cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The entrepreneurship of mega-sporting events: an analysis of the 2006 IAU World Cup
Creators: name: Terjesen, Siri
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: In October 2006, Misari, South Korea, takes the world stage in athletics, hosting the International Association of Ultrarunners (IAU) 100km World Cup [hereinafter IAU World Cup]. The IAU World Cup is the leading global ultrarunning championship and is sanctioned by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), the international governing body for the sport of athletics, and is expected to attract over 300 athletes and managers from 40 countries and another 10,000 local runners, spectators and volunteers are expected to participate. Ultrarunning, also termed 'ultradistance' or 'ultramarathoning,' describes any event longer than the traditional 42.2 kilometers marathon distance, and is one of the fastest growing sports in the world, particularly in Asia. Each year, over 100,000 people around the world complete an ultramarathon, including an estimated 2,000 in South Korea's twenty ultramarathons. The IAU World Cup is an example of a truly entrepreneurial endeavor in the Asian sports industry. As yet, however, there has been little research on ultrarunning (outside kinesiology journals), and entrepreneurship in the sports industry, particularly in Asian environments. This article proceeds as follows. First, the context of Korea, mega-sporting events and ultrarunning is reviewed. A theoretical framework for new venture development, based on entrepreneurial behaviour, opportunity recognition and resource accumulation is put forward. Based on a longitudinal case study and interviews with key IAU World Cup organizers and stakeholders and observation at the World Cup, this paper details the entrepreneurial development and professionalism of ultrarunning in Korea, culminating with the 2006 hosting of the IAU World Cup. We conclude with implications for the future of mega-sporting events in Asia and future research directions.
Offener Brief an den Vorsitzenden der Deutschen Bischofskonferenz, Reinhard Kardinal Marx
Creators: name: Wittmann-Englert, Kerstin
Publisher: name: kunsttexte.de - Journal für Kunst- und Bildgeschichte
Year: 2022

description: Die Unterzeichneten wählen den ungewöhnlichen Weg eines offenen Briefes, um die Verantwortlichen der Katholischen Kirche und die Öffentlichkeit – darunter auch die Gemeindemitglieder – mit aller Deutlichkeit darauf aufmerksam zu machen, dass der geplante Umbau der ehrwürdigen Hauptkirche der Erzdiözese Berlin einer Teilzerstörung gleichkommen würde und mit ihrem Status als eingetragenes Baudenkmal unvereinbar ist. Darüber hinaus erscheint ein derart weitgehender Umbau weder gottesdienstlich erforderlich noch im Hinblick auf den finanziellen Aufwand in vielstelliger Millionenhöhe gerechtfertigt, zumal vor dem Hintergrund des überkonfessionell begrüßten Kurses der materiellen Bescheidenheit von Papst Franziskus und der Limburger Bauaffäre.
description: kunsttexte.de - Journal für Kunst- und Bildgeschichte, Nr. 2 (2014): Kunsttexte
Outline and Reading list for a UG tutorial in sociological theory
Creators: name: Spreckelsen, Thees F.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: This course outline for 8 tutorials was used in 2009 to teach the undergraduate paper in sociological theory. It has a focus on ideas from "analytical sociology" (Hedström 2004, 2009). Readings were taken from the reading list of the Department of Sociology, University of Oxford, compiled by Dr. Michael Biggs.
Design of Low Cost Temperature Controlled Neonatal Transportation Device
Creators: name: Liya, Befekadu
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2017

description: Temperature instability in preterm neonates is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality. The immature systems and organs of preterm neonates in combination with poor facilities and after birth care lead to lifelong health complications, if not death. The drop of temperature in preterm neonatesneonate highly increases while they are transported through the embrace of nurses from delivery rooms to Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) in referral hospitals. They may also be transported by ambulances for large kilometers, because NICUs in Ethiopia are found only in referral hospitals. A significant drop of temperature in the surrounding environment during transportation makes the preterm neonates hypothermic and affects the whole function of their body. Therefore it"s necessary to measure and optimize the neonates" body temperature to the normal level while they are being transported. In order to solve this problem, in this thesis we have designed and prototyped a novel portable device that can be used to transport the neonates in a temperature controlled environment. We believe that this device, once fully developed and implemented, can save thousands of lives of preterm neonates and avoid the pain caused to parents due to lose of their new born babies. The price and simplicity of our design makes it convenient for use in low resource settings and low income countries like Ethiopia. In our design, we have used temperature sensors and microcontroller to measure the body temperature of the preterm neonates and make the right decisions. Heater and fan are used to generate and circulate heat around the preterm neonate. Based on the temperature reading obtained from the temperature sensors, the microcontroller decides whether or not to turn the heater and fan ON. The system uses dis
Procurculio L. Arnoldi, 1977 Eccoptothoracini L. Arnoldi 1977
Creators: name: Legalov, Andrei A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Nemonychidae
Procurculio

description: Genus Procurculio L. Arnoldi, 1977
 Procurculio L. Arnoldi, 1977: 157
 Type species: Procurculio fortipes L. Arnoldi, 1977
 Eccoptothorax L. Arnoldi, 1977: 158; type species: Eccoptothorax latipennis L. Arnoldi, 1977
description: Published as part of Legalov, Andrei A., 2010, Checklist of Mesozoic Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) with description of new taxa, pp. 71-101 in Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 10 (1) on pages 82-83, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13204570
title: Corona Constitutional #43: Hat jemand Stammbaumforschung gesagt?
Creators: name: Heppner, Charlotte
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 342

description: Während vor vier Wochen die gewaltsamen Krawalle in Stuttgart für mediale Aufregung gesorgt haben, ist es jetzt deren Aufklärung. Hinter dem Stichwort „Stammbaumforschung” verbergen sich bundesweite Recherchen bei Standesämtern, die die Stuttgarter Polizei anstellt, um einen etwaigen Migrationshintergrund der Tatverdächtigen feststellen zu können. Was das für die aktuelle Debatte um möglicherweise rassistische Strukturen in den Behörden aussagt und was für gute Polizeiarbeit wichtig ist, bespricht Charlotte Heppner im heutigen Podcast mit TOBIAS SINGELNSTEIN.
description: Verfassungsblog: On Matters Constitutional
Brenthorrhinus L. Arnoldi 1977
Creators: name: Legalov, Andrei A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Nemonychidae
Brenthorrhinus

description: Genus Brenthorrhinus L. Arnoldi, 1977
 Brenthorrhinus L. Arnoldi, 1977: 172
 Type species: Brenthorrhinus mirabilis L. Arnoldi, 1977
description: Published as part of Legalov, Andrei A., 2010, Checklist of Mesozoic Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) with description of new taxa, pp. 71-101 in Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 10 (1) on page 84, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13204570
Buryatnemonyx gratshevi Legalov 2010, sp.n.
Creators: name: Legalov, Andrei A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Nemonychidae
Buryatnemonyx
Buryatnemonyx gratshevi

description: Buryatnemonyx gratshevi Legalov, sp.n. (Fig. 1)
 Material. Holotype – ex. (PIN ¹ 5026/41), Buryatiya (Buryat Republic), Zakamensk District, 10 km SSE Tsakir, Khasurtyi River.
 Description. Body flattened dorsoventrally, black. Rostrum long, hardly narrowed to place of antennal attachment, further weakly widened to apex, 12.1 times longer than width, 2.43 times longer than pronotum. Antennae located before the rostrum middle. Head large, wider than length. Eyes large, not convex. Temples shorter than eye. Antennae long, reaching the pronotum middle. Funicle segments elongated. 7th segment of funicle similar to claval segments. Clava not compact, 1.75 times wider than funicle. 1st segment trapezoid. 2nd segment trapezoid, longer than 1st segment. 3rd segment tear-shaped. Pronotum transversal, 2.37 times wider than long. The greatest width on the middle. Elytra wide, 1.36 times longer than width, 4.86 times longer than pronotum. Elytra in humeri wider than pronotum. Femora weakly widened. Length of body: 4.1 mm.
 Etymology. This new species is named in honour of V.G. Gratshev.
 Distribution. Khasurtyi.
description: Published as part of Legalov, Andrei A., 2010, Checklist of Mesozoic Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) with description of new taxa, pp. 71-101 in Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 10 (1) on pages 84-85, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13204570
title: “‘The West’ might not exist anymore”
Creators: name: Spitra, Sebastian
name: Pogies, Christian
name: Saiger, Anna-Julia
name: Bernstorff, Jochen
name: Dann, Philipp
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 341

description: Völkerrechtsblog
Distenorrhinus L. Arnoldi 1977
Creators: name: Legalov, Andrei A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Nemonychidae
Distenorrhinus

description: Genus Distenorrhinus L. Arnoldi, 1977
 Distenorrhinus L. Arnoldi, 1977: 170
 Type species: Distenorrhinus antennatus L. Arnoldi, 1977
description: Published as part of Legalov, Andrei A., 2010, Checklist of Mesozoic Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) with description of new taxa, pp. 71-101 in Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 10 (1) on page 85, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13204570
Distenorrhinus (Distenorrhinus) angulatus L. Arnoldi 1977
Creators: name: Legalov, Andrei A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Nemonychidae
Distenorrhinus
Distenorrhinus angulatus

description: Distenorrhinus (Distenorrhinus) angulatus L. Arnoldi, 1977
 Distenorrhinus angulatus L. Arnoldi, 1977: 170
 Distenorrhinus angulatus: Gratshev & Zherikhin, 1995: 85
 Distenorrhinus angulatus: Soriano, Gratshev, Delclòs, 2006: 564
 Distenorrhinus angulatus: Legalov, 2009b: 210
 Distribution. Karatau.
description: Published as part of Legalov, Andrei A., 2010, Checklist of Mesozoic Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) with description of new taxa, pp. 71-101 in Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 10 (1) on page 85, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13204570
title: On migrant exclusion and the Janus face of the rule of law
Creators: name: Feneberg, Valentin
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 340

description: Francesco Bosso presents his research on migrants’ rights in the context of different notions of the Rechtsstaat (the rule of law). While the Rechtsstaat guarantees fundamental rights to non-citizens it is also referred to as source for policies of exclusion. Francesco discusses empirical findings from ethnographic field work with asylum seekers in Germany and elaborates in how far various forms of rightlessness faced are (ir)reconcilable with the ideal of the Rechtsstaat. He problematises the idea of the law as ultimate yardstick for evaluating the legitimacy of practices of migrant exclusion and shows how the law can be opened to different notions of justice.
Distenorrhinus (Distenorrhinus) antennatus L. Arnoldi 1977
Creators: name: Legalov, Andrei A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Nemonychidae
Distenorrhinus
Distenorrhinus antennatus

description: Distenorrhinus (Distenorrhinus) antennatus L. Arnoldi, 1977
 Distenorrhinus antennatus L. Arnoldi, 1977: 171
 Distenorrhinus antennatus: Gratshev & Zherikhin, 1995: 86
 Distenorrhinus antennatus: Soriano, Gratshev, Delclòs, 2006: 564
 Distenorrhinus antennatus: Legalov, 2009b: 210
 Distribution. Karatau.
description: Published as part of Legalov, Andrei A., 2010, Checklist of Mesozoic Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) with description of new taxa, pp. 71-101 in Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 10 (1) on page 85, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13204570
Game Theory of Shutting Things Down
Creators: name: Alicea, Bradly
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Statistics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Probability
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Economics

description: Printable version of a blogroll of the US Government Shutdown. Original version located at: http://syntheticdaisies.blogspot.com/2013/10/game-theory-of-shutting-things-down.html
Deep searches for high redshift molecular absorption
Creators: name: Curran, Stephen J.
name: Webb, J. K.
name: Murphy, Michael
name: Kuno, N.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Millimetre-band scans of the frequency space towards optically dim quasars is potentially a highly efficient method for detecting new high redshift molecular absorption systems. Here we describe scans towards 7 quasars over wide bandwidths (up to 23 GHz) with sensitivity limits sufficient to detect the 4 redshifted absorbers already known. With wider frequency bands, highly efficient searches of large numbers of possibly obscured objects will yield many new molecular absorbers.
Distenorrhinus (Distenorrhinus) arnoldii Gratshev & Zherikhin 1995
Creators: name: Legalov, Andrei A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Nemonychidae
Distenorrhinus
Distenorrhinus arnoldii

description: Distenorrhinus (Distenorrhinus) arnoldii Gratshev & Zherikhin, 1995
 Distenorrhinus arnoldii Gratshev & Zherikhin, 1995: 85
 Distenorrhinus arnoldii: Soriano, Gratshev, Delclòs, 2006: 564
 Distenorrhinus arnoldii: Legalov, 2009b: 210
 Distribution. Karatau.
description: Published as part of Legalov, Andrei A., 2010, Checklist of Mesozoic Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) with description of new taxa, pp. 71-101 in Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 10 (1) on page 85, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13204570
Assessment of Stand-Alone Solar Photovoltaic Power Systems Performance and Reliability for Rural Electrification in Ethiopia
Creators: name: Woldeyes, Sebsibie
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2017

description: The purpose of this study was focused on assessment of stand-alone solar photovoltaic power systems performance and reliability for rural electrification in Ethiopia. It was conducted to assess and evaluate the data collections which were administered on samples randomly selected sites installed in the Benshangul Gumuz, Tigray, Oromia and Amhara regions of Ethiopia. About ten sample sites were identified for each regions and data gathering were made using solar photovoltaic systems investigation check list (see appendices I -VI ) for almost two months. The solar and wind master plan of Ethiopia (used as indicated on the solar radiations data) has a huge solar energy potential for rural electrification through the off-grid system in the samples of randomly selected sites of solar home systems (SHS) and institutional systems (like health post and rural primary schools) in the four regions. The data collected were analyzed using descriptive survey; theoretical, mathematical formulation experimental models, emission reduction analysis and PVsyst software analysis. The analysis and interpretation of data have been made according to the objectives. As can be seen from the investigation of SHS oc V was decreased by 1.54V (7%), sc I whereas decreased by 7.961A (97.3%). Thereby, the output power out oc sc P V  I was reduced by 4.37W (21.85%) after installation. Similar situations have been observed for institutional systems too. Based on the findings of this study, the performance and the reliability of stand-alone PV power systems were affected by variety of factors, such as failure of the components, system configuration, maximum power point tracking, system orientation, tracking solar panels and the ambient conditions. Moreover, loss of PV systems have been observed everywhere in the sample sites due to an accumulation of dust, failure of system design, high temperature and shading. Some of these factors may not be the cause for a total failure, but still have a de-rating impact on the output power of a PV system. In fact, any parameter that impacts the output power of a PV system causes a de-rating in its nominal generation, and can potentially degrade its capability to supply the load, and that leads to a reliability issue. So, it is critical to adapt standard design practices of mathematical formulations, experimentally and PVsyst methods by numerical simulation to identify the ways to improve performance and reliability of stand-alone PV power systems for further practicality in the country. Keywords: Stand-alone, Solar photovoltaic system, Maximum power point tracking, System orientation, Tracking solar panels, Performance, Reliability
title: FAU Human Rights Podcast #12: Corona, Religionsfreiheit, Menschenrechte
Creators: name: Krajewski, Markus
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 340

description: Corona und Gottesdienstbeschränkungen – diese Debatte holt uns auch in der zweiten Welle und im zweiten Lockdown wieder ein. Die einen kritisieren ein „Privileg der Kirchen“, die anderen beklagen eine Verletzung der Religionsfreiheit. Das zeigt, dass man das Verhältnis von Religionsfreiheit und Gesundheitsschutz kann man sehr unterschiedlich bewerten kann und das führt auch zu grundsätzlichen Fragen zum Verhältnis von Religion und Grund- bzw. Menschenrechten. Ein vorweihnachtliches Gespräch mit Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Heiner Bielefeldt, Professor für Menschenrechte und ehemaliger UN-Sonderberichterstatter für Religions- und Weltanschauungsfreiheit.
Large-object range data acquisition, fusion and segmentation
Creators: name: Hesami, Reyhaneh
name: Bab-Hadiashar, Alireza
name: Gheissari, Niloofar
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper presents the design of a low cost large-scale 3D scanner. A pan-tilt unit, a camera and a laser distance meter are combined to capture the required range and intensity data. Innovative methods for calibrating the device and fusion of the intensity and range data are introduced. Once a reliable data achieved, a parametric segmentation technique has been adopted to segment the range images into planar surfaces. Experimental results show that even for data corrupted by a large number of outliers (due to people movement in front of the imaged buildings), range and intensity data are highly consistence and segmentation algorithm has been able to properly segment coplanar areas.
Distenorrhinus (Distenorrhinus) pallidirostris Gratshev & Zherikhin 1995
Creators: name: Legalov, Andrei A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Nemonychidae
Distenorrhinus
Distenorrhinus pallidirostris

description: Distenorrhinus (Distenorrhinus) pallidirostris Gratshev & Zherikhin, 1995
 Distenorrhinus pallidirostris Gratshev & Zherikhin, 1995: 85
 Distenorrhinus pallidirostris: Soriano, Gratshev, Delclòs, 2006: 564
 Distenorrhinus pallidirostris: Legalov, 2009b: 210
 Distribution. Karatau.
description: Published as part of Legalov, Andrei A., 2010, Checklist of Mesozoic Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) with description of new taxa, pp. 71-101 in Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 10 (1) on page 85, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13204570
Distenorrhinus (Distenorrhinus) rotundicollis Gratshev & Zherikhin 1995
Creators: name: Legalov, Andrei A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Nemonychidae
Distenorrhinus
Distenorrhinus rotundicollis

description: Distenorrhinus (Distenorrhinus) rotundicollis Gratshev & Zherikhin, 1995
 Distenorrhinus rotundicollis Gratshev & Zherikhin, 1995: 85
 Distenorrhinus rotundicollis: Soriano, Gratshev, Delclòs, 2006: 564
 Distenorrhinus rotundicollis: Legalov, 2009b: 210
 Distribution. Karatau.
description: Published as part of Legalov, Andrei A., 2010, Checklist of Mesozoic Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) with description of new taxa, pp. 71-101 in Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 10 (1) on page 85, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13204570
Maintaining competence: a grounded theory explaining the response of university lecturers to the mix of local and international students
Creators: name: Gregory, Janet Forbes
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The purpose of this research is to discover how university lecturers in management subjects respond to the mix of local and international students in their classes. The aim is to develop a substantive theory based on a conceptual understanding of the main concern of lecturers working in a changing Higher Education context. The aim of developing theory rather than providing rich description led to the choice of Orthodox Grounded Theory as the methodology. Grounded Theory is an inductive methodology that provides the methods to conceptually generate the patterns that explain the behaviours of participants in the substantive area. This was relevant for the current research as I commenced with no explicit hypotheses and there was limited literature on the responses of university lecturers to teaching diverse groups of students, particularly a mix of local and international students. Interviews and observations were conducted with lecturers from both traditional and newer universities in Melbourne, and data analysed using open coding, categorising, constant comparison, theoretical sampling and coding, and frequent memoing. The main concern of respondents emerged as balancing professional capability with the requirements of a heterogeneous student population. The Basic Social Process and Core Category that resolves this concern is Maintaining Competence. Maintaining Competence is both a causal-consequence model, and a typology model consisting of four strategies - Distancing, Adapting, Clarifying and Relating. The emergent Grounded Theory of Maintaining Competence contributes to the extant literature, in particular the literature on professional competence, and the literature on teacher centred and student centred approaches and on contextual and contingency models of teaching. It adds to the latter by demonstrating the importance of the interplay of moderating variables, specifically Forces in the Lecturer and Forces in the Environment. The thesis adds also to the Grounded Theory literature in its explicit presentation of Orthodox Grounded Theory methods and its discussion of the research journey of a novice grounded theorist.
Distenorrhinus (Parabrenthorrhinus) xavieri
Creators: name: Legalov, Andrei A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Nemonychidae
Distenorrhinus
Distenorrhinus xavieri

description: Distenorrhinus (Parabrenthorrhinus) xavieri (Zherichin & Gratshev, 2003)
 Distenorrhinus xavieri Zherichin & Gratshev, 2003: 70
 Distenorrhinus xavieri: Soriano, Gratshev, Delclòs, 2006: 563
 Distenorrhinus xavieri: Legalov, 2009b: 210
 Distribution. Las Hoyas.
description: Published as part of Legalov, Andrei A., 2010, Checklist of Mesozoic Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) with description of new taxa, pp. 71-101 in Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 10 (1) on page 86, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13204570
title: Völkerrechtslunch: Fünf Fragen an Botschafterin Dr. Elisabeth Tichy-Fisslberger
Creators: name: Kettemann, Matthias C.
name: Kleinert, Lukas
name: Tichy-Fisslberger, Elisabeth
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 341

description: Völkerrechtsblog
Distenorrhinus (Astenorrhinus) elongatus Gratshev & Zherikhin 1995
Creators: name: Legalov, Andrei A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Nemonychidae
Distenorrhinus
Distenorrhinus elongatus

description: Distenorrhinus (Astenorrhinus) elongatus Gratshev & Zherikhin, 1995
 Distenorrhinus elongatus Gratshev & Zherikhin, 1995: 85
 Distenorrhinus elongatus: Gratshev, Zherikhin, 2003: 133
 Astenorrhinus elongatus: Soriano, Gratshev, Delclòs, 2006: 564
 Distenorrhinus elongatus: Legalov, 2009b: 210
 Distribution. Karatau.
description: Published as part of Legalov, Andrei A., 2010, Checklist of Mesozoic Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) with description of new taxa, pp. 71-101 in Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 10 (1) on page 86, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13204570
Configurable Analog Circuit Synthesis and Implementation Kit: PCB Based Approach
Creators: name: Abisa, Girma
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2018

description: The implementation of newly designed analog circuits in most cases is a merger of known analog circuit blocks. The testing of these analog circuits have challenges like schematic to prototype part discrepancy, being cumbersome, fragility and component value variation. Field Programmable Analog Array (FPAA), could be considered analog counterparts FPGA, have been used for the design and development analog circuits. FPAAs combine CAD tool with rapid prototyping of analog circuits. FPAAs are monolithic programmable and generic analog circuit building tools. In this paper a configurable PCB based analog circuit builder kit is to be designed and built as a possible rugged alternative to FPAAs. The need for this alternative is put forward to utilize the advantages of FPPAs in a more rugged and accessible analog circuit building. This kit contains real analog circuit components with configurable interconnecting switches on a single board. The building and validation testing of such a kit is performed in this research. It can handle more power and larger components. It contains on board power supplies and component banks. This kit could be instrumental in the education/training of analog circuit design both in academia and industry.
Wind Resource Data Analysis for Mosoboharena Wind Farm
Creators: name: Abdella, Mezid
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2015

description: Ethiopia has been relied much on hydroelectric plants for of its power demand. But Hydro power is exposed to the effects of climatic change. Problem of water level fluctuation is increasing continuously in most of the hydropower dams resulting from the climate change. As the demand for safe and clean electricity increases due to industrial development and population growth in the country, expanding wind energy industry is greatly helpful to Ethiopia to meet its growing massive energy demand and to promote sustainable development. The country has enormous potential to generate electricity from wind. This study investigates the wind energy resource potential for Mosobo-Harena using different statistical methods and software. MS-Excel and MATLAB programs were used to generate time-series graphs of wind speed and direction , frequency distributions of wind speeds (wind speed histogram) and a wind rose for 12 continuous months from January 1/2007 to December 31/ 2007. And WAsP (The Wind Atlas Analysis and Application Program) was used for predicting wind resources, wind atlas generation, develop site wind resource map, identify wind potential sites, sitting of wind turbines and estimating farm annual energy production (AEP). The analysis was conducted based on one year 10 minutes interval wind speed collected data from mast at Mosobo-Harena at heights of 10m and 40m above ground level. This site has an average wind speed of 5.47 m/s and annual wind power density is 161w/m2 at mast height of 10m. The digital map of the study area was prepared by digital map generating software called Global Mapper considering an area of 20km by 20 km. Grid resource map for the wind farm was generated at some standard heights of 10m, 40m, 60m, 80m and 100m. Then from these standard heights, the hub height of the turbine was decided to be 60m for this project. And thus wind turbine Vestas V60-850kw was selected from WAsP documentation catalogue. The proposed wind farm has 72 turbines. At the selected turbine hub height of 60m, the annual mean wind speed and wind power density of the farm are 6.79m/s and 316W/m2 respectively, this is categorized as IEC class-III wind resource at this height. And the farm installed capacity is 61.8 MW, the net farm AEP is estimated to be 201686.7 MWhr and the average capacity factor was calculated to be 37.6%.
Renicimberis Legalov 2009
Creators: name: Legalov, Andrei A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Nemonychidae
Renicimberis

description: Genus Renicimberis Legalov, 2009
 Renicimberis Legalov, 2009b: 206
 Type species: Brenthorrhinoides latipeeteris Liu, Ren, Tan, 2006
description: Published as part of Legalov, Andrei A., 2010, Checklist of Mesozoic Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) with description of new taxa, pp. 71-101 in Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 10 (1) on page 87, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13204570
A Study of Flexural and Compressive Strengths of Jute Fibre-Reinforced Concrete
Creators: name: Bantie, Enyew
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2010

description: The problems associated with low efficiency in tensile strength of structural elements, brittle mode of failure, rapid crack propagation and increased overload are common in the concrete construction industry. Whereas ordinary steel reinforced concrete is the most popular mechanism developed so far to alleviate such problems, it is rather becoming expensive in production costs, transportation of pre-cast members, maintenance costs and the supply of much amount of steel. These impediments have driven the development of contemporary concrete technologies such as high strength concrete and fibre reinforced concrete in which all the advancements entail an investigation into the constitutive materials. This thesis is part of such works dealing with the experimental assessment of flexural and compressive strengths of JFRC with different jute fibre contents. To achieve this objective a series of compression and two point bending tests were conducted. The results of the compression test indicated that the presence of jute fibre tends to reduce the compressive strength of concrete at higher fibre content. Despite the minimal reduction in the compressive strength at higher jute fibre content, there is an improvement of ductility after cracking of concrete. Similarly, the bending test results indicated that the modulus of rupture of concrete increases by 50% at 0.50% jute fibre content. Moreover, jute fibre significantly improves the toughness behavior of concrete. There is as much as 28%, 82% and 105% increment in5I, 10I, and 20I respectively at 1.00% jute fibre. In spite of the limited scope of the thesis work and the shortcomings associated with jute fibre, the thesis work results elite a hope that JFRC can be used in areas where small tensile reinforcement is expected and also in the construction of temporary structures. The least cost of jute fibre, its being renewable resources, the reduced weight of the JFRC composite and the reduction in consumption of other constitutes of the concrete matrix would indicate its economic advantage. While an assessment of flexural and compression strengths of JFRC have been shown and described in detail in this thesis, various additional changes and modifications may be made to study other properties of JFRC.
Cost of tendering: adding cost without value?
Creators: name: Dalrymple, John
name: Boxer, Lionel
name: Staples, Warren
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Uncertainty about the cost of tendering has led to research being conducted to understand the cost of tendering within the Australian construction industry. This has involved reviewing work done in Australia and overseas as well as exploring the efforts within the construction industry to collect cost of tendering information. While there is currently awareness of the cost of tendering and that efforts should be taken to minimise this cost, there is little precise understanding of it in terms of value or how it happens. This paper explores the barriers to understanding the cost of tendering. Throughout the worldwide construction industry tendering is acknowledged to be complicated, adding considerable cost to construction. Efforts to understand the cost of tendering are confounded by issues that are both visible and invisible to formal accounting of the construction process. This paper intends to demonstrate the problems and their causes. Anecdotes are derived from the literature, observations of construction purchases, and interview data to demonstrate the barriers to understanding the cost of tendering. This is augmented by corresponding observations of other major purchases. Problems and causes are described in terms of these anecdotes. Because of the diverse activities undertaken by constructors and limitations of accounting categories, expenses associated with tendering are difficult to capture and quantify. These problems are explained through examples. Even in those cases where there are genuine intentions to capture costs of tendering there is a failure to do so. It appears that implementation difficulties are so insurmountable that either people do not bother or management redirects effort from collecting cost of tendering data. It is also shown that the expense of tendering and uncertainty of outcomes leads tenderers to engage in concealed behaviour to reduce the uncertainty and cost associated with tendering. That is, collusion. For this reason especially, it is concluded that tendering and associated costs need to be understood in greater detail.
Ithyceridae Schoenherr 1823
Creators: name: Legalov, Andrei A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Ithyceridae

description: Family Ithyceridae Schoenherr, 1823  Ithycerides Schoenherr, 1823: 1136
 Type genus: Ithycerus Schoenherr, 1823 Pachyrhinchidae Kirby, 1837: 203; type genus: Pachyrhynchus Kirby, 1837
description: Published as part of Legalov, Andrei A., 2010, Checklist of Mesozoic Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) with description of new taxa, pp. 71-101 in Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 10 (1) on page 87, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13204570
Snake River White Sturgeon Genetic Management Plan
Creators: name: Schreier, Andrea
name: Brandl, Scott
name: May, Bernie
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology

description: White sturgeon is a critically imperiled species in the Snake River. Its imperiled status results from anthropogenic threats including a modified hydrograph, habitat loss and fragmentation, poor water quality, and historical overharvest. State, federal, tribal, and hydropower companies collaboratively manage and/or monitor white sturgeon in the Snake River to increase abundance of the species and preserve its genetic diversity. This document is designed to guide the adaptive management of Snake River white sturgeon from a genetic perspective using the most up to date genetic analyses available. Genetic diversity analyses, population structure analyses, and population genetic theory are used to provide recommendations for genetic diversity preservation, conservation aquaculture, translocation, and genetic monitoring of white sturgeon. The first section of this document reviews relevant genetic concepts that will be discussed in the context of Snake River white sturgeon management. Section 2 describes the results of a recent analysis of Snake River white sturgeon genetic diversity and population structure using thirteen polysomic microsatellite markers. Section 3 presents genetic considerations for Snake River white sturgeon management, and Section 4 closes with specific recommendations for genetic management of Snake River white sturgeon. Two appendices providing supplementary information are attached to this document. Appendix I provides a detailed description of the methods used to evaluate genetic diversity and population structure in Snake River white sturgeon. Appendix II reports the results of a progeny array reconstruction analysis conducted to estimate the number of spawners contributing to the 2006 and 2011 year classes in the Bliss to CJ Strike Reach of the Middle Snake River.
Government and Business Funding of Sources of Funds for R&D at Universities: Complements or Substitutes?
Creators: name: Hunady, Jan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 380114
subject: Public economics - publicly provided goods
classificationCode: 440708
subject: Public administration
classificationCode: 390303
subject: Higher education
classificationCode: 390201
subject: Education policy
classificationCode: 380104
subject: Economics of education
classificationCode: 350705
subject: Innovation management
classificationCode: 380107
subject: Financial economics
classificationCode: 350203
subject: Financial econometrics
classificationCode: 380202
subject: Econometric and statistical methods
classificationCode: 380203
subject: Economic models and forecasting
classificationCode: 380199
subject: Applied economics not elsewhere classified

description: The paper examines the relationship between different sources of funding for research and development at universities. Following the European Commission methodology, we distinguished between government, business and abroad financing of research and development (R&D) in the higher education sector. The paper aims to test short-run and long-run relationships between different funding sources. We are focused on the relationship between government and business funding of R&D at universities. Based on panel data for EU countries, we applied the Granger causality tests and General methods of moments to examine short-run causality and cointegrating regression to search for potential long-run relationships. Our results suggest that government funding of R&D act as a complement to business funding. Hence, rising government financial support for research in higher education can, lead to higher funding from the business sector. Funding from abroad seems to have a similar effect on business funding in the long run.
Gamma-band multimodal stimulation: a pilot EEG-TES study (GammaTES)
Creators: name: Spitschan, Manuel
name: Dowsett, James
name: Taylor, Paul
name: Priller, Josef
name: Hainke, Laura
Publisher: name: OSF Registries
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Cognitive Neuroscience
subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Life Sciences
subject: Neuroscience and Neurobiology
subject: 40Hz
subject: EEG
subject: TES
subject: flicker
subject: gamma
subject: neuromodulation
subject: sensory stimulation
subject: tDCS
subject: visual stimulation

description: The study will take place starting in October 2023, at the Faculty of Psychology at LMU (Munich, Germany), in cooperation with the TUM School of Medicine and Health. The preregistration has been submitted prior to data collection start.

This study will have the following aims:
● To explore a novel combined method of non-invasive brain stimulation, concurrent visual stimulation (VS) and transcranial electric stimulation (TES), in the gamma band
● To evaluate the feasibility of obtaining high-quality EEG data during gamma-band stimulation using pulsed transcranial direct current stimulation, a form of TES
● To investigate the impact of multimodal stimulation on Steady-State Visually Evoked Potentials (SSVEPs) as compared to visual alone
● To determine whether a potential effect is exclusive to the 40 Hz frequency and the occipital stimulation site
Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Cardiometabolic Disorders Among Active Adults with Hypertension: An Epidemiological Study
Creators: name: Kharbech, Mariam Lotfi
Publisher: name: Manara - Qatar Research Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Physical activity has been shown to largely affect Cardiorespiratory Fitness (CRF). High CRF is associated with a favorable cardiometabolic health profile. However, this relationship is not yet investigated exclusively in the active population with hypertension. The main aim of this study is to compare CRF between active hypertensive patients and healthy active individuals and to compare other selected cardiometabolic risk factors. This study also aims at generating predictors of CRF among active individuals. Therefore, the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) database was utilized. The data analyzed were collected between 1999-2004. The weighted total number of all 1999-2004 participants was 470 million. The final weighted sample size with full data for CRF and cardiometabolic risk factors was 37.7 million where 35 million were the weight hypertensive individuals and 2.7 million were the weighted number of healthy individuals. The current study found no significant difference comparing CRF (p = 0.06) in active hypertensives (39.6 ± 0.8ml/kg/min) and active healthy individuals (41.8 ± 0.2 ml/kg/min). However, active hypertensive had a significantly higher prevalence of cardiometabolic disorders: diabetes (p <0.001) obesity (p <0.001), abnormal waist circumference (p <0.001), and smoking rates (p = 0.03). A dependent association was found between the VO2max as a measure of the CRF and hypertension. Independent association was demonstrated between CRF and age, other races, and abnormal waist circumference. Although hypertensive individuals had higher cardiometabolic disorders, the insignificant difference in CRF suggest that hypertension status is not a potential suppressor of CRF among active individuals
The unforgiving ratio
Creators: name: Tofts, Darren
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This essay engages with the author's recent experiments in redefining urban space as aesthetic space. From this experiment it will offer a critical discussion of the relations between maps and territories, cartography and topography. This underlines a sense of abstraction, an unforgiving ratio that we continue to resolve and simply live as second nature in our negotiation of space and its representation.
Blog post accompanying 'On the effects and implications of UK Border Agency involvement in higher education'
Creators: name: Jenkins, Matt
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: Geography

description: This blog post was written for Geography Directions (http://blog.geographydirections.com/) to
accompany Jenkins M (2014) On the effects and implications of UK Border Agency involvement in
higher education The Geographical Journal doi: 10.1111/geoj.12066.
On the effects and implications of UK Border Agency involvement in higher education
Creators: name: Jenkins, Matt
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: Geography

description: This is the submitted version of Jenkins M (2014)' On the effects and implications of UK Border Agency involvement in higher education' The Geographical Journal doi: 10.1111/geoj.12066. The final version, typset by the journal, is available from the Journal's website.
Impacts of Land Use/Cover on Surface Water Quantity and Quality (Case of Akaki Catchment, Ethiopia)
Creators: name: Tesfakiros, Atsbha
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2019

description: Evaluating the impacts of land use on surface water quality and quantity based on temporal and spatial variation using the integrated watershed (SWAT) and water quality models (WASP) were the aims of this study. SWAT model's performance was assessed using Nash– Sutcliffe coefficient (NSE) and coefficient of determination (R ) with the help of SWAT CUP software. The model was calibrated from 1989 to 1994 and validated from 1995 to 1997 for stream flow using the 1989 land use/land cover map. The monthly calibration and validation results showed (NSE = 0.74, R 2 = 0.55) respectively. Annual stream flow was evaluated on the years 1989, 2003 and 2016 and the result shows that it increases by 10.1% from (1989-2003) and by 30.3% from (1989-2016) on the downstream of Little Akaki river (reach 51). This is because urbanization increases by 63.7% and forestland decreases by 61.6% from the upstream to the downstream of the river. Sediment load decreased by 98.2% when urbanization is increased by 35.2% and barren lands decreased by 37.3% from (1989-2016). It also increased by 82.6% when urbanization increased by 53.5% and barren land decreased by 32.4% from (1989-2016). pH, Temperature, TSS, NH4-N, NO2-N, TN and TP decreases its quality by 5.9%, 0.8%, 7.0%, 59.2%, 67.0%, 34.5% and 45.9% from upstream to downstream of Great Akaki river. This is because of built up area increases by 45.7% and forestland decreases by 28.5% from upstream to downstream of Great Akaki River. Water quality of the rivers was evaluated temporally and the results showed that pH, Temperature, TSS, NH4-N, NO2-N, TN and TP decreases its quality by 5.29%, 9.11%, 48.47%, 45.88%, 43.28%, 47.1% and 17.69% respectively from (1989-2016) on little Akaki river. When the simulated result are compared to water quality guide lines pH, TSS, NH4-N, TN and TP exceeds the guideline by 2.9%, 85.8%, 5.2%, 2.3%, & 0.2% on downstream of little Akaki and by 11.1%, 87.3%, 10.7%, 31.6% & 7.35 Great Akaki rivers respectively.
Optimisation of polymer concrete for the manufacture of the precision tool machines bases
Creators: name: Haddad, Header
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: One of the main operational drawbacks of the polymer concrete (PC) bases of precision tool machines is the high coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE). The non-uniform distribution of thermal expansion for the base under operational conditions induces high variation in the deflections on the base rails. The rails have direct contact with other mechanical components that hold the workspace in precision tool machines, impacting negatively on their accuracy. Reducing the CTE of the PC base to reach the CTE of the metal inserts (rails, pads, stands etc.) is essential to enhance the accuracy of the precision machine. Other parameters affecting performance directly such as damping ratio, flexural strength, moisture, dimethyl aniline (DMA) (promoter) and maturity need to be optimized to improve the PC used in the base of precision tool machines. In the present study, optimization of the PC base was undertaken according to the application requirements. The optimization process started with the optimization of the resin monomeric composition to lay the ground for further optimization of the PC aggregate composition.
Paleocar Gratshev & Legalov 2010
Creators: name: Legalov, Andrei A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Brenthides
Paleocar

description: Genus Paleocar Gratshev & Legalov, 2010
 Paleocar Gratshev & Legalov, 2010:?
 Type species: Paleocar princeps Gratshev & Legalov, 2010
description: Published as part of Legalov, Andrei A., 2010, Checklist of Mesozoic Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) with description of new taxa, pp. 71-101 in Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 10 (1) on page 87, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13204570
Paleocar princeps Gratshev & Legalov 2010
Creators: name: Legalov, Andrei A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Brenthides
Paleocar
Paleocar princeps

description: Paleocar princeps Gratshev & Legalov, 2010
 Paleocar princeps Gratshev & Legalov, 2010:?
 Distribution. Shar-Tolgoy.
description: Published as part of Legalov, Andrei A., 2010, Checklist of Mesozoic Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) with description of new taxa, pp. 71-101 in Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 10 (1) on page 87, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13204570