cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
A Prison within a Prison: Segregation of HIV Positive Inmates and Double Stigma
Creators: name: Gaskin, Emily
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2009

description: Although the majority of state prison systems have made the move away from segregated housing for HIV positive inmates, a few still continue this practice. The purpose of this study was to learn more about the experiences of women who have carried the double stigma of being HIV positive prisoners who were segregated within the prison system because of their illness. Drawing on interviews with HIV positive women who served time in a segregated facility and are now released, I was able to explore how double stigma and segregation affect identity and daily life. By asking these women questions about their experiences as inmates who were further segregated because of their HIV status, I call attention to the strong association between power, authoritative knowledge, and policy.
Embodied Identities: Negotiating the Self through Flamenco Dance
Creators: name: Caltabiano, Pamela
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2009

description: Drawing on ethnographic research conducted in Atlanta, this study analyzes how transnational practices of, and discourse about, flamenco dance contribute to the performance and embodiment of gender, ethnic, and national identities. It argues that, in the context of the flamenco studio, women dancers renegotiate authenticity and hybridity against the backdrop of an embodied ?exot-ic? passion.
iEthics: An Interprofessional Ethics Curriculum
Creators: name: Wood, Victoria
name: Eccott, Lynda
name: Crowell, Philip
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2022

description: This article discusses the development, content, implementation, and evaluation of an interprofessional ethics curriculum that has been integrated as a required component of learning in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of British Columbia (UBC), along with 12 other health professional programs. We start by giving a background and rationale for the development of the integrated ethics (iEthics) curriculum, led by UBC Health, and provide an overview of the pedagogical approach used, curriculum model, and content. We outline the way in which the iEthics curriculum has been implemented in the Faculty and share findings from program evaluations. In the discussion section, we reflect on our experience as facilitators for the interprofessional workshops and link these experiences with the findings from the program evaluations. These reflections highlight the way in which the iEthics curriculum has been successful in meeting the desired outcomes of learning in terms of the interprofessional delivery, and provide insights into how the findings from the iEthics evaluation informed other modules in the integrated curriculum and its implementation in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Body, Speech and Mind: Negotiating Meaning and Experience at a Tibetan Buddhist Center
Creators: name: Woomer, Amanda
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2009

description: Examining an Atlanta area Tibetan Buddhist center as a symbolic and imagined borderland
space, I investigate the ways that meaning is created through competing narratives of spirituality
and ?culture.? Drawing from theories of borderlands, cross-cultural interaction, narratives,
authenticity and material culture, I analyze the ways that non-Tibetan community members of
the Drepung Loseling center navigate through the interplay of culture and spirituality and how
this interaction plays into larger discussions of cultural adaptation, appropriation and representation.
Although this particular Tibetan Buddhist center is only a small part of Buddhism?s existence
in the United States today, discourses on authenticity, representation and mediated understanding
at the Drepung Loseling center provide an example of how ethnic, social, and national
boundaries may be negotiated through competing ? and overlapping ? narratives of culture.
The Mehmooni and Diasporic Iranian Identities in Atlanta
Creators: name: Rezvani, Tina
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2010

description: In this study I draw on ethnographic research conducted from May 2009 to March 2010 to examine how diasporic and second-generation Iranians in Atlanta produce culture through their dinner parties. It is through these parties, I suggest, that representations of what it means to be Iranian and live in the United States are collectively negotiated as well as handed down to younger generations.
Reclaiming The Blue Vague: Activating Urban Waterways To Create A Sense Of Place
Creators: name: Rogers, Damian
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The thesis explores activating the water to manipulate the existing image in a post-industrial setting to address the perception of the boundaries that limit a connection with the water. The research design uses visual methods and an online survey, drawing on affordance theory (Gibson, 2014, Norman, 2013), to analyse responses to the disruption of the blue vague, a term used in this thesis to describe expansive, underutilized post-industrial waterways, prime for activation and integration into the city as a public space. This thesis argues that publicly accessible waterways are critical to a sense of place for post-industrial urban waterway developments.
"They Need Labels": Contemporary Institutional and Popular Frameworks for Gender Variance
Creators: name: Bradley, Ophelia
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2010

description: This study addresses the complex issues of etiology and conceptualization of gender variance in the modern West. By analyzing medical, psychological, and popular approaches to gender variance, I demonstrate the highly political nature of each of these paradigms and how gender variant individuals engage with these discourses in the elaboration of their own gender identities. I focus on the role of institutional authority in shaping popular ideas about gender variance and the relationship of gender variant individuals who seek medical intervention towards the systems that regulate their care. Also relevant are the tensions between those who view gender variance as an expression of an essential cross-sex gender (as in traditional transsexual narrative) and those who believe that gender is socially constructed and non-binary. I finally argue that the standards of treatment for gender variant individuals pertains more to the medical legitimization of their identities than with necessarily improving outcomes.
title: Uniformity of Refugee Status in EU law and Secondary Movements: Insights from QY v Germany and A. v Generalstaatsanwaltschaft Hamm
Creators: name: Stoyanova, Vladislava
Publisher: name: European Papers (www.europeanpapers.eu)
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: refugee status
subject: secondary movements
subject: mutual recognition
subject: Dublin transfers
subject: content of international protection
subject: non-refoulment

description: European Papers - A Journal on Law and Integration, 2025 10(1), 45-53
description: 1. Introduction. – 2. No uniform refugee status and no automatic recognition of positive decisions. – 3. Procedural obligation to take ‘full account’ of a positive decision. – 4. The link between a positive decision on refugee status and the content of the status – 5. Conclusion.
description: In QY v Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Effect of a decision granting refugee status) the Court of Justice held that Member State are not required under EU to automatically recognize the positive decision issued by another Member State. Such a positive decision does have some significance, but very far from being anything close to automatically binding as to the positive conclusion that the applicant is eligible for refugee status. In this article, after briefly describing the facts, I explain the Court’s arguments in QY and their justifications. I also make relevant comparative references to the new EU asylum regulations adopted in 2024 (i.e. the 2024 Qualification Regulation and the 2024 Procedures Regulation). More specifically, Section 2 explains that there is no uniform refugee status in the EU. Section 3 clarifies that in QY the Court reasoned in favour of procedural obligation upon Member States to take ‘full account’ of positive decisions made by other Member States. Finally, Section 4 explores the link between, on the one hand, the effects of positive decisions for Member States and, on the other, the content of the refugee status. To proceed with this exploration, A. v Generalstaatsanwaltschaft Hamm delivered on the same day as QY is taken into account.
Table S6. from The timing and asymmetry of plant‒pathogen‒insect interactions
Creators: name: Dijk, Laura J. A. Van
name: Ehrlén, Johan
name: Ayco J. M. Tack
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: The impact of attackers and attacker combinations on plant performance. A) Shown are the results from the additive risk model specified in Table S2, with i) the effect of individual attackers on plant performance; ii) additive effects of co-occurring attackers on plant performance; iii) variation through time of the effect of individual attackers on plant performance; iv) variation through time of additive effects of co-occurring attackers on plant performance; and v) the effect of acorn size and date. Significant values are indicated in bold. N=140 plants; 20 healthy, 20 with mildew, 20 with aphids, 20 with caterpillars and 60 plants with two co-occurring attackers. Shown are test statistics and p-values.
Narratives of Social Change in Rural Buryatia, Russia
Creators: name: Ortiz-Echevarria, Luis
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2010

description: This study explores postsocialist representations of modernity and identity through narratives of social change collected from individuals in rural communities of Buryatia, Russia. I begin with an examination of local conceptualizations of the past, present, and future and how they are imagined in places and spaces. Drawing on 65 days of fieldwork, in-depth interviews, informal discussion, and participant-observation, I elaborate on what I am calling a confrontation with physical triggers of self in connection to place, including imaginations of the countryside and village, sacred and ritual spaces, landscapes, and the environment. I also explore how the anxieties embedded in narratives of change are connected to aspiration for the future and nostalgia for the past.
EVALUATING CONCERNS ABOUT DRINKING WATER QUALITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH IMPLICATIONS IN BANGLADESH:A DEMOGRAPHIC AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
Creators: name: Nishat, Mohammad Mosaraf Hosan
name: Labib, Abrar
name: Muntaha, Sidratul
name: Fuyad Hasan Sagar, Md.
name: Bin Nur, Arefin
name: Nahin Hossain, Syed
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 410402
subject: Environmental assessment and monitoring
classificationCode: 410404
subject: Environmental management

description: Access to safe drinking water is a critical public health issue, particularly in developing nations like Bangladesh, where concerns over water quality persist. This study investigates public perceptions of drinking water safety through an extensive survey targeting diverse demographics. Key aspects such as taste, odor, appearance, and health risks were analyzed alongside trust in water suppliers and willingness to support infrastructure improvements. Advanced statistical methods, including regression analysis, T-tests, and chi-square tests, were used to assess significant differences and associations within the responses. Findings reveal that demographic factors play a minor role in shaping perceptions, while location significantly impacts trust in water suppliers. The study highlights the need for improved water quality monitoring and public awareness initiatives.
"Now I Turn the Remainder of the Service into the Hands of the Pulpit": Leadership in an African American Church
Creators: name: Robinson, Kaniqua
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2010

description: The research study examines the influence of an African American religious preacher in organizing his congregation into a socioeconomic community. The research question is as fol-lows: How does the leadership performance influence (a) the social interaction of his congrega-tion, (b) the mobilization of congregates into members of a social group, and (c) the development of his congregation into an economic system? This study examines the Pastor, his role, influence, and management of power. Weber argued that there are three pure types of authority: rational, traditional, and charismatic. For an African American religious preacher, the authority would be considered to be charismatic. However, this study discovered that the Pastor of Washington Missionary Baptist Church, the field site for this ethnography, encompasses characteristics of each from of authority. Such characteristics are necessary in order to successfully manage a nonprofit organization, which requires a decentralization of power and shared leadership.
"Cooking with Love": Food, Gender, and Power
Creators: name: Mills, Melinda
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2010

description: This work explores the complex relationships between women, food, and power. Engaging the literature of feminist food studies allowed me to record the narratives and examine the experiences of women living in the United States. I take a close look at how women solidify and strengthen their social relationships to family and community through the use of food, or compromise and weaken these relationships through the denial or refusal of food, in the form of cooking or eating. I also consider both local and global contexts for understanding food, in terms of consumption and chores. Finally, I demonstrate how imagery of food allows women to participate in processes of commodification and fetishism.
title: Adding to the Toolbox
title: Court Published ‘Fact Sheets’ in the EU Legal Order
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Hoffmann, Mareike
Publisher: name: University of Göttingen
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/01y9bpm73
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2025

description: Issued by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), fact sheets act as communication tool within the EU legal landscape, serving as informative summaries of key jurisprudence on selected topics. They raise intriguing questions about institutional responsibilities and the broader implications for dissemination of information by courts. By combining traditional legal analysis with empirical insights, this study investigates the regulatory framework governing court-issued fact sheets and evaluates their classification as a form of “soft law.” The article argues that while fact sheets enhance transparency and reduce information asymmetries, they must balance their informational role with the neutrality and core adjudicatory functions of the CJEU. The research highlights both the potential of these documents to support judicial efficiency and informed discourse, as well as areas where refinement could bolster their reliability and effectiveness in the evolving landscape of EU legal communication.
Stitching Together: An Exploration of Women's Sociality Through an Urban Knitting Group
Creators: name: Ruland, Gillian
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2010

description: The phenomenon of knitting groups is an increasingly widespread trend in urban settings. In this thesis, I argue that the resurgence of knitting groups in contemporary urban areas is the result of a nostalgic search for a sense of community within an otherwise complex and sometimes alienating urban landscape. Through ethnographic research in Atlanta, GA, I examine how women knitters whom I interviewed theorize their own interactions in the knitting community and the ways in which technology serves to facilitate these interactions. With lives revolving mainly around family and careers, the women who join knitting groups seek an escape from everyday life, friendship without strings, and the communal gathering focused around a leisure activity which holds social significance in daily life.
Figure S3. from The timing and asymmetry of plant‒pathogen‒insect interactions
Creators: name: Dijk, Laura J. A. Van
name: Ehrlén, Johan
name: Ayco J. M. Tack
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: The impact of single and dual attack on plant performance through time. Panels A-D show the impact of single attackers (mildew, aphids and caterpillars) on plant height, number of developed leaves, leaf size and number of shoots from week 4 to 10. Panels E-H show examples of variable impact of dual attack on plant performance through time. Error bars represent standard errors. Asterisks indicate a significant difference with the control treatment or a significant interaction. *=p-value<0.05, **=p-value<0.01.
Amphipyra sergei Staudinger 1888
Creators: name: Titov, Sergey V.
name: Volynkin, Anton V.
name: Morozov, Pavel S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Noctuidae
Amphipyra
Amphipyra sergei

description: Amphipyra sergei Staudinger, 1888
 Bionomics. FP: VII–VIII. Meso-xerophilous species. Open woodlands, steppes.
 Known localities. Z: Moiseyevka, Priirtyshskoye; T: Ay-Sary; P: Pavlodar, Pavlodarskoye; S: Shaldai; AK: Tuz, Beskaragai; B: Abet Bulak.
 Literature: Titov et al. (2017b).
description: Published as part of Titov, Sergey V., Volynkin, Anton V. & Morozov, Pavel S., 2024, Revised checklist of the superfamily Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera) of Northeast Kazakhstan (Pavlodar Region), pp. 288-376 in Ecologica Montenegrina 73 on page 327, DOI: 10.37828/em.2024.73.22, http://zenodo.org/record/13248329
Robust Trajectory Tracking Control of Wheeled Mobile Robots
Creators: name: Xie, Hao
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This research aims to improve the performance of wheeled mobile robots in trajectory tracking tasks despite uncertainties and disturbances, such as varying load weights and surface friction, damaged motors, and time delays. Wheeled mobile robots are used in places such as warehouses, factories, hospitals, and restaurants for material handling, transportation, cleaning, and surveillance purposes. The study investigates different types of wheeled mobile robots and proposes advanced control schemes that reduce tracking errors and improve reliability. Ultimately, the research aims to enhance the productivity, efficiency, and energy consumption of wheeled mobile robots in practical applications.
Application of Mathematical Models to Determine the Feasibility of Amorphous Drug Layering in Pan Coaters
Creators: name: Choi, Michael
name: Porter, Stuart C.
name: Meisen, Axel
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2022

description: Oral solid dosage forms that contain APIs in the amorphous state have become commonplace because of many drug substances exhibiting poor water solubility, which negatively impacts their absorption in the human GI tract. While micronization, solvent spray-drying, and hot-melt extrusion can address solubility issues, spray coating of the APIs onto beads and tablets offers another option for producing amorphous drug products. High-level comparisons between bead and tablet coating technologies have the potential for simpler equipment and operation that can reduce the cost of development and manufacturing. However, spray coating directly onto tablets is not without challenges, especially with respect to meeting uniformity acceptance value (AV) criteria, comprising accuracy (mean) and precision (variance) objectives. The feasibility of meeting AV criteria is examined, based on mathematical models for accuracy and precision. The results indicate that the main difficulty in manufacturing satisfactory drug-layered tablets by spray coating is caused by the practical limitations of achieving the necessary coating precision. Despite this limitation, it is shown that AV criteria can be consistently met by appropriate materials monitoring and control as well as processing equipment setup, operation, and maintenance.
Table S2. from The timing and asymmetry of plant‒pathogen‒insect interactions
Creators: name: Dijk, Laura J. A. Van
name: Ehrlén, Johan
name: Ayco J. M. Tack
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Overview of the additive risk model, used to explore the effects of attacker identity and additive vs. non-additive effects of attacker combinations on plant performance (height, number of developed leaves, leaf size and the number of shoots; all log-transformed). Treatments included in this model were: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 (that is, healthy seedlings, seedlings with one attacker or seedlings with two co-occurring attackers), n=140 plants per model, 20 per treatment. For the covariates: [F]=Fixed effects, [R]=Random effects.
Bioactive compounds from marine red alga Acanthophora spicifera associated bacteria against diabetic foot ulcer derived bacterial isolates
Creators: name: Hemalatha Natarajan
Publisher: name: Asia-Pacific Journal of Science and Technology
Year: 2024
Subjects: Extensively drug resistant pathogens
Acanthophora spicifera extracts
Epiphyte
Endophyte
Antipathogenic
Antibiofilming
Anti inflammatory property

description: Asia-Pacific Journal of Science and Technology, 29, 4, 4 (12 pages)
Eating Disorder Narratives: Personal Experiences of Anorexia and Bulimia
Creators: name: Przybyl, Veronica
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2010

description: The following paper explores the ways in which we currently understand eating disorders, examining the current theory and literature as well as providing the stories of three women and one man with first-hand experience with eating disorders. Through the use of formal interviews, the paper focuses not only on the ways in which an eating disorder affects an individual?s life but also on the ways in which an individual?s life affects the manifestation of his or her eating disorder.
A preliminary assessment of heavy metal (Pb, Cd, and As) contamination in the leaves and cultivation area of Mitragyna speciosa (Korth.) originating from Thailand
Creators: name: Phisit Pouyfung
Publisher: name: Asia-Pacific Journal of Science and Technology
Year: 2024
Subjects: Kratom (Mitragyna speciosa)
Heavy metal contamination
Mitragynine
Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS)

description: Asia-Pacific Journal of Science and Technology, 29, 4, 5 (7 pages)
Table S4. from The timing and asymmetry of plant‒pathogen‒insect interactions
Creators: name: Dijk, Laura J. A. Van
name: Ehrlén, Johan
name: Ayco J. M. Tack
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Questions and hypotheses for the specific treatment comparisons included in the fitted models for aphid and mildew performance, and for the effect of diet on caterpillar performance (see Table S3). Ap=aphids, M=powdery mildew, C=caterpillar.
Uterine pathology of women with antenatally diagnosed placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) disorders
Creators: name: Yuwadee Itarat
Publisher: name: Asia-Pacific Journal of Science and Technology
Year: 2024
Subjects: Placenta accreta spectrum
Hysterectomy
False positive
Adenomyosis

description: Asia-Pacific Journal of Science and Technology, 29, 4, 6 (6 pages)
Human Cranial Growth and Shape Change: Are Fetal Rates and Morphologies Extended Throughout the First Year of Life?
Creators: name: Russell, Dana
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2010

description: Selection for increased encephalization in humans necessitated extensive brain growth after birth. To estimate changes in rates of growth and corresponding shape changes during gestation and infancy, chord and arc distances were obtained from the frontal, parietal, and occipital bones of 44 human fetuses, neonates, and infants (one year old and younger). Rates of growth in chord and arc measurements were calculated and compared using linear regression of log-transformed variables, followed by ANCOVA. Curvature of bone lengths and widths were estimated by chord/arc indices. Fetal rates of cranial growth were significantly slower while the fetal frontal and occipital bones were significantly more curved than those of infants. Fetal rates of cranial growth decrease during the first six postnatal months, in conjunction with rapid changes in shape, except for parietal superior-inferior height where bossing of the bone is similar in fetuses and neonates.
Development of charcoal briquettes from rubber seed shells mixed with food waste binder as an alternative energy source
Creators: name: Sucheera Laocharoen
Publisher: name: Asia-Pacific Journal of Science and Technology
Year: 2024
Subjects: Alternative energy
Charcoal briquette
Food waste
Rubber seed shells

description: Asia-Pacific Journal of Science and Technology, 29, 4, 7 (9 pages)
title: Long-Term Health Insurance: Theory Meets Evidence
Creators: name: Atal, Juan
name: Fang, Hanming
name: Karlsson, Martin
name: Ziebarth, Nicolas
Publisher: name: DuEPublico: Duisburg-Essen Publications online, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Long-Term Health Insurance
subject: Individual Private Health Insurance
subject: Health Care Reform
subject: 610
subject: 330

description: To insure policyholders against contemporaneous health expenditure shocks and future reclassification risk, long-term health insurance constitutes an alternative to community-rated shortterm contracts with an individual mandate. Relying on unique claims panel data from a large private insurer in Germany, we study a real-world long-term health insurance application with a life-cycle perspective. We show that German long-term health insurance (GLTHI) achieves substantial welfare gains compared to a series of risk-rated short-term contracts. Although, by its simple design, the premium setting of GLTHI contract departs significantly from the optimal dynamic contract, surprisingly we only find modest welfare differences between the two. Finally, we conduct counterfactual policy experiments to illustrate the welfare consequences of integrating GLTHI into a system with a “Medicare-like” public insurance that covers people above 65.
description: CINCH working paper series, vol. 2020, no. 01
Analysis of Osteoarthritis on Appendicular Joint Surfaces in Known Age and Sex Samples from the Terry and Spitalfields Collections
Creators: name: Webb, Michelle
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2010

description: Arthritis is one of the most common manifestations of aging and is the single largest cause of disability in the UK, US, Australia, and Canada among people age 30 years and older. Osteoarthritis of appendicular joint surfaces exhibits alterations of bony tissue in and around the joint surface. The degree to which osteoarthritis of articular surfaces occurs as a function of age and sex can be resolved with cemetery populations of known individuals, such as the Terry (19-20th century) and Spitalfields (17-18th century) collections upon which I report (n = 322; 162 males and 160 females). Using the five point scoring system 0-4 of lipping from the Chicago Standards Guide I ask whether (1) age has an influence on the accumulation of OA; (2) sex differences are present in patterns of OA; and (3) population origin is responsible for explaining intensity of OA.
Investigating the influence of processing parameters on bimetallic catalysts for high-yield carbon nanotube synthesis
Creators: name: Abayomi A. Okesola
Publisher: name: Asia-Pacific Journal of Science and Technology
Year: 2024
Subjects: Bimetallic Catalyst
CaCO3
CNTs
Crystallinity
CVD
Fe-Ni
Graphitization
Purification

description: Asia-Pacific Journal of Science and Technology, 29, 4, 8 (9 pages)
Brachionycha nubeculosa
Creators: name: Titov, Sergey V.
name: Volynkin, Anton V.
name: Morozov, Pavel S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Noctuidae
Brachionycha
Brachionycha nubeculosa

description: Brachionycha nubeculosa (Esper, 1785)
 Bionomics. FP: IV. Mesophilous species. Woodlands.
 Known localities. Z: Mikhaylovka, Krasnovka, Moiseyevka.
 Literature: Titov et al. (2017b).
description: Published as part of Titov, Sergey V., Volynkin, Anton V. & Morozov, Pavel S., 2024, Revised checklist of the superfamily Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera) of Northeast Kazakhstan (Pavlodar Region), pp. 288-376 in Ecologica Montenegrina 73 on page 327, DOI: 10.37828/em.2024.73.22, http://zenodo.org/record/13248329
Aging of the Lumbar Vertebrae Using Known Age and Sex Samples
Creators: name: Smith, April
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2010

description: The dimensions of the lumbar vertebrae are examined in order to determine if these measurements can be used to predict the age of an individual, and if the lumbar vertebrae exhibit sexual dimorphism. Various statistical techniques were utilized to analyze several dimensions of the lumbar vertebrae. Aging patterns in the lumbar elements are distinct between males and females, and females exhibit compression of the L3 element, which may be related to vertebral wedging. Some dimensions of the lumbar vertebrae are sexually dimorphic.
Table S8. from The timing and asymmetry of plant‒pathogen‒insect interactions
Creators: name: Dijk, Laura J. A. Van
name: Ehrlén, Johan
name: Ayco J. M. Tack
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: The impact of free-feeding herbivores, mildew or both on aphid performance. Shown in panel Aare the results from linear mixed models of ln-transformed aphid abundance as a function of treatment, date and their interaction, with a separate model for each question (see Table S3). To account for repeated measures on the same plant individual, we included PlantID as a random effect. Shown in panel B are treatment- and date-specific contrasts, which were carried out using the function emmeans in the package emmeans (see Table S4). M=powdery mildew, Ap=aphids, C=caterpillar. N=20 plants per treatment. Shown are degrees of freedom, test statistics and p-values.
Supplementary document for Aberration Corrected Large-scale Hybrid-metalenses - 5436264.pdf
Creators: name: SAWANT, RAJATH
name: Andrén, Daniel
name: Martins, Renato
name: Khadir, Samira
name: Verre, Ruggero
name: Käll, Mikael
name: Genevet, Patrice
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: supplementary materials
Schonung von Phosphor-Ressourcen aus Sicht einer nachhaltigen Bodennutzung und des Bodenschutzes
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2015

description: Mit Blick auf die Endlichkeit der Ressource Phosphor wird dessen Recycling nunmehr auch von der Politik wahrgenommen. In diesem Kontext mahnt die Kommission Bodenschutz beim Umweltbundesamt (KBU) eine ressourceneffiziente Nutzung von Phosphor in der Landwirtschaft an, die sich an der Erhaltung der Bodenfruchtbarkeit und dem Schutz ökologischer Bodenfunktionen orientiert. Die KBU fordert eine realistische, fakten- und wissensbasierte Abwägung der Strategien, Chancen und Risiken des künftigen Umgangs mit diesem Nährstoff in Konzepten nachhaltiger Bodennutzung und Ressourcenschonung.
Quelle: Verlagsinformation
Establishment of a fertilizer formula for plant pineapple (Ananas comosus L.) cultivated in acid sulfate soil
Creators: name: Xuan, Ly N. T.
Publisher: name: Asia-Pacific Journal of Science and Technology
Year: 2024
Subjects: Acid sulfate soil
Plant nutrition
Plant pineapple
Site-specific nutrient management

description: Asia-Pacific Journal of Science and Technology, 29, 4, 9 (15 pages)
Borders and Barriers: Perspectives on Aging and Alternative Medicine Among Transnational North Indian Immigrants
Creators: name: Mehta, Kanan
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2010

description: This study explores the practice of alternative medicine among a group of senior, transnational Indian immigrants. I analyze how cross-cultural ideologies influence aging and immigrant experiences in healthcare.  I explore the ways in which transnational networks nurture social relations and aid in acquiring healthcare resources. This study also examines the developments that alternative medicine underwent during the colonial rule and how those developments affected the trajectory of biomedicine. I focus on the practice of alternative medicine as a significant contributor to immigrant health.  Finally, I argue that we need to strive for a symbiosis between alternative medicine and Western biomedicine based on multicultural sensibilities and socio-economic factors that call for a pluralistic medical system in a globalized world.
Assessment of landslide susceptibility using geoinformatics and a frequency ratio model: a case study of Mae Tha River Watershed in Northern Thailand
Creators: name: Pichawut Manopkawee
Publisher: name: Asia-Pacific Journal of Science and Technology
Year: 2024
Subjects: Frequency ratio model
Landslide inventory
Landslide susceptibility
Mae Tha fault
Mae Tha River

description: Asia-Pacific Journal of Science and Technology, 29, 4, 10 (10 pages)
Green synthesis of NiO nanoparticles from maize waste for cationic dye degradation
Creators: name: Jagadeeswari Rangaraman
Publisher: name: Asia-Pacific Journal of Science and Technology
Year: 2024
Subjects: Green synthesis
Maize waste
Methylene blue
NiO nanoparticles
Photodegradation
Rhodamine-B

description: Asia-Pacific Journal of Science and Technology, 29, 4, 11 (10 pages)
Evaluating the Biocompatibility of an Injectable Wound Matrix in a Murine Model
Creators: name: Alnojeidi, Hatem
name: Kilani, Ruhangiz Taghi
name: Ghahary, Aziz
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2022

description: (1) Background: Developing a high-quality, injectable biomaterial that is labor-saving, cost-efficient, and patient-ready is highly desirable. Our research group has previously developed a collagen-based injectable scaffold for the treatment of a variety of wounds including wounds with deep and irregular beds. Here, we investigated the biocompatibility of our liquid scaffold in mice and compared the results to a commercially available injectable granular collagen-based product. (2) Methods: Scaffolds were applied in sub-dermal pockets on the dorsum of mice. To examine the interaction between the scaffolds and the host tissue, samples were harvested after 1 and 2 weeks and stained for collagen content using Masson’s Trichrome staining. Immunofluorescence staining and quantification were performed to assess the type and number of cells infiltrating each scaffold. (3) Results: Histological evaluation after 1 and 2 weeks demonstrated early and efficient integration of our liquid scaffold with no evident adverse foreign body reaction. This rapid incorporation was accompanied by significant cellular infiltration of stromal and immune cells into the scaffold when compared to the commercial product (p < 0.01) and the control group (p < 0.05). Contrarily, the commercial scaffold induced a foreign body reaction as it was surrounded by a capsule-like, dense cellular layer during the 2-week period, resulting in delayed integration and hampered cellular infiltration. (4) Conclusion: Results obtained from this study demonstrate the potential use of our liquid scaffold as an advanced injectable wound matrix for the management of skin wounds with complex geometries.
Facile one-pot sustainable microwave-assisted green synthesis of Fe2O3 nanoparticles with Coleus scutellarioides leaf extract and their antibacterial and photocatalytic activity
Creators: name: Ahmad, Waseem
Publisher: name: Asia-Pacific Journal of Science and Technology
Year: 2024
Subjects: Nanoparticles
Fe2O3 green synthesis
C. scutellarioides
Photocatalytic
Antibacterial

description: Asia-Pacific Journal of Science and Technology, 29, 4, 13 (10 pages)
Small Finds From Chogha Gavaneh Site in the Islamabad Plain, Central Zagros Mountains, Iran
Creators: name: Forouzan, Firoozeh
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2010

description: This study examines small finds from the site of Chogha Gavaneh, Iran, including zoomorphic clay figurines, geometric-shaped objects, and sling bullets in order to deter-mine if they served an economic function during the Early Chalcolithic period (ca. 5000-4000 B.C.E.).  A total of 104 animal figurines, sling bullets, and geometric-shaped objects have been found at Chogha Gavaneh.  This research challenges previous archaeological interpretations of animal figurines that have interpreted them as being magical or lucky objects for hunting and religious rituals, or for use as game pieces, educational objects, or toys.  Through the use of XRF (x-ray fluorescence spectrometry) analysis and the chaine op‚ratoire approach, I suggest, contrary to the conventional wisdom, that some of these clay objects might represent another kind of social practice and may have had an economic function.
Labor and Identity: Latina Migrant Women and the Service Industry of Atlanta
Creators: name: Case, Kaitlin
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2011

description: This thesis explores the work experiences and life histories of a group of Latina migrant women who work in specific sectors of the service industry in Atlanta, Georgia.ÿ I focus on janitorial/custodial as well as domestic labor in order to confront the social issue of the continued devaluation and exploitation of feminized wage work.ÿ This ethnography reveals how education and English proficiency tie into how migrant labor is viewed in the United States specifically, and asks how Latina migrant women might be able to achieve labor legitimacy in the future.ÿ My findings are based on in-depth interviews that I collected from ten Latina migrant women who live and work in the Atlanta metro-area.ÿÿÿ
Volunteerism in the University Culture
Creators: name: Blocker, Stephanie
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2011

description: This project examines how undergraduate and graduate students at a university in the Southern United States utilize and conceptualize volunteering at the beginning of the second decade of the 21st century, a time when volunteerism is on the rise despite a severe economic crisis. I was interested in taking an anthropological approach to explore the reasons that people volunteered as well as how their decisions about volunteering might be impacted by different aspects of their identity, including their ethnicity, gender identity, student status, and affiliation with student groups.ÿ Based on in-depth interviews and surveys conducted with five undergraduate and five graduate students, I learned about their motivations for volunteering and their perceptions about participating in volunteer activities.ÿ
title: Schritt-für-Schritt Anleitung für eine Aufzeichnung via PowerPoint
Creators: name: Pichler, Cathrin
Publisher: name: DuEPublico: Duisburg-Essen Publications online, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Corona, digitale Lehre, PowerPoint
subject: 000

description: Neuere PowerPoint-Versionen bieten eine integrierte Funktion, mit der Sie Ihre Bildschirmpräsentation als Video aufzeichnen und dazu Ihren Präsentationstext einsprechen können - eine einfach zu realisierende Möglichkeit, Vorträge inklusive Ton (und auf Wunsch auch Video) bereitzustellen. Unsere Anleitung zeigt Schritt für Schritt, wie's geht!

Mitarbeiter*innen von Bildungseinrichtungen dürfen das Softwarepaket Office-Professional-Plus (inkl. Power Point) im Übrigen zur dienstbezogenen Nutzung auf Privatgeräten installieren ("Work-at-Home Lizenzen"). Weitere Hinweise zur kostenfreien Nutzung finden Sie hier:
https://www.uni-due.de/zim/services/software/office-365.php
Effect of tapioca starch on physicochemical and nutritional qualities of mung bean protein-based burger patties
Creators: name: Sirichai Songsermpong
Publisher: name: Asia-Pacific Journal of Science and Technology
Year: 2024
Subjects: Burger patties
Meat analogs
Mung bean protein
Plant-based
Tapioca starch

description: Asia-Pacific Journal of Science and Technology, 29, 4, 15 (10 pages)
Enhance Exploration in Safe Reinforcement Learning with Contrastive Representation Learning
Creators: name: Doan, Duc Kien
name: Le, Bang Giang
name: Ta, Viet Cuong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In safe reinforcement learning, agent needs to balance between exploration actions and safety constraints. Following this paradigm, domain transfer approaches learn a prior Q-function from the related environments to prevent unsafe actions. However, because of the large number of false positives, some safe actions are never executed, leading to inadequate exploration in sparse-reward environments. In this work, we aim to learn an efficient state representation to balance the exploration and safety-prefer action in a sparse-reward environment. Firstly, the image input is mapped to latent representation by an auto-encoder. A further contrastive learning objective is employed to distinguish safe and unsafe states. In the learning phase, the latent distance is used to construct an additional safety check, which allows the agent to bias the exploration if it visits an unsafe state. To verify the effectiveness of our method, the experiment is carried out in three navigation-based MiniGrid environments. The result highlights that our method can explore the environment better while maintaining a good balance between safety and efficiency.
description: Accepted at ACIIDS 2025
Figure S2: The Buzzard Field, Blocks 19/5a, 19/10a, 20/1 and 20/6a, UK North Sea
Creators: name: E.E. Taylor
name: N.J. Webb
name: C.J. Stevenson
name: J.R. Henderson
name: A. Kovac
name: J.J. Millington
name: J.A. Rhodes
Publisher: name: Geological Society of London
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Geology
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences

description: Surveillance logging showing saturation data within a production well between 2008 and 2013. The gamma-ray, nuclear and bulk volume logs on the left show three distinct sand units. The time-lapse logs on the right show these units are sweeping from the base upwards. At 8760 ft TVDSS a 10 ft thick sandstone unit remains unswept as the sandstones above and below water out. The core at this interval has been interpreted as a channel margin, isolated from the channels above and below. This zone was subsequently perforated and produced dry oil for 3 years.
Effect of roasting time on quality, acceptability, and volatile aroma components of roasted defective coffee beans
Creators: name: Inthawoot Suppavorasatit
Publisher: name: Asia-Pacific Journal of Science and Technology
Year: 2024
Subjects: Defective coffee beans
Roasting time
Coffee quality
Consumer acceptance
Volatile aroma components
SPME

description: Asia-Pacific Journal of Science and Technology, 29, 4, 16 (8 pages)
title: Stellungnahme zum „Entwurf eines Gesetzes zur dynamischen Beitragsentlastung in der Arbeitslosenversicherung“: Deutscher Bundestag Drucksache 19/10615/15, 4. Juni 2019
Creators: name: Bosch, Gerhard
Publisher: name: DuEPublico: Duisburg-Essen Publications online, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 300

description: Kurz gefasst:


 Arbeitslosenversicherungen zählen aufgrund ihrer antizyklischen Einnahmen- und Ausgabenentwicklung zu den automatischen Stabilisatoren der Konjunktur.
Während fiskalische Konjunkturprogramme erst beschlossen, geplant und umgesetzt werden müssen, wirken die erhöhten Zahlungen für Arbeitslosenunterstützung und Kurzarbeitsgeld sofort und zielgenau in den Regionen mit den größten Arbeitsmarktproblemen.

Die Konjunkturforschung ist nicht in der Lage vorherzusagen, ob der Wert von 0,65% des Bruttossozialprodukts, was rund 20 Mrd. € entspricht, für die Rücklage der Bundesagentur für Arbeit in künftigen Krisen ausreicht.

„Harmonische“, gleich lange Auf- und Abschwungphasen entsprechen nicht der wirtschaftlichen Realität. Damit entfällt auch die argumentative Grundlage für eine schematische Beitragssenkung bei Überschreitung eines Höchstwerts der Rücklage.

Anstelle von Beitragssenkungen sollten Zukunftsaufgaben, wie die stärkere Unterstützung abschlussbezogener Weiterbildung, gefördert werden.
description: IAQ-Standpunkte, vol. 2020, no. 01
The Role of Social Support Systems in the Advancement of Professional Chefs
Creators: name: Hansford, Emily
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2011

description: The professional fine dining kitchen has predominately been the domain of male chefs. The purpose of this study was to look at what factors affect chefs, especially female chefs, in the development of their professional careers. I interviewed 12 professional female chefs and five male chefs in New York City and Atlanta, in various stages of their careers, in order to gain a better understanding of the difficulties faced by chefs.  Through my research I learned that although women face devaluation from their male coworkers, they also face stigmatization from their female coworkers.   This research provides insight into changes that need to be made in order for women to more successfully navigate the culinary industry as well as women in other male-dominated professions.
Dyeing of screw pine (Pandanus tectorius) leaves using natural dyes from local plants in Songkhla Province, Thailand
Creators: name: Noppadon Podkumnerd
Publisher: name: Asia-Pacific Journal of Science and Technology
Year: 2024
Subjects: Basketry products
Community engagement
Natural dyes
Screw pine

description: Asia-Pacific Journal of Science and Technology, 29, 4, 17 (8 pages)
La Vida Online: The Parallel Public Sphere of Facebook as Used by Colombian Immigrant Women in Atlanta
Creators: name: Dye, Michaelanne
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2011

description: This thesis examines how Colombian women within the city of Atlanta utilize Facebook as a parallel public sphere, a cultural phenomenon through which the silenced use mediums of popular culture to discuss private and public dilemmas (Dewey 2009).ÿ Through ethnographic research in Atlanta, I analyze how these young women use Facebook as they negotiate their identity through the multiple contexts of their everyday lives. ÿDrawing from feminist critiques, I explore whether Facebook provides an alternative to the traditional public sphere, while also investigating how power structures influence freedom of expression online. Through an international network of friends, these women tackle topics of discrimination, personal struggles, and individual accomplishments. By addressing pertinent issues, such as immigration reform policies, through a public forum, Colombian women become activists in order to disseminate information and educate others. This study explores the parallel public sphere, as well as its possible implications for diasporic communities, by examining the power of social connections and the performance of public personas through an arena not bounded by physical space.