cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Kompakte, umweltverträgliche Siedlungsstrukturen im regionalen Kontext
Creators: name: Domhardt, Hans-Jörg
name: Mangels, Kirsten
name: Wahrhusen, Nina
Publisher: name: Umweltbundesamt
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Umweltqualität
subject: kompakte umweltverträglich Siedlungsstrukturen
subject: städtisch geprägte Regionen
subject: Steuerungsinstrumente
subject: Flächensparen
subject: Flächenverbrauch
subject: Flächenneuinanspruchnahme
subject: Nachhaltigkeit | Strategien | Internationales
subject: Verkehr

description: Viele Städte in Deutschland stehen aktuell vor der Herausforderung eines aufgrund positiver Wanderungssaldi ansteigenden Siedlungsdrucks. Diese Entwicklung ist mit höheren und neuen Anforderungen an die Sicherung der Daseinsvorsorge verbunden. Aufgabe der Planungs- und Entscheidungsträger*innen ist es, die Raum- und Siedlungsstrukturen entsprechend anzupassen und dabei nachhaltig zu gestalten. Die Fachbroschüre fasst die wesentlichen Erkenntnisse und Empfehlungen des Vorhabens "Kompakte, umweltverträgliche Siedlungsstrukturen im regionalen Kontext" für die Planungspraxis zusammen. Quelle: www.umweltbundesamt.de
description: Viele Städte in Deutschland stehen aktuell vor der Herausforderung eines aufgrund positiver Wanderungssaldi ansteigenden Siedlungsdrucks. Diese Entwicklung ist mit höheren und neuen Anforderungen an die Sicherung der Daseinsvorsorge verbunden. Aufgabe der Planungs- und Entscheidungsträger*innen ist es, die Raum- und Siedlungsstrukturen entsprechend anzupassen und dabei nachhaltig zu gestalten.Die Fachbroschüre fasst die wesentlichen Erkenntnisse und Empfehlungen des Vorhabens „Kompakte, umweltverträgliche Siedlungsstrukturen im regionalen Kontext“ für die Planungspraxis zusammen.
PROCEDURES FOR SEISMIC CHARACTERIZATION OF TRADITIONAL AND MODERN WOODEN BUILDING TYPES
Creators: name: Ceccotti, Ario
name: Massari, Milena
name: Pozza, Luca
Publisher: name: Center for Quality
Year: 2016
Subjects: wooden structure
tmber shearwall
seismic behaviour
q-factor
ductility
bi-linearization criteria
numerical method

description: International Journal for Quality Research; Vol 10, No 1, 2016. ISSN 1800-6450
description: The paper analyzes different wooden buildings types used in past and nowadays to realized low-rise and mid-rise timber structures from the seismic point of view.
A preliminary overview about the procedures prescribed by codes for the seismic characterization of the timber building systems is given. Then the definition of the behaviour q-factor in the literature and its relevance in design of structures in seismic areas is treated. Available research methods for estimating the q-factor based on the verification of the non-linear seismic response of entire buildings by means of experimental tests and numerical simulations are presented and analyzed.
The relevance of a proper definition of the yielding limit and of failure condition in the seismic characterization of wooden building systems is treated.
Moreover, a comparison between the q-factor estimations obtained using different calculation methods is presented. Lastly, the appropriate q-factor values are given for a reliable and safe seismic design of buildings realized using the examined wooden constructive systems.
Supplementary document for Stiffness Prediction on Elastography Images and Neuro-fuzzy based Segmentation for Thyroid Cancer Detection - 5567472.pdf
Creators: name: LAYEK, KOUSHIK
name: Basak, Biswanath
name: Samanta, Sourav
name: Maity, Santi
name: Barui, Ananya
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Applied Physics

description: Supplemental document
ANALYSIS OF FLEXIBLE BARRIERS USED AS SAFETY PROTECTION IN WOODWORKING
Creators: name: Pavlovic, Ana
name: Fragassa, Cristiano
Publisher: name: Center for Quality
Year: 2016
Subjects: flexible barrier
aramid fibers
projection of tool parts
safety in woodworking

description: International Journal for Quality Research; Vol 10, No 1, 2016. ISSN 1800-6450
description: Machine tools use physical barriers, made by flexible thermoplastic materials, to protect the environment and the operators against the projections of wood chips and parts of cutting tools. These barriers constitute a partial closure and allow the passage of the workpiece, being simultaneously able to contain sharp fragments projected at high speed. The present research was conducted with the aim to evaluate the real effectiveness of these barriers, to investigate their dynamic behaviour by numerical simulations. Results showed that these barriers, if properly considered, could retain heavier masses and higher speeds. The research also allowed, in fact, to investigate the influence of several factors in design, selection and use, as material, shape, position, assemblages and many others, highlighting weaknesses and identifying possible measures to increase its effectiveness.
EDUCATING FOR QUALITY IN THE WOOD INDUSTRY: SOME WORDS OF CAUTION
Creators: name: Engelberg, Sydney
Publisher: name: Center for Quality
Year: 2016
Subjects: education
quality in the wood industry
wood working

description: International Journal for Quality Research; Vol 10, No 1, 2016. ISSN 1800-6450
description: The problem of over enthusiastically adopting paradigms and models is well known in science in general, and in management in particular. The current trend of presenting "quality" in an unfailingly positive light in manufacturing, including in the wood industry, echoes this problem. This results in those aspects of "quality enhancement" that reflect negative processes and emotions being neglected, receiving lip service attention, or in subtle ways being denigrated. This is, potentially, the source of a severe limitation in the understanding and implementation of quality enhancement programs in the wood industry. Good intentions are insufficient. We cannot continue to neglect such issues as: authority and control; caution and reserve; autonomy and separateness; competition and aggressiveness; dislike and resistance; exploitation and manipulation; and self-interest, if we wish education for quality to be successful.
Implementing CITES Appendix II listings for marine fishes : a novel framework and a constructive analysis
Creators: name: Vincent, Amanda C. J.
name: Foster, Sarah J.
name: Fowler, Sarah L.
name: Lieberman, Susan
name: Sadovy De Mitcheson, Yvonne
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2022

description: The global Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) has significant potential to help improve the population status of wild animals and plants subject to international trade, and thus to help reconcile conservation of these species with sustainable use.
Krankheitslast in Deutschland und seinen Regionen
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Erkrankung
Gesundheit
Gesundheitspolitik
Krankheit
Lebenserwartung
Pilotprojekt
Sterblichkeit
Bundesrepublik Deutschland

description: Hintergrund: Summenmaße wie die "disability-adjusted life years" (DALY) werden zur standardisierten Erfassung der Krankheitslast durch Tod und gesundheitliche Einschränkungen zunehmend bedeutsamer. Das Projekt BURDEN 2020 zielte darauf ab, auf Grundlage nationaler Daten eine eigenständige Krankheitslaststudie für Deutschland mit kleinräumigen Schätzungen als Pilotprojekt durchzuführen. Methode: DALY sind die Summe aus "durch Sterblichkeit verlorene Lebensjahre" ("years of life lost due to death" [YLL]) und "mitgesundheitlichen Einschränkungen oder in Krankheit verbrachte Lebensjahre" ("years lived with disability" [YLD]). Während YLL den Abstand zwischen Todesalter und fernerer Lebenserwartung beschreiben, quantifizieren YLD die Jahre, die mit gesundheitlichen Einschränkungen verbracht werden. Als Datenquellen dienen vor allem die Todesursachenstatistik, Befragungsdaten und Krankenkassenroutinedaten. Ergebnisse: Für Deutschland ergaben sich im Jahr 2017 rund 12 Millionen DALY, umgerechnet 14 584 DALY je 100 000 Einwohner. An der Rate gemessen trug die koronare Herzkrankheit insgesamt (2 321 DALY) am meisten zur Krankheitslast bei, gefolgt von Schmerzen im unteren Rücken (1 735 DALY) und Lungenkrebs (1 197 DALY). Bei Frauen verursachten Kopfschmerzerkrankungen und Demenzen mehr Krankheitslast als bei Männern. Männer hatten eine höhere Krankheitslast durch Lungenkrebs oder alkoholbezogene Störungen. Die Schmerzerkrankungen sowie alkoholbezogene Störungen führten bei beiden Geschlechtern im jüngeren Erwachsenenalter die DALY-Rangfolgen an. Mit dem Alter stieg die Krankheitslast für einen Teil der Erkrankungen, einschließlich der kardiovaskulären Erkrankungen, Demenzen oder Diabetes mellitus. Teilweise zeigte die Krankheitslast unterschiedliche regionale Verteilungen. Schlussfolgerung: Die Ergebnisse deuten auf alters- und geschlechtsspezifische Präventions- sowie kleinräumige Versorgungsbedarfe hin. Krankheitslaststudien liefern umfassende Daten zur Surveillance der Bevölkerungsgesundheit und können gesundheitspolitische Entscheidungen unterstützen. © Authors
Supplementary document for Stiffness Prediction on Elastography Images and Neuro-fuzzy based Segmentation for Thyroid Cancer Detection - 5567472.pdf
Creators: name: LAYEK, KOUSHIK
name: Basak, Biswanath
name: Samanta, Sourav
name: Maity, Santi
name: Barui, Ananya
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Applied Physics

description: Supplemental document
DEFINITION, DEVELOPMENT, ASSESSMENT OF SOFT SKILLS AND THEIR ROLE FOR THE QUALITY OF ORGANIZATIONS AND ENTERPRISES
Creators: name: Cimatti, Barbara
Publisher: name: Center for Quality
Year: 2016
Subjects: Quality
Soft Skills
Management
Organization

description: International Journal for Quality Research; Vol 10, No 1, 2016. ISSN 1800-6450
description: Soft Skills is a very popular term nowadays, used to indicate personal transversal competences such as social aptitudes, language and communication capability, friendliness and ability of working in team and other personality traits that characterize relationships between people. Soft Skills are traditionally considered complementary of Hard Skills, which are the abilities to perform a certain type of task or activity.
Soft Skills are strategic to be successful in personal and professional life then are essential for a candidate when he tries to obtain any kind of job. Enterprises generally hire new employees, in particular recent graduates, taking more in consideration their Soft Skills than their Hard Skills. This happens also for technical professions, such as engineers, because the company, in order to be competitive, needs to create good and effective teams and a collaborative working atmosphere. The quality of products provided by any industry then doesn’t only base on the materials chosen and on the technology used, neither only on the expertise of workers who contribute to their fabrication, but also on the quality of the enterprise in its whole. And this quality strongly depends from the human resources involved and their capability of positively interacting to achieve a common aim: the company success.
ACTUALITY AND PERSPECTIVES OF THE WOOD INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN WESTERN BALKAN COUNTRIES
Creators: name: Dimic, Marija
name: Pavlovic, Ana
Publisher: name: Center for Quality
Year: 2016
Subjects: wood
Adriatic region
industry
forest resources

description: International Journal for Quality Research; Vol 10, No 1, 2016. ISSN 1800-6450
description: Wood mass represents a significant potential for the countries of the Adriatic region. Considering its geographic distribution, significant differences can be noticed. Those differences are mainly manifested regarding its quality and quantity. The aim of this paper is to emphasize the importance of territorial distribution of the wood mass from the aspect of its use in the wood industry. The result of the research procedure is to point out certain parts of the Adriatic region, where the development of the wood industry can be promoted.
I Saw the Sign! : Using Behaviourally-Informed Signs to Encourage Parking Compliance
Creators: name: Climenhage, L. James
name: Khoo, Mandy
name: Queisser, Whitney
name: Hardisty, David J.
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2022

description: This project aimed to improve compliance with paid parking in the City of Vancouver. New “Behavioural Insights informed” parking signs incorporated salience by increasing sign and font size and adding more colour. Due to feasibility constraints, the control and BI-informed signs were compared in a quasi-experimental trial between two locations in the city. Although the BI-informed signs did not significantly increase parking compliance, the project team has several recommendations, including trialing in other locations and trialing signs incorporating other Behavioural Insights.
ADVANCED DESIGN SOLUTIONS FOR HIGH-PRECISION WOODWORKING MACHINES
Creators: name: Lucisano, Giuseppe
name: Stefanovic, Miladin
name: Fragassa, Cristiano
Publisher: name: Center for Quality
Year: 2016
Subjects: wood processing
machining
design of machine
machine tools

description: International Journal for Quality Research; Vol 10, No 1, 2016. ISSN 1800-6450
description: With the aim at performing the highest precision during woodworking, a mix of alternative approaches, fruitfully integrated in a common design strategy, is essential. This paper represents an overview of technical solutions, recently developed by authors, in design of machine tools and their final effects on manufacturing. The most advanced solutions in machine design are reported side by side with common practices or little everyday expedients. These design actions are directly or indirectly related to the rational use of materials, sometimes very uncommon, as in the case of magnetorheological fluids chosen to implement an active control in speed and force on the electro-spindle, and permitting to improve the quality of wood machining. Other actions are less unusual, as in the case of the adoption of innovative anti-vibration supports for basement. Tradition or innovation, all these technical solutions contribute to the final result: the highest precision in wood machining.
TECHNICAL PRODUCT RISK ASSESSMENT: STANDARDS, INTEGRATION IN THE ERM MODEL AND UNCERTAINTY MODELING
Creators: name: Djapic, Mirko
name: Lukic, Ljubomir
name: Pavlovic, Ana
Publisher: name: Center for Quality
Year: 2016
Subjects: Technical product
Risk Assessment
Risk Standards
ERM
Uncertainty Modeling

description: International Journal for Quality Research; Vol 10, No 1, 2016. ISSN 1800-6450
description: European Union has accomplished, through introducing New Approach to technical harmonization and standardization, a breakthrough in the field of technical products safety and in assessing their conformity, in such a manner that it integrated products safety requirements into the process of products development. This is achieved by quantifying risk levels with the aim of determining the scope of the required safety measures and systems. The theory of probability is used as a tool for modeling uncertainties in the assessment of that risk. In the last forty years are developed new mathematical theories have proven to be better at modeling uncertainty when we have not enough data about uncertainty events which is usually the case in product development. Bayesian networks based on modeling of subjective probability and Evidence networks based on Dempster-Shafer theory of belief functions proved to be an excellent tool for modeling uncertainty when we do not have enough information about all events aspect.
DETERMINATION OF CRITICAL ROTATIONAL SPEED OF CIRCULAR SAWS FROM NATURAL FREQUENCIES OF ANNULAR PLATE WITH ANALOGOUS DIMENSIONS
Creators: name: Skoblar, Ante
name: Andjelic, Nikola
name: Zigulic, Roberto
Publisher: name: Center for Quality
Year: 2016
Subjects: circular saw
theory of thin plates
annular plates
critical rotational speed

description: International Journal for Quality Research; Vol 10, No 1, 2016. ISSN 1800-6450
description: It is suitable to reduce thickness of circular saw when trying to enhance usability of wood raw material, but reducing thickness also causes reduction of permissible rotational speed which reduces sawing speed. If one increase circular saw rotational speed over permissible one the quality of machined surfaces will reduce because of enhanced vibrations. Permissible rotational speed can be calculated from critical rotational speed which can be defined from natural frequencies of the saw. In this article critical rotational speeds of standard clamped saws (with flat disk surface and without slots) are calculated by using finite element method and classical theory of thin plates on annular plates. Mode shapes and natural frequencies of annular plates are determined by using Bessel functions and by using polynomial functions. Obtained results suggest that standard clamped circular saws without slots and with relatively small teeth can be determined from classical theory of thin plates for annular plates with accuracy depending on clamping ratio.
PRODUCTION OPTIMIZATION USING AGENT-BASED SYSTEM
Creators: name: Vujovic, Aleksandar
name: Krivokapic, Zdravko
name: Jovanovic, Jelena
name: Kijanovic, Gordan
Publisher: name: Center for Quality
Year: 2016
Subjects: intelligent systems
agent-based system
production system

description: International Journal for Quality Research; Vol 10, No 1, 2016. ISSN 1800-6450
description: Production systems suffer frequent changes due to the growing demand and need for providing market competitiveness. Therefore, the application of intelligent systems can greatly increase the level of flexibility and efficiency, but also reduce the overall costs. On example of system for the production of irregular and variable shaped parts by cutting the wooden flat surfaces, it is discussed the possibility of applying intelligent agent-based system. In order to implement it in the production process, it was necessary to firstly performed an analysis and assessment of the initial situation. Then, we spotted a weak points and gave some suggestions to improve process by application of agents. The obtained solution has reduced the number of engaged workers, reduced the scope of their duties, made faster flow of materials, improved its utilization and we finally introduced the scheme of the new agent-based manufacturing process that achieves the foregoing benefits.
IMPROVEMENTS IN WOOD THERMOPLASTIC MATRIX COMPOSITE MATERIALS PROPERTIES BY PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL TREATMENTS
Creators: name: Zivkovic, Irena
name: Pavlovic, Ana
name: Fragassa, Cristiano
Publisher: name: Center for Quality
Year: 2016
Subjects: bio-composites
wood thermoplastic composites
recycled polymer matrices

description: International Journal for Quality Research; Vol 10, No 1, 2016. ISSN 1800-6450
description: This paper presents a short overview of the developments made in the field of wood thermoplastic composites in terms of surface treatment, flammability, matrix/reinforcement model, properties and application of recycled polymer matrices. The usage of lignocellulosic fibers as reinforcement in composite materials demands well formed interface between the fiber and the matrix. Because of the different nature of reinforcement and matrix components some physical and chemical treatment methods which improve the fiber matrix adhesion were introduced, as well as the improvements of lignocellulosic fibers and thermoplastic polymer matrix based composites flammability characteristics. These physical and chemical treatments influence the hydrophilic character of the lignocellulosic fibers, and therefore change their physical and mechanical properties.
LEAN THINKING IN HEALTHCARE: REVIEW OF IMPLEMENTATION RESULTS
Creators: name: Kovacevic, Marija
name: Milos Jovicic
name: Djapan, Marko
name: Zivanovic-Macuzic, Ivana
Publisher: name: Center for Quality
Year: 2016
Subjects: lean
healthcare
kaizen

description: International Journal for Quality Research; Vol 10, No 1, 2016. ISSN 1800-6450
description: For over decade, automotive industry originated lean concept has been successfully implemented in healthcare systems as a management method and philosophy with main focus on elimination of all types of wastes and looses in all tasks and processes so that time, materials, resources and medical procedures could be realized as effectively as it is possible. As main result lean concept implementation ensured to healthcare organizations to focus on their main core function and dedicate more time and efforts to patients without additional costs for them or healthcare system. However, lean implementation in healthcare could be much more difficult than in standard industrial environment and there are significant number of examples of lean in healthcare projects that failed to gain any measurable results and sustainable benefits from it. This paper presents review of some of the most successful implementations of lean tools and principles in healthcare organizations.
Ansätze und Erfolgsbedingungen in der Kommunikation zum Umgang mit Extremereignissen
Creators: name: Kahlenborn, Walter
name: Kind, Christian
name: Becker, Romy
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Extreme Wettererscheinung
subject: Anpassung an den Klimawandel
subject: Schadensstatistik
subject: Extremwetterereignisse
subject: Vorsorgemöglichkeit
subject: Umweltrisikoanalyse
subject: Klima | Energie
subject: Climate | Energy

description: Langjährige Reihen der Wetteraufzeichnung und Schadensstatistiken zeigen, dass Anzahl und Intensität von extremen Wetterereignissen in Deutschland in den letzten Jahrzehnten zugenommen hat. Bedingt durch den Klimawandel wird eine Verschärfung dieser Trends vor allem für Hitzewellen, Hochwasser und Starkniederschläge erwartet. Viele der hierdurch zu erwartenden Schäden lassen sich jedoch durch Eigenvorsorge reduzieren beziehungsweise vermeiden. Der zielgruppengerechten Kommunikation von Risiken und Vorsorgemöglichkeiten kommt bei der Vorsorge eine entscheidende Rolle und die psychologische Naturgefahrenforschung zeigt, dass Katastrophenszenarien in der Kommunikation eher eine Abwehrhaltung erzeugen, die konkrete Darstellung von Vorsorgemaßnahmen hingegen motivierend wirkt. Quelle: Umweltbundesamt
description: Langjährige Reihen der Wetteraufzeichnung und Schadensstatistiken zeigen, dass Anzahl und Intensität von extremen Wetterereignissen in Deutschland in den letzten Jahrzehnten zugenommen hat. Bedingt durch den ⁠Klimawandel⁠ wird eine Verschärfung dieser Trends vor allem für Hitzewellen, Hochwasser und Starkniederschläge erwartet. Viele der hierdurch zu erwartenden Schäden lassen sich jedoch durch Eigenvorsorge reduzieren beziehungsweise vermeiden. Der zielgruppengerechten Kommunikation von Risiken und Vorsorgemöglichkeiten kommt bei der Vorsorge eine entscheidende Rolle und die psychologische Naturgefahrenforschung zeigt, dass Katastrophenszenarien in der Kommunikation eher eine Abwehrhaltung erzeugen, die konkrete Darstellung von Vorsorgemaßnahmen hingegen motivierend wirkt.
Check Your Inbox : Evaluating the Impact of Email Reminders on Hearing Attendance
Creators: name: Gordon, Alexis
name: Medd, Emily
name: Miles-Pickup, Lindsay
name: Appelt, Kirstin C.
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2022

description: This project aimed to increase attendance at tenancy dispute hearings managed by the BC Residential Tenancy Branch. New “Behavioural Insights informed” pre-hearing notification emails incorporated salient information, consequences of inaction, and actionable next steps. Due to feasibility constraints, control and BI-informed emails were compared in a quasi-experimental trial. Although the BI-informed emails did not significantly increase hearing attendance, the project team identified several useful insights, including the impact of cultural holidays, missing email addresses, and other barriers.
Supplementary document for Breaking the interband detectivity limit with metasurface multi-quantum-well infrared photodetectors - 5568110.pdf
Creators: name: Hainey, Mel
name: Mano, Takaaki
name: Kasaya, Takeshi
name: Jimba, Yoji
name: Miyazaki, Hiroshi
name: Ochiai, Tetsuyuki
name: Osato, Hirotaka
name: Sugimoto, Yoshimasa
name: Kawazu, Takuya
name: Shigetou, Akitsu
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Photodetectors, Optical Sensors and Solar Cells

description: Supplemental Document containing information about all Nw = 3 detectors in this manuscript
See the Sign, Avoid the Fine : TSZ Parking Signs in Vancouver
Creators: name: Chagani, Parinda
name: Lai, Eva
name: Jensen, Carl
name: Hardisty, David J.
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2022

description: This project aimed to improve compliance with temporary parking restrictions in the City of Vancouver. New “Behavioural Insights informed” parking signs incorporated salience and loss aversion. Control and BI-informed signs were compared in a randomized controlled trial. The BI-informed signs reduced parking violations by 57%. Although this difference was not statistically significant, it may be managerially significant. The project team recommends extending the trial to collect more data, trialing BI-informed signs for other types of parking zones, and conducting a cost-benefit analysis to inform scaling decisions.
Supplementary document for Breaking the interband detectivity limit with metasurface multi-quantum-well infrared photodetectors - 5568110.pdf
Creators: name: Hainey, Mel
name: Mano, Takaaki
name: Kasaya, Takeshi
name: Jimba, Yoji
name: Miyazaki, Hiroshi
name: Ochiai, Tetsuyuki
name: Osato, Hirotaka
name: Sugimoto, Yoshimasa
name: Kawazu, Takuya
name: Shigetou, Akitsu
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Photodetectors, Optical Sensors and Solar Cells

description: Supplemental Document containing information about all Nw = 3 detectors in this manuscript
title: Conductive Geopolymers as Low-Cost Electrode Materials for Microbial Fuel Cells
Creators: name: Zhang, Shifan
name: Schuster, Jürgen
name: Frühauf-Wyllie, Hanna
name: Arat, Serkan
name: Yadav, Sandeep
name: Schneider, Jörg J.
name: Stöckl, Markus
name: Ukrainczyk, Neven
name: Koenders, Eddie
Publisher: name: American Chemical Society
Year: 2022

description: Geopolymer (GP) inorganic binders have a superior acid resistance compared to conventional cement (e.g., Portland cement, PC) binders, have better microbial compatibility, and are suitable for introducing electrically conductive additives to improve electron and ion transfer properties. In this study, GP–graphite (GPG) composites and PC–graphite (PCG) composites with a graphite content of 1–10 vol % were prepared and characterized. The electrical conductivity percolation threshold of the GPG and PCG composites was around 7 and 8 vol %, respectively. GPG and PCG composites with a graphite content of 8 to 10 vol % were selected as anode electrodes for the electrochemical analysis in two-chamber polarized microbial fuel cells (MFCs). Graphite electrodes were used as the positive control reference material. Geobacter sulfurreducens was used as a biofilm-forming and electroactive model organism for MFC experiments. Compared to the conventional graphite anodes, the anode-respiring biofilms resulted in equal current production on GPG composite anodes, whereas the PCG composites showed a very poor performance. The largest mean value of the measured current densities of a GPG composite used as anodes in MFCs was 380.4 μA cm⁻² with a standard deviation of 129.5 μA cm⁻². Overall, the best results were obtained with electrodes having a relatively low Ohmic resistance, that is, GPG composites and graphite. The very first approach employing sustainable GPs as a low-cost electrode binder material in an MFC showed promising results with the potential to greatly reduce the production costs of MFCs, which would also increase the feasibility of MFC large-scale applications.
"Digital transformation meets Föderalismus"
Creators: name: Hilliges, Falk
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2022

description: Die Entwicklung und Anwendung digitaler Technologien ist für eine effiziente und nachhaltige Gewässerbewirtschaftung in Gegenwart und Zukunft unabdingbar. Das Umweltbundesamt (UBA) engagiert sich im Bereich der digitalen Transformation der Wasserwirtschaft, um Umweltdaten besser zu erschließen, auswerten und veröffentlichen zu können. Der Einsatz moderner digitaler Technologien in der Wasserwirtschaftsverwaltung ist ein wichtiger Treiber, um bessere Daten zur Beurteilung des Gewässerzustandes und dessen Entwicklung zu erhalten. Die Auswertung und Interpretation dieser Daten bilden die Grundlage für die Entwicklung und Bewertung von Gewässerschutzmaßnahmen, die Information der Öffentlichkeit und umweltpolitische Empfehlungen. Quelle: Korrespondenz Wasserwirtschaft
Marine and Freshwater Miscellanea IV
Creators: name: Pauly, D. (Daniel)
name: Chu, Elaine
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2022

description: Like its predecessors, this Fisheries Centre Research Report is a grab-bag of contributions of which a few could have been submitted to peer-reviewed journals but weren’t and others contributions that couldn’t, because of their subject matter or irreverent style. The three contributions on sturgeon and which were drafted in support of an international project that was not funded and thus could not get started. Two others deal with aspects of fish respiration, in the giant Mekong catfish and in the writing of George Cuvier, while two others deal with the reconstruction of fisheries catches; one is about the freshwater fisheries of Quebec, the other about the global catch of sponge fisheries, both from 1950 to the near present. The remaining contributions comprise 3 articles on sardinella in West Africa, basic traits in sharks and rays, and the “fishing down” phenomenon in the Bohai Sea in the Chinese Northeast, and 3 short accounts with observations by one of us (D.P.) on a trip to India and on receiving science awards, which does make one think. [An updated file with corrections was uploaded on 2023-12-20.]
Supplementary document for Incoherent broadband cavity enhanced absorption spectroscopy for sensitive measurement of nutrients and microalgae - 5569130.pdf
Creators: name: Zhang, Haodong
name: Luo, Jing
name: hou, saimei
name: Xu, Zhanpeng
name: Evans, Julian
name: He, Sailing
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental Document
Identification of cellular interactions in the tumor immune microenvironment underlying CD8 T cell exhaustion
Creators: name: Klocke, Christopher
name: Moran, Amy E.
name: Adey, Andrew C.
name: McWeeney, Shannon K.
name: Wu, Guanming
Publisher: name: Oregon Health and Science University
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Computational Biology
subject: Immunotherapy
subject: Sequence Analysis, RNA
subject: Gene Regulatory Networks
subject: T-Cell Exhaustion
subject: CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes
subject: bioinformatics
subject: cancer immunology
subject: scRNA-seq

description: Immune checkpoint inhibitors have shown success in treating a subset of patients with certain late-stage cancers. However, these treatments fail in many other patients, due to mechanisms that have yet to be fully characterized. The process of T cell exhaustion, by which T cells become dysfunctional in response to extended exposure to antigen, has been implicated in immunotherapy resistance. Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) produces an abundance of data to analyze this process, facilitating insights into cellular processes related to treatment efficacy. However, due to the complexity of the process, contributions of other cell types to a process within a single cell type cannot be simply inferred. These results demonstrate that our analysis framework can identify potential mechanisms driving key cellular processes implicated in the failure of cancer immune checkpoint inhibitors. The framework can be applied to all cell types in the tumor immune microenvironment, expanding our understanding of key biological processes that underpin the effective treatment of cancer.
Understanding attention-based encoder-decoder networks: a case study with chess scoresheet recognition
Creators: name: Hayashi, Sergio Y.
name: Hirata, Nina S. T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Deep neural networks are largely used for complex prediction tasks. There is plenty of empirical evidence of their successful end-to-end training for a diversity of tasks. Success is often measured based solely on the final performance of the trained network, and explanations on when, why and how they work are less emphasized. In this paper we study encoder-decoder recurrent neural networks with attention mechanisms for the task of reading handwritten chess scoresheets. Rather than prediction performance, our concern is to better understand how learning occurs in these type of networks. We characterize the task in terms of three subtasks, namely input-output alignment, sequential pattern recognition, and handwriting recognition, and experimentally investigate which factors affect their learning. We identify competition, collaboration and dependence relations between the subtasks, and argue that such knowledge might help one to better balance factors to properly train a network.
description: This work was accepted and published in the 2022 26th International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR)
MatFusion: A Generative Diffusion Model for SVBRDF Capture
Creators: name: Sartor, Sam
name: Peers, Pieter
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Graphics (cs.GR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We formulate SVBRDF estimation from photographs as a diffusion task. To model the distribution of spatially varying materials, we first train a novel unconditional SVBRDF diffusion backbone model on a large set of 312,165 synthetic spatially varying material exemplars. This SVBRDF diffusion backbone model, named MatFusion, can then serve as a basis for refining a conditional diffusion model to estimate the material properties from a photograph under controlled or uncontrolled lighting. Our backbone MatFusion model is trained using only a loss on the reflectance properties, and therefore refinement can be paired with more expensive rendering methods without the need for backpropagation during training. Because the conditional SVBRDF diffusion models are generative, we can synthesize multiple SVBRDF estimates from the same input photograph from which the user can select the one that best matches the users' expectation. We demonstrate the flexibility of our method by refining different SVBRDF diffusion models conditioned on different types of incident lighting, and show that for a single photograph under colocated flash lighting our method achieves equal or better accuracy than existing SVBRDF estimation methods.
Evaluating the utility of microbiome dynamics for predictive modeling: pathway to microbiome-mediated healthcare
Creators: name: Turner, Christina
name: Gibbons, Sean
name: Mooney, Mike
name: Boudreau, Eilis
name: McWeeney, Shannon
Publisher: name: Oregon Health and Science University
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Gastrointestinal Microbiome
subject: Microbiota
subject: Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
subject: Obesity
subject: human gut microbiome
subject: temporal dynamics
subject: perturbations
subject: chronic inflammation

description: Recently, longitudinal changes in human gut microbiome composition have been proposed to be more robust markers of host health than cross-sectional variation. However, it is unclear how gut microbiome dynamics are influenced by chronic inflammatory conditions, such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), cancer, and obesity. Microbiome features, including species diversity and taxonomic composition, could be evaluated to assess the system’s capacity to resist (degree of change from baseline: resistance) and recover (ability to return to baseline: resilience) following a perturbation. By applying a perturbation to the gut environment, we can observe microbiome features at baseline and post-perturbation to assess both resistance and resilience. Although challenging to measure, resistance and resilience may be related to the health of the host. Given this, we aim to understand the utility of resistance and resilience as potential biomarkers of host health and treatment response in patients with chronic inflammation.
Supplementary document for Rubidium copper chloride scintillator for X-ray imaging screen - 5569498.pdf
Creators: name: NEAWTHONG, WORAKIT
name: JUNTAPO, WARIDSARAPORN
name: Amarit, Ratthasart
name: DUANGKANYA, KAMONCHANOK
name: Sumriddetchkajorn, Sarun
name: RUNGSEESUMRAN, THITI
name: KAMWANG, NATTHAPORN
name: TARIWONG, YAOWALUK
name: KAEWKHAO, JAKRAPONG
name: Kopwitthaya, Atcha
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Revision of Detailed experiments
Beyond the Field: Bridging Physics, Frequency, and Consciousness
Creators: name: Pizarro Mccants, Silvia
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 510802
subject: Foundations of quantum mechanics

description: This body of research explores a groundbreaking synthesis of physics, frequency, geometry, and consciousness to unlock phase manipulation, teleportation, and multidimensional phenomena. Integrating Einstein’s unfinished work with emerging metaphysical insights, it proposes models that push beyond material science to include intention, environmental coupling, and ancient wisdom as active forces shaping reality.
Einfluss von Magnetstimulation auf die Langzeitdepression durch metabotrope Rezeptoren im Hippocampus
Creators: name: Holl, Norman
Publisher: name: Universität Rostock
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 500 Natural sciences
subject: 570 Life science
subject: 610 Medical sciences Medicine

description: Der Hippocampus spielt eine große Rolle für pathophysiologische Lernprozesse. Aktivitätsabhängige synaptische Plastizität ist eine wichtige neurophysiologische Voraussetzung hippocampaler Synapsen. Mittels hochfrequenter Magnetstimulation (HFMS) können LTP-Effekte ausgelöst werden. Das Priming hippocampaler Schnittpräparate mittels HFMS führt zu gesteigerten Anstiegen der Aktivität hippocampaler Synapsen. mGlu-Rezeptoren der Gruppe 1 (mGlu 1 und mGlu 5) besitzen einen Einfluss auf eine HFMS-vermittelte Metaplastizität. Es ist eine distinkte Regulation von mGlu1 und mGlu5 anzunehmen.
Supplementary document for Rubidium copper chloride scintillator for X-ray imaging screen - 5569498.pdf
Creators: name: NEAWTHONG, WORAKIT
name: JUNTAPO, WARIDSARAPORN
name: Amarit, Ratthasart
name: DUANGKANYA, KAMONCHANOK
name: Sumriddetchkajorn, Sarun
name: RUNGSEESUMRAN, THITI
name: KAMWANG, NATTHAPORN
name: TARIWONG, YAOWALUK
name: KAEWKHAO, JAKRAPONG
name: Kopwitthaya, Atcha
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Revision of Detailed experiments
Methadone Dose, Cannabis Use, and Treatment Retention : Findings From a Community-based Sample of People Who Use Unregulated Drugs
Creators: name: Lake, Stephanie L.
name: Buxton, Jane A.
name: Walsh, Zach
name: Cooper, Ziva D.
name: Socias, M. Eugenia
name: Fairbairn, Nadia
name: Hayashi, Kanna
name: Milloy, M-J
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2023

description: Objectives: Lower daily methadone dose is negatively associated with retention in methadone maintenance treatment (MMT). Cannabis use during MMT is common, with many patients reporting its use for opioid withdrawal mitigation. We sought to test whether the association between lower MMT dose and treatment retention differs by concurrent high-frequency cannabis use in a community sample of people on MMT. Methods: We obtained data from participants initiating MMT in two community-recruited prospective cohorts of people who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada. We built multivariable Cox frailty models to estimate the relationships between MMT dose (<90 mg/day vs. ≥90 mg/day) and time to treatment discontinuation. We included an interaction term to test whether high-frequency (≥daily) cannabis use modified the measured effect of lower treatment dose on treatment retention. Results: Between December 2005 and December 2018, 829 (54.1%) participants initiated at least one MMT episode and were included in the analysis. Lower MMT dose was strongly positively associated with treatment discontinuation regardless of concurrent high-frequency cannabis use (interaction p>0.05). Structural factors including homelessness and incarceration were significantly and positively associated with treatment discontinuation. Conclusions: Although we previously found the magnitude and strength of the relationship between lower MMT dose and high-frequency unregulated opioid use to be tempered during high frequency cannabis use periods, this effect measure modification does not appear to translate to time retained in treatment. Cannabis-based interventions to promote retention in MMT are unlikely to produce long-term benefit without addressing external factors that place MMT patients at increased risk of treatment discontinuation.
Expectations vs. reality: an ongoing prospective study evaluating patient expectations for surgical management of metastatic epidural spinal cord compressions
Creators: name: Marik, Charles
Publisher: name: Oregon Health and Science University
Year: 2024
Subjects: Humans
Prospective Studies
Motivation
Longitudinal Studies
Communication
Patient-Centered Care
Referral and Consultation
Personal Satisfaction
Physicians
Neoplasms

description: Many studies have highlighted how patients recall and retention of information post-consultation with physicians can misalign with the providers perceived expectations. This can lead to patients having inaccurate expectations of their outcomes following treatment. These inaccurate assumptions can be especially devastating in high stakes scenarios such as in the surgical management of metastatic epidural spine tumors. This ongoing prospective study aims to explore the quality of communication between clinicians and six patients by using a longitudinal survey methodology where patients are surveyed prior to surgery and then post-operatively and two and six weeks. These surveys are then compared to look for differences between the expected outcome and the actual outcome.
System analysis for environmental policy - System thinking through system dynamic modelling and policy mixing as used in the SimRess project
Creators: name: Hirschnitz-Garbers, Martin
name: Koca, Deniz
name: Sverdrup, Harald Ulrik
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Ressourcenpolitik
subject: Szenario
subject: Ressourcennutzung
subject: Systemanalyse
subject: resource policy
subject: trend analysis
subject: scenario
subject: econometric modelling
subject: stystem dynamic modelling
subject: resource use
subject: scarcities
subject: Sustainability | Strategies | International matters

description: Systems analysis could be an essential approach to shape resource efficiency policy in a sustainable long term perspective. Various actors and stakeholders with partly opposing interests form part of a highly interconnected system. The integration of causal chains, feedback loops and delays within the system are therefore central to identify the right leverage point for resource efficiency policy. In the SimRess project a participatory approach helped designing the simulation model. The present report documents and summarizes the various results of the workshops and the systems analysis.
EMR-driven delivery of EPA assessments significantly improves participation
Creators: name: Chang, Carolyn
name: Krol, Olivia
name: Jesneck, Jonathan
name: Brasel, Karen
name: Cook, Mackenzie
name: Seshadri, Ramanthan
name: Nitzkorski, James
name: Rhee, Rebecca
name: Shelton, Julia
name: Thanawala, Ruchi
Publisher: name: Oregon Health and Science University
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Competency-Based Education
subject: Education, Professional
subject: entrustable professional activities
subject: surgical education

description: Digital education tools are a cornerstone in the evolution to a data-centered competency-based education system through EPAs. A successful migration requires a solid understanding of the variable impacts of EMR-driven delivery of EPAs, of flexible digital device access to EPAs, and of user-behavior trends for assessment completion.
Exploring the Impacts of COVID-19 Public Health Measures on Community-Dwelling People Living With Dementia and Their Family Caregivers : A Longitudinal, Qualitative Study
Creators: name: Baumbusch, Jennifer
name: Cooke, Heather A.
name: Seetharaman, Kishore
name: Khan, A.
name: Khan, Koushambhi Basu
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2023

description: Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, community-dwelling people living with dementia and their family caregivers have experienced many challenges. The unanticipated consequences of public health measures have impacted these families in a myriad of ways. In this interpretive policy analysis, which used a longitudinal, qualitative methodology, we purposively recruited 12 families in British Columbia, Canada, to explore the impacts of pandemic public health measures over time. Semistructured interviews were conducted every 3 months and participants completed diary entries. Twenty-eight interviews and 34 diary entries were thematically analyzed. The findings explore ways that families adopted and adapted to public health measures, loss of supports, both formal and informal, and the subsequent consequences for their mental and physical wellbeing. Within the ongoing context of the pandemic, as well as potential future wide-spread emergencies, it is imperative that programs and supports are restarted and maintained to avoid further harm to these families.
Technical Report Procedure for Acid Hydrolysis of Waste Bread Crumbs(1).docx
Creators: name: riaz, sana
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 310602
subject: Bioprocessing, bioproduction and bioproducts
classificationCode: 310603
subject: Fermentation
classificationCode: 310604
subject: Industrial biotechnology diagnostics (incl. biosensors)
classificationCode: 310605
subject: Industrial microbiology (incl. biofeedstocks)

description: The increasing production of bakery products generates substantial waste, particularly bread, which poses significant environmental challenges. This study explores the utilization of waste bread crumbs as a resource for bioethanol production through enzymatic-acid hydrolysis followed by fermentation. Waste bread was first air-dried, crushed, and subjected to dilute acid hydrolysis using hydrochloric acid at varying concentrations (0.32%, 1%, and 2%) and durations (0, 10, and 20 minutes) at 121 °C. The hydrolysate was then neutralized and enzymatically treated with α-amylase and glucoamylase to convert starch into fermentable sugars. The resulting hydrolysates were fermented using yeast in a controlled environment. The glucose concentration was measured using spectrophotometric methods, with the highest yield obtained from a combination of 1% HCl for 10 minutes followed by enzymatic hydrolysis. This optimized hydrolysate supported effective yeast fermentation, leading to significant ethanol production. This study demonstrates the potential of converting waste bread into valuable fermentation media, addressing both waste management and sustainable biofuel production challenges. Future research should focus on scaling up the process and evaluating its economic and environmental feasibility.