cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Structure-function relationships of antifungal monohydroxy unsaturated fatty acids (HUFA) of plant and bacterial origin
Creators: Liang, Nuanyi
Dacko, Andrea
Tan, Alexander K.
Xiang, Sheng
Curtis, Jonathan M.
Ganzle, Michael G.
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2020

This study investigated the relationships between the structures of hydroxy unsaturated fatty acids (HUFA) and their antifungal activities. Structurally diverse HUFA, including four monohydroxy-18:1 isomers, two monohydroxy 18:2 isomers and two monohydroxy 18:2 isomers were extracted from seeds of plants (Coriaria nepalensis, Thymus vulgaris, Mallotus philippensis and Dimorphotheca sinuata) for which information was available on PlantFAdb database, and from culture supernatants of lactobacilli. They were purified by high-speed counter current chromatography (HSCCC) and identified by LC-MS/MS. The minimum inhibitory concentrations of HUFA were tested against a panel of five yeasts and five mycelial fungi. The membrane phase changes under HUFA treatment and the content of ergosterol were both measured to differentiate HUFA-sensitive and HUFA-resistant fungi. HUFA with a hydroxyl group near the center of the 18-carbon fatty acid chains were found to contribute strongly to HUFA antifungal activity. Antifungal HUFA targeted filamentous fungi but not yeasts. HUFA didn't alter the overall membrane fluidity of sensitive fungi, but the most HUFA-sensitive fungi had a lower average ergosterol content compared to the resistant yeasts. This indicates the possible interaction of HUFA with fungal membrane with low sterol content, which partially support the previous proposed mode of action. Findings here provide insight on further development of HUFA application in food products.
Open questions in human lung organoid research.
Creators: name: Hughes, Tessa
name: Dijkstra, Krijn K
name: Rawlins, Emma L
name: Hynds, Robert E
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2022
Subjects: Pharmacology
lung stem cells
respiratory biology
3D cell culture
in vitro models
epithelial cells

description: Peer reviewed: True
description: Organoids have become a prominent model system in pulmonary research. The ability to establish organoid cultures directly from patient tissue has expanded the repertoire of physiologically relevant preclinical model systems. In addition to their derivation from adult lung stem/progenitor cells, lung organoids can be derived from fetal tissue or induced pluripotent stem cells to fill a critical gap in modelling pulmonary development in vitro. Recent years have seen important progress in the characterisation and refinement of organoid culture systems. Here, we address several open questions in the field, including how closely organoids recapitulate the tissue of origin, how well organoids recapitulate patient cohorts, and how well organoids capture diversity within a patient. We advocate deeper characterisation of models using single cell technologies, generation of more diverse organoid biobanks and further standardisation of culture media.
Additional file 1 of Anopheles gambiae (s.l.) is found where few are looking: assessing mosquito diversity and density outside inhabited areas using diverse sampling methods
Creators: name: Epopa, Patric Stephane
name: Millogo, Abdoul Azize
name: Collins, Catherine Matilda
name: Ace R. North
name: Benedict, Mark Quentin
name: Tripet, Frederic
name: OʼLoughlin, Samantha
name: Dabiré, Roch K.
name: Ouédraogo, Georges Anicet
name: Abdoulaye Diabaté
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 1: Figure S1. Logistic regression model of human proximity to observed larval sites in areas between Bana and Souroukoudingan villages. Map of compounds and larval sites (top) used in the logistic regression model. The positive (middle) and negative (bottom) larval sites are plotted as circles with area relative to the number of compounds within 500 m of their location (‛human proximityʼ, H).
Pure line selection of purple glutinous rice with high anthocyanin in grain from local rice population in Northern Thailand
Creators: name: Aphirat Tolumdab Chanakan Thebault Prom-U-Thai Tonapha Pusadee And Sansanee Jamjod
Publisher: name: Faculty of Agriculture
Year: 2020
Subjects: Purple glutinous rice, special quality, anthocyanin, pure line selection

description: Khon Kaen Agriculture Journal, 48, 5, 1042-1055
Puberty and Mood in an Epidemiological Sample: Age and Pubertal Development Associations with Parent-Reported Mood and Behavior
Creators: name: Janos, Jessica
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2021

description: This study examines the relationship between puberty and mood in an epidemiological sample, describing trends in mood and quality of life (QoL) accompanying puberty, relationships between pubertal stage and mood diagnoses, and the effects of precocious puberty on mood. 1,163 caregivers of youth aged 5-18 matched to the 2010 U.S. Census completed measures of mood symptoms, QoL, pubertal status, and developmental and family history. QoL and dysregulated mood decreased significantly with age. Sex significantly moderated age effects on dysregulated mood (steeper decline in males) and depression (increase in females, no significant change in males). Puberty significantly predicted self-harm and hypomania; chances of having a mood diagnosis varied significantly by pubertal category. Males who entered puberty early endorsed higher hypomania and self-harm. Results suggest the importance of integrating pubertal measures into research and clinical practice and monitoring mood symptoms more closely in post-pubertal youth, particularly those who enter puberty early.
Generating quantum discord between two distant Bose-Einstein condensates with Bell-like detection
Creators: name: Eghbali-Arani, M.
name: Yavari, H.
name: Shahzamanian, M. A.
name: Giovannetti, V.
name: Barzanjeh, Sh.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose a technique that enables the creation of quantum discord between two distant nodes, each containing a cavity consist of the Bose-Einstein condensate, by applying a non-ideal Bell-like detection on the output modes of optical cavities. We find the covariance matrix of the system after the non-ideal Bell-like detection, showing explicitly that one enables manipulation of the quantum correlations, and particularly quantum discord, between remote Bose-Einstein condensates. We also find that the non-ideal Bell-like detection can create entanglement between distant Bose-Einstein condensates at the two remote sites
Lower bound for the spatial extent of localized modes in photonic-crystal waveguides with small random imperfections
Creators: name: Faggiani, Rémi
name: Baron, Alexandre
name: Zang, Xiaorun
name: Lalouat, Loïc
name: Schulz, Sebastian A.
name: O'Regan, Bryan
name: Vynck, Kevin
name: Cluzel, Benoît
name: de Fornel, Frédérique
name: Krauss, Thomas F.
name: Lalanne, Philippe
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Light localization due to random imperfections in periodic media is paramount in photonics research. The group index is known to be a key parameter for localization near photonic band edges, since small group velocities reinforce light interaction with imperfections. Here, we show that the size of the smallest localized mode that is formed at the band edge of a one-dimensional periodic medium is driven instead by the effective photon mass, i.e. the flatness of the dispersion curve. Our theoretical prediction is supported by numerical simulations, which reveal that photonic-crystal waveguides can exhibit surprisingly small localized modes, much smaller than those observed in Bragg stacks thanks to their larger effective photon mass. This possibility is demonstrated experimentally with a photonic-crystal waveguide fabricated without any intentional disorder, for which near-field measurements allow us to distinctly observe a wavelength-scale localized mode despite the smallness ($\sim 1/1000$ of a wavelength) of the fabrication imperfections.
The Effects of Venous Pooling During Prolonged Sitting on Central Arterial Stiffness and Hemodynamics
Creators: name: Stanford, Kathleen Ann
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2021

description: Prolonged sitting (PS) is associated with venous pooling (VP) and increased central arterial stiffness (AS). Brachial femoral pulse wave velocity (bfPWV) and hemodynamics were examined in 11 participants before and after 120 minutes of sitting (SIT, n = 5, 23.6 [5.3] y, 40% F, 23.1 [3.2] kg/m2) or lying (LAY, (n = 6, 26.5 [7.6] y, 66.7% F, 22.5 [2.3]). Participants were recruited to either the SIT or LAY group and had two conditions applied in separate visits: i) CUFF, where occlusive cuffs were applied legs to induce greater VP and ii) NON CUFF, a control condition. In the SIT trial, bfPWV showed nonsignificant (p = 0.28) increases in both CUFF and NON CUFF conditions with greater increases in CUFF (5.93 ± 0.7 to 6.33± 0.6 m/s) than in NON CUFF (6.4 3±2.6 to 6.9±2.6). The data indicate that VP manipulation is associated with increased AS and unwanted hemodynamic changes.
Single-Inclusive Production of Hadrons and Jets in Lepton-Nucleon Scattering at NLO
Creators: name: Hinderer, Patriz
name: Schlegel, Marc
name: Vogelsang, Werner
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present next-to-leading order (NLO) perturbative-QCD calculations of the cross sections for $\ell N\to h X$ and $\ell N\to \mathrm{jet}\, X$. The main feature of these processes is that the scattered lepton is not observed, so that the hard scale that makes them perturbative is set by the transverse momentum of the hadron or jet. Kinematically, the two processes thus become direct analogs of single-inclusive production in hadronic collisions which, as has been pointed out in the literature, makes them promising tools for exploring transverse spin phenomena in QCD when the incident nucleon is transversely polarized. We find that the NLO corrections are sizable for the spin-averaged cross section. We also investigate in how far the scattering is dominated by the exchange of almost real (Weizsäcker-Williams) photons. We present numerical estimates of the cross sections for present-day fixed target experiments and for a possible future electron ion collider.
description: 15 pages, 16 figures, v3: corrected numerical results, main conclusions of the paper remain valid
Archiving Social Media Data: Challenges and Proposed Solutions [Webinar]
Creators: name: Breuer, Johannes
name: Borschewski, Kerrin
name: Hemphill, Libby
name: Štebe, Janez
name: Bishop, Libby
name: Karcher, Sebastian
name: Watteler, Oliver
name: Thomson, Sara D.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: CESSDA, Social media, Data, Archiving, FAIR

description: While much effort has gone into developing tools and methods for collecting and analyzing social media data, there still is considerable uncertainty regarding the archiving of these data. This webinar brought together experts from various institutions that have experience in working with social media data to discuss practical, ethical, and legal challenges. In the opening presentations, Libby Hemphill (ICPSR) addressed ICPSR's efforts to enhance metadata for social media objects, integrating social media data into the restricted data ecosystem at ICPSR, and the changes to technical infrastructure that social media data require. Janez Štebe (Slovenian Social Sciences Data Archives) discussed the application of FAIR indicators to social media archiving and provide an overview of existing cases of social media archiving from the SERISS project. Sara D. Thomson (University of Edinburgh) presented on common challenges and potential shared solutions across different archive sectors to ethically preserving and sharing social media. Libby Bishop (GESIS) presented metadata challenges regarding social media data, and present draft recommendations of metadata elements and documentation developed from examples of ingesting such data at GESIS. Sebastian Karcher (Qualitative Data Repository) discussed the distinct opportunities and challenges of archiving small-n social media data commonly used in qualitative social science research with a special focus on tools for archivists and researchers. Oliver Watteler (GESIS) addressed the challenges presented by cases in which researchers have circumvented legal restrictions, like license agreements or usage contracts, in order to get to the data they need. These presentations were followed by a roundtable discussion with the attendees. Note: This video is also available for viewing on Youtube.
Superconducting phase diagram of itinerant antiferromagnets
Creators: name: Roemer, A. T.
name: Eremin, I.
name: Hirschfeld, P. J.
name: Andersen, B. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the phase diagram of the Hubbard model in the weak-coupling limit for coexisting spin-density-wave order and spin-fluctuation-mediated superconductivity. Both longitudinal and transverse spin fluctuations contribute significantly to the effective interaction potential, which creates Cooper pairs of the quasi-particles of the antiferromagnetic metallic state. We find a dominant $d_{x^2-y^2}$-wave solution in both electron- and hole-doped cases. In the quasi-spin triplet channel, the longitudinal fluctuations give rise to an effective attraction supporting a $p$-wave gap, but are overcome by repulsive contributions from the transverse fluctuations which disfavor $p$-wave pairing compared to $d_{x^2-y^2}$. The sub-leading pair instability is found to be in the $g$-wave channel, but complex admixtures of $d$ and $g$ are not energetically favored since their nodal structures coincide. Inclusion of interband pairing, in which each fermion in the Cooper pair belongs to a different spin-density-wave band, is considered for a range of electron dopings in the regime of well-developed magnetic order. We demonstrate that these interband pairing gaps, which are non-zero in the magnetic state, must have the same parity under inversion as the normal intraband gaps. The self-consistent solution to the full system of five coupled gap equations give intraband and interband pairing gaps of $d_{x^2-y^2}$ structure and similar gap magnitude. In conclusion, the $d_{x^2-y^2}$ gap dominates for both hole and electron doping inside the spin-density-wave phase.
description: 14 pages, 9 figures
Submergence Tolerance Validation of F3 Rice Lines for Developing Aromatic Rice Lines Tolerance to Submergence and Resistance to Blast and Bacterial Blight
Creators: name: Chantamart Chueakaew, Srisawat Khanthong
Publisher: name: Faculty of Agriculture
Year: 2020
Subjects: Rice breeding, Sub1, Submergence, Marker-assisted selection (MAS)

description: Khon Kaen Agriculture Journal, 48, 5, 1056-1067
Die Russlandgeschäfte der Basler chemischen Firmen J. R. Geigy, Ciba und Hoffmann-La Roche vor dem Ersten Weltkrieg - ein Vergleich
Creators: name: Sigrist, Jael
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Pharma
Basel
Geigy
Ciba
Hoffmann-La Roche

description: Die Projektarbeit wurde im Rahmen eines Projektstipendiums des Osteuropa-Forum Basel (OFB) verfasst. Das Projekt befasst sich mit den Russlandgeschäften der Basler chemischen Firmen Geigy, Ciba und Hoffmann-La Roche vor dem Ersten Weltkrieg. Warum strebten sie Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts eine Expansion nach Russland an? Welche wirtschaftlichen, politischen und gesellschaftlichen Verhältnisse begünstigten diese Entscheidung? Welche Expansionsstrategien verfolgten sie dabei? Und mit welchen Schwierigkeiten hatten sie zu kämpfen? Die Arbeit geht diesen Fragen nach und präsentiert einige Antworten.
title: Führungsverhalten als Erfolgsfaktor im Change Management
Creators: name: Wifling, Anita
Publisher: name: FH CAMPUS 02 (CAMPUS 02 Fachhochschule der Wirtschaft)
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: 658 Allgemeines Management

description: Die Arbeitsbedingungen im 21. Jahrhundert unterliegen einem starken dynamischen Wandel, die Führungskräfte und MitarbeiterInnen mehr in Anspruch nimmt und somit vor neue Herausforderungen stellt. Organisationen unterliegen dem ständigen Fortschritt, Wirtschaftskrisen und gesetzliche Änderungen sowie der Fach- und Führungskräftemangel bringen große Anforderungen sowie Veränderungsprozesse mit sich. Früher waren Arbeitsrollen klar definiert und langfristig angelegt. Die Beziehung zwischen MitarbeiterInnen zu einem Unternehmen dauerte meist ein Leben lang. Die Anforderungen einer Führungskraft bestanden darin, Informationen aufzunehmen, aufzuarbeiten, zu kanalisieren und weiterzugeben. Die heutigen Arbeitsrollen unterliegen einer ständigen Veränderung. In weiterer Folge hat sich die Loyalität und Einstellung zur Arbeit der MitarbeiterInnen geändert. Der Eingriff in vorhandene Strukturen, die Veränderung in der Ablauforganisation und im sozialen Umfeld wirken sich auch auf das Arbeitsverhalten von ArbeitnehmerInnen aus. Führungskräfte sind in Zukunft gefordert mit ihren MitarbeiterInnen anders umzugehen, um Fluktuationen und Widerständen entgegenzuwirken. Eine klare Veränderungsvision für MitarbeiterInnen, sowie konkrete Zielvorgaben, Wertschätzung und transparente Kommunikation innerhalb der einzelnen Berufsgruppen können den bevorstehenden Unternehmenswandel bzw. den Change Prozess positiv beeinflussen. Flexibles, situationsgerechtes Handeln und Führen sowie ständiges Umstrukturieren im Unter nehmen unter dem Begriff Change Management wird uns in Zukunft im täglichen Arbeitsalltag begleiten. Wie sich Führungsverhalten auswirkt und ob es als Erfolgspotenzial im Change Management gesehen werden kann, soll in dieser Arbeit reflektiert werden. Weiters wird näher darauf eingegangen welcher Zusammenhang zwischen dem Führungsverhalten und der MitarbeiterInnenbindung besteht und ob Führungsstil als Erfolgsfaktor gesehen werden kann. Mittels Literaturstudium im theoretischen Teil und mit Hilfe einer empirischen Untersuchung im praktischen Teil dieser Arbeit werden die daraus resultierenden Erkenntnisse als Handlungsempfehlungen für Unternehmen abgegeben. Unter anderem könnte in weiterer Forschung der Frage nachgegangen werden, wie sich der Fachkräftemangel im mobilen Pflegedienst auswirken wird.
An Educational Video Intervention to Increase Advance Care Planning in A Geriatric Clinic: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Creators: name: Basmon Manomaipiboon
name: Surin Assawawitoontip
name: Sudsri Kokaewichain
name: Bhorn-Ake Manasvanich
Publisher: name: Text and Journal Publication
Year: 2020
Subjects: elderly
geriatric care
advance care planning
advance directive
video support tool

description: Vajira Medical Journal, 64, 4, 235-242
Effects of I-Walk Training on Gait Performances in Patients with Chronic Stroke
Creators: name: Nathamon Pansuksawat
name: Noppol Pramodhyakul
name: Pinailug Tantilipikorn Earde
name: Patcharee Kooncumchoo
name: Bunyong Rungroungdouyboon
Publisher: name: Text and Journal Publication
Year: 2020
Subjects: Gait training
Hemiplegia
Physical therapy
Robotic
Task-specific training

description: Vajira Medical Journal, 64, 4, 243-254
Effects of Intensive Dietary Counseling versus Standard Dietary Counseling in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients: The Pilot Study
Creators: name: Nut Boontawan
name: Wanjak Pongsittisak
Publisher: name: Text and Journal Publication
Year: 2020
Subjects: intensive dietary counseling
chronic kidney disease
dietary protein intake
sodium intake

description: Vajira Medical Journal, 64, 4, 255-262
In vitro digestibility of commercial and experimental isomalto-oligosaccharides
Creators: Hu, Ying
Winter, Verena
Ganzle, Michael G.
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2020

Isomalto-oligosaccharides (IMO) significantly contribute to the global oligosaccharide market. IMO are linear α-(1 → 6) linked oligosaccharides with isomaltotriose as the representative trisaccharide. Commercial IMO preparations ypically also contain panose-series oligosaccharides as a major component. In humans, IMO are partially digestible but the digestibility of specific components of commerical IMO preparations remains unknown. This study aimed to compare the in vitro digestibility of reference compounds, experimental α-gluco-oligosaccharides and commercial IMO. Experimental α-gluco-oligosaccharides were synthesized with the recombinant dextransucrase DsrM. Two in vitro digestion methods were used, a reference method matching the AOAC method for dietary fibre, and a protocol that uses brush border glycosyl hydrolases from the rat intestine. The α-gluco-oligosaccharides patterns after hydrolysis remain were analyzed by high performance anion exchange chromatography coupled to pulsed amperometric detection. Panose-series oligosaccharides were hydrolysed more rapidly by amylase and amyloglucosidase when compared to hydrolysis by rat intestinal enzymes. The rate of hydrolysis by rat intestinal enzymes decreased in the order panose > isomaltose, kojibiose or nigerose. Hydrolysis of panose-series oligosaccharides but not the hydrolysis of isomalto-oligosaccharides was dependent on the degree of polymerization. Qualitative analysis of oligosaccharides remaining after hydrolysis indicated that rat small intestinal enzymes hydrolyse their substrates from the non-reducing end. Taken together, results inform on the modification or optimization of current production processes for IMO to obtain tailored oligosaccharide preparations with reduced digestibility and an increased content of dietary fibre.
Knowledge and Attitudes of Metropolitan Women towards Cervical Cancer Prevention with Human Papillomavirus Vaccination: A Cross-sectional Study
Creators: name: Busaba Supawattanabodee
name: Woraphot Chaowawanit
name: Thanaporn Kittisiam
name: Budsaba Wiriyasirivaj
name: Siriwan Tangjitgamol
Publisher: name: Text and Journal Publication
Year: 2020
Subjects: cervical cancer
HPV vaccination
knowledge
attitude
urban area

description: Vajira Medical Journal, 64, 4, 263-274
Reply to Norsen's paper "Are there really two different Bell's theorems?"
Creators: name: Wiseman, Howard M.
name: Rieffel, Eleanor G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Yes. That is my polemical reply to the titular question in Travis Norsen's self-styled "polemical response to Howard Wiseman's recent paper." Less polemically, I am pleased to see that on two of my positions --- that Bell's 1964 theorem is different from Bell's 1976 theorem, and that the former does not include Bell's one-paragraph heuristic presentation of the EPR argument --- Norsen has made significant concessions. In his response, Norsen admits that "Bell's recapitulation of the EPR argument in [the relevant] paragraph leaves something to be desired," that it "disappoints" and is "problematic". Moreover, Norsen makes other statements that imply, on the face of it, that he should have no objections to the title of my recent paper ("The Two Bell's Theorems of John Bell"). My principle aim in writing that paper was to try to bridge the gap between two interpretational camps, whom I call 'operationalists' and 'realists', by pointing out that they use the phrase "Bell's theorem" to mean different things: his 1964 theorem (assuming locality and determinism) and his 1976 theorem (assuming local causality), respectively. Thus, it is heartening that at least one person from one side has taken one step on my bridge. That said, there are several issues of contention with Norsen, which we (the two authors) address after discussing the extent of our agreement with Norsen. The most significant issues are: the indefiniteness of the word 'locality' prior to 1964; and the assumptions Einstein made in the paper quoted by Bell in 1964 and their relation to Bell's theorem.
description: 13 pages (arXiv version) in http://www.ijqf.org/archives/2093
Relationship between Serum Ferritin Levels and Biochemical Markers of Bone Turnover in Postmenopausal Women
Creators: name: Somnimit Luengratsameerung
Publisher: name: Text and Journal Publication
Year: 2020
Subjects: Iron deficiency anemia
ferritin
osteoporosis
biochemical markers of bone turnover

description: Vajira Medical Journal, 64, 4, 287-296
title: Die Bedeutung von Resilienz im Führungskontext im Gesundheits- und Sozialbereich in Krisenzeiten
Creators: name: Gölles-Haas, Eva
Publisher: name: FH CAMPUS 02 (CAMPUS 02 Fachhochschule der Wirtschaft)
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: 658 Allgemeines Management

description: Die Arbeitswelt wurde in der Covid-19-Pandemie aufgrund der zur Eindämmung getroffenen Maßnahmen massiv verändert. Führungskräfte und deren MitarbeiterInnen im Gesundheits- und Sozialbereich stehen vor unabsehbaren Herausforderungen und sind aufgefordert gemeinsam Lösungen im Umgang mit der Krise durch einen Perspektivenwechsel zu finden. Wissenschaftliches Ziel dieser Arbeit ist aufzudecken, welche Kompetenzen Führungskräfte in der praktischen Umsetzung des Konzeptes der Resilienz unterstützen. Die theoretischen Erkenntnisse der Literaturauswertung werden mit den Ergebnissen der empirischen Auswertung von Experteninterviews überprüft. Veränderungen verlangen von Organisationen und Führungskräften eine Adaption der Lösungsstrategien. Führungskräfte müssen gleichermaßen über Fachkompetenzen, soziale Kompetenzen und Persönlichkeitskompetenzen verfügen. Kommunikation gewährleistet den gegenseitigen Informationsfluss und findet vor allem bei Mitarbeitergesprächen statt. Von Führenden wird in Krisenzeiten erwartet, dass diese im Arbeitsalltag Vorbild sind und Orientierung geben. Der Aufbau eines verlässlichen Netzwerkes im Unternehmen und in der Unternehmensumwelt bildet ein Kernelement in der Umsetzung von resilienzfördernden Entscheidungen und erleichtert die Versorgungssicherheit mit Ressourcen in unruhigen Zeiten. Im Personalmanagement und der Personalentwicklung wird von Führungskräften ein visionäres Handeln erwartet und verlangt den optimalen Einsatz des Kompetenzporfolios, um Vorhaben umzusetzen. Die hohe Personalfluktuation in Gesundheits- und Sozialbereich verschärft die Situation in Krisen weiter. Die Erfahrungen der ExpertInnen zeigt, dass die finanziellen, technischen und rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen enormen Einfluss auf die Entscheidungsfindung der Führungskräfte haben. Welche Prämissen und Strukturen in den Organisationen gelebt werden, obliegt als zentrale Aufgabe den Führungskräften. Flexibilität im Denken und kreatives Herangehen in der Strategieentwicklung werden in Zukunft für Führungskräfte notwendige Kernkompetenzen im Arbeitsalltag sein. Die weitreichenden Auswirkungen von Krisen sind oftmals Jahre später in vollem Umfang wahrnehmbar. Diese Tendenzen werden Inhalt weiterer Forschungsarbeiten sein.
Tests for separability in nonparametric covariance operators of random surfaces
Creators: name: Aston, John A. D.
name: Pigoli, Davide
name: Tavakoli, Shahin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Methodology (stat.ME)
subject: Statistics Theory (math.ST)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 62G10, 62G20

description: The assumption of separability of the covariance operator for a random image or hypersurface can be of substantial use in applications, especially in situations where the accurate estimation of the full covariance structure is unfeasible, either for computational reasons, or due to a small sample size. However, inferential tools to verify this assumption are somewhat lacking in high-dimensional or functional {data analysis} settings, where this assumption is most relevant. We propose here to test separability by focusing on $K$-dimensional projections of the difference between the covariance operator and a nonparametric separable approximation. The subspace we project onto is one generated by the eigenfunctions of the covariance operator estimated under the separability hypothesis, negating the need to ever estimate the full non-separable covariance. We show that the rescaled difference of the sample covariance operator with its separable approximation is asymptotically Gaussian. As a by-product of this result, we derive asymptotically pivotal tests under Gaussian assumptions, and propose bootstrap methods for approximating the distribution of the test statistics. We probe the finite sample performance through simulations studies, and present an application to log-spectrogram images from a phonetic linguistics dataset.
description: 47 pages, 10 figures, 4 tables
title: Personal Values and Legitimacy Perceptions
title: Moving Beyond Fear in Information Security Policy Compliance
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Torres, Carlos Ivan
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Fear Appeals
Information Security
Legitimacy
Legitimacy Judgments
Personal Values
Policy Compliance
Business Administration

description: Cybersecurity threats and information security policy compliance are the most critical concerns for CIOs. New organizational trends made the individual characteristics of employees more relevant in fostering compliance with information security policies. While extant research theorizes and offers alternatives to induce policy compliance, few studies consider the individual’s characteristics and focus on fear as the main motivator to secure behaviors. This dissertation aims to understand if personal characteristics such as personal values and legitimacy perceptions are good alternatives in fostering compliance with policies and secure behaviors in organizations. Essay one indicates that personal values in the context of information security directly affect the intention to comply with the policy. Essay one's results indicate that personal values play an important role in compliance with security policies and, together with fear, can motivate secure behaviors. Furthermore, it extends and makes precisions to previous research relating ethics, beliefs, and attitudes towards policies with personal values. Essay two suggests the mediating effect of legitimacy perceptions over threat appraisal and some personal values. Essay two supports previous research indicating that compliance with organizational policies is stronger when employees have a perception of the policy as legitimate. Furthermore, Essay two introduces another crucial evaluative element in protection motivation, such as the legitimacy perception of the policies. In essay three, experimentally, we obtained a better understanding of the rhetorical communications that the security organization needs to use to legitimize security policies and foster compliance with them. Essay three modifies the fear appeals concept and proposes a broader legitimacy appeals approach that caters to pragmatic and moral legitimacy perceptions as the primary motivator for the adoption of secure behaviors and, to a lesser extent, to fear as a motivator to compliance. These three essays are different studies using different methods that combined offer a better understanding of the importance of personal characteristics such as legitimacy perceptions and personal values beyond the traditional fear approach in information security policy compliance.
Η οργάνωση και η λειτουργία της αστυνομίας στα χρόνια της διακυβέρνησης του Ιωάννη Καποδίστρια (1828-1831)
Creators: name: Παπαδοπούλου, Αμαλία Κωνσταντίνου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2023
Subjects: Αστυνομία
Καθήκον
Συνωμοσία
Police
Duty
Conspiracy

description: Σκοπός της διατριβής ήταν η μελέτη της οργάνωσης της αστυνομίας στα χρόνια της διακυβέρνησης του Ιωάννη Καποδίστρια. Εξετάσαμε τη σύσταση του αστυνομικού θεσμού στη διάρκεια της ελληνικής επανάστασης, και ασχοληθήκαμε με τις προσπάθειες των Υπουργών να δομήσουν την αστυνομία και τα προβλήματα που αντιμετώπισαν. Στη συνέχεια παρουσιάσαμε αναλυτικά τα βήματα που ακολούθησε ο Ιωάννης Καποδίστριας για να αναβαθμίσει την αστυνομία όταν έφτασε στην Ελλάδα. Επίσης, αναφερθήκαμε στα καθήκοντα που ανέλαβε η αστυνομία και στα προβλήματα που αντιμετώπισε. Ένα άλλο θέμα που θίξαμε ήταν ο ρόλος και η συμμετοχή της αστυνομίας στη δολοφονία του Κυβερνήτη, και στη συνωμοσία που υπήρξε πίσω από αυτήν.
description: The aim of the present thesis was to study the organization of the police during the years of the government of Ioannis Kapodistrias. We examined the constitution of the police institution during the Greek revolution, and we dealt with Ministers' attempts to structure the police and the problems they faced. Then we presented in detail the steps followed by Ioannis Kapodistrias to upgrade the police when he arrived in Greece. Furthermore, we referred to the tasks undertaken by the police and the problems they faced. Another aim of this study was to examine the role and involvement of the police in the assassination of the Governor, and the conspiracy behind it.
Exchange-mediated magnetic blue-shift of the band-gap energy in the antiferromagnetic semiconductor MnTe
Creators: name: Bossini, Davide
name: Terschanski, M.
name: Mertens, F.
name: Springholz, G.
name: Bonanni, A.
name: Uhrig, Götz S.
name: Cinchetti, Mirko
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Dortmund
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Optical spectroscopy
subject: Magnetism
subject: Solid state physics
subject: Correlated materials
subject: Semiconductors
subject: 530
subject: Optische Spektroskopie
subject: Magnetismus
subject: magnetischer Halbleiter
subject: Festkörperphysik

description: In magnetic semiconductors the optical spectrum and, in particular, the absorption edge representing the band-gap are strongly affected by the onset of the magnetic order. This contribution to the band-gap energy has hitherto been described theoretically in terms of a Heisenberg Hamiltonian, in which a delocalized conduction carrier is coupled to the localized magnetic moments by the exchange interaction. Such models, however, do not take into account the strong correlations displayed in a wide variety of magnetic semiconductors, which are responsible for the formation of the local moments. In particular, the itinerant carrier itself contributes to the spin moment. Here, we overcome this simplification in a combined experimental and theoretical study of the antiferromagnetic semiconductor α-MnTe. First, we present a spectroscopic optical investigation as a function of temperature, from which we extract the magnetic contribution to the blue-shift of the band-gap. Second, we formulate a minimal model based on a Hubbard–Kondo Hamiltonian. In this model, the itinerant charge is one of the electrons forming the localized magnetic moment, which properly captures correlation effects in the material. Our theory reproduces the experimental findings with excellent quantitative agreement, demonstrating that the magnetic contribution to the band-gap energy of α-MnTe is mediated solely by the exchange interaction. These results describe an intrinsic property of the material, independent of the thickness, substrate and capping layer of the specimen. One of the key findings of the model is that the basic effect, namely a blue-shift of the band-gap due to the establishment of the magnetic order, is a general phenomenon in charge-transfer insulators. The identification of the relevant magnetic interaction discloses the possibility to exploit the effect here discussed to induce a novel regime of coherent spin dynamics, in which spin oscillations on a characteristic time-scale of 100 fs are triggered and are intrinsically coupled to charges.
description: New journal of physics;22(8)
Influence of water activity on the heat resistance of Salmonella enterica in selected low-moisture foods
Creators: Guatam, Bina
Govindan, Byju N.
Ganzle, Michael G.
Roopesh, M.S.
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2020

Low-moisture foods (LMF with water activity, aw < 0.85) including pet foods and black pepper powder have consistently been associated with foodborne disease caused by Salmonella enterica. Increased heat resistance and prolonged survival at low-moisture conditions, however, remain major challenges to achieve effective inactivation of Salmonella in low-moisture foods. At low water activity (aw) conditions, heat resistance of Salmonella is greatly enhanced when compared to high aw conditions. This study aimed to quantify the effect of aw on the heat resistance of Salmonella enterica in pet food pellets and black pepper powder. Pet food pellets were inoculated with two strains of heat resistant S. enterica and black pepper powder was inoculated with a 5-strain cocktail of Salmonella. Both inoculated food samples were equilibrated at 0.33, 0.54, and 0.75 aw in controlled humidity chambers. Inoculated pet food pellets and black pepper powder in closed aluminum cells were heat treated at specific temperatures for selected times. The results showed that the Weibull model fitted well the inactivation data. At a specific temperature, the rate of inactivation increased with the increase in the aw from 0.33 to 0.75, and the 3-log reduction times decreased for Salmonella in both food samples with the increase in aw. Water adsorption isotherms of pet food pellets and black pepper powder at initial and treatment temperatures were developed to understand the change in aw during heat treatments. The change in aw during heat treatment was dependent on the type of food matrix, which possibly influenced the thermal inactivation of Salmonella in pet food pellets and black pepper powder. The quantitative analysis of heat reduction of Salmonella with respect to aw aids in selection of the appropriate initial aw to develop effective heat treatment protocols for adequate reduction of Salmonella in pet foods and black pepper powder.
NDVI response to nitrogen fertilizer application in waxy corn using UAV imagery
Creators: name: Panath Jermthaisong, Sununtha Kingpaiboon
Publisher: name: Faculty of Agriculture
Year: 2020
Subjects: Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Nitrogen, Waxy corn, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)

description: Khon Kaen Agriculture Journal, 48, 5, 1068-1081
2020-05 GenV Parent Consultations Survey Working Paper
Creators: name: Hughes, Elizabeth
name: Siero, William
name: Welsh, Simon
name: Edwards, Ben
name: Gulenc, Alisha
name: Wake, Melissa
Publisher: name: Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Health Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: Social Science
subject: Information and Computing Sciences
subject: 20 Language, Communication and Culture
subject: 16 Studies in Human Society

description: To inform GenV’s design, messaging and materials, we consulted over 500 current and expectant Victorian parents (members of a national data collection panel) in an online survey testing responses to information about GenV, including sections of its draft Parent/Guardian Information Statement. Most parents were supportive of GenV, with very few (< 10 per cent) negative responses. Those who felt most positive were motivated by benefits for themselves and others and by contributing to public good research. Areas of some sensitivity included data security, privacy and confidentiality, and the collection and use of biosamples. Providing information about both the benefits and perceived risks of GenV will be important to enable parents to make informed choices to take part in GenV itself.
Classification of sugarcane varieties based on stalk scanning by using portable near infrared spectrometer
Creators: name: Rutchadaporn Nootas, Ronnarit Rittiron
Publisher: name: Faculty of Agriculture
Year: 2020
Subjects: Chemometrics, PLS-DA, Near Infrared, non-destructive analysis, sugarcane

description: Khon Kaen Agriculture Journal, 48, 5, 1082-1091
Study of Two-Loop Neutrino Mass Generation Models
Creators: name: Geng, Chao-Qiang
name: Tsai, Lu-Hsing
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the models with the Majorana neutrino masses generated radiatively by two-loop diagrams due to the Yukawa $ρ\bar \ell_R^c \ell_R$ and effective $ρ^{\pm\pm} W^\mp W^\mp$ couplings along with a scalar triplet $Δ$, where $ρ$ is a doubly charged singlet scalar, $\ell_R$ the charged lepton and $W$ the charged gauge boson. A generic feature in these types of models is that the neutrino mass spectrum has to be a normal hierarchy. Furthermore, by using the neutrino oscillation data and comparing with the global fitting result in the literature, we find a unique neutrino mass matrix and predict the Dirac and two Majorana CP phases to be $1.40π$, $1.11π$ and $1.47π$, respectively. We also discuss the model parameters constrained by the lepton flavor violating processes and electroweak oblique parameters. In addition, we show that the rate of the neutrinoless double beta decay $(0νββ)$ can be as large as the current experimental bound as it is dominated by the short-range contribution at tree level, whereas the traditional long-range one is negligible.
description: 20 pages, 3 figures
Η διαχείριση της πανδημίας από τους πολιτικούς δρώντες. Οι περιπτώσεις της Κυπριακής Δημοκρατίας και της Δημοκρατίας της Βόρειας Μακεδονίας
Creators: name: Παπαδοπούλου, Χριστίνα Ταράσιου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2023
Subjects: Covid-19 και περιοριστικά μέτρα
Στρατηγική μάρκετινγκ και επικοινωνιακή πολιτική
Κύπρος ή Βόρεια Μακεδονία
Covid-19 and restrictive measures
Marketing strategy and communication policy
Cyprus or North Macedonia

description: Η παρούσα εργασία πραγματεύεται και αναλύει τις πολιτικές διαχείρισης της πανδημίας που υιοθετήθηκαν από τις κυβερνήσεις των προς εξέταση χωρών, δηλαδή της Κυπριακής Δημοκρατίας και της Δημοκρατίας της Βόρειας Μακεδονίας. Επιπλέον, εξετάζονται οι στρατηγικές επικοινωνίας και ενημέρωσης που εφάρμοσε η κάθε χώρα, αναφορικά με την τήρηση των περιοριστικών μέτρων και την εμβολιαστική διαδικασία. Ταυτόχρονα αναλύεται ο πολιτικός και εκλογικός ανταγωνισμός που παρατηρείται στις ως άνω χώρες στις δύο πιο πρόσφατες εκλογικές αναμετρήσεις συγκριτικά, και εξετάζεται η σύνδεσή του με την υγειονομική κρίση. Τέλος, διερευνάται η συσχέτιση μεταξύ των μέτρων αντιμετώπισης της πανδημίας και των επιπτώσεων που είχαν τα μέτρα αυτά στους δείκτες θετικότητας, θνησιμότητας και στον αριθμό των διαγνωστικών ελέγχων.
description: This thesis examines and analyses the pandemic management policies adopted by the governments of the countries under consideration, namely the Republic of Cyprus and the Republic of North Macedonia. In addition, the communication and information strategies implemented by each country with regard to compliance with the containment measures and the vaccination process are examined. At the same time, the political and electoral competition in the above countries in the two most recent elections is analyzed in comparison and its link with the health crisis is examined. Finally, the correlation between the pandemic response measures and the impact of these measures on the positivity, mortality and number of diagnostic tests is investigated.
title: Die Folgen des demografischen Wandels für Führungskräfte der Bundespolizei unter dem Aspekt der intergenerativen Diversität
Creators: name: Weratschnig, Jürgen
Publisher: name: FH CAMPUS 02 (CAMPUS 02 Fachhochschule der Wirtschaft)
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: 658 Allgemeines Management

description: Diese Masterarbeit befasst sich mit den kooperations- und motivationsfördernden Maßnahmen, die Führungskräfte in Polizeidienststellen treffen können und müssen, um den Herausforderungen des generationsbedingten Wandels zu begegnen, sowie damit, welche führungsstilspezifischen Veränderungen der Generationenwandel erfordert. Da unter den MitarbeiterInnen in den Dienststellen bis zu vier Generationen aufeinandertreffen, ist vereinzelt ein breites Spektrum an erforderlichen Führungsstilanpassungen erkennbar. Durch Führungsstilveränderungen werden auch die Betätigungsfelder der Führungskräfte stark geprägt. Daher besteht die Herausforderung darin, dass dienstführende BeamtInnen auf einer Polizeidienststelle die verschiedenen Generationen durch Wertschätzung, Vertrauen sowie Kommunikation, aber auch mit ihren Kompetenzen so gut wie möglich motivieren, damit sie folglich bei teils lebensgefährlichen Einsätzen leistungsstärker und fokussierter agieren können. Die BeamtInnen zählen zu den wichtigsten Ressourcen auf den Dienststellen – ihnen obliegt die Gewährleistung der öffentlichen Sicherheit. Eine weitere Kernaufgabe für die Zukunft ist zu erforschen, mit welchen generationsspezifischen Betätigungsfeldern sich DienststellenleiterInnen auf einer Polizeidienststelle auseinandersetzen müssen, um die optimale Motivationspyramide zu schaffen. Zudem gilt es zu klären, ob es möglich ist, Konflikte durch Führungsstilveränderungen zu verhindern, und welche Anreize gesetzt werden müssen, um erfolgreich das Team führen zu können. Sollen extrinsische Anreize zur kurzfristigen Motivation geschaffen werden oder intrinsische Anreize, die stabiler wirken und die Leistung der MitarbeiterInnen kontinuierlich verbessern? Um die Forschungsarbeit präzise durchführen zu können, erfolgten eine theoretische und eine empirische Untersuchung anhand von ExpertInneninterviews im Rahmen der qualitativen Erhebung. Da der intergenerative Wandel auf den Dienststellen große Veränderungen mit sich bringt, müssen die Führungsstile individuell an die MitarbeiterInnen angepasst und entsprechend sensibilisiert werden. Auf den Polizeidienststellen werden zukünftig organisatorische Veränderungen vollzogen werden müssen. Aufgrund der generationsbedingten Ruhestandsversetzungen, die zahlenmäßig zunehmen werden, sind die Personalstrukturpläne durch die verstärkte Rekrutierung von PolizeischülerInnen zu überdenken. Daneben stellt auch die budgetäre Auswirkung eine große Herausforderung für Führungskräfte im Personalmanagement dar.
Halo detection via large-scale Bayesian inference
Creators: name: Merson, Alexander I.
name: Jasche, Jens
name: Abdalla, Filipe B.
name: Lahav, Ofer
name: Wandelt, Benjamin
name: Jones, D. Heath
name: Colless, Matthew
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a proof-of-concept of a novel and fully Bayesian methodology designed to detect halos of different masses in cosmological observations subject to noise and systematic uncertainties. Our methodology combines the previously published Bayesian large-scale structure inference algorithm, HADES, and a Bayesian chain rule (the Blackwell-Rao Estimator), which we use to connect the inferred density field to the properties of dark matter halos. To demonstrate the capability of our approach we construct a realistic galaxy mock catalogue emulating the wide-area 6-degree Field Galaxy Survey, which has a median redshift of approximately 0.05. Application of HADES to the catalogue provides us with accurately inferred three-dimensional density fields and corresponding quantification of uncertainties inherent to any cosmological observation. We then use a cosmological simulation to relate the amplitude of the density field to the probability of detecting a halo with mass above a specified threshold. With this information we can sum over the HADES density field realisations to construct maps of detection probabilities and demonstrate the validity of this approach within our mock scenario. We find that the probability of successful of detection of halos in the mock catalogue increases as a function of the signal-to-noise of the local galaxy observations. Our proposed methodology can easily be extended to account for more complex scientific questions and is a promising novel tool to analyse the cosmic large-scale structure in observations.
description: 17 pages, 13 figures. Accepted for publication in MNRAS following moderate corrections