cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
No Going Back: The Impact of ILO Convention 169 on Latin America in Comparative Perspective
Creators: name: Policzer, Pablo
name: Aylwin, José
Publisher: name: The School of Public Policy Publications
Year: 2020

description: In this article we assess the impact of the International Labour Organization’s 1989 Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention (ILO C-169) since it entered into effect in 1991. We examine the Convention’s impact on selected key Latin American states which have ratified the Convention: Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru. We analyze each country’s constitutional order, legislative and jurisprudential developments, as well as different policy developments concerning indigenous peoples and their rights. We also trace the development of indigenous peoples’ rights in the same period in two non-ratifying states—Australia and Canada—along the same dimensions. We compare the impacts that these laws and policies have had on indigenous peoples’ rights, both in the six Latin American signatories as well as in Australia and Canada. In particular, we examine the indigenous right to political participation and self-government, as well as on the right to land, territories and natural resources. In doing so we assess the right of indigenous peoples to prior consultation and free, prior and informed consent (FPIC), and to participate in the benefits provided by resource extraction on their lands and territories. We then analyze and discuss the impact that ILO C-169 has had on non-ratifying states, in the case of in Australia and Canada. We argue that ILO C-169 has had an indirect but nevertheless decisive impact on these tow states expressed in legal developments, jurisprudence and policies that concern indigenous peoples. We conclude that ILO C-169 represents a key step in the recognition and protection of indigenous peoples’ rights. Whether directly or indirectly, and notwithstanding the many gaps still left to address, it demonstrates that there is no going back on indigenous peoples’ rights.
description: The School of Public Policy Publications, Vol. 13 (2020)
Pleurostomella incrassata Hantken. Same 1883
Creators: name: Székely, Szabolcs-Flavius
name: Introduction, Sorin Filipescu
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Chromista
Foraminifera
Globothalamea
Rotaliida
Buliminidae
Pleurostomella
Pleurostomella incrassata

description: Pleurostomella incrassata Hantken, 1883
Fig. 14.11 a-b
 Pleurostomella incrassata Hantken, 1883, p. 25, pl. 1, figs. 4, 7.
 Pleurostomella alternans Schwager var. moravica Schubert, 1900, p. 157, pl. 2, figs. 5a-c.
 Pleurostomella velascoensis Cushman, 1926, p. 590, pl. 16, fig. 4.
 Pleurostomella paleocenica Cushman, 1947, p. 86, pl. 18, figs. 14-15.
 Stratigraphical distribution in samples: Rupelian.
description: Published as part of Székely, Szabolcs-Flavius & Introduction, Sorin Filipescu, 2015, Taxonomic Record Of The Oligocene Benthic Foraminifera From The Vima Formation (Transylvanian Basin, Romania), pp. 25-62 in Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae 11 (1) on page 52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13190119
Complex dynamics for a reduced model of human EEG: implications for the physiological basis of brain activity
Creators: name: Buente, Dennis
name: Frascoli, Federico
name: Liley, David
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Liley's mesoscopic mean-field theory of mammalian cortex electro-rhythmogenesis describes the salient features of dynamical activity within a cortical macrocolumn based on the bulk interactions between inhibitory and excitatory neuronal populations. Recently, a method for cataloguing the possible qualitative dynamical features of this model and other nonlinear systems of interest to neuroscience has been proposed, with the aim of establishing stronger connections between the dynamical patterns observed in neural field models and their neurobiological foundations. In this poster, a state space reduction of Liley's model is briefly described with the behaviour of a number of different parametric instantiations illustrated to show that many of the important features of the original equations are preserved. The persistence of a richly complex dynamical landscape for this reduced model is apparent. For a range of physiologically meaningful values of parameters, it is found that local interactions between neuronal populations are sufficient to produce biologically compelling activity even in the absence of long-range cortico-cortical connections or spatial anisotropies. These patterns are either entirely novel or reproduce some of the known features of the full fourteen dimensional set of nonlinear equations in Liley's model.
Towards the responsible research and innovation in the ICT and Security technologies fields
Creators: name: Schomberg, Rene Von
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: The volume consists of 10 chapters making the case for responsible development of ICT and security technologies. Cases on biometrics, 'body scanner' etc.show the problems of the governance and ethics of these technologies
Rudolf_I_of_Germany.pdfRudolf I of Habsburg: A Study of Power, Dynasty, and the Emergence of the Holy Roman Empire's Habsburg Line
Creators: name: van hagen, mj
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 430399
subject: Historical studies not elsewhere classified

description: Rudolf I of Habsburg: A Study of Power, Dynasty, and the Emergence of the Holy Roman Empire's Habsburg Line
Stilostomella pauperata
Creators: name: Székely, Szabolcs-Flavius
name: Introduction, Sorin Filipescu
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Chromista
Foraminifera
Nodosariata
Nodosariida
Stilostomellidae
Stilostomella
Stilostomella pauperata

description: Stilostomella pauperata (d’Orbigny, 1846)
Fig. 14.19
 Dentalina pauperata d’Orbigny, 1846, p. 46, pl. 1, figs. 57-58.
 Siphonodosaria pauperata (d’Orbigny) - Stainforth, 1952, p. 13.
 Stilostomella pauperata (d’Orbigny) - Stainforth, 1952, p. 146.
 Stilostomella pauperata (d’Orbigny) - Sztrákos, 1979, pl. 19, fig. 13.
 Stratigraphical distribution in samples: Rupelian.
description: Published as part of Székely, Szabolcs-Flavius & Introduction, Sorin Filipescu, 2015, Taxonomic Record Of The Oligocene Benthic Foraminifera From The Vima Formation (Transylvanian Basin, Romania), pp. 25-62 in Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae 11 (1) on page 54, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13190119
On answering why-not questions in reverse skyline queries
Creators: name: Islam, M. S.
name: Zhou, Rui
name: Liu, Chengfei
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 461305
subject: Data structures and algorithms

description: This paper aims at answering the so called whynot questions in reverse skyline queries. A reverse skyline query retrieves all data points whose dynamic skylines contain the query point. We outline the beneﬁt and the semantics of answering why-not questions in reverse skyline queries. In connection with this, we show how to modify the why-not point and the query point to include the why-not point in the reverse skyline of the query point. We then show, how a query point can be positioned safely anywhere within a region (i.e., called safe region) without losing any of the existing reverse skyline points. We also show how to answer why-not questions considering the safe region of the query point. Our approach efﬁciently combines both query point and data point modiﬁcation techniques to produce meaningful answers. Experimental results also demonstrate that our approach can produce high quality explanations for why-not questions in reverse skyline queries.
European Union Influence on Institutional Lock-In in the Countries in Transition
Creators: name: Beblavy, Miroslav
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: Economics

description: This paper explores implications of the EU accession process for consolidation of institutions important for sustainable economic growth in the states aspiring to be EU members. Much of its attention concentrates on the 10 member states from Central and Eastern Europe that have already joined the Union, but the Western Balkans countries also receive attention as they have been on the path towards the membership for some time. The core of the paper consists of three case studies illustrating both the EU influence and its limits and reversals. The first one looks at state aid and competition policies – an area where the EU exercises substantial influence already prior to a country’s accession and where the member states have to respect a dominant role of the European Commission. The next case study contrasts this with the issue of central bank independence, where the accession and membership are crucial, but also that the EU can act to, at the same time, support consolidation of bank autonomy and provide an opportunity to undermine it. The third case looks at EU attempts to mandate civil service reforms in the acceding countries, particularly creation of independent regulators and creation of clear demarcation lines between political and administrative level. In the absence of anchoring in the community legal framework, initial success in the pre-accession periods has been followed by significant backsliding after the membership was achieved. Overall, the conclusion is that the EU influence on institutional design and consolidation for countries aspiring to membership has been powerful when the Union chose to make an issue a priority one, be it because of its own legal framework for its own members (competition, central banking) or as a specific priority vis-à-vis future members (administrative capacity). However, the paper also showed that when the priority is not anchored in firm legal framework and not applied consistently for all existing members, the sustainability is threatened and the membership can easily bring backsliding. Therefore, the value of the Union as an agent of institutional consolidation appears to be precisely in the indefinite and rules-bound aspect of the EU membership. Where the EU accession is a distant and uncertain prospect (e.g. Caucasus, Moldova, Ukraine), the EU’s attempt to use conditionality without explicit promise of membership have, so far, not been successful in achieving its objective.
Neoeponides schreibersi
Creators: name: Székely, Szabolcs-Flavius
name: Introduction, Sorin Filipescu
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Chromista
Foraminifera
Globothalamea
Rotaliida
Discorbidae
Neoeponides
Neoeponides schreibersi

description: Neoeponides schreibersi (d’Orbigny, 1846)
Fig. 15.1
 Rotalina schreibersi d’Orbigny, 1846, p. 154, pl. 8, figs. 4-6.
 Eponides schreibersi (d’Orbigny) - Kaasschieter, 1961, p. 210, pl. 11, figs. 14-15.
 Neoeponides schreibersi (d’Orbigny) - Popescu, 1975, p. 96.
 Stratigraphical distribution in samples: Rupelian.
description: Published as part of Székely, Szabolcs-Flavius & Introduction, Sorin Filipescu, 2015, Taxonomic Record Of The Oligocene Benthic Foraminifera From The Vima Formation (Transylvanian Basin, Romania), pp. 25-62 in Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae 11 (1) on page 54, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13190119
Is the Corruption in the New Member States Converging with the Rest of EU: An Empirical Investigation
Creators: name: Beblavy, Miroslav
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: Economics

description: The paper takes the economic concept of convergence and applies it to corruption in the new member states and their relationship with the rest of the EU. Using the Transparency International Corruption Perception Index, the analysis points to modest convergence in the EU as a whole, with the new member states as a group converging with the old member states at the rate of 0.08 points per year during the 1999-2008 period. The paper also finds that the new member states have corruption levels higher than their per capita income alone would predict and face a significant corruption handicap. However, there are large differences between countries, with Slovenia and Estonia showing no such handicap and the overall picture significantly improving during the last decade.
Prospective memory: the influence of ecstasy, cannabis and nicotine use and the WWW
Creators: name: Rodgers, Jacqui
name: Buchanan, Tom
name: Scholey, Andrew
name: Heffernan, Thomas M.
name: Ling, Jonathan
name: Parrott, Andrew C.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The aim of this investigation was to extend our previous work and establish whether the findings reported previously of self reports of memory difficulties associated with ecstasy use can be replicated. A web-based methodology was adopted due to the significant advantages such techniques may confer when trying to reach a specialized population or address questions that people might be reluctant to answer (e.g. pertaining to illegal drug use) using traditional research methods. We investigated factors which may contribute to self-rated memory problems in ecstasy users.
Cibicidoides acutus
Creators: name: Székely, Szabolcs-Flavius
name: Introduction, Sorin Filipescu
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Chromista
Foraminifera
Globothalamea
Rotaliida
Cibicididae
Cibicidoides
Cibicidoides acutus

description: Cibicidoides acutus (Samoylova, 1947)
Fig. 15.4
 Cibicides acutus Samoylova, 1947, p. 97, textfigs. 40-42 (fide Ellis & Messina).
 Cibicidoides acutus (Samoylova) - Popescu & Iva, 1971, p. 48, pl. 9, fig. 1.
 Stratigraphical distribution in samples: Rupelian.
description: Published as part of Székely, Szabolcs-Flavius & Introduction, Sorin Filipescu, 2015, Taxonomic Record Of The Oligocene Benthic Foraminifera From The Vima Formation (Transylvanian Basin, Romania), pp. 25-62 in Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae 11 (1) on page 54, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13190119
Europeanization and Bureaucratic Autonomy in the New Member States: A Case Study of the Agricultural Paying Agency in Slovakia
Creators: name: Beblavy, Miroslav
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: Economics

description: 2009 Public Administration Vol. 87, No. 4, 2009 (923–937) The paper explores the impact of Europeanization on bureaucratic autonomy in the new EU member states using as a case study the Agricultural Paying Agency in Slovakia. The paper shows that Europeanization had limited sustained impact on the personal autonomy of senior officials; however, it requires and sustains the personal autonomy of an extensive cadre of mid-level and junior civil servants. At the same time, it necessitates and continues to sustain significant change in the way agricultural subsidies are distributed, with a high level of autonomy in implementation and a lower, but still significant,measure of autonomy in policy-making. These conclusions can also generally be supported by evidence from Lithuania and Poland. In addition, the coercive elements of Europeanization interacted with the temporarily high bureaucratic autonomy in Slovakia to ‘open’ non-coercive channels of Europeanization of agricultural subsidies and beyond.
Central Bankers and Central Bank Independence
Creators: name: Beblavy, Miroslav
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: Economics

description: This paper uses results of a questionnaire survey to look at how central bankers in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia view various criteria of central bank independence and compares their responses with central bankers in industrial countries. Central bankers from both groups agree very strongly on the importance of two pillars of central bank independence: goal independence and freedom to implement these goals, together with a system of how credit is granted by a central bank to a government that gives the central bank powers to determine terms and limits the extent of such credit. Based on the responses, the paper also identifies some weaknesses of the most frequently used indices of central bank independence and makes recommendations on how to improve them.
Cibicidoides oligocenicus
Creators: name: Székely, Szabolcs-Flavius
name: Introduction, Sorin Filipescu
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Chromista
Foraminifera
Globothalamea
Rotaliida
Cibicididae
Cibicidoides
Cibicidoides oligocenicus

description: Cibicidoides oligocenicus (Samoylova, 1947)
Fig. 15.6 a-c
 Cibicides dutemplei (d’Orbigny) var. oligocenica Samoylova, 1947, p. 96, figs. 34-36.
 Cibicides oligocenicus (Samoylova) - Pozaryska, 1977 p. 39, pl. 6. figs. 1–6; pl. 7, fig. 3a–c; pl. 13, figs. 8–9.
 Cibicidoides oligocenicus (Samoylova) - Cicha et al., 1998, p. 90, pl. 62, figs. 1-3.
 Stratigraphical distribution in samples: Rupelian.
description: Published as part of Székely, Szabolcs-Flavius & Introduction, Sorin Filipescu, 2015, Taxonomic Record Of The Oligocene Benthic Foraminifera From The Vima Formation (Transylvanian Basin, Romania), pp. 25-62 in Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae 11 (1) on page 54, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13190119
Nanophotonics silicon solar cells: status and future challenges
Creators: name: Jia, Baohua
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Light management plays an important role in high-performance solar cells. Nanostructures that could effectively trap light offer great potential in improving the conversion efficiency of solar cells with much reduced material usage. Developing low-cost and large-scale nanostructures integratable with solar cells, thus, promises new solutions for high efficiency and low-cost solar energy harvesting. In this paper, we review the exciting progress in this field, in particular, in the market, dominating silicon solar cells and pointing out challenges and future trends.
The Highland Society's Veterinary School in Edinburgh 1823-1829
Creators: name: Macdonald, Alastair A
name: Warwick, Colin M.
Publisher: name: Veterinary History Society
Year: 2023
Subjects: Veterinary History
Edinburgh

description: It is often the case that something important can be overlooked even though it is in full view of the observer, perhaps over a long period of time. That appears to have been the case with respect to what was once popularly known as the Highland Society's Veterinary School in Edinburgh. Despite many mentions over the years that the first lecture on veterinary medicine by William Dick was delivered on Monday the 24th of November 1823 in the side room of the Calton Convening Rooms, little or no further attention has been paid to the physical structure of that venue.
Issues and Problems Related to Eurozone Entry of the New Accession Countries: An Analytical Review
Creators: name: Beblavy, Miroslav
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: Economics

description: TRAVAILS OF THE EUROZONE: ECONOMIC POLICIES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS, p. 271, David Cobham, ed., Palgrave Macmilan, 2007 The paper reviews issues related to accession of the EU New Member States to the Eurozone. The paper was written before the global financial and economic crisis, but much of it it still relevant even for the post-crisis world.
Comparison of linear and nonlinear extreme wave statistics
Creators: name: Chalikov, Dmitry
name: Babanin, Alexander
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: An extremely large ('freak') wave is a typical though rare phenomenon observed in the sea. Special theories (for example, the modulation instability theory) were developed to explain mechanics and appearance of freak waves as a result of nonlinear wave-wave interactions. In this paper, it is demonstrated that the freak wave appearance can be also explained by superposition of linear modes with the realistic spectrum. The integral probability of trough-to-crest waves is calculated by two methods: the first one is based on the results of the numerical simulation of a wave field evolution performed with one-dimensional and two-dimensional nonlinear models. The second method is based on calculation of the same probability over the ensembles of wave fields constructed as a superposition of linear waves with random phases and the spectrum similar to that used in the nonlinear simulations. It is shown that the integral probabilities for nonlinear and linear cases are of the same order of values
One-dimensional modelling of upper ocean mixing by turbulence due to wave orbital motion
Creators: name: Ghantous, M.
name: Babanin, Alexander
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Mixing of the upper ocean affects the sea surface temperature by bringing deeper, colder water to the surface. Because even small changes in the surface temperature can have a large impact on weather and climate, accurately determining the rate of mixing is of central importance for forecasting. Although there are several mixing mechanisms, one that has until recently been overlooked is the effect of turbulence generated by non-breaking, wind-generated surface waves. Lately there has been a lot of interest in introducing this mechanism into ocean mixing models, and real gains have been made in terms of increased fidelity to observational data. However, our knowledge of the mechanism is still incomplete. We indicate areas where we believe the existing parameterisations need refinement and propose an alternative one. We use two of the parameterisations to demonstrate the effect on the mixed layer of wave-induced turbulence by applying them to a one-dimensional mixing model and a stable temperature profile. Our modelling experiment suggests a strong effect on sea surface temperature due to non-breaking wave-induced turbulent mixing.
Nouvelles hypothèses sur la synthèse des anthocyanes dans les baies et dans les feuilles de vigne
Creators: name: Darné, G.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2015

description: La réalisation, peu après la nouaison, de 2 incisions annulaires qui isolent la grappe centrale des rameaux de Merlot noir portant 3 grappes entraine, à la vendange, des différences dans les teneurs en anthocyanes et en tanins des baies et des feuilles par rapport aux baies et aux feuilles témoins de mêmes rangs sur des rameaux non incisés. L'étude de ces modifications montre que les variations de la teneur en tanins des pépins et des péricarpes sont inverses de celles de la teneur en anthocyanes de ces mêmes péricarpes: ainsi, les baies des grappes isolées qui ne parviennent pas à vérer accumulent des tanins dans leurs pépins. Dans le cas des feuilles, les variations de la teneur en tanins suivent celles des anthocyanes et ces composes s'accumulent ensemble plus vite et plus intensément dans les feuilles inserées au-dessus de l'incision supérieure. Si l'influence de la double incision s'est toujours traduite de la même manière pour les cycles étudies, les conditions annuelles ont profondément modifié l'intensité des synthèses des composés phénoliques analysés. L'ensemble des résultats obtenus conduit à suggérer l'existence de 2 voies de synthèse des anthocyanes différentes selon les organes: celle des baies pourrait s'effectuer indirectement à partir d'une fraction des tanins accumulés avant la véraison dans les pépins et les péricarpes; celle des feuilles sénescentes proviendrait directement des sucres qui ne peuvent plus être exportés après la maturation des raisins. New hypotheses on anthocyanin biosynthesis in berries and leaves of the grapevine Two girdlings isolating the central grape of 3-grape Merlot canes led to modifications of anthocyanin and tannin contents in pericarps, seeds and leaves. Results suggest the existence of two different metabolic pathways for anthocyanin synthesis: from seed tannins in the berries and from carbohydrates in senescent leaves, under the effect of a substance liberated into the phloem by the leaves.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 32 No. 2 (1993): Vitis
Weisst Du wieviel Sternlein stehen? – Building older adults’ confidence in technology use through co-designing digital storytelling
Creators: name: An, Lan
name: Huwald, Christel
name: Munoz Saez, Diego
name: Pedell, Sonja
name: Sterling, Leon
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 460806
subject: Human-computer interaction

description: To help older adults learn about meaningful use of technology, we conducted a co-design digital storytelling project with a group of residents from independent living units in a residential care setting. In this case study, we present in detail the development of one participant's story in six stages and an audio section. We reveal the challenges experienced and how they were tackled through the development of the story. The lessons we learned from this case study are 1) how the co-design process helped us explore together Christel's emotional goals that she wanted to express in this story, and 2) how the digital storytelling allowed us to present these emotions with different materials and digital means to accurately express a precious memory. Our research contributes to how to help older adults explore and understand the possibilities of technology use, conduct meaningful practices and sustain their use in daily life.
Asterigerinoides guerichi
Creators: name: Székely, Szabolcs-Flavius
name: Introduction, Sorin Filipescu
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Chromista
Foraminifera
Globothalamea
Rotaliida
Asterigerinatidae
Asterigerinoides
Asterigerinoides guerichi

description: Asterigerinoides guerichi (Franke, 1912)
Fig. 16.3 a-b
 Discorbina guerichi Franke, 1912, p. 29, fig. 8.
 Asterigerina guerichi (Franke) - Dam & Reinhold, 1942, p. 90, pl. 7, fig. 1.
 Asterigerinoides guerichi (Franke) - Hofker, 1959, p. 255, abb. 17.
 Asterigerina guerichi guerichi (Franke) - Ellerman, 1960, p. 687, pl. 53, fig. 17.
 Stratigraphical distribution in samples: Rupelian.
description: Published as part of Székely, Szabolcs-Flavius & Introduction, Sorin Filipescu, 2015, Taxonomic Record Of The Oligocene Benthic Foraminifera From The Vima Formation (Transylvanian Basin, Romania), pp. 25-62 in Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae 11 (1) on page 56, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13190119
title: Gute Lücken, schlechte Lücken?: Zur objektiv-rechtlichen Dimension des IT-Grundrechts
Creators: name: Buermeyer, Ulf
name: Moini, Bijan
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 342

description: Verfassungsblog: On Matters Constitutional
Effect of cluster exposure, berry contact and cultivar on cuticular membrane formation and occurrence of bunch rot (Botrytis cinerea PERS.: FR.) with 3 Vitis vinifera L. cultivars
Creators: name: Percival, D. C.
name: Sullivan, J. A.
name: Fisher, K. H.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2015

description: Leaf removal treatments were applied to Riesling during 1990 and 1991,and to Cabernet franc and Optima in 1991. Shaded and exposed clusters of Riesling were sampled prior to veraison and shaded and exposed clusters of all 3 cultivars were sampled prior to their respective harvest dates. Clusters were sampled to examine the effect of berry exposure, berry contact, time of sampling, and cultivar on cuticular membrane formation and the occurrence of bunch rot (Botrytis cinerea PERS.: FR.). Non-contact and contact cuticle proper and epicuticular wax berry samples were examined qualitatively using cryogenic scanning electron miscroscopy and quantitatively using enzymatic separation and chloroform extraction. Exposed Riesling samples had 18.6 and 35.0 % more epicuticular wax and cuticle proper respectively than shaded samples. Non-contact Riesling samples had 15.7 and 35.0 % more epicuticular wax and cuticle proper than contact samples, and although significant, epicuticular wax and cuticle proper weights of Riesling increased by only 5.7 and 4.5 % respectively, between veraison and harvest. Although exposed cuticular membrane samples from all 3 cultivars had more epicuticular wax and cuticle proper than shaded samples, large differences between cultivars were present. Clusters from the hand leaf removal (i.e. exposed) treatment of all 3 cultivars examined had significantly less bunch rot than clusters from the control (i.e. shaded). Cabernet franc was the most tolerant and Optima the most susceptible of the 3 cultivars to bunch rot. Time of sampling and differences between years also influenced the occurrence of bunch rot for Riesling with less rot present at veraison compared to harvest and less rot present at the 1990 compared to the 1991 harvest. Exposure, cultivar and level of contact within the cluster are all important factors in the cuticular membrane formation process and contribute greatly to determining the overall susceptibility of a grape cultivar to bunch rot when grown in a temperate climate.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 32 No. 2 (1993): Vitis
A survey of grapevine fanleaf nepovirus isolates for the presence of satellite RNA
Creators: name: Saldarelli, P.
name: Minafra, A.
name: Walter, B.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2015

description: Grapevine fanleaf virus (GFLV) isolates from different geographical origins were surveyed for natural occurrence of satellite RNA. The results of molecular hybridization assays indicated that 5 isolates out of 34 tested, support the multiplication of a satellite RNA, both in Chenopodium quinoa and grapevine. The satellite molecules appear to have a high degree of sequence homology with, and the same size of, the satellite RNA supported by GFLV-F13 strain, isolated and characterized in France.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 32 No. 2 (1993): Vitis
O luto e a vida digital – uma releitura da assimilação do luto diante das recordações oferecidas pelos meios digitais
Creators: name: Alves de Oliveira, João Batista
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Luto
Cuidado Paliativo
Vida digital

description: O luto é uma experiência de grande impacto na vida das pessoas envolto em um turbilhão de emoções, atemporal, complexo, subjetivo, individual. O processo de luto precisa ser vivido para que seja elaborado e a ‘vida digital’ pode ser uma forma atual dessa vivência, com pleno potencial de favorecer a melhor evolução. Este texto, uma mistura de poesia, conceitos técnicos e tendo como foco o ser biográfico foi elaborado buscando ser alento para as perguntas sem respostas, para a angústia existencial do enlutado.
Alabamina tangentialis
Creators: name: Székely, Szabolcs-Flavius
name: Introduction, Sorin Filipescu
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Chromista
Foraminifera
Globothalamea
Rotaliida
Alabaminidae
Alabamina
Alabamina tangentialis

description: Alabamina tangentialis (Clodius, 1922)
Figs. 16.8 a-b, 16.9a-b
 Pulvinulina tangentialis Clodius, 1922, p. 138, pl. 1, fig. 14.
 Alabamina tangentialis (Clodius) - Batjes, 1958, p. 155, pl. 8, fig. 7.
 Stratigraphical distribution in samples: Chattian.
description: Published as part of Székely, Szabolcs-Flavius & Introduction, Sorin Filipescu, 2015, Taxonomic Record Of The Oligocene Benthic Foraminifera From The Vima Formation (Transylvanian Basin, Romania), pp. 25-62 in Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae 11 (1) on page 56, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13190119
Kommunikation im medizinischen Alltag. Ein Leitfaden für die Praxis
Creators: name: Schweizerische Akademie Der Medizinischen Wissenschaften (SAMW)
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Kommunikation
Medizin
Patientengespräch
Arzt
Patientin

description: Das Gespräch zwischen Ärztin/Arzt und Patientin/Patient ist das Fundament einer guten medizinischen Versorgung. Patientinnen und Patienten wollen nicht nur informiert, sondern auch gehört werden, wenn es darum geht, ihre Beschwerden diagnostisch einzuordnen und angemessen zu behandeln. Dass eine ungenügende Kommunikation im medizinischen Alltag problematisch sein kann, ist in der wissenschaftlichen Literatur gut belegt. Beispiele negativer Folgen sind die erhöhte Wahrscheinlichkeit einer Fehldiagnose, ein gestörtes Vertrauensverhältnis, das Anfordern unnötiger Tests und eine mangelhafte Compliance. Wie aber sieht das ideale Gespräch im medizinischen Alltag aus? Ärztin/Arzt und Patientin/Patient haben gleichberechtigt die Möglichkeit, Inhalt und Verlauf des Gespräches zu kontrollieren. Die Gesprächsführung wechselt ab. Dieser Leitfaden hilft Ärztinnen und Ärzten, ihre Gespräche im Praxisalltag zu analysieren und zu verbessern. Er orientiert sich an aktuellen Herausforderungen im Schweizer Gesundheitswesen und zeigt anhand konkreter Beispiele auf, wie mögliche Defizite behoben werden können.
Astro Boy, science-fictionality and Japanese robotics
Creators: name: Ndalianis, Angela
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Over the last few decades, special effects and technological creations generated in the name of entertainment have given rise to a ‘science-fictionality’ that brings the technologies that have been imaged and imagined by science fiction films closer to our everyday reality. Above all, it is the robot and cyborg – the former being a mechanical being endowed with artificial intelligence, and the latter a synthesis of human and machine – that have been the most iconic technological effects of science fiction cinema, and it is the robot beyond the screen that this essay focuses on. In Robots: the Quest for Living Machines (1994) Geoff Simons states that the robot dream has existed in the human mind from antiquity to the present day. Simons understands these ‘robot dreams’ as reflecting the way human beings struggle “to cope with an incomprehensible universe” (1992, p.12). From the ancient Greek legends of Pygmalion who breathed life into a statue Galatea to Dr. Victor Frankenstein who animated the flesh of human corpses with electricity to create his monster, the myths and legends that deal with the creation of artificial life are as old as human history. As Simons suggests, creation myths are not only common in most cultures, they “often have an interest in robotics” (1992, p.16). We have come a long way since the myths of Pygmalion and the Frankenstein monster. Emerging media mark a radical turning point not only in our ways of perceiving entertainment and science fiction cinema as one such form of entertainment, but life itself.
Lessons from the Expansion of the Upper Secondary Education for the Expansion of the Tertiary Education
Creators: name: Beblavy, Miroslav
name: Veselková, Marcela
name: Thum, Anna Elisabeth
name: Toubeau, Simon
name: Pensiero, Nicola
name: Peterson, Elin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: Education

description: In this paper, we present the historical time series of enrollment rates in upper secondary schooling in five European countries. The presented data were examined in light of reform attempts aimed at expansions of schooling with the aim to derive lessons for the expansion of the tertiary sector. We were particularly interested in the speed and the differentiation of the expansion. We find that the expansion happened at different speed. It took 9 to 26 years for a country to massify its upper secondary education and further 11 to 41 years to universalize it, with gross enrollment rates reaching 80%. The expansion was slower in the leaders of expansion, such as the United Kingdom or Sweden. In contrast, laggards were able to catch up relatively fast, once the limiting conditions of expansion were removed. Although there has been a general trend towards expansion of the general upper secondary education, the popularity of vocational tracks has been diverse across examined countries.
From Selectivity to Universalism: The Political Economy of Pro-Equality Educational Reform
Creators: name: Beblavy, Miroslav
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: Education

description: This study examines why countries adopt or do not adopt pro-equality educational reforms from the political economy and historical perspective. Our study steps into a century-long debate on advantages and disadvantages of less selective schooling and analyzes the conditions, which enable the spillover of international and domestic educational discourse into policy discourse, adoption of policies increasing equality of educational opportunities and successful implementation of these policies. We document a stable balance of political and social forces. Parents with high socioeconomic status and teachers in elite academic schools oppose less selective schooling and frame later tracking as a threat to the quality of schooling. In contrast, primary school teachers tend to be in favor of more comprehensive schooling, which raises their status; however, their attitudes are often ambiguous. Not surprisingly, the mobilization of parents with low socioeconomic status is low and interests of their children tend to be promoted by scholars, non-governmental organizations or international organizations. Left-leaning parties tend to be in favor of later tracking. In contrast, right-leaning parties tend to favor earlier tracking. However, under certain circumstances – such as electoral demand or needs of the local industry – they are willing to shift their attitudes in favor of comprehensive schooling. We document that reforms occur in both extraordinary times, such as economic crisis or regime change, and ordinary times, where the successful adoption of the pro-equality educational policy depends on bi-partisan consensus or a re-framing of the later tracking as a pro-growth measure.
Type-II core/shell nanoparticle induced photorefractivity
Creators: name: Li, Xiangping
name: Van Embden, Joel
name: Evans, Richard A.
name: Gu, Min
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We demonstrate engineering the photocharge generation efficiency of nanoparticles on the nanometer scale by using a type-II band-gap structure. Compared to bare CdSe cores, the dispersion of type-II core/shell nanoparticles in photorefractive polymer led to an average 100% increase in photocurrents. An improvement to the refractive-index construction time, and a near 100% enhancement to the two beam coupling net-gain coefficients and four-wave mixing internal diffraction efficiencies have been achieved at moderate biases.
Jodotella sloveniaensis Deloffre & Radoicic 1979
Creators: name: Barattolo, Filippo
name: Abad, Morteza Taherpour Khalil
name: Introduction, Mehdi Ashrafi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Chlorophyta
Ulvophyceae
Dasycladales
Dasycladaceae
Jodotella
Jodotella sloveniaensis

description: Jodotella cf sloveniaensis Deloffre & Radoičić 1979
Fig. 5 s-t
 A cylindrical alga with strong phloiophorous primary laterals occurs in the Paleocene (sample Sh 6 = BA. 4258). Large gametangia are set aside to primary laterals. The general shape of the alga is similar to Jodotella sloveniaensis Deloffre & Radoičić. However, the size appears to be larger: D = 0.8 - 0.9 mm vs. 0.4 - 0.65 mm, d = 0.28 – 0.30 mm vs. 0.2 – 0.275 mm. Biometrical difference, the poor state of preservation and the paucity of material available do not allow confirmation of the attribution, therefore the taxon is given in open nomenclature.
description: Published as part of Barattolo, Filippo, Abad, Morteza Taherpour Khalil & Introduction, Mehdi Ashrafi, 2014, Dasycladalean Fossil Green Algae From The Maastrichtian-Paleocene Of Balkh Province (N Afghanistan), pp. 1-2 in Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae 10 (1 - 2) on page 92, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13190161
Orioporella malaviae Pia 1936
Creators: name: Barattolo, Filippo
name: Abad, Morteza Taherpour Khalil
name: Introduction, Mehdi Ashrafi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Chlorophyta
Ulvophyceae
Dasycladales
Dasycladaceae
Orioporella
Orioporella malaviae

description: Orioporella malaviae Pia 1936
Fig. 10 d, g
This taxon is well recorded in the Paleocene, probably occurring in the SB1 (upper part) - SB3 interval (Barattolo, 1998). The alga is found as isolated discs. The oblique section of Fig. 10 d clearly shows the perforated upper and lower walls of the fertile disc, whereas the partitions between gametangia are imperforate.
description: Published as part of Barattolo, Filippo, Abad, Morteza Taherpour Khalil & Introduction, Mehdi Ashrafi, 2014, Dasycladalean Fossil Green Algae From The Maastrichtian-Paleocene Of Balkh Province (N Afghanistan), pp. 1-2 in Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae 10 (1 - 2) on page 92, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13190161
Strong air-water interaction phenomena during breaking events generated by modulational instability
Creators: name: Iafrati, Alessandro
name: Babanin, Alexander
name: Onorato, Miguel
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) of the Navier-Stokes equations for a two-phase flow (water and air) is here adopted to study the dynamics of the modulational instability of free surface waves. The study is focused on the role played by the modulational instability, and by the breaking process in particular, on the interaction between ocean and atmosphere. If the initial steepness of the fundamental wave component exceeds a threshold value, breaking occurs which causes the air flow to separate from the crest. This generates a strong vorticity structure in air, which interacts with the free surface and leads to the formation of a secondary vorticity structure of opposite sign. The dipolar structures formed by the primary and secondary vortices propagate upwards, significantly enhancing the vertical transfer of momentum. It is worth noticing that such strong vorticity structures only appear in presence of breaking whereas nothing happens if the modulational process does not reach the breaking point. Due to the periodicity of the modulational process, the formation of dipoles is recurrent with the period associated to the group. A train of dipoles is released in the atmosphere, with important effects on the water-to-air energy transfer and on the vertical transfer of horizontal momentum. Although not investigated in this study, there are other important consequences in terms of exchange of aerosols, chemicals and gases.
Happiness and the Welfare State in Slovakia
Creators: name: Beblavy, Miroslav
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: Economics

description: in Greve, B. (2010) Happiness and Social Policy in Europe, Edward Elgar, 2010 Paper examines the relationship between the welfare state, its size and structure on one hand and happiness of the population on the other, focusing on the case study of Slovakia.
Labour Relations in Central and Eastern Europe
Creators: name: Beblavy, Miroslav
name: Drahokoupil, Jan
name: Draxler, Juraj
name: Myant, Martin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: Economics

description: The aims of this report are threefold. The first is to map how much information can be obtained on the labour markets in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) in order to proceed with analyzing the labour market policies and the growth models in the region. Secondly, while some comparative data can be obtained through international databases, these are often incomplete or not fully up to date. We therefore select a sample of countries (Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia) to represent the broad geographic diversity of the region and for these we obtained data that is more detailed and more up to date compared to what is available from existing international databases. Thirdly, we organize some of this information into brief country profiles and a common profile for the region. This provides a handy, up-to-date summary of the state of collective bargaining and other aspects of labour relations and their legal context in these countries and allows us to posit some hypotheses for further research. Why are we interested specifically in the countries in Central and Eastern Europe? These countries seem to be in a “low innovation, low wage equilibrium” (Independent Evaluation Group. 2007). In addition, we might see in a new light the application of some key normative concepts featuring prominently in EU policy debates such as flexicurity and transitional labour markets (TLM). The task here is therefore to open up the black box of labour markets in the new member states by researching labour relations in the region. Overall, CEE countries defy an easy stereotype or model with regard to the labour relations and their wider context. While collective labour relations are quite liberalized, individual labour relations are not, but there is also relatively low presence of atypical forms of labour relations as known from EU-15. However, it can be hypothesized that the role of self-employed and older workers might be to provide flexibility for the labour market. There also seems potential for bifurcation of unemployed, but also parents into “insiders” and “outsiders” – social insurance vs long-term social assistance/paternity benefits. This is worth further investigation.
A Bifacial Photovoltaic Energy Yield Model with 3D Shading: Development, Validation, and Applications in Tracked and Mid-to-High Latitude Systems
Creators: name: Russell, Annie
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa | University of Ottawa
Year: 2024
Subjects: bifacial
photovoltaic
3D
shading
irradiance
finite element
energy yield
torque tube
air mass
solar energy
single-axis
double-axis
tracking
GCR
ground clearance
snow

description: As of 2030, bifacial photovoltaic (PV) modules – which collect light on both the front and rear sides – are predicted to make up 60% of annual global PV expansion, exceeding 375 GW of installed capacity per year. Therefore, accurate and accessible bifacial PV performance models are crucial in enabling rapid global PV expansion. This thesis proposes a highly-parameterized, physics-based bifacial PV performance model that: (a) reduces uncertainty with respect to two-dimensional (2D) view factor models by eliminating key user-defined loss parameters, and (b) achieves greater computational efficiency than a ray tracing approach. The model computes shade-inclusive 2D front and rear irradiance profiles which interface with a cell-to-array level electrical model, producing per-timestamp current-voltage curves. A validation against measured power in fixed-tilt and single- axis tracked systems demonstrates a mean absolute error in modelled hourly power of 14.2 mW and 17.3 mW per watt of installed capacity, for each system respectively. Due to its flexible parameterization, the model can be used to both predict and better understand PV system performance. To exemplify such use cases, this thesis includes a chapter on the energy yield impact of three physical effects in tracked bifacial PV, namely: (1) brightening at the edges of a row of PV modules, (2) angle of incidence losses in light reflected off of supportive racking, and (3) the addition of a secondary tracking axis in double-axis tracked bifacial modules. A subsequent chapter discusses the model’s applicability in emerging PV markets at mid-to-high latitude locations, presenting another three studies on the energy yield impact of: (1) time-varying air mass, (2) latitude-dependent row spacing, and (3) ground accumulated snow. Such studies contribute to the global effort to reduce bifacial PV energy yield modelling uncertainty in both established and emerging markets and to de-risk bifacial PV investment around the world.