cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Η νομοθετική προσέγγιση της παρένθετης μητρότητας
Creators: name: Ποντίκα, Πολυξένη Γεωργίου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2024
Subjects: Παρένθετη μητρότητα
Ιατρική αναγκαιότητα
Άγαμος μοναχικός άνδρας και ομόφυλα ζευγάρια
Surrogacy
Medical necessity
Single unmarried man and same-sex couples

description: Η παρούσα διπλωματική εργασία αναλύει το θέμα της νομοθετικής προσέγγισης της παρένθετης μητρότητας στην Ελλάδα. Η ανάπτυξη του συγκεκριμένου θέματος διαρθρώνεται σε εφτά κεφάλαια, σε καθένα από τα οποία γίνεται μια προσπάθεια προσέγγισης διαφορετικών θεμάτων σχετικών με τη μέθοδο της παρένθετης μητρότητας. Το πρώτο κεφάλαιο αναφέρεται στην έννοια της παρένθετης μητρότητας και γίνεται ορολογική της προσέγγιση και αναφορά στην ιστορική της εξέλιξη. Στο δεύτερο κεφάλαιο αναπτύσσονται οι προϋποθέσεις επιτρεπτού της παρένθετης μητρότητας, τόσο οι γενικές που ισχύουν για κάθε μέθοδο Ιατρικώς Υποβοηθούμενης Αναπαραγωγής, όσο και οι ειδικές. Στο τρίτο κεφάλαιο γίνεται αναφορά στο δικαίωμα πρόσβασης του άγαμου μοναχικού άνδρα και των ομόφυλων ζευγαριών στη μέθοδο της παρένθετης μητρότητας. Συνεχίζοντας με το τέταρτο κεφάλαιο, περιγράφονται οι πρόσφατες μεταρρυθμίσεις στην Ιατρικώς Υποβοηθούμενη Αναπαραγωγή βάσει του Νόμου 4958/2022. Στο πέμπτο κεφάλαιο γίνεται λόγος για τη συγγένεια της μητέρας και του πατέρα με το τέκνο υπό το πλαίσιο της παρένθετης μητρότητας. Στο έκτο κεφάλαιο αναλύονται ορισμένοι νομικοί προβληματισμοί που ανακύπτουν λόγω της περιπλοκότητας της μεθόδου της παρένθετης μητρότητας. Το έβδομο κεφάλαιο περιγράφει τους ηθικούς προβληματισμούς που συνυπάρχουν με τη μέθοδο αυτή. Κλείνοντας την παρούσα διπλωματική εργασία, αναφέρονται τα συμπεράσματα της ανάπτυξης που θα προηγηθεί και διατυπώνονται οι απόψεις της γράφουσας.
description: This thesis analyzes the legislative approach of surrogacy in Greece. The development of this topic is structured into seven chapters, each addressing different aspects of surrogacy. In the first chapter, the concept of surrogacy is introduced, providing a terminological approach and a historical overview of its evolution. The second chapter elaborates on the permissible conditions for surrogacy, including both general requirements applicable to any Assisted Reproductive Technology method and specific ones. Moving on to the third chapter, the right of access for single men and same-sex couples to surrogacy is discussed. The fourth chapter describes recent reforms in Assisted Reproductive Technology based on Law 4958/2022. The fifth chapter explores the relationship between the biological mother, father, and the child in the context of surrogacy. The sixth chapter analyzes legal issues arising from the complexity of surrogacy. In the seventh chapter, ethical concerns associated with this method are outlined. Concluding the thesis, the findings of the analysis are presented, and the author's perspectives are articulated.
title: The modulation effect of inflammatory cytokines on T cell proliferation in hypertension
Creators: name: Alsheik, Eman Oboud S.
Publisher: name: University of Glasgow
Year: 2024

description: Hypertension is a common medical condition with very serious target organ consequences, increasing the risk of heart disease, stroke, and severe health complications. Despite the identification of various mechanisms (vascular, renal, and central mechanism) contributing to the pathogenesis of hypertension, the majority of cases lack a clear aetiology. Emerging evidence has established a significant association between hypertension and immune responses, particularly involving adaptive immune cells and inflammatory cytokines. Immunosuppressive drugs and cytokine inhibitors have shown potential in mitigating hypertension, suggesting a crucial role of the immune system in this condition. Given the central role of T lymphocytes in the adaptive immune response, this study hypothesises that, in the context of hypertension, inflammatory cytokines can modulate T cell activation independently of antigen stimulation. To test this hypothesis, total T cells were isolated from the spleens and PBMCs of normotensive and hypertensive mice and exposed to a range of cytokines, including TNF-α, IL-6, IL-15, IFN-γ, IL-7, IL-1β, IL-17A, IL-2, and IL-12, using different stimulation protocols. Aiming to understand the effects of these cytokines on T cell proliferation, differentiation, and the expression of activation markers such as CD69.

Our findings highlight the varying abilities of cytokines to sustain T cell viability, with IL7, IL-15, and IL-6 demonstrating a tendency for greater efficacy compared to other cytokines. In addition, IL-7 and IL-15 significantly impact T cell proliferation, notably affecting the CD8+ T cell population. However, despite these effects, no significant difference was detected between normotensive and hypertensive T cells in response to IL-7 and IL-15. This suggests that while these cytokines are potent in driving T cell proliferation, their influence is not specifically heightened in the context of hypertension. In GSEA and KEGG analyses, the Ca2+ signalling pathway was distinctively activated in response to IL-7 and IL-15 in Ang II induced hypertension.

Conclusion: These data imply that most studied cytokines linked to hypertension pathology do not substantially affect normotensive or hypertensive T cells in a murine model. However, T cell proliferation was elevated in both Sham and Ang II mice in response to IL-15 and IL-7. Together, the data presented in this thesis warrant further investigations into the role of cytokines in hypertension and may point to IL-15 or IL-7 as biological targets for antihypertension therapy.
The Difference Between Graph-Based and Block-Structured Business Process Modelling Languages
Creators: name: Kopp, Oliver
name: Martin, Daniel
name: Wutke, Daniel
name: Leyman, Frank
Publisher: name: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (The German Informatics Society)
Year: 2015

description: The most prominent business process notations in use today are BPMN, EPC and BPEL. While all those languages show similarities on the conceptual level and share similar constructs, the semantics of these constructs and even the intended use of the language itself are often quite different. As a result, users are uncertain when to use which language or construct in a particular language, especially when they have used another business process notation before. In this paper, we discuss the core characteristics of graph-based and block-structured modelling languages and compare them with respect to their join and loop semantics.
description: Enterprise Modelling and Information Systems Architectures, Vol 4, No 1 (2009)
Competency-Oriented Business Process Analysis - A Model-based Approach
Creators: name: Leyking, Katrina
name: Angeli, Ralf
Publisher: name: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (The German Informatics Society)
Year: 2015

description: Traditionally, business process analysis is primarily concerned with the identification of structural weaknesses, inefficient capacity utilisation or IT deficiencies. Despite this well-founded knowledge about process performance, and despite the increasingly recognized relevance of human capital for business performance, business process analysis efforts rarely touch human resources – except for downsizing or layoffs. The objective of this paper is to extend traditional business process modelling and business process simulation by competency requirements and their impact on process performance. By doing so, business process performance can be improved through the integration of competency requirements into process design. The approach addresses the need to derive competency requirements from business processes in order to facilitate the alignment of employee competency profiles with business roles (staffing) as well as the effective closure of business-relevant competency gaps through tailored learning processes (business-driven personnel development).
description: Enterprise Modelling and Information Systems Architectures, Vol 4, No 1 (2009)
Model-Based Decision Support for the Customer-Specific Configuration of Value Bundles
Creators: name: Becker, Jörg
name: Beverungen, Daniel
name: Knackstedt, Ralf
name: Müller, Oliver
Publisher: name: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (The German Informatics Society)
Year: 2015

description: Customers in B2B as well as B2C markets increasingly demand integrated problem solutions from their suppliers, comprising both physical artefacts (products) and services. Applying a mixed bundling strategy to offer such value bundles to customers foremost requires a sound configuration and economic calculation of value propositions, based on previously defined modules of products and services. In this paper, a modelling language is introduced to describe the function and structure of such modules, as well as to calculate the economic consequences of value propositions on a customer-individual level. The proposed modelling language has been embedded into a software tool to evaluate its utility regarding the customization and offering of integrated value bundles to customers.
description: Enterprise Modelling and Information Systems Architectures, Vol 4, No 1 (2009)
Service Oriented Security Architecture
Creators: name: Opincaru, Cristian
name: Gheorghe, Gabriela
Publisher: name: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (The German Informatics Society)
Year: 2015

description: As Service Oriented Architectures (SOA) and Web services are becoming widely deployed, the issue of security is far from being solved. In an attempt to address this issue, the industry proposed several extensions to the SOAP protocol that currently reached different levels of standardization. However, no architectural guidelines have yet been proposed. In this paper we first outline the security challenges and the specifications that address these challenges and then present our concept the Service Oriented Security Architecture—SOSA. We argue that the different security functions (authentication, authorization, audit, etc.) should be realized as different stand-alone Web services These security services can then be chained together by means of Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) techniques such as message routing on Enterprise Services Buses (ESB). Next, we will present a prototypical implementation of this framework and describe our experiences so far. We show that by distributing the security functions, a more flexible architecture can be designed that would lower the costs associated with implementation, administration and maintenance.
description: Enterprise Modelling and Information Systems Architectures, Vol 4, No 1 (2009)
Computing Galois cohomology of a real linear algebraic group
Creators: name: Borovoi, Mikhail
name: de Graaf, Willem A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Representation Theory (math.RT)
subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: Group Theory (math.GR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 20G10, 11E72, 20G20, 68W30

description: Let G be a linear algebraic group, not necessarily connected or reductive, over the field of real numbers R. We describe a method, implemented on computer, to find the first Galois cohomology set H^1(R,G). The output is a list of 1-cocycles in G. Moreover, we have an implemented algorithm that, given a 1-cocycle z in Z^1(R,G), finds the cocycle in the computed list to which z is equivalent, together with an element of G(C) realizing the equivalence.
description: V1: 41 pages. V2: 45 pages, the final version to appear in J. London Math. Soc
Wood marketing opportunities in Japan
Creators: name: Watai, Kengo Albert
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2016

description: 1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The following is a summary of the key points that are discussed in each section of the report. 1.1 JAPANESE MARKET TRENDS The Japanese market is currently heavily affected by the demographic factors that control both the current shift in home construction style and the future demand with respect to green movements. Currently the CASBEE-Sumai and the Woodmile Forum is gaining recognition with their Woodmile index. 1.2 REGULATION TRENDS The homes in Japan have seen heavy building code revamps with respect to earthquake resistance engineering and are opening marketing opportunity for home renovation and home improvement industries. 1.3 RESIDENTIAL TRENDS The residential markets are seeing an increased awareness of green movements and are showing major shifts in the desire to have environmentally friendly homes. Many, however, show misunderstandings of wood and shun the use of it, calling it a tropical rainforest destroyer. 1.4 MARKETING OPPORTUNITIES The engineered wood products markets are looking very promising in the Japanese housing markets, since the need for larger homes have made demands that are impossible with the current lumber usage. Also the chance for 2x4 markets to gain market share has been on the rise. Finally the regulatory bodies in Japan should reconsider the use of the Woodmile to decide on the environmental friendliness of wood before cannibalization occurs in the wood markets between domestic and imported wood. This essay is directed for those who seek marketing opportunities in Japan or are seeking for knowledge regarding current green movement in the forestry sector in Japan. It is assumed that the readers of this paper have some knowledge of engineered wood products, green regulations, and general knowledge of the forestry industry.
GIPERTONIK BEMORLAR BILAN PSIXOTERAPEVTIK TADBIRLAR OLIB BORISHNING ZARURIYATI
Creators: name: Eshchanova, Nasiba
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Tezisda bemorlar bilan psixoterapevtik tadbirlar olib borishning hozirgi kundagi ahamiyati va psixoterapevtik usullardan foydalangan holda bemorlarga yordam ko’rsatishning zarurligi masalasi muhokama qilingan.
การเปิดเสรีการค้ากับความเหลื่อมล้ำทางด้านรายได้ในประเทศไทย : การวิเคราะห์ระดับครัวเรือน
Creators: name: ศาสตรา สุดสวาสดิ์
name: ทวีชัย เจริญเศรษฐศิลป์
Publisher: name: โรงพิมพ์มหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์
Year: 2558
Subjects: Trade liberalisation,income inequality,household welfare

description: 1, 33, วารสารเศรษฐศาสตร์ธรรมศาสตร์
Supplementary document for Enhancing nonreciprocal Goos–Hänchen shift by Fano resonance of coupled gyromagnetic chains at normal incidence - 6119401.pdf
Creators: name: ma, hui
name: Wu, Rui-xin
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This supplemental document contains the calculation for reflection coefficient, GH Shifts at oblique incidence, reflectivity at oblique incidence and different bias magnetic field.
ระบบบริหารความเสี่ยงกลุ่มสินทรัพย์ลงทุนประเภทสินเชื่อการเกษตรสำหรับตลาดการเงินในชนบทไทย
Creators: name: สงกรานต์ สมบุญ
Publisher: name: โรงพิมพ์มหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์
Year: 2558
Subjects: สินเชื่อการเกษตร,ระบบการให้คะแนนสินเชื่อ,ระบบการจัดระดับความเสี่ยง,ลูกหนี้ภายใน

description: 1, 33, วารสารเศรษฐศาสตร์ธรรมศาสตร์
Guidelines on Digital Tools and Precision Livestock Farming solutions for small ruminant farmers
Creators: name: Morgan-Davies, Claire
name: Grøva, Lise
name: McLaren, Ann
name: Kenyon, Fiona
name: McClearn, Brid
name: de Boer, Anne
name: Keady, TWJ
name: Godo, Assaf
name: Piirsalu, Peep
name: Klein, Renáta
name: Giovanetti, Valeria
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: sheep
goats
technologies

description: This report is a series of guidelines on how to use digital and precision livestock farming tools targeted at small ruminants. We have prepared 30 guidelines, in the following order:

1    3D Imaging2    Aptimiz (labour app)3    Dairy parlour EID reader4    Automatic feeders5    Automatic grass plate meters 6    Automatic milk feeder7    Cameras8    Connected fences9    Connected water meter10    Sheep Handling Conveyor11    Ultra High Frequency RFID Ear Tag 12    DNA-parentage13    Drone14    Dynamic Milk Tank Weight 15    EID-enabled Weigh Crate and autodrafter16    Environmental station17    FECPAC-G218    Feed Ration Planner 19    Flock management software 20    Flock Recording app (SheepIreland)21    GPS collar/E-bell22    EID Hand Held Reader 23    Electronic Milk Meter24    Portable NIRS25    Portable Somatic Cell Counter 26    Hay drying tool27    Pregnancy Scanner 28    Virtual fence 29    Walk over Weighing Crate (WoW)30    Weight Recording Water Trough
อนาคตของอุตสาหกรรมไทย
Creators: name: สมศักดิ์ แต้มบุญเลิศชัย
Publisher: name: โรงพิมพ์มหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์
Year: 2558
Subjects: Manufacturing,Developing Countries Innovation

description: 2, 33, วารสารเศรษฐศาสตร์ธรรมศาสตร์
Multinational Enterprises, Exporting and R&D Activities in the South
Creators: name: Archanun Kohpaiboon
name: Juthathip Jongwanich
Publisher: name: โรงพิมพ์มหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์
Year: 2558
Subjects: Multinational Enterprises,Exporting and R&D activity

description: 2, 33, วารสารเศรษฐศาสตร์ธรรมศาสตร์
title: Robust backstepping controllers for linear motor drives
Creators: name: Ager, Paul
name: Jimoh, Isah A.
name: Bevan, Geraint
name: Küçükdemiral, Ibrahim
Publisher: name: IEEE
Year: 2024

description: This work presents robust backstepping controllers to achieve position tracking control of a linear motor drive system with parameter uncertainties, discontinuous frictional force, and unknown external disturbance. First, a robust control scheme is developed to provide asymptotic stability under tracking control of the linear drive system. The assumption of a constant upper bound on the disturbance during the control design can lead to an overly conservative controller. To avoid this, an adaptation mechanism has been proposed to adapt the upper bound based on the current state measurement and the delayed state and input variables. The developed control scheme was shown to provide a global asymptotic stability of the closed-loop linear motor drive system. The control strategies are evaluated by numerical simulation of the linear motor drive. The simulation results show that the use of the adaptive disturbance upper bound adjustment technique results in significant performance improvement.
A simulation model test of the potential role for size-structured, agonistic, intraspecific interactions in the ontogenetic niche shifts of signal crayfish (pacifastacus leniusculus dana)
Creators: name: Martin, Amanda
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: Ontogenetic niche shifts generally coincide with changes in size, morphology, behavior, and/or feeding preferences during development, resulting in a shift in preferred habitat. In aquatic species, these ontogenetic niche shifts are often associated with habitat-dependent changes in competition and/or predation dynamics, expressed as a size-depth relationship where the larger-bodied adults occupy deeper habitats while the smaller-bodied juveniles primarily reside in shallower regions. While the influence of interspecific interactions on size-structured habitat occupancy has been well studied, few have examined the potential role of intraspecific agonistic interactions between size classes in ontogenetic niche shifts. A simulation model was developed to test whether the size-specific habitat occupancy observed in signal crayfish can be explained by the size-structured individual responses to agonistic interaction, where the smaller-bodied juvenile responds to the interaction with an escape movement, to avoid engagement and the risk of mortality or injury from the adult. The simulated movements of signal crayfish resulted in higher juvenile occupancy of riffles relative to pools reflecting a greater rate of escape from adults into riffles, away from the higher densities of adults in their preferred habitat (i.e. pools). This provides evidence that the juvenile escape response to size-structured, intraspecific, agonistic interactions may contribute to ontogenetic niche shifts.
ความผันผวนภายในระบบเศรษฐกิจเปิดขนาดเล็กและนโยบายการเงินที่เหมาะสมภายใต้ทฤษฎีเคออส
Creators: name: สมบัติ ใจดี
Publisher: name: โรงพิมพ์มหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์
Year: 2558
Subjects: Monetary Policy,Central Bank,Chaotic Theory

description: 2, 33, วารสารเศรษฐศาสตร์ธรรมศาสตร์
Alfons Maria Schneider und Walter Karnapp, Die Stadtmauer von lznik (Nicaea)
Creators: name: Koethe, Harald
Publisher: name: Trierer Zeitschrift - Archäologie und Kunst des Trierer Landes und seiner Nachbargebiete
Year: 2024

description: Rezension zu: Alfons Maria Schneider und Walter Karnapp, Die Stadtmauer von lznik (Nicaea). Berlin: Verlag des Archäologischen Instituts des Deutschen Reiches 1938. 55 S. mit 22 Abb. im Text, Stadtplan, Panorama und 52 Taf. (Istanbuler Forschungen Bd. 9).
description: Trierer Zeitschrift - Archäologie und Kunst des Trierer Landes und seiner Nachbargebiete, Bd. 14 (1939): Trierer Zeitschrift: für Geschichte und Kunst des Trierer Landes und seiner Nachbargebiete
Adding an Implication to Logics of Perfect Paradefinite Algebras
Creators: name: Greati, Vitor
name: Marcelino, Sérgio
name: Marcos, João
name: Rivieccio, Umberto
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Logic in Computer Science (cs.LO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: F.4.1
subject: 03G10 (Primary) 03C05, 03B50, 03B70, 03B53, 03B22, 03B35, 03C40 (Secondary)

description: Perfect paradefinite algebras are De Morgan algebras expanded with an operation that allows for the full behavior of classical negation to be restored. They form a variety that is term-equivalent to the variety of involutive Stone algebras. Their associated multiple-conclusion (Set-Set) and single-conclusion (Set-Fmla) order-preserving logics are non-algebraizable self-extensional logics of formal inconsistency and undeterminedness determined by a six-valued matrix, studied in depth by Gomes et al. (2022) from both the algebraic and the proof-theoretical perspectives. In the present paper, we continue that study by investigating directions for conservatively expanding these logics with an implication connective (essentially, one that admits the deduction-detachment theorem). We first consider logics given by very simple and manageable non-deterministic semantics whose implication (in isolation) is classical. These, nevertheless, fail to be self-extensional. We then consider the implication realized by the relative pseudo-complement over the six-valued perfect paradefinite algebra. Our strategy is to expand the language of the latter algebra with this connective and study the (self-extensional) Set-Set and Set-Fmla order-preserving and top-assertional logics of the variety induced by the resulting algebra. We provide axiomatizations for such new variety and for such logics, drawing parallels with the class of symmetric Heyting algebras and with Moisil's 'symmetric modal logic'. For the Set-Set logic, in particular, the axiomatization we obtain is analytic. We close by studying interpolation properties for these logics and concluding that the new variety has the Maehara amalgamation property.
description: New version after a round of peer reviewing, no critical changes
Supporting Distributed Conceptual Modelling through Naming Conventions - A Tool-based Linguistic Approach
Creators: name: Delfmann, Patrick
name: Herwig, Sebastian
name: Lis, Łukasz
name: Stein, Armin
Publisher: name: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (The German Informatics Society)
Year: 2015

description: Empirical studies attest that conceptual models created in distributed modelling environments often vary heavily in the way their respective model elements are labelled. Although the same issues are being modelled, different names are chosen by the involved persons. By this, the analysis and comparison of the models, which is required for their subsequent integration, is extremely challenging and time consuming. Literature analysis reveals several approaches addressing this problem by either manually or semi-automatically integrating existing models after their construction. However, this proves to be an exhaustive and error prone task. In this article we propose a domain and modelling language independent approach that prevents the emergence of naming conflicts already during the modelling process. This is done by formalising naming conventions consisting of context specific thesauri and customised phrase structures, which are both derived from natural language grammars and supplemented by domain-specific terms. These conventions serve as basis for a fully automated guidance of the modeller during the model creation process, resulting in semantically comparable conceptual models. For this, we present a research prototype that integrates our approach into a modelling tool.
description: Enterprise Modelling and Information Systems Architectures, Vol 4, No 2 (2009)
North American wood supply and demand : is there enough?
Creators: name: Pearson, Alexander Svend
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: The North American forest industry has long been an important part of North America’s economy. The industry has traditionally been the only industrial demand on timberland creating a long established balance between the supply (timberland) and the demand (manufacturing). Recently the forest industry has been troubled due to the collapse of the solid wood products largest market, housing, and a global recession. These troubled times have lead many operation in the industry to curtail operations. Since the industry curtailed, high oil prices and increasing environmental concern have advocated the investment in renewable energy sources. As a renewable energy source, biomass holds great potential for satisfying a portion of our continental energy demands. This increased demand for timberland products could be very profitable to the timberland owners but also holds many concerns to the extent of additional supply that can be harvested from our timberlands. Further complicating the balance of supply and demand are the large global and domestic effects that are reducing the total amount of timberland and increasing the demand for the remaining timberlands. The supply and demand changes have the potential to make the forest industry evermore important part of the North American economy but care must be taken to not over extend our resources.
title: Streamlining the Transition From Yeast Surface Display of Antibody Fragment Immune Libraries to the Production as IgG Format in Mammalian Cells
Creators: name: Fibing, David
name: Bogen, Jan P.
name: Carrara, Stefania C.
name: Deweid, Lukas
name: Zielonka, Stefan
name: Grzeschik, Julius
name: Hock, Björn
name: Kolmar, Harald
Publisher: name: Frontiers
Year: 2022

description: Yeast-surface display (YSD) is commonly applied to screen Fab immune or naïve libraries for binders of predefined target molecules. However, reformatting of isolated variants represents a time-intensive bottleneck. Herein, we present a novel approach to facilitate a lean transition from antibody screening using YSD Fab libraries to the production of full-length IgG antibodies in Expi293-F cells. In this study, utilizing Golden Gate Cloning (GGC) and a bidirectional promoter system, an exemplary Fab-displaying YSD library was generated based on immunised transgene rats. After subsequent screening for antigen-specific antibody candidates by fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS), the Fab-encoding genes were subcloned into a bidirectional mammalian expression vector, exhibiting CH2-CH3 encoding genes, in a GGC-mediated, PCR-free manner. This novel, straightforward and time-saving workflow allows the VH/VL pairing to be preserved. This study resulted in antibody variants exhibiting suitable biophysical properties and covered a broad VH diversity after two rounds of FACS screening, as revealed by NGS analysis. Ultimately, we demonstrate that the implication of such a gene transfer system streamlines antibody hit discovery efforts, allowing the faster characterisation of antibodies against a plethora of targets that may lead to new therapeutic agents.
Masculinity, hybridity and nostalgia in French colonial fiction films of the 1930s
Creators: name: Hertaud-Wright, Marie-Hélène
Publisher: name: Loughborough University
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 160699 Political Science not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Political science

description: The present study explores the problematics of race, ethnicity, nation and gender with reference to the relatively neglected body of colonial films produced in France during the 1930s. This troubled period was ushered in by the Wall Street crash of 1929 and by the advent of film sound. It ended with the start of the Second World War which marked what in hindsight can be seen as the beginning of the end of Europe's colonial empires. The first part of the thesis lays the theoretical foundations which underpin this study, it examines the historical and cultural contexts within which these films were inscribed and it attempts a definition of the somewhat nebulous concept of 'colonial cinema'. The second part focuses on a number of colonial 'types' - the 'colonised', the historical figure, the settler and the legionnaire - around which French, masculine and imperial identities were constructed. Conducting both an ideological and semiotic analysis of a number of filmic texts, and making use of various theoretical approaches - such as studies on the nature of myths, post-colonial theory, gender representation studies, and moral and political philosophy - this thesis investigates the discursive positions adopted in the films, which are found to be mostly in tune with the dominant interwoven discourses about empire, the nation and masculinity, whilst also setting out to uncover various slippages and silences which allow for the expression of uncertainties and ambivalences. Particular emphasis is put on two notions which are found to permeate these texts and contribute to unsettling preferred images of Frenchness and masculinity, namely 'nostalgia' and 'hybridity'. This study therefore aims to challenge prevailing notions of French colonial films as dichotomous representations of empire expressing a monolithic sense of French racial superiority and the jingoistic celebration of national achievement and masculine prowess. Close analysis of these films reveals them to be polysemic, multi-layered texts. They tell us less about the reality of the colonial world and more about the mindset of those responsible for its representation, and who were deeply preoccupied with struggles in metropolitan France and wracked by anxieties about masculine, imperial and national identities.
การบริหารจัดการเศรษฐกิจมหภาคและการเงินในโลกของความไม่แน่นอน: เราสามารถเรียนรู้อะไรได้จากวิทยาศาสตร์ของความซับซ้อน
Creators: name: ฐิติเทพ สิทธิยศ
Publisher: name: โรงพิมพ์มหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์
Year: 2558
Subjects: เศรษฐศำสตร์มหภาค,การเงิน,วิทยาศาสตร์ของความซับซ้อน

description: 3, 33, วารสารเศรษฐศาสตร์ธรรมศาสตร์
Supplementary document for Folded beam path architecture for highly efficient filter-based spectral sensors - 6119806.pdf
Creators: name: Kobylinskiy, Aliaksei
name: Werner, Lukas
name: Kraus, Matthias
name: Hillmer, Hartmut
name: Brunner, Robert
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplement 1: Characteristics of long-pass filters, metal interference filters, LVF calibration, and measurement of HgAr spectral lamp
Periosteal Chondroma
Creators: name: Gorican, Karel
Publisher: name: EURORAD
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Bones
subject: Musculoskeletal bone
subject: Conventional radiography
subject: MR
subject: Plain radiographic studies
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Neoplasia

description: Clinical History Image Findings Discussion Find Diagnosis Differential Diagnosis
description: male, 13 years
description: Clinical History: A 13-year-old boy presented a painless bone swelling of the proximal left tibia which was noticed after a trauma of the knee two months ago. He explained that the mass was gradually growing. Physical examination revealed a painless  mass 3 cm in diameter,... Final Diagnosis: Periosteal Chondroma
Integrating Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing with Northwest Coast Design
Creators: name: Pershin, Andrew
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2016

description: This paper will explore how Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing (CAD/CAM) can be ethically merged with Northwest Coast Sculpture Manufacturing. Additional emphasis will be focused on resolving issues encountered while Integrating CAD/CAM technology with Native Design. The basics of digitizing designs through various scanning techniques, such as the point probe and point cloud method will be discussed along with obstacles encountered during the scanning of existing sculptures. Several approaches to computer modeling will be outlines focusing on MasterCAM’s Surface, Solid, and Art modeling features, as well as Zbrush’s organic tool-based digital sculpting program. The issues of integrating these technologies with Indigenous Northwest Coast design will be sewn through this discussion. The paper will further elaborate on the market potential of sculpted cultural wood products, along with resulting intellectual property issues, focusing on current legislative protection and areas of interest for artists pursuing computer aided manufacturing of their designs. Finally, a case study will be presented discussing ways in which Native communities, such as the Nisga’a Village of Laxgalts’asp, might benefit from CAD/CAM manufacturing. Furthermore it explores the computer aided manufacturing of a specific Northwest Coast design in wood. From this inquiry, directions forward are highlighted, focusing on how the Native Community might approach the issue of integrating this growing technology with existing design capabilities in a modern cultural context.
Enhancing vertebrae in brachiocephalic vein obstruction.
Creators: name: Ivan, Catalin
Publisher: name: EURORAD
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Musculoskeletal spine
subject: Thoracic wall
subject: Thorax
subject: CT
subject: Experimental
subject: Education
subject: Haemodynamics / Flow dynamics

description: Clinical History Image Findings Discussion Find Diagnosis Differential Diagnosis
description: male, 72 years
description: Clinical History: We report two cases of unusual focal bone enhancement secondary to brachiocephalic vein compression and paravertebral collateral circulation formation. Final Diagnosis: Focal vertebral enhancement secondary to brachiocephalic vein stenosis and paravertebral collateral circulation formation.
Sprengel Deformity
Creators: name: Hamid, Samar
Publisher: name: EURORAD
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Bones
subject: Musculoskeletal bone
subject: CT
subject: Conventional radiography
subject: Computer Applications-3D
subject: Imaging sequences
subject: Congenital

description: Clinical History Image Findings Discussion Find Diagnosis Differential Diagnosis
description: female, 6 years
description: Clinical History: A 6 years old female child  from remote rural area, presented to us with prominence of left shoulder since birth. Recently, her shoulder movements became  more restricted. There was no particular history of trauma. On examination, there was visible elevat... Final Diagnosis: Sprengel Shoulder / Sprengel Deformity
A Survey of Service Identification Approaches - Classification Framework, State of the Art, and Comparison
Creators: name: Birkmeier, Dominik
name: Klöckner, Sebastian
name: Overhage, Sven
Publisher: name: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (The German Informatics Society)
Year: 2015

description: Due to their modular nature, the adoption of Service Oriented Architectures (SOA) for business applications promises many advantages. The successful introduction of SOA depends on an efficient methodical support of the underlying new development paradigm, though. As the amount of current literature illustrates, especially the development of systematic methods for the identification of suitable services, which can serve as building blocks of business applications, is presently a focal point of interest. The different approaches presented in literature, however, significantly diverge with regard to their concepts and procedures. In this paper, we therefore analyse the current state of the art in service identification and highlight differences between the presented approaches. To evaluate proposed service identification approaches, we introduce a classification scheme with distinguishing factors. We use this scheme to compare and analyse the various approaches. Based on this comparison, we elaborate on individual strengths and weaknesses of approaches from which implications for practice are deduced. Finally, we identify areas of future research that remain to be addressed in order to further advance the state of the art in service identification.
description: Enterprise Modelling and Information Systems Architectures, Vol 4, No 2 (2009)
A Business Process Modelling Tool with Continuous Validation Support
Creators: name: Gruhn, Volker
name: Laue, Ralf
name: Kühne, Stefan
name: Kern, Heiko
Publisher: name: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (The German Informatics Society)
Year: 2015

description: In this article, we want to present the prototype of a modelling tool that applies graph-based rules for identifying problems in business process models. The advantage of our approach is twofold. Firstly, it is unnecessary to compute the complete state space of the model in order to find errors. Secondly, our technique can be applied to incomplete business process models. Thus, the modeller can be supported by direct feedback during the model construction. This feedback does not only report problems, but it also identifies their reasons and makes suggestions for improvement.
description: Enterprise Modelling and Information Systems Architectures, Vol 4, No 2 (2009)
Dynamic Binding in a SOA and its Potential Implications on Compliance Verifications
Creators: name: Loosli, Gabriela
Publisher: name: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (The German Informatics Society)
Year: 2015

description: An essential characteristic of a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is binding at runtime. Different forms of this dynamic binding of services exist. When applying the most far reaching form, there is the risk that because of changes in the inventory of services inside the repository, non compliant services will be automatically selected at runtime. In this regard, non compliant means that not all required regulations are recognised and may therefore be violated. If services are reused in a different context, there are possibly additional regulations to be complied with. Current change management approaches which are based on testing all services and applications before going into production do not solve this problem. As a result, compliance can not be guaranteed in all cases. In this paper, we introduce an approach that seeks to avoid the selection of non compliant services by means of semantic concepts.
description: Enterprise Modelling and Information Systems Architectures, Vol 4, No 2 (2009)
title: A sour-ry state of the oesophagus – Pseudo-corrosive stricture
Creators: name: Varrior, Ajith
Publisher: name: EURORAD
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Abdominal imaging
subject: Gastrointestinal tract
subject: Fluoroscopy
subject: Clinical Case

description: Clinical History: A 12-year-old girl presented with complaints of epigastric pain and dysphagia since six months, for which she was treated with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID). On inquiry, the patient gave a history of poor dietary habits with excessive tamarind consumption for the past two years. On examination, the patient appeared pale and emaciated.

description: 12 years, female
Energy opportunities from lignocellulosic biomass in British Columbia
Creators: name: Bradley, Carter
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2016

description: The Green movement is a global shift which is causing people to change lifestyle habits and ways of thinking to improve their use of natural resources. Alternative energy is one of the most important components in this shift and is necessary to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels for energy in our everyday lives. Solar, wind, geothermal and biomass are the main sources of energy being explored and are in use throughout the world today in various capacities and with varied degrees of success. Due to the climatic and topographic limitation of solar, wind and geothermal energies, biomass is becoming increasingly desirable as the standard method of renewable energy production. Solid wood has been used as fuel for heating and cooking since the stone ages and emerging technologies may once again involve wood more prominently in our daily lives. When the general public hears about wood energy they automatically think of dirty fireplaces and woodstoves which are the traditional methods of wood heating. The future of this resource is more likely to involve commercialized production of energy and bio-fuels while also finding new technologies to allow for residential use of wood for heating in more efficient ways. Bio-energy potential from the Mountain Pine Beetle devastated Lodgepole Pine in central British Columbia may pose the best opportunity for renewable energy production Canada. As Canada has some of the lowest household electricity rates in the world the market is a difficult one for bio-energy to penetrate. In Europe there has been a larger move towards bio-energy projects due to the substantially higher electricity costs, but can these same technology platforms be viable in Canada. Looking at the country as a whole is too broad due to the varied lifestyles and the large gaps between metropolitan centers. Drilling down to look at British Columbia, and more specifically the interior where the population is much less dense and the availability and access to raw fuel are much greater. There are various methods of producing energy from woody biomass such as direct combustion, cogeneration, gasification, co-firing and production of bio-ethanol or bio-oil. The methods of energy production will be outlined and evaluated based on ease of implementation, required technology and overall costs associated with operation.
การส่งออกของไทย: สถานการณ์ แนวโน้ม และการเตรียมความพร้อม
Creators: name: อาชนัน เกาะไพบูลย์
name: เพ็ชรธรินทร์ วงศ์เจริญ
Publisher: name: โรงพิมพ์มหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์
Year: 2558
Subjects: การส่งออก,เศรษฐกิจไทย,การชะลอตัวของเศรษฐกิจโลก

description: 3, 33, วารสารเศรษฐศาสตร์ธรรมศาสตร์
Rising Household Debt: Implications for Economic Stability
Creators: name: Athiphat Muthitacharoen
name: Phacharaphot Nuntramas
name: Pasit Chotewattanakul
Publisher: name: โรงพิมพ์มหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์
Year: 2558
Subjects: Household debt,economic stability,economic growth

description: 3, 33, วารสารเศรษฐศาสตร์ธรรมศาสตร์
STRATEGIC INSIGHTS INTO MELLI BANK'S E-BANKING: A MARKET PENETRATION STUDY
Creators: name: Dr. Mohammad R., Khalili
Publisher: name: continental journal
Year: 2024
Subjects: E-banking, digital transformation, internet banking, financial services, online banking.

description: In the modern era, financial institutions are acutely attuned to the dynamic landscape of the web. In contrast to conventional brick-and-mortar branches, the advent of e-banking systems leverages the internet to extend a gamut of services to customers. These services encompass a wide spectrum, ranging from account opening to seamless fund transfers and electronic bill payments.

This paradigm shift toward e-banking systems ushers in a new era of accessibility and convenience for customers. With the power of the internet at their fingertips, clients can engage with their financial institutions from the comfort of their homes or offices, unlocking a world of financial possibilities.

This paper delves into the multifaceted realm of e-banking, exploring the transformative impact of internet-based services on the banking sector. By scrutinizing the opportunities and threats posed by web-centric banking, this research offers insights into the evolving landscape of financial services and underscores the strategic importance of embracing digital channels.
Systoles of hyperbolic hybrids
Creators: name: Douba, Sami
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Group Theory (math.GR)
subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We exhibit closed hyperbolic manifolds with arbitrarily small systole in each dimension that are not quasi-arithmetic in the sense of Vinberg, and are thus not commensurable to those constructed by Agol, Belolipetsky--Thomson, and Bergeron--Haglund--Wise. This is done by taking hybrids of the manifolds constructed by the latter authors.
description: 5 pages, 1 figure. Comments welcome
The Politics of Productivity Improvement: Quality Infrastructure and the Middle-Income Trap
Creators: name: Doner, Richard
Publisher: name: โรงพิมพ์มหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์
Year: 2559
Subjects: Political econom,upgrading,institutions

description: 1, 34, วารสารเศรษฐศาสตร์ธรรมศาสตร์
Improving the safety of resource access roads in British Columbia’s coastal forest industry
Creators: name: Wickman, Chris
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2016

description: The forest industry has historically exhibited one of the highest rates of fatalities and serious injuries within the province of British Columbia. From 1997 to 2006, the forest sector averaged a record of 92 serious injuries and 22 fatalities per year (Office of the Auditor General, 2008). During this time span, it should be noted that 43 fatalities and 110 serious injuries were reported in 2005; which brought the unsafe work practices of the industry under significant government criticism (Forest Safety Task Force, 2004). In response to the unacceptably high rates of serious injuries and fatalities, the Office of the Auditor General (AG) conducted an independent review of safety in the forest sector. The 2008 AG report identified many issues contributing to unsafe work practices. Two major recommendations were made: to improve the current attitudes toward worker safety and produce a more unified approach to the regulation of safety in the forest sector. The frequency and severity of unsafe practices in the forest sector varies significantly by worker occupation and production phase. This report will present ideas, plans and activities which address on-the-ground safety of one specific phase of harvesting. Specifically, the underlying cause for unsafe hauling and road use will be examined. Recommendations and measures to improve hauling and road use will also be discussed. There are many physical limitations of log hauling that are being pushed to the limit of worker safety. The attitudes around harvest planning and road design and construction standards, as well as on-the-ground work need to be improved if logging roads are to be safely located in complex, steep terrain. Road maintenance, standardized communications and increased safety audits and enforcement of standards are also discussed. Government policy could change standards for the safety of workers, but cannot change the attitudes of the workers and planners. Standards such as road building and truck loading limits could undoubtedly improve worker safety. There are currently many projects addressing several aspects of safety in the woods and on resource access roads. However, changes to road use standards, improved road construction techniques and stronger government regulations and audits require one more key element to shift the forest sector away from its dangerous safety record. Ultimately, education of forest workers about these improvements is needed to foster an understanding and a realization that the BC forest industry can offer a safe work environment for all its labor force.
Supplementary document for Unsupervised segmentation of biomedical hyperspectral image data: tackling high dimensionality with convolutional autoencoders - 6120812.pdf
Creators: name: Bench, Ciaran
name: Nallala, Jayakrupakar
name: Wang, Chun-Chin
name: Sheridan, Hannah
name: Stone, Nicholas
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental Document