cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Light at the end of the tunnel: war affected youth's purchase intention of microcredit
Creators: name: Jebarajakirthy, Charles Dickens
name: Lobo, Antonio
name: Hewege, Chandana
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The main aim of this research study is to evaluate war affected youths' purchase intentions of microcredit, which, in turn may be used to promote entrepreneurial activities in the post-war era. The Theory of Planned Behaviour underpins the conceptual framework for this study. Hence five constructs relating to affective attitudes, perceived benefits, perceived barriers, perceived behavioural control and subjective norms were operationalized as the predictors of purchase intention. Data obtained from 1606 youth in war affected regions of Sri Lanka were analysed to test relevant hypotheses. The findings revealed that all the five constructs significantly influenced war affected youths' purchase intention of microcredit. However, perceived behavioural control had the highest predictive power followed by affective attitudes and perceived benefits. Based on these findings, we have provided interesting implications and recommendations to institutions providing microcredit and also to other stakeholders including policy makers.
Maintaining brand vitality in a highly regulated tobacco market
Creators: name: Greenland, Steven
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Australia has some of the world’s toughest restrictions on tobacco marketing. T he Plain Packaging Bill was announ ced in 2010 and finally implemented in 2012. Packaging was widely regarded as the key remaining medium for promoting cigarette brands and so a logical assumption was that plain packaging would have a detrimental impact upon cigarette brand portfolios. This research examines changes in Australian cigarette brand portfolios between March 2010 and March 2012. The findings show that despite increasing regulation the big t hree tobacco companies have maintained the vitality of their brand portfolios and introduced new brands and brand line extensions during this period. The expanding brand portfolios raise concerns about the impact of regulations on branding capabilities, as well as questions as to how manufacturers are still able to introduce new products into a market with some of the strictest tobacco marketing controls.
Liquid-Liquid Extraction of Acids by a Malonamide: II-Anion Specific Effects in the Aggregate-Enhanced Extraction Isotherms
Creators: name: Dourdain, Sandrine
name: Déjugnat, Christophe
name: Berthon, Laurence
name: Dubois, Véronique
name: Pellet-Rostaing, Stéphane
name: Jean-François Dufrêche
name: Zemb, Thomas
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Non-electrostatic ion-specific effects are strong for anions when water is involved. We study here the thermodynamic equilibrium of a water-in-oil microemulsion stabilized by a surface-active extractant in a Winsor-II regime. Acid extraction isotherms for different anions located differently in the Hofmeister series have been investigated. A Langmuir like model was written for the specific case of acids treated as electrolytes, describing acid extraction as the adsorption of extracted electrolytes on the polar/apolar interface of the aggregates. Except for sulfate, isotherms can be described at first approximation as simple Langmuir-type isotherms when plotted as a function of the acid activity in the aqueous phase. The validity of the model being hence demonstrated, acid extraction free energies could be derived and compared, taking into account the effect of the anion position in the Hofmeister series. The case of phosphate, chloride, and sulfate as kosmotropes can be distinguished. They are significantly extracted, only above a threshold since the sphere-to-rod transition of the reverse aggregates has to be triggered by high chemical potential of the acid required to compensate anion dehydration.
title: Selektoren-Beschluss des BVerfG: Wer Geheimdienst­kontrolle fordert, soll sich die Mehrheit dafür erstreiten
Creators: name: Danne, Marius
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 342

description: Verfassungsblog: On Matters Constitutional
title: Statement by the former presidents of the Constitutional Tribunal: Marek Safjan, Jerzy Stępień, Bohdan Zdziennicki and Andrzej Zoll
Creators: name: Steinbeis, Maximilian
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 342

description: Verfassungsblog: On Matters Constitutional
title: Italy before the Constitutional Referendum: „I do not see any Armageddon Scenario“
Creators: name: Clementi, Francesco
name: Steinbeis, Maximilian
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 342

description: Verfassungsblog: On Matters Constitutional
Liquid-Liquid Extraction of Acids by a Malonamide: II-Anion Specific Effects in the Aggregate-Enhanced Extraction Isotherms
Creators: name: Dourdain, Sandrine
name: Déjugnat, Christophe
name: Berthon, Laurence
name: Dubois, Véronique
name: Pellet-Rostaing, Stéphane
name: Jean-François Dufrêche
name: Zemb, Thomas
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: Non-electrostatic ion-specific effects are strong for anions when water is involved. We study here the thermodynamic equilibrium of a water in oil microemulsion stabilized by a surface-active extractant in a Winsor-II regime. Acid extraction isotherms for different anions located differently in the Hofmeister series have been investigated. A Langmuir like model was written for the specific case of acids treated as electrolytes, describing acid extraction as the adsorption of extracted electrolytes on the polar/apolar interface of the aggregates. Except for sulfate, isotherms can be described at first approximation as simple Langmuir-type isotherms when plotted as a function of the acid activity in the aqueous phase. The validity of the model being hence demonstrated, acid extraction free energies could be derived and compared, taking into account the effect of the anion position in the Hofmeister series. The case of phosphate, chloride and sulfate as kosmotropes can be distinguished. They are significantly extracted, only above a threshold since the sphere-to-rod transition of the reverse aggregates has to be triggered by high chemical potential of the acid required to compensate anion dehydration.
title: Zwischen pädagogischer Freiheit und Selektivität: Warum die Förderung der freien Schulen verfassungsrechtlich auf dem Spiel steht
Creators: name: Wrase, Michael
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 342

description: Verfassungsblog: On Matters Constitutional
Blockbusters, franchises and the televisionisation of cinema
Creators: name: Given, Jock
name: Curtis, Rosemary
name: McCutcheon, Marion
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper explores commercial performance of movie blockbusters at the Australian box office since the 1980s (the Multiplex Era) and, to the extent that available data allows, draws comparisons with the performance of big movies before that time. It finds that the share of the box office earned by the very biggest films has fallen sharply since the 1980s. Although there are now more big films at the Australian box office, the very biggest individual films of the Multiplex Era are generally smaller in cinemas than those of the pre-Multiplex Era. But aggregating the box office for movie franchises, and ranking them by their average box office gross per film, we find half of the top 10 are franchises that started in 1999 or later. More than half the box office earned by the Top 20 franchises has been earned in the 2000s. We interpret this as evidence of a significant change in the nature of the story-telling in cinemas. By setting out to tell stories in the cinema by instalment, the most popular cinema of the early 21st century has been 'televisionized'.
Liquid-Liquid Extraction of Acids by a Malonamide: II-Anion Specific Effects in the Aggregate-Enhanced Extraction Isotherms
Creators: name: Dourdain, Sandrine
name: Déjugnat, Christophe
name: Berthon, Laurence
name: Dubois, Véronique
name: Pellet-Rostaing, Stéphane
name: Jean-François Dufrêche
name: Zemb, Thomas
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: Non-electrostatic ion-specific effects are strong for anions when water is involved. We study here the thermodynamic equilibrium of a water-in-oil microemulsion stabilized by a surface-active extractant in a Winsor-II regime. Acid extraction isotherms for different anions located differently in the Hofmeister series have been investigated. A Langmuir like model was written for the specific case of acids treated as electrolytes, describing acid extraction as the adsorption of extracted electrolytes on the polar/apolar interface of the aggregates. Except for sulfate, isotherms can be described at first approximation as simple Langmuir-type isotherms when plotted as a function of the acid activity in the aqueous phase. The validity of the model being hence demonstrated, acid extraction free energies could be derived and compared, taking into account the effect of the anion position in the Hofmeister series. The case of phosphate, chloride, and sulfate as kosmotropes can be distinguished. They are significantly extracted, only above a threshold since the sphere-to-rod transition of the reverse aggregates has to be triggered by high chemical potential of the acid required to compensate anion dehydration.
title: Die Menschenwürde des Staatskonzerns Vattenfall: zum Atom-Urteil des Bundesverfassungsgerichts
Creators: name: Steinbeis, Maximilian
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 342

description: Verfassungsblog: On Matters Constitutional
An efficient total synthesis of trilepisiumic acid
Creators: name: Aamer Saeed
name: Qasim, Muhammad
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Total synthesis of trilepisiumic acid (4-((3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)acryloyl)oxy)-3-hydroxybenzoic acid) isolated from Trilepisium madagascariense was carried out. Doebner condensation of 3,4-dimethoxybenzaldehyde with malonic acid yielded 3,4-dimethoxycinnamic acid (2). Esterification of the latter with vanillin afforded 4-formyl-2-methoxyphenyl-3-(3,4-dimethoxy phenyl)acrylate (3) followed by permanganate oxidation in acidic medium provided the corresponding acid 4. Finally, demethylation of 4 was achieved by refluxing in hydrobromic acid to unveil the trilepisiumic acid (1).
Method development and evaluation for the determination of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances in multiple food matrices
Creators: name: Rawn, Dorothea F. K.
name: Ménard, Cathie
name: Feng, Sherry Yu
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology

description: A method for the determination of 21 perfluorinated and 10 polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) was developed for application in different food matrices. Acetonitrile was used as the extraction solvent with solid phase extraction weak anion-exchange (SPE-WAX) clean up, with LC-MS/MS analysis using both surrogate and performance standards to correct for losses during sample preparation and matrix effects. The method has been evaluated in four different matrices (fish, pizza, chicken nuggets and spinach). Originally, the focus was to develop a method for foods commonly thought to be a source of PFASs (e.g. fish). It was expanded to include foods where PFAS exposure would be possible through their presence in grease-proof food packaging (e.g. pizza, chicken nuggets). Vegetables (lettuce) and fruit (tomato) have recently been considered as part of proficiency testing programmes, so the inclusion of some testing in a vegetable matrix (i.e. spinach) was also added to the testing. Limits of quantification ranged from 0.018 ng g−1 (L-PFDS) to 5.28 ng g−1 (FHEA), although method quantification limits for PFBA (12.4 ng g−1), 6:2 PAP (8.96 ng g−1) and 8:2 PAP (3.49 ng g−1) were elevated above instrumental limits owing to their consistent detection in reagent blank samples. PFAS analyses were strongly impacted by matrix, therefore the use of isotopically labelled internal standards was critical to the development of accurate results. The accuracy of the method using numerous proficiency testing schemes or interlaboratory comparison studies has shown the developed method to be successful with z-scores for all concerned analytes in all test matrices remaining within ±2.0, with the exception of PFBA in wheat flour which was −2.4.
Star formation in southern Seyfert galaxies
Creators: name: Forbes, Duncan
name: Norris, R. P.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We have produced radio maps, using the Australia Telescope Compact Array, of the central regions of six southern type 2 Seyfert galaxies (NGC 1365, 4945, 6221, 6810, 7582 and Circinus) with circumnuclear star formation, to estimate the relative contribution of star formation activity compared to activity from the active galactic nucleus (AGN). The radio morphologies range from extended diffuse structures to compact nuclear emission, with no evidence, even in the relatively compact sources, for synchrotron self-absorption. In each case the radio to far-infrared (FIR) ratio has a value consistent with star formation, and in all but one case the radio to [Fe rr] ratio is also consistent with star formation. We derive supernova rates and conclude that, despite the presence of a Seyfert nucleus in these galaxies, the radio, FIR and [Fe II] line emissions are dominated by processes associated with the circumnuclear star formation (i.e. supernova remnants and H rr regions) rather than with the AGN.
Incremental CH4 and N2O mitigation benefits consistent with the US Government's SC-CO2 estimates
Creators: name: Marten, Alex L.
name: Kopits, Elizabeth A.
name: Griffiths, Charles W.
name: Newbold, Stephen C.
name: Wolverton, Ann
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Medicine

description: Benefit–cost analysis can serve as an informative input into the policy-making process, but only to the degree it characterizes the major impacts of the regulation under consideration. Recently, the US, amongst other nations, has begun to use estimates of the social cost of CO2 (SC-CO2) to develop analyses that more fully capture the climate change impacts of GHG abatement. The SC-CO2 represents the aggregate willingness to pay to avoid the damages associated with an additional tonne of CO2 emissions. In comparison, the social costs of non-CO2 GHGs have received little attention from researchers and policy analysts, despite their non-negligible climate impact. This article addresses this issue by developing a set of social cost estimates for two highly prevalent non-CO2 GHGs, methane and nitrous oxide. By extending existing integrated assessment models, it is possible to develop a set of social cost estimates for these gases that are consistent with the SC-CO2 estimates currently in use by the US federal government.Policy relevanceWithin the benefit–cost analyses that inform the design of major regulations, all Federal agencies within the US Government (USG) use a set of agreed upon SC-CO2 estimates to value the impact of CO2 emissions changes. However, the value of changes in non-CO2 GHG emissions has not been included in USG policy analysis to date. This article addresses that omission by developing a set of social cost estimates for two highly prevalent non-CO2 GHGs, methane and nitrous oxide. These new estimates are designed to be compatible with the USG SC-CO2 estimates currently in use and may therefore be directly applied to value emissions changes for these non-CO2 gases within the benefit–cost analyses used to evaluate future policies.
An efficient total synthesis of trilepisiumic acid
Creators: name: Aamer Saeed
name: Qasim, Muhammad
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: Total synthesis of trilepisiumic acid (4-((3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)acryloyl)oxy)-3-hydroxybenzoic acid) isolated from Trilepisium madagascariense was carried out. Doebner condensation of 3,4-dimethoxybenzaldehyde with malonic acid yielded 3,4-dimethoxycinnamic acid (2). Esterification of the latter with vanillin afforded 4-formyl-2-methoxyphenyl-3-(3,4-dimethoxy phenyl)acrylate (3) followed by permanganate oxidation in acidic medium provided the corresponding acid 4. Finally, demethylation of 4 was achieved by refluxing in hydrobromic acid to unveil the trilepisiumic acid (1).
Modifying the magnetic anisotropy of an iron porphyrin molecule by an on-surface ring-closure reaction
Creators: name: Arruda, Lucas M.
name: Ali, Ehesan
name: Bernien, Matthias
name: Nickel, Fabian
name: Kopprasch, Jens
name: Czekelius, Constantin
name: Oppeneer, Peter M.
name: Kuch, Wolfgang
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: magnetic anisotropy
subject: iron porphyrin molecule
subject: on-surface ring-closure reaction
subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::530 Physik::530 Physik

description: The magnetic properties of adsorbed metalloporphyrin molecules can be altered or tuned by the substrate, additional axial ligands, or changes to the molecules’ macrocycle. These modifications influence the electronic configuration of the fourfold-coordinated central metal ion that is responsible for the metalloporphyrins’ magnetic properties. We report a substantial increase in the effective spin moment obtained from sum-rule analysis of X-ray magnetic circular dichroism for an iron metalloporphyrin molecule on Au(111) through its conversion from iron(II)-octaethylporphyrin to iron(II)-tetrabenzoporphyrin in a surface-assisted ring-closure ligand reaction. Density functional theory calculations with additional strong Coulomb correlation (DFT+U) show that the on-surface reaction alters the conformation of the molecule, increasing its planarity and the ion–surface distance. A spin-Hamiltonian fit of the magnetization as a function of field reveals a substantial increase in the intra-atomic magnetic dipole term (Tz) and a decrease in the magnitude of the easy-plane anisotropy upon ring closure. This consequence of the ring closure demonstrates how new magnetic properties can be obtained from on-surface reactions, resulting here in significant modifications to the magnetic anisotropy of the Fe ion, and sheds light onto the molecule–substrate interaction in these systems.
Rehabilitation of historic masonry dome of Imam Al-Abbas Bin Ali shrine using CFRP systems
Creators: name: Al-saigh, D.
name: Al-Mahaidi, Riadh
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper describes the engineering procedures involved in the rehabilitation of the masonry dome of the Al-Abbas bin Ali shrine, located in Karbala city in Iraq. Severe cracks appeared in the dome as a result of blast action and direct tank hits in 1991, exacerbating the already existing cracks due to foundation settlement and inappropriate strengthening methods used to stabilise the dome in the past. This paper reports on the carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP) strengthening system adopted to repair the dome. Both laminate and fabric systems were used in this project. Following the completion of the repair project, inspection and monitoring are performed periodically to evaluate the effectiveness of the repair system.
The effect of high hydrostatic pressure on tetracycline hydrochloride and sulfathiazole residues in various food matrices – comparison with ultrasound and heat treatment
Creators: name: Sidirokastritis, Nikolaos D.
name: Tsiantoulas, Ioannis
name: Tananaki, Chrysoula
name: Vareltzis, Patroklos
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Marine Biology

description: Antibiotic residues in food pose serious direct and indirect risks for consumers. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of High Hydrostatic Pressure (HHP) on tetracycline hydrochloride (TCH) and sulfathiazole (STZ) residues in honey, milk, and water. Three different pressures were tested for their efficiency and treatment at 580 MPa for 6 min was finally selected. Qualitative and quantitative determination of antibiotics were performed with HPLC and LC-MS. HHP treatment was compared to ultrasound and heat treatment. HHP treatment was found to be more effective than the other two methods for both antibiotics in water and milk. The reduction of STZ in honey was over 90%, while no reduction was observed for TCH. The highest TCH reduction was recorded after HHP treatment in water (76.4%) and the highest STZ reduction after ultrasound treatment in honey (94.3%). Reduction of the two antibiotics in different matrices did not follow a similar pattern. For the HHP treatment, the effect of the initial concentration of the two antibiotics was studied under two different storage conditions (refrigerated and frozen storage). The effectiveness of the method was found to be affected by the initial concentration, in both storage conditions for STZ, while for TCH significant differences were observed only for refrigerated storage.
title: Studiengebühren für Schwache: Baden-Württemberg und das Verfassungs- und Völkerrecht
Creators: name: Lohmann, Jakob
name: Werdermann, David
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 342

description: Verfassungsblog: On Matters Constitutional
Evaluation of portable vibrational spectroscopy for identifying plasticizers in dairy tubing
Creators: name: Yakes, Betsy Jean
name: Moskowitz, Joshua
name: Crump, Eric
name: Ellsworth, Zachary
name: Carlos, Katherine
name: Begley, Timothy
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: Plasticisers are commonly used to increase the flexibility of a wide variety of food contact materials including the plastic tubing, liners, and gaskets used in the dairy industry. In recent years, some classes of plasticisers have come under scrutiny due to the potential for transfer of these compounds into the milk itself, which can then be further processed into foods such as powdered milks and cheeses, infant formula, and baked goods. One such set of plasticisers that is being evaluated for frequency of use, potential routes of exposure, and risk to consumers is ortho-phthalates, hereafter referred to as phthalates. In order to better understand the actual use of phthalate versus non-phthalate plasticised tubing, a robust, rapid, and portable analytical method is necessary for on-site screening. Laboratory Raman and near-infrared spectrometers have been used extensively for polymer and additive evaluation, and advances in portable/hand-held technology could lead to feasible plasticiser evaluation in the field. This research overviews efforts to evaluate six portable spectroscopy devices for their ability to identify phthalate versus non-phthalate plasticised polyvinyl chloride (PVC) dairy tubing, liners, and gaskets. The most successful method, a hand-held Raman spectrometer along with a plasticiser spectral library or a chemometric model, can rapidly and accurately identify phthalate containing PVC and has the potential to be employed as a future field screening technique for regulators and the dairy industry.
Extending the Artificial Habitability Zone To Pluto?
Creators: name: Pearson, Payton
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Atmospheric Sciences
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: Aerospace Engineering
subject: FOS: Mechanical engineering
subject: Planetary Geology
subject: Stellar Astronomy
subject: Astrophysics
subject: Planetary Science
subject: Solar System, Solar Physics, Planets and Exoplanets
subject: Space Science

description: This paper expands upon the idea of artificial habitability zones, by engineering a habitable environment for Pluto. It is meant to be a fun discussion paper and not subject to any intense theoretical scrutinty, though scrutinty is very much welcomed, as it will allow the paper to be further refined in the future.
title: Nothing left to do but vote: The (almost) untold story of the Italian constitutional reform and the aftermath of the referendum
Creators: name: Bassini, Marco
name: Pollicino, Oreste
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 342

description: Verfassungsblog: On Matters Constitutional
Improving tensile fatigue life of centre-notched steel plates using CFRP sheets
Creators: name: Emdad, Reza
name: Al-Mahaidi, Riadh
name: Xiao-ling, Zhao
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Composite materials are used extensively in many industries today and have become popular in civil and structural projects worldwide. Composites can be used as a base material in construction and be designed to carry a portion or all of the applied loads. They can also be added to a structure in order to improve its loadbearing capacity or serviceability for higher loads. To date composites have been mainly used for the repair and rehabilitation of damaged structural members. Previous research shows that CFRP strengthening can effectively increase the sectional properties and loadbearing capacity of structural members. However, fatigue failure of structures such as bridges and offshore platforms is an issue, and few studies have been carried out on improving the fatigue behaviour of structures using CFRP material. In this research centre-notched steel plates are retrofitted and tested for fatigue. In addition some research has shown the benefit of the active effect of pre-tensioned CFRP, since pre-tensioning can increase the structural properties of cracked members. Our study shows the effect of pre-stressing CFRP patches in enhancing the fatigue life of cracked plates. Different configurations are tested for comparison of results.
title: Der Blockupy-Polizeikessel vor dem Bundesverfassungsgericht: Mitgefangen, mitgehangen?
Creators: name: Röhner, Cara
name: Pichl, Max
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 342

description: Verfassungsblog: On Matters Constitutional
Validation of the QuEChERSER mega-method for the analysis of pesticides, veterinary drugs, and environmental contaminants in tilapia (Oreochromis Niloticus)
Creators: name: Monteiro, Sergio H.
name: Lehotay, Steven J.
name: Sapozhnikova, Yelena
name: Ninga, Ederina
name: Andrade, Graziela C.R. Moura
name: Lightfield​, Alan R.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry

description: Diverse food safety programmes around the world are designed to help ensure production of safe food. To meet this need, the development and implementation of more efficient and effective analytical methods to monitor residues (pesticides and veterinary drugs) and contaminants in food is important. In this study, we report the validation results for a simple high-throughput mega-method for residual analysis of 213 pesticides and veterinary drugs, including 15 metabolites, plus 12 environmental contaminants (polychlorinated biphenyls) in tilapia muscle for implementation in routine laboratory analyses. The generic sample preparation method and analytical approach are known as QuEChERSER (more than QuEChERS). A small portion of the initial extract (204 µL) is taken for analysis by ultrahigh-performance liquid chromatography (UHPLC) tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) covering 145 analytes, and the remaining extract undergoes a salting out step followed by an automated robotic instrument top sample preparation (ITSP) cleanup, also known as micro-solid-phase extraction (µSPE), plus fast low-pressure gas chromatography LPGC-MS/MS for 134 analytes (66 pesticides are targeted in both UHPLC-MS/MS and LPGC-MS/MS). The mega-method was validated in spiked tilapia samples at 5, 10, 15, and 20 ng/g with 10 replicates per level over two days (n = 80 overall), and 70–140% recoveries with RSDs ≤20% were achieved for 92% of the analytes in LC and 82% in GC. No significant matrix effects were observed for the analytes in LPGC-MS/MS, and only 5% of the analytes exceeded ±20% matrix effect in UHPLC-MS/MS. Analysis of standard reference materials (NIST SRMs 1946 and 1947) for contaminants in freeze-dried fish showed acceptable results, further demonstrating that the QuEChERSER mega-method can be implemented to expand analytical scope and increase laboratory efficiency compared to the QuEChERS method.
Marketing communications: Factors influencing brand loyalty of internet service provider
Creators: name: Thaichon, Paramaporn
name: Quach, Nguyen Quynh Thu
name: Lobo, Antonio
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This research investigates the relationship between marketing communications and customer loyalty of the home Internet users in Southern Thailand. This study looks into addressing the factors that influence brand loyalty intentions of the home Internet users. This research is based on the premise that brand personality, brand image and brand awareness are created either by direct company communication mix or indirect contact with the consumers - both of which influences the perception of consumer expectation while at the same time reinforcing brand trust. Exploratory research finds that, consumers will be satisfied with the brand if the brand can fulfil its promises and expectations that the consumers have of its brand and products. In return, high consumer satisfaction will augment the level of brand trust and brand value, eventually affecting brand loyalty.
title: Do(n’t) think twice, it’s all right: der EuGH beerdigt die Vorratsdatenspeicherung
Creators: name: Marsch, Nikolaus
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 342

description: Verfassungsblog: On Matters Constitutional
title: 01_2402
Creators: name: Wesley Baldwin, John
name: Baldwin, John W.
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: LaMOP
subject: Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris

description: L'ensemble de ces notes ont été crée par John Baldwin lors d'une de ses premières périodes de résidence à Paris. Ces documents comprennent tous les magistri qu’il avait pu rencontrer dans ses sources. Aux XIIème et XIIIème siècles, les universités n'existant pas encore, le titre de magister s'il évoque certainement une compétence n'est pas rattaché de façon systématique au passage par les écoles. De surcroît, les magistris sont le plus souvent désignés par leur seul prénom. La lecture de ces données est donc difficile et suppose un long travail pour tenter d'identifier un individu auquel on pourrait rattacher plusieurs mentions. John Baldwin avait donc renoncé à utiliser ces données pour donner un prolongement à sa magnifique étude sur les gradués d'université et leur emploi par les Capétiens et les Plantagenêts. Néanmoins, il a conservé ces données et elles sont potentiellement très utile dans le cadre de Studium, comme le sont toutes les mentions dans les volumes des Fasti Ecclesiae Gallicanae de chanoines portant ce titre de magister sans autres précisions. L'ampleur des dépouillements rend ces données très utiles et nous devons une grande reconnaissance à John Baldwin pour avoir pris la peine de faire photocopier ses fiches et de nous les avoir transmises amicalement.
Les données ainsi que les images des fiches sont accessibles sur le site Internet à l'adresse suivante : http://studium-baldwin.lamop.fr/.
Les transcriptions des fiches ont été effectuées par des étudiants de Paris 1 Panthéon - Sorbonne mais elles n'ont pas été corrigées par la suite.
description: Relation: https://lamop.hypotheses.org/
title: Wer ist Flüchtling?: Zum Hin und Her der Entscheidungspraxis zu Asylsuchenden aus Syrien
Creators: name: Endres de Oliveira, Pauline
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 342

description: Verfassungsblog: On Matters Constitutional
The ripple effect: an outreach project for high school teachers using a cell phone programming tool
Creators: name: Lang, Catherine
name: Thurairasa, Sharmini
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper describes the development and delivery of an outreach program that targeted secondary school Information Technology (IT) teachers. Like many westernised nations Australia has also seen a dramatic decline in school student interest and uptake of computing courses. This in turn appears to have a flow-on effect to student enrolment in university computing courses. Providing tools and strategies for secondary school teachers to create an interesting curriculum is a strategy showing success in other countries and was trialled in our university. The outreach activity described in this paper was evaluated via pre- and post-surveys of attendees and reflections of student facilitators. The evaluation assessed the transferability of programs into a different education environment. An important finding was that school teacher enthusiasm for new and creative curricula is often limited by time constraints and resource availability, indicating a niche where strong school and university partnerships could be developed.
Extending the Artificial Habitability Zone To Pluto?
Creators: name: Pearson, Payton
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Atmospheric Sciences
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: Aerospace Engineering
subject: FOS: Mechanical engineering
subject: Planetary Geology
subject: Stellar Astronomy
subject: Astrophysics
subject: Planetary Science
subject: Solar System, Solar Physics, Planets and Exoplanets
subject: Space Science

description: This paper expands upon the idea of artificial habitability zones, by engineering a habitable environment for Pluto. It is meant to be a fun discussion paper and not subject to any intense theoretical scrutinty, though scrutinty is very much welcomed, as it will allow the paper to be further refined in the future.
Synthesis of 6-Amino-2,4-dihydropyrano[2,3-c]pyrazol-5-carbonitriles Catalyzed by Silica-Supported Tetramethylguanidine Under Solvent-Free Conditions
Creators: name: Amol B. Atar
name: Kim, Jong Tae
name: Lim, Kwon Taek
name: Jeong, Yeon Tae
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biochemistry

description: An efficient, high-yielding, and rapid protocol has been developed for the synthesis of diversity-oriented 6-amino-2,4-dihydropyrano[2,3-c]pyrazol-5-carbonitriles derivatives via a four-component, one-pot cyclocondensation reaction of ethyl acetoacetate, hydrazine hydrate, aldehydes, and malononitrile using silica-supported tetramethylguanidine as a heterogeneous catalyst for the first time. The protocol proves to be efficient and environmentally benign in terms of very easy workup, good yields, and ease of recovery of catalyst. In addition, the present method is superior in terms of green media, the amount of catalyst, and reaction time.
Capability of Artificial Neural Networks for predicting long-term seasonal rainfalls in east Australia
Creators: name: Mekanik, Fatemeh
name: Imteaz, Monzur
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Rainfall in southeast Australia is known to be affected by large scale climate modes variability. This study focused on investigating the use of lagged El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) as potential predictors of spring rainfall in Victoria and Queensland in east Australia. Six rainfall stations including Bruthen, Buchan and Orbost in Victoria and Barcaldine, Kalamia and Augathella in Queensland were chosen as case study. Artificial Neural Network (ANN) approach was used as a nonlinear technique to capture this complex relationship. The Pearson correlation coefficients of past values of ENSO with spring rainfalls were calculated; it was discovered that the three months of June, July and August of Nino3.4, have significant correlation with spring rainfall. These correlations are very weak for Victoria and relatively higher for Queensland. These lag months of ENSO were incorporated into ANN models; i.e. the set of Nino3.4 (Jun-July- Aug) was used as inputs for developing ANN models for the stations in Victoria and Queensland. Multilayer Perceptron (MLP) architecture was chosen for this purpose. The models were trained based on Levenberg- Marquardt algorithm. ANN models showed higher correlation for Queensland compared to Victoria indicating that ANN is more capable of finding the pattern and trend of the observations in Queensland. After calibrating and validating the models, in order to evaluate the generalization ability of the developed ANN models, out-of-sample tests were carried out. It was discovered that ANN models are showing very poor generalization ability for east Victoria regarding finding the pattern of the series (r = -0.97, 0.23 and - 0.67 for Bruthen, Buchan and Orbost respectively) compared to Queensland with correlation coefficients of 0.74, 0.100 and 0.98 for Barcaldine, Kalamia and Augathella respectively. This study shows the ability of ANN in finding nonlinear relationships between complex large scale climate models and rainfalls in southeast Australia.
Analytical models for warehouse configuration
Creators: name: Thomas, Lisa M.
name: Meller, Russell D.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The performance of a warehouse is impacted by how it is configured, yet there is no optimization model in the literature to answer the question of how to best configure the warehouse in terms of warehouse shape and the configuration of the dock doors. Moreover, the building blocks for such a model (put-away, replenishment, and order picking models that can be combined in an optimization model) are either not available (in the case of replenishment) or built on a set of inconsistent assumptions (in the case of put-away and order picking). Therefore, this article lays the foundation for more sophisticated warehouse configuration optimization models by developing the first analytical model for replenishment operation performance and extending put-away and order picking performance models. These new models are used to address a question motivated by industry: the optimal configuration of a case-picking warehouse in terms of the shape of the facility and whether the facility is configured with dock doors on one or both sides. An example is presented to demonstrate the use of the proposed models in answering such a question, quantifying the benefit of using an integrated approach to warehouse configuration.
Constraints on the merger models of elliptical galaxies from their globular cluster systems
Creators: name: Kissler-Patig, Markus
name: Forbes, Duncan
name: Minniti, Dante
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The discovery of protoglobular cluster candidates in many present-day mergers allows us to understand better the possible effects of a merger event on the globular cluster system of a galaxy, and to foresee the properties of the end-product. By comparing these expectations with the properties of globular cluster systems of elliptical galaxies at the present time we can constrain merger models. The observational data indicate that (i) every gaseous merger induces the formation of new star clusters, and (ii) the number of new clusters formed in such a merger increases with the gas content of the progenitor galaxies. Low-luminosity (about MV > −21), discy ellipticals are generally thought to be the result of a gaseous merger. As such, new globular clusters are expected to form but have not been detected to date. We investigate various reasons for the non-detection of subpopulations in low-luminosity ellipticals, i.e. absence of an old population, absence of a new population, destruction of one of the populations and, finally, an age–metallicity conspiracy that allows old and new globular clusters to appear indistinguishable at the present epoch. All of these possibilities lead us to a similar conclusion, namely that low-luminosity ellipticals did not form recently (z < 1) in a gas-rich merger, and might not have formed in a major merger of stellar systems at all. High-luminosity ellipticals do reveal globular cluster subpopulations. However, it is difficult to account for the two populations in terms of mergers alone and, in particular, we can rule out scenarios in which the second subpopulation is the product of a recent, gas-poor merger.
Analytical models for warehouse configuration
Creators: name: Thomas, Lisa M.
name: Meller, Russell D.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: The performance of a warehouse is impacted by how it is configured, yet there is no optimization model in the literature to answer the question of how to best configure the warehouse in terms of warehouse shape and the configuration of the dock doors. Moreover, the building blocks for such a model (put-away, replenishment, and order picking models that can be combined in an optimization model) are either not available (in the case of replenishment) or built on a set of inconsistent assumptions (in the case of put-away and order picking). Therefore, this article lays the foundation for more sophisticated warehouse configuration optimization models by developing the first analytical model for replenishment operation performance and extending put-away and order picking performance models. These new models are used to address a question motivated by industry: the optimal configuration of a case-picking warehouse in terms of the shape of the facility and whether the facility is configured with dock doors on one or both sides. An example is presented to demonstrate the use of the proposed models in answering such a question, quantifying the benefit of using an integrated approach to warehouse configuration.
Analytical Models for Warehouse Configuration
Creators: name: Thomas, Lisa M.
name: Meller, Russell D.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: The performance of a warehouse is impacted by how it is configured, yet there is no optimization model in the literature to answer the question of how to best configure the warehouse in terms of warehouse shape and the configuration of the dock doors. Moreover, the building blocks for such a model (put-away, replenishment and order picking models that can be combined in an optimization model) are either not available (in the case of replenishment) or built on a set of inconsistent assumptions (in the case of put-away and order picking). Therefore, we lay the foundation for more sophisticated warehouse configuration optimization models by developing the first analytical model for replenishment operation performance and extending put-away and order picking performance models. We then use these new models to address a question motivated by industry: the optimal configuration of a case-picking warehouse in terms of the shape of the facility and whether the facility is configured with dock doors on one or both sides. We present an example to demonstrate the use of our models in answering such a question, quantifying the benefit of using an integrated approach to warehouse configuration.
Synthesis of 6-Amino-2,4-dihydropyrano [2, 3-c] Pyrazol-5-Carbonitriles Catalyzed by Silica Supported Tetramethylguanidine Under Solvent Free Conditions
Creators: name: Amol B. Atar
name: Kim, Jong Tae
name: Lim, Kwon Taek
name: Jeong, Yeon Tae
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biochemistry

description: An efficient, high yielding, and rapid protocol has been developed for the synthesis of diversity oriented 6-Amino-2, 4-dihydropyrano [2, 3-c] pyrazol-5-carbonitriles derivatives via a four component, one-pot cyclocondensation reaction of ethyl acetoacetate, hydrazine hydrate, aldehydes, and malononitrile using silica supported tetramethylguanidine as a heterogeneous catalyst for the first time. The protocol proves to be efficient and environmentally benign in terms of very easy work-up, high yields, and ease of recovery of catalyst. In addition, the present method is superior in terms of green media, the amount of catalyst and reaction time.
Density functional study of the phosphate diester hydrolysis of RNA in RNA/DNA hybrid by RNase HI
Creators: name: Nakamura, Haruki
name: Kita, Makoto
name: Takano, Yu
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Ribonuclease HI (RNase HI) catalyses the non-specific hydrolysis of RNA in an RNA/DNA hybrid. This enzyme is found in almost all organisms and involved in replication initiation and DNA topology restoration. A similar fold has been observed in other enzymes such as DNA transposases. In particular, RNases HI has emerged as important therapeutic targets because the enzymatic activity is absolutely required for proliferation of HIV and other retroviruses. The X-ray crystallographic structures of RNase HI revealed that the Mg2+ ion is essential for the enzymatic reaction and that Asp and Glu coordinate to the Mg2+ ion. There are, however, controversies about the catalytic mechanism of RNase HI, the number of Mg2+ ions, the proton transfer pathway, and the protonation states of the active site residues. In the present study, we have explored the hydrolysis of the phosphate diester group of RNA by RNase HI using density functional theory to elucidate how many Mg2+ ions are required for the catalysis of RNase HI. Our computation demonstrates that both one- and two-metal models show the stepwise hydrolysis pathway via a pentacovalent intermediate. However, the activation barrier of the two-metal model is lower than that of the one-metal model by 11.7 kcal/mol.