cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Recommendations for risk minimization when using Janus kinase inhibitors for the treatment of chronic inflammatory skin diseases
Creators: name: Wohlrab, Johannes
name: Kegel, Thomas
name: Große, Regina
name: Eichner, Adina
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 610

description: In accordance with article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004, the Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has re-evaluated the safety of Janus kinase inhibitors for the treatment of inflammatory diseases and formulated safety information deviating from the previous indications in the respective summary of product characteristics of the products concerned. These refer to the consideration of a possibly increased risk of venous thromboembolic or severe cardiovascular events, an increased infection rate and an increase in the prevalence of skin cancer across drugs and indications. Therefore, in patients with independent risk factors (age 65 years and older, smokers or former smokers, patients with oral contraception or hormone replacement therapy and other risk factors), it is recommended to use Janus kinase inhibitors therapeutically only if there are no suitable treatment alternatives. To facilitate a pragmatic and thorough detection of high-risk patients in everyday clinical practice, an interdisciplinary checklist was developed that is suitable as a working tool from the perspective of the dermatologist.
Food, disability and design
Creators: name: Renda, Gianni
name: Kuys, Blair
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 330310
subject: Interaction and experience design

description: This paper aims to inform the reader of the design-related challenges faced with feeding oneself with a disability. This seemingly normal task is something that is taken for granted; from a small age, we are taught to hold and use forks and knives correctly, etiquette on serving and presenting food and on maintaining a convivial and friendly atmosphere. Unfortunately, due to the effects of aging or acquired disabilities, the dignity of this simple task can be compromised. Literature suggests that mealtimes for people with a disability can cause emotional stress due to the reduction of independence, self-consciousness of their appearance, and fatigue (Backman et al., 2008) (Coleman et al., 1993 and 2006). These factors may lead to social isolation and a reduction in the pleasure of partaking in a meal in a social context. While products exist that fill the physical need for gripping and balancing, the design of these implements leave little to be desired. An investigation into the design of exemplary adaptive products, such as the ‘Smoking Glass’ by Joe Colombo and the vegetable peeler from OXO have promoted inclusion, ease of use for sufferers of arthritis and have opened up a new market segment of inclusive kitchen technologies that bring the sufferer back into the kitchen. The discipline of industrial (product) design is explored, and its pertinence to the research and development of new adaptive aids is demonstrated. Strategies for the future are proposed utilising emerging industrial design techniques and food design trends, such as molecular gastronomy are hypothesised as future areas of research and development for inclusive food design. This paper forms part of a doctoral research project from Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia. It will discuss the sensitivities of a person with a disability when confronted with designed products used during a mealtime, and will suggest potential strategies to help alleviate the emotional stressors.
The effects of urbanization on pollinators and pollination : a meta-analysis
Creators: name: Liang, Huan
name: He, Yong-Deng
name: Theodorou, Panagiotis
name: Yang, Chun-Feng
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 570

description: Urbanization is increasing worldwide, with major impacts on biodiversity, species interactions and ecosystem functioning. Pollination is an ecosystem function vital for terrestrial ecosystems and food security; however, the processes underlying the patterns of pollinator diversity and the ecosystem services they provide in cities have seldom been quantified. Here, we perform a comprehensive meta-analysis of 133 studies examining the effects of urbanization on pollinators and pollination. Our results confirm the widespread negative impacts of urbanization on pollinator richness and abundance, with Lepidoptera being the most affected group. Furthermore, pollinator responses were found to be trait-specific, with below-ground nesting and solitary Hymenoptera, and spring flyers more severely affected by urbanization. Meanwhile, cities promote non-native pollinators, which may exacerbate conservation risks to native species. Surprisingly, despite the negative effects of urbanization on pollinator diversity, pollination service measured as seed set is enhanced in non-tropical cities likely due to abundant generalists and managed pollinators therein. We emphasize that the richness of local flowering plants could mitigate the negative impacts of urbanization on pollinator diversity. Overall, the results demonstrate the varying magnitudes of multiple moderators on urban pollinators and pollination services and could help guide conservation actions for biodiversity and ecosystem function for a sustainable future.
High pressure behaviour of sulfuric acid tetrahydrate
Creators: name: Fortes, Andrew Dominic
name: Wood, Ian
name: Tucker, Matthew
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: Crystallography
Mineralogy

description: ISIS spallation neutron source experimental report. Describes work to characterise the polymorphism of sulfuric acid tetrahydrate up to 5 GPa using neutron powder diffraction.
[Halle (Saale), Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt, Morbio 4 (2)]
Creators: name: De Soma, Antonius
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 1300
Subjects: subject: Sonstige weltliche Aussteller
subject: Notarsurkunde
subject: Urkunde
subject: 090

description: Antonius de Soma, Servitor der Stadt Mailand, trägt auf Verlangen der Äbtissin des Klosters St. Redegondae und auf Anweisung des Guilielmus de Serra, Iudex und Assessor des Podestà von Mailand, den Einwohnern von Cambiago auf, ihren Gebietsbesitz verbindlich angzugeben.
Mannheim's paradox: ideology, utopia, media technologies, and the 'Arab Spring'
Creators: name: Wilken, Rowan
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This article explores the complicated historical relationship between ideology and utopia in European thought, and what this relationship can teach us when faced with the exuberant promises that characterise much new media discourse. Discussion is divided into two parts. The first develops a detailed account of how this pairing of ideology and utopia has been theorised in the influential (if contentious) earlier work of Karl Mannheim, and how the work and ideas of Mannheim have been taken up (and critiqued) by more recent critics, including Paul Ricoeur, among others. The second then uses the example of the use of social and other media technologies during the so-called 'Arab Spring' of 2010-2011 as a basis from which to consider how applicable these twin ideas of ideology and utopia are to an examination of media technologies and the discourses that attend and structure our engagements with them. The paper concludes by considering the potentially productive theoretical possibilities that continue to be found in engaging with ideology and utopia in critical examinations of media technologies and cultures.
[Halle (Saale), Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt, Morbio 4 (18)]
Creators: name: , Jordana
name: Kloster St. Redegondae
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 1303
Subjects: subject: Sonstige geistliche Aussteller
subject: Sonstige weltliche Aussteller
subject: Notarsurkunde
subject: Urkunde
subject: 090

description: Das Kapitel des Klosters St. Redegondae in Mailand und Jordana, Tochter und Erbin des verstorbenen Sechapanis de Sechapanibus und Frau des Jacobus, seinerseits genannt Puppus, Sohn des Ubertus de Possa, aus Mailand beenden einen Streit um ein Haus im Stadtgebiet Cremonas.
Exploring the advantage of self-knowledge about the influence of description of attributes on people evaluation (evaldim2)
Creators: name: Nudler, Yahel
Publisher: name: OSF Registries
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Social Psychology
subject: Cognitive Psychology
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: Attitude formation
subject: Evaluative learning
subject: Self-knowledge
subject: Social evaluation

description: The purpose of the current experiment is to explore the self-knowledge people have about the influence of the description of characteristic attributes of a specific person on its evaluation.
In the current experiment, we will try to replicate and extend our findings regarding people’s self-knowledge about the different attributes that influence them. More specifically, in the current study, we would also present participants with a target that was presented to another participant and the participant's evaluation of a target (taken from real data from our latest study evaldim1). Then, we would ask them to estimate the attributes that influence that participant's judgment.
NEW FOCUS OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS AGENDA
Creators: name: Romozonov, Ulugbek
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: The thesis delves into the institutional shift within international human rights law and how it has been received by state administrations in developing nations. Since the 1990s, there has been a notable proliferation of various institutional advancements across states, underscoring the rise of public human rights administrations in numerous countries. International law itself has undergone a transformation, moving beyond merely articulating norms and imposing constraints on states' actions. It now increasingly mandates institutional requirements aimed at bolstering state capabilities to effectively implement human rights commitments.
Apparent diffusion coefficient correlates with different histopathological features in several intrahepatic tumors
Creators: name: Surov, Alexey
name: Eger, Kai Ina
name: Potratz, Johann
name: Gottschling, Sebastian
name: Wienke, Andreas
name: Jechorek, Dörthe
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 610

description: Objectives: To investigate associations between apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) and cell count, Ki 67, tumor-stroma ratio (TSR), and tumoral lymphocytes in different hepatic malignancies. Methods: We identified 149 cases with performed liver biopsies: hepatocellular cancer (HCC, n = 53), intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (iCC, n = 29), metastases of colorectal cancer (CRC, n = 24), metastases of breast cancer (BC, n = 28), and metastases of pancreatic cancer (PC, n = 15). MRI was performed on a 1.5-T scanner with an axial echo-planar sequence. MRI was done before biopsy. Biopsy images of target lesions were selected. The cylindrical region of interest was placed on the ADC map of target lesions in accordance with the needle position on the biopsy images. Mean ADC values were estimated. TSR, cell counts, proliferation index Ki 67, and number of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes were estimated. Spearman’s rank correlation coefficients and intraclass correlation coefficients were calculated. Results: Inter-reader agreement was excellent regarding the ADC measurements. In HCC, ADC correlated with cell count (r =  − 0.68, p < 0.001) and with TSR (r = 0.31, p = 0.024). In iCC, ADC correlated with TSR (r = 0.60, p < 0.001) and with cell count (r =  − 0.54, p = 0.002). In CRC metastases, ADC correlated with cell count (r =  − 0.54 p = 0.006) and with Ki 67 (r =  − 0.46, p = 0.024). In BC liver metastases, ADC correlated with TSR (r = 0.55, p < 0.002) and with Ki 67 (r =  − 0.51, p = 0.006). In PC metastases, no significant correlations were found. Conclusions: ADC correlated with tumor cellularity in HCC, iCC, and CRC liver metastases. ADC reflects TSR in BC liver metastases, HCC, and iCC. ADC cannot reflect intratumoral lymphocytes. Clinical relevance statement The present study shows that the apparent diffusion coefficient can be used as a surrogate imaging marker for different histopathological features in several malignant hepatic lesions.
The effect of pressure on the structure of meridianiite (MgSO4. 11D2O)
Creators: name: Fortes, Andrew Dominic
name: Wood, Ian
name: Tucker, Matthew
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: Crystallography
Mineralogy

description: ISIS spallation neutron source experimental report. Describes a second attempt to characterise the phase formed at 1 GPa, 240 K by the transformation (or decomposition) of meridianiite.
Personality factors in patients with myasthenia gravis : a prospective study
Creators: name: Jordan, Berit
name: Förster, Luise
name: Buchholz, Theresa
name: Sperfeld, Anne-Dorte
name: Zierz, Stephan
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 610

description: Introduction: In myasthenia gravis (MG), depression and anxiety have frequently been reported as comorbidities. However, little is known about personality characteristics in MG patients. We aimed to characterise personality traits in MG and to correlate them with disease severity and disease course. Methods: The Big Five Inventory data questionnaire was used to investigate personality traits in 44 MG patients and 45 healthy controls similar in age and gender. In 28 MG patients, a caregiver was also available for patient assessments to limit bias associated with social desirability in patients’ responses. Patients were assessed with regard to premorbid personality (before manifestation of MG) and to present condition. In addition, anxiety and depression scales (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and Beck Anxiety Inventory) were applied. Results: Compared to controls, MG patients showed significantly higher levels of neuroticism, whereas openness and extraversion were significantly lower. Agreeableness and conscientiousness did not differ between groups. Neuroticism was influenced by disease severity such as generalization of weakness, presence of thymoma, and bulbar involvement as well as disease duration. Neuroticism correlated with premorbid level of neuroticism but also with depression and anxiety scores. Conclusion: A personality profile of increased neuroticism and lower openness and extraversion in MG patients may contribute considerably to the perception of disease severity. It may also be related to frequent comorbidities such as anxiety and depression. Although premorbid levels of neuroticism were increased, this characteristic may also increase considerably during the course of the disease. The data indicate that muscle weakness in MG is accompanied or even complicated by psychological aspects. Therefore, a psychological and behavioral intervention in addition to the specific pharmacological therapy might be of particular value.
Design of facial impact protection gear for cyclists
Creators: name: Monthatipkul, Sanga
name: Iovenitti, Pio
name: Sbarski, Igor
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The concept of facial impact protection mask for cyclists is proposed in response to increased participation in cycling and the need for injury prevention. The research aims to develop an approach for design of facial impact protection gear to reduce the risk of severe injury. Impact test equipment and procedure, face surrogate and protection material performance criteria are developed. Three groups of protective materials – rigid crushable, semi rigid, and soft cushion foams are tested and assessed according to criteria. The criteria are linked to measures of the risk of facial and brain injuries: HIC (Head Injury Criterion), peak deceleration, Face-bone damage and energy absorption. The impact energy is simulated by a drop test using a 48 mm-radius-steel hemispherical impactor, with a weight of 4.63 kg similar to that of headform J specified in AS/NZS standard. The drop-height is 1500 mm, and the linear deceleration force of the impactor is recorded and used to establish the performance of the materials. The HIC is used to predict the risk of brain injury, whereas the developed face surrogate is used to assess facial bone injury. A 5.4 m/s facial impact to the unprotected-face of a cyclist can result in the risk of severe facial bone fracture and mild brain injury. The impact test results for rigid foam protection of 40 mm thickness shows no densification (bottom out) and absorbs the impact energy without damage to the Foam-bone of the face surrogate. At 20 mm thickness, rigid polyurethane foams performed best with Foam-bone damage ranging from 15.1% to 20.5%. Other materials with thicknesses of 20 to 28 mm showed Foam-bone damage between 21.8% and 35.1%. The HIC values ranged from 267 to 522, with memory foams and expanded polystyrene foam having the lowest values. Peak deceleration ranged from 71 g to 105 g for the materials tested. It is concluded that the impact energy can be dissipated by the protection material thereby reducing the risk of severe facial injury to the protected area.
Thermoelastic properties of ammonium sulfate, (ND4)2SO4, and the P-T dependence of the para- to ferro-electric phase transition.
Creators: name: Fortes, Andrew Dominic
name: Grindrod, Peter
name: Tucker, Matthew
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: Crystallography

description: ISIS spallation neutron source experimental report. Part II of a pressure- and temperature-dependent study of deuterated ammonium sulfate designed to characterise the PVT equation of state and to study the paraelectric to ferroelectric phase transition using neutron powder diffraction.
Website navigation tools: a decade of design trends 2002 to 2011
Creators: name: Pilgrim, Chris
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The World Wide Web Consortium describes the Web as 'the universe of network-accessible information, the embodiment of human knowledge' (W3C, 2011). This vision of the Web is contingent on the ability of users to freely access and contribute to the overall system. The freedom of the Web threatens its own future due to the possibility of users being disoriented and cognitively fatigued when trying to locate desired information. Appropriate support for navigation is required if the Web is to achieve its vision. One challenge confronting website designers is to provide effective navigational support at the local level. Supplemental navigation tools such as search, sitemap and index tools are frequently included on websites to support navigation. However, there is a lack of detailed guidelines for design of such tools. Instead changes in design appear to be by natural evolution with a 'survival of the fittest' approach. This paper reports on a longitudinal survey of design of website navigation tools within commercial websites over the past decade. The survey exposes several trends in design practice, particularly in recent years. The intention of this survey is to provide a sounder basis for future research and development of website navigation tools by clarifying existing research and identifying important issues for future investigation.
Fabrication of insoluble elastin by enzyme-free cross-linking
Creators: name: Hedtke, Tobias
name: Mende, Mathias
name: Steenbock, Heiko
name: Brinckmann, Jürgen
name: Menzel, Matthias
name: Hoehenwarter, Wolfgang
name: Pietzsch, Markus
name: Groth, Thomas
name: Schmelzer, Christian E. H.
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 610

description: Elastin is an essential extracellular matrix protein that enables tissues and organs such as arteries, lungs, and skin, which undergo continuous deformation, to stretch and recoil. Here, an approach to fabricating artificial elastin with close-to-native molecular and mechanical characteristics is described. Recombinantly produced tropoelastin are polymerized through coacervation and allysine-mediated cross-linking induced by pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ). A technique that allows the recovery and repeated use of PQQ for protein cross-linking by covalent attachment to magnetic Sepharose beads is developed. The produced material closely resembles natural elastin in its molecular, biochemical, and mechanical properties, enabled by the occurrence of the cross-linking amino acids desmosine, isodesmosine, and merodesmosine. It possesses elevated resistance against tryptic proteolysis, and its Young's modulus ranging between 1 and 2 MPa is similar to that of natural elastin. The approach described herein enables the engineering of mechanically resilient, elastin-like materials for biomedical applications.
The promotion of teaching excellence in higher education: a comparison of the Australian and New Zealand approaches
Creators: name: Abbott, Malcolm
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: In this paper a comparison is made between the structure and operations of the Australian Learning and Teaching Council and the Ako Aotearoa National Centre for Tertiary Teaching Excellence of New Zealand. Both of these organisations were established in the mid 2000s and were created at a time when higher education institutions in both countries were attempting to increase their research profiles in response to changing funding criteria. Although the two organisations were established for similar reasons they did not operate in quite the same fashion and with the same degree of focus. Instead large differences in the scale of funding has meant that the Australian agency undertakes far more activities than its New Zealand counterpart, although the relative influence of the two bodies in their respective jurisdictions is similar.
Work integrated learning rationale and practices in Australian information and communications technology degrees
Creators: name: Pilgrim, Chris
name: Koppi, Tony
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: To obtain a better understanding of WIL rationale and practices in Australian ICT degrees, a survey of managers and educational leaders of ICT was undertaken. These survey results were analysed and informed by discussions at a forum of ICT educational leaders. Results indicate that WIL practices are broad with a wide range of internal (university) and external (industry) combinations to provide the student with appropriate professional experience. The majority of respondents indicated that their curricula are industry relevant, and that they offer an industry-linked final year project. Virtual or simulated work experiences also seem to be commonly practiced. The range of options is influenced by local context, staff approaches and resource availability. The majority of universities regard WIL as important and beneficial and apparently have practices that provide for industry contribution to the curriculum even though this may not be obvious to graduates in the workplace. Support provided to students for an industry placement is variable. Success measures of placements are that students have improved understanding of professional responsibility and have gained a variety of work perspectives. That the student is employable as a consequence is not seen as very important. There appears to be a tension between desired outcomes from academia and industry including those of 'work readiness' and lifelong learning. It seems that the range of options provided by universities need to be recognised by all stakeholders as contributing to the development of an ICT Professional.
EFFECTS OF CLASS OBSERVATION ON THE STUDENTS-TEACHER INTERACTION IN THE ENVIRONMENT OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASS AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Creators: name: Negin Malekshahi
Publisher: name: TuEngr Group
Year: 2019
Subjects: English class observation
Students-Teacher Interaction Observation
Classroom Environment
Foreign, Language Interaction Analysis (FLINT).

description: International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies, 10, 6, 811-823
The effect of pressure on the structure of meridianiite (MgSO4·11H2O)
Creators: name: Fortes, Andrew Dominic
name: Wood, Ian
name: Brand, Helen
name: Tucker, Matthew
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: Crystallography
Mineralogy

description: ISIS spallation neutron source experimental report. Describes an initial study of the high-pressure behaviour of meridianiite in which a transformation (or decomposition) is observed at 1 GPa, 240 K.
Dynamics of urine proteomics biomarker and disease progression in patients with IgA nephropathy
Creators: name: Peters, Björn
name: Beige, Joachim
name: Siwy, Justyna
name: Rudnicki, Michael
name: Wendt, Ralph
name: Ortiz, Alberto
name: Belen Sanz, Ana
name: Mischak, Harald
name: Reich, Heather N.
name: Nasic, Salmir
name: Mahmood, Dana
name: Persson, Anders
name: Fernström, Anders
name: Weiner, Maria
name: Stegmayr, Bernd
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 610

description: Background: Immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) frequently leads to kidney failure. The urinary proteomics-based classifier IgAN237 may predict disease progression at the time of kidney biopsy. We studied whether IgAN237 also predicts progression later in the course of IgAN. Methods: Urine from patients with biopsy-proven IgAN was analyzed using capillary electrophoresis–mass spectrometry at baseline (IgAN237-1, n = 103) and at follow-up (IgAN237-2, n = 89). Patients were categorized as “non-progressors” (IgAN237 ≤0.38) and “progressors” (IgAN237 >0.38). Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and urinary albumin–creatinine ratio slopes were calculated. Results: Median age at biopsy was 44 years, interval between biopsy and IgAN237-1 was 65 months and interval between IgAN237-1 and IgAN237-2 was 258 days (interquartile range 71–531). IgAN237-1 and IgAN237-2 values did not differ significantly and were correlated (rho = 0.44, P < .001). Twenty-eight percent and 26% of patients were progressors based on IgAN237-1 and IgAN237-2, respectively. IgAN237 inversely correlated with chronic eGFR slopes (rho = –0.278, P = .02 for score-1; rho = –0.409, P = .002 for score-2) and with ±180 days eGFR slopes (rho = –0.31, P = .009 and rho = –0.439, P = .001, respectively). The ±180 days eGFR slopes were worse for progressors than for non-progressors (median –5.98 versus –1.22 mL/min/1.73 m2 per year for IgAN237-1, P < .001; –3.02 vs 1.08 mL/min/1.73 m2 per year for IgAN237-2, P = .0047). In multiple regression analysis baseline progressor/non-progressor according to IgAN237 was an independent predictor of eGFR180days-slope (P = .001). Conclusion: The urinary IgAN237 classifier represents a risk stratification tool in IgAN also later in the course of the dynamic disease. It may guide patient management in an individualized manner.
Commissioning of a new continuously loaded high-pressure piston-cylinder cell
Creators: name: Fortes, Andrew Dominic
name: Wood, Ian
name: Dobson, David
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: Crystallography

description: ISIS spallation neutron source experimental report. Describes testing of two new titanium-zirconium piston-cylinder pressure cells optimised for time-of-flight neutron diffraction.
Effects of climate change on the distribution of plant species and plant functional strategies on the Canary Islands
Creators: name: Hanz, Dagmar Martina
name: Cutts, Vanessa
name: Barajas Barbosa, Martha Paola
name: Algar, Adam
name: Beierkuhnlein, Carl
name: Collart, Flavien
name: Fernández-Palacios, José María
name: Field, Richard
name: Karger, Dirk N.
name: Kienle, David R.
name: Kreft, Holger
name: Patiño, Jairo
name: Schrodt, Franziska
name: Steinbauer, Manuel J.
name: Weigelt, Patrick
name: Irl, Severin D. H.
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 580

description: Aim: Oceanic islands possess unique floras with high proportions of endemic species. Island floras are expected to be severely affected by changing climatic conditions as species on islands have limited distribution ranges and small population sizes and face the constraints of insularity to track their climatic niches. We aimed to assess how ongoing climate change affects the range sizes of oceanic island plants, identifying species of particular conservation concern. Location: Canary Islands, Spain. Methods: We combined species occurrence data from single-island endemic, archipelago endemic and nonendemic native plant species of the Canary Islands with data on current and future climatic conditions. Bayesian Additive Regression Trees were used to assess the effect of climate change on species distributions; 71% (n = 502 species) of the native Canary Island species had models deemed good enough. To further assess how climate change affects plant functional strategies, we collected data on woodiness and succulence. Results: Single-island endemic species were projected to lose a greater proportion of their climatically suitable area (x ̃ = −0.36) than archipelago endemics (x ̃ = −0.28) or nonendemic native species (x ̃ = −0.26), especially on Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, which are expected to experience less annual precipitation in the future. Moreover, herbaceous single-island endemics were projected to gain less and lose more climatically suitable area than insular woody single-island endemics. By contrast, we found that succulent single-island endemics and nonendemic natives gain more and lose less climatically suitable area. Main Conclusions: While all native species are of conservation importance, we emphasise single-island endemic species not characterised by functional strategies associated with water use efficiency. Our results are particularly critical for other oceanic island floras that are not constituted by such a vast diversity of insular woody species as the Canary Islands.
An empirical analysis of stock price synchronicity in emerging and developed economies
Creators: name: Khandaker, Sarod
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The paper examine the stock markets of 41 countries over a 10 year period from January 1996 to December 2005 using the classical stock synchronicity measure developed by Morck et al. (2000). The study finds evidence that stock markets in emerging economies are more synchronous than in developed financial market. In separate panel data analysis there is evidence that countries with higher stock synchronicity have higher levels of inflation and lower levels of government accountability and corporate transparency. It is also apparent that in civil law countries stock synchronicity is more closely associated with the level of corporate governance than is apparent in cotton law countries.
Thermoelastic properties of ammonium sulfate, (ND4)2SO4, and the P-T dependence of the para- to ferro-electric phase transition.
Creators: name: Fortes, Andrew Dominic
name: Grindrod, Peter
name: Knight, Kevin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: Crystallography

description: ISIS spallation neutron source experimental report. Part I of a pressure- and temperature-dependent study of deuterated ammonium sulfate designed to characterise the PVT equation of state and to study the paraelectric to ferroelectric phase transition using neutron powder diffraction.
Single-crystal analysis of disorder in deuterated and protonated mirabilite
Creators: name: Fortes, Andrew Dominic
name: Wood, Ian
name: Brand, Helen
name: Gutmann, Matthias
name: Lidunka Vocadlo
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: Crystallography
Mineralogy

description: ISIS spallation neutron source experimental report. Study designed to resolve outstanding questions regarding disorder of the sulfate anion in sodium sulfate decahydrate.
Economic evaluation of Motor Neuron Diseases : a nationwide cross-sectional analysis in Germany
Creators: name: Heinrich, Felix
name: Cordts, Isabell
name: Günther, René
name: Stolte, Marcel Benjamin
name: Zeller, Daniel
name: Schröter, Carsten
name: Weyen, Ute
name: Regensburger, Martin
name: Wolf, Joachim
name: Schneider, Ilka
name: Hermann, Andreas
name: Metelmann, Moritz
name: Kohl, Zacharias
name: Linker, Ralf A.
name: Koch, Jan Christoph
name: Radelfahr, Florentine
name: Schönfelder, Erik
name: Gardt, Pavel
name: Mohajer-Peseschkian, Tara
name: Osmanovic, Alma
name: Klopstock, Thomas
name: Dorst, Johannes
name: Ludolph, Albert C.
name: Schöffski, Oliver
name: Boentert, Matthias
name: Hagenacker, Tim
name: Deschauer, Marcus
name: Lingor, Paul
name: Petri, Susanne
name: Schreiber-Katz, Olivia
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 610

description: Background and objectives: Motor Neuron Diseases (MND) are rare diseases but have a high impact on affected individuals and society. This study aims to perform an economic evaluation of MND in Germany. Methods: Primary patient-reported data were collected including individual impairment, the use of medical and non-medical resources, and self-rated Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL). Annual socio-economic costs per year as well as Quality-Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) were calculated. Results: 404 patients with a diagnosis of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) or Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (HSP) were enrolled. Total annual costs per patient were estimated at 83,060€ in ALS, 206,856€ in SMA and 27,074€ in HSP. The main cost drivers were informal care (all MND) and disease-modifying treatments (SMA). Self-reported HRQoL was best in patients with HSP (mean EuroQoL Five Dimension Five Level (EQ-5D-5L) index value 0.67) and lowest in SMA patients (mean EQ-5D-5L index value 0.39). QALYs for patients with ALS were estimated to be 1.89 QALYs, 23.08 for patients with HSP and 14.97 for patients with SMA, respectively. Cost-utilities were estimated as follows: 138,960€/QALY for ALS, 525,033€/QALY for SMA, and 49,573€/QALY for HSP. The main predictors of the high cost of illness and low HRQoL were disease progression and loss of individual autonomy. Conclusion: As loss of individual autonomy was the main cost predictor, therapeutic and supportive measures to maintain this autonomy may contribute to reducing high personal burden and also long-term costs, e.g., care dependency and absenteeism from work.
Australian consumers' automobile decision-making styles and an application of consumer styles inventory (CSI)
Creators: name: Nayeem, Tahmid
name: Greenland, Steven
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The investigation of consumer decision-making styles has a long tradition in marketing and consumer behaviour research. The most commonly used measure of consumer decisionmaking styles is Sproles and Kendall's (1986) Consumer Styles Inventory (CSI). A major limitation of the CSI is that it measures general shopping orientation, with studies focusing on non-specific product types or low involvement purchases. However, not enough research has been done on consumer decision-making styles for high involvement purchases. This research investigates the decision-making styles, and compares high involvement consumers' decision-making styles with Sproles and Kendall's (1986) model. Based on a sample of 202 respondents from Australian automobile consumers, exploratory factor analysis was conducted on Sproles and Kendall's (1986) CSI adapted for automobile purchases. Results showed that only two factors (brand and habitual) of the original model were retained and some other factors such as investigation process; dealers, enjoyment; value within budget and innovation consciousness factor were also confirmed for high involvement decision-making styles. As such the validity of the CSI in the context of high involvement purchases can be known.
Unterrichtsqualität und intrinsische Lesemotivation im Kontext der Bund-Länder-Initiative „Bildung durch Sprache und Schrift“ (BiSS)
Creators: name: Ohle-Peters, Annika
name: Igler, Jennifer
name: Schlitter, Theresa
name: McElvany, Nele
name: Teerling, Annika
name: Köller, Olaf
Publisher: name: TU Dortmund
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Unterrichtsqualität
subject: Grundschule
subject: Lesen
subject: Motivation
subject: 370
subject: Unterricht
subject: Lesen
subject: Grundschule
subject: Intrinsische Motivation

description: Lesekompetenz gilt als fächerübergreifende Schlüsselkompetenz für Bildungserfolg und ist damit ein zentrales Ziel des Grundschulunterrichts. Vor diesem Hintergrund zielte die Bund-Länder-Initiative „Bildung durch Sprache und Schrift“ unter anderem auf die Förderung lesebezogener Kompetenzen im Leseunterricht der Grundschule ab. Der intrinsischen Lesemotivation kommt aufgrund ihres eigenständigen Wertes und wegen ihrer Zusammenhänge mit der Lesekompetenz eine große Bedeutung zu. Der vorliegende Beitrag untersucht a) Zusammenhänge zwischen schulischer BiSS-Beteiligung und der Entwicklung der Qualität des Leseunterrichts in einem quasi-experimentellen Längsschnittdesign mit N = 1032 Schülerinnen und Schülern der vierten Klassenstufe und b) Zusammenhänge von Unterrichtsqualität und der Entwicklung intrinsischer Lesemotivation. Es wurden Mehrebenenstrukturgleichungsmodelle spezifiziert und analysiert, die einen kleinen positiven Effekt schulischer BiSS-Beteiligung auf die Differenzierung im Leseunterricht zeigten. Außerdem erwiesen sich Differenzierung, Störungen im Unterricht und Merkmale des unterstützenden Unterrichtsklimas als prädiktiv für intrinsische Lesemotivation auf Individualebene.
description: Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft,;Bd 24. 2021, H. 4, S. 861-882
Grocery shopping channels: lessons from an emerging market
Creators: name: Greenland, Steven
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Emerging markets present strong growth prospects for international retailers, but ill-founded assumptions about the nature of these markets can prove costly. This paper reveals how emerging market consumers' grocery shopping channel choice and shopping behaviour is more complex than developed markets. The paper examines grocery shopping behaviour in a significant African emerging market and reveals some of the challenges facing international retailers. The research is based upon more than 3000 interviews that investigate the retail channel habits of Kenyan grocery shoppers. Findings highlight the significant economic divide between different types of Kenyan consumers who nevertheless use several common grocery shopping channels. The study also reveals the diversity of channels patronised, as well as significant variation in the frequency of households' grocery shopping. By enhancing understanding of the complexities characterising Kenyan grocery shopping behaviour the paper assists retailers and academics considering business in emerging regions.
The inclusion of immediate and lagged climate responses amplifies the effect of climate autocorrelation on long-term growth rate of populations
Creators: name: Evers, Sanne M.
name: Knight, Tiffany M.
name: Compagnoni, Aldo
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 570

description: Climate variability will increase with climate change, and thus it is important for population ecologists to understand its consequences for population dynamics. Four components are known to mediate the consequences of climate variability: the magnitude of climate variability, the effect size of climate on vital rates, covariance between vital rates and autocorrelation in climate. Recent studies have pointed to a potential fifth component: vital rates responding to climate in different timeframes, with some responding more immediately and some having lagged responses. We use simulations to quantify how all five components modify the consequences of climatic variability on long-term population growth rates across a range of life histories defined by life expectancy and iteroparity. We use an established method to compose Matrix Population Models for 147 life histories. Our simulations show that including different timeframes for vital rates responses to climate can either reduce or amplify the negative influence of climate variability on long-term population growth rates. The negative effect of different timeframes for vital rates responses on population growth is amplified when climatic autocorrelations are negative, and when species are long-lived. Synthesis. The existing literature shows that vital rates often respond to climate in different timeframes, and that studies often ignore climate autocorrelation. Our results show that simultaneously including both of these factors can substantially increase or decrease a population's expected growth rate. Moreover, the relative magnitude of this change increases with the generation time of a life history. Our results are relevant to conservation, population forecasts and population modelling in general.
Investigating the antecedents to loyalty of Internet service providers in Thailand: developing a conceptual model
Creators: name: Thaichon, Paramaporn
name: Lobo, Antonio
name: Mitsis, Ann
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This research aims to investigate the antecedents to customer retention and brand loyalty of Internet Service Providers (ISP) in Thailand. There are several reasons why consumers are motivated to purchase and repurchase Internet service packages. We have evaluated relevant extant research which has been well developed in Western countries. We then develop a conceptual model and intend to validate this in Thailand – a fast growing economy where Internet services are increasingly being marketed. The exogenous constructs of the conceptual model include influential factors such as network quality, customer service, information support, security and value. The endogenous constructs include cognitive and affective determinants such as trust, satisfaction, commitment and loyalty. We intend to empirically validate the conceptual model by obtaining relevant data in the near future.
The 'eyes' have it: how males and females look at models in advertising: an eye-tracker study
Creators: name: Zubcevic-Basic, Nives
name: Luxton, Sandra
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Visual imagery is an important element of advertising design and one aspect of this is the use of attractive models. There is support for the proposition that males and females perceive physical attractiveness in different ways, and hence will view advertising differently. It is reasonable to expect that the physical features of models that are most important to the viewer will be those they spend the most time looking at. This study examines whether there are any differences in male and female fixations when looking at images of male and female models. Eye tracking data was used to measure 21 female and 19 male participants' viewing responses. There were significant differences between genders in fixation time, and viewers did not focus on what they said were the key features. There are practical implications for advertising design and also for researchers in terms of the reliability and validity of self-reported data.
Measurement of the thermoelastic parameters of mirabilite (Na2SO4.10D2O)
Creators: name: Fortes, Andrew Dominic
name: Wood, Ian
name: Knight, Kevin
name: Brand, Helen
name: Lidunka Vocadlo
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: Crystallography
Mineralogy

description: ISIS spallation neutron source experimental report. An initial, and largely unsuccessful, attempt to measure the equation of state of mirabilite in a gas cell using neutron powder diffraction.
Guideline concordance of treatment and outcomes among adult non-hodgkin lymphoma patients in Sub-Saharan Africa : a multinational, population-based cohort
Creators: name: Mezger, Nikolaus Christian Simon
name: Hämmerl, Lucia
name: Griesel, Mirko
name: Seraphin, Tobias Paul
name: Feuchtner, Jana Cathrin
name: Kantelhardt, Eva Johanna
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 610

description: Background: Although non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) is the 6th most common malignancy in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), little is known about its management and outcome. Herein, we examined treatment patterns and survival among NHL patients. Methods: We obtained a random sample of adult patients diagnosed between 2011 and 2015 from 11 population-based cancer registries in 10 SSA countries. Descriptive statistics for lymphoma-directed therapy (LDT) and degree of concordance with National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines were calculated, and survival rates were estimated. Findings: Of 516 patients included in the study, sub-classification was available for 42.1% (121 high-grade and 64 low-grade B-cell lymphoma, 15 T-cell lymphoma and 17 otherwise sub-classified NHL), whilst the remaining 57.9% were unclassified. Any LDT was identified for 195 of all patients (37.8%). NCCN guideline-recommended treatment was initiated in 21 patients. This corresponds to 4.1% of all 516 patients, and to 11.7% of 180 patients with sub-classified B-cell lymphoma and NCCN guidelines available. Deviations from guideline-recommended treatment were initiated in another 49 (9.5% of 516, 27.2% of 180). By registry, the proportion of all patients receiving guideline-concordant LDT ranged from 30.8% in Namibia to 0% in Maputo and Bamako. Concordance with treatment recommendations was not assessable in 75.1% of patients (records not traced (43.2%), traced but no sub-classification identified (27.8%), traced but no guidelines available (4.1%)). By registry, diagnostic work-up was in part importantly limited, thus impeding guideline evaluation significantly. Overall 1-year survival was 61.2% (95%CI 55.3%-67.1%). Poor ECOG performance status, advanced stage, less than 5 cycles and absence of chemo (immuno-) therapy were associated with unfavorable survival, while HIV status, age, and gender did not impact survival. In diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, initiation of guideline-concordant treatment was associated with favorable survival. Interpretation: This study shows that a majority of NHL patients in SSA are untreated or undertreated, resulting in unfavorable survival. Investments in enhanced diagnostic services, provision of chemo(immuno-)therapy and supportive care will likely improve outcomes in the region.
RAIN-READY HOMES: ENHANCING RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION TO THRIVE IN WET CONDITIONS
Creators: name: James, Alexander Roberts
Publisher: name: Continental Journal
Year: 2024
Subjects: Construction in rainy season; Earthwork in rainy season; hoisting operation in rainy season; Equipment electricity consumption in rainy season

description: While ensuring the quality of engineering construction, we should also avoid unnecessary engineering losses that may be caused by rainfall. In view of this, this paper mainly studies the earthwork, hoisting engineering and equipment power consumption in the rainy season construction technical scheme of building engineering, and puts forward corresponding suggestions based on the actual situation. On the basis of a comprehensive analysis of the problems and difficulties in rainy season construction, this paper explains the specific technical scheme of rainy season construction and verifies it with examples, ensuring the safety and quality of construction projects and laying a solid foundation for the follow-up work