cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Remarks on meson loop effects on quark models
Creators: name: Hammer, I. K.
name: Hanhart, C.
name: Nefediev, A. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the effect of meson loops on the spectrum of quark states. We demonstrate that in general quark states do not tend to get very broad if their coupling to the continuum increases, but instead they decouple from the latter in the large coupling limit. We ascribe this effect to the essentially nonperturbative unitarization procedure involved. In the meantime, some quark resonances behave very differently and demonstrate collectivity in the sense that their pole trajectories span a wide, as compared to the level spacing, region therefore acquiring contributions from multiple bare poles rather than from the closest neighbors. While the actual calculations are done within particular, very simplified models, it is argued that the findings might well be general.
description: 15 pages, 17 figures
Billabongs of the Yarra Valley Metropolitan Park : some ecological and recreational considerations
Creators: name: Hodges, David N.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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title: Investigations of Polyethylene Materials by Means of X-ray Diffraction
title: Artificial Ageing of Polyethylene Gas Pipes
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Schmacke, Saskia
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Dortmund
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Polyethylen
subject: Alterung
subject: Kristallinität
subject: Röntgenkleinwinkelsteuerung
subject: Pulverdiffraktion
subject: Zeitstandsversuche
subject: Restlebensdauer
subject: Ageing
subject: Crystallinity
subject: X-ray diffraction
subject: Powder diffraction
subject: Small angle x-ray scattering
subject: Texture
subject: Brittleness
subject: Creeping tests
subject: Remaining lifetime
subject: 530

description: This work deals with the investigation of polyethylene gas pipes by means of x-ray diffraction, which have been in use for 35 years for the supply of gas. A lifetime of 50 years was predicted for these polyethylene (PE) pipes of first generation. A remaining life time of 15 years for all gas pipes installed in the seventies has thus to be expected. In order to prevent expensive and complex replacement of pipes after failure, parts of the pipes are removed from the gas grid. Afterwards, so-called creeping tests are conducted, which serve as a simulation method for the ageing behaviour and for the estimation of the remaining life time. Ageing processes are atomic modifications, for which creeping tests are in- sensitive. In order to gain a more detailed insight into these ageing processes and to identify indicators for ageing, pipe parts have been exposed to high temperatures and pressures. This procedure leads to an artificial ageing of the material additionally to the natural ageing due to the 35 years period of use. Sample slices have been prepared out of these artificially aged pipe parts and out of the corresponding natural aged pipe, in order to analyse the material's structure depending on the position within the pipe wall and to compare the results. X-ray diffraction, small angle x-ray scattering and x- ray tomography experiments have been conducted at di erent experimental stations to investigate the materials structure on nanometre and micrometre length scales. The sample's crystallinity of the semicrystalline material turned out to be the searched indicator for ageing. With increasing age, the material becomes more crystalline and thus more brittle. Furthermore, this change was the most pronounced at the inner surface of the pipe wall. Texture analysis showed moreover a preferred orientation of unit cells parallel to the long axis of the pipe, which is also stronger pronounced at the inner surface than for the rest of the pipe wall. These are thus most vulnerable for material failure.
Χαρακτηριστικά Προσωπικότητας των Ευέλικτων ομάδων ανάπτυξης λογισμικού
Creators: name: Μπίρτα, Παναγιώτα Αναστασία Αναστασίου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2022
Subjects: Ευέλικτες ομάδες ανάπτυξης λογισμικού
Χαρακτηριστικά προσωπικότητας
Agile software teams
Personality traits

description: Ο σκοπός της παρούσας διπλωματικής εργασίας είναι η μελέτη και εμβάθυνση στα χαρακτηριστικά προσωπικότητας που συμβάλλουν στην αποτελεσματικότερη σύσταση των ευέλικτων ομάδων ανάπτυξης λογισμικού(agile software teams).Ο βασικός στόχος είναι μέσα από τη χρήση ερωτηματολογίων και τεστ προσωπικότητας, τα οποία βασίζονται σε βιβλιογραφικές, διαδικτυακές αναφορές και δημοσιεύσεις, να συλλεχθούν στοιχεία τα οποία θα μας δίνουν μία ολοκληρωμένη και τεκμηριωμένη εικόνα για το ποια χαρακτηριστικά προσωπικότητας είναι αυτά που μπορούν να δημιουργήσουν μια αποτελεσματική και άρα επιτυχημένη ευέλικτη ομάδα ανάπτυξης λογισμικού. Το υλικό βασίζεται σε βιβλιογραφικές, διαδικτυακές αναφορές και δημοσιεύσεις αλλά και σε παραδείγματα και αναλύσεις από εργασιακά περιβάλλοντα ευέλικτων ομάδων λογισμικού σε εταιρείες πληροφορικής.Λαμβάνοντας υπόψιν το γεγονός ότι ζούμε σε μία εποχή που δεν μπορούμε να κρυφτούμε από τη γρήγορη αλλαγή ζούμε στην εποχή της δημιουργικής, ψηφιακής, συμμετοχικής και κοινωνικής οικονομίας που δίνει πολλές ευκαιρίες αλλά είναι και πολλά υποσχόμενη. Η δημιουργία «επαναστατικών» οργανισμών και κατά συνέπεια ευέλικτων ομάδων ανάπτυξης λογισμικού σ’ αυτή την εποχή η οποία χαρακτηρίζεται από την ευελιξία και την ταχύτητα της, που μπορούν να αναπτύσσονται δυναμικά, να μετα-καινοτομούν και να είναι αειφορικές, παρ’ όλες τις προκλήσεις που υφίστανται, είναι πλέον κάτι περισσότερο από απαραίτητη.
description: The purpose of this dissertation is to study and deepen the personality traits that contribute to the more effective formation of flexible software development teams (agile). The main goal is using questionnaires and personality tests, which will be based on bibliographic and online reports. and publications, to gather data that will give us a comprehensive and well-documented picture of what personality traits are what can create an effective and therefore successful flexible software development team. The material will be based on bibliographic and online reports and publications but also on examples and analyzes from work environments of flexible software teams in IT companies. Considering that we live in an age where we cannot hide, however much we want, from the fast change. We live in an age of creative, digital, participatory, and social economics that offers many opportunities but is also very challenging. Creating "revolutionary" organizations and therefore flexible teams in this age of flexibility and speed, which can grow dynamically, innovate and be sustainable, despite all the challenges that exist, is now more than necessary.
The effect of tone-reducing ankle-foot orthoses for the treatment of lower limb spasticity
Creators: name: Ibuki, Aileen
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023

description: Submission note: A thesis submitted in total fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy to the National Centre for Prosthetics and Orthotics, Division of Allied Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, La Trobe University, Bundoora.

Tone-reducing ankle-foot orthoses (TRAFOs) are prescribed for the specific purpose of reducing spasticity in the lower limbs to improve function. However, their effects on spasticity and function are unclear. Therefore, the aim of this thesis was to examine the tone-reducing (neurophysiological) effect of TRAFOs in subjects with lower limb spasticity. The first study conducted in this thesis aimed to determine the reliability of the Hoffmann reflex (H-reflex), which was the main measurement tool used in this thesis. The H-reflex is a measure of motoneuron (MN) excitability, and this study demonstrated that it was a reliable measure in the standing position. The H-reflex was subsequently used to examine the neurophysiological effect of TRAFOs on soleus MN excitability in able-bodied subjects, and subjects with spasticity while standing. The results of these studies demonstrated no significant effects of TRAFOs on MN excitability suggesting that they were ineffective in reducing spasticity neurophysiologically. While these results were true at the group level, some subjects demonstrated significant effects to the orthosis conditions when the results were analysed individually. This highlighted the fact that the way in which spasticity responds to treatments can be unique for each individual. Despite the main finding that TRAFOs had no significant effect on MN excitability, it was necessary to evaluate their effect on functional aspects of spasticity since the aim of TRAFO use is to improve spastic gait. The final study involved assessing the effect of TRAFOs using three-dimensional gait analysis and electromyography in subjects while walking. This study found no significant effect of TRAFOs on temporo-spatial gait parameters, joint kinematics or soleus muscle activity when compared with standard AFO designs. This thesis concluded that TRAFOs have no significant neurophysiological effect on soleus MN excitability, temporo-spatial and kinematic gait parameters or soleus muscle activity in subjects with spasticity.
Machine learning techniques in searches for $t\bar{t}h$ in the $h \rightarrow b\bar{b}$ decay channel
Creators: name: Santos, Roberto
name: Nguyen, Marcus
name: Webster, Jordan
name: Ryu, Soo
name: Adelman, Jahred
name: Chekanov, Sergei
name: Zhou, Jie
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Study of the production of pairs of top quarks in association with a Higgs boson is one of the primary goals of the Large Hadron Collider over the next decade, as measurements of this process may help us to understand whether the uniquely large mass of the top quark plays a special role in electroweak symmetry breaking. Higgs bosons decay predominantly to \bbbar, yielding signatures for the signal that are similar to $t\bar{t}$ + jets with heavy flavor. Though particularly challenging to study due to the similar kinematics between signal and background events, such final states ($t\bar{t} b \bar{b}$) are an important channel for studying the top quark Yukawa coupling. This paper presents a systematic study of machine learning (ML) methods for detecting $t\bar{t}h$ in the $h \rightarrow b\bar{b}$ decay channel. Among the eight ML methods tested, we show that two models, extreme gradient boosted trees and neural network models, outperform alternative methods. We further study the effectiveness of ML algorithms by investigating the impact of feature set and data size, as well as the structure of the models. While extended feature set and larger training sets expectedly lead to improvement of performance, shallow models deliver comparable or better performance than their deeper counterparts. Our study suggests that ensembles of trees and neurons, not necessarily deep, work effectively for the problem of $t\bar{t}h$ detection.
Προοπτικές εξέλιξης και αξιοποίηση της τεχνολογικής ανάπτυξης στη διαχείριση του κτηματολογίου
Creators: name: Δαγλάρογλου, Μαρία Λεωνίδα
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2022
Subjects: Κτηματολόγιο
Διαχείριση κτηματολογίου
Τεχνολογική ανάπτυξη
Cadastral
Management of the cadastral
Technological development

description: Στο πλαίσιο της παρούσας εργασίας θα γίνει μία περιγραφή των σύγχρονων κτηματολογικών πρακτικών που ήδη εφαρμόζονται σε διάφορες χώρες του κόσμου. Θα γίνει μία αξιολόγηση των πρακτικών αυτών σε σχέση με τις απαιτήσεις της σύγχρονης εποχής και του βαθμού επίδρασής τους στα κτηματολογικά συστήματα, δεδομένου του ρυθμού των σχετικών τεχνολογικών εξελίξεων. Θα γίνει μία απόπειρα να ερευνηθούν πιθανές μελλοντικές διαδρομές για τα κτηματολογικά συστήματα σε παγκόσμιο επίπεδο και να ερευνηθεί με ποιον τρόπο θα μπορούσαν να εξελιχθούν με την πάροδο του χρόνου. Θα εντοπιστούν τα διάφορα προβλήματα σε τεχνολογικό και διαχειριστικό επίπεδο και θα αναζητηθούν τρόποι επίλυσης. Θα παρουσιαστούν επίσης νέες ιδέες, προοπτικές και προτάσεις σχετικά με το μέλλον των κτηματολογικών συστημάτων και της διαχείρισης της γης γενικότερα.
description: In the context of this study, a description of the modern cadastral practices that are already applied in various countries of the world will be made. An assessment will be made of these practices in relation to the requirements of the modern era and the degree of their impact on cadastral systems, given the pace of relevant technological developments. An attempt will be made to investigate possible future paths for cadastral systems worldwide and to investigate how they could evolve over time. The various problems at technological and managerial level will be identified and solutions will be sought. New ideas, perspectives and proposals on the future of cadastral systems and land management in general will also be presented.
Geodynamic modelling of the Cainozoic epeirogeny of the East Midlands Shelf, Britain
Creators: name: Wood, John Michael.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Participation in extracurricular leisure activities among primary school pupils: Effects of ethnic-cultural background, gender and school diversity
Creators: name: Valcke, Barbara
name: Dierckx, Kim
name: Van Dongen, Stefan
name: Van Hal, Guido
name: Van Hiel, Alain
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 59999
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
classificationCode: 69999
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 111714
subject: Mental Health

description: Participation in sports and other leisure activities can be an effective tool to enhance feelings of societal belongingness and inclusion among minority group members. Through a survey administered to 8,444 pupils, the present study compared minority pupils’ (Middle Eastern and Eastern European youth) and majority pupils’ involvement in a broad array of sport activities, other (non-sports) extracurricular leisure activities, and youth organizations. Corroborating previous research, our study revealed lower participation rates for minority (compared to majority) pupils for all categories of leisure activities under study. For sport activities, this gap was particularly pronounced for female (compared to male) pupils. Furthermore, school diversity had an invariable negative effect on participation rates in all activity categories. A noteworthy finding was that the difference in participation between majority and ethnic-cultural minority groups were sports dependent. We also obtained definite differences in participation rates between the Middle Eastern and Eastern European groups.
MPEC 2024-Q93 : 2024 QX1
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2024 QX1

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Διαφορές στη θνητότητα και τη νοσηρότητα πληθυσμών Drosophila που έχουν αναπτυχθεί σε διαφορετικά τροφικά περιβάλλοντα
Creators: name: Τσιφουτίδου, Μαρία Ιωάννη
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2022
Subjects: Drosophila melanogaster
Διατροφικοί παράγοντες
Νοσηρότητα, θνητότητα
Genetic factors, nutritional factors
Athens Mainz Food, Curcumin, Super fruits

description: Η μύγα του είδους Drosophila melanogaster αποτελεί έναν οργανισμό-μοντέλο, η μελέτη του οποίου έχει συμβάλει στην απάντηση πολλών ερωτημάτων που απασχολούν την επιστημονική κοινότητα. Η πλήρης κωδικοποίηση του γονιδιώματος της Drosophila και η >60% ομολογία των γονιδίων της με αυτά των θηλαστικών και του ανθρώπου την καθιστά οργανισμό-μοντέλο για την μελέτη σηματοδοτικών και μοριακών μηχανισμών που άπτονται της ανθρώπινης υγείας. Το γήρας και οι επιπτώσεις αυτού στην λειτουργία και την υγεία του ανθρώπινου οργανισμού αποτελούν εδώ και πολλά χρόνια πεδίο μελέτης. Οι παράγοντες που επηρεάζουν την κινητική και νοητική έκπτωση του οργανισμού τα τελευταία χρόνια της ζωής του ανθρώπου είναι πολλοί και υπάρχουν ακόμα πολλά να ερευνηθούν. Στην παρούσα εργασία μελετήθηκαν οι διατροφικοί παράγοντες που επηρεάζουν την ποιότητα ζωής των τελευταίων ημερών των ατόμων. Συνοπτικά σε 12 διαφορετικούς πληθυσμούς μυγών (6 πληθυσμοί αρσενικών ατόμων, 6 πληθυσμοί θηλυκών ατόμων) εφαρμόστηκαν διαφορετικά διατροφικά πρωτόκολλα και κατόπιν συγκρίθηκε η νοσηρότητα και η θνητότητα των πληθυσμών. Τα αποτελέσματα δείχνουν ότι δίαιτες με μεγαλύτερη αναλογία υδατανθράκων/πρωτεΐνες και η προσθήκη αντιοξειδωτικών ουσιών είχαν ευεργετικά αποτελέσματα στη νοσηρότητα (ποιότητα ζωής των ηλικιωμένων ατόμων) και την θνητότητα. Δεδομένου ότι κάποιες λειτουργίες τόσο στη μύγα όσο και στον άνθρωπο είναι κοινές τα συμπεράσματα γενικεύονται λύνοντας με αυτό τον τρόπο, αργά και σταθερά, το μυστήριο του γήρατος.
description: Drosophila melanogaster is a model organism that has a major contribution in our understanding of basic biological processes across all animal species. The complete decoding of the Drosophila genome and the> 60% homology of its genes to those of mammals and humans make it a model organism for the study of signaling and molecular mechanisms related to human health. Aging and its effects on the functioning and health status of the human body have been the focus of studies for many decades. The factors that affect the motor and mental decline of the organism in the last years of human life are numerous and there is still much to be investigated. In the present study, the nutritional factors that affect longevity and the quality of life of individuals were studied. Different dietary protocols were applied to 12 different fly populations (6 male, 6 female) and then the morbidity and mortality of the populations were compared. The results show that diets with a higher carbohydrate/protein ratio and/or the addition of antioxidants had beneficial effects on morbidity (late life quality) and mortality. Since some functions are common in both the fly and the human, the conclusions can be generalized, thus solving, slowly and steadily, the mystery of old age.
title: Lehren und Lernen im Modellversuch "Gestufte Studiengänge in der Lehrerbildung"
title: Der Studienbereich BILDUNG & WISSEN
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Auferkorte-Michaelis, Nicole
name: Ruschin, Sylvia
Publisher: name: Hochschuldidaktisches Zentrum der Technischen Universität Dortmund
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: 370

description: Journal Hochschuldidaktik ; 17. Jahrgang 2006 Heft 1
title: Shift from TeachING to LearnING
title: Anforderungen an die Ingenieurausbildung in Deutschland
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Jungmann, Thorsten
name: Müller, Kristina
name: Schuster, Katharina
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Dortmund
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: 370

description: 2., korr. Fassung
description: Journal Hochschuldidaktik ; 21. Jahrgang 2010 Heft 2
Sexual Risk Behaviours and Associated Factors among Under Graduate Students, in Madawalabu University, South East Ethiopia
Creators: name: Wordofa, Debebe
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2015

description: Background: As the number of higher learning institutions increase in number and size in Ethiopia, their HIV risk perception and behaviours have become an indispensible part of the national HIV prevention and control program. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of sexual risk behaviour and associated factors among undergraduate students. Objectives: To assess prevalence of sexual risk behaviour and associated factors in undergraduate students, of Madawalabu University. ix Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 634 randomly selected students in Madawalabu University, Ethiopia from February 1st to 30th, 2014 using a self-administered structured questionnaire. Data was entered and cleaned using SPSS version 16.00 statistical software. Binary logistic regression analysis was used to determine the association between dependent and independent variables. Odds ratio with 95% confidence interval was used to measure the strength and significance of the association. Results: Overall a total 604 students participated in the study making the response rate at 95.3%. Three hundred thirty (54.6%) students reported to have ever had sexual activity of which 173 (70.9%) and 116 (35.2%) reported having inconsistent condom use and multiple sexual partners, respectively. In this study, predictors of sexual risk behaviours were; male sex (OR = 2.8 95%CI; 1.35, 5.80), more years of study (OR = 5.55 95%CI; 2.16, 14.24), accept to have premarital sex (OR = 2.58 95%CI; 1.26, 5.27) drinking alcohol (OR = 3.62 95%CI; 2.02, 6.53). Those respondents who accept to have premarital sex were nearly two and half times more likely to use condom inconsistently as compared to none accept (OR= 2.58 95%CI; 1.26, 5.27). 4th year students were nearly five times more likely to ever have multiple sexual partners as compared to first year students (OR= 5.55 95%CI; 2.16, 14.24) and those respondents who ever drunk alcohol were nearly three and half times more likely to have multiple sexual partner as compared to abstainers (OR= 3.62 95%CI; 2.02, 6.53). Conclusions and Recommendations: The study indicated that a significant segment of sexual risk behaviours among undergraduate students of Madawalabu University which are proven by having multiple sexual partners and inconsistent condom use. Therefore, the needs of youth reproductive health in the university through strengthening BCC on risk perception; life skill training, peer-education, availing services and working with all stalk holders, NGOs, and the surrounding community is recommended
Multi-Label Classification Method Based on Extreme Learning Machines
Creators: name: Venkatesan, Rajasekar
name: Er, Meng Joo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Neural and Evolutionary Computing (cs.NE)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this paper, an Extreme Learning Machine (ELM) based technique for Multi-label classification problems is proposed and discussed. In multi-label classification, each of the input data samples belongs to one or more than one class labels. The traditional binary and multi-class classification problems are the subset of the multi-label problem with the number of labels corresponding to each sample limited to one. The proposed ELM based multi-label classification technique is evaluated with six different benchmark multi-label datasets from different domains such as multimedia, text and biology. A detailed comparison of the results is made by comparing the proposed method with the results from nine state of the arts techniques for five different evaluation metrics. The nine methods are chosen from different categories of multi-label methods. The comparative results shows that the proposed Extreme Learning Machine based multi-label classification technique is a better alternative than the existing state of the art methods for multi-label problems.
description: 6 pages, 7 figures, 7 tables, ICARCV
Five-dimensional Nernst branes from special geometry
Creators: name: Dempster, P.
name: Errington, D.
name: Gutowski, J.
name: Mohaupt, T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We construct Nernst brane solutions, that is black branes with zero entropy density in the extremal limit, of FI-gauged minimal five-dimensional supergravity coupled to an arbitrary number of vector multiplets. While the scalars take specific constant values and dynamically determine the value of the cosmological constant in terms of the FI-parameters, the metric takes the form of a boosted AdS Schwarzschild black brane. This metric can be brought to the Carter-Novotny-Horsky form that has previously been observed to occur in certain limits of boosted D3-branes. By dimensional reduction to four dimensions we recover the four-dimensional Nernst branes of arXiv:1501.07863 and show how the five-dimensional lift resolves all their UV singularities. The dynamics of the compactification circle, which expands both in the UV and in the IR, plays a crucial role. At asymptotic infinity, the curvature singularity of the four-dimensional metric and the run-away behaviour of the four-dimensional scalar combine in such a way that the lifted solution becomes asymptotic to AdS5. Moreover, the existence of a finite chemical potential in four dimensions is related to fact that the compactification circle has a finite minimal value. While it is not clear immediately how to embed our solutions into string theory, we argue that the same type of dictionary as proposed for boosted D3-branes should apply, although with a lower amount of supersymmetry.
description: 59 pages, 1 figure. Revised version: references added, typos corrected. Final version, accepted by JHEP: two references added
Leadership conflict and Chinese foreign policy: Deng's struggle for power and the Spratly's policy, 1977-88
Creators: name: Varon, Amnon
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023

description: Abstract: The thesis presents a cross-level analysis of China's policy-making process in the period leading up to the decision to establish a permanent presence on the Spratly Islands in January 1988. The emphasis is on the role of power relationships at the highest levels of the Chinese Communist Party hierarchy, that is, the 'core' leadership. It argues that this process fluctuated for ten years, chiefly as a result of Deng Xiapoing's opposition to any active pursuit of the Chinese claim. It also argues that the domestic political environment constituted the major influence upon the conduct of China's policy towards the dispute. Deng arrived at this position out of consideration for China's internal-external circumstances and needs, fearing that a forceful policy might trigger a regional conflict which in turn might damage China's more urgent domestic and international interests. Other 'core' leaders, however, read China's situation differently and favoured a pro-active policy. The theoretical foundation of this study is domestic and foreign policy analysis. It employs the concept of the 'paramount leader' in Chinese politics to explore who made decisions in China on the Spratlys issue, and how this influenced the country's handling of the dispute during the period 1977-88. Three contextual influences in the domestic-foreign policy nexus (economic, international and political) inform the empirical analysis. Four conclusions are drawn. First, the paramount leader approach identifies the pivotal foreign policy decision-making in China, but not the processes and outcomes involved. Secondly, a correlation is established between changes in Deng's political status and changes in China's handling of the dispute. The leadership factor helps to explain the motivation of the paramount leader and the constraints bearing upon him, hence the 'cyclical' pattern of China's advance into the islands. Thirdly, it demonstrates that power struggles spill over into China's international behaviour. Finally, it shows that the 'paramount leader' concept does not translate into complete dominance of the policy-making process, as is clearly indicated by China's actual behaviour in the Spratlys dispute during the period 1977-88.

Submission note: A thesis submitted in total fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy to the School of Politics and International Relations Program, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, La Trobe University, Bundoora.
Tutorinnen und Tutoren Stützen der Hochschullehre
Creators: name: Kröpke, Heike
Publisher: name: Hochschuldidaktisches Zentrum der Technischen Universität Dortmund
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: 370

description: Journal Hochschuldidaktik ; 19. Jahrgang 2008 Heft 2
KoLoRe: Inhaltliches und methodisches Konzept einer ICF-orientierten, logopädischen Reihenerfassung im 1. Kindergartenjahr = concept per ina tschaffada logopedica - sebasond sind ICF - en gl'emprem onn da scoletta
Creators: name: Cantieni, Flavia
name: Kranz, Monika
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Logopädie
Bachelorarbeit

description: In der vorliegenden Bachelorarbeit wird auf die Thematik der logopädischen Reihenerfassung eingegangen. Dieses Thema wird verknüpft mit den Grundgedanken der ICF. Beide Bereiche sind praxisnah und aktuell. Die Bachelorarbeit orientiert sich an den Fragen, wie eine Reihenerfassung inhaltlich und methodisch konzipiert ist und wie die ICF darin integriert werden kann. Um diese Fragen zu beantworten hat das Forschungsteam auf der Basis eines Literaturstudiums ein Konzept für eine Reihenerfassung erarbeitet. Anhand einer Gruppendiskussion mit einem logopädischen Team aus dem Kanton Graubünden wurde das entwickelte Instrument „KoLoRe“ evaluiert. Aus der Inhaltsanalyse der Gruppendiskussion wurden Ansatzpunkte für eine Weiterentwicklung des Konzepts erarbeitet.
Παιχνιδοποίηση στο ανθρώπινο δυναμικό
Creators: name: Κοβανίδης, Ιωάννης Λαζάρου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2022
Subjects: Παιχνιδοποίηση
Ανθρώπινο
Δυναμικό
Gamification
Human
Resources

description: Αντικείμενο της παρούσας πτυχιακής εργασίας είναι η θεωρητική και εμπειρική μελέτη της μεθόδου της Παιχνιδοποίησης και, συγκεκριμένα, η συμβολή της ενσωμάτωσής της στα συστήματα επιλογής, αξιολόγησης και εκπαίδευσης του ανθρώπινου δυναμικού των επιχειρήσεων, για τη γρηγορότερη και αποτελεσματικότερη διαδικτυακή πρόσληψη ενός υποψήφιου εργαζομένου, ώστε να οδηγηθεί η επιχείρηση σε μακροπρόθεσμη επιτυχία. Αρχικά μελετήθηκε το θεωρητικό υπόβαθρο του φαινομένου της Παιχνιδοποίησης, των στοιχείων που την συνθέτουν και της σύνδεσή της με τη Διοίκηση Ανθρώπινων Πόρων, ενώ, παράλληλα, εξετάζεται η καινοτομία και η ελκυστικότητα της επιχείρησης, μέσα από τη στάση των υποψηφίων στα τεστ αξιολόγησης και την εμπειρία τους σε ψηφιακά παίγνια. Στη συνέχεια, πραγματοποιήθηκε ερευνητική μελέτη των μεθόδων επιλογής και αξιολόγησης υποψηφίων εργαζομένων, τόσο της ψυχομετρικής αξιολόγησης SJT όσο και της παιχνιδοποιημένης, όπου, με τη χρήση δομημένων ερωτηματολογίων, καταγράφηκαν οι αντιδράσεις 102 συμμετεχόντων σε διάφορες υποθετικά ρεαλιστικές εργασιακές καταστάσεις. Εντέλει, με τη χρήση των ποιοτικών και ποσοτικών δεδομένων που προέκυψαν, παρατέθηκαν τα δημογραφικά και κύρια ερευνητικά ευρήματα, έγινε ποσοστιαία στατιστική ανάλυση αυτών και σύγκριση των μεθόδων αξιολόγησης, όπου και προσδιορίστηκε η χρησιμότητα της παιχνιδοποιημένης μεθόδου ως η καταλληλότερη, κατά τη διαδικασία επιλογής προσωπικού, οδηγώντας στην επαλήθευση και εγκυρότητα των τιθέντων ερευνητικών υποθέσεων.
description: The object of this dissertation is the theoretical and empirical study of the Gambling method and, in particular, the contribution of its integration into the systems of selection, evaluation and training of human resources of companies, for the fastest and most effective online recruitment of a candidate employee. lead the business to long-term success. Initially, the theoretical background of the Gambling phenomenon was studied, the elements that compose it and its connection with the Human Resources Management, while, at the same time, the innovation and attractiveness of the company are examined, through the attitude of the candidates in the evaluation tests and experience. in digital games. Subsequently, a research study was conducted on the methods of selection and evaluation of candidate candidates, both psychometric and SJT psychometric evaluation, where, using structured questionnaires, the reactions of 102 participants in various hypothetically realistic working situations were recorded. Finally, using the qualitative and quantitative data that emerged, the demographic and main research findings were presented, a percentage statistical analysis was performed and the evaluation methods were compared, where the usefulness of the gambled method was identified as the most appropriate in the personnel selection process. leading to the verification and validity of the research hypotheses.
Nucleation and structural growth of cluster crystals
Creators: name: Leitold, Christian
name: Dellago, Christoph
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the nucleation of crystalline cluster phases in the generalized exponential model with exponent n=4. Due to the finite value of this pair potential for zero separation, at high densities the system forms cluster crystals with multiply occupied lattice sites. Here, we investigate the microscopic mechanisms that lead to the formation of cluster crystals from a supercooled liquid in the low-temperature region of the phase diagram. Using molecular dynamics and umbrella sampling, we calculate the free energy as a function of the size of the largest crystalline nucleus in the system, and compare our results with predictions from classical nucleation theory. Employing bond-order parameters based on a Voronoi tessellation to distinguish different crystal structures, we analyze the average composition of crystalline nuclei. We find that even for conditions where a multiply-occupied fcc crystal is the thermodynamically stable phase, the nucleation into bcc cluster crystals is strongly preferred. Furthermore, we study the particle mobility in the supercooled liquid and in the cluster crystal. In the cluster crystal, the motion of individual particles is captured by a simple reaction-diffusion model introduced previously to model the kinetics of hydrogen bonds.
description: 14 pages, 20 figures
title: Studien zur Totalsynthese von Prieurianin und Synthese des B-seco Limonoid Grundgerüsts
title: BIOS von Spirotryprostatin A Analoga
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Schuster, Hannah
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Dortmund
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Biologie-orientierte Synthese
subject: Ireland-Claisen-Umlagerung
subject: Limonoide
subject: Naturstoffe
subject: 540
subject: 570

description: Grundlage des ersten Teils der Arbeit ist die präzedenzlose biologische Aktivität des Terpens Prieurianin. Es wird angenommen, dass Prieurianin als bisher einziger bekannter Naturstoff die zelluläre Aktinpolymerisation durch Wechselwirkung mit einem Aktin-bindenden Protein beeinflusst, ohne direkt an Aktin zu binden. Der Naturstoff ist damit ein potentielles Krebs- Cytostatikum mit bisher einzigartiger Wirkungsweise. Dementsprechend stellt Prieurianin mit dieser interessanten biologischen Aktivität und der komplexen chemischen ein attraktives und anspruchsvolles Syntheseziel dar. Im Rahmen der Dissertation wurden Studien zur Totalsynthese des Naturstoffs Prieurianin durchgeführt sowie ein synthetischer Zugang zum prävalidierten B-seco Limonoid Grundgerüst entwickelt. Eine IRELAND-CLAISEN-Umlagerung stellt dabei den Schlüsselschritt der Synthesestrategie dar. Im zweiten Teil der Dissertation wurde entsprechend des BIOS-Konzepts (BIOS: Biologieorientierte Synthese) ein effizienter synthetischer Zugang zu stereochemisch komplexen Spirotryprostatin A Analoga entwickelt. Das pentacyclische Gerüst wurde ausgehend von einfachen Startmaterialien in einer Eintopfsynthese aufgebaut, welche eine katalytische, enantioselektive [3+2]-Cycloaddition als Schlüsselschritt beinhaltet.
Effects of Nuclear Potential on the Cumulants of Net-Proton and Net-Baryon Multiplicity Distributions in Au+Au Collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\text{NN}}} = 5\,\text{GeV}$
Creators: name: He, Shu
name: Luo, Xiaofeng
name: Nara, Yasushi
name: Esumi, ShinIchi
name: Xu, Nu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyze the rapidity and transverse momentum dependence for the cumulants of the net-proton and net-baryon distributions in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\text{NN}}} = 5\,\text{GeV}$ with a microscopic hadronic transport (JAM) model. To study the effects of mean field potential and softening of equation of state (EoS) on the fluctuations of net-proton (baryon) in heavy-ion collisions, the calculations are performed with two different modes. The softening of EoS is realized in the model by implementing the attractive orbit in the two-body scattering to introduce a reduction pressure of the system. By comparing the results from the two modes with the results from default cascade, we find the mean field potential and softening of EoS have strong impacts on the rapidity distributions ($\text{d}N/\text{d}y$) and the shape of the net-proton (baryon) multiplicity distributions. The net-proton (baryon) cumulants and their ratios calculated from all of the three modes are with similar trends and show significant suppression with respect to unity, which can be explained by the presence of baryon number conservations. It indicates that the effects of mean field potential and softening of EoS might be not the ingredients that are responsible to the observed strong enhancement in the most central Au+Au collisions at 7.7 GeV measured by the STAR experiment at RHIC.
description: 6 pages, 5 figures
A moving mesh finite difference method for non-monotone solutions of non-equilibrium equations in porous media
Creators: name: Zhang, Hong
name: Zegeling, Paul Andries
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 35C07, 35Q35, 65M50, 74S20, 76S05

description: An adaptive moving mesh finite difference method is presented to solve two types of equations with dynamic capillary pressure term in porous media. One is the non-equilibrium Richards Equation and the other is the modified Buckley-Leverett equation. The governing equations are discretized with an adaptive moving mesh finite difference method in the space direction and an implicit-explicit method in the time direction. In order to obtain high quality meshes, an adaptive time-dependent monitor function with directional control is applied to redistribute the mesh grid in every time step, and a diffusive mechanism is used to smooth the monitor function. The behaviors of the central difference flux, the standard local Lax-Friedrich flux and the local Lax-Friedrich flux with reconstruction are investigated by solving a 1D modified Buckley-Leverett equation. With the moving mesh technique, good mesh quality and high numerical accuracy are obtained. A collection of one-dimensional and two-dimensional numerical experiments is presented to demonstrate the accuracy and effectiveness of the proposed method.
description: 23pages, 13 figures, 4 tables
Comparing suture vs. skin adhesive for blepharoplasty closure
Creators: name: José Antonio Velasco Cabrera M.D.
name: Erick Hidrogo Ordaz M.D.
name: José Enrique Pons Taracena M.D.
name: José Fabian Salcedo Gutierrez M.D.
name: Yunuén Maqueda Sánchez M.D.
name: Jehieli Pérez Bravo M.D.
name: Ian Ruiz Jurado M.D.
name: Emilio Vázquez Santiago M.D.
name: Juan Manuel Martinez Tapia M.D.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Background

Blepharoplasty is currently one of the most frequently performed facial surgeries, both for therapeutic and aesthetic purposes. As it is a surgery with aesthetic repercussions at the facial level, the surgeons who perform it have sought over the years to refine details in the technique that can improve the aesthetic result and not disrupt and even improve the patient's facial harmony. One of the surgical variants that has been introduced for this procedure are tissue adhesives such as cyanoacrylate and the like, which have shown some advantages regarding the reduction in surgical time, with minimal variations in the rate of dehiscence or infections and with very similar characteristics regarding the aesthetic result, satisfaction of the surgeon and the patient.

Keywords. Blepharoplasty, skin closure, skin adhesive.
Caregivers Perception, Values and Challenges on Infant and Young Child Feeding in Addis Ababa
Creators: name: Taye, Betelehem
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2016

description: The nutritional status of children under two years of age is directly affected by infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices. To enhance nutrition, health, and development of children aged 6-23 months, the improvement of IYCF practices is crucial. In Ethiopia breastfeeding is not adequate, complementary foods Introduced not on time, and the consumption of animal source food and vitamin A rich food is very low. And inappropriate IYCF practice has negative impact on their growth. The aim of the study was to explore mothers or caregivers' perception on characteristics of IYC foods and to identify the cultural, behavioral, and psychological aspects of IYCF practice in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The study employed Focused Ethnographic Study (FES) and it was conducted in Bole and Yeka Sub-Cities. A priory sampling technique was used to recruit study participants and data was collected in two phases by using in-depth interview and cognitive mapping techniques. A total of 16 participants were involved and thematic analysis was performed for qualitative data. Cerifam and porridge were the core IYC foods in both behavioral and cultural perspectives. Cold/stored foods /left overs are widely considered bad for IYC. Low income coupled with high-priced IYC foods, raising a child by babysitters, and poor appetite of a child were the major challenges that parents faced while raising their IYC. From mothers' perspective, the health benefit of the food they feed their IYC is crucial and is the main value that influence their decision on IYC food. Caregivers report valuing foods for their contribution to mental development and that improves child's weight. They believe all foods are not equally healthy and foods essential for child health are very expensive. Currently infants and young children routinely receive cereal based foods. Inappropriate feeding practice: feeding below recommendation, feeding leftovers, pre-mastication was identified. Financial problem was the major challenge and the health benefit of food is the main value that influence caregivers' food choice. Health education and BCC (behavioral change communication) intervention is needed to improve caregivers' perception and feeding behavior. The government should consider alternative child care. Additional researches needed to evaluate the effect of IYCF practice on IYC nutritional status in urban settings.
Joseph B. Clearihue - commissioning scroll for Lieutenant (Temporary), Canadian Field Artillery
Creators: name: :Unav
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: George V, King of Great Britain, 1865-1936
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/63022
subject: Canada. Canadian Army
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/531187
subject: Clearihue, J. B. (Joseph Badenoch), 1887-1976
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/2011150
subject: World War (1914-1918)
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1180746

description: A commissioning scroll for Joseph B. Clearihue. The certificate appoints Clearihue the commission of lieutenant (temporary) in the Land Forces, Canadian Field Artillery, on September 11, 1916. It was issued on March 2, 1918, in the eighth year of the reign of King George V. Biography: Joseph Badenoch Clearihue was born in Victoria and attended Boys' Central School and Victoria High School before enrolling at Victoria College (graduated in 1903), McGill University and Oxford University. He enjoyed a long career as a student, a soldier in the Fifth Canadian Field Artillery Unit in World War I, a Liberal MLA and Victoria alderman, and as a lawyer before being appointed a county court judge in 1952. He was Chair of the Victoria College Council (1947-63), and guided the College to university status. In January 1962, Clearihue turned the first sod at the construction site of the Clearihue Building, which was the first building on the Gordon head campus. Clearihue was also the first Chancellor of the University of Victoria, and Chair of the Board of Governors (1963-66).
Der Schreiberwerbskompass Interdisziplinäres Entwicklungsprojekt einer Entscheidungshilfe für Erstklassenlehrpersonen bei Auffälligkeiten im Schreiberwerb
Creators: name: Bantle, Nicole
name: Rüger, Daniel
name: Seitz, Adrian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Logopädie
Psychomotorik
Psychomotoriktherapie
Bachelorarbeit

description: Die vorliegende Bachelor-Arbeit befasst sich mit der interdisziplinären Entwicklung einer Entscheidungshilfe für Erstklassenlehrpersonen, die zu entscheiden helfen soll, ob bei Auffälligkeiten im Schreiberwerb in der ersten Klasse eine weiterführende Abklärung oder Beratung bei einer Fachper-son einzuleiten ist. Dabei werden die logopädischen und psychomotorischen Aspekte des beginnenden Schreiberwerbs der Schülerinnen und Schüler abgedeckt. Anhand einer Literaturaufbereitung wurden Kriterien abgeleitet. Danach wurde auf der Grundlage von Expertinnen- bzw. Experteninterviews das Instrument in einer Gruppendiskussion überarbeitet und weiterentwickelt. Der Entwicklungsprozess führte schliesslich zum Protokollbogen des Schreiberwerbskompasses.
LRS in unterschiedlichen Schriftsystemen Vergleich zwischen den japanischen Schriften Kana und Kanji und dem Alphabet
Creators: name: Schär, Barbara
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Logopädie
Bachelorarbeit

description: Wie äussern sich Schwierigkeiten beim Lesen und Schreiben lernen in den japanischen Schriftsystemen Kana und Kanji im Vergleich mit dem Alphabet? Die Antwort darauf wurde in neueren Studien über LRS in der japanischen Schrift gesucht. Ähnlichkeiten mit dem Alphabet stellen die Forscher bei der Kana-Silbenschrift fest. Hier werden als Ursache von LRS vor allem Defizite in der phonologischen Informationsverarbeitung vermutet. Der Einfluss der phonologischen Informationsverarbeitung beim Lernen der logographischen Kanji-Schrift ist noch unklar, unterschiedliche kognitive Fähigkeiten scheinen wichtig zu sein.
 Beeinträchtigungen eines Kindes können sich beim Lernen von Lesen und Schreiben in unterschiedlichen Schriftsystemen verschieden auswirken. Es gilt darum, jedes Kind individuell zu betrachten. Folgerungen für die Praxis finden sich am Ende dieser Arbeit.