cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Persepsi masyarakat terhadap bencana banjir monsun di Malaysia: Kajian kes Kota Bharu, Kelantan
Creators: name: Hua, Ang Kean
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 50204 Environmental Impact Assessment
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Physical Geography
subject: 40604 Natural Hazards

description: Banjir monsun merupakan bencana alam semulajadi yang tidak dapat dielak daripada menimpa masyarakat KotaBharu Kelantan. Pelbagai kaedah penggunaan teknologi moden masih tidak dapat menghalang bencana banjir untukterus menghantui masyarakt setempat. Kajian penyelidikan dijalankan untuk memahami masyarakat Kota Bharumenyesuaikan diri dan mengurangkan kesan bencana banjir. Kajian ini melibatkan kaedah soal selidik yangmenumpukan kepada kawasan bandar Kota Bharu sahaja, dengan melibatkan seramai 400 responden yang tinggalberdekatan dengan Sungai Kelantan. Hasil analisis menunjukkan kebanyakan responden adalah terdiri daripadaetnik Melayu dengan kategori umur dalam 30 hingga 45 yang menetap lebih daripada 10 tahun di kawasan bencanabanjir, amat bersetuju bahawa kebanyakan rumah dibina bertiang dan tinggi daripada permukaan bentuk muka bumi(45%), tetapi amat tegas dalam melihat peranan jarak rumah yang jauh daripada sungai dapat mengurangkan kesanbencana banjir. Ketersediaan menghadapi bencana banjir melalui penyediaan sumber makanan seperti sardine, telur,dan beras sangat diperlukan bagi mengelak daripada mengalami ‘darurat’. Selain itu, perahu digunakan sebagaipengangkutan (45.75%), manakala pelampung (49.25%) digunakan sebagai ‘jaket keselamatan’ atau bermain airbanjir oleh kanak-kanak. Oleh itu, penyediaan pelampung membuktikan bencana banjir juga mendatangkan suasanakeriangan atau pesta kepada penduduk setempat, walaupun kejadian ini tidak disokong oleh segelintir responden.
Isolation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) Degrading Fungal Candidate from Oil-Contaminated Soil and Degradation Potentiality Study on Anthracene
Creators: name: Jiumoni Lahkar
name: Hemen Deka
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: The anthracene degradation potential of Aspergillus sp. strain HJ1 isolated from crude oil-contaminated soil has been studied under laboratory conditions. The biodegradation study was carried in flask culture environment by amending anthracene at a rate of 20 mg/L in 20 mL of Mineral Salt Media (MSM). Biodegradation of anthracene was assessed based on the removal of parent compound (i.e., anthracene) from the MSM media during different treatment periods of the study. A microtitter assay had also been carried out to study the growth of the isolated fungus in different concentration of anthracene such as 2.5, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, and 40 mg/L in PDB growth media. Results of the flask culture study as well as GC–MS quantification showed significant decrease in the concentration of the compound as against the initial value and control samples. The percentage degradation of anthracene was 25.40%, 39.20%, 40.20%, 41.80%, 48.00%, and 55.00%, respectively by 3, 6, 9, 12, 15 and 18 days of experimental trials. The results of the microtitter assay revealed that Aspergillus sp. strain HJ1 showed maximum growth in 25 mg/L concentration of anthracene. Further, growth of the fungal species was found to significantly better after 48 h of the incubation periods.
الإرهاب في المنظور الدولي
Creators: name: Saaida, Mohammed
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: الإرهاب
المنظور الدولي
العلاقات الدولية
مكافحة الإرهاب

description:  

تعد ظاهرة اإلرهاب المتزايدة في العالم من أخطر أشكال التهديدات األمنية التي تواجهها الشعوب والدول، وتستمر باستهداف أمن واستقرار ومستقبل المجتمعات فيها، واإلرهاب كظاهرة موجودة كفعل بشري منذ والدة المجتمع البشري، وقد تطورت بالتزامن مع التقدم العلمي بتفعيل أساليبها ووسائلها، ونتيجة لذلك ، ازدادت قدراتها وتنوعت أهدافها أضعافا مضاعفة، واتسع نطاقها الجغرافي ليشمل العالم بأسره دون التمييز بين الدول المتقدمة والنامية ، وهل الدولة غنية أم فقيرة. لهذا السبب وألسباب أخرى كثيرة سنراها في هذا الكتاب، أصبح اإلرهاب يشكل خطرا حقيقيا على بقاء البشرية وحضارتها وإنجازاتها، ال سيما وأن العمليات اإلرهابية واسعة النطاق تمت في الماضي والحاضر والمستقبل مع الزمان والمكان، وهي تمارس في الشمال مثلما تمارس في الجنوب ن ً راها في الشرق كما نراها في الغرب، ليس ذلك فحسب، نظرا ألن عددً ً ا كبيرا من المنظمات اإلرهابية المتورطة في أنشطة إرهابية متورطة في أعمال عنف غير محدودة وال ً تخضع لقوانين أو أخالقيات، ولكن أيض ً ا نظرا لتعقيد التنظيم وسرية أنشطة هذه المنظمات اإلرهابية، واستخدام هذه المنظمات اإلرهابية إن تطور الوسائل وخطر اإلرهاب زاد أيضا من تنظيم األسلحة والمعدات
Notes de Francine Lancelot concernant le déroulement de fêtes
Creators: name: Lancelot, Francine
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2020

description: Source: http://www.calames.abes.fr/pub/ms/FileId-3413
description: created: ca 1970
Research Framework in Local Communities Participation of Deltaic Mangrove Forest Resources Conservation in Kuching, Sarawak: A Review
Creators: name: Norjumawati Sabran
name: Hua, Ang Kean
name: OWI WEI PING
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 50205 Environmental Management
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 50299 Environmental Science and Management not elsewhere classified
subject: 50202 Conservation and Biodiversity
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Mangrove is important as habitat, provide food source, maintain ecological quality, and contribute economic value to human perspective. Nevertheless, mangrove forest resources are threatened, destroyed and exploited due to lacking of conservation awareness and concern, which the area are develop asindustrial, housing and agricultural activities. This research study through research framework are carry out in investigate, defined and determine the attitude of local communities in conservation towards mangrove forest. This research is concentrate at Sarawak area, which involve with quantitative approach through questionnaire methods in collecting data. The contribution through research results, findings, and discussion will become initiative in conserve the mangrove forest resources. Conclusion will be react as summary towards all findings and conclude the achievement of objective in the research study.
Supplementary document for Physics-guided deep learning-based real-time image reconstruction of Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography - 7142235.pdf
Creators: name: Wang, Mengyuan
name: Mao, Jianing
name: Su, Hang
name: Ling, Yuye
name: Zhou, Chuanqing
name: Su, Yikai
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2024
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplement 1
Scoping Review Protocol.pdf
Creators: name: Wilkinson, Louise
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 111102 Dietetics and Nutrigenomics
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 111702 Aged Health Care
subject: Health Care

description: This document outlines the protocol for a scoping review conducted as part of a PhD programme researching the nutritional care of people living at home with dementia.
Supplementary Information from Desert locusts (Schistocerca gregaria) feed with self-sharpening, scissor-like mandibles
Creators: name: Wegst, Ulrike G. K.
name: Cloetens, Peter
name: Betz, Oliver
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 320203
subject: Clinical microbiology

description: The mandibles of the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria (Forsskål, 1775) are digger-shovel-shaped mouthparts that are part of the locust's exoskeleton formed by the insect cuticle. The cuticle is a polymer-fibre composite that supports, encases and protects the entire body. Mandibles experience heavy loading and wear due to direct contact with hard and abrasive food, just like teeth, their mineralized analogues in vertebrates. With dual-energy X-ray tomography, we image well-defined regions of zinc (Zn)-enriched cuticle at the mandible cutting edges and quantify the Zn-concentrations in these regions. Zn is known to increase stiffness, hardness and wear-resistance of the otherwise purely polymeric insect cuticle. In S. gregaria, the position of the Zn-enriched cutting-edge regions relative to one another suggests that the mandibles form a scissor-like cutting tool which sharpens itself as the mouthparts shear past one another during feeding. Comparing the architecture of these purely polymeric mandibles with the mineralized incisors of rodents, we find fundamental design differences in cutting-tool structure and performance. Locusts' scissors and rodents’ carving knives perform different functions, because they act on food that differs significantly in properties and shape: softer, sheet-like material in the case of locusts and harder, bulk material in the case of rodents.
Supplementary document for Physics-guided deep learning-based real-time image reconstruction of Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography - 7257835.pdf
Creators: name: Wang, Mengyuan
name: Mao, Jianing
name: Su, Hang
name: Ling, Yuye
name: Zhou, Chuanqing
name: Su, Yikai
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2024
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplement 1
A Review of Research Framework in Cooking Oil Management in Cafeteria Operator: A Case Study in University Perspective
Creators: name: Nurliyana Athirah Mohd Noor
name: Hua, Ang Kean
name: OWI WEI PING
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 90899 Food Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Other engineering and technologies
subject: 90805 Food Processing
subject: 90802 Food Engineering
subject: 90801 Food Chemistry and Molecular Gastronomy (excl. Wine)
subject: 90803 Food Nutritional Balance

description: Research framework becomes an important guideline as starter phase to a particular research study. Research framework involve with introduction that have connection with issues and problems statement, methodology will concentrate on methods involve in collecting data, result with discussion part are involve with analysis data in producing result and discussion towards the result in solving the issues and problems, and conclusion will be highlighted on the summary of finding for the research. Based on this study, the research conducted in a smaller scale that only concentrated on university perspective. However, this research study can be enhance and develop into larger scale which involve with national perspective in managing the waste cooking oil, and indirectly help to control pollution in environmental perspective.
Effects of automated speed enforcement in Montgomery County, Maryland, on vehicle speeds, public opinion, and crashes
Creators: name: Hu, Wen
name: McCartt, Anne T.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: Objectives: In May 2007, Montgomery County, Maryland, implemented an automated speed enforcement program, with cameras allowed on residential streets with speed limits of 35 mph or lower and in school zones. In 2009, the state speed camera law increased the enforcement threshold from 11 to 12 mph over the speed limit and restricted school zone enforcement hours. In 2012, the county began using a corridor approach, in which cameras were periodically moved along the length of a roadway segment. The long-term effects of the speed camera program on travel speeds, public attitudes, and crashes were evaluated. Methods: Changes in travel speeds at camera sites from 6 months before the program began to 7½ years after were compared with changes in speeds at control sites in the nearby Virginia counties of Fairfax and Arlington. A telephone survey of Montgomery County drivers was conducted in Fall 2014 to examine attitudes and experiences related to automated speed enforcement. Using data on crashes during 2004–2013, logistic regression models examined the program's effects on the likelihood that a crash involved an incapacitating or fatal injury on camera-eligible roads and on potential spillover roads in Montgomery County, using crashes in Fairfax County on similar roads as controls. Results: About 7½ years after the program began, speed cameras were associated with a 10% reduction in mean speeds and a 62% reduction in the likelihood that a vehicle was traveling more than 10 mph above the speed limit at camera sites. When interviewed in Fall 2014, 95% of drivers were aware of the camera program, 62% favored it, and most had received a camera ticket or knew someone else who had. The overall effect of the camera program in its modified form, including both the law change and the corridor approach, was a 39% reduction in the likelihood that a crash resulted in an incapacitating or fatal injury. Speed cameras alone were associated with a 19% reduction in the likelihood that a crash resulted in an incapacitating or fatal injury, the law change was associated with a nonsignificant 8% increase, and the corridor approach provided an additional 30% reduction over and above the cameras. Conclusions: This study adds to the evidence that speed cameras can reduce speeding, which can lead to reductions in speeding-related crashes and crashes involving serious injuries or fatalities.
An investigation into the attitudes and intentions of university students in Japan regarding second-language learning on social networking sites
Creators: name: Hoggard, Shaun Russell
Publisher: name: Lancaster University
Year: 2020
Subjects: second language acquisition

description: Using a second language (L2) on social media could provide opportunities for incidental learning and contribute to increased L2 competence. Furthermore, online interactions could offer valuable opportunities for intercultural contact and exchanges, especially in non- English-dominant contexts. This was a mixed-methods empirical study. A group of over 200 students at a Japanese university completed a questionnaire developed using Ajzen’s (2015) theory of planned behaviour and the international posture construct (Yashima, 2009). International posture has previously been shown to be positively related to L2 willingness to communicate, a representation of behavioural intention frequently used in L2 research. The questionnaire assessed the participants’ social media use and their intentions and attitudes concerning the use of English on social media sites. The students were then given several opportunities to use English outside the classroom in a variety of tasks on several social network platforms. The tasks attempted to mimic typical interactions that the participants experience during their use of social media. At the end of the series of online tasks a number of participants were interviewed. The interviewees were selected so as to represent different profiles in terms of their answers to the questionnaire and participation in the tasks. These interviews provided a deeper insight into the reasons behind the formation of the attitudes and beliefs expressed in the questionnaire. The quantitative dataset resulting from the questionnaire was analysed using structural equation modelling and the proposed model linking the theory of planned behaviour with international posture was supported. However, low levels of participation in the tasks and privacy concerns expressed during the interviews indicate some of the potential difficulties that may arise when attempting to utilise social media use for language learning purposes in this context.
Lexicon Iuris Civilis, Adversvs quosdam insignes Accvrs errores æditum
Creators: name: Elio Antonio de Nebrija
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020

description: Work published in the context of the School of Salamanca project. It is recommended to consult it in its context as a digital edition at https://id.salamanca.school/texts/W0078.
Melt pond drainage through Arctic sea ice
Creators: name: Campbell, Russell James
Publisher: name: The University of St Andrews
Year: 2025
Subjects: Sea ice
Melt ponds
Brine channels
Drainage
Flushing
Steady states
Numerical simulation
Mushy layer
Arctic
Fluid dynamics

description: Sea ice is a porous material that covers much of the Arctic ocean and insulates it from the atmosphere. In summer, vast tracts of the ice surface are covered by melt ponds, formed of melted snow and ice, which subsequently drain. Melt ponds reflect less solar radiation than bare or snow-covered ice and so their presence enhances ice melt. The formation and subsequent drainage of melt ponds is heavily dependent on the availability of drainage pathways in the ice interior, which are mostly formed of brine channels. Brine channels can either freeze, allowing for the retention of pond water, or melt, facilitating drainage. Understanding the physical controls on this process is crucial to understanding how melt ponds evolve and hence for representing them effectively in large-scale climate models. In this thesis, we present a series of models for melt-pond drainage in which we treat the ice as a mushy layer and characterise the critical transition between the freezing and melting of brine channels. First, we consider a 1D radial model, where the effects of drainage through the channel are parameterised. We derive analytic formulae relating a critical channel radius controlling closure, opening and, hence, drainage to the dimensionless parameters of the system. We consider three different parameterisations for the effect of channel drainage, compare fixed- and evolving-salinity models and compare planar and axisymmetric geometries. Second, we use a more physically-representative 2D model to investigate the extent to which 2D results can be understood using our 1D model. We use our model to investigate many aspects of the summer ice evolution related to pond drainage, including desalination. Third, we extend our 2D model to consider how drainage is affected by tributary channels which often attend larger brine channels. Finally, we discuss the implications of our results and avenues for future research.
Assessment of an innovative seat belt with independent control of the shoulder and lap portions using THOR tests, the THUMS model, and PMHS tests
Creators: name: Pipkorn, Bengt
name: López-Valdés, Francisco J.
name: Juste-Lorente, Oscar
name: Insausti, Ricardo
name: Lundgren, Christer
name: Sunnevång, Cecilia
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Objectives: The objective of this study was to determine the potential chest injury benefits and influence on occupant kinematics of a belt system with independent control of the shoulder and lap portions. Methods: This article investigates the kinematics and dynamics of human surrogates in 35 km/h impacts with 2 different restraints: a pretensioning (PT), force-limiting (FL) seat belt, a reference belt system, and a concept design with a split buckle consisting (SB) of 2 separate shoulder and lap belt bands. The study combines mathematical simulations with the THOR dummy and THUMS human body model, and mechanical tests with the THOR dummy and 2 postmortem human surrogate (PMHS) tests of similar age (39 and 42 years) and anthropometry (62 kg, 181 cm vs. 60 kg, 171.5 cm). The test setup consisted of a rigid metallic frame representing a standard seating position of a right front passenger. The THOR dummy model predictions were compared to the mechanical THOR dummy test results. The THUMS-predicted number of fractured ribs were compared to the number of fractured ribs in the PMHS. Results: THOR sled tests showed that the SB seat belt system decreased chest deflection significantly without increasing the forward displacement of the head. The THOR model and the THOR physical dummy predicted a 13- and 7-mm reduction in peak chest deflection, respectively. Peak diagonal belt force in the mechanical test with the reference belt was 5,582 N and the predicted force was 4,770 N. The THOR model also predicted lower belt forces with the SB system than observed in the tests (5,606 vs. 6,085 N). THUMS predicted somewhat increased head displacement for the SB system compared to the reference system. Peak diagonal force with the reference belt was 4,000 N and for the SB system it was 5,200 N. The PMHS test with the SB belt resulted in improved kinematics and a smaller number of rib fractures (2 vs. 5 fractures) compared to the reference belt. Conclusion: Concepts for a belt system that can reduce the load on the chest of the occupant in a crash and thereby reduce the number of injured occupants, in particular the elderly, was proposed.
УПРАВЛЕНИЕ ПОРТФЕЛЕМ В МЕГАПРОЕКТАХ С ИСПОЛЬЗОВАНИЕМ АНАЛИЗА ДАННЫХ
Creators: name: Буронов, Шермухаммад
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: В данной статье анализируются специфические проблемы и подходы в управлении множественными проектами в рамках крупномасштабных компаний. На основе обзора актуальной литературы выявляются ключевые инструменты оптимизации сложных портфелей проектов в условиях ограниченности ресурсов. Обсуждаются лучшие практики балансировки приоритетов, снижения рисков, повышения эффективности реализации многочисленных бизнес-инициатив.
Caracterización del territorio de Guzmán entre época prehistórica y medieval a través del uso de herramientas digitales
Creators: name: Tobalina-Pulido, Leticia
name: Polo-Romero, Alberto
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Archaeology
subject: Geographic information systems
subject: History and archaeology
subject: FOS: History and archaeology
subject: LANDSCAPE ARCHAEOLOGY
subject: CLARIAH-ES
subject: DARIAH-EU

description: El presente póster se enmarca dentro de los proyectos de investigación “Estudio arqueológico de los paisajes fortificados de Guzmán” y “La seigneurie de Guzmán(Burgos), du monde romain à la fortification médiévale”. El estudio aborda la caracterización de las dinámicas de poblamiento de este territorio a través de diferentes técnicas: prospección superficial pedestre intensiva, uso de datos LIDAR, fotografía aérea y gestión de la imperfección de los dato.
Changes in baseline concussion assessment scores following a school bus crash
Creators: name: Poland, Kristin M.
name: McKay, Mary Pat
name: Zonfrillo, Mark R.
name: Barth, Thomas H.
name: Kaminski, Ronald
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Objective: The objective of this article is to present concussion assessment data for 30 male athletes prior to and after being involved in a large school bus crash. The athletes on the bus, all male and aged 14–18 years, were participants in their school's concussion management program that included baseline and postinjury testing using Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment and Cognitive Testing (ImPACT). Methods: This case study described changes in concussion assessment scores for 30 male athletes following a primarily frontal school bus crash. Data from the school's concussion management program, including baseline test data and postinjury assessment data, were reviewed. Athletes who required multiple postinjury assessments by the program were identified as having had significant cognitive changes as a result of the bus crash. Results: Twenty-nine of 30 athletes were injured. One had lumbar compression fractures; others had various lacerations, abrasions, contusions, sprains, and nasal fractures. ImPACT data (postcrash) were available for all 30 athletes and 28 had available precrash baseline data. A total of 16 athletes (53.3%) had significant cognitive changes indicated by changes in their concussion assessment scores, some of which took months to improve. Conclusion: This case study highlights a unique opportunity to evaluate concussion assessment data from 30 male athletes involved in a high-speed school bus crash. Further, these data provide additional insight into assessing the effectiveness of current school bus occupant protection systems.
Volunteering in Russia: experience and support
Creators: name: Petrovа, Tatiana
Publisher: name: Zeszyty Naukowe Gdańskiej Szkoły Wyższej
Year: 2018

description: The article presents the contemporary experience of the support of volunteers in Russia.
description: Zeszyty Naukowe Gdańskiej Szkoły Wyższej, Tom 19 Nr 2 (2018)
Using the OLS training programme as launch pad for NASA TOPS Open Science 101 cohorts
Creators: name: Ramos, Irene
name: Yehudi, Yo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: This presentation shares insights from eight cohorts of an open science training and mentoring program, highlighting our engagement of underrepresented communities.

Since 2020, OLS has successfully delivered virtual training cohorts to empower 380+ researchers and teams to lead open projects globally. We combine practical training with 1:1 mentorship, supporting participants to apply open practices within their socio-cultural context. As “Inclusion by design” is a core principle, we offer: microgrants to assist with accessibility needs like high-speed internet, electronic devices or childcare; English-language transcription and other language considerations; asynchronous access to materials; and ally skills training. These efforts enhance participant uptake and foster continued engagement. Graduates often return as mentors and become open research ambassadors, for example, many community members participated in the NASA TOPS curriculum development team. In 2024, OLS is also delivering training cohorts for NASA’s Open Science 101 curriculum. 

In this talk, we share recommendations for the genuine behavioural commitments and organizational changes needed to create inclusive open science spaces. We aim to steward a supportive and inclusive online community around open science, and demonstrate the alignment of our training initiatives with the incentives driving open science adoption.
Automated data inspection in jet engines
Creators: name: Hullait, Harjit
Publisher: name: Lancaster University
Year: 2020

description: Rolls Royce accumulate a large amount of sensor data throughout the testing and deployment of their engines. The availability of this rich source of data offers exciting opportunities to automate the monitoring and testing of the engines. In this thesis we have developed statistical models to make meaningful insights from engine test data. We have built a classification model to identify different types of engine running in Pass-Off tests. The labels can be used for post-analysis and highlight problematic engine tests. The model has been applied to two different types of engines, in which it gives close to perfect classification accuracy. We have also created an unsupervised approach when there are no defined classes of engine running. These models have been incorporated into Rolls Royce systems. Early warnings for potential issues can enable relatively cheap maintenance to be performed and reduce the risk of irreparable engine damage. We have therefore developed an outlier detection model to identify abnormal temperature behaviour. The capabilities of the model are shown theoretically and tested on experimental and real data. Lastly, in a test decisions are made by engineers to ensure the engine complies with certain standards. To support the engineers we have developed a predictive model to identify segments of the engine test that should be retested. The model is tested against the current decision making of the engineers, and gives good predictive performance. The model highlights the possibility of automating the decision making process within a test.
On artifact solutions of semi-analytic methods in nonlinear dynamics
Creators: name: Wagner, Utz Von
name: Lentz, Lukas
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 531 Klassische Mechanik, Festkörpermechanik
subject: Duffing oscillator
subject: harmonic balance
subject: perturbation analysis
subject: artifact solutions

description: Nonlinear dynamics is a topic of permanent interest in mechanics since decades. The authors have recently published some results on a very classical topic, the dynamics of a softening Duffing oscillator under harmonic excitation focusing especially on low-frequency excitation (von Wagner in Arch Appl Mech 86(8):1383–1390, 2016). In this paper, it was shown that classical tools like harmonic balance and perturbation analysis may produce artificial solutions when applied without extra carefulness with respect to parameter ranges in the case of perturbation analysis or prior knowledge about the type of solution in case of harmonic balance. In the present paper these results are shortly summarized as they give the starting point for the additional investigations described herein. First, the method of slowly changing phase and amplitude is reviewed with respect to its capability of determining asymptotic stability of stationary solutions. It is shown that this method can also produce artifact results when applied without extra carefulness. As next example an extended Duffing oscillator is investigated, which shows, if harmonic balance is applied, “islands” of solutions. Using the error criterion in harmonic balance as described in von Wagner (2016) again artifact solutions can be identified.
Computational investigation of the effects of knee airbag design on the interaction with occupant lower extremity in frontal and oblique impacts
Creators: name: Bingbing Nie
name: Crandall, Jeff R.
name: Panzer, Matthew B.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Computational Biology

description: Objective: The lower extremity of the occupant represents the most frequently injured body region in motor vehicle crashes. Knee airbags (KABs) have been implemented as a potential countermeasure to reduce lower extremity injuries. Despite the increasing prevalence of KABs in vehicles, the biomechanical interaction of the human lower extremity with the KAB has not been well characterized. This study uses computational models of the human body and KABs to explore how KAB design may influence the impact response of the occupant's lower extremities. Methods: The analysis was conducted using a 50th percentile male occupant human body model with deployed KABs in a simplified vehicle interior. The 2 common KAB design types, bottom-deploy KAB (BKAB) and rear-deploy KAB (RKAB), were both included. A state-of-the-art airbag modeling technique, the corpuscular particle method, was adopted to represent the deployment dynamics of the unfolding airbags. Validation of the environment model was performed based on previously reported test results. The kinematic responses of the occupant lower extremities were compared under both KAB designs, 2 seating configurations (in-position and out-of-position), and 3 loading conditions (static, frontal, and oblique impacts). A linear statistical model was used to assess factor significance considering the impact responses of the occupant lower extremities. Results: The presence of a KAB had a significant influence on the lower extremity kinematics compared to no KAB (P P Conclusions: The current study provided a preliminary computational examination on KAB designs based on a limited set of configurations in an idealized vehicle interior. Results suggested that the BKAB tended to provide more coverage and less leg abduction compared to the RKAB in oblique impact and/or the selected out-of-position scenario. An out-of-position occupant was associated with larger abduction and lower extremity loads over all occupant configurations. Further investigations are recommended to obtain a full understanding of the KAB performance in a more realistic vehicle environment.
Experiment series in environmental engineering: Experiment 1 (NUS ChBE, AY 2004/2005 Semester 1)
Creators: name: Ng, Wenfa
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 50304 Soil Chemistry (excl. Carbon Sequestration Science)
subject: FOS: Agriculture, forestry and fisheries

description: Toluene and trichloroethylene (TCE) are widely found in the environment as contaminants. TCE is a probable carcinogen and toluene also causes serious chronic central nervous system impairment so their control in the environment is important. They are both volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and have the tendency to vaporize into the gas phase from the liquid or the solid phase. In many instances, they are present in the soil and their rate of volatilization is dependent on many factors. The most important factor is soil organic content. The higher the soil organic content, the greater the attractive force between the soil and the toluene or TCE and the lower the rate of volatilization of the TCE or toluene into the gas phase. This would have the effect of bounding the TCE or toluene to the soil and reducing its migration in the environment. In this experiment, the objective is to compare between two methods of VOC analysis in soils (Purge and Trap (PT) and Static Headspace (HS)) and to investigate the influence of TOC content on the recovery of VOCs from soil. A modified EPA 524.2 method is used to detect the toluene and TCE and the analytical instrument used is PT or HS coupled to Gas chromatography with flame ionization detector. The results obtained verified the theoretical predictions, the presence of TOC (oil is used to simulate the effect of soil organic content) reduced the degree of recovery of VOCs from the soil. The PT method is determined to be more sensitive (able to detect to the ppb level) but its results are less reproducible due to a variety of reasons. However, the HS method may be less sensitive (detection limit of the method is ppm level) but its results are more reproducible which is very important in environmental monitoring. Thus if the concentration of the VOCs in the environment is in the ppm level, then the preferred method would be HS method. Further studies may be conducted to investigate this interesting aspect of results reproducibility by the two methods. Done by: Luo Jinjing, Lian Juan and Ng Wenfa
Reduced spray programs for Drosophila suzukii management in berry crops
Creators: name: Klick, Jimmy
name: Yang, Wei Q.
name: Lee, Jana C.
name: Bruck, Denny J.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer

description: Since the arrival of Drosophila suzukii M. (Diptera: Drosophilidae), field applications of broad-spectrum insecticides have increased in berry crop production to protect susceptible fruits from infestation. Field studies were conducted from 2011 to 2013 to determine whether alternate row middle or border spray programs could manage D. suzukii as well as complete sprays and have less of an impact on non-target arthropods. Four raspberry sites and one blueberry site were alternate row middle and border sprayed, respectively. Adult and larva counts of D. suzukii were compared to conventional complete spray programs. Non-target arthropods were evaluated 7 d post-harvest. In both reduced spray trials, no differences in mean adult numbers and larvae of D. suzukii were detected between treatments. Mean counts immediately after sprays (i.e. 3–12 d after treatment) were also similar in complete and alternate row sprays. Both reduced spray strategies had significantly more Stethorus spp.; additionally, alternate row sprays had significantly more Psyllobora spp. These reduced pesticide strategies are additional tools to consider in D. suzukii IPM programs that can reduce the area sprayed, application time, and input costs while conserving natural enemies.
Musculoskeletal ultrasonography delineates ankle symptoms in rheumatoid arthritis
Creators: name: Toyota, Yukihiro
name: Maasa Tamura
name: Kirino, Yohei
name: Sugiyama, Yumiko
name: Tsuchida, Naomi
name: Kunishita, Yosuke
name: Kishimoto, Daiga
name: Reikou Kamiyama
name: Miura, Yasushi
name: Minegishi, Kaoru
name: Yoshimi, Ryusuke
name: Ueda, Atsuhisa
name: Nakajima, Hideaki
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Objectives: To clarify the use of musculoskeletal ultrasonography (US) of ankle joints in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods: Consecutive RA patients with or without ankle symptoms participated in the study. The US, clinical examination (CE), and patients’ visual analog scale for pain (pVAS) for ankles were assessed. Prevalence of tibiotalar joint synovitis and tenosynovitis were assessed by grayscale (GS) and power Doppler (PD) US using a semi-quantitative grading (0–3). The positive US and CE findings were defined as GS score ≥2 and/or PD score ≥1, and joint swelling and/or tenderness, respectively. Multivariate analysis with the generalized linear mixed model was performed by assigning ankle pVAS as a dependent variable. Results: Among a total of 120 ankles from 60 RA patients, positive ankle US findings were found in 21 (35.0%) patients. The concordance rate of CE and US was moderate (kappa 0.57). Of the 88 CE negative ankles, US detected positive findings in 9 (10.2%) joints. Multivariate analysis revealed that ankle US, clinical disease activity index, and foot Health Assessment Questionnaire, but not CE, was independently associated with ankle pVAS. Conclusion: US examination is useful to illustrate RA ankle involvement, especially for patients who complain ankle pain but lack CE findings.
Proposal for magnetic resonance imaging-guided salvage radiotherapy for prostate cancer
Creators: name: Dirix, Piet
name: Walle, Lien Van
name: Deckers, Filip
name: Mieghem, François Van
name: Buelens, Guido
name: Meijnders, Paul
name: Huget, Philippe
name: Laere, Steven Van
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer

description: Background: A subset of patients experience a biochemical recurrence following radical prostatectomy. Radiotherapy can salvage those patients, provided that all disease is encompassed within the target volume. We hypothesized that this can be achieved more adequately with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided treatment planning. Material and methods: From January 2009 to April 2014, 183 patients were referred to our department for salvage radiotherapy (SRT). According to protocol, patients received a planning computed tomography (CT) as well as an MRI in treatment position. All MRI scans were retrospectively reviewed by an experienced uro-radiologist. Results: Median prostate-specific antigen (PSA) value at time of referral was 0.3 ng/ml (range 0.02–4.7 ng/ml). MRI did not show any suspected macroscopic disease in 137 patients (75%). In 46 (25%) patients, MRI did indicate a pelvic recurrence. The mean PSA level was significantly higher in patients with a suspected recurrence on MRI (0.4 vs. 1.4 ng/ml, p Conclusion: MRI detects loco-regional disease in a substantial subset of patients with a biochemical recurrence after prostatectomy, especially in a PSA above 0.5 μg/l. Lack of MRI-based dose escalation on these macroscopic recurrences could explain some of the biochemical progression observed after SRT.
FORMING OF CULTURAL COMPETENCE IN THE PROFESSIONAL TRAINING IN LAW SCHOOLS
Creators: name: Рузметова Новваль Вахабджановна Старший преподаватель кафедры «Узбекский язык и иностранные языки» Академии МВД Республики Узбекистан
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: The processes of globalization and integration have intensified the modernization of the professional education and upbringing system in Uzbekistan, which is aimed at the development and self-realization of each individual person based on humanistic personal and socially significant models and ideals. One of the important components of the modernization of professional education  is the formation of students' cultural competence and intercultural communication. The problem of the cultural development of students actualized as a process of acquiring new experience of sociocultural relations by them, contributing to the formation of activity, independence and responsibility, as well as readiness for creative, socially and personally significant useful activities

     Keywords globalization, cultural competence, professional education, social institutions, moral values.
DARS SIFATINI OSHIRISHDA ZAMONAVIY AXBOROT TEXNOLOGIYALARIDAN FOYDALANIB DARSLARNI TASHKIL ETISHNING AVZALLIKLARI.
Creators: name: Aliyev, Dilshod
name: Lutfullayeva, Mohira
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Mazkur maqola tadqiq qilish ta’lim soxasida pedagogik va axborot – kommunikatsiya texnologiyalaridan, uyali aloqalaridan, internet axborot ta’lim resurslaridan hamda konferensiya usullaridan foydalanish, talabalar va o‘quvchi yoshlarning, har qanday yoshdagi insonlarning olayotgan bilimlarni yuqori saviyada bo‘lishiga samarali yordam beradi. Ularni kelgusida malakali mutaxassislar bo‘lib chiqishiga imkoniyatlar yaratadi.
A IMPORTÂNCIA DA REDE CEGONHA DENTRO DAS REDES DE ATENÇÃO À SAÚDE DA MULHER NO ESTADO DO PARÁ
Creators: name: Silva, T. R. F.; Silva, A. C. G. P.; Wai, E. T. W.; Silva, S. M.;
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: RAS
Saúde da Mulher

description: Trabalho apresentado na VII Jornada Acadêmica da Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará (UFOPA), realizado em Santarém, Pará, Brasil.
Deux Airs for flute solo
Creators: name: Neves, Margarida Alexandra Teixeira
Publisher: name: ÍMPAR: Online Journal for Artistic Research
Year: 2019

description: This paper presents a brief investigation that articulates the study and practice for the musical performance of Deux Airs, a piece for solo flute by the Portuguese composer Fernando Lopes-Graça, with the philosophical perspective on musical interpretation of the German philosopher Theodor W. Adorno. The guiding line of this study was the question “How to better render the musical text in performance?”, a particularly relevant question when the issue is the performance of music from the 20th century onwards. Thinking about the performance of this “new” music, presented here in a case study of this 1976 composition by Fernando Lopes-Graça, is not only significant because of its existence in the shadow of the canonical pre-20th century repertoire, but also because its eclectic nature distances us, as performers and as listeners, from an immediate or intuitive understanding. Adorno’s proposal of a dialectical musical interpretation assisted the musical practice of the score, promoting the discussion and surpassing of interpretation conundrums, obstacles or indecisions that arise within that practice. Confronting the study of Lopes-Graça’s Deux Airs with Adorno’s perspective had a significant impact on the sonorous realization of the piece, lending its performance a critical standpoint and escorting the search for musical sense in the score.
description: ÍMPAR: Online Journal for Artistic Research, Vol 3 No 1 (2019)
Meta-analysis confirms an association between gout and a common variant of LRRC16A locus
Creators: name: Ogata, Hiraku
name: Matsuo, Hirotaka
name: Sakiyama, Masayuki
name: Higashino, Toshihide
name: Kawaguchi, Makoto
name: Nakayama, Akiyoshi
name: Naito, Mariko
name: Ooyama, Hiroshi
name: Ichida, Kimiyoshi
name: Nariyoshi Shinomiya
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Meta-analysis confirms an association between gout and a common variant of LRRC16A locus
Mudar Luíza
Creators: name: Holanda, Joana Cunha De
Publisher: name: ÍMPAR: Online Journal for Artistic Research
Year: 2019

description: Eleven of the twelve piano studies of the “Pos-Tudo” series (2015-2016) by Brazilian composer Bruno Ruviaro (b.1976) reuse and/or transform musical material from diverse sources, from Brazilian popular music, American pop music to French classical music. The title of the series is inspired by the homonymous poem by Brazilian poet Augusto de Campos (b.1931). This article: “Change Luiza: Interpretation and Musical Borrowing in Pós-Tudo no1 by Bruno Ruviaro” will discuss the processes of “musical borrowing” (Burkholder, 1994; Ruviaro 2010) in Pós-Tudo no1, dedicated to the author and inspired by the song Luíza by Tom Jobim (1927-1994). Inspired by the taxonomy proposed by Burkholder, the text offers a reading of the processes of musical borrowing used by Ruviaro dialoguing to the piece ́s performance. Both composition and performance have the song as a guiding reference. This article exposes the dynamics of this triangulation in the performance of Ruviaro ́s Pós-tudo no1.
description: ÍMPAR: Online Journal for Artistic Research, Vol 3 No 1 (2019)
ESM_disaprity(1).docx from The influence of the land-to-sea macroevolutionary transition on vertebral column disparification in Pinnipedia
Creators: name: Esteban, Juan Miguel
name: Martín-Serra, Alberto
name: Pérez-Ramos, Alejandro
name: Rybczynski, Natalia
name: Jones, Katrina
name: Figueirido, Borja
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 310499
subject: Evolutionary biology not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 370506
subject: Palaeontology (incl. palynology)

description: Supplementary Figures, Supplementary Tables