cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
An Assessment of Prospective Mathematics Teachers’ Capability in Performing Basic Operations, Difficulties and Misconceptions on Fractions in Jimma College of Teachers’ Education, Ethiopia
Creators: name: Dita, Kedir Wata
name: Abate, Melaku Takele
Publisher: name: The Ethiopian Journal of Education
Year: 2023

description: This study examines the performance, difficulties and misconceptions of fractions of primary school prospective mathematics teachers at Jimma College of Teachers Education, Ethiopia. The descriptive survey design was used and the sample consisted of 282 participants selected randomly. An achievement test and a questionnaire were developed and used to obtain necessary information from participants of the study. Means, standard deviations and t-test statistics were used to analyse data from the questionnaire. The response papers of the respondents’ achievement test were coded and the solutions given for each question marked as correct, incorrect and blank were analysed by using percentages. Computing fractions using the four basic operations, representing a fraction in its decimal form and on a number line, simplifying a fraction to its lowest term, and overall understanding of the concept and arithmetic procedures to perform basic operations on fractions were among the difficult ones found. The subjects thought the characteristics of fractions were the same as those of whole numbers; hence they tried to apply the same rules as on whole numbers, and this led to the development of their misconceptions like treating fractions’ numerators and denominators as separate whole numbers. The findings implied that there was a need to put more effort into deepening the students’ conceptual understanding of fractions besides considering them as bridging concepts when teaching such basic courses in the teachers’ training college. Besides, the teaching methodology in the teachers’ training college right from inception to graduation need to focus on prospective teachers’ gap identification and intervention when dealing with such foundational concepts.
description: The Ethiopian Journal of Education, Vol. 43 No. 1 (2023): The Ethiopian Journal of Education
Challenges of Rural Livelihood Development: the Case of Emdeber Epharchy, in Enemorenaenir Woreda, Guraghe Zone, Snnprs, Ethiopia
Creators: name: Haile, Abraham
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2014

description: The objective of this study is to examine challenges of rural livelihood development in the four KAs of Enemorena-Enir Woreda in Southern Nation Nationality and Peoples' Regional State. To attain this objective, research questions that lead to research findings have been developed. Appropriate literatures were reviewed based on relevance to the subject matter under consideration. Findings were drawn from data generated through the combination of both qualitative and quantitative methods. The research employed key informant interview, focus group discussions, direct observation and in-depth interviews mainly to collect qualitative data, and household survey was conducted on 120 randomly selected households. The findings of this study has revealed that, although different actors were putting efforts to develop livelihood status of the area, efforts made by development actors were challenged and undermined by erratic rainfall patterns, livestock and crop diseases, rapid population growth, shortage of land and other problems like lack of awareness, community participation, not wall designed projects . Households in the area covered are found to be engaging in non-farm activities to supplement the income gained from farming. Petty trade, craftworks, migration and local wage employments are the major off-farm or non-farm activities that households in the study areas are engaging themselves in. In addition to this, research findings also testified that people who have arable land, water have better diversified their activities. Meaning, wealthy households mainly relied on mixed farming (crop and livestock) and other activities such as petty trading. As poor households are resource poor, they intended less to participate on high return activities. The study also revealed that a higher proportion of female-headed households found to diversify than their counterparts, but mostly towards low return activities. The male-headed households diversify relatively to high return activities such as trade and crafts. The participation of poor households in high return income generating activities is found to be poor. This was constrained by multiple factors including poor resources (natural, physical, human, financial and social). It is also found to be important to address the constraints of poor households by widening their access to resources and make them realize the advantage of choosing farm activity over non-farm activities. This in turn requires the improvement of households' access to education, special skill training, financial resources and credit service in order to address issues like population density, asset depletion, and livelihood insecurity
ArbiLoMod: Local Solution Spaces by Random Training in Electrodynamics
Creators: name: Buhr, Andreas
name: Engwer, Christian
name: Ohlberger, Mario
name: Rave, Stephan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 65N30

description: The simulation method ArbiLoMod has the goal to provide users of Finite Element based simulation software with quick re-simulation after localized changes to the model under consideration. It generates a Reduced Order Model (ROM) for the full model without ever solving the full model. To this end, a localized variant of the Reduced Basis method is employed, solving only small localized problems in the generation of the reduced basis. The key to quick re-simulation lies in recycling most of the localized basis vectors after a localized model change. In this publication, ArbiLoMod's local training algorithm is analyzed numerically for the non-coercive problem of time harmonic Maxwell's equations in 2D, formulated in H(curl).
Amtliche Mitteilungen der Universität Dortmund Nr. 61
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Universität Dortmund
Year: 1976
Subjects: subject: 080

description: Diplom-Prüfungsordnung der Abteilung Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften
description: Amtliche Mitteilungen der Universität Dortmund ; 61
Improving Family Functioning of Parents of Children with Intellectual disability in Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus Centre for Mentally Challenged Children
Creators: name: Amente, Tesema
name: Tefera, Belay
Publisher: name: The Ethiopian Journal of Education
Year: 2023

description: Parents of children with intellectual disability tend to go through a period of insecurity and dispute that may affect their overall family functioning. The purpose of the present intervention was to investigate if the family functioning of these parents could be improved using the Cognitive Behavioural Family Therapy (CBFT) model. A pre-test post-test quasi-experimental design was used with 14 parents (mean age 41.28 years) of children with an intellectual disability meeting inclusion criteria in Family Assessment Device. Both descriptive and inferential statistical techniques were employed to analyse data. Results revealed that the intervention improved parents’ self-reported dysfunctional family functioning symptoms. Furthermore, analysis of covariance verified that there was a statistically significant difference between the intervention and control group on the post-intervention score of family functioning, F (1, 11) = 565.714, p=.000<0.05, with a strong effect size. At the same time, when each dimension of the family assessment device was considered independently, there was a statistically significant difference between the two groups on their post-intervention score excluding role and affective involvement factors. Concerning gender and family structure, there was no statistically significant interaction effect between them in their pre-test - post-test scores. Overall, the result of the study indicated that the psycho-educational approach of the CBFT model had a significant contribution to improving family functioning of parents of children with intellectual disability and it implied that there were several avenues in the area for future research.
description: The Ethiopian Journal of Education, Vol. 43 No. 1 (2023): The Ethiopian Journal of Education
Unconventional thinking : the "defence of Australia" doctrine in a time of terror
Creators: name: Sonnreich, Tim.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
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SON-R 2 ½ - 7- Untersuchungen im Rahmen des Projekts ZEPPELIN 0-3 Eine empirische Untersuchung zur Durchführbar-keit und Evaluation des SON-R 2 ½ - 7 bei Kindern mit und ohne Migrationshintergrund
Creators: name: Alther, Tanja
name: Waldschmidt, Beate
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Sonderpädagogik
Masterarbeit

description: Der Stellenwert der frühkindlichen Bildung und die Rolle der Eltern darin haben in den letzten Jahren an Bedeutung gewonnen. Das Projekt ZEPPELIN 0-3 fördert entwicklungsgefährdete Kinder von 0-3 Jahren mit dem Ziel, ihre Bildungschancen zu erhöhen. In dieser empirischen Masterarbeit werden SON-R 2 ½ - 7 - Testungen von Kindern im Projekt ZEPPELIN 0-3 im Alter von 36 Monaten durchgeführt. Der SON-R, Theorien zu Intelligenz, Intelligenztests und der Begriff der Kulturfreiheit werden erläutert. Es wird geprüft, ob Unterschiede zwischen Kindern mit und ohne Migrationshintergrund oder zwischen deutsch- und fremdsprachigen Kindern gefunden werden. Die Arbeit zeigt, dass der SON-R für diese Population geeignet ist, als „kulturfair“ bezeichnet werden kann und dass Kinder ohne Migrationshintergrund bei einigen Aufgaben statistisch signifikant besser abschneiden als Kinder mit Migrationshintergrund.
The Effect of Holographic Heart Models and Mixed Reality for Anatomy Learning in Congenital Heart Disease An Exploratory Study
Creators: name: d'Aiello, Angelo Fabio
name: Cabitza, Federico
name: Natali, Chiara
name: Viganò, Sophia
name: Ferrero, Paolo
name: Bognoni, Ludovica
name: Pasqualin, Giulia
name: Giamberti, Alessandro
name: Chessa, Massimo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Augmented reality
Congenital heart disease
HoloLens
Holographic images
Medical education
Mixed reality

description: d'Aiello AF, Cabitza F, Natali C, Viganò S, Ferrero P, Bognoni L, Pasqualin G, Giamberti A, Chessa M. The Effect of Holographic Heart Models and Mixed Reality for Anatomy Learning in Congenital Heart Disease: An Exploratory Study. J Med Syst. 2023 May 17;47(1):64. doi: 10.1007/s10916-023-01959-8. PMID: 37195484; PMCID: PMC10191923.

Abstract

In this paper, we present an exploratory study on the potential impact of holographic heart models and mixed reality technology on medical training, and in particular in teaching complex Congenital Heart Diseases (CHD) to medical students. Fifty-nine medical students were randomly allocated into three groups. Each participant in each group received a 30-minute lecture on a CHD condition interpretation and transcatheter treatment with different instructional tools. The participants of the first group attended a lecture in which traditional slides were projected onto a flat screen (group "regular slideware", RS). The second group was shown slides incorporating videos of holographic anatomical models (group "holographic videos", HV). Finally, those in the third group wore immersive, head-mounted devices (HMD) to interact directly with holographic anatomical models (group "mixed reality", MR). At the end of the lecture, the members of each group were asked to fill in a multiple-choice questionnaire aimed at evaluating their topic proficiency, as a proxy to evaluate the effectiveness of the training session (in terms of acquired notions); participants from group MR were also asked to fill in a questionnaire regarding the recommendability and usability of the MS Hololens HMDs, as a proxy of satisfaction regarding its use experience (UX). The findings show promising results for usability and user acceptance.
title: Arbeitsplatz Hochschule
title: Männer zwischen Lehrstuhl und Familie
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Reuter, Julia
name: Liebig, Brigitte
Publisher: name: Lucius & Lucius Verlagsgesellschft GmbH
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: 300
subject: 650

description: Das Problem der Vereinbarkeit von Wissenschaft und Elternschaft genießt angesichts der Diskussion um "familienfreundliche Hochschulen" hohe Aufmerksamkeit. Dabei weist die Forderung nach konkreten arbeitsorganisatorischen Maßnahmen zur Unterstützung von Wissenschaftlern mit Kind(ern) auf das grundsätzliche Problem einer Entgrenzung von Leben und Arbeit hin. Anhand einschlägiger Studien werden die besonderen Erfordernisse und Orientierungen von Hochschullehrern untersucht. Auf der Grundlage von berufsbiografischen Interviews werden konkrete Beispiele angeführt, wie Männer Kind(er) und Karriere vereinbaren und wie das Umfeld Hochschule darauf Einfluss nimmt.
description: Arbeit
Redundant interdependencies boost the robustness of multilayer networks
Creators: name: Radicchi, Filippo
name: Bianconi, Ginestra
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the analysis of the robustness of multiplex networks, it is commonly assumed that a node is functioning only if its interdependent nodes are simultaneously functioning. According to this model, a multiplex network becomes more and more fragile as the number of layers increases. In this respect, the addition of a new layer of interdependent nodes to a preexisting multiplex network will never improve its robustness. Whereas such a model seems appropriate to understand the effect of interdependencies in the simplest scenario of a network composed of only two layers, it may seem not suitable to characterize the robustness of real systems formed by multiple network layers. It seems in fact unrealistic that a real system, evolved, through the development of multiple layers of interactions, towards a fragile structure. In this paper, we introduce a model of percolation where the condition that makes a node functional is that the node is functioning in at least two of the layers of the network. The model reduces to the commonly adopted percolation model for multiplex networks when the number of layers equals two. For larger number of layers, however, the model describes a scenario where the addition of new layers boosts the robustness of the system by creating redundant interdependencies among layers. We prove this fact thanks to the development of a message-passing theory able to characterize the model in both synthetic and real-world multiplex graphs.
description: 12 pages, 9 figures + Supp Mat
Gravitational Wave Signals from 3D Neutrino Hydrodynamics Simulations of Core-Collapse Supernovae
Creators: name: Andresen, Haakon
name: Mueller, Bernhard
name: Mueller, Ewald
name: Janka, Hans-Thomas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present gravitational wave (GW) signal predictions from four 3D multi-group neutrino hydrodynamics simulations of core-collapse supernovae of progenitors with 11.2 Msun, 20 Msun, and 27 Msun. GW emission in the pre-explosion phase strongly depends on whether the post-shock flow is dominated by the standing accretion shock instability (SASI) or convection and differs considerably from 2D models. SASI activity produces a strong signal component below 250 Hz through asymmetric mass motions in the gain layer and a non-resonant coupling to the proto-neutron star (PNS). Both convection- and SASI-dominated models show GW emission above 250 Hz, but with considerably lower amplitudes than in 2D. This is due to a different excitation mechanism for high-frequency l=2 motions in the PNS surface, which are predominantly excited by PNS convection in 3D. Resonant excitation of high-frequency surface g-modes in 3D by mass motions in the gain layer is suppressed compared to 2D because of smaller downflow velocities and a lack of high-frequency variability in the downflows. In the exploding 20 Msun model, shock revival results in enhanced low-frequency emission due to a change of the preferred scale of the convective eddies in the PNS convection zone. Estimates of the expected excess power in two frequency bands suggests that second-generation detectors will only be able to detect very nearby events, but that third-generation detectors could distinguish SASI- and convection-dominated models at distances of ~10 kpc.
A necessary condition for incompatibility of observables in general probabilistic theories
Creators: name: Filippov, Sergey
name: Heinosaari, Teiko
name: Leppäjärvi, Leevi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We quantify the intrinsic noise content of an observable in a general probabilistic theory and derive a noise content inequality for incompatible observables. We apply the derived inequality to standard quantum theory, the quantum theory of processes, and polytope state spaces. The noise content for positive operator-valued measures takes a particularly simple form and equals the sum of minimal eigenvalues of all the effects. We illustrate our findings with a number of examples including the introduced notion of reverse observables.
description: Minor corrections in v2
IPBES Data Management Tutorials - Chapter 2: IPBES data management Policy
Creators: name: IPBES Task Force On Knowledge And Data
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: data management policy
IPBES

description: The IPBES data management tutorials are short videos to help experts implement the IPBES data management Policy. They cover topics ranging from data management policy, reports, active research data, tools, and examples. This chapter provides an introduction of the IPBES data management policy. It discusses why IPBES has a data management policy and who is responsible for what in the implementation and further development of this policy. The chapter includes the following sessions: Session 2.1: Introduction to the data management policy (10.5281/zenodo.4018580) Session 2.2: Why IPBES has a data management policy and how it concerns experts (10.5281/zenodo.4014818) Session 2.3: Roles and responsibilities (10.5281/zenodo.4014820) Session 2.4: Implementation of the data management policy (10.5281/zenodo.4018587)
description: These tutorials were created in collaboration between the IPBES task force on knowledge and data and the IPBES task force on capacity building. For inquires please contact tsu.data@ipbes.net
description: {"references": ["IPBES (2020): IPBES Data Management Policy ver. 1.0. Task Force on Knowledge and Data, Krug, R.M., Omare, B., and Niamir, A. (eds.) IPBES secretariat, Bonn, Germany. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3551079"]}
Future Gravitational Wave Detectors Based on Atom Interferometry
Creators: name: Geiger, Remi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the perspective of using atom interferometry for gravitational wave (GW) detection in the mHz to about 10 Hz frequency band. We focus on light-pulse atom interferometers which have been subject to intense developments in the last 25 years. We calculate the effect of the GW on the atom interferometer and present in details the atomic gradiometer configuration which has retained more attention recently. The principle of such a detector is to use free falling atoms to measure the phase of a laser, which is modified by the GW. We highlight the potential benefits of using atom interferometry compared to optical interferometry as well as the challenges which remain for the realization of an atom interferometry based GW detector. We present some of the important noise sources which are expected in such detectors and strategies to cirucumvent them. Experimental techniques related to cold atom interferometers are briefly explained. We finally present the current progress and projects in this rapidly evolving field.
description: 31 pages, 10 figures, 74 references. To appear in the book "An Overview of Gravitational Waves: Theory and Detection", edited by G. Auger and E. Plagnol (World Scientific, 2017). Content of this review is limited to the published works until February 2016. Comments are welcome for future updates
Turkish nation-building and the development of Kurdish nationalism : marginalisation and integration of identity and politics
Creators: name: Ogru, Ela.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
 Researchers can access this thesis by asking their local university, institution or public library to
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Rotavirus and illness severity in children presenting with acute gastroenteritis at the primary care out-of-hours service
Creators: name: Wolters, Pien
name: Holtman, G. A
name: Weghorst, A. A. H
name: Knoester, M.
name: Berger, M. Y.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Rotavirus is a common cause of acute gastroenteritis in young children in the Netherlands, where rotavirus vaccination has not yet been implemented. To evaluate a difference in illness severity course depending on the presence of rotavirus infection and assess the prevalence of viruses and the referral rate in children with acute gastroenteritis. A prospective cohort of children aged 6 months to 6 years presenting with acute gastroenteritis to a primary care out-of-hours service from October 2016 to March 2018. Faeces were sampled and sent to a laboratory where viral pathogens were identified and quantified by real-time polymerase chain reaction. Severe course of acute gastroenteritis was defined as a Modified Vesikari Score of ≥11. In addition, we assessed referral rates. Chi-square tests were used to evaluate differences between groups. We included 75 children (34 boys) with a median age of 1.5 years (interquartile range, 0.9–2.0 years). The prevalence of rotavirus was 65.3% (95% confidence interval, 53.5–76.0) with a median cycle threshold of 16.0. Severe course of acute gastroenteritis was present in 31 of 71 children (4 were lost to follow-up). Those with rotavirus (20/47) did not have a severe course more often than those without (11/24): odds ratio, 0.88 (95% confidence interval, 0.33–2.36). Referral rates were comparable for rotavirus (15.2%) and non-rotavirus (14.3%). In out-of-hours primary care, rotavirus is common but not associated with increased severity and higher referral rates in children with acute gastroenteritis.
The Nexus between Urban Property Crime and Unemployment in Addis Ababa: The Case of Addis Ketema Sub-City Wereda 8
Creators: name: Mesay, Tsegaye
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2019

description: Economic factors have an influence on the state of people's lives which in turn influence their behavior. The main objective of this thesis is to examine the nexus between urban property crime and unemployment in Addis Ababa with particular emphasis on Addis Ketema sub-city wereda 8. The study assessed the influence of unemployment that prompt criminal behavior. The study employed descriptive qualitative and quantitative methods to collect and analysis data. Primary data were collected from 90 respondents through Close-ended questionnaire, semi-structured open-ended key informant interview and document analysis. Probability and Non-probability sampling technique was used to select a sample. The statistical package for social science (SPSS) was used in data entry. As the findings of the study show, unemployment influences the tendency of individuals to commit urban property crime; unemployed individuals highly involved on urban property crime than employed individuals, unemployed rural-urban migrants contribute for the prevalence rate of unemployment as well as urban property crime. On the basis of the findings, the researcher recommended that, the creation of adequate job opportunities especially for youth unemployed, enhancing and expanding the capacity of small and micro enterprises, properly implement the youth employment policy and unemployment reduction policy in order to their objective, enhancing the entrepreneurship skill of the students by giving entrepreneurship as one subject in all educational institution, while create an appropriate rural-urban economic balance to reduce unemployed migrants. In conclusion, unemployment has an influence on the incidences and prevalence of urban property crime.
Andrea Fried: Wissensmanagement aus konstruktivistischer Perspektive, Die doppelte Dualität von Wissen in Organisationen, Frankfurt/Main: Peter Lang, 2003, ISBN 3-6315-0871-9, 236 S., Euro 39,70
Creators: name: Katenkamp, Olaf
Publisher: name: Lucius & Lucius Verlagsgesellschaft
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: 300
subject: 650

description: Arbeit
SHERPA Discussion Paper - Biodiversity and landscape features
Creators: name: Mottershead, David
name: Miller, David
name: Martino, Giulia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021

description: This Discussion Paper focuses on semi-natural habitats that include landscape features4 and their contribution to improving the conservation status of habitats and species. Such features linked to agricultural activities (e.g. hedges, field margins, dry-stone walls, trees, ditches, wetlands, traditional orchards) represent essential elements of habitats and biodiversity. Landscape features can add value through how they create conditions for enhancing synergies of species with farming systems (e.g. agro-forestry systems in dry and marginal areas).
Effective field theory approach to heavy quark fragmentation
Creators: name: Fickinger, Michael
name: Fleming, Sean
name: Kim, Chul
name: Mereghetti, Emanuele
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using an approach based on Soft Collinear Effective Theory (SCET) and Heavy Quark Effective Theory (HQET) we determine the $b$-quark fragmentation function from electron-positron annihilation data at the $Z$-boson peak at next-to-next-to leading order, with next-to-next-to leading log resummation of DGLAP logarithms, and next-to-next-to-next-to leading log resummation of endpoint logarithms. This analysis improves, by one order, the previous extraction of the $b$-quark fragmentation function. We find that while the addition of the next order in the calculation does not much shift the extracted form of the fragmentation function, it does reduce theoretical errors indicating that the expansion is converging. Using an approach based on effective field theory allows us to systematically control theoretical errors. While the fits of theory to data are generally good, the fits seem to be hinting that higher order correction from HQET may be needed to explain the $b$-quark fragmentation function at smaller values of momentum fraction.
description: 62 pages. python code for the DGLAP evolution of the fragmentation function attached
Women troubadours ; and Voices in the mist : re-visioning women from Arthurian legend
Creators: name: Bellis, Natalie.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
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Assessment of Training Practice of the Addis Ababa City Administration Urban Management Institute
Creators: name: Merawi, Mahetem
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2010

description: The main purpose of this study was to assess the current practic of training program conducted by the city administraion Urban Management Institute (UMI) in light of training theories and principles.To conduct this study, a descriptive survey method was employed. Simple and purposive sampling techniques were used. The data were collected through questionnaire, structured interview and document analysis. The samples for this purpose were taken from atotal of 17 Urban Management officials and Trainers. 49 city and cub city official and Trainers. 49 city and cub citual sources of information. Data analysis was made using descriptive statistics, frequency count and Percentage. The major findings were the practice of conducting training need assessment prior to training were found non existent ,the involvement of client organizations and employees in setting training objectives and content selection had been neglected. All of the training programs offered were short term off-the-job-trainings and no emphasis has been given to on-the-job-training methods. The sysem of evaluation by which the effectveness of training pograms was assessed focused mainly on training evalution during and after training using training evaluation formats and questionnaires. Besides,inadequate budget, lack of management support, inadequate organization facility and absence of the major constraints in the training endeavors
IPBES Data Management Tutorials - Chapter 2: IPBES data management Policy
Creators: name: IPBES Task Force On Knowledge And Data
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: data and knowledge management policy
IPBES

description: The IPBES data management tutorials are short videos to help experts implement the IPBES data and knowledge management policy. They cover topics ranging from data and knowledge management policy, reports, active research data, tools, and examples. Please note that the IPBES data and knowledge management policy is the second version of the IPBES data management policy. This chapter provides an introduction of the IPBES data and knowledge management policy. It discusses why IPBES has a data management policy and who is responsible for what in the implementation and further development of this policy. The chapter includes the following sessions: Session 2.1: Introduction to the data management policy (10.5281/zenodo.4018580) Session 2.2: Why IPBES has a data management policy and how it concerns experts (10.5281/zenodo.4014818) Session 2.3: Roles and responsibilities (10.5281/zenodo.4014820) Session 2.4: Implementation of the data management policy (10.5281/zenodo.4018587)
description: These tutorials were created in collaboration between the IPBES task force on knowledge and data and the IPBES task force on capacity building. For inquires please contact tsu.data@ipbes.net
description: {"references": ["IPBES (2022): IPBES Data and Knowledge Management Policy ver. 2.0, Krug, R.M., Omare, B., and Niamir, A. (eds.) IPBES secretariat, Bonn, Germany. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6243095"]}
General practitioners’ perceptions of treatment of chronically ill patients managed in general practice: An interview study
Creators: name: Marcussen, Michael
name: Titlestad, Signe Beck
name: Lee, Kim
name: Bentzen, Niels
name: Søndergaard, Jens
name: Nørgaard, Birgitte
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Patients with chronic conditions pose a major challenge to the Danish healthcare system. Since 2018, disease management programmes for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and type 2 diabetes (T2D) were introduced in Denmark. Treatment in hospitals should be reserved for those patients who require specialised treatment. Hence, more patients with COPD and T2D fall within the general practitioners’ (GPs) responsibility. This study explores GPs’ perceptions of their role as physicians responsible for the disease management programmes on COPD and T2D and their perceptions of the quality of care provided to these patient groups. Between November 2019 and January 2020, we conducted semi-structured interviews with 14 GPs from the five regions of Denmark. We analysed the interviews using systematic text condensation inspired by Malterud’s thematic analysis. The GPs stated that they have been managing the care of COPD and T2D patients for over a decade, and they considered the quality of care to be high. They believed that managing patient treatment pathways in general practice settings contributes to a heightened sense of security for the patient, mainly because of the long-standing and trusting relationship between the patient and GP. According to the GPs, they continue to play an important role as treatment coordinators to ensure coherence and high quality in treating patients with COPD and type 2 diabetes.
Beziehungen auf dem Prüfstand Professionelles Handeln als Ausdruck von Beziehungskompetenz
Creators: name: Graf, Heidi
name: Hager, Mirjam
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Sonderpädagogik
Verhaltensstörung
Lehrer
Schule
Masterarbeit

description: Im Schulalltag mit verhaltensauffälligen Schülern benötigen Pädagogen nicht nur fachliche Kompetenzen, sondern insbesondere auch Kompetenzen auf der Beziehungsebene. Herausforderndes Schülerverhalten strapaziert und belastet die Schüler-Lehrer-Beziehung. Heilpädagogen brauchen Wissen und Instrumente, um handlungsfähig zu bleiben und die Entwicklung des Kindes positiv beeinflussen zu können. Die vorliegende Forschungsarbeit untersucht, wie abweichendes Verhalten angemessen verstanden und heilpädagogisches Handeln begründet werden kann. Dazu werden verschiedene Theorien hinzugezogen und erläutert. Diese werden mit konkreten Situationen aus dem Schulalltag eines Sonderschulheimes in Zusammenhang gebracht und diskutiert. Auf diese Weise werden Momente gelingender Praxis sichtbar gemacht, in der tragfähige Beziehungen mit verhaltensauffälligen Schülern die Grundlage professionellen Handelns bilden.
Ein Referenzmodell für Profiling bei e-Business-Websites
Creators: name: Dorka, Matthias
Publisher: name: Universität Dortmund
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: 004

description: In der vorliegenden Diplomarbeit wird ein Referenzmodell entworfen, welches die Gewinnung, Haltung und Auswertung von individuellen Konsumentenprofilen ermöglicht, wie sie bei der elektronisch unterstützten Geschäftsabwicklung im Internet verwendet werden können. Dazu wird in Kapitel 1 das zugrunde liegende Thema motiviert und eine Einordnung in vorhandene Literatur sowie verwandte Forschungs- und Anwendungsgebiete vorgenommen. Anschließend erfolgt in Kapitel 2 die umfassende Definition von Anforderungen an Profiling, welche neben Gewinnung, Haltung und Auswertung auch Aspekte der Visualisierung von Profildaten betreffen. Dabei wird ebenfalls die Notwendigkeit einer Erfolgskontrolle und der Anpassung des Profilings an das Geschäftsmodell des e-Business-Anbieters diskutiert. Kapitel 3 stellt vorhandene Internet- und Server-Technologien sowie Standards zur Realisierung von Profilingmaßnahmen vor, die gemeinsam mit den Anforderungen aus Kapitel 2 in die Erstellung eines universellen Objektmodells in Kapitel 4 einfließen. Eine Validierung dieses Modells findet in Kapitel 5 durch dessen eispielhafte Instanziierung bei zwei existierenden e-Business-Websites statt: der Community-Plattform c-lounge und dem Online-Versicherungsmakler Quinner. Abschließend erfolgt in Kapitel 6 eine zusammenfassende Bewertung der Ergebnisse unter Hinweis auf eiterführende Aufgaben. Dabei wird auch ein Ausblick auf eine mögliche Implementierung des Entwurfs gegeben.
Non-random relations in drug use expressed as patterns comprising prescription and over-the-counter drugs in multimorbid elderly patients in primary care: Data of the exploratory analysis of the multicentre, observational cohort study MultiCare
Creators: name: Krüger, Caroline
name: Schäfer, Ingmar
name: van den Bussche, Hendrik
name: Baehr, Michael
name: Bickel, Horst
name: Fuchs, Angela
name: Gensichen, Jochen
name: Maier, Wolfgang
name: Riedel-Heller, Steffi G.
name: König, Hans-Helmut
name: Dahlhaus, Anne
name: Schön, Gerhard
name: Weyerer, Siegfried
name: Wiese, Birgitt
name: von Renteln-Kruse, Wolfgang
name: Langebrake, Claudia
name: Scherer, Martin
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: The elderly population deals with multimorbidity (three chronic conditions) and increasinged drug use with age. A comprehensive characterisation of the medication – including prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) drugs – of elderly patients in primary care is still insufficient. This study aims to characterise the medication (prescription and OTC) of multimorbid elderly patients in primary care and living at home by identifying drug patterns to evaluate the relationship between drugs and drug groups and reveal associations with recently published multimorbidity clusters of the same cohort. MultiCare was a multicentre, prospective, observational cohort study of 3189 multimorbid patients aged 65 to 85 years in primary care in Germany. Patients and general practitioners were interviewed between 2008 and 2009. Drug patterns were identified using exploratory factor analysis. The relations between the drug patterns with the three multimorbidity clusters were analysed with Spearman-Rank-Correlation. Patients (59.3% female) used in mean 7.7 drugs; in total 24,535 drugs (23.7% OTC) were detected. Five drug patterns for men (drugs for obstructive pulmonary diseases (D-OPD), drugs for coronary heart diseases and hypertension (D-CHD), drugs for osteoporosis (D-Osteo), drugs for heart failure and drugs for pain) and four drug patterns for women (D-Osteo, D-CHD, D-OPD and drugs for diuretics and gout) were detected. Significant associations between multimorbidity clusters and drug patterns were detectable (D-CHD and CMD: male: ρ = 0.376, CI 0.322–0.430; female: ρ = 0.301, CI 0.624–0.340). The drug patterns demonstrate non-random relations in drug use in multimorbid elderly patients and systematic associations between drug patterns and multimorbidity clusters were found in primary care.
Active Layer Additives and Passivation for Improving the Performance of Perovskite Solar Cells
Creators: name: Kanjo, Hasan
name: Baraa Kalash
name: Al-Neama, Mohammed
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: The research on perovskite solar cells (PSCs) is at the vanguard of many current research fields, due to its promising potential in the energy sector. Perovskites are severely limited by their instability upon exposure to moisture and air. Researchers have opted for different methods to stabilize the cells which include passivating the perovskite layer. A simulated model using GPVDM/OghmaNano was constructed for a perovskite having the structure of FTO/TiO2/perovskite/Spiro-OMeTAD/Au. A fully working model was then fabricated having the same structure but using four different bulk passivating agents (Flavanone, Carotene, Baicalein, and Naringenin) each with four different concentrations. The passivators are antioxidants and were chosen based on their stabilizing features as well as their low health hazards. TRPL, UV-Vis, XRD, FE-SEM, FTIR, and the Litos Lite characterization were used. FTIR measures the bandgap of the cell. XRD results showed the crystallinity of the cell. The concentrations were optimized based on the TRPL results that showed an enhanced carrier lifetime for Carotene and Flavanone when compared with pristine perovskite, Naringenin, and Baicalein. An improvement in the crystal structure was noticeable in the FE-SEM pictures of Carotene and Flavanone. The UV-Vis shows enhanced absorption for the passivated samples, further proving the positive effect that the passivator had on the cell. With the use of Litos Lite the PCE was obtained for the best three concentrations of Carotene and Flavanone having the highest efficiencies for both, 20.97% and 18.71%, respectively, compared with the pristine perovskite efficiency of 17.43%.
Search for Blazar Flux-Correlated TeV Neutrinos in IceCube 40-String Data
Creators: name: Turley, C. F.
name: Fox, D. B.
name: Murase, K.
name: Falcone, A.
name: Barnaba, M.
name: Coutu, S.
name: Cowen, D. F.
name: Meszaros, P.
name: Mostafa, M.
name: Filippatos, G.
name: Hanna, C.
name: Keivani, A.
name: Messick, C.
name: Oikonomou, F.
name: Shoemaker, I.
name: Toomey, M.
name: Tesic, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a targeted search for blazar flux-correlated high-energy ($\varepsilon_ν> 1$ TeV) neutrinos from six bright northern blazars, using the public database of northern-hemisphere neutrinos detected during "IC40" 40-string operations of the IceCube neutrino observatory (April 2008 to May 2009). Our six targeted blazars are subjects of long-term monitoring campaigns by the VERITAS TeV gamma-ray observatory. We use the publicly-available VERITAS lightcurves to identify periods of excess and flaring emission. These predefined intervals serve as our "active temporal windows" in a search for an excess of neutrinos, relative to Poisson fluctuations of the near-isotropic atmospheric neutrino background which dominates at these energies. After defining the parameters of an optimized search, we confirm the expected Poisson behavior with Monte Carlo simulations prior to testing for excess neutrinos in the actual data. We make two searches: One for excess neutrinos associated with the bright flares of Mrk 421 that occurred during the IC40 run, and one for excess neutrinos associated with the brightest emission periods of five other blazars (Mrk 501, 1ES 0805+524, 1ES 1218+304, 3C66A, and W Comae), all significantly fainter than the Mrk 421 flares. We find no significant excess of neutrinos from the preselected blazar directions during the selected temporal windows. We derive 90%-confidence upper limits on the number of expected flux-associated neutrinos from each search. These limits are consistent with previous point-source searches and Fermi GeV flux-correlated searches. Our upper limits are sufficiently close to the physically-interesting regime that we anticipate future analyses using already-collected data will either constrain models or yield discovery of the first blazar-associated high-energy neutrinos.
description: 11 Pages, 4 tables, 3 figures. Bulk of table 2 provided in machine readable format
Civil wedding ceremonies in contemporary Australia : secular or sacred?
Creators: name: Joyce, Brenda.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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A Design and Feasibility Study for the Detector Assembly of the Experiment for X-ray Characterization and Timing (EXACT ) CubeSat Project
Creators: name: Chaffin, Jeffrey
name: Glesener, Lindsay
name: Gebre-Egziabher, Demoz
name: Manda, Gaurav
name: Nightingale, Aaron
name: Kukowski, Tim
name: Weiher, Hannah
name: Vogt, Ryan
name: Yurs, Maxwell
name: Bergstedt, Kendra
name: Knuth, Trevor
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016

description: The Experiment for X-ray Characterization and Timing (EXACT) is intended to be a proof of concept for the use of inexpensive small satellite technology to fill the need for long term solar Hard X-Ray monitoring with co-observation as a high energy counterpart to existing solar X-ray monitoring satellites (e.g. GOES), as well as provide precise timing measurements of solar HXR's. EXACT is a three-axis-stabilized, 3U CubeSat that makes use of an existing University of Minnesota Aerospace Department designed Gamma Ray Burst sensor that is intended for studies in deep space navigation using Gamma-ray burst timing for relative ranging of spacecraft. The high timing resolution of the GRB sensor, as well as the heritage of the pulse-read-out circuitry, makes it a good candidate for use on EXACT if it can be shown to suit the energy range and resolution requirements in the HXR regime. The GRB detector design incorporates square scintillators of Thallium-doped Cesium Iodide (CsI(Tl)), each connected to one Avalanche Photodiode (APD) for read-out to a pulse processing board. This paper will detail the design of the current GRB detector, report the results of the laboratory evaluation of that design, and make recommendations for modifications to the current design in order to fulfill the instrumentation requirements of EXACT.
title: К истории торговли оружием Московского государства с Венгрией во второй половине XV века
Creators: name: Ильинский, Артем
Publisher: name: Новгородский государственный университет имени Ярослава Мудрого (НовГУ)
Year: 2022

description: В статье рассматриваются причины заключения торговых договоров с Венгрией на поставку оружия во второй половине XV века. Анализ посольских дел Федора Курицына в Буде и Яноша в Москве позволяет говорить о заключенных торговых договорах на поставку оружия и сырья для изготовления, а также отправке к московскому
двору венгерских мастеров. Это способствовало укреплению союзнических отношений и налаживанию торговых маршрутов между государствами. На основе работ отечественных и венгерских историков делаются выводы о характере торговли и ее роли в общеевропейском процессе.
A sure thing : the representation of gambling in Australian visual culture
Creators: name: Brooker, David.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Exact Solution to Interacting Kitaev Chain at Symmetric Point
Creators: name: Miao, Jian-Jian
name: Jin, Hui-Ke
name: Zhang, Fu-Chun
name: Zhou, Yi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Kitaev chain model with nearest neighbor interaction U is solved exactly at the symmetry point $Δ=t$ and chemical potential $μ=0$ in open boundary condition. By applying two Jordan-Wigner transformations and a spin-rotation, such a symmetric interacting model is mapped to a non-interacting fermion model, which can be diagonalized exactly. The solutions include topologically non-trivial phase at $|U|t$. The two phases are related by dualities. Quantum phase transitions in the model are studied with the help of the exact solution.
description: 10 pages, 1 figure