cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Key success factors for direct-to-consumer (D2C) business models in e-commerce
Creators: name: Gunz, Cedric
Publisher: name: FH Vorarlberg (Fachhochschule Vorarlberg)
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 330 Wirtschaft
subject: 650 Management

description: The implementation of direct-to-consumer (D2C) business models has become more important for companies trying to develop a competitive edge and improve consumer engagement in today's rapidly expanding e-commerce market. This master's thesis investigates the important success elements and problems of deploying D2C models in the e-commerce business. The research question focuses on identifying the factors that contribute to the successful transition to D2C models and the obstacles businesses encounter along the way. Through qualitative research using the Eisenhardt method and in-depth case studies with industry experts, this study provides valuable insights into key success factors for direct-to-consumer (D2C) business models in e-commerce.The findings highlight that businesses that effectively implement D2C models utilize key success factors such as a clear value proposition, customer engagement and relationship build- ing, seamless online experiences, targeted marketing and digital advertising, brand identity and storytelling, and flexibility and adaptability. However, they also face challenges related to operational adjustments, marketing and branding investments, competition, and market saturation. Based on these research outcomes, this thesis provides recommendations for businesses seeking to switch to or implement D2C models in e-commerce. These recommendations emphasize embracing a customer-centric mindset, developing digital capabilities, foster- ing strong leadership commitment, leveraging data and analytics, establishing direct customer relationships, optimizing operational processes, building brand trust and credibility, and allocating resources wisely. This master's thesis provides a comprehensive analysis of the key success factors and challenges associated with the transition to or implementation of D2C business models in the e-commerce industry. It provides advice to help companies successfully transition to D2C models.
Supervised Saliency Map Driven Segmentation of the Lesions in Dermoscopic Images
Creators: name: Jahanifar, Mostafa
name: Tajeddin, Neda Zamani
name: Asl, Babak Mohammadzadeh
name: Gooya, Ali
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Lesion segmentation is the first step in most automatic melanoma recognition systems. Deficiencies and difficulties in dermoscopic images such as color inconstancy, hair occlusion, dark corners and color charts make lesion segmentation an intricate task. In order to detect the lesion in the presence of these problems, we propose a supervised saliency detection method tailored for dermoscopic images based on the discriminative regional feature integration (DRFI). DRFI method incorporates multi-level segmentation, regional contrast, property, background descriptors, and a random forest regressor to create saliency scores for each region in the image. In our improved saliency detection method, mDRFI, we have added some new features to regional property descriptors. Also, in order to achieve more robust regional background descriptors, a thresholding algorithm is proposed to obtain a new pseudo-background region. Findings reveal that mDRFI is superior to DRFI in detecting the lesion as the salient object in dermoscopic images. The proposed overall lesion segmentation framework uses detected saliency map to construct an initial mask of the lesion through thresholding and post-processing operations. The initial mask is then evolving in a level set framework to fit better on the lesion's boundaries. The results of evaluation tests on three public datasets show that our proposed segmentation method outperforms the other conventional state-of-the-art segmentation algorithms and its performance is comparable with most recent approaches that are based on deep convolutional neural networks.
description: ISIC2017, JBHI
The Chapel of William Wyggeston's Hospital
Creators: name: Hamilton, Alice
name: Broadfield, Alan
Publisher: name: Archaeology Data Service
Year: 2023

description: Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society, 48, 1-28
description: The story here told is mainly concerned with an early-nineteenth-century dispute about the Wyggeston Hospital stained glass. Previously unpublished sources of knowledge of the dispute and its background are introduced, together with some reappraisal of well-known historical writings. The article is divided into four sections: (1) The Wyggeston family and their connections in the early days of the Charity that bears their name. (2) The fabric of the first Wyggeston Hospital in general, and of its chapel as the background setting to the dispute. (3) The depredations of 1805, and the quarrel of the early 1820s. (4) The stained glass still extant.
swissfuture 02/24: Die Zukunft der Erinnerung
Creators: name: Zadoff, Mirjam
name: Cáceres Mardones, Jose
name: Miller, Barbara
name: Müller, Francis
name: Ratschiller, Linda
name: Rees, Simone
name: Martel, Daniel Stanislaus
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Geschichtsschreibung und Erinnerungskultur sind heute in offenen und diversen Gesellschaften einem Wandel unterworfen: Gemeinschaften müssen immer neu verhandeln, was sie zusammenhält. Hinzu kommt, dass der zeitliche Abstand zu den Ereignissen grösser wird: Nur noch wenige Zeitzeug:innen können ihre Geschichte erzählen, die Erinnerung verliert an Dringlichkeit. Dafür bieten digitale Medien, künstliche Intelligenz und Virtual Reality neue Wege, Erinnerungen zu bewahren, zugänglich zu machen und sogar lebendig zu halten.

Wie erinnern wir uns heute, wie werden zukünftige Generationen dies tun? Wie gehen wir mit widersprüchlichen, schmerzvollen Erinnerungen um? Und wie lassen sich die Andenken der Verstorbenen bewahren? In dieser Ausgabe setzen wir uns bewusst mit der Vergangenheit auseinandersetzen, erkunden neue Wege des Erinnerns und loten digitale Möglichkeiten aus.  

Im Zukunftsinterview stellt sich ausserdem swissfuture-Vorstandsmitglied Christopher H. Cordey unseren Fragen, und in der Rubrik Studien zur Zukunft skizziert das Bundesamt für Sozialversicherungen, wie sich Immigration auf die erste Säule auswirkt.
Paul Courtney, 24 January 1955 - 22 May 2013
Creators: name: Brown, Duncan L
Publisher: name: Archaeology Data Service
Year: 2022

description: Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society, 87, 225-226
description: It is with great sadness that I have to report the death from cancer of our member and friend Paul Courtney. Paul and I go back a long way, to my first excavation in fact, in 1974. That was at West Whelpington, one of the most barren sites I've ever worked on and one that suited very well the fatalistic outlook that characterised Paul from the moment I met him. After graduating, he a year ahead of me, we spent a lot of time digging together and formed a solid friendship that allowed me to see beyond Paul's eccentric and seemingly distant exterior
title: Harnessing geomicrobial respiration in engineered wetlands for pre-treatment of brackish waters
Creators: name: Garza, Max
Publisher: name: Colorado School of Mines Repository
Year: 2023

description: As arid regions become increasingly vulnerable to climate change, brackish groundwater offers the potential to supplement existing water resources, particularly for inland states such as Colorado. However, Brackish Water Reverse Osmosis (BWRO), presents a unique set of challenges that include membrane fouling due to elevated concentrations of inorganic precipitates and the production of substantial quantities of brine concentrate that often harbor heavy metal contamination. A possible mechanism for increasing BWRO efficacy is the use of shallow, unit process open water (UPOW) wetlands colonized by diatoms for biological pre-treatment. The photosynthetic diel (day/night) cycling in the wetlands, which passively increases pH during the day as carbonate is consumed, mimics traditional water treatment to create favorable, alkaline conditions needed for metal precipitation, but without chemical additions. Through various processes, the microbial mat (biomat) that naturally forms within UPOW wetlands can potentially reduce scalants (calcium, magnesium, and sulfates), as well as oxidize challenging constituents, such as arsenite, from the water prior to membrane treatment. Therefore, laboratory-scale UPOW wetlands were created using biomat harvested from an operational field-scale constructed wetland and challenged with synthetic brackish water. Preliminary results suggest that the reduction of scalant concentrations and oxidation of heavy metals can prevent excess membrane fouling and enhance RO rejection. This approach promotes environmental sustainability by eliminating the need for chemical additions, reducing brine concentrate volumes, and by decreasing energy and labor requirements. Findings may ultimately help address technoeconomic issues associated with BWRO and help guide further investigations into biological pre-treatment of brackish water.
Iron Age Enclosures at Enderby and Huncote, Leicestershire
Creators: name: Cooper, Nicholas
name: Shore, Martin
name: Monckton, Angela
name: Jarvis, Wayne
name: Browning, Jennifer C
name: Meek, James
name: Marsden, Patrick
name: Clay, Patrick N
Publisher: name: Archaeology Data Service
Year: 2022

description: Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society, 78, 1-34
description: Archaeological fieldwork at Enderby and Huncote has recorded two contrasting clayland late Iron Age enclosures. At Enderby (SP 550 999), a cropmark enclosure was excavated in advance of proposed development. The enclosure revealed at least two main phases of occupation, characterised by a pair of differing sized roundhouses enclosed within a large ditch. Evidence for a gated entrance into the enclosure was also revealed. To the west of Forest Road, Huncote (SP 516 985), some 4km to the south-west, a sub-rectangular Iron Age enclosure was located close to the discovery of a late Iron Age linch pin. This was a small farmstead, which was in use during the late Iron Age with possible continuation into the early Roman period. This included two circular buildings and a later series of stock control boundaries within the enclosure. The excavations have enabled comparisons in the chronology, development, trading contacts and economies of these two neighbouring Later Iron Age settlements to be made.
Gamifizierung und Konzeptlernen
Creators: name: Kohl, Laura
Publisher: name: OSF Registries
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: 18.10.2023

description: Untersucht werden soll der Einfluss von Gamifizierung auf das Konzeptlernen sowie der Einfluss von intrinsischer Motivation als Mediator auf den Zusammenhang zwischen Gamifizierung und Konzeptlernen.
MPEC 2024-Q79 : 2024 OJ13
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2024 OJ13

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Excavations of a Medieval Toft and Croft at Cropston Road, Anstey, Leicestershire
Creators: name: Sawday, Deborah
name: Monckton, Angela
name: Browning, Jennifer C
name: Higgins, Tim
name: Courtney, Paul
name: Clay, Patrick N
Publisher: name: Archaeology Data Service
Year: 2022

description: Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society, 77, 65-81
description: Archaeological excavations at Cropston Road, Anstey (SK 553 086) in 1996 and 2002 have revealed medieval occupation dating from the 12th-13th century within a raised toft platform separated from a croft by a hollow-way. Ditches flanked a hollow way in the south-eastern part of the site and beyond this the croft contained remains of a medieval ridge and furrow field system, leading down to the Rothley Brook. Structural evidence included compacted gravel foundations for a rectangular building and three possible post built structures. The excavations suggest that the site was abandoned in the late 13th century before re-use from the 15th century onwards with the toft being sub-divided perhaps for pastoral farming.
Taking Stock in the Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age Transition: A crowding alley and settlement site at Hamilton, Leicester
Creators: name: Beamish, Matthew G
name: Shore, Martin
name: Browning, Jennifer C
name: Cooper, Lynden
name: Cooper, Nicholas
name: Hogg, Robert
name: Monckton, Angela
name: Morgan, Graham
Publisher: name: Archaeology Data Service
Year: 2022

description: Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society, 82, 39-78
description: Excavations at North Hamilton, Humberstone, have located a ditch system associated with a small settlement. The system is interpreted as a crowdingalley for livestock management and an indicator of large scale animal stock control in the earlier 1st millennium BC, possibly necessitating co-operation between different families or communities on a seasonal basis. Structural evidence includes at least one circular building that had seen some re-building. The pottery from the site was distinct from the more usual Iron Age assemblages in fabric and form, and flint was being used for tooling.
Precision bounds for gradient magnetometry with atomic ensembles
Creators: name: Apellaniz, Iagoba
name: Urizar-Lanz, Inigo
name: Zimboras, Zoltan
name: Hyllus, Philipp
name: Toth, Geza
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study gradient magnetometry with an ensemble of atoms with arbitrary spin. We calculate precision bounds for estimating the gradient of the magnetic field based on the quantum Fisher information. For quantum states that are invariant under homogeneous magnetic fields, we need to measure a single observable to estimate the gradient. On the other hand, for states that are sensitive to homogeneous fields, a simultaneous measurement is needed, as the homogeneous field must also be estimated. We prove that for the cases studied in this paper, such a measurement is feasible. We present a method to calculate precision bounds for gradient estimation with a chain of atoms or with two spatially separated atomic ensembles. We also consider a single atomic ensemble with an arbitrary density profile, where the atoms cannot be addressed individually, and which is a very relevant case for experiments. Our model can take into account even correlations between particle positions. While in most of the discussion we consider an ensemble of localized particles that are classical with respect to their spatial degree of freedom, we also discuss the case of gradient metrology with a single Bose-Einstein condensate.
description: 17 pages including 5 figures, revtex 4.1; v2: presentation improved; v3: published version. See also the related work S. Altenburg et al., Phys. Rev. A 96, 042319 (2017); arXiv:1703.09123
An analysis of international information flows in electrochemistry
Creators: name: Dormer, Marion.
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
 make a request on their behalf. Monash staff and postgraduate students can use the link in the References field.
title: Adherence to scrum values in virtual environment
title: An exploratory study of virtual scrum team
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Dara, Praveen
Publisher: name: FH Vorarlberg (Fachhochschule Vorarlberg)
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 330 Wirtschaft

description: Scrum has been a prominent project management framework for managing software development projects. The scrum team embodies values such as commitment, focus, respect, courage, and openness to develop trust, which serves as the foundation of the scrum framework. However, in recent years, scrum teams are shifting towards a work-from-home environment which is relatively new to most of them and known to present various challenges. Looking at the benefits of adhering to scrum values, this study aims to investigate the challenges scrum teams experience in adhering to scrum values while operating virtually, as well as to explore practical strategies to overcome the identified challenges, particularly during the storming stage of team development. This research employed a qualitative methodology using semi-structured interviews with scrum team members who have experience working in a virtual environment. Through qualitative content analysis of semi-structured interviews, this research identifies significant challenges within five main categories: communication, collaboration, interpersonal dynamics, the virtual work environment, and personal workspace issues. However, beyond the challenges, the study reveals practical strategies as well for successful team dynamics and higher efficiency. The strategies derived from team members' experiences are categorized into six categories: enhanced meeting management, leveraging in-person engagements, optimizing tools & technology, effective communication strategies, team-building, and nurturing a positive work culture.
title: Object detection of PLC modules using CAD-based synthetic data improved with GANs
Creators: name: Lins, Lukas
Publisher: name: FH Vorarlberg (Fachhochschule Vorarlberg)
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 000 Allgemeines, Informatik, Informationswissenschaft

description: Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) modules are used in industrial settings to control and monitor various manufacturing processes. Detecting these modules can be helpful during installation and maintenance. However, the limited availability of real annotated images to train an object detector poses a challenge. This thesis aims to research object detection of these modules on real images by using synthetic data during training. The synthetic images are generated from CAD models and improved with Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs). The CAD models are rendered in different scenes, and perfectly annotated images are automatically saved. A technique called domain randomization is applied during rendering. It renders the modules in different poses with constantly changing backgrounds. As the CAD models do not visually resemble the real modules, it is necessary to improve the synthetic images. This project researches StarGAN and CycleGAN for the task of image-to-image translation. A GAN is trained with real and synthetic images and can then translate between these domains. YOLOv8 and Faster R-CNN are tested for object detection. The best mean Average Precision (mAP) is achieved when training with a synthetic dataset where 50% of the images were improved with StarGAN. When trained with YOLOv8 and evaluated on a real dataset, it achieves a mAP of 84.4%. Overall, the accuracy depends on the quality of the CAD models. Using a GAN improves the detection rate for all modules, but especially for unrealistic CAD models.
The Excavation of a Roman Cemetery at 21-33 Newarke Street, Leicester
Creators: name: Derrick, Michael
name: Browning, Jennifer C
name: Chapman, Simon
name: Cooper, Nicholas
name: Jacklin, Harriet
name: Monckton, Angela
name: Sawday, Deborah
Publisher: name: Archaeology Data Service
Year: 2022

description: Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society, 83, 63-102
description: Archaeological excavation by University of Leicester Archaeological Services in advance of the redevelopment of 21-33 Newarke Street, Leicester, revealed significant extra-mural Roman deposits. Early activity comprised agricultural plot lay-outs, the alignment of which supports the proposal that Newarke Street follows the line of the Roman road from Leicester to Medbourne (Gartree Road). During the fourth century, the site was part of an extensive inhumation cemetery and 30 burials were excavated. Two contemporary structures are likely to represent mausolea. Two late seventeenth-early eighteenth-century brick-kilns were also located. The finds and archive are held by Leicester City Museums (Accession Nos. A5.2002 and A23.2002).
Comparison of methods to predict botany journal use
Creators: name: Herrmann, Christine.
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
 make a request on their behalf. Monash staff and postgraduate students can use the link in the References field.
The non-commutative topology of two-dimensional dirty superconductors
Creators: name: De Nittis, Giuseppe
name: Schulz-Baldes, Hermann
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Non-commutative analysis tools have successfully been applied to the integer quantum Hall effect, in particular for a proof of the stability of the Hall conductance in an Anderson localization regime and of the bulk-boundary correspondence. In this work, these techniques are implemented to study two-dimensional dirty superconductors described by Bogoliubov-de Gennes Hamiltonians. After a thorough presentation of the basic framework and the topological invariants, Kubo formulas for the thermal, thermoelectric and spin Hall conductance are analyzed together with the corresponding edge currents.
description: published version in J Geo Phys
The Excavation of an Enclosed Iron Age Settlement at Hallam Fields, Birstall, Leicestershire
Creators: name: Speed, Gavin
name: Browning, Jennifer C
name: Cooper, Lynden
name: Cooper, Nicholas
name: Hamilton, Derek
name: Hill, Alistair
name: Macphail, Richard I
name: Marsden, Patrick
name: Crowther, John
name: Thomas, John A
Publisher: name: Archaeology Data Service
Year: 2022

description: Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society, 84, 27-75
description: The excavation of a mid to late Iron Age enclosed settlement, at Hallam Fields, Birstall, has added significantly to our understanding of small Iron Age farmsteads in the region. Often only parts of the enclosure settlements are investigated, whereas the example here was subject to controlled and detailed full excavation. This article presents the results of the excavation, and utilises the finds and environmental data to illustrate how people of the fifth to third centuries BC controlled and utilised space for a variety of activities.
Post-industrialism, the information society, and librarianship : a critique
Creators: name: Lofgren, Hans.
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
 make a request on their behalf. Monash staff and postgraduate students can use the link in the References field.
Exploring gravity with the MIGA large scale atom interferometer
Creators: name: Canuel, B.
name: Bertoldi, A.
name: Amand, L.
name: di Pozzo, E. Borgo
name: Fang, B.
name: Geiger, R.
name: Gillot, J.
name: Henry, S.
name: Hinderer, J.
name: Holleville, D.
name: Lefèvre, G.
name: Merzougui, M.
name: Mielec, N.
name: Monfret, T.
name: Pelisson, S.
name: Prevedelli, M.
name: Reynaud, S.
name: Riou, I.
name: Rogister, Y.
name: Rosat, S.
name: Cormier, E.
name: Landragin, A.
name: Chaibi, W.
name: Gaffet, S.
name: Bouyer, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present an underground long baseline atom interferometer to study gravity at large scale. The hybrid atom-laser antenna will use several atom interferometers simultaneously interrogated by the resonant mode of an optical cavity. The instrument will be a demonstrator for gravitational wave detection in a frequency band (100 mHz - 1 Hz) not explored by classical ground and space-based observatories, and interesting for potential astrophysical sources. In the initial instrument configuration, standard atom interferometry techniques will be adopted, which will bring to a peak strain sensitivity of 2$\cdot 10^{-13}/\sqrt{\mathrm{Hz}}$ at 2 Hz. The experiment will be realized at the underground facility of the Laboratoire Souterrain à Bas Bruit (LSBB) in Rustrel--France, an exceptional site located away from major anthropogenic disturbances and showing very low background noise. In the following, we present the measurement principle of an in-cavity atom interferometer, derive signal extraction for Gravitational Wave measurement from the antenna and determine the expected strain sensitivity. We then detail the functioning of the different systems of the antenna and describe the properties of the installation site.
Rituals, Hoards and Helmets: a Ceremonial Meeting Place of the Corieltavi
Creators: name: Score, Vicki
name: Browning, Jennifer C
name: Hill, Jeremy
name: Leins, Ian
Publisher: name: Archaeology Data Service
Year: 2022

description: Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society, 80, 197-208
description: In 2000 when a group of amateur archaeologists were field-walking on a hillside near Market Harborough they found a number of Iron Age and Roman coins. Subsequent extensive excavation revealed that the coins, along with other artefacts and animal bone deposits, belonged to an impressive ritual site with evidence of feasting. The site was probably a sacred place of the Corieltavi, the Iron Age people who lived in the area and who may have gathered here regularly in the years leading up to the Roman invasion.
Supplementary materials from Intraspecific variation for host immune activation by the spider mite Tetranychus evansi
Creators: name: Teodoro-Paulo, Jéssica
name: Alba, Juan M.
name: Charlesworth, Steven
name: Kant, Merijn R.
name: Magalhães, Sara
name: Duncan, Alison B.
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology

description: Many parasites can interfere with their host's defences to maximize their fitness. Here, we investigated if there is a heritable variation in the spider mite, Tetranychus evansi for traits associated with how they interact with their host plant. We also determined if this variation correlates with mite fecundity. Tetranychus evansi can interfere with jasmonate (JA) defences which are the main determinant of anti-herbivore immunity in plants. We investigated (i) variation in fecundity in the presence and absence of JA defences, making use of a wild-type tomato cultivar and a JA-deficient mutant (defenseless-1), and (ii) variation in the induction of JA defences, in four T. evansi field populations and 59 inbred lines created from an outbred population originating from controlled crosses of the four-field populations. We observed a strong positive genetic correlation between fecundity in the presence (on WT) and the absence of JA defences (on def-1). However, fecundity did not correlate with the magnitude of induced JA defences in WT plants. Our results suggest that the performance of the specialist T. evansi is not related to their ability to manipulate plant defences, either because all lines can adequately reduce levels of defences, or because they are resistant to them.
A medieval hunting lodge at Bradgate Park, Leicestershire
Creators: name: Thomas, Richard
name: Browning, Jennifer C
name: Harvey, James R
name: Liddle, Peter
name: De Carle, Danielle
name: Cooper, Lynden
name: Holmes, Sian
name: Morgan, Graham C
name: Richer, Suzi
name: Sawday, Deborah
name: Small, Rachel
name: Samantha, Samantha
name: Taylor, Jeremy
Publisher: name: Archaeology Data Service
Year: 2022

description: Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society, 93, 169-198
description: This paper presents the results from the first two seasons of the Bradgate
title: Adapting to the new reality of work
title: Anpassung an die neue Arbeitsrealität. Eine Studie über die wichtigsten Überlegungen zur Einführung einer Fernarbeitsstrategie in der Vorarlberger Industrie
title: Study about the key considerations for adopting a remote work strategy in Vorarlberg's industrial sector
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Jankowitsch, Manuel
Publisher: name: FH Vorarlberg (Fachhochschule Vorarlberg)
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 330 Wirtschaft

description: A rapid change to remote work during the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic allowed many organizations to roll out new collaboration platforms to rapidly digitalize their workflows and processes in order to continue operation. This sudden shift to remote work revealed to employees the potential benefits of working remotely in the form of additional flexibility and also showed the challenges and barriers organizations could face by introducing such a strategy. This thesis aims to uncover the key considerations that the organizations of the industrial sector in Vorarlberg need to consider establishing a remote work strategy. According to the results from the research, the Covid-19 pandemic was as a paradigm change for the interviewed decision makers about how they thought about remote work and how they transformed their respective organizations too continue to operate. After the initial phase of Covid-19 restrictions organizations started to experiment with a remote work strategy of their own, based on their past experiences. For now, most of the interviewed organizations use already different remote work concepts and evaluate which one suits best their needs. The main considerations as to why an organization introduced a remote work strategy are to be an attractive employer and to stay ahead in the search for new talent. Further by introducing a remote work strategy, organizations need to change their rules of collaboration, adapt their core values to fit a remote workplace and to introduce collaboration platforms which are designed to support a remote workforce.
title: Die Neugestaltung öffentlicher Räume aus der Perspektive der sozialräumlichen und postmigrantischen Sozialen Arbeit
title: The redesign of public spaces from the perspective of social-spatial and postmigrant social work. An Analysis of the Park Superkilen, Copenhagen
title: eine Analyse der Parkanlage Superkilen, Kopenhagen
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Nielsen, Louise
Publisher: name: FH Vorarlberg (Fachhochschule Vorarlberg)
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 300 Sozialwissenschaften

description: Die Masterarbeit befasst sich mit der Neugestaltung öffentlicher Räume. Anhand einer qualita-tiven Studie wird die Parkanlage Superkilen, Kopenhagen untersucht. Es wird die Frage nachgegangen, ob Superkilen aus der Perspektive der postmigrantischen Gesellschaft und der Sozialraumarbeit als ein gelungenes Beispiel gilt. Als Datengrundlage der Analyse dienen ein systematisches Review und eine teilnehmende Beobachtung. Die Analyse erfolgt anhand einer qualitativen Inhaltsanalyse. Die induktiv herausgearbeiteten Codes werden anhand des St. Galler Modells dargelegt. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass die Grundidee der Gestalter:innen, nämlich die Vielfalt des Viertels durch konkrete internationale Objekte darzustellen, nicht mit der Lebenswelt der Bewohner:innen übereinstimmte. Unterschiedliche Grundverständnisse in Bezug auf Kultur und Diversity wurden hierbei erkannt. Gleichzeitig zeigen sich spielerische Designelemente als besonders förderliche Faktoren für alltägliche Begegnungen in Superkilen und Aneignungen finden statt. Die interkulturelle Soziale Arbeit kann mit ihrer Differenzsensi-bilität und ihrem Fokus auf die unmittelbare Lebenswelt von Menschen als Profession und Disziplin zur Bearbeitung dieser Thematik beitragen.
description: This master thesis deals with the redesign of public spaces. In order to address this issue, it examines Superkilen, a public park in Copenhagen. The theoretical framework is the post-migrant society and social-spatial approaches. This thesis employs a qualitative-empirical approach and undertakes a systematic review of studies from different disciplines as well as participant observations. This data is analysed through a qualitative content analysis. The findings from the inductively constructed codes are presented with the St. Gallen model on the organization of the social area. The findings show that the core idea, namely a representation of the neighbourhoods’ diversity through specific international objects did not correspond with everyday lives of the residents. Furthermore, diverging basic understandings concerning Cul-ture and Diversity were revealed. It was though also shown that playful design elements foster everyday encounters in Superkilen and that appropriations took place. These findings imply that Intercultural Social Work through research and practice can contribute to this subject, due to its sensitivity towards differences and its focus on people’s immediate everyday life.
Model-Robust Counterfactual Prediction Method
Creators: name: Zachariah, Dave
name: Stoica, Petre
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Statistics Theory (math.ST)
subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We develop a novel method for counterfactual analysis based on observational data using prediction intervals for units under different exposures. Unlike methods that target heterogeneous or conditional average treatment effects of an exposure, the proposed approach aims to take into account the irreducible dispersions of counterfactual outcomes so as to quantify the relative impact of different exposures. The prediction intervals are constructed in a distribution-free and model-robust manner based on the conformal prediction approach. The computational obstacles to this approach are circumvented by leveraging properties of a tuning-free method that learns sparse additive predictor models for counterfactual outcomes. The method is illustrated using both real and synthetic data.
A comparative study of some factors affecting the seat occupancy of the Law and Biomedical Libraries at Monash University
Creators: name: Baldwin, Wendy Kay.
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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A Roman 'Delicatessen' at Castle Street, Leicester
Creators: name: Score, Vicki
name: Browning, Jennifer C
name: Johnson, Elizabeth
name: Monckton, Angela
name: Kipling, Roger
Publisher: name: Archaeology Data Service
Year: 2022

description: Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society, 84, 77-94
description: An archaeological excavation was undertaken by University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS) on land at the junction of Castle Street and St Nicholas Circle, Leicester (SK 5832 0432) between April and June 2005. The work was carried out in response to a planning application by Victoria Hall Ltd for the construction of new student accommodation. The site lies in the south-west corner of the Roman and medieval walled town close to the south gate. The excavations revealed Roman, medieval and post-medieval occupation. The most significant evidence relates to the discovery of a second century colonnaded shop front, on a busy thoroughfare, associated with deposits of food remains and pottery in a cesspit to the rear, which suggests the establishment was a 'delicatessen'. The food remains comprise local produce such as meat, fish and fruits, as well as more exotic items such as wines and fruits from the continent, whilst the pottery assemblage comprised amphorae, flagons and samian ware. Whilst similar assemblages of plant, animal and ceramic material have been found individually before in Leicester, this is the first time they have been found together and in close association with a potential shop front. The archive is held by Leicester City Museums Service under Accession No. A7.2004, and the full report (Score 2006) can be consulted through the Oasis Database. (http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/library/greylit/details.cfm?id=4112).
Scientific Dating of the Early Bronze Age Log Coffin Burials at Sproxton and Eaton, Leicestershire
Creators: name: Brunning, Richard A
name: Jones, Andy
name: Cook, Gordon T
name: Krus, Tony
Publisher: name: Archaeology Data Service
Year: 2022

description: Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society, 92, 1-14
description: Scientific dating of burials from the excavated Bronze Age barrows at Sproxton and Eaton has been undertaken as part of a wider study of the log coffin burial tradition in England and Wales. The results have provided a more precise and reliable chronology for the interments at both sites. The log coffin burials at the sites lie within the temporal boundaries for that tradition established elsewhere in Britain, with the examples at Sproxton occurring about a century after the Eaton ones.
Deep learning with convolutional neural networks for EEG decoding and visualization
Creators: name: Schirrmeister, Robin Tibor
name: Springenberg, Jost Tobias
name: Fiederer, Lukas Dominique Josef
name: Glasstetter, Martin
name: Eggensperger, Katharina
name: Tangermann, Michael
name: Hutter, Frank
name: Burgard, Wolfram
name: Ball, Tonio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Neural and Evolutionary Computing (cs.NE)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: I.2.6

description: PLEASE READ AND CITE THE REVISED VERSION at Human Brain Mapping: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hbm.23730/full Code available here: https://github.com/robintibor/braindecode
description: A revised manuscript (with the new title) has been accepted at Human Brain Mapping, see http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hbm.23730/full
title: Ресоциализация несовершеннолетних, отбывших уголовное наказание в виде лишения свободы и (или) подвергшихся иным мерам уголовно-правового характера
Creators: name: Морозков, Даниил
Publisher: name: Новгородский государственный университет имени Ярослава Мудрого (НовГУ)
Year: 2022

description: Для того чтобы минимизировать негативное воздействие назначенного наказания на личность несовершеннолетнего, необходима ресоциализация подростка. В данной статье под ресоциализацией мы будем понимать процесс возвращения несовершеннолетнего в общество, повторное освоение социальных ролей, коммуникативных навыков и т. д., утраченных после применения мер уголовной репрессии. Автор уделяет внимание процессу ресоциализации и адаптации несовершеннолетних, постпенитенциарной опеке со стороны государства и семьи, в которой находится подросток. Раскрывает в соответствии с законодательством понятие и сущность таких видов деятельности. Исследует причины и проблемы органов исполнения наказания по ресоциализации и адаптации осужденных. Предлагает пути совершенствования взаимодействия пенитенциарной службы, образовательных учреждений и семей при осуществлении постпенитенциарной опеки. Указанная статья по сравнению с другими, делает упор на социальную адаптацию несовершеннолетних, которая позволит снизить уровень преступности и рецидива среди данной группы
Testing Lipschitz non normally embedded complex spaces
Creators: name: Denkowski, Maciej
name: Tibar, Mihai
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Complex Variables (math.CV)
subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We introduce a sectional criterion for testing if complex analytic germs $(X,0) \subset (\bC^n, 0)$ are Lipschitz non normally embedded.
description: title changed; more introduction. revised before printing
title: Distributed ledger technology in the circular economy
title: Enable traceability and transparency of recyclable products with a digital product passport platform
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Falco, Fabian
Publisher: name: FH Vorarlberg (Fachhochschule Vorarlberg)
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 000 Allgemeines, Informatik, Informationswissenschaft

description: Lack of transparency and traceability of products and their raw materials means that most products can only be thrown away or not properly recycled due to a lack of relevant data. This conflicts with the circular economy principles, which are demanded by several initiatives, including the European Union. The aim of this master thesis is to analyze this conflict and to propose a technical solution based on Distributed Ledger Technology that enables transparency and traceability of products and their materials. Therefore, the thesis addresses two central research questions: 1. How can traceability and transparency be enabled by integrating a DLT solution? 2. How would a prototype with the integration of smart contracts and DLT look like? To answer these questions, a blockchain solution is implemented using Hyperledger Fabric. The solution uses the immutability and decentralized nature of DLT to record and track the movement of products and their materials throughout their life cycle in the Circular Economy. Furthermore, with private data collections, confidentiality, and privacy are granted while ensuring transparency. The thesis contributes to the Circular Economy field by exploring the principles, models, and challenges of the Circular Economy and the circularity goals of a Digital Product Passport to develop a suitable technical solution. The chosen blockchain framework, Hyperledger Fabric, is presented, and its key components and features are highlighted. The thesis also delves into the design decisions and considerations behind the Digital Product Passport platform, explaining the architecture and transaction flow together with the prototype implementation and demonstration to showcase the functionality of the solution. Results and analysis provide insights into the challenges of the Circular Economy, sustainable resource management, and the Digital Product Passport, resulting in recommendations for future improvements and enhancements. Overall, this thesis offers a practical solution utilizing DLT to enable transparency and traceability in the Circular Economy, contributing to the realization of sustainable and efficient resource management practices to ultimately contribute to the set Circular Economy initiatives.
ASP: Learning to Forget with Adaptive Synaptic Plasticity in Spiking Neural Networks
Creators: name: Panda, Priyadarshini
name: Allred, Jason M.
name: Ramanathan, Shriram
name: Roy, Kaushik
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Neural and Evolutionary Computing (cs.NE)
subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: A fundamental feature of learning in animals is the "ability to forget" that allows an organism to perceive, model and make decisions from disparate streams of information and adapt to changing environments. Against this backdrop, we present a novel unsupervised learning mechanism ASP (Adaptive Synaptic Plasticity) for improved recognition with Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) for real time on-line learning in a dynamic environment. We incorporate an adaptive weight decay mechanism with the traditional Spike Timing Dependent Plasticity (STDP) learning to model adaptivity in SNNs. The leak rate of the synaptic weights is modulated based on the temporal correlation between the spiking patterns of the pre- and post-synaptic neurons. This mechanism helps in gradual forgetting of insignificant data while retaining significant, yet old, information. ASP, thus, maintains a balance between forgetting and immediate learning to construct a stable-plastic self-adaptive SNN for continuously changing inputs. We demonstrate that the proposed learning methodology addresses catastrophic forgetting while yielding significantly improved accuracy over the conventional STDP learning method for digit recognition applications. Additionally, we observe that the proposed learning model automatically encodes selective attention towards relevant features in the input data while eliminating the influence of background noise (or denoising) further improving the robustness of the ASP learning.
description: 14 pages, 14 figures
title: Komplexe Entscheidungsfindung des Managements – Forschungstrends und Handlungsempfehlungen
title: vertiefte Literaturrecherche
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Schapmann, Liselotte
Publisher: name: FH Vorarlberg (Fachhochschule Vorarlberg)
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 300 Sozialwissenschaften

description: Die vorliegende Arbeit setzt sich mit Forschungstrends im Bereich der Entscheidungsfindung von Manager:innen auseinander. Dabei stehen komplexe Entscheidungen im Vordergrund. Im theoretischen Teil erfolgte eine Einführung in die Entscheidungstheorie. Anschließend wird die Funktion des Managements als Entscheidungsträger:in thematisiert. Anhand einer vertieften Literarturrecherche wurde eine Trendanalyse durchgeführt, um herauszufinden, welche Themenbereiche besonders viel Aufmerksamkeit in der Forschung über komplexe Managemententscheidungen erlangt haben. Herausgefunden wurde, dass besonders multikriterielle Entscheidungsmethoden beforscht wurden. Es wurde häufig im Bereich Energiewirtschaft, Nachhaltigkeit und Klimawandel geforscht, da hier die Voraussetzungen für komplexe Entscheidungen gegeben sind. Neben mathematisch fundierten Methoden kommen auch heuristische Ansätze zur Komplexitätsreduktion zur Anwendung, lässt sich aus den Forschungsergebnissen ableiten. Insgesamt wurden 12 Trends identifiziert, die sich teilweise überschneiden. Aus den gesichteten Forschungsarbeiten ließen sich Handlungsempfehlungen ableiten, die in einem eigenen Kapitel präsentiert werden.
Ineffective Higher Derivative Black Hole Hair
Creators: name: Goldstein, Kevin
name: Mashiyane, James Junior
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Inspired by possibility that the Schwarzschild black hole may not be the unique spherically symmetric vacuum solution to generalisations of general relativity, we consider black holes in pure fourth order higher derivative gravity treated as an effective theory. Such solutions may be of interest in addressing the issue of higher derivative hair or during the later stages of black hole evaporation. Non-Schwarzschild solutions have been studied but we have put earlier results on a firmer footing by finding a systematic asymptotic expansion for the black holes and matching them with known numerical solutions obtained by integrating out from the near horizon region. These asymptotic expansions can be cast in the form of trans-series expansions which we conjecture will be a generic feature of non-Schwarzschild higher derivative black holes. Excitingly we find a new branch of solutions with lower free energy than the Schwarzschild solution, but as found in earlier work, solutions only seem to exist for black holes with large curvatures meaning that one should not generically neglect even higher derivative corrections. This suggests that one effectively recovers the non-hair theorems in this context.
description: 31 pages, 14 figures, v2: references added, v3: some typos corrected, clarifications added, v4: minor typos finally corrected