cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Impact of drought and water conservation on H2S formation in sewer pipes
Creators: name: Yuan, Chunyi
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024

description: One of the main problems associated with the transportation of sewage in sewer pipes has been the formation of hydrogen sulphide (H2S). In addition to being an odour nuisance, H2S emissions exceeding 1 mg/L are categorised as a health risk and can enhance corrosion potential in concrete sewer pipes.

The main processes involving sulphur in gravity sewers are sulphide generation and emission of hydrogen sulphide into the sewer atmosphere. H2S is produced from sulphate present in sewage through reduction reactions by sulphate-reducing bacteria. As the average pH of sewage is normally around 7, sulphide usually exists in the form of HS- ions and aqueous H2S. When certain conditions apply, aqueous H2S crosses the air-water interface and diffuses into the sewer pipe atmosphere. Many researchers have examined the formation and emission of H2S and have developed models to predict the concentration of sulphide both in sewage and sewer pipe atmosphere. The formation and emission of H2S in sewer systems is governed by a large number of factors. These factors include temperature, pH, hydraulic conditions (i.e. sewage velocity), sewage characteristics and ventilation.

In recent years, Australia has suffered from drought, which has led to a number of water conservation practices being implemented throughout the country. In Melbourne alone, a number of water restrictions have been put in place by the government. These new restrictions have led to reductions in quantities of sewage flowing through the sewers, which in turn have had a major impact on hydraulics in sewer pipes. This reduction in quantity of sewage has reduced flushing of the system and is likely to affect the characteristics of sewage and consequently increase potential problems of safety, odour and corrosion due to the build-up of hydrogen sulphide within the sewer.

Results showed that using synthetic toilet sewage that contained 29.5 mg/L sulphate, a higher aqueous sulphide concentration was measured compared to that at 18.2 mg/L. the aqueous sulphide concentration increased by 89.3% with the 11.3 mg/L increase in the sulphate concentration. Similarly, a higher CODs concentration, 36.8% increase was obtained with a 21.4% increase in the aqueous sulphide concentration. Increasing the sewage velocity by 85.7% increased the sulphide build-up rate by 15.4%.

The concentrations of sulphide predicted using the two-phase model were in agreement with those measured using the laboratory sewer pipe in terms of trend but agreement in terms of value varied. The predictions of H2S in the atmosphere were higher by 50 to 85% than measured concentrations. The model was also used to predict the sulphide concentrations at different sewage conditions.
title: Inhalt und Form von Pressefotos
Creators: name: Lauß, Sarah Maria
Year: 2010

description: Die vorliegende Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit Inhalt und Form von Pressefotos, indem der Frage nachgegangen wird, wie die inhaltliche und formale Darstellung, Gestaltung sowie Präsentation im Fotojournalismus beziehungsweise in der Pressefotografie erfolgt. Das Augenmerk wird dabei auf die Konstruktion von Politik im fotografischen Bild der österreichischen Tagespresse gelegt. Im Zuge der Auseinandersetzung mit dem Inhalt der politischen Pressefotografie interessiert vor allem die Visualisierung von Themen oder Ereignissen über entsprechende Bildmotive. Welche Darstellungsmodi, welche Gestaltungsmittel und fotografischen Darstellungstechniken als formal-ästhetische Möglichkeiten der Bildpräsentation eingesetzt werden, soll geklärt werden, wenn eine Beschäftigung mit der Form von politischen Pressefotos erfolgt. Davon ausgehend hat die Untersuchung gezeigt, dass im Fotojournalismus beziehungsweise in der Pressefotografie bestimmte Darstellungsweisen vorherrschend sind und mit Blick auf die fotografische Politikberichterstattung von einer spezifischen Motivik und Bildästhetik gesprochen werden kann. Zum einen hat man es mit zentralen Motiven zu tun, die als personen- und ereignisbezogene Bildtypen fassbar sind. Zum anderen zielt in formaler Hinsicht der Einsatz von Darstellungsmodi auf eine objektive, authentische und gleichzeitig ästhetisch ansprechende wie „besondere“ Darstellung in der politischen Pressefotografie.
Additional file 2 of Is the European Crohn’s and Colitis organisation (ECCO) e-guide an acceptable and feasible tool for increasing gastroenterologists’ guideline adherence? A mixed methods evaluation
Creators: name: Kanazaki, Ria
name: Smith, Ben
name: Bu, Stella
name: Girgis, Afaf
name: Connor, Susan J
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: Medicine
Biotechnology
Science Policy

description: Supplementary Material 2
Additional file 1 of Body map stories from Colombia: experiences of people affected by leprosy and the influence of peers during diagnosis and treatment
Creators: name: Barbosa Ladino, Martha Cecilia
name: Jiménez Betancourth, Camila
name: Vásquez Acevedo, Lucrecia
name: Haag, Melanie
name: Zirkel, Janina
name: Schwienhorst-Stich, Eva-Maria
name: Navarro, Miriam
name: Kasang, Christa
name: Gágyor, Ildikó
name: Parisi, Sandra
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health

description: Additional file 1: BMS Interview guide English translation
sj-docx-1-aut-10.1177_13623613231183071 – Supplemental material for “Survival classes for a neurotypical world”: What French autistic adults want and need after receiving an autism diagnosis
Creators: name: Bureau, Raven
name: Clément, Céline
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: 110319 Psychiatry (incl. Psychotherapy)
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Education
subject: 130312 Special Education and Disability
subject: FOS: Educational sciences

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-aut-10.1177_13623613231183071 for “Survival classes for a neurotypical world”: What French autistic adults want and need after receiving an autism diagnosis by Raven Bureau and Céline Clément in Autism
Additional file 2 of Body map stories from Colombia: experiences of people affected by leprosy and the influence of peers during diagnosis and treatment
Creators: name: Barbosa Ladino, Martha Cecilia
name: Jiménez Betancourth, Camila
name: Vásquez Acevedo, Lucrecia
name: Haag, Melanie
name: Zirkel, Janina
name: Schwienhorst-Stich, Eva-Maria
name: Navarro, Miriam
name: Kasang, Christa
name: Gágyor, Ildikó
name: Parisi, Sandra
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health

description: Additional file 2: BMS Interview guide Spanish
title: Kino als Vehikel zur Erkundung des Endlichen
Creators: name: Schätz, Benedikt
Year: 2010

description: Gilles Deleuzes (1925-1995) Filmphilosophie erweckt den Eindruck, sich in einer Untersuchung der Zeitlichkeit von Filmbildern zu erschöpfen. Nicht zuletzt die Aufgliederung der Untersuchung in die beiden Bände "Das Bewegungs-Bild" und "Das Zeit-Bild" (von denen der erstere vor allem das klassische Kino und der letztere das Kino der Moderne behandelt) legt diesen Schluss nahe. Ziel dieser Arbeit ist es, die beiden Kategorisierungs- oder Klassifikationssysteme, welche Deleuze bei seiner philosophisch geleiteten Untersuchung von kinematografischen Bildern und Zeichen ausarbeitet, auf ihre Differenzen in Hinblick auf eine Konzeption des Weltverhältnisses, das ein endliches Subjekt mit seiner Umwelt unterhält, zu untersuchen. Es wird dabei der Frage nachgegangen, inwieweit (und unter welchen Umständen) nach Deleuze ein Glaube an ein übergeordnetes, ideologisches Ganzes vorausgesetzt werden kann, durch welche Ereignisse und Begebenheiten ein solcher Glaube in Frage gestellt wird oder zu kollabieren droht und auf welche Weise dieser Glaube – sei es an Gott oder an eine andere halt- und ordnungsgebende Instanz – nach seinem Schwinden eine Leerstelle schafft, die (ohne erneut eine übergeordnete Totalität einzuführen) gefüllt werden kann.
Probabilistic match importance in professional sports
Creators: name: De Lorenzo, Michael
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 490501
subject: Applied statistics
classificationCode: 490510
subject: Stochastic analysis and modelling
classificationCode: 490599
subject: Statistics not elsewhere classified

description: Quantifying the importance of a match in professional sports can be beneficial in a variety of circumstances, including in the statistical modelling of match outcomes and attendance figures. Current literature on probabilistic match importance measures have overlooked key information, including the significance of a draw outcome in football (soccer), and the multiple end-of-season outcomes that a team can achieve in a season. The aim of this research was to develop a probabilistic measure of match importance that accounts for different end-of-season outcomes and is adaptable to both a two-result (win/loss) and a three-result (win/draw/loss) sport. By first furthering an existing probabilistic measure of match importance, a new model was developed that calculates the importance of achieving in different end-of-season outcomes using a Markov Chain model for both NBA basketball and Bundesliga football.

 Furthermore, the new model allows for the significance of a draw outcome to be quantified in the latter; which has not been fully achieved in past literature. The new model was compared to a complete Monte Carlo simulation model, where it was observed that the results between the two modelling techniques were similar. The results from the new model were then applied to an Elo ratings system and a stepwise regression model, where an effect on each model’s predictive performance was observed when matches were classified by their level of importance to the competing teams. The completion of this research helps further the knowledge on calculating and applying match importance within sports modelling.
Additional file 4 of Body map stories from Colombia: experiences of people affected by leprosy and the influence of peers during diagnosis and treatment
Creators: name: Barbosa Ladino, Martha Cecilia
name: Jiménez Betancourth, Camila
name: Vásquez Acevedo, Lucrecia
name: Haag, Melanie
name: Zirkel, Janina
name: Schwienhorst-Stich, Eva-Maria
name: Navarro, Miriam
name: Kasang, Christa
name: Gágyor, Ildikó
name: Parisi, Sandra
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health

description: Additional file 4: Additional Verbatims Spanish
espace – l’intérieur dehors / inside out
Creators: name: Boyd, Peter
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024

description: espace – l’intérieur dehors / inside out is a reflective examination of the fashion practice S!X. Its focus is an exploration of the various uses and meanings of space within the practice. This investigation of space, conducted from within the practice by one of the two practitioners, is new to fashion practice research and is a chief contribution to knowledge in the field.

By turning the practice inside out, the research reveals and analyses the physical space that the practice inhabits, the exhibition, runway, and retail spaces in which the practice exhibits, the space of its client, the geographical spaces that it visits, the intellectual and creative space of design and thinking, and the collaborative space between the two designers within the practice. It also investigates the spaces within the tailored garments through which S!X explore the possibilities and traditions of design.
Additional file 3 of Body map stories from Colombia: experiences of people affected by leprosy and the influence of peers during diagnosis and treatment
Creators: name: Barbosa Ladino, Martha Cecilia
name: Jiménez Betancourth, Camila
name: Vásquez Acevedo, Lucrecia
name: Haag, Melanie
name: Zirkel, Janina
name: Schwienhorst-Stich, Eva-Maria
name: Navarro, Miriam
name: Kasang, Christa
name: Gágyor, Ildikó
name: Parisi, Sandra
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health

description: Additional file 3: Additional Verbatims English translation
Efficient and secured wireless monitoring systems for detection of cardiovascular diseases
Creators: name: Sufi, Fahim
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024

description: Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) is the number one killer for modern era. Majority of the deaths associated with CVD can entirely be prevented if the CVD struck person is treated with urgency. This thesis is our effort in minimizing the delay associated with existing tele-cardiology application. We harnessed the computational power of modern day mobile phones to detect abnormality in Electrocardiogram (ECG). If abnormality is detected, our innovative ECG compression algorithm running on the patient's mobile phone compresses and encrypts the ECG signal and then performs efficient transmission towards the doctors or hospital services. According to the literature, we have achieved the highest possible compression ratio of 20.06 (95% compression) on ECG signal, without any loss of information. Our 3 layer permutation cipher based ECG encoding mechanism can raise the security strength substantially higher than conventional AES or DES algorithms.

 If in near future, a grid of supercomputers can compare a trillion trillion trillion (1036) combinations of one ECG segment (comprising 500 ECG samples) per second for ECG morphology matching, it will take approximately 9.333 X 10970 years to enumerate all the combinations. After receiving the compressed ECG packets the doctor's mobile phone or the hospital server authenticates the patient using our proposed set of ECG biometric based authentication mechanisms. Once authenticated, the patients are diagnosed with our faster ECG diagnosis algorithms. In a nutshell, this thesis contains a set of algorithms that can save a CVD affected patient's life by harnessing the power of mobile computation and wireless communication.
Resilience classification framework: an exploration of child resilience status in relation to school adjustment, parenting practices and family factors
Creators: name: Mutimer, Annette
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 520106
subject: Psychology of ageing

description: Dr Mutimer investigated resilience in pre-school children using the Resilience Classification Framework (RCF). The research found that the four identified groups (Resilient; Good Expected: Poor Expected; Vulnerable) differed significantly on school adjustment and on a range of parenting factors. These findings add to our understanding of resilience in young children.
Decorum, Exotica and Pragmatics. Motivations in the work of TAKA Architects
Creators: name: Deegan, Cian
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 330102
subject: Architectural design
classificationCode: 330104
subject: Architectural history, theory and criticism

description: This document intends to share the insights into our practice that I have made through the vehicle of this research. In it, I intend to explicate the particular sensibilities which drive the work of the practice and to show how these were formed, and how they operate in the architectural work of TAKA Architects. The document focuses around three dominant discoveries made through this research – Decorum, Exotica and Pragmatics.
title: Gesundheitssysteme der Europäischen Union
Creators: name: Fendt, Christian Hans
Year: 2010

description: Diese Diplomarbeit behandelt die Gesundheitssysteme Österreichs und des Vereinigten Königreichs. Diesen beiden Mitgliedstaaten der Euro-päischen Union liegen zwei unterschiedliche Modelltypen der Gesundheits-versorgung zugrunde. Der Reformdruck, mit dem sich beide Länder konfrontiert sehen, besteht vorwiegend in der Finanzierungsproblematik, die in dieser Arbeit in eine grundsätzliche Diskussion über die Aufgaben des Staates mündet. Als Ergebnis meiner Arbeit stelle ich fest, dass beide Systeme trotz unter-schiedlicher Philosophie sowie Organisations- und Finanzierungsstrukturen vor ähnlichen Finanzierungsproblemen stehen. Zusammenfassend komme ich zu einer ganzheitlichen Sicht des Themas Gesundheitswesen: Reformansätze aus der Literatur und der öffentlichen Diskussion werden zu Vorschlägen gebündelt, die für beide Systeme anwendbar sind.
description: This tesis deals with the health care systems of Austria and the United Kingdom. The health care systems of these two member states of the European Union, are based on different models of public health care service. The need for reform is in both countries basically a problem of funding the systems. In this tesis the issue of the funding crisis will lead to a discussion about the duties of a state. As a finding of my paper I will come to the conclusion that both countries in spite of different philosophies as well as organizational structures and financeability are facing similar funding problems. Building on that I will take an integrated view on the issue heath care system: ideas for reforms based on the technical literature and public discussions are merged to suggestions that are applicable in both systems.
(2.5 + 5.8) Years Of Successes And Failures With Long-Range Windscanner System
Creators: name: Vasiljevic, Nikola
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: WindScanner
wind lidar
multi-lidar
scanning lidar

description: In this presentation we will provide a historic overview of successes and failures in the development of the long-range WindScanner system.
Doucette et al. 2022_Environmental Data_Code_Open Science
Creators: name: Johnson, Maggie
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: Marine Biology

description: Raw data supporting the manuscript "Negative effects of a zoanthid competitor limit coral calcification more than ocean acidification" for review at Royal Society Open Science.
 The coral Porites spp. and the zoanthid Zoanthus spp., are common benthic competitors on coral reefs in Bocas del Toro Panama.
 Corals and zoanthids were exposed simultaneously to simulated ocean acidification and competition treatments in the lab, and response variables were measured after 8 weeks of exposure: growth via changes in buoyant weight (i.e., net calcification), growth via changes in polyp count, and photosynthetic efficiency via PAM fluorometry.
 This file is code for analyzing environmental data for ambient and OA treatments.
Studies on bending, folding and buckling of soft materials
Creators: name: Lin, Sen
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 400302
subject: Biomaterials
classificationCode: 401609
subject: Polymers and plastics
classificationCode: 401706
subject: Numerical modelling and mechanical characterisation

description: The complex configurations of soft materials are vital for many biological systems because they allow them quickly response to environmental stimuli and therefore achieve some necessary living functions. Such stimulus-sensitive properties are ascribed to the large deformation resulted from the bending, folding and buckling and have attracted the scientists to explore their essences in a variety of scenarios relating to mechanical force, temperature, humidity, pH value, electricity, magnetism to van der Waals force. Up to date, some exciting achievements have been made and successfully applied to soft robot, sensor, nano-reactor and artificial organ. However, there are still many challenging problems to be well addressed in future.

This research aims to investigate the bending, folding and buckling of soft materials via theoretical analysis, numerical simulation and experimental validation. The retractile behaviours of a spherical shell perforated by sophisticated apertures, attributed to the buckling-induced large deformation are studied. The buckling patterns observed in experiments are reproduced in computational modeling by imposing velocity-controlled loads and eigenmode affine geometric imperfection. It is found that the buckling behaviours are topologically sensitive with respect to the shape of dimple and the buckliball featured with rounded-square apertures has the maximal volume retraction ratio. Afterwards, a kirigami approach is used to fold a patterned planar sheet into a buckliball under a certain thermal stimulus. By minimizing the potential strain energy, we obtain a critical temperature, below which this bilayer sheet exhibits identical principal curvatures everywhere in the self-folding procedure and above which the buckling occurs. The applicability of the theoretical analysis to the self-folding of sheets with a diversity of patterns is verified by the finite element method. Finally, the opening and closure of pine cones is revealed, which is attributed to the self-bending of its scales. It undergoes three states of humidity-driven deformation in terms of Föppl–von Kármán plate theory. Both numerical simulation and experimental data support the theoretical analysis and indicate the longitudinal principal curvature and transverse principal curvature bifurcate at a critical humid value which relies on the thickness and shape of scales.

The findings in this dissertation are significant not only for understanding the principle of natural structures with stimuli-responsive properties, but also for offering a novel way to design and fabricate functional shape-morphing structures for a variety of applications.
Doucette et al. 2022_Benthic Data_Code_Open Science
Creators: name: Johnson, Maggie
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: Marine Biology

description: Raw data supporting the manuscript "Negative effects of a zoanthid competitor limit coral calcification more than ocean acidification" for review at Royal Society Open Science.
 The coral Porites spp. and the zoanthid Zoanthus spp., are common benthic competitors on coral reefs in Bocas del Toro Panama.
 Corals and zoanthids were exposed simultaneously to simulated ocean acidification and competition treatments in the lab, and response variables were measured after 8 weeks of exposure: growth via changes in buoyant weight (i.e., net calcification), growth via changes in polyp count, and photosynthetic efficiency via PAM fluorometry.
 This file includes code for plotting benthic data from 5 sites around Almirante Bay, Bocas del Toro, Panama.
title: Neues Verständnis der Technikklauseln und ihr Verhältnis zu den technischen Normen
Creators: name: Völkel, Oliver
Year: 2010

description: Die vorliegende Arbeit gliedert sich in drei grundsätzlich unabhängige Bereiche. Der erste Abschnitt beschäftigt sich mit den technischen Normen. Der zweite Abschnitt bildet den Hauptteil der Arbeit. Es werden die drei Technikklauseln „Regeln der Technik“, „Stand der Technik“ und „Stand der Wissenschaft“ behandelt. Im dritten Abschnitt werden die Konsequenzen untersucht, die sich aus den Erkenntnissen der beiden anderen Abschnitte auf das Verhältnis der technischen Normen zu den Technikklauseln ergeben.
Optimising short-term and long-term properties of high-volume fly ash (HVFA) concrete
Creators: name: Ling, Xiao
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 400505
subject: Construction materials

description: The demand for concrete as a construction material has increased due to its durability and low cost, the growth of the world’s population and the rapid development of the construction industry. The increased usage of concrete consequently increases the use of Portland cement and leads to high emissions and energy consumption. The research presented here aimed to replace over 60% of cement with fly ash in the production of concrete without causing any adverse effects on the properties of concrete.

After a comprehensive literature review, potential methods of improving properties of high-volume fly ash (HVFA) concrete were identified as: provision of additional lime for the pozzolanic reaction, reducing the particle size of fly ash to improve reactivity and increasing the temperature of mixing water to increase the rate of the reaction. A comprehensive experimental program demonstrated that the use of limewater as mixing water and using ultra-fine fly ash will increase the performance of HVFA concrete. An optimised mix design was developed for a HVFA concrete with 65% cement replaced by fly ash without any adverse effects on concrete strength compared to Portland cement concrete with the same binder proportion. It was noted that increasing the temperature of the mixing water does not improve the properties of the HVFA concrete.

Short-term and long-term properties of the new concrete were examined via a comprehensive experimental program conducted on compressive strength, elastic modulus, flexural strength, tensile strength, drying shrinkage and creep. Apart from drying shrinkage, all the other properties of the new concrete were similar or superior to those of an equivalent Portland cement concrete. It was established that the high drying shrinkage observed in the new concrete can be controlled by early age curing.
Additional file 6 of Body map stories from Colombia: experiences of people affected by leprosy and the influence of peers during diagnosis and treatment
Creators: name: Barbosa Ladino, Martha Cecilia
name: Jiménez Betancourth, Camila
name: Vásquez Acevedo, Lucrecia
name: Haag, Melanie
name: Zirkel, Janina
name: Schwienhorst-Stich, Eva-Maria
name: Navarro, Miriam
name: Kasang, Christa
name: Gágyor, Ildikó
name: Parisi, Sandra
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health

description: Additional file 6: SRQR Guidelines for reporting qualitative research
Improving service quality in cloud computing: from definition to deployment
Creators: name: Buravlev, Vitaly
Publisher: name: IMT Alti Studi Lucca
Year: 2018
Subjects: QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science

description: Linda provides high-level linguistic abstractions for concurrent
 programming with operations for synchronization and
 exchange of values between different programs that share
 information by accessing common repositories named tuple
 spaces. Despite their expressive power and their simplicity,
 there are several challenges in implementing tuple space systems,
 which prevent the Linda model to be widespread.
 The goal of this work is to provide an efficient implementation
 of the Linda coordination model. As a starting point, we
 take KLAIM and its Java implementation and we improve on
 it after evaluating the performances of selected implementations
 of tuple spaces and discussing their different implementation
 choices concerned with data structures and querying
 techniques. Our KLAIM implementation is also extended with
 abstractions for data replication based on automatic data placement
 strategies.
Development of a haemodynamic model for improving clinical treatment of vascular disease
Creators: name: Dong, Jingliang
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024

description: Atherosclerosis is a chronic artery disease that leads to heart attack and stroke; affecting millions of people worldwide. It tends to develop in locations where disturbed flow patterns occur, such as the carotid artery, left coronary artery and abdominal aorta. The causative factors leading to atherosclerosis still remain relatively poorly understood. Conventional diagnosis of arterial disease relies on a combination of history, clinical examination and clinical imaging derived from CT, MRI, etc. To address some of the important factors related to arterial haemodynamics, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) studies were performed on in-vitro models using physiologically relevant conditions. The flow disturbances in terms of wall shear stress and oscillatory shear index were examined. Based on the current research, new insights from a haemodynamics point of view were provided. This study aims to enrich and complement the current arterial disease research, and contribute to promoting the diagnosis accuracy and efficiency in the future.

This thesis is composed by six parts of work. Firstly, a comprehensive literature review was performed to identify the research gaps between the current relevant numerical studies with real clinical application. Secondly, the proposed CFD model was validated with published experimental work using particle image velocimetry (PIV) approach. A downstream impedance model was then developed to improve numerical simulation accuracy for image-based artery bifurcations. The numerical results were correlated with a clinical indicator to provide relevant findings for treating physicians. Lastly, a fully fluid-structure interaction (FSI) modelling over left coronary artery models with different bifurcation angles was conducted. The relationship between the mechanical force (first principle stress), the hemodynamic force (wall shear stress), and the bifurcation angle was analysed.

In summary, this thesis developed a new downstream artery impedance model, and converted the numerical simulation results into clinical indicators, which can improve the current simulation accuracy and contribute more meaningful results to assist a better clinical diagnosis. A FSI simulation was performed over left coronary artery bifurcation models. The bifurcation angle influence on atherosclerosis progression was addressed. The left circumflex side bifurcation shoulder was found to be more vulnerable in developing atherosclerosis.
Investigations on the removal of elemental mercury from coal fired power plants gaseous emissions by catalytic oxidation
Creators: name: Tur, Katie
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 340199
subject: Analytical chemistry not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 340211
subject: Transition metal chemistry
classificationCode: 340301
subject: Inorganic materials (incl. nanomaterials)
classificationCode: 340307
subject: Structure and dynamics of materials
classificationCode: 340601
subject: Catalysis and mechanisms of reactions

description: Toxic elemental mercury (Hg0) is regularly released into the environment from coal-fired power plants. A promising technology for removing Hg0 from gas streams (such as those generated in coal fired power plants) involves catalytic oxidation of Hg0, where Hg0 is converted to an oxidised form, Hg2+, that is able to be captured using existing technologies used to capture SO2. The aim of this research project was to investigate catalytic oxidation of Hg0 using a range of transition metal oxides (α-Fe2O3, Fe3O4, CoO, Co3O4, MnO, MnO2, Mn2O3, Mn3O4, NiO, Ni2O3, and Ni3O4). Transition metal oxides were selected for study due to previous promising results that have been obtained, and their reasonable cost. Transition metal oxides that exhibited the most catalytic activity were that of Mn2O3, Mn3O4 and NiO where thereafter, more detailed tests were performed. The influence of temperature showed significant increases in mercury oxidation with increased temperature. Tests conducted investigating the influence of flue gases such as HCl, O2/CO2 and NH3 showed that in the presence of HCl, the catalytic oxidation of mercury increased. Additionally, the increase in HCl concentration also resulted in higher oxidation. In the presence of O2/CO2, mercury oxidation showed similar trends to that of streams containing only Hg0. The addition of NH3 in the gas stream significantly hindered mercury oxidation for the Mn2O3, Mn3O4 and NiO catalysts. Post characterisation studies done on all catalysts did not have any significant change to morphology, surface chemistry, and surface area.
title: Computerergonomie im Unterricht
Creators: name: Weber, Nicole
Year: 2010

description: Ziel dieser Diplomarbeit ist es eine Zusammenfassung der aktuellen Erkenntnisse der Computerergonomie zu liefern. Dabei werden die Themen Arbeitsstuhl, Tischmöbel, Fußstütze, Tastatur, Maus, Beleuchtung des Arbeitsplatzes, Bildschirmaufstellung und Notebook-Ergonomie betrachtet. Der zweite Teil der Diplomarbeit liefert Ergebnisse einer an einer Wiener Schule durchgeführten Umfrage, welche den Wissensstand über Computerergonomie der 14 bis 16 jährigen SchülerInnen überprüft.
Additional file 1 of Causal inference between pernicious anemia and cancers: a bidirectional two-sample mendelian randomization analysis
Creators: name: Che, Bangwei
name: Yuan, Shenglan
name: Zhang, Hongyan
name: Zhai, Jiancheng
name: Zhang, Yang
name: Wu, Chuanchuan
name: Tang, Kaifa
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Supplementary Material 1
Molpadia Cuvier 1817
Creators: name: O'Loughlin, P. Mark
name: Skarbnik-López, Jessica
name: Mackenzie, Melanie
name: VandenSpiegel, Didier
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Echinodermata
Holothuroidea
Molpadida
Molpadiidae
Molpadia

description: Molpadia Cuvier, 1817
 Diagnosis (Pawson 1977). Calcareous deposits include tables, anchors, and rosettes of racquet-shaped plates and large fusiform rods in various combinations. Tail deposits tables or fusiform rods. Phosphatic deposits present or absent.
 Type species. Molpadia musculus Risso, 1826 (type locality Mediterranean Sea).
description: Published as part of O'Loughlin, P. Mark, Skarbnik-López, Jessica, Mackenzie, Melanie & VandenSpiegel, Didier, 2015, Sea cucumbers of the Kerguelen Plateau, with descriptions of new genus and species (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea), pp. 59-93 in Memoirs of Museum Victoria 73 on page 87, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2015.73.07, http://zenodo.org/record/12213223
Doucette et al. 2022_Coral & zoanthid responses to OA_Code_Open Science
Creators: name: Johnson, Maggie
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: Marine Biology

description: Raw data supporting the manuscript "Negative effects of a zoanthid competitor limit coral calcification more than ocean acidification" for review at Royal Society Open Science.
 The coral Porites spp. and the zoanthid Zoanthus spp., are common benthic competitors on coral reefs in Bocas del Toro Panama.
 Corals and zoanthids were exposed simultaneously to simulated ocean acidification and competition treatments in the lab, and response variables were measured after 8 weeks of exposure: growth via changes in buoyant weight (i.e., net calcification), growth via changes in polyp count, and photosynthetic efficiency via PAM fluorometry.
 This file includes the code for analzying biological responses to pH and competition treatments.
Fostering efficiency in data management planning, data management, and quality assurance by developing and applying RDMO extensions
Creators: name: Wagner, Michael
name: Henzen, Christin
name: Taugnitz, Tim
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: research data management, data management software, quality assurance, DMP, CKAN, RDMO, python

description: Research projects in the Earth System Sciences (ESS) are mostly data-driven and either use data as input for analysis workflows or create data as a main result. Thus, these projects demand a proper data management and related planning, that is core for considering reusability of the data after the end of the project. RDMO (Research Data Management Organizer1 ) is a tool for planning and conducting research data management in a structured way. Therefore, RDMO facilitates data management planning and comprises, among others, questionnaires for researchers, tasks management, and reporting options. Besides the core functionality, RDMO can be extended by implementing plugins and scripts that enable the usage of RDMO for new use cases. Here, we present three extensions developed in the GeoKur2 project: (1) RDMOCatalogBuilder is a script that facilitates the preparation of new questionnaires, which includes an example of a data assurance workflow controlled and documented via RDMO. (2) RDMOViewBuilder tool creates a view from an RDMO catalog to provide a quick overview on available questions and answers (3) RDMO2CKAN is an export function script to facilitate linking tools - a planning and a metadata management tool by reusing specific fields from RDMO to CKAN3 , an open source data management system.
MediLoop: On-site repurposing of injectable waste
Creators: name: Sanchez, Maria
name: Cementon, Chiara
name: Gao, Margaret
name: Grandhe, Sai Saran
Publisher: name: Stanford Digital Repository
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Circularity (Economic theory)
subject: Syringes
subject: Medical Recycling

description: The MediLoop project addresses the urgent need for sustainable medical waste management by designing an on-site recycling system for single-use injectables. Sponsored by Johnson & Johnson, this initiative supports the company's broader goal of achieving net-zero emissions by 2045 through circular economy strategies. The project team identified clinics as the optimal intervention point, where non-hazardous plastic syringes can be safely separated, sterilized, and repurposed before entering the waste stream. Over the winter quarter, the team developed and tested a functional prototype that includes two key subsystems: syringe alignment and plastic extraction via cutting. The system is designed to operate with minimal user intervention, fit within standard clinical environments, and meet regulatory safety standards. Future work includes integrating shredding and sterilization components and validating the design through further testing and stakeholder feedback. MediLoop has the potential to significantly reduce medical plastic waste and advance sustainability practices within the healthcare sector.
Additional file 2 of Causal inference between pernicious anemia and cancers: a bidirectional two-sample mendelian randomization analysis
Creators: name: Che, Bangwei
name: Yuan, Shenglan
name: Zhang, Hongyan
name: Zhai, Jiancheng
name: Zhang, Yang
name: Wu, Chuanchuan
name: Tang, Kaifa
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Supplementary Material 2
Supplemental Material - Regular Article A Review of Using Photo-Elicitation Interviews in Qualitative Education Research
Creators: name: Zhang, Yuying
name: Hennebry-Leung, Mairin
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2023
Subjects: Health and Community Services
Nursing not elsewhere classified
Sociological Methodology and Research Methods

description: Supplemental Material for Regular Article A Review of Using Photo-Elicitation Interviews in Qualitative Education Research by Yuying Zhang,and Mairin Hennebry-Leung in International Journal of Qualitative Methods.
SLPs working with CLD families (Sinclair et al., 2025)
Creators: name: Sinclair, Rachel L.
name: Finke, Erinn H.
name: Wu, Lin
Publisher: name: ASHA journals
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 420110
subject: Speech pathology
classificationCode: 390305
subject: Professional education and training
classificationCode: 470212
subject: Multicultural, intercultural and cross-cultural studies

description: Introduction: Evidence-based practices (EBPs) use evidence (external and internal), clinician expertise, and client/caregiver perspectives to deliver effective, individualized care. Each component of EBP is highly relevant and most effective when implemented together. Families with cultural or linguistic backgrounds different from the mainstream experience inequitable treatment across all disciplines. As the United States’ population becomes increasingly diverse, it is paramount for speech-language pathologists (SLPs) to obtain education and support to provide evidence-based, culturally responsive care.Method: This study conducted a scoping review to determine what is known regarding SLPs’ perspectives and experiences working with families or children with different cultural or linguistic backgrounds. Articles were included if they (a) contained empirical novel data, were available in English, were peer-reviewed, and were published; (b) included experiences of SLPs who self-reported that they work with children and/or families with cultural and/or linguistic backgrounds different from themselves or the regional mainstream; and (c) reported effects of cultural or linguistic difference on SLP service provision.Results: Results indicated that SLPs encounter many barriers but often exhibit culturally responsive clinical decision making through the consideration of evidence (external and internal) and their clinical expertise and opinion. Multiple strategies for increasing culturally responsive care and areas that would benefit from further research and systemic change were identified.Discussion: Barriers and solutions to culturally responsive care represented two areas of needed change: personal and within system. Though not all change may occur immediately, the present study offers suggested solutions for SLPs to implement in their clinical practice for increased culturally responsive care.Supplemental Material S1. PubMed/MEDLINE search strategy.Sinclair, R. L., Finke, E. H., & Wu, L. (2025). Speech-language pathologists’ experiences working with culturally and linguistically diverse families: A scoping review. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 34(2), 908–930. https://doi.org/10.1044/2024_AJSLP-24-00185
title: Polizeiforschung in Österreich
Creators: name: Baumgartner-Flotzinger, Simone
Year: 2010

description: Die Polizeiforschung in Österreich ist eine sehr junge, nicht wirklich ausgereifte Wissenschaft. Sie beinhaltet die Forschung über die Entwicklung der Polizei in nächster Zukunft, beziehungsweise auch die gesellschaftliche Entwicklung. In Österreich wird diese Forschung erst seit dem Jahr 2004 betrieben. Verantwortlich dafür ist die Sicherheitsakademie, mit dem eigens dafür gegründeten, Institut für Wissenschaft. Hier zu Lande ist sie wahrlich ein weißes Blatt Papier und hat noch großen Nachholbedarf. Die Diplomarbeit soll einen Bogen über die Grundzüge der guten alten Polizey bis hin zur Entstehung der Polizei in Österreich, der Wachkörperzusammenlegung und schließlich dem Vergleich von EUROPOL und INTERPOL spannen. Mit der Definition nach Josef von Sonnenfels soll der Polizeibegriff eine neue Bedeutung bekommen. In einem Problemfokussierten Experteninterview wird die Frage der Vor- und Nachteile der Wachkörperzusammenlegung analysiert und auch diskutiert, ob eine Evaluierung von Nöten ist. Abschließend wurde eine Studie miteinbezogen, die darstellt wie die österreichische Bevölkerung die Polizei bewertet.
The use of sterols as markers for human waste input into recreational and urban waters
Creators: name: Jayasinghe, Wethigangoda
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024

description: A convenient method of extracting and detecting sterols in environmental water samples is reported. Particle-associated sterols were collected on glass-fibre filters then the filters were supercritical fluid extracted followed by pentafluorophenyldimethylsilyl (flophemesyl) derivatisation for gas chromatographic­ electron capture detection (GC-ECD). Optimal derivatisation of epicoprostanol, coprostanol, cholesterol, dihydrocholesterol, stigmasterol,β sitosterol and stigmastanol with neat flophemesyl chlmide was achieved under mild conditions (i.e. room temperature, 15 min.) Without the need for added solvent. These sterols gave linear GC-ECD calibrations (r²≥0.99) while detection limits in the final solutions were 0.1 - 0.6 ,µg/mL.
Phyllophorella Heding and Panning 1954
Creators: name: O'Loughlin, P. Mark
name: Barmos, Shari
name: VandenSpiegel, Didier
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Echinodermata
Holothuroidea
Dendrochirotida
Phyllophoridae
Phyllophorella

description: Phyllophorella Heding and Panning, 1954
 Diagnosis (after Heding and Panning 1954). Dendrochirote holothuroids with 20 tentacles in 2 series of 15 variably large outer and 5 small inner; body covered with tube feet; calcareous ring with 5 paired short composite tapering posterior extensions, arising principally from the radial plates but sometimes jointly from the radial and inter-radial plates; body wall ossicles tables with 4-pillared spires.
 Type species. Phyllophorus (Phyllophorella) robusta Heding and Panning, 1954 (original designation; locality Thailand).
 Other species. P. contractura Cherbonnier, 1988; P. drachi Cherbonnier and Guille, 1968; P. dubius Cherbonnier, 1961; P. kohkutiensis Heding and Panning, 1954; P. liuwutiensis (Yang, 1937); P. longipeda (Semper, 1867); P. notialis O’Loughlin sp. nov.; P. perforata (H. L. Clark, 1932); P. purpureopunctata (Sluiter, 1901); P. rosetta Thandar, 1994; P. roseus Cherbonnier and Féral, 1981; P. spiculata (Chang, 1935); P. thyonoides (H. L. Clark, 1938).
 Remarks. We re-assign species Phyllophorus thyonoides H. L. Clark, 1938 from Phyrella Heding and Panning, 1954 to Phyllophorella Heding and Panning, 1954 on the basis of having 15 variably large outer tentacles and 5 small inner ones, and frequent cases of the posterior prolongations of the calcareous ring arising from both radial and inter-radial plates (as illustrated by Heding and Panning 1954 for most Phyllophorella species). We note that Rowe (in Rowe and Gates 1995) made Phyllophorus parvipedes H. L. Clark, 1938 (type locality Broome in NW Australia) a subjective junior synonym of Phyllophorus spiculata Chang 1935 (type locality China).
description: Published as part of O'Loughlin, P. Mark, Barmos, Shari & VandenSpiegel, Didier, 2012, The phyllophorid sea cucumbers of southern Australia (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Dendrochirotida: Phyllophoridae), pp. 269-308 in Memoirs of Museum Victoria 69 on page 278, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2012.69.05, http://zenodo.org/record/12212378
'I didn't ask for this' Private practices in the creation of a residential architecture
Creators: name: Higgs, Alan
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 330102
subject: Architectural design

description: My research outcomes are considered in three parts. Part One shows how personal histories contribute to my creative practice, especially through recalling the origins of my sensibility. It maps my body of work and situates my practice. Part Two uses case studies to reveal how we develop design. I analyse outcomes, track developing mastery of a type, look at transplanting creative practice geographically and typologically. I show how client relationships are curated and how my sharing design authorship has evolved and operates. A new research tool is explained. The roles of memory and history come to the surface. Part Three explains my search for the ‘ideal room’ as a central design driver, photography’s role in my design process, how I used the PRS structure, a discovery about change in London’s terraced townhouses through social history from Big Bang to Brexit. It observes the way private practices like mine contribute to architectural culture.