cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Motor telephony: the practices and problems of regulating mobile telephony and driving
Creators: name: Jessop, Glenn
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This thesis is about the uses of mobile phones while driving, the problems they create and the strategies which have been adopted in addressing the practice. Using a cross-disciplinary framework, I provide a rich description of the regulatory options that have been debated and implemented, highlighting the differences between Victorian, Australian and international jurisdictions. By focusing on the Victorian context, the practice of phoning and driving is used to explore the social and political implications of technological innovation and the emergence of a new regulatory domain. In Chapter Two I provide a historical, technological and sociological account of the use of phones in cars, arguing that this has become an integral part of many people’s lives. Chapter Three weighs up the empirical evidence concerning how phone use affects driving and how this information informs decisions about regulation. Having outlined this context, the thesis moves on to explore the strategies, or technologies of government, which have been adopted in order to modify people’s use of mobile phones in vehicles. Chapters Four and Five consider the development and implementation of legislative measures (traffic regulations, police enforcement, financial penalties and criminal charges), while Chapter Six outlines methods which place the responsibility on individual drivers (such as education and appealing to social norms). Chapter Seven speculates upon the effects and limitations of these strategies. I draw on three key concepts in describing the practices of motor telephony. First, it is about the regulation of an emerging technology in everyday life. The regulatory strategies can be split into two main approaches: institutional (rules developed and imposed by governments and police authorities) and social (measures which rely on appeals to personal responsibility). Second, I explain the regulatory context in terms of a network of negotiation. The social policy debates involve an array of opinions and groups, from government through to private industry, research organisations, media and the driving public. This network of actors supports and promotes regulatory options in different ways. Third, we see that developing and implementing public policy strategies is a complex, fluid and non-linear process. Accordingly, it is possible to see regulatory efforts surrounding the use of mobile phones in cars as an instance of the continuing complexity of various technologies of government as they intersect with the social use of technology.
Das Open Science Office der Universität Mannheim: Ein ganzheitliches, interdisziplinäres Angebot von Open Science Services
Creators: name: Zumstein, Philipp
name: Morgan, David Philip
Publisher: name: Forschungzentrum Jülich
Year: 2022
Subjects: Open Science
ganzheitlicher Ansatz
interdisziplinäres Angebot
institutionelle Verankerung

description: doi:10.5281/ZENODO.6961731
description: Klassische Open Science Services werden in den Bereichen Open Access und Forschungsdatenmanagement an vielen Bibliotheken bereits angeboten. Aktuell rücken bei Open Science engagierten Forschenden aber häufig auch andere Aspekte wie Replikation, Reproduzierbarkeit und Präregistrierung stärker in den Fokus. Um ganzheitlich und interdisziplinär bei Open Science zu unterstützen wurde an der Universität Mannheim im Februar 2021 ein Open Science Office eingerichtet. Open Science Services zu allen oben genannten wie auch zukünftigen weiteren Themen werden vom Office entweder selbst angeboten oder in Kooperation mit anderen bereits existierenden Teams durchgeführt. Das Open Science Office ist an der Bibliothek angegliedert und über einen wissenschaftlichen Beirat mit den universitären Entscheidungsträgern sowie externen Open Science Expert*innen verbunden. Das institutionenübergreifende Mannheim Open Science Meetup, welches als eine Graswurzelbewegung entstanden ist, wird durch das Open Science Office finanziell und organisatorisch unterstützt. Zudem besteht eine Kollaboration mit dem German Reproducibility Network (GRN). Das Poster führt die angebotenen Open Science Services weiter aus. Als Teil davon wurden auch universitäre Open-Science-Grants ausgeschrieben, bei welchen die Projekte ein breites fachliches wie auch methodisches Spektrum abdecken. Wir sind interessiert an einem Austausch mit anderen Institutionen mit ähnlichen Open-Science-Einrichtungen, solchen mit Plänen dazu und allen am Thema Interessierten.
Glocal Features of In-flight Magazines: when Local Becomes Global. An Explorative Study
Creators: name: Maci, Stefania Maria
Publisher: name: Università degli  Studi di Milano
Year: 2012

description: In-flights are magazines distributed by commercial airlines to their passengers and contain news items concerning travel, business and general-interest features, including tourist resorts. The choice of resorts to be described in in-flight magazines seems to depend on the destinations reached by the flights and apparently reflects a cultural and business tendency to focus tourists’ attention not just on popular destinations but also on less frequently advertised or less traditional tourism localities, and to invest in the rediscovery of local identities. Such rediscovery allows the exportation of local tourism to an international audience, thus providing considerable financial advantages.
It is the purpose of this paper to investigate the multimodal and linguistic strategies adopted by in-flight magazines so as to allow the local to become global. The analysis, based on a corpus of ten monthly in-flight magazines published in English and collected between 2009 and 2010, will try to define the linguistic conventions and constraints of this genre. In addition, attention will focus on the extent to which iconicity and interdiscursivity permeate the discourse of tourism in in-flight magazines. The resulting data seem to suggest that the airline industry tends to adopt marketing strategies aimed at promoting and differentiating national interests in an international context. The easiest way to do so is to present themselves as global. By highlighting this characteristic, airline companies construct a global reality which the international, and therefore global, traveller experiences

description: Altre Modernità, 2012: Confini mobili: lingua e cultura nel discorso del turismo
Die Kapelle Guidalotti-Mellini im Kreuzgang von S. Croce. Ein Beitrag zur Baugeschichte
Creators: name: Carl, Doris
Publisher: name: Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz
Year: 2018

description: -
description: Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz, Bd. 25, Nr. 2 (1981): Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz
Supplementary document for A New Method to Design the Integrated Multi-band Optical System - 5250066.pdf
Creators: name: Yang, Chen
name: Gao, Ming
name: Song, Xiao
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: For Fig.3-Parameters of optical system,and For Fig.2-Values of root mean square focal length difference
Raphael's Activity in Perugia as Reflected in a Drawing in the Ashmolean Museum: Oxford
Creators: name: Ferino-Pagden, Sylvia
Publisher: name: Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz
Year: 2018

description: -
description: Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz, Bd. 25, Nr. 2 (1981): Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz
LA DIDATTICA DELL’ITALIANO L2 A DETENUTI STRANIERI
Creators: name: Bonfanti, Valentina
Publisher: name: Italiano LinguaDue
Year: 2012

description: L’insegnamento dell’italiano L2 all’interno degli istituti penitenziari è diventata un’esigenza fondamentale, data la crescente presenza di detenuti stranieri nelle strutture detentive del nostro Paese.Il presente lavoro analizza le peculiarità dell’insegnamento dell’italiano L2 a detenuti stranieri: ruolo e caratteristiche del docente, bisogni e motivazioni dell’apprendente, problematiche legate al contesto specifico di apprendimento. In particolare si intende mettere in evidenza il ruolo primario della scrittura come mezzo fondamentale per svolgere attività quotidiane (padroneggiare regolamenti, richieste, “domandine”) e come strumento per la rieducazione.Per meglio comprendere le specificità dell’insegnamento in questo contesto, viene presentato un sillabo per apprendenti detenuti redatto da Antonella Benucci ed in appendice due interviste rivolte a docenti della Casa Circondariale di Monza.TEACHING ITALIAN L2 TO FOREIGN INMATESTeaching Italian L2 in prisons has become a basic need, given the growing number of foreign detainees in Italian prisons.This paper analyzes the peculiarity of teaching Italian L2 to foreign inmates: the teacher’s role and characteristics, the student’s needs and motivations, problems linked to the specific setting. We highlight the primary role of writing as a fundamental means for carrying out daily activities (mastering rules, requests, “small questions”) and as a re-education tool.To better understand the specificity of teaching in this context, a syllabus for detainees compiled by Antonella Benucci is presented and there are two interviews with teachers working in a prison in Monza.
description: Italiano LinguaDue, Vol 4, N° 1 (2012)
ALL THE WORDS THAT ARE NOT FIT TO PRINT. NOTES ON THE “ILLITERATURE” OF ITALIAN EMIGRATION
Creators: name: Marazzi, Martino
Publisher: name: Italiano LinguaDue
Year: 2012

description: L’articolo presenta criticamente alcuni esempi dell’uso dell’italiano in emigrati negli Stati Uniti di prima e seconda generazione: esempi a metà strada fra scritto e orale, rinvenibili in scritte murarie e corrispondenze private (cartoline illustrate e lettere); messaggi personali si alternano a prove poetiche amatoriali, in uno stretto dialogo con le immagini. Nel complesso, il contributo fornisce indicazioni intorno al lento passaggio da una lingua all'altra, testimoniato da peculiari adattamenti a livello fonetico, lessicale, sintattico.This article presents a few examples of the use of Italian in first and second-generation immigrants to the United States: examples half-way between written and oral language are taken from writing on walls, post cards, memoirs and poetry, in intimate dialogue with images. On the whole, the paper considers the slow shift from one language to another, as shown by particular adaptations on phonetic, lexical and syntactic levels.
description: Italiano LinguaDue, Vol 4, N° 1 (2012)
Alcoholism treatment digest (Release No. 86, October 13, 1967)
Creators: name: Keller, Mark
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1967

description: The Alcoholism Treatment Digest was a subscription-based publication prepared for special clients by the editorial department of the Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol / Journal of Studies on Alcohol from 1950 to 1973 with Mark Keller as editor. It was published in February, April, June, October, and December, summarizing scholarly content on four topics, available to republish with attribution. Some of the reviews were simultaneously published in the "Connecticut Review on Alcoholism" under the identical subtitle "Alcoholism Treatment Digest" every other month. The authors of the reviews were first noted in 1964, in the June issue.Contents, Release No. 861.Self-Mastery and Countertransference Reaction in the Therapist2.A New Drug in the Treatment of Alcoholism3.Therapy with Alcoholic Women Ex-Prisoners4.Specificity In Aversion
Numeracy and fitness testing
Creators: name: Leahy, Deana
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2020
Subjects: Education

description: This education resource was developed to highlight what numeracy is with respect to the learning area of HPE. In the resource I highlight and explain the numeracy content and skills required to teach about fitness testing. The sequence is part of a larger unit of work you would develop to help young people develop key health literacies (including numeracies) to understand fitness and fitness testing.
Managing the Agility of Organisational Units: A Middle Management Perspective
Creators: name: Kahl, Joachim
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2021
Subjects: Agility
Agile
Dynamic capability
Ambidexterity
Organisational units
Middle management
Qualitative research

description: Increasing dynamics and complexities of the business environment drive organisations to increase their dynamic capabilities. Hence, agility has become a core competency of today’s management for the survival and sustainable success of organisations. To achieve higher levels of corporate agility, the theory of self-organisation suggests applying decentralised structures of autonomous, self-reliant, and interconnected agents. This can be applied by empowering Middle Management (MM) and granting advanced power to the Organisational Units (OUs), such as departments and business units. Thus, the central question of this research is: How can the agility of OUs be managed based on MM empowerment?
description: The literature review conducted for this study has revealed research gaps in the body of dynamic capability theory in the context of OUs. Addressing these gaps, a theoretical model was developed comprising the key elements and factors crucial for managing agility at the MM level.
ORCID in Germany - A project-driven success story
Creators: name: Schrader, Antonia
name: Pampel, Heinz
Publisher: name: Forschungzentrum Jülich
Year: 2022
Subjects: ORCID
Open Researcher and Contributor ID
Open Science
PID
Open Access
Persistent Identifier

description: doi:10.5281/ZENODO.7120694
description: The Open Researcher and Contributor ID ORCID strives to enable transparent and trustworthy connections between researchers, their contributions, and their affiliations by providing a unique, persistent identifier for individuals to use as they engage in research, scholarship, and innovation activities. ORCID is therefore an essential piece of the puzzle for increasing the discoverability of researchers by disambiguating them from all the other researchers with the same or even a similar name and definitively connecting them with their research contribution metadata (e.g. their scholarly record). Furthermore, ORCID specifically addresses each of the FAIR findability principle components. The international non-profit organization ORCID , on which the initiative is based, already connects over 14 million persons worldwide with their research outcomes.  In order to promote the widespread implementation of ORCID at universities and non-university research institutions in Germany, the project 'ORCID DE' was launched and is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).  With the development of claiming services for the national bibliography of the German National Library and the BASE (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine), one of the world's most voluminous search engines especially for academic web resources, ORCID DE provides central tools for shaping the distribution and quality of metadata of scholarly communication from Germany. Furthermore the project fosters the interconnection of ORCID with other persistent identification (PID) systems and therefore contributes to more discoverability, accessibility, and visibility of research outcomes. As coordinator of the project, the Helmholtz Open Science Office makes an important contribution to improving scientific information management in the context of Open Science  Further project partners of ORCID DE are Deutsche Nationalbibliothek , Universitätsbibliothek Bielefeld , DataCite - International Data Citation Initiative e. V. and Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB) Hannover .
Building bridges between Open Science policy and practice
Creators: name: Tatum, Clifford
name: Wouters, Paul
Publisher: name: Forschungzentrum Jülich
Year: 2019
Subjects: open scholarship
persistent identifiers
research evaluation
keyword mapping
research policy
openness profile

description: doi:10.5281/ZENODO.3248717
description: There is increasing recognition of the scope of cultural change needed to realize the European vision for Open Science policy. Key challenges include contemporary modes of recognition and reward that are out of step with principles of open science [1] and identification of numerous disincentives, at the individual level, regarding adoption of increased openness [2]. These obstacles raise questions about implementation of top-down policy in general, and the European Commission's open science policy in particular: Where does the European notion of Open Science come from? In what ways is open science policy informed by the science of science? And what role is there for ongoing, bottom-up contributions to open scholarship? This project examines foundational European policy documents in relation to published research on open science, and outlines a bridge to better understanding of openness practices through recognition[3] of those already doing open science.  [1] European Commission. 2017. “Evaluation of Research Careers Fully Acknowledging Open Science Practices; Rewards, Incentives and/or Recognition for Researchers Practicing Open Science.” Directorate-General for Research and Innovation Open Science and ERA policy.  https://ec.europa.eu/research/openscience/pdf/os_rewards_wgreport_final.pdf   [2] Leonelli, Sabina. 2017. “European Commission: MLE on Open Science: Altmetrics and Rewards – Incentives and Rewards to Engage in Open Science Activities.” Brussels: Directorate-General for Research and Innovation.  https://rio.jrc.ec.europa.eu/en/file/11619/download?token=uiOzNZM_   [3] the Openness Profile is presently under development by the Knowledge Exchange working group on Open Scholarship and Research Evaluation -  http://knowledge-exchange.info
San Marco in Florenz: Umbauten vor 1500. Ein Beitrag zum Werk des Michelozzo
Creators: name: Teubner, Hans
Publisher: name: Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz
Year: 2018

description: -
description: Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz, Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz
Los avatares de la identidad de la mujer en tres obras chilenas de la postdictadura: 'Nosotras que nos queremos tanto', 'La muerte y la doncella' y 'La hija del General'
Creators: name: Medalla, Maria Enriqueta
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: Nosotras que nos queremos tanto y los procesos identitarios femeninos
Los personajes de Nosotras que nos queremos tanto y la reutilización novelesca del discurso socio-político chileno
Entrevista a Raquel Correa
La muerte y la doncella: dictadura y la desconstrucción identitaria de la mujer
La muerte y la doncella y la relación entre torturador y torturado
Documental La hija del General
Ariel Dorfman
Maria Elena Wood y La hija del General
Marcela Serrano y Nosotras que nos queremos tanto

description: This doctoral dissertation is a study of three works: Marcela Serrano’s novel We Who Love Us So Much (1992), Ariel Dorfman’s play Death and the Maiden (1992) and its filmic version directed by Roman Polanski, and the documentary directed by Maria Elena Wood, The General’s Daughter (2006). Through the representations of subjectivist female characters in the works, we analyze what we call the vicissitudes of female identity in relation to the agitated sociopolitical circumstances that Chile lived from the sixties to 2006. In those decades, we observe the process of the construction of a revolutionary identity that culminates with the election of the Popular Unity government (1970-1973). Then, we examine the breakdown of female revolutionary identity during the violent repression known as the military dictatorship (1973-1990) after the coup d’état. Finally, we investigate the reconstitution of the identity of the women on the political left, a process assumed independently (rather than collectively) by women of varied characteristics and political orientations during the re-democratization period and until 2006. By analysing the female characters moving in literature, theatre, and film, we observe that these characterizations have helped to inform the readers/viewers through sharing stories of women, their limitations, their personal and collective visions presenting their doubts and fears on matters pertaining to them as female entities. But the greatest finding in this study is to discover that cultural products contain a number of female characters that can overcome their limitations in fiction, as is the case for women working in public spaces such as Michelle Bachelet, a “historical character” from The General's Daughter. They are firmly committed to the reality of women’s lives in Chile and deliver an optimistic message; women must continue integrating other women in order to end the discrimination that still exists in Chile.
The Use of Computer Game Technology to Create Simulations with Validity for Enhancing Confidence and Competence in Technical and Non-Technical Healthcare Skills Development
Creators: name: Eves, Gary
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2019
Subjects: simulation
serious gaming
healthcare skill training

description: Simulation is widely used in healthcare to provide safe, controlled and repeatable practice of technical and non-technical skills for novices, and for further supplementary training for experienced clinicians. The ability to perform technical skills, such as fine-motor control of surgical tools, and non-technical skills, like decision-making, is critical to the safe practice of professions such as those at the focus of this research, specifically dentistry and midwifery. Development of confidence and competence in skill execution can be facilitated by practice with simulations that replicate real-world procedures. Many simulators utilise computers in the operation and performance monitoring of tasks or the provision of an entirely screen-based learning experience. Advancements in the capability of software tools used in computer game development are extending the use of simulation technology in healthcare training. The aim of this research was to investigate how computer game technology can be used to create technical and non-technical simulators that offer a skill-development experience that provides opportunities to develop confidence and competence. Computer gaming technology was used to create a technical skill dental drill-control simulation (I-Quest) and a non-technical midwifery decision-making skill simulator (Midisim). The sample consisted of two separate participant groups. Dental students (n = 20) were recruited to test the use of I-Quest to enhance technical skill development, confidence and competence in dental drill control. Midwives (n = 28) were engaged to evaluate the use of Midisim in the non-technical skill of decision-making during birthing. A mixed-methods study design utilising control groups, quantitative and qualitative simulated task performance measures was applied. Statistical analyses of pre- and post-intervention self-reported Likert scale self-confidence and competence measures were conducted. Content analysis procedures were used for the post-intervention survey to assess face and construct validity of the simulators. Single and repeated practice of both skills with simulation resulted in self-reported improved confidence and competence compared to the control group. This improvement was more noticeable for those in need of remedial technical skill development. Technical skills performance on the simulator was consistent with performance on the real task with skills reported to be transferable. Both simulators were reported to have face and construct validity compared to the control task. The lack of freedom of choice for decisions limited the non-technical simulation experience for midwives.
Tell me more – exploring Open Science through podcasting
Creators: name: Bengtsson, Luiza
name: Ingram, Zoe
Publisher: name: Forschungzentrum Jülich
Year: 2021

description: doi:10.5281/ZENODO.4647876
description: This poster will discuss whether Open Science should use more ‘sci-tainment’ styles and make its principles and practices more accessible through different mediums for Open Science education and science communication to the broad public. In order to make this discussion concrete we will use the ORION Open Science podcast that the ORION Open Science EU funded project and the Max-Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC) has produced and presented for nearly two years as a case study with almost 50 episodes that are free and openly available for listeners all over the world.  This poster would discuss how the podcast has functioned as an example of best practice when creating Open Science education for a broad audience. Open Science training and communication has sometimes been accused of being insular or missionary, the ‘scitainment’ format of the podcast offers one alternative approach. It explores talking with experts and advocates to dive into detailed subjects and topics of Open Science using interest and conversation to not only educate but also entertain.  While there has been a huge upsurge in the number of podcasts available, especially since the pandemic, it is important to consider how the medium relates to Open Science specifically.  The poster would highlight the advantages of the podcast as a communication medium for Open Science. These include the benefit of getting differing viewpoints that may not usually get to have a voice in the Open Science movement, for example controversial citizen scientists or Open Science practitioners from outside of Europe. The poster will also show how the podcast can be used to raise awareness for researchers and the Open Science community of new tools and initiatives.
title: Understanding Teamwork Experiences of Neurodivergent Students: A Phenomenological Exploration of Conflict and Collaboration in Engineering Teams
Creators: name: Sperry, McKenna Paige
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: neurodiverse teams
subject: neurodivergent teamwork experiences
subject: teamwork
subject: conflict management
subject: Psychology--Industrial
subject: Education--Higher

description: Neurodivergent individuals have been systematically excluded from employment opportunities, meaning that we know little about lived experiences within neurodiverse teams. To fill this gap, the current phenomenological study seeks to understand the teamwork experiences of neurodivergent students at the University of Calgary. I conducted semi-structured interviews with students in the faculty of engineering who self-identify as neurodivergent, exploring their perceptions and experiences of teamwork and conflict. I grouped the themes that emerged from the interview data into cognitive and behavioural dimensions to represent what neurodivergent students think and do as they face and manage challenges and opportunities within team settings. Together, the themes highlight that students’ desire to be understood and recognized by others significantly influences their team interactions. These findings suggest that traditional theories attempting to explain the social elements of neurodivergence are limited in their capacity to capture the nuanced ways in which neurodivergent individuals seek to understand and relate to others, particularly in team contexts.
IMPARARE A LEGGERE E SCRIVERE NELLE SCUOLE REGGIMENTALI (1861-1915)
Creators: name: Dota, Michela
Publisher: name: Italiano LinguaDue
Year: 2012

description: Le scuole reggimentali rappresentano la prima esperienza di insegnamento pubblico dell’italiano ad adulti analfabeti non italofoni, iniziata negli anni a cavallo dell’unificazione e durata sino agli anni settanta del Novecento. Le scuole si proponevano il raggiungimento di obiettivi minimi di alfabetizzazione, in particolare relativi alle attività di lettura e scrittura, servendosi di sillabari e manuali pensati per quel particolare dominio educativo. Con questo articolo si vuole indagare la proposta di alcuni di questi testi, pubblicati nel periodo 1861- 1915, relativamente alle questioni di grafia, ortografia, interpunzione e ortoepia, in quanto prerequisiti fondamentalialle attività più esercitate in queste scuole. Inoltre, l’analisi viene inquadrata nell’ambito delle risorse glottodidattiche coeve per l’insegnamento linguistico nelle scuole primarie e popolari, adottate e rielaborate per queste scuole.LEARNING TO READ AND WRITE IN REGIMENTAL SCHOOLS (1861-1915)Regimental public schools were places where illiterate Italian adults and non-native speakers were taught, spanning the time period between Italian unification to the 1970s. These schools aimed at minimal literacy, particularly in reading and writing, through the use of materials and textbooks designed for this particular audience. The article includes samples from textbooks published between 1861 and 1915, with regard to handwriting, spelling, punctuation and pronunciation, considered fundamental requirements for the more advanced activities carried out these schools. The analysis is placed in the framework of contemporary language teaching methods employed in primary and popular schools, which were adopted and revised for regimental teaching.
description: Italiano LinguaDue, Vol 4, N° 1 (2012)
Development of a Multi-Body Autonomous Inspection Robot for Small Diameter Pipes
Creators: name: Garcia Almanza, Cuautli Ignacio
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2020
Subjects: inspection robot
in-situ pipe inspection
hyper-modile robot

description: The most common way to transport oil and natural gas in Canada is by using pipes. In the last years, population growth has led to an increase in the pipeline network. This increase will generate new areas of research such as the detection of leakages or cracks and the maintenance of the pipeline system as a whole. In this thesis, a novel hypermobile robot, capable of moving along pipes of different diameters, is proposed and developed. The robot is composed of three modules, two propulsive modules and one control module linked by passive joints. The propulsive module has eight actuators: four gearmotors to propel the robot along the pipe, and four servomotors to control the radial position of the robot in the pipe and to maintain the robot's balance. A Raspberry Pi is used to control the actuators, acquire sensor feedback, and receive commands from a remote wireless user-controlled GUI. An existing dynamic controller is adapted to the robot's architecture. Simulations and experimental tests in open-loop and closed-loop modes are performed to evaluate the effectiveness of the robot's design and controller. The results show the efficiency of the mechanical and electronic components of the robot since it is capable of following the generated paths. The outcome of this thesis can be used in trajectory tracking controllers and for in-pipe robot design.
Queensland Early Career Teachers' Conceptions of a Quality Teacher: A Phenomenographic Study
Creators: name: Richardson, Tony
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2017
Subjects: quality teacher
teacher quality
teaching quality
Queensland
early career teachers

description: The purpose of this thesis is to investigate Queensland early career teachers' conceptions of a quality teacher. The researcher seeks to document and highlight the experiences of twenty-five early career teachers from Queensland, Australia. The focus of this research is to develop conceptions of a quality teacher with a view to producing an outcome space that reflects these conceptions. It is anticipated that the research will contribute to the body of knowledge associated with a quality teacher by providing a platform for Queensland early career teachers to contribute to the debate surrounding this topic.
Improved Sampling-based Alpha Matting in Images and Video
Creators: name: Hao, Chengcheng
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: alpha matting
sampling
trimap
automatic

description: Foreground extraction technology plays an important role in image and video processing tasks. It has been widely used in various industries. To better describe the overlap relationship between foreground and background, alpha channel is introduced. It reveals the opacity property of foreground objects. Thus, fully extracting a foreground object requires determining the alpha values for pixels, also known as extracting an alpha matte. In this thesis, we propose an improved sampling-based alpha matting algorithm, which is capable of generating high quality matting results. By analyzing the weakness of previous approaches, we optimize the sampling process and consider the cost of each sample pair to avoid missing any good samples. The good performance is demonstrated even for complex images. On the other hand, extracting foreground objects from video sequences is a more challenging task since it has higher demands on accuracy and efficiency. Previous approaches usually require a significant amount of user input and the results still suffer from inaccuracy. In this thesis, we successfully extend our algorithm to video sequences and let it run in an automatic fashion. Adaptive trimap, which is vital for matting, can be automatically generated and properly propagated in this system. Our method not only reduces the user interference but also guarantees the matting quality.
Achieving self-sustainability of service delivery in an eye care program in Madagascar using time-driven activity based costing
Creators: name: Rakotondrajoa, Philippe
name: Rakotomamonjy, Tantely
name: Baptiste, Randrianaivo J
name: Demers, Lisa
name: Kileo, Peter
name: Anholt, Michele
name: Aghajanian, Jaafar
name: Bassett, Ken
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2020

description: Background: In the absence of adequate and reliable external funding, eye care programs in developing countries need a high level of financial self-sustainability for maintenance and growth. To cope with these cost pressures, an eye care program in Sava, Madagascar adopted a Time-Driven Activity Based Costing (TDABC) methodology to better manage the cost of, and to improve revenue associated with, their three principle activities: consultation visits, cataract operations, and sale of glasses. Methods: Direct (variable) and indirect (fixed) cost estimates and revenue sources were gathered by activity (consultation, cataract operation, sale of glasses) and location (hospital or outreach) and TDABC models were established. Estimates were made of the proportion of the ophthalmologist’s time (by far the scarcest and most expensive resource) dedicated to consultation, cataract operation, or sale of glasses. These proportions were used to attribute costs by activity. The hospital manager and medical director modified staff roles, program activities, and infrastructure investments to reduce costs and expand revenue sources by activity while monitoring activity specific efficiency and profit. Results: The TDABC model for patient consultations showed that they were time consuming for the ophthalmologist and only resulted in net profit for the institution if the ophthalmologist converted most cataract patients into accepting surgery and refractive error patients into purchasing glasses from the hospital optical shop. The TDABC model for cataract surgery showed the programs needed to reduce the cost of imported consumable surgical products, reduce operation time, and, most importantly, reduce the number of very costly surgical camps providing essentially free surgery. In addition the model pushed the hospital to train staff in marketing skills so that a higher proportion of cataract cases come directly to the hospital willing to pay for surgery. The TDABC model provided the optical shop manager, for the first time, data on both the cost of supplies (frames and lenses) and the price of glasses sold resulting in strategies to maximize profit through preferential product presentation and customer experience. The eye program in the Sava region in northern Madagascar improved its cost recovery from 68 to 102% through patient revenue. Conclusions: TDABC models helped the Sava eye care program develop more efficient service delivery and increase revenue in excess of steadily increasing costs.
Co-learning in Marine Protected Area Management
Creators: name: Siddique, Mohammad
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2014
Subjects: co-learning
social learning
marine protected area
marine park management
natural resource management
knowledge and information

description: Natural resource management learning depends not only on effective participation of stakeholders, but also factors such as availability of quality knowledge, the processes and methods of sharing knowledge, and facilitation to create a co-learning environment. Using the case of the Moreton Bay Marine Park (MBMP), south east Queensland, Australia, this study explored how management and stakeholders interact in Marine Park Area (MPA) management planning, what meaning they give to their actions, and what issues concern them. Based on a qualitative thematic analysis of the zoning plan and in-depth semi-structured interviews with 23 stakeholders, it was evident that little co-learning practice occurred in the management and planning process for the MBMP. The plan and onsite management had little success in incorporating the diverse knowledge of local stakeholders because of poor information sharing and communication mechanisms. In addition, many other factors, such as lack of monitoring, mistrust among stakeholders, political interference and a lack of legislative requirement for comprehensive consultation significantly influenced the overall learning environment. Like many other MPAs, MBMP planning and management also suffers from data scarcity. Collaborative and participative approaches, which engender co-learning, could play a vital role in overcoming the issue of inadequate data. Active contribution could be stimulated through encouraging submissions from stakeholders or by involving them as a reference group or an expert panel. A strong monitoring and evaluation program, which involves the community/industry, would also ensure that stakeholders learn simultaneously from good outcomes and mistakes. Most importantly, stakeholders need to reflect on their lessons regarding how to go about a rezoning process and how they could engender co-learning throughout the process in any such future endeavour.
Supplementary document for Spinning Pupil Aberration Measurement for anisoplanatic deconvolution - 5250356.pdf
Creators: name: Bassi, Andrea
name: Ancora, Daniele
name: Bonora, Stefano
name: Furieri, Tommaso
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Classical and Physical Optics

description: Supplementary material
TWITTER: UN’ANALISI DELL’ITALIANO NEL MICRO BLOGGING
Creators: name: Zaga, Cristina
Publisher: name: Italiano LinguaDue
Year: 2012

description: Il contributo è incentrato su un’analisi linguistica dell’italiano scritto nella piattaforma sociale e di micro blogging Twitter. Attraverso alcuni esempi estrapolati da un corpus di 2.150 di messaggi, chiamati tweet, si cerca di definire la tipologia testuale e di individuare i tratti sintattici e lessicali salienti del micro blogging. In particolare ci si sofferma su quelle dinamiche micro sintattiche auto generate dall’utenza (@reply, @mention, retweet) e su quei tratti lessicali di organizzazione e costruzione di significato e senso condiviso (hashtag) che concorrono a far emergere, tramite una dinamica “conversazionale - collaborativa” (definita tweetonomy), quella che si potrebbe definire una ”grammatica di Twitter”.TWITTER: A LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF ITALIAN LANGUAGE IN MCRO BLOGGINGThe following paper is a linguistic analysis of Italian language use in Twitter, a well-known micro blogging and social awareness platform.The main purpose describe and define the Italian Twitter texting genre in terms of syntax and vocabulary, providing several examples taken from a corpus of 2.150 tweets.The analysis focus on user-generated micro syntax forms (@reply, @mention, retweet) and on user-generated conversational tagging (hashtags) which seem to create, through collaborative-conversational dynamics (aka tweetonomy), a sort of “Twitter grammar”.
description: Italiano LinguaDue, Vol 4, N° 1 (2012)
title: Investigating the Role of Hsp110 in Prion Propagation and Fragmentation
Creators: name: Ansari, Mariam
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: prion diseases
subject: protein misfolding
subject: heat shock proteins
subject: Neuroscience

description: Prion diseases are fatal neurodegenerative disorders involving the conformational conversion of the cellular prion protein, PrPC. Prion diseases are unlike most infectious diseases, as they utilize the misfolded isoform PrPSc as their infectious particle instead of a nucleic acid-based medium. The misfolded form of PrPSc acts as a template for PrPC misfolding and results in a highly ß-sheet rich isoform prone to aggregation. We and others have proposed that mammalian prion propagation involves seeding through the fragmentation of prion fibrils by cellular protein refolding machinery. The Hsp70 chaperone system has been shown to disaggregate protein aggregates associated with prion-like diseases. Hsp110 acts as a nucleotide exchange factor for Hsp70 and has three homologues in mammals: Hsp105, Apg1, and Apg2. Currently, there is a gap in literature comparing all three homologues and their role in prion propagation. To directly address this, we established single and double knockout cell lines for Hsp105, Apg1 and Apg2 using CRISPR-Cas9 systems and examined changes in de novo prion infection of N2a mouse neuroblastoma cells. Infection experiments with 22L mouse-adapted prions revealed that Apg1KO cells had reduced susceptibility to infection, and Hsp105KO and Apg2KO cells had lower levels of PrPSc in early passages of infection. Unlike the reduction of infection intensity observed in single knockout cell lines, Apg1+Hsp105KO cells showed comparable levels of PrPSc to wild-type cells, and Apg2+Hsp105KO cells even showed increased levels. Our results highlight the importance of considering the effects of each homologue and its possible role in fragmentation and prion propagation.
Bemerkungen zur alten Ausstattung von San Francesco in Siena
Creators: name: Riedl, Peter Anselm
Publisher: name: Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz
Year: 2018

description: -
description: Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz, Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz
Rechtliche Aspekte Von Open Science: Eine Arbeitsgruppe Von Oana - Open Science Network Austria
Creators: name: Hannesschläger, Vanessa
name: Ofner, Sabine
name: Seitz, Peter
name: Elmecker, Dietmar
name: Haslinger, Doris
name: Leitner, Edith
name: Losehand, Joachim
name: Scholger, Walter
name: Stummvoll, Melanie
name: Zellacher, Lydia
Publisher: name: Forschungzentrum Jülich
Year: 2018
Subjects: Open Science
Creative Commons
Lizenzierung
Urheberrecht
Datenschutzgrundverordnung

description: doi:10.5281/ZENODO.1410366
description: Poster Beitrag der Open-Access-Tage 2018 in Graz
The Scent of a Good Night’s Sleep : Olfactory Cues of a Romantic Partner Improve Sleep Efficiency
Creators: name: Hofer, Marlise
name: Chen, Frances S.
Publisher: name: Psychological Science
Year: 2021

description: Almost nothing is known about whether exposure to the scent of loved ones influences sleep. In the current study, 155 participants spent 2 nights with their partner’s scent and 2 nights with a control scent (in random order). Sleep was measured in two ways: sleep efficiency (via actigraphy) and perceived sleep quality (via self-report). Sleep efficiency was higher when participants were exposed to their partner’s scent. This increase occurred regardless of participants’ beliefs about the origin of the scent. Perceived sleep quality was higher when participants believed that they were smelling their partner’s scent. Exposure to a partner’s scent led sleep efficiency to increase by more than 2% on average, an improvement similar in magnitude to the effect of melatonin on sleep. The current work speaks to the critical role of olfaction in communication and reveals that social scents can impact sleep.
Human Friendly Robot
Creators: name: Hu, Yu
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: navigation controller
human safety
collision avoidance
sensor fusion method

description: In this project, a novel human friendly mobile robot navigation controller is investigated. By applying this controller, the mobile robot is able to work in a complicated environment with several humans and other obstacles avoiding them before a collision happens. This robot will have a preference in avoiding humans over other obstacles keeping human safety as its first consideration. To achieve this goal, three problems have to be solved. The first one is the robot should be able to “see” the environment and distinguish the human and the obstacles. The functions of human sensor and sonar sensor are presented. A new sensor fusion method for combining the information collected by these two sorts of sensors based on Dempster-Shafer evidence theory is also proposed. By using the sensor fusion method, the robot will have a better view of human. The second problem is the robot has to know how to avoid collision. A new navigation algorithm, based on an improved velocity potential field method, is then described. The way of calculating the distances of avoidance based on different kinds of obstacles is presented as well. The last problem is how to make the mobile robot put human as its first priority when avoiding collision. A summary of the methods which are used to protect human is mentioned. According to the simulation and the experimental results, the new mobile robot navigation controller successfully led the robot avoid collisions in complicated situations and always put human safety as its first consideration.
Supplementary document for Spinning Pupil Aberration Measurement for anisoplanatic deconvolution - 5250356.pdf
Creators: name: Bassi, Andrea
name: Ancora, Daniele
name: Bonora, Stefano
name: Furieri, Tommaso
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Classical and Physical Optics

description: Supplementary material