cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Analyse der Zeit während des Wahlkampfes zum Europäischen Parlament im Jahr 2009 in Österreich
Creators: name: Glass, Wolfgang
Year: 2012

description: In dieser vorliegenden Dissertation ist die Analyse der Berichterstattung ausgewählter österreichischer Pressetitel („Die Presse“, „Der Standard“, „Kurier“, „Kronen Zeitung“) während der Europawahl 2009 in Österreich das Kernthema. Darüber hinaus wird dem Thema Öffentlichkeit(en) in Europa viel Platz eingeräumt. Wie Medien wirken und welche Rolle sie für das nähere Verständnis und den Zusammenhalt der Europäischen Union haben sollen und/oder können, wird genauso intensiv nachgegangen wie Medieneffekte auf Wahlen. Dabei werden Beispiele aus vergangenen Zeiten (Nationalratswahlen und Europawahlen) herangezogen. Auch wird der Tatsache, dass Österreich eine sehr hohe Medienkonzentration hat und mit der „Kronen Zeitung“ über einen Marktführer verfügt, der seines gleichen in Europa (und der Welt) sucht, durch näherer Behandlung dieser Thematik Rechnung getragen. Ausgeblendet wird in dieser Arbeit die Analyse von Online-Medien und ihrer Wirkung. Lediglich im Zusammenhang mit der europäischen Öffentlichkeit(en) wird auf bestehende „europäische Medienprojekte“ (z.B. Cafe Babel u.Ä.) verwiesen, ebenso wie bei der Beschreibung der Wahlkämpfe der Parteien und ihren Kandidaten auf Engagement in sozialen Netzwerken verwiesen wird. Weiters werden die zur Wahl stehenden Parteien und Listen bezüglich ihres Wahlkampfes und ihrer Wahlprogramme vorgestellt und auch die Haltung zur Europäischen Union während der letzten 20-30 Jahre (Rückblicke bei neu gegründeten Parteien/Listen wie dem BZÖ oder der Liste Martin! natürlich dementsprechend zeitnäher). Das Ende der Arbeit gibt einen kurzen Überblick über die Nachwahlanalysen und was von den Kandidaten aus dem Jahre 2009, im Jahre 2012, geblieben ist.
MSCA-DN application – All About Transferable Skills
Creators: name: Bar-Zeev Yoram
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: grant writing
grant proposal
research proposal
Marie Skłodowska–Curie Actions
Marie Skłodowska–Curie Actions Doctoral Networks

description: Acquiring transferable skills is an integral element of the training programmes included in Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions – Doctoral Networks (MSCA-DN) projects. Such skills are sought after in today’s multi-faceted, complex, and challenging working environment, no matter the sector one ends up in. If you are planning on submitting an application for MSCA-DN, you have most likely begun thinking of, or have already defined some transferable skills’ courses to include in your suggested training programme. However, just before diving deep into structuring said courses, we urge you to read this comprehensive guide detailing all you need to know about transferable skills for MSCA-DN applications.
title: Scheitern der Migranten an Obdachlosensituationen
Creators: name: Süzgen, Mikdat
Year: 2012

description: Die vorliegende Arbeit mit dem Thema: „Obdachlosigkeit und Migrationshintergrund – unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der jugendlichen türkischen Migranten in Österreich“ untersucht, welchen Anteil dabei Jugendliche mit Migrationshintergrund ausmachen und ob, und wenn ja, welche Schwierigkeiten sie bei der Inanspruchnahme von Sozialleistungen überwinden müssen. Das Interesse an dem Thema rührt daher, dass die Obdachlosen türkischer Herkunft mit anderen Problemen, als die der einheimischen Jugendlichen zu kämpfen haben. In erster Linie kommt die unterschiedliche Kultur, Sprache und Religion zu tragen. Diese Jugendliche können im Gegensatz zu ihren Eltern die Sprache besser, fühlen sich in der „neuen“ Kultur besser zurecht, fühlen sich aber auch in zwei Kulturen eingezwängt und schaffen den Spagat zwischen den beiden Kulturen nicht. Hinzukommt, dass sie als Nachkommen der zweiten oder dritten Generation vermehrt mit Generationenkonflikten zu kämpfen. Sie fühlen sich von ihren Eltern nicht verstanden und sehen schließlich als Lösung ihrer Konflikte das Ausreißen aus dem elterlichen Zuhause und enden in vielen Fällen in der Obdachlosigkeit. Das Problem dabei ist, dass sie auch unter den Obdachlosigkeiten als Fremde gelten. Die Zuflucht in kulturellen Stätten wie Moscheen oder Vereinen ist insofern wenig hilfreich, da die Institutionen unzureichend auf solche Probleme vorbereitet sind. Vielmehr ist es der Fall, dass eine Vermittlung zwischen Eltern und Jugendliche versucht wird. Obwohl Obdachlosigkeit- oder eher Wohnungslosigkeit- ein Phänomen ist, dass sich durch alle Altersklassen und sozialen Schichten zieht, wurde es noch nie von diesem spezielle Winkel her beleuchtet. Wer nicht selbst schon einmal auf der Straße gestanden ist, kann die Motive, die Verzweiflung, die Aussichtslosigkeit der Menschen, die diesen Ausweg wählen oder dazu gezwungen sind, nicht nachvollziehen. Das Interview mit der Expertin, einer Sozialarbeiterin bei der Institution der Notschlafstelle für wohnungslose Jugendliche, verdeutlichte nicht nur die Probleme, die Jugendliche mit oder Migrationshintergrund auf die Straße treiben, sondern zeigte auch die verfehlte Politik auf, die mit einer Überbürokratisierung die Hilfe erschwert anstatt erleichtert hat. Obwohl die Arbeit nur signifikant geringere Unterschiede zwischen den Problemen von Jugendlichen ohne Migrationshintergrund zu jenen mit Migrationshintergrund aufzeigen konnte, nämlich die Thematik der Zwangsheirat bei jungen Mädchen, ist mehr Forschungsarbeit in diese Richtung vonnöten, um die speziellen Bedürfnisse von Jugendlichen Obdachlosen mit Migrationshintergrund aufzuzeigen und ihren Problemen langfristig gezielt entgegenwirken zu können.
SOME SOCIOLOGICAL CORRELATES OF SICK ABSENCE BEHAVIOR
Creators: name: Backenheimer, Michael Saul
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society
classificationCode: 4410
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
classificationCode: 441011
subject: Sociology of health

description: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 27-09, Section: A, page: 3126.
The MSCA DN funding – DN is for the Doctoral Candidates. Not for you.
Creators: name: Bar-Zeev Yoram
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: grant writing
grant proposal
research proposal
Marie Skłodowska–Curie Actions
Marie Skłodowska–Curie Actions Doctoral Networks

description: The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions – Doctoral Networks (MSCA-DN) provide doctoral candidates with the opportunity to acquire new skills and knowledge, and expand their network. Simultaneously, MSCA-DN improve the quality of doctoral training and research & innovation capacity of the participating organisations, as well as their interdisciplinary and inter-sectoral cooperation. The overarching objective of Doctoral Networks is to implement doctoral programmes by partnerships of organisations from different sectors across Europe and beyond, to train highly skilled doctoral candidates, stimulate their creativity, enhance their innovation capacities and boost their employability in the long-run. If you are planning to apply to the MSCA-DN, it is essential to first understand the purpose and unique characteristics of this funding scheme, in order to ensure that your application correctly fits the requirements and expectations of this grant. To assist you with this process, we’ve put together the article below. Keep reading to learn more about the unique features of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action (MSCA) – Doctoral Networks (DN).
A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE REACTIONS OF THE COUNTRIES OF EGYPT, IRAQ, AND SYRIA TO THE USSR AND USA FOREIGN AID PROGRAMS
Creators: name: El-Biali, Abdel Muhsin
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society
classificationCode: 4408
subject: Political science
subject: FOS: Political science
classificationCode: 440808
subject: International relations

description: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 27-09, Section: A, page: 3099.
Antechinus (Podabrus) froggatti Ramsay 1887
Creators: name: Parnaby, Harry E.
name: Ingleby, Sandy
name: Divljan, Anja
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Dasyuromorphia
Dasyuridae
Antechinus
Antechinus froggatti

description: Antechinus (Podabrus) froggatti Ramsay, 1887a
Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. (ser. 2) 2: 552, plate xvii. (30 November 1887).
Common name. Stripe-faced Dunnart.
Current name. Sminthopsis macroura froggatti (Ramsay, 1887a). Status unresolved, S. macroura likely to be a species complex (Groves, 2005b) and froggatti likely to be a full species (Jackson & Groves, 2015).
Holotype. M.8019 by subsequent determination. Female, skull, body in alc., collected by W. W. Froggatt in 1887. Registered in the AM Collection on 4 March 1959, apparently on indefinite loan from Macleay Museum. Stanbury (1969) cites MMUS registration number as M.1177.
Condition. Cranium missing both zygomatic arches, missing right auditory bulla, hole in left temporal, missing 1st upper left incisor, dentaries almost detached. Body in alc., fur slip on the left side, the specimen appears faded and there is not much internal structure to the pelvic region (appears thin).
Type locality. King Sound, near Derby, Western Australia; “Found under debris near the beach in the “dindan” scrub [= Pindan scrub] bordering King Sound, near Derby” (Troughton, 1932a).
Comments. Description evidently based on a single specimen (Troughton, 1941), although Ramsay gave no indication of the number of specimens or the sex of the animal(s) upon which the description is based. Troughton (1932a) redescribed what he termed the holotype of froggatti in the Macleay Museum. Registration numbers were not assigned to the Macleay Mammal Collection until the mid 1960s. Photographs of the holotype skull are given byArcher (1981), who cites the AM registration number as M.8019.
description: Published as part of Parnaby, Harry E., Ingleby, Sandy & Divljan, Anja, 2017, Type Specimens of Non-fossil Mammals in the Australian Museum, Sydney, pp. 277-420 in Records of the Australian Museum 69 (5) on page 305, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.69.2017.1653, http://zenodo.org/record/5237800
title: Detecting Differential Item and Step Functioning with Rating Scale and Partial Credit Trees
Creators: name: Abou El-Komboz, Basil
name: Zeileis, Achim
name: Strobl, Carolin
Publisher: name: Universitätsbibliothek der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: partial credit model, rating scale model, differential item functioning, differential step function, measurement invariance, model-based recursive partitioning
subject: 510

description: Several statistical procedures have been suggested for detectingdifferential item functioning (DIF) and differential stepfunctioning (DSF) in polytomous items. However, standardprocedures are designed for the comparison of pre-specifiedreference and focal groups, such as males and females.Here, we propose a framework for the detection of DIF and DSF inpolytomous items under the rating scale and partial credit model,that employs a model-based recursive partitioning algorithm. In contrast to existingprocedures, with this approach no pre-specification of referenceand focal groups is necessary, because they are detected in adata-driven way.  The resulting groups are characterized by(combinations of) covariates and thus directly interpretable.The statistical background and construction of the new proceduresare introduced along with an instructive example. Four simulationstudies illustrate and compare their statistical properties tothe well-established likelihood ratio test (LRT). While both theLRT and the new procedures respect a given significance level,the new procedures are in most cases equally (simple DIF groups)or more powerful (complex DIF groups) and can also detectDSF. The sensitivity to model misspecification isinvestigated. An application example with empirical dataillustrates the practical use.A software implementation of the new procedures is freelyavailable in the R system for statistical computing.
Antechinus stuartii Macleay. This 1841
Creators: name: Parnaby, Harry E.
name: Ingleby, Sandy
name: Divljan, Anja
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Dasyuromorphia
Dasyuridae
Antechinus
Antechinus stuartii

description: Antechinus stuartii Macleay, 1841
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (ser. 1) 8: 242, plate vii. (1 December 1841).
Common name. Brown Antechinus.
Current name. Antechinus stuartii Macleay, 1841; following Jackson & Groves (2015).
Neotype. M.5294, designated by Wakefield & Warneke (1967). Male, skull, body in alc., presented by K. A. Hindwood, registered on 8 August 1932. Collection date not given.
Condition. Cranium and dentaries complete, body in alc. in good condition.
Type locality. Waterfall, Royal National Park, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Comments. Neotype designated by Wakefield & Warneke (1967), who state that Macleay’s original material cannot be located. However, Macleay (1841) states that the only specimen was lost and that his description was based solely on the notes and drawings of Surgeon Stuart. Macleay (1842) corrected his earlier description of the dental formula and determined that the species was a marsupial, not an Insectivore as earlier thought, based on his examination of a skeleton subsequently obtained and prepared by Stuart; he did not indicate whether this specimen included a skin, although we assume that it did not. A skin and skull (with no indication of a skeleton) currently in the collection (PA.602) was originally entered by Palmer as “ Antechinus stuartii, North Shore” and indicated as a gallery mount, though with no details of donor or collector. A subsequent amendment to this entry states “flavipes, type of stuarti”; the author of this entry is unknown but it likely occurred during Troughton’s employment or earlier. The unpublished list of Troughton (1956) lists this specimen as the “ holotype ” of stuartii but this allocation is refuted by Macleay’s original account that denied the existence of a voucher specimen. The type status of PA.602 remains unsubstantiated. We are not aware of any published statement by Troughton that would constitute neotype designation of this specimen.
description: Published as part of Parnaby, Harry E., Ingleby, Sandy & Divljan, Anja, 2017, Type Specimens of Non-fossil Mammals in the Australian Museum, Sydney, pp. 277-420 in Records of the Australian Museum 69 (5) on page 305, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.69.2017.1653, http://zenodo.org/record/5237800
Genome-wide assessment of ortholog quality in Ensembl
Creators: name: Wasiu Akanni
name: Patricio, Mateus
name: Muffato, Matthieu
name: Aken, Bronwen
name: Flicek, Paul
Publisher: name: F1000 Research Limited
Year: 2017

description: Orthologs prediction can be a difficult exercise, particularly on a large scale. While methods to cluster genes into protein families have improved greatly with the use of HMM profiling, verification of orthologs should be performed for robustness. Here, we propose a new quality check that focuses on large-scale rearrangement information.

Gene neighbourhoods surrounding each gene of a pair of orthologs rightly are expected to be well conserved. Our approach makes the assumption that rearrangements are likely to happen to a group of contiguous genes, rather than genes in isolation (1). Our method uses local synteny information to calculate a percentage score for orthologous pairs of genes (2 genes upstream and 2 genes down stream of each gene of the queried pair). The higher the gene order conservation (GOC) percentage score of an ortholog the more confidence we have in the prediction of said ortholog. The distribution of the GOC percentage score for all the orthologs inferred for a genome can also be used as an indication of the quality of the assembly of that genome.

We have also used the distribution of the GOC percentage score for all the orthologs inferred for a set of species to compare two gene tree pipelines employing 2 different approaches to gene tree inference.

Our GOC scores are used in combination with whole-genome-alignments-based (WGA) scores and more traditional filters such as a threshold on the percentage of sequence identity to identify a subset of high-confidence orthologs.

The GOC and WGA scores and the sets of high-confidence orthologs are available since version 86 of Ensembl.
CONSULTATION FOR BETTER PUBLIC MANAGEMENT WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC
Creators: name: Abdel-Hamid, Mohamed Abdel-Monem
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society
classificationCode: 4407
subject: Policy and administration
classificationCode: 440708
subject: Public administration

description: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 28-03, Section: A, page: 1117.
PERSONALITY RIGIDITY-FLEXIBILITY AND SOME BEHAVIORAL CORRELATES
Creators: name: Goins, Alvin Everett
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 52
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
classificationCode: 5205
subject: Social and personality psychology

description: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 29-01, Section: B, page: 3580.
Acquisition of Reproducible Edited MRS Data: Methods and Applications in Metal Neurotoxicity
Creators: name: Nossa, Gianna K
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 420209
subject: Occupational epidemiology
classificationCode: 320903
subject: Central nervous system

description: High exposure to manganese (Mn) through the inhalation of welding fumes has been shown to have a toxic effect to the human brain, leading to parkinsonian-like symptoms such as changes in mood, cognition, and motor function. Oxidative stress and GABAergic dysfunction, two proposed mechanisms implicated in Mn neurotoxicity, can be measured by edited MR spectroscopy (MRS). Previous animal studies have found depleted levels of glutathione, the brain’s antioxidant, and GABA in response to exposure to Mn. Past welder studies have shown altered GABA levels in highly exposed welders. However, GSH has not yet been measured in welders. Recent advances in edited MRS allow for the simultaneous measurement of GABA and GSH, however, one sequence does not ‘fit all’. Thus, there is a need to ensure accurate and reproducible measurements of these metabolites in the study of neurological disorders, such as Mn neurotoxicity.The overall goal of this dissertation is to establish a reproducible edited MRS protocol and ensure accurate measurement of metabolites in the context of Mn neurotoxicity. This work has been accomplished in three steps. First, we developed an optimized and reproducible HERMES sequence that allows for the consistently reliable measurement of GABA and GSH at 3T. Second, we investigated whether toenail concentrations of manganese (Mn) and iron (Fe) serve as biomarkers for levels of GABA, GSH, and Glx in the brains of welders exposed to these metals. This aim explores the potential for toenails to be used as a risk assessment tool by evaluating correlations between toenail metal levels and brain metals and metabolites. Lastly, we examined whether excessive accumulation of metals in the brain has an impact on the relaxation times of metabolites. Due to its paramagnetic properties, brain accumulation of two major components of welding fumes, Mn and iron (Fe), may be measured noninvasively through increased magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) relaxation rates, R1 and R2*, respectively. This aim delves into the potential effects of metal exposure on the physical properties of brain metabolites, which could shed light on the accuracy of quantification.Overall, the dissertation is a successful step towards establishing reproducible edited MRS acquisitions, and the accurate quantification in the application of Mn neurotoxicity. This work focused on developing methodologies and assessing physical properties for accurate GABA and GSH measurements and investigating risk-assessment methods for metal-induced neurotoxicity.
Myoictis leucura Woolley 2005
Creators: name: Parnaby, Harry E.
name: Ingleby, Sandy
name: Divljan, Anja
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Dasyuromorphia
Dasyuridae
Myoictis
Myoictis leucura

description: Myoictis leucura Woolley, 2005a
Rec. Aust. Mus. 57(3): 334, figs 4b, 4g, 6b, 7b, 7h, table 2. (30 November 2005).
Common name. Woolley’s Three-striped Dasyure.
Current name. Myoictis leucura Woolley, 2005a; following Woolley (2005a).
Holotype. M.17122 by original designation. Male adult, Field no. U57, skull, study skin, skinned body in alc., tongue (dry), collected [8 November] 1985 by K. Aplin; registered 3 November 1986.
Condition. Cranium in good condition, missing dorsal crest of left zygomatic arch; dentaries complete. Study skin in good condition: ear tips torn, bald patches on the ventral surface near the base of front limbs, bald patch on left side of abdomen, two bald patches on right hind leg.
Type locality. Agofia, [Papuan Plateau southwest of] Mt Sisa (Haliago), Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea (06°17'S 142°45'E, alt. 650 m).
Paratype. M.17091 by original designation. Adult female, Field no. N42, skull, body in alc., Namosado, Mt Sisa (Haliago) (06°15'S 142°47'E, alt. 750–1000 m), collected on [27 November] 1985 by K. Aplin.
Comments. Description based on two specimens. Tissue samples of the holotype and paratype were included in the assessment of genetic lineages within Myoictis by Westerman et al. (2006).
description: Published as part of Parnaby, Harry E., Ingleby, Sandy & Divljan, Anja, 2017, Type Specimens of Non-fossil Mammals in the Australian Museum, Sydney, pp. 277-420 in Records of the Australian Museum 69 (5) on pages 308-309, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.69.2017.1653, http://zenodo.org/record/5237800
title: Parteiensoziologie
title: Grundlagen, Herausforderungen, Perspektiven
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Siri, Jasmin
Publisher: name: Universitätsbibliothek der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Partei; Ungleichheit; Rechtspopulismus; Bürgerbeteiligung; Demokratie
subject: 300

description: Die Diskussion um die Unzulänglichkeiten und Krisen von Parteien ist so alt wie die Partei selbst. Wozu brauchen wir in der modernen Gesellschaft überhaupt noch Parteien? Welche Funktion nehmen sie in unserer Demokratie ein? Und was folgt daraus für die Menschen innerhalb dieser Organisation?In ihrem Beitrag untersucht Jasmin Siri die Funktion der Parteien im politischen System, die Bedeutung ihrer Mitglieder sowie deren künftige Herausforderungen - vom erstarkenden Rechtspopulismus und Rechtsextremismus über den Wandel der politischen Öffentlichkeit bis hin zur sozialen Ungleichheit als Problem für deren Legitimation.
Visualizing Variability Implemented with Object-Orientation and Code Clones: A Tale of Two Cities - Companion Technical Report
Creators: name: Anonymous
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: This archive comes as a companion for the paper "Visualizing Variability Implemented with Object-Orientation and Code Clones: A Tale of Two Cities" submitted at the 2024 SPLC conference.

It contains additional results for both quantitative and qualitative evalutions.
title: Das Romanfragment "Das Buch Franza" von Ingeborg Bachmann und der Film "Franza" von Xaver Schwarzenberger
Creators: name: Suchocka, Emilia
Year: 2013

description: Die vorliegende Arbeit befasst sich mit dem Romanfragment „Das Buch Franza“ von Ingeborg Bachmann sowie mit dem nach dessen Vorlage gedrehtem Fernsehfilm „Franza“ des österreichischen Regisseurs Xaver Schwarzenberger. Ausgegangen wurde von einer genauen Interpretation des Romanfragments. Die Analyse des Textes zeigte die hochkomplizierte Struktur des Werkes. Schließlich wurde auf Ähnlichkeiten und Unterschiede zwischen Text und Film eingegangen. Die Verfilmung kann als „Bebilderung“ der Geschichte bezeichnet werden. Der Film kann die Botschaften des Romanfragments nicht transportieren.
The fight against smallpox during the Savoy kingdom in Genoa between 1815 and 1859.
Creators: name: Valchi, Lucia
name: Martini, Mariano
name: Piccardo, Aronne
name: Orsini, Davide
Publisher: name: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene
Year: 2024
Subjects: fight against smallpox
Genoa during Savoy Kingdom
1815-1859
public health
hygiene regulations
history of vaccination
vaccine hesitancy

description: Introduction. The article aims to outline the features of the efforts for smallpox eradication within the pre-unitary context of the Kingdom of Sardinia, characterized by a long tradition in medical-health prevention. This tradition is partly inherited from the health magistracies of the Italian states during the ancient regime and partly adopted from policies initially outlined by Napoleon and later by other European states. In addition to prevention activities, authorities also engage in a vigorous information and awareness campaign aimed at eliminating common prejudices and doubts about vaccination among the population.

Methods. In analyzing the authorities' achievements in combating smallpox, this study examines the two epidemic waves (1829-30 and 1852-54), along with the legislative developments before, during, and after these periods. It also compares these regulatory changes with those in other European contexts.

Discussion. The epidemiological situation turned out to be more complex to manage than the authorities had anticipated, as evidenced by the increasing controls imposed. Scientific and political communities, both in the Kingdom of Sardinia and in other European nations, found themselves divided on the legitimacy of proposing restrictive measures by the state. Some advocated for restricted access to public places and imposed mandatory vaccination for vulnerable individuals.

Conclusions. The comparison with smallpox resulted in a gradual improvement in of health security levels, although vaccination coverage did not reach the desired targets. Several factors contributed to this failure, including the limited expertise and reluctance of medical personnel, who were burdened with much of the operation's costs. Additionally, particularly in rural areas, there was widespread mistrust among the population towards doctors. Despite these challenges, the fight against smallpox enabled authorities to develop population control tools in the name of public health protection. However, it was not until 1888 that mandatory vaccination was introduced.
description: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene, Vol. 65 No. 2 (2024):
Dasyuroides byrnei Spencer 1896
Creators: name: Parnaby, Harry E.
name: Ingleby, Sandy
name: Divljan, Anja
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Dasyuromorphia
Dasyuridae
Dasyuroides
Dasyuroides byrnei

description: Dasyuroides byrnei Spencer, 1896a
Report of the Horn Scientific Expedition to Central Australia, Zoology Part 2, 36, plate 3, plate 4, figs 1–4. (February 1896).
Common name. Kowari.
Current name. Dasyuroides byrnei Spencer, 1896a; following Jackson & Groves (2015).
? Paralectotype. M.1140, male, skin mount, skull in situ, from “ Charlotte Waters, Central Australia ” = NT, presented by Prof. B. Spencer, registered on 10 October 1896.
Topotype. M.1141, female, skin mount, skull in situ, details as per M.1140.
Comments. Dixon (1970) designated a male in alcohol (specimen “a” of Spencer) as lectotype, and discussed the whereabouts of the seven original specimens listed “a–g” by Spencer. Dixon lists specimens b and c, and what she suspected to be specimen “g” in the collections of MV and notes that the whereabouts of remaining specimens are unknown, but that some are possibly in the AM. Given that “b” is the only female syntype, and assuming that Spencer correctly reported its sex, then AM.1141 must have been sent to Spencer after completion of the manuscript of the Horn report and therefore is not part of the type series. All specimens sent to Spencer before 1897 from his collectors were obtained by P. M. Byrne from Charlotte Waters, which included shipments of “males and females” in October 1895 and two specimens in July 1896 (Calaby, 1996). It is not clear if M.1140 is a paralectotype, or was sent after Spencer finished amending the proofs to the Horn Report, which Calaby states he received in September 1895. Some of Spencer’s letters to the AM have not survived, and there is no correspondence entered against M.1140– 41 in the M Register. In a letter dated 5 September 1895 to the AM (AM Archives AMS9 Letters Received, S:65/1895), Spencer states that he hopes to send specimens of Dasyuroides byrnei “next week”.
description: Published as part of Parnaby, Harry E., Ingleby, Sandy & Divljan, Anja, 2017, Type Specimens of Non-fossil Mammals in the Australian Museum, Sydney, pp. 277-420 in Records of the Australian Museum 69 (5) on pages 306-307, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.69.2017.1653, http://zenodo.org/record/5237800
First real-world data on universal respiratory syncytial virus prophylaxis with Nirsevimab in infants
Creators: name: Orsi, Andrea
name: Scarpaleggia, Marianna
name: Baldo, Vincenzo
name: Barbone, Fabio
name: Chironna, Maria
name: Giuffrida, Sandro
name: Montomoli, Emanuele
name: Pariani, Elena
name: Rizzo, Caterina
name: Panatto, Donatella
name: Icardi, Giancarlo
Publisher: name: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene
Year: 2024
Subjects: Respiratory syncytial virus
RSV
Nirsevimab
Effectiveness
infants
prophylaxis
Children

description: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) predominantly affects young children, with a peak incidence in temperate regions of the northern hemisphere from October to May. Children under 24 months of age are particularly vulnerable because of the immaturity of their lungs and immune systems, which often leads to severe respiratory infections. The World Health Organization (WHO) recognizes RSV as a global health priority.


Recently, Nirsevimab, a long-acting mAb, was authorised to prevent RSV in infants. Our narrative review brings together the field effectiveness data of Nirsevimab available in the literature, highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of the published studies and the prevention opportunities represented by the new preparation. All studies reviewed provide evidence for the effectiveness of immunisation with Nirsevimab in real-world settings, beyond the controlled conditions of clinical trials, and highlight its safety and feasibility. Nirsevimab significantly reduces RSV hospitalisations and ICU admissions. High coverage and high efficacy of immunisation have been reported, although supply issues and variability in studies present challenges. Continued research and surveillance are critical to understanding the long-term effectiveness of Nirsevimab.


Overall, available data provide valuable insights into the efficacy, safety, and impact of immunisation with Nirsevimab in preventing severe RSV infections in infants, highlighting its potential to reduce the burden of RSV-related hospitalisations and improve paediatric health outcomes.
description: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene, Vol. 65 No. 2 (2024):
APPROACHES TO A SCIENCE OF POLITICS AND THE PROBLEM OF SOCIAL CONTROL: A CRITIQUE OF SELECTED AMERICAN THINKERS
Creators: name: Heineman, Robert Allen
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society
classificationCode: 4408
subject: Political science
subject: FOS: Political science
classificationCode: 440899
subject: Political science not elsewhere classified

description: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 27-10, Section: A, page: 3495.
title: Die kulturelle Einordnung der Keramikfunde vom Spiegelkogel in der Weststeiermark
Creators: name: Wilding, Julia
Year: 2013

description: Am Plateau des Spiegelkogels in der Weststeiermark wurden Spuren einer prähistorischen Siedlung ergraben, die aufgrund der gefundenen Keramik vom späten Mittelneolithikum bis ins ältere Endneolithikum datiert werden. In der frühen und mittleren Bronzezeit dürfte der Spiegelkogel verlassen worden sein. Die nächsten Zeichen einer Siedlung fanden sich in der späten Bronzezeit/Urnenfelderzeit. Danach bricht die Besiedlung wieder ab. Der letzte Bodeneingriff am Spiegelkogel dürfte in der Römerzeit vorgenommen worden sein. Im Bereich der Grabungsfläche sind keine jüngeren Schichten festgestellt worden. Eine Besonderheit stellt ein Tonfuß dar, dessen Verzierungen einen Schuh darstellen.
description: This paper deals with the finds from the archaeological site at the hill Spiegelkogel in western Styria. At the plateau of the hill (448 m asl) traces of a hill-top settlement were found. Based on the pottery the first traces of a settlement date in the Late Middle Neolithic. The occupation continued in the Late Neolithic. In the Early and the Middle Bronze Age the Spiegelkogel seemed to be abandoned. The next signs of settlement are dated to the late Bronze Age/Urnfieldculture. So far no finds from the Iron Age are known. One potsherd of Roman origin may be the last trace of human activity at the plateau. An unusual find was a foot made of clay. The decorations show a shoe.
A SYSTEMS APPROACH TO CORPORATE EVALUATION AND THE CORPORATE OPERATIONS SEQUENCE
Creators: name: Courtney, Fred Irving
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 3507
subject: Strategy, management and organisational behaviour
classificationCode: 38
subject: Economics

description: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 27-11, Section: A, page: 3553.
Infecção de sítio cirúrgico e a consulta telefônica pelo enfermeiro no pós-operatório: uma revisão de escopo
Creators: name: Santos, Janessa
name: Flores, Paula
name: da Cunha Ferreira, Marcus
name: Pinto, Vitória
name: de Sá, Lorrayne
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Life Sciences

description: Revisão de escopo segundo a metodologia do Instituto Joanna Briggs, com artigos indexados nas bases de dados, BIREME, LILACS, IBECS, BDENF, ColecionaSUS, PubMed, NLM, Scielo, Embase, CINAHL, Scopus, NICE, Web of Science, Ebsco. Serão adotados alguns critérios de elegibilidade para inclusão dos estudos, sendo eles: artigos com texto publicados na íntegra nas principais bases de dados, sem delimitação de idiomas e/ou período dos estudos, e como critérios de exclusão, artigos duplicados, aqueles que só apresentarem resumo e/ou não respondem à pergunta norteadora da pesquisa.
Curriculum Futures: Situational Factors in Learning Design Framework Workbook
Creators: name: Hinton, Danielle
Publisher: name: National Teaching Repository
Year: 2022
Subjects: Curriculum and pedagogy theory and development

description: When designing or redesigning learning, whether small scale (course sections), medium (a course, module or MOOC) or large scale (programme or MOOC) the first step needs to be a careful review of the situational factors that may affect your key decisions.
 This workbook provides triggers revolving around the eight situational lenses: 1. Students 2. Staffing 3. Subject 4. Sequencing 5. Space 6. Scene 7. Standards 8. Scholarship
title: Die Pflege und Betreuung intellektuell und mehrfach behinderter Menschen in Einrichtungen der Behindertenarbeit
Creators: name: Heinisch, Anita
Year: 2013

description: Menschen mit einer intellektuellen und mehrfachen Behinderungen wird in der pflegewissenschaftlichen Literatur nur wenig Aufmerksamkeit geschenkt. Gleiches gilt für die Pflegeausbildung, in welcher das Thema Behinderung kaum, respektive nur sekundär, behandelt wird. Teils menschenunwürdige Unterbringungen, mangelnde Therapieangebote und ein Mindestmaß an Pflege und Versorgung behinderter Menschen zählte bis vor kurzem noch zum allgemeinen Standard. Einen wichtigen Anstoß zur Verbesserung der damaligen Lage von Menschen mit einer Behinderung gaben diverse Angehörigenbewegungen und die Transparentmachung der Lebensumstände durch behinderte Menschen selbst. Moderne Wohnformen und bessere Pflege- und Betreuungskonzepte wurden forciert. Auch angesichts der steigenden Lebenserwartung dieser Personengruppe wurde das Pflege- und Betreuungspersonal vor neue Aufgaben- und Problemfelder gestellt. Ziel ist es, anhand der vorliegenden aktuellen Literatur einen Einblick in die Entwicklung und die tägliche Arbeit von Behinderteneinrichtungen und dem darin wirkenden Personal zu erlangen. Aufgabengebiete sollen benannt, bestehende und zukünftige Probleme dargestellt sowie prognostiziert werden.
description: People with intellectual and multiple disabilities are given little attention in the nursing literature. The same applies to the nursing education in which the issue of disability is hardly or rather second-rate treated. Partly inhumane accommodation, lack of therapy offers and a minimum of care for disabled people was, until recently, the general standard. A significant contribution for improving the former situation of people with disabilities was given by relatives and disabled people by themselves. Modern forms of living and better care and support concepts were promoted. In view of the rising life expectancy of disabled people, the nursing and support team has to deal with new tasks and problems. The purpose is to obtain via the current literature a knowledge of the development and daily work of institutions for disabled persons and as well of the staff which is acting in them. Task areas should be named and existing or future problemes should be predicted and solved.
Ningaui yvonneae Kitchener, Stoddard & Henry 1983
Creators: name: Parnaby, Harry E.
name: Ingleby, Sandy
name: Divljan, Anja
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Dasyuromorphia
Dasyuridae
Ningaui
Ningaui yvonneae

description: Ningaui yvonneaeKitchener, Stoddard & Henry, 1983
Aust. J. Zool. 31(3): 366, figs 1–2, table 1. (1 June 1983).
Common name. Southern Ningaui.
Current name. Ningaui yvonneae Kitchener, Stoddard & Henry, 1983; following Jackson & Groves (2015).
Paratypes. (3, by original designation). All are males, all skulls, all bodies in alc.: M.11429, [collected 24 March 1980 by D. Black] Wentworth, [89 miles N] (32°47'S 141°32'E), NSW; M.12160, subadult, Tarawi Station, [65 km N of Rufous River, SW of Broken Hill] (33°26'S 141°09'E), NSW, [collected 1 May 1981 by B. Miller]; M.12161, Round Hill [Nature Reserve], 33°01' S 146°11'E, NSW, [collected 16 May 1981 by J. Brickhill and A. B. Rose].
Comments. Holotype in WAM, type series includes 42 paratypes. The type locality is the Mt Manning area, Western Australian Goldfields district.
description: Published as part of Parnaby, Harry E., Ingleby, Sandy & Divljan, Anja, 2017, Type Specimens of Non-fossil Mammals in the Australian Museum, Sydney, pp. 277-420 in Records of the Australian Museum 69 (5) on page 309, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.69.2017.1653, http://zenodo.org/record/5237800
The modernity of Achille Sclavo's (1861-1930) message for Italian schools 100 years after the publication of his book “The Propagation of Hygiene”
Creators: name: Orsini, Davide
name: Cristina, Maria Luisa
name: Behzadifar, Masoud
name: Martini, Mariano
Publisher: name: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene
Year: 2024
Subjects: Achille Sclavo
history of hygiene
public health
healthy childhood
Good Hygiene Practices
Hygiene

description: A hundred years ago, Achille Sclavo (1861-1930) published his book entitled “Per la Propaganda igienica. Scuola e Igiene” (The Propagation of Hygiene. Schools and Hygiene) which he dedicated “To elementary teachers, from whom Italy expects the most effective propaganda in favor of hygiene”.
The words of the dedication were profoundly felt by Sclavo and reveal a precise choice by the great hygienist. Sclavo was then at an advanced age and had devoted his whole life to studying hygiene and disseminating its basic concepts, to promote a healthier life for all.
Nowadays, Sclavo's book “The Propagation of Hygiene. Schools and Hygiene” still remains an important statement to the commitment of the great hygienist to spreading a culture of hygiene, and public health in Italy. This was a commitment that Sclavo clearly felt throughout his life, as a teacher, as a scholar, as the entrepreneur who founded the Serotherapy and Vaccinogenic Institute in 1904, and mainly as a policymaker who spoke to all citizens, especially young people.
description: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene, Vol. 65 No. 2 (2024):
title: Das Indienbild in der italienischen Literatur des 20. Jahrhunderts
Creators: name: Tschida, Brigitte
Year: 2013

description: Warum reisen wir? Was treibt uns dazu, das Bekannte zu verlassen um sich neuen Erfahrungen gegenüber zu öffnen, diese zu erforschen und dabei ständig reale und imaginäre Grenzen zu überschreiten? Manches Mal ist das Ziel der Grund, nicht selten aber auch nur der Weg der dorthin führt. Der Ausbruch aus der Gewohnheit, die Flucht vor sich selbst oder das Wiederfinden der eigenen Identität. Neben der Faszination beinhaltet das Reisen auch stets eine therapeutische Funktion; die Definition der eigenen Kultur durch den Vergleich mit dem Anderen. Reisen ist aber auch eine Form von Bewegung, nicht nur auf geographischer, sondern auch auf zeitlicher Ebene. Während in der Antike die Reise als Leid oder Bestrafung empfunden wurde, erhielt sie spätestens seit dem Mittelalter einen positiven Charakter und wurde zum Ausdruck von Freiheit und Selbstbestimmung. Stets war die Reise deshalb auch zentrales Thema in der Literatur. Die Repräsentation des Anderen stützte sich dabei nicht selten auf Stereotypen und falschen Annahmen, die zum Teil bis in die Gegenwart überdauerten. Die vorliegende Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit der Repräsentation Indiens in der Reiseliteratur italienischer Schriftsteller des 20. Jahrhunderts. Bei den zur Untersuchung herangezogenen Werken handelt es sich um Verso la cuna del mondo von Guido Gozzano, L’odore dell’India von Pier Paolo Pasolini, Un’idea dell’India von Alberto Moravia, Esperimento con l’India von Giorgio Manganelli und Antonio Tabucchis Roman Notturno indiano. Mit Ausnahme von letzterem handelt es sich bei den Werken durchwegs um Reportagen. Ausgangspunkt der kritischen Auseinandersetzung ist das 1978 veröffentlichte Werk Orientalism von Edward Said. Er beschreibt darin das vom Westen vermittelte Bild des Orients und die Strategien der Macht, die sich dahinter verbergen. Das Hauptaugenmerk der Untersuchung liegt auf immer wiederkehrenden Themen, die Bedeutung der Reise für die einzelnen Autoren, sowie die Darstellungen der fremden Kultur unter Berücksichtigung der postkolonialen Theorie.
The impact of SARS-CoV-2 on emergency health care demand: inverse relationship between covid-like illnesses and ed accesses.
Creators: name: Ferrari, Allegra
name: Iudica, Giovanna
name: Porretto, Martina
name: Minet, Carola
name: Ogliastro, Matilde
name: Simonetta, Davide
name: Mosca, Stefano
name: Icardi, Giancarlo
name: Orsi, Andrea
Publisher: name: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene
Year: 2024
Subjects: SARS-CoV-2
COVID-19
ARI
syndromic surveillance
epidemiological surveillance
emergency department
ED
Sars-Cov-2
emergency management

description: Abstract


To assess how SARS-CoV-2 has changed the demand for in-person health care, we retrospectively analyzed data on access to San Martino Hospital ED, Genoa, Italy. Descriptive statistics for 180,117 records of patients accessing the ED between 2019 and 2021 were reported. A linear regression model was built to evaluate the relationship between the weekly number of COVID-like illness cases and ED at-tendances. In comparison to pre-pandemic levels, the median number of ED visits declined by 41.6% in 2020 and by 27.4% in 2021. The period of maximum drop in access (-61.9%) was the 2020 12-16th calendar weeks and coincided with the highest rates of COVID-like illness cases (+360%; 22.8% of total ED attendances). About 20% of the variation of the weekly number of ED attendances was explained by the number of COVID-like illness cases.


In 2020 and 2021 non-urgent ED codes decreased (-6.7%; -7.3%) and both urgent and emergency ED codes increased (+4.8% and +3.9% the first; +1.9% and +3.5% the second). However, the absolute number of ED access fell drastically for all codes. In particular, the highest increase was registered in 2020 for acute respiratory infections (ARI), including COVID-19 (+3.28%), while traumas and eye diseases saw the highest decrease (-1.02%; -3.80%). While the reduction in non-urgent visits suggests avoidable pre-pandemic access levels, the decline in non-COVID-19 urgent accesses potentially points to an increase in delayed and missed care.
description: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene, Vol. 65 No. 2 (2024):
Comparison of the Short-Term Effect of Intra-Articular Hyaluronic Acid and Platelet-Rich Plasma Injections in Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomized clinical trial
Creators: name: , Omid
name: Mahdibarzi, Daryoosh
name: Yousefi-Tooddeshki, Paria
Publisher: name: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene
Year: 2024
Subjects: Intra-Articular
Hyaluronic Acid
Platelet-Rich Plasma
Knee Osteoarthritis
orthopedia
Rheumatology

description: Introduction


Osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the most common degenerative joint diseases which involved all joints. It is very important to choose a treatment method with high efficiency to reduce the pain and disability of patients and also to improve their quality of life. The current study aimed to investigate the therapeutic effects of intra-articular injection of PRP and hyaluronic acid (HA) in the knee of people with knee osteoarthritis (KOA).


Methods


In this randomized clinical trial study, 90 patients with KOA were randomly divided into two groups of intra-articular HA and PRP. The patients of the two groups were followed up for five months and different outcomes were recorded. The McMaster index (WOMAC) evaluated all patients at rest and during movements. Measurements were taken at the beginning and after the third month of follow-up.


Results


Three month after the last injection (5th month) and after adjusting of baseline value using analysis of covariance, the mean of knee pain, stiffness, physical function and finally total score in the PRP group, was significantly lower than the HA group. Regarding the Osteoarthritis grade, the mean of knee pain, Stiffness, Physical function and finally total score in the PRP group was significantly lower than the HA group in all Osteoarthritis grades.  Also, there were no complications in the studied groups.


Conclusion


The results of the current study showed that pain and stiffness reduction as well as physical function of the knee joint in the PRP group was better than in the HA group.
description: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene, Vol. 65 No. 2 (2024):