cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Beyond essentialism Bulgarian inclusive nationalism: The case of the Turkish minority
Creators: name: Grouev, Ivaylo
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Political Science, General.
subject: Sociology, Ethnic and Racial Studies.

description: In the following pages I try to present my interpretation of the enigma behind the successful co-existence between the two largest ethnic groups in Bulgaria---the Bulgarian majority and the Turkish minority---by offering a new theoretical rationalization of this atypical phenomenon in the context of the Balkans. My hypothesis is that the Bulgarian national project was defined as a manifestation of a political attachment. With this element as the common denominator/anchor, which resulted in the supremacy of common citizenship over ethnic and religious loyalties, I argue that the Bulgarian national vision clearly contradicted other South-eastern European nationalisms known to emphasize a populations cultural heritage and its ethnic continuity. I argue that in the case of Bulgaria we are dealing with a political, civic, inclusive nationalism. Using L. Greenfeld's situational constraint theory I assess those critical variables/factors of the Bulgarian nation-building process, which, I argue, enabled the emergence of a political and inclusive national project. This path contrasted other Balkan states, where this process emphasized ethnicity and religion, rather than citizenship, as major criteria for establishing a persons membership in the national "imagined community." Hence the Bulgarian liberation movement was atypical in terms of the pattern of regional nation building where the subordination of citizenship rights to the principle of statehood was generally the norm. Yet, while this may be attributed in part to the absence of certain conditions (religious or ethnic fervour, for example), Bulgaria's national project seems to have been the result of a conscious adoption of political universalism.
Hypothymis azurea subsp. symmixta Stresemann 1913
Creators: name: LeCroy, M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Passeriformes
Monarchidae
Hypothymis
Hypothymis azurea
Hypothymis azurea symmixta stresemann

description: Hypothymis azurea symmixta Stresemann
 Hypothymis azurea symmixta Stresemann, 1913a: 294 (Alor).
 Now Hypothymis azurea prophata Oberholser, 1911. See White and Bruce, 1986: 364, and del Hoyo et al., 2006: 280–281.
HOLOTYPE: AMNH 649920, adult male, collected on Alor Island, 08.15S, 124.45E (White and Bruce, 1986: 490), Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia, in March, 1897, by Alfred Everett. From the Rothschild Collection.
 COMMENTS: In the original description, Stresemann designated as the type a specimen in the Rothschild Collection collected on Alor in March 1897. This is the only Alor specimen collected in March. His paratypes included 6 specimens in BMNH (marked with asterisks) and 17, including the holotype, in the Rothschild Collection, for which he gave measurements. There are 16 paratypes at AMNH, all of which would have been available to Stresemann when he described symmixta. The number of specimens from each island and their sex do not exactly correlate with the number of measurements given by Stresemann. In the following list of paratypes, the AMNH number and the sex as given on the label are followed by the number given by Stresemann in brackets. Lombok Island, three males, AMNH 649904–649906, female, AMNH 649907 [five males]; Sumbawa Island,, six males, AMNH 649908–649913, three females, 649914–649916 [six males, three females]; Flores Island,, two males, AMNH 649917 and 649918 [1 male]; Alor Island, AMNH 649919, collected in April 1897 [one male plus the holotype]. Bali specimens are not included among the paratypes because Stresemann considered the Bali population to be transitional between H. a. symmixta and H. a. prophata and questioned its subspecific determination.
description: Published as part of LeCroy, M., 2008, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History. Part 7. Passeriformes: Sylviidae, Muscicapidae, Platysteiridae, Maluridae, Acanthizidae, Monarchidae, Rhipiduridae, And Petroicidae, pp. 1-287 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 313 (1) on page 190, DOI: 10.1206/313.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13223808
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE PRACTICES AND ITS IMPACT ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS IN ETHIOPIA
Creators: name: SHEGAW, MANDAW
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2019

description: The study examined the impact of corporate governance practices on the financial performance of microfinance institutions in Ethiopia. The corporate governance practices discussed include the board size, board subcommittee size, meeting frequency of the board, educational qualification of board members and firm size. The primary sources of data about current corporate governance practices were gathered from sample selected ten microfinance institutions and secondary sources about them was accessed from the audited annual financial reports of microfinance institutions in National Bank of Ethiopia. A multiple linear regression model was used to establish the relationship between the independent and dependent variables. ANOVA analysis was also used to test the overall significance of the model. According to the multiple regression result of the study, from the explanatory variables: board size, board subcommittee size, meeting frequency of board members and firm size are found to be significant regressors of financial performance of sampled MFIs as measured by ROA and; educational qualification of board members was removed from the model due to multi co linearity effect. The trend in ROA and growth in total assets shows that there has been a tremendous improvement in the financial performance of MFIs. These results can be attributed to the adoption and implementation of corporate governance practices. Therefore, it can be concluded that corporate governance has a significant effect on the financial performance of microfinance institutions in Ethiopia. The results of the study show that good corporate governance practices enhance financial performance. Finally, NBE through its prudential regulations should ensure that the corporate governance disclosures in the annual reports are not simply statement of good intentions but are actually implemented at firm level. This will greatly improve the level of corporate governance adoption, implementation and by extension financial performance of MFIs.
Employment Among Users of a Medically Supervised Safer Injection Facility
Creators: name: Richardson, Lindsey, 1977-
name: Wood, Evan
name: Zhang, Ruth
name: Montaner, Julio
name: Tyndall, Mark
name: Kerr, Thomas
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2017

description: A supervised injection facility (SIF), where individuals can inject drugs under medical supervision, opened in Vancouver in 2003. The scientific evaluation of the SIF has demonstrated positive public health-related outcomes. However, the influence of supervised injection facilities on individual efforts to reintegrate into mainstream society has not been studied. We examined for a possible relationship between use of the SIF and employment among a cohort of 1090 SIF users using generalised estimating equations (GEE). In a multivariate analysis of factors associated with employment, using the SIF for > 25% of injections (versus < 25% of injections) was not statistically significant (AOR = 1.05, 95% CI: 0.88-1.27). These findings suggest that the SIF is not having an adverse impact on efforts to seek employment.
FACTORS AFFECTING CUSTOMER SATISFACTION: IN CASE OF DEBRE BERHAN HOTELS, ETHIOPIA
Creators: name: MEKONNEN, DIBU GEBREMARIAM
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2019

description: The basic purpose of this study was to examine factors that affect customer satisfaction by using variables of perceived service quality, price and corporate image in hotel industry of Debre Berhan. Mixed research approach was employed to obtain the primary data from the respondents (hotel customers and managers) by administering structured and semi – structured questionnaire. SERVPERF approach which was adapted and modified to fit hotels by desk review and preliminary interview with hotel supervisors and managers of the hotels. Pilot study was carried out in three hotels and from 38 respondents (customers) to test the initial reliability and validity of the instrument. To collect primary data, questionnaire was distributed to 385 respondents for three hotels by using convenience sampling method and 351 data were collected with a response rate of 91% and used for the purpose of analysis. Descriptive statistics such as mean and standard deviation and inferential statistics such as correlation and regression were used to examined, analyzed and summarized the factors affecting customers' satisfaction with the support of SPSS version 24.0. The finding of this study were revealed that three different independent variables (service quality, price and corporate image) variables significantly and positively affect customers' satisfaction at p value <0.005 levels and shows perceived service quality has the highest significant and positive effects on customer satisfaction followed by price and corporate image. From the service quality dimensions' assurance has highest significant and positive effects on customer satisfaction followed by responsiveness, reliability, tangibility and empathy. Finally, it is recommended that to create customer satisfaction on the part of customers, hotels need to provide better service, fair price and build corporate image.
Menu of former "Commune"/Sect at Friedrichshof Burgenland (founded by Viennese Actionism Artist Otto Mühl), provived by contemporary witnesses
Creators: name: Schäfer, Elisabeth
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Menu of the former "commune"/sect at Friedrichshof, collected in the FWF PEEK project AR 568 PPC. Made available by contemporary witnesses.
Becoming Engaged? The European Union and Cross-Strait Relations
Creators: name: Schubert, Gunter
Publisher: name: Asien
Year: 2020

description: At the beginning of the twenty-first century, the Taiwan Strait remains to be a "hotspot" in international affairs, as military conflict between the Republic of China and the PRC with the potential to spiral up into full-scale war cannot be ruled out. Although economic integration and cultural-scientific exchange between the two sides are intensifying, the stalemate concerning the issue of Taiwanese sovereignty has so far precluded any substantial political rapprochement between Taipei and Beijing. New initiatives have to be promoted to bring the two sides back to the negotiating table. This paper argues that for various reasons the European Union is in a better position to assume the role of a mediating third party than, for instance, the United States. Accepting such a role, the EU should advocate economic and subsequent political integration between Taiwan and the mainland along the lines of its own historical experience and actual undertakings. Such an approach has certainly to take issue with the one-China principle as currently defined by the PRC, since no enduring peace can be brought to the Taiwan Strait without a guarantee of substantial Taiwanese sovereignty. Under the conditions of conceptual coherence and a basic consensus of the EU member states on conflict intervention in the Asia-Pacific, this paper argues for a more active European engagement to deal with the "Taiwan question".
description: Asien, Nr. 89 (2003): ASIEN (Oktober)
Sound translation: Poetic and cinematic practices
Creators: name: Fraser, Ryan
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Speech Communication.

description: A text is not merely a pattern of semantic designations. If composed in a phonetic alphabetic, it is also a pattern of graphemes eliciting a pattern of vocal sounds or phonemes, which in turn elicits a pattern of phonating movements. In the typical translating scenario, where a negotiation between natural languages takes place, these vocal sound patterns are virtually always regarded as the variable element in the process. They are deemed expendable, and are summarily transformed for the purpose of constructing semantic affinities between source and target texts. There is a margin of translation activity, however, that has devised strategies and techniques for creating vocal sound affinities between texts, and at varying degrees of expense to both the source text's semantics, as well as to target language convention. This dissertation reflects upon the ways in which translators deal with the sonorous dimension of texts. Four principle questions will guide this reflection: (1) How does inter-linguistic translation typically discard vocal sounds in its conception and rendering of source text form? (2) Does the written word itself, as visual/spatial medium and technique, somehow orient the translator's consciousness away from the oral/aural dimension of the text? (3) How might one conceive modes of reading a text in language sound as opposed to language sense? (4) What are some of the marginal practices that do indeed strive to re-construct a source text's sound pattern? To answer these questions, I will draw on both classical and contemporary language philosophies that illuminate the translator's bias both toward and against the sonorous dimension of language. Under examination as well will be certain revolutionary movements in twentieth century poetics, movements that help conceptualize not only the motivation but also the operative techniques behind many of these marginal sound translation practices. The goal, ultimately, is to make tentative steps toward a theoretical framework in which these marginal practices may be addressed positively and in their own right, rather than simply as lunatic-fringe specimens defined against the norm.
Terpsiphone batesi Chapin 1921
Creators: name: LeCroy, M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Passeriformes
Monarchidae
Terpsiphone
Terpsiphone batesi

description: Terpsiphone batesi Chapin
 Terpsiphone batesi Chapin, 1921: 6 (Medje, northern Ituri District, Belgian Congo).
 Now Terpsiphone batesi batesi Chapin, 1921. See Urban et al., 1997: 540.
HOLOTYPE: AMNH 160095, adult male, collected at Medje, 02.26N, 27.17E (Chapin, 1954: 701), Ituri district, Congo (Kinshasa), on 31 March 1910, by James P. Chapin (no. 1260) on the American Museum Congo Expedition.
COMMENTS: Chapin cited the AMNH number of the holotype in the original description and listed the specimens he examined. In addition to the holotype from Medje, the following paratypes are in AMNH: Bafwasende, adult male, AMNH 160093; Avakubi, adult males, AMNH 160096–160098; Bafwabaka, adult male, AMNH 160094, adult females, AMNH 160099 and 160100; Medje, adult female, AMNH 160101; and Assobam, Cameroon, adult male, AMNH 156090. An adult male and female paratype from Bitze, Cameroon, were borrowed by Chapin from ANSP. I did not find a second adult female from Medje that Chapin listed, nor had it been cataloged at AMNH. It, too, may have been borrowed.
description: Published as part of LeCroy, M., 2008, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History. Part 7. Passeriformes: Sylviidae, Muscicapidae, Platysteiridae, Maluridae, Acanthizidae, Monarchidae, Rhipiduridae, And Petroicidae, pp. 1-287 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 313 (1) on page 191, DOI: 10.1206/313.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13223808
Ethics of conducting research in conflict settings
Creators: name: Ford, Nathan
name: Mills, Edward J
name: Zachariah, Rony
name: Upshur, Ross
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2015

description: Humanitarian agencies are increasingly engaged in research in conflict and post-conflict settings. This is justified by the need to improve the quality of assistance provided in these settings and to collect evidence of the highest standard to inform advocacy and policy change. The instability of conflict-affected areas, and the heightened vulnerability of populations caught in conflict, calls for careful consideration of the research methods employed, the levels of evidence sought, and ethical requirements. Special attention needs to be placed on the feasibility and necessity of doing research in conflict-settings, and the harm-benefit ratio for potential research participants.
IMPACTS OF LEADERSHIP STYLES ON PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYEES JOB SATISFACTION IN NORTH SHEWA ADMINISTRTIVE ZONE, AMHARA REGION, ETHIOPIA
Creators: name: GOSHIMIE, MINDA LEGESSE
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2018

description: All human resources are considered as the most vital part of any organization and the only means of survival. Therefore, understanding the requirements, motivations, and desires of employees is not only necessary, but also essential in the success of any professional organization. Based on this idea, the purpose of the study was to assess the impact of leadership styles (transactional, transformational, and laissez-faire) on job satisfaction of employees in North Shewa zone, zonal public organizations. Stratified sampling, purposive sampling, and lottery sampling methods were used as a tool to determine the sample size. Nine sectors and two hundred fourteen employees were selected from twenty-eight sectors (960 total populations) through the sampling methods mentioned. Primary data was collected through closed ended multi factor leadership questionnaire and job satisfaction survey standard questionnaire. Secondary data was also taken from previous studies and reviews of published articles. Two hundred questionnaires, which were properly filled and retuned, were coded, organized, and analyzed using SPSS-23 version software. Then, descriptive statistical techniques like mean, standard deviation, and percentage. Moreover, inferential statistical techniques such as Pearson correlation coefficient and simple regression were used. The result showed that the relationship between transactional, transformational, and lazier-faire leadership styles and most of the facets of job satisfaction was positively insignificant, positively significant, and negatively insignificant respectively. In addition, the regression analysis showed that transformational leadership was good predictors of job satisfaction whereas transactional leadership was found to have positive but insignificant predictors of job satisfaction. Likewise, lazier-faire leadership becomes predicts job satisfaction negatively. As a result, it was concluded that even though the practices was very weak, leaders who frequently employ transformational leadership style could motivate employees better than leaders who employ transactional leadership style. Therefore, it is recommended that respective organizations would to capacitate leaders and subordinates on relevant leadership style in order to achieve the goal of growth and transformation as per the national plan. In addition, it is recommended that other researchers make further studies to examine the impact of other leadership styles and factors other than leadership style that influences on public employees' job satisfaction in the study area.
Strategies of Translating Humor: A Comparative Subtitling Study
Creators: name: Sarayra, Fatima Omar Anees
Publisher: name: Manara - Qatar Research Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society

description: In the field of translation, and specifically in audiovisual translation (AVT), humor poses as a translation problem. It remains a phenomenon that is yet to be fully comprehended. Another phenomenon that is limited in research is fansubbing. Fansubbers employ different strategies than professional subtitlers when attempting to overcome humor translation problems. Professional subtitlers and fansubbers must overcome linguistic, cultural and technical issues in the process of translation. However, their translations are different from each other. This thesis aims to identify the strategies professional subtitlers and fansubbers employ when faced with humor in translation in the context of Arabic and English. By identifying the strategies that professional subtitlers and fansubbers used in transferring humor, several similarities and differences are highlighted. To do so, the first two seasons of the comedy sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013-2021) are used as a case study to compare professional subtitling and fansubbing. Given that professional subtitlers and fansubbers occupy different domains, two websites are used to accommodate that: Netflix provided professional subtitles and EgyBest provided a fansubbed version of the show. As humor is crucial to the show, the ability to transfer the humorous message is crucial to its target audience. Therefore, any intended humor that is verbal must be transferred. The main aim of this thesis is to identify the main difficulties faced by subtitlers when translating humor from English to Arabic. Another aim is to identify the techniques and strategies adopted by the subtitlers in professional subtitling website Netflix and the fansubbing website of EgyBest to resolve subtitling problems related to humor. It was found that semantic misrepresentation and explanatory notes are the most frequently used strategies in rendering humor to the target language. Further, the main difficulties faced by the fansubbers was sexual language whereas cultural language was the main difficulty for professional subtitlers.
Development and evaluation of a decision aid for cystic fibrosis patients considering referral for lung transplantation
Creators: name: Vandemheen, Katherine
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Health Sciences, Nursing.

description: Objectives. (1) Identify the decisional needs of cystic fibrosis patients considering referral for bilateral lung transplantation and develop a decision aid to meet these needs. (2) Evaluate decision aid in a prospective trial. Conceptual framework. Ottawa Decision Support Framework Setting. Canadian and Australian Cystic Fibrosis clinics Methods. Phase 1. Comprehensive literature review, Canadian transplant statistics review and a survey identified the decisional needs and a decision aid was developed. Phase 2. The decision aid was evaluated in a randomized trial involving 149 patients. Results. Phase 1. A wide variation in transplant referral patterns was uncovered; patients not residing in transplant centers were significantly less likely to undergo lung transplants (P< 0.0001). Phase 2. Patients randomized to the decision aid had greater knowledge (P <0.0001) and more realistic expectations (P <0.0001) compared to those randomized to usual care. Decisional conflict score was significantly lower in the decision aid group 3 weeks post randomization (11.6 vs 20.4, P = 0.0007) and the decisions were durable 12 months after randomization (P = 0.06). Conclusion. Transplant referrals vary widely. Patients receiving usual care have unmet decisional needs. The decision aid enhanced informed decision making when combined with usual education and counseling. Future research is warranted to evaluate its implementation in clinical care.
Pedestrian injury and the built environment : an environmental scan of hotspots
Creators: name: Schuurman, Nadine
name: Cinnamon, Jonathan
name: Crooks, Valorie A., 1976-
name: Hameed, S Morad
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2016

description: BACKGROUND: Pedestrian injury frequently results in devastating and costly injuries and accounts for 11% of all road user fatalities. In the United States in 2006 there were 4,784 fatalities and 61,000 injuries from pedestrian injury, and in 2007 there were 4,654 fatalities and 70,000 injuries. In Canada, injury is the leading cause of death for those under 45 years of age and the fourth most common cause of death for all ages Traumatic pedestrian injury results in nearly 4000 hospitalizations in Canada annually. These injuries result from the interplay of modifiable environmental factors. The objective of this study was to determine links between the built environment and pedestrian injury hotspots in Vancouver. METHODS: Data were obtained from the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) for the 6 year period from 2000 to 2005 and combined with pedestrian injury data extracted from the British Columbia Trauma Registry (BCTR) for the same period. High incident locations (hotspots) for pedestrian injury in the City of Vancouver were identified and mapped using geographic information systems (GIS), and the characteristics of the built environment at each of the hotspot locations were examined by a team of researchers. RESULTS: The analysis highlighted 32 pedestrian injury hotspot locations in Vancouver. 31 of 32 hotspots were situated on major roads. Likewise, the majority of hotspots were located on downtown streets. The 'downtown eastside' was identified as an area with multiple high-incident locations, including the 2 highest ranked pedestrian injury hotspots. Bars were present at 21 of the hotspot locations, with 11 of these locations being judged to have high alcohol establishment density. CONCLUSION: This study highlighted the disproportionate burden of pedestrian injury centred on the downtown eastside area of Vancouver. The environmental scan revealed that important passive pedestrian safety countermeasures were only present at a minority of high-incident locations. More importantly, bars were highly associated with risk of pedestrian injury. This study is the basis for potential public health intervention by clearly indicating optimal locations for signalized pedestrian crosswalks.
Pomarea mendozae subsp. motanensis Murphy and Mathews
Creators: name: LeCroy, M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Passeriformes
Monarchidae
Pomarea
Pomarea mendozae
Pomarea mendozae motanensis murphy and mathews

description: Pomarea mendozae motanensis Murphy and Mathews
 Pomarea mendozae motanensis Murphy and Mathews, 1928: 4 (Motane Island, Marquesas).
 Now Pomarea mendozae motanensis Murphy and Mathews, 1928. See Holyoak and Thibault, 1984: 170, Cibois et al., 2004, and del Hoyo et al., 2006: 298.
HOLOTYPE: AMNH 196087, adult male, collected on Motane Island, 10.00S, 140.33W (Times Atlas), Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia, on 22 November 1922, by Rollo H. Beck on the Whitney South Sea Expedition (no. 6427).
 COMMENTS: The AMNH number of the holotype was given in the original description. Paratypes are specimens collected by the Whitney Expedition on Motane in November 1922: AMNH 196082–196086, 196088– 196139, 199013, and 199014. Of these specimens, four were exchanged with the Rothschild Collection and then renumbered when that collection came to AMNH: AMNH 196083 (5 AMNH 655352), 196101 (5 655353), 196111 (5 655355), and 196127 (5 655354). AMNH 196115 was exchanged to ZMB in July 1936. I did not find the following paratypes in the collection: AMNH 196082, 196084, 196099, 196102, 196112, 196124, 196125, and 196131. Because the specimens that had gone to the Rothschild Collection were not so marked in the catalog, it is likely that the other missing specimens were also exchanged with other museums.
description: Published as part of LeCroy, M., 2008, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History. Part 7. Passeriformes: Sylviidae, Muscicapidae, Platysteiridae, Maluridae, Acanthizidae, Monarchidae, Rhipiduridae, And Petroicidae, pp. 1-287 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 313 (1) on page 193, DOI: 10.1206/313.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13223808
Narrative Transportation and the Powers of Fiction
Creators: name: Ichino, Anna
Publisher: name: ACME
Year: 2020

description: Siamo soliti attribuire alle opere di finzione un grande potere di influenzare le nostre credenze, i nostri desideri e i nostri comportamenti. Ma le cose stanno davvero così? Tali opere posseggono davvero il potere che attribuiamo loro? E nella misura in cui lo posseggono, che ruolo gioca l’immaginazione nel determinare le suddette influenze? Il presente articolo cerca di dare risposta a queste domande sulla base di alcuni importanti studi sulla psicologia della fruizione di opere di finzione: i cosiddetti ‘transportation studies’. Tali studi mostrano che gli influssi delle opere di finzione sulla nostra psicologia sono possibili in virtù di alcune caratteristiche fondamentali della nostra architettura cognitiva, aventi a che fare da un lato con la stretta connessione tra sistema immaginativo e sistema emotivo, e dall’altro con i meccanismi di formazione e revisione delle credenze. Da questa discussione emerge anche un’importante lezione di carattere metodologico riguardante la fecondità di un approccio psicologico ed empirico alla filosofia dell’immaginazione e della finzione.
description: ACME, V. 72 N. 1 (2019)
Comparing cadence-based energy expenditure and oxygen cost indices in various gait environments in able-bodied male people
Creators: name: Hong, Juntaek
name: Yu, Jehyeon
name: Lee, Juyeon
name: Shim, Dain
name: Young Choi, Tae
name: Bin Cho, Ye
name: Lee, Jeuhee
name: Rha, Dong-wook
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 420702
subject: Exercise physiology

description: conditions. Its demonstrated accuracy and potential for real-time individualized feedback could revolutionize personalized exercise prescriptions for diverse sexes and age groups, as well as individuals with disabilities requiring real-time physical monitoring and home care.
Spatial patterns of snow accumulation across the Belcher Glacier Basin, Devon Island, Nunavut, Canada
Creators: name: Sylvestre, Tyler Jeremy
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Physical Geography.
subject: Geomorphology.

description: In May 2008, high frequency ground penetrating radar (GPR) surveys were conducted on the Belcher Glacier Basin, Devon Ice Cap, and validated with avalanche probe measurements to map the thickness and spatial variability of winter (2007-8) snow. The GPR record was combined with field measurements using a neutron density probe and correlated with NCEP-NCAR climate reanalysis, QSCAT satellite records, and airborne ASIRAS data to derive multi-year snow accumulation patterns across the basin from 2005-7. The distinct characteristics of the GPR record from the surface to 3 m depth were related to the 2007 and 2005 summer surfaces. GPR derived depths to these surfaces and the assessment of the average annual accumulation rate across this basin correlate very well with previous snow accumulation assessments in other parts of Devon Ice Cap (Mair et al. 2005, Colgan et al. 2008 and Koerner 1977). The complex radar returns in the LSS-05 depth range appear to be related to extensive melt processes during summer 2005, together with a large rain event in summer 2006, which produced large quantities of meltwater at all elevations of Devon Ice Cap. The major broad-scale control factor in determining annual and multiyear snow depth patterns for the basin is elevation, with surface topography and distance from the moisture source being locally important. GPR enabled the position of the basin-wide snow line to be determined by observing internal layers emerging at the surface, with the superimposed ice facies and equilibrium line altitude inferred below this altitude.
Pomarea mendozae subsp. mira Murphy and Mathews
Creators: name: LeCroy, M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Passeriformes
Monarchidae
Pomarea
Pomarea mendozae
Pomarea mendozae mira murphy and mathews

description: Pomarea mendozae mira Murphy and Mathews
 Pomarea mendozae mira Murphy and Mathews, 1928: 4 (Huapu Island, Marquesas).
 Now Pomarea mendozae mira Murphy and Mathews, 1928. See Holyoak and Thibault, 1984: 170, Cibois et al., 2004, and del Hoyo et al., 2006: 298.
 HOLOTYPE: AMNH 195881, adult female, collected on Ua Pou (5 Huapu) Island, 09.25S, 140.00W (Times Atlas), Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia, on 4 November 1922, by Rollo H. Beck on the Whitney South Sea Expedition (no. 5885).
 COMMENTS: The AMNH number of the holotype was cited in the original description. Paratypes are specimens collected on Ua Pou by the Whitney Expedition during October 1921 and September and November 1922: AMNH 190746–190750, 195857–195880, 195882– 195904, 199019–199021, 221823, and 221827. Of these, four were exchanged with Rothschild and were renumbered when they returned to AMNH: AMNH 195868 (5 655356), 195872 (5 655357), 195876 (5 655359), and 195891 (5 655358). AMNH 195860 and 195896 were exchanged to the Academy of Science, Leningrad, in July 1929. I did not find the following paratypes in the collection, and some may have been exchanged without having been so marked in the catalog, as was the case with the specimens that went to the Rothschild Collection: AMNH 190746, 195862, 195864, 195875, 195880, 195895, 195903, and 199020.
description: Published as part of LeCroy, M., 2008, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History. Part 7. Passeriformes: Sylviidae, Muscicapidae, Platysteiridae, Maluridae, Acanthizidae, Monarchidae, Rhipiduridae, And Petroicidae, pp. 1-287 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 313 (1) on page 193, DOI: 10.1206/313.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13223808
Стратегія розвитку відкритої науки в Бердянському державному педагогічному університеті
Creators: name: Suchikova, Yana
name: Nazarovets, Serhii
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: відкрита наука
відкритий доступ
управління дослідницькими даними
FAIR
CARE
наукова комунікація
політика відкритої науки

description: Документ визначає основні підходи до впровадження відкритої науки в Бердянському державному педагогічному університеті (БДПУ). Він розкриває стратегічні цілі, ключові принципи та механізми реалізації відкритої науки, включаючи підтримку відкритого доступу, управління дослідницькими даними, інтеграцію принципів FAIR та CARE, відповідальне оцінювання дослідників та розвиток цифрової інфраструктури.

Ця стратегія є частиною Політики відкритої науки БДПУ, яка охоплює три ключові компоненти:

Стратегію розвитку відкритої науки – визначає місію, візію, стратегічні цілі та принципи впровадження відкритої науки.

Дорожню карту реалізації політики – описує етапи впровадження, завдання, ключові показники ефективності (KPIs), ресурси та механізми моніторингу.

Перспективний план дій – деталізує короткострокові заходи, необхідні для досягнення визначених цілей.

Стратегія враховує національні та міжнародні ініціативи, такі як Національний план відкритої науки України, принципи Європейської хмари відкритої науки (EOSC), Барселонську декларацію, Сан-Франциську декларацію DORA та Гонконзькі принципи оцінювання дослідників.

Документ є пілотним і розрахований на один рік, після чого результати його впровадження будуть проаналізовані для розробки довгострокової політики відкритої науки університету.
Drug use patterns among Thai illicit drug injectors amidst increased police presence
Creators: name: Werb, Dan
name: Hayashi, Kanna
name: Fairbairn, Nadia
name: Kaplan, Karyn
name: Suwannawong, Paisan
name: Lai, Calvin
name: Kerr, Thomas
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2016

description: Thailand has traditionally pursued an aggressive enforcement-based anti-illicit drug policy in an effort to make the country "drug-free." In light of this ongoing approach, we sought to assess impacts of enforcement on drug use behaviors among a cohort of injection drug users (IDU) in Thailand. We examined drug use patterns among IDU participating in a cross-sectional study conducted in Bangkok (n = 252). Participants were asked to provide data regarding patterns of drug use in the previous six months, including types of drugs consumed, method of consumption, frequency of use, and weekly income spent on drugs. We also conducted bivariate analyses to identify a possible effect of a reported increase in police presence on measures of drug use and related risk behaviors among study participants. One hundred fifty-five (61.5%) individuals reported injection heroin use and 132 (52.4%) individuals reported injection midazolam use at least daily in the past six months. Additionally, 86 (34.1%) individuals reported at least daily injection Yaba and Ice (i.e., methamphetamine) use. Participants in our study reported high levels of illicit drug use, including the injection of both illicit and licit drugs. In bivariate analyses, no association between increased police presence and drug use behaviors was observed. These findings demonstrate high ongoing rates of drug injecting in Thailand despite reports of increased levels of strict enforcement and enforcement-related violence, and raise questions regarding the merits of this approach.
Pomarea mendozae subsp. nukuhivae Murphy and Mathews
Creators: name: LeCroy, M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Passeriformes
Monarchidae
Pomarea
Pomarea mendozae
Pomarea mendozae nukuhivae murphy and mathews

description: Pomarea mendozae nukuhivae Murphy and Mathews
 Pomarea mendozae nukuhivae Murphy and Mathews, 1928: 5 (Nukuhiva Island, Marquesas).
 Now Pomarea mendozae nukuhivae Murphy and Mathews, 1928. See Holyoak and Thibault, 1984: 172–173, Cibois et al., 2004, and del Hoyo et al., 2006: 298.
HOLOTYPE: AMNH 195991, adult female, collected on Nuku Hiva Island, 08.56S, 140.00W (Times Atlas), Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia, on 19 October 1922, by E.H. Quayle on the Whitney South Sea Expedition (no. 5588).
 COMMENTS: The AMNH number of the holotype was given in the original description. The type series included specimens collected by the Whitney Expedition on Nuku Hiva during October and November 1922. Paratypes are: AMNH 195968–195990, 195992– 196001, 199017, 199018, and 221824–221826. Of these, three were exchanged with the Rothschild Collection and were renumbered when they returned to AMNH: AMNH 195986 (5 AMNH 655349), 195988 (5 655351), and 199018 (5 655350). AMNH 195979 and 221825 were mounted in June 1937 for the Nuku Hiva group in the Oceanic Bird Hall. I did not find the following paratypes in the collection, and they may have been exchanged without the catalog having been so marked, as was the case with the specimens that went to the Rothschild Collection: AMNH 195968, 195977, 195987, and 221824.
description: Published as part of LeCroy, M., 2008, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History. Part 7. Passeriformes: Sylviidae, Muscicapidae, Platysteiridae, Maluridae, Acanthizidae, Monarchidae, Rhipiduridae, And Petroicidae, pp. 1-287 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 313 (1) on page 194, DOI: 10.1206/313.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13223808
FACTORS AFFECTING THE PERFORMANCE OF WOMEN ENTERPRENEURS IN MICRO AND SMALL ENTERPRISES (THE CASE OF DEBRE BREHAN TOWN, ETHIOPIA)
Creators: name: Alemu, Beshaw  Ereda
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2019

description: This study investigates the major factors affecting the performance of women entrepreneurs in MSEs. It also addressed the characteristics of women entrepreneurs in MSEs and the challenges they face in the area of technical and business training. A sample of 193 women entrepreneurs engaged in 5 key sectors was taken for the study using stratified and simple random sampling. In the process of answering the basic questions, a questionnaire that include demographic profiles, characteristics of women entrepreneurs and their enterprises, factors that affect the performance of women entrepreneurs in MSEs was designed in a closed ended and likert scales. After the data had been collected, it was analyzed using simple statistical techniques (tables, percentage and charts) and descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviations). The result of the study indicates the personal characteristics of women entrepreneurs in MSEs and their enterprise that affect the entrepreneurs' performance. It also shows that the economic factor which includes, lack of working capital, access to necessary input/raw material, the interest rate charged by micro finances. And also under strategic management factor, the management process that women entrepreneurs' follow, working capital management practice, and the stiff competition they face in the market place were the major factor the study found. With regarding to infrastructural factors inadequate infrastructure and lack of their own premises (land) to run their business were found that affect the performance of women entrepreneurs in MSEs. The study also found the socio-cultural factor that includes better contacts (networks) with outsiders and the conflicting gender roles or household responsibilities. The major legal and administrative factors that affect women entrepreneur's performance, legal and administrative bodies were required to create an enabling environment for the growth and development of MSEs, the bureaucracies red tapes they encountered, the amount of tax levied, the overall legal and regulatory favorable environment, access to network with different administrative bodies and policy maker were the major factors that affect women entrepreneurs. Based on the major findings, recommendations were forwarded to existing and potential entrepreneurs, MSEs, Micro finances, stakeholder, partners' and other government bodies.
ASSESSMENT WITH CORRECTION OF LIPID PEROXIDATION SYNDROME AND LIVER FUNCTIONAL STATUS IN RHINOSINUSITIS WITH COMORBIDITY OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
Creators: name: Saliakhunova, Kh.O.
name: Shaikhova, Kh.E.
name: Usmanova, N.A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Analysis of modern literature data confirms the concept of interaction between ENT organs and lower respiratory tract. However, assessment and correction of endogenous intoxication syndrome, lipid peroxidation and functional status of the liver against the background of comorbidity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in rhinosinusitis remains insufficiently studied. Additional studies are needed to deeply understand the pathogenesis, the impact of comorbidity of the upper and lower respiratory tract on each other, as well as on the detoxification potential of the body to develop optimal interdisciplinary approaches to diagnosis and treatment.
In-line monitoring of styrene1,3 butadiene emulsion polymerization by ATR-FTIR spectroscopy
Creators: name: Li, Liang
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Chemical.

description: Synthetic rubber is a highly valuable commodity polymer. One important synthetic rubber product is styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR). It is principally made via the emulsion copolymerization of styrene and butadiene monomers and the product is referred to as emulsion polymerized SBR or E-SBR. It is one of the most widely used polymers in the world today. Typical E-SBR applications include pneumatic tires and tubes; heels and soles for footwear; and gaskets. This study focused on demonstrating and validating the use of Attenuated Total Reflectance Fourier Transform Infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy to the in-line monitoring of E-SBR copolymerization. Based on this objective, a series of styrene/1, butadiene emulsion copolymerizations of different monomer feed ratios were carried out in a 12L stainless steel reactor using a typical industrial recipe. A special sample-taking valve was developed to account for the presence of the 1,3 butadiene (a gaseous monomer at atmospheric conditions). Monomer conversion was monitored off-line using gravimetry combined with proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1H-NMR) spectroscopy and in-line using ATR-FTIR spectroscopy. The in-line ATR-FTIR monitoring was accomplished with a ReactIR(TM) 1000 probe. It was found that a multivariate statistical analysis (Partial Least Squares) was necessary to achieve good results. A comparison of the off-line and in-line results was made and it was demonstrated that no significant differences existed between the two methods. This confirmed the reliability of ATR-FTIR as a tool for monitoring monomer conversion and polymer composition for the E-SBR process.
Biliary ileus as a complication of cholecystolithiasis. A case report
Creators: name: Brandon Salas Teles M.D.
name: Alba Gibely Santos Valencia M.D.
name: Diana Laura González Jarero M.D.
name: Daisy Irasema Salas Flores M.D.
name: Isabela Arredondo Torres M.D.
name: Yamir Ahmed Acud BeziesM.D.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Background: Biliary ileus is a complication that can arise from cholecystolithiasis, manifesting as an intestinal obstruction caused by the migration of one or more gallstones from the gallbladder to the intestine through a fistula. Despite its non-specific presentation, it is often accompanied by nausea, vomiting, colic, abdominal distension, discomfort in the upper right quadrant, and other signs of an acute abdomen, complicating its diagnosis. It is uncommon for the stones to pass spontaneously, making surgical intervention necessary to resolve the obstruction. However, there is no consensus on the optimal surgical technique. Given its proven safety, enterolithotomy via laparotomy is the most mentioned procedure, especially in patients with comorbidities or hemodynamic instability. This study highlights the importance of carefully selecting the appropriate surgical approach, considering the patient’s specific conditions.

 

Key words: Biliary ileus.
Sprachlos in Asien? Bei uns können Sie Sprachen lernen! Intensivkurse 2003/2004 in Hamburg: Chinesisch, Japanisch und Hindi
Creators: name: Redaktion, Die
Publisher: name: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia
Year: 2020

description: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, Nr. 88 (2003): ASIEN (Juli)