cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Structural insight into the anion–water cluster: stabilised by alcohol and carboxylic acid containing tripodal ligand
Creators: name: Md. Najbul Hoque
name: Arghya Basu
name: Das, Gopal
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: A new flexible N-bridged, unsymmetrical, water-soluble tripodal ligand (L) bearing alcohol and carboxylic acid groups has been synthesised and its solid-state interaction with anions has been investigated. The fully deprotonated ligand encapsulates a sodium cation in a half cryptand bowl-shaped cavity (1). The chloride complex 2, contains a cyclohexane-like water cluster incorporating ligand OH groups. However, complexes with bromide and nitrate (3 and 4) are dimeric. Tetrahedral clusters containing two water molecules and two anions were found in complexes 3 and 4. Perchlorate complex 5 forms perchlorate–methanol adducts. Complex 1 forms a hydrophilic cation–water channel and complexes 2–4 form anion–water channels between the hydrophobic layers of the naphthalene moieties. Complexes 2, 5 and 3, 4 are isostructural in nature having similar packing structures.
A study on wear behaviour of laser direct metal deposited high strength H13 tool steel
Creators: name: Riza, Syed
name: Masood, Syed
name: Wen, Cuie
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Laser assisted direct metal deposition (DMD) additive manufacturing process provides a realistic opportunity to create solid and porous structures from high strength metallic alloys that can be used as coatings, foams and sandwiched structures and as highly stressed components in contact with other metallic components. Very little studies seem to have been reported on the wear behaviour of parts fabricated by the laser DMD process in relation to various design parameters for various metals. This paper presents an investigation on the sliding wear behaviour of the DMD generated structures of high strength H13 tool steel using the pin-on-disc machine. The structures were machined and finished as pins for subsequent wear testing against a solid disc made of high carbon steel surface. The study includes effect on abrasive wear by variation of several design variables which include contact load, sliding speed and sliding distance. The mode of wear is chosen to be severe which consists of dry wear and speeds near or above 1 m/s. Wear volume and co-efficient of frictions are the two main wear parameters analysed in combination with the primary or design variables. The relationship between the design factors and the ensuing wear loss is discussed which proves the highly non-linear frictional behaviour. The results highlight a wear performance for laser generated H13 specimen that is strong and consistent although inferior to the wear behaviour of wrought tool steels. Despite lack of hot and cold working and any heat treatment, H13 specimens show little signs of micro-chipping and flaking under high loads.
Structural insight into the anion–water cluster: stabilised by alcohol and carboxylic acid containing tripodal ligand
Creators: name: Md. Najbul Hoque
name: Arghya Basu
name: Das, Gopal
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: A new flexible N-bridged, unsymmetrical, water-soluble tripodal ligand (L) bearing alcohol and carboxylic acid groups has been synthesised and its solid-state interaction with anions has been investigated. The fully deprotonated ligand encapsulates a sodium cation in a half cryptand bowl-shaped cavity (1). The chloride complex 2, contains a cyclohexane-like water cluster incorporating ligand OH groups. However, complexes with bromide and nitrate (3 and 4) are dimeric. Tetrahedral clusters containing two water molecules and two anions were found in complexes 3 and 4. Perchlorate complex 5 forms perchlorate–methanol adducts. Complex 1 forms a hydrophilic cation–water channel and complexes 2–4 form anion–water channels between the hydrophobic layers of the naphthalene moieties. Complexes 2, 5 and 3, 4 are isostructural in nature having similar packing structures.
title: L’isola che non c’è: ein Vorgeschmack auf Opposition in Zeiten der Großen Koalition
Creators: name: Lenski, Sophie-Charlotte
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: 342

description: Verfassungsblog: On Matters Constitutional
title: Erfolgreich recherchieren - Jura
Creators: name: Vogel, Ivo
Publisher: name: de Gruyter Saur
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Deutschland
subject: Recht
subject: Juristenausbildung
subject: Information Retrieval
subject: Lehrbuch
subject: 340

description: Der Band "Erfolgreich recherchieren Jura" bietet einen umfassenden Überblick über die Informationsressourcen zur Rechtswissenschaft. Vorgestellt werden nicht nur die zentralen Rechercheinstrumente wie Bibliothekskataloge, Fachbibliographien, Internetsuchmaschinen und Aufsatzdatenbanken, sondern auch Fachdatenbanken und freie Internetressourcen sowie Strategien für die erfolgreiche Literaturrecherche. Ein eigener Teil des Buches widmet sich der Weiterverarbeitung der gefundenen Informationen, also der Quellenbewertung, der Verwendung von Literaturverwaltungsprogrammen und dem richtigen Zitieren. Ob für das erste Referat oder die Abschlussarbeit - hier bekommen Sie einen kompetenten Leitfaden für die erfolgreiche juristische Recherche an die Hand.
title: Sanctuary Cities in Deutschland: Widerstand gegen die Abschiebepolitik der Bundesregierung
Creators: name: Heuser, Helene
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Deportation, Sanctuary Cities, Refugees, Urban Citizenship
subject: 340

description: Sanctuary Cities nennen sich in den USA und Kanada Städte, die sich weigern, an der Abschiebungspolitik des Bundesstaates mitzuwirken. Die Idee dazu etablierte sich in den 80er Jahren in Nordamerika und verbreitete sich weiter nach Großbritannien, wo sich verschiedene Städte zusammengeschlossen haben, die die Kultur der Gastfreundschaft und des Willkommens beleben möchten und das Ziel haben, dass sich geflüchtete Menschen dort sicher fühlen. Nun gründen sich auch in deutschen Städten Initiativen, die sich Ähnliches für ihre Kommunen wünschen.
description: Verfassungsblog: On Matters Constitutional
Fluoride-responsive hydrogel of cholesterol appended pyridinium urea and its metal detecting ability and semi-conducting behaviour
Creators: name: Kumaresh Ghosh
name: Debasis Kar
name: Subhratanu Bhattacharya
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Cholesterol appended pyridinium urea 1 acts as low molecular weight gelator in DMSO:H2O (1:1, v/v) showing distinct colour change in the presence of aqueous solution of KF as well as tetrabutylammonium fluoride and recognises F−  specifically. In addition, this hydrogel is noted to detect aqueous solution of Cu2+ and Pb2+ ions over a series of other metal ions and exhibits good semi-conducting property.
A convenient and efficient one-pot method for the synthesis of novel acridine-calix[4]arene derivatives as new DNA binding agents via multicomponent reaction
Creators: name: Mirza-Aghayan, Maryam
name: Yarmohammadi, Masoud
name: Zadmard, Reza
name: Rabah Boukherroub
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: A new approach is applied for the synthesis of novel acridine-calix[4]arene derivatives via a multicomponent reaction. These compounds have been characterised by 1H NMR, 13C NMR and HR-MS. Our binding studies between acridine-functionalised calix[4]arenes and calf thymus DNA (CT-DNA) via fluorescence titration show that these compounds have a good affinity to CT-DNA.
Fluoride-responsive hydrogel of cholesterol appended pyridinium urea and its metal detecting ability and semi-conducting behaviour
Creators: name: Kumaresh Ghosh
name: Debasis Kar
name: Subhratanu Bhattacharya
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: Cholesterol appended pyridinium urea 1 acts as low molecular weight gelator in DMSO:H2O (1:1, v/v) showing distinct colour change in the presence of aqueous solution of KF as well as tetrabutylammonium fluoride and recognises F−  specifically. In addition, this hydrogel is noted to detect aqueous solution of Cu2+ and Pb2+ ions over a series of other metal ions and exhibits good semi-conducting property.
Looking through a glass onion: Assessing the affordances of an augmented reality experimental learning (AuREL) proposal for engineering student online experimentation
Creators: name: Banky, George
name: Blicblau, Aaron
name: Vcelka, Martin
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 390303
subject: Higher education
classificationCode: 390405
subject: Educational technology and computing
classificationCode: 401799
subject: Mechanical engineering not elsewhere classified

description: Experimental learning, traditionally conducted in on-campus laboratory venues, is the cornerstone of science and engineering education. In order to ensure that engineering graduates are exposed to ‘real-world’ situations and attain the necessary professional skill-sets, as mandated by course accreditation bodies such as Engineers Australia, face-to-face laboratory experimentation with real equipment has been an integral component of traditional engineering education. The online delivery of engineering coursework endeavours to mimic this with remote and simulated laboratory experimentation. The current implementations of both remote and simulated laboratories tend to be specified with a focus on technical characteristics, instead of pedagogical requirements.
title: State Reform in Greece: Legal and Practical Considerations
Creators: name: Koutnatzis, Stylianos-Ioannis
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Administration, Civil Service, Greek State Reform
subject: 340

description: For the Greek drama to be resolved on a long-term basis, the shift from the exclusive focus on finances to institutional arrangements is long overdue. Armin von Bogdandy and Michael Ioannidis convincingly set out the proposal’s significant advantages. At the same time, however, its implementation might raise a host of both legal and practical considerations.
description: Verfassungsblog: On Matters Constitutional
title: The CJEU on Humanitarian Visa: Discovering ‘Un-Chartered’ Waters of EU Law
Creators: name: Ovádek, Michal
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 340

description: Limiting the scope of EU law vis-à-vis national legislative measures is one thing but creating un-Chartered territory in EU law is another. It is understandable why the Court would want to stay away from the currently toxic migration politics. But it is worrying that it is willing to further limit the scope of the Charter when it might be needed the most.
description: Verfassungsblog: On Matters Constitutional
title: Democratizing the Euro Area without the European Parliament: Benoît Hamon’s “T-Dem”
Creators: name: Platon, Sébastien
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Benoît Hamon, Thomas Piketty, Eurozone, European Parliament, Euro
subject: 340

description: On the 10th March, the official candidate of the Socialist Party for the French presidential elections, Benoît Hamon, outlined his programme for the European Union. This programme, whilst being against austerity and in favour of more flexibility as regards EU requirements in terms of public budgets and public debts, comes with a treaty proposal, the draft treaty on the democratization of the governance of the euro area (dubbed « T-Dem »). This treaty, which was prepared by the candidate together with the superstar economist Thomas Piketty (who has joined his team) is supposed to bring more democracy to the governance of the Euro area. However noble (and necessary) this ambitious idea might seem, the way this draft treaty has been engineered raises not only political but also legal questions.
description: Verfassungsblog: On Matters Constitutional
title: Once More unto the Breach?: An Independent Scotland, Europe, and the Law
Creators: name: Lock, Tobias
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Brexit, Scotland, Indy Ref, Independence, Nicola Sturgeon
subject: 340

description: Today, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced that she would ask the Scottish Parliament to allow her to agree with the UK Government on another independence referendum. The Scottish people should be given a right to decide – once the terms of Brexit are known – whether to stick with the UK and leave the EU or pursue the route of independence and stay within ‘Europe’. This blog post will briefly outline some of the legal obstacles on the way, both internal and external.
description: Verfassungsblog: On Matters Constitutional
title: Le gouvernement de soi et des autres: Zu Auftrittsverboten für türkische Regierungsmitglieder
Creators: name: Goldmann, Matthias
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 342

description: Verfassungsblog: On Matters Constitutional
On the art of tongue kissing during mouth to mouth resuscitation
Creators: name: Tofts, Darren
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: All art, as well as every historical period, is unavoidably caught up in the throes of its own imminent death, chaperoned by cultural theorists and aestheticians sifting through the ashes of its pyre in search of dead media. Which brings me to the Carousel media art work by the collective Soda_Jerk (Dan and Dom Angeloro) (http://www.sodajerk.com.au/).
title: Apricot :
title: Guidelines for the Conduct of Tests for Distinctness, Uniformity and Stability.
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: (:Unas)
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 0

description: The purpose of these guidelines (“Test Guidelines”) is to elaborate the principles contained in the General Introduction (document TG/1/3), and its associated TGP documents, into detailed practical guidance for the harmonized examination of distinctness, uniformity and stability (DUS) and, in particular, to identify appropriate characteristics for the examination of DUS and production of harmonized variety descriptions.
A new fluoride ion colorimetric sensor based on azo–azomethine receptors
Creators: name: Arabahmadi, Raziyeh
name: Saeid Amani
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Four new colorimetric chemosensors, receptors 1a–1d, containing electron-donating moieties appended to the azophenol moiety were synthesised. The dyes were characterised by elemental analysis, infrared, UV–vis and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra. Spectral characteristics of the dyes were investigated in four organic solvents of differing polarity and their chromogenic behaviours towards various anions. The sensors showed a colour change upon addition of fluoride ion with a substantial bathochromic shift. No significant colour changes was observed upon addition of any other anions. The significant changes of absorption bands and colour show that chemosensor was selective towards fluoride ion over other anions such that Cl− , Br−  and could not cause any colour change. The sensing action was further confirmed by UV–vis titration. In addition, 1H NMR experiments were carried out to explore the nature of interaction between receptors and F− .
Dynamical effects dominate the evolution of cataclysmic variables in dense star clusters
Creators: name: Shara, Michael M.
name: Hurley, Jarrod
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Strong interactions between the single and binary stars in the cores of dense clusters often cause the binaries' semimajor axes to contract. These 'hardened' binaries are potent dynamical energy sources. Once significant physical interaction between a binary's components begins (e.g., mass transfer), the stellar evolution of that binary is intimately linked to the dynamical evolution of all the stars in the cluster. We self-consistently simulate the stellar dynamics, and binary and single-star evolution of a 100,000 star cluster with 5000 primordial binaries. The production of very close binaries containing a white dwarf is enhanced over that in the field; we focus on their formation, evolution, and fate. We report on a class of utterly novel CVs that never undergo a common envelope phase but are instead formed in exchange reactions. Exchange interactions are more likely to make CVs in which the main-sequence star mass is greater than 0.7 M-circle dot, as opposed to CVs with low-mass donors. These dynamically produced CVs are more likely to be short-lived than their field counterparts. We find that the shorter lives of CVs in the harsh cluster environment decrease the expected number of CVs, at any given time, by a factor of 3. Finally, we provide the first self-consistent simulation of the period distribution of dynamics-dominated cataclysmic variables. We predict that there will be no 2-3 hour period gap for cluster CVs; the gap is smeared out by dynamical interactions of CVs with cluster stars.
Complexation and transport of amino acid esters and their salts with synthesised chiral novel aza crown ether derivatives
Creators: name: Kazaylek, Mehmet
name: Şafak Ozhan Kocakaya
name: Oral, Elif Varhan
name: Çolak, Mehmet
name: Karakaplan, Mehmet
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The syntheses of four aza-15-crown-5 ethers bearing phenyl and phenoxymethyl moieties attached to a stereogenic centre on the crown ring were achieved. Macrocycles have exhibited strong binding ability (Ka = 5364–12,969 M− 1) and modest enantiomeric discrimination towards the enantiomers of amino acid methyl ester salts by UV titration method in CHCl3 at 25°C. Computer modelling results supported experimental data providing a detailed understanding of the molecular recognition mode between hosts and guests and the likely binding sites involved. Macrocycles were used for chiral discrimination of amino acids in their zwitterionic forms or as potassium and sodium salts in transport experiments across a bulk chloroform membrane with satisfactory selectivity.
Defining the optimal level of business benefits within IS/IT projects: Insights from benefit identification practices adopted in an IT Service Management (ITSM) project
Creators: name: Wijesinghe, Ravinda
name: Scheepers, Helana
name: McLoughlin, Stuart
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The popularity of benefit realization management (BRM) in today's IT-enabled world is fast gaining traction within IT organisations around the world. However, there appears to be limited attention paid to the intra-organisational practice by which benefits are identified. The purpose of this paper is twofold: firstly, to describe and define a practice approach that reflects the ongoing organisational investment through a benefit identification process that serves to exploit a number of benefit identification methods. Secondly, to underline and reflect on the importance of this benefit identification process in the context of IT service management (ITSM). This is achieved through a case study of an information technology infrastructure library (ITIL) implementation in a multi-national organization. The case study exposes a pragmatic practice approach of customising such implementations in an effort to achieve a cost effective implementation of IT services that reflects the context and requirements of that specific organisation.
A convenient and efficient one-pot method for the synthesis of novel acridine-calix[4]arene derivatives as new DNA binding agents via multicomponent reaction
Creators: name: Mirza-Aghayan, Maryam
name: Yarmohammadi, Masoud
name: Zadmard, Reza
name: Rabah Boukherroub
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: A new approach is applied for the synthesis of novel acridine-calix[4]arene derivatives via a multicomponent reaction. These compounds have been characterised by 1H NMR, 13C NMR and HR-MS. Our binding studies between acridine-functionalised calix[4]arenes and calf thymus DNA (CT-DNA) via fluorescence titration show that these compounds have a good affinity to CT-DNA.
Binding of a neutral guest to cucurbiturils: photophysics, thermodynamics and molecular modelling
Creators: name: González-Álvarez, María José
name: Thais Carmona
name: Evren, Didem
name: Mendicuti, Francisco
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence techniques were used to study the thermodynamics of binding of a neutral polarity-sensitive guest, the methyl 2-naphthalenecarboxylate (2MN), with three cucurbiturils (CBn; n = 6, 7 and 8) in water. Association constants (K) were obtained from nonlinear regression analysis of the fluorescence intensity against [CB] in the 5–45°C range. 2MN complexed with CB7 exhibited a 1:1 stoichiometry (K ≈ 103 M− 1 at 25°C); however, it hardly did with CB6 (K − 1) and it did not with the larger CB8 macrocyclic ring. The (1:1) 2MN:CB7 complexation process was accompanied by a small unfavourable enthalpy change and was, therefore, entropically governed. Molecular mechanics and molecular dynamics calculations in the presence of water were also used to study the geometry of the complexes formed and the driving forces responsible for their formation. The results were compared with those previously obtained for the complexation of the same guest, 2MN, with natural α-, β- and γ-cyclodextrins.
Complexation and transport of amino acid esters and their salts with synthesised chiral novel aza crown ether derivatives
Creators: name: Kazaylek, Mehmet
name: Şafak Ozhan Kocakaya
name: Oral, Elif Varhan
name: Çolak, Mehmet
name: Karakaplan, Mehmet
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: The syntheses of four aza-15-crown-5 ethers bearing phenyl and phenoxymethyl moieties attached to a stereogenic centre on the crown ring were achieved. Macrocycles have exhibited strong binding ability (Ka = 5364–12,969 M− 1) and modest enantiomeric discrimination towards the enantiomers of amino acid methyl ester salts by UV titration method in CHCl3 at 25°C. Computer modelling results supported experimental data providing a detailed understanding of the molecular recognition mode between hosts and guests and the likely binding sites involved. Macrocycles were used for chiral discrimination of amino acids in their zwitterionic forms or as potassium and sodium salts in transport experiments across a bulk chloroform membrane with satisfactory selectivity.
A new fluoride ion colorimetric sensor based on azo–azomethine receptors
Creators: name: Arabahmadi, Raziyeh
name: Saeid Amani
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: Four new colorimetric chemosensors, receptors 1a–1d, containing electron-donating moieties appended to the azophenol moiety were synthesised. The dyes were characterised by elemental analysis, infrared, UV–vis and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra. Spectral characteristics of the dyes were investigated in four organic solvents of differing polarity and their chromogenic behaviours towards various anions. The sensors showed a colour change upon addition of fluoride ion with a substantial bathochromic shift. No significant colour changes was observed upon addition of any other anions. The significant changes of absorption bands and colour show that chemosensor was selective towards fluoride ion over other anions such that Cl− , Br−  and could not cause any colour change. The sensing action was further confirmed by UV–vis titration. In addition, 1H NMR experiments were carried out to explore the nature of interaction between receptors and F− .
title: Responsibility to Protect: A political science perspective on the international law section of the coalition agreement
Creators: name: Gholiagha, Sassan
name: Wiener, Antje
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: 342

description: Verfassungsblog: On Matters Constitutional
Postprandial glycaemia and inhibition of α-glucosidase activity by aqueous extract from Coriandrum sativum
Creators: name: F. Brindis
name: M. González-Andrade
name: M.E. González-Trujano
name: S. Estrada-Soto
name: R. Villalobos-Molina
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Medicine
subject: Biochemistry

description: The antihyperglycaemic properties of the aqueous extract from the leaves and stems of Coriandrum sativum L. were evaluated in normoglycaemic rats, and on α-glucosidase activity from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, in order to validate its use in folk medicine. In in vivo experiments rats were administered with the aqueous extract of the plant at 100, 300 and 500 mg/kg, to observe the effect on oral sucrose tolerance test. The aqueous extract exhibited significant antihyperglycaemic activity at the three tested doses. In vitro experiments with α-glucosidase exhibited a competitive-type inhibition. These results confirm the antidiabetic properties of the extract of C. sativum L., probably by the inhibition of α-glucosidase in the gastrointestinal tract.
Virtual reality based ergonomic risk evaluation of welding tasks
Creators: name: Rahman, Azizur
name: Palaneeswaran, Ekambaram
name: Kulkarni, Ambarish
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Work related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) are significant among workers engaged in manual handling tasks, e.g. structural steel welding trades. Several research studies and industry reports revealed that such risks are mostly preventable e.g. through relevant ergonomic assessments, facilitating arrangements and job/ workplace redesigns. Common approaches for ergonomic risk evaluations of manual handling tasks in workplaces are: (i) perceptions based information and (ii) field observations, both have certain limitations and challenges. Therefore, applying virtual reality (VR) technique with kinematic motion captures and simulation studies in virtual environment have been additionally considered in our research. This hybrid approach has conveniently enabled more advanced and reliable data for the MSD risk evaluations. This paper presents key details of our VR simulation studies employed for ergonomic evaluation of structural steel welding tasks, especially back pain related musculoskeletal disorders from the metal joining tasks in construction and manufacturing industries. This study results will be useful for further developing WMSDs related decision support system. Practitioner Summary: Ergonomic risk evaluation of manual handling tasks is crucial as these have strong relation with work related musculoskeletal disorders. Through a hybrid research approach including field observations and virtual reality simulation studies, advanced risk assessments can be conveniently consolidated for rational arrangements and decision support - even for challenging occupations such as structural steel welding trade. Moreover, jobs/tasks can be suitably designed/ redesigned without employing risky or expensive field observations or unreliable perceptions.
title: Schutzverantwortung: Ein politikwissenschaftlicher Blick auf den Völkerrechtsteil des Koalitionsvertrags
Creators: name: Gholiagha, Sassan
name: Wiener, Antje
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: 342

description: Verfassungsblog: On Matters Constitutional
Synergistic action of compounds isolated from the hexane extract of Ardisia crispa root against tumour-promoting effect, in vitro
Creators: name: Looi Ting Yeong
name: Roslida Abdul Hamid
name: Yazan, Latifah Saiful
name: Huzwah Khaza'ai
name: Dayang Erna Zulaikha Awang Hamsin
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Meta Science
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biochemistry

description: An isomeric mixture of α,β-amyrin (triterpene) and 2-methoxy-6-undecyl-1,4-benzoquinone (quinone) isolated from the Ardisia crispa root hexane (ACRH) extract was reported to possess anti-inflammatory properties in vivo. Considering the close association between inflammation and cancer, on top of the lack of antitumour study on those compounds, this study aimed to determine the potential of both compounds against tumour promotion in vitro, either as single agent or in combination. Triterpene and quinone compounds, as well as triterpene–quinone fraction (TQF) and ACRH were subjected to inhibition of Epstein–Barr virus-early antigen (EBV-EA) activation assay for that purpose. Compared with curcumin (positive control), inhibition against EBV-EA activation occurred in the order: ACRH>TQF ≥ curcumin>α,β-amyrin ≥ 2-methoxy-6-undecyl-1,4-benzoquinone. These findings reported, for the first time, the antitumor-promoting effect of α,β-amyrin and 2-methoxy-6-undecyl-1,4-benzoquinone from the roots of A. crispa, which was enhanced when both compounds act in synergy.
Binding of a neutral guest to cucurbiturils: photophysics, thermodynamics and molecular modelling
Creators: name: González-Álvarez, María José
name: Thais Carmona
name: Evren, Didem
name: Mendicuti, Francisco
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: Steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence techniques were used to study the thermodynamics of binding of a neutral polarity-sensitive guest, the methyl 2-naphthalenecarboxylate (2MN), with three cucurbiturils (CBn; n = 6, 7 and 8) in water. Association constants (K) were obtained from nonlinear regression analysis of the fluorescence intensity against [CB] in the 5–45°C range. 2MN complexed with CB7 exhibited a 1:1 stoichiometry (K ≈ 103 M− 1 at 25°C); however, it hardly did with CB6 (K − 1) and it did not with the larger CB8 macrocyclic ring. The (1:1) 2MN:CB7 complexation process was accompanied by a small unfavourable enthalpy change and was, therefore, entropically governed. Molecular mechanics and molecular dynamics calculations in the presence of water were also used to study the geometry of the complexes formed and the driving forces responsible for their formation. The results were compared with those previously obtained for the complexation of the same guest, 2MN, with natural α-, β- and γ-cyclodextrins.
Torsional strengthening of concrete members using near-surface mounted CFRP composites
Creators: name: Al-bayati, G.
name: Al-Mahaidi, Riadh
name: Kalfat, Robin
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: To increase the strength of concrete members, numerous research studies on flexure and shear have been reported using carbon fibre-reinforced polymer (CFRP) with the near-surface mounted (NSM) strengthening technology, as it is considered a promising technology. However, to date research on torsional strengthening has been provided only for the externally-bonded reinforcement technique (EBR) and no studies have been conducted on NSM strengthening technology. In this paper, reinforced concrete (RC) beams with CFRP are considered and ATENA software is used to build a 3-D model of the beams and to analyse the beam structure. Finite element and experimental results of the control beam and beams strengthened for torsion with CFRP sheets using the EBR technique are compared. Further computer analysis of beams strengthened with CFRP laminate using the NSM strengthening technology is achieved by considering many parameters. The type of the adhesive, the method of strengthening, and the spacing between the grooves were examined. The performances of the beams and the ultimate strengths of the control and beams strengthened using the EBR technique were predicted with high accuracy by the models employed. According to the results for the beams strengthened using the NSM technique, the overall torsional behaviour of the beams with CFRP was improved by different percentages and the beams became stronger.
Tenure Profiles and Efficient Separation in a Stochastic Productivity Model
Creators: name: I. Sebastian Buhai
name: Teulings, Coen N.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: We develop a theoretical model based on efficient bargaining, where both log outside productivity and log productivity in the current job follow a random walk. This setting allows the application of real option theory. We derive the efficient worker-firm separation rule. We show that wage data from completed job spells are uninformative about the true tenure profile. The model is estimated on the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. It fits the observed distribution of job tenures well. Selection of favorable random walks can account for the concavity in tenure profiles. About 80% of the estimated wage returns to tenure is due to selectivity in the realized outside productivities.
Attitudes towards reconciliation in East Gippsland, Victoria
Creators: name: Gunstone, Andrew
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: In 2015, I commissioned a social survey organisation to conduct telephone interviews with people living in East Gippsland in eastern Victoria. The survey examined attitudes towards reconciliation. It expored several critical issues concerning reconciliation, including socio-economic disadvantage, government programs, Indigenous rights and addressing the past. In this article, I analyse the findings of this survey. These findings from this 2015 survey are also contrasted to two previous surveys I commissioned in 2010 and 2005, that also examined attitudes to reconciliation in East Gippsland.
'Blackout!' unpacking the black box of the game event
Creators: name: Conway, Steven
name: Trevillian, Andrew
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 3605
subject: Screen and digital media

description: In this article we propose a new ontology for games, synthesising phenomenology, Latourian Actor-Network Theory and Goffinanian frame analysis. In doing so we offer a robust, minimal and practical model for the analyst and designer, that clearly illustrates the network of objects within the 'Black Box' of any game, illuminating how each object (from player to memory card to sunlight) may move between three levels of the Game Event: Social World, Operative World and Character World. Abbreviating these worlds, a shorthand for the model is SOC (Social/Operative/Character).
Memefest: an innovative model for socially responsive design & research
Creators: name: Petelin, George
name: Vodeb, Oliver
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The majority of communication design as practiced in western democracies serves instrumental interests of the market and is reproducing predatory neoliberal capitalism (van Toorn 1998, 2010). In his paper, Sustainability as a project of history, Clive Dilnot states: 'Sustainability is that which most cruelly exposes design. Nothing reveals more sharply both the necessity and inconsequentiality of design: its (absolute) necessity as capacity, and its almost complete irrelevance as a value, or indeed as a profession' (Dilnot 2011). Design education mostly produces designers as service providers who do not have the capabilities to seriously confront the urgent issues of radical uncertainty and environmental degradation, which are defining conditions of today's societies.
A complete N-body model of the old open cluster M67
Creators: name: Hurley, Jarrod
name: Pols, Onno R.
name: Aarseth, S. Verre J.
name: Tout, Christopher A.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The old open cluster M67 is an ideal testbed for current cluster evolution models because of its dynamically evolved structure and rich stellar populations that show clear signs of interaction between stellar, binary and cluster evolution. Here, we present the first truly direct N-body model for M67, evolved from zero age to 4 Gyr taking full account of cluster dynamics as well as stellar and binary evolution. Our preferred model starts with 36 000 stars (12 000 single stars and 12 000 binaries) and a total mass of nearly 19 000 M-circle dot placed in a Galactic tidal field at 8.0 kpc from the Galactic Centre. Our choices for the initial conditions and for the primordial binary population are explained in detail. At 4 Gyr, the age of M67, the total mass has reduced to 2000 M-circle dot as a result of mass loss and stellar escapes. The mass and half-mass radius of luminous stars in the cluster are a good match to observations, although the model is more centrally concentrated than observations indicate. The stellar mass and luminosity functions (LFs) are significantly flattened by preferential escape of low-mass stars. We find that M67 is dynamically old enough that information about the initial mass function (IMF) is lost, both from the current LF and from the current mass fraction in white dwarfs (WDs). The model contains 20 blue stragglers (BSs) at 4 Gyr, which is slightly less than the 28 observed in M67. Nine are in binaries. The blue stragglers were formed by a variety of means and we find formation paths for the whole variety observed in M67. Both the primordial binary population and the dynamical cluster environment play an essential role in shaping the population. A substantial population of short-period primordial binaries (with periods less than a few days) is needed to explain the observed number of BSs in M67. The evolution and properties of two-thirds of the BSs, including all found in binaries, have been altered by cluster dynamics and nearly half would not have formed at all outside the cluster environment. On the other hand, the cluster environment is also instrumental in destroying potential BSs from the primordial binary population, so that the total number is in fact slightly smaller than what would be expected from evolving the same binary stars in isolation.
title: Germany’s Domestic „Königstein Quota System“ and EU asylum policy
Creators: name: Thym, Daniel
name: Beverungen, Carolin
name: Gies, Sigrid
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: 342

description: Verfassungsblog: On Matters Constitutional
Development and evaluation of models for autonomous shared mobility-on-demand systems
Creators: name: Javanshour, Farid
name: Dia, Hussein
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 400512
subject: Transport engineering

description: This paper presents a research framework for the development and evaluation of new methods to provide urban transport that offer efficient, affordable and flexible trips while reducing reliance on private vehicle use. Specifically, the paper outlines a research project which aims to demonstrate novel uses of low carbon mobility solutions driven by disruptive forces which are changing the mobility landscape and providing consumers with more choices to meet their transport needs. These forces include vehicle electrification, automated self-driving and on-demand shared mobility services. The focus of this research is on understanding the factors influencing the acceptance and demand for mobility under these emerging forces, development of models for understanding the demand for travel in the age of connected mobility, and assessing their impacts particularly under scenarios of autonomous or self-driving on-demand shared mobility. The successful completion of this research will result in the development of rigorous models that provide a better understanding of the likely reduction in carbon footprint which these trends are likely to achieve for future urban mobility. This paper also provides some initial results from a pilot study on a small road network. The results showed that autonomous mobility reduced the number of required vehicles by more than 40% while still meeting the same demand for travel on the road network, compared to a base scenario with conventional cars only. The autonomous mobility also reduced the need for car parking space (by around 58% compared to the base-case scenario). Such an impact has a clear influence on urban form in our cities and could free up a substantial amount of land and space that can be used for other purposes. However, the simulation also showed that the total vehicle-kilometres travelled by the autonomous vehicles increased because the vehicles needed to reposition. Finally, the paper describes the remaining challenges that need to be overcome in this research, and outlines the next steps to achieve the desired outcomes.
Introducing Australia's first hybrid testing facility for performance-based assessment of structures
Creators: name: Hashemi, Javad
name: Al-Mahaidi, Riadh
name: Kalfat, Robin
name: Wilson, John
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Hybrid simulation is a cost-effective cyber-physical testing technique, in which computational models and physical components are integrated at run-time. This method can be viewed as conventional finite element analysis, where physical models of some portions of the structure are embedded in the numerical model. In such a way, the errors related to the simplification of the theoretical modeling of complex nonlinear structures or subassemblies can be effectively mitigated as they are tested physically in the lab. This paper introduces Australia's first hybrid testing facility, referred to as the Multi-Axis Substructure Testing (MAST) system, which is capable of simulating the complex three-dimensional time-varying boundary effects on large-scale structural components. The MAST system is unique in Australasia and is capable to serve the research community and practice, nationally and internationally. An application of the MAST system to investigate the performance of a CFRP-repaired limited-ductile RC column under sequential ground motions from linear-elastic response range through collapse is also presented.
Tenure Profiles and Efficient Separation in a Stochastic Productivity Model
Creators: name: I. Sebastian Buhai
name: Teulings, Coen N.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: We develop a theoretical model based on efficient bargaining, where both log outside productivity and log productivity in the current job follow a random walk. This setting allows the application of real option theory. We derive the efficient worker-firm separation rule. We show that wage data from completed job spells are uninformative about the true tenure profile. The model is estimated on the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. It fits the observed distribution of job tenures well. Selection of favorable random walks can account for the concavity in tenure profiles. About 80% of the estimated wage returns to tenure is due to selectivity in the realized outside productivities.
The Influence of FRP spike and patch anchors on the bond performance of FRP-to-concrete joints
Creators: name: Kalfat, Robin
name: Al-Mahaidi, Riadh
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: It has been demonstrated that the governing failure mode of concrete structures strengthened with fiber reinforced polymer composites (FRP) is by premature debonding of the FRP material from the concrete substrate. Research has shown that one means by which the FRP-to-concrete bond performance may be improved is to provide anchorage measures that resist the interfacial shear and peeling stresses that are generated along the FRP bond line. FRP spike anchors and bidirectional fiber patch anchors are a proven means to enhance the bond performance of FRP materials when bonded to concrete. Although the above mentioned anchorage systems have shown significant promise when investigated independently, the present research aims to combine their unique properties into a hybrid anchorage system. In this study, FRP spike anchors were used to anchor bidirectional fiber patches and used to restrain FRP laminates tested in direct shear resulting in a superior anchorage strength which was demonstrated through experimental testing.
A system for multi-axis substructure testing of civil structures under extreme dynamic loads
Creators: name: Hashemi, Javad
name: Al-Mahaidi, Riadh
name: Kalfat, Robin
name: Burnett, G.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Experimental research is the most reliable means for prediction of nonlinear structural behavior and the failure mechanism under extreme dynamic loads. The primary objective of this research is to advance the current state of technology for large-scale experimental testing through the development of a multi-axis substructure testing system capable of simulating the three-dimensional continuously-varying loading schemes during extreme loading events. This state-of-the-art facility can be used for quasi-static cyclic testing or local and geographically-distributed hybrid simulation of large/full scale structures. This system also incorporates the switched and mixed load/deformation control strategy that is critical to apply simultaneously the load in the highly stiff axes while imposing deformations in other directions on the test specimen. To demonstrate the multi-directional mixed-mode testing framework, three experiments including quasi-static cyclic, local and distributed hybrid simulation tests were conducted on a seismically-excited concrete structure. The experimental results show that the complex boundary effects on the physical test specimen can be reliably simulated through the unique capabilities of this testing system.
The power of observation: making research visible, accessible, and usable for the Asian digital economy
Creators: name: Thomas, Julian
name: Lawrence, Amanda
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Research in digital form is now so abundant, in so many forms, on such a comprehensive array of topics, that it is somewhat surprising to find that while the Internet has done so much to make knowledge accessible, we still face numerous problems if we want to find, evaluate, access, understand and - most importantly - use, much of this information. Too much useful knowledge is locked up in expensive, subscription-only journals; too much data is never made public; too much material is lost through 'link rot', where links are not updated and lead users nowhere. The result is that the great potential of the Internet to provide universal access to information is not yet being realized. This essay considers the benefits and possibilities of an online 'observatory' focusing on digital economy and policy issues in Asia. We draw upon our experience developing an open-access, policy-oriented repository in Australia, (APO) which aims to make relevant research visible, accessible, and usable for policy-makers, journalists, advisors, activists, and advocates. Our work suggests that with some new ways of gathering and accessing information, initiatives such as observatories can improve the current fragmentation of knowledge across the Internet in ways that will benefit researchers, policy makers, public interest advocates, and society as a whole.