cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Récita do Liceu: O liceu Rodrigues de Freitas/D. Manuel II no Estado Novo
Creators: name: Cortesão, Luiza
Publisher: name: Educação, Sociedade & Culturas
Year: 2016

description: Recensão à obra de Correia, Luís Grosso (2016). Récita do Liceu: O liceu Rodrigues de Freitas/D. Manuel II no Estado Novo. Lisboa: Edições Colibri & Agrupamento de Escolas Rodrigues de Freitas.
description: Educação, Sociedade & Culturas, N.º 48 (2016): Perspetivas, práticas e processos educativos
2. Rendering Sociology. On the Utopian Positivism of Harriet Martineau and the ‘Mumbo Jumbo Club’
Creators: name: Wilson, Matthew
Publisher: name: GISI - UniTO
Year: 2019

description: Among the Victorians who contributed to British sociology were the novelist Harriet Martineau and a peculiar trio of Oxford students called the ‘Mumbo Jumbo club’. Martineau published an English ‘condensation’ of Auguste Comte’s Cours de philosophie positivisme (1830–42), which introduced sociology to English readers. While under the watchful eye of the Oxford don Richard Congreve, Mumbo Jumbo read Martineau’s study with great enthusiasm, and it shaped their course as first-generation sociologists. Using an intellectual history method, this essay argues that as the first female British sociologist, Martineau pioneered a feminist-intellectual approach to the discipline in such works as Society in America (1837). Meanwhile, on leaving Oxford, Mumbo Jumbo became the first British Positivist Society members. They not only translated but acted on the ideas in Comte’s Système de politique positive (1851–4), which their leader,Congreve, described as the ‘definitive construction’ of sociology. This essay will argue that like Martineau, the Mumbo Jumbo trio — J.H. Bridges, E.S. Beesly, and Frederic Harrison — developed biologic-historical, socio-political, and urban-regional strands of sociological thinking. While examining these sociologists’ lives and complementary methods, this essay argues that theirs was a distinctly utopian if critical, imaginative, and optimistic sociology, just as some people suggested was the discipline at the founding meetings of the British Sociological Society. Thus, the works of Martineau and Mumbo Jumbo, from compatible Comtean perspectives, aimed to transform thoughts and feelings into social actions for resolving societal issues and personal troubles.
description: Journal of Interdisciplinary History of Ideas, Vol 8, No 16 (2019)
Somerset Wetland Archaeology 1999
Creators: name: Brunning, Richard A
Publisher: name: Archaeology Data Service
Year: 2017

description: Archaeology in the Severn Estuary, 10, 134-135
description: This article examines work done in somerset wetland archaeology, at the following sites: Baltmoor Wall, Athelney; Roman Salterns, Huntspill River; West Waste, Glastonbury; Withy Bridge, Huntspill, Peat soil wastage report; and the Glastonbury Lake Billage
Biophenols and antioxidant activity in wild and cultivated heather
Creators: name: Dróżdż, Paulina
name: Sentkowska, Aleksandra
name: Pyrzyńska, Krystyna
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Plant Biology

description: Over the last decade, there has been an increasing interest to study the antioxidants from natural sources which can be applied to replace the synthetic compounds commonly used in food or as cosmetic ingredients. Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull (heather), a plant grown in most parts of Europe and Northern America, has been used in ethnopharmacology. The content of selected biophenols and the antioxidant capacity of the extracts of wild heather collected from natural environmental localities of central Poland were assessed in this study and compared with cultivated plant. Chlorogenic acid was the major biophenolic compound present in the extracts, followed by a high amount of catechins. The reducing power of the extracts evaluated by Folin–Ciocalteau assay was in the range of 75.7–89.1 mg GA/g dry flowers. The cultivated plant extract showed the largest radical scavenging on 1,1-diphenyl-2-pirylhydrazyl (DPPH) radicals.
Innovative machine learning approach and evaluation for predicting the Study and Work life balance among Students within the South Korean Higher Education system
Creators: name: Hatcher, Ryan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Work-Life Balance, Machine Learning in Education, Student Well-being, Predictive Analytics in Higher Education, Educational Data Mining, South Korean Higher Education System, Student Productivity.

description: Work-life balance is important to maintaining a sustainable balance between student study and work life. There are various positive factors associated with it like it increases the productivity of students and reduces the mental pressure on the student. In this research, we aim to find out the factors which affect the student's work-life balance and predict the work-life balance with the help of Machine learning algorithms. The dataset was collected by taking a survey of the students of Hannam University. After that SelectKBest algorithm finds the most crucial factors in predicting the student work-life balance. Three machine learning algorithms are used Balanced random forest classifier, logistic regression, and neural network. To evaluate the performance, metrics like accuracy, precision, recall, and f1 score were used. The result shows that the SLB_3 was the most important factor, and the neural network performed best among all, with an accuracy of 83%. On the other hand, logistic regression and balanced random forest classifier have got an accuracy of 80.85% and 72.34%, respectively.
A novel pyrrole alkaloid from the fruit peels of Strychnos nux-blanda
Creators: name: Jirapast Sichaem
name: Kornkanok Ingkaninan
name: Tip-Pyang, Santi
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology

description: A novel pyrrole alkaloid, strychnuxin (1), along with five known compounds (2–6) was isolated from the fruit peels of Strychnos nux-blanda. The structures of all the isolated compounds (1–6) were fully characterised using spectroscopic data, as well as comparison with the previous literature data. Moreover, all isolated compounds were assessed for their α-glucosidase and acetylcholinesterase inhibitory activities.
The Hococene Peat and Alluvial Stratigraphy of the Upper Brue Valley in the Somerset Levels Based on Soil Survey Data of the 1980s
Creators: name: Housley, Rupert A
name: Straker, Vanessa
name: Cope, David W W
Publisher: name: Archaeology Data Service
Year: 2017

description: Archaeology in the Severn Estuary, 10, 11-23
description: In the 1980s the Soil Survey of England and Wales undertook a re-survey of the peat moors of the Somerset Levels as part of the National Lowland Peat Inventory. The intention was to cover the region using hand-driven boreholes at a 0.5 km resolution based on the Ordnance Survey 's National Grid. Although some of the new information was summarised in two publications (Burton and Hodgson 1987; Cope 1987) full details were never published. Examination of the available stratigraphic records presents a picture of the Holocene lithology of a hitherto relatively unstudied area of peat moorland in the Upper Brue encompassing Queen's Sedgemoor, Godney Moor and Glastonbury Heath. The borehole coverage is sufficient to allow the mapping of a number of sub-surface organic and alluvial lithological units. What emerges is the palaeogeography of a dynamic wet lowland landscape, mostly characterised by wood fen carr and sedge fen interspersed with muddy detrital watercourses and limited raised bog development, covered in places by extensive riverine deposits, at times influenced by high groundwater levels and estuarine alluviation.
Composition of the essential oils of three Uzbek Scutellaria species (Lamiaceae) and their antioxidant activities
Creators: name: Mamadalieva, Nilufar Zokirjonovna
name: Farukh Sharopov
name: Prabodh Satyal
name: Shahnoz Sadykovna Azimova
name: Wink, Michael
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Inorganic Chemistry

description: The chemical composition of the essential oils obtained from aerial parts of Scutellaria immaculata Nevski ex Juz., Scutellaria ramosissima M. Pop. and Scutellaria schachristanica Juz. (Lamiaceae) growing wild in Uzbekistan was analysed by GC and GC–MS. The main constituents of the essential oils from S. immaculata were acetophenone (30.39%), eugenol (20.61%), thymol (10.04%) and linalool (6.92%), whereas constituents of the essential oils fromS. schachristanica were acetophenone (34.74%), linalool (26.98%) and eugenol (20.67%). The S. ramosissima oil is dominated by germacrene D (23.96%), β-caryophyllene (11.09%), linalool (9.63%) and hexadecanoic acid (8.34%). The essential oils of Scutellaria species exhibited weaker antioxidant effects in DPPH, ABTS and FRAP assays. In FRAP assay, only eugenol exhibited a substantial reducing power IC50 = 2476.92 ± 15.8 (mM Fe(II)/g).
7. Two Quantitative Researches in the History of Philosophy. Some Down-to-Earth and Uphazard Methodological Reflections
Creators: name: Bonino, Guido
name: Maffezioli, Paolo
name: Tripodi, Paolo
Publisher: name: GISI - UniTO
Year: 2019

description: In this paper we are going to put forth some methodological reflections on two different investigations we conducted in the context of the DR2 research group. Such investigations were our first serious attempts at applying distant reading techniques and more in general quantitative methods to the history of philosophy. Our reflections are rather down-to-earth, and they have their roots in the context of the actual research activity, with its practical difficulties, stratagems and questions left unanswered. In this sense they do not concern lofty questions of principle, to be established a priori and with a normative attitude. A sketchy preliminary presentation of the two researches is in order as a basis for the methodological remarks.
description: Journal of Interdisciplinary History of Ideas, Vol 8, No 16 (2019)
Portuguese as a primary modern foreign language in the United Kingdom
Creators: name: Marques, Pedro
Publisher: name: Educação, Sociedade & Culturas
Year: 2016

description: Recent reports accentuate that the UK needs a more robust Modern Foreign Language (MFL) policy. These developments have culminated in the introduction of MFL as a statutory subject at primary level, which has prompted foreign cultural institutes to promote the learning of foreign languages in primary schools. This paper sets out to depict the perspectives of the teachers involved in schemes of Portuguese as a MFL promoted by Instituto Camões in partnership with three London schools. An examination of the teachers’ views suggests that the language spread initiatives would benefit from further sensitivity towards the established teaching/learning culture so as to create sustainable schemes of language provision.
description: Educação, Sociedade & Culturas, N.º 48 (2016): Perspetivas, práticas e processos educativos
6. Reading Wittgenstein Between the Texts
Creators: name: Santoro, Marco
name: Airoldi, Massimo
name: Riviera, Emanuela
Publisher: name: GISI - UniTO
Year: 2019

description: Sharing the “historicist challenge to analytic philosophy” (Glock) we investigate the philosophical production (and, to a lesser extent, some non-philosophical works as well) on Ludwig Wittgenstein from a distant reading perspective. First, we provide a description of the “Wittgensteinian field” by analyzing several data provided by the Philosopher’s Index, an electronic bibliographic database especially devoted to philosophy. Then we analyze these data by using statistical tools (such as for example topic modeling) and we interpret the results historically and sociologically, along the lines of Bourdieu on Heidegger, Lamont on Derrida, Gross on Rorty, and Collins on the whole philosophical tradition.
description: Journal of Interdisciplinary History of Ideas, Vol 8, No 16 (2019)
Anticoagulant activity of a natural protein purified from Hypomesus olidus
Creators: name: Mengxing Gou
name: Liyan Wang
name: Xuejun Liu
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: A novel anticoagulant protein (E-II-1) was separated and purified from Hypomesus olidus, a unique freshwater fish in northern China. E-II-1 had a molecular mass of approximately 40 kDa with no subunits. The high content of hydrophobic amino acids and negatively charged amino acids in E-II-1 demonstrated that the amino acid compositions might contribute to the anticoagulant activity. E-II-1 contained α-helices 16.75%, β-sheets 42.67%, β-turn 25.58% and random coil 15.00%. In vitro blood coagulation time assay, E-II-1 significantly prolonged the activated partial thrombin time in a dose-dependent manner. Results indicated that E-II-1 acted as anticoagulants through the endogenous pathway with an inhibition of FXa. The specific activity of E-II-1 was 103.50 U/mg at a concentration of 1.00 mg/mL. Therefore, E-II-1 might be one of the promising anticoagulants originated from natural food sources with more safety and less side effects.
Subtle difference of [SiMo12O40]4− and [PMo12O40]3− inducing two new distinct Keggin-Ag-(1H-Pyrazole) compounds
Creators: name: Tian, Ai-Xiang
name: Tian, Yan
name: Ni, Huai-Ping
name: Ji, Xue-Bin
name: Ning, Ya-Li
name: Hou, Xue
name: Liu, Guo-Cheng
name: Ying, Jun
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Developmental Biology

description: Two new inorganic-organic hybrid compounds based on α-Keggin clusters and Ag-(1H-Pyrazole) subunits, [AgL2]4[SiMo12O40] (1) and [AgL2]3[PMo12O40] (2) (L = pyrazole), have been synthesized under hydrothermal conditions and characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction. In 1, there are two kinds of chains, the chains linked by two [AgL2]+ clusters and the other linked only by one [AgL2]+, which further connect by sharing [SiMo12O40]4− anions to construct a 2-D layer. In 2, four-supporting [PMo12O40]3− anions are fused by [Ag(1)L2]+ subunits to form a 1-D chain. Through weak interactions of Ag⋯O (3.091 Å) a 2-D supramolecular layer is constructed. Additionally, the electrochemical properties of title compounds and the photocatalytic properties of 2 have been studied.
Buried Soils of the Wentlooge Formation
Creators: name: Locock, Martin
Publisher: name: Archaeology Data Service
Year: 2017

description: Archaeology in the Severn Estuary, 10, 1-10
description: The evidence for various stabilised soil horizons reported from the Severn Levels is reviewed for the environmental implications; a typology is proposed on the basis of the likely circumstances in which the deposits developed. The methodological implications for future work are discussed.
4. Introduction to the Open Peer-Reviewed Section on DR2 Methodology Examples
Creators: name: Bonino, Guido
name: Pasini, Enrico
name: Tripodi, Paolo
Publisher: name: GISI - UniTO
Year: 2019

description: In the last twenty years Franco Moretti’s ‘distant reading’ approach has provided a fresh under­standing of literature and its historical development not by studying in detail a few particular texts (as in the so-called ‘close reading’), but rather by aggregating and analyzing large amounts of information. As members of the DR2 research group at the University of Turin—DR2: Distant Reading and Data-Driven Research in the History of Philosophy—we share the conviction that it is time to apply such methods to the history of thought. This kind of methodological innovation can be of interest for scholars working on different historical periods (ancient, medieval, modern, contem­porary) and from the perspective of different fields (history of philosophy, history of science, his­tory of ideas and intellectual history, sociology of knowledge, and so forth). A founding moment for this approach was the first DR2 Conference, held in Turin in 2017. Some of the participants to the Conference agreed to publish edited versions of the conference talks in the form of working papers, that would be subjected to an \emph{open peer review} process. We present here the results.
description: Journal of Interdisciplinary History of Ideas, Vol 8, No 16 (2019)
Study-Life Balance Among Hannam University Students: Implications for Wellbeing and Productivity within the South Korean University context
Creators: name: Hatcher, Ryan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Study-life balance, student wellbeing, Hannam University, academic responsibilities, COVID-19 pandemic, remote learning, work-life culture, stress management, educational strategies.

description: This research article examines the notion of study-life balance, specifically focusing on students at Hannam University. This text explores the difficulties that students encounter when trying to manage their academic obligations alongside personal pursuits, extracurricular engagements, and leisure activities. The study emphasizes the influence of maintaining a balance between academic pursuits and personal life on the levels of stress experienced by students and their overall state of well-being. It underscores the necessity for implementing techniques that assist students in attaining a more harmonious equilibrium between their academic pursuits and personal endeavors. The report also examines the transition to remote learning and remote work as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the balance between studying and personal life. The objective of the study is to comprehend the correlation between work-life culture and its influence on individuals, particularly students and educators. The methodology entails employing SPSS to examine the hypothesis of the advantages of work-life culture.
Cabot Park, Avonmouth, Bristol, Excavations on Later Bronze Age and Medieval Sites at Kites Corner and Moorend Farm, 1999
Creators: name: Locock, Martin
Publisher: name: Archaeology Data Service
Year: 2017

description: Archaeology in the Severn Estuary, 10, 125-128
description: This note described the investigations of two sites, the Kites Corner, a late bronze age site and the Moorend Farm, a site which produced a large assemblage of medival pottery.
The genus Artemisia L. in the northern region of Saudi Arabia: essential oil variability and antibacterial activities
Creators: name: Guetat, Arbi
name: Al-Ghamdi, Faraj A.
name: Osman, Ahmed K.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry

description: Four species of the genus Artemisia L. (Artemisia monosperma, Artemisia scoparia, Artemisia judaica and Artemisia sieberi) growing in the northern region of Saudi Arabia were investigated with respect to their volatile oil contents. The yield of oil varied between 0.30 and 0.41%, % (w/w). A. monosperma showed the highest number of compounds with 30 components representing 93.78% of oil composition. However, A. judaica showed the lowest number of compounds with only 16 components representing 87.47% of essential oil. A. scoparia and A. sieberi are both composed of 17 components, representing 97.14 and 94.2% of total oil composition. A. sieberi and A. judaica were dominated by spathulenol (30.42 and 28.41%, respectively). For A. monosperma, butanoic acid (17.87%) was a major component. However, A. scoparia was a chemotype of acenaphthene. (83.23%). Essential oil of studied species showed high antibacterial activities against common human pathogens.
Iron Age and Later Features at Greenmoor Arch, Gwent Europark, Newport
Creators: name: Locock, Martin
Publisher: name: Archaeology Data Service
Year: 2017

description: Archaeology in the Severn Estuary, 10, 128-130
description: This note describes the excavations that were carried out for Morrison Developments Ltd on part of the Gwent Euro Park Site, on the Caldicot level during the August-September 1999.
A mesitylene-bridged bis-benzimidazolyl ligand and six metal coordination compounds
Creators: name: Liu, Qing-Xiang
name: Ding, Yue
name: Zhao, Xiao-Qiang
name: Zhao, Zhi-Xiang
name: Yu, Jie
name: Wang, Jian-Hua
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 20199 Astronomical and Space Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: The mesitylene-bridged bis-benzimidazolyl ligand 1,3-bis(benzimidazol-1′-yl-methyl)mesitylene (L) and six metal complexes, [Cu9L6(OH)7Cl8] (1), [Co2L4(NO3)(H2O)2](NO3)3 (2), [Zn2L2Cl4] (3), [CdL2(NO3)2]n (4), [MnL(LA)(CH3OH)]n (5), and [CoLCl2]n (6) (LA = terephthalate), have been prepared and characterized. Complex 1 is a football-like cluster formed by six Ls, nine Cu(II) ions, eight chlorides, and seven hydroxides, in which the size of the football is about 13.9 × 15.4 Å. Complex 2 contains a cage-like ball formed by four Ls and two Co(II) ions, in which the external and internal sizes of the ball are about 12.2 × 14.6 Å and 6.5 × 10.7 Å, respectively. In this complex, one nitrate is fixed in the middle of the cage through two Co–O bonds. The 24-membered metallomacrocycle of 3 is formed by two Ls and two Zn(II) ions. In 4, 2-D layers with 48-membered metallomacrocycles are formed via Ls and Cd(II) ions. In 5, L and terephthalate ions (LA) participate in coordination with Mn(II) to afford 2-D network layers. The 1-D polymeric chain of 6 is formed via L and Co(II) chloride moieties. In the crystal packing of 1–6, 2-D supramolecular layers and 3-D supramolecular frameworks are formed via intermolecular weak interactions, including hydrogen bonds, π–π interactions, and C–H⋯π contacts. The conformations of metal complexes from L are described. Additionally, the fluorescence emission spectra of L and 1–6 are reported. Software of Graphics: Ligand L, H2LA and Schemes 1–3: Chem Draw 8.0 Figures 1–6: Diamand 3.0 Figure 7: Origin 8.0
papel da avaliação na melhoria das práticas
Creators: name: Carvalho, Cindy Mutschen
name: Portugal, Maria Gabriela Correia De Castro
Publisher: name: Educação, Sociedade & Culturas
Year: 2021

description: A educação é um contexto privilegiado para a avaliação em múltiplas vertentes, sendo este campo de estudo rico em teorias complexas e complementares. Neste texto, começando com uma análise de diferentes definições do conceito de avaliação, avança‑se para uma discussão acerca de diferentes propósitos da avaliação, com destaque para a avaliação para a melhoria das práticas. Articulando os elementos anteriores, explora‑se em detalhe a perspetiva da avaliação capacitadora (empowerment evaluation) como ponto de partida para a intervenção e investigação centradas nas práticas profissionais. O objetivo central deste artigo de revisão da literatura consiste em sistematizar os contributos mais relevantes no contexto da avaliação, contribuindo para a fundamentação de um projeto de doutoramento em curso, centrado nas práticas pedagógicas dos educadores de infância em contexto de creche.
description: Educação, Sociedade & Culturas, N.º 47 (2016): A avaliação das escolas: políticas, perspetivas e práticas
A Stone and Wattle Fish Weir Complex in Swansea Bay
Creators: name: Nayling, Nigel
Publisher: name: Archaeology Data Service
Year: 2017

description: Archaeology in the Severn Estuary, 10, 115-124
description: During a recent survey of the intertidal zone of Swansea Bay, commissioned by Cadw: Welsh Historic Monuments, which had aimed primarily to map peat exposures on the foreshore, a complex of large V-shaped fish weirs was noted and subsequently researched. This paper summarises the evidence for the use of this system of weirs to complement papers published in this journal which have documented the use of fishing structures in the Severn Estuary proper. The results of this research are presented here within sub-sections on aerial photographic study and field observations. Followed by documentary and cartographic evidence. It should be stressed that no accurate field survey of this system has been possible within the confines of this study, and no sampling or excavation of any of these structures has been carried out.
Urban ponds as an aquatic biodiversity resource in modified landscapes
Creators: name: Hassall, Christopher
name: Hill, Matthew
name: Biggs, Jeremy
name: Briers, Robert
name: Gledhill, David
name: White, James
name: Wood, Paul
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 60204 Freshwater Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 60207 Population Ecology
subject: 60302 Biogeography and Phylogeography
subject: 50104 Landscape Ecology
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 50209 Natural Resource Management
subject: 50202 Conservation and Biodiversity

description: Urbanization is a global process contributing to the loss and fragmentation of natural habitats. Many studies have focused on the biological response of terrestrial taxa and habitats to urbanization. However, little is known regarding the consequences of urbanization on freshwater habitats, especially small lentic systems. In this study we examined aquatic macroinvertebrate diversity (family and species level) and variation in community composition between 240 urban and 782 non-urban ponds distributed across the UK. Contrary to predictions, urban ponds supported similar numbers of invertebrate species and families compared to non-urban ponds. Similar gamma diversity was found between the two groups at both family and species taxonomic levels. The biological communities of urban ponds were markedly different to those of non-urban ponds and the variability in urban pond community composition was greater than that in non-urban ponds, contrary to previous work showing homogenisation of communities in urban areas. Positive spatial autocorrelation was recorded for urban and non-urban ponds at 0-50 km (distance between pond study sites) and negative spatial autocorrelation was observed at 100-150 km, and was stronger in urban ponds in both cases. Ponds do not follow the same ecological patterns as terrestrial and lotic habitats (reduced taxonomic richness) in urban environments; in contrast they support high taxonomic richness and contribute significantly to regional faunal diversity. Individual cities are complex structural mosaics which evolve over long periods of time and are managed in diverse ways, promoting the development of a wide-range of environmental conditions and habitat niches in urban ponds which can promote greater heterogeneity between pond communities at larger scales. Ponds provide an opportunity for managers and environmental regulators to conserve and enhance freshwater biodiversity in urbanized landscapes whilst also facilitating key ecosystem services including storm water storage and water treatment.
intérprete de língua gestual portuguesa e o voluntariado
Creators: name: Barbosa, Susana
name: Martins, Teresa
name: Macedo, Vera
name: Sousa, Ana Luísa
Publisher: name: Educação, Sociedade & Culturas
Year: 2016

description: O/A intérprete de língua gestual portuguesa integra‑se num grupo profissional recente e, consequentemente, ainda pouco expressivo em termos numéricos, pelo que os/as intérpretes deparam‑se com várias dúvidas e desafios. As interpretações solicitadas sob a égide do voluntariado têm surgido sucessivamente e com relativa frequência, sendo por isso relevante a reflexão em torno deste tema. Reuniu‑se um grupo de discussão com 14 intérpretes de língua gestual portuguesa e com uma experiência média de trabalho de cinco anos para compreender a influência do voluntariado na (des)valorização da profissão. Após analisados os resultados obtidos concluiu‑se que para os/as participantes o voluntariado é um tema reincidente e controverso, justificável por ser uma profissão recente. A dificuldade de decidir perante estas propostas prende‑se com o facto destes serviços voluntários darem visibilidade, reconhecimento e experiência a estes/as profissionais. Todavia, sendo uma opção pessoal, os/as participantes entendem que deverá ficar ao critério de cada intérprete a aceitação ou recusa. Estas escolhas surgem pela falta de intérpretes nos diferentes serviços a que as pessoas surdas têm que aceder, dado que há lacunas na contratação de recursos humanos para assegurar a interpretação.
description: Educação, Sociedade & Culturas, N.º 47 (2016): A avaliação das escolas: políticas, perspetivas e práticas
Phenological shifts in hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae): linking measurement and mechanism
Creators: name: Hassall, Christopher
name: Owen, Jennifer
name: Gilbert, Francis
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 60202 Community Ecology (excl. Invasive Species Ecology)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 69902 Global Change Biology
subject: 60308 Life Histories

description: An understanding of ecological and evolutionary responses to global environmental change requires both a robust measurement of the change that is occurring and a mechanistic framework for understanding the drivers of that change. Such a requirement provides a challenge because biological monitoring is often ad hoc, and mechanistic experiments are often performed under highly simplified conditions. This study integrates multiple datasets to evaluate our current knowledge of the measurement and mechanism of phenological shifts in a key pollinator taxon: the hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae). First, two large, complementary and independent monitoring datasets are used to test for trends in phenology: an ad hoc national recording scheme containing >620,000 records, and standardised monitoring with consistent methods over 30 years. Results show that ad hoc and standardised recording data give quantitatively the same value for phenological advance in hoverflies (ca. 12 days×°C-1 on average at the beginning of the flight period), supporting the value of biological recording for the measurement of global ecological change. While the end of the flight period appears static in ad hoc recording, the standardised dataset suggests a similar advance as in the beginning of the flight period. Second, an extensive traits dataset and a novel database of laboratory-derived developmental data on Syrphidae (153 published studies) are used to test for mechanistic patterns in phenological shifts. The only species trait that influenced phenology was voltinism, where species with more generations per year exhibit stronger phenological advances. We demonstrate considerable variation in the laboratory-derived sensitivity to temperature but this does not match field-derived measures of phenology. The results demonstrate that, as for many taxa, we have a strong understanding of the patterns of global ecological change but that we currently lack a detailed mechanistic understanding of those processes despite extensive research into the fundamental biology of some taxonomic groups.
Mito e metamorfose
Creators: name: Ormezzano, Graciela René Ormezzano
Publisher: name: Educação, Sociedade & Culturas
Year: 2016

description: Trata‑se de um estudo de caso cujo objetivo consistiu em investigar a significação da oficina de educação estética realizada num hospital psiquiátrico. O trabalho de grupo esteve focado em atividades arteterapêuticas que incluíram a pintura, a modelagem em argila, a reciclagem de papel, a gravura e o desenho. Uma das internas foi escolhida para o estudo pelo critério de assiduidade. Utilizaram‑se dados visuais compostos pelas imagens criadas na oficina e o diário de campo. A metodologia foi de cunho hermenêutico simbólico, ancorada na teoria do imaginário (Durand, 2001). A trajetória do texto aborda a descrição do fenômeno, conforme se mostrou ao longo da oficina, somado àquilo que foi percebido pelos componentes do grupo, na tentativa de compreender o processo vivenciado, contemplando não só os aspectos manifestos da dependência ou do abuso de substâncias psicoativas, mas também seus aspectos sadios
description: Educação, Sociedade & Culturas, N.º 47 (2016): A avaliação das escolas: políticas, perspetivas e práticas
A bee or not a bee: an experimental test of acoustic mimicry by hoverflies
Creators: name: Hassall, Christopher
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 60201 Behavioural Ecology

description: The degree of similarity between Batesian mimics and their models varies widely and occurs across a range of sensory modalities. We use three complementary experimental paradigms to investigate acoustic mimicry in hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) which mimic stinging Hymenoptera. First, we analyse sounds made by 13 hoverfly species and 9 Hymenoptera species with and without simulated predation (“alarm” and “flight” sounds, respectively). We demonstrate that the bumblebees Bombus terrestris, B. hortorum, and B. lucorum, and the hoverfly Cheilosia illustrata exhibit alarm sounds that are significantly different to their respective flight sounds, and indistinguishable between species. We then demonstrate that the B. terrestris alarm sound reduces predation on artificial prey by wild birds, but that the hoverfly mimic alarm sound does not. Finally, we trained chicks to avoid distasteful food in the presence of different acoustic stimuli. Overall the chicks showed no difference in response to bee and hoverfly stimuli, demonstrating no innate aversion to the Bombus alarm sound. We therefore conclude that (i) similarity of acoustic signals exists among Hymenoptera and hoverflies, (ii) acoustic aposematic signals (but not the almost identical mimetic signals) are effective at reducing predation, and (iii) wild birds exhibit learned rather than innate aversion to certain acoustic stimuli.
Medieval and Later Fish Weirs at Magor Pill, Gwent Levels, Coastal Change and Technological Development
Creators: name: Nayling, Nigel
Publisher: name: Archaeology Data Service
Year: 2017

description: Archaeology in the Severn Estuary, 10, 99-113
description: A selection of fishing structures exposed on the foreshore to the east of Magor Pill were recorded and subjected to dendrochronological and radiocarbon dating in order to provide complementary evidence for coastal retreat, and to date developments in fish weir and trap forms. The earliest traps found, dating to the 12th century, comprised arms of closely-spaced, native hardwood stakes with sub-rectangular concentrations of split oak posts at the apices of the arms indicating the former position of basket traps. Later medieval, linear fish weirs, again constructed from native hardwood species, exhibited V-shaped concentrations of stakes along their lengths. These medieval structures were located between 430 m and 620 m from the present sea wall. An 18th century or later date is suggested for post-medieval weirs containing non-native softwoods found between 320 m and 420 mfrom the seawall. A putt weir constructed from Douglas Fir and situated, in part, on the exposed peat shelf fell into disuse in the 1930s and demonstrates the extent of peat erosion in the latter half of the 20th century.
Homogeneização curricular e o sistema de avaliação nacional brasileiro
Creators: name: Ortigão, Maria Isabel
name: Pereira, Talita Vidal
Publisher: name: Educação, Sociedade & Culturas
Year: 2016

description: Este artigo apresenta os resultados de uma investigação que buscou refletir sobre os impactos das avaliações externas na produção curricular. Em especial procurou‑se compreender diferenças nas ênfases curriculares, em matemática, das redes municipais do estado do Rio de Janeiro, por meio da análise dos dados da Prova Brasil, nas edições de 2007 e 2011. Foram analisadas as respostas dos estudantes do quinto e do nono anos do ensino fundamental ao teste de matemática, utilizando‑se como metodologia a análise do funcionamento diferencial do item (DIF), que busca detetar itens cuja probabilidade de acertos difere entre grupos distintos, mas de mesma habilidade cognitiva. No total foram analisados 356 itens de matemática. Os resultados evidenciaram que os itens não apresentaram DIF entre os grupos considerados. Argumenta‑se que tais resultados podem estar associados, tanto à melhoria nos processos teórico‑metodológicos da avaliação em larga escala, como por uma certa «homogeneização» curricular das escolas públicas brasileiras, que sistematicamente vem evidenciando pouco avanço no desenvolvimento de habilidades básicas.
description: Educação, Sociedade & Culturas, N.º 47 (2016): A avaliação das escolas: políticas, perspetivas e práticas
Avaliação do ensino profissional
Creators: name: Almeida, Ana Paula Rodrigues Dos Santos De
Publisher: name: Educação, Sociedade & Culturas
Year: 2016

description: Quadro Europeu de Garantia da Qualidade para a Educação e Formação Profissionais surge no contexto de uma europeização e da procura de resposta dos sistemas de educação e formação profissionais aos desafios do mundo do trabalho. Através de um ciclo de qualidade, baseado no ciclo PDCA e no ciclo MERI, e de um conjunto de dez indicadores procura‑se avaliar os operadores de educação e formação profissional com vista à sua melhoria e simultaneamente à sua certificação. O objetivo deste artigo é analisar as implicações do quadro EQAVET (European Quality Assurance in Vocational Education and Training) na forma como se perspetiva a educação e formação profissionais, por um lado, e, por outro lado, na forma como se entende a avaliação interna e externa das instituições. A metodologia consistiu na análise documental, tendo em conta o estado inicial de implementação no terreno. Os resultados apontam para uma conceção de educação e formação profissional como resposta às necessidades do mercado de trabalho. No que diz respeito à abordagem de avaliação, embora se reitere a importância de uma cultura de qualidade e se insista na autoavaliação como inerente a todo o sistema, os indicadores centrados nos resultados e a certificação externa indiciam o fortalecimento de fenómenos de accountability.
description: Educação, Sociedade & Culturas, N.º 47 (2016): A avaliação das escolas: políticas, perspetivas e práticas
avaliação externa das escolas e os TEIP na sua relação com a justiça social
Creators: name: Sampaio, Marta
name: Leite, Carlinda
Publisher: name: Educação, Sociedade & Culturas
Year: 2016

description: Este artigo analisa o modo como o programa Territórios Educativos de Intervenção Prioritária (TEIP) e o processo de Avaliação Externa das Escolas (AEE), em Portugal, estão a contribuir para a implementação de processos que concretizem princípios de equidade e de justiça curricular e social, isto é, de princípios que promovam uma educação democrática em escolas do ensino público. Considerando que os/as diretores/as de escolas são informantes privilegiados, o estudo recolheu dados através de um questionário online, aplicado a nível nacional, que permitiu recolher opiniões destes responsáveis escolares acerca destas duas medidas políticas em escolas TEIP e efeitos por elas gerados. A análise das respostas foi realizada através do software de análise de dados SPSS. O estudo permitiu concluir que a AEE tem produzido alguns efeitos, principalmente na atuação das lideranças e nos processos de autoavaliação que proporcionam às escolas condições para se conhecerem melhor e tomarem consciência da forma como está a ser concretizado o projeto educativo que as orienta. Esses efeitos são menos evidentes nos resultados dos alunos e no envolvimento das famílias na vida escolar, aspetos que poderiam contribuir para a promoção da equidade e justiça curricular geradora de uma justiça social, inerente a uma educação democrática.
description: Educação, Sociedade & Culturas, N.º 47 (2016): A avaliação das escolas: políticas, perspetivas e práticas
Further Bronze Age Structures at Rumney Great Wharf, Wentlooge Level
Creators: name: Nayling, Nigel
name: Caseldine, Astrid E
name: Barrow, Kate
Publisher: name: Archaeology Data Service
Year: 2017

description: Archaeology in the Severn Estuary, 10, 39-51
description: Excavations and survey on the intertidally-exposed peat shelves at Rumney Great Wharf on the Wentlooge Level of the Gwent Levels have recovered widespread evidence for human activity during the Bronze Age. This study examined the archaeological potential of both large and small palaeochannels in the vicinity of such sites, as well as excavating a small structure under imminent threat from coastal erosion and recovering the last wooden elements of a previously excavated, possible roundhouse.
Medieval Settlement on the Norht Somerset Levels, THe Fourth Season of Survey and Excavation at Puxton, 1999
Creators: name: Rippon, Stephen J
Publisher: name: Archaeology Data Service
Year: 2017

description: Archaeology in the Severn Estuary, 10, 65-73
description: During the fourth season� of fieldwork in and around Puxton, near Weston-super-Mare, on the North Somerset Levels, progress was made in five areas. Work started on a contour survey to establish whether the present settlement lies on a slight island. A structural survey of eight historic farmhouses in the parish was also carried out which points to a major period of rebuilding during the 17th century. Three houses may contain traces of late medieval structures, while medieval pottery was also collected from several gardens. There were also three excavations. Firstly, an early Romano-British (?)saltern and ditched enclosure system was investigated on the Do/moors. Secondly, in a nearby field which on the Tithe Map was called 'Hardingworth ', excavation established that a concentration of settlement-indicative heavy metals, located in a soil chemistry survey of 1998, was due to a dump of postmedieval domestic rubbish. However, a buried soil was also recorded which probably equates with that observed in 1998 at Mays Lane and dated to the Roman period. Further work was also carried out in the oval-shaped 'infield' enclosure south of the church, including a trench across the bank that runs around that field. Excavation on the main building platform near the church revealed a sequence of features containing a large assemblage of I 0th to 13th century domestic refuse, and a series of palaeoenvironmental samples was taken. These will provide excellent comparative material for the later medieval and early post-medieval assemblages recovered during excavations to the north of the village at Mays Lane, and indeed for the Romano-British material retrieved from the Do/moors, and the sites at Banwell Moor and Kenn Moor.
Formação-ação e autoavaliação de escolas
Creators: name: Costa, Estela
name: Almeida, Marta Mateus De
Publisher: name: Educação, Sociedade & Culturas
Year: 2016

description: O artigo resulta de um trabalho de análise das representações e práticas de autoavaliação realizadas em oito agrupamentos de escolas portuguesas e inscreve‑se num processo de formação das suas equipas internas de avaliação institucional. Tomou‑se como metodologia a investigação‑ação e como técnicas e instrumentos de recolha de dados, a análise documental, a observação (notas de campo) e a conversação (a apresentação e problematização dos processos vividos por cada equipa). As práticas de autoavaliação dos formandos foram objeto de questionamento, dando lugar a processos de maturação, organizacional e individual. Verificou‑se a (des)construção de modelos, aliando‑se o (des)envolvimento individual ao trabalho colaborativo e à partilha de responsabilidades. A investigação‑ação – permitindo operacionalizar os pressupostos de criação de espaços de reflexividade – traduziu, ela própria, um meio de desenvolvimento profissional dos professores e da organização.
description: Educação, Sociedade & Culturas, N.º 47 (2016): A avaliação das escolas: políticas, perspetivas e práticas
Looking Back: Analyzing Data Curator Job Postings From Past Years
Creators: name: Kimberly Gisselle Carlo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Poster presented at NAHSL (North Atlantic Health Sciences Libraries) 2024 in Mystic, CT.

 

Throughout the summer of 2024, I participated in the National Center for Data Services (NCDS) Data Internship. This internship provides practical experience to those looking to enter data librarian positions, while making strides to diversify the profession. During this project, I analyzed job postings related to data curation from the IASSIST Jobs Repository, focusing on trends in job descriptions, salaries, and required qualifications in data curation roles. The analysis covered postings from 2005 to 2024, with a specific focus on states near my location: New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania. By examining these trends and exploring emerging roles, this res