cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Bismuth implantation and fabrication routes towards silicon donor based quantum technologies.
Creators: name: Peach, Tomas
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2020

description: Group V donors in silicon are extremely promising candidates for applications within quantum technologies due to their long spin coherence lifetimes and existing compatibility within the microelectronics industry. However, there are various technical challenges which need to be overcome in order to achieve this potential. This body of work aims to address two such fabrication challenges and attempt to provide solutions which will aid the realisation of silicon and donor based quantum architectures. Bismuth donors display a vast potential for the implementation as spin qubits however there are limited techniques to controllably fabricate a high quality Si:Bi doped system. Ion implantation is the leading candidate to achieve this although there are concerns that the violent mechanism of Bi+ bombardment into the silicon lattice will significantly degrade the condition of the crystal environment. Therefore, the formation of bismuth donor states in silicon using ion implantation is studied with a specific emphasis on the quality of dopant incorporation. Using a combination of electrical measurements and donor bound exciton spectroscopy it is determined that, under the appropriate annealing conditions, it is possible to produce ion implanted bismuth donors in an environment free from the effects of lattice strain. This therefore motivates the use of ion implanted samples as an alternative to bulk doped Si:Bi for applications within quantum technologies. Implanted samples are then fabricated into simple two terminal devices and used in electrically detected THz spectroscopy measurements. Using a free electron laser, the resonant excitation of implanted bismuth donors is observed, however the characteristic properties of photoconductivity spectra strongly suggest that devices are being heated significantly. Finally, an alternative to bulk silicon is studied as a vehicle for quantum technologies. Specifically, the fabrication requirements to controllably align single crystal silicon nanowires is studied using a process known as dielectrophoresis, DEP. Here it is demonstrated that, under the appropriate experimental conditions, it is possible to utilise DEP to manipulate single silicon nanowires to fabricate a wide range of devices. This could prove highly beneficial for the integration of this material within quantum technologies.
ПРОФИЛАКТИКА ИНСПЕКТОРИНИНГ ҲУҚУҚБУЗАРЛИКЛАР ПРОФИЛАКТИКАСИ КУНИДА АМАЛГА ОШИРИШИ ЛОЗИМ БЎЛГАН ЧОРА-ТАДБИРЛАР АСОСИЙ ЙЎНАЛИШЛАРИ
Creators: name: Мустофақулов, Бобур
name: Мамажонова, Ойзодахон
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Ушбу мақолада “Профилактика инспекторининг ҳуқуқбузарликлар профилактикаси кунида амалга ошириши лозим бўлган чора-тадбирлар асосий йўналишлари” мавзуси кенг қамровда таҳлил қилинади. Профилактика инспекторларининг ҳуқуқбузарликларни олдини олишда ўз ўрни ва вазифалари ниҳоятда муҳимдир. Улар жамиятда хавфсизликни таъминлаш, ҳуқуқбузарликларнинг олдини олиш ва аҳоли ўртасида ҳуқуқий онгни оширишда фаол иштирок этадилар. Мақолада, биринчи навбатда, профилактика инспекторларининг асосий вазифалари ва уларнинг ҳуқуқбузарликлар профилактикасидаги роли кўриб чиқилади. Бунинг учун, ҳуқуқбузарликларни таҳлил қилиш ва уларнинг сабаблари, шунингдек, профилактика чора-тадбирлари самарадорлиги ҳақида маълумот берилади. Шунингдек, мақолада турли хил профилактик тадбирлар — семинарлар, тарғибот компаниялари, аҳоли билан мулоқот ва ўқитиш жараёнлари ҳақида батафсил баён этилади. Профилактика инспекторларининг ишларини самарали ташкил этиш учун замонавий ахборот технологияларидан фойдаланиш муҳим аҳамиятга эга. Ушбу технологиялар, профилактик тадбирларнинг самарадорлигини ошириш, маълумотларни таҳлил қилиш ва уларни аҳоли ўртасида тарқатиш учун қулай имкониятлар яратади. Мақола, шунингдек, профилактика инспекторларининг жамоатчилик билан алоқалари ва ҳамкорликнинг аҳамиятини таъкидлайди.
title: Signal Intelligence and Macarthur's Use of Military Intelligence (G-2) During the Second World War
Creators: name: Zobel, James Walter
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04zjtrb98
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 1991

description: Though signal intelligence significantly benefited MacArthur 's conduct of military operations during the Second World War, each of his campaigns from July 1942 to August 1945 was marred by his reliance on inaccurate intelligence provided by his G-2 organization. An examination of the production and use of intelligence during MacArthur's campaigns displays these mixed aspects of his use of intelligence. Historical analysis shows MacArthur made effective use of signal intelligence, and despite instances of his reliance on inaccurate estimates the result was never disastrous. A detailed view of MacArthur's use of intelligence can be found in the records of his headquarters during the Second World War and the Special Research Histories of the National Security Agency, many of which can be found at the MacArthur Memorial Archives in Norfolk, Virginia.
Developing speaking skills of ELI Saudi students at KAU by adopting a communicative language teaching (CLT) approach
Creators: name: Mudhaffer, Ayesha
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2023

description: In the field of second and foreign language teaching and learning, numerous approaches and methodologies have been adopted by language teachers to develop English language learners’ (ELLs’) communicative competence and speaking skills, one of which is the communicative language teaching approach (CLT). Research has shown that ELLs in the Saudi context have low oral communication skills. To address this issue, a three-step CLT pedagogical model was developed composed of explicit instruction (teaching the features of oral communication), noticing (providing opportunities for noticing the features of communication), and practice (learners participate in a range of communicative activities with the integration of selfassessment and peer-assessment). With a specific focus on speaking skills, the proposed threestep CLT model was empirically tested on ELLs at King Abdulaziz University (KAU). Learners’ pre-test and post-test role-play performance was measured through the use of the enhanced ‘Communicative Competence for Speaking Skills’ framework. The findings showed development of various features of learners’ communicative competence and speaking skills, as well as an increase in their speech rate. The results suggest that three-step CLT model can be used as a guide for stakeholders to implement CLT in different contexts making the link between theory and practice, to overcome challenges in implementing CLT in language classrooms, and to help language learners develop their speaking skills.
Denkzettel für die Regierung war absehbar: Wahlen in Malaysia
Creators: name: Glass, Nicola
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Die Regierungskoalition hat ihre schwerste Schlappe seit Jahrzehnten erlitten und darf sich jetzt nicht mehr als Alleinherrscherin in Malaysia betrachten.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 24 Nr. 2 (2008): Dabei sein ist alles: Lifestyle & Konsum in Südostasien
An Experimental Study of Pharmaceutical Powder Flow Through Model Die Filling Systems
Creators: name: Ismail, Omar Mohamed
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2023

description: Consistently complete die filling during pharmaceutical tablet manufacturing processes is
description: necessary to ensure consistent dosages of the tablets produced. This project investigates the
description: impact of several factors on the filling completeness (quantified by the fill ratio) achieved
description: during different die filling situations. The study employed an experimental design using several
description: model die filling systems, some of which incorporated key components from industrial die
description: filling systems. The findings show that, for free flowing and cohesive powders, the fill ratio is
description: approximately 1 when the filling to suction velocity ratio does not exceed the critical velocity
description: ratio. Once the critical velocity ratio is exceeded, the fill ratio decreases according to an
description: equation developed through this work. The individual values of the filling and suction
description: velocities, and the filling to suction velocity ratio, are significant in determining the fill ratio.
description: Adding lubricant increases the fill ratio when cohesive powders are used but has no effect when
description: using free flowing powders. In the context of forced fed linear die filling, high stirrer velocities
description: increase the fill ratio when cohesive powders are used. Stirrer velocity has no effect on the fill
description: ratio when free flowing powders are used. Utilizing suction filling with a commercially
description: available HB100 feeding shoe results in lower fill ratios for both cohesive and free flowing
description: powders, relative to gravity filling. Replacing the original wire stirrer of the HB100 feeding
description: shoe with a novel ribbon stirrer increases the fill ratio when cohesive powders are used but has
description: no effect when free flowing powders are used. Cohesive powders behave differently in forced
description: fed linear die filling systems than in forced fed rotary die filling systems; free flowing powders
description: behave identically across both system types. The findings allow for improved tailoring of die
description: filling processes to specific powder blends required for pharmaceutical tablet manufacturing.
Politischer Tsunami – Wahlen in Malaysia
Creators: name: Hansen, Sven
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Bei den Parlamentswahlen verliert die Nationale Front überraschend ihre Zweidrittelmehrheit, doch Premierminister Badawi lehnt Rücktritt ab. Stark zugelegt hat die Gerechtigkeitspartei von Anwar Ibrahim, der eine heterogene Opposition führt.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 24 Nr. 2 (2008): Dabei sein ist alles: Lifestyle & Konsum in Südostasien
A Theory-based Evaluation of Tourism Social Enterprises: Unfolding the Contribution Mechanisms
Creators: name: Saha, Prosanjit
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2024
Subjects: Tourism social entrepreneurship, social impact, black-box problem, attribution problem, morphogenetic approach, mechanism-based theorising, critical realism, theory-based evaluation methods, contribution analysis, process-tracing, causal pathways, temporal and multilevel framework

description: Tourism social entrepreneurship is envisioned as a catalyst to leverage tourism for positive socialchange by maximising benefits, ensuring equity, and minimising negative impacts on hostcommunities. However, understanding the hidden mechanisms of how tourism social enterprises(TSEs) operate over time (black box problem) and the causal link between their evolving activities andoutcomes (attribution problem) remains challenging and under-researched. This study addressesthese gaps by developing a temporal and multilevel explanatory framework, employing themorphogenetic approach and mechanism-based theorising to explain the underlying contextualconditions and interlocking causal mechanisms of TSEs. Adopting a critical realism paradigm andqualitative case study design, this study integrates extensive archival data, non-participatoryobservation, and insights from 80 interviews conducted across two phases of data collection with twoTSEs situated in marginalised ethnic minority villages in Bangladesh. To theorise and test causalmechanisms from these data sources, the study constructs an analytical framework guided by theory-based evaluation methods, including contribution analysis and process tracing. This frameworkfacilitates the development of an overall theory of change of TSEs and contributes to formulating anexplanatory framework.
The theory of change revealed that TSEs went through four cyclical phases—emergence, transition,meaningful change, and tensions and paradoxes— in their entrepreneurial journey. Within each phase,specific challenging conditions triggered contribution mechanisms, resulting in both intended andunintended outcomes. In the emergence phase, resistance from the community activated an"institutionalisation mechanism", while identity ambiguity in the transition phase activated an"imprinting mechanism". The trade-offs in benefit distribution during the meaningful change phasetriggered a "transformative mechanism" and a paradox between efficiency and impact in the tensionsand paradoxes phase, activating a "decoupling mechanism". The theory of change and explanatoryframework responds to the need for temporal and multilevel frameworks, providing mechanism-basedexplanations in the broader social entrepreneurship literature.
Nachrichten
Creators: name: Hesse, Lisa
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Nachrichten aus der Region.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 24 Nr. 2 (2008): Dabei sein ist alles: Lifestyle & Konsum in Südostasien
The effect of an interactive weekly mobile phone messaging on retention in prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV program: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial (WELTEL PMTCT)
Creators: name: Awiti, Patricia O.
name: Grotta, Alessandra
name: Van Der Kop, Mia L.
name: Dusabe, John
name: Thorson, Anna
name: Mwangi, Jonathan
name: Belloco, Rino
name: Lester, Richard T.
name: Ternent, Laura
name: Were, Edwin
name: Ekström, Anna M.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2018

description: Background: Improving retention in prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV programs is critical to optimize maternal and infant health outcomes, especially now that lifelong treatment is immediate regardless of CD4 cell count). The WelTel strategy of using weekly short message service (SMS) to engage patients in care in Kenya, where mobile coverage even in poor areas is widespread has been shown to improve adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) and viral load suppression among those on ART. The aim of this study is to determine the effect of the WelTel SMS intervention compared to standard care on retention in PMTCT program in Kenya. Methods: WelTel PMTCT is a four to seven-centers, two-arm open randomized controlled trial (RCT) that will be conducted in urban and rural Kenya. Over 36 months, we plan to recruit 600 pregnant women at their first antenatal care visit and follow the mother-infant pair until they are discharged from the PMTCT program (when infant is aged 24 months). Participants will be randomly allocated to the intervention or control arm (standard care) at a 1:1 ratio. Intervention arm participants will receive an interactive weekly SMS ‘How are you?’ to which they are supposed to respond within 24 h. Depending on the response (ok, problem or no answer), a PMTCT nurse will follow-up and triage any problems that are identified. The primary outcome will be retention in care defined as the proportion of mother-infant pairs coming for infant HIV testing at 24 months from delivery. Secondary outcomes include a) adherence to WelTel; (b) adherence to antiretroviral medicine; (c) acceptance of WelTel and (d) cost-effectiveness of the WelTel intervention. Discussion: This trial will provide evidence on the effectiveness of mHealth for PMTCT retention. Trial results and the cost-effectiveness evaluation will be used to inform policy and potential scale-up of mHealth among mothers living with HIV. Trial registration ISRCTN98818734 ; registered on 9th December 2014
Youth Culture, Music, and Resistance: A Qualitative Investigation of the Punk and Electronic Music Scenes of Bucharest
Creators: name: NICU, ALEXANDRU-VLAD
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2021

description: Within the past forty years, the field of cultural sociology has been marked by a theoretical clash between modern and postmodern views on how oppositionality and resistance can take shape inside non-normative youth groups called subcultures. In line with the wider goal of enriching subcultural theory through overcoming this conflict, this thesis consists of an in-depth examination of the way in which young members of the contemporary punk and electronic music communities of Bucharest articulate and express subcultural resistance through their music-centred narratives and practices.
description: Using extracts from 27 qualitative, semi-structured interviews and field notes from 22 participant observation sessions collected in situ between March and October of 2018, the study will argue that these young people construct complex, multi-dimensional, and multi-faceted systems of resistance which encompass two distinct, interdependent levels – discursive and practical. In this context, it will also be argued that the coexistence and complementarity of a set of diverse and conscious articulations of disaffection support the case for the subversive potential of music and music-mediated social interaction.
description: The contributions of this thesis to the sociology of youth culture are both empirical and theoretical. From an empirical point of view, it offers insights into a previously unexplored socio-geographical and cultural space whose unique evolution calls for more nuanced and context-sensitive analyses of how resistance is reified and what its functions are. On a theoretical level, the study introduces a new model of resistance based on the specificity of the targets being resisted by subcultural participants. The model proposes a novel framework for studying resistance – one that integrates the innovations of both the modern and postmodern schools of thought, is grounded in a distinctively Foucauldian, post-revisionist interpretation of resistant rhetoric and behaviours as ways of contesting and negotiating various incarnations of power, and points to the possibility of formulating a more unified and comprehensive type of subcultural theory.
... und die KEHR-Seite – Alltag für Reinigungskräfte
Creators: name: Grubauer, Ariane
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Mickey Mouse steht noch nicht Kunden begrüßend und Geschenke verteilend vor den Türen, wenn pünktlich morgens um acht eine ganze Putzkolonne, einheitlich uniformiert in den blauen Hosen und unförmigen T-Shirts der Reinigungsfirma beginnt, das Innere der Shopping-Mall auf Hochglanz zu bringen.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 24 Nr. 2 (2008): Dabei sein ist alles: Lifestyle & Konsum in Südostasien
From homelessness to independent living: The experience of perceived identity change
Creators: name: SJÖBLOM, EMMA ERIKA
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2021

description: Homelessness is a world-wide problem. In 2019, it was estimated that 4266 people were sleeping rough in England. Therefore, it is important to discuss the topic of homelessness, as the number of homeless individuals is increasing while physical and mental health is deteriorating. There is a significant amount of research on homelessness; however, much of the research stops short of exploring the experiences of individuals once they have moved into supported housing. This study, therefore, looks at experiences of perceived identity change following the transition from being homeless to living independently using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). Four super-ordinate themes were revealed through analysis of the data: the ghosts of the past and present; switching the spotlight; “Connection […] it’s a form of armour” and “Swinging from trees to trees”. Generally, the findings coincide with previous research evidence on transitions within homelessness and the instability and disconnection that accompany them. However, the current study enhances our previous knowledge by highlighting that these participants still appear to be affected by the instability and detachment from culture and relationships for an extended time after they have begun to live independently. These findings have implications for professionals, including in the areas of how homeless individuals may relate to others and access help and plausibly in preventing chronic homelessness. Overall, it is concluded that the experience of identity transition is ongoing and continues to influence the quality of life of individuals for a length of time. This research offers suggestions about how Counselling Psychologists (CoP) can develop a pluralistic understanding of how to work with previously homeless men with a focus on diversity and context which is in line with CoP values. It further offers ways in which homeless services can keep this in mind while considering support and care pathways for their service users.
Automated Tool‐Path Generation for Rapid Manufacturing of Additive Manufacturing Directed Energy Deposition Geometries
Creators: name: Biegler, Max
name: Wang, Jiahan
name: Kaiser, Lukas
name: Rethmeier, Michael
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Technologie
subject: additive manufacturing
subject: laser metal deposition
subject: mechanical properties
subject: path planning
subject: porosity

description: In additive manufacturing (AM) directed energy deposition (DED), parts are built by welding layers of powder or wire feedstock onto a substrate with applications for steel powders in the fields of forging tools, spare parts, and structural components for various industries. For large and bulky parts, the choice of tool‐paths influences the build rate, the mechanical performance, and the distortions in a highly geometry‐dependent manner. With weld‐path lengths in the range of hundreds of meters, a reliable, automated tool‐path generation is essential for the usability of DED processes. This contribution presents automated tool‐path generation approaches and discusses the results for arbitrary geometries. So‐called “zig‐zag” and “contour‐parallel” processing strategies are investigated and the tool‐paths are automatically formatted into machine‐readable g‐code for experimental validation to build sample geometries. The results are discussed in regard to volume‐fill, microstructure, and porosity in dependence of the path planning according to photographs and metallographic cross‐sections.
Die Shoppingmall ... Ziel für Familienausflüge
Creators: name: Siebert, Rüdiger
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Mickey Mouse begrüßte uns vor der Tiefgarage. Ein ­ gefädelt in die lange Blechschlange der im Schritttempo fahrenden Autos, sahen wir das maskenhafte Grinsen schon von weitem.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 24 Nr. 2 (2008): Dabei sein ist alles: Lifestyle & Konsum in Südostasien
Exploring student perceptions about the use of visual programming environments, their relation to student learning styles and their impact on student motivation in undergraduate introductory programming modules
Creators: name: Kotsovoulou, Maria
Publisher: name: Lancaster University
Year: 2020
Subjects: Visual programming
motivation

description: My research aims to explore how students perceive the usability and enjoyment of visual/block-based programming environments (VPEs), to what extent their learning styles relate to these perceptions and finally to what extent these tools facilitate student understanding of basic programming constructs and impact their motivation to learn programming.
Tom Yam World – Thailands Foodstyles im Wandel
Creators: name: Trenk, Marin
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Die thailändische Küche hat in wenigen Jahren die Welt erobert. Vor allem im Westen steht sie heute für delikate exotische Speisen sowie eine leichte und gesunde Ernährung. Dabei hat, wie Reisende schnell erfahren, das Essen in Thailand wenig mit der thailändischen Restaurantküche im Ausland gemeinsam.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 24 Nr. 2 (2008): Dabei sein ist alles: Lifestyle & Konsum in Südostasien
Physical activity preferences of individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder
Creators: name: Subramaniapillai, Mehala
name: Arbour-Nicitopoulos, Kelly
name: Duncan, Markus
name: McIntyre, Roger S.
name: Mansur, Rodrigo B.
name: Remington, Gary
name: Faulkner, Guy E. J., 1970-
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2016

description: Background: Individuals with a severe mental illness (SMI) are at least two times more likely to suffer from metabolic co-morbidities, leading to excessive and premature deaths. In spite of the many physical and mental health benefits of physical activity (PA), individuals with SMI are less physically active and more sedentary than the general population. One key component towards increasing the acceptability, adoption, and long-term adherence to PA is to understand, tailor and incorporate the PA preferences of individuals. Therefore, the objective of this study was to determine if there are differences in PA preferences among individuals diagnosed with different psychiatric disorders, in particular schizophrenia or bipolar disorder (BD), and to identify PA design features that participants would prefer. Methods Participants with schizophrenia (n = 113) or BD (n = 60) completed a survey assessing their PA preferences. Results There were no statistical between-group differences on any preferred PA program design feature between those diagnosed with schizophrenia or BD. As such, participants with either diagnosis were collapsed into one group in order to report PA preferences. Walking (59.5 %) at moderate intensity (61.3 %) was the most popular activity and participants were receptive to using self-monitoring tools (59.0 %). Participants were also interested in incorporating strength and resistance training (58.5 %) into their PA program and preferred some level of regular contact with a fitness specialist (66.0 %). Conclusions These findings can be used to tailor a physical activity intervention for adults with schizophrenia or BD. Since participants with schizophrenia or BD do not differ in PA program preferences, the preferred features may have broad applicability for individuals with any SMI.
Developing innovation capability measures for the services sector: an exploratory study
Creators: name: Balan, Peter
name: Lindsay, Noel
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Innovation Capability (IC) describes the ability of a firm to develop new products, services, processes and systems. There are few published studies of IC and these have been undertaken in the manufacturing sector and have focused on product innovation. This exploratory research is the first stage of a larger study to investigate IC in the services sector with the Australian hotel sector as the case study. In-depth interviews were carried out with 18 hotel owner-managers in South Australia. Analysis of the accounts of innovation activities supported the hypothesis that the dimensions of IC developed in the manufacturing sector appear to apply to the hotel sector.
ВОЗДЕЛЫВАНИЕ ОДНОЛЕТНИХ КОРМОВЫХ КУЛЬТУР НА СЕНАЖ В УСЛОВИЯХ ЯКУТИИ
Creators: name: Пестерева Е. С.
name: Павлова С. А.
Publisher: name: Эффективное животноводство
Year: 2020
Subjects: сенаж
кормопроизводство
технология
кормовые культуры
урожайность
питательная ценность

description: Научные исследования по возделыванию однолетних кормовых культур для производства сенажа проводились на опытном поле ЯНИИСХ. Получены данные по урожайности и питательной ценности однолетних кормовых культур. Лучшими вариантами на сенаж оказались двухкомпонентные вико-овсяная и горохо-овсяная смеси.
Validating abortion procedure coding in Canadian administrative databases
Creators: name: Samiedaluie, Saied
name: Peterson, Sandra
name: Brant, Rollin
name: Kaczorowski, Janusz
name: Norman, Wendy V
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2017

description: Background: The British Columbia (BC) Ministry of Health collects abortion procedure data in the Medical Services Plan (MSP) physician billings database and in the hospital information Discharge Abstracts Database (DAD). Our study seeks to validate abortion procedure coding in these databases. Methods: Two randomized controlled trials enrolled a cohort of 1031 women undergoing abortion. The researcher collected database includes both enrollment and follow up chart review data. The study cohort was linked to MSP and DAD data to identify all abortions events captured in the administrative databases. We compared clinical chart data on abortion procedures with health administrative data. We considered a match to occur if an abortion related code was found in administrative data within 30 days of the date of the same event documented in a clinical chart. Results: Among 1158 abortion events performed during enrollment and follow-up period, 99.1 % were found in at least one of the administrative data sources. The sensitivities for the two databases, evaluated using a gold standard, were 97.7 % (95 % confidence interval (CI): 96.6–98.5) for the MSP database and 91.9 % (95 % CI: 90.0–93.4) for the DAD. Conclusions: Abortion events coded in the BC health administrative databases are highly accurate. Single-payer health administrative databases at the provincial level in Canada have the potential to offer valid data reflecting abortion events. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier NCT01174225 , Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN19506752 .
Global Watts: Allegories for All, 1880-1980
Creators: name: OBEROI, GURSIMRAN
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2022

description: This thesis examines the reception of symbolist artworks by British Victorian artist, George Frederic Watts (1817-1904), in the global sphere between 1880 and 1980. It elucidates how the continued exhibition, circulation and dissemination of Watts’s allegories internationally contributed to a series of political appropriations carried out by the International Women’s Rights, Indian Independence and African American Civil Rights Movements which transform our understanding of the legacy of Watts’s art. This thesis aims to illuminate Asian, Black and White engagements in order to further diversify and rebalance accounts of Watts’s artistic and social impact beyond Euro/Western-centric scholarly frameworks and public perceptions of 'Physical Energy' in South Africa. From peaceful campaign to physical protest, private correspondence to professional journalism, fiction to homiletic literature, the chapters analyse the plasticity of Watts’s symbolist language across three continents. In contextualising these engagements in global visual and material cultures, chapters show how Wattsian imagery became pervasive tools that went beyond, as well as fulfilled, Watts’s grand ambition of allegories for all. I argue that the circulation of Watts’s art did not simply radiate outwards from Britain, but reveals a map of multidirectional and interwoven connections representative of the wider history of Victorian painting; the cultures engaging with and responding to artworks; and the peoples appropriating specific works for political emancipation. I use a transnational approach to map mobilities and examine unexplored or understudied visual and textual sources (in different languages) across British and international archives. In addressing art and activism, I engage with the fields of art history, literature, museum studies, critical heritage, celebrity studies, social and political histories. This thesis thus reframes the study of both Watts and his artworks in their global contexts in order to broaden our understandings of Victorian art, history and culture today.
Nachrichten
Creators: name: Bey, Ulrike
name: Müller, Michaela
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Nachrichten aus der Region.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 24 Nr. 2 (2008): Dabei sein ist alles: Lifestyle & Konsum in Südostasien
Digitaliseret samarbejde mellem Trafikselskabet Movia dets operatører
Creators: name: Øllegaard, John
Publisher: name: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Year: 2010

description: Kontraktforholdet mellem Movia og operatørerne omfatter flere parametre, hvoraf et er direkte knyttet til den leverede kvalitet bl.a. udtrykt ved fysiske standarder for busserne. Movia har vurderet, at et antal konstaterede brud på kontrakterne med operatørerne kunne undgås hvis rutiner, registrering og planlægning omkring den daglig drift af busserne og deres fysiske standarder blev genstand for en mere åben systematisk samarbejdsflade. Operatørerne syner traditionelt busserne i de sene nattetimer og i de tidligste morgentimer, hvor udbedring af konstaterede fejl nedprioriteres i forhold til at etablerer dagens drift. Movia observerer traditionelt busdriften fra de første udkørsler i morgentimerne og overvåger løbende kvaliteten hen over dagen. Dilemmaet opstår, når Movia konstaterer uregelmæssigheder uden, at operatøren i kontraktlig forstand har gjort tiltag til underretning, udbedring eller etableret aftaler om håndteringen af uregelmæssighederne. De stikprøvevis konstaterede kontraktbrud medfører således en mistet indtægt for operatøren i forhold til de konstaterede fejl.
description: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2010): Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Evidence based assessment of the clinical impact of dose variations arising in the clinical radiotherapy dosimetry chain.
Creators: name: Bolt, Matthew A.
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2020

description: Objectives: The accuracy of delivered dose depends directly upon initial beam calibration and subsequent maintenance of this beam output. The uncertainty associated with these measurements and its impact on clinical outcomes is not well documented. This work gives an evidence based approach to determining this variation and its clinical impact. Novelty: This work will quantify for the first time the variations present in the routine maintenance of beam output on a national scale. The novel application of these dosimetric uncertainties to radiobiological models is then employed to predict the variation in clinical outcome due to the quantified dosimetric variations for specific clinical cases, including both tumour control and associated treatment complications on both individual and patient populations. Results: The linear-quadratic and Lyman Kutcher Burman models have been implemented to allow flexibility in the modelling of individual patient doses on a fraction by fraction basis. The variation in delivered doses due to beam output variations is seen to be normally distributed with a standard deviation of 0.7%. These variations may lead to a typical patient experiencing a range in treatment outcome probabilities of over 10% for cancers with a steep dose response curve such as head and neck in both the case of an individual patient and for a patient population. Conclusions: The precise control of beam output is shown to be a major factor in the overall uncertainty for dose delivery in modern treatment techniques. With reductions in other uncertainties in radiotherapy treatments, now may be the time to consider reduction of tolerance levels to allow optimal patient treatment and outcomes.
Metabolic reprogramming to optimise breast cancer treatment
Creators: name: Barber, Amy L.
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2020

description: Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide, accounting for a quarter of all female cancer cases. Despite improvements in early diagnosis and treatment, the mortality rate for breast cancer has remained stubbornly high, with some subtypes unresponsive to current treatments. One reason for this is the metabolic heterogeneity of breast cancer, with some sub-types having poor treatment options. Breast cancer may be considered as a metabolic disease due to the high metabolic demand associated with tumour growth. This raises the possibility of targeting cancer metabolic vulnerabilities. We present a systems biology approach to identify novel drug targets through analysing the metabolism of breast cancer and the exploration of novel combination therapies. We explore the combination of metabolism-modulating drugs Metformin and GW4064 with chemotherapeutic agents in vitro and find some of the combinations are synergistic in breast cancer cell lines. To identify novel drug targets for altering metabolism a novel dynamic computational model representing a breast cancer cell integrating genome-scale metabolism is developed, a gene and signalling regulatory network and a kinetic cell cycle model. Using the congruency approach, we develop context-specific models for breast cancer cell lines and through in silico analysis, identify metabolic choke-points as potential drug targets. Two predictions were selected for in vitro investigation: IMPase and Serotonin signalling. We demonstrate synergy between these targets and traditional cancer chemotherapeutics in causing cell death. In conclusion, a systems biology approach can enhance and accelerate the identification of novel drug targets and aid development of network targeting treatments. The work presented here provides an important proof-of-concept to show that computer modelling can predict novel drug combinations that increase the ability of currently approved drugs to kill cancer cells. As such, it offers new opportunities to optimise breast cancer treatment and move toward the goal of making breast cancer a fully treatable disease.
Protocol Construction and Parameter Selection for Supersingular Elliptic Curve Isogeny-based Cryptography
Creators: name: Sterner, Bruno
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2023

description: Nearly all of public-key cryptosystems that are being used for real-world applications are not
description: secure against quantum adversaries. With the fast-track development of quantum computers
description: over the last few years there is an ever growing need to develop new cryptosystems that are
description: believed to be resistant to quantum adversaries. The field of post-quantum cryptography aims
description: to explore the construction and security of these cryptographic systems and has gained attraction
description: over the last few years.

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description: Among the various known approaches for constructing post-quantum cryptosystems is one
description: based on isogenies between elliptic curves. The fundamental idea is that the problem of finding
description: an isogeny between two elliptic curves is believed to be hard for both classical and quantum
description: adversaries. Isogeny-based cryptosystems attain their security assuming the hardness of such
description: isogeny problems. Certain cryptosystems require a more constrained isogeny problem in order
description: to prove their security. These constrained problems are tasked to find an isogeny that has some
description: additional structure. We note that some of these constrained problems have proved detrimental
description: to the longevity of certain cryptosystems.

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description: In this thesis we identify cryptographic protocols that either do not have an instantiations
description: based on isogenies or could do with an improvement. This not only includes novel constructions
description: of advanced protocols but also includes contributing to parameter generation of existing
description: protocols. In particular we demonstrate novel constructions of a commitment scheme and an
description: updatable public-key encryption scheme. We prove the security of these constructions based on
description: either well studied isogeny problems that are believed to be hard or based on novel well motivated
description: assumptions. Additionally, we explore new techniques for parameters for the isogeny-based
description: signature scheme SQISign through the problem of constructing twin-smooth integers. This is
description: a fundamental problem to study when searching for suitable parameters. To date, existing
description: SQISign parameters only attain 128 bits of classical security. With our techniques, we are able
description: to find parameters that attain 192 and 256 bits of classical security
Young technology ventures in Europe: aspects of market orientation and entrepreneurial orientation
Creators: name: Roskos, Stefan
name: Klandt, Heinz
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The constructs of market orientation and entrepreneurial orientation have been widely researched over the last decade. Critics increasingly demand the simultaneous testing of several orientations to increase the evidence of the results of the respective studies and clarify their interrelations. First empirical studies indicate that the two orientations considered here do not represent the same underlying business behaviour, although they seem to be interrelated (Miles and Arnold 1991). However the application of both constructs simultaneously for young ventures has not been conducted at all. An online single-industry study investigated the constructs on a factor, dimensional and full measurement level as well as clarifying the inter-construct relation. Using reviewed measures from the works of Kohli and Jaworski (Kohli, Jaworski et al. 1993), as well as Covin and Slevin (Covin and Slevin 1986; Covin and Slevin 1991) and Lumpkin and Dess (Lumpkin and Dess 1996) a total of 282 wireless application developers in Europe and Israel were surveyed. It can be concluded that entrepreneurial orientation is a multidimensional construct comprising of four distinct constructs, namely 'Proactiveness,' 'Risk-Taking,' 'Competitive Aggressiveness,' and 'Innovativeness of the Company.' Market orientation was found as a unidimensional construct comprising of five distinct dimensions, namely 'Intelligence Generation on Macro Environment,' 'Intelligence Generation on Micro Environment,' 'Intelligence Generation on Customers,' 'Intelligence Dissemination,' and 'Responsiveness.' As Entrepreneurial Orientation has proven to be a multidimensional construct, its interrelationship with market orientation needed to be reviewed for each single dimension. Risk-taking is negatively related to market orientation, while the other dimensions influence market orientation positively. That is, the more entrepreneurial a new venture is, the more emphasis it puts on understanding the market and responding to those insights.
Juridiske, organisatoriske og økonomiske perspekti- ver i forbindelse med fortsat udvikling af Nordjyske Jernbaner
Creators: name: Schleeman, Ole
name: Trankjær, Christian
name: Naustrup, Lars
Publisher: name: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Year: 2010

description: Dette paper tager indledningsvist udgangspunkt i et visionsoplæg fra Nordjyllands Trafikselskab, som inviterer staten til samarbejde omkring den fremtidige kollektive trafik i Nordjylland. De forskellige parter i Nordjylland er enige om, at den fremtidige kollektive trafik bl.a. bør baseres på de nuværende baner og en nytænkning/udvikling heraf. Lokalbaneselskabet er en del af denne vision. Efterfølgende præsenteres en analyse af de Nordjyske Jernbaner, som indeholder juridisk, organisatorisk og økonomisk vurdering af banerne på kort og mellemlang sigt. Denne bygger på en rapport udarbejdet af Rambøll og den efterfølgende politiske behandling af denne i Nordjylland. På kort sigt drejer det sig især om en kontraktstyring, der minder mere om busdrift. På mellemlang sigt drejer det sig om en samtænkning med den statsligt bestilte togtrafik internt i Nordjylland i en samlet pakke. Der introduceres en overordnet skitse af et sådant samtænkt trafiksystem, mens en nærmere konkretisering må afvente en eventuel samlet analyse af den nordjyske vision.
description: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2010): Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Baby walker injury, disability, and death in a high-income middle eastern country, as reported by siblings
Creators: name: Barss, Peter
name: Grivna, Michal
name: Al-Hanaee, Amna
name: Al-Dhahab, Ayesha
name: Al-Kaabi, Fatima
name: Al-Muhairi, Shamma
Publisher: name: Springer International Publishing
Year: 2018

description: Background: Baby walkers (BWs) are frequent causes of infant injuries. Little research is reported from the Middle East and few population-based studies anywhere. Methods: Using multistage random sampling in a city of the United Arab Emirates, 4 of 8 female Arab government high schools and 3 final-year classes each from science and arts tracks were selected. Structured self-administered questionnaires assessed prevalence, frequency, severity, and external causes of BW incidents and injuries, and residential hazards. Results: Response was 100 %, 696 students, 55 % (n = 385) Emirati citizens. 87 % (n = 605) of families used/had used BWs. Among 646 injuries were 118 ER (emergency) visits, 42 hospitalizations, 11 disabilities, and 3 deaths. Average risk was 1 incident/user, 1 injury/4 users, 1 ER visit/20, 1 hospitalization/55, 1 disability/200, 1 death/1000. Odds ratios for >1:1 floor levels were 2.3 (95 % confidence interval: 1.2, 4.3) for hospitalization, 16.8 (95 % CI: 2.1, 132.5) disability. Incidents included hitting objects 48 % (n = 1322), overturning 23 % (n = 632), accessing hazardous objects 17 % (n = 473), and falling down stairs 11 % (n = 300); 1 % (n = 32) fell into swimming pools. In 49 % (n = 297/605) of user families, ≥1 child had been injured. Conclusions: Despite causing many injuries including disabilities and fatalities, BWs were used by nearly all families. Governments should consider Canada’s lead in prohibiting importation, sales, and advertising of BWs.
Lost in Paradise
Creators: name: Maresch, Rudolf
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Buchbesprechung von: Krystian Woznicki, Abschalten. Paradiesproduktion, Massentourismus und Globalisierung. Kadmos Verlag, 2008.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 24 Nr. 2 (2008): Dabei sein ist alles: Lifestyle & Konsum in Südostasien