cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Le norme in materia di libertà religiosa: molti silenzi e rinnovate vecchie proposte
Creators: name: Varnier, Giovanni B.
Publisher: name: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale
Year: 2011

description: SOMMARIO: 1. I molti silenzi – 2. I vecchi disegni – 3. Qualche errore – 4. Le
accentuate disuguaglianze – 5. Le nuove proposte.
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2007: 28 febbraio
Supplementary document for Efficient and wavelength-dependent directional launching of nondiffracting surface plasmon polariton beam device - 5388452.pdf
Creators: name: Hu, Hanmin
name: Qin, Yulu
name: Ji, Boyu
name: lang, peng
name: Song, Xiaowei
name: Lin, Jingquan
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The simulation of the single compact element with different widths of the main groove
Some advances in the explanation of entrepreneurial intentions
Creators: name: van Gelderen, Marco
name: Brand, Maryse
name: van Praag, Mirjam
name: Bodewes, Wynand
name: Poutsma, Erik
name: van Gils, Anita
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper provides a detailed explanation of entrepreneurial intentions and interest among business students. We employ the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB), which regards intentions as resulting from attitude, perceived behavioural control, and subjective norms. Our main study is replicated among four samples of undergraduate students of business administration (total N=1225). The results show that the two variables that most consistently explain entrepreneurial interest and intentions are sensitivity to business opportunities (entrepreneurial alertness) and the importance attached to financial security.
Il sentimento religioso come fattore di realizzazione personale e sociale nelle democrazie contemporanee
Creators: name: Mai, Laura
Publisher: name: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale
Year: 2011

description: SOMMARIO: 1.1 - Sentimento religioso e secolarizzazione – 1.2 - Pluralismo
costituzionale e tutela del sentimento religioso: profili di un’indagine
postpositivistica e multiculturalista – 1.3 - Il Pluralismo ragionevole come
paradigma giuspubblicistico del sentimento religioso – 1.3.1 - Segue: Conferme normative e giurisprudenziali dell’intrinseca razionalità del pluralismo religioso – 1.4 - Il sentimento religioso come fattore democratico di realizzazione personale e sociale. Una rilettura della teoria dell’  «integrazione» di Rudolf Smend – 1.5 – Conclusioni.
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2007: 5 marzo
Design and construction of the test bench for battery cell investigations during the thermal runaway
Creators: name: Brahmbhatt, Keval
name: :Unav
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2020

description: Energy storage plays a vital role in integrating intermittent renewable energy sources and power systems. Lithium-ion batteries exhibit favourable characteristics among all available energy storage technologies. Yet, the commercial application of lithium-ion batteries is limited due to three major issues safety, life and cost. Among safety, thermal runaway is the primary obstacle. Improvement in safety can be achieved by analysing the behaviour of a lithium-ion battery during thermal runaway. Since the fire, explosions and toxic substances are expected during thermal runway, it can be hazardous in an open environment. Moreover, precise measurement would be complicated due to external influences. Therefore, a thermal runaway test must be executed in an isolated surrounding. This work aims to develop a safe test bench and provide an isolated environment for battery abuse tests. A development of a safe test bench with some unique characteristics compared to the state of art test benches is ongoing at Fraunhofer ISE. This thesis is a cornerstone of the development work. The purpose of the thesis is limited to the design the body of the test bench, excluding the interior. The safe, lightweight and uncomplicated design has been achieved by succeeding the iterative steps of the engineering design process. After the evaluation of existing concepts, the closing mechanism and holding structure have been developed. The work also includes the selec tion procedure of material for the test reactor and components, designing of the components, a leak-proof closing mechanism, and auxiliary components like bearings, gasket, etc. Each compo nent of the test bench underwent the static (FEA) simulation in Autodesk Inventor Professional 2018. Lastly, Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) of the components, maintenance and future suggestions have been discussed.
Parità scolastica, educazione religiosa e scuole islamiche: problemi e prospettive
Creators: name: Parisi, Marco
Publisher: name: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale
Year: 2011

description: SOMMARIO: 1. Introduzione -2. Decentramento amministrativo e funzionale, autonomia degli istituti scolastici e tutela del pluralismo culturale - 3. Il pluralismo culturale nei nuovi strumenti istituzionali - 4. Parità scolastica, scuole confessionali islamiche e rispetto degli standards statali: compatibilità ed aporie.Ora nel volume collettaneo (a cura di V. TOZZI e M. PARISI),Immigrazione e soluzioni legislative in Italia e Spagna. Istanze autonomistiche, società multiculturali, diritti civili e di cittadinanza, ed. Arti Grafiche la Regione, Ripalimosani, 2007, p. 41 ss.
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2007: 16 marzo
Le radici europee della laicità dello Stato
Creators: name: Belgiorno De Stefano, Maria Gabriella
Publisher: name: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale
Year: 2011

description: Relazione al Convegno su “Multireligiosità e reazione giuridica” tenuto presso la Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli (Santa Maria Capua Vetere, 9–10 marzo 2007), destinata alla pubblicazione negli Atti.SOMMARIO: 1. Premesse – 2. La carta della laicità dello Stato scritta nel secondo comma dell’art. 9 della Convenzione europea dei Diritti dell’Uomo – 3. Gli Stati Europei e la Carta di Laicità per l’Europa.
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2007: 20 marzo
Workforce 2035
Creators: name: Gladilov, Nicole Caroline
name: Melcher, Patrick
name: Dworschak, Bernd
name: Karapidis, Alexander
name: Wurster, David
name: Hübscher, Valerie
name: Kutz, Janika
name: Neuhüttler, Jens
name: Busch, Malte
name: Hermann, Sibylle
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2025
Subjects: Workforce 2035
Automotive-Branche
Digitalisierung
Fachkräftemangel
Regionale Zielbildentwicklung
Neue Technologien
New Work
New Leadership

description: Die Studie wurde im Auftrag und in Zusammenarbeit mit dem »Netzwerk TRANSFORMOTIVE« erstellt, um kleine und mittelständische Unternehmen (KMU) der Region bei der Anpassung an die Herausforderungen von Digitalisierung, Technologie und Nachhaltigkeit zu unterstützen. Die Studie formuliert ein Zielbild für die »Workforce 2035« produzierender Unternehmen der Automotive-Branche in Heilbronn-Franken als Leitbild und Vision, und gibt praxisnahe Handlungsempfehlungen. Im Mittelpunkt der Studie steht die Frage, welche Faktoren die Arbeit und Kompetenzanforderungen in der Automotive-Branche bis zum Jahr 2035 maßgeblich verändern werden und wie regionale Unternehmen die sich daraus ergebenden, zahlreichen Herausforderungen erfolgreich meistern können. Darüber hinaus wurden künftige Anforderungen an konkrete Jobprofile beschrieben und Handlungsempfehlungen für die Unternehmen und Intermediäre identifiziert.
Identification of Mutations in the NS1 Gene That Control Influenza A Virus Virulence in the Mouse Model
Creators: name: Dankar, Samar
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: Influenza A virus
NS1
Virulence
Adaptation
Interferon
Epistasis

description: The genetic requirements for Influenza virus to infect and adapt to new species is largely unknown. To understand the evolutionary steps required by a virus to become virulent, a human virus (A/HK/1/68) (HK), avirulent in mice, was subjected to 20 and 21 serial lung-to-lung passages in mouse. Sequence analysis revealed the emergence of eleven mutations within the NS1 gene of the new virulent strains, many of which occurred in binding sites for transcriptional and translational cellular factors. In the present study we have rescued viruses containing each of the NS1 mouse adapted mutations onto A/PR/8/34 (PR8) backbone. We found 9 of 16 NS1 mutants were adaptive by inducing mortality, body weight loss in BALB/c mice and enhanced virus replication in MDCK cells with properties of host cell interferon transcription inhibition. Sequence comparisons with the highly pathogenic A/Hong Kong/156/1997 (H5N1) and the most severe pandemic A/Brevig Mission/1/1918 (H1N1) NS1 genes showed convergent evolution with some of the mouse adapted viruses for F103L plus M106I and V226I plus R227K mutations respectively. The F103L and M106I mutations in the HK NS1 gene were shown to be adaptive by assessment with respect to replication, early viral protein synthesis, interferon-β antagonism and tropism in the mouse lung. We extended the study and proved increased virulence associated with F103L+M106I mutations in their respective H5N1 NS1 gene on the PR8 and HK backbones, as well as the PR8 NS1 gene and the H9N2 (A/Ck/Bj/1/95) gene in the PR8 and A/WSN/33 backbones respectively. However the V226I and R227K mutations in their respective HK and 1918 NS1 genes slightly enhanced virulence and viral growth at later stages of infection. This study demonstrates that NS1 is a virulence factor; involved in multiple viral processes including interferon antagonism and viral protein synthesis. Furthermore, NS1 mutations acquired during mouse adaptation are proven to be adaptive in human, mouse and avian NS1 genes.
Multiculturalismo e aconfessionalità. Le forme odierne del pluralismo e della laicità
Creators: name: Folliero, Maria Cristina
Publisher: name: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale
Year: 2011

description: Il presente scritto, privo di note, corrisponde alla Relazione più sintetica
presentata al Convegno su “Multireligiosità e reazione giuridica”, tenuto presso la Seconda Università di Napoli (Santa Maria Capua Vetere, 9–10 marzo 2007), destinata alla pubblicazione negli Atti.SOMMARIO: 1. Esigenza di una ridefinizione giuridica della laicità - 2. Fonti del principio di laicità: la giurisprudenza costituzionale - 3. Laicità di contesto: i “principi supremi” e legalità delle norme concordatarie - 4. Il principio di laicità e i suoi significati - 5. Laicità di progetto e laicità cooperativa: il Concordato e le Intese – 6. Laicità di programma: il contributo della Corte Costituzionale alla differenziazione tra Confessioni religiose - 7. Laicità di risultato: la neutralizzazione del principio di non identificazione e il contributo della giurisprudenza costituzionale e di legittimità - 7.1 La decostruzione del principio di laicità e il ruolo della giustizia amministrativa - 7.2 La decostruzione del principio di laicità e gli attori sociali in campo - 8. Le conseguenze della crisi della laicità cooperativa – 9. Ridefinire la laicità: compiti dell’ecclesiasticista e prove di svolgimento.
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2007: 20 marzo
Vancleavea Long & Murry 1995
Creators: name: Lessner, Emily J.
name: Parker, William G.
name: Marsh, Adam D.
name: Nesbitt, Sterling J.
name: Irmis, Randall B.
name: Mueller, Bill D.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Doswelliidae
Vancleavea

description: VANCLEAVEA CAMPI + LITOROSUCHUS SOMNII
PHYTOSAURIA
description: Published as part of Lessner, Emily J., Parker, William G., Marsh, Adam D., Nesbitt, Sterling J., Irmis, Randall B. & Mueller, Bill D., 2018, New insights into Late Triassic dinosauromorph-bearing assemblages from Texas using apomorphy-based identifications, pp. 1-41 in PaleoBios 35 on page 10, DOI: 10.5070/P9351039960
Effects of Perfluoroalkyl Acids on In Ovo Toxicity and Gene Expression in the Domestic Chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus)
Creators: name: Cassone, Cristina
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: perfluoroalkyl acids
thyroid hormone
embryotoxicity
avian
gene expression
brain

description: Perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) are a family of synthetic substances used in a wide variety of consumer and industrial applications, including non-stick and stain-resistant products. PFAAs, specifically perfluorinated sulfonates and carboxylates, are chemically stable and virtually non-biodegradable in the environment. In recent years, PFAAs have been detected in tissues and blood of humans and wildlife. Furthermore, PFAAs have a tendency to bioaccumulate and biomagnify in biota. Perfluorooctane sulfonate and perfluorooctanoate are known to be toxic when animals are exposed to environmentally-relevant levels, but scientists and regulators are challenged with determining and predicting their modes of action. There is some evidence to suggest that PFAAs can impact the thyroid hormone (TH) pathway and neurodevelopment. The studies presented in this thesis investigated the developmental effects and potential modes of action of newer PFAAs that are being introduced into the global market place. Egg injection experiments were performed in domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) embryos to assess the in ovo toxicity of perfluorohexane sulfonate (PFHxS) and perfluorohexanoate (PFHxA) during development. Real-time RT-PCR was used to measure the transcription of candidate genes in the liver and cerebral hemisphere of day 21-22 embryos. Candidate genes were selected based on their responsiveness to PFAA exposure in an in vitro screening assay conducted previously. In ovo exposure to PFHxS decreased embryo pipping success and overall growth at 38,000 ng/g; several orders of magnitude higher than concentrations reported in wild bird eggs. The expression of TH-responsive genes, including type II and III 5'-deiodinase, neurogranin, and octamer motif binding factor 1, were induced. In addition, PFHxS diminished free thyroxine (T4) levels in plasma. PFHxA had no affect on pipping success, gene expression or T4 levels in chicken embryos at the doses assessed. The transcriptional profiles in the cerebral hemisphere of chicken embryos exposed to 890 and 38,000 ng/g PFHxS were compared to a solvent control using microarray technology. The expression of 78 different genes were significantly altered (fold change > 1.5, p < 0.001) by PFHxS. Functional analysis showed that PFHxS affected genes involved in tissue development and morphology and cellular assembly and organization. Pathway and interactome analysis suggested that gene expression may be affected through integrin receptors and signaling pathways via TH–dependent and –independent modes of action. It is expected that the findings presented in this thesis will be of general relevance and importance to regulatory agencies and of interest to research scientists and risk assessors.
Spectroscopy of extra-galactic globular clusters
Creators: name: Pierce, Michael J.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The focus of this thesis is the study of stellar populations of extra-galactic globular clusters (GCs) by measuring spectral indices and comparing them to simple stellar population models. We present the study of GCs in the context of tracing elliptical galaxy star formation, chemical enrichment and mass assembly. In this thesis we set out to test how can be determined about a galaxy's formation history by studying the spectra of a small sample of GCs. Are the stellar population parameters of the GCs strongly linked with the formation history of the host galaxy? We present spectra and Lick index measurements for GCs associated with 3 elliptical galaxies, NGC 1052, NGC 3379 and NGC 4649. We derive ages, metallicities and
Importance of Maximal Strength and Muscle-Tendon Mechanics for Improving Force Steadiness in Persons with Parkinson’s Disease
Creators: name: Smart, Rowan R.
name: Richardson, Cydney M.
name: Wile, Daryl J.
name: Dalton, Brian H.
name: Jakobi, Jennifer M.
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2020

description: Although plantar flexion force steadiness (FS) is reduced in persons with Parkinson’s disease (PD), the underlying causes are unknown. The aim of this exploratory design study was to ascertain the influence of maximal voluntary contraction (MVC) force and gastrocnemius-Achilles muscle-tendon unit behaviour on FS in persons with PD. Nine persons with PD and nine age- and sex-matched non-PD controls (~70 years, 6 females per group) performed plantar flexion MVCs and sub-maximal tracking tasks at 5, 10, 25, 50 and 75% MVC. Achilles tendon elongation and medial gastrocnemius fascicle lengths were recorded via ultrasound during contraction. FS was quantified using the coefficient of variation (CV) of force. Contributions of MVC and tendon mechanics to FS were determined using multiple regression analyses. Persons with PD were 35% weaker during MVC (p = 0.04) and had 97% greater CV (p = 0.01) with 47% less fascicle shortening (p = 0.004) and 38% less tendon elongation (p = 0.002) than controls. Reduced strength was a direct contributor to lower FS in PD (ß = 0.631), and an indirect factor through limiting optimal muscle-tendon unit interaction. Interestingly, our findings indicate an uncoupling between fascicle shortening and tendon elongation in persons with PD. To better understand limitations in FS and muscle-tendon unit behavior, it is imperative to identify the origins of MVC decrements in persons with PD.
Tra discriminazione religiosa e libertà matrimoniale: il contrasto agli sham marriages nell'ordinamento giuridico britannico
Creators: name: Giordano Gennaro, Luca
Publisher: name: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale
Year: 2011

description: SOMMARIO: 1. Brevi cenni sull’immigrazione verso il Regno Unito - 2. Gli sham marriages e la pronuncia di illegittimità dell’Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act del 2004 - 3. Riflessioni conclusive.Ora nel volume collettaneo (a cura di V. TOZZI e M. PARISI),Immigrazione e soluzioni legislative in Italia e Spagna. Istanze autonomistiche, società multiculturali, diritti civili e di cittadinanza, ed. Arti Grafiche la Regione, Ripalimosani, 2007, p. 379 ss.
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2007: 20 marzo
La condition constitutionnelle des Canadiens dans l'oeil de la science politique canadienne - 1982-2010
Creators: name: Racine, Jean-Claude
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: Canada, constitution
procédure de modification de la constitution
Charte canadienne des droits et libertés

description: Comment la littérature politologique relative à la réforme constitutionnelle de 1982 rend-elle compte de la condition constitutionnelle des Canadiens ? L’auteur apporte une réponse originale à cette question en proposant une typologie qui fait découler la pluralité des récits politologiques sur la réforme constitutionnelle de 1982 de la déclinaison d’un même paradigme discursif, le paradigme contractualiste, en vertu duquel la constitution du Canada est un contrat entre gouvernements souverains. Le paradigme contractualiste se décline en quatre trames explicatives distinctes : la trame institutionnaliste, qui explore l’effet paralysant du double conflit inscrit dans la Loi constitutionnelle de 1982 entre une constitution des citoyens fondée sur la Charte canadienne des droits et libertés et une constitution des gouvernements, fondée sur la procédure formelle de modification de la Constitution ; la trame réformiste, qui cherche à surmonter ce double-conflit sans modifier formellement la Loi constitutionnelle de 1982 ; la trame organiciste, qui s’intéresse au pourvoir « constituant » des tribunaux ; et la trame idéaliste, qui propose la renégociation du contrat constitutionnel canadien à partir de nouveaux principes. L’auteur termine cet exercice d’interprétation en constatant l’épuisement du paradigme contractualiste et son remplacement prévisible par un paradigme successeur en devenir.
Scutarx deltatylus Parker 2016
Creators: name: Lessner, Emily J.
name: Parker, William G.
name: Marsh, Adam D.
name: Nesbitt, Sterling J.
name: Irmis, Randall B.
name: Mueller, Bill D.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Stagonolepididae
Scutarx
Scutarx deltatylus

description: SCUTARX DELTATYLUS
PARACROCODYLOMORPHA
description: Published as part of Lessner, Emily J., Parker, William G., Marsh, Adam D., Nesbitt, Sterling J., Irmis, Randall B. & Mueller, Bill D., 2018, New insights into Late Triassic dinosauromorph-bearing assemblages from Texas using apomorphy-based identifications, pp. 1-41 in PaleoBios 35 on page 10, DOI: 10.5070/P9351039960
Indipendenza degli “ordini” di Stato e Chiesa e ruolo del Presidente della Repubblica
Creators: name: Ruggeri, Antonio
Publisher: name: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale
Year: 2011

description: (ordinario di Diritto costituzionale nella facoltà di Giurisprudenza
dell’Università degli Studi di Messina)
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2007: 20 marzo
Il diritto civile di libertà religiosa e l’immigrazione
Creators: name: Tozzi, Valerio
Publisher: name: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale
Year: 2011

description: SOMMARIO: 1. L’interesse al confronto Italia Spagna – 2. Schizofrenia italiana fra centralismo ed autonomie in materia di fenomeno religioso - 3. La centralizzazione dell’intera “politica ecclesiastica” -4. Il fenomeno dell’immigrazione e della articolazione pluralistica delle culture nel Paese – 5. La disciplina dell’emigrazione – 6. La concessione della cittadinanza – 7. Provvedimenti riferibili all’ordine pubblico: a) la legge Bossi-Fini; b) la Consulta dei musulmani d’Italia – 8. Immigrazione e discipline del fenomeno religioso: a) immigrati islamici e regimi convenzionali; b) l’applicazione della politica concordataria ai rapporti con i musulmani; c) i contenuti delle proposte di intesa – 9. Conclusioni.Ora nel volume collettaneo (a cura di V. TOZZI e M. PARISI),Immigrazione e soluzioni legislative in Italia e Spagna. Istanze autonomistiche, società multiculturali, diritti civili e di cittadinanza,  ed. Arti Grafiche la Regione, Ripalimosani, 2007, p. 5 ss.
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2007: 21 marzo
Geochemical Surface Expression of the Phoenix and Millennium Uranium Deposits, Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan
Creators: name: Power, Michael James
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Mines and mineral resources -- Saskatchewan
subject: Geology
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: University of Ottawa theses -- 2014
subject: Uranium deposits
subject: Athabasca Basin
subject: Exploration Geochemistry

description: The geochemistry of surface media above two known U deposits were examined to observe any possible dispersion products could be detected from them, and based on these findings, improved geochemical exploration techniques are proposed to reduce cost of finding undiscovered U resources. This study examined the materials overlying the Phoenix deposits, which have indicated resources of approximately 58.2 million lbs U3O8 grading 15 wt% that lie at 400 m depth below surface at the unconformity between the overlying Athabasca sandstones and Paleoproterozoic basement rocks. Aqua regia digestion, ammonium acetate at pH 5 and hydroxylamine leaches revealed U, Pb, Co, Ni, Mo, and W anomalies in humus and U, W and As anomalies in B-horizon soils above the ore zones and the basement location of a deposit-hosting, northeast-trending “WS Hanging Wall” shear zone over a three year period. These metal signatures suggest likely upward transport of metals from the deposits to overlying sandstones, and subsequently into the overlying till and soils. This study also looked at materials above the Millennium U deposit, which has indicated resources of 68.2 million lbs U3O8 grading 4 wt% at ~750 m depth that occurs along a major fault in granites & metamorphosed pelites of Paleoproterozoic age below the Athabasca sandstones. Soil samples taken over the surface projections of an ore-hosting fault and the ore zone yielded anomalous values in U, Ni, Cu and Pb in aqua regia digestion of humus and U, Cu and Pb values in ammonium acetate leach of pH 5 of B-horizon soils. Hydroxylamine leach did not yield as many anomalies as ammonium acetate leach. Measured 4He/36Ar ratios of gas dissolved in water-filled drill holes were observed to be up to about 700 times the atmosphere value for air-saturated water, revealing the presence of radiogenic 4He that was likely produced from decaying U and released in the groundwater above the deposit. Our results suggest upward migration of metals to surface through porous sandstone and fault systems at Phoenix, and upward migration of metals along faults and He gas at Millennium. Both studies indicate the importance of the traverse method of sampling over targets perpendicular to the last major ice-flow event to discern U deposits that are defined by other means.
Opportunity recognition and perception of uncertainty among entrepreneurs in Christchurch: an exploratory study
Creators: name: Birnie, Alan
name: Martin, Graeme
name: Newman, Peter
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The entrepreneur is required (Keh et al, 2002) to recognise and act upon an opportunity in a context of both risk (eventualities that can be predicted together with an assessment of likelihood of occurrence) and uncertainty: the unpredictable or, more precisely, those feelings which arise when we are faced with the unpredictable, whether stemming from the complex, ambiguous, rapidly changing business environment (Ansoff, 1979) or arising from within the business venture (Pearson, 1991). Though none provide empirical evidence, Timmons (1999), Snowden (2002) and Baron (2004) all describe how entrepreneurs rely on a process of pattern recognition to identify opportunities, the latter specifying patterns (plural, but no indication of number) formed by changes in the economy and a learned pattern recognition process. Whereas Kirzner (1997), also Gaglio and Katz (2001), hold that opportunities are discovered by remaining alert for economic events unnoticed by others, Drucker (1998) believes that the majority are discovered by searching systematically. There is a modest literature dealing with attitudes to uncertainty among entrepreneurs (Schere, 1981, Koh, 1996) and their behaviour faced with uncertainty (Jefferson, 1983, Wickham, 2003), mainly adopting an 'uncertainty avoidance' stance, and while Maruyama (c.1985) has recognised that individuals may perceive different amounts of uncertainty, we know of no investigation of whether, in practice, seeing (anticipating) more or less uncertainty is a characteristic of entrepreneurs. Likewise, while the existence of uncertainty is a necessary pre- requisite to the concept of opportunity, we know of no study that links opportunity recognition by entrepreneurs to their attitudes to uncertainty.
Hybride Apertursynthese zur effizienten 3D-Bildgebung mit breitbandigem Mehrkanalradar
Creators: name: Schneider, David
name: :Unav
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2021
Subjects: Mehrkanalradar
Antennentechnologie
OFDM-Radar
3D-Bildgebung
Leckwellenantennen

description: Die klassische Radartechnik unterscheidet zwischen der Entfernungsauflösung eines Systems, die durch seine Bandbreite bestimmt ist, und der zur Bildgebung nötigen Auflösung in einer oder zwei Winkeldimensionen, die aus einer Anordnung mehrerer realer oder virtueller Antennenpositionen entsteht. Die vorliegende Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit der Fragestellung, unter welchen Voraussetzungen eine Aufhebung dieser Trennung für künftige Generationen bildgebender Millimeterwellenradare möglich ist, indem mithilfe frequenzsteuerbarer Antennen die flexible Umwandlung zwischen Bandbreite und Winkelauflösung in das Systemkonzept eines Mehrkanalradars integriert wird. Die in dieser Arbeit vorgestellten Antennenelemente und theoretischen Konzepte werden zu einem Demonstrator-System im W-Band kombiniert, das die Verifikation der vorhergesagten Abbildungsleistung im Kontext realer Szenen ermöglicht.
Stroke Detection with Deep Learning
Creators: name: Vega Arellano, Jaime Paolo
name: :Unav
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2022
Subjects: MRI
Stroke detection
Deep Learning
Image Segmentation
ATLAS
U-Net

description: Stroke is a severe condition that causes a high mortality rate worldwide. Medical image analysis is the main method that specialist employ in hospitals to localize and detect strokes. Despite the on-site software at hospitals and the expertise of neurologists and radiologists, it is still a challenging, time-consuming and labor-intensive task for them. Convolutional Neural Networks is the preferable strategy to analyze images and contribute to the medical diagnoses with a considerable reliability in their results. In fact, Deep Learning techniques have evolved at a rapid peace with new architectures that are currently assisting the medical sector to make such tasks more efficient when it comes to preserve patients’ lives. Despite such enhancements, the complexity of the diseases by nature makes it necessary to continue excelling at this task in an automatic approach. Therefore, the ultimate goal of this thesis is to implement a two-stage architecture to segment brain lesions, and the classify the results to distinguish correct and incorrect cases automatically, with a particular focus on maximizing performance on the segmentation part by training state-of-the-art neural network architectures to detect brain lesions in patients.
Market Perspectives for an Innovative Pumped Hydro Energy Storage System
Creators: name: Schäfer, Jannik
name: :Unav
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2022
Subjects: StEnSea
Energy Storage
Techno-Economic-Assesment
Electricity Market
Balancing Market

description: The importance of efficient, cost-effective and sustainable energy storage technologies for the electricity grid is paramount at a time when renewable energies are becoming increasingly prevalent. One innovative concept is StEnSea (Stored Energy in the Sea), which is being developed by the Fraunhofer Institute for Energy Economics and Energy System Technology (Fraunhofer IEE). The offshore energy storage technology uses the water pressure in the deep sea to store electrical energy, similar to pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) and offers a scalable and practical approach. Previous economic analyses have mainly focused on the electricity market and concluded that StEnSea was not profitable if only arbitrage trading was considered. The main objective of the research was to assess the profitability and market potential of StEnSea, particularly in light of the recent increase in electricity prices and volatility since 2021. The research extends to the examination of different market strategies for StEnSea. A particular focus was on their application in both the electricity and balancing markets, in particular the automatic frequency restoration reserve (aFRR) and the frequency containment reserve (FCR). Using a techno-economic analysis framework and developing models to simulate arbitrage, FCR and aFRR market participation, the viability of StEnSea was assessed retrospectively using German market data from January 2019 to October 2023. The analysis concludes that StEnSea can be economically viable in the context of recent electricity price increases and market volatility. Several scenarios, including both arbitrage trading and participation in the aFRR and FCR balancing markets, showed profitability when considering the profits from 2023 and the average over all years analyzed. In particular, the combination of aFRR and arbitrage was profitable and resulted in positive annuities for StEnSea in every year considered.
Molecular genetics of hantaviruses: Cloning, sequencing, expression, and morphogenesis.
Creators: name: Antic, Dragana.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1993
Subjects: subject: Biology, Molecular.

description: Molecular characterization of the Seoul 80-39 virus, a prototype of the Seoul serotype, was carried out by cloning and sequencing. The large (L) genomic RNA segment is 6530 nucleotides long. The viral complementary-sense RNA contains a single open reading frame (ORF) from the AUG codon at nucleotide positions 37-39 to the UAA stop codon at nucleotide positions 6490-6492. This ORF could encode a polypeptide of 2151 amino acids (246,662 D) which likely corresponds to the L protein detected in purified viral particles (Elliot et al., 1984) and is assumed to be an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase molecule (Schmaljohn and Dalrymple, 1983). The M RNA segment is 3651 nucleotides long. A single ORF was detected in the viral complementary-sense RNA. This ORF could encode a polypeptide of 1133 amino acids which is cotranslationally processed into viral glycoproteins G1 and G2. The S genomic RNA segment was characterized from the 3$\sp\prime$ end to nucleotide 1332. One long ORF was detected from the AUG codon at nucleotide positions 43-45 to the UAA stop codon at nucleotide positions 1330-1332. This ORF has a capacity to encode a 48 kD protein which corresponds to the viral nucleocapsid (N) protein. A comparison of coding properties of the tripartite genomes of various hantaviruses allowed construction of the evolutionary tree for the Hantavirus genus. The second part of the study was focused on the maturation of Hantaan 76-118 virus glycoproteins G1 and G2 virus morphogenesis. Glycoproteins G1 and G2 form a complex. Experiments with the glycosylation inhibitor brefeldin A indicate that complex formation between the two glycoproteins occurs in the ER. Resistance of both G1 and G2 to endoglycosidase D suggests a structure with more than five mannose residues. Processing of a high mannose structures ((Man)$\sb8$(GlcNAc)$\sb2$ to (Man)$\sb7$(GlcNAc)$\sb2$ or (Man)$\sb6$(GlcNAc)$\sb2$) may take place in the cis-Golgi by the enzyme $\alpha$-mannosidase I. Virus budding was observed only in Hantaan virus-infected cells, in the trans-Golgi network. When the Golgi apparatus was destroyed by brefeldin A treatment, assembly of virus particles was not observed. The third project was to express nucleocapsid proteins of Seoul 80-39 virus and Hantaan 76-118 virus using baculovirus recombinants. Analysis of recombinant virus-infected Sf9 cell lysates by SDS-PAGE showed that N proteins were expressed in high levels and were identical to virion associated N proteins in size and antigenicity. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Lagerpetidae
Creators: name: Lessner, Emily J.
name: Parker, William G.
name: Marsh, Adam D.
name: Nesbitt, Sterling J.
name: Irmis, Randall B.
name: Mueller, Bill D.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Lagerpetidae

description: LAGERPETIDAE
DROMOMERON GREGORII
DINOSAURIFORMES
description: Published as part of Lessner, Emily J., Parker, William G., Marsh, Adam D., Nesbitt, Sterling J., Irmis, Randall B. & Mueller, Bill D., 2018, New insights into Late Triassic dinosauromorph-bearing assemblages from Texas using apomorphy-based identifications, pp. 1-41 in PaleoBios 35 on page 10, DOI: 10.5070/P9351039960
Experimentelle Untersuchung und numerische Simulation der Tränkung und Kompaktierung von Rovings in Injektionsboxen
Creators: name: Braun, Roman
name: :Unav
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2025
Subjects: Roving-Tränkung
Pultrusion
Fluid-Struktur-Interaktion
Permeabilitätsprüfung
Faserkompaktierung

description: Hauptgurte für Rotorblätter von Windenergieanlagen werden überwiegend aus Faser-Kunststoff-Verbundprofilen hergestellt. Diese Profile werden im Injektionspultrusionsverfahren vorgefertigt. Dabei werden vorgespannte Rovings (Faserbündel) durch eine Injektionsbox gezogen und mit einem flüssigen Harzgemisch getränkt, das anschließend aushärtet. Zur Senkung der Profilkosten wird eine schnellere Tränkung angestrebt. Die für diese Dissertation durchgeführten Versuche zeigen, dass zwei Phänomene die Tränkbarkeit der Rovings erschweren: die ungleichmäßige Faserverteilung in der Injektionsbox und die durch den Fluiddruck verursachte Kompaktierung der Rovings. Es wird ein Verfahren zur Tränksimulation entwickelt, das diese Fluid-Struktur-Interaktion erstmals realitätsnah berücksichtigt. Die dafür benötigten nichtlinearen Materialmodelle (Roving-Kompaktierung und Roving-Permeabilitäten) werden auf Basis von Messungen mit teils neuartigen Prüfverfahren entwickelt. Die Simulationsergebnisse ermöglichen die Auswahl von Materialien, Prozessparametern und einer Injektionsboxgeometrie, die den Materialdurchsatz und die Effizienz des Tränkprozesses erhöhen.
Gesamtlärmbewertung Umsetzungskonzept und Planspiel
Creators: name: Liepert, Manfred
name: Forstreuter, Melissa
name: Schreckenberg, Dirk
Publisher: name: Umweltbundesamt
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Lärm
subject: Lärmwirkung
subject: Lärmbewertung
subject: Lärmschutzgesetz
subject: Gesamtlärm
subject: Gesundheit

description: Der vorliegende Bericht zum Forschungsvorhaben "Gesamtlärmbewertung - Umsetzungskonzept und Planspiel" mit der Forschungskennzahl 3719 54 101 0 stellt einen Regelungsentwurf zum Schutz der Bevölkerung vor gesundheitsschädlichen Lärmexpositionen vor, der damit erst mals auch eine verbindliche Gesamtlärmbewertung beinhaltet. Der vorgestellte Regelungsent wurf ist das Ergebnis einer umfassenden Diskussion mit Fachleuten im Rahmen eines Fachge sprächs, der Erprobung anhand eines Praxisbeispiels und schließlich der Erprobung der darin enthaltenen Lärmsanierung in einem umfangreichen Planspiel anhand einer fiktiven Kommune unter Beteiligung aller betroffenen Kreise. Der Bericht stellt die fachlichen Grundlagen für den Regelungsentwurf, den Entwurf selbst und den Weg zur Verfeinerung des Entwurfs über Fachgespräch, Praxisbeispiel und Planspiel dar. Wichtige Kritikpunkte und deren Würdigung durch das Forschungskonsortium sowie eine auch daraus abgeleitete Handlungsempfehlung zur Ein führung des Entwurfs runden den Bericht ab. Quelle: Forschungsbericht
description: This report on the research project "Combined noise assessment - implementation concept and simulation game" with the research code 3719 54 101 0 presents a draft regulation to protect the population against unhealthy noise exposure, which for the first time also includes a binding combined noise assessment. The draft regulation presented is the result of a comprehensive dis cussion with experts as part of a workshop, testing in a practical example and finally testing in an extensive simulation game using a fictitious community with the participation of all groups of stakeholders. The report presents the technical basis for the draft regulation, the draft itself and the way to refine the draft via workshop, practical example and simulation game. Important points of criticism and their appreciation by the research team as well as a recommendation for the introduction of the draft derived from them round off the report. Quelle: Forschungsbericht
description: Der Bericht stellt einen Regelungsentwurf zum Schutz der Bevölkerung vor gesundheitsschädlichen Lärmexpositionen vor, der erstmals auch eine verbindliche Gesamtlärmbewertung beinhaltet. Dieser Regelungsentwurf ist das Ergebnis einer umfassenden Diskussion im Rahmen eines Fachgesprächs und der Erprobung in einem Planspiel anhand einer fiktiven Kommune unter Beteiligung aller betroffenen Kreise. Es werden die fachlichen Grundlagen, der Entwurf selbst und der Weg zur Verfeinerung des Entwurfs über Fachgespräch, Praxisbeispiel und Planspiel dargestellt. Wichtige Kritikpunkte und deren Würdigung sowie eine daraus abgeleitete Handlungsempfehlung zur Einführung des Entwurfs schließen den Bericht ab.
Verfahrensentwicklung für die Herstellung kontinuierlich faserverstärkter, thermoplastischer Profile im Pultrusionsverfahren mittels in-situ Polymerisation von ε-Caprolactam
Creators: name: Wilhelm, Michael Leander
name: :Unav
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2025
Subjects: Pultrusion
Caprolactam
reaktive Thermoplaste
Prozessentwicklung
Design of Experiments

description: Thermoplastische Pultrusionsprofile bieten gegenüber den Stand-der-Technik bildenden duromeren Profilen besondere Vorteile wie die Möglichkeit zur Funktionalisierung durch Umformen, Schweißen, Umspritzen oder der Co-Extrusion sowie zum Recycling durch chemische und mechanische Verfahren. Eine Verfahrensvariante zur Herstellung der kontinuierlich faserverstärkten thermoplastischen Profile ist die Pultrusion mit dem Monomer e-Caprolactam (in-situ Pultrusion), das im Prozess zu Polyamid 6 polymerisiert. Die vorliegende Arbeit beschreibt die Entwicklung geeigneter Matrixrezepturen und Prozessparameter für das in-situ Pultrusionsverfahren. Mit statistischen Methoden werden die signifikanten Einflussgrößen auf die Prozess- und Materialeigenschaften ermittelt und anschließend detailliert untersucht. Aus den Ergebnissen wird ein umfassendes Verständnis zu den Prozess-Struktur-Eigenschaftsbeziehungen abgeleitet und in ein Modell überführt. Dieses Modell wird genutzt, um Parameterkonfigurationen zu ermitteln, die sowohl eine hohe Qualität der Profile als auch hohe Produktionsraten ermöglichen. Eine abschließende Bewertung des Verfahrens und der Profile zeigt das hohe Potenzial für die industrielle Anwendung.
Structural studies of the factor X activating complex of the intrinsic pathway of blood coagulation.
Creators: name: Atkins, Judith Sharron.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1992
Subjects: subject: Chemistry, Biochemistry.

description: In the blood coagulation pathway the zymogen factor X (FX) is converted to its enzymatic form (FXa) by the FX activating complex which is a membrane bound multi-protein complex comprised of the cofactor factor VIII (FVIII), the enzyme factor IXa (FIXa), the substrate FX, as well as calcium and phospholipid. Activation of FX to FXa is essential for production of fibrin, which is the final product of the coagulation pathway. Defects or deficiencies in FVIII or FIXa hinder production of FXa and results in the bleeding disorder, haemophilia. The data demonstrated that both chains of FVIII; FVIII light chain (FVIII-LC) and FVIII heavy chain (FVIII-HC), contained binding domains for FIXa. Binding of FIXa to FVIII-LC was observed to be mediated by hydrophobic forces, whereas divalent cation-dependent forces mediated binding to FVIII-HC. FVIII-LC was also found to contain a binding domain for FX. This interaction occurred independently of FVIII-HC and was maintained by hydrophobic forces. FVIII-LC contained hydrophobic binding domain(s) for phospholipid. Hydrophobic forces were also found to play a heretofore unrecognized role in the association of FIXa or FX with phospholipid. These data indicate that multiple forces are involved in forming and maintaining the integrity of the FX activating complex. Data from radioligand binding studies suggested that FVIII acted as a high affinity binding protein for FX (K$\sb{\rm d}$ = 10$\sp{-8}$ M) on the surface of synthetic phospholipid membranes. The effect of platelet storage on binding of FX was also examined. Unstimulated platelets did not bind FX. In contrast, specific binding of FX to stimulated platelets (K$\sb{\rm d}$ = 10$\sp{-8}$ M) occurred when platelets had been stored for less than 4.5 hours from phlebotomy. The affinity of binding of FX to fresh platelets was not significantly affected by the presence of FVIII (K$\sb{\rm d}$ = 10$\sp{-8}$ M), nevertheless, the storage-dependent decline in platelet binding of FX was not observed in the presence of FVIII. The high affinity and lability of the FVIII-independent binding site suggests that FX binds to a specific, and as yet unidentified, platelet membrane component. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Anxiety and stress in the postpartum: is there more to postnatal distress than depression?
Creators: name: Miller, Renee L.
name: Pallant, Julie F.
name: Negri, Lisa M.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Background: Postnatal depression has received considerable research and clinical attention, however anxiety and stress in the postpartum has been relatively ignored. Along with the widespread use of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), depression has become the marker for postnatal maladjustment. Symptoms of anxiety tend to be subsumed within diagnoses of depression, which can result in anxiety being minimized or overlooked in the absence of depression. Some researchers have identified the need to distinguish between postnatal depression and anxiety, and to discern cases where depression and anxiety co-exist. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of postnatal distress using the EPDS and the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS-21). Method: As part of a larger cross-sectional study, the EPDS and DASS-21 were administered to a convenience sample of 325 primiparous mothers, who ranged in age from 18 to 44 years (M = 32 years). Recruited through mother's groups and health centres in Melbourne Australia, inclusion was limited to mothers whose babies were aged between 6 weeks and 6 months. Analyses included comparisons between the classifications of women according to the EPDS and the DASS-21, and an exploration of the extent to which the EPDS identified anxious-depressed women. Results: The EPDS identified 80 women (25%) as possibly depressed (using a cut-off of over 9), of which the DASS-21 corroborated 58%. In the total sample, 61 women (19%) were classified by the DASS-21 to be depressed. Using broader criteria for distress, it was revealed by the DASS-21 that a further 33 women (10%) showed symptoms of anxiety and stress without depression. A total of 41 women (13%) had symptoms of anxiety either in isolation or in combination with depression. The DASS-21 identified 7% of the sample as being both anxious and depressed. This at-risk subgroup had higher mean EPDS and DASS-depression scores than their depressed-only counterparts. Conclusion: The prevalence of anxiety and stress in the present study points to the importance of assessing postnatal women for broader indicators of psychological morbidity than that of depression alone. The DASS-21 appears to be a useful instrument for this purpose.
Characterization, fertility capability and land suitability classifications for cassava production in Ugep-Yakurr Local Government Area, Cross River State – Nigeria.pdf
Creators: name: Elemi, Ekama Derrick
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 300202
subject: Agricultural land management
classificationCode: 300203
subject: Agricultural land planning
classificationCode: 300204
subject: Agricultural management of nutrients

description: Ugep is famous for its annual ‘New Yam Festival’ which gives the people the opportunity to showcase their cultural heritage and agricultural produce. As the farmers attempt to meet-up with this annual-ritual, they continuously cultivate the soil resulting in soil nutrient exhaustion. This study characterized the major soil units in Ugep and focused on the fertility capability classification (FCC) as well as land suitability evaluation for cassava production. With the aid of the geology- and topo- maps, two profile pits were sunk in the soils over alluvium (AL), sandstone (ST) and dolerite (DO) resulting in six profiles. The results present loam, sandy loam and clay loam textures in the surface soils, while bulk density was < 1.8 Mgm-3 and organic carbon, available P and total N recorded 2.0-37.3 g/kg, 1.25-36.12 mg/kg and 0.1-2.1 g/kg, respectively. Exchangeable bases were comparatively higher in DO, with a rating of high for exchangeable Ca2+ and Mg2+, while exchangeable acidity was due to H+ . FCC indicated L (loam-surface and subsurface) in AL with limitations due to low K reserve (k), CEC (e), organic carbon (m) and gleying. DO qualified as LC (Loam-surface and clay-subsurface) with limitations of high gravel (r) as well as k, e and m, while ST qualified as SL (sand-surface and loam-subsurface) and L (loam-surface and subsurface) with limitations of k, e and m. By the parametric approach, current and potential aggregate suitability of moderately or highly suitable for ST had less limitations than marginally suitable classifications of AL for cassava production. Keywords: Ugep, Cassava, Fertilit