cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The effects of plasma and nuclear friction on heavy-ion fusion: an open quantum system perspective
Creators: name: Lee, Iain Garian
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2024
Subjects: Coupled-channels density-matrix
open quantum systems
sub-barrier nuclear fusion
quantum tunnelling
Lindblad dynamics
plasma environment
nuclear friction

description: This thesis contains the theoretical work produced to achieve three goals. Firstly, by
description: understanding the basics of density matrices and open quantum systems, the intricacies of
description: the equations of motion could be understood and a new, key feature, the window operator,
description: could be added to the coupled-channel density-matrix (CCDM) model. From this, the
description: addition of quantum observable calculations such as entropy, energy dissipation and purity
description: were made possible, but more importantly this permitted the calculation of energy-resolved
description: fusion probabilities that were previously unobtainable with this fully quantum dynamical
description: method.

description:

description: The next step was motivated by the curiosity of heavy-ion fusion in hot, dense plasmas. A
description: review of the potential effects of plasma on heavy-ion fusion reactions was conducted, and
description: significant results were found for one attribute of the plasma: temperature. It is known
description: that the higher-end of plasma temperatures in stellar environments become hot enough
description: that heavy-ions with low-lying excited states are significantly populated prior to a nuclear
description: reaction. However, this has not been applied to nuclear fusion and hence the CCDM model
description: was employed to fill this void. Temperature was found to increase fusion probabilities
description: compared to calculations that did not include temperature effects, and a short theoretical
description: explanation of the increase was provided.

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description: Finally, the CCDM model was applied in the context of nuclear friction. Using an adjusted
description: phenomenological friction form factor introduced by Gross and Kalinowski, the effects of
description: friction were included as an environment. The inclusion of friction resulted in increased
description: fusion probabilities compared to frictionless calculations, and an improvement on the barrier
description: distribution when comparing theory to experimental results.
Scrapter hergi Kuhlmann, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Kuhlmann, Michael
name: Friehs, Thyra
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Colletidae
Scrapter
Scrapter hergi

description: Scrapter hergi Kuhlmann sp. nov.
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Fig. 4
Diagnosis
The male of S. hergi Kuhlmann sp. nov. can be separated from all other species of this group by the combination of the following characters: head distinctly longer than wide (Fig. 4E); antenna ventrally orange-brown (Fig. 4E); hind tibia apically broadened inside, forming a ± right angle (Fig. 4G) and the shape of S7 (Fig. 4F). The female is unknown.
Etymology
The species is dedicated to Hergen (‘Hergi’) Erhardt, Edewecht (Germany) who joined and supported me (MK) in a couple of collecting trips; noun in apposition.
Material examined (1 specimen)
Holotype
SOUTH AFRICA • ♂; Roggeveld Mts, 2 km SE of Farm Allemansdam, burnt area; 31°49′32″ S, 19°59′55″ E; alt. 1290 m a.s.l.; 2 Sep. 2017; MK leg.; RCMK.
Description
Female
Unknown.
Male
BODY LENGTH. 5.8 mm.
HEAD. Head longer than wide. Integument black, except mandible partly dark reddish-brown. Face covered with long, greyish-white, erect hair. Malar area medially narrow, almost linear. Antenna dorsally dark brown, ventrally orange-brown (Fig. 4E).
MESOSOMA. Integument black. Mesoscutal disc between punctures strongly reticulate and matt; disc finely, very shallowly and almost invisible, very sparsely (i = 3–5 d) punctate. Mesoscutum, scutellum, metanotum, mesepisternum and propodeum covered with long, greyish, erect hair (Fig. 4A).
WINGS. Slightly yellowish-brown; wing venation and stigma brown.
LEGS. Integument black to dark reddish-brown. Hind tibia inside apically broadened, forming a ± right angle (Fig. 4G). Vestiture greyish-white.
METASOMA. Integument black, apical margins of terga partly narrowly translucent dark reddish-brown (Fig. 4C). Discs of T1–T2 without hair, following terga with sparse and short but successively more and longer hair; apical tergal hair bands missing on all terga (Fig. 4C). T1–T3 densely (i = 0.5–1 d) but finely punctate, T4 and following terga almost invisible very finely and superficially punctate; between punctures superficially sculptured and shiny to slightly matt; T2–T4 with narrow, superficially sculptured but shiny apical tergal depression (Fig. 4C). S3 and particularly S4–S5 with sparse, long apical hair fringes.
TERMINALIA. Genitalia (Fig. 4B, D), S7 (Fig. 4F) and terminal plate of S8 (Fig. 4H) as illustrated.
Distribution
Only known from the type locality in the northern part of the Roggeveld Mts south of Calvinia.
Floral hosts
Unknown.
Seasonal activity
September.
description: Published as part of Kuhlmann, Michael & Friehs, Thyra, 2020, Nine new species and new records of euryglossiform Scrapter Lepeletier & Serville (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) from South Africa, pp. 1-33 in European Journal of Taxonomy 647 on pages 9-11, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.647, http://zenodo.org/record/3836052
Nachrichten
Creators: name: Timmann, Anke
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Nachrichten aus der Region.
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Economics of upgrading SWER distribution systems
Creators: name: Hosseinzadeh, Nasser
name: Rattray, John
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper reports on the various means by which Single Wire Earth Return (SWER) distribution systems may be upgraded, comparing the various limits that are associated with each method and the economic costs of its deployment. An existing overloaded SWER system, Mistake Creek North in Central Queensland - Australia, has been used as a concrete example. Conclusions are drawn about the appropriateness of each method and recommendations are made.
Visual Poetry in the Anthropocene: Sculpting & Materialising Language as a Social, Ecological and Feminist Gesture
Creators: name: Papachristodoulou, Astradeni
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2023

description: Materials play a significant political and ecological role in twenty-first century life, and as our understanding of human footprints grows, so does the need for poetry that engages with our current proposed geological time, the Anthropocene. This body of work, in addition to its accompanying creative portfolio, considers contemporary ‘sculptural poetry’ as a practice in dialogue with its environment, shifting this term from its ekphrastic sense that historically describes poems about sculptures, and towards a poetic form whose sensorial stimuli have the potential to produce somatic and activist responses. Through my critical and creative work, I consider sculptural poetry as a form with linguistic and sensorial values tied to the properties and use of materials with interactive strata and transformative qualities.

description:

description: The human footprint, climate change, bee decline, ecological and social justice, activism, mourning and healing: these are some of the core, recurring ideas that inform both the creative and critical dimensions of this doctoral project. I also position my research around relevant work produced primarily by women in the Anthropocene at the intersection of a number of theoretical and critical paradigms, namely ecofeminism, Joseph Beuys’ concept of ‘social sculpture’, decolonial thought and new materialism. All of these elements will contribute towards seeing feminist contemporary sculptural poetry, rooted in social and ecological justice, as a future-facing form of creative expression.

description:

description: The creative portfolio of this research enacts a poetics of pollination – a poetics in which individual poets inevitably feed from others’ practices and are part of a larger continuum. Furthermore, the portfolio brings together multiple sculptural poetries and hands-on techniques to make connections between diverse interdisciplinary women practitioners and their works to celebrate and expand visual poetry as a space of enduring presence, community and activism for women and intersecting groups. My poems often take the shape of objects bound in beeswax, laurel wreaths, protest banners, and bio-resin sculptures to address the crises instigated or intensified by anthropogenic climate change. They respond to various women poets and artists, from Maggie O’Sullivan to Cecilia Vicuña and Mirella Bentivoglio, but also stand as a fully autonomous body of generative work, meaningful in its own right; my sculptural poems showcase the use and confluence of varied organic and synthetic materials (from discarded fish nets to wood and damar resin) many of which are often tainted by other elements (e.g., blood, rust or soil); they produce, through the materials, the disruption suggested in the linguistic dimension of the poems as means of performing an ecologically potent body of three-dimensional artworks in and for the Anthropocene.
Effects of atmospheric stratification on flow and dispersion in the urban environment.
Creators: name: Marucci, Davide
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2020

description: Atmospheric stratification involves differences in the air density caused by a positive (stable) or negative (unstable) vertical gradient of virtual potential temperature. The stability of the layer depends on the stratification and affects the atmospheric boundary layer depth and structure as well as velocity, temperature and turbulence properties. In the first phase of the work, artificially thickened stable and unstable boundary layers were simulated in the EnFlo wind tunnel over a very rough surface, by means of spires, roughness elements and heaters. The effect of different parameters was investigated (among them, inlet temperature profile, capping inversion and surface roughness). These boundary layers were then employed as approaching flow for two idealised urban model geometries. A regular array of rectangular blocks was considered as geometry while a pollutant tracer was released from a point source at ground level. Mean and fluctuating velocities, temperatures and concentrations were sampled, together with heat and pollutant fluxes. The analysis of the data revealed that even in case of weak stratification there are important modifications inside and above the canopy on both the urban boundary layer and the plume characteristics. Finally, the combined effects of a stable approaching flow and local surface heating were investigated in a bi-dimensional street canyon geometry. This was an entirely novel experimental design and the results highlighted how both local and incoming stratification can significantly affect the flow and dispersion at a microscale level in a complex way that depends on the particular case of study. This work sheds more light on the effects of stratification and encourages further work on the topic. The experimental database produced during the project is unique and of high quality. It can assist in developing, improving and validating numerical models, as well as developing parametrisations for simpler models.
An online mindfulness-based intervention for carers of stroke survivors : a randomised feasibility study.
Creators: name: Langé, Amanda
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2020

description: Purpose: Carers of stroke survivors face a range of challenging demands. There is an increasing interest in using mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) to provide support for carers. The main aims of this study were to assess the acceptability of an online MBI for carers of stroke survivors and the feasibility of recruiting into a wait-list controlled study design. Methods: Carers of stroke survivors were recruited through charitable and voluntary organisations. Participants were randomised to the intervention (an online, four-week MBI) or waitlist control group. Primary outcomes included participant feedback and/or interview, recruitment and retention rates and reports of intervention adherence. Outcome measures assessing burden, quality of life, stress, depression, anxiety, mindfulness and coping were also administered. Results: Twenty-seven people requested or made contact regarding the study and 15 consenting participants were screened and randomised. At six weeks, attrition was 40%. Overall, 12/15 participants accessed the MBI. Five participants completed it and feedback indicated the MBI was acceptable to them. Qualitative data from one withdrawn participant identified barriers to taking part. Intervention adherence could not be reliably assessed. Group medians, interquartile ranges and individual change analyses did not indicate a clear pattern of changes on outcome measures, although evidence of improvement and deterioration were identified on some. Conclusions: Results suggest limited feasibility of extending the current methodology to a larger trial. Carers’ situations may pose limitations on their ability to engage in an online MBI, although for a subset of carers, this intervention appears acceptable. Recommendations for future trials are made.
Kontinuität und Konsolidierung: Laos zwischen Parteikongress und Parlamentswahlen
Creators: name: Tappe, Oliver
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Anfang 2006 verkündete die Regierung der Laotischen Demokratischen Volksrepublik, dass die für 2007 geplanten Wahlen zur sechsten Nationalversammlung (dem laotischen Parlament) auf den 30. April 2006 vorgezogen werden sollten.
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Alter kommt vor Schönheit: In Laos gibt es ihn noch, den traditionellen Stellenwert des Alters in der Gesellschaft
Creators: name: Timmann, Anke
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Es gibt in Laos keine Altersheime und Seniorenstifte und bis auf wenige Ausnahmen keine Rente. Stattdessen leben alte Menschen in ihren Familien, die sich um sie kümmern.
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title: Rhythmicity and the Deleuzian
title: Investigating a Notion of the Musical-Philosophical in Practice as Research
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: TROMANS, STEVE
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2020

description: This thesis brings together my music improvisation and composition and Gilles Deleuze’s philosophy of time, for the purpose of creating a musical-philosophical concept I am calling Rhythmicity. In three practice as research projects, I set out to investigate how music and philosophy can work together to make a fresh contribution to both fields, as well being of relevance to scholarship in practice as research in music, Deleuze studies, experimental music, and Performance Philosophy.
description: I argue that the relationship between music and philosophy can be understood in rhythmic terms, as a complex interdisciplinary movement operating in multiple dimensions. Rhythmicity is evolved by incorporating the insights of each project/chapter into the apparatus of its successor/s. In this way, the temporal dimensions of Rhythmicity are plotted in a series of interlinked movements: in Chapter One, as a simultaneous cyclical and hyperbolic movement of the musical-philosophical as experienced by the reader-listener; in Chapter Two, as a complex folding of multiple possible movements and harmonic combinations in what I call a tonality of time; and, in Chapter Three, as a temporal line-cycle intertwining the musical and the philosophical expressed in the triple perspective of composer, performer, listener, and what I call the Rhythmicity of silences.
description: Alongside offering a concept of the ways in which music and philosophy interact, I conclude that Rhythmicity provides a way to rethink the temporal in respect of how we model its movements and relationships. Through the models of temporal interaction devised in each chapter, Deleuze’s concepts are transformed via their incorporation into the musical-philosophical mix. In addition, music improvisation and composition are shown to be utilisable for more than the making of music alone, with the thesis providing fresh insight for the fields of music practice as research and Performance Philosophy in respect of its uniqueness of process and output.
An Empirical Analysis of Environmental and Climate Inequalities across Italian census tracts
Creators: name: Drigo, Alessandra
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Climate Change
subject: Sustainability
subject: Environmental inequality
subject: Environmental justice
subject: Air pollution
subject: Socioeconomic status
subject: Climate Justice
subject: Discomfort Index

description: This study offers the first analysis of environmental and climate inequalities at the census tract level in Italy, providing valuable insights into spatial patterns of environmental and social vulnerability. The results highlight significant environmental inequality related to exposure to air pollution (PM2.5), as well as climate inequality linked to thermal discomfort (measured by the Discomfort Index). Among all regions, the Padana Valley stands out as the most severely affected by both stressors, marking its population as particularly vulnerable—regardless of their socioeconomic status. At the national level, the analysis identifies a negative correlation between exposure to environmental stressors and income proxies, and a positive correlation with the presence of non-European foreign residents. These associations remain robust even when the focus shifts to census tracts within the same municipality, suggesting that environmental and social inequalities persist not only across regions but also within local urban contexts.
Nachrichten
Creators: name: Knappe, Eberhard
name: Wünsch, Susanne
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Nachrichten aus der Region.
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Tracing the Structure and Evolutionary History of the Small Magellanic Cloud with Galactic Archaeology
Creators: name: Sakowska, Joanna Diana
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2024
Subjects: Galaxy evolution
Magellanic Clouds
Galaxies: star formation
Stars & galaxies
Dwarf galaxies
Sky surveys (astronomy)
Surface brightness
Physical Sciences

description: Understanding how galaxies form and evolve remains of the biggest open questions in modern day astrophysics. Stars play a crucial role in deciphering galaxy formation as they retain information about the conditions of their host galaxies at the time of their birth. By resolving individual stars and studying their properties, we can uncover direct links to their host’s past history, performing what is known as “galactic archaeology”. The Magellanic Clouds (MCs), visible from Earth as “milky patches” in the sky, provide a unique window into how galaxies interact and evolve, offering valuable insights into the Lambda Cold Dark Matter (ΛCDM) model that governs the behaviour of our Universe. The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), in particular, exhibits a highly disrupted morphology, encoding clues on its past interactions with the neighbouring Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). The goal of the present thesis is to probe galaxy evolution by producing a state-of-the-art picture of the complex evolutionary history of the SMC. First, I present a detailed star formation history (SFH) of a shell-like structure in the SMC’s northeastern outskirts. I provide direct evidence that this structure formed due to the complex interplay between the SMC, the LMC, and the Milky Way (MW) over the last ∼2 Gyrs. To derive the SFH, I develop a new method that uses Red Clump (RC) stars to quantify theline-of-sight depth of the region, incorporating this depth into the SFH derivation. Theoretical tests with mock stellar populations confirm the method’s robustness, showing that accounting for the SMC’s line-of-sight depth results in more accurate age and metallicity determinations. Following this, I derive the SFH for the entire SMC and its peripheral region. The SMC has experienced star formation enhancements ∼2 Gyr, ∼1.3 Gyr, ∼0.9 Gyr, ∼0.5 Gyr, and ∼0.2 Gyr ago, as well as one ongoing episode, all linked to the interactions with the LMC. The radially integrated SFH reveals a positive age gradient across the SMC, and several plausible causes for it are evaluated. I derive a mean metallicity, [Fe/H] ∼ -0.94± 0.06 0.07 for the entire SMC fromphotometric metallicity maps, which show subtle gradients towards the LMC. Finally, I present technical work towards a comprehensive exploration of the Magellanic periphery for ancient ultra-faint dwarf galaxies/clusters associated with the MCs. The results presented in this thesis demonstrate the influence of the LMC (and the MW) on the structure and evolution of the SMC, shedding new light on how the SMC arrived at its current, complex state.
Same procedure as ... Zum zehnten Parteitag der Kommunistischen Partei Vietnams
Creators: name: Wünsch, Susanne
name: Knappe, Eberhard
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Der zehnte Parteitag brachte für die ausländischen Beobachter die eine oder andere sensationelle Neuerung. Schon im Vorfeld gab es in verschiedenen Internet-Foren und in manchen Presseorganen rege Diskussionen über die führende Rolle der Partei in Staat und Gesellschaft.
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Scrapter nitens Kuhlmann, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Kuhlmann, Michael
name: Friehs, Thyra
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Colletidae
Scrapter
Scrapter nitens

description: Scrapter nitens Kuhlmann sp. nov.
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Fig. 8
Diagnosis
The female of S. nitens Kuhlmann sp. nov. can be separated from all other species of this group by the combination of the following characters: clypeus almost flat (Fig. 8B); scutum sparsely and coarsely punctate (Fig. 8C); foretibia dominantly dark blackish-brown; stigma brown; apical margins of metasomal terga broadly yellowish-brown; metasomal terga between punctures smooth and shiny (Fig. 8E). The male is unknown.
Etymology
The name comes from the Latin ‘ nitens ’, meaning ‘glossy’, and referiing to the shiny appearance of the species.
Material examined (1 specimen)
Holotype
SOUTH AFRICA • ♀; 7 km NE of Steinkopf, roadside N7; 29°12′40″ S, 17°47′11″ E; alt. 970 m a.s.l.; 12 Sep. 2017; MK leg.; RCMK.
Description
Female
BODY LENGTH. 6.6 mm.
HEAD. Head slightly wider than long. Integument black, except part of mandibles dark reddish-brown. Face sparsely covered with long, greyish, erect hair (Fig. 8B). Clypeus almost flat with relatively coarse and dense (i = 0.5–1.5 d) punctation, apically with slightly sparser punctation (i = 1,5–2,5 d); surface between punctures smooth and shiny (Fig. 8B). Malar area medially narrow, almost linear. Antenna dorsally blackish-brown, ventrally yellowish-brown.
MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula reddish-brown. Mesoscutal disc between punctures smooth and shiny; disc sparsely (i = 1.5–3 d) and coarsely punctate (Fig. 8C). Metanotum slightly shorter than basal area of propodeum, apically with indistinct narrow carinate depression (Fig. 8D). Propodeum basally only laterally broad and coarsely carinate (Fig. 8D). Mesoscutum, scutellum, metanotum, mesepisternum and propodeum sparsely covered with short, greyish, erect hair (Fig. 8A).
WINGS. Brownish; wing venation and stigma brown.
LEGS. Integument black to dark reddish-brown. Vestiture greyish-white; scopa greyish-white.
METASOMA. Integument black, apical margins of terga narrowly translucent yellowish to reddish-brown (Fig. 8E). Disc of T1–T2 without hair; following terga with very short but increasingly more and longer hair; apical tergal hair bands missing on all terga (Fig. 8E). Prepygidial and pygidial fimbriae yellowish-brown. T1 almost impunctate, T2– T4 very sparsely (i = 3–5 d) and finely (almost invisible) punctate; between punctures smooth and shiny; T2–T4 with polished and shiny apical tergal depression (Fig. 8E).
Male
Unknown.
Distribution
Only known from the type locality NE of Steinkopf.
Floral hosts
Aizoaceae: Galenia sarcophylla.
Seasonal activity
September.
description: Published as part of Kuhlmann, Michael & Friehs, Thyra, 2020, Nine new species and new records of euryglossiform Scrapter Lepeletier & Serville (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) from South Africa, pp. 1-33 in European Journal of Taxonomy 647 on pages 18-19, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.647, http://zenodo.org/record/3836052
Vietnam hautnah
Creators: name: Pfennig, Werner
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Buchbesprechung von: Rüdiger Siebert, Heinz Kotte. Vietnam hautnah. Ein Land im Umbruch. Bad Honnef: Horlemann Verlag.
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Understanding Refugees' Experiences of Disclosing Past Trauma to their Therapist
Creators: name: Storey, Alice
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2024
Subjects: Therapeutic Relationship
Disclosures
Trust
Refugees
Trauma

description: The relational context in which disclosures are made and responded to can either aid or hinder trauma recovery. Refugees may encounter several interpersonal challenges affecting their ability to disclose past trauma and obtain the responses necessary for healing. As disclosing past trauma is a common process in psychological therapy, there is an emergent need for the process of disclosure to be examined more closely in the UK, given the current socio-political landscape. Using the River of Life method, semi-structured interviews were completed with four refugees to explore their experiences of disclosing past trauma to their therapist. Interview transcripts were analysed using Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) which identified four Group Experiential Themes (GETs): ‘Silenced by the System’; ‘Silenced by Shame’; ‘Voicing the Unvoiced’; and ‘The Evolving Self’. The findings indicate that the process of disclosure can carry significant potential for refugees to feel dismissed, disempowered and dehumanised. However, the findings suggest that a therapeutic relationship built on trust, safety and empowerment can provide a powerful counterpoint to these experiences which may support refugees to develop new ways of relating to themselves and others. The findings are considered in relation to existing literature and implications for clinical practice and future research are discussed.
Capacity enhancement for aging single wire earth return distribution systems
Creators: name: Wolfs, P. J.
name: Hosseinzadeh, N.
name: Senini, S. T.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Single wire earth return systems, (SWER), are the low cost technology for rural power distribution and have global application. In the Australian setting, voltage regulation is becoming the determining factor for older SWER systems. In long systems, directly connected shunt reactors are used to compensate the effects of line to ground capacitance. The replacement of fixed shunt reactors with controllable reactors provides an opportunity to approximately double the capacity of an aging infrastructure. Three case studies based on the North Jericho system are presented and a range of practical implementation issues are discussed.
Quakende Surfgitarren: Obskure Geräusche aus Südostasien auf CD
Creators: name: Ladwig, Patrice
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Vier Minuten auf- und abschwellende Quakchöre von Fröschen mit schwirrenden Zikaden im Hintergrund. Danach ein kambodschanisches Tempelorchester oder ein psychedelisches Gitarrengewitter aus den Shan-Staaten gefällig? Man könnte den Betreibern des Musiklabels Sublime Frequencies den gleichen Vorwurf machen wie dem Musiker John Cage. Dieser antwortete einmal auf den Vorwurf »Das ist keine Musik!« mit dem Satz »Nenn es, wie du willst, wenn dich das Wort Musik stört«.
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Early mortality from external causes in Aboriginal mothers: a retrospective cohort study
Creators: name: Fairthorne, Jenny
name: Walker, Roz
name: De Klerk, Nick
name: Shepherd, Carrington
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2018

description: Background: Maternal loss can have a deep-rooted impact on families. Whilst a disproportionate number of Aboriginal women die from potentially preventable causes, no research has investigated mortality in Aboriginal mothers. We aimed to examine the elevated mortality risk in Aboriginal mothers with a focus on external causes. Methods: We linked data from four state administrative datasets to identify all women who had a child from 1983 to 2010 in Western Australia and ascertained their Aboriginality, socio-demographic details, and their dates and causes of death prior to 2011. Comparing Aboriginal mothers with other mothers, we estimated the hazard ratios (HRs) for death by any external cause and each of the sub-categories of accident, suicide, and homicide, and the corresponding age of their youngest child. Results: Compared to non-Aboriginal mothers and after adjustment for parity, socio-economic status and remoteness, Aboriginal mothers were more likely to die from accidents [HR = 6.43 (95 % CI: 4.9, 8.4)], suicide [HR = 3.46 (95 % CI: 2.2, 5.4)], homicide [HR = 17.46 (95 % CI: 10.4, 29.2)] or any external cause [HR = 6.61 (95 % CI: 5.4, 8.1)]. For mothers experiencing death, the median age of their youngest child was 4.8 years. Conclusion: During the study period, Aboriginal mothers were much more likely to die than other mothers and they usually left more and younger children. These increased rates were only partly explained by socio-demographic circumstances. Further research is required to examine the risk factors associated with these potentially preventable deaths and to enable the development of informed health promotion to increase the life chances of Aboriginal mothers and their children.
Scrapter acanthophorus Davies 2005
Creators: name: Kuhlmann, Michael
name: Friehs, Thyra
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Colletidae
Scrapter
Scrapter acanthophorus

description: Scrapter acanthophorus Davies, 2005
Scrapter acanthophorus Davies, 2005: 153–155, figs 4–8.
Material examined (2 specimens)
SOUTH AFRICA • 2 ♀♀; 8 km WNW of Leliefontein, Fynbos, roadside; 30°15′58″ S, 18°03′17″ E; alt. 1190 m a.s.l.; 14 Sep. 2017; MK leg.; RCMK.
Distribution
This is the first record outside the semi-desert plane of the Knersvlakte and a significant range extension to the north into the Kamiesberg Mts.
description: Published as part of Kuhlmann, Michael & Friehs, Thyra, 2020, Nine new species and new records of euryglossiform Scrapter Lepeletier & Serville (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) from South Africa, pp. 1-33 in European Journal of Taxonomy 647 on page 24, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.647, http://zenodo.org/record/3836052
Friendship, bullying and the impact of inclusion on attitudes towards children with autism.
Creators: name: Cook, Anna H.
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2020

description: Children with autism face many social challenges and these have been associated with vulnerability to social exclusion and higher levels of bullying compared to the general population. This can lead to long-term negative outcomes including damaged self-esteem and mental health difficulties. Since the majority of autistic children in the UK attend mainstream schools, the studies conducted for this thesis aimed to explore under-researched areas such as the impact of inclusion, and in particular the attitudes of neurotypical children towards their autistic peers. In Study 1, interviews with autistic girls and their parents (n=22) revealed that girls experienced high levels of bullying, school absenteeism and a tendency to mask their autism and that this was more apparent in mainstream compared to special schools. In Study 2, interviews with teachers (n=12) highlighted many challenges supporting autistic children, but also identified some creative solutions and factors that control the extent to which these were implemented. The next three studies explored attitudes of neurotypical children and whether these could be changed through exposure and contact. Studies 3 and 4 (n=775) investigated attitudes of children in schools with high versus low exposure to autism. Findings revealed that educational exposure led to an increase in prosocial emotional responses to bullying and increased personal exposure facilitated an increase in positive attitudes towards people with autism. Study 5 evaluated the influence of contact with autistic peers through group music-making (n=49) on the attitudes of their neurotypical peers. The intervention led to increased prosocial emotional responses to a vignette depicting social exclusion of a child with autism. In summary, autistic children face many challenges, which are not always addressed by teachers in mainstream schools. Furthermore, the physical and social environment of the school affects attitudes towards autistic children. Combining educational exposure within inclusive school climates, and personal exposure through structured intergroup opportunities, can improve responses to bullying and attitudes towards autism, and may ultimately increase quality of life for autistic children in mainstream schools.
Die Vergessenen: Alte Menschen als Opfer von Katastrophen
Creators: name: Lutz, Frank
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Nach Naturkatastrophen wie dem Tsunami oder auch jetzt dem Erdbeben in Indonesien werden regelmäßig eine große Anzahl von Hilfsprojekten gestartet mit dem Ziel, die unmittelbare Not der Überlebenden zu lindern und ihnen langfristig die Rückkehr in ein normales Leben zu ermöglichen.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 22 Nr. 2 (2006): Die Zukunft ist grau: Alte Menschen in Südostasien
Asienhaus-Bibliothek: Neueingänge
Creators: name: Redaktion, Die
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 22 Nr. 4 (2006): Zu Gast bei Freunden? China und Südostasien
The persona in instrumental rock.
Creators: name: Sora, Andrei
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2020

description: There seems to be agreement, in both academic and lay thought, that music is a medium where artists express themselves (Karl and Robinson 1995, Cochrane 2008, Robinson and Hatten 2012). However, there is no agreement on how this is done. The starting question of the thesis is how one analyses the expressivity of music, particularly of the instrumental variety. I propose that the best-suited analytic tool for tackling this question is the notion of persona. Regardless of how close to the real person, this persona is never coextensive with the artists that we listen to. The notion has been heavily problematised in the context of vocal music (Cone 1974, Frith 1996, Auslander, 2009, Moore 2012), and I argue that, even in the absence of lyrics, valuable lessons can be learned by making the assumption that popular music reception is intimately tied in with the notion of musical persona. This thesis proposes a model for the (de)construction of the persona in instrumental rock, by focusing on the music of four of the most renowned and technically accomplished contemporary rock guitarists: Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Yngwie Malmsteen, and Guthrie Govan. I review established models of persona deconstruction and argue that a fractured persona is a more lucrative perspective from which to analyse instrumental rock. I develop a protagonist/environment approach that draws on parallels with film in order to go beyond the main persona of the composer/lead performer and also analyse the distinct personae of the various instruments/musicians heard on a recording, building upon notions of vocality and musical prosody. In the latter part, I capture the tension between the artists’ own image as musicmakers (discourses on self-expression, uniqueness, vocality) and the findings illustrated in the first part, focusing on whether these guitarists see their music as self-expressive or as involving constructed personae. Contradictions are addressed in the conclusion, which also offers potential avenues for future research.
Neue Willkür gegen Frauen: Kontroversen um die Umsetzung der Sharia in Indonesien
Creators: name: Grossmann, Kristina
name: Weydmann, Nicole
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: So lautete der Titel eines Tagesseminars, das am 11. November 2006 im Überseemuseum in Bremen stattfand. Veranstalter waren die Südostasien Informationsstelle, Essen, und MATA-Asien im Blick, Bremen.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 22 Nr. 4 (2006): Zu Gast bei Freunden? China und Südostasien
Supergravity, supersymmetry and black holes
Creators: name: Farotti, Daniele Angelo
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2023

description: This thesis is devoted to the study of geometric structures in supergravity. In the first part of the thesis, we classify extreme near-horizon geometries in D =11 supergravity preserving four supersymmetries, utilising spinorial geometry techniques. In particular, we show that the Killing spinors fall into three possible orbits, corresponding to pairs of spinors defned on the spatial cross-sections of the horizon which have isotropy groups SU(3), G_2, or SU(4). In each case, we determine the conditions on the geometry and the 4-form flux imposed by supersymmetry. We also analyse the integrability conditions arising from the Killing spinor equations of D=11 supergravity. Subsequently, we study supersymmetric near-horizon geometries in the context of heterotic supergravity. Firstly, we obtain a necessary and sufficient condition for a solution to preserve more than the minimal N = 2 supersymmetry. Then, we construct a supersymmetric near-horizon solution which is a U(1) fibration of AdS_3 over a particular Aloff-Wallach space. We prove that this solution preserves the conditions required for N=2 supersymmetry, but does not satisfy the necessary condition required for further supersymmetry enhancement. Hence, we conclude that there exist supersymmetric near-horizon heterotic solutions preserving exactly two supersymmetries.

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description: In the second part of the thesis, we initiate a systematic classification of warped product de-Sitter solutions in D=11 and heterotic supergravity, the latter up to two loops in sigma model perturbation theory. Firstly, we classify all warped product dSn solutions for n >= 5 in D= 11 supergravity. In particular, we find that all D=11 warped product dSn backgrounds for 7 <= n <= 10 are flat, with vanishing 4-form. Moreover, we show that D=11 warped product dS_6 backgrounds are either the maximally supersymmetric AdS_7 x S^4 solution, or R^{1;6} x N_4 where N_4 is a 4-dimensional hyperKahler manifold, with vanishing 4-form. Furthermore, we prove that D=11 warped product dS5 backgrounds are generalized M5-brane geometries, for which the transverse space is R x N_4, where N_4 is a 4-dimensional hyperKahler manifold. Subsequently, we show that warped product dSn geometries in heterotic supergravity up to two loops are very restricted. In fact, we prove that for n>= 3 all such solutions are R^{1;n} xM_{9-n} , where M is a (9-n)-dimensional Riemannian manifold and for n= 2 all such solutions are AdS_3xM_7, where M_7 is a 7-dimensional Riemannian manifold.
In Andenken an Walter Skrobanek: Ein Nachruf zum Tod des Südostasien-Beauftragten von Terres des Hommes in Bangkok
Creators: name: Franke, Peter
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Nachruf zum Tod von Walter Skrobanek 1941–2006.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 22 Nr. 4 (2006): Zu Gast bei Freunden? China und Südostasien
Toxicity Detection in Multiplayer Online Games supplemental materials
Creators: name: Märtens, Marcus
name: Shen, Siqi
name: Iosup, Alexandru
name: Kuipers, Fernando
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: toxicity
online games
cyberbullying

description: This is the supplemental material (in particular the toxic n-grams) that were used for the work: Märtens, M., Shen, S., Iosup, A., Kuipers, F., Toxicity Detection in Multiplayer Online Games, in 14th International Workshop on Network and Systems Support for Games (NetGames), 2015 and is also featured in my doctoral thesis: Märtens, M., Information Propagation in Complex Networks, 2018 The actual data for this work is restricted to preserve the identity of the players.
Nachrichten
Creators: name: Axmann, Sebastian
name: Bück, Philipp
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Nachrichten aus der Region.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 22 Nr. 4 (2006): Zu Gast bei Freunden? China und Südostasien
Computational Approaches in Drug Design
Creators: name: Gutkin, Evgeny
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 2024
Subjects: Theoretical and Computational Chemistry not elsewhere classified

description:  Drug design is a complex multistage process of finding novel compounds for treatment of a certain  disease based on the knowledge of a biological target. Due to high failure rates, significant research  costs, and technological complexity, drug discovery is an extremely expensive and time-consuming process. Streamlining the early stages of drug discovery can facilitate the acceleration  and cost reduction of drug discovery campaigns. Computer-aided drug design (CADD) approaches have proven efficient in guiding the identification and optimization stages of drug design projects. Due to advances in computing, expansion of virtual libraries of small molecule compounds, and  the growing availability of 3D structural data of biological targets, computational approaches are  increasingly utilized in drug design efforts by both academia and the pharmaceutical industry. One  of the promising computational strategies is the calculation of the pharmacological properties of  interest using computational chemistry methods such as molecular dynamics (MD) and quantum  mechanics (QM). Another efficient approach is leveraging machine learning models to predict the  quantities of interest. The following thesis describes six research studies on the development,  validation, and application of CADD approaches. Chapters 1-5 are focused on MD-based protein?ligand binding free energy (BFE) calculations including the computational protocol validation  (Chapter 1), development of the workflow for ML-guided BFE calculations for molecular  optimization (Chapter 2), the application of the developed protocols in a drug design challenge  (Chapter 3 and 4), and the approach for BFE calculation for a challenging target presented by a  large protein with large flexible binding pocket (Chapter 5). Chapter 6 describes a computational  approach to predict blood-brain barrier permeability using solvation energy calculations with QM  and molecular mechanics methods
Der Zorn des Magayon: Vulkanismus – Mt. Mayon, Mt. Bulusan und Mt. Taal ...
Creators: name: Gründel, Inga
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: 13. August 2006: »Der philippinische Vulkan Mayon steht möglicherweise kurz vor einem Ausbruch. Der Ausstoß von Rauch, brennenden Felsbrocken und Schlamm seien Anzeichen für eine unmittelbar bevorstehende Eruption«, teilte das Philippine Institute of Vulcanology and Seismology (PHILVOLCS) am Sonntag mit.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 22 Nr. 4 (2006): Zu Gast bei Freunden? China und Südostasien
Eine Frage nach Menschlichkeit?! Erfahrungsbericht aus den Zuckerrohrfeldern von Negros
Creators: name: Wolf, Hannah
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Die Autorin hat über zwölf Monate am Praktikanten/innen-Programm der United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) teilgenommen. Die UCCP ist eine von 34 Mitgliedskirchen der Vereinten Evangelischen Mission (VEM) und bietet dieses Programm jährlich an. Dabei geht es vor allem darum, jungen Menschen die vielseitigen Probleme, Chancen und Leben von Menschen in den Philippinen zu vermitteln.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 22 Nr. 4 (2006): Zu Gast bei Freunden? China und Südostasien
TRUSTyFOOD Project
Creators: name: Alsalman, Ahd
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Abstract: Deliverable 4.2 provides an analysis of blockchain-based business models and use cases in the agri-food sector. By applying the Business Model Canvas (BMC) and an established taxonomy, the report identifies key patterns, actors, and technologies shaping blockchain adoption. It highlights how blockchain, often combined with IoT and AI, contributes to transparency, traceability, and operational efficiency across various agri-food value chains, both within and beyond the EU.
description: Files Description:  This repository contains the key resources, data, and analyses used in the development of Deliverable 4.2 of the TRUSTyFOOD project.