cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Essays in empirical microeconomics
Creators: name: Kong, Xichen
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2024

description: In my dissertation, I use tools in empirical microeconomics to study topics broadly related to public economics. In Chapter 1, I study the impact of recreational marijuana dispensaries on local crime in Chicago. The legalization of recreational marijuana dispensaries in many U.S. states has prompted debates about their potential social consequences. This paper examines the impact of recreational marijuana dispensaries on local crime in Chicago, Illinois. Utilizing the lottery-based issuance of dispensary licenses, I employ Difference-in-Difference estimators that account for heterogeneous treatment effects with differential timing. I show that the opening of a recreational marijuana dispensary in Chicago led to about a 30\% increase in crime within a 500-meter radius of the dispensary. This effect persists over time and is primarily associated with property crime and violent crime. Moreover, evidence suggests that this crime increase is driven by the relocation of crime from more distant areas to those in closer proximity to ds. I also identify heterogeneous effects across different demographic and socio-economic factors. Finally, I present evidence that census tracts may not be suitable units for analyzing the effects of ds, highlighting the importance of geographical granularity in such studies. Overall, this research reconciles conflicting findings in the existing literature by illustrating that the impact of ds on local crime is context-dependent. In Chapter 2, I study the effects of dowries on female intra-household bargaining power and female welfare. I also study the effects of dowries on children human capital accumulation. I use a Chinese longitudinal dataset CFPS. To address endogeneity issues, I use an instrument that measures local dowry spending with respect to average household income. I find evidence that higher dowries lead to higher female household bargaining power and therefore better children education outcome. I find no evidence that higher dowries increase female mental and physical welling or children health. In Chapter 3, I study the impact of the Paycheck Protection Program on employment in publicly traded companies. The COVID-19 pandemic caused unprecedented disruption of the U.S. labor markets, with rapid, record-setting increases in unemployment. The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was enacted as a response to counter the havoc. To date, over 800 billion dollars have been issued as low interest rate loans to small businesses and the majority of it has been forgiven. This paper tries to understand whether this enormous spending has achieved its goals of maintaining employment and whether it provide a good model for future policy responses to crisis. Linking compustat data on publicly traded firms with PPP loan data from Small Business Administration, I estimate an OLS model and a TWFE model. In both specifications I find no significant effect of PPP loans on employment, consistent with some previous literature.
3151408.pdf
Creators: name: Liang, Kaicheng
name: Wang, Zhao
name: Ahsen, Osman
name: Lee, Hsiang-Chieh
name: Potsaid, Benjamin
name: Jayaraman, Vijaysekhar
name: Cable, Alex
name: Mashimo, Hiroshi
name: Li, Xingde
name: Fujimoto, James
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental document
The thermal impact on energy conversion efficiency of thin-film amorphous silicon photovoltaic cells enhanced with nanoparticles
Creators: name: Lai, Jia Jiun
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Thin-film amorphous silicon photovoltaic (PV) cells are potential candidates for reducing the production costs of PV sectors. Despite being enhanced with nanoparticles, the increase in the conversion efficiency is still minimal. This research aims at exploring this issue using a simulation modeling approach, with an emphasize on the thermal aspect. Optical, electrical and thermal models have been proposed and they are mathematically coupled for a holistic analysis on the conversion mechanism of the PV cell. The outcomes of the simulation provide a better insight into the role of heat in the conversion process and they are essential for optimization purposes
IT: Richtiger Einsatz spart Kosten
Creators: name: Göckel, Matthias
Publisher: name: Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Internet
subject: 330 - Wirtschaft
subject: 005 - Computer Programmierung, Programme und Daten

description: Die Koch AG nutzt Informationssysteme wie CAD,E-Mail oder Immobilienmarktplätze in den Bereichen Architektur, Holzbau und Immobilien. Der gezielte Einsatz dieser Anwendungen spart Kosten.
Influence of ionic liquids on polymer nanostructure formed within lyotropic liquid crystalline templates
Creators: name: Kotsiras, Alexandros
Publisher: name: University of Iowa
Year: 2023
Subjects: ionic liquid
lyotropic liquid crystals
nanostructure
template

description: Integrating nanostructures into polymers has garnered significant attention due to its ability to enhance performance and functionality across various applications. The ability to exert ultimate control over the morphology of polymers at the nanoscale facilitates the creation ofmaterials that exhibit superior properties compared to conventional polymers. The present study aims to employ the ordered templates of lyotropic liquid crystals (LLC) to direct polymer nanostructure utilizing ionic liquids (IL) to enhance the thermodynamic stability of lyotropic liquid crystal templates in polymer development. This study investigates the effects of employing ionic liquids as templates in liquid crystal templated systems on structure retention, photopolymerization kinetics, and polymer properties. Utilizing ionic liquids in LLC systems enhanced the stability of the polymer nanostructure and introduced novel and customizable properties to the resultant polymers.
description: The current investigation aims to equip researchers with the essential means to fabricate materials with high levels of organization at the nanoscale while also adjusting the properties of polymers, such as mechanical, swelling, and electrochemical attributes, which are not typically attainable in conventional polymeric materials. In addition, the finding of this study broadens the knowledge regarding the necessary polymerization conditions to retain the polymer nanostructure and regarding the selection of templating surfactant depending on the application requirements and the polymer system utilized on each occasion.
Optical spectroscopy and hyloscopy of monolayers of tungsten disulphide
Creators: name: Kolesnichenko, Pavel
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Monolayers of transition metal dichalcogenides have been studied extensively during the last decade as they provide platforms for realization of valley-selective and spin-polarized optoelectronics. However, the existing fabrication techniques are far from meeting industrial needs and commonly result in randomly distributed monolayer islands with heterogeneous optoelectronic properties. Here, to study optoelectronic properties of these materials, optical imaging and time-resolved Raman techniques were developed. Deeper insights into the optical heterogeneities and crystal growth pathways were obtained using multi-dimensional analysis of spatially-resolved excitonic spectra, and dendritic domains of elevated n-doping levels were recognized. This research helps to resolve some conjectures regarding the nature of commonly observed spatial heterogeneities and offers an advanced method for examination of monolayer matter (hyloscopy). The latter, in turn, promises to advance the research around 2D materials and facilitate understanding of their properties and relevant fabrication techniques.
D2.3 Tutorial for water sampling and selection of transects
Creators: name: Grunsven, Roy H.A. Van
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Pesticides
Insecticides
Dragonflies
Sampling
Citizen Science

description: This document describes how transects from the Dutch Dragonfly Monitoring Scheme are to be selected for sampling and how water samples should be collected and stored.
Umsatz-Turbo Webanalyse - Kennzahlen zum Online-Verkaufserfolg!
Creators: name: Dalla Vecchia, Martina
Publisher: name: Netzmedien
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Internet
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: Web Assessment
subject: 330 - Wirtschaft
subject: 005 - Computer Programmierung, Programme und Daten

description: Die meisten Firmen haben heute Webanalyse-Tools im Einsatz. Allerdings werten die wenigsten diese Daten strategisch aus! Das Zauberwort heisst: «Conversion Rate». Gemeint istdie Relation von Besuchern der Website zu den getätigten Verkäufen, den generierten Leads, Kontaktaufnahmen oder Newsletter-Abonnenten. Wirkliche Durchschlagskraft bekommt die Conversion Rate allerdings erst, wenn sie fester Bestandteil der betrieblichen Kenngrössen oder Key Performance Indicators (KPI) wird. Sobald die Chefetage sich für diese Zahlen interessiert, kann der Onlinekanal seine volle Wirkung entfalten. Und erst wenn die Conversion Rate regelmässig auf der Tagesordnung steht, schärft sich der Blick für die Umsatzeffizienz der Website.
Larger sizes of massive quiescent early-type galaxies in clusters than in the field at 0.8 z 1.5
Creators: name: Delaye, L.
name: Huertas-Company, M.
name: Mei, S.
name: Lidman, C.
name: Licitra, R.
name: Newman, A.
name: Raichoor, A.
name: Shankar, F.
name: Barrientos, F.
name: Bernardi, M.
name: Cerulo, P.
name: Couch, Warrick
name: Demarco, R.
name: Muñoz, R.
name: Sánchez-Janssen, R.
name: Tanaka, M.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We analyse the mass-size relation of ~400 quiescent massive ETGs (M*/M⊙ > 3 × 1010) hosted by massive clusters (M200 ~ 2-7 × 1014M⊙) at 0.8 < z < 1.5, compared to those found in the field at the same epoch. Size is parametrized using the mass-normalized B-band rest-frame size, γ = Re/M11 0.57. We find that the γ distributions in both environments peak at the same position, but the distributions in clusters are more skewed towards larger sizes. This tail induces average sizes ~30-40 per cent larger for cluster galaxies than for field galaxies of similar stellar mass, while the median sizes are statistically the same with a difference of ~10 ± 10 per cent. Since this size difference is not observed in the local Universe, the evolution of average galaxy size at fixed stellar mass from z ~ 1.5 for cluster galaxies is less steep at more than 3σ (∝(1 + z)-0.53 ± 0.04) than the evolution of field galaxies (∝(1 + z)-0.92 ± 0.04). The difference in evolution is not measured when the median values of γ are considered: ∝(1 + z)-0.84 ± 0.04 in the field versus ∝(1 + z)-0.71 ± 0.05 in clusters. In our sample, the tail of large galaxies is dominated by galaxies with 3 × 1010 < M*/M⊙ < 1011. At this low-mass end, the difference in the average size is better explained by the accretion of new galaxies that are quenched more efficiently in clusters and/or by different morphological mixing in the cluster and field environments. If part of the size evolution would be due to mergers, the difference that we see between cluster and field galaxies could be caused by higher merger rates in clusters at higher redshift, when galaxy velocities are lower.
Fallstudie Agro AG
Creators: name: Butz, Hans-Werner
name: Leimstoll, Uwe
Publisher: name: Hanser
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: E-Business
subject: E-Commerce
subject: Integration
subject: Standardsoftware
subject: 330 - Wirtschaft
subject: 005 - Computer Programmierung, Programme und Daten

description: Die Agro AG ist in den Bereichen Elektroinstallationen und Maschinen-, Apparate- und Anlagenbau tätig. Sie bietet in diesen Marktsegmenten meist standardisierte Produkte an. Seit rund zehn Jahren verwendet Agro die Auftragsverarbeitung von Abacus. Die Fallstudie beschreibt die erweiterte Nutzung dieser Software für den Aufbau eines E-Shops mit Hilfe des Systems "AbacusCity". Von den rund 16'000 im eigenen Katalog angebotenen Artikeln wird heute rund ein Drittel online angeboten.
Developmental Outcomes at 24 Months of Age in Toddlers Supplemented with Arachidonic Acid and Docosahexaenoic Acid: Results of a Double Blind Randomized, Controlled Trial
Creators: name: Devlin, Angela M.
name: Chau, Cecil M. Y.
name: Dyer, Roger
name: Matheson, Julie
name: McCarthy, Deanna
name: Yurko-Mauro, Karin
name: Innis, Sheila M.
name: Grunau, Ruth E.
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: Little is known about arachidonic acid (ARA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) requirements in toddlers. A longitudinal, double blind, controlled trial in toddlers (n = 133) age 13.4 ± 0.9 months (mean ± standard deviation), randomized to receive a DHA (200 mg/day) and ARA (200 mg/day) supplement (supplement) or a corn oil supplement (control) until age 24 months determined effects on neurodevelopment. We found no effect of the supplement on the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development 3rd Edition (Bayley-III) cognitive and language composites and Beery–Buktenica Developmental Test of Visual–Motor Integration (Beery VMI) at age 24 months. Supplemented toddlers had higher RBC phosphatidylcholine (PC), phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), and plasma DHA and ARA compared to placebo toddlers at age 24 months. A positive relationship between RBC PE ARA and Bayley III Cognitive composite (4.55 (0.21–9.00), B (95% CI), p = 0.045) in supplemented boys, but not in control boys, was observed in models adjusted for baseline fatty acid, maternal non-verbal intelligence, and BMI z-score at age 24 months. A similar positive relationship between RBC PE ARA and Bayley III Language composite was observed for supplemented boys (11.52 (5.10–17.94), p < 0.001) and girls (11.19 (4.69–17.68), p = 0.001). These findings suggest that increasing the ARA status in toddlers is associated with better neurodevelopment at age 24 months.
Imaging Shock Waves in Diamond with Both High Temporal and Spatial Resolution at an XFEL
Creators: name: Schropp, Andreas
name: Hoppe, Robert
name: Meier, Vivienne
name: Patommel, Jens
name: Seiboth, Frank
name: Ping, Yuan
name: Hicks, Damien
name: Beckwith, Martha A.
name: Collins, Gilbert W.
name: Higginbotham, Andrew
name: Wark, Justin S.
name: Lee, Hae Ja
name: Nagler, Bob
name: Galtier, Eric C.
name: Arnold, Brice
name: Zastrau, Ulf
name: Hastings, Jerome B.
name: Schroer, Christian G.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The advent of hard x-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs) has opened up a variety of scientific opportunities in areas as diverse as atomic physics, plasma physics, nonlinear optics in the x-ray range, and protein crystallography. In this article, we access a new field of science by measuring quantitatively the local bulk properties and dynamics of matter under extreme conditions, in this case by using the short XFEL pulse to image an elastic compression wave in diamond. The elastic wave was initiated by an intense optical laser pulse and was imaged at different delay times after the optical pump pulse using magnified x-ray phase-contrast imaging. The temporal evolution of the shock wave can be monitored, yielding detailed information on shock dynamics, such as the shock velocity, the shock front width, and the local compression of the material. The method provides a quantitative perspective on the state of matter in extreme conditions.
L'ostracismo ateniese: un'istituzione politica emblematica del nuovo assetto democratico di V secolo a.C.
Creators: name: ZERBINATI, MARTINA
Publisher: name: Universit� degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale Amedeo Avogadro
Year: 2019

description: La tesi intende rispondere all?esigenza di riconsiderare e di riprendere gli studi sull?ostracismo ateniese, attraverso l?analisi esaustiva e sistematica delle numerose testimonianze antiche, sia letterarie, complete o frammentarie, sia epigrafiche, nello specifico le notazioni graffite sugli ostraka rinvenuti nel secolo scorso ad Atene nella zona dell?Agor� e del quartiere Ceramico. La prima parte della tesi consiste nella trattazione delle principali problematiche relative alla pratica ateniese di ostracismo, riprendendo in considerazione la paternit� clistenica dell'istituzione e riesaminando le principali fonti letterarie relative al funzionamento della procedura, soffermandosi sulle problematiche relative all'alfabetizzazione della popolazione ateniese di V
secolo a.C.: le considerazioni riportate vengono avvalorate dal catalogo posto in fondo all'opera, in cui vengono esaminati i tracciati scrittori dei principali ostraka risalenti alla met� del secolo.
Attraverso lo studio e la valorizzazione di tali fonti, il progetto si propone altres� di riesaminare, nella seconda parte, il panorama politico e giuridico dell?Atene di V secolo, prendendo specificatamente in considerazione gli eventi che portarono all'ostracismo di Tucidide di Melesia in et� periclea, il cui allontanamento dalla polis ateniese, insieme a quello del musico Damone, sono giudicati di particolare interesse per via del conseguente scioglimento della relativa fazione politica.
Additional file 2 of Identification of a novel ERF gene, TaERF8, associated with plant height and yield in wheat
Creators: name: Zhang, Lei
name: Liu, Pan
name: Wu, Jing
name: Linyi Qiao
name: Guangyao Zhao
name: Jizeng Jia
name: Lifeng Gao
name: Jianming Wang
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 2: Table S1. Wheat accessions information for TaERF8s polymorphism analysis.
title: EDUCATION AND EQUITY
title: A CASE STUDY OF EDUCATORS AT A SPECIALIZED CHARTER SCHOOL
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Cockburn, Brandon Thomas
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2024
Subjects: Anti-Oppressive Practices
Charter Schools
Equity
Pedagogy
Queer Theory
Educational sociology
Social Justice

description: The commitment to Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) has come at a precarious time, which finds education and schooling under attack by hate-filled and dehumanizing rhetoric. The current socio-political climate situates education and teachers as a public enemy, and an onslaught of anti-equity education bills in legislatures have been passed in the past few years. While there has been an overwhelming commitment to IDEA in many spaces, even places meant to serve all people, such as the institution of schools, have moved away from these initiatives. In this work, I will utilize a case study methodology to examine how teachers center IDEA in their work. I am looking at a specialized charter school in a southwest metropolitan area that supports students impacted by substance use disorders. The school was founded and centered on supporting all students with a lens of equity and has grown since its
description: founding in the late 2010s. Utilizing a critical framework of queer theories, I will learn from and with the co-conspirators about their equitable pedagogy and praxis. By utilizing an amalgam of qualitative methods, such as interviews, texts, artifacts, and discussions, I look to engage in a deeper, critical view of their work. Engaging in these methods with critical discourse analysis will allow for a more significant look at the way in which power and language shape our understanding of these issues in educational spaces. With this hope, we can create and instill equitable practices for other schools to implement other programming using the same framework within IDEA.
Additional file 3 of Identification of a novel ERF gene, TaERF8, associated with plant height and yield in wheat
Creators: name: Zhang, Lei
name: Liu, Pan
name: Wu, Jing
name: Linyi Qiao
name: Guangyao Zhao
name: Jizeng Jia
name: Lifeng Gao
name: Jianming Wang
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 3: Figure S2. Nucleotide sequences of TaERF8-2A, TaERF8-2B and TaERF8-2D haplotypes.
Netzreport 07: Informatik in Schweizer KMU - Die Beschaffung von Informatikressourcen in KMU und anderen Schweizer Organisationen
Creators: name: Leimstoll, Uwe
name: Schubert, Petra
Publisher: name: Netzmedien AG und Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW, Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: ICT
subject: IKT
subject: Informatik
subject: Outsourcing
subject: 330 - Wirtschaft
subject: 005 - Computer Programmierung, Programme und Daten

description: Seit geraumer Zeit ist festzustellen, dass insbesondere auch grosse, weltweit operierende Anbieter von Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien (ICT) in kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen (KMU) zunehmend ein interessantes Marktpotenzial entdecken. Entsprechend haben sie damit begonnen, ihre Produkte und Dienstleistungen auf diese Zielgruppe auszurichten. Allerdings ist dies kein einfaches Unterfangen. So gibt es in der Schweiz über 38?000 KMU. Eine Segmentierung des Marktes tut also Not. Gerade hierzu fehlt jedoch die nötige Datenbasis. Diese Lücke will die Studienreihe Netzreport «Informatik in Schweizer KMU» schliessen.Nachdem im Netzreport 06 die strategische Bedeutung des Informatikeinsatzes in KMU untersucht wurde, befasst sich der vorliegende Netzreport 07 schwerpunktmässig mit der Beschaffung von Informatikressourcen in KMU und anderen kleinen und mittleren Schweizer Organisationen.
THE SAMI GALAXY SURVEY: TOWARD A UNIFIED DYNAMICAL SCALING RELATION for GALAXIES of ALL TYPES
Creators: name: Cortese, Luca
name: Fogarty, L. M. R.
name: Ho, I.-T.
name: Bekki, K.
name: Bland-Hawthorn, J.
name: Colless, M.
name: Couch, Warrick
name: Croom, S. M.
name: Glazebrook, Karl
name: Mould, Jeremy
name: Scott, N.
name: Sharp, R.
name: Tonini, C.
name: Allen, J. T.
name: Bloom, J.
name: Bryant, J. J.
name: Cluver, Michelle
name: Davies, R. L.
name: Drinkwater, M. J.
name: Goodwin, M.
name: Green, A.
name: Kewley, L. J.
name: Kostantopoulos, I. S.
name: Lawrence, J. S.
name: Mahajan, S.
name: Medling, A. M.
name: Owers, M.
name: Richards, S. N.
name: Sweet, Sarah
name: Wong, O. I.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 510103
subject: Cosmology and extragalactic astronomy

description: We take advantage of the first data from the Sydney-AAO Multi-object Integral field Galaxy Survey to investigate the relation between the kinematics of gas and stars, and stellar mass in a comprehensive sample of nearby galaxies. We find that all 235 objects in our sample, regardless of their morphology, lie on a tight relation linking stellar mass (M∗) to internal velocity quantified by the S0.5 parameter, which combines the contribution of both dispersion (σ) and rotational velocity (Vrot) to the dynamical support of a galaxy (S0.5 = √ 0.5 Vrot2 + σ2). Our results are independent of the baryonic component from which σ and V rot are estimated, as the S 0.5 of stars and gas agree remarkably well. This represents a significant improvement compared to the canonical M∗ versus Vrot and M∗ versus σ relations. Not only is no sample pruning necessary, but also stellar and gas kinematics can be used simultaneously, as the effect of asymmetric drift is taken into account once Vrot and σ are combined. Our findings illustrate how the combination of dispersion and rotational velocities for both gas and stars can provide us with a single dynamical scaling relation valid for galaxies of all morphologies across at least the stellar mass range 8.5
3151408.pdf
Creators: name: Liang, Kaicheng
name: Wang, Zhao
name: Ahsen, Osman
name: Lee, Hsiang-Chieh
name: Potsaid, Benjamin
name: Jayaraman, Vijaysekhar
name: Cable, Alex
name: Mashimo, Hiroshi
name: Li, Xingde
name: Fujimoto, James
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2018
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental document
English Matters, 2021-2022
Creators: name: Washington State University Department Of English
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2022

description: Newsletter includes: Message from the Chair; CAS 2021 Outstanding Seniors in English; Julian Ankney: “Waking up the Land;” Study Abroad Offers Opportunities and Experiences for Students and Faculty; EcoArts in the Community and Classroom; Blood Orange Review Emerging Writer Award; 2021-2022 Awards and Scholarships; Alumni and Donor Spotlight; Positive Reviews from The New York Times for Buddy Levy’s Empire of Ice and Stone; Olson and Colleagues Offer Writing Advice for Engineering Students Seeking Future Employment; Recent and Forthcoming Publications.
INSIGHTS on the DUSTY TORUS and NEUTRAL TORUS from OPTICAL and X-RAY OBSCURATION in A COMPLETE VOLUME LIMITED HARD X-RAY AGN SAMPLE
Creators: name: Davies, Rebecca
name: Burtscher, L.
name: Rosario, D.
name: Storchi-Bergmann, T.
name: Contursi, A.
name: Genzel, R.
name: Carpio, J. Graciá-
name: Hicks, E.
name: Janssen, A.
name: Koss, M.
name: Lin, M.-Y.
name: Lutz, D.
name: Maciejewski, W.
name: Sánchez, F. Müller-
name: Xivry, G. Orban de
name: Ricci, C.
name: Riffel, R.
name: Riffel, R. A.
name: Schartmann, Marc
name: Müller, A. Schnorr-
name: Sternberg, A.
name: Sturm, E.
name: Tacconi, L.
name: Veilleux, S.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We describe a complete volume limited sample of nearby active galaxies selected by their 14-195keV luminosity, and outline its rationale for studying the mechanisms regulating gas inflow and outflow. We describe also a complementary sample of inactive galaxies, selected to match the AGN host galaxy properties. The active sample appears to have no bias in terms of AGN type, the only difference being the neutral absorbing column which is two orders of magnitude greater for the Seyfert 2s. In the luminosity range spanned by the sample, log L_{14-195keV} [erg/s] = 42.4-43.7, the optically obscured and X-ray absorbed fractions are 50-65%. The similarity of these fractions to more distant spectroscopic AGN samples, although over a limited luminosity range, suggests that the torus does not strongly evolve with redshift. Our sample confirms that X-ray unabsorbed Seyfert 2s are rare, comprising not more than a few percent of the Seyfert 2 population. At higher luminosities, the optically obscured fraction decreases (as expected for the increasing dust sublimation radius), but the X-ray absorbed fraction changes little. We argue that the cold X-ray absorption in these Seyfert 1s can be accounted for by neutral gas in clouds that also contribute to the broad line region (BLR) emission; and suggest that a geometrically thick neutral gas torus co-exists with the BLR and bridges the gap to the dusty torus.
Bedeutung der elektronischen Archivierung von Geschäftsdokumenten in Schweizer KMU - Eine Expertenbefragung
Creators: name: Tanner, Christian
Publisher: name: Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Datenschutz
subject: EC-Applikationen
subject: 330 - Wirtschaft
subject: 005 - Computer Programmierung, Programme und Daten

description: Die aktuellsten Zahlen des Bundesamts für Statistik und die Untersuchungen aus der NetzreportReihe des Competence Center E-Business Basel zeigen, dass KMU die Informationstechnologie in hohem Mass nutzen und gezielt zur Erreichung ihrer strategischen Ziele einsetzen. Dafür investieren sie namhafte Beträge. Zudem ist eine hohe Verbreitung des elektronischen Datenaustausches festzustellen. In einem solchen Umfeld werden immer mehr elektronische Daten und Informationen generiert und aufbewahrt. Der Gesetzgeber hat im Frühjahr 2002 mit der GeBüV eine Verordnung in Kraft gesetzt, die aus handelsrechtlicher Sicht die Aufbewahrung von elektronischen Daten und Informationen regelt. Auch die Eidgenössische Steuerverwaltung hat seit dem Frühjahr 2002 in der ElDI-V geregelt, wie elektronische Daten und Information zu übermitteln und aufzubewahren sind, damit sie steuerrechtlich als Belege akzeptiert werden.
A hévízi Zrínyi Miklós magyar királyi honvédtiszti gyógyház, 1933–1944
Creators: name: Hausner, Gábor
name: Padányi, József
name: Süli, Attila
Publisher: name: Magyar Hadtudományi Társaság
Year: 2020

description: Hadtudomány, vol. 30. issue 1., ISSN 1215-4121, eISSN 1588-0605
Virtuelle Transaktionsgemeinschaften im Electronic Commerce
Creators: name: Schubert, Petra
Publisher: name: Josef Eul Verlag
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: E-Commerce
subject: Produktkatalog
subject: 330 - Wirtschaft
subject: 005 - Computer Programmierung, Programme und Daten

description: Die Arbeit identifiziert den Aufbau und das Management Virtueller Transaktionsgemeinschaften als eine effektive Massnahme für die Steigerung von Vertrauen in elektronische Geschäftsbeziehungen. In sechs Kapiteln werden drei Schlüsselstärken des Konzepts Virtueller Transaktionsgemeinschaften diskutiert: (1) Soziale Aspekte und die Bildung von Vertrauen in Geschäftspartner und Medium, (2) die Potentiale für das Erzeugen wertvollen Gemeinschaftswissens (insbesondere Collaborative Filtering) und (3) die Steigerung der Käufermacht durch Nachfrageaggregation bzw. die Nutzung von Economies of Scale. Die Analyse des sozialen Umfeldes erläutert Rollen von Gesellschaft und Staat, der Bewältigung des Wandels sowie der Bedeutung von Erziehung und ethischen Aspekten. Im Kernpunkt der Arbeit stehen Marketingansätze, die sich für das Design von Medien für die Unterstützung Virtueller Transaktionsgemeinschaften eignen.
title: Managing work–family conflict in the medical profession
title: working conditions and individual resources as related factors
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Mache, Stefanie
name: Bernburg, Monika
name: Vitzthum, Karin
name: Groneberg, David A.
name: Klapp, Burghard F.
name: Danzer, Gerhard
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Objectives This study developed and tested a research model that examined the effects of working conditions and individual resources on work–family conflict (WFC) using data collected from physicians working at German clinics. Material and methods This is a cross-sectional study of 727 physicians working in German hospitals. The work environment, WFC and individual resources were measured by the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire, the WFC Scale, the Brief Resilient Coping Scale and the Questionnaire for Self-efficacy, Optimism and Pessimism. Descriptive, correlation and linear regression analyses were applied. Results Clinical doctors working in German hospitals perceived high levels of WFC (mean=76). Sociodemographic differences were found for age, marital status and presence of children with regard to WFC. No significant gender differences were found. WFCs were positively related to high workloads and quantitative job demands. Job resources (eg, influence at work, social support) and personal resources (eg, resilient coping behaviour and self- efficacy) were negatively associated with physicians’ WFCs. Interaction terms suggest that job and personal resources buffer the effects of job demands on WFC. Conclusions In this study, WFC was prevalent among German clinicians. Factors of work organisation as well as factors of interpersonal relations at work were identified as significant predictors for WFC. Our results give a strong indication that both individual and organisational factors are related to WFC. Results may play an important role in optimising clinical care. Practical implications for physicians’ career planning and recommendations for future research are discussed.
Access criteria for anti-TNF agents in spondyloarthritis: influence on comparative 1-year cost-effectiveness estimates
Creators: name: Harvard, Stephanie
name: Guh, Daphne
name: Bansback, Nick
name: Richette, Pascal
name: Saraux, Alain
name: Fautrel, Bruno
name: Anis, Aslam H. (Aslam Hayat), 1959-
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2017

description: Background: Anti-tumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF) agents are an effective, but costly, treatment for spondyloarthritis (SpA). Worldwide, multiple sets of access criteria aim to restrict anti-TNF therapy to patients with specific clinical characteristics, yet the influence of access criteria on anti-TNF cost-effectiveness is unknown. Our objective was to use data from the DESIR cohort, a prospective study of early SpA patients in France, to determine whether the French anti-TNF access criteria are the most cost-effective in that setting relative to other potential restrictions. Methods: We used data from the DESIR cohort to create five study populations of patients meeting anti-TNF access criteria from Canada, France, Germany, United Kingdom, and Hong Kong, respectively. For each study population, we calculated the costs and quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) over 1 year of patients treated and not treated with anti-TNF therapy. To control for differences between anti-TNF users and non-users, we used linear regression models to derive adjusted mean costs and QALYs. We calculated incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICERs) representing the incremental cost per additional QALY gained by treating with an anti-TNF within each of the five study populations, using bootstrapping to explore the range of uncertainty in costs and QALYs. A series of sensitivity analyses was conducted, including one to simulate the effect of a 24-week stopping rule for anti-TNF non-responders. Results: Anti-TNF access criteria from France were satisfied by the largest proportion of DESIR patients (27.8%), followed by Germany (25.1%), Canada (23.8%), the UK (12.1%) and Hong Kong (8.6%). Confidence intervals around incremental costs and QALYs in the basecase analysis were overlapping, indicating that anti-TNF cost-effectiveness estimates derived from each subset were similar. In the sensitivity analysis that examined the effect of excluding costs accumulated past 24 weeks by anti-TNF non-responders, the incremental cost per QALY was reduced by approximately 25% relative to the basecase analysis (France: €857,992 vs. €1,105,859; Canada: € 626,459 vs. €818,186; Germany: € 422,568 vs. €545,808); UK €578,899 vs. €766,217; Hong Kong €335,418 vs. €456,850). Conclusions: Anti-TNF cost-effectiveness is strongly affected by treatment continuation among non-responders. Access criteria could improve anti-TNF cost-effectiveness by defining patients likely to respond.
3159989.pdf
Creators: name: Antipa, Nick
name: Kuo, Grace
name: Heckel, Reinhard
name: Mildenhall, Ben
name: Bostan, Emrah
name: Ng, Ren
name: Waller, Laura
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary document
Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): Structural Investigation of Galaxies via Model Analysis
Creators: name: Kelvin, Lee S.
name: Driver, Simon P.
name: Robotham, Aaron S. G.
name: Hill, David T.
name: Alpaslan, Mehmet
name: Baldry, Ivan K.
name: Bamford, Steven P.
name: Bland-Hawthorn, Joss
name: Brough, Sarah
name: Graham, Alister
name: Häussler, Boris
name: Hopkins, Andrew M.
name: Liske, Jochen
name: Loveday, Jon
name: Norberg, Peder
name: Phillipps, Steven
name: Popescu, Cristina C.
name: Prescott, Matthew
name: Taylor, Edward
name: Tuffs, Richard J.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We present single-Sérsic two-dimensional (2D) model fits to 167 600 galaxies modelled independently in the ugrizYJHK bandpasses using reprocessed Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release Seven (SDSS DR7) and UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey Large Area Survey imaging data available from the Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) data base. In order to facilitate this study we developed Structural Investigation of Galaxies via Model Analysis (sigma), an r wrapper around several contemporary astronomy software packages including source extractor, psf extractor and galfit 3. sigma produces realistic 2D model fits to galaxies, employing automatic adaptive background subtraction and empirical point spread function measurements on the fly for each galaxy in GAMA. Using these results, we define a common coverage area across the three GAMA regions containing 138 269 galaxies. We provide Sérsic magnitudes truncated at 10re which show good agreement with SDSS Petrosian and GAMA photometry for low Sérsic index systems (n < 4), and much improved photometry for high Sérsic index systems (n > 4), recovering as much as Δm= 0.5 mag in the r band. We employ a K-band Sérsic index/u−r colour relation to delineate the massive (n > ∼2) early-type galaxies (ETGs) from the late-type galaxies (LTGs). The mean Sérsic index of these ETGs shows a smooth variation with wavelength, increasing by 30 per cent from g through K. LTGs exhibit a more extreme change in Sérsic index, increasing by 52 per cent across the same range. In addition, ETGs and LTGs exhibit a 38 and 25 per cent decrease, respectively, in half-light radius from g through K. These trends are shown to arise due to the effects of dust attenuation and stellar population/metallicity gradients within galaxy populations.
Subtoxic Concentrations of Hepatotoxic Drugs Lead to Kupffer Cell Activation in a Human In Vitro Liver Model
Creators: name: Kegel, Victoria
name: Pfeiffer, Elisa
name: Burkhardt, Britta
name: Liu, Jia L.
name: Zeilinger, Katrin
name: Nüssler, Andreas K.
name: Seehofer, Daniel
name: Damm, Georg
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Drug induced liver injury (DILI) is an idiosyncratic adverse drug reaction leading to severe liver damage. Kupffer cells (KC) sense hepatic tissue stress/damage and therefore could be a tool for the estimation of consequent effects associated with DILI. Aim of the present study was to establish a human in vitro liver model for the investigation of immune-mediated signaling in the pathogenesis of DILI. Hepatocytes and KC were isolated from human liver specimens. The isolated KC yield was cells/g liver tissue with a purity of >80%. KC activation was investigated by the measurement of reactive oxygen intermediates (ROI, DCF assay) and cell activity (XTT assay). The initial KC activation levels showed broad donor variability. Additional activation of KC using supernatants of hepatocytes treated with hepatotoxic drugs increased KC activity and led to donor-dependent changes in the formation of ROI compared to KC incubated with supernatants from untreated hepatocytes. Additionally, a compound- and donor-dependent increase in proinflammatory cytokines or in anti-inflammatory cytokines was detected. In conclusion, KC related immune signaling in hepatotoxicity was successfully determined in a newly established in vitro liver model. KC were able to detect hepatocyte stress/damage and to transmit a donor- and compound-dependent immune response via cytokine production.
Three dimensional oral mucosa models: development and applications
Creators: name: SORRENTINO, Rita
Publisher: name: Universit� degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale Amedeo Avogadro
Year: 2020

description: Animal experimentation has been extensively and for a long time applied in several research fields, but since 2011 it has been substantially limited by the Commission of the European Parliament to ensure people/animals safety and reduce research costs. To respond to these directives, many attempts have been focused on the development and validation of new in vitro 3D systems, bypassing the traditional 2D cell cultures. In this regard, diverse approaches to tissue-engineered bone and oral mucosa have been developed. Despite the promising premises and the cutting-edge results, the used 3D in vitro bone-oral mucosal models still lack interaction between the mucosal and the bone components. Therefore, this project aimed to create 3D models, entirely made with primary human cells (keratinocytes, fibroblasts, and osteoblasts), able to mimic the natural structure and interaction of bone and oral mucosa. In the present work, the regulatory role of the mesenchymal tissue onto epithelia was evaluated. The main results showed that that during the differentiation hMSC produce and secrete factors that induce the keratinization and the expression of the marker of differentiation CK10; in particular in the
middle stage of differentiation (OB14). The proteomic analysis revealed that this effect can be ascribable to KGF
secretion. This finding may impact the design of new implantable devices able to induce, alone, the epithelial
growth and keratinization to improve implant graft avoiding epithelial graft linked to the morbidity of another
zone. Moreover, we also showed that OM might have a pro-innervation effect, at least during the last stages of
keratinocytes stratification. Finally, we obtained and characterized an innervated mucoperiosteal model that could
open new in vitro frontiers for oral biomaterials validation as well as improve knowledge regarding the
mesenchymal stem cells roles onto oral mucosa development.
3159989.pdf
Creators: name: Antipa, Nick
name: Kuo, Grace
name: Heckel, Reinhard
name: Mildenhall, Ben
name: Bostan, Emrah
name: Ng, Ren
name: Waller, Laura
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary document
Decoding of epigenetic and metabolic events driving immune diversion of myeloid cells in cancer
Creators: name: BLEVE, AUGUSTO
Publisher: name: Universit� degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale Amedeo Avogadro
Year: 2020

description: Cancers induce ?emergency? hematopoiesis and expansion of myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSC) and tumor-associated macrophages (TAM), immunosuppressive and tumor-promoting cell populations, correlated with poor prognosis and resistance to chemo-immunotherapies. Molecular characterization of these cells offers new potential therapeutic opportunities. Previously, we showed that nuclear accumulation of p50 NF-kB transcription factor in TAM regulates expression of anti-inflammatory, pro-tumoral genes. Monocytic MDSC share myeloid progenitor and immunosuppressive properties with TAM. Here, we described how p50 NF-kB
mediates the protumor functions of M-MDSC. Indeed, during cancer-related inflammation, chronic production of PGE2 induces nuclear p50 accumulation in M-MDSC, epigenetically reprogramming the response to IFN? towards an immunosuppressive phenotype. Myeloid-specific deletion of p50 or antagonists of PGE2 receptors restore the antitumor inflammatory response to IFN? of MMDSC.
Recently, we identified that RORC1/ROR? drives cancer-related myelopoiesis. ROR? is a nuclear receptor co-activated by cholesterol-related molecules (eg. oxysterols). Of note, hypercholesterolemia predisposes to cancer and induces expansion of immature monocytes. Hence, we hypothesized an interplay between cholesterol metabolism and ROR?-driven myelopoiesis. Noteworthy, while tumor bearers (mice and humans) displayed increased levels of LDL-cholesterol, diet-induced hypercholesterolemia promotes metastasis and expansion of immunosuppressive M-MDSC and TAM. ROR? deficiency prevents hypercholesterolemia-induced
myelopoiesis disabling metastasis formation. Collectively, we identified p50 NF-kB as key driver of immunosuppressive M-MDSC in response to tumor-derived PGE2, and we underlined that ROR? induces emergency myelopoiesis remarkably in dyslipidemic conditions. Hence, inhibitors of PGE2/p50 NF-kB and of cholesterol/ROR? axis could be useful in the improvement of anticancer therapy.
Taking a Call Is Facilitated by the Multisensory Processing of Smartphone Vibrations, Sounds, and Flashes
Creators: name: Pomper, Ulrich
name: Brincker, Jana
name: Harwood, James
name: Prikhodko, Ivan
name: Senkowski, Daniel
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: 100 Philosophie und Psychologie::150 Psychologie

description: Many electronic devices that we use in our daily lives provide inputs that need to be processed and integrated by our senses. For instance, ringing, vibrating, and flashing indicate incoming calls and messages in smartphones. Whether the presentation of multiple smartphone stimuli simultaneously provides an advantage over the processing of the same stimuli presented in isolation has not yet been investigated. In this behavioral study we examined multisensory processing between visual (V), tactile (T), and auditory (A) stimuli produced by a smartphone. Unisensory V, T, and A stimuli as well as VA, AT, VT, and trisensory VAT stimuli were presented in random order. Participants responded to any stimulus appearance by touching the smartphone screen using the stimulated hand (Experiment 1), or the non-stimulated hand (Experiment 2). We examined violations of the race model to test whether shorter response times to multisensory stimuli exceed probability summations of unisensory stimuli. Significant violations of the race model, indicative of multisensory processing, were found for VA stimuli in both experiments and for VT stimuli in Experiment 1. Across participants, the strength of this effect was not associated with prior learning experience and daily use of smartphones. This indicates that this integration effect, similar to what has been previously reported for the integration of semantically meaningless stimuli, could involve bottom-up driven multisensory processes. Our study demonstrates for the first time that multisensory processing of smartphone stimuli facilitates taking a call. Thus, research on multisensory integration should be taken into consideration when designing electronic devices such as smartphones.
Tests for Jumps in Yield Spreads
Creators: name: Winkelmann, Lars
name: Yao, Wenying
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: This article studies high-frequency econometric methods to test for a jump in the spread of bond yields. We propose a coherent inference procedure that detects a jump in the yield spread only if at least one of the two underlying bonds displays a jump. Ignoring this inherent connection by basing inference only on a univariate jump test applied to the spread tends to overestimate the number of jumps in yield spreads and puts the coherence of test results at risk. We formalize the statistical approach in the context of an intersection union test in multiple testing. We document the relevance of coherent tests and their practicability via simulations and real data examples.
title: OVPR Public Engagement and Research Impacts Team - Resources Database
Creators: name: Mester, Anna
name: Figueroa, Daniela
name: Aurbach, Elyse
name: Parakkat, Ellen K.
Publisher: name: University of Michigan
Year: 2025

description: This is a collection of resources, including an orienting spreadsheet, created and/or compiled by the Office of Public Engagement and Research Impacts between 2018 - 2025.
Enhancing the electrochemical measurement of drug molecules
Creators: name: Pham, Tien Song Hiep
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This research project is focused on the preparation of several reduced graphene oxide based composites. Their physicochemical properties were successfully characterized by ultraviolet-visible spectrometry, Fourier transform infrared spectrometry, Raman spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. With large surface area and high electrocatalytic activity, the as-synthesized materials were then used as electrode modifiers to effectively improve the electrochemical signals in detection of targeted drugs such as carbendazim, ciprofloxacin and acetaminophen. The obtained results strongly suggest that the composites could be potentially employed to fabricate simple but sensitive sensors for the electrochemical determination of electroactive drugs in the future.