cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
COMPETING FACILITIES PROVISIONS IN PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP PROJECTS: CURRENT PRACTICE AND VALUATION
Creators: name: Weaver, Emma
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Civil engineering
subject: FOS: Civil engineering
subject: partnership
subject: public-private partnership
subject: real options

description: Recently in the US, Public-Private Partnerships (P3) have been increasingly utilized as a mechanism for closing the gap between revenues and expenditures in transportation mega-projects, however public perception remains a major challenge to successful utilization.  Recent projects have run into issues with public perception particularly where non-compete provisions are utilized.  The conventional wisdom is that non-compete provisions in public-private partnership contracts are a zero-sum game, in which the losses of one party directly balance the gains of the other.  However, the design and selection of non-compete provisions can be such that the objectives of the public and private sectors are aligned. This study examines the non-compete provisions in P3 contracts in the US to date and the associated risk. Real options analysis is then utilized to value the flexibility lost to non-compete provisions. The SR 91 Express Lanes in California is used as a case study to illustrate this method.
Digitising The Edwin Morgan Scrapbooks: A Research Compendium
Creators: name: Deazley, Ronan
name: Patterson, Kerry
name: Stobo, Victoria
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: copyright
orphan works
UK Orphan Works Licensing
EU Orphan Works Directive
Diligent search

description: Copyright inhibits the digitisation of cultural heritage collections. The problem that orphan works pose for heritage memory institutions who want to enable the widest possible engagement with our shared cultural heritage is widely acknowledged. Orphans are works that are in copyright but for which the owner(s) cannot be identified or located. If permissions cannot be secured because rightholders cannot be contacted, institutions may simply avoid socially beneficial uses of these orphans, preferring instead to deal with material for which copyright has expired or is easy to clear. But, when decisions about the digitisation of heritage collections are shaped by the copyright status of the material itself, this skews the digital cultural record.

In the UK, there has been a twin-track approach to the problem of orphan works in the form of a new exception implementing the EU Orphan Works Directive 2012 operating in tandem with the Orphan Works Licencing Scheme (OWLS). The operation of both the exception and the licensing scheme is contingent on conducting a diligent search for every single orphan work to be digitised, regardless of the nature and scale of the project. Various commentators have suggested that the demands of diligent search inhibit the ambitions that institutions may have to engage in mass digitisation of their collections. This project is the first major UK study concerning the concept of diligent search since the Directive and OWLS came into effect.

In this resource, we report findings from a rights clearance simulation on a culturally significant set of unpublished scrapbooks created by Edwin Morgan, the first Scots Makar. Although unpublished, the scrapbooks are replete with orphan material, such as cuttings from newspapers, magazines and books. We conclude that mass digitisation and diligent search are fundamentally incompatible, however light-touch the diligent search obligation might be. In addition, we interrogate the legal and practical requirements of diligent search under both the Directive and OWLS, and explore the necessary role that a risk-managed approach to copyright compliance will continue to play in this domain, regardless of the introduction of the orphan works regime. Finally, we include a suite of resources providing clear, authoritative and practical guidance on a range of issues relevant for institutions engaging in cognate digitisation initiatives (available at www.digitisingmorgan.org/Resources and as CREATe Working Paper 2018/09).

This Working Paper is a compilation of the research sections from the web resource: www.digitisingmorgan.org.  
Inversion of content and context: transparency in nature and architecture
Creators: name: Attali, Chenriette
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 330102
subject: Architectural design

description: If "nature” in the role of context and "architecture” in the role of content are commonly conceived as antithetical entities, representative of human encroachment on the primordial image of the world, under which conditions do these two fundamental factors form a strong liaison and which is the ensuing by-product? Can this often-ignored bond between cultural artefacts and natural environments be unearthed and put to light by the use of photography? My engagement with architectural photography in the last two decades has been a constant progression towards that goal: the probing of limits between human made structures and landscapes- natural or artificial. This was not an agenda set from the beginning of my itinerary as a photographer. It was gradually crystallized through a photographic journey in search of liminal landscapes echoing a childhood in transit. This PhD investigation codifies a relational photographic language that aspires to capture narrative environments instead of set frames; transitions instead of immutable objects. This language, while developed through the analysis of highly personal themes or “motifs”, demonstrates the use of photography as a multi-layered narrative tool of interpretation, rather than mere documentation.
Digitising The Edwin Morgan Scrapbooks: Copyright Guidance Notes
Creators: name: Deazley, Ronan
name: Patterson, Kerry
name: Torremans, Paul
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: copyright
digitisation
archives
moral rights
substantiality

description: This paper compiles twelve Notes exploring copyright issues commonly encountered in digitisation projects, and are designed for use by cultural heritage institutions. Written by specialists in copyright and archives, they should be regarded as guidance and not legal advice. They are designed for users in the UK.

The Notes should be accessible for those without a law background, but contain legal references to give them enough weight to be of use at all levels of decision making. Each document provides a legislative context and outlines practical implications, including examples from the Edwin Morgan Scrapbooks.

	Copyright in titles and newspaper headlines
	Copyright in the typographical arrangement of published editions
	Copyright in pseudonymous and anonymous works
	Copyright in newspaper articles
	Copyright in photographs: Duration
	Copyright in photographs: Ownership
	Using insubstantial parts of a copyright protected work
	Copyright across borders
	Moral Rights: Attribution
	Moral Rights: False attribution
	Moral rights: Integrity
	Moral rights: The right to privacy in certain photographs and films

These notes were created as part of the 'Digitising the Edwin Morgan Scrapbooks' project, available at  www.digitisingmorgan.org. This edition has been edited by K. Patterson; the first version is available as R. Deazley, K. Patterson & P. Torremans, Copyright Guidance Notes (1st Edition) (2017): www.digitisingmorgan.org/resources
3D Multimodal Image Registration: Application to equine PET and CT images
Creators: name: Regani, Sai Deepika
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Electrical engineering
subject: CT
subject: equine
subject: multimodal
subject: PET
subject: registration

description: Positron Emission Tomography (PET) is being widely used in veterinary

medicine in recent years. Although it was limited to small animals because of its

classical design and the large amount of radionuclide doses required, PET imaging in

horses became possible with the introduction of a portable PET scanner developed

by Brain Biosciences Inc. It was observed that this new modality could capture

abnormalities like lesions that Computed Tomography (CT), Magnetic Resonance

Imaging (MRI) and other modalities could not. Since 2016, PET imaging in horses

is being studied and analysed.

While PET provides functional information characterizing the activity of lesions,

it is useful to combine information from other modalities like CT and match

the structural information to develop an accurate spatial representation of the data.

Since biochemical changes occur much earlier than structural changes, this helps

detect lesions and tumours during the early stages. Multimodal image registration

is used to achieve this goal. A series of steps are proposed to automate the process

of registration of equine PET and CT images. Multimodal image registration using landmark-based and intensity-based techniques are studied. It is observed

that a few tissues are not imaged in the PET, which makes image segmentation,

an important preprocessing step in the registration process. A study of the segmentation

algorithms relevant to the field of medical imaging is presented. The

performance of segmentation algorithms improved with the extent of manual interaction

and intensity-based registration gave the smallest time complexity with

reasonable accuracy.
IR THERMOGRAPHY AND IMAGE PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY : NON-CONTACT MEDICAL COUNTER MEASURES FOR INFECTION SCREENING
Creators: name: Chenna, Dwith Chenna
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Electrical engineering
subject: Computer engineering

description: Screening based on non-contact infrared thermometers (NCITs) and

IRTGs shows promising results for mass fever screening. IRTGs were found to

be powerful, quick and non-invasive methods to detect elevated temperatures. In

the case of temperature measurement using IRTGs, regions medically adjacent to

inner canthi are preferred sites for fever screening (IEC 80601-2-59:2008), which

show good stability and correlation with body temperature. However, detection of

canthi in thermal images is challenging due to the absence of features unlike visible

images, which have sharp features that can be used for eye corner detection. We

use registration of thermal images with visible light images (also called white-light

images) to localize canthi regions in thermal images. We study the accuracy of such

multi-modal image registration in the context of canthi detection and measure the

feasibility of automatic canthi based temperature measurement as an alternative to

manual measurement.

The second part of thesis refers to the study of image photoplethysmography

(IPPG), a cost-effective and flexible method for heart rate monitoring using

videos recorded in ambient light. We use low-cost commercial grade video recording

equipment (mobile camera/Digital camera) with an ambient light source. The

study includes information about signal processing algorithms for estimating heart

rate, relevant parameters, and comparison with standard techniques. Such low-cost,

multi-purpose solutions for quick screening of subjects provides us with sensible and

useful information on elevated body temperature and heart rate. Hence, these methods

show promising results that enable mass fever screening as a possibility through

temperature and heart rate monitoring, where low cost of installation and flexibility

are important.
Power production from a car exhaust heat recovery system utilising thermoelectric generators and heat pipes
Creators: name: Orr, Bradley
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 400299
subject: Automotive engineering not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 401703
subject: Energy generation, conversion and storage (excl. chemical and electrical)

description: The use of fossil fuels in a car internal combustion engine results in the release of CO2 gasses to the atmosphere. These CO2 gasses are one of the main causes of global warming. Efforts are being made to improve the efficiency of the internal combustion engine but as it is a relatively mature technology, improvements will start to plateau. Alternative methods to improve the overall efficiency of a car must be investigated. One possible area of investigation is the use of an exhaust heat recovery system. These systems have yet to be implemented in a mass produced car but they have the potential to reduce the fuel consumption of a car. A majority of the energy in the fuel used for a car is converted into heat. A large proportion of this heat is present in the exhaust gases. An exhaust heat recovery system would recover some of this heat and convert it into electricity to charge the car battery. This system could potentially reduce the load on a car alternator or completely replace it. The alternator draws power from the engine so reducing the load on the engine will result in a reduction in fuel consumption. CO2 emissions are directly proportional to fuel consumption.
Two potential technologies identified for use in an exhaust heat recovery system were thermoelectric generators (TEGs) and heat pipes. TEGs are small tile shaped devices that create electricity when there is a temperature difference over the top and bottom surfaces. Heat pipes are small cylindrical shaped devices which are used to transfer heat relatively long distances with minimal thermal resistance. A design has been proposed which uses the heat pipes to transfer heat from the exhaust gases to the TEGs and the TEGs convert some of this heat into electricity. The novelty of this design is that the system is completely passive and solid state.
Throughout the candidature, testing has been undertaken on TEGs, naphthalene heat pipes and prototype exhaust heat recovery systems. The naphthalene heat pipes were shown to have potential for high temperature heat transfer applications. An equation derived to predict TEG power output as a function of temperature difference has been validated by testing the TEGs and this equation was used for modelling of the second prototype exhaust heat recovery system. This second prototype exhaust heat recovery system produced a maximum of 38W of electricity at a thermal efficiency of 2.48%. The system consisted of eight 62mm by 62mm TEGs. If a full size exhaust heat recovery system with the same TEG thermal efficiency and heat exchanger effectiveness was fitted to a car, the predicted reduction in fuel consumption and CO2 emissions would be 1.57%.
Additional file 1 of Causal relationship of interleukin-6 and its receptor on sarcopenia traits using mendelian randomization
Creators: name: Chen, Baixing
name: Li, Shaoshuo
name: Lin, Shi
name: Dong, Hang
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Supplementary Material 1
Pooreotanais Błażewicz-P, 2009, gen. nov.
Creators: name: Błażewicz-P, Magdalena
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Tanaidacea
Mirandotanaidae
Pooreotanais

description: Genus Pooreotanais gen. nov.
 Diagnosis. Pars incisiva of both mandibles with elaborate denticulation; lacinia mobilis absent on right mandible, very reduced (fused) on left mandible; pars molaris reduced to a small spike. Labrum naked. Maxillule with five to eight distal spines. Maxilliped palp article 3 as wide as or wider than long, with no or one inner seta; endite naked, weakly expanded distally. Ischium of pereopods 1 to 3 naked, carpus with one dorsodistal seta, merus and carpus of pereopods 4 to 6 with two subdistallybifurcate distal setae.
 Distribution —temperate-tropical Australia.
 Etymology. Named in honour of Gary Poore of Museum Victoria, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to crustacean taxonomy and phylogeny.
 Type species. Pooreotanais gari sp. nov. by original designation.
 Other species. Pooreotanais ningaloo sp. nov.
 Remarks. The two new species from Australian waters described herein as members of the new genus Pooreotanais show many affinities to the genus Mirandotanais in the grossly inflated, “maggot-like” appearance, the morphology of the antennules and antennae, and of the cheliped, pereopods (including their sparse setation and the bifurcate unguis on the posterior three pairs) and uropods. The morphology of the mouthparts, however, is remarkably distinct, particularly that of the mandibles with the long marginal teeth on the pars incisiva, the reduced lacinia mobilis and pars molaris; equally the labrum, maxilliped endite and basis are naked (finely setulose, and with single distal seta respectively in M. vorax), the maxilliped palp articles are stouter and more sparsely setose. Other differences in Pooreotanais include the cheliped setal row having three setae (four in M. vorax), the naked ischium of the anterior three pairs of pereopods, the presence of proximal setal tufts on the dactyli, and the unguis being shorter than the dactylus on the posterior three pairs of pereopods. There are also differences between the genera in the character of the spines on the merus and carpus of pereopods 4 to 6 (bifurcated in Pooreotanais and simple in Mirandotanais) and their different number on the carpus (four in Mirandotanais and two in Pooreotanais). Additionally the expanded pleon is proportionately longer in Pooreotanais than in Mirandotanais.
It is in particular the distinct mouthpart morphology which is considered justification for separating the following two species into a distinct genus.
description: Published as part of Błażewicz-P, Magdalena, 2009, A new genus of a new Austral family of paratanaoid tanaidacean (Crustacea: Peracarida: Tanaidacea), with two new species., pp. 5-15 in Memoirs of Museum Victoria 66 on page 7
AN INVESTIGATION ON THE AFFECT OF EXTERNAL CONDITIONS ON THE RELIABILITY OF AIRCRAFT INSPECTIONS
Creators: name: Barrett, Adam David
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Engineering
subject: Naval engineering
subject: Aerospace engineering
subject: Anthropometry
subject: Human Reliability Analysis
subject: Linear Regression
subject: Maximum Likelyhood Estimation
subject: Non Destructive Testing
subject: Probability of Detection

description: The objective of this study is to develop an understanding of how external variables commonly encountered during an inspection affect an inspection systems detection capability. A probability of detection study was performed using representative structural samples, attached to a simulated naval flight asset. For the execution of these tests, common nondestructive testing equipment was utilized by multiple inspectors. For each test inspectors, test samples (with imbedded damage) and inspection locations around the test bed were varied to better simulate field inspection conditions. An understanding of how these variables affect inspection performance will give maintainers, designers, and planners a more realistic idea of what damage can be detected and quantified in field inspection conditions.
Kiictenocheloides Sakai 2013
Creators: name: Poore, Gary C. B.
name: Dworschak, Peter C.
name: Robles, Rafael
name: Mantelatto, Fernando L.
name: Felder, Darryl L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Decapoda
Ctenochelidae
Kiictenocheloides

description: Kiictenocheloides Sakai, 2013
 Kiictenocheloides Sakai, 2013: 1693.
 Type species. Ctenocheloides nomurai Komai, 2013, by original designation and monotypy.
 Diagnosis. Rostrum obsolete or obtusely triangular, flat, not reaching cornea. Male major cheliped merus with oblique spine near midpoint of lower margin; propodus broad, with short fingers. Minor cheliped merus lower margin with spine at or near midpoint; propodus cylindrical, slightly swollen at midpoint, about twice as wide as long, with long narrow fingers. Male pleopod 1 article 2 simple, tapering, without coupling hooks. Telson parallel-sided over anterior half, then tapering to evenly rounded apex.
 Remarks. The swollen propodus and thin pectinate fingers, typical of Ctenocheles and Ctenocheloides (fig. 17a, b), are not found in Kiictenocheloides where the major cheliped has a propodus and fingers (fig. 17c) typical of callianassoids generally. The female pleopods are unknown.
description: Published as part of Poore, Gary C. B., Dworschak, Peter C., Robles, Rafael, Mantelatto, Fernando L. & Felder, Darryl L., 2019, A new classification of Callianassidae and related families (Crustacea: Decapoda: Axiidea) derived from a molecular phylogeny with morphological support, pp. 73-146 in Memoirs of Museum Victoria (Mem. Mus. Vic.) (Mem. Mus. Vic.) 78 on page 120, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2019.78.05, http://zenodo.org/record/12214175
FAST–AT: FAST AUTOMATIC THUMBNAIL GENERATION USING DEEP NEURAL NETWORKS
Creators: name: Esmaeili, Seyed Abdulaziz
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Electrical engineering
subject: Automatic thumbnail generation
subject: Computer Vision
subject: Deep Learning
subject: Object Detection

description: Fast-AT is an automatic thumbnail generation system based on deep neural networks. It is a fully-convolutional CNN, which learns specific filters for thumbnails of different sizes and aspect ratios. During inference, the appropriate filter is selected depending on the dimensions of the target thumbnail. Unlike most previous work, Fast-AT does not utilize saliency but addresses the problem directly. In addition, it eliminates the need to conduct region search on the saliency map. The model generalizes to thumbnails of different sizes including those with extreme aspect ratios and can generate thumbnails in real time. A data set of more than 70,000 thumbnail annotations was collected to train Fast-AT. We show competitive results in comparison to existing techniques.
L'autonomie et le principe de libre administration des collectivités territoriales au Maroc : La durabilité des ressources locales en question
Creators: name: RIAD, Jamal
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: autonomie ; libre administration ; durabilité ; collectivité territoriale ; fiscalité.

description: Face aux défis posés par la mondialisation et le progrès technologique, la soutenabilité des finances publiques est devenue une priorité cruciale pour l'État et les collectivités territoriales au Maroc. Malheureusement, le modèle territorial actuel présente une fragilité marquée par la dépendance aux ressources transférées et exacerbée par les récentes crises économiques, financières et sanitaires, ainsi que par les conflits géopolitiques. Cette situation remet en cause les principes fondateurs du modèle, et impose la nécessité d'une réforme en profondeur pour asseoir les fondements d’une libre administration et assurer aux collectivités territoriales une autonomie suffisante pour la réalisation de développement. Cette réforme devra prendre en compte le partage des risques afin de garantir une soutenabilité du financement du développement économique et social des territoires.

L'objectif de cet article est d'analyser les principales faiblesses du modèle actuel pour évaluer le degré d’autonomie financière dont dispose les collectivités territoriales pour gérer librement les affaires locales et de proposer des pistes d'amélioration susceptibles d'en renforcer l'efficience et l'efficacité pour asseoir les bases d’un développement territorialisé basé sur le respect du principe de la libre administration.
Aiosat Scenarios And User Requirements - Deliverable D2.1
Creators: name: Inigo Adin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Autonomous Indoor Outdoor Safety Tracking system firefighters positioning UWB GNSS Galileo IMU fusion

description: The present document constitutes the first issue of Deliverable D2.1 “Scenarios and User Requirements” in the framework of the Project titled “Autonomous Indoor Outdoor Safety Tracking system” (Project Acronym: AIOSAT; Grant Agreement No 776425).

This document has been prepared to give insight in the way fire brigades in Europe work. The document clarifies the differences that have been observed between the firefighter brigades among the countries participating in the project and even within countries, among the regions. With such differences, three representative scenarios are presented and the end user requirements are described for them.
Assessment of the N- and P-Fertilization Effect of Black Soldier Fly (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) By-Products on Maize
Creators: name: Gärttling, Daniel
name: Kirchner, Sascha Michael
name: Schulz, Hannes
Publisher: name: Universität Kassel
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: frass
subject: plant
subject: nutrient
subject: residue
subject: corn
subject: 580
subject: 590
subject: Nebenprodukt
subject: Schwarze Soldatenfliege
subject: Pflanzen
subject: Nährstoff
subject: Mais

description: Gefördert durch den Publikationsfonds der Universität Kassel
Additional file 2 of Causal relationship of interleukin-6 and its receptor on sarcopenia traits using mendelian randomization
Creators: name: Chen, Baixing
name: Li, Shaoshuo
name: Lin, Shi
name: Dong, Hang
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Supplementary Material 2
Playful tactics: my practice as hortus ludi
Creators: name: Penfornis, Sebastien
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 330109
subject: Landscape architecture

description: Playful Tactics introduces a dialogue between Claude Lévi-Strauss’s definition of bricolage (1962) and my own practice. A large part of this catalogue proposes to make visible both this dialogue and the new opportunities arising from it.

My research aligns with this theoretical framework, but stands alone by interrogating the metaphor of the bricoleur in the practice of landscape architecture. Bricolages and collages are playful operative modes, tactics I have observed and tested in various contexts. This approach allowed me to understand my practice in a new way, seeing it as a Hortus Ludi (garden-as-laboratory and playful place), while at the same time adding a new meaning to the name of the agency

The material in this catalogue repositions the garden typology at the heart of my practice. The garden is viewed as a favourable environment to explore playful and creative modes of engagement within my practice. As a conclusion, the making of a physical garden explored collectively the principle of serendipity and the notion of play, in a new context, have opened up my reflection to new perspectives. Play constitutes a form of resistance to external forces, and refers to a principle of protection that is implicitly or tacitly established either within the agency, or by/for myself. Play refers to a complex system, to tactics that are capable of generating self-regulating dynamics within the creative process.
Seasonal variation in heavy metal intake and excretion by dairy cattle in an Indian megacity
Creators: name: Alam, Md Shahin
name: Mullakkalparambil Velayudhan, Silpa
name: Bateki, Christian Adjogo
name: Malik, Pradeep Kumar
name: Bhatta, Raghavendra
name: Bürkert, Andreas
name: König, Sven
name: Schlecht, Eva
Publisher: name: Universität Kassel
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: alternative feedstuffs
subject: contamination
subject: cow milk
subject: health hazards
subject: 500
subject: 630
subject: Indien
subject: Megastadt
subject: Milch
subject: Kontamination
subject: Schwermetall
subject: Gesundheitsgefährdung
subject: Futtermittel

description: Gefördert im Rahmen des Projekts DEAL
How do business networks influence the commercialisation of innovative new technologies? A study of the Australian biotechnology sector
Creators: name: Misra, Avni
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 350605
subject: Marketing management (incl. strategy and customer relations)
classificationCode: 350699
subject: Marketing not elsewhere classified

description: Dr. Misra developed a model of networked Biotechnology commercialisation process (BCP) which is expected to facilitate in designing solutions to resolve the issue of poor commercialisation. It identified network effects that act as barriers or promoters during BCP, and influence BCP negatively or positively. Specific implications & contributions have been suggested.
Integrating Infrastructure South of the Capitol
Creators: name: Camargo De Albuquerque Sanchez, Pedro Henrique
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Architecture
subject: FOS: Civil engineering
subject: Civic Space
subject: Delaware
subject: Infrastructure
subject: Master Plan
subject: Urban Design
subject: Washington D.C.

description: This thesis looks at the role that infrastructure plays as it relates to the city. It is about taking an area of uninhabitable and divisive infrastructure and elevating it to something civic. It focuses in an area just south and west of the U.S. Capitol Building. It aims to embrace railroad and highway infrastructure as elements that serve multiple city needs, as part of the everyday, while adding artistic and monumental attributes to Washington D.C. It accepts the premises that the presence of, and the need for, the infrastructure will remain. This thesis proposes a master plan, involving the redevelopment of portions of Interstate 395, 695, and 295 highways and the railroads, to provide better use of valuable land, re connection of neighborhoods, and to create place, experienced through a series of civic spaces. Ultimately this thesis aims to set a new ideal that embraces infrastructure and elevates it to civic quality.
Conceptual Design of Self-Expanding Folding Extremely Large Aspect Ratio Wing Airplane
Creators: name: XIAOPENG, Zhou
name: HAIXIN, Chen
Publisher: name: Proceedings of the 7th European Conference for Aeronautics and Space Sciences. Milano, Italy, 3-6 july 2017
Year: 2017
Subjects: AIRCRAFT
DESIGN
CONTROL

description: This paper puts forward the idea of self-expanding/folding wing and makes a preliminary conceptual design of extremely large aspect ratio airplane based on this idea. The expanding and folding process in flight is carried out by the movement of the rudder surfaces, the adjustment of distributed propulsion system and the active flight control technology. The preliminary conceptual design and performance analysis indicates that the extremely large aspect ratio airplane based on self-expanding/folding wing can obviously improve the airplane\'s airport runway adaptability, take-off and landing performance, keeping a high cruise lift-drag ratio, with acceptable increasing of take-off weight.
The role of consumers’ country images and country biases in the globalized marketplace
Creators: name: Kock, Florian
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 350699
subject: Marketing not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 350804
subject: Tourism marketing
classificationCode: 350806
subject: Tourist behaviour and visitor experience

description: How do consumers orient themselves and form their preferences in the globalized marketplace? The present dissertation examines this question through two different, yet related, research angles. First, consumers can draw on the various mental representations they have stored in their minds about a particular country (i.e. country images). Second, consumers can derive preference and behavioral implications from positive or negative country biases that they harbor, often subconsciously, to a particular foreign country or their homeland. The existing literature on country images is extensive, yet significantly constrained by the ongoing conceptual and operational ambiguities that surround it. The present research solves many of these ambiguities for one of the most prominent and frequently used constructs in tourism research: destination image.

Compared to the research of country images, the literature on country biases is still in its infancy. In tourism research, research on country biases is non-existent, making the present dissertation the first academic account thereof. Specifically, the construct of tourism ethnocentrism is conceptualized, operationalized and nomologically validated, thereby constituting an initial and timely contribution to understand the rise of patriotism the world over, and its consequences for tourism. Next, and in a related vein, a dearth of research on xenophobia in the marketing literature is identified, theoretically underpinned by seminal psychology research and empirically examined in multiple studies. This dissertation concludes by discussing the implications of the findings yielded herein for research, managers and policy-makers.
Geschlechterverhältnisse in religionsunterrichtlichen Interaktionen
Eine qualitativ-videobasierte Untersuchung im Religionsunterricht der Sekundarstufe I
Creators: name: Franzmann, Marcel
Publisher: name: Universität Kassel
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Religionsuntericht
subject: Geschlechterverhältnisse
subject: religionsunterrichtliche Interaktionen
subject: Empirische Studie
subject: Sekundarstufe 1
subject: Gender
subject: Geschlechtergerechte Sprache
subject: 200
subject: Religionsunterricht
subject: Sekundarstufe 1
subject: Geschlechterverhältnis
subject: Geschlechtergerechte Sprache
subject: Interaktion

description: Zugleich: Dissertation, Universität Kassel, 2023
description: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
Additional file 3 of Causal relationship of interleukin-6 and its receptor on sarcopenia traits using mendelian randomization
Creators: name: Chen, Baixing
name: Li, Shaoshuo
name: Lin, Shi
name: Dong, Hang
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Supplementary Material 3
ACTIVE NONRECIPROCAL ACOUSTIC METAMATERIALS
Creators: name: Baqai, Bilal
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Mechanical engineering
subject: FOS: Mechanical engineering

description: In this thesis, the emphasis is placed on the development of a class of active acoustic diodes and metamaterials in an attempt to control the flow and distribution of acoustic energy in acoustic cavities and systems. Such development departs radically from the currently available approaches where the non-reciprocities are generated by hard-wired designs, favoring one transmission direction which is dictated by the arrangement of the hardware and hence it cannot be reversed, or without the presentation of rigorous control theory analysis.

The proposed active nonreciprocal acoustic metamaterial (ANAM) cell consists of only one-dimensional acoustic cavity provided with active flexible boundaries. These boundaries are made from piezoelectric bimorphs with the inner layers which interact directly with cavity acting as sensors for monitoring the pressures of the propagating acoustic waves.  The outer layers of the bimorphs provide the necessary control actions by direct application of the appropriate control voltage on each layer or by proper connection of nonlinearly activated shunted networks of electrical components such as the switching resistor networks.  The control of the switching is carried out using the robust Sliding Mode Control (SMC) strategy. In this strategy, a lumped-parameter model of the ANAM cell is developed to control the strength of the nonreciprocal characteristics of the cell by proper selection of the slope of the switching surfaces.  Appropriate optimization strategies are developed to enable a rational selection of the characteristics of the switching surfaces.

Numerical examples are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed ANAM in tuning and programming the directivity, flow, and distribution of acoustic energy propagating though the metamaterial.

Experimental demonstration of the proposed ANAM is presented and includes a comprehensive investigation of the effect of the parameters of the SMC on the system performance. Such investigations are carried out in an attempt to validate the capabilities of ANAM in controlling the non-reciprocity in magnitude and direction.

The presented theoretical and experimental techniques provide invaluable tools for designing and predicting the performance of this class of ANAM.
sj-pdf-18-msj-10.1177_13524585221134213 – Supplemental material for Cerebrospinal fluid kappa free light chains for the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Hegen, Harald
name: Walde, Janette
name: Berek, Klaus
name: Arrambide, Georgina
name: Gnanapavan, Sharmilee
name: Kaplan, Batia
name: Khalil, Michael
name: Saadeh, Ruba
name: Teunissen, Charlotte
name: Tumani, Hayrettin
name: Villar, Luisa M
name: Willrich, Maria Alice V
name: Zetterberg, Henrik
name: Deisenhammer, Florian
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Aged Health Care

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-18-msj-10.1177_13524585221134213 for Cerebrospinal fluid kappa free light chains for the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Harald Hegen, Janette Walde, Klaus Berek, Georgina Arrambide, Sharmilee Gnanapavan, Batia Kaplan, Michael Khalil, Ruba Saadeh, Charlotte Teunissen, Hayrettin Tumani, Luisa M Villar, Maria Alice V Willrich, Henrik Zetterberg and Florian Deisenhammer in Multiple Sclerosis Journal
title: Die Bedeutung von Vertrauen und wahrgenommenem Risiko beim Onlineeinkauf
Creators: name: Thom, Patrick
Year: 2010

description: Diese Arbeit dient der Beschreibung der Rolle des Vertrauens sowie des wahrgenommenen Risikos von InternetbenutzerInnen beim Onlineeinkauf. Zu diesem Zweck wurde eine Stichprobe von 243 Personen, bezüglich ihrer Einstellung gegenüber zwei ausgewählten Internetseiten, mit Hilfe eines Fragebogens befragt. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass der Ruf einer Internetseite sowie die Erfahrung, die eine Person mit Onlineeinkäufen hat, einen signifikanten Einfluss auf das Vertrauen einer Person bewirkt. Das Vertrauen wiederum übt einen relevanten Einfluss auf die Kaufintention aus. Die Untersuchung unterstützt weiter die Annahme, dass bei bekannten Internetseiten das Vertrauen in Bezug auf das wahrgenommene Risiko der KonsumentInnen eine reduzierende Wirkung hat, bei unbekannten Internetseiten dieser Effekt jedoch ausbleibt.
Additional file 4 of Causal relationship of interleukin-6 and its receptor on sarcopenia traits using mendelian randomization
Creators: name: Chen, Baixing
name: Li, Shaoshuo
name: Lin, Shi
name: Dong, Hang
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Supplementary Material 4
Discovering the size effects in nanoporous structures: theoretical analysis and computational investigation
Creators: name: Lu, Dingjie
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 400510
subject: Structural engineering
classificationCode: 401807
subject: Nanomaterials
classificationCode: 490302
subject: Numerical analysis

description: Structures exhibit uncommon physical properties such as ultra-high quality factor, nonlinear damping, and the abrupt change of Young's modulus when their size approaches 1 nm to 100 nm. Such amazing properties upon the length scale is the so-called size effects. Though previous experimental studies reveal that the nanostructures do not comply with the classical continuum theories at nano-scale, their inherent mechanism is still unclear yet. The work in this dissertation aims to develop a computational method to predict the size effects for nanoporous materials and introduce the method of structural topology optimisation into the utilization of size effects in micro/nano-electrical/mechanical system, ultra-high sensitive sensor, lightweight structure and high-strength material. To achieve the aforementioned aims, a framework in terms of the combination of surface elasticity theory and the generalized Young-Laplace equation is established to evaluate the size effects. By modelling the nanoporous gold as a complex cellular architecture in theoretical analysis, the abrupt change in Young's modulus at nano-level is formulated and can be verified in previous experiments.

Subsequently, an iterative algorithm based on finite element analysis is developed to allow this method applicable to the nanostructures in an arbitrary shape. The proposed computational method clearly shows that size effects are highly dependent on the structural shape and topology at the nanoscale. By assuming the complex structures as a system of interconnected beams, I proposed a beam element to incorporate the size effects in finite element analysis. This general method paves the way to apply the method of structural topology optimization in the design of nanoporous structures. Its versatile and powerful functions will fuel up the utilization of size effects in future.
Release, Survival, And Removal of Bovine Manure-Borne Indicator Bacteria Under Simulated Rainfall
Creators: name: Stocker, Matthew Daniel
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Soil sciences
subject: Water resources management
subject: Environmental health
subject: Depth-dependence
subject: E. coli
subject: enterococci
subject: Infiltration
subject: Modeling
subject: Runoff

description: The effects of simulated rainfall intensities and its interactions with manure consistency and weathering on the release, survival, and removal of fecal indicator bacteria, Escherichia coli and enterococci, from land-applied dairy manure were evaluated. Rainfall intensity had significant effects on the number of bacteria in the soil following rainfall. Bacteria concentrations in soil decreased with increased soil depths and the topmost centimeter of soil accounted for the greatest proportion of bacteria. Escherichia coli persisted longer than enterococci once removed from manure. Manure consistency was not a significant factor in the removal of bacteria when manure was fresh, but as manure weathering progressed, consistency became a significant factor.  The Vadas-Kleinman-Sharpley model was preferred over the exponential model for simulating the removal of manure-borne bacteria. Results of this work will be useful for improving predictions of the human health risks associated with manure-borne pathogenic microorganisms.
sj-pdf-3-msj-10.1177_13524585221134213 – Supplemental material for Cerebrospinal fluid kappa free light chains for the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Hegen, Harald
name: Walde, Janette
name: Berek, Klaus
name: Arrambide, Georgina
name: Gnanapavan, Sharmilee
name: Kaplan, Batia
name: Khalil, Michael
name: Saadeh, Ruba
name: Teunissen, Charlotte
name: Tumani, Hayrettin
name: Villar, Luisa M
name: Willrich, Maria Alice V
name: Zetterberg, Henrik
name: Deisenhammer, Florian
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Aged Health Care

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-3-msj-10.1177_13524585221134213 for Cerebrospinal fluid kappa free light chains for the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Harald Hegen, Janette Walde, Klaus Berek, Georgina Arrambide, Sharmilee Gnanapavan, Batia Kaplan, Michael Khalil, Ruba Saadeh, Charlotte Teunissen, Hayrettin Tumani, Luisa M Villar, Maria Alice V Willrich, Henrik Zetterberg and Florian Deisenhammer in Multiple Sclerosis Journal
E-Government adoption and implementation in Oman: a government perspective
Creators: name: Al-Mamari, Qasim
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024

description: This thesis reports a description and analysis of the factors that influenced the process of adoption and implementation of the e-Government initiative in Oman over the period 2000 - 2013. The research provides an explanation of why government organisations in Oman developed and then adopted e-Government projects, and how that affected their success as an example of what might also be the case in many developing countries.

Data was collected using a theoretical framework developed from the extant literature, and analysed using Institutional Theory. The findings suggest that the Omani Government was motivated to adopt e-Government as a service to the people of Oman because of a perceived need to conform to world standards and improving the performance of the public sector. The intention in Oman was also to adopt e-Government services to improve efficiency in relations with various government departments as a means to attract foreign direct investment and create a knowledge-based industry.

The study shows that while it was considered important for Oman to adopt e-Government, the progress of implementation was slow with an observable mismatch between the rhetoric of the implementation strategy and the actual outcomes. This mismatch, the study argues, is associated with interrelated challenges within the institutional infrastructure which lacked integration, with an ineffective management style lacking effective project control and the requisite IS/IT knowledge, and with the technology infrastructure which lacked reliable high-speed network coverage.

The study concludes that although a strong will for the adoption and implementation of e-Government existed, coupled with sufficient financial resources, the necessary human and technological resources to overcome implementation obstacles did not exist. The study shows that the implementation was episodic: the implementation of e-Government in Oman was launched in 2003, discovered to be stalled in 2011, and was restarted in 2012.

As the focus of the study was on the supply-side of e-Government, an important theoretical contribution of this study is the development of a framework of e-Government adoption motivators. Using the concept of institutional decoupling, this framework offers a new understanding of the observed high failure rate of e-Government implementation in many developing countries.
In terms of practical contributions, important lessons can be learnt particularly with regard to synchronising motivating factors with institutional, technological and organisational prerequisites, and expected outcomes. In other words, governments should establish a clear and close link between means and ends prior to implementing e-Government initiatives by engaging relevant stakeholders in the design process to avoid mismatch between project design and reality.