cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
720388 – Supplemental material for Context Matters: Contextual Factors Informing Mentoring in Art Initial Teacher Education
Creators: name: Becher, Ayelet
name: Orland-Barak, Lily
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2017
Subjects: Education

description: Supplemental material, 720388 for Context Matters: Contextual Factors Informing Mentoring in Art Initial Teacher Education by Ayelet Becher and Lily Orland-Barak in Journal of Teacher Education
Telefonisches Nachgespräch durch die Hebamme : ein Hebammenprojekt mit Evaluation der Gebärabteilung des Universitätsspitals Zürich
Creators: name: Aeberli, Regula
name: Meier Käppeli, Barbara Katharina
name: La Marca-Ghaemmaghami, Pearl
name: Günthard, Barbara
name: Zimmermann, Roland
name: Pehlke-Milde, Jessica
name: Grylka, Susanne
Publisher: name: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften
Year: 2018
Subjects: 618: Geburtsmedizin und Hebammenarbeit

description: 1. Preis Kategorie Hebammenprojekte
Momentum-resolved radio-frequency spectroscopy of a spin-orbit-coupled atomic Fermi gas near a Feshbach resonance in harmonic traps
Creators: name: Peng, Shi-Guo
name: Liu, Xiaji
name: Hu, Hui
name: Jiang, Kaijun
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 5108
subject: Quantum physics

description: We theoretically investigate the momentum-resolved radio-frequency spectroscopy of a harmonically trapped atomic Fermi gas near a Feshbach resonance in the presence of equal Rashba and Dresselhaus spin-orbit coupling. The system is qualitatively modeled as an ideal gas mixture of atoms and molecules, in which the properties of molecules, such as the wave function, binding energy, and effective mass, are determined from the two-particle solution of two interacting atoms. We calculate separately the radio-frequency response from atoms and molecules at finite temperatures by using the standard Fermi golden rule and take into account the effect of harmonic traps within local density approximation. The total radio-frequency spectroscopy is discussed as functions of temperature and spin-orbit coupling strength. Our results give a qualitative picture of radio-frequency spectroscopy of a resonantly interacting spin-orbit-coupled Fermi gas and can be directly tested in atomic Fermi gases of 40K atoms at Shanxi University and 6Li atoms at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Supplemental Material, lowe.etal.supplement.rev_(3) - Quantifying Thematic Saturation in Qualitative Data Analysis
Creators: name: Lowe, Andrew
name: Norris, Anthony C.
name: A. Jane Farris
name: Babbage, Duncan R.
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 160807 Sociological Methodology and Research Methods
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: Supplemental Material, lowe.etal.supplement.rev_(3) for Quantifying Thematic Saturation in Qualitative Data Analysis by Andrew Lowe, Anthony C. Norris, A. Jane Farris, and Duncan R. Babbage in Field Methods
Finite-momentum dimer bound state in a spin-orbit-coupled Fermi gas
Creators: name: Dong, Lin
name: Jiang, Lei
name: Hu, Hui
name: Pu, Han
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 5108
subject: Quantum physics

description: We investigate the two-body properties of a spin-1/2 Fermi gas subject to a spin-orbit coupling induced by laser fields. When an attractive s-wave interaction between unlike spins is present, the system may form a dimer bound state. Surprisingly, in the presence of a Zeeman field along the direction of the spin-orbit coupling, the bound state obtains finite center-of-mass mechanical momentum, whereas under the same condition but in the absence of the two-body interaction, the system has zero total momentum. This unusual result can be regarded as a consequence of the broken Galilean invariance by the spin-orbit coupling. Such a finite-momentum bound state will have profound effects on the many-body properties of the system.
Universal dynamic structure factor of a strongly correlated Fermi gas
Creators: name: Hu, Hui
name: Liu, Xiaji
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 5108
subject: Quantum physics

description: Universality of strongly interacting fermions is a topic of great interest in diverse fields. Here we investigate theoretically the universal dynamic density response of resonantly interacting ultracold Fermi atoms in the limit of either high temperature or large frequency. At high temperature, we use quantum virial expansion to derive universal, nonperturbative expansion functions of the dynamic structure factor; at large momentum, we conjecture that the second-order expansion function gives the Wilson coefficient used in the operator product expansion method. The dynamic structure factor is therefore determined by its second-order expansion function with an overall normalization factor given by Tan's [ S. Tan Ann. Phys. (NY) 323 2952 (2008); S. Tan Ann. Phys. (NY) 323 2971 (2008); S. Tan Ann. Phys. (NY) 323 2987 (2008)] contact parameter. We show that the spin-parallel and antiparallel dynamic structure factors have, respectively, a tail of the form ∼±ω−5/2 for ω→∞, decaying slower than the total dynamic structure factor found previously (∼ω−7/2). Our predictions for the dynamic structure factor at high temperature or large frequency are testable using Bragg spectroscopy for ultracold atomic Fermi gases.
Validity of a single-channel model for a spin-orbit-coupled atomic Fermi gas near Feshbach resonances
Creators: name: Cui, Jing-Xin
name: Liu, Xiaji
name: Long, Gui Lu
name: Hu, Hui
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 5108
subject: Quantum physics

description: We theoretically investigate a Rashba spin-orbit-coupled Fermi gas near Feshbach resonances, by using mean-field theory and a two-channel model that takes into account explicitly Feshbach molecules in the closed channel. In the absence of spin-orbit coupling, when the channel coupling g between the closed and the open channels is strong, it is widely accepted that the two-channel model is equivalent to a single-channel model that excludes Feshbach molecules. This is the so-called broad resonance limit, which is well satisfied by ultracold atomic Fermi gases of 6Li atoms and 40K atoms in current experiments. Here, with Rashba spin-orbit coupling we find that the condition for equivalence becomes much more stringent. As a result, the single-channel model may already be insufficient to describe properly an atomic Fermi gas of 40K atoms at a moderate spin-orbit coupling. We determine a characteristic channel coupling strength gc as a function of the spin-orbit-coupling strength, above which the single-channel and two-channel models are approximately equivalent. We also find that for narrow resonance with small-channel coupling, the pairing gap and molecular fraction are strongly suppressed by SO coupling. Our results can be readily tested in 40K atoms by using optical molecular spectroscopy.
Two-channel-model description of confinement-induced Feshbach molecules
Creators: name: Peng, Shi-Guo
name: Hu, Hui
name: Liu, Xiaji
name: Jiang, Kaijun
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 5108
subject: Quantum physics

description: Using a two-channel model, we investigate theoretically the binding energy of confinement-induced Feshbach molecules in two- and one-dimensional ultracold atomic systems near a Feshbach resonance. We show that the two-channel prediction will evidently deviate from the simple single-channel theory as the width of Feshbach resonances decreases. For the one-dimensional system, we perform a full two-channel calculation, with the inclusion of bare interatomic interactions in the open channel. Away from the resonance, we find a sizable correction to the binding energy, if we neglect the bare interatomic interactions as in the previous work. We compare our theoretical results with the existing experimental data and present predictions for narrow Feshbach resonances that could be tested in future experiments.
Effective mHealth for stress prevention and management in times of sparce health care resources
Creators: name: Meidert, Ursula
name: Egger, Selina
name: Klamroth-Marganska, Verena
Publisher: name: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften
Year: 2022
Subjects: mHealth
Stress prevention
App
Stress reduction
155: Differentielle Psychologie und Entwicklungspsychologie

description: Background/Objectives: The current and ongoing COVID pandemic caused much disruption to our work and family lives. For many, it added additional stress to an already stressful lifestyle that is prevalent in our society. Because stress can be detrimental to both physical and mental health, many people are seeking help and support from health practitioners. Due to pandemic restrictions, entire populations were prevented from seeking professional help and were left to deal with the situation on their own. Therefore, alternative ways to release stress and prevent stress-related symptoms are needed for times when professional help is scarce or unavailable. The aim of this study was to identify effective web- and app-based interventions to reduce mental and physical symptoms of stress and to explore their use in situations where traditional health care is not at hand.

Methods: A systematic literature review was conducted in the databases PubMed, PsycINFO, and CINAHL Complete Articles published between 2015 and 2020, focusing on otherwise healthy adults, and demonstrating efficacy in reducing stress or/and stress-related symptoms were included. 

Results: A total of 28 articles were found with 20 effective products (13 web-based, 7 apps). Most products are course-like sessions on different topics and exercises using methods such as psychoeducation, education on stress, cognitive restructuring, emotional regulation, problem solving, goal setting, breathing, mindfulness techniques, meditation, and relaxation. Also, most products use more than one technique and mixed materials such as text messages, videos, text, and audio information. The products often use methods to keep the user engaged, such as integration into daily routines, future planning, or reminders.

Discussion: There are several products that have been shown to be effective in reducing perceived stress and stress-related symptoms. These are readily available and have a very low threshold. Therefore, they are suitable for providing care to communities during times when traditional health care supply is not readily available or is overwhelmed.
Beliefs about medicines in patients with multiple myeloma in Switzerland
Creators: name: Altwicker-Hámori, Szilvia
name: Juvalta, Sibylle
name: Bargetzi, Mario
name: Renner, Christoph
name: Taverna, Christina
name: Dratva, Julia
Publisher: name: EMH Swiss Medical Publishers
Year: 2021
Subjects: 616: Innere Medizin und Krankheiten

description: Background: Medication beliefs have been found to be associated with medication adherence among various cancer patients. Despite its importance, medication beliefs have not been investigated in patients with multiple myeloma (MM). A study on quality of life in MM patients provided the opportunity to fill this gap.

Methods: Patients were recruited consecutively from three Swiss oncology/hematology centres. Inclusion criteria included confirmed histological MM diagnosis, age ≥18 years and informed consent. Exclusion criteria were participation in another clinical study, inability to communicate in German and more than one cancer diagnosis. Participants completed a survey including the Beliefs about Medicines Questionnaire (BMQ) and a sociodemographic questionnaire. Clinical data was extracted from medical records. The complete case dataset (N = 41) was analysed using descriptive statistical methods.

Results: Most participants were men (59%), married/partnered (80%), born in Switzerland (80%), economically inactive (85%) and completed at most upper secondary education (72%). Mean age at diagnosis was 61 years (range: 35-81 years). 48% of the participants were in a stable/plateau phase, 37% in a relapsed/progressive phase and 15% newly diagnosed; 96% had good ECOG performance status. Table 1 presents the results of the BMQ. The vast majority of the sample believed in the necessity of their medication for maintaining their health; however, 70% reported concerns about their long-term effects. The specific-necessity subscale and general-harm subscale showed the highest and lowest mean, respectively.

Conclusions: The results indicate higher necessity beliefs than concerns towards MM medication. Specific items point to topics to be raised by treating physicians.
Ludwig_online_supplement_corrected – Supplemental material for Is There a Male Marital Wage Premium? New Evidence from the United States
Creators: name: Ludwig, Volker
name: Brüderl, Josef
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: Supplemental material, Ludwig_online_supplement_corrected for Is There a Male Marital Wage Premium? New Evidence from the United States by Volker Ludwig and Josef Brüderl in American Sociological Review
Selbstmanagement und Betreuungsbedarf von Erstgebärenden während der Latenzphase
Creators: name: Müller, Antonia Nathalie
name: Grylka, Susanne
Publisher: name: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften
Year: 2022
Subjects: Latenzphase
Geburtsbetreuung
Coping Strategie
Betreuungsbedarf
618: Geburtsmedizin und Hebammenarbeit

description: Posterpreis
Probing Majorana fermions in spin-orbit-coupled atomic Fermi gases
Creators: name: Liu, Xiaji
name: Jiang, Lei
name: Pu, Han
name: Hu, Hui
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 5108
subject: Quantum physics

description: We examine theoretically the visualization of Majorana fermions in a two-dimensional trapped ultracold atomic Fermi gas with spin-orbit coupling. By increasing an external Zeeman field, the trapped gas transits from a nontopological to a topological superfluid, via a mixed phase in which both types of superfluids coexist. We show that the zero-energy Majorana fermion, supported by the topological superfluid and localized at the vortex core, may be visible through (i) the core density and (ii) the local density of states, which are readily measurable in experiment. We present a realistic estimate on experimental parameters for ultracold 40K atoms.
Wenn sich die Biodiversität im Hochbau durchsetzt : digitale Instrumente und Methoden für eine nachhaltige Immobilienentwicklung
Creators: name: Catalano, Chiara
name: Meslec, Mihaela
Publisher: name: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften
Year: 2022
Subjects: 711: Raumplanung (Städtebau)

description: Der Ansatz von Planern und Landschaftsarchitekten unterscheidet sich stark von dem der Ökologen und Naturwissenschaftler. Eine grosse Herausforderung besteht darin, diese zwei Welten zu verbinden: Ökologie und Immobilienbranche. Das DeMo-Projekt setzt die Grundlagen für einen multidisziplinären Gestaltungsrahmen, der das Problem des Verlusts der biologischen Vielfalt in der städtischen Umwelt durch naturnahe Gestaltung angeht. Die Methode berücksichtigt den Massstab Gebäude – Stadt – Landschaft und wird durch neue digitale Technologien ermöglicht.
Critical temperature of a Rashba spin-orbit-coupled Bose gas in a harmonic trap
Creators: name: Hu, Hui
name: Liu, Xiaji
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 5108
subject: Quantum physics

description: We investigate theoretically Bose-Einstein condensation of an ideal, trapped Bose gas in the presence of Rashba spin-orbit coupling. Analytic results for the critical temperature and condensate fraction are derived based on a semiclassical approximation to the single-particle-energy spectrum and density of states and are compared with exact results obtained by explicitly summing discrete energy levels for a small number of particles. We find a significant decrease of the critical temperature and of the condensate fraction due to finite spin-orbit coupling. For a large coupling strength and a finite number of particles N, the critical temperature scales as N 2/5 and N 2/3 in three and two dimensions, respectively, contrasted to the predictions of N 1/3 and N 1/2 in the absence of spin-orbit coupling. Finite-size corrections in three dimensions are also discussed.
Probing anisotropic superfluidity in atomic Fermi gases with Rashba spin-orbit coupling
Creators: name: Hu, Hui
name: Jiang, Lei
name: Liu, Xiaji
name: Pu, Han
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 5108
subject: Quantum physics

description: Motivated by the prospect of realizing a Fermi gas with a synthetic non-Abelian gauge field, we investigate theoretically a strongly interacting Fermi gas in the presence of a Rashba spin-orbit coupling. As the twofold spin degeneracy is lifted by spin-orbit interaction, bound pairs with mixed singlet and triplet components emerge, leading to an anisotropic superfluid. We calculate the relevant physical quantities, such as the momentum distribution, the single-particle spectral function, and the spin structure factor, that characterize the system.
Josephson effect in an atomic Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov superfluid
Creators: name: Hu, Hui
name: Liu, Xiaji
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 5108
subject: Quantum physics

description: We study theoretically two spatially separate quasi-one-dimensional atomic Fermi gases in a double-well trap. By tuning independently their spin polarizations, a Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov (FFLO) superfluid or a Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer (BCS) superfluid may be formed in each well. We seek the possibility of creating a spatially tunable atomic Josephson junction between two superfluids, which is supposed to be realizable via building a weak link at given positions of the double-well barrier. We show that within mean-field theory the maximum Josephson current is proportional to the order parameter in two wells. Thus, the spatial inhomogeneity of the FFLO order parameter in one well may be directly revealed through the current measurement with the position-tunable link. We anticipate that this type of Josephson measurement can provide useful evidence for the existence of exotic FFLO superfluids. Possible experimental realizations of the Josephson measurements in atomic Fermi gases are discussed.
Mean-field analysis of dimensional crossover from two dimensions to three dimensions in a weakly interacting Fermi gas
Creators: name: Hu, Hui
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 5108
subject: Quantum physics

description: We investigate theoretically the transition from two to three dimensions in a weakly interacting ultracold Fermi gas. This transition was recently observed by Dyke in a cloud of fermionic 6Li atoms trapped in an oblate harmonic potential. We calculate the density distribution and cloud size of the Fermi cloud by numerically solving three-dimensional Hartree-Fock mean-field equations. Local density approximation is used to ease the calculations in the weakly confined radial direction. Our theoretical results are shown to be in good agreement with the experimental measurements.
Virial expansion for a strongly correlated Fermi gas with imbalanced spin populations
Creators: name: Liu, Xiaji
name: Hu, Hui
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Quantum virial expansion provides an ideal tool to investigate the high-temperature properties of a strongly correlated Fermi gas. Here, we construct the virial expansion in the presence of spin-population imbalance. Up to the third order, we calculate the high-temperature free energy of a unitary Fermi gas as a function of spin imbalance, with infinitely large attractive or repulsive interactions. In the latter repulsive case, we show that there is no itinerant ferromagnetism when quantum virial expansion is applicable. We therefore estimate an upper bound for the ferromagnetic transition temperature Tc. For a harmonically trapped Fermi gas at unitarity, we find that (Tc)upper
Project monitoring and evaluation to engage stakeholders of international development projects for community impact
Creators: name: Amin, Humera
name: Scheepers, Helana
name: Malik, Mohsin
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Purpose: This paper aims to examine the role of project monitoring and evaluation (M&E) in international development (ID) project stakeholders' relationships. This study draws on agency theory to examine the specific role M&E plays in improving ID project impact. Design/methodology/approach: Qualitative data comprising of in-depth interviews were collected from ID project stakeholders such as project donors, implementing partners and steering committee members. Findings: Results of the study show that project M&E activities can serve multiple purposes including the collection of data for the assessment of inputs, outputs, outcomes and impact. This information is shared with stakeholders to assist in evidence-based decision-making to improve project impact on community. This study shows that M&E activities strengthen the relationship between stakeholders by involving multiple stakeholders at different stages of ID projects to identify community needs and to demonstrate the positive community impact. Agency issues such as goal incongruence, information asymmetry and risk-sharing affect the relationship between the stakeholders. Investing in different M&E activities can reduce these issues, ultimately leading to a positive impact at the community level. Originality/value: There has been limited research that explores the principal-agent relationship between project stakeholders of ID projects through the lens of agency theory. The role of M&E to collect project data and address agency issues between project stakeholders to improve project impact is the novel contribution of this paper.
The Role of Social Actors in the Sustainability of E-Government Implementation and Use: Experience from Indonesian Regencies
Creators: name: Nurdin, Nurdin
name: Stockdale, Rosemary
name: Scheepers, Helana
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The sustainability of e-government implementation and use involve many actors. However, limited studies have addressed how actors play a role in the sustainability of e-government implementation and use in particular at local government level. This study uses social actor theory from Lamb & Kling to explore the role actors play in the sustainability of e-government within two regencies in Indonesia. Social actor theory posits that the social actors play various roles to produce goods and services through interactions with other actors in various contexts both internal and external organizations. Our findings show that e-government implementation and use within local government was sustained by social actors that play roles across four dimensions; affiliation, environment, interaction, and identity. Our study contributes to better understanding of how social actors across internal local government hierarchies (users and implementers in the regency office, districts, and villages) and external local government (e.g. central government institutions, vendors, and citizens) play roles in sustaining egovernment.
Coordination and cooperation in e-government: An Indonesian local e-government case
Creators: name: Nurdin, Nurdin
name: Stockdale, Rosemary
name: Scheepers, Helana
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The implementation of e-government systems often involves many different agencies and actors. Their different characteristics and the need to work together make the relationships between them complex. Coordination and cooperation have become important issues in harmonizing the many actors that support the implementation of e-government systems. This study examines how coordination and cooperation shape the implementation process of local e-government systems that may be acquired or developed internally. A case study of local e-government systems implementation in Indonesia is presented and analyzed from the perspectives of coordination and cooperation between internal and external actors and agencies. Our findings suggest that dynamic coordination and cooperation have influenced the success of e-government systems implementation at local government (regency) level in Bali, Indonesia. The regency practiced coordination and cooperation, both vertically and horizontally, with central government agencies, other regencies, private companies, and with internal institutions. The ability of the regency to gain from these practices offers insights into e-government implementation for other local governments.
Die wirtschaftliche Situation von Witwen, Witwern und Waisen
Creators: name: Gabriel, Rainer
name: Koch, Uwe
name: Wanner, Philippe
Publisher: name: Bundesamt für Sozialversicherungen
Year: 2022
Subjects: Hinterlassene
Witwe
Witwer
Waise
Soziale Sicherheit
Armut
360: Soziale Probleme und Sozialversicherungen

description: Die meisten Witwen, Witwer und Waisen in der Schweiz sind finanziell gut gestellt. Dies zeigt eine Studie der Universität Genf und der ZHAW. Dennoch besteht bei einigen Bevölkerungsgruppen das erhöhte Risiko, in prekäre Verhältnisse zu geraten. Dazu gehören etwa alleinerziehende Witwen.
Die wirtschaftliche Situation von Witwen, Witwern und Waisen : Schlussbericht
Creators: name: Gabriel, Rainer
name: Koch, Uwe
name: Wanner, Philippe
Publisher: name: Bundesamt für Sozialversicherungen (BSV)
Year: 2022
Subjects: Hinterlassene
Armut
Soziale Sicherheit
AHV
360: Soziale Probleme und Sozialversicherungen

description: Die Studie zeigt, dass die schweizerische soziale Sicherheit einen wichtigen Beitrag zur finanziellen Absicherung der Hinterlassenen mit geringen oder sehr geringen finanziellen Mitteln leistet. Haushalte, deren Mitglieder eine Hinterlassenenrente beziehen und im erwerbsfähigen Alter sind, befinden sich in der gleichen oder sogar in einer leicht besseren Situation als Vergleichshaushalte, die nicht von einer Verwitwung betroffen sind. Allerdings sind bei den Auswirkungen der Verwitwung auf die wirtschaftliche Situation von Witwen einerseits und Witwern anderseits deutliche Unterschiede feststellbar. Ein internationaler Vergleich der Hinterlassenenleistungen rundet die Studie ab.
Understanding the intrinsic motivations of user acceptance of Hedonic information systems: towards a unified research model
Creators: name: Wang, Zhongxiang
name: Scheepers, Helana
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Although user acceptance of entertainment-oriented information systems (IS), which are called Hedonic IS (HIS), has drawn considerable attention in literature, our understanding of user acceptance of HIS is still limited. This article focuses on exploring the intrinsic motivations of HIS acceptance from a unique perspective. It proposes a hybrid HIS acceptance model that considers the unique characteristics of HIS and the multiple conceptual identities of an HIS user. The model integrates intrinsic motivation factors from Hedonic theory, Flow theory, and the PAD (Pleasure, Arousal, and Dominance) emotion model with the Technology Acceptance Model. The proposed hybrid HIS acceptance model has been empirically tested by a quantitative field survey. The results indicate that emotional responses, imaginal responses, and flow experience are three main predictors of HIS acceptance.
Supplemental Material, ESD_PreventingCoups_OnlineAppendix - Preventing Coups d’état: How Counterbalancing Works
Creators: name: Bruin, Erica De
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 220104 Human Rights and Justice Issues
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: 160607 International Relations
subject: FOS: Political science

description: Supplemental Material, ESD_PreventingCoups_OnlineAppendix for Preventing Coups d’état: How Counterbalancing Works by Erica De Bruin in Journal of Conflict Resolution
An Exploratory Study of Profit Reporting Differences of Publicly Owned Professional Service Firms and Partnerships
Creators: name: Pickering, Mark
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: There has been a trend for large professional service firms (PSFs) to move away from the traditional partnership structure to other ownership forms such as publicly owned companies. Research on the relative performance of these ownership forms has been constrained by the lack of availability of financial information for partnerships, and proxy revenue-based measures used have resulted in conflicting findings. This paper seeks to guide future research by exploring accounting reporting differences between partnerships and publicly owned PSF companies in order to identify adjustments required for comparison and implications for performance measures used. This paper reviews the literature and examines the annual reports of two Australian publicly owned accounting companies and one large accounting partnership; pre-initial public offering pro forma reporting in the prospectus of one of the companies identifies significant profitability reporting differences across ownership forms. The findings also suggest that the lower revenue per professional and per person for publicly owned PSFs found in prior studies may be offset by significantly lower salary costs. The paper concludes that significant value can be achieved by further analysis of profitability across ownership forms and suggests data requirements to inform the development of further case studies and large-scale surveys of financial performance.
Deep learning-based simultaneous multi-phase deformable image registration of sparse 4D-CBCT
Creators: name: Herzig, Ivo
name: Paysan, Pascal
name: Scheib, Stefan
name: Züst, Alexander
name: Schilling, Frank-Peter
name: Montoya, Javier
name: Amirian, Mohammadreza
name: Stadelmann, Thilo
name: Eggenberger Hotz, Peter
name: Füchslin, Rudolf Marcel
name: Lichtensteiger, Lukas
Publisher: name: American Association of Physicists in Medicine
Year: 2022
Subjects: Deep learning
Deformable image registration
CBCT
Medical imaging
Artificial intelligence
006: Spezielle Computerverfahren
616: Innere Medizin und Krankheiten

description: Purpose: Respiratory gated 4D-CBCT suffers from sparseness artefacts caused by the limited number of projections available for each respiratory phase/amplitude. These artefacts severely impact deformable image registration methods used to extract motion information. We use deep learning-based methods to predict displacement vector-fields (DVF) from sparse 4D-CBCT images to alleviate the impacts of sparseness artefacts.

Methods: We trained U-Net-type convolutional neural network models to predict multiple (10) DVFs in a single forward pass given multiple sparse, gated CBCT and an optional artefact-free reference image as inputs. The predicted DVFs are used to warp the reference image to the different motion states, resulting in an artefact-free image for each state. The supervised training uses data generated by a motion simulation framework. The training dataset consists of 560 simulated 4D-CBCT images of 56 different patients; the generated data include fully sampled ground-truth images that are used to train the network. We compare the results of our method to pairwise image registration (reference image to single sparse image) using a) the deeds algorithm and b) VoxelMorph with image pair inputs. 

Results: We show that our method clearly outperforms pairwise registration using the deeds algorithm alone. PSNR improved from 25.8 to 46.4, SSIM from 0.9296 to 0.9999. In addition, the runtime of our learning-based method is orders of magnitude shorter (2 seconds instead of 10 minutes). Our results also indicate slightly improved performance compared to pairwise registration (delta-PSNR=1.2). We also trained a model that does not require the artefact-free reference image (which is usually not available) during inference demonstrating only marginally compromised results (delta-PSNR=-0.8).

Conclusion: To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time CNNs are used to predict multi-phase DVFs in a single forward pass. This enables novel applications such as 4D-auto-segmentation, motion compensated image reconstruction, motion analyses, and patient motion modeling.
An Exploratory Study of Organizational Governance in Publicly-Quoted Professional Service Firms
Creators: name: Pickering, Mark
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: There has been a trend of large professional service firms (PSFs) to move from the partnership form of ownership to alternative ownership forms. As part of this trend large, publicly-quoted accounting companies have emerged in Australia, the US and the UK. Research on how publicly-owned PSFs, including accounting companies, are governed, whether aspects of the governance of partnership persist, why particular governance interpretive schemes and associated structures and systems are implemented and implications for performance is sparse. This study explores the interpretive scheme of governance in two Australian publicly-quoted accounting companies and finds one of the companies to have mimicked the major attributes of the partnership interpretive scheme while the other company moved to a corporate form of governance eliminating all vestiges of the partnership interpretive scheme. Governance was found to have significant implications for the performance of the companies with moving from a partnership interpretive scheme contributing to the ultimate failure of one of the companies. The cases suggest that failed experiments in the governance of publicly-owned PSFs, a relatively recently emerged ownership form in some professions, may contribute to conflicting prior findings on the implications of ownership form for the performance of PSFs. Two alternative approaches to the introduction of corporate style governance structures and systems were identified with the findings suggesting potential benefits of evolution rather than revolution. Based on the findings, a theoretical model of the interpretive scheme of governance of publicly-traded PSFs is developed including factors affecting the interpretive scheme implemented and the introduction of more corporate-like governance structures and systems, potential performance implications of PSFs moving away from a partnership interpretive scheme and the conditions and contingencies under which the relationship may hold. The paper also extends the application of agency theory to publicly-owned PSFs.
Supplementary Material, AUT691044_Lay_Abstract – Problem-solving styles in autism spectrum disorder and the development of higher cognitive functions
Creators: name: Constable, Paul A
name: Ring, Melanie
name: Gaigg, Sebastian B
name: Bowler, Dermot M
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: 110319 Psychiatry (incl. Psychotherapy)
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Education
subject: 130312 Special Education and Disability
subject: FOS: Educational sciences

description: Supplementary Material, AUT691044_Lay_Abstract for Problem-solving styles in autism spectrum disorder and the development of higher cognitive functions by Paul A Constable, Melanie Ring, Sebastian B Gaigg and Dermot M Bowler in Autism
Geflüchtete Kinder in sonderpädagogischen Lernsettings : eine qualitative Analyse aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven
Creators: name: Keller, Eva
name: Adili, Kushtrim
Publisher: name: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften
Year: 2021
Subjects: Bildungschance
Bildungsungleichheit
Migration
Flucht
Geflüchtetes Kind
Sonderpädagogisches Setting
Flüchtlingskind
Schulsystem Schweiz
305: Personengruppen (Alter, Herkunft, Geschlecht, Einkommen)
370: Bildung und Erziehung

description: Ausgehend von bildungsstatistischen Daten, die zeigen, dass in der Schweiz Kinder mit Fluchthintergrund überproportional häufig in integrativen oder separativen sonderpädagogischen Settings unterrichtet werden, haben wir mittels qualitativer Methoden versucht, die Prozesse der Einstufung von Schülerinnen und Schülern im Zürcher Schulsystem zu analysieren und nachzuvollziehen.
Ziel dieser Untersuchung war es, die Schullaufbahn von Kindern im Alter zwischen 4 und 16 Jahren im Kanton Zürich detailliert zu analysieren, um die Faktoren zu identifizieren, die zur Platzierung in integrative oder separative sonderpädagogische Settings führen. Wir konzentrierten uns dabei nicht auf die Diagnose selbst, sondern auf die Prozesse, die zu dieser Diagnose resp. Platzierung führen. Dabei berücksichtigten wir die verschiedenen Perspektiven der Eltern und Kinder sowie der Fach- und Lehrkräfte. Besonderes Augenmerk legten wir auf das Thema Traumatisierung, da ein grosser Teil der Kinder mit Fluchthintergrund unter den Folgen eines Traumas leidet und die Forschung zeigt, dass eine posttraumatische Belastungsstörung die kognitiven Leistungen vorübergehend negativ beeinflussen kann.
Durch narrative Interviews mit betroffenen Eltern sowie mit Fach- und Lehrkräften haben wir wichtige Momente und Faktoren identifiziert, die für die Schullaufbahnen wichtig sind und daraus Empfehlungen für die Praxis formuliert.
Supplemental Material, Appendix - Do National Homicide Rates Follow Supranational Trends?
Creators: name: Rogers, Meghan L.
name: Pridemore, William Alex
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 160299 Criminology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Law

description: Supplemental Material, Appendix for Do National Homicide Rates Follow Supranational Trends? by Meghan L. Rogers, and William Alex Pridemore in Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency
Benefits Expected by Accounting Firm Partners Selling their Firms to Publicly Listed Companies
Creators: name: Pickering, Mark
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: In the 1990s and 2000s publicly quoted companies acquired thousands of accounting partnerships in Australia, the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States (US). Little is known of why the partners sold. This study examines the benefits expected by partners who sold their practices to two Australian publicly listed accounting companies. The findings suggest that there were many reasons for selling and a range of expected benefits, with some partners seeing the sale as a 'silver bullet' solution to all of the challenges of operating a small to medium-sized accounting practice.
SPPQ-15-0108_SI_codebook – Supplemental material for Less Bang for Your Buck? How Social Capital Constrains the Effectiveness of Social Welfare Spending
Creators: name: Compton, Mallory E.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 160607 International Relations
subject: FOS: Political science
subject: 120505 Regional Analysis and Development
subject: FOS: Social and economic geography

description: Supplemental material, SPPQ-15-0108_SI_codebook for Less Bang for Your Buck? How Social Capital Constrains the Effectiveness of Social Welfare Spending by Mallory E. Compton in State Politics & Policy Quarterly
Dynemicin analogs: Syntheses, methods of preparation and use
Creators: name: Smith, Adrian L.
name: Hwang, Chan-Kou
name: Wendeborn, Sebastian
name: Nicolaou, Kyriacos C.
name: Schreiner, Erwin P.
name: Stahl, Wilhelm
name: Dai, Wei-Min
name: Maligres, Peter E.
name: Suzuki, Toshio
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: 540 - Chemie
subject: 570 - Biowissenschaften, Biologie

description: A fused ring system compound is disclosed that contains an epoxide group on one side or the fused rings and an enediyne macrocyclic ring on the other side of the fused rings. The compounds have DNA-cleaving, antimicrobial and tumor growth-inhibiting properties. Chimeric compounds having the fused ring system compound as an aglycone bounded to (i) a sugar moiety as the ogligosaccharide portion or(ii) a monoclonal antibody or antibody combining site portion thereof that immunoreacts with target tumor cells are also disclosed. Compositions containing a compound or a chimer are disclosed, as are methods or preparing a compound.
Predictive Maintenance mit Physics-Informed-Deep-Learning : Anwendungsfall Photovoltaikanlagen
Creators: name: Goren Huber, Lilach
name: Notaristefano, Antonio
Publisher: name: fmpro, Schweizerischer Verband für Facility Management und Maintenance
Year: 2022
Subjects: Predictive maintenance
Deep learning
Physics informed deep learning
Solarkraftanlagen
Erneuerbare Energie
Condition based maintenance
Vorausschauende Instandhaltung
Anomalieerkennung
006: Spezielle Computerverfahren
620: Ingenieurwesen

description: Die Fehlerdiagnose für Predictive-Maintenance-Anwendungen wird oft durch den Mangel an historischen Fehlerdaten erschwert. In einem laufenden Innosuisse-Projekt arbeitet das Smart Maintenance Team der ZHAW mit der Firma Fluence Energy zusammen, um diese Herausforderung mit hybriden Ansätzen zu überwinden, die physikalisches Wissen mit Deep-Learning-Algorithmen kombinieren.
Enantiomeric dynemicin analogs, preparation and use thereof
Creators: name: Smith, Adrian L.
name: Wendeborn, Sebastian
name: Nicolaou, Kyriacos
name: Schreiner, Erwin P.
name: Dai, Wei-Min
name: Susuki, Toshio
Publisher: name: World Intellectual Property Organization
Year: 1993
Subjects: subject: 540 - Chemie
subject: 570 - Biowissenschaften, Biologie

description: An enantiomer of a fused ring system compound is disclosed that contains an epoxide group on one side of the fused rings and an enediyne macrocyclic ring on the other side of the fused rings. The enantiomeric compounds have DNA-cleaving, antimicrobial and tumor growth-inhibiting properties that are enhanced over their racemates. Chimeric compounds having the enantiomeric fused ring system compound as an aglycone bonded to (i) a sugar moiety as the oligosaccharide portion or (ii) a monoclonal antibody or antibody combining site portion thereof that immunoreacts with target tumor cells are also disclosed. Compositions containing an enatiomeric compound or an enantiomeric chimer are disclosed, as are methods of preparing an enantiomeric compound.
Publicly owned accounting firm consolidators: executive benefit expectations
Creators: name: Pickering, Mark
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to explore the company-related benefits expected by executives of public accounting companies consolidating accounting practices and the implications of these expectations for company performance. Design/methodology/approach - This paper uses a case study approach involving the review of publicly available information and interviews with executives and senior professionals of two Australian, publicly-owned accounting companies. Analysis of the financial performance of the two companies was performed using data from annual reports. Findings - Executives predominantly expected to achieve revenue growth and efficiency benefits through consolidation and change in ownership form. In one of the cases these benefit expectations emerged over the course of the acquisition program. The paper highlights the difficulty in estimating and realising the magnitude, timing and associated costs of consolidation benefits and the consequences of failure to achieve expected benefits; also it suggests advantages in a more conservative consolidation approach. Research limitations/implications - Care is required generalising findings to other professions and other geographic jurisdictions. Practical implications - This paper has implications for entrepreneurs and executives consolidating professional service firms, partners considering selling their firms and investors in publicly-owned professional service firms. Originality/value - This is the first study to consider the benefits expected by executives of the recently emerged, publicly-owned accounting companies and the associated costs of implementation. The paper highlights opportunities for researchers provided by the availability of data for publicly-owned accounting and other professional service firms.
BCS-BEC crossover at finite temperature in spin-orbit-coupled Fermi gases
Creators: name: He, Lianyi
name: Huang, Xu-Guang
name: Hu, Hui
name: Liu, Xiaji
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 5108
subject: Quantum physics

description: By adopting a T-matrix-based method within the G0G approximation for the pair susceptibility, we study the effects of the pairing fluctuation on the three-dimensional spin-orbit-coupled Fermi gases at finite temperature. The critical temperatures of the superfluid to normal phase transition are determined for three different types of spin-orbit coupling (SOC): (1) the extreme oblate (EO) or Rashba SOC, (2) the extreme prolate or equal Rashba-Dresselhaus SOC, and (3) the spherical (S) SOC. For EO- and S-type SOC, the SOC dependence of the critical temperature signals a crossover from BCS to BEC state; at strong SOC limit, the critical temperature recovers those of ideal BEC of rashbons. The pairing fluctuation induces a pseudogap in the fermionic excitation spectrum in both superfluid and normal phases. We find that, for EO- and S-type SOC, even at weak coupling, sufficiently strong SOC can induce sizable pseudogap. Our research suggests that the spin-orbit-coupled Fermi gases may open new means to the study of the pseudogap formation in fermionic systems.
Supplementary Material, AUT687697_Lay_Abstract – Transition to work: Perspectives from the autism spectrum
Creators: name: Hedley, Darren
name: Cai, Ru
name: Uljarevic, Mirko
name: Wilmot, Mathilda
name: Spoor, Jennifer R
name: Richdale, Amanda
name: Dissanayake, Cheryl
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: 110319 Psychiatry (incl. Psychotherapy)
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Education
subject: 130312 Special Education and Disability
subject: FOS: Educational sciences

description: Supplementary Material, AUT687697_Lay_Abstract for Transition to work: Perspectives from the autism spectrum by Darren Hedley, Ru Cai, Mirko Uljarevic, Mathilda Wilmot, Jennifer R Spoor, Amanda Richdale and Cheryl Dissanayake in Autism
MPEC 2025-J76 : DAILY ORBIT UPDATE (2025 May 9)
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.