cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Cloud based large-scale real-time simulation for traffic engineering
Creators: name: Giardina, Antonio
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Traffic engineering and smart road management are critical components of any modern city. Through simulations run on supercomputers, traffic engineers are able to study, plan and control road traffic in real-time. The major drawback associated with supercomputer technology is cost, availability and scalability. This thesis proposes a solution to these drawbacks by utilising cloud computing technology as a supercomputer replacement. The cloud is cost effective, highly available and scalable. As cloud was not designed for the purpose of high-powered computing, the research proposes software architecture that enhances the high-throughput capabilities of cloud to allow the running of large-scale real-time simulations.
Free-space optical communications using on-off keying and source information transformation
Creators: name: Yang, Luanxia
name: Zhu, Bingcheng
name: Cheng, Julian
name: Holzman, Jonathan F.
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2016

description: Free-space optical communication using on-off keying (OOK) and source information transformation is proposed. It is shown that source information transformation allows the proposed system to detect the OOK signal without requiring the knowledge of instantaneous channel state information and the probability density function (pdf) of the turbulence model. Analytical expressions are derived for the pdf of the detection threshold, and an upper bound is obtained on the average bit error rate (BER). Numerical studies show that the proposed system can achieve comparable performance to the idealized adaptive detection system, with a greatly reduced level of implementation complexity and a signal-to-noise ratio performance loss of only 1:8 dB at a BER of 1 x 10-⁹ for a lognormal turbulence channel with σ = 0:25.
»Löst eure Energieprobleme nicht auf unsere Kosten!« – Indonesien als Lieferant von »Bio«diesel
Creators: name: Klute, Marianne
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Das Boot fährt den Kapuas hoch, ins Innere von Borneo. Die Sicht ist schlecht, kaum 20 Meter. Die Passagiere sind vermummt, nur die Augen sind zu sehen. Mund und Nase sind hinter nassen Handtüchern versteckt. Rauch reizt die Schleimhäute. Der Husten ist schwarz.
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Creators: name: Jordan, Rolf
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2019

description: Nachrichten aus der Region.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 23 Nr. 2 (2007): Es geht heiß her! Klimawandel und Südostasien
Malaysia zwischen Moschee und Mall – Der multi-kulturelle Staat wird 50 Jahre alt
Creators: name: Siebert, Rüdiger
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Am 31. August 2007 feiert Malaysia den 50. Jahrestag seiner Unabhängigkeit. Malaysia ist das Kind kolonialer Eltern. Malaysia ist einzigartig. Alles, was einen modernen Nationalstaat in die Zerreißprobe bringen kann, hat das durch das Südchinesische Meer zweigeteilte Land zu bieten; und dennoch ist es in 50 Jahren zu einem prosperierenden Gemeinwesen geworden, in dem multi-kulturelles Leben stattfindet. Mit potentiellen und tatsächlichen Konflikten.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 23 Nr. 2 (2007): Es geht heiß her! Klimawandel und Südostasien
Turning Away from the Big Brother: China’s Search for Alternative Sources of Knowledge During the Sino-Soviet Split
Creators: name: Matten, Marc A.
Publisher: name: Leipziger Universitätsverlag
Year: 2019

description: In the rst two decades of the People’s Republic of China transnational science circulation played a signicant role in the country’s socialist reconstruction. In this context, modernization was pursued via translation and transfer of Soviet knowledge, most prominently in the form of the journal Knowledge is Power (Zhishi jiushi liliang). Following the style and ideas of its Soviet namesake Znanie – sila it presented the vision of “tomorrow” – the near future – for young workers and students. Starting its publication in 1956, it supported the state’s call for “marching towards science,” a slogan behind which was China’s awareness of its backwardness in science and technology. Earlier research has shown how ideological campaigns in 1950s China tried
description: Comparativ, Vol 29 No 1 (2019): Moving Knowledge - The Soviet Union and China in the Twentieth Century
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Creators: name: Röttger, Britta
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Nachrichten aus der Region.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 23 Nr. 2 (2007): Es geht heiß her! Klimawandel und Südostasien
Working above the coronet band : A multi-methods study exploring how farriers support horse owners to prevent and manage laminitis.
Creators: name: Lynden, Jenny M.
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2020

description: Background: It is estimated that 50% of the UK leisure horse population are overweight/obese, which leads to laminitis, disability and premature death. In human contexts, practitioners ‘make every contact count’ (MECC) to support overweight/obesity management. However, there was no research into whether farriers, who regularly shoe horses’ hooves, MECC when working with owners. Aims: The aim of this research was to explore whether and how farriers MECC to support owners in managing horse overweight/obesity to prevent and manage laminitis. Methods: A classical grounded theory methodology framed multi-methods research. Study 1 involved a classical grounded theory method (GTM) to analyse semi-structured interviews with farriers (n=12) and horse owners (n=11). Study 2 used a case study method to collect and analyse evidence of farrier-owner interaction in a MECC consultation. Study 3 adopted a quantitative method to operationalise the grounded theory from Study 1 using a cross-sectional farrier (n=59) and horse owner (n=140) survey design. Study 4 used a GTM to analyse additional semi-structured interviews with farriers (n=2), horse owners (n=5) and equine veterinary practitioners (EVPs) (n=10). Analysis: The research identified typologies for farrier role construction (technically- and holistically-focused) and owner engagement (task- and welfare-focused), and how a contracting process led to four contexts of care which involved concordance or discordance. When holistically-focused farriers work with welfare-focused owners, farriers are more likely to MECC in supporting owners to prevent and manage laminitis. However, this depends upon their role being legitimised through interaction with owners and EVPs, and the mutual recognition of expectations, rights, obligations, standards of practice and behaviour. When farriers do not work in this way, and owners lack the knowledge to manage horse weight/obesity and recognise laminitis risks, important opportunities for its prevention and horse welfare are missed. Conclusion: The research highlights the importance of supporting farrier and EVP professional development, and owner education in understanding the potential of the farrier’s role in MECC to support owners to manage horse overweight/obesity and the laminitis risk associated with it.
Ein Symbol des Widerstandes – Über das Gewohnheitsrecht der Landnutzung
Creators: name: Göpel, Raphael
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Landkonflikte in Malaysia haben vielfältige Hintergründe. In Sarawak hat offener Widerstand der Betroffenen gegen die Staatsgewalt fast schon Tradition, in Sabah hingegen war es lange still. Doch seit einigen Jahren tut sich auch hier etwas, wie im Falle Togudon.
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Recomendaciones para los Estudiantes ante la Evaluación Online
Creators: name: García-Peñalvo, F. J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Evaluación online; Docencia online; Transformación digital; COVID-19

description: Webinar WBE2020/0101 “Recomendaciones para los Estudiantes ante la Evaluación Online”, celebrado el 15 de mayo de 2020 y organizado por el Vicerrectorado de Docencia y Calidad de la Universidad de Salamanca. La grabación del webinar está disponible en https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7hqCbdxOoY&feature=youtu.be
Improving preconception care for women with diabetes : development and feasibility study of a mobile application.
Creators: name: Nwolise, Chidiebere H.
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2020

description: Introduction Women with diabetes are at increased risk of adverse maternal and fetal outcomes. Preconception care can minimise risk of complications and improve outcomes, but current provision is inadequate. Mobile technology, particularly smartphone apps, could improve preconception care provision but research is lacking in this area. Aim The study aimed to critically appraise the literature with respect to PCC educational interventions and highlight limitations of current interventions, and to develop a Preconception and Diabetes Information (PADI) app for women with type 1 or 2 diabetes and explore the system’s feasibility and acceptability. Methods A systematic review of the literature and a 2-phase mixed methods study design, (1) development and (2) feasibility and acceptability, were used. The app was developed via a co-design approach with women with diabetes, healthcare professionals and an app development company. A 3-month pre- and post-intervention study assessed preliminary outcome estimates (preconception care knowledge, attitudes and behaviours), user acceptability was also explored. Data collection methods included focus groups, semi-structured interviews and questionnaires. Results The systematic review showed that PCC educational interventions had a positive effect on patient and behavioural outcomes, however, PCC uptake was low and the use of eHealth for PCC of women with DM was still in its infancy. The 2-phase mixed methods study design indicated a high level of enthusiasm and interest towards a preconception care app that could overcome shortfalls in current preconception care service provision. Improvements were recorded in knowledge of pregnancy planning and pregnancy-related risks, perceived benefits and self-efficacy to seek preconception care, and patient activation measure, following the 3-month app usage. Participants found the PADI app acceptable (satisfaction rating was 72%), useful and informative. Usage was episodic and influenced by functionality (manual data input) and personal factors (pregnancy intention, time/memory and conflicting priorities) that participants felt could be overcome via personalisation, automation, improved interactivity and daily reminders. Conclusion This is the first study to explore the acceptability and feasibility of a preconception care app for women with diabetes. It has positive implications in terms of overcoming barriers to preconception care provision and uptake, and changing preconception behaviours. In order that the contribution of the PADI app can be fully realised, further evaluation is required.
Ethnolinguistic revival in Japan: a case study of Ainu language
Creators: name: Savage, Theresa
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Among linguists, it is a widely accepted fact that even though Japan has been undergoing a process of language standardisation since 1872, dialects are still widely used. More than 20 years ago, linguists such as Shibata (1976) predicted that due to the unifying effect of the mass-media on language usage and the movement of people from rural areas of Japan into urban areas, dialectical peculiarities which are not much different from the standard norm will be more or less assimilated by standard speech. However, Inoue has more recently claimed that based on data collected by Kasai and Sawaki in two separate linguistic surveys, dialects in the Ryukyu islands, Kyushu and Tohoku in particular, are far from being standardised (Inoue 1992). Shibatani (1990) also states that dialects exist in present day Japan. According to him, Eastern Japan (eastern Honshu including Hokkaido), Western Japan, Kyushu and the Ryuku islands are the four majot divisions for dialects. These divisions were made primarily on striking grammatical and morphological aspects, including linguistic peculiarities in the phonetic and syntactic forms, as well as in pitch control. In spite of dissemination of the standard language throughout the nation by means of education and mass-media, for sociopsychological reasons perhaps associated with identity of membership to a particular group, the usage of dialects has continued to thrive. Associated with the concept of group identity, reviving ethnic langyuages and cultures is part of consciousness raising tactics employed by minority groups around the world. The Ainu in Japan are no exception to this trend. Since 1984 Ainu activists have lobbied the government to enact a new law for the Ainu people known as Ainu Shinpo (A New Law for the Ainu), which is based on the fundamental principle of respect for the Ainu people's identity (Nomura 1988). This legislative bill petitions the government for ratification of five points: a guarantee of human rights; government assistance in encouraging and supporting Ainu people to attain a higher level of education; the establishment of government sponsored programs to assist the Ainu in improving their economic status; government commitment to help the Ainu improve their living environment; and guaranteed government support for the revival, dissemination and protection of Ainu culture (Nomura 1988). According to Uemura (1997) the Ainu people consider Ainu language to be part of Ainu culture. Ainu Shinpo was finally ratified in a modified form on 08 May 1997 by the Japanese Diet. The modified version of the new law contained only the last demand put forward by the Ainu people, that is, the demand for government support for the protection and dissemination of Ainu culture. As a linguist, I believe the ramifications of this small success could have a huge impact on efforts to revive the Ainu language.
Phenomenological-contextualist accounts of the experience of obsessions and compulsions: a theoretical thematic analysis study
Creators: name: Onabanjo, Orinayo
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2020

description: The experience of obsessions and compulsions in the form of the diagnostic construct OCD has been widely researched. The majority of this research adopts a medical model perspective underpinned by an objectivist philosophy which does not account for the constitutive role relational contexts play in the experience of obsessions and compulsions. More recently, research has begun to attend more explicitly to the relational experience of OCD by investigating the impact this has on the diagnosed individuals’ relationships with others. However, such research is scarce. Therefore, this study aimed to build on this knowledge, by exploring the intersubjective understanding of obsessions and compulsions from a standpoint that is inherently relational. This was achieved through theoretical thematic analysis, whereby the intersubjective experience of obsessions and compulsions was explored from the vantage point of intersubjectivity systems theory (IST). Semi-structured interviews were conducted with six participants, leading to the construction of four overarching themes: “emotional unavailability in the family system”, “sense of separation leading to relational disconnection”, “shielding the self because hell is other people” and “finding a place of safety”. The findings suggest that relational disconnection and emotional isolation are a significant source of distress to individuals affected.
Care Leavers’ Experience of Peer Relationships in Their Transition to Independent Living: A Qualitative Study.
Creators: name: KELLY, ORLA
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2022

description: Care leavers are at risk of experiencing adversity as they transition from the care of the Local Authority to independent living. Research shows that care leavers are at risk of social exclusion during this transition. This study aims to examine the role of peer relationships in care leavers’ experience of transitioning from care to independent living. Ten care leavers were interviewed about their experiences of this transition and their perception of the role of peer support during this time. The interviews were analysed using Reflexive Thematic Analysis. The following four themes were identified:
description: 1) Shame and Abuse
description: 2) Reliance on Peers
description: 3) Trust
description: 4) Connection to Others
description: The themes constructed in this paper give valuable insight into the nature of care leavers’ peer relationships, and how they interact with their journey out of the Local Authority care system. This research, as an initial study, is exploratory in nature and includes a small sample size without any longitudinal data. Future research is required to expand on the findings.
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Creators: name: Eckert, Katrin
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Nachrichten aus der Region.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 23 Nr. 2 (2007): Es geht heiß her! Klimawandel und Südostasien
Ein Grund mehr für öffentliche und politische Debatten – Die Gefahren des Klimawandels für Thailand
Creators: name: Walsh, John
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Die ökologischen und geographischen Gegebenheiten Thailands machen das Land anfällig für wetterbedingte Katastrophen. Überschwemmungen und Dürren wechseln sich ab und haben nicht nur Todesopfer und Eigentumsverlust, sondern auch Hoffnungslosigkeit zur Folge.
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Creators: name: Bey, Ulrike
name: Müller, Michaela
name: Zöllner, Hans-Bernd
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Nachrichten aus der Region.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 23 Nr. 2 (2007): Es geht heiß her! Klimawandel und Südostasien
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Creators: name: Schepers, Stephan
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Nachrichten aus der Region.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 23 Nr. 2 (2007): Es geht heiß her! Klimawandel und Südostasien
Sphingosine-1-phosphate induces COX-2 expression and PGE2 production in human granulosa cells through a S1P₁/₃-mediated YAP signaling
Creators: name: Cheng, Jung-Chien
name: Chang, Hsun-Ming
name: Liu, Pang-Pin
name: Leung, P. C. K.
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2017

description: Sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) is a bioactive sphingolipid that can regulate various physiological and pathological processes. The expression of S1P has been detected in human follicular fluid. In addition, two S1P receptors, S1P₁ and S1P₃, are expressed at a high level in human granulosa cells. Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2)-derived prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) production plays a critical role in the regulation of ovulation. However, thus far, the effect of S1P on COX-2 expression and PGE2 production in human granulosa cells remains unknown. In the present study, our results demonstrated that treatment with S1P significantly induced COX-2, but not COX-1, expression and increased PGE2 production in human granulosa cells. The stimulatory effects of S1P on COX-2 expression and PGE2 production were attenuated by treatment with specific antagonist of S1P₁ or S1P₃ and siRNA-mediated knockdown of S1P₁ or S1P₃. In addition, the COX-2 expression was induced by S1P₁ or S1P₃ agonist treatment. Interestingly, treatment with S1P activated YAP signaling via S1P₁ and S1P₃. Moreover, knockdown of YAP partially attenuated S1P-induced COX-2 expression and PGE2 production. These results provide evidence that S1P induces COX-2 expression and PGE2 production in human granulosa cells through a S1P₁/₃-mediated YAP signaling pathway.
Reason, Respect, and the Law: Bernard Williams and Legal Normativity
Creators: name: PEIXOTO MURATA, DANIEL
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2023

description: In this thesis, I offer a novel account of how the law provides reasons for action that draws from the moral philosopher Bernard Williams. A first claim I make regards how concrete agents reason. I will put forward a view that takes into account the projects, values, attachments, and dispositions that agents have. This picture is a kind of “reasons internalism” that combines Williams’ original claims with Harry Frankfurt’s structure of care. Once we have that picture, I provide an account of motivations and dispositions that agents have, notably the notions of character, identity and respect. Alongside those discussions, I analyse a second claim. Drawing from Joseph Raz and John Deigh, I argue that, given law’s part in a narrative of political rule, it is a characteristic feature of law that it demands respect from its subjects; respect here meaning that the subjects at least see some good or value in the law that grounds at least reasons to not act against it. There are, then, considerations moving from two directions: from one side, we have law’s demand for respect moving from the law to the subjects; from the other, the contents of peoples’ “subjective motivational sets” that enable agents to make sense of law’s demand and abide by them when the requisite relationships between law and agents are present. For instance, an agent might identify herself with the law, or she might respect it but see it as something she does not identify herself with, or she might simply abide by the law because of prudential reasons or similar considerations. Those relationships account for much of law’s power to provide reasons for action. I hope to present a view on the reason-giving character of the law that takes seriously the phenomenology of action from a first-personal point of view.
Variable mass structure and the Fundamental Plane
Creators: name: Graham, Alister
name: Colless, Matthew
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We examine the influence of broken structural homology upon the Fundamental Plane (FP). We fit the Sersic R1/n law, being the generalized R1/4 law, where 'n' is a free parameter that accommodates structural differences between different galaxies. The galaxy light profiles show a trend of systematic departures from the de Vaucouleurs R1/4 law, such that the larger galaxies have less curvature in their profiles than the R1/4 profile and the smaller galaxies have greater curvature, as found by Caon, Capaccioli & D'Onofrio (1993) and Graham et al. (1996). This results in the effective half-light radii, Re, and the mean surface brightness within these radii, having systematic biases if obtained from the R1/4 law. The observed range in structural shapes implies a corresponding range in galaxy dynamics required to support the observed galaxy structure. Allowing for this, we find that broken structural and dynamical homology are partly responsible for the 'tilt' of the FP.
Therapist Perspectives on Therapist-Targeted Googling (TTG): Towards a Grounded Theory
Creators: name: BEADLE, PETER
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2021

description: Therapist-Targeted Googling (TTG) involves a client seeking out information about their therapists online. Little research exists exploring TTG despite it being a common behaviour. The aim of this study was to investigate therapist perspectives on TTG and to determine whether TTG is sufficiently addressed under the framework of the broader self-disclosure literature. Ten self-identifying practicing psychotherapists were interviewed. Analysis using a grounded theory methodology revealed that therapists could experience TTG as an opportunity or a concern. How they perceived it was shaped by their therapeutic modality, practice, experience which included their own TTG behaviour, familiarity with social and technological norms, setting, and whether the therapist placed an emphasis on action, motive, or consequence. A model was proposed reflecting the influence therapeutic modality originally has in shaping perspectives, whilst also recognising the longer-term shift triggered by experience alongside familiarity with changing social and technological norms. The findings provide a framework for understanding how therapist perspectives on TTG are formed and maintained. It provides support for the growing discourse that TTG cannot simply be understood as an extension of Therapist Self-Disclosure (TSD), through highlighting the unique considerations that TTG poses for therapists.
The economic impact evaluation of experience-based innovation interventions—An agent-based model approach
Creators: name: Dalir, Sara
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2024
Subjects: Agent-based model
complex system
seasonality
innovation
visitor economy
crisis

description: Tourism destinations including the France (channel) England region (FCE) deal with challenges of seasonality and imbalanced visitor economy, mainly due to their current offerings that do not either target the low season or meet developing visitors’ preferences. This issue hampers their competitiveness despite the abundance of natural and cultural potential. To address this, innovative strategies focusing on experience-based tourism are required to meet visitors’ preferences by connecting them with the destinations’ unique attributes. The present study, as part of the Interreg FCE EXPERIENCE project, aims to investigate the effectiveness of three innovation interventions of offering a trip-planner app, organising special events, and upgrading infrastructure to address seasonality and generate substantial economic benefits. Using agent-based modelling (ABM) and simulation approach, the effectiveness of the three innovations under different conditions is evaluated. In a complex system like tourism, which is characterised by adaptive dynamism, understanding micro level decision-making is crucial to accurately predict the system’s macro level behaviour. Despite the ability of ABM in incorporating the influence of micro-level decision-making into system dynamics, it is underutilised in the hospitality and tourism literature to study seasonality and innovation relevant issues. This study investigates and critically discusses the impacts of innovation interventions on visitor numbers, users and revenues in low and high seasons compared to the business-as-usual condition. The model testing, using primary and secondary data, shows that the proposed innovations could potentially address seasonality issues, however their economic impacts vary. Sensitivity analysis indicates that larger groups, longer stays, higher growth rate and increased revisit probability can yield greater economic benefits. This study introduces the EXPERIENCE model, a valuable tool for destination managers and local authorities in future planning. By offering insights into the potential impacts of innovation interventions with the presence and absence of crises, it empowers informed decision making.
Novel design and measurement methodologies of millimeter wave smart antennas.
Creators: name: Ahmad, Ghulam
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2020

description: Next generation wireless communication systems are expected to support unprecedented extremely high data transfer rates. This objective requires wider bandwidths which are presently only available at the millimeter waves (mm-waves) spectrum (30-300 GHz). Due to stringent propagation impairments, mm-waves mainly rely on the line of sight communication links which require high gain and wide angle beamsteeering smart antennas to maintain their performance. Owing to the complexity and losses in array beamformers, the realization of a high gain wide angle electronic beamsteering antenna solution at mm-waves becomes a key challenge. This research provides a potentially competing novel high gain electronic beamsteering antenna solution for mm-waves in the form of a phase quantized smart reflectarray consisting of high performance reconfigurable unit cells. Novel contributions of this research are: (a) Analysis of mm-wave reflectarray unit cells including the effects of fringing fields, surface waves, finite metal conductivity and metal surface roughness. (b) New measurement techniques for mm-wave reflectarray unit cells to ease the alignment, orientation, and DC biasing issues. (c) Characterization of PIN diodes at 10 GHz and 60 GHz for their ON/OFF state models extraction from measurements. (d) Design of three state implicit phase shifter reflectarray unit cell at 60 GHz, reduction in its DC bias lines, and an optimization technique to improve polarization purity of a multi-state reconfigurable unit cell. (e) A fast algorithm to prepare the electromagnetic simulation model of large reflectarrays. (f) Conception and measurement based validation of phase quantized reflecarrays and their performance matrix. (g) Conception and measurement based analytical solution of low DC power consuming smart reflectarrays. The resulting solution is agile, simple to implement, do not necessarily require multiple RF chains, enables wide angle electronic beamsteering (+-78 degree), is scalable for any gain/frequency requirements, can be made foldable for smaller satellite platforms, is very reliable, and consumes low DC power. This smart reflectarray platform can implement any phase only synthesis technique for radiation pattern control including single/multiple pencil beams, contoured beams, and their scanning over wider angles. Findings of this research would potentially benefit next generation terrestrial/air/space communication systems and radars.
Madame, Motodup? Eine Lady auf den Straßen von Phnom Penh
Creators: name: Ziegengeist, Sandra
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Chan Thorn ist eine Motodup-Lady. Ja richtig, sie ist eine Frau und wahrscheinlich die einzige Frau in Kambodscha, die ihre Familie durchs »Taxifahren« ernährt.
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Necessary Performativity: Historicising and Contextualising Twenty-First-Century British Female-Authored Advice on Performative Beauty
Creators: name: Johnson, Kate
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2024
Subjects: Contemporary British Female-Authored Beauty Advice
Female Beauty Advice
Contemporary Female Beauty Advice
English Language or Literature
Literary Criticism
Literary History
Literary Theory

description: This thesis seeks to examine how twenty-first-century British female-authored advice
description: on beauty either challenges or reinforces performative cultural beauty ideals founded
description: in their historiography. It also explores the ways in which such ideals morph over time:
description: altering radically, or emboldening preferences, thereby complicating our
description: understanding of how and why ideals are constructed through contemporary beauty
description: advice. By evaluating this topic through the lens of feminist and postfeminist theory,
description: this thesis engages with their debates in relation to notions of female objectification
description: and gender performativity. This approach also contributes new insights into the
description: importance of the relatively liminal area of beauty advice literature, both as
description: postfeminist topic and as an insight into discursive construction of self.

description:

description: This study’s chosen focus on a handful of key primary contemporary advisory
description: texts enables their exemplification of central areas of female beauty advice and how
description: femininity can be constructed through advice on how to performatively self-beautify.
description: This thereby identifies the key elements of female appearance culturally deemed to
description: define acceptable aesthetic femininity. The comparative use of cited historical advice
description: clarifies both changes and consistencies in ideals of beauty and femininity since their
description: early modern print origins. Judith Butler and Naomi Wolf are this thesis’ key theorists
description: and their theoretical perspective on (respectively) performativity and beauty are
description: thereby applied to the contemporary literary texts studied. Whilst the primary study
description: focus is books, consideration is also given to the influence of women’s magazines in
description: this genre. The physically performative construction of female self through repeated
description: acts of beautification, advised by this literary genre, is the focus of exploration for this
description: thesis. It thereby demonstrates originality in comparative theoretical engagement with
description: female-authored beauty advice.
Towards Reliable and Quantitative Surface‐Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS): From Key Parameters to Good Analytical Practice
Creators: name: Bell, Steven E. J.
name: Charron, Gaëlle
name: Cortes, Emiliano
name: Kneipp, Janina
name: Lamy De La Chapelle, Marc
name: Langer, Judith
name: Prochazka, Marek
name: Tran, Vi
name: Schlücker, Sebastian
Publisher: name: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: quantitative analysis
subject: enhancement factor
subject: Raman spectroscopy
subject: SERS
subject: 540 Chemie und zugeordnete Wissenschaften

description: Experimental results obtained in different laboratories world‐wide by researchers using surface‐enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) can differ significantly. We, an international team of scientists with long‐standing expertise in SERS, address this issue from our perspective by presenting considerations on reliable and quantitative SERS. The central idea of this joint effort is to highlight key parameters and pitfalls that are often encountered in the literature. To that end, we provide here a series of recommendations on: a) the characterization of solid and colloidal SERS substrates by correlative electron and optical microscopy and spectroscopy, b) on the determination of the SERS enhancement factor (EF), including suitable Raman reporter/probe molecules, and finally on c) good analytical practice. We hope that both newcomers and specialists will benefit from these recommendations to increase the inter‐laboratory comparability of experimental SERS results and further establish SERS as an analytical tool.
Nachrichten
Creators: name: Timmann, Anke
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Nachrichten aus der Region.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 23 Nr. 2 (2007): Es geht heiß her! Klimawandel und Südostasien
Ein lebendiges Bild vom Wandel Vientianes
Creators: name: Timmann, Anke
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Buchbesprechung von: Marc Askew, William S. Logan und Colin Long, Vientiane. Transformations of a Lao Landscape. Routledge, 2007, ISBN: 978-0-415-33141-8.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 23 Nr. 2 (2007): Es geht heiß her! Klimawandel und Südostasien
Politische Gewalt in Südostasien
Creators: name: Jordan, Rolf
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Buchbesprechung von: Aurel Croissant, Beate Martin und Sascha Kneip (Eds.), The Politics of Death. Political Violence in Southeast Asia, Southeast Asian Modernities, Vol.4, Berlin (Lit-Verlag) 2006.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 23 Nr. 2 (2007): Es geht heiß her! Klimawandel und Südostasien
Ein Modellbaukasten zum kreativen Experimentieren – Kontextueller Städtebau als Beitrag zum Klimaschutz in Südostasien
Creators: name: Zahnd, Markus
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Klimaschutz wird am effektivsten dort betrieben, wo das weltweite Klima am massivsten gestört wird: In den Städten dieser Welt. Dies bedingt neue Ansätze für den Bau von kontextuell nachhaltigen Städten, damit diese ihren ökologischen Fußabdruck so gering wie möglich hinterlassen. Der Autor stellt hier einen vielversprechenden Ansatz für eine solche Entwicklung vor.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 23 Nr. 2 (2007): Es geht heiß her! Klimawandel und Südostasien
Navigating the Tensions in Collaborative Watershed Governance : Water Governance and Indigenous Communities in British Columbia, Canada
Creators: name: Simms, Rosie
name: Harris, Leila
name: Joe, Nadia
name: Bakker, Karen
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2018

description: First Nations in British Columbia (BC), Canada, have historically been—and largely continue to be—excluded from colonial governments’ decision-making and management frameworks for fresh water. However, in light of recent legal and legislative changes, and also changes in water governance and policy, there is growing emphasis in scholarship and among legal, policy and advocacy communities on shifting water governance away from a centralized single authority towards an approach that is watershed-based, collaborative, and involves First Nations as central to decisionmaking processes. Drawing on community-based research, interviews with First Nations natural resource staff and community members, and document review, the paper analyzes the tensions in collaborative water governance, by identifying First Nations’ concerns within the current water governance system and exploring how a move towards collaborative watershed governance may serve to either address, or further entrench, these concerns. This paper concludes with recommendations for collaborative water governance frameworks which are specifically focused on British Columbia, but which have relevance to broader debates over Indigenous water governance.
Sense of self and gender identity in females with an autism spectrum condition.
Creators: name: Taylor, Amber
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2020
Subjects: Gender Identity
Autism Spectrum Conditions
Identity
Females
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
Activity Oriented Methods

description: Background and Aims: Research suggests that females with an Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC) face specific identity threats by not ‘fitting’ with societal representations of gender and ASC. Despite this little is understood about how females form an understanding of self and what mechanisms facilitate positive identity formation. This study draws upon novel methods to address this gap in the literature asking how do young females with an ASC understand themselves? And how does gender influence this self-understanding? Method: Eight females with ASC, aged 11-16years, participated in two semi-structured interviewed guided by a photo-elicitation task. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) was used to analyse participants’ accounts. Recruitment of an Expert Author, discussion with the research team and reflexive journals ensured credibility of the research findings. Results: IPA identified three superordinate themes; “I’m not like them”, “So who am I and Where do I fit?” and “I accept who I am” outlining the struggles participants’ faced in understanding themselves and how these were overcome. The themes were interpreted within an Identity Process Theory (IPT) framework. This showed that although some females navigated identity formation well, others faced multiple identity threats. To cope with these threats participants engaged in various strategies that negatively impacted their psychological wellbeing. Conclusions: The findings, facilitated by novel research methods, contribute to the growing field of ASC, gender and identity. Together they demonstrate the complexity of identity formation and highlight possible clinical interventions that may support this process. Future research could further explore what supports young females to develop a positive view of self and evaluate clinical interventions aimed at supporting this. Additional consideration could also be given to the protective role of alternate gender identities and the prevalence of gender dysphoria in ASC.
Die Bedrohung ist noch nicht groß genug – Oder: Klimawandel steht nicht oben auf der Agenda
Creators: name: Symon, Andrew
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Laut der Wissenschaft ist Südostasien wahrscheinlich eins der gefährdetsten Gebiete im globalen Klimawandel-Szenario. Nichtsdestotrotz sind Bedenken und Debatten über Treibhausgasemissionen und Klimawandel hier auf ein Minimum beschränkt.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 23 Nr. 2 (2007): Es geht heiß her! Klimawandel und Südostasien
Ziel verfehlt – Die Energiepolitik der ADB: Rhetorik statt Praxis
Creators: name: Witzkewitz, Debora
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: »Angesichts der wirtschaftlichen Zukunft Asiens gibt es keine grundlegendere Frage als die der sicheren Bereitstellung sauberer Energiequellen und deren effizienter Nutzung.« (Haruhiko Kuroda, ADB-Präsident)
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 23 Nr. 2 (2007): Es geht heiß her! Klimawandel und Südostasien
Nonsmooth optimization approach to data classification
Creators: name: Bagirov, Adil
name: Soukhoroukova, Nadejda
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We reduce the supervised classification to solving a nonsmooth optimization problem. The proposed method allows one to solve classification problems for databases with arbitrary number of classes. Numerical experiments have been carried out with databases of small and medium size. We present their results and provide comparison of these results with ones obtained by other algorithms of classification based on the optimization techniques. Results of numerical experiments show effectiveness of the proposed algorithms.
Wer schert sich um den Klimawandel? Zum Thema Energie in Südostasien und Malaysia im Speziellen
Creators: name: Singh, Gurmit
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Die meisten Regierungen in Südostasien scheren sich kaum um den Klimawandel, obwohl sie die Klimarahmenkonvention der Vereinten Nationen (UNFCCC) unterzeichnet und in der Mehrheit das Kyoto-Protokoll ratifiziert haben. Selbstverständlich verstecken sich alle hinter dem Vorwand, keine Annex-I-Länder zu sein, also ohne rechtliche Verpflichtungen, ihre steigenden Emissionen auch nur zu begrenzen.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 23 Nr. 2 (2007): Es geht heiß her! Klimawandel und Südostasien
Im Osten nichts Neues? Südostasien und das internationale Klimaregime
Creators: name: Alber, Gotelind
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Die Region ist dieses Jahr Schauplatz zweier wichtiger Klimaereignisse: Es geht um die Frage, wie das Klimaregime nach Kyoto aussehen soll und vor allem, welche Rolle Südostasien dabei spielt.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 23 Nr. 2 (2007): Es geht heiß her! Klimawandel und Südostasien
Sequential change point detection in high dimensional time series
Creators: name: Gösmann, Josua
name: Stoehr, Christina
name: Dette, Holger
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Dortmund
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: high dimensional time series
subject: bootstrap
subject: Gaussian approximation
subject: sequential monitoring
subject: change point analysis
subject: 310
subject: 330
subject: 620

description: Change point detection in high dimensional data has found considerable interest in recent years. Most of the literature designs methodology for a retrospective analysis, where the whole sample is already available when the statistical inference begins. This paper takes a different point of view and develops monitoring schemes for the online scenario, where high dimensional data arrives steadily and the goal is to detect changes as fast as possible controlling at the same time the probability of a type I error of a false alarm. We develop sequential procedures capable of detecting changes in the mean vector of a successively observed high dimensional time series with spatial and temporal dependence. The statistical properties of the methods are analyzed in the case where both, the sample size and dimension converge to infinity. In this scenario it is shown that the new monitoring schemes have asymptotic level alpha under the null hypothesis of no change and are consistent under the alternative of a change in at least one component of the high dimensional mean vector. Moreover, we also prove that the new detection scheme identifies all components affected by a change. The finite sample properties of the new methodology are illustrated by means of a simulation study and in the analysis of a data example. Our approach is based on a new type of monitoring scheme for one-dimensional data which turns out to be often more powerful than the usually used CUSUM and Page- CUSUM methods, and the component-wise statistics are aggregated by the maximum statistic. From a mathematical point of view we use Gaussian approximations for high dimensional time series to prove our main results and derive extreme value convergence for the maximum of the maximal increment of dependent Brownian motions. In particular we show that the range of a Brownian motion on a given interval is in the domain of attraction of the Gumbel distribution.
description: Discussion Paper / SFB823;16/2020
Asienhaus-Bibliothek: Neueingänge
Creators: name: Redaktion, Die
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 24 Nr. 1 (2008): Es kriselt und kriselt und kriselt ... 10 Jahre nach der Asienkrise