cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Autonomous Politicians and the Local State in Sri Lanka: On the Social Organisation of Politics and Administration
Creators: name: Roll, Michael
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2016

description: Ethnographic studies of the (local) state in Sri Lanka are rare. This article contributes to closing this gap by analysing the social organisation of politics and public administration from a lifeworld perspective of citizens, public servants and politicians, based on fieldwork in the south of Sri Lanka. Our findings reveal particular structural patterns of state-society relations that are based on the specific historical development of the Sri Lankan state. From the analysis of interactions and perceptions of the respective actors, codes and analytical concepts are developed for describing and better understanding the particular practices and meanings of politics in the country. The conclusion is that the omnipresence of politics and the autonomy that politicians have established in Sri Lanka are unlikely to lead to rights-based and democratic relations between 'state' and 'society' in the near future.
description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 35 Nr. 3-4 (2004): Internationales Asienforum
Der "Andere" als Schurke: Zur Rolle ethnisierter Feindbilder in den srilankanischen Friedensverhandlungen
Creators: name: Korf, Benedikt
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2016

description: This article argues that, in the current peace process in Sri Lanka, powerful actors from all three ethnic groups, namely Singhalese, Tamils and Muslims, use rogue images of the ethnic "other" to delegitimise the political claims and weaken the bargaining power of these "others" in the current peace negotiations. The article describes the major discursive arguments advanced against political and territorial claims of the "others" and illustrates how those who wield power in all three ethnic communities use these arguments against the "other" to divert attention from internal rifts and contradictions within the "ethnic self'. In addition, the rogue logic suggests territorial solutions to social conflicts based on ethnically homogeneous entities, while a solution should rather be sought in the reform of political institutions. The paper concludes that the rogue logic continues to be a serious impediment to democratic peace in Sri Lanka, because it frames solutions in "win-lose" terms and thus reduces the willingness to compromise with the "ethnic other".
description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 35 Nr. 3-4 (2004): Internationales Asienforum
Additional file 1 of Radiosynthesis and preclinical evaluation of a 68Ga-labeled tetrahydroisoquinoline-based ligand for PET imaging of C-X-C chemokine receptor type 4 in an animal model of glioblastoma
Creators: name: Suwattananuruk, Piyapan
name: Yaset, Sukanya
name: Chotipanich, Chanisa
name: Moldes-Anaya, Angel
name: Sundset, Rune
name: Berzaghi, Rodrigo
name: Figenschau, Stine
name: Claes, Sandra
name: Schols, Dominique
name: Rojsitthisak, Pornchai
name: Kranz, Mathias
name: Vajragupta, Opa
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Mental Health

description: Supplementary Information.
Buddhismus und Nationalismus. Feindbilder und Geschichtsbilder des singhalesischen Nationalismus
Creators: name: Rösel, Jakob
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2016

description: This paper tries to demonstrate how in Sri Lanka a religion, Buddhism, was transformed into an ethnic and religious nationalism. The construction of this specific "Sinhala-Buddhism" forms part of a colonially induced process of modernization and democratization. First a great Buddhist tradition, then a popular Buddhism embracing the masses of lay people and eventually a Sinhala-Buddhist nationalism have been created. This exclusivist ideology and policy with its allegedly egalitarian, homogenizing and people-oriented model of society replaces the former religious and elitist state model. The "people" and "the nation" have now attained a predominant status in the politics of the Sinhalese majority in Sri Lanka.
description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 35 Nr. 3-4 (2004): Internationales Asienforum
Advancing population and public health ethics regarding HIV testing : a scoping review
Creators: name: Knight, Rod E.
name: Shoveller, Jean
name: Greyson, Devon
name: Kerr, Thomas
name: Gilbert, M.
name: Shannon, K.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016

description: Recently, scholars have called for more robust population and public health ethical frameworks to inform how the health of populations and individuals ought to be improved through various approaches to HIV testing practices. Our objective is to examine the breadth, range and foci of a variety of ethical issues pertaining to HIV testing approaches within the peer-reviewed literature, and how these issues address population and/or individual interests. We identify potential tensions between individual and collective approaches as well as other concerns, including equity, justice and distribution of health and risk – hallmarks of the emergent field of population and public health ethics. Based on our review, we suggest that additional theoretical work and empirical research are required in order to inform more ethically robust debates related to population HIV testing practices. Specifically problematic were consequentialist arguments that deem testing approaches as either morally permissible or impermissible without sufficient robust empirical and/or theoretical underpinnings and about how a particular approach would unfold among individuals and populations. The current review underscores the need to continue to articulate an evidence- and theory- informed population and public health ethics pertaining to HIV testing.
title: Биология
Creators: name: ELS IPR BOOKS
Publisher: name: Ай Пи Ар Медиа
Year: 2024

description: В учебнике подробно освещены вопросы современной биологии. Издание включает три раздела: «Живые системы», «Разнообразие живого» и «Человек», а также справочный материал и приложение. Каждый раздел книги содержит основной и дополнительный материал по теме и вопросы для самоконтроля. Подготовлен в соответствии с Федеральным государственным образовательным стандартом высшего образования. Учебник может быть использован преподавателями и студентами при изучении курсов «Биология» и «Биология с основами экологии».
title: Microbial-Based Proxies for Europa's Habitability and Biosignature Detection
Creators: name: Del Moral Jimenez, Alvaro
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2024

description: Europa is one of Jupiter's icy moons, and below its icy surface, there is a tidally heated, liquid water ocean. Chemically similar environments on Earth can support microbial communities. However, whether the physical and chemical conditions of Europa's ocean are conducive to life is currently unknown, which is critical for understanding the potential habitability of Europa.
This thesis identifies Earth analogue environments for Europa's putative habitable sub-surface ocean. For this, a machine learning (ML) algorithm was developed that selected terrestrial analogues with a high degree of similarity to the physicochemical environment proposed for Europa, reducing the amount of bias introduced by humans. The work focused on several models for Europa’s ocean composition (Kargel et al., 2000; McCollom, 1999; Melwani Daswani et al., 2021; Zolotov & Kargel, 2009). A multivariate database of terrestrial aqueous environments was grouped using a clustering solutions based on their physicochemical characteristics. A Random Forest (RF) algorithm was used to assign these groups to modelled Europa ocean chemistries. This approach identified several putative analogue environments from which Basque Lakes, Canada, was selected.
This thesis presents the characterisation of the Basque Lake microbial community that grew under simulated Europa ocean conditions. Microbes were grown in simulated ocean fluid based on the carbonate-chloride rich model of Melwani Daswani et al. (2021), with a 2 bar of 80%-20% H2/CO2 gas headspace. Using a bespoke environmental simulation chamber, the pressure was then increased using N2 gas to 10, 20 and 30 MPa to simulate different regions in and below Europa’s ice shell. Sulfate-reducing bacteria dominated the community when grown in the simulated ocean fluids and at high pressure. Cells produced extracellular polymeric substances in response to an increase in pressure. To our knowledge, this is the first study to experimentally test the habitability of Europa’s ocean and obtain a proxy microbial community. This community can provide information about the survival mechanisms microbial life might use in Europa, the regions of habitability within the moon, and the biosignatures that could be found on the surface.
Focusing on the proxy microbial community obtained from the high-pressure experiments, this thesis characterises the biosignatures that could be used as evidence of life within the ice shell of Europa. Simulating different transport processes by subjecting the cells to different freezing rates, microbes were shown to affect the precipitation of minerals in Europan-simulated ice. A fraction of the microbial colony survived the freezing process and was found to be associated with minerals in the brine network of ice. The results extend our knowledge of putative biosignatures and regions of habitability, informing the targets for future life-seeking missions to the icy moon.
title: Experiences of Women and Other Birthing People Who Make Non-Normative Choices in Childbearing: A Constructivist Grounded Theory
Creators: name: Madeley, Anna-Marie
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2024

description: The thesis aimed to explore why and how participants construct non-normative choices in the context of pregnancy and childbearing, alongside the underlying social processes participants navigate within UK maternity systems. Non-normative choices include outside-of-guideline care, declining routinely offered care and interventions or requesting care outside sociocultural norms. Such choices represent a critical test against which claims of women-centred care and authentic informed decision-making can be tested. To date, emphasis on empirical research in this area has primarily focussed on clinician-based understandings of supporting non-normative choices and women’s experiences of more extremely positioned, mostly intrapartum choices. These have often excluded service users’ voices within more nuanced choices across the childbearing continuum, situated firmly within consent, autonomy, and agency issues. By exploring these issues, the thesis will present a constructivist grounded theory exploring the social processes experienced by and affecting women’s experience in making non-normative choices, offering a substantive theory to explain how women’s reproductive identity shapes and informs non-normative choice-making. I present how non-normative choices represent a strategy by which, in the presence of institutional and systemic identity threat, reproductive identity is expressed, reinforced, or defended through common strategies, represented in the QuEEN model of common strategies for reproductive identity reinforcement and defence.



The thesis argues that contrary to choices being seen as ‘non-normative’ within contemporary maternity care, women view their choices as normative within their unique contexts and that a paradigm shift is required to reframe how non-normative choices are viewed. Rigid, risk-based systems of care designed to categorise women throughout their pregnancy journey work directly against aspirations for personalised care planning and frameworks of choice, reinforcing the urgent ongoing need for emphasis on personalised care within the UK maternity system to achieve equitable and safe perinatal outcomes in the presence of facilitative choice and relational care models.
title: Effectiveness and equity in English-medium instruction: A comparative longitudinal study in a Vietnamese university
Creators: name: Nguyen, Thi Mai An
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2024

description: The global surge in universities offering courses in English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) has generated much research. However, few studies have examined the impact of EMI on students’ English proficiency, academic performance, and self-efficacy over time and in comparison, with a parallel Vietnamese Medium Instruction (VMI) programme. Set in a leading Vietnamese university, this thesis investigates this. The study employs a mixed-methods, comparative, longitudinal design. Data was collected in two phases in May 2021 and May 2022 from 105 students, encompassing demographics, Duolingo English Test scores, GPAs, and self-efficacy questionnaire responses. The study also includes a focus group, 21 open-ended questionnaires, and 10 semi-structured interviews conducted over a 12-month period.
The findings unveil a nuanced impact of EMI on students. Even though both groups experienced a declination of English proficiency after one year, EMI group shows slightly less of a decline compared to the VMI group. Qualitative insights highlight EMI students' advantages in a supportive language environment with exposure and resources, while VMI students rely on personalised learning strategies. EMI significantly hampers content learning, resulting in reduced academic attainment relative to VMI learning. Interviews reveal mixed opportunities and challenges for both EMI and VMI students, influenced by socio-cultural factors, prior knowledge, support systems, and language proficiency. EMI students maintain self-efficacy over a year, while VMI students show a slight improvement in confidence. Key contributors to self-efficacy include opportunities for skill mastery, role models, and affirmations of capability. Disparities exist between EMI and VMI students in terms of backgrounds and performance, but no significant inequity is found within the EMI programme.
For policy and practice implications, the study calls for comprehensive EMI support mechanisms that promote holistic development and self-efficacy, enabling students to thrive in a global academic landscape.
The developing xylem transcriptome and genome-wide analysis of alternative splicing in Populus trichocarpa (black cottonwood) populations
Creators: name: Bao, Hua
name: Li, Eryang
name: Mansfield, Shawn D., 1969-
name: Cronk, Quentin C. B.
name: El-Kassaby, Yousry A.
name: Douglas, Carl J.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2015

description: Background: Alternative splicing (AS) of genes is an efficient means of generating variation in protein structure and function. AS variation has been observed between tissues, cell types, and different treatments in non-woody plants such as Arabidopsis thaliana (Arabidopsis) and rice. However, little is known about AS patterns in wood-forming tissues and how much AS variation exists within plant populations. Results Here we used high-throughput RNA sequencing to analyze the Populus trichocarpa (P. trichocarpa) xylem transcriptome in 20 individuals from different populations across much of its range in western North America. Deep transcriptome sequencing and mapping of reads to the P. trichocarpa reference genome identified a suite of xylem-expressed genes common to all accessions. Our analysis suggests that at least 36% of the xylem-expressed genes in P. trichocarpa are alternatively spliced. Extensive AS was observed in cell-wall biosynthesis related genes such as glycosyl transferases and C2H2 transcription factors. 27902 AS events were documented and most of these events were not conserved across individuals. Differences in isoform-specific read densities indicated that 7% and 13% of AS events showed significant differences between individuals within geographically separated southern and northern populations, a level that is in general agreement with AS variation in human populations. Conclusions This genome-wide analysis of alternative splicing reveals high levels of AS in P. trichocarpa and extensive inter-individual AS variation. We provide the most comprehensive analysis of AS in P. trichocarpa to date, which will serve as a valuable resource for the plant community to study transcriptome complexity and AS regulation during wood formation.
title: Биология с основами экологии
Creators: name: ELS IPR BOOKS
Publisher: name: Ай Пи Ар Медиа
Year: 2024

description: В учебном пособии подробно освещены вопросы современной биологии с основами экологии. Пособие включает три раздела: «Живые системы», «Человек» и «Основы экологии», а также справочный материал и приложение. Каждый раздел пособия содержит основной и дополнительный материал по теме и вопросы для самоконтроля. Подготовлено в соответствии с Федеральным государственным образовательным стандартом высшего образования. Учебное пособие может быть использовано преподавателями и студентами при изучении курсов «Биология», «Экология» и «Биология с основами экологии».
WERNER BREITUNG: Hongkong und der Integrationsprozess - Räumliche Strukturen und planerische Konzepte
Creators: name: Eichler, Horst
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2016

description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 35 Nr. 1-2 (2004): Internationales Asienforum
FRANK UMBACH: Konflikt oder Kooperation in Asien-Pazifik? Chinas Einbindung in regionale Sicherheitsstrukturen und die Auswirkungen auf Europa
Creators: name: Schönfeld, Jan
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2016

description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 35 Nr. 1-2 (2004): Internationales Asienforum
Lightning-Fueled Prebiotic Chemistry: Revisiting the Miller-Urey Experiment in the Context of Early Earth's Geology and Alternative Origin of Life Theories
Creators: name: DEL AMO, IÑAKI
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Prebiotic chemistry
Miller-Urey experiment
origin of life
small ponds
hydrothermal vents
extraterrestrial organic delivery
astrobiology
early Earth atmosphere

description: The origin of life on Earth remains one of the most intriguing scientific questions. The Miller-Urey experiment, conducted in 1953, demonstrated the synthesis of organic molecules under simulated early Earth conditions, emphasizing the potential role of lightning in prebiotic chemistry. This paper revisits the experiment by exploring the influence of geological and atmospheric conditions on the formation of life in small, localized ponds, rather than vast oceans. Mathematical calculations based on early Earth atmospheric models, lightning frequency, and energy inputs support the hypothesis that small, concentrated environments were more favorable for complex organic synthesis. The study also compares these findings with alternative theories, such as deep-sea hydrothermal vents and extraterrestrial organic delivery, and discusses future implications for both Earth’s early biosphere and astrobiological exploration.
Lightning-Fueled Prebiotic Chemistry: Revisiting the Miller-Urey Experiment in the Context of Early Earth's Geology and Alternative Origin of Life Theories
Creators: name: DEL AMO, IÑAKI
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Prebiotic chemistry
Miller-Urey experiment
origin of life
small ponds
hydrothermal vents
extraterrestrial organic delivery
astrobiology
early Earth atmosphere

description: The origin of life on Earth remains one of the most intriguing scientific questions. The Miller-Urey experiment, conducted in 1953, demonstrated the synthesis of organic molecules under simulated early Earth conditions, emphasizing the potential role of lightning in prebiotic chemistry. This paper revisits the experiment by exploring the influence of geological and atmospheric conditions on the formation of life in small, localized ponds, rather than vast oceans. Mathematical calculations based on early Earth atmospheric models, lightning frequency, and energy inputs support the hypothesis that small, concentrated environments were more favorable for complex organic synthesis. The study also compares these findings with alternative theories, such as deep-sea hydrothermal vents and extraterrestrial organic delivery, and discusses future implications for both Earth’s early biosphere and astrobiological exploration.
Measuring patient experiences in primary health care : a review and classification of items and scales used in publicly-available questionnaires
Creators: name: Wong, Sabrina T.
name: Haggerty, Jeannie
Publisher: name: Centre for Health Services and Policy Research (CHSPR)
Year: 2014

description: Monitoring information about patients’ experiences is essential to stimulate innovation, track changes in quality, and help Canadians become more informed about their health care system. Measuring the quality of the primary health care (PHC) system from patients’ perspectives has been identified as a crucial step towards defining areas of improvement and monitoring the impact of change. Regularly scheduled PHC surveys have been recommended as a future data collection strategy. However, no standardized, self-reported or comparable PHC survey currently exists for use with patients across Canada. The purpose of this review was to identify items and scales to inform the composition of a core Patient Experience Survey for use across Canada. This scoping review provides an up-to-date review of the publicly available instruments that purport to measure patients’ experiences in PHC.
EUN-JEUNG LEE: "Anti-Europa". Die Geschichte der Rezeption des Konfuzianismus und der konfuzianischen Gesellschaft seit der frühen Aufklärung. Eine ideengeschichtliche Untersuchung unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der deutschen Entwicklung
Creators: name: Osterhammel, Jürgen
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2016

description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 35 Nr. 1-2 (2004): Internationales Asienforum
BRUNHILD STAIGER / STEFAN FRIEDRICH / HANS-WILM SCHÜTTE (Hrsg.): Das große China-Lexikon
Creators: name: Sausmikat, Nora
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2016

description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 35 Nr. 1-2 (2004): Internationales Asienforum
title: Влияние аэротехногенного загрязнения урбанизированной территории на физическое, психическое развитие и состояние здоровья детского населения
Creators: name: ELS IPR BOOKS
Publisher: name: Ай Пи Ар Медиа
Year: 2024

description: В монографии в систематизированном виде изложены результаты исследований по проблеме воздействия загрязнения атмосферного воздуха на организм ребенка. Показаны региональные особенности влияния аэротехногенного загрязнения на протекание пренатального периода, состояние физического развития и здоровья детей (данные основаны на исследовании более тысячи детей г. Кирова). Книга предназначена для специалистов биологических, экологических специальностей и врачей-педиатров, а также может быть использована в качестве учебного пособия преподавателями и студентами, специализирующимися на влиянии экологии на человека.
MAHA SILA VIRAVONG: Prinz Phetsarat - ein Leben für Laos. "Eine Biographie von Chao Maha Uparat Phetsarat" und "Die Geschichte des 12. Oktober 1945"
Creators: name: Rändchen, Jana
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2016

description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 35 Nr. 1-2 (2004): Internationales Asienforum
Additional file 1 of Anthropogenic disturbance has altered the habitat of two Azorean endemic coastal plants
Creators: name: Rego, Rúben M. Correia
name: Moura, Mónica
name: Olangua-Corral, Maria
name: Roxo, Guilherme
name: Resendes, Roberto
name: Silva, Luís
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Supplementary Material 1
KEEPERS REGISTRY – a two-way street for e-journal preservation
Creators: name: Eisner, Peter
name: Lindlar, Micky
name: Friedrich, Merle
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Presentation of paper "KEEPERS REGISTRY – A TWO-WAY STREET FOR E-JOURNAL PRESERVATION" at the iPres2024 conference in Gent, Belgium on September 19th 2024.The presentation gives a short overview of Keepers registry and describes two use cases for interacting with the registry: (1) using it to query data and crosscheck it against institutional holdings to prioritize holdings for in-house digital preservation (2) reporting archival holdings back to Keepers Registry to make institutional preservation activities transparent. The presentation reports on the use cases in the context of TIB’s digital preservation processes.
The role of culture in low involvement purchase decisions
Creators: name: Nayeem, Tahmid
name: Casidy, Riza
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This study investigates the relationship between individualism-collectivism and consumer decision-making styles applied to low involvement product purchases. An adapted version of the widely used Consumer Styles Inventory (Sproles and Kendall, 1986) was used to measure consumer decision-making styles. Based on a sample of 207 respondents from individualist and collectivist backgrounds, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis were conducted on Sproles and Kendalls (1986) CSI adapted for low involvement purchases. Results showed that collectivist consumers scored significantly higher than individualist consumers on ‘confused by overchoice’, ‘rational buyer’, and ‘recreation-conscious’ decision-making styles. There were no differences in the ‘perfectionist’, ‘high quality conscious’, ‘brand conscious’, ‘careless-impulsive’, ‘habitual/brand loyal’, and ‘innovation conscious’ decisionmaking styles between these two groups.
Unravelling shared mechanisms: insights from recent ME/CFS research to illuminate long COVID pathologies
Creators: name: Annesley, Sarah
name: Missailidis, Daniel
name: Heng, B
name: Josev, EK
name: Armstrong, CW
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 31
subject: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
classificationCode: 32
subject: Biomedical and clinical sciences
classificationCode: 3404
subject: Medicinal and biomolecular chemistry
classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences
classificationCode: 4201
subject: Allied health and rehabilitation science
classificationCode: 3107
subject: Microbiology

description: Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a debilitating chronic illness often triggered by an initiating acute event, mainly viral infections. The transition from acute to chronic disease remains unknown, but interest in this phenomenon has escalated since the COVID-19 pandemic and the post-COVID-19 illness, termed ‘long COVID’ (LC). Both ME/CFS and LC share many clinical similarities. Here, we present recent findings in ME/CFS research focussing on proposed disease pathologies shared with LC. Understanding these disease pathologies and how they influence each other is key to developing effective therapeutics and diagnostic tests. Given that ME/CFS typically has a longer disease duration compared with LC, with symptoms and pathologies evolving over time, ME/CFS may provide insights into the future progression of LC.
title: Firefighter posttraumatic stress disorder, cognitive impairment and social desirability: A quantitative work-based study
Creators: name: Chamberlin, Michael
Publisher: name: University of Southern Queensland
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 420399
subject: Health services and systems not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 520104
subject: Industrial and organisational psychology (incl. human factors)

description: This thesis-by-publication explores post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), cognitive impairment (CI) and social desirability (SD) against background and demographic variables in firefighters in Queensland, Australia. Participants were full and part-time employed firefighters (N = 134) who completed a survey of standardised measures of PTSD (i.e., the PCL-5, which defines PTSD as the psychological result of exposure to highly stressful or traumatic events), CI (i.e., the AD8, which defines CI as impairments that are not significant enough to interfere with activities of daily living but nevertheless identifiable), and SD (i.e., the Marlowe-Crowne Form C, which defines SD as biased self-presentation or dissimulation and the concealment of one's thoughts, feelings, or character), as well as various background and demographic questions. Results suggest that no differences were found between full- and part-time employed firefighters on any measure except for demographic variables of age, gender and years of service. Those who scored higher on SD scored lower on post-traumatic stress disorder and cognitive impairment, meaning those firefighters who tended toward concealing their thoughts or feelings also had lower PTSD and lower CI. Age, years of service, and those who answered a subjective question on whether they had any psychopathology scored higher on PTSD and CI, indicating that PTSD and CI were unsurprisingly both related to age, years of service and a subjective sense of psychopathology. Furthermore, rates of firefighter CI were over double those of firefighter PTSD. These results indicate that most firefighters give socially desirable answers to portray lower PTSD and CI, while being older and/or having more years of service might contribute to more PTSD and CI. Interestingly, this conclusion implies that despite the significant body of research on firefighter PTSD, firefighter CI would appear to be a more common (i.e., prevalent) and insidious affliction. A final implication of this research is that a significant majority of firefighters may give socially desirable answers about their mental health, a topic that needs further investigation.
Arabidopsis transcriptome sequencing data
Creators: name: 韩浩章
Publisher: name: CNGB
Year: 2025
Subjects: Transcriptome or Gene expression
Monoisolate

description: The transcription factor CbbHLH147 is related to the response of Cinnamomum bodinieri to alkali stress. It is proposed to construct an expression vector and genetically transform Arabidopsis thaliana on the basis of analyzing the sequence of the CbbHLH147 gene, combined with the sequencing analysis of the transcriptome under alkali stress, to carry out a functional study on the response of the transcription factor CbbHLH147 to alkali stress.
title: Влияние биологических и социальных факторов на высшие психические функции детей
Creators: name: ELS IPR BOOKS
Publisher: name: Ай Пи Ар Медиа
Year: 2024

description: Монография посвящена актуальному вопросу возрастной физиологии — изучению связи биологических и социальных факторов с уровнем развития высших психических функций детей. Издание будет полезно психологам, педагогам, педиатрам и экологам. Может быть использовано в качестве учебного пособия для преподавателей и студентов, специализирующихся в области психологии, возрастной физиологии, экологии человека, экологической физиологии.
JULIA M. ECKERT: The Charisma of Direct Action, Power, Politics and the Shiv Sena ; MANJARI KATJU: Vishva Hindu Parishad and Indian Politics
Creators: name: Reifeld, Helmut
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2016

description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 35 Nr. 1-2 (2004): Internationales Asienforum
Measuring User Engagement
Creators: name: Lalmas, Mounia
name: O'Brien, Heather, 1977-
name: Yom-Tov, Elad
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2013

description: In the online world, user engagement refers to the quality of the user experience that emphasizes the positive aspects of the interaction with a web application and, in particular, the phenomena associated with wanting to use that application longer and frequently. User engagement is a key concept in the design of web applications, motivated by the observation that successful applications are not just used, but are engaged with. Users invest time, attention, and emotion in their use of technology, and it must satisfy both their pragmatic and hedonic needs and expectations. Measurement is key for evaluating the success of information technologies, and is particularly critical to any web applications, from media to e-commerce sites, as it informs our understanding of user needs and expectations, system design and functionality. For instance, news portals have become a very popular destination for web users who read news online. As there is great potential for online news consumption but also serious competition among news portals, online news providers strive to develop effective and efficient strategies to engage users longer in their sites. Measuring how users engage with a news portal can inform the portal if there are areas that need to be enhanced, if current optimization techniques are still effective, if the published material triggers user behavior that causes engagement with the portal, etc. Understanding the above is dependent upon the ability to measure user engagement. The focus of this tutorial is how user engagement is currently being measured and future considerations for its measurement.
title: Влияние загрязнения воздуха на состояние здоровья и развитие детей
Creators: name: ELS IPR BOOKS
Publisher: name: Ай Пи Ар Медиа
Year: 2024

description: Монография является обобщением и систематизацией современных исследований по проблеме воздействия загрязнения атмосферного воздуха на организм ребенка. В ходе исследования 1 097 детей г. Кирова получены данные по региональным особенностям влияния аэротехногенного загрязнения на протекание пренатального периода, состояние физического развития и здоровье детей. Книга предназначена для биологов, экологов, педиатров, а также может быть использована в качестве учебного пособия преподавателями и студентами, специализирующимися в области экологии человека и экологической эпидемиологии.
HPV16 E2 induced M1 macrophage polarization in head and neck cancer microenvironment by exosomal miR-619-5p
Creators: name: 陈晓杭(Xiaohang Chen)
Publisher: name: CNGB
Year: 2025
Subjects: Transcriptome or Gene expression
Monoisolate
Medical

description: The sensitivity of HPV-positive (HPV+) head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSC) to radiotherapy and chemotherapy is higher than that of HPV-negative (HPV-) HNSC, a phenomenon that is associated with its pro-inflammatory immune microenvironment. Previous studies have demonstrated that HPV can induce macrophages to polarize towards the M1 type in HNSC microenvironment. However, the precise mechanisms underlying the increased infiltration of M1 type macrophages remains unclear. In this study, we explored the role of exosomes in the M1 macrophage polarization in HNSC linked to the HPV E2. Our bioinformatics analysis revealed that HNSC with highly expression of HPV E2 is characterized by enhanced infiltration of M1 macrophages. Exosomes derived from HNSC cells overexpressing HPV E2 (HPV E2+) induce macrophage polarization towards the M1 type. Specifically, we discovered that miR-619-5p, which is significantly reduced in HPV E2+ HNSC exosomes, promotes the polarization of macrophages to the M2 type by inhibiting VAV3. This reduction in exosomal miR-619-5p is a key factor in the M1 macrophage polarization seen in HPV E2+ HNSC. Consequently, miR-619-5p could serve as a potential therapeutic target and a candidate biomarker for predicting the pro-inflammatory microenvironment in HNSC.
CHRISTINE NOELLE-KARIMI / CONRAD SCHETTER / REINHARD SCHLAGINTWEIT (eds.): Afghanistan - A Country without a State?
Creators: name: Clemens, Jürgen
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2016

description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 35 Nr. 1-2 (2004): Internationales Asienforum
Des Kaisers neue Kleider? Zur aktuellen Situation regionaler Kooperation in Asien
Creators: name: Rothacher, Albrecht
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2016

description: This article reviews the current state of regional integration efforts in East Asia. So far the disparate membership of APEC and the relatively more focussed ASEAN have, in striking contrast to their summit rhetoric, failed to make any significant substantial progress in integration. The reasons for this failure are seen to lie not only in the vast cultural, ethnic, political and economic disparities and the continuing hegemonic conflicts in Asia, but equally in the unwillingness of most of the political classes to reduce prevailing nationalist tensions and to address seriously the core issue of shared sovereignty with all its implications. Hence, intergovernmentalism with its principles of unanimity, non-commitment and non-interference prevails as an exclusive and ultimately paralyzing mode of elite cooperation. Civic participation, supranational initiatives, majority decisions and contractual, enforceable commitments remain effectively excluded. As things stand, even the long-term deadlines for ambitious East Asian Free Trade Areas and on variously configured East Asian Economic Communities are unlikely to be met.
description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 35 Nr. 1-2 (2004): Internationales Asienforum
Power line communication channel modelling and performance evaluation
Creators: name: Korki, Mehdi
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Although Power Line Communication (PLC) is not a new technology, its use to support data transmission over low voltage (LV) distribution networks is still the focus of ongoing research. This thesis focuses on the channel modelling and performance evaluation of narrowband (NB) PLC system. First, the channel modelling approaches of PLC are studied. Then, the proposed PLC channel modelling method based on the bottom-up approach for LV narrowband PLC in a frequency band between 9 kHz and 490 kHz is presented. This proposed model employs the transmission and scattering matrix methods to calculate the transfer function of a typical LV PLC network which comprises two common cable types (copper cables and aluminium conductor steel reinforced). Unlike the top-down approaches, this model is scalable as the network complexity increases and can better describe the network behaviour as a function of physical parameters.In addition, the noise characteristics and popular noise reduction techniques of PLC are studied. The major impairment to the PLC is the impulsive noise which is mainly generated by the switching transient in the network. Hence, a new technique is proposed to mitigate the impact of impulsive noise on data transmission over power lines. This proposed technique is an optimal Clipping/Blanking nonlinearity technique which is based on the minimum bit error rate (BER) search. Results obtained from the simulation of this technique demonstrate that performance has been enhanced in the NB-PLC system. The performance of the narrowband PLC system is also evaluated in both physical (PHY) and medium access control (MAC) layers. Since Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) is a suitable modulation scheme for hostile environment of the power line, it is used to evaluate the PHY layer performance. As a result of the PHY layer performance analyses, it is found that the BER performance between neighbouring points in the typical LV PLC network is reasonable, but communication beyond one hop have to rely on upper layer protocols. In the MAC layer performance evaluation of the PLC system, the widely known random access MAC protocol that uses the Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance (CSMA/CA) will be utilised. The MAC performance evaluation of the PLC system demonstrates a significant packet loss in LV PLC network even with a light traffic condition due to the noisy channel. Furthermore, the goodput declines abruptly once the individual transmission rate is high enough to block the network. In addition, the simulation results show that the channel errors can be reduced by adjusting the MAC parameters to allow the re-transmissions mechanisms to recoup the lost packets.
title: Pulse interactions in falling liquid films
Creators: name: Round, Alexander Luigi
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2024

description: Thin liquid films are often found in many physical settings and thus fully understanding the dynamics and learning how to predict the behaviours that arise can become vital. Moreover, we see the emergence of coherent structures, namely solitary pulses which are found to be interacting in the system along the surface of the flat film. This thesis highlights work around solitary pulses along a falling liquid film by making use of a Weighted Integral Boundary Layer (WIBL) model to show the behaviour. We make use of numerical and analytical methods to analyse the interactions between these solitary pulses to better distinguish what occurs when these structures arise. By looking locally in the area around the pulses we can simplify models and provide the ability to lower computational cost of coding because we can isolate the mechanism that is responsible for the behaviours. This method also allows for analytical statements to hold true. This work focusses on a relatively strong interaction between the pulses that exist on the surface of these flows and this is the main difference to the previous work that focus on interactions between the pulses. It can be shown through spectral properties, namely a linearised operator, that we can isolate eigenvalue behaviours that identify a Hopf bifurcation within the system. Numerical work provides a method to systematically change parameters within the system to isolate the emergence of oscillatory behaviour alongside decaying oscillations. These behaviours can be observed to occur over stability branches that can be found using an energy potential function which allows for further predictions on the stability of the system. Finally we discuss the effects that can be seen when multiple pulses are considered in the system. We locate a regime in which chaotic behaviour is observed that can be quantified in terms of positive Lyapunov exponents.
title: Влияние пола, типа темперамента, функциональной асимметрии мозга и других факторов на развитие детей и успешность их образовательной деятельности
Creators: name: ELS IPR BOOKS
Publisher: name: Ай Пи Ар Медиа
Year: 2024

description: В монографии обобщены и систематизированы данные современных исследований российских и зарубежных ученых по вопросу влияния биологических и социальных факторов на развитие и успешность образовательной деятельности детей. При подготовке монографии использованы результаты собственных исследований автора среди первоклассников г. Кирова, позволяющие составить их комплексный портрет с учетом особенностей внутриутробного, физического и нервно-психического развития. Монография будет полезна психологам, педагогам, педиатрам и экологам. Может быть использована в качестве учебного пособия преподавателями и студентами, специализирующимися в области психологии, возрастной физиологии, экологии человека, экологической физиологии.
When the Younger Generation Takes Over - Singaporean Chinese Family Businesses in Change
Creators: name: Hornidge, Anna-Katharina
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2016

description: In line with developments in Southeast Asia, Singapore's society and economy are undergoing rapid changes. This article focuses on how Singaporean Chinese family businesses cope with the challenges of change. I shall begin with an out-line of the common characteristics of Chinese family businesses, their evolution, development and change. Based on an intensive study of eight Chinese family businesses in Singapore, I illustrate the changes experienced, ranging from technological, personal, and organisational to managerial, including also changes in marketing strategies. A great number of external and internal factors of change exist, which partly overlap and influence each other. Nevertheless, there is consistency in my findings which show that different upbringings, educational backgrounds, and modes of socialization of the younger generation in the booming economy of modem Singapore are of major relevance for change when intergenerational transfer of ownership takes place.
description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 35 Nr. 1-2 (2004): Internationales Asienforum
title: Влияние экологических и социально-биологических факторов на заболеваемость, физическое и психическое развитие детей
Creators: name: ELS IPR BOOKS
Publisher: name: Ай Пи Ар Медиа
Year: 2024

description: Монография является обобщением и систематизацией современных исследований по проблеме воздействия различных факторов на организм ребенка. В ходе исследования были задействованы 1 097 детей г. Кирова, получены данные по региональным особенностям влияния аэротехногенного загрязнения, перинатальных, социальных факторов, а также пола, возраста и функциональной асимметрии мозга на состояние физического развития и здоровья детей. Книга предназначена для биологов, экологов, педиатров, а также может быть использована преподавателями и студентами, специализирующимися в области экологии человека, экологической эпидемиологии, возрастной физиологии.
Notes from an 'Intelligent Island': Towards Strategic Knowledge Management in Singapore's Small Business Sector
Creators: name: Menkhoff, Thomas
name: Wah, Chay Yue
name: Loh, Benjamin
Publisher: name: Internationales Asienforum
Year: 2016

description: This essay outlines some of the benefits and challenges of implementing strategic knowledge management systems in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with reference to respective initiatives in the Republic of Singapore. The article addresses following research questions: What is knowledge management (KM) and why has it become an issue? How can SMEs benefit from strategic KM? What are the potential pitfalls of KM applications in small firms? What are the strategic imperatives of using KM in SMEs? Do small and large firms require different KM systems? What are the critical success factors which have to be considered during implementation? How do smart and KM-enabled SMEs look in reality? Some of these issues will be illustrated by a case-study of a small intelligent pest control firm in Singapore whose owners made effective use of development grants provided by government agencies tasked with the transformation of Singapore's small business sector in line with official IT-related development blueprints. Since the 1980s, the Government of this dynamic city-state in Southeast Asia has implemented several policy measures to realize the vision of an "intelligent island" aimed at remaining relevant in the global knowledge-based economy.
description: Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 35 Nr. 1-2 (2004): Internationales Asienforum
VALUABLE Brochure about environmental credentials compared with State of the art
Creators: name: Technical University of Munich
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: This document is still a draft pending of the EC's approval.

 

This deliverable presents the VALUABLE brochure focusing on environmental credentials. The main goal of the brochure is to provide a clear and concise overview of the project's environmental benefits, key processes, and the industrial applications of its products. It serves to inform stakeholders, partners, and the broader public about the project's objectives, and its innovative approach to resource efficiency. By presenting the project's key features in an accessible format, the brochure aims to foster greater understanding, engagement, and collaboration with the project’s partners and supporters. Ultimately, it highlights the commitment to sustainability and demonstrates how the VALUABLE process can contribute to a more circular and environmentally friendly economy.