cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Connecting to Figure Out How to Teach ESOL: A Grounded Theory
Creators: name: Bytheway, Julie
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2021
Subjects: connecting
teacher education
learning at work
reflective practice
communities of practice
teaching as inquiry
grounded theory

description: This research explored how teachers who started teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) in post-secondary education without teaching or applied linguistics qualifications or prior teaching experience figured out how to teach. From constructivism, pragmatism and symbolic interactionism philosophical positions, I used grounded theory to explore the social context and guide cyclic, flexible research processes to a point of saturation. During semi-structured one-hour interviews, seven participants shared their experiences and perspectives. Literature was also included as data. Constant comparative analysis was used to identify properties, concepts, categories, a basic social process, and a grounded theory. Participants gave feedback about the emerging concepts, categories, theoretical ideas, and basic social process. The basic social process participants used to resolve their main concern of needing to figure out how to teach ESOL was identified as Connecting. The substantive grounded theory of Connecting to Figure Out How to Teach ESOL explains how teachers who started teaching ESOL in post-secondary education without teaching or applied linguistics qualifications or prior teaching experience discovered and determined how to teach ESOL. Connecting to Figure Out How to Teach ESOL is an informal and holistic learning process that includes four interdependent and interconnecting parts: becoming (a) Willing by initially acknowledging not-knowing how to teach and taking responsibility for students’ learning; (b) Reflecting by recalling learning experiences, and evaluating language, learning and teaching; (c) Engaging by building relationships with students, collaborating with teachers, and using learning resources; and (d) Adapting by engaging in interconnected cycles of monitoring students’ responses, determining students’ wants and needs, and experimenting with teaching. This research builds onto existing knowledge about learning at work, teacher education, induction processes, reflective practice, teacher identity, teacher agency, communities of practice, relationship-based learning, assessment for learning and teaching as inquiry.
title: Video as a Means for Communication and Education: A Pilot Project Study with Amherst CIRCLE
Creators: name: Gaskin, Denise Dare
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Education

description: This video is a pilot study of the CIRCLE Project. CIRCLE is growing and constantly changing; the intention of this video is to capture its ongoing progress on film. The Video can be used as the bases for further research, as a tool for evaluating the development of CIRCLE and as an outline for evaluation and research on other projects such as this one. CIRCLE is the Center for Immigrant and Refugee Community Leadership and Empowerment. CIRCLE uses participatory and organic means to community leadership development of refugee and immigrant communities in Western Massachusetts. The educational approach of CIRCLE evolves from the belief that knowledge of community development is best nurtured when combined with academic study, practical field work, and reflection. The Tibetan, Russian, Vietnamese, and Cambodian communities in Western Massachusetts are now involved with CIRCLE. CIRCLE's goals are to provide support for leadership development of immigrant and refugee's goals and their communities; to provide a structure for understanding and appreciation for the identities and contributions of immigrants and refugee communities; to build collaborative long term relationships among immigrant and refugee communities and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Hyaluronan Mediated Motility Receptor (HMMR) Encodes an Evolutionarily Conserved Homeostasis, Mitosis, and Meiosis Regulator Rather than a Hyaluronan Receptor
Creators: name: He, Zhengcheng
name: Mei, Lin
name: Connell, Marisa
name: Maxwell, Chris
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2020

description: Hyaluronan is an extracellular matrix component that absorbs water in tissues and engages cell surface receptors, like Cluster of Differentiation 44 (CD44), to promote cellular growth and movement. Consequently, CD44 demarks stem cells in normal tissues and tumor-initiating cells isolated from neoplastic tissues. Hyaluronan mediated motility receptor (HMMR, also known as RHAMM) is another one of few defined hyaluronan receptors. HMMR is also associated with neoplastic processes and its role in cancer progression is often attributed to hyaluronan-mediated signaling. But, HMMR is an intracellular, microtubule-associated, spindle assembly factor that localizes protein complexes to augment the activities of mitotic kinases, like polo-like kinase 1 and Aurora kinase A, and control dynein and kinesin motor activities. Expression of HMMR is elevated in cells prior to and during mitosis and tissues with detectable HMMR expression tend to be highly proliferative, including neoplastic tissues. Moreover, HMMR is a breast cancer susceptibility gene product. Here, we briefly review the associations between HMMR and tumorigenesis as well as the structure and evolution of HMMR, which identifies Hmmr-like gene products in several insect species that do not produce hyaluronan. This review supports the designation of HMMR as a homeostasis, mitosis, and meiosis regulator, and clarifies how its dysfunction may promote the tumorigenic process and cancer progression.
Additional file 4 of Challenges and opportunities for telehealth in the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a qualitative case study in Greece
Creators: name: Gaveikaite, Violeta
name: Grundstrom, Casandra
name: Winter, Stefan
name: Schonenberg, Helen
name: Isomursu, Minna
name: Chouvarda, Ioanna
name: Nicos Maglaveras
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 4. Semi-Structured Interview Guide.
A digital agenda
Creators: name: Given, Jock
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This article discusses progress with the introduction of digital TV and radio in Australia and the implications for Australian public service broadcasters. It argues that digital technologies provide powerful tools for the ABC and the SBS to apply to their existing activities. However, realising this potential will be expensive. It also brings with it some threats to the independence of the organisations. The article concludes by suggesting that, even if Australia's public service broadcasters did not already exist, many of their central characteristics would be invaluable features in some organisations with a central role in the emerging media and communication landscape. These characteristics include their particular institutional structures, their size, their primary emphasis on 'content', and the comprehensiveness or inclusiveness of their mandates.
Development of Specialised Technology for use in Predictive Flood Modelling
Creators: name: Bye, Lauchlan
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2019
Subjects: stormwater
drainage
hydrology

description: Predictions of urban flooding are required to determine if stormwater drainage is adequate to carry runoff from extreme weather events. Information is also needed to aid in the sizing of drainage networks for future developments and to ensure flow velocities will not cause harm to humans or damage to the environment at the outlet of a drain. Hydrologic methods are employed to convert rainfall over a catchment to runoff at the catchment outlet. These methods come with limitations and their accuracy can be largely dependent on the conditions of the catchment and rainfall event they are used for. Computer modelling programs are also used to model catchment runoff and flow through a pipe network. Model accuracy depends on the skill of the modeller and some models can oversimplify the complex process of rainfall runoff. Models also often require some empirical data for validation to justify the use of the model. This research project addresses the paucity of data on the velocity and flow rate through urban stormwater drainage during heavy rainfall events. A flotation device that travels through a stormwater network and records the speed of the flow through each section of pipe was developed. This device, known as a drifter, uses an internal measurement unit (IMU) with an accelerometer to determine when the drifter reaches the end of a length of pipe. Between each length of pipe is a manhole or field inlet and these points, called nodes, contain a large change in the flow regime of the water. The change in flow regime can be recorded by the IMU to calculate the time travelled through each section of pipe and when the pipe length is known the bulk velocity can be calculated. This enables the velocity of flow through the entire stormwater drain to be determined along with the velocity through each individual section of pipe. The drifter also contains a microphone which records sound as the drifter travels through the stormwater drain. The sound recording is used to detect travel time through pipe sections by separating the sound caused by the drifter entering a node from other sounds such as drifter collisions with the pipe wall. The drifter's travel through the stormwater pipe is recorded by an attached camera which enables the validation of gathered data by visually confirming the presence of a node.
Illuminating triangles, quadrilaterals and convex polygons with vertex floodlights.
Creators: name: Fraiji, Nicolas.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: Computer Science.

description: This work presents the solution to three problems in Computational Geometry. First we introduce a theorem to illuminate every triangle with three p6 vertex-floodlights and we provide three proofs. Secondly we show that three p4 vertex-floodlights suffice to illuminate every quadrilateral. Finally we provide a theorem for illuminating a cocircular convex n-gon P of n vertices with a set of k vertex-floodlights, (k ≤ n) whose total sum is pi.
Additional file 1 of Dapagliflozin, inflammation and left ventricular remodelling in patients with type 2 diabetes and left ventricular hypertrophy
Creators: name: Dihoum, Adel
name: Brown, Alexander JM
name: McCrimmon, Rory J
name: Lang, Chim C
name: Mordi, Ify R
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Supplementary Material 1: Supplementary Table 1-: Baseline characteristics stratified by median CRP (1.07 mg/L) in the DAPA-LVH trial
Oncofetal Chondroitin Sulfate: A Putative Therapeutic Target in Adult and Pediatric Solid Tumors
Creators: name: Khazamipour, Nastaran
name: Al-Nakouzi, Nader
name: Oo, Htoo Zarni
name: Ørum-Madsen, Maj
name: Steino, Anne
name: Sorensen, Poul H.
name: Daugaard, Mads
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2020

description: Solid tumors remain a major challenge for targeted therapeutic intervention strategies such as antibody-drug conjugates and immunotherapy. At a minimum, clear and actionable solid tumor targets have to comply with the key biological requirement of being differentially over-expressed in solid tumors and metastasis, in contrast to healthy organs. Oncofetal chondroitin sulfate is a cancer-specific secondary glycosaminoglycan modification to proteoglycans expressed in a variety of solid tumors and metastasis. Normally, this modification is found to be exclusively expressed in the placenta, where it is thought to facilitate normal placental implantation during pregnancy. Informed by this biology, oncofetal chondroitin sulfate is currently under investigation as a broad and specific target in solid tumors. Here, we discuss oncofetal chondroitin sulfate as a potential therapeutic target in childhood solid tumors in the context of current knowhow obtained over the past five years in adult cancers.
Supplementary document for Imaging from the visible to the longwave infrared wavelengths via an inverse-designed flat lens - 5267513.pdf
Creators: name: Meem, Monjurul
name: Majumder, Apratim
name: Banerji, Sourangsu
name: Garcia, Juan
name: Kigner, Orrin
name: hon, philip
name: Sensale-Rodriguez, Berardi
name: Menon, Rajesh
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Classical and Physical Optics

description: Supplementary information
Clara Cisneros y Franco Savarino (coord.), Narrativas errantes. Historia y literatura de viaje en México y desde México
Creators: name: González Luna, Anamaría
Publisher: name: Università degli  Studi di Milano
Year: 2009

description: Clara Cisneros y Franco Savarino (coord.), Narrativas errantes. Historia y literatura de viaje en México y desde México
description: Altre Modernità, N° 2 (2009): Letterature e migrazioni
The application of the family of participation-related constructs (fPRC) framework to AAC intervention outcomes in children with complex communication needs: a scoping review
Creators: name: Prinsloo, Pauline
name: Dada, Shakila
name: Bastable, Kirsty
name: Raghavendra, Parimala
name: Granlund, Mats
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Participation is a fundamental human right, and being able to communicate is an essential component of participation in various life situations, such as at school, with peers, and in the community. Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) interventions aim to facilitate communication and social interaction, independence, and participation in all aspects of life. The purpose of this study was to summarize and map the AAC intervention outcomes for children with complex communication needs onto the Family of Participation-Related Constructs (fPRC) framework. The scoping review identified 270 studies for inclusion, and the data gathered was extracted and mapped onto the fPRC framework. The results indicate that although many studies have reported on participation-related constructs such as activity competence and context, there is still insufficient focus on attendance and involvement, sense of self, and environment constructs. Hence, future research in the field of AAC is needed on the various constructs of participation proposed by the fPRC framework.
Additional file 1 of Association between antidepressant use and delirium in older adults: an analysis of the World Health Organization’s global pharmacovigilance database
Creators: name: Minoc, Elise-Marie
name: Villain, Cédric
name: Benbrika, Soumia
name: Chrétien, Basile
name: Descatoire, Pablo
name: Heraudeau, Marie
name: Sassier, Marion
name: Pierre, Mélissa
name: Martinaud, Olivier
name: Dolladille, Charles
name: Lelong-Boulouard, Véronique
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: Medicine
Pharmacology
Cancer
Science Policy
Mental Health

description: Supplementary Material 1.
M. Contu (ed.), L’emigrazione sarda in Argentina e Uruguay (1920-1960). I casi di Guspini, Pabillonis, Sardara e Serrenti
Creators: name: Murroni, Roberta
Publisher: name: Università degli  Studi di Milano
Year: 2009

description: M. Contu (ed.), L’emigrazione sarda in Argentina e Uruguay (1920-1960). I casi di Guspini, Pabillonis, Sardara e Serrenti
description: Altre Modernità, N° 2 (2009): Letterature e migrazioni
Relationship between Land for Wildlife, landholder conservation behaviour and personality
Creators: name: Shrapnel, Marilyn
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2024
Subjects: connectedness to nature
environmental behaviour
voluntary conservation agreement
experiential learning
social psychology
personality inventory
habitat protection
Environmental management
Social and personality psychology

description: Globally the participation of private landholders is considered essential to protect biological diversity, including native flora and fauna and their habitats. Approximately two thirds of Australia’s land is managed by private landholders. In Australia, a nationwide focus on encouraging conservation on private property has resulted in the creation of different programmes to facilitate this outcome, one of which is Land for Wildlife (LfW).
description: The aim of this research was to better understand the motivation and characteristics of landholders registered in the LfW programme to enact pro-nature conservation behaviour, including proceeding to the greater commitment of a Voluntary Conservation Agreement on their property. This research investigated the role of the programme, as well as underlying social-psychological and personality variables affecting individual LfW registrants.
A Ns2 model for the Xbox System Link game Halo
Creators: name: Armitage, Grenville
name: Lang, Tanja
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper presents our development of a synthetic traffic model for Microsoft Xbox System Link traffic. The goal is a traffic model that can be used by researchers and Internet Service Provider engineers to estimate the potential future impact of Xbox traffic over IP networks. We developed our ns2 simulation model for System Link traffic by running live network experiments and characterising the observed packet length, packet inter-arrival times, and data rates (in packets- and bits- per second). Our observations are documented in this paper, and we expect our traffic model will assist network planners who wish to better support real-time game traffic.
A qualitative pilot study of adult AAC users’ experiences related to accessing and receiving mental health services
Creators: name: Noyes, Adrianna M.
name: Wilkinson, Krista M.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health

description: There is currently limited research related to mental health supports for individuals who use AAC, particularly about the actual lived experiences of AAC users who receive mental health services. There may be alterations to mental health services for individuals who use AAC. The aim of this study was to gain the perspectives of AAC users on accessing and receiving mental health services. Three participants who used AAC and received mental health services shared their experiences related to receiving mental health services. Data were analyzed using an inductive approach in which themes were based on participants’ experiences. Five major themes were generated: (a) Time, (b) Communication Partner Skills, (c) Advocacy, (d) Means of Expression, and (e) Diagnosis. Participants described factors that positively or negatively impacted their experiences. Participant experiences were examined in light of Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Systems model. The findings of this study provide insights into the perspectives of individuals who use AAC in accessing mental health services, uncovering various barriers and facilitators within the patient–psychotherapist microsystem. Factors such as time constraints, communication partner skills, advocacy, means of expression, and diagnosis-related challenges significantly influenced the quality of interaction between patients using AAC and their mental health provider. The study also reveals the broader impacts of AAC on interactions within the meso-, exo-, and macro-systems, suggesting the need for improved involvement of speech-language pathologists and policy changes to support effective communication and accessibility for individuals using AAC in mental health settings. Ultimately, future research should involve participants of varying ages, diagnoses, and backgrounds and should include a variety of stakeholders.
Teacher assessment of elementary school students' conflict resolution skills: An action research case study.
Creators: name: Popp, Rosanne.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Education, Elementary.

description: Conflict resolution skills are becoming an integral part of the Ontario elementary school curriculum. The provincial report card lists "Conflict Resolution" as one of nine Learning Skills. Unfortunately, the curricula typically used to teach conflict resolution skills do not include a means of assessing student competency. This study investigated the feasibility of an assessment instrument based on Selman's INS (interpersonal negotiation strategies) model (Selman, 1980) in a grade three classroom. The assessment instrument is in the form of a rubric. Data collection included: tape-recorded data and observation of students solving actual conflicts, an interview procedure, and a writing activity. The assessment instrument was found to be feasible for classroom use. The most viable form of data collection was the tape-recording of students solving actual conflicts. It is recommended that the rubric be refined by changing it from a chart with discrete cells, into a continuum of INS levels.
Audrey Lasserre et Anne Simon (éds.), Nomadismes des romancières contemporaines de langue française
Creators: name: Grossi, Alessandra
Publisher: name: Università degli  Studi di Milano
Year: 2009

description: Audrey Lasserre et Anne Simon (éds.), Nomadismes des romancières contemporaines de langue française
description: Altre Modernità, N° 2 (2009): Letterature e migrazioni
Alessandro Litta Modignani, Da Buenos Aires a Valparaiso (Introduzione, trascrizione e note di Patrizia Spinato Bruschi)
Creators: name: Camplani, Clara
Publisher: name: Università degli  Studi di Milano
Year: 2009

description: Alessandro Litta Modignani, Da Buenos Aires a Valparaiso (Introduzione, trascrizione e note di Patrizia Spinato Bruschi)
description: Altre Modernità, N° 2 (2009): Letterature e migrazioni
Supplementary document for Imaging from the visible to the longwave infrared wavelengths via an inverse-designed flat lens - 5267513.pdf
Creators: name: Meem, Monjurul
name: Majumder, Apratim
name: Banerji, Sourangsu
name: Garcia, Juan
name: Kigner, Orrin
name: hon, philip
name: Sensale-Rodriguez, Berardi
name: Menon, Rajesh
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Classical and Physical Optics

description: Supplementary information
A scoping review of AAC interventions for children and young adults with simultaneous visual and motor impairments: Clinical and research Implications
Creators: name: Brittlebank, Savanna
name: Light, Janice C.
name: Pope, Lauramarie
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Computational Biology

description: Individuals with multiple disabilities are among the most challenging to serve and AAC teams often lack direction in determining effective interventions. The purpose of this scoping review was to summarize the research evidence on AAC interventions for individuals with complex communication needs and simultaneous motor, and visual impairments as part of their multiple disabilities; to consider implications for practice; and to determine gaps and directions for future research. A total of 27 studies were identified and reviewed, involving 55 unique participants with multiple disabilities. Most studies focused on direct intervention to increase requesting or choice-making, with little focus on social communication. Only two studies focused on training communication partners. Results indicated that AAC interventions can be highly effective to increase communication for individuals with multiple disabilities. However, there is an urgent need for increased rigor and more detailed participant information in future AAC intervention research with this population. Future research should investigate AAC intervention to improve social communication and increase language development, not just expression of needs and wants. Future research should focus on the needs of individuals with multiple disabilities from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and on implementation of AAC within natural environments.
Investigation of Attention Bias for Food-Related Cues and Effects of Attention Bias Modification Toward Healthy Food in Females
Creators: name: Rune, Karina
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2019
Subjects: attention bias
ABM
food
healthy eating

description: The current obesogenic environment is characterised by an overabundance of highly palatable easily accessible food products. According to cognitive-behavioural theories, preferential processing of food cues in the environment contributes to the development and maintenance of unhealthy appetitive behaviour. Attention bias for food-related cues has been demonstrated in populations at higher risk to the toxic food environment (e.g., overweight and obese individuals, and those high on external and restraint eating; Werthmann, Jansen, & Roefs, 2015). However, the empirical literature is inconsistent and limited by application of different methodologies and paradigms used to measure attention bias for food-related stimuli. Recently, a novel and innovative technique known as attention bias modification (ABM), which targets cognitive mechanisms via an automatic learning process, has been applied to alter biases. Within the food domain, the research is still in its infancy and limited by lack of control groups and long-term follow-up studies, making it hard to draw inferences about the utility of ABM. Across three studies, this thesis investigated attention bias for food-related cues in women and the effect ABM toward healthy foods has on bias scores, consumption and weight control long-term.
John McLeod, (ed.), How Newness Enters Postcolonial Studies
Creators: name: Bertacco, Simona
Publisher: name: Università degli  Studi di Milano
Year: 2009

description: John McLeod, (ed.), How Newness Enters Postcolonial Studies
description: Altre Modernità, N° 2 (2009): Letterature e migrazioni
The Internationalization of Small Professional Service Firms: An Organizational Learning Perspective
Creators: name: Laperrière, Anika
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: Internationalization
Entrepreneurship
Organizational Learning
Small Firms
Resource-based View
Dynamic Capabilities
Qualitative

description: The purpose of this study is to examine how the internationalization process in small firms impacts their resource base renewal. The relationships between organizational learning, dynamic capabilities, operational capabilities and resources are empirically examined to determine the impact of internationalization on changes to the firm’s resource base. The empirical analysis follows a multiple case study research methodology and is based on in depth case studies of four internationalized professional service firms in Ontario. Cases include born-global and born-again global firms, exemplifying both location-based and knowledge-based services. The study finds evidence supporting the relationships between internationalization, organizational learning and planned change via dynamic capabilities, as well as internationalization, organizational learning and ad hoc problem solving. Findings also suggest that the firms’ repetitive use of ad hoc problem solving when faced with similar situations leads to the creation of dynamic capabilities. This research adds to the existing body of literature on services, international entrepreneurship and strategy by responding to a call for empirical examination of organizational learning within the RBV and DC constructs. Furthermore, it also applies a novel theoretical framework with which to examine the impact of small firm internationalization and their strategic renewal. By doing so, this thesis extends the RBV and DC perspectives to small service firms. Findings demonstrate a need to further continue this research path to gain greater understanding of the change processes that occur during the evolution of the firm’s resource base, as pertains to small knowledge-intensive service firms.
A. Pajalich, Il bianco, il nero, il colore. Cinema dell’Impero Britannico e delle sue ex colonie (1929-1972).
Creators: name: Vallorani, Nicoletta
Publisher: name: Università degli  Studi di Milano
Year: 2009

description: A. Pajalich, Il bianco, il nero, il colore. Cinema dell’Impero Britannico e delle sue ex colonie (1929-1972).
description: Altre Modernità, N° 2 (2009): Letterature e migrazioni
Classification, program assignment and recidivism.
Creators: name: Dhaliwal, Gurmeet Kaur.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1992
Subjects: subject: Sociology, Criminology and Penology.

description: This study examined the efficacy of a classification system, Case Management Strategies (C.M.S.), for federally-incarcerated male offenders in Ontario penitentiaries. Three research questions were asked: (1) How appropriate are program recommendations made by Case Management Officers (C.M.O.s) using C.M.S.?; (2) To what extent are these recommended programs completed by the offenders?; and, (3) Is recidivism influenced by either (a) completion of recommended programs; (b) completion of recommended programs and degree of appropriateness of these recommendations; or, (c) completion of programs which actually address the offenders' needs? The results of this study found that: (1) only about half of the program recommendations made by the C.M.O.s were judged to be appropriate; (2) only a small proportion of the recommended programs had actually been completed by the offenders; and, (3) although there was a small statistically significant effect of the percentage of recommended programs completed on recidivism, recidivism was not affected by the percentage of recommended "treatment/training" programs which were completed; percentage of recommended programs which were completed and appropriate, nor by the degree to which the offenders' needs were addressed by the programs completed. These results raised some serious questions about the efficacy of classification as part of a rehabilitation process.
How do Asian students manage their first semester transitioning phase at a small regional university?
Creators: name: Rushton, Guy
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2016
Subjects: acculturation
Asian students
international students
Photovoice
transition
visual narrative inquiry

description: Australian higher education institutions are vying for business in the lucrative market of educating international students. Meeting the demands of this student cohort is a priority for those universities wishing to position themselves as market leaders in international education. In recent years, there has been a substantial increase in the numbers of students from Asian regions choosing to study in Australia. In order to better service this unique cohort, it is important to understand the initial transition experiences of these students as they move into a new learning domain and navigate the multi-faceted social, cultural and academic aspects of their new host environment in Australia. Using visual narrative inquiry as a methodology and Photovoice to collect data, this qualitative study investigates students from Asia Major and Minor, mapping the terrain of their transitioning experiences in their first semester at a regional university in Australia. Participants submitted photographic evidence of their transitioning experiences and provided text-based commentaries which contextualised the photographs. These were thematically analysed using NVivo 10 relational database management software. The results revealed that overall, the participants experienced smooth transitions, due in principle to the close support networks established between same nationality students and other international students which provided emotional and academic support. The main stressor in the transition phase was identified as managing the work, life and study balance, though this cannot be attributed as an acculturative factor as it is not linked to any cultural adjustment, but rather an adjustment to studying within the domain of higher education. A unique finding of this study was the positive impact of the nature and beauty of the local environment on the transition experiences of the participants. In line with other research on transition and acculturation of international students, results of this study revealed that there was minimal integration with the domestic student cohort. Recommendations are provided to facilitate enhanced international student transitions and to support the use of Photovoice as an effective qualitative data collection method of the student experience.
Ted Polhemus e Pierfrancesco Pacoda, La rivolta dello stile.
Creators: name: Vallorani, Nicoletta
Publisher: name: Università degli  Studi di Milano
Year: 2009

description: Ted Polhemus e Pierfrancesco Pacoda, La rivolta dello stile.
description: Altre Modernità, N° 2 (2009): Letterature e migrazioni
Student Perspectives on Transnational Education: A Grounded Theory Study
Creators: name: Roy, Sherre
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2011
Subjects: student perspective
transnational education
grounded theory
higher education
online learning

description: Globalisation has flattened the commercial playing field, specifically for business and in particular, education. It has provided education organisations with another avenue through which to provide their services to those keen to learn. The technological developments that have made it possible for business to collaborate and outsource without regard for distance and time has also provided higher education providers with learning networks that make it possible to provide and enhance learning opportunities for students on an anywhere and anytime basis. Much of the previous research on transnational higher education has been related to the educational offerings of public providers, as well as the use of technology to mediate learning and teaching. However, there is limited research that considers transnational education from a student perspective of the education experience. The current study addressed this gap as it investigated student perspectives on a private provider of higher education. This is important for two reasons; first, transnational education is at the forefront in the changes taking place today in higher education. Second, in Australia the number of private providers of higher education is growing.
Cardiovascular effects of environmental noise exposure
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2014
Subjects: Kreislauferkrankung
Lärm
Schlaf

description: The role of noise as an environmental pollutant and its impact on health are being increasingly recognized. Beyond its effects on the auditory system, noise causes annoyance and disturbs sleep, and it impairs cognitive performance. Furthermore, evidence from epidemiologic studies demonstrates that environmental noise is associated with an increased incidence of arterial hypertension, myocardial infarction, and stroke. Both observational and experimental studies indicate that in particular night-time noise can cause disruptions of sleep structure, vegetative arousals (e.g. increases of blood pressure and heart rate) and increases in stress hormone levels and oxidative stress, which in turn may result in endothelial dysfunction and arterial hypertension. This review focuses on the cardiovascular consequences of environmental noise exposure and stresses the importance of noise mitigation strategies for public health. Quelle: http://eurheartj.oxfordjournals.org
Characterization of Gut Butyrate Producers and Plasmidome in First-onset Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Creators: name: Abujamel, Turki
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: Pediatric IBD
Crohn's disease
butyrate-producing bacteria
intestinal microbiota
plasmidome

description: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a growing disorder with unknown etiology. However, increasing evidence strongly highlights the role of gut microbiota with possible involvement of microbial plasmidome in the inflammatory process. Although the composition of the gut microbiota has been extensively studied, important functional groups such as butyrate producers remain poorly characterized, particularly in pediatric IBD. Furthermore, evaluation of the gut plasmidome in healthy and IBD children is missing. In this study, we used molecular techniques involving quantitative PCR (qPCR) and next-generation sequencing of functional and 16S rRNA genes to analyze the level and composition of butyrate-producing microbes in mucosal washes collected from the right colon of healthy children and Crohn's disease (CD) patients during diagnostic colonoscopy. Also, we isolated and characterized the gut plasmidome from the right colon mucosal washes collected from pediatric non-IBD control, ulcerative colitis (UC), and CD subjects. Although no difference was observed in the total amount of butyrate producers that utilize the butyrate kinase (BUK) pathway for butyrate synthesis, butyrate producers that use the butyryl CoA:acetate CoA-transferase (BCoAT) pathway were decreased in CD patients with inflamed colon as compared to controls. This functional gene approach shows that pediatric CD is characterized by generalized decreased abundance of Eubacterium rectale and increased abundance of Faecalibacterium prausnitzii in patients with inflamed colon. Also, phylogenetic analysis highlighted 15 Operational Taxonomic Units (OTUs) as potential novel butyrate producers, five of which were decreased in CD patients. Using 16S rRNA sequencing approach validated the functional gene results and showed decreased abundance of Coprococcus in CD patients with inflamed colon. Furthermore, non-IBD plasmidome has higher level of genes involved in butyrate synthesis and regulation of different cellular processes and stress response. On the other hand, IBD plasmidome is enriched with antibiotic resistance genes and phage elements, and pediatric CD plasmidome in particular has higher abundance of the adenosine-5'-phosphosulfate reductase gene. Altogether, our study represents the first comprehensive description of gut butyrate producers and plasmidome of pediatric subjects that emphasize a characteristic dysbiosis of butyrate producers in pediatric CD and a potential link between the gut plasmidome and IBD pathogenesis.
Additional file 1 of Simultaneous bilateral video-assisted thoracic surgery is safe and feasible for multiple primary lung cancers
Creators: name: Yang, Libing
name: Guo, Chao
name: Zhang, Ye
name: Jiang, Huizhen
name: Ma, Lian
name: Liu, Hongsheng
name: Li, Shanqing
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Supplementary Material 1
Additional file 1 of Basal cell carcinoma risk and solar UV exposure in occupationally relevant anatomic sites: do histological subtype, tumor localization and Fitzpatrick phototype play a role? A population-based case-control study
Creators: name: Bauer, A.
name: E. Haufe
name: L. Heinrich
name: A. Seidler
name: H. J. Schulze
name: P. Elsner
name: H. Drexler
name: S. Letzel
name: S. M. John
name: M. Fartasch
name: T. Brüning
name: S. Dugas-Breit
name: M. Gina
name: W. Weistenhöfer
name: K. Bachmann
name: I. Bruhn
name: B. M. Lang
name: R. Brans
name: J. P. Allam
name: W. Grobe
name: S. Westerhausen
name: P. Knuschke
name: M. Wittlich
name: T. L. Diepgen
name: J. Schmitt
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Association of UV exposure and risk for BCC in cases with histopathological subtype nodular and matched controls (n = 403 in each group). Table S2. Association of UV exposure and risk for BCC in cases with histopathological subtype sclerodermiform and matched controls (n = 145 in each group). Table S3. Association of UV exposure and risk for BCC in cases with histopathological subtype superficial and matched controls (n = 28 in each group).
Genetic analysis of an improved tilapia line selected for high growth in saline water
Creators: name: Ngo Phu, Thoa
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2017
Subjects: Nile tilapia
Oreochromis niloticus
selective breeding
heritablility
genetic correlation
selection response
genotype by environment interaction
strain evaluation
growth performance
survival
salinity tolerance
RNA-seq
transcriptome

description: To date, commercial strains of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus, L.) are not available for aquaculture in saline water environments. The overarching objective of my PhD thesis was to develop a genetically improved strain of Nile tilapia not only having fast growth but also with good adaptation to a range of production systems. Specific aims of this study/thesis were: i) To assess genetic progress achieved from a selection program for high growth in moderately saline water (15 - 20 ppt); ii) Examine whether selection in a challenging environment produces Nile tilapia genotypes that can thrive in a range of production systems; iii) Estimate genetic variation for novel traits such as early survival of Nile tilapia fry during the early phase of rearing in brackish water environment (5 - 10 ppt); iv) Evaluate growth, physiological parameters, flesh and eating qualities of three genetically improved tilapia strains reared in fresh and saline waters; and v) Identify genes and gene expression associated with growth and salinity tolerance in the selected line cultured in both moderate saline- and fresh-water. Genetic evaluation of the selection program involved 36,145 animals with individual body traits records collected over seven generations from 2007 to 2014. They were offspring of 564 sires and 754 dams. Restricted Maximum Likelihood (REML) method applied to a multi-trait mixed model analysis showed a significant improvement in growth performance with an average genetic gain of 7 - 8% per generation (one generation was completed per year). The selection program for high growth, however, did not have detrimental effects on survival rate during grow-out. The estimate of heritability for the selection criterion (i.e. body weight) was moderate, suggesting that the population will continue showing response to future selection.
Additional file 1 of Etiology-specific incidence and mortality of diarrheal diseases in the African region: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Thystrup, Cecilie
name: Majowicz, Shannon E.
name: Kitila, Dinaol B.
name: Desta, Binyam N.
name: Fayemi, Olanrewaju E.
name: Ayolabi, Christianah I.
name: Hugho, Ephrasia
name: Buys, Elna M.
name: Akanni, Gabriel B.
name: Machava, Norgia E.
name: Monjane, Celso
name: Hald, Tine
name: Pires, Sara M.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Supplementary Material 1
LE STRATEGIE COMUNICATIVE INTERCULTURALI: IMPARARE E INSEGNARE A GESTIRE L’INTERAZIONE ORALE
Creators: name: Mariani, Luciano
Publisher: name: Italiano LinguaDue
Year: 2011

description: Che cosa è opportuno dire e fare quando non si conosce il termine esatto per definire qualcuno o qualcosa, quando non si sa come aprire o chiudere una conversazione, o quando si è incerti sul comportamento da tenere in una situazione che non ci è familiare? Le strategie comunicative possono aiutarci a trovare i mezzi verbali e non verbali per gestire problemi dovuti ad una limitata competenza linguistica, comunicativa o interculturale – non solo in una lingua straniera, ma anche in una lingua seconda (come l’Italiano L2) e persino nella propria lingua materna. Oltre ad abituarci a “non arrenderci” di fronte alle difficoltà, le strategie comunicative ci permettono di esercitare un maggiore controllo sull’interazione, di gestire l’incertezza e l’ambiguità nei contatti personali e interculturali, e di aumentare la nostra autonomia nell’apprendimento e nell’uso delle lingue. Come tali, costituiscono una componente essenziale di una competenza comunicativa plurilingue e interculturale.     Intercultural communicative strategies: learning and teaching how to manage oral interaction     What is appropriate to say and do when one doesn’t know the exact word to define someone or something, when one doesn’t know how to open or close a conversation, or when one is uncertain about how to behave in an unfamiliar situation? Communication strategies can help language learners to find the verbal and non-verbal means to manage problems due to their limited linguistic, communicative or intercultural competence – not just in a foreign language, but also in a second language and even in one’s own mother tongue. Communication strategies help learners “not to give up” in the face of problems and enable them to exercise more control in interaction, to manage uncertainty and ambiguity in personal and intercultural contacts, and to increase their autonomy in language learning and use. As such, they play a crucial role in plurilingual and intercultural communicative competence.
description: Italiano LinguaDue, Vol 3, N° 1 (2011)
Inquiries into the subcellular localization of the glucocorticoid receptor.
Creators: name: Laquian, Ian R.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Biology, Cell.

description: In the absence of hormone, the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) resides in the cytoplasm existing in an inactive form complexed to heat shock proteins and immunophilins. Upon ligand addition, GR dissociates from the protein complex and transforms into an active free form that rapidly and completely translocates to the nucleus to regulate transcription of specific genes. Upon ligand withdrawal, GR is re-packaged into its multiprotein heterocomplex and is slowly redistributed to the cytoplasm. In this study an indirect immunofluorescence assay was employed to characterize the subcellular localization of a series of GR mutants effectively truncating, deleting or mutating specific regions of the receptor N-terminus. In the first part of my study, I delimited a specific region of GR (amino acids 100--200 of the N-terminus) necessary for both its initial cytoplasmic localization prior to ligand addition and return to the cytoplasm upon subsequent hormone withdrawal. Nuclear import of liganded GR is mediated through a well characterized sequence called NL1, which is adjacent to the receptor DNA binding domain and a second uncharacterized motif NL2, located in the ligand binding domain. Not much has been known about the NL2 mediated nuclear import of GR. The second part of my study was devoted to further characterizing the kinetics of an NL1 deficient GR mutant. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)