200/19.6=2.03±0. 02(stat) ±0.05(syst).
The ellipsoid in orthogonal axonometric: homology application
L’ellissoide in assonometria ortogonale: applicazioni di omologia
Creators: name: Inzerillo, Laura; Università Di Palermo
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna
Year: 2012
Subjects: ICAR17 - Disegno
ellissoide, omologia, assonometrica ortogonale, architettura moderna, cybertecture
ellipsoid, homology, orthogonal axonometric, modern architecture, cybertecture

description: You’ve long heard about ellipsoid, both from a mathematical analysis that under the geometric representative profile. However, so far no one has ever affronted the problem from the point of the application of descriptive geometry with homology. The use of homology, in fact, can make it extremely simplified and actual use of geometric tools giving the user a graphical mastery of the outcome that would otherwise be dismissed even with the use of innovative technologies of representation. Through the analysis of the proposed methodology, you can use to identify the strengths, the corresponding approvals now required between reality and projection. In modern architecture there are a lot of new application of the ellipsoid and we will discover it trough the world travel.
description: Si è sentito parlare a lungo dell’ellissoide e spesso, se ne parla senza una reale consapevolezza, soprattutto quando si tratta di applicazioni nel campo dell’architettura. In questo lavoro si affronta il tema dell’ellissoide sia sotto il profilo geometrico che rappresentativo in assonometria ortogonale -con l’applicazione dell’omologia- e sia sotto il profilo applicativo. In architettura, spesso si sente parlare di una superficie ellissoidica ma in realtà si tratta di una superficie di rotazione, oppure di un “uovo” ma invece è un ellissoide…Naturalmente, la consapevolezza di una natura geometrica, semplifica sia la fase progettuale che l’indagine strutturale. Attraverso l’escursus delle più emblematiche applicazioni architettoniche del presunto ellissoide, saremo in grado di individuarne le incredibili potenzialità e versatilità elaborative.
Complex geometries and physical modelling for the construction of architecture
Geometrie complesse e modellazione fisica per la costruzione dell’architettura
Creators: name: Pignataro, Maria; Politecnico Di Milano
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna
Year: 2012
Subjects: ICAR17 - Disegno
complex-shaped architectures, digital modeling, physical modeling, rapid prototyping, project control
architetture di forma complessa, modellazione digitale, modellazione fisica, prototipazione rapida, controllo del progetto

description: The construction of architecture is today increasingly often preceded by the construction of its physical model to different scales: this depends on the complexity of geometric shapes characterising contemporary architecture and the evolution of construction techniques. For geometries of contemporary architecture, highly variable in their three-dimensional development, representation on the flat screen of the computer is often insufficient, while recourse to the physical model allows the overall project to be appreciated at a glance and its shapes to be better examined. Creation of the model involves major transformations of the architectural design with the application of new and very particular geometric constructions of the model, based on a process of extreme simplification of shapes. The intention is to document the teaching experience developed during “3D Modelling” lessons of Politecnico in Milan.
description: La costruzione dell’architettura è preceduta, sempre più spesso, dalla costruzione del suo modello fisico e ciò dipende dalla complessità dalle forme geometriche che caratterizzano il progetto e dalla evoluzione delle tecniche di produzione dei modelli fisici. Per le geometrie dell’architettura contemporanea, molto variabili nel loro sviluppo tridimensionale, la rappresentazione sullo schermo piatto del computer risulta spesso insufficiente mentre il ricorso al loro modello fisico permette di cogliere a colpo d’occhio l’insieme del progetto e di verificarne meglio le forme. La realizzazione del modello comporta trasformazioni sostanziali del progetto architettonico con l’applicazione di nuove costruzioni geometriche del modello, del tutto peculiari, basate su un processo di estrema semplificazione delle forme. Si vuole qui documentare il lavoro didattico sviluppato nel corso di “Modellazione 3d”.
Cultural Adaptation of a Shared Decision-Making Intervention to Address the Needs of First Nations, Métis and Inuit Women
Creators: name: Jull, Janet
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: Shared decision making
Aboriginal
Women
Health
First Nations
Inuit
Métis
Cultural adaptation
Health equity
Decision

description: Background: Little is known about shared decision-making (SDM) interventions with Aboriginal Peoples. Purpose: To explore Aboriginal women’s SDM needs and engage Aboriginal women in culturally adapting an SDM approach. Methods: Three studies were guided by an advisory group, ethical framework and a postcolonial theoretical lens. 1. A systematic review of the literature to identify health decision-making interventions to support Indigenous Peoples. 2. An interpretive descriptive qualitative study using individual interviews with Aboriginal women to explore decision-making needs. 3. An interpretive descriptive qualitative study to culturally adapt and usability test the Ottawa Personal Decision Guide (OPDG) to support decision making by Aboriginal women. Results: 1. The only eligible intervention study was a randomized control trial conducted in the United States with 44 Indigenous students. Compared to baseline, post-intervention the students demonstrated increased knowledge and use of a four-step decision-making process. 2. Interviews with 13 Aboriginal women supported SDM. Shared decision-making needs were represented by four major themes and presented in a Medicine Wheel framework: To be an active participant; To feel safe with care; Engagement in the decision process; Personal beliefs and community values. Supports for each of the major themes focused on the relational nature of shared decision-making. 3. Aboriginal women participated in two focus groups (n=13) or usability interviews with decision coaching (n=6). For culturally adapting the OPDG seven themes were identified: “This paper makes it hard for me to show that I am capable of making decisions”; “I am responsible for my decisions”; “My past and current experiences affect the way I make decisions”; “People need to talk with people”; “I need to fully participate in making my decisions”; “I need to explore my decision in a meaningful way”; “I need respect for my traditional learning and communication style.” Conclusions: There is little evidence on SDM interventions with Indigenous Peoples. Although Aboriginal women support SDM, they may have unmet decision-making needs. The OPDG was culturally adapted to be combined with decision coaching and needs to be evaluated.
Additional file 1 of Nanoparticle treatment of maize analyzed through the metatranscriptome: compromised nitrogen cycling, possible phytopathogen selection, and plant hormesis
Creators: name: Sillen, Wouter M. A.
name: Thijs, Sofie
name: Abbamondi, Gennaro Roberto
name: Roche, Roberto De La Torre
name: Weyens, Nele
name: White, Jason C.
name: Vangronsveld, Jaco
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 1. Transmission electron microscope image of the silver nanoparticles used in the study. Nanoparticles were obtained in solid form from US Research Nanomaterials, Inc. (Houston, TX, USA), and were applied to soil in this form.
Upgrading the Repertoire of miRNAs in Gastric Adenocarcinoma to Provide a New Resource for Biomarker Discovery
Creators: name: Pewarchuk, Michelle E.
name: Barros-Filho, Mateus C.
name: Minatel, Brenda C.
name: Cohn, David E.
name: Guisier, Florian
name: Sage, Adam P.
name: Marshall, Erin A.
name: Stewart, Greg L.
name: Rock, Leigha D.
name: Garnis, Cathie
name: Lam, Wan
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: Recent studies have uncovered microRNAs (miRNAs) that have been overlooked in early genomic explorations, which show remarkable tissue- and context-specific expression. Here, we aim to identify and characterize previously unannotated miRNAs expressed in gastric adenocarcinoma (GA). Raw small RNA-sequencing data were analyzed using the miRMaster platform to predict and quantify previously unannotated miRNAs. A discovery cohort of 475 gastric samples (434 GA and 41 adjacent nonmalignant samples), collected by The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), were evaluated. Candidate miRNAs were similarly assessed in an independent cohort of 25 gastric samples. We discovered 170 previously unannotated miRNA candidates expressed in gastric tissues. The expression of these novel miRNAs was highly specific to the gastric samples, 143 of which were significantly deregulated between tumor and nonmalignant contexts (p-adjusted < 0.05; fold change > 1.5). Multivariate survival analyses showed that the combined expression of one previously annotated miRNA and two novel miRNA candidates was significantly predictive of patient outcome. Further, the expression of these three miRNAs was able to stratify patients into three distinct prognostic groups (p = 0.00003). These novel miRNAs were also present in the independent cohort (43 sequences detected in both cohorts). Our findings uncover novel miRNA transcripts in gastric tissues that may have implications in the biology and management of gastric adenocarcinoma.
European pulsar timing array limits on an isotropic stochastic gravitational-wave background
Creators: name: Lentati, L.
name: Taylor, S. R.
name: Mingarelli, C. M. F.
name: Sesana, A.
name: Sanidas, S. A.
name: Vecchio, A.
name: Caballero, R. N.
name: Lee, K. J.
name: van Haasteren, R.
name: Babak, S.
name: Bassa, C. G.
name: Brem, P.
name: Burgay, M.
name: Champion, D. J.
name: Cognard, I.
name: Desvignes, G.
name: Gair, J. R.
name: Guillemot, L.
name: Hessels, J. W. T.
name: Janssen, G. H.
name: Karuppusamy, R.
name: Kramer, M.
name: Lassus, A.
name: Lazarus, P.
name: Liu, K.
name: Oslowski, S.
name: Perrodin, D.
name: Petiteau, A.
name: Possenti, A.
name: Purver, M. B.
name: Rosado, P. A.
name: Smits, R.
name: Stappers, B.
name: Theureau, G.
name: Tiburzi, C.
name: Verbiest, J. P. W.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We present new limits on an isotropic stochastic gravitational-wave background (GWB) using a six pulsar data set spanning 18 yr of observations from the 2015 European Pulsar Timing Array data release. Performing a Bayesian analysis, we fit simultaneously for the intrinsic noise parameters for each pulsar, along with common correlated signals including clock, and Solar system ephemeris errors, obtaining a robust 95 per cent upper limit on the dimensionless strain amplitude A of the background of A < 3.0 × 10−15 at a reference frequency of 1 yr−1 and a spectral index of 13/3, corresponding to a background from inspiralling supermassive black hole binaries, constraining the GW energy density to Ωgw(f)h2 < 1.1 × 10−9 at 2.8 nHz. We also present limits on the correlated power spectrum at a series of discrete frequencies, and show that our sensitivity to a fiducial isotropic GWB is highest at a frequency of ∼5 × 10−9 Hz. Finally, we discuss the implications of our analysis for the astrophysics of supermassive black hole binaries, and present 95 per cent upper limits on the string tension, Gμ/c2, characterizing a background produced by a cosmic string network for a set of possible scenarios, and for a stochastic relic GWB. For a Nambu–Goto field theory cosmic string network, we set a limit Gμ/c2 < 1.3 × 10−7, identical to that set by the Planck Collaboration, when combining Planck and high-ℓ cosmic microwave background data from other experiments. For a stochastic relic background, we set a limit of Ωrelicgw(f)h2<1.2×10−9, a factor of 9 improvement over the most stringent limits previously set by a pulsar timing array.
Rehabilitación en la esquizofrenia
Creators: name: Barana Junior, José
name: Usuna Sosa, Estefanía Sosa
name: Liaño Arriola, Cristina
name: Gallardo Ponce, Ricardo
name: Royuela Rico, Ángel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Nuestro objetivo con esta revisión bibliográfica es definir la rehabilitación o recuperación operativade un paciente diagnosticado de esquizofrenia, así como identificar los factores que puedan favorecer tal recuperación, posibilitando al mismo paciente una remisión sostenida de los síntomas, bien como proporcionarle niveles normales o casí normales de funcionamiento.
Uni Ulm intern - das Ulmer Universitätsmagazin, Nr. 333 (45. Jg.), August 2015
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Uni Ulm intern
subject: DDC 050 / General serial publications
subject: Universities; Germany; Ulm
subject: Universität Ulm

description: uni ulm intern, Das Ulmer Universitätsmagazin, Heft Nr. 333 (45. Jg.), August 2015
Appréciation de l'authencité de l'expression de la joie : examen de deux indices faciaux révélateurs de l'authencité.
Creators: name: Chartrand, Josée.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Psychology, Psychobiology.

description: L'une des visions dans la recherche portant sur les émotions et les expressions faciales interprète les expressions comme le miroir des états intérieurs (Darwin, 1872/1965). Aujourd'hui, bien que plusieurs travaux aient mis en évidence qu'il existait effectivement une concordance entre l'émotion ressentie et l'expression faciale (Ekman, Friesen, & Ancoli, 1980, Roseberg & Ekman, 1994; Smith, McHugo, & Lanzetta, 1986), d'autres recherches ont démontré que l'activité du visage pouvait être trompeuse (Ekman & Friesen, 1974; Ekman, Friesen, & O'Sullivan, 1988). Certains indices faciaux favorisent la discrimination entre les expressions émotionnelles authentiques et non authentiques (i.e., dynamique temporelle de l'expression, temps de latence de la montée, certains mouvements faciaux, durée totale de l'expression). En dépit de ces indices, les êtres humains semblent avoir de la difficulté à distinguer entre ces deux types d'expression émotionnelle. L'objectif principal de la présente thèse est d'examiner la sensibilité des décodeurs à deux indices faciaux révélateurs de l'authenticité de l'expression faciale de la joie, soit la présence de la contraction de l'orbicularis oculi et la symétrie de l'expression. Le deuxième objectif est de vérifier si l'appréciation de l'authenticité varie selon le type de jugement (catégoriel vs intensité). Le troisième objectif est d'étudier le degré de confiance des décodeurs dans leurs jugements. Le quatrième objectif vise l'examen de la capacité des décodeurs à détecter ces deux caractéristiques de l'authenticité de la joie alors que le cinquième objectif est de mettre en relation la détection des indices et le jugement de l'authenticité. Trois études ont été effectuées afin d'atteindre ces objectifs. Les résultats des études suggèrent que, dans certaines circonstances, les décodeurs sont sensibles aux indices de l'authenticité de la joie et, ce, peu importe la modalité de jugement employée. Les résultats indiquent également que les décodeurs sont confiants dans leurs jugements, mais qu'il n'y a pas de relation entre la confiance et l'exactitude des jugements. De plus, il semble que les décodeurs soient capables de détecter les indices révélateurs de l'authenticité et que certains décodeurs sont plus habiles à repérer ces indices que d'autres. Toutefois, ceux-ci ne semblent pas interpréter la signification de ces indices aussi bien lorsqu'ils portent un jugement d'authenticité. Les forces, les limites et les applications pratiques de nos travaux sont également présentées.
DNA methyltransferase in the zebrafish Danio rerio: 5-aza-cytidine treatment of embryos in vivo causes disruption in the development of the axial mesoderm.
Creators: name: Martin, C. Cristofre.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: Biology, Anatomy.

description: I have conducted sequence analysis of a zebrafish cDNA that encodes the protein DNA (5-cytosine) methyltransferase. I show that during development transcription of this zebrafish DNA methyltransferase gene is most high at blastula where it is ubiquitously expressed. At 24 hours of development, highest expression is observed in the brain, neural tube, eyes, and differentiating somites. To further assess the role of DNA methylation during development, I treated zebrafish embryos with 5-aza-cytidine (5-azaC), a nucleotide analog known to induce cellular differentiation and DNA hypomethylation in mammalian cell cultures. Treatments with 5-azaC during blastula and early gastrula caused a perturbation of the body axis resulting in loss of tail, and loss or abnormal development of the somites. Histological sections and in situ hybridization revealed whole or partial loss of a differentiated notochord and mid-line muscle in treated embryos. There was loss of expression of no tail in the notochord and eng in muscle-pioneer cells at 24 hours. When examined during gastrulation, 5-azaC treated embryos has a shortened and thickened axial mesoderm. DNA analysis on 5-azaC-treated embryos indicated an overall decrease in DNA methylation when compared to untreated controls. Embryos treated with 6-aza-cytidine, a cytidine analog not known to affect DNA methylation, showed neither abnormal development nor hypomethylation. Our findings suggest that normal DNA methylation is required for proper differentiation of dorsal mesoderm and pattern development of the dorsal-ventral body axis.
The future Is colorful—an analysis of the CO2 bow wave and why rreen hydrogen cannot do it alone
Creators: name: Von Döllen, Andreas
name: Hwang, YoungSeok
name: Schlüter, Stephan
Publisher: name: Technische Hochschule Ulm
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: hydrogen
subject: CO2
subject: wind power
subject: electrolyzer
subject: bow wave
subject: DDC 600 / Technology (Applied sciences)

description: In both the private and public sectors, green hydrogen is treated as a promising alternative to fossil energy commodities. However, building up production capacities involves significant carbon production, especially when considering secondary infrastructure, e.g., renewable power sources. The amount of required capacity as well as the carbon production involved is calculated in this article. Using Germany as an example we show that the switch to purely green hydrogen involves significant bow waves in terms of carbon production as well as financial and resource demand. An economic model for an optimal decision is derived and—based on empirical estimates—calibrated. It shows that, even if green hydrogen is a competitive technology in the future, using alternatives like turquoise hydrogen or carbon capture and storage is necessary to significantly reduce or even avoid the mentioned bow waves.
title: Tracing the journey of elements from fish feed to Nile tilapia faeces to black soldier fly larvae: a comparative approach
Creators: name: Yakti, Wael
name: Shaw, Christopher
name: Müller, Marcus
name: Mewis, Inga
name: Kloas, Werner
name: Ulrichs, Christian
Publisher: name: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: black soldier fly
subject: fish faeces
subject: waste management
subject: fish feed
subject: insect protein
subject: 630 Landwirtschaft und verwandte Bereiche

description: The article processing charge was funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) – 491192747 and the Open Access Publication Fund of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
description: Introduction: The circular bioeconomy concept revolves around biological production cycles that reintroduce products or waste from one production system to another, aiming to maximize resource utilization while minimising environmental impact. The purpose of this study was to evaluate and compare the element flow when integrating black soldier fly larvae (BSF) production with Nile tilapia production using varying experimental fish feed. Methods: Tilapia (42.5  ± 11.2  g) were reared in recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) at 25.5°C for 10  weeks and fed equal daily rations of four experimental diets containing fishmeal (FM), poultry blood meal (PBM), black soldier fly meal (BSF) and poultry by-product meal (PM) as the single main protein source, respectively. Faeces was collected daily from settling columns installed in the RAS and subsequently fed to BSF larvae. Results and discussion: The fish exhibited the highest biomass gain when fed with FM (1,001  g) or PM (901  g). The growth was lowest for those fed with PBM (406  g). The fish fed with PBM also produced the highest amount of faeces (234 g). When the fish faeces were utilized as a substrate for rearing black soldier fly (BSF) larvae and although the biomass gain did not differ significantly, the feed conversion ratio (FCR) varied among larvae fed with different fish faeces, ranging from 8.36 to 25.04. Furthermore, the concentration of analysed elements (Al, B, Ca, Co, Cu, Fe, K, Mg, Mn, Mo, Na, P, S, and Zn) varied based on the type of fish faeces provided. Results illustrate that a modulation of BSFL elemental composition is possible through manipulating the feed provided to the fish and emphasize the importance of fish feed composition for fish performance as well as the compositional quality of the larvae reared on the resulting fish faeces. Hence, if BSF larvae production is to be harnessed for the recycling of aquaculture sludge, ingredient choice and subsequent elemental composition of fish feeds are pivotal to larvae composition.