cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Doing Childhoods – Doing Futures? Ethnografische Perspektiven auf das gemeinsame Werden von Kindern und Eltern
title: Doing Childhoods – Doing Futures? Ethnographic Perspectives on the becoming-with of Children and Parents
Creators: name: Hammer, Alexandra
Publisher: name: Universität Würzburg
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 305 Soziale Gruppen

description: Würzburger Studien zur Europäischen Ethnologie; 7
Entrepreneurship as a values and leadership paradigm
Creators: name: Robinson, David
name: Goleby, M.
name: Hosgood, N.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Paradigms are ontological orientations that influence the way we construct our realities. Leadership paradigms therefore affect the way leaders go about defining their roles as leaders and applying themselves to the responsibilities of leadership. Entrepreneurship may be seen as one type of leadership orientation, namely that of leading a business venture. As such, the entrepreneurial process relates to a particular leadership paradigm. In addition, modern day business is underpinned by a particular set of values, which in their turn are associated with a paradigm. The intersection of these two paradigms - values and leadership - creates a psychological 'space' or 'new paradigm' in which entrepreneurship thrives. What is that paradigm and how does it evolve? This paper takes as its basis the 'Personal and Corporate Values Journey' model (Robinson, 1998), which is in turn derived from the work of Don Beck and Christopher Cowan (1983) of the national Values Center, U.S.A, after Graves' 'Emergent Cyclical Double Helix Model of Adult Bio-Psycho-Social Behaviour'. The model schematically represents the life journey of both the individual and the firm, wherein dualistic teleological intentions, namely responsibility and autonomy, may result in synergies conducive to entrepreneurship. The model integrates psycho-social elements, such as conditioning, power, duty, dependence-independenceinterdependence, ethics and holism, thereby giving rise to a new way of thinking about entrepreneurship in terms of the values underpinning it and thus the leadership processes it demands. The model also then provides a basis for developing appropriate managerial processes and leadership communication protocols to support and enhance the entrepreneurial culture. The paper will be of interest to small business owners interested in understanding the psychological tensions that exist within firms, corporate managers wishing to evoke a more entrepreneurial culture and academics who teach and research in the fields of entrepreneurship and leadership.
AIDS in Vietnam
Creators: name: Petrich, Martin H.
Publisher: name: südostasien informationen
Year: 2019

description: Nein, als Prostituierte versteht sie sich nicht, die arbeiten auf der Straße, meint sie. Trotzdem läßt sie sich für ihre regelmäßigen Sexdienste bezahlen. Über AIDS weiß sie wenig: "Das ist doch eine westliche Krankheit! Hier in Vietnam besteht keine Gefahr," glaubt sie.
description: südostasien informationen, Bd. 11 Nr. 3 (1995): südostasien informationen
Frauen tragen die Last
Creators: name: Wünsch, Susanne
Publisher: name: südostasien informationen
Year: 2019

description: Die Umstellung der landwirtschaftlichen Kooperativen auf private Haushaltswirtschaft hat zu erheblichen Veränderungen geführt. Waren vorher Männer wie Frauen abhängige Beschäftigte der Kooperativen (über 65% aller in der Landwirtschaft Arbeitenden sind Frauen), sind ihnen nun die Nutzungsrechte an Grund und Boden als Familien auf eigenes Risiko übertragen worden.
description: südostasien informationen, Bd. 11 Nr. 3 (1995): südostasien informationen
Watershed - Ein neues Forum für Ökologie in Festland-Südostasien
Creators: name: Redaktion, Die
name: Franke, Peter
Publisher: name: südostasien informationen
Year: 2019

description: Im Juli dieses Jahres erhielten wir die erste Ausgabe der Zeitschrift Watershed - People's Forum on Ecology (Burma, Cambodia, Laos PDR, Thailand, Vietnam), herausgegeben von der Organisation TERRA (Towards Ecological Recovery and Regional Alliance) in Bangkok. Verantwortlicher Redakteur ist der in der thailändischen Umweltbewegung bekannte Gründer der thailändischen Umweltorganisation PER (Project for Ecological Recovery), Witoon Permpongsacharoen. Watershed soll nach Ankündigung der Redaktion dreimal im Jahr erscheinen. TERRA wurde 1991 von PER gegründet, um eine regionale Zusammenarbeit auf dem Festland Südosta - siens zu fördern. TERRA gibt ferner seit Mai 1995 monatlich new frontiers - Monthly Briefing on Tourism, Development and Environment Issues in the Maekhong Subregion - heraus, was vom Tourism Investigation & Monitoring Team bearbeitet wird.
description: südostasien informationen, Bd. 11 Nr. 3 (1995): südostasien informationen
Gewalt gegen Frauen: Ausmaß und Bekämpfung
Creators: name: Skrobanek, Siriporn
name: Ellwein, Harriet
Publisher: name: südostasien informationen
Year: 2019

description: "Gewalt gegen Frauen " in Familie und Gesellschaft thematisierte die bundesdeutsche Frauenbewegung erstmals Mitte der siebziger Jahre. Damals wurden auch die ersten Frauenhäuser gegründet. Die Thailänderin Siriporn Skrobanek zeigt, daß dieses Problem in Asien nicht minder aktuell ist. Der folgende Beitrag wurde erstmals auf dem NGO-Symposion für den Workshop "Gewalt gegen Frauen" in Manila im November 1993 präsentiert und in der Zeitschrift "Voices of Thai Women" im Oktober veröffentlicht. Die deutsche Übersetzung ist leicht gekürzt.
description: südostasien informationen, Bd. 11 Nr. 3 (1995): südostasien informationen
High-pressure self-flux growth and characterization of Li-deficient Li0.95FeAs single crystals
Creators: name: Zhigadlo, N. D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Single crystals of LiFeAs were successfully grown by a self-flux method using the cubic anvil high-pressure and high-temperature technique. The reaction took place in a closed boron nitride crucible at a pressure of 1 GPa and a temperature of 1050 C. The grown crystals, retrieved from solidified lump, exhibit plate-like shapes with sizes up to 0.7 x 0.7 x 0.15 mm3. Single-crystal x-ray diffraction refinement confirmed the high structural perfection of the grown crystals (space group P4/nmm, No 129, Z = 2, a = 3.77370(10) A, c = 6.3468(6) A, and V = 90.384(9) A3) with the presence of a small deficiency on the Li site. The refined chemical composition of the produced crystals is Li0.95FeAs. Temperature-dependent magnetization measurements revealed bulk superconductivity with a superconducting transition Tc = 16 K. A comparative analysis of LiFeAs, Li1-xFeAs, and Li1-yFe1+yAs systems reveal that superconductivity is less sensitive to the Li deficiency, although it may completely disappear in the presence of both Fe excess and Li deficiency.
Dokumentation: Asien-Pazifik-NROs: Ergänzungen zur Aktionsplattform für Beijing
Creators: name: Redaktion, Die
name: Franke, Peter
Publisher: name: südostasien informationen
Year: 2019

description: Auf einem Treffen in Bangkok im Februar formulierte die Arbeitsgruppe der Asien-Pazifik-Nichtregierungsorganisationen (NRO) ihre Ergänzungsvorschläge für die Beijing Aktionsplattform. Das Dokument mit dem Titel "Stimmen aus Asien und dem Pazifik: Input aus Asien und Pazifik für die globale Aktionsplattform " diente der Arbeitsgruppe als wesentliches Lobbywerkzeug für das letzte Treffen des Vorbereitungskomitees für die Weltfrauenkonferenz 1995 im März in New York.
description: südostasien informationen, Bd. 11 Nr. 3 (1995): südostasien informationen
Accuracy of 177Lu activity quantification in SPECT imaging: a phantom study
Creators: name: Uribe, Carlos F.
name: Esquinas, Pedro L.
name: Tanguay, Jesse
name: Gonzalez, Marjorie
name: Gaudin, Emilie
name: Beauregard, Jean-Mathieu
name: Celler, Anna
Publisher: name: Springer International Publishing
Year: 2018

description: Background: The aim of the study is to assess accuracy of activity quantification of 177Lu studies performed according to recommendations provided by the committee on Medical Internal Radiation Dose (MIRD) pamphlets 23 and 26. The performances of two scatter correction and three segmentation methods were compared. Additionally, the accuracy of tomographic and planar methods for determination of the camera normalization factor (CNF) was evaluated. Eight phantoms containing inserts of different sizes and shapes placed in air, water, and radioactive background were scanned using a Siemens SymbiaT SPECT/CT camera. Planar and tomographic scans with 177Lu sources were used to measure CNF. Images were reconstructed with our SPEQToR software using resolution recovery, attenuation, and two scatter correction methods (analytical photon distribution interpolated (APDI) and triple energy window (TEW)). Segmentation was performed using a fixed threshold method for both air and cold water scans. For hot water experiments three segmentation methods were compared as folows: a 40% fixed threshold, segmentation based on CT images, and our iterative adaptive dual thresholding (IADT). Quantification error, defined as the percent difference between experimental and true activities, was evaluated. Results: Quantification error for scans in air was better for TEW scatter correction (<6%) than for APDI (<11%). This trend was reversed for scans in water (<10% for APDI and <14% for TEW). For hot water, the best results (<18% for small objects and <5% for objects >100 ml) were obtained when APDI and IADT were used for scatter correction and segmentation, respectively. Additionally, we showed that planar acquisitions with scatter correction and tomographic scans provide similar CNF values. This is an important finding because planar acquisitions are easier to perform than tomographic scans. TEW and APDI resulted in similar quantification errors with APDI showing a small advantage for objects placed in medium with non-uniform density. Conclusions: Following the MIRD recommendations for data acquisition and reconstruction resulted in accurate activity quantification (errors <5% for large objects). However, techniques for better organ/tumor segmentation must still be developed.
Burmesische Migranten: Kein Ausweg, nirgends ...
Creators: name: Vanaspong, Chitraporn
Publisher: name: südostasien informationen
Year: 2019

description: Thailands boomende Wirtschaft macht das Land zu einem Anziehungspunkt für Arbeitsmigranten. Die Schätzungen schwanken, daß zwischen einer halben und mehr als einer Million Menschen ihren Lebensunterhalt illegal in Thailand verdienen. Die meisten von ihnen kommen aus Burma. In der öffentlichen Diskussion spielen vor allem Wirtschaftsargumente und sicherheitspolitische Fragen eine Rolle. Die thailändische Journalistin Chitraporn Vanaspong hat sich am Beispiel der Insel Phuket auch mit der sozialen Situation burmesischer Migranten auseinandergesetzt.
description: südostasien informationen, Bd. 12 Nr. 2 (1996): südostasien informationen
Is bouncing easier with a negative effective dark fluid density ?
Creators: name: Fay, Stéphane
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Assuming that a cosmological model can describe the whole Universe history, we look for the conditions of a cosmological bounce thus in agreement with late time observations. Our approach involves casting such a theory into General Relativity with curvature ($Ω_κ$), matter ($Ω_{m}$), radiation ($Ω_{r}$) and an effective dark fluid ($Ω_{d}$) and formulating the corresponding field equations as a 2D dynamical system, wherein phase space points corresponding to extrema of the metric function are constrained by observational data. We show that if this effective dark fluid density is positive at the bounce, these observational constraints imply its occurrence in the future at a redshift $z<-0.81$ whatever the cosmological model (dark energy, brane, $f(R)$, etc.) corresponding to this effective dark fluid and even with a positive curvature. Hence, the effective dark fluid density must be negative at the bounce such as it arises for $z>-0.81$ and thus possibly in the past. Observations also impose that the dark fluid effective density can change sign only within the redshift range $0.54
description: 14 pages, 6 figures
Pak Mun: Die Lehren sind klar, aber hört überhaupt jemand zu?
Creators: name: Wangpattana, Anurak
Publisher: name: südostasien informationen
Year: 2019

description: Die ortsansässigen Gemeinden prophezeiten, daß das Schlimmste passieren würde, aber niemand hörte zu. Die Realität Pak Mun heißt: die Fische verschwinden, die Gemeinden sterben und immer mehr Menschen wollen Geld zur Wiedergutmachung für etwas, das nie wieder rückgängig gemacht werden kann. Pak Mun könnte schon jetzt nützlich sein, behauptet Anurak Wangpattana - als eine Lehre für das, was auch mit anderen Mekong-Nebenflüssen geschehen könnte.
description: südostasien informationen, Bd. 12 Nr. 2 (1996): südostasien informationen
LinRec: Linear Attention Mechanism for Long-term Sequential Recommender Systems
Creators: name: Liu, Langming
name: Zhao, Xiangyu
name: Zhang, Chi
name: Gao, Jingtong
name: Wang, Wanyu
name: Fan, Wenqi
name: Wang, Yiqi
name: He, Ming
name: Liu, Zitao
name: Li, Qing
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Information Retrieval (cs.IR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Transformer models have achieved remarkable success in sequential recommender systems (SRSs). However, computing the attention matrix in traditional dot-product attention mechanisms results in a quadratic complexity with sequence lengths, leading to high computational costs for long-term sequential recommendation. Motivated by the above observation, we propose a novel L2-Normalized Linear Attention for the Transformer-based Sequential Recommender Systems (LinRec), which theoretically improves efficiency while preserving the learning capabilities of the traditional dot-product attention. Specifically, by thoroughly examining the equivalence conditions of efficient attention mechanisms, we show that LinRec possesses linear complexity while preserving the property of attention mechanisms. In addition, we reveal its latent efficiency properties by interpreting the proposed LinRec mechanism through a statistical lens. Extensive experiments are conducted based on two public benchmark datasets, demonstrating that the combination of LinRec and Transformer models achieves comparable or even superior performance than state-of-the-art Transformer-based SRS models while significantly improving time and memory efficiency.
description: SIGIR 2023
Modelling the effect of proposed channel deepening on the tides in Port Phillip Bay
Creators: name: Sampson, Joe
name: Easton, Alan
name: Singh, Manmohan
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The Victorian State Government is investigating a proposal to deepen the channels into Port Phillip Bay in order to bring larger ships into the Bay. The Port of Melbourne Corporation, the Victorian State Government authority responsible for the channel deepening, has concluded that the largest increase in tidal height due to the channel deepening will be eight millimetres. This paper is an independent study on the effect of the channel deepening on the astronomical tides. The levels of tides for the existing topography and for the topography including the proposed channel deepening have been computed. Our results show that the effect of channel deepening on the astronomical tides will be to increase the maximum tidal height at most locations. We calculate that the largest increase will be nine millimetres, confirming the results of the Port of Melbourne Corporation.
Efficient and Robust Regularized Federated Recommendation
Creators: name: Liu, Langming
name: Wang, Wanyu
name: Zhao, Xiangyu
name: Zhang, Zijian
name: Zhang, Chunxu
name: Lin, Shanru
name: Wang, Yiqi
name: Zou, Lixin
name: Liu, Zitao
name: Wei, Xuetao
name: Yin, Hongzhi
name: Li, Qing
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Information Retrieval (cs.IR)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Recommender systems play a pivotal role across practical scenarios, showcasing remarkable capabilities in user preference modeling. However, the centralized learning paradigm predominantly used raises serious privacy concerns. The federated recommender system (FedRS) addresses this by updating models on clients, while a central server orchestrates training without accessing private data. Existing FedRS approaches, however, face unresolved challenges, including non-convex optimization, vulnerability, potential privacy leakage risk, and communication inefficiency. This paper addresses these challenges by reformulating the federated recommendation problem as a convex optimization issue, ensuring convergence to the global optimum. Based on this, we devise a novel method, RFRec, to tackle this optimization problem efficiently. In addition, we propose RFRecF, a highly efficient version that incorporates non-uniform stochastic gradient descent to improve communication efficiency. In user preference modeling, both methods learn local and global models, collaboratively learning users' common and personalized interests under the federated learning setting. Moreover, both methods significantly enhance communication efficiency, robustness, and privacy protection, with theoretical support. Comprehensive evaluations on four benchmark datasets demonstrate RFRec and RFRecF's superior performance compared to diverse baselines.
description: CIKM 2024
Burmas Öl
Creators: name: Höge, Helmut
Publisher: name: südostasien informationen
Year: 2019

description: Die kommerzielle Nutzung des Erdöls - und damit seine Geschichte - beginnt gemeinhin mit der ersten erfolgreichen Bohrung des "Colonel" Drake in Pennsylvania 1859. Das in Zentralburma gelegene Ölfeld Yenangyaung wird jedoch bereits seit über 1000 Jahren ausgebeutet.
description: südostasien informationen, Bd. 12 Nr. 2 (1996): südostasien informationen
Wirtschaftliche Entwicklung und die Frauen Asiens
Creators: name: Yayori, Matsui
name: Mattel-Pegam, Gesine
name: Mattel-Pegam, Manfred
Publisher: name: südostasien informationen
Year: 2019

description: Die meisten asiatischen Länder wünschen sich derzeit eine schnelle wirtschaftliche Entwicklung und scheinen begierig zu sein, von Japan zu lernen. Aber im Schatten dieser "Entwicklung" leiden die Frauen. Die Verfasserin vertritt den Standpunkt, daß diese aggressive Entwicklung geschlechtsspezifische Gewalt hervorruft.
description: südostasien informationen, Bd. 11 Nr. 3 (1995): südostasien informationen
Erdgas-Erschließung scheint Menschenrechte auszuschließen
Creators: name: Feist, Silvia
Publisher: name: südostasien informationen
Year: 2019

description: Die Nicht-Regierungsorganisationen Southeast Asian Information Network (SAIN) und EarthRight International (ERI) werfen den Ölgesellschaften Total und Unocal vor, bei der Erschließung burmesischer Erdgasfelder für schwerwiegende Menschenrechtsverletzungen mitverantwortlich zu sein.
description: südostasien informationen, Bd. 12 Nr. 2 (1996): südostasien informationen
Towards Small Object Editing: A Benchmark Dataset and A Training-Free Approach
Creators: name: Pan, Qihe
name: Zhao, Zhen
name: Wang, Zicheng
name: Long, Sifan
name: Wu, Yiming
name: Ji, Wei
name: Liang, Haoran
name: Liang, Ronghua
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: A plethora of text-guided image editing methods has recently been developed by leveraging the impressive capabilities of large-scale diffusion-based generative models especially Stable Diffusion. Despite the success of diffusion models in producing high-quality images, their application to small object generation has been limited due to difficulties in aligning cross-modal attention maps between text and these objects. Our approach offers a training-free method that significantly mitigates this alignment issue with local and global attention guidance , enhancing the model's ability to accurately render small objects in accordance with textual descriptions. We detail the methodology in our approach, emphasizing its divergence from traditional generation techniques and highlighting its advantages. What's more important is that we also provide~\textit{SOEBench} (Small Object Editing), a standardized benchmark for quantitatively evaluating text-based small object generation collected from \textit{MSCOCO} and \textit{OpenImage}. Preliminary results demonstrate the effectiveness of our method, showing marked improvements in the fidelity and accuracy of small object generation compared to existing models. This advancement not only contributes to the field of AI and computer vision but also opens up new possibilities for applications in various industries where precise image generation is critical. We will release our dataset on our project page: \href{https://soebench.github.io/}{https://soebench.github.io/}.
description: 9 pages, 8 figures, Accepted by ACMMM 2024
Kommentar: Nie wieder Krieg - ohne uns!
Creators: name: Marquardt, Klaus
Publisher: name: südostasien informationen
Year: 2019

description: Stell dir vor, sie geben Krieg, und jeder nimmt's hin! Seit dem 1. September 1995 führt die Bundesrepublik Deutschland - mit anderen - einen Interventionskrieg. Somalia und Kambodscha waren nur Etappen auf dem Weg zum Ziel. Auch ohne nüchterne Analyse - es reichte schon, bei den entsprechenden Absichtserklärungen der deutschen Führung nicht wegzuhören - war mir das eigentlich klar gewesen ... im stillen dachte ich dennoch: Sie wagen's nicht. Aber mit solcherlei Bedenklichkeit muß ich wohl ziemlich allein gestanden haben; der Kriegseintritt war gerade einen Tag lang Schlagzeilen wert.
description: südostasien informationen, Bd. 11 Nr. 3 (1995): südostasien informationen
Demokratie In Burma hat eine Adresse: Rangun, University Avenue 54
Creators: name: Petrich, Martin H.
Publisher: name: südostasien informationen
Year: 2019

description: Aung San Suu Kyi, U Tin Oo und U Kyi Maung beenden ihre Reden. Innerhalb kürzester Zeit sind die 5.000 Zuhörer verschwunden. Die Ordner machen den Platz sauber und bald kündet nichts mehr von einer politischen Versammlung. Disziplin und Zurückhaltung sind oberstes Gebot, um die Kundgebung nicht zu gefährden. Wenigstens am Samstag- und Sonntagnachmittag will man die Gewißheit haben, daß Demokratie in Burma eine Adresse hat: die University Avenue 54.
description: südostasien informationen, Bd. 12 Nr. 2 (1996): südostasien informationen
Analysis of regularized federated learning
Creators: name: Liu, Langming
name: Zhou, Dingxuan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing (cs.DC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Federated learning is an efficient machine learning tool for dealing with heterogeneous big data and privacy protection. Federated learning methods with regularization can control the level of communications between the central and local machines. Stochastic gradient descent is often used for implementing such methods on heterogeneous big data, to reduce the communication costs. In this paper, we consider such an algorithm called Loopless Local Gradient Descent which has advantages in reducing the expected communications by controlling a probability level. We improve the method by allowing flexible step sizes and carry out novel analysis for the convergence of the algorithm in a non-convex setting in addition to the standard strongly convex setting. In the non-convex setting, we derive rates of convergence when the smooth objective function satisfies a Polyak-Łojasiewicz condition. When the objective function is strongly convex, a sufficient and necessary condition for the convergence in expectation is presented.
Gaben des Mekong erhalten
Creators: name: Ahmed, Mahfuzuddin
name: Tana, Touch Seang
name: Thuok, Nao
name: Franke, Peter
Publisher: name: südostasien informationen
Year: 2019

description: "Mean tuk, mean trey" - wo Wasser ist, sind Fische - und wo es Fische gibt, sind Millionen an ländlicher Bevölkerung, die für ihren Lebensunterhalt darauf angewiesen sind. Doch die Süßwasser-Fischerei Kambodschas - eine Gabe des Mekong - ist Schwierigkeiten und künfligen Bedrohungen ausgesetzt.
description: südostasien informationen, Bd. 12 Nr. 2 (1996): südostasien informationen
B-type natriuretic peptides in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review
Creators: name: Hawkins, Nathaniel M
name: Khosla, Amit
name: Virani, Sean A
name: McMurray, John J V
name: FitzGerald, J M
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2017

description: Background: Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have increased cardiovascular risk. Natriuretic peptides (NP) in other populations are useful in identifying cardiovascular disease, stratifying risk, and guiding therapy. Methods: We performed a systematic literature review to examine NP in COPD, utilising Medline, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library. Results: Fifty one studies were identified. NP levels were lower in stable compared to exacerbation of COPD, and significantly increased with concomitant left ventricular systolic dysfunction or cor pulmonale. Elevation occurred in 16 to 60% of exacerbations and persisted in approximately one half of patients at discharge. Cardiovascular comorbidities were associated with increased levels. Levels consistently correlated with pulmonary artery pressure and left ventricular ejection fraction, but not pulmonary function or oxygen saturation. NP demonstrated high negative predictive values (0.80 to 0.98) to exclude left ventricular dysfunction in both stable and exacerbation of COPD, but relatively low positive predictive values. NP elevation predicted early adverse outcomes, but the association with long term mortality was inconsistent. Conclusion: NP reflect diverse aspects of the cardiopulmonary continuum which limits utility when applied in isolation. Strategies integrating NP with additional variables, biomarkers and imaging require further investigation.
An in-depth analysis of quiet-Sun IRIS Brightenings
Creators: name: Humphries, Llŷr
name: Morgan, Huw
name: Kuridze, David
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Small-scale brightenigs are ubiquitous, dynamic and energetic phenomena found in the chromopshere. An advanced filter-detection algorithm applied to high-resolution observations from the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph enables the detection of these brightenings close to the noise level. This algorithm also tracks the movement of these brightenings and extracts their characteristics. This work outlines the results of an in-depth analysis of a quiet-Sun dataset including a comparison of a brighter domain - associated with a super-granular boundary - to the quiescent inter-network domains. Several characteristics of brightenings from both domains are extracted and analysed, providing a range of sizes, durations, brightness values, travel distances, and speeds. The ``Active" quiet-Sun events tend to travel shorter distances and at slower speeds along the plane-of-sky than their ``True" quiet-Sun counterparts. These results are consistent with the magnetic field model of super-granular photospheric structures and the magnetic canopy model of the chromosphere above. Spectroscopic analyses reveal that BPs demonstrate blue-shift (as well as some bi-directionality) and that they may rise from the chromosphere into the TR. We believe these bright points to be magnetic in nature, are likely the result of magnetic reconnection, and follow current sheets between magnetic field gradients, rather than along magnetic field lines themselves.
description: 18 pages, 11 figures
Spielball regionaler Machtinteressen
Creators: name: Sayaseng, Somchak
Publisher: name: südostasien informationen
Year: 2019

description: Wachsende wirtschaftliche Beziehungen zu Thailand und China geben der rückständigen laotischen Wirtschaft neue Impulse. Allerdings verunsichert der rasant wachsende Einfluß Chinas den vormals wichtigsten Bündnispartner der laotischen Volksrepublik: Vietnam.
description: südostasien informationen, Bd. 12 Nr. 2 (1996): südostasien informationen
Integrated intelligence and the psycho-spiritual imperatives of mechanistic science
Creators: name: Anthony, Marcus
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper explores four underlying psycho-spiritual imperatives which drive mechanistic science, and how these have led to the depiction of consciousness as mechanistic, brain-based and localised. The consequent rejection of integrated and transpersonal depictions of consciousness is examined in particular.
title: The clinical and immunological changes induced in man by schistosomiasis
Creators: name: Kabil, SM
Publisher: name: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Year: 1980

description: This study commenced with an investigation of the role immunological changes have in the production of the anaemia of schistosumiasis and of the role that complement-mediated mechanisms play in the production of that anaemia. The investigation of these mechanisms necessitated which developed in these animals was found to be mainly normochromic, progressive and of a haemoclytlc nature. A technique for the measurement of complement in the sera of the mice was developed using radioactive materials and employing an immuno-haemolytlc mechanism. Anaemia was found to be significantly more related to a fall in complement rather than to splenomegaly. The importance of complement in the production of anaemia led to the Investigation of its importance in other pathological processes involving rnembranes upon which complement could be deposited. Fluorescent techniques ware used for this part of the work. Nepthropathy caused by compliment deposits ln the renal glomeruli was particularly investigated. In view of the evidence existing stat, a similar mechanism might be Involved in trypanosomiasis, however, the study was extended to thls Infection. A study of complement in human infection with schistosomiasis was also carried out and in this study the complement was measured by radial immuno--diffusion test. A strong positive relationship between haemoglobin and complement was found in Infected patients but not in those with schistosomiasis but without anaemia, nor was complement found to be reduced in a series of controls. Treatment with Hycanthone in man was found to be followed six weeks later by a fall in in the complement level in the serum and in the serum content immunoglobulin M ( JgM ). This part of the work led to the deduction that there is an association Between complement and immunoglobulin M in attacking schistosonin worms. A further disease in which a complement-mediated mechanism was thought to be possible in sprue in in which damage to the intestined mucosa leading to malabsorption could be complement mediated. Some patients with sprue were therefore investigated. Similarities were detected, in so far compliment-mediated immune processes are concerned between patients with sprue and those with schistosomiasis.
Numerical Investigations on Material Flow During Indirect Extrusion of Copper-Clad Aluminum Rods
Creators: name: Kuhnke, Stefan
name: Sanabria, Vidal
name: Gensch, Felix
name: Nitschke, Renè
name: Müller, Sören
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 620 Ingenieurwissenschaften und zugeordnete Tätigkeiten
subject: copper-clad aluminum
subject: indirect extrusion
subject: material flow
subject: sleeve fracture
subject: flow velocity
subject: axial stress

description: In the extrusion of clad composite materials with different flow stresses are usually used. This causes an inhomogeneous material flow which can induce sleeve or core fracture. In the present study, the material flow during indirect extrusion of copper-clad aluminum (CCA) rods was analyzed by means of experimental and numerical investigations throughout the process. In order to provide material models for the numerical analysis hot compression tests of the aluminum alloy EN AW-1080A and the copper alloy CW004A were carried out. The indirect extrusion was performed using a conical die with a semi die angle of 45° and an extrusion ratio of 14.8:1. The container was heated to 330°C, while billet, die, and ram were kept at room temperature. The extrusion trial was then modeled with the FEM based software DEFORM 2D. Cross sections were taken from the extruded rod and compared to the corresponding sections of the simulation with regard to the development of the equivalent copper cross section. As a result, the development of extrusion force and equivalent copper cross section could be clarified. The numerical investigations indicated a higher flow velocity for the aluminum core than for the copper sleeve at the bearing channel. Therefore, high tensile stresses and fractures of the copper sleeve were induced. Additionally, the validated numerical analysis made possible to determine the conditions for a successful co-extrusion of the analyzed CCA rod.
The SYGMA programme of phase 3 trials to evaluate the efficacy and safety of budesonide/formoterol given ‘as needed’ in mild asthma: study protocols for two randomised controlled trials
Creators: name: O’Byrne, Paul M., 1951-
name: FitzGerald, J. M
name: Zhong, Nanshan
name: Bateman, Eric
name: Barnes, Peter J
name: Keen, Christina
name: Almqvist, Gun
name: Pemberton, Kristine
name: Jorup, Carin
name: Ivanov, Stefan
name: Reddel, Helen K
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2018

description: Background: In many patients with mild asthma, the low frequency of symptoms and the episodic nature of exacerbations make adherence to regular maintenance treatment difficult. This often leads to over-reliance on short-acting β2-agonist (SABA) reliever medication and under-treatment of the underlying inflammation, with poor control of asthma symptoms and increased risk of exacerbations. The use of budesonide/formoterol ‘as needed’ in response to symptoms may represent an alternative treatment option for patients with mild asthma. Methods/design: The SYmbicort Given as needed in Mild Asthma (SYGMA) programme consists of two 52-week, double-blind, randomised, multicentre, parallel-group, phase 3 trials of patients aged 12 years and older with a clinical diagnosis of asthma for at least 6 months, who would qualify for treatment with regular inhaled corticosteroids (ICS). SYGMA1 aims to recruit 3750 patients who will be randomised to placebo twice daily (bid) plus as-needed budesonide/formoterol 160/4.5 μg, placebo bid plus as-needed terbutaline 0.4 mg, or budesonide 200 μg bid plus as-needed terbutaline 0.4 mg. The primary objective is to demonstrate the superiority of as-needed budesonide/formoterol over as-needed terbutaline for asthma control, as measured by well-controlled asthma weeks; a secondary objective is to establish the noninferiority of as-needed budesonide/formoterol versus maintenance budesonide plus as-needed terbutaline using the same outcome measure. SYGMA2 aims to recruit 4114 patients who will be randomised to placebo bid plus as-needed budesonide/formoterol 160/4.5 μg, or budesonide 200 μg bid plus as-needed terbutaline 0.4 mg. The primary objective is to demonstrate the noninferiority of as-needed budesonide/formoterol over budesonide bid plus as-needed terbutaline as measured by the annualised severe exacerbation rate. In both studies, use of all blinded study inhalers will be recorded electronically using Turbuhaler® Usage Monitors. Discussion: Given the known risks of mild asthma, and known poor adherence with regular inhaled corticosteroids, the results of the SYGMA programme will help to determine the efficacy and safety of as-needed budesonide/formoterol therapy in mild asthma. Patient recruitment is complete, and completion of the phase 3 studies is planned in 2017. Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov identifiers: NCT02149199 SYGMA1 and NCT02224157 SYGMA2. Registered on 16 May 2014 and 19 August 2014, respectively.
Buchbesprechung: Mario Kahl, Doris Klughardt, Sven v.d. Ohe (Hrsg): Seeing The People Behind The Trees
Creators: name: König, Thomas
Publisher: name: südostasien informationen
Year: 2019

description: Das Buch gliedert sich in drei Themenblöcke: 1. Waldnutzung und Ressourcenmanagement, 2. Naturschutz-, Lösungsstrategien und Konfliktlöser 3. Waldnutzung zwischen Armut, Nachhaltigkeit und Kommerz.
description: südostasien informationen, Bd. 12 Nr. 2 (1996): südostasien informationen
Buchbesprechung: Bernd Girrbach, Rolf Lambert, Manfred Linke, Elke Werry: Mekong. Wilder Fluß und Lebensader Südostasiens
Creators: name: Hoffmann, Thomas
Publisher: name: südostasien informationen
Year: 2019

description: Wenig, so scheint es, ist auf unserer vielfältig vernetzten und technisierten, bis in den letzten Winkel erschlossenen Welt noch zu entdecken. Forschungsreisen mit dem Ziel, etwa die Quellen der großen Ströme der Erde zu erkunden, empfinden wir teils wehleidig, teils triumphierend folgerichtig als mühsame Unterfangen der Vergangenheit. Und doch gibt es sie noch - wenn auch nur sehr vereinzelt - die Erforschung bzw. die erforderliche Berichtigung längst erledigt geglaubter Fragen.
description: südostasien informationen, Bd. 12 Nr. 2 (1996): südostasien informationen
From Arduino to FPGA: Synthesizing hardware from code!
Creators: name: Silver, Justin
Publisher: name: F1000 Research Limited
Year: 2020

description: Presentation slides for the July 31st, 2020 Monthly Mini Hacks webinar hosted by the Surrey Reproducibility Society.

In this talk, how to blink an LED (the hardware equivalent of "Hello, World!") is first explored with the Arduino ecosystem, and then with an FPGA development board. Brief introductions are given for both of these technologies and a lengthier discussion about digital logic and basic logic gates is included. The Arduino is programmed with its proper language and the FPGA is coded using VHDL. A structural coding approach is taken for the FPGA, where functional components are connected and the associated blinking circuit is explained.

The goal of the presentation was to bring forth two drastically different methods for completing the task at hand. Whereas a very high level and sequential mindset is required when coding the Arduino, FPGA design demands the programmer to think in terms of hardware.

Note: For reader clarity, the slides have been slightly modified from those presented on July 31st, 2020.
Editorial
Creators: name: Franke, Peter
Publisher: name: südostasien informationen
Year: 2019

description: Aus Anlaß der Weltfrauenkonferenz der Vereinten Nationen in Beijing haben wir die Situation der Frauen in Südostasien erneut zum Schwerpunktthema gemacht. Leider war der Redaktionsschluß dieses Heftes vor dem Ende der Konferenz, sodaß wir - anderes als in dem Heft 3/85 vor 10 Jahren - weder einen Bericht über die NRO-Konferenz noch über die der Regierungsvertreter bringen können. Wir haben uns daher um möglichst aktuelle Artikel bemüht, die im Vorfeld dieser Konferenz über die verschiedenen Aspekte der Situation von Frauen berichten.
description: südostasien informationen, Bd. 11 Nr. 3 (1995): südostasien informationen
Agricultural Nitrogen Pollution of Freshwater in Germany. The Governance of Sustaining A Complex Problem
Creators: name: Kirschke, Sabrina
name: Häger, Astrid
name: Kirschke, Dieter
name: Völker, Jeanette
Publisher: name: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Common Agricultural Policy
subject: European Water Framework Directive
subject: Nitrates Directive
subject: water pollution
subject: water quality
subject: wicked problems
subject: 690 Hausbau, Bauhandwerk

description: The nitrogen pollution of freshwater heavily affects social–ecological systems. To reduce negative effects, research calls for an integrated approach, including a coherent and diverse set of governance instruments. Thus far, however, the effects of (non-)integration have been blurry. Taking Germany as an example, this study sheds light on the actual complexity of the problem along five dimensions of complexity (goals, variables, dynamics, interconnections, and uncertainties). It also sheds light on related governance instruments (rules, information, and economic incentives) and their impacts on problem-solving (implementation of specific measures). Analyses include expert interviews on complexity, European water and agricultural policies, and official data on theplanning and implementation of measures to reduce nitrogen concentrations. Results show Germany’s path of sustaining a complex problem by using a non-coherent and low diversity governance approach, avoiding rigorous rules, and barely using economic instruments to deal with nitrogen surpluses. A stronger integration of water and agricultural policies, as well as a better use of economic instruments, are suggested to enhance water quality in the future.
Investigating motivations and experiences of design doctoral students: research design and results from a study in Germany
Creators: name: Wolfel, Christian
name: Melles, Gavin
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: In Germany, doctorates in the design principle are developing with increased enrolments, completions and new programs. However we know little about the motivations, experiences and challenges of current candidates. Mixed-methods studies employ qualitative and quantitative methods to research such educational issues. On the basis of qualitative and quantitative data from a survey of doctoral students (n=39) gathered during a publicly funded research exchange, the authors demonstrate what can be learned through such methodologies. In this paper, we focus on the research methodology as it is applied in different studies in design in Germany and may be used as a basis for similar studies in other regions or domains. The study findings indicate some of the current tensions and challenges in this area, which require addressing as doctoral design in Germany develops.
Sinigang und Tinikling - Zum Seminar des Philippinenbüros
Creators: name: Wappler, Ulla
Publisher: name: südostasien informationen
Year: 2019

description: Mit einem "Mitmachseminar" vom 17.-19. März 1995, an dem sowohl deutsche als auch philippinische Künstler teilgenommen haben, hat das Philippinenbüro e. V. seine neuen Räumlichkeiten im Asienhaus eingeweiht. Zwischen Suppe (Sinigang) und Bambustanz (Tinikling) sollte sich das diesjährige Seminar des Philippinenbüros zum Thema Kultur bewegen, und sollte gleichzeitig die erste Veranstaltung in den neuen Räumen des Asienhauses sein.
description: südostasien informationen, Bd. 11 Nr. 2 (1995): südostasien informationen
Wake-up to Make-up?
Creators: name: Werning, Rainer
Publisher: name: südostasien informationen
Year: 2019

description: "Asia's Wake-up Call to Europe - The Perspectives for the Philippines" lautete der Weck-, Lock- und Aufruf zu einer zweitägigen Konferenz, die das 1973 gegründete Transnational Institute (TNI), ein internationales Netzwerk kritischer Wis- senschaftlerlnnen, am 13./14. März 1995 ausrichtete. Als Tagungsort diente das Königliche Tropeninstitut zu Amsterdam. Dessen sakral-koloniales Ambiente hätte kaum markanter den scharfen Kontrast zwischen hoffähigem Lobbyismus und den Arbeitsbedingungen philippinischer NGOs demonstrieren können.
description: südostasien informationen, Bd. 11 Nr. 2 (1995): südostasien informationen
bittere Nachgeschmack der Hannovermesse
Creators: name: Hansen, Juliane
Publisher: name: südostasien informationen
Year: 2019

description: Aufgrund der Demonstrationen in Dresden und Hannover gegen den Staatsbesuch des indonesischen Präsidenten Suharto zeigte sich dieser in einer Art und Weise verärgert, wie ihn die Öffentlichkeit in der gesamten Geschichte der Neuen Ordnung (d.h. die Zeit seit Suhartos Machtergreifung 1965) noch nicht erlebt hat. Suhartos Zorn ließ die Ereignisse von Dresden zum beherrschenden Thema in den indonesischen Medien werden und sorgte in Indonesien für großen innenpolitischen Wirbel.
description: südostasien informationen, Bd. 11 Nr. 2 (1995): südostasien informationen
Erinnern und Verstehen - Zum Tod von Jürgen Horlemann
Creators: name: Kotte, Heinz
Publisher: name: südostasien informationen
Year: 2019

description: Am 24. Mai 1995 starb Jürgen Horlemann im Alter von 54 Jahren an einem langen Krebsleiden. Er war seit 1987 Mitglied in unserem Trägerverein und hat im Rahmen seiner Möglichkeiten und des Verlages die Arbeit der Südostasien Informationsstelle unterstützt. In der Ausrichtung seines Verlages auf Übersetzung und Verbreitung von Literatur aus Ostasien haben wir immer eine sehr wichtige Ergänzung zu unserer Informationsarbeit gesehen, durch die eine tieferes Verständnis für die Kultur und soziale Wirklichkeit in Ostasien hier geschaffen wird. Seine politischen und journalistischen Erfahrungen und seine Kenntnisse insbesondere auch über Südostasien wußten wir sehr zu schätzen. Wir waren ihm dankbar für so manchen Rat in Hinblick auf unsere Arbeit, insbesondere auch auf die Produktion und den Vertrieb von Publikationen. Mit unserem Umzug in das Asienhaus nach Essen hatten wir uns eigentlich vorgenommen, mit ihm einmal ausführlicher über die Möglichkeiten des Ausbaus eines Vertriebes und Verlages und einer möglichen Zusammenarbeit zu sprechen. Wir haben mit Jürgen eine wichtige Stütze unserer gemeinsame Arbeit verloren. Im folgenden drucken wir einen Nachruf von Heinz Kotte ab, der schon lange mit Jürgen insbesondere zu Vietnam und Kambodscha zusammengearbeitet hatte.
description: südostasien informationen, Bd. 11 Nr. 2 (1995): südostasien informationen
Additional file 1 of Exploring the left behind: unheard complication of endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA)
Creators: name: Pahuja, Sourabh
name: Bajad, Pradeep
name: Agarwal, Satyam
name: Khanna, Arjun
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Mental Health

description: Supplementary Material 1.
Integrating fisheries and agricultural programs for food security
Creators: name: Fisher, Brendan
name: Naidoo, Robin
name: Guernier, John
name: Johnson, Kiersten
name: Mullins, Daniel
name: Robinson, Dorcas
name: Allison, Edward H
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2018

description: Background: Despite the connections between terrestrial and marine/freshwater livelihood strategies that we see in coastal regions across the world, the contribution of wild fisheries and fish farming is seldom considered in analyses of the global food system and is consequently underrepresented in major food security and nutrition policy initiatives. Understanding the degree to which farmers also consume fish, and how fishers also grow crops, would help to inform more resilient food security interventions. Results: By compiling a dataset for 123,730 households across 6781 sampling clusters in 12 highly food-insecure countries, we find that between 10 and 45% of the population relies on fish for a core part of their diet. In four of our sample countries, fish-reliant households are poorer than their counterparts. Five countries show the opposite result, with fish-reliant households having higher household asset wealth. We also find that in all but two countries, fish-reliant households depend on land for farming just as much as do households not reliant on fish. Conclusions: These results highlight the need for food security interventions that combine terrestrial and marine/freshwater programming if we are going to be successful in building a more resilient food system for the world’s most vulnerable people.