cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Applying the Tiers of Assessment: A Holistic and Systematic Approach to Assessing Library Collections
Creators: name: Kelly, Madeline
Publisher: name: Elsevier
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Collection assessment
subject: Academic libraries

description: Collection assessment is a key component of collection development, budget allocation, and justification of library collections. Unfortunately, comprehensive collection assessment is daunting, subject to the weaknesses of individual tools and the overwhelming number of subject areas to assess. Few studies have attempted systematic assessment projects using multiple tools or methods, nor have many attempted to assess an entire collection subject-by-subject. This study implements an alternative to the single-tool model, combining multi-tool analysis with a systematic, subject-by-subject approach to the collection. The goal was to determine whether such a model of collection assessment was feasible in an academic library setting, providing usable data without overinvestment of manpower and resources. To this end, the method was tested in a pilot program at George Mason University (Mason), assessing three subjects at varying levels of depth. While there was concern that the methodology would prove too ambitious for full-scale implementation, the pilot yielded valuable, tangible results in a timely manner and provides a solid model for future assessment efforts at Mason and elsewhere.
title: Letter: C. Harrison Mann, Jr. to J.P. Mills, Jr., March 25, 1968
Creators: name: Mann, Charles Harrison, Jr., 1908-1977
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Traffic
subject: Virginia Highway Department

description: Letter: typescript unsigned, 11" x 8.5" (29.7 cm x 21.6 cm)
description: Letter from C. Harrison Mann, Jr. to J.P. Mills, Jr., traffic engineer, regarding traffic safety on Route 50 at Ashby's Gap. C. Harrison Mann, Jr. Collection 2.22
title: Verb second and its deviations: An argument for feature scattering in the left periphery
Creators: name: Hsu, Brian
Publisher: name: Glossa: a Journal of General Linguistics
Year: 2017

description: This article focuses on the analysis of verb-second (V2) requirements in light of evidence that the clausal left periphery contains a series of functional projections in a fixed hierarchy (Rizzi 1997; Benincà & Poletto 2004; among many others). I discuss previous approaches to V2, the bottleneck effect and stacked head theories, and argue that they are generally unable to account for a variety of “relaxed” V2 systems that allow V3 or V4 in some contexts. I propose a new analysis of variation in the strictness of V2 in terms of the feature scattering hypothesis (Giorgi & Pianesi 1996); languages can vary in the number of functional category features that are bundled on individual heads. This allows a straightforward account for the attested typology of relaxed V2 systems, and a new explanation for cross-linguistic variation in the instantiation of functional projections.
title: A Comparative Analysis of White and Black College Students’ Attitudes and Behaviors toward Participating in Wildland Recreation
Creators: name: Wine, Virginia Callie
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Wildland recreation
subject: African Americans / blacks in wildlands
subject: Blacks' attitudes and behaviors
subject: Nature-based recreation
subject: Outdoor recreation

description: Research has noted that Blacks are noticeably absent from wildlands, even in regions of the country where Blacks are highly concentrated. Surveys of public lands and other wildland areas have shown that an overwhelming majority of the recreationists are White. It is suggested that more research is needed in order to understand the visitation, recreation patterns, attitudes and behavior toward participation in natural areas (e.g., wildlands) among Blacks. Using a sample of Black and White students who attend George Mason University as the target population, the purpose of this study was to examine college students' attitudes and behaviors toward participating in wildland recreation, as well as their perceived cause for national low participation trends of Blacks and facilitators to increase their participation rate. A non-experimental convergent parallel mixed methods design was used to assess the attitudes and behavioral differences of students toward wildland recreation using online survey. It was found that Blacks were not absent from wildlands and parks, as literature suggests. However, it was discovered that the majority of Blacks had higher visitation rates in natural areas that were in suburban and urban settings. In comparison, Whites were more likely to visit areas that were more solitude and required specialized equipment, skill-sets, and education.
title: Rhoda Barnes to Milton Barnes, June 11, 1865.
Creators: name: Barnes, Rhoda
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Budgets, Personal

description: Public domain. There are no known use restrictions.
description: Letter to Milton Barnes from his wife Rhoda Barnes. Rhoda writes that she and the Barnes family are all excited about his coming home from the war. She acknowledges that this is the last letter that she will write to him as a soldier.
title: Living with Disaster: Risk, Housing Instability, and Post-Disaster Migration
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Disaster
subject: Insurance
subject: Housing
subject: Wildfires
subject: California
subject: Displacement

description: This thesis examines the 2021 Caldor Fire and the experiences of survivors with insurance and housing. The purpose is to show that the effects of disasters extend beyond what is typically considered the "disaster zone." The thesis relies on 16 interviews conducted at the beginning of 2022 and supplementary data from 30 GoFundMe campaigns. An analysis of the data finds that survivors could not acquire insurance before the fire because insurers had dropped policies due to an increased perceived risk established by previous fires. Survivors also could not receive federal assistance because methods used by FEMA overestimated how many were insured in the affected area. Ultimately, the Caldor Fire forced survivors into a competitive housing market, exacerbating the state's housing crisis. The results show that smaller-scale disasters impact surrounding communities, counties, and states in a way that is currently not being monitored or discussed. The thesis also finds that public sociologists have a role in sharing survivors' experiences with larger publics.
Supplementary document for Direct wavefront sensing with a plenoptic sensor based on deep learning - 6280682.pdf
Creators: name: Hao, Chen
name: Zhang, Haobo
name: He, Yi
name: WEI, Ling
name: Yang, Jinsheng
name: Li, Xiqi
name: Linhai, Huang
name: Kai, Wei
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: supplemental material about the physical model and the amplitude range of Zernike terms used to generate training data and test data
title: The Role of Self-efficacy in Cocaine Abstinence
Creators: name: Sylvest, Christine E.
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Self-efficacy
subject: Substance abuse
subject: Cocaine
subject: Addiction
subject: Voucher reinforcement
subject: Situational Confidence Questionnaire

description: Coping self-efficacy, defined as confidence in one’s ability to abstain from drug use in difficult situations, has been found to be a predictor of treatment outcome for substance addiction. Cocaine addiction has received less research attention compared to alcohol, nicotine, and opiates. The present study examined archival data from a voucher reinforcement study where 78 opiate- and cocaine-dependent participants were randomized to (1) a control group that received methadone maintenance, (2) a group that earned take-home methadone doses based on abstinence, or (3) a group that earned take-home doses as well as monetary vouchers based on abstinence. The purpose of the present study was to determine if pre-treatment self-efficacy ratings, measured by the Situational Confidence Questionnaire (SCQ), predicted cocaine abstinence outcomes, measured by cocaine-negative urine samples, across 52 weeks of treatment and during the last 13 weeks of treatment. This study also examined whether SCQ scores predicted the period of 100% abstinence that some participants were able to sustain for over 6 months during treatment. Results of the study were mixed dependent upon how missing urinalysis data were treated. When all missing urine samples were considered positive, self-efficacy was not a significant predictor of future abstinence. When analyses were performed without including missing urinalysis data, self-efficacy was predictive of abstinence in the last 13-week block of the treatment period. A third treatment of missing data was applied by filling in all missing urine samples with either a positive or negative value based on the participant’s immediate prior and subsequent levels of abstinence. This method also found that self-efficacy was a significant predictor of abstinence in the last 13-week block of treatment. Both prior abstinence and contingent reinforcement of abstinence were robust predictors of future abstinence, and self-efficacy was significantly related to current drug use. The predictive ability of self-efficacy at various times in the addiction cycle was discussed.
title: Noncovalent Sorption and Desorption of n-Alkylbenzenes at In nite Dilution on Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes (SWCNT) by Equilibrium Headpspace Gas Chromotography
Creators: name: Cooling, Corina
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Carbon nanotubes
subject: Infinite dilution
subject: EHSGC
subject: Sorption
subject: Desorption

description: Analysis of noncovalent sorption and desorption of complex samples is costly and time con- suming. Efficiency of this analysis has been increased through the novel discontinuous vacuum extraction by equilibrium headspace gas chromatography technique (DVE-HSGC) that has been developed. This research quantified the simultaneous noncovalent sorption, desorption of 5 n- alkylbenzenes: benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, n-propylbenzene, and n-butylbenzene, onto the surface of single walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs), in addition to calculating the surface area. Three different isotherm models were used to identify the best fit for the data and Spartan molec- ular modeling software was used to visualize the sorption mechanisms. The DVE-HSGC obtains data in the submonolayer region, effectively modeling infinite dilution. This research determined a correlation between the hydrophobicity of the sorbents and an increase in the affinity for the SWCNT and viability of the DVE-HSGC technique.
title: Evaluation of the Hardware Performance Space of SHA-3 Candidates Blue Midnight Wish and CubeHash Using FPGAs
Creators: name: Lorentz, Robert
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: FPGA
subject: SHA-3
subject: Cryptography
subject: Hash Function
subject: Blue Midnight Wish
subject: Cube Hash

description: In 2007, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced a public competition to develop a new cryptographic hash algorithm to become the SHA-3 standard. This algorithm should allow flexibility in the design tradeoff decisions between performance and circuit area. This study evaluated two SHA-3 Round 2 Candidate Algorithms, Blue Midnight Wish and CubeHash, to define their performance space in FPGA hardware. High throughput designs were created using multi-message techniques, and single-message Basic Iterative and Folded techniques were applied to find designs of relatively low area. The results show a large performance range for both algorithms, but the fine granularity achieved with parallel cores of CubeHash is superior to the inflexible pipelined architecture of Blue Midnight Wish.
Shi yan yi : shi wu juan [volume 03]
詩演義 : 十五卷 [第三冊]
Creators: name: Liang, Yin, 1303-1389
name: 梁寅, 1303-1389
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2017

description: Hand-written copy, on double leaves, East Asian binding.
Edition: [Chao ben]
ผู้พลัดถิ่นชาวโรฮิงญา: ภาพที่ "ซุกซ่อน" ในชุมชนมุสลิมชายแดนไทย-พม่า
Creators: name: คุณวุฒิ บุญฤกษ
Publisher: name: กองบริหารการวิจัย
Year: 2559
Subjects: โรฮิงญา, ชายแดนไทย-พม่า, คนพลัดถิ่น, อัตลักษณ์ทางชาติพันธุ

description: วารสารธรรมศาสตร์, 34, 3
ความเคร่งครัดทางศาสนาของแรงงานมุสลิมพม่า
Creators: name: สมัคร์ กอเซ็ม
Publisher: name: กองบริหารการวิจัย
Year: 2559
Subjects: แรงงานพม่า, ความเคร่งครัดทางศาสนา, ความเป็นชายขอบ, มุสลิม, มานุษยวิทยาอิสลาม

description: วารสารธรรมศาสตร์, 34, 3
ภาษามลายู การแปลและการเมือง
Creators: name: ชินทาโร ฮารา
Publisher: name: กองบริหารการวิจัย
Year: 2559
Subjects: ภาษามลายู, ภาษาอินโดนีเซีย, ภาษามลายูถิ่นปาตานี, ชาติพันธุ์มลายู, โครงการภาษา

description: วารสารธรรมศาสตร์, 34, 3
Shi yan yi : shi wu juan [volume 01]
詩演義 : 十五卷 [第一冊]
Creators: name: Liang, Yin, 1303-1389
name: 梁寅, 1303-1389
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2017

description: Hand-written copy, on double leaves, East Asian binding.
Edition: [Chao ben]
Shi yan yi : shi wu juan [volume 04]
詩演義 : 十五卷 [第四冊]
Creators: name: Liang, Yin, 1303-1389
name: 梁寅, 1303-1389
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2017

description: Hand-written copy, on double leaves, East Asian binding.
Edition: [Chao ben]
Supplementary document for Freeform optical system design with differentiable three-dimensional ray tracing and unsupervised learning - 6280891.pdf
Creators: name: Nie, Yunfeng
name: Zhang, Jingang
name: Su, Runmu
name: Ottevaere, Heidi
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary information for raytracing and overlap detection
title: A Wavelet Based Complementary Approach for Image Enhancement
Creators: name: Kosum, Ismail
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04zjtrb98
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2007

description: Detail in an image means more meaningful information that is very important in many computer vision and pattern recognition applications. The object region visibility in an image plays an important role in obtaining accurate and desired information from the original image. In particular, image processing techniques developed for region segmentation and object classification have better results depending on the visibility in images. There are several enhancement techniques available which are capable of obtaining clear images with balanced lighting and contrast. In this thesis, a completely image dependent approach to enhance the luminance of images under extreme lighting conditions and a wavelet based adaptive contrast enhancement algorithm to enhance faint image features is proposed. Additionally, a wavelet based denoising algorithm is used to eliminate the noise in the processed images. A specifically designed nonlinear transfer function is used to enhance the luminance of the image. All the parameters required for controlling the curvature of the nonlinear function are computed based on the image statistics. The wavelet coefficients are modified by a transfer function whose parameters are also dependent on the image statistics in the contrast enhancement algorithm. Experiments performed on several images show that the proposed techniques are capable of providing better visibility in images along with enhanced high frequency details.
Shi yan yi : shi wu juan [volume 02]
詩演義 : 十五卷 [第二冊]
Creators: name: Liang, Yin, 1303-1389
name: 梁寅, 1303-1389
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2017

description: Hand-written copy, on double leaves, East Asian binding.
Edition: [Chao ben]
คุณภาพรายงานทางการเงินกับการเตรียมพร้อมของธุรกิจเพื่อเข้าสู่ AEC
Creators: name: จารุณี วงศ์ลิมปิยะรัตน์
Publisher: name: กองบริหารการวิจัย
Year: 2559
Subjects: รายงานทางการเงิน, Balanced Scorecard, ประชาคมเศรษฐกิจอาเซียน (AEC), ระบบ การควบคุมภายใน

description: วารสารธรรมศาสตร์, 34, 3
Shi jing wen zi tong zheng shu : shi si juan [volume 03]
十經文字通正書 : 十四卷 [第三冊]
Creators: name: Qian, Dian, 1744-1806
name: 錢坫, 1744-1806
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2017

description: Wood-block printing, on double leaves, East Asian binding.
Edition: [Chao ben]
Lithium Nephropathy
Creators: name: Davda, Sunit
Publisher: name: EURORAD
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Kidney
subject: CT
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Calcifications / Calculi

description: Clinical History Image Findings Discussion Find Diagnosis Differential Diagnosis
description: male, 49 years
description: Clinical History: 49 year old male with recent splenectomy and a background of hypogammaglobulinaemia, COPD, schizophrenia, hypertension and hypothyroidism. The patient was having a routine post-operative ultrasound when this characteristic appearance on ultrasound was not... Final Diagnosis: Lithium Tubulointerstitial Nephropathy
In-Vitro and In-Vivo Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Leaves Extract of Kalanchoe pinnata Plant
Creators: name: Yadav, Gangadhar
name: poudel, Bishan
name: Hamal, Avrak
name: Bhatt, S.M.
name: Raj baral, Sanjay
Publisher: name: ITLS PUBISHER
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Inflammatory diseases
subject: Anti-Inflammatory Activity
subject: Kalanchoe pinnata (Lam.)
subject: human red blood cell membrane stabilization

description:  

The objective of the present study was to evaluate the in-vitro and in-vivo anti-inflammatory activity of aqueous and ethanolic leaf extract of the Kalanchoe pinnata plant. Aqueous and ethanolic extract of the leaves was prepared by cold maceration. The anti-inflammatory activities of the aqueous and ethanolic extracts of the leaves were performed by both in vitro and in vivo methods. The in vitro method was estimated by the human red blood cell membrane stabilization (HRBC) method and the in vivo method was estimated on the carrageenan-induced paw edema. Data were analyzed by one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Dunnett’s t-test was used as the test of significance. P-value <0.05 was considered as the minimum level of significance. The data revealed that varying concentrations of aqueous and ethanolic Kalanchoe pinnata plant significantly stabilized erythrocyte membrane against hypotonicity-induced hemolysis in a dose-dependent manner. Similarly, the plant extracts showed significant anti-inflammatory activity in dose dose-dependent manner in the carrageenan-induced paw edema model. The inhibition of paw edema was found to be 86.38% for diclofenac 10mg/kg, 67.91% for ethanolic extract (300mg/kg), 71.52% for ethanolic extract (600mg/kg), 68.61% for aqueous extract (300mg/kg) and 83.75%  for aqueous extract 600mg/kg maximally. Among the extracts, aqueous extract showed more inhibitory activity on inflammation. The results of the present study demonstrate that aqueous and ethanolic leaf extract of kalanchoe pinnata possesses significant (P < 0.05) anti-inflammatory activity.
title: Brainland
Creators: name: Ramaiya, Jhanvi Chetan
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Immigration
subject: Food writing
subject: Memoir
subject: Travel writing
subject: Creative writing
subject: Coming of age

description: This thesis has been embargoed for 10 years. It will not be available until May 2030 at the earliest.
description: Welcome to Bongoland—the casual teasing name for Dar es Salaam, Tanzania that was born from colonial racism. It means brainland. When things occur in ways that do not benefit us, or in ways that can only be described as fuck ups, we blame the place. It’s just Bongoland we say. But that ineptitude focuses the blame on the country, the people, the systems that hold it all up. So here I am, re-categorizing the insult: In this brainland, home is not where the heart is, but rather where the mind is. This is where I have determined my home is, but to determine what home is, I have to figure out, categorize, and understand which parts of my memory are home: Which homes have I occupied? Where do I live in every moment? I have my home, my brainland, but what, indeed, is it? As I began writing parts of these essays, I kept asking and being asked: what defines home? And indeed, I would love an easy answer, because that would be faster to figure out. But this manuscript is an exercise in learning what home is, what it can be, who makes it, how it is made, and who my homes have made me.
Shi jing wen zi tong zheng shu : shi si juan [volume 01]
十經文字通正書 : 十四卷 [第一冊]
Creators: name: Qian, Dian, 1744-1806
name: 錢坫, 1744-1806
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2017

description: Wood-block printing, on double leaves, East Asian binding.
Edition: [Chao ben]
title: Paper: Michael C. Ahn, August 30 - September 7, 1981
Creators: name: Ahn, Michael C.
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Tel Aviv (Israel)
subject: Economic modeling

description: Paper: photocopy, 11" x 8.5" (29.7cm x 21.6cm), some pages to appear off-center due to inferiority of copy
description: Demand Projections and Economic Modeling for New and Renewing Communities, by Michael C. Ahn. Presented at the 5th Annual Conference of the International New Towns Association, Session IV, September 4, 1981, Tel Aviv, Israel. The purpose of this paper is to provide a structural delineation of concepts which are generally applied. Two concepts will be discussed: satellite new towns that depend on an existing cultural and economic urban center and freestanding new towns that are completely independent of any existing cities. Includes graphs and charts. Planned Community Archives Collection, 422.01.
title: The Effect of a Multimodal Exercise Intervention on Interlimb Coordination in Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2020

description: Background Interlimb coordination, between arms, legs, and arm – leg pairs, is affected by Parkinson’s Disease. The impaired coordination is not the result of slower gait speed, a common characteristic of Parkinson’s gait, but a result of the reduction of scaling and amplitude of movement. Interlimb coordination assists in the regulation of angular momentum about the body’s center of mass, by providing cancellation of the momentum generated, especially in the transverse and sagittal planes. Inclusion of coordinative exercises in interventions to improve balance and gait for individuals with PD has been emphasized in the literature, but not often reported as an objective outcome. The primary aim of this study was to investigate the effect of a 24 session performance-based gait training program on interlimb coordination for individual with Parkinson’s Disease. Methods Individuals with mild to moderate PD were recruited to participate in a 24 session multimodal exercise training program. Each session focused on full body movements at a moderate intensity for 60 minutes twice a week. Participants were fitted with six inertial measurement units and completed a 10 minute walk test overground before and after the intervention. The primary and secondary outcomes were interlimb coordination, as measured by the point estimate of relative phase and the phase coordination index, speed, distance, and cadence. Coordination was calculated between arm, leg, and contralateral arm – leg pairs, accounting for the more affected (MA) and less affected (LA) sides. Results 13 participants (7 males) completed the 24 session program. Leg coordination did not change between pre-(170.7517.20) and post-(169.2420.83) assessments. Coordination between arms improved from 161.528.72 to 168.089.63, Phase Coordination Index (PCI) (10.37  4.86% to 7.13  5.01%). The more affected arm – leg pair was closer to in-phase (25.3±12.2° vs 19.1±9.3°), while the less affected pair maintained the phase relationship (19.2±12.6° vs 20.1±11.8°). Distance (89.3277.20m), speed (0.140.12m/s), and cadence (6.2 steps/min) increased. Speed was correlated to MA coordination at the pre- (r = -0.4731) and post- (r = -0.6455) assessment. LA correlated to speed only at the pre assessment (r = -0.5133). Discussion Coordination between the leg – leg pair was not different between pre- and post-assessment, however, coordination improved between arms. Coordination between the more affected arm – leg pair improved, but was not altered for the less affected pair. Speed and cadence were not correlated to coordination between arms or between legs at either assessment, but were related to the coordination between the more affected arm – leg pair. Conclusion This pilot study provides preliminary evidence that interlimb coordination between arms and arm – leg pairs is improved after a multimodal, moderate intensity, exercise training program.
SURGICAL TREATMENT OF BLADDER EXSTROPHY IN NEWBORNS AND INFANTS: EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF VARIOUS TACTICS
Creators: name: Egamnazarov, N.K.
name: Ergashev, B.B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: This study investigates the surgical treatment of bladder exstrophy (BE) in 64 newborns and infants. Researchers compared one-stage cystosphincterourethroplasty with a staged approach starting with cystosphincteroplasty followed by urethroplasty. The staged correction group (18 patients) showed significantly better results, with fewer recurrences of exstrophy and epispadias compared to the one-stage group (46 patients), where recurrence was observed in a notable percentage. The study concludes that a staged surgical approach is the preferred method for treating BE in newborns and infants, leading to more favorable outcomes, except in specific cases for girls.
Shi jing wen zi tong zheng shu : shi si juan [volume 04]
十經文字通正書 : 十四卷 [第四冊]
Creators: name: Qian, Dian, 1744-1806
name: 錢坫, 1744-1806
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2017

description: Wood-block printing, on double leaves, East Asian binding.
Edition: [Chao ben]
title: Chemokine-Releasing Microparticles Improve Bacterial Clearance and Survival of Anthrax Spore-Challenged Mice
Creators: name: Popova, Taissia G.
name: Teunis, Allison
name: Espina, Virginia
name: Liotta, Lance
name: Popov, Serguei G.
Publisher: name: PLOS
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Neutrophils
subject: Bacterial spores
subject: Inflammation
subject: Mouse models
subject: Anthrax
subject: Immune Response
subject: Inflammatory diseases
subject: Immune cells

description: In this study the hydrogel microparticles (MPs) were used to enhance migration of neutrophils in order to improve outcome of anthrax infection in a mouse model. Two MP formulations were tested. In the first one the polyacrylamide gel MPs were chemically coupled with Cibacron Blue (CB) affinity bait. In the second one the bait molecules within the MPs were additionally loaded with neutrophil-attracting chemokines (CKs), human CXCL8 and mouse CCL3. A non-covalent interaction of the bait with the CKs provided their gradual release after administration of the MPs to the host. Mice were challenged into footpads with Bacillus anthracis Sterne spores and given a dose of MPs a few hours before and/or after the spores. Pre-treatment with a single dose of CK-releasing MPs without any additional intervention was able to induce influx of neutrophils to the site of spore inoculation and regional lymph nodes correlating with reduced bacterial burden and decreased inflammatory response in footpads. On average, in two independent experiments, up to 53% of mice survived over 13 days. All control spore-challenged but MP-untreated mice died. The CB-coupled particles were also found to improve survival likely due to the capacity to stimulate release of endogenous CKs, but were less potent at decreasing the inflammatory host response than the CK-releasing MPs. The CK post-treatment did not improve survival compared to the untreated mice which died within 4 to 6 days with a strong inflammation of footpads, indicating quick dissemination of spores though the lymphatics after challenge. This is the first report on the enhanced innate host resistance to anthrax in response to CKs delivered and/or endogenously induced by the MPs.
Machine Learning Evaluation of Key Aspects of User Preferences and Usability of E-Commerce Websites.pdf
Creators: name: Raj, Prithivi
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 480102
subject: Commercial law

description: This study explores the application of machine learning techniques to evaluate key aspects of user preferences andusability on e-commerce websites. As online shopping becomes increasingly prevalent, understanding userbehavior and improving site usability are critical for enhancing customer satisfaction and driving sales. We employvarious machine learning models to analyze user interaction data, including clickstreams, purchase history, andnavigation patterns. The analysis focuses on identifying factors that influence user preferences, such as productrecommendations, page load times, and user interface design. Additionally, usability metrics are assessed todetermine their impact on the overall user experience. The findings highlight significant correlations betweenspecific website features and user engagement levels, providing actionable insights for optimizing e-commerceplatforms. By leveraging machine learning, this research offers a data-driven approach to enhancing usersatisfaction and operational efficiency in the e-commerce industry.
title: Report: Anonymous, "Summary of Initiatives to Strengthen The New Communities Programs," Undated
Creators: name: Anonymous
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: New communities

description: Textual: Report, copy; 10.5” x 8” (25.4 cm x 21.6 cm)
description: Undated eport from an anonymous author entitled "Summary of Initiatives to Strengthen The New Communities Programs." This report discusses four issues: new communities and growth policy, shortcomings of existing programs, initiative to encourage state actions, and a national community development bank. Planned Community Archives Collection, 484.16
Shi jing wen zi tong zheng shu : shi si juan [volume 02]
十經文字通正書 : 十四卷 [第二冊]
Creators: name: Qian, Dian, 1744-1806
name: 錢坫, 1744-1806
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2017

description: Wood-block printing, on double leaves, East Asian binding.
Edition: [Chao ben]
Adaption von traditionellen Budgetprozessen aufgrund von agilen Arbeitsmethoden
Creators: name: Bahith, Seluan
Publisher: name: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften
Year: 2024
Subjects: 658.401: Unternehmensentwicklung

description: Die vorliegende Masterthesis untersucht die Adaption traditioneller Budgetierungsprozesse angesichts der zunehmenden Verbreitung agiler Arbeitsmethoden in Unternehmen. Ziel der Arbeit ist die Untersuchung der Anpassung solcher Budgetprozesse in Übereinstimmung mit agilen Arbeitsmethoden. Ebenfalls werden die Herausforderungen ermittelt, die sich aus der Integration agiler Arbeitsweisen in bestehende Budgetierungspraktiken ergeben, und Lösungsansätze identifiziert, wie Unternehmen diese Herausforderungen überwinden können. Hierfür wurde eine umfassende Literaturanalyse sowie qualitative Interviews mit Führungskräften aus dem Senior und dem Executive Management von zwei Schweizer Versicherungsunternehmen durchgeführt.
Die Literaturanalyse zeigt auf, dass die Kritik an traditionellen Budgetierungsverfahren umfangreich und vielfältig ist. Besonders hervorzuheben ist die Inflexibilität dieser Verfahren, die im Kontrast zu agilen Arbeitsmethoden steht. Es ist jedoch festzustellen, dass diese Kritikpunkte nicht durch die Einführung agiler Methoden verursacht wurden, sondern bereits vorher existierten und durch die Agilität lediglich verstärkt und verdeutlicht werden. Dem gegenübergestellt werden nicht-traditionelle Ansätze, die versuchen, die identifizierten Schwächen zu adressieren, indem sie auf flexiblere und adaptivere Steuerungsmechanismen setzen. Diese Analyse dient als theoretische Grundlage, um die in der Praxis vorgefundenen Anpassungen von Budgetierungsprozessen im Zusammenhang mit der agilen Transformation zu verstehen.
Die Interviews fokussieren sich sodann auf die in der Praxis vorgefundenen, adaptierten Budgetierungssysteme. Dabei werden die genutzten Instrumente sowie das durch die Transformation entstandene Budgetierungssystem mit den in der Literatur beschriebenen Systemen verglichen. Es zeigt sich, dass unter anderem der rollierenden Budgetierung eine grössere Bedeutung zukommt.
Gleichzeitig erfahren auch die Organisations- und Managementstrukturen eine Veränderung im Zuge der prozessualen Anpassungen der Budgetierungssysteme. Es wurde jedoch festgestellt, dass die Gestaltung von Budgetierungsprozessen stark vom spezifischen Kontext der Unternehmen abhängig ist, weshalb Bestrebungen zur Anpassung von Budgetierungssystemen jeweils vor den individuellen Gegebenheiten der Unternehmen betrachtet und umgesetzt werden sollten. Hierbei können die identifizierten Instrumente und Prinzipien als Hilfestellung für die Adaption der Budgetierungssysteme dienen.
title: Koopmans’ Transport Model
Creators: name: Vahrenkamp, Richard
Publisher: name: KOBRA Universität Kassel
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: transport model
subject: Econometrica
subject: Nobel Prize
subject: Statistisches Reichsamt
subject: ship transport
subject: port
classificationCode: 330
subject: 330
classificationCode: 900
subject: 900
classificationCode: Koopmans, Tjalling C.
subject: Koopmans, Tjalling C.
classificationCode: Transport
subject: Transport
classificationCode: Logistik
subject: Logistik
classificationCode: Deutsches Reich. Statistisches Reichsamt
subject: Deutsches Reich. Statistisches Reichsamt
classificationCode: Daten
subject: Daten
classificationCode: Schiff
subject: Schiff
classificationCode: Hafen
subject: Hafen

description:
The aim of this paper is to critically assess the scientific basis of the Transport Model and the a famous publication by Tjalling Koopmans in the prestigious journal Econometrica in 1949 and to prove that the origin of his data is extremely dubious. For this article, among others, Koopmans was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1975 for his contribution to the optimal allocation of resources.
title: Report: Anonymous, "Executive Summary: The Woodlands," November 4, 1973
Creators: name: Anonymous
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: New communities

description: Textual: Report, copy; 10.5” x 8” (25.4 cm x 21.6 cm)
description: Report by an anonymous author, probably with the Department of Housing and Urban Development, entitled "Executive Summary: The Woodlands" and dated November 4, 1973. In this report, a description of the background, financial history and key issues and concerns for the Woodlands Development in Houston, Texas area is given. Planned Community Archives Collection, 484.04
Chromatographic, Spectroscopic, and Thermal Characterization of Biofield Energy Treated N,N-Dimethylformamide
Creators: name: Trivedi, Mahendra
Publisher: name: SMN - The ScienceMedia Network
Year: 2016
Subjects: Natural Sciences
Chemistry

description: N,N-Dimethylformamide (DMF) is a ‘universal’ solvent and has wide variety of applications in organic synthesis, purification, crystallization, and as cross-linking agent. The aim of this study was to evaluate the physicochemical and spectroscopic properties of DMF after the biofield energy treatment using various analytical techniques. DMF sample was divided into two parts, one part (control) remained as untreated, while the other (treated) part was treated with Mr. Trivedi’s biofield energy treatment. The treated sample was subdivided into three parts named as T1, T2, and T3 for gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis. Five relatively intense peaks were observed in the mass spectrum of both control and treated samples of DMF. The GC-MS data revealed that the isotopic abundance ratio of (PM+1)/PM in DMF was slightly decreased by 5.76% in T1, and increased by 48.73%, and 30.17% in T2, and T3 samples, respectively as compared to the control [where, PM- primary molecule, (PM+1)- isotopic molecule either for 13C or 2H or 15N]. Similarly, the isotopic abundance ratio of (PM+2)/PM was decreased by 10.34% in T1 and then increased upto 43.67% (T2) as compared to the control [where, (PM+2)- isotopic molecule for 18O]. In high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), the treated DMF showed similar retention time (TR) as compared to the control with an additional small peak at 2.26 min appeared in the treated sample. In DSC thermogram the heat change in a sharp endothermic transition at around 61°C of treated DMF was increased by 152.56% as compared to the control. Further, C=O and C-N stretching frequencies of treated sample were shifted by 7 cm-1 and 3 cm-1, respectively towards low energy region in Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy. These results suggested that biofield energy treatment has significantly altered the physical and spectroscopic properties of DMF, which could make them more stable solvent in organic synthesis and as a suitable formulation agent in polymer/paint industry.
title: The Role and Value of Grammar Knowledge for Professional Writers
Creators: name: Graham Shaughnessy, Madeline
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Grammar
subject: Professional writers
subject: Technical communication
subject: Editing
subject: Grammar instruction
subject: Professional writing instruction

description: This thesis investigates the role and value of grammar knowledge for professional writers. Historically, composition scholarship has questioned the value of grammar knowledge and instruction, with little to no consideration of the specific needs of professionals. Consequently, professional writing programs lack research to justify the inclusion or exclusion of grammar instruction. To provide this needed research and define the role and value of grammar for professional writers, this thesis surveys composition and technical communication scholarship on grammar and presents interviews with 14 professional writers concerning their practice and perception of grammar in their daily writing and editing tasks. The participants describe how formal grammar knowledge enables them to better navigate complicated writing tasks and explain writing choices to others—particularly important abilities given the distinct needs, demands, and expectations of professional writing contexts. Therefore, professional writing programs should empower students with formal grammar knowledge by featuring grammar instruction in their curricula.
[Wu jing] : [wu zhong, shi qi juan] [volume 18]
[五經] : [五種十七卷] [第十八冊]
Creators: name: (:Null)
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2018

description: Hand-written copy, on double leaves, East Asian binding.
Yi jing : san juan.
Shi jing : si juan.
Shu jing : er juan.
Li ji : liu juan.
Chun qiu : er juan.
Edition: [Xie ben]
Über Verlust und Veränderung : Auswirkungen der Verwitwung auf die Betätigung von älteren, betroffenen Menschen und mögliche ergotherapeutische Relevanz in der Schweiz
Creators: name: Eckstein, Daniela
name: Steiner, Jana Alexandra
Publisher: name: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften
Year: 2024
Subjects: Verwitwung
Betätigungsanpassung
Betätigungsidentität
Rolle
Ergotherapie
305: Personengruppen (Alter, Herkunft, Geschlecht, Einkommen)
615.8515: Ergotherapie

description: Einleitung: Der Tod eine:r Ehepartner:in gilt als einschneidendes Lebensereignis. Verwitwung wird als häufiges Phänomen im Alter beschrieben und kann als Transitionsprozess verstanden werden, in welchem betroffene Personen ihr Handeln und ihre Umwelt an die veränderten Umstände anpassen. Ergotherapie kann diese Anpassungen unterstützen.

Ziel: Auswirkungen der Verwitwung auf die Betätigung von älteren, betroffenen Menschen aufzeigen, um daraus Schlussfolgerungen für die ergotherapeutische Relevanz in der Schweiz abzuleiten.

Methode: Es wurde ein Literaturreview mittels Datenbankrecherche durchgeführt. Dabei wurden fünf Studien inkludiert und deren Ergebnisse innerhalb des Model of Human Occupation im Konzept der Dimensions of Doing (Taylor et al., 2024) eingeordnet.

Ergebnisse: Verwitwung wirkt sich auf die Betätigung in den Bereichen Freizeit, Essen und Kochen aus, wobei ältere, verwitwete Personen Betätigungsanpassungen selbstständig oder mit Unterstützung des sozialen Umfeldes vornehmen.
Es konnte ein vertiefteres Verständnis über die Veränderungsprozesse von betroffenen Personen gewonnen werden, was einen Beitrag leistet, um Beweggründe hinter einer Betätigung zu verstehen.

Schlussfolgerungen: Ergotherapeut:innen können ältere, verwitwete Personen bei der Transition unterstützen, indem sie bei den Betroffenen den Reflexionsprozess über die eigenen Rollen und Betätigungen anregen, Routinen und soziale Ressourcen stärken und zum Peeraustausch ermutigen.
title: DECOLONIZING EPIDEMICS: POWER STRUCTURES THAT DEFINE, NAME, AND FRAME MEDICAL DISASTERS
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2019

description: This dissertation argues that epidemics represent a failure of systems. When an epidemic can be understood not as a solid, specific, discrete, scientific term, but rather an operational space, it reveals all the systems at work therein, and enables an appreciation of the epidemic as a cultural and rhetorical phenomenon rather than a mere biological, scientific, or epidemiological occurrence. Epidemics are rhetorically constructed through the practices of defining, naming, and framing the epidemic event. In these situations, the global North exerts power over the global South by reasserting colonial power structures and silencing voices from the epidemic’s location. This project incorporated colonial gaze theory (Chapter 2); in the “colonial gaze,” viewer engages in two fundamental ways of looking (Eeden, 2004; Columpar, 2002). He looks upon land and sees it void of history, culture, or people, and foregrounds comparisons of race and ethnicity to the viewer. This translates into a power differential where the viewer objectifies the people, land, and culture within their gaze. Chapter 3 presents a new theory of epidemic space and maps how the 2014 EVD epidemic functioned within this epidemic space to reveal opportunities for rhetorical interventions. This theory can be applied to different epidemics to understand where rhetorical interventions are or are not possible. Chapter 4 explores the key places and organizations that created the epidemic space for the 2014 Ebola epidemic in West Africa. Chapter 5 reveals how purportedly democratizing social media platforms can also reify existing power structures. Even though MSF utilized and maximized the full ethos-building power afforded to them on Twitter, their voices were still silenced by the spokesman from WHO. Chapter 6 examines the power of narrative to rhetorically construct the epidemic and investigates how narrative built from pre-existing colonial narratives distorts the understanding of transmission risks. Specifically, the narrative built in the GN from bushmeat warnings in the GS was that Africans were going to smuggle bushmeat into the U.S. or UK and thereby transmit the EVD epidemic to these countries. This project calls on researchers in the fields of international technical communication and medical rhetoric to reimagine points of rhetorical intervention during a medical disaster offers and agency in spaces where opportunities to effect change are otherwise elusive. When foundations and even definitions are questioned, deconstructed, and reimaged, it opens up new possibilities for action in this new space.
การประเมินผลหลักสูตรพยาบาลศาสตรบัณฑิต: มุมมองของผู้บังคับบัญชาและผู้ร่วมงาน
Creators: name: กาญจณี พันธุ์ไพโรจน์ และรัชนีฉาย บรรณทอง
Publisher: name: กองบริหารการวิจัย
Year: 2559
Subjects: การประเมินผล, หลักสูตรพยาบาลศาสตรบัณฑิต

description: วารสารธรรมศาสตร์, 34, 3
Partizipation und Occupational Performance Coaching : Familien von Kleinkindern mit Entwicklungsstörungen ergotherapeutisch begleiten
Creators: name: Künzli, Clémence
name: Lindegger, Jana
Publisher: name: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften
Year: 2024
Subjects: Participation
Families of young children with developmental disorders
Family-centred
OPC
615.8515: Ergotherapie
618.92: Pädiatrie

description: Darstellung des Themas : Partizipation stellt für Familien von Kleinkindern mit Entwicklungsstörungen eine Herausforderung dar. Es gibt wenig Evidenz darüber, wie die familiäre Partizipation ergotherapeutisch unterstützt werden kann. Das Occupational Performance Coaching (OPC) ist eine Methode zur Begleitung von Familien.

Ziel : Mit dieser Arbeit soll aufgezeigt werden, welche Partizipationserfahrungen Familien von Kleinkindern mit Entwicklungsstörungen machen und welche Rolle das OPC bei der familienzentrierten Begleitung der Partizipation spielen kann.

Methode : Eine Literaturrecherche wurde in vier Datenbanken durchgeführt, wobei fünf Studien zur Beantwortung der Fragestellung zusammengefasst und kritisch gewürdigt wurden. Die Ergebnisse der Studien wurden in Bezug zum OPC diskutiert.

Ergebnisse : Die Partizipationserfahrungen von Familien sind vielfältig und mit starken Emotionen verbunden. Eltern wünschen sich, dass Ergotherapeut:innen eine ressourcenorientierte und wertschätzende Haltung einnehmen sowie den gesamten Familienkontext einbeziehen. Ergotherapeut:innen können Eltern in ihrer Selbstkompetenz individuell empowern.

Schlussfolgerung : Das OPC kann zur Unterstützung der Partizipation von Familien von Kleinkindern mit Entwicklungsstörungen eingesetzt werden. Ergotherapeut:innen sollen den Einsatz des OPC sorgfältig abwägen und dabei die individuellen Bedürfnisse der Familien berücksichtigen.
Hand in Hand bei Handarthrose : nachhaltige Gelenkschutzmassnahmen im ergotherapeutischen Gruppensetting
Creators: name: Sommer, Gina
name: Zuber, Joana
Publisher: name: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften
Year: 2024
Subjects: Ergotherapie
Handarthrose
Gelenkschutz
Gruppentherapie
Verhaltensänderung
615.8515: Ergotherapie
616.7: Krankheiten des Bewegungsapparates und Orthopädie

description: Hintergrund: Arthrose gehört zu den meistverbreiteten Gelenkserkrankungen weltweit. Durch Schmerzen und Funktionseinschränkungen ist die Handlungsfähigkeit betroffener Personen eingeschränkt. Ergotherapeutische Behandlungsmethoden zielen bei Klient:innen mit Handarthrose auf eine Verbesserung der Einschränkungen ab und beinhalten unter anderem die Gelenkschutzinstruktion. Zurzeit herrscht ein Fachkräftemangel, wobei Gruppeninterventionen ein möglicher Ansatz darstellen, um dem entgegenzuwirken.

Ziel: Diese Bachelorarbeit soll aufzeigen, wie eine nachhaltige Verhaltensänderung bei der Umsetzung der Gelenkschutzmassnahmen im Rahmen einer Gruppenintervention für Klient:innen mit Handarthrose erzielt werden kann.

Methode: Mittels einer Literaturrecherche wurde in gesundheitsspezifischen Datenbanken mit vordefinierten Keywords nach geeigneter Literatur gesucht. Nach dem Extraktionsprozess wurden vier Hauptstudien zusammengefasst und kritisch gewürdigt.

Ergebnisse: Es konnten wichtige Erkenntnisse zur Umsetzung einer Gruppentherapie in der Orthopädie generiert werden. Klient:innen können während der Gruppenintervention vom Peer-Learning und dem Erfahrungsaustausch mit Gleichgesinnten profitieren. Weiter sind individuelle therapeutische Ansätze, sowie eine betätigungs-basierte Intervention empfehlenswert.

Schlussfolgerung: Eine Gruppenintervention für Klient:innen mit Handarthrose stellt einen zukunfts- und lösungsorientierten Ansatz für die Vermittlung der Gelenkschutzmassnahmen dar. Zudem wird empfohlen, das transtheoretische Modell und die sozial-kognitive Theorie als Grundlage zu verwenden.