cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Rezension: HANNES KNIFFKA. Elements of Culture-Contrastive Linguistics — Elemente einer kulturkonstrastiven Linguistik
Creators: name: Britta, Hufeisen
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt
Year: 2023

description: Der Titel dieses Buch deutet bereits an, daß es sich bei dieser Veröffentlichung um ein englisch-deutsches Miteinander von Beiträgen handelt. Sie sind eine Art Resumé der Lehr- und Forschungstätigkeiten in verschiedenen Ländern (Saudi-Arabien, VR China und Marokko) Kniffkas. Jeder Aufsatz behandelt ein bestimmtes, in sich abgeschlossenes Thema, das allerdings durch den roten Faden "kulturkontrastiv" bestimmt wird (und gelegentlich zu Wiederholungen von Gedanken führt). Mit dieser Neuprägung will Kniffka jedoch kein neues Wissenschaftsgebiet eröffnen, sondern er will damit betonen, daß bei konstrastiven Studien keineswegs nur Syntaktik oder Semantik im Vordergrund stehen sollten, sondern daß die semiotische Perspektive der Pragmatik mindestens ebenso wichtig, für manche Kulturkreise und Themenzusammenhänge vielleicht die ausschlaggebende Perspektive ist, weil sie über das Zustandekommen oder den Zusammenbruch der Kommunikation entscheiden kann. Er schließt sich damit wissenschaftstheoretisch an die Arbeiten zur interkulturellen Kommunikation/cross-cultural communication an, und man mag sich fragen, warum er nicht bei dieser Terminologie bleibt. Die Antwort hierfür liefert er in seiner "Orientierung", dem Teil, der zusammen mit der Einleitung auf Englisch und Deutsch auftaucht (alle anderen Beiträge sind entweder auf Deutsch oder auf Englisch geschrieben). Kniffka möchte nicht allein die kulturkontrastiven, für die Sprache relevanten Felder aufzeigen und (mögliche) Schwierigkeiten beschreiben, sondern auch entsprechende linguistische Vermittlungsmöglichkeiten besprechen, wie sie sich im FSU bieten. Damit geht er über die o.g. Arbeitsgebiete hinaus und wendet unterschiedliche Methoden an, von der Datenanalyse über standardisierte Interviews bis hin zu Testbefragungen. Hier wird deutlich, daß zugleich ermittelt wird, inwiefern Kulturkontrast linguistisch überhaupt definiert, beschrieben, festgestellt werden kann.
title: Rezension: JÖRG ROCHE und MARK WEBBER. Für- und Wider-Sprüche. Ein integriertes Text-Buch für Colleges und Universitäten
Creators: name: Milne, Helen
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt
Year: 2023

description: The introduction to this text states, "das vorliegende Buch ist in vieler Hinsicht ungewöhnlich," and indeed it is! Aimed at upper level courses, this book is a refreshing and provocative combination of recent and often controversial texts with good solid language practice and grammar exercises. This book has something for everyone. The authors have divided the textbook into five major Themenbereiche: "Stereophon- Stereotyp," "Identitätsfindung und Interkulturalität," "Mit Sprache spielen," "Gewalt und Widerstand" and "Zur Aktualität der Vergangenheit." Each topic area encompasses a cornucopia of materials in the form of articles, letters, songs, cartoons, tourist brochures and government forms, to name just a few examples. I found the selection to be excellent and intellectually stimulating. Often, when I assigned a text, I found that the majority of the students had already read it. This happened frequently in the chapter on terrorism, for example, where students all read ahead out of genuine interest, rather than because they had been told to do so.
Prozessmodellierung, -analyse und -optimierung
Creators: Rainer, Endl
Inesa, Halilovic
OST - Ostschweizer Fachhochschule
Publisher: name: Open Education Platform for Management Schools
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Business administration
subject: Geschäftsprozessmodellierung
subject: Geschäftsprozessanalyse
subject: Geschäftsprozessoptimierung

description: Die Genossenschaft CSI möchte eine Alternative zum privaten Fahrzeug schaffen. Fahrzeuge sollen an zentralen Standorten in der ganzen Schweiz durch unkomplizierte Reservierung und Abrechnung zur Verfügung stehen. Mit zunehmender Grösse und geografischer Ausbreitung steht das Unternehmen nun vor Herausforderungen. Diese Fallstudie beschäftigt sich mit der Modellierung, Analyse und Optimierung der Geschäftsprozesse der CSI.
The relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder and high and low-capacity working memory
Creators: name: Gallagher, Kelly M.
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2013

description: High and low working memory capacity in relation to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomology was investigated.  Working memory capacity was determined through both verbal and visual working memory tasks; a letter-numbering sequencing task and a visual serial working memory task.  PTSD symptomology was measured using the civilian version of the post-traumatic stress disorder checklist (PCL-C).  Undergraduate college students over the age of 18 participated in the study and results were computed using a multiple regression analysis and principle components factor analysis.  The correlation between the working memory task and the PCL-C was not statistically significant, support for a positive relationship between working memory capacity and PTSD symptoms was not found.  Future research should address a PTSD diagnosed or at-risk population using the verbal and visual working memory scales presented in the current study.
description: (M.A.) -- Towson University, 2012
Deformation of alpha-uranium.
Creators: name: St. John, Charles Falding
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: An investigation as to the characteristics of flow and fracture for alpha-uranium were carried out over the temperature range -196°C to 270°C. The parameters relevant to grain size and strain rate were investigated. It was established that the flow stress and the fracture stress in the semi-brittle region vary linearly with the grain size parameter (1/D½). Evidence suggests that the sensitivity of flow stress to grain size is directly related to the importance of glide dislocation action as the deformation mode. Strain rate change irreversibility was found to exist at low strains for all temperatures investigated. This evidence, correlated with the effect of grain size, indicates that massive structural changes occur in the early stages of flow. This agrees with electron transmission microscopy results as established by other workers.
The results of contemporary Islamic movements on the advancement of Muslim women in their society
Creators: name: McMenamin, Robin A.
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2014

description: Muslim women in France, Turkey and Egypt are creating new social and religious identities as a result of globalization and contemporary Islamic movements. While the three countries analyzed have different governments and demographics, their case studies provide an overview of the varying challenges Islamic women are confronting. Muslim women are challenging the law on the issue of the veil, access to education and employment opportunities. Their fight against the gender disparities with their male counterparts is an arduous battle, as governments and Islam are so intertwined it is difficult to gain legitimacy for their cause. Globalization has benefitted women's movements by modernizing their Muslim culture and exposing them to western concepts of equality. Islamic women are using an Islamic feminine paradigm to integrate themselves into their societies and advance their social-political status.
description: (M.S.) -- Towson University, 2012.
Additional file 1 of Single-cell transcriptome reveals Staphylococcus aureus modulating fibroblast differentiation in the bone-implant interface
Creators: name: Yu, Jinlong
name: Wang, Boyong
name: Zhang, Feiyang
name: Ren, Zun
name: Jiang, Feng
name: Hamushan, Musha
name: Li, Mingzhang
name: Guo, Geyong
name: Shen, Hao
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Clinical characteristics for patients with PJI and aseptic loosening.
Hair length influence on perception of male attributes
Creators: name: Connors, Patrick
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2013

description: Although the relationship between a woman?s hair length, attractiveness and perceived intelligence has been studied, the same relationship has not been investigated in males (Buss, 1995; Buss & Schmitt, 1993; Hinsz, Matz, and Patience 2001; Mesko & Bereczkei 2004). In the present study, 148 female Towson University undergraduate students rated photos of male models in terms of these two attributes, among others. There was found to be two significant main effects of the Hair length and Model, specifically on the two main attributes of attractiveness and intelligence.
description: (M.A.) -- Towson University, 2011.
Quantum algorithm for solving linear systems of equations
Creators: name: Harrow, Aram W.
name: Hassidim, Avinatan
name: Lloyd, Seth
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Solving linear systems of equations is a common problem that arises both on its own and as a subroutine in more complex problems: given a matrix A and a vector b, find a vector x such that Ax=b. We consider the case where one doesn't need to know the solution x itself, but rather an approximation of the expectation value of some operator associated with x, e.g., x'Mx for some matrix M. In this case, when A is sparse, N by N and has condition number kappa, classical algorithms can find x and estimate x'Mx in O(N sqrt(kappa)) time. Here, we exhibit a quantum algorithm for this task that runs in poly(log N, kappa) time, an exponential improvement over the best classical algorithm.
description: 15 pages. v2 is much longer, with errors fixed, run-time improved and a new BQP-completeness result added. v3 is the final published version and mostly adds clarifications and corrections to v2
Money and Value in Urban Settlement Households in Port Moresby Part 2: Understanding Spatial and Income Inequality Through Housing Choices
Creators: name: Rooney, Michelle Nayahamui
Publisher: name: Canberra, ACT : Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University
Year: 2015

description: This In Brief highlights how different land and housing regimes in Port Moresby, the national capital of Papua New Guinea (PNG), drive spatial and income inequality in the city. Among the issues I explore in my PhD research are the housing challenges that people face in Moresby and the strategies they pursue to access land and housing in settlements. I draw on two sets of preliminary data collected as part of my research. The first is ethnographic and income data based on a survey of 32 households in the ATS settlement1 in Moresby where I conducted fieldwork over a six-month period in 2013. The second dataset, comprising advertised rental and sale prices of properties in Moresby, is compiled from newspaper advertisements
The presolar grain inventory of fine-grained chondrule rims in the Mighei-type (CM) chondrites
Creators: name: Leitner, Jan
name: Metzler, Knut
name: Vollmer, Christian
name: Floss, Christine
name: Haenecour, Pierre
name: Kodolányi, János
name: Harries, Dennis
name: Hoppe, Peter
Publisher: name: FID GEO
Year: 2019

description: We investigated the inventory of presolar silicate, oxide, and silicon carbide (SiC) grains of fine-grained chondrule rims in six Mighei-type (CM) carbonaceous chondrites (Banten, Jbilet Winselwan, Maribo, Murchison, Murray and Yamato 791198), and the CM-related carbonaceous chondrite Sutter's Mill. Sixteen O-anomalous grains (nine silicates, six oxides) were detected, corresponding to a combined matrix-normalized abundance of ~18 ppm, together with 21 presolar SiC grains (~42 ppm). Twelve of the O-rich grains are enriched in 17O, and could originate from low-mass asymptotic giant branch stars. One grain is enriched in 17O and significantly depleted in 18O, indicative of additional cool bottom processing or hot bottom burning in its stellar parent, and three grains are of likely core-collapse supernova origin showing enhanced 18O/16O ratios relative to the solar system ratio. We find a presolar silicate/oxide ratio of 1.5, significantly lower than the ratios typically observed for chondritic meteorites. This may indicate a higher degree of aqueous alteration in the studied meteorites, or hint at a heterogeneous distribution of presolar silicates and oxides in the solar nebula. Nevertheless, the low O-anomalous grain abundance is consistent with aqueous alteration occurring in the protosolar nebula and/or on the respective parent bodies. Six O-rich presolar grains were studied by Auger Electron Spectroscopy, revealing two Fe-rich silicates, one forsterite-like Mg-rich silicate, two Al-oxides with spinel-like compositions, and one Fe-(Mg-)oxide. Scanning electron and transmission electron microscopic investigation of a relatively large silicate grain (490 nm × 735 nm) revealed that it was crystalline åkermanite (Ca2Mg[Si2O7]) or a an åkermanite-diopside (MgCaSi2O6) intergrowth.
Prozessmodellierung, -analyse und -optimierung bei der Versicherungs AG
Creators: Rainer, Endl
Michael, Ziegler
OST - Ostschweizer Fachhochschule
Publisher: name: Open Education Platform for Management Schools
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Business administration
subject: Geschäftsprozessmanagement
subject: BPMN
subject: Prozesslandkarte
subject: Prozess-Architektur
subject: operatives Prozessmanagement

description: Die Versicherungs AG ist einige Jahre erfolgreich im Versicherungsmarkt tätig. Aufgrund zunehmendem Wettbewerbsdruck sieht sie sich gezwungen, die eigene Effizienz zu steigern. Als reiner Dienstleister hat sie das grösste Potenzial in der Optimierung von Prozessen identifiziert und möchte diese nun angehen.
Importance of Spatial Resolution in Global Groundwater Modeling
Creators: name: Reinecke, Robert
name: Wachholz, Alexander
name: Mehl, Steffen
name: Foglia, Laura
name: Niemann, Christoph
name: Döll, Petra
Publisher: name: FID GEO
Year: 2020

description: Global-scale gradient-based groundwater models are a new endeavor for hydrologists who wish to improve global hydrological models (GHMs). In particular, the integration of such groundwater models into GHMs improves the simulation of water flows between surface water and groundwater and of capillary rise and thus evapotranspiration. Currently, these models are not able to simulate water table depth adequately over the entire globe. Unsatisfactory model performance compared to well observations suggests that a higher spatial resolution is required to better represent the high spatial variability of land surface and groundwater elevations. In this study, we use New Zealand as a testbed and analyze the impacts of spatial resolution on the results of global groundwater models. Steady-state hydraulic heads simulated by two versions of the global groundwater model G3M, at spatial resolutions of 5 arc-minutes (9 km) and 30 arc-seconds (900 m), are compared with observations from the Canterbury region. The output of three other groundwater models with different spatial resolutions is analyzed as well. Considering the spatial distribution of residuals, general patterns of unsatisfactory model performance remain at the higher resolutions, suggesting that an increase in model resolution alone does not fix problems such as the systematic overestimation of hydraulic head. We conclude that (1) a new understanding of how low-resolution global groundwater models can be evaluated is required, and (2) merely increasing the spatial resolution of global-scale groundwater models will not improve the simulation of the global freshwater system.
[Halle (Saale), Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt, Morbio 1 (43)]
Creators: name: , Albertus
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 1113
Subjects: subject: Urkunde weltlicher Fürsten
subject: Notarsurkunde
subject: Urkunde
subject: 090

description: Graf Albertus, Sohn des Grafen Boso, überlässt den Kirchen St. Mariae und St. Porsperi in Correggioverde Land samt dem Zehnt in Pollescerio
A small high-speed tunnel-diode memory.
Creators: name: Walton, John Thomas
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: The design of a 16 word 25 bit tunnel-diode memory is described. The memory is word organized and employs destructive readout, the current change of state of the tunnel diodes being sensed. This arrangement requires only a resistor and tunnel diode for each bit stored. The driver circuits for the memory serve three functions: 1) to couple into the array the information to be stored, 2) to supply dc biasing to the array and, 3) to sense the current transient on readout. Low impedance circuits are required, and two approaches are examined: the modified White emitter follower and the transformer coupled emitter follower. The former employs negative feedback to decrease its input impedance, while the latter employs a broadband transformer. The design of the modified White circuit necessitates an examination of the properties of transistors in the 100 Megacycle frequency range. The characteristics of a few high frequency transistors are shown. The transformer coupled circuit depends on the properties of the broadband transformer. These transformers are examined and a design technique for various current ratios is given. Two sets of experimental results are described using 2X2 arrays to simulate the 16X25 memory. One employs 5 ma tunnel diodes, and the other 1 ma tunnel diodes. Using the 1 ma array with transformer input, successful operation with write pulses 10 nanoseconds wide is demonstrated.
Supplement Materials from Artificial light at night causes conflicting behavioural and morphological defence responses in a marine isopod
Creators: name: Bullough, Kathryn
name: Gaston, Kevin J.
name: Troscianko, Jolyon
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Environmental Science
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 60801 Animal Behaviour

description: Encroachment of artificial light at night (ALAN) into natural habitats is increasingly recognized as a major source of anthropogenic disturbance. Research focussed on variation in the intensity and spectrum of ALAN emissions has established physiological, behavioural and population-level effects across plants and animals. Little attention has, however, been paid to the structural aspect of this light, or how combined morphological and behavioural anti-predator adaptations are affected. We investigated how lighting structure, background reflectance and the three-dimensional properties of the environment combined to affect anti-predator defences in the marine isopod Ligia oceanica. Experimental trials monitored behavioural responses including movement and background choice, and also colour change, a widespread morphological anti-predator mechanism little considered in relation to ALAN exposure. We found that behavioural responses of isopods to ALAN were consistent with classic risk-aversion strategies, being particularly exaggerated under diffuse lighting. However, this behaviour was disconnected from optimal morphological strategies, as diffuse light caused isopods to become lighter coloured while seeking out darker backgrounds. Our work highlights the potential for the structure of natural and artificial light to play a key role in behavioural and morphological processes likely to affect anti-predator adaptations, survival, and ultimately wider ecological effects.
Additional file 1 of Gestational weight gain outside the 2009 Institute of Medicine recommendations: novel psychological and behavioural factors associated with inadequate or excess weight gain in a prospective cohort study
Creators: name: Feng, Yu Yang
name: Yu, Zhijie Michael
name: Blyderveen, Sherry Van
name: Schmidt, Louis
name: Sword, Wendy
name: Vanstone, Meredith
name: Biringer, Anne
name: McDonald, Helen
name: Beyene, Joseph
name: McDonald, Sarah Diana
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1. Differences in exposure variables among study participants by pregnancy weight gain status in a prospective cohort study on predictors of guideline-discordant gestational weight gain. Table of differences in exposure variables among study participants who gained inadequate, appropriate, or excess weight in a prospective cohort study on predictors of guideline-discordant gestational weight gain.
Additional file 2 of Gestational weight gain outside the 2009 Institute of Medicine recommendations: novel psychological and behavioural factors associated with inadequate or excess weight gain in a prospective cohort study
Creators: name: Feng, Yu Yang
name: Yu, Zhijie Michael
name: Blyderveen, Sherry Van
name: Schmidt, Louis
name: Sword, Wendy
name: Vanstone, Meredith
name: Biringer, Anne
name: McDonald, Helen
name: Beyene, Joseph
name: McDonald, Sarah Diana
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 2. Reliability and validity of scales used in a prospective cohort study on predictors of guideline-discordant gestational weight gain. Table of information on reliability and validity of scales used in the development of a questionnaire used in a prospective cohort study on predictors of guideline-discordant gestational weight gain.
Near-threshold W-pair production in the model of unstable particles with smeared mass
Creators: name: Kuksa, V. I.
name: Pasechnik, R. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Near-threshold production of charged boson pairs is considered within the framework of the model of unstable particles with smeared mass. The results of calculations are in good agreement with LEP II data and Monte-Carlo simulations. Suggested approach significantly simplifies calculations with respect to standard perturbative one.
description: 14 pages, 3 figures
Identifying Compact Symmetric Objects from the VLBA Imaging and Polarization Survey
Creators: name: Tremblay, S. E.
name: Taylor, G. B.
name: Helmboldt, J. F.
name: Fassnacht, C. D.
name: Romani, R. W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Compact Symmetric Objects (CSOs) are small (less than 1 kpc) radio sources which have symmetric double lobes or jets. The dominant theory for the small size of these objects is that they are young radio sources which could grow into larger radio galaxies, but the currently small population of known CSOs makes it difficult to definitively determine whether or not this is the case. While a greater number of Gigahertz peaked sources can be identified by sifting through spectral surveys, this yields none of the dynamics of the sources, and also brings Quasars into the sample, which although interesting are peaked around 1 Gigahertz for very different reasons. We have used the 5 GHz VLBA Imaging and Polarization Survey (VIPS) to identify 103 CSO candidates morphologically, and are following up on these sources with multifrequency VLBA observations to confirm CSO identifications and to study their dynamics. The identification of candidates from within the survey will be discussed, as well as preliminary results from the follow-up observations.
description: 4 pages, 3 figures, proceedings paper from "The Fourth Workshop on Compact Steep Spectrum and GHz-Peaked Spectrum Radio Sources"
Suppression of the stellar enhancement factor and the reaction 85Rb(p,n)85Sr
Creators: name: Rauscher, T.
name: Kiss, G. G.
name: Gyürky, Gy.
name: Simon, A.
name: Fülöp, Zs.
name: Somorjai, E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It is shown that a Coulomb suppression of the stellar enhancement factor occurs in many endothermic reactions at and far from stability. Contrary to common assumptions, reaction measurements for astrophysics with minimal impact of stellar enhancement should be preferably performed for those reactions instead of their reverses, despite of their negative reaction Q-value. As a demonstration, the cross section of the astrophysically relevant 85Rb(p,n)85Sr reaction has been measured by activation between 2.16<=E_{c.m.}<= 3.96 MeV and the astrophysical reaction rates at p-process temperatures for (p,n) as well as (n,p) are directly inferred from the data. Additionally, our results confirm a previously derived modification of a global optical proton potential. The presented arguments are also relevant for other alpha- and proton-induced reactions in the p-, rp-, and nu-p-processes.
description: 8 figures, accepted for publication in Physical Review C
[Halle (Saale), Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt, Morbio 2 (11)]
Creators: name: Warnerius
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 1206
Subjects: subject: Urkunde weltlicher Fürsten
subject: Notarsurkunde
subject: Urkunde
subject: 090

description: Warnerius, Graf von Sospiro und Lehensnehmer des Sicardus, Bischof von Cremona, beendet das Lehensverhältnis und gibt die Ländereien in Sesto und Spinadesco zurück, mit Ausnahme eines kleinen Landguts.
Understanding African American environment concern: does race play a role?
Creators: name: Brice, Michael
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2013

description: The goal of this paper is to better understand what factors shape African Americans? environmental attitudes. The research topic stems from a questionable assumption that African Americans view the environment as a lower priority concern. Researchers over the last thirty years have been interested in studying what is called the social basis of concern for environmental quality. The objective of this analysis is to investigate whether racial differences can explain expressions of several environmental attitudes more than other socio-demographic differences. The data for this research comes from the 2010 General Social Survey (GSS) dataset. The results showed that African Americans, as a whole, do not have vastly different opinions about environmental concern than whites. However, major differences were observed amongst the subcategories. Interestingly, some African American subpopulations did not appear to express higher levels of environmental concern, contrary to prior research and common assumptions. Targeted subpopulation research will be needed.
description: (M.S.) -- Towson University, 2012.
Media and public relations: cross perceptions and the role of media pitching
Creators: name: Berberich, Garrett
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2013

description: The current study looked at the relationship between public relations and media professionals in regard to roles in news generation, professionalism and media pitching. Qualitative interviews were used to ask 14 professionals from both parties for their views on the other in terms of the above topics. Additionally, research sought to understand whether evaluations on news generation and professionalism affected media pitching evaluations. Previous studies on news generation, professionalism and media pitching set the groundwork for current research.     Results showed that both professions broadly found media to have the larger effect on news generation, with public relations professionals being more split in the extent to which this was true. Both parties positively evaluated the professionalism of the other, and negatively evaluated media pitching. News generation proved to have an affect on media pitching evaluations, and interesting trends portrayed each party?s focus to be on getting jobs done easily and effectively.
description: (M.S.) -- Towson University, 2013.
Cell phone dependency, uses and etiquette across generations
Creators: name: Bauer, Robert Joseph
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2013

description: The mobile phone, cell phone, or smart phones are a few names this device is known by. Though it is much more than a phone now. It can start a car, provide weather alerts, and even capture the moment with a camera. While cell phones provide a constant connection, they sometimes keep their users so connected that they become disconnected from the moment they are in. The following study sought to measure just how connected two groups of cell phone users are to these devices. Millennials and Baby Boomers answered questions that measured their dependency on this device as well as how often and how important they use specific cell phone functions. This study also set out to gauge how these generations viewed cell phone etiquette. While Millennials provided responses indicating higher and dependency and usage of the cell phone, they also demonstrated less stringent concepts of cell phone etiquette.
description: (M.S.) -- Towson University, 2013.
Evaluating a mindfulness program for teachers as an intervention for teacher burnout in urban, low-income schools
Creators: name: Ancona, Matthew
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2013

description: This study evaluated the efficacy of a mindfulness program for teachers to mitigate teacher burnout. Forty three teachers completed baseline and posttest measures of teacher stress, teacher efficacy, and teacher burnout. Those in the intervention group participated in 6 one hour sessions of a mindfulness program over three weeks. The intervention was led by the Holistic Life Foundation and consisted of deep breathing techniques, body relaxation techniques, and brief meditations. This intervention proved useful for reducing stress and burnout symptoms however analyses failed to detect a significant effect. Further study should address the issue of sample size and also refine the timing and elements of the intervention.
description: (M.A.) -- Towson University, 2012.
Additional file 3 of Gestational weight gain outside the 2009 Institute of Medicine recommendations: novel psychological and behavioural factors associated with inadequate or excess weight gain in a prospective cohort study
Creators: name: Feng, Yu Yang
name: Yu, Zhijie Michael
name: Blyderveen, Sherry Van
name: Schmidt, Louis
name: Sword, Wendy
name: Vanstone, Meredith
name: Biringer, Anne
name: McDonald, Helen
name: Beyene, Joseph
name: McDonald, Sarah Diana
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 3. Univariable multinomial logistic regression analyses assessing associations between exposure variables with inadequate or excessive gestational weight gain in a prospective cohort study on predictors of guideline-discordant gestational weight gain. Table of univariable multinomial logistic regression analyses assessing associations between exposure variables with inadequate or excessive gestational weight gain in a prospective cohort study on predictors of guideline-discordant gestational weight gain.
Verità? Che cosa è verità?
Creators: name: PsykoSapiens
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Verità sul mondo, la vita, la morte, il pensiero, il sogno e l’uomo è un viaggio attraverso i confini della conoscenza umana, un percorso che dissolve le convenzioni e i dualismi, per svelare nuove vie di significato. Ogni tema viene esplorato con l’intento di destrutturare le maschere del linguaggio e del pensiero, immergendosi in una realtà che non è oggetto ma processo.  

Il mondo si rivela come flusso senza volto, la vita come fiamma momentanea, la morte come atto creativo, il pensiero come chiave e prigione, il sogno come spazio senza confini e l’uomo come nodo di infinite contraddizioni. Tutto è movimento, trasformazione e continua ridefinizione, senza verità ultime né origini definitive.  

Un invito a danzare nel flusso della realtà, riconoscendo che il nulla stesso può generare nuove possibilità.
The Correlation Confocal Microscope
Creators: name: Simon, D. S.
name: Sergienko, A. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A new type of confocal microscope is described which makes use of intensity correlations between spatially correlated beams of light. It is shown that this apparatus leads to significantly improved transverse resolution.
description: 9 figures. Submitted to Optics Express
Japanese American internment camps: effect upon wartime and post-war male and female gender roles within family and community
Creators: name: Turner, Holly B.
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2014

description: The purpose of this thesis is to educate readers about a topic that often is overlooked and to provide additional information and offer a new interpretation about the transformation of gender roles from Japanese American men and women who were sent to internment camps during WWII. Much historical literature written on gender and women during World War II in concentration camps has ignored the Japanese American experience. In part, because the gender analysis did not exist in the 1940's, postwar studies are only recently beginning to explore the effects of internment and the impact it had on the Japanese American family. In this study, I find that internment camps created greater levels of equality between men and women that were unprecedented and not in the offing within the Japanese American community prior to their state incarceration. Evidence presented here suggests these changes would have taken place at a much slower pace had the wartime experience been different. Internment and isolation accelerated the change. This research matters because living in a post September 11th world, we must not repeat the same mistakes. The United States was founded on freedom, and to incarcerate a population based on their ethnic ancestry neglected fundamental principles of American democracy. The Japanese American lives were economically destroyed, emotionally damaged, and cultural traditions devastated all because of racial prejudice and wartime hysteria. In addition, this paper will explore how families functioned, or did not, and the government impact on families. Japanese Americans were the only ethnic group interned, some may say that this will never happen again, but it happened before, it could happen again.
description: Establishment of gender ideals in Japan -- Gender roles and relations in Japanese communities prior to internment -- Gender roles and relations during internment
description: (M.S.) -- Towson University, 2012.
Additional file 3 of Deciphering the potential pharmaceutical mechanism of Guzhi Zengsheng Zhitongwan on rat bone and kidney based on the “kidney governing bone” theory
Creators: name: Yao, Baojin
name: Liu, Jia
name: Zhang, Mei
name: Leng, Xiangyang
name: Zhao, Daqing
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 3: Table S3 Primer sequences for qRT-PCR validation
[Halle (Saale), Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt, Morbio 2 (22)]
Creators: name: Conradus
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 1210
Subjects: subject: Urkunde weltlicher Fürsten
subject: Notarsurkunde
subject: Urkunde
subject: 090

description: Conradus, Graf von Biandrate, überträgt Rugerius, Mönch im Kloster Clonza, Land, gelegen in Colzo, um das ein Streit ausgebrochen war.
Danes? cultural characteristics and attitudes towards Muslims and the Muhammad cartoons
Creators: name: Trettin, Kirstine
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2013

description: The study explored how young Danes? cultural characteristics affect their attitudes towards Muslims and the Muhammad cartoons. Approximately 226 respondents between the ages 18 and 29 filled out a survey that included three different instruments measuring 1) cultural characteristics, 2) attitudes towards Muslims, and 3) attitudes towards the Muhammad cartoons. A factor analysis was run on all three instruments and three ?cultural characteristics? factors were generated while only one ?attitudes towards Muslims? and one ?attitudes towards the Muhammad cartoons? factor were generated. The analysis indicated that young Danes have negative attitudes towards Muslims. Regressions were then run to see if the three cultural characteristics factors influenced Danes attitudes towards Muslims and the Muhammad cartoons. The results demonstrated that the factors ?self definition? and ?low need for security? influenced Danes attitudes towards Muslims while ?self definition? and ?equality? influenced Danes? attitudes towards the Muhammad cartoons.
description: (M.A.) -- Towson University, 2011.
title: Deutschlands Zivilgesellschaft in der Corona-Pandemie
title: eine Befragung von Vereinen und Initiativen
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Hutter, Swen
name: Teune, Simon
name: Daphi, Priska
name: Nikolas, Ana-Maria
name: Rößler-Prokhorenko, Charlotte
name: Sommer, Moritz
name: Steinhilper, Elias
name: Zajak, Sabrina
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Zivilgesellschaft
subject: Organisationsbefragung
subject: Vereine
subject: Initiativen
subject: Covid-19
subject: Pandemie
subject: 300 Sozialwissenschaften::300 Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie::300 Sozialwissenschaften

description: Das Working Paper präsentiert Ergebnisse einer Organisationsbefragung zur Auswirkung der COVID-19 Pandemie auf Vereine und Initiativen in Deutschland. Die Studie zeigt, dass die Zivilgesellschaft mit großer Wucht getroffen wurde. Viele Organisationen mussten ihre Aktivitäten einschränken oder ganz einstellen. Dennoch zeigen die Ergebnisse ebenfalls, dass sich bestimmte Organisationsformen besser anpassen und ihre Handlungsfähigkeit aufrechterhalten konnten. Dies könnte nachhaltige Auswirkungen auf die Struktur der post-pandemischen Zivilgesellschaft in Deutschland haben.
Exact computation of image disruption under reflection on a smooth surface and Ronchigrams
Creators: name: Román-Hernández, Edwin
name: Silva-Ortigoza, Gilberto
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use geometrical optics and the caustic-touching theorem to study, in an exact way, the change in the topology of the image of an object obtained by reflections on an arbitrary smooth surface. Since the procedure that we use to compute the image is exactly the same as that used to simulate the ideal patterns, referred to as Ronchigrams, in the Ronchi test used to test mirrors, we remark that the closed loop fringes commonly observed in the Ronchigrams when the grating, referred to as a Ronchi ruling, is located at the caustic place are due to a disruption of fringes, or, more correctly, as disruption of shadows corresponding to the ruling bands. To illustrate our results, we assume that the reflecting surface is a spherical mirror and we consider two kinds of objects: circles and line segments.
description: 31 pages, 23 figures
title: Fridays for Future
title: Profil, Entstehung und Perspektiven der Protestbewegung in Deutschland
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Sommer, Moritz
name: Rucht, Dieter
name: Haunss, Sebastian
name: Zajak, Sabrina
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Fridays for Future
subject: Umweltbewegung
subject: Demonstrationsbefragung
subject: 300 Sozialwissenschaften::300 Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie::300 Sozialwissenschaften

description: Die Protestkampagne von Fridays for Future (FFF) hat es innerhalb kürzester Zeit geschafft, in Deutschland und darüber hinaus hunderttausende Schüler*innen und Jugendliche für eine Wende in der Klimapolitik auf die Straße zu bringen. Um mehr über Profil, Mobilisierungswege und Motive der Demonstrierenden zu erfahren, haben wir als Teil eines europaweiten Forschungsprojekts Demonstrationsbefragungen während der Klimaproteste am 15. März 2019 in Berlin und Bremen durchgeführt. Das Working Paper präsentiert zentrale Befunde für FFF in Deutschland und ordnet diese ein. Die FFF-Proteste werden von jungen, gut gebildeten Menschen und überraschend stark von jungen Frauen getragen. Viele der demonstrierenden Schüler*innen, von denen sich die Mehrheit im linken Spektrum verortet, sind zum ersten Mal auf der Straße. Persönliche Kontakte sind der zentrale Weg der Mobilisierung. Die Demonstrierenden wollen die Politik unter Druck setzen, klimapolitische Versprechen einzulösen. Einen wichtigen Weg der Veränderung sehen insbesondere die Schüler*innen aber auch in der Veränderung der eigenen Lebens- und Konsumpraxis. Die Demonstrierenden sind keineswegs hoffnungslos, sondern vielmehr handlungsbereit, politisiert und zuversichtlich, dass ihr Protest gesellschaftliche und politische Veränderungen hervorrufen kann. Im europäischen Vergleich ist die Kampagne hinsichtlich Altersstruktur, Verteilung der Geschlechter und insbesondere hinsichtlich der Einschätzung von Lösungswegen heterogener als der gemeinsame Rahmen vermuten lässt. Abschließend blicken wir auf die öffentliche Resonanz und im Fazit auf Faktoren des (medialen) Erfolgs.
A twenty-year assessment of the economic development of the former German Democratic Republic
Creators: name: Sykes, Brandy Jo Ferguson
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2014

description: Unification of East and West Germany into the Federal Republic of Germany was a tremendous undertaking and should be examined to understand the economic ramifications. Chancellor Helmut Kohl's economic policies made during the German unification, due to political pressures, resulted in the underdevelopment of the former communist satellite state, the German Democratic Republic (GDR), for over twenty years. Chancellor Kohl's successors, Chancellor Gerhard Schr?der and Angela Merkel, initiated several domestic reforms in conjunction with the European Union's Structural Funds? programs to increase the economic development within the five new eastern L?nder. The combination of domestic reforms and EU development aid are proving to be beneficial to the development of the former GDR. These recent successful efforts can give eastern Germans hope that with more time the legacy of past economic decisions will disappear and they can meet their full economic potential.
description: The history of the German Democratic Republic: post-war to 1989 -- Chancellor Helmut Kohl and the problems with unification -- Reforming the social-market: Chancellor Gerhard Schr?der's attempts at welfare reform -- EU developmental assistance for the former GDR
description: (M.S.) -- Towson University, 2012.
The dynamic stability of voltage-regulated and speed-governed synchronous machines in power systems.
Creators: name: Vongsuriya, Khien
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: The dynamic stability of a power system has been of constant interest for many years. Among the many contributors are Concordia, Heffron, Phillips, and Messerle. In most studies, the tie line resistance and the saliency effect were neglected. An attempt has been made in this thesis to study the dynamic stability of the power system in the small including all important effects such as tie line resistance, reactance, saliency, voltage regulator, stabilizer time constants and gains, and governor time constants and gain. Two different methods for studying stability have been applied, namely, the Routh-Hurwitz criterion and the D-partition method. The important results found in the study are the significant effects of tie line resistance and saliency upon the stability limit from Routh-Hurwitz criterion studies and upon the stability region from studies using the D-partition method. Also, significant are the effects of the machine short circuit ratio, the governor, the exciter and stabilizer time constants and gains, and their coordination.
Factors affecting technology integration in internship-based teaching experiences
Creators: name: Robinson, David E.
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2013

description: Reform efforts of the early 21st century emphasizing standardized testing have indirectly led to a movement of curriculum standardization, direct instruction, and ultimately driving teachers to teach ?to the test?. Research presented in this study supports that PreK-12 students learn best in technology integrated, constructivist learning environments. College-based teacher preparation programs strive to prepare preservice teachers based on this research, yet the environments in which they conduct their internships and learn to implement what they have been taught are littered with barriers often inhibiting success. The purpose of this research study was to examine preservice teacher technology integration in internship-based teaching experiences. Using mixed methodologies, particular focus was placed on the mentor teacher/preservice teacher relationship and its impact on classroom technology integration. The data collected in this study presented contrasting results. Qualitative journal entries indicated cases of preservice teacher technology integration consistent with constructivist teaching practices, while quantitative data indicated the preservice teacher participants? levels of technology integration were consistent with direct instruction. Recommendations are provided to elevate the overall internship-based instructional paradigm from that of direct instruction to more technology-integrated constructivist learning.
description: (Ed. D.) -- Towson University, 2013.
Additional file 2 of Association of TLR4 and TLR9 gene polymorphisms with cervical HR-HPV infection status in Chinese Han population
Creators: name: Zhang, Chunlin
name: Yang, Zhiping
name: Luo, Ping
name: Li, Ting
name: Wang, Sutong
name: Sun, Fenglan
name: Gong, Ping
name: Mei, Bing
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology

description: Additional file 2: Table S1. Definition of persistent and transient HR-HPV infections.