cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Relationship of clusterin with renal inflammation and fibrosis after the recovery phase of ischemia-reperfusion injury
Creators: name: Guo, Jia
name: Guan, Qiunong
name: Liu, Xiuheng
name: Wang, Hao
name: Gleave, Martin E.
name: Nguan, Christopher Y. C.
name: Du, Caigan
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2017

description: Background: Long-term outcomes after acute kidney injury (AKI) include incremental loss of function and progression towards chronic kidney disease (CKD); however, the pathogenesis of AKI to CKD remains largely unknown. Clusterin (CLU) is a chaperone-like protein that reduces ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) and enhances tissue repair after IRI in the kidney. This study investigated the role of CLU in the transition of IRI to renal fibrosis. Methods: IRI was induced in the left kidneys of wild type (WT) C57BL/6J (B6) versus CLU knockout (KO) B6 mice by clamping the renal pedicles for 28 min at the body temperature of 32 °C. Tissue damage was examined by histology, infiltrate phenotypes by flow cytometry analysis, and fibrosis-related gene expression by PCR array. Results: Reduction of kidney weight was induced by IRI, but was not affected by CLU KO. Both WT and KO kidneys had similar function with minimal cellular infiltration and fibrosis at day 14 of reperfusion. After 30 days, KO kidneys had greater loss in function than WT, indicated by the higher levels of both serum creatinine and BUN in KO mice, and exhibited more cellular infiltration (CD8 cells and macrophages), more tubular damage and more severe tissue fibrosis (glomerulopathy, interstitial fibrosis and vascular fibrosis). PCR array showed the association of CLU deficiency with up-regulation of CCL12, Col3a1, MMP9 and TIMP1 and down-regulation of EGF in these kidneys. Conclusion: Our data suggest that CLU deficiency worsens renal inflammation and tissue fibrosis after IRI in the kidney, which may be mediated through multiple pathways.
Learning-doing of the elderly caregiver at home
Creators: name: Gomes, Nildete Pereira
name: Pedreira, Larissa Chaves
name: Gomes, Nadirlene Pereira
name: Silva, Rosana Maria Oliveira
name: Nascimento, Rita De Cássia Dias
name: Dos Santos, Olga Maria Brito
name: Fonseca, Elaine De Oliveira Souza
name: Lírio, Josinete Gonçalves Dos Santos
Publisher: name: Motricidade
Year: 2020

description: This study aimed to know how elderly caregivers learn to care for family members at home. A qualitative study was carried out with six elderly caregivers of dependent relatives in the Brazilian northeast. Data collection took place from March to June 2017 through a semi-structured interview, and we employed content analysis in order to organize and systematize the data. The research showed that the learning of elderly caregivers develops through the observation of professional practice through professional guidance and experience in care. The findings point to management that emphasizes strategies in education and health that contribute to the learning of caregivers. he learning of caregivers.
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The Detection and Characterisation of Urban Growth from Satellite Data using a New Change Detection Method and Landscape Expansion Metric
Creators: name: Lawton, Matthew Nigel
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2023

description: Today, more people live in urban areas than do not, and this number is only predicted
description: to increase in the future; therefore, urban areas must be monitored carefully to avoid negative
description: impacts on the environment and inhabitants. Satellite-derived land cover maps are frequently
description: the source of information for researchers; however, they are prone to errors, especially when
description: quantifying land cover change. Therefore, there is a requirement for high-accuracy land cover
description: classification and change detection methods, where errors are understood and managed.

description:

description: This thesis aims to classify and understand urban growth while understanding and
description: managing misclassification errors. A new change detection algorithm that uses all available
description: Landsat images to detect and classify land cover change was developed that dates and classifies
description: land cover change. At all stages, to be tailored to the detection of urban growth specifically.
description: Rigorous accuracy assessment using randomly selected pixels was performed and integrated
description: into the analysis at all stages. The change detection achieved an overall accuracy of 91.2%,
description: outperforming a high-quality post-classification comparison (72.6%).

description:

description: The Landscape Expansion Index characterises the type of urban growth; however, this
description: metric is currently only usable with a single class of urban density. However, a single class of
description: urban density is a vast oversimplification of the heterogeneity found in urban areas. Secondly,
description: this metric has been untested for its sensitivity to misclassification errors. Therefore, this thesis
description: extended the Landscape Expansion Index to apply to two urban density classes. The new
description: metric characterises the location and type of growth. This new metric was applied to three
description: cities in the Midlands to demonstrate its potential and to characterise urban growth in the
description: Midlands. It found that Leicester (which lacks a greenbelt) has grown more diffusely than both
description: Nottingham and Birmingham (which are constrained by them). Finally, a new systematic
description: methodology of testing the sensitivity of landscape metrics to misclassification errors is
description: proposed and used to test the sensitivity of the newly developed metric. This provides a deeper
description: and more rigorous understanding of sensitivity than has been applied to any metric to date.
description: This analysis found the metric generally insensitivity to errors; however, sensitivity varied
description: between the specific misclassification type.
Comparison of predictive equations for resting metabolic rate in Portuguese women
Creators: name: Tallon, José Maria
name: Narciso, Janine
name: Saavedra, Raquel
name: Silva, António José
name: Barros, Ana
name: Costa, Aldo Matos Da
Publisher: name: Motricidade
Year: 2020

description: Obesity represents a public health challenge and dietary interventions to prevent or treat obesity rely on the ability to accurately determine daily energy requirements - which are based on measures of total energy expenditure. Several prediction equations to estimate resting metabolic rate (RMR) have been developed, however the validity of these equations is uncertain. The present study aims to determine the accuracy of four commonly used RMR prediction equations in normal weight, overweight and obese Portuguese women aged 18 to 64 years. RMR was measured in 156 women (age: 40.3 ± 10.2 years; Body Mass Index (BMI): 20.6 ± 6.8 kg/m2) using indirect calorimetry. The resulting values were compared with the predictive values from the Harris-Benedict, FAO/WHO/UNU, Schofield and Mifflin-St. Jeor equations across BMI categories. At an individual level, the equations with the highest percentage of accurate predictions were the Mifflin-St. Jeor equation in normal weight women (41.9%) and the Harris-Benedict equation in overweight (55.4%) and obese (50.9%) women. The accuracy of the RMR prediction equations studied varied by weight status and due to the low levels of accuracy reported, the present equations might have limited applicability for Portuguese women at an individual level.
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Regulation of moods and emotions: an investigation of affect regulation and its contribution to affective outcomes
Creators: name: Pirzas, Sarah
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The research project titled, Regulation of moods and emotions: An investigation of affect regulation and its contribution to affective outcomes, was conducted by Sarah Pirzas. The project was designed to increase understanding of the processes underlying affect regulation - that is, the ways in which individuals respond to their moods and emotions. Following review of the literature, she designed two studies. The first sought to develop a new instrument for measuring affect regulation strategy use. Using this instrument, she found that strategies based on being active and distracting oneself from an unpleasant mood were related to greater well-being whereas passivity was related to less well-being. The second study investigated further the relationships between responses to moods and emotions and the extent to which individuals are languishing or flourishing. Overall, this project helped fill gaps in what we know about affect regulation and found that the manner in which people manage their mood and emotional experiences has a substantial impact on wellness.
Spatial Navigation and Negative Emotions: The Effect of Emotion Processing on Wayfinding and Visuospatial Working Memory
Creators: name: Mohamed Aly, Linda
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2024
Subjects: Spatial Navigation
Negative Emotions
Fear
Virtual Reality

description: When navigating, individuals are exposed to a vast amount of information. However, some cues may be more relevant than others. Although the mechanisms underlying orientational skills and the effects of emotion processing on cognitive processes have been well-studied, little is known about the effects of processing others' emotions on spatial navigation. This research aims to fill this gap while considering gender differences, with approximately 1000 participants. In Experiment 1, participants navigated three virtual environments twice. The first time was to find an object, and the second time was to recall the path to reach it. Between the two phases, participants performed a gender categorisation task of faces showing neutral, fearful, or angry expressions. The results showed that fearful faces impaired males' navigation performance, whereas females were unaffected. Experiments 2 and 3 expanded this research to include different emotional stimuli (i.e., bodies or contexts) and found no impact on wayfinding. In Experiment 4, we investigated the effect of emotion processing on navigation domains. The results showed that processing fearful faces (and to a lesser extent angry faces) impaired males' performance and enhanced females' performance, but only in specific domains. Experiment 5 extended the research to visuospatial skills essential for navigation and face processing. The study evaluated whether processing negative emotions during a visuospatial task (Delayed Non-Match to Sample Task, DNMS) affects performance on a subsequent visuospatial task (Backward Corsi Block Tapping Task, CBT). The results showed that participants' performance in the DNMS task decreased with fearful faces (compared to angry or neutral faces). However, only male participants showed decreased performance in the following CBT, which might be due to gender differences in cognitive load management. This dissertation highlights the link between emotion processing and navigation, suggesting face, emotion, and gender-specific effects.
Associations between the gut microbiota and host immune markers in pediatric multiple sclerosis and controls
Creators: name: Tremlett, Helen
name: Fadrosh, Douglas W
name: Faruqi, Ali A
name: Hart, Janace
name: Roalstad, Shelly
name: Graves, Jennifer
name: Spencer, Collin M
name: Lynch, Susan V
name: Zamvil, Scott S
name: Waubant, Emmanuelle
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2016

description: Background: As little is known of association(s) between gut microbiota profiles and host immunological markers, we explored these in children with and without multiple sclerosis (MS). Methods Children ≤18 years provided stool and blood. MS cases were within 2-years of onset. Fecal 16S rRNA gene profiles were generated on an Illumina Miseq platform. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells were isolated, and Treg (CD4+CD25hiCD127lowFoxP3+) frequency and CD4+ T-cell intracellular cytokine production evaluated by flow cytometry. Associations between microbiota diversity, phylum-level abundances and immune markers were explored using Pearson’s correlation and adjusted linear regression. Results Twenty-four children (15 relapsing-remitting, nine controls), averaging 12.6 years were included. Seven were on a disease-modifying drug (DMD) at sample collection. Although immune markers (e.g. Th2, Th17, Tregs) did not differ between cases and controls (p > 0.05), divergent gut microbiota associations occurred; richness correlated positively with Th17 for cases (r = +0.665, p = 0.018), not controls (r = −0.644, p = 0.061). Bacteroidetes inversely associated with Th17 for cases (r = −0.719, p = 0.008), not controls (r = +0.320, p = 0.401). Fusobacteria correlated with Tregs for controls (r = +0.829, p = 0.006), not cases (r = −0.069, p = 0.808). Conclusions Our observations motivate further exploration to understand disruption of the microbiota-immune balance so early in the MS course.
Kurz notiert
Creators: name: Groß, Stefanie
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Nachrichten.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 27 Nr. 3 (2011): Das kann's doch nicht gewesen sein! Geschichte und Vergangenheitsbewältigung in Südostasien
title: Light and the Choregraphic
title: Dancing with Tungsten
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Man, Michelle
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2024
Subjects: choreoluminosity
Tungsten
ghost light
circus
ecoscenography
Choreography
Dance

description: This thesis examines vibrant experiences of light and the dancing body, and does so by focusing on how their coalescing energies inform choreographic decision-making. It is grounded in three practice research projects: an open-ended experimental process, Dazzling Mesh (2017); Elektri(c)k (2019), an international circus project in the round; and Ghostlight (2022) a solo performance with a singular Tungsten lightbulb. This PhD is rooted in the embodied processes, reflective analysis, and detailed critical accounts of my own qualitative experiences with lighting as a dancer and choreographer. Key to the practice of this research and its emerging philosophy is that from the outset of each of the projects, lighting has been present and considered a poetic collaborator when choreographic decision-making was happening. In order to articulate the specific interdisciplinary approaches of choregraphing with light, I call this a practice of ‘choreoluminosity’ which forms the basis of my overarching contribution to knowledge. The aim of this thesis is to articulate how choreoluminosity emerged, how it works in practice, and the new knowledge it can bring to the scholarly fields of lighting in performance, and choreography. Grounding my work is a proposed notion that light may behave as an “eradicator”, which disturbs the understanding of light as a theatrical element that reveals the form, colour, and texture of a performance. To unpack my arguments, I use choreoluminosity as a framework for sensitized critical inquiry during my processes, where questions of agency, identity-making, and performing with the other-than-human are activated in order to allow for distinct ways of being with light. Finally, I posit Light and the choreographic: dancing with Tungsten within what I suggest is an imminent post-Tungsten era, emphasising the timeliness of this research, which coincides with the current phasing out of production, and therefore usage of this incandescent source.
Der Weg zur Versöhnung – Die Geschichte eines »Sozialen Vermittlers« in Oecussi
Creators: name: Sakti, Victoria Kumala
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Dieser Artikel beleuchtet individuelle und kollektive Bemühungen in Osttimor um eine Verarbeitung vergangener Gewalt und um einen Wiederaufbau von unterbrochenen Beziehungen.
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title: Gauge invariance in quantum electrodynamics
Creators: name: Smith, John
Publisher: name: University of Edinburgh
Year: 1961
Subjects: subject: Gauge Invariance
subject: Propagators
subject: Renormalization
subject: Infrared and Ultraviolet Divergences
subject: Conservation Law

description: The object of this dissertation is to present a survey of papers written on gauge invariance in the past decade. Up till 1955 mainly c-number gauges were used. The generalisation to q-number gauges, however, has introduced many simplifications, especially in calculations involving infrared and ultraviolet divergences. These calculations (cf. the Lamb Shift) are too long to be given here, and we limit ourselves to a discussion of the various types of propagators used in them. Invariance under gauge transformations is rather different from invariance under Lorentz transformations. The invariance of a Lagrangian under translations and rotations is a physical requirement, while the invariance under some type of gauge transformation is determined by the existence of a physical conservation law. Chapters I and II are really introductory, dealing only with the properties of free and Interacting fields. The renormalization programme is given in detail in Chapter III, and In the final two chapters the gauge properties of propagators and renormalization constants are examined.
A review of the effects of static stretching in human mobility and strength training as a more powerful alternative: Towards a different paradigm
Creators: name: Moscão, João C.
name: Vilaça-Alves, José
name: Afonso, José
Publisher: name: Motricidade
Year: 2020

description: Flexibility is a measurable physical capacity considered as a key component of physical fitness. Poor flexibility is usually attributed to excessive tension exerted by the antagonist muscles of the movement and, supported by weak scientific evidence, passive stretching is considered as the most effective intervention in the promotion of the muscle extensibility, in attempting to improve mobility. The proposal of this paper is a review of the effects of static stretching in human movement and a presentation of strength training as a more robust alternative based on scientific evidence. First, we try to define which factors influence the ability of the human body to move into their functional safety range of motion. Second, we present a critical scientific literature review of the effects of static stretching in the promotion of range of motion, injury prevention, and sports performance. Third, we propose alternatives to static stretching such as proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation, dynamic stretching, and especially strength/resistance training, in the promotion of a better range of motion. Finally, we conclude that perhaps problems of flexibility/mobility should not be addressed with static processes, but with movement.
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Kurz notiert
Creators: name: Grubauer, Ariane
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Nachrichten.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 27 Nr. 3 (2011): Das kann's doch nicht gewesen sein! Geschichte und Vergangenheitsbewältigung in Südostasien
Microdosimetry for Hadrontherapy: a Comprehensive Monte Carlo Study towards Clinical Applications
Creators: name: Magini, Jacopo
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2023

description: As cancer treatment with hadrons becomes more and more widespread, the limitations of predicting their radiobiological effect via the current clinical approach is becoming more evident. Microdosimetry provides a stochastic approach more apt at describing hadron interactions than classical dosimetry. In this work a systematic Monte Carlo study is carried out for the purpose of standardisation and production of a preliminary uncertainty budget, for future use in clinics. Limitations of the Microdosimetric-Kinetic Model in predicting a radiobiological outcome are discussed. Lastly, a method to incorporate microdosimetry into clinical treatment planning is proposed.
Reißt keine alten Wunden auf! Aceh: Versöhnung »von unten«
Creators: name: Christanty, Linda
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Eines Tages färbte sich das Meer vor Khatijahs Augen rot. Vielleicht lag es nur am Licht der Nachmittagssonne...
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 27 Nr. 3 (2011): Das kann's doch nicht gewesen sein! Geschichte und Vergangenheitsbewältigung in Südostasien
Fixing poor communities': public housing tenants, front-line bureaucrats and community improvement programmes
Creators: name: Williams, Richard
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: In advanced liberal democracies, poor communities are subject to high levels of scrutiny and intervention by the state. Ostensibly, the intention of these interventions is to mitigate the impact of concentrated socio-economic disadvantage. They consume significant state resources and their legitimacy and effectiveness are the subject of continuing concern in public policy debate. This thesis is a case study that examines the ways in which residents and front-line professionals from four inner-city public housing estates in Melbourne, Australia experienced some of these interventionary programmes, and how the ways in which they interpreted the programmes substantially affected their outcomes.
Neonazismus in Indonesien? Über die Wahrnehmung der deutschen NS-Zeit an indonesischen Schulen
Creators: name: Müller, Evamaria
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Die Autorin geht der Frage nach, warum sich die Hakenkreuzsymbolik unter indonesischen Jugendlichen so großer Beliebtheit erfreut und welche Geschichtskenntnisse bzw. welches Verständnis von Geschichte dieser Tendenz zugrunde liegen.
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Wohin also damit? Second-Hand-Märkte als Spiegel der Geschichte
Creators: name: Prihandono, Bambang K.
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Was tun mit all den Sachen, die wir nicht mehr brauchen? Sind sie noch in gutem Zustand, und sind wir der Meinung, Verwandte, Freunde oder Kollegen hätten einen Nutzen davon, kann man gebrauchte Sachen an sie weiter geben. Sind sie jedoch beschädigt, geziemt sich dies nicht, selbst wenn die Sachen noch einen Wert haben. Wohin also damit? Auf den Second Hand-Markt.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 27 Nr. 3 (2011): Das kann's doch nicht gewesen sein! Geschichte und Vergangenheitsbewältigung in Südostasien
Verteidiger der alten Macht – Das Pancasila-Monument in Jakarta demonstriert Suhartos Deutungshoheit über die indonesische Geschichte
Creators: name: Keller, Anett
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Vor 13 Jahren endete in Indonesien die Suharto-Diktatur. Doch am Pancasila-Monument im Süden Jakartas scheint die Zeit stehen geblieben.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 27 Nr. 3 (2011): Das kann's doch nicht gewesen sein! Geschichte und Vergangenheitsbewältigung in Südostasien
Frieden schließen mit der Vergangenheit – Die Tragödie von 1965 bleibt ein dunkler Fleck in der indonesischen Geschichte
Creators: name: Wardaya SJ, Baskara T.
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Versöhnung im Kontext der Tragödie von 1965 – der Autor ist der Ansicht, dass trotz der vielen Toten und des geschehenen Unrechts für Schritte zur Versöhnung durchaus noch Hoffnung besteht.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 27 Nr. 3 (2011): Das kann's doch nicht gewesen sein! Geschichte und Vergangenheitsbewältigung in Südostasien
Impressum
Creators: name: Redaktion, Die
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 28 Nr. 3 (2012): Arbeitswelten: Alltag und Kämpfe in den Werkstätten der Globalisierung
Interpretable Machine Learning Models to Predict Antimicrobial Resistance
Creators: name: Tharmakulasingam, Mukunthan
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2023
Subjects: AMR
Antimicrobial Stewardship
Missing labels
XAI
Deep neural networks
Multi-label prediction

description: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing global public health concern due to the rapid emergence and spread of resistant bacteria and other pathogens. Machine learning (ML) and genomics-based approaches are becoming more common compared to lab-based phenotypic methods for AMR detection as they bypass the laboratory culture process and offer an understanding of AMR-associated factors. The simultaneous prediction of multiple AMRs is a developing area since current multi-label prediction models are not well-suited to deal with a significant number of missing labels.

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description: A Rectified Classifier Chain (RCC) model was proposed and showed that it could effectively handle large numbers of missing labels in multi-label genomic sequence data and explain the results. Developing Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) technologies and increasing Graphical Processing Unit capabilities have enabled rapid prediction of AMR with Deep Learning (DL) models. However, many genomics sequence datasets lack complete labelling, making applying a DL modelling approach challenging. Therefore, a Masked Loss Convolution Neural(ML-ConvNet) network was developed to improve the performance of the AMR prediction, particularly when there are large numbers of missing labels as the second contribution. Additionally, different Explainable AI (XAI) models were explored, and an XAI pipeline was integrated and validated, which showed that the model could predict AMR effectively even with a limited number of features.

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description: Finally, a 1-D Transformer based interpretable model was proposed to predict AMR from antimicrobial administration data for real-time antimicrobial stewardship. The results were interpreted and verified using quantitative validation metrics through an Integrated Gradient with rectified baseline pipeline.

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description: The proposed methods showed significant improvements in simultaneous AMR prediction with missing labels and provided interpretable results, which can be applied in real-world scenarios to improve antimicrobial stewardship. These contributions will pave the way for personalised antibiotic treatments and the introduction of AMR-aware food in the long term to overcome AMR challenges.
Post-transcriptional feedback in biological noise
Creators: name: Clarke-Whittet, Michael
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2023

description: Cells interact with their environments by sensing, processing, and responding to stimuli. This thesis models budding yeast cells as signal processors to understand the mechanisms of cellular decision making. Conditions for the cell at all levels are in flux, from the environment, inside the cell, and in the cell’s evolved mechanisms. This uncertainty contributes to noise in the cell’s signal processing and its decision-making processes. Post-transcriptional control of noise is demonstrated by fluorescent quantification of fusion proteins expressed with and without their 3’ untranslated regions and by CRISPR-enabled mutation of putative autoregulatory recognition motifs.

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description: Noise was quantified at the population level by flow cytometry and time resolved by live timelapse microscopy. Feedback loops governing abundance dynamics were simulated by mathematical models, with and without feedback. Post-transcriptional regulation represents a layer of control, where the increasing list of conventional and unconventional RNA-binding proteins can tune gene expression sensitive to the requirements of the cell. Such feedback is an evolved regulatory characteristic that enables the cell to interact with uncertainty, rather than being merely subject to it.
Willingness to engage in relationship problem discussion: predictors and consequences of partner asymmetry
Creators: name: O'Hara, Jonathan
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This research investigated factors that influence relationship partner's willingness to engage in relationship problem discussion. Findings revealed that for male's, greater belief in their own capability for change was related to less willingness to engage in relationship problem discussion. Conversely, male's greater belief in their female partner's capability for change was related to greater willingness to engage in relationship problem discussion. Findings also revealed that increased vulnerability to overwhelming physiological arousal during conflict was related to lower willingness to engage in relationship problem discussion for both male and female partners.
Assessing the accuracy of adaptive radiotherapy within an MR guided system
Creators: name: Axford, Aaron
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2023

description: Magnetic resonance imaging guided radiotherapy is a recent development that has the
description: potential to revolutionise radiotherapy with the integration of magnetic resonance imaging
description: and a conventional linear accelerator. MRI can clearly observe the changes in shape and
description: position of target volumes during radiation delivery due to its high soft tissue contrast,
description: allowing for online, and potentially real time, treatment plan adaptations, whilst providing no
description: additional radiation to the patient from imaging.

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description: While this technology could increase the effectiveness of radiation treatment, avoiding
description: unnecessary irradiation of healthy tissue and delivering more precise treatment of target
description: volumes that have undergone translations and shape deformations, thorough methods of
description: evaluating the accuracy of adapted treatment plans using the MR-guided systems is essential.
description: Within this project, a novel assessment methodology has been designed, developed,
description: evaluated, and finally implemented within an audit of clinical MR-linac systems. The devised
description: workflow uses a 3D printed pelvis phantom which can be configured to create a wide range
description: of clinically relevant adaptive radiotherapy scenarios. Clear imaging is possible within both
description: computed tomography and magnet resonance imaging, enabling the creation of reference
description: treatment plans, and adapted treatment plans where the prostate and organs at risk have
description: undergone precise changes in both shape and position. Dosimetry measurements obtained are
description: compared with calculated doses from the treatment planning system, providing an evaluation
description: of the accuracy of adaptive radiotherapy. Through the application of this workflow, the high
description: capabilities of MR-guided systems to treat volumes that have experienced significant changes
description: has been demonstrated. This innovative assessment methodology provides a beneficial
description: quality assurance process for online adaptive radiotherapy, as well as future plans consisting
description: of further developments to allow assessments with real time adaptive radiotherapy treatments.
Neues Gesicht des indonesischen Kinos: Rawi Bharwani – Ein Interview mit dem Filmemacher von Jermal
Creators: name: Epifanova, Varvara
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Interview mit Rawi Bharwani.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 28 Nr. 3 (2012): Arbeitswelten: Alltag und Kämpfe in den Werkstätten der Globalisierung
Selbstbestimmung trotz Tabu?
Creators: name: Findeisen, Genia
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Rezension von: Silke Schwarz, Selbstbestimmung trotz Tabu? Uneheliche Schwangerschaft und Sexualität aus weiblicher Sicht auf Java. Indonesien, regiospectra Verlag, Berlin, 2011; 258 S.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 28 Nr. 3 (2012): Arbeitswelten: Alltag und Kämpfe in den Werkstätten der Globalisierung
Reisende des 21. Jahrhunderts in Laos
Creators: name: Timmann, Anke
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Rezension von: Erik Lorenz, Streifzug durch Laos. Abenteuer im Land der tausend Elefanten. Wiesenburg Verlag, Schweinfurt, 2012, 515 S.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 28 Nr. 3 (2012): Arbeitswelten: Alltag und Kämpfe in den Werkstätten der Globalisierung
Validation of Texture Analysis
Creators: name: Green, Christopher David
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2023

description: This thesis presents a study into the stability of texture features across multiple stages of the texture analysis pipeline. Two imaging modalities were assessed in this work: CT, in which a texture analysis phantom containing 10 texture sources was used, and PET, in which an image quality assurance phantom was used. The stability of 43 texture features were assessed under identical imaging parameters using test-retest analysis to establish the repeatability of features in both a clinical setting, with a 10-minute rest period between scans, and texture phantom commissioning setting, with no rest period. The effects of different CT reconstruction parameters were assessed to identify which parameters significantly impacted the image texture. A novel GLCM processing technique was developed to improve the stability of texture features across multiple reconstruction parameters. The Richardson-Lucy algorithm was applied to digital and real PET images to establish if the underlying image texture, masked by the partial volume effect, could be recovered.

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description: It was found that most features were stable for the rest period and no rest period scans, 95% and 93% respectively. Texture features were found to be very sensitive to reconstruction parameters, with only 14% of features being stable across the reconstruction parameters, with high levels reconstruction kernel sharpness and extreme levels of denoising being the parameters that significantly affect the most features. With the application of GLCM processing 78% of features were found to improve in stability across the reconstruction parameters. The application of the Richardson-Lucy algorithm, with noise regularisation, was able to recover the underlying texture of the digital PET images. However, when applied to the real PET image the resultant texture was further from the ground truth than the original image.

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description: It is recommended that reconstruction parameters are kept identical in multi-set studies, rest periods are taken between scans, and the Richardson-Lucy algorithm is applied after feature calculation.
Impact of oncologist payment method on health care outcomes, costs, quality: a rapid review
Creators: name: McPherson, Emily
name: Hedden, Lindsay
name: Regier, Dean A.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2017

description: Background: The incidence of cancer and the cost of its treatment continue to rise. The effect of these dual forces is a major burden on the system of health care financing. One cost containment approach involves changing the way physicians are paid. Payers are testing reimbursement methods such as capitation and prospective payment while also evaluating how the changes impact health outcomes, resource utilization, and quality of care. The purpose of this study is to identify evidence related to physician payment methods’ impacts, with a focus on cancer control. Methods: We conducted a rapid review. This involved defining eligibility criteria, identifying a search strategy, performing study selection according to the eligibility criteria, and abstracting data from included studies. This process was accompanied by a gray literature search for special topics. Results: The incentives in fee-for-service payment systems generally lead to health care services being applied inconsistently because providers practice independently with few systems in place for developing treatment protocols and practice reviews. This inconsistency is pronounced in cancer care because much of the total per patient spending occurs in the last month of life. Some insurers are predicting that this variation can be reduced through the use of prospective or bundled payments combined with decision support systems. Workload, recruitment, and retention are all affected by changes to physician payment models; effects seem to be magnified in the specialist context as their several extra years of training lower their overall supply. Conclusions: Experimentation with physician payment methods has tended to neglect cancer care providers. Policymakers designing cancer-focused physician reimbursement pilot programs should incorporate quality measurement since very ill patients may receive too little treatment when payment models do not cover oncologists’ total costs, e.g., fee-for-service systems whose prices do not account for the possible presence of other diseases.
Jermal
Creators: name: Epifanova, Varvara
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Filmrezension von: Ravi Bharwani (Regie), Jermal. Indonesien 2008, 88 Min.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 28 Nr. 3 (2012): Arbeitswelten: Alltag und Kämpfe in den Werkstätten der Globalisierung
A Politics of Participation and Representation in Live Action Roleplaying
Creators: name: Osmond, William James
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2023

description: This thesis examines the practice of live action roleplay (larp) in terms of the distributions of power, agency and authority that inhere to it. It asks how experiences and stories are constituted in larping through collaborative participation, and what representations of Others’ experiences have to do with their grounds. It addresses these concerns by developing an autoethnographic methodology that utilises practical experiences of larping in analysing the political relationships that become between the player and both their co-players and those whose experiences they represent through their play. This analysis uses aspects of Whitehead’s philosophy of organism as a theoretical framework. The research therefore constitutes a practice-led theoretical study into the politics of playing together and of playing the lives of Others. The thesis argues for an interpretation of larping as a ‘methektic’ performance paradigm as well as a practice of ‘listening’ to the experiences of Others.

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description: Practically, the thesis investigates my experiences of playing in four international larps: La Sirena Varada, College of Wizardry, Inside Hamlet and Legion: Siberian Story. In each case study I look at a different aspect of participation and representation. Firstly, I look at how my experiences are constituted through my togetherness with other players; secondly, how dramaturgy and its playful counterpart, ludaturgy, affect experiences of roleplaying and story-making; thirdly, whether the representation of extreme experience as experience is possible; and finally, whether larped experience can foster empathy with historical others. Through these analyses, the thesis suggests that the most valuable insights larping offers come from participation in the practice rather than the representation of characters and actions, and that participation supersedes representation as a mode of engagement in this practice.
Childhood Psychological Adjustment following Parental Brain Injury: the Role of Loss, Trauma, and Parental Grief
Creators: name: HARDING, POPPY JASMINE
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2022

description: "Objective: To examine whether, following a parental brain injury, child post-traumatic stress symptoms, caregiver grief and amount of time the parent spent in hospital predicts child psychological adjustment.
description: Method: The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, Parent Report of Post- Traumatic Symptoms and Marwit-Meuser Caregiver Grief Inventory- ABI revised were completed online by 48 adult participants. Questionnaires related to the child’s experience were completed from a parent-reported perspective. Details regarding the parental brain injury were also recorded. A cross-sectional study design was implemented.
description: Results: Child psychological adjustment was significantly predicted by their own post-traumatic stress symptoms. Nor the non-injured parent’s grief, or the time their parent spent in hospital following a brain injury, predicted the child’s psychological adjustment. Child post-traumatic stress symptoms were significantly positively correlated with their non-injured parent’s grief.
description: Conclusions: Higher child post-traumatic stress symptoms are associated with worsened child psychological adjustment, following a parental brain injury. Higher levels of grief in the non-injured parent are associated with higher levels of post-traumatic stress symptoms in the child. This has implications for clinical practice, such as the value of screening families for experiences of grief and trauma, which may identify children at higher risk of developing psychological difficulties. Suggestions for future research are discussed."
Cánh Đồng Bất Tận – Floating Lives
Creators: name: Schiele, Kerstin
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Filmrezension von: Nguyen Phan Quang Binh (Regie), Cánh Đồng Bất Tận – Floating Lives. Vietnam 2010,105 Min.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 28 Nr. 3 (2012): Arbeitswelten: Alltag und Kämpfe in den Werkstätten der Globalisierung
A thesis of clinical research and practice: Part A: [A Conceptual Review of Family Functioning in the Adult Brain Injury Literature]; Part B: [A Foucauldian Discourse Analysis examining how Clinicians construct the needs of Families of Adult Acquired Brain Injury Survivors]; Part C: Summary of clinical practice and assessments
Creators: name: Butler, Maria Gabrielle
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2023

description: The impacts of Acquired Brain Injury on both survivors of the injury, and on their
description: family members, are profound. The consequences of Acquired Brain Injury are highly
description: idiosyncratic. Equally, focusing on families, it is important to consider that all families are
description: diverse. This thesis aimed to examine how families are considered following a brain injury in
description: both clinical practice and research. The empirical paper (part two of this portfolio) was
description: completed first, and the literature review (part one of this portfolio) emerged thereafter.

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description: Part one of this portfolio is a conceptual review of family functioning in adult brain
description: injury literature. The findings of this review observed many different conceptualisations of
description: family functioning across the literature base, and highlighted several relevant aspects related
description: to defining and measuring this concept. Quality appraisal of the included studies supported
description: the need for future research, especially with regards to addressing social difference
description: intersecting with family functioning in this population. Part two of this portfolio is an
description: empirical paper adopting Foucauldian Discourse Analysis to consider clinicians views of
description: family needs following an Acquired Brain Injury. The findings highlighted several wider
description: discourses that participating clinicians working in neurorehabilitation contexts drew on, and
description: how these collectively appeared to inform professionals’ clinical practice. The implications of
description: these papers on both clinical practice and research were considered.
Microstructures, multi-scale residual stress and mechanical performance evaluation of laser-welded Eurofer97 steel for fusion power plants
Creators: name: Zhu, Bin
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2022

description: Nuclear fusion is a potential source of electricity which can address the environmental problems posed by fossil fuels. Eurofer97 steel is a primary structural material for vacuum vessels and test blanket modulus in fusion Tokamaks, designed to contain self-sustaining tritium breeding. Maintaining the structural integrity of such fusion reactor components remains a severe challenge. Laser welding, performed by robotic devices, is one of the most promising joining techniques for assembly and maintenance, although it induces a large amount of residual stress. The interaction of the residual stress and the heterogeneous microstructure degrades the mechanical performance of fusion components.

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description: The present study investigates the residual stress distribution in laser-welded Eurofer97 joints. Efforts have been made to establish a novel time-resolved, multi-scale residual stress measurement using a plasma focused ion beam and digital image correlation (PFIB-DIC) ring-core method. The results have been cross-validated with neutron diffraction, high-resolution neutron imaging, and nanoindentation techniques. The residual stress derived from the different techniques was consistent. Neutron tomography was employed to inspect the volumetric strain distribution and visualise the strain state inside the joint.

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description: The mechanistic relationships between microstructure, mechanical properties, and residual stress were also established using microstructural characterisation and nanoindentation techniques. A 30% hardening effect caused by residual stress was found. The underpinning deformation mechanism was further explored using in situ neutron diffraction and lab-based tensile-DIC experiments. Residual stress was identified as the primary strengthening mechanism during the initial deformation stage, whilst microstructural strengthening predominates as deformation grows. The time-resolved and multi-scale residual stress, and the underpinning understanding of its impact on mechanical properties, provide critical insight into developing predictive tools for lifetime analysis of the structural integrity of fusion components.
Tenkyu dokta!
Creators: name: Bischoff, Undine
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Rezension von: Silke Bertram, Im Puls Papuas – Wo ich meine Seele vergaß. Sidihoni Verlag, Stuttgart 2012, 300 S.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 28 Nr. 3 (2012): Arbeitswelten: Alltag und Kämpfe in den Werkstätten der Globalisierung