cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Josefina De Diego - Il regno del nonno
Creators: name: Contessa, Valeria
name: Sanfile, Mariateresa
name: Startari, Francesca
name: Volpini, Stella
name: Zappaterra, Riccardo
Publisher: name: Criando: la rivista di CRIAR
Year: 2020

description: Josefina de Diego (L’Avana 1951), oltre che poetessa, narratrice, traduttrice, saggista, è un’apprezzata scrittrice per l’infanzia. Figlia del poeta Eliseo, si dedica con grande impegno alla cura dell’opera paterna e alla conservazione della memoria familiare.
description: Criando: la rivista di CRIAR, N. V (2019): Potere e Identità nelle Americhe Romanze
Ferrante & Teicher, Tenth Annual Stony Brook Music Festival Program, 1963
Creators: name: Stony Brook Community Fund
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1963
Subjects: Stony Brook
Programs
Music festivals
Concerts
Concert halls
Amphitheaters

description: This is the Tenth Annual Stony Brook Music Festival Program, 1963, featuring Ferrante & Teicher. They are pop jazz and showtunes act.
Bacterial attachment to micro- and nano- structured surfaces
Creators: name: Mitik-Dineva, Natasa
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The ongoing interest in bacterial interactions with various surfaces, followed by attachment and subsequent biofilm formation, has been driven by the importance of bacterial activities in number of medical, industrial and technological applications. However, bacterial adhesion to surfaces has not been completely understood due to the complexity of parameters involved. The study presented herein investigates the attachment pattern of nine medically and environmentally significant bacteria belonging to different taxonomic lineages: Firmicutes - Bacillus, Gammaproteobacteria, Alphaproteobacteria and Bacteriodetes. Physicochemical assessment techniques such as contact angle and surface charge measurements, atomic force microscopy (AFM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), confocal microscopy (CLSM), as well as X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF) and time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectroscopy (ToF-SIMS) analysis were all employed in order to attain better insight into the factors that influence bacterial interactions with surfaces. Bacterial surface characteristics such as surface wettability and charge in addition to substratum surface wettability, tension, charge and chemistry were also considered. However due to the recent interest in designing micro-textured surfaces with antibacterial and/or antifouling effects the prime was given to the influence of micro- and nano-meter scale surface textures on bacterial adhesion. The interactions between selected bacteria and glass, polymer and optical fibre surfaces were studied. Carefully designed methods for surface modification allowed alteration of the topography of glass, polymer and optical fibre surfaces while maintaining other surface parameters near constant. This allowed isolated assessment of only the effects of surface roughness on bacterial adhesion. Obtained results indicated consistent cellular inclination towards the smoother surfaces for all of the tested species. Enhanced bacterial presence on the smoother surfaces was also accompanied by changes in the bacterial metabolic activity as indicated by the elevated levels of secreted extracellular polymeric materials (EPS) and modifications in the cells morphology. The results indicate that nano-scale surface roughness exert greater influence on bacterial adhesion than previously believed and should therefore be considered as a parameter of primary interest alongside other wellrecognized factors that control initial bacterial attachment.
Criminalisation of clients : reproducing vulnerabilities for violence and poor health among street-based sex workers in Canada : a qualitative study
Creators: name: Krüsi, Andrea
name: Pacey, Katrina E.
name: Bird, Lorna
name: Chettiar, Jill
name: Allan, Sarah
name: Bennett, Darcie
name: Montaner, Julio
name: Kerr, Thomas
name: Shannon, K.
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2017

description: Objectives To explore how criminalisation and policing of sex buyers (clients) rather than sex workers shapes sex workers’ working conditions and sexual transactions including risk of violence and HIV/sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Design Qualitative and ethnographic study triangulated with sex work-related violence prevalence data and publicly available police statistics. Setting Vancouver, Canada, provides a unique opportunity to evaluate the impact of policies that criminalise clients as the local police department adopted a sex work enforcement policy in January 2013 that prioritises sex workers’ safety over arrest, while continuing to target clients. Participants 26 cisgender and 5 transgender women who were street-based sex workers (n=31) participated in semistructured interviews about their working conditions. All had exchanged sex for money in the previous 30 days in Vancouver. Outcome measures Thematic analysis of interview transcripts and ethnographic field notes focused on how police enforcement of clients shaped sex workers’ working conditions and sexual transactions, including risk of violence and HIV/STIs, over an 11-month period postpolicy implementation (January–November 2013). Results Sex workers’ narratives and ethnographic observations indicated that while police sustained a high level of visibility, they eased charging or arresting sex workers and showed increased concern for their safety. However, participants’ accounts and police statistics indicated continued police enforcement of clients. This profoundly impacted the safety strategies sex workers employed. Sex workers continued to mistrust police, had to rush screening clients and were displaced to outlying areas with increased risks of violence, including being forced to engage in unprotected sex. Conclusions These findings suggest that criminalisation and policing strategies that target clients reproduce the harms created by the criminalisation of sex work, in particular, vulnerability to violence and HIV/STIs. The current findings support decriminalisation of sex work to ensure work conditions that support the health and safety of sex workers in Canada and globally.
Eliseo Diego - Il primo discorso e altre poesie
Creators: name: Bressan, Francesca
name: De Bernardi, Isabella
name: Pisani, Emanuela
name: Cancellier, Antonella
name: Gambardella, Francesca
Publisher: name: Criando: la rivista di CRIAR
Year: 2020

description: Gabriel García Márquez lo considerava uno dei più grandi poeti in lingua spagnola, ma in Patria il rimpianto Eliseo Diego (L’Avana 1920-Città de Messico 1994) è anche ricordato come eccellente anglista e sensibile scrittore per l’infanzia. Tra gli animatori di Orígenes - rivista letteraria fondata nel 1944 da José Lezama Lima e José Rodríguez Feo - venne insignito del Premio Nazionale di Letteratura nel 1986.
description: Criando: la rivista di CRIAR, N. V (2019): Potere e Identità nelle Americhe Romanze
Giorgio Oldrini - La guerra de los pobres
Creators: name: Nagua, Fausto
name: Fernández, Mylene
name: Lamagra, Michela
Publisher: name: Criando: la rivista di CRIAR
Year: 2020

description: Giorgio Oldrini (Milán, 1946), licenciado en Letras en la Universidad Estatal de Milán. Como periodista ha realizado diversos servicios periodísticos en América Latina y fue corresponsal en Cuba para el diario L’Unità. También ha desempeñado el cargo de alcade de la ciudad de Sesto y ha publicado diversos libros de cuentos. La guerra de los pobres es un relato incluido en C’era una volta in America Latina (2019).
description: Criando: la rivista di CRIAR, N. V (2019): Potere e Identità nelle Americhe Romanze
Giorgio Oldrini - ¡Maldita pelota!
Creators: name: Delgado, Elizabeth
name: Montiel, Génesis
name: Fernández, Mylene
Publisher: name: Criando: la rivista di CRIAR
Year: 2020

description: Giorgio Oldrini (Milán 1946), ex alcalde de la ciudad de Sesto San Giovanni. Como periodista fue corresponsal en Cuba para el diario L’Unità. Este relato pertenece a su último libro, que se titula C’era una volta in America Latina (2019).
description: Criando: la rivista di CRIAR, N. V (2019): Potere e Identità nelle Americhe Romanze
Mylene Fernández Pintado - Gerundi nella pioggia
Creators: name: Lamagra, Michela
name: Fernández, Mylene
Publisher: name: Criando: la rivista di CRIAR
Year: 2020

description: Il gerundio è un modo verbale indefinito, così come è indefinita la durata di un temporale all’Avana. Un acquazzone improvviso che blocca la città e il porticato del cinema Yara, ampio e centrale, funge da riparo a molte persone che aspettano la schiarita. Proprio qui avviene l’incontro fortuito dei personaggi di questo racconto, un gruppo davvero eterogeneo: un architetto nostalgico, un’anziana signora, un tecnico di laboratorio, un’eccentrica agronoma che odia la campagna, un musicista e due ragazzi con la passione per i documentari. Ma c’è qualcosa di più profondo che lega queste vite indefinite. Che sia un racconto che sa di opera teatrale, o un’opera teatrale che prende i tratti di un racconto, in Gerundi nella pioggia, Mylene Fernández Pintado ci ripropone, con sottile ironia, una storia (e tante storie) della sua amata Cuba, passando da temi spinosi, come l’emigrazione e la povertà, alla voglia di riscatto attraverso la cultura in tutte le sue sfaccettature. Un futuro indefinito, ma un futuro di speranza.
description: Criando: la rivista di CRIAR, N. V (2019): Potere e Identità nelle Americhe Romanze
Employment and risk of injection drug use initiation among street involved youth in Canadian setting
Creators: name: Richardson, Lindsey, 1977-
name: DeBeck, Kora
name: Feng, Cindy X.
name: Kerr, Thomas
name: Wood, Evan
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2017

description: Objective Youth unemployment has been associated with labour market and health disparities. However, employment as a determinant of high-risk health behaviour among marginalized young people has not been well described. We sought to assess a potential relationship between employment status and initiation of intravenous drug use among a prospective cohort of street-involved youth. Method We followed injecting naïve youth in the At-Risk Youth Study, a cohort of street-involved youth aged 14-26 in Vancouver, Canada, and employed Cox regression analyses to examine whether employment was associated with injection initiation. Results Among 422 injecting naïve youth recruited between September 2005 and November 2011, 77 participants transitioned from non-injection to injection drug use, for an incidence density of 10.3 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 8.0-12.6) per 100 person years. Results demonstrating that employment was inversely associated with injection initiation (adjusted hazard ratio: 0.53; 95% CI: 0.33-0.85) were robust to adjustment for a range of potential confounders. Conclusion A lack of employment among street-involved youth was associated with the initiation of injection drug use, a practice that predisposes individuals to serious long-term health consequences. Future research should examine if reducing barriers to labour market involvement among street-involved youth prevents transitions into high-risk drug use.
The use of TQM in accounting education
Creators: name: Gao, Yan-Yan
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper first describes the existing problems in Chinese college accounting education, then introduces the concept of total quality management (TQM), and suggests to use TQM in accounting education to solve the teaching problems . In order to implement TQM, we should change the opinion of management, and implement total course management as well as bring in external quality guarantee.
title:  The Impact of Parental Variables on Child Behavior at Home and in the Daycare Classroom
Creators: name: Hart, Margaret Sue
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04zjtrb98
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2001

description: The current study was designed examine the relationships among parental variables and child behavior in different settings and to test four path analytic models of children's internalizing and externalizing behavior as reported by both parents and primary daycare teachers. Participants were 104 intact couples with children between the ages of 18 months and 5 years. Mothers and fathers independently completed a packet of questionnaires including measures of masculinity ideology, parenting beliefs, work stress, work-family conflict, marital conflict, child behavior, as well as a demographic questionnaire. Correlations among parent and child variables were calculated. Moderate relationships between maternal and paternal variables were found indicating that partners often influence their spouse and they have similar beliefs and practices regarding parenting. Maternal employment factors also were found to be related to parenting stress and work-family conflict. Mothers who worked more experienced more work-family conflict and thus spent less time caring for the child. Maternal reports of paternal competence influenced maternal masculinity ideology; such that, the more competent she thought her husband was as a father, the less traditional her views of masculinity. Maternal masculinity ideology was associated with maternal beliefs about parenting. These beliefs impacted both maternal and paternal parenting stress. Direct relationships with children's internalizing and externalizing behavior were also found. Maternal work-family conflict impacted both internalizing and externalizing behavior as reported by the parents. Both maternal and paternal parenting stress was related to children's behavior. The model of teachers' reports of children's internalizing behavior shows similar relationships between employment factors and parenting stress. In addition to these variables, paternal nurturing directly affected the child's internalizing behavior. The model for teacher reports of externalizing behavior included paternal nurturing, maternal responsiveness, and maternal reports of paternal competence as having a direct impact on child behavior. Although, fathers' are often overlooked in developmental research, the present study found that paternal variables do impact children's behavior, through their indirect relationship with maternal variables. Paternal parenting stress also was found to impact child behavior directly. Further research is needed to confirm and expand these important links to child behavior.
Nut consumption and risk of diabetes mellitus in overweight/obese individuals
Creators: name: Eslami, Omid
name: Shidfar, Farzad
Publisher: name: IfADo - Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors, Dortmund
Year: 2020
Subjects: nuts
obesity
diabetes mellitus

description: EXCLI Journal; 19:Doc705; ISSN 1611-2156
Incorporating external evidence in trial-based cost-effectiveness analyses: the use of resampling methods
Creators: name: Sadatsafavi, Mohsen
name: Marra, Carlo A.
name: Aaron, Shawn D.
name: Bryan, Stirling
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2015

description: Background: Cost-effectiveness analyses (CEAs) that use patient-specific data from a randomized controlled trial (RCT) are popular, yet such CEAs are criticized because they neglect to incorporate evidence external to the trial. A popular method for quantifying uncertainty in a RCT-based CEA is the bootstrap. The objective of the present study was to further expand the bootstrap method of RCT-based CEA for the incorporation of external evidence. Methods: We utilize the Bayesian interpretation of the bootstrap and derive the distribution for the cost and effectiveness outcomes after observing the current RCT data and the external evidence. We propose simple modifications of the bootstrap for sampling from such posterior distributions. Results: In a proof-of-concept case study, we use data from a clinical trial and incorporate external evidence on the effect size of treatments to illustrate the method in action. Compared to the parametric models of evidence synthesis, the proposed approach requires fewer distributional assumptions, does not require explicit modeling of the relation between external evidence and outcomes of interest, and is generally easier to implement. A drawback of this approach is potential computational inefficiency compared to the parametric Bayesian methods. Conclusions: The bootstrap method of RCT-based CEA can be extended to incorporate external evidence, while preserving its appealing features such as no requirement for parametric modeling of cost and effectiveness outcomes.
Can Gun Control Work in Red States?: Evidence from Florida's Risk Protection Order Law
Creators: name: Handsel, Emily
Publisher: name: Stanford Digital Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: Gun Control
Florida
Risk Protection Order

description: Risk protection orders, also known as “red flag” laws, remove guns from those at risk to
themselves or others. Risk protection order laws rose to prominence in 2018 after the mass
shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Now twenty-one states
and Washington, DC have risk protection order laws in place. This thesis examines Florida’s
own red flag law, compiling more than 8,000 court records of risk protection orders from 2018
through 2022. It aims to answer two important questions: first, are risk protection orders being
used effectively? To measure this, I employ statistical analysis to analyze variation among
sheriffs and judges. Second, are risk protection orders equitable? Using county level data, I
examine filing rates and outcomes for different racial, gender, and age groups. The results of
both analyses paint a heartening picture: risk protection orders are being used effectively and
equitably in Florida by Republican and Democrats alike.
Introduzione
Creators: name: Francavilla, Roberto
name: Giaufret, Anna
name: Porciello, Michele
Publisher: name: Criando: la rivista di CRIAR
Year: 2020

description: Introduzione al V numero di Criando.
description: Criando: la rivista di CRIAR, N. V (2019): Potere e Identità nelle Americhe Romanze
Deux sociétéspost-nationales distinctes? Le Québec, le Canada et leur(s) capitale(s) nationale(s)
Creators: name: Trépanier, Anne
Publisher: name: Criando: la rivista di CRIAR
Year: 2020

description: Cet article explorera comment les nations du Québec et du Canada sont articulées à travers leurs capitales nationales contemporaines. Ces dernières performent dans l’espace public une idée de la nation, un récit identitaire qui comprend aussi celui de l’intégration des immigrants. En quoi les nations québécoise et canadienne sont-elles (encore) distinctes? En explorant leurs capitales Québec et Ottawa nous verrons qu’elles entrent toutes deux dans une définition post-nationale de leur société en faisant une large place à la langue partagée comme lieu de pouvoir et d’identité. En effet, alors que la culture et l’histoire communes laissent de plus en plus de terrain au vivre-ensemble, la paix sociale s’organise de façon différente au Québec et au Canada.
description: Criando: la rivista di CRIAR, N. V (2019): Potere e Identità nelle Americhe Romanze
Dalla schiavitù alla marginalità: il razzismo in Brasile come paradigma del potere, una prospettiva letteraria
Creators: name: Fazzini, Luca
Publisher: name: Criando: la rivista di CRIAR
Year: 2020

description: Indagare la relazione tra potere e identità subalterne in Brasile significa inoltrarsi all’interno di un dibattito pieno di tensioni e conflitti. Da un lato il mito della democrazia razziale, del Brasile come il paese dell’incontro pacifico tra alterità. Dall’altro la dura realtà della segregazione etnico-razziale e del genocidio dei corpi considerati indesiderati. Partendo da una prospettiva letteraria, con la lettura di alcune delle cronache di Lima Barreto riunite nel volume Lima Barreto: cronista do Rio (2017), e di Cidinha da Silva in #Parem de nos matar! (2019), il presente articolo discute due tra le tante dinamiche attraverso le quali il razzismo si impone come strutturante all’interno della società brasiliana: la costituzione di una realtà urbana divisa e segregata, e l’uso della morte come strumento di controllo. Analizzando tali dinamiche sarebbe dunque possibile tracciare una linea continua che, senza significative rotture, parta dall’esperienza traumatica della schiavitù ed arrivi all’oggi della marginalizzazione sociale.
description: Criando: la rivista di CRIAR, N. V (2019): Potere e Identità nelle Americhe Romanze
A combination of p300 and Braf expression in the diagnosis and prognosis of melanoma
Creators: name: Bhandaru, Madhuri
name: Ardekani, Gholamreza S
name: Zhang, Guohong
name: Martinka, Magdalena
name: McElwee, Kevin J
name: Li, Gang
name: Rotte, Anand
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2016

description: Background: To date only a handful of drugs are available for the treatment of melanoma. Among them vemurafenib, a BrafV600E specific inhibitor, showed promising results in terms of response rate and increase in median survival time. However, its effectiveness is limited by development of resistance and the search for additional drugs for melanoma treatment is ongoing. The present study was performed to analyze the correlation between Braf expression and the expression of p300, a known down stream target of the mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway, which was recently shown by us to be a prognostic marker for melanoma progression and patient survival. Methods: The expression of Braf and p300 expression were correlated and analyzed by Chi-square test. A total of 327 melanoma patient cases (193 primary melanoma and 134 metastatic melanoma) were used for the study. Classification & regression tree (CRT), Kaplan-Meier, and multivariate Cox regression analysis were used to elucidate the significance of the combination of Braf and p300 expression in the diagnosis and prognosis of melanoma. Results: Our results demonstrate that Braf expression is inversely correlated with nuclear p300 and positively correlated with cytoplasmic p300 expression. Braf and cytoplasmic p300 were found to be associated with melanoma progression, tumor size and ulceration status. CRT analysis revealed that a combination of Braf and p300 expression (nuclear and cytoplasmic), could be used to distinguish between nevi and melanoma, and primary from metastatic melanoma lesions. The combination of Braf and nuclear p300 was significantly associated with patient survival and nuclear p300 was found to be an independent predictor of patient survival. Conclusion: Our results indicate a cross-talk between Braf and p300 in melanoma and demonstrate the importance Braf and p300 expression in the diagnosis and prognosis of melanoma.
WaitGPT: Monitoring and Steering Conversational LLM Agent in Data Analysis with On-the-Fly Code Visualization
Creators: name: Xie, Liwenhan
name: Zheng, Chengbo
name: Xia, Haijun
name: Qu, Huamin
name: Zhu-Tian, Chen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Large language models (LLMs) support data analysis through conversational user interfaces, as exemplified in OpenAI's ChatGPT (formally known as Advanced Data Analysis or Code Interpreter). Essentially, LLMs produce code for accomplishing diverse analysis tasks. However, presenting raw code can obscure the logic and hinder user verification. To empower users with enhanced comprehension and augmented control over analysis conducted by LLMs, we propose a novel approach to transform LLM-generated code into an interactive visual representation. In the approach, users are provided with a clear, step-by-step visualization of the LLM-generated code in real time, allowing them to understand, verify, and modify individual data operations in the analysis. Our design decisions are informed by a formative study (N=8) probing into user practice and challenges. We further developed a prototype named WaitGPT and conducted a user study (N=12) to evaluate its usability and effectiveness. The findings from the user study reveal that WaitGPT facilitates monitoring and steering of data analysis performed by LLMs, enabling participants to enhance error detection and increase their overall confidence in the results.
description: Accepted in the 37th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST'24)
Faite de Cronwell Jara: una obra de resistencia
Creators: name: Minardi, Giovanna
Publisher: name: Criando: la rivista di CRIAR
Year: 2020

description: Cronwell Jara es una de las voces más representativas, maduras y profundas de la Generación de los 80 en el Perú, sin embargo su obra aún merece ser leída y estudiada con mucho más ahínco fuera (y dentro) de las fronteras nacionales. Él es uno de los representantes de los sectores humildes emergentes que han tenido acceso a una formación académica e intelectual durante la década de los 80, y quiere hacer una ‘nueva narrativa urbana’, basada en la conflictiva realidad de las barriadas fuera de Lima. En Faite, su última novela, que confirma el tono eminentemente oral y popular de sus textos, así como en buena parte de la escritura de Jara, además del referente real cotidiano, priman la creación, la imaginación y la originalidad. El elemento configurador de la realidad que el autor más utiliza es la exageración, la hipérbole, con una intención evidentemente transgresora: Jara se burla de todo el mundo, principalmente de los poderosos y opresores.
description: Criando: la rivista di CRIAR, N. V (2019): Potere e Identità nelle Americhe Romanze
Poderes de la tecnología postelevisiva en la escritura contemporánea: zapping, transformismo y mutación en Caracteres Blancos, de Carlos Labbé
Creators: name: Gatti, Giuseppe
Publisher: name: Criando: la rivista di CRIAR
Year: 2020

description: L'obiettivo del presente studio consiste nell'analisi di Caractéres blancos, un testo ‘di frontiera’ dello scrittore cileno Carlos Labbé, con il proposito di porre in evidenza le forme attraverso cui la letteratura contemporanea si appropia di certe modalità di ‘transizione rapida’ che sono propie della teconologia (a partire dal cambio di canale televisivo) e le adatta alla propria essenza. Nello studio di tale interazione tra l'attività di scrittura e la pratica tecnologica si considera il gesto del ‘cambiare di canale’ nella sua più amplia accezione (entrare in e uscire da un certo spazio virtuale; avere accesso a scambi più o meno fugaci con individui lontani geograficamente; modificare in modo instantaneo gli scenari e i contenuti che appaiono sullo schermo, ecc.). Trasferire al campo letterario tale coacervo di esercizi tecnologici produce un risultato fondamentale per il nostro tipo di approccio: la dimostrazione empirica del fatto che nella nuestra epoca certe forme di scrittura sono capaci di generare una sorta di letteraturizzazione del zapping televisivo, che si riflette in particolare nei cinque punti seguenti: a) cambi di genere letterari all'interno della stessa opera; b) mutazione delle voci del testo; c) sostituzione improvvisa degli scenari di rappresentazione della storia; d) inversione del genero sessuale dei protagonisti; e) scomposizione dell'ordine lineare del tempo.
description: Criando: la rivista di CRIAR, N. V (2019): Potere e Identità nelle Americhe Romanze
Performance measurement using location-based status data
Creators: name: Seppanen, Olli
name: Kenley, Russell
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Much attention has been placed on measuring performance of activity completion in Lean literature, using techniques such as Percentage of Planned Activities Completed (PPC). Originally intended as one component of measuring plan execution, along with measures of Planned Productivity, PPC has been extensively researched but Planned Productivity has been neglected. Using a lean methodology based on location-based scheduling enables an alternative performance measurement system. This paper proposes a method which makes possible the gathering of large amounts of performance data without too much effort. The method is an important contribution to the available suite of lean methods. Performance measurement using location-based status data is a method which has much in common with earned value analysis, and is able to use the progressive performance through each location of the project as the unit of measurement. The equivalent indicator to PPC is provided by measuring against the planned completion of a location. Furthermore, before commencing work the site checks the actual quantities in each location. Planned Productivity is measured during implementation, with the start date and finish date, actual quantities and average resources used in each location being recorded. This information can be used to calculate actual productivity. The location-based data gives the ability to measure within tasks, revealing not just completion of stages as in PPC, can measure against Planned Productivity. The actual productivities can be used to forecast problems in the future and to evaluate the feasibility of alternative control actions. In addition, the location-based actual information combined with the original Bill-of-Quantities and schedule reveals the erroneous assumptions made during preplanning and facilitates learning on future projects.
Ricostruzioni identitarie dopo un trauma collettivo. Il caso del terremoto di Oaxaca
Creators: name: Baiocchetti, Giovanni
Publisher: name: Criando: la rivista di CRIAR
Year: 2020

description: Nel settembre del 2017 una serie di terremoti ha scosso il sud del Messico, provocando un centinaio di vittime e danni importanti al patrimonio edilizio. Nella regione di Oaxaca, tra le più colpite, le autorità del governo centrale in un primo momento hanno proceduto con l’abbattimento delle abitazioni e hanno offerto un modello di ricostruzione che trascurava le specificità della architettura tipica del luogo, estromettendo gli abitanti dalle decisioni. Il timore di perdere il proprio patrimonio edilizio ha spinto semplici cittadini e professionisti a riunirsi in associazioni col fine di avviare progetti di recupero nel rispetto della cultura zapoteca, ancora molto radicata nelle comunità locali. Negli oltre quindici programmi messi in atto si ritrovano due elementi caratteristici della cultura zapoteca: il lavoro collettivo non remunerato che genera vantaggi per tutti gli abitanti di una comunità, noto come tequio, e la determinazione di cui la donna è personificazione da secoli nella società zapoteca, già che molti di questi progetti sono stati ideati e guidati da professioniste locali.
description: Criando: la rivista di CRIAR, N. V (2019): Potere e Identità nelle Americhe Romanze
Gerardo Alfonso - Un canzoniere per L'Avana
Creators: name: Montecchi, Giulia
name: Bajini, Irina
Publisher: name: Criando: la rivista di CRIAR
Year: 2020

description: Gerardo Alfonso (L’Avana 1958), cantautore cubano che dal 1980 fa parte del “Movimiento de la Nueva Trova”. Sta per pubblicare Cantarle a la Habana, saggio e antologia (in collaborazione con Jamila Medina), da cui è tratto questo frammento.
description: Criando: la rivista di CRIAR, N. V (2019): Potere e Identità nelle Americhe Romanze
Compromised Marginality: Rethinking Political Engagement and Identity Formation within MENA Communities
Creators: name: Hafez, Lara
Publisher: name: Stanford Digital Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: MENA
Identity
Identity Formation
Political Engagement
Compromised Marginality

description: In order to lay out the key findings about the MENA community and the way they engage
politically, this thesis will proceed as follows. In chapter 1, I will provide an overview of the
current scholarship across three areas: Political Representation and Engagement, Immigrant
Groups and Assimilation, and Understanding the MENA identity. Chapter 2 will provide a
historical background about why Middle Eastern and North African individuals began to
immigrate to the US, which is broken down into three waves of immigration. It will then discuss
the evolution of how MENA-Americans were racialized in the US, beginning with why they
were classified as “White” and why the community later advocated for a distinct category.
Chapter 3 will discuss the three major factors that influenced the way that MENA individuals
identify, then illustrate how they view their American identity in tandem with their MENA, and
lastly will explore how MENA as a label can be defined and which countries should be included
and excluded. Chapter 4 will explore the various positive and negative factors that persuade and
dissuade MENA individuals to engage with politics. It will then delve into how MENA
individuals conceptualize their ideal form of representation. Chapter 5 will go into the insights
that MENA leaders provided about key trends they have witnessed in their communities over
time and into the present day. It will then discuss their insights on how to sustain the momentum
for years to come. The conclusion will wrap up with summarizing the findings, discussing the
implications, limitations, and a basis for future research.
Based on the findings presented in the subsequent chapters, this thesis will illustrate how
MENA identity and lived experiences are critical factors shaping their interests and influencing
how MENA individuals engage in political spaces. The relationship is not one of causation but
rather suggests a correlative link. Consequently, this thesis advocates for increased resources dedicated to: 1) researching and understanding the political interests of diverse ethnic
communities, especially those of other underrepresented groups such as Central Asians, and 2)
creating spaces where nuanced perspectives can be expressed. This latter point is crucial within
ethnic communities to prevent them from being portrayed as monolithic. Ultimately, the goal is
to progress toward a political system that fosters depth in discourse, leading to more accurate and
thoughtful representation for all communities.
Digital Democracy: Exploring the Evolution of Social Media Election Integrity Policies
Creators: name: Silva, Haley
Publisher: name: Stanford Digital Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: Digital Democracy
Social Media
Elections
Integrity Policies

description: Public-facing policies of social media companies are currently one of the few ways that
an ordinary user can gain further insights into the content moderation strategies of the platforms
that they use on a daily basis. With the 2024 U.S. presidential election fast approaching, platform
policies on election integrity are becoming crucial in communicating user expectations widely
and maintaining procedural fairness in moderation decisions. This study aims to unravel the
driving forces behind policy changes in the social media space. By tracking the evolution of
leading social media companies’ policies–specifically, Twitter, TikTok, and Facebook between
the years of 2018 and 2023–we can gain valuable insights into the shifts in the overall approach
to electoral content moderation.
Through analysis of platform policy changes between the years of 2018 and 2023 and
in-depth interviews with former employees, this study finds that the scope of election-related
content regulation has increased over time. For example, the three companies observed added
new terminology for emerging kinds of election-related speech such as “Misleading Information
About Outcomes” and rarely removed categories in future iterations. This study also finds that
Twitter was typically the first to increase the scope of its policy, with newer platforms such as
TikTok imitating general policy components. While there is a general attitude amongst
interviewees that having public-facing rules is important, there is also agreement that they do not
always reflect the complexity of private, internal policies and practices for both researchers and
users. Through interviews, it also became apparent that Facebook and Twitter have differing
policy approaches in multiple respects, with the former characterized by a “Spirit of the Policy”
approach, and the latter described as a “Letter of the Policy” approach. Securing elections is of
paramount importance to the stability of our democracy. It is important that platforms are transparent about how they are moderating political content to ensure that electoral
communications are being handled in a fair manner.
Quality of prenatal care questionnaire: instrument development and testing
Creators: name: Heaman, Maureen I.
name: Sword, Wendy A.
name: Akhtar-Danesh, Noori
name: Bradford, Amanda
name: Tough, Suzanne
name: Janssen, Patricia A.
name: Young, David C.
name: Kingston, Dawn A.
name: Hutton, Eileen K.
name: Helewa, Michael E.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2016

description: Background: Utilization indices exist to measure quantity of prenatal care, but currently there is no published instrument to assess quality of prenatal care. The purpose of this study was to develop and test a new instrument, the Quality of Prenatal Care Questionnaire (QPCQ). Methods: Data for this instrument development study were collected in five Canadian cities. Items for the QPCQ were generated through interviews with 40 pregnant women and 40 health care providers and a review of prenatal care guidelines, followed by assessment of content validity and rating of importance of items. The preliminary 100-item QPCQ was administered to 422 postpartum women to conduct item reduction using exploratory factor analysis. The final 46-item version of the QPCQ was then administered to another 422 postpartum women to establish its construct validity, and internal consistency and test-retest reliability. Results: Exploratory factor analysis reduced the QPCQ to 46 items, factored into 6 subscales, which subsequently were validated by confirmatory factor analysis. Construct validity was also demonstrated using a hypothesis testing approach; there was a significant positive association between women’s ratings of the quality of prenatal care and their satisfaction with care (r = 0.81). Convergent validity was demonstrated by a significant positive correlation (r = 0.63) between the “Support and Respect” subscale of the QPCQ and the “Respectfulness/Emotional Support” subscale of the Prenatal Interpersonal Processes of Care instrument. The overall QPCQ had acceptable internal consistency reliability (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.96), as did each of the subscales. The test-retest reliability result (Intra-class correlation coefficient = 0.88) indicated stability of the instrument on repeat administration approximately one week later. Temporal stability testing confirmed that women’s ratings of their quality of prenatal care did not change as a result of giving birth or between the early postpartum period and 4 to 6 weeks postpartum. Conclusion: The QPCQ is a valid and reliable instrument that will be useful in future research as an outcome measure to compare quality of care across geographic regions, populations, and service delivery models, and to assess the relationship between quality of care and maternal and infant health outcomes.
Road to Liberation: Transportation, Racism, and the Paradox of Freedom in The United States
Creators: name: Buenarte, Elijah
Publisher: name: Stanford Digital Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: Transportation
Freedom
Liberation
America
Systemic Racism

description: This thesis, "Road to Liberation: Transportation, Racism, and the Paradox of Freedom in the United States," investigates the historical and contemporary intersections of transportation policies and racial inequalities in the U.S. Using a combination of historical analysis, literature review and a novel experimental survey, the study explores how transportation infrastructure and policies have both mirrored and perpetuated systemic racism. Through the lens of historical events, such as the construction of railroads and highways, and the contemporary experiences of marginalized communities, the research elucidates the deep-seated racial biases influencing White Americans' perceptions of public transportation. The survey component reveals that implicit racial biases significantly affect evaluations of public transportation's cleanliness, safety, and comfort, thereby shaping policy support. The findings underscore the need for more equitable transportation policies and highlight the role of racial attitudes in sustaining transportation disparities. This thesis contributes to the broader discourse on transportation equity by bridging historical context with present-day implications, offering policy recommendations to foster inclusivity and justice in urban planning and transportation systems.
Contact and calquing
Creators: name: Manfredi, Stefano
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020

description: The notion of calquing refers to the transfer of semantic and syntactic patterns deprived of morphophonological matter. By providing examples of lexical and grammatical calques in a number of Arabic dialects and Arabic-based contact languages, this chapter identifies ways to relate the process of calquing to Van Coetsem's psycholinguistic principle of language dominance.
The implications of the feminization of the primary care physician workforce on service supply: a systematic review
Creators: name: Hedden, Lindsay
name: Barer, M. L.
name: Cardiff, Karen
name: McGrail, Kimberlyn M.
name: Law, Michael R.
name: Bourgeault, Ivy L.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2016

description: There is a widespread perception that the increasing proportion of female physicians in most developed countries is contributing to a primary care service shortage because females work less and provide less patient care compared with their male counterparts. There has, however, been no comprehensive investigation of the effects of primary care physician (PCP) workforce feminization on service supply. We undertook a systematic review to examine the current evidence that quantifies the effect of feminization on time spent working, intensity and scope of work, and practice characteristics. We searched Medline, Embase, and Web of Science from 1991 to 2013 using variations of the terms ‘primary care’, ‘women’, ‘manpower’, and ‘supply and distribution’; screened the abstracts of all articles; and entered those meeting our inclusion criteria into a data abstraction tool. Original research comparing male to female PCPs on measures of years of practice, time spent working, intensity of work, scope of work, or practice characteristics was included. We screened 1,271 unique abstracts and selected 74 studies for full-text review. Of these, 34 met the inclusion criteria. Years of practice, hours of work, intensity of work, scope of work, and practice characteristics featured in 12%, 53%, 42%, 50%, and 21% of studies respectively. Female PCPs self-report fewer hours of work than male PCPs, have fewer patient encounters, and deliver fewer services, but spend longer with their patients during a contact and deal with more separate presenting problems in one visit. They write fewer prescriptions but refer to diagnostic services and specialist physicians more often. The studies included in this review suggest that the feminization of the workforce is likely to have a small negative impact on the availability of primary health care services, and that the drivers of observed differences between male and female PCPs are complex and nuanced. The true scale of the impact of these findings on future effective physician supply is difficult to determine with currently available evidence, given that few studies looked at trends over time, and results from those that did are inconsistent. Additional research examining gender differences in practice patterns and scope of work is warranted.
Letters of Refund from Stony Brook Community Fund Sent to Assorted Concert-Goers, July Through August 1955
Creators: name: Stony Brook Community Fund
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1955
Subjects: Stony Brook
Concerts
Concert halls
Amphitheaters
Correspondence
Music festivals

description: These letters are from Stony Brook Community Fund sent to assorted concert attendees in regards to refunds from July through August 1955.
Feasibility of sensory tongue stimulation combined with task-specific therapy in people with spinal cord injury: a case study
Creators: name: Chisholm, Amanda E
name: Malik, Raza N
name: Blouin, Jean-Sébastien
name: Borisoff, Jaimie
name: Forwell, Susan
name: Lam, Tania
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2016

description: Background: Previous evidence suggests the effects of task-specific therapy can be further enhanced when sensory stimulation is combined with motor practice. Sensory tongue stimulation is thought to facilitate activation of regions in the brain that are important for balance and gait. Improvements in balance and gait have significant implications for functional mobility for people with incomplete spinal cord injury (iSCI). The aim of this case study was to evaluate the feasibility of a lab- and home-based program combining sensory tongue stimulation with balance and gait training on functional outcomes in people with iSCI. Methods: Two male participants (S1 and S2) with chronic motor iSCI completed 12 weeks of balance and gait training (3 lab and 2 home based sessions per week) combined with sensory tongue stimulation using the Portable Neuromodulation Stimulator (PoNS). Laboratory based training involved 20 minutes of standing balance with eyes closed and 30 minutes of body-weight support treadmill walking. Home based sessions consisted of balancing with eyes open and walking with parallel bars or a walker for up to 20 minutes each. Subjects continued daily at-home training for an additional 12 weeks as follow-up. Results: Both subjects were able to complete a minimum of 83% of the training sessions. Standing balance with eyes closed increased from 0.2 to 4.0 minutes and 0.0 to 0.2 minutes for S1 and S2, respectively. Balance confidence also improved at follow-up after the home-based program. Over ground walking speed improved by 0.14 m/s for S1 and 0.07 m/s for S2, and skilled walking function improved by 60% and 21% for S1 and S2, respectively. Conclusions: Sensory tongue stimulation combined with task-specific training may be a feasible method for improving balance and gait in people with iSCI. Our findings warrant further controlled studies to determine the added benefits of sensory tongue stimulation to rehabilitation training.
Costs of Going to University in Aotearoa New Zealand: Summary
Creators: name: Naepi, Sereana
name: Rew, Nathan
name: Jack, Kate
name: Naepi, Chelsea
Publisher: name: The University of Auckland
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 130103 Higher Education
subject: FOS: Educational sciences

description: Data for this project was collected over six months during 2021. It included 730 participants, all of whom are current students at a New Zealand university. Importantly, this data provides insight into the costs of going to university in Aotearoa New Zealand, beyond fees alone. This preprint provides an initial summary of findings and future articles that explore different demographic experiences with the costs of going to university to be released in due course.