cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Toshiaki Kozataï, L’étranger, l’identité. Essai sur l’intégration culturelle
Creators: name: Morgante, Jole
Publisher: name: Università degli  Studi di Milano
Year: 2009

description: Toshiaki Kozataï, L’étranger, l’identité. Essai sur l’intégration culturelle
description: Altre Modernità, N° 2 (2009): Letterature e migrazioni
title: Health-related quality of life (EQ-5D + C) among people living in artisanal and small-scale gold mining areas in Zimbabwe: a cross-sectional study
title: Health-related quality of life (EQ-5D + C) among people living in artisanal and small-scale gold mining areas in Zimbabwe
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Butscher, Friederike-Marie
name: Rakete, Stefan
name: Tobollik, Myriam
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2020
Subjects: Quecksilber
Simbabwe

description: Background In Zimbabwe, an estimated 500,000 people work in the sector of artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM). Two million Zimbabweans are dependent on this sector. Using mercury is common to extract gold from ore. Long term exposure to mercury can cause various adverse health conditions including chronic mercury intoxication. The influence of these adverse health effects on the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is still unknown. The aim of this study is to assess the HRQoL of people who identify themselves as miners, and to analyze potential influencing factors, such as age, years of working with mercury and health conditions caused by mercury exposure. Methods This cross-sectional study assessed the HRQoL using the standardized EQ-5Dâ€ +â€ C (3â€ L) questionnaire and collected human specimens (blood, urine) of people living and possibly working in ASGM areas in Zimbabwe. Factors such as age, years of working with mercury and adverse health conditions possibly caused by mercury exposure were analyzed with regards to their influence on the HRQoL. Results The 207 participants (82% male, mean age 38â€ years) reported 40 different health states. Of the study participants 42.5% reported to be in complete good health while 57.5% reported being unwell in different ways. Nine participants (4.3%) were identified with chronic mercury intoxication, whereas 92 participants (33.3%) had mercury levels above the "Alert" threshold in at least one specimen. Having chronic mercury intoxication has a significant negative influence on the HRQoL, when taking into account age, gender and years of working with mercury. Cognitive problems were the most reported in the questionnaire, however, the association between this domain separately and the HRQoL was not verified. Conclusion This study shows that adverse health effects caused by chronic exposure to mercury, have a negative influence on the HRQoL among people living in ASGM areas. © The Author(s). 2020
Supplementary document for In situ detection of electrochemical reaction by weak measurement - 5265923.pdf
Creators: name: Liu, Le
name: Li, Zhangyan
name: Xu, Yang
name: Ma, Kaijie
name: Xi, Jingyu
name: Guan, Tian
name: Li, Fuying
name: Chongqi, Zhou
name: zhong, suyi
name: He, Yonghong
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental document
Sales or lost sales? An insight into the marketing barriers affecting frontline employees' satisfaction and attitudinal commitment in a fashion retail outlet
Creators: name: Kalimnios, Vicky
name: Rex, Judith E.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper discusses some of the findings from exploratory research that provided an insight into the marketing barriers affecting frontline employees’ satisfaction and attitudinal commitment in the context of a fashion retail outlet in Melbourne. Frontline employees represent the ‘face’ of an organisation (Hoffman and Bateson 1997) and they play a key role in satisfying customers’ expectations, and thus in influencing the service quality perceptions which emanate from service encounters (Boshoff and Mels 1995; Bendapudi and Berry 1997; Grönroos 2001). Boshoff and Allen (2000) showed that in order to provide consistently high levels of service, frontline employees must be trained to deal with customers and be able to rectify the inevitable problems that may arise. Factors such as the attitudes and behaviours of management as well as the training and the empowerment they receive, can also influence the performance of frontline employees (Matthes 1992). To gain an insight into these issues, a focus group was conducted with casual frontline employees and depth interviews were conducted with their managers, at a fashion retail outlet in Melbourne. The findings suggested that a possible link could exist between frontline employees’ satisfaction and their attitudinal commitment, as they described low levels of satisfaction and attitudinal commitment towards the fashion retail outlet they worked for. These negative job attitudes were primarily attributable to the managers’ attitudes and behaviours; a lack of empowerment; as well as inadequate internal communication, and training. Further research is needed to gain a greater understanding of the complex nature of the effects that such marketing barriers could have on frontline employees’ satisfaction and attitudinal commitment to their job.
Nicoletta Vallorani (a c. di), Dissolvenze: Corpi e culture nella contemporaneità
Creators: name: Bertacco, Simona
Publisher: name: Università degli  Studi di Milano
Year: 2009

description: Nicoletta Vallorani (a c. di), Dissolvenze: Corpi e culture nella contemporaneità
description: Altre Modernità, N° 2 (2009): Letterature e migrazioni
Molecular biology of chemosensory communication in a marine pest, the Crown-of-thorns starfish, Acanthaster planci species complex
Creators: name: Roberts, Rebecca
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2018
Subjects: Acanthaster planci
Crown-of-thorns
Great Barrier Reef
chemoreception
biocontrol
marine biotechnology
molecular biology
chemical ecology

description: Coral reefs, such as the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland, Australia, are among the most diverse ecosystems on earth and are highly valuable to human populations. These ecosystems are currently under significant threat worldwide, experiencing severe and accelerating decline. Coral mortality has been attributed to three primary drivers: tropical storms, coral bleaching due to increasing ocean temperatures, and outbreaks of the Crown-of-thorns starfish, Acanthaster planci species complex (COTS). This species is a predator of reef-building corals and cyclic population explosions cause widespread destruction, particularly on the Great Barrier Reef. Despite decades of research and development, control methods for this species remain inadequate, and there is a clear need for the development of innovative long-term control strategies that will reduce or prevent COTS outbreaks.
Assessing the impacts of contaminant exposure on green sea turtles
Creators: name: Smith, Caitlin
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: debris
subject: health
subject: biochemical
subject: ecotoxicology
subject: plastics
subject: sea turtle
subject: mass spectrometry
subject: trace elements
subject: heavy metals
subject: contaminants
subject: Pollution and contamination
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: The complex and ever-changing nature of ecotoxic contaminants, and their impact on marine life, requires a multidisciplinary approach to data collection and analysis to ensure effectiveness for mitigating impacts through management strategies. Green sea turtles have historically been used as proxies for ecological health due to their longevity, site fidelity, and high capacity for accumulating contaminants from their surroundings. This PhD thesis aims to assess contaminants and their implications for green sea turtles, and comprises six chapters: a general thesis introduction, four research data chapters, and a discussion. The research employs a multidisciplinary approach to investigating these patterns, combining field-based sample collections, in vitro bioassays, analysis of spatially extensive datasets, bibliometric analysis of literature, and in-depth health assessments.
description: Contaminants encompass a broad spectrum of compounds, ranging from organic chemicals and anthropogenic debris (including plastics) to heavy metals. By addressing current knowledge gaps in plastics research and emerging topics of interest, this thesis used a bibliometric analysis to highlight the disparity between terrestrial and marine-based debris research, which observed 13.8 times more research conducted on marine based debris studies than terrestrial counterparts. The importance of public perception and social media use in influencing scientific production was also explored, with Google search interest correlating with a rise in scientific production. This study emphasised the need for source-based investigations to identify land-based drivers of debris in the marine environment.
Disordered Eating Attitudes and Behaviours in Students Undertaking Tertiary Training in Nutrition and Dietetics
Creators: name: Rocks, Tetyana
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2017
Subjects: body composition
body shape satisfaction
cognitive restraint
disordered eating
exercise addiction
energy availability
nutrition and dietetics students

description: Modern society is preoccupied with physical appearance. It is well accepted that a focus on appearance may negatively influence body image and lead to maladaptive behaviours such as disordered eating. Nutritionists and dietitians are often viewed as role models for eating- and body-related attitudes and behaviours. Students studying nutrition and dietetics (ND) have also previously reported a perceived pressure to appear and act in a certain way. It has also been suggested that some ND students may have chosen this study area due to a motivation to deal with pre-existing disordered eating- and weight-related issues. This hypothesis has led to several studies in this population being conducted to investigate the prevalence of disordered eating behaviours and negative body image. These studies have produced mixed outcomes, with some suggesting that ND students may be at greater risk, whilst others concluded that this group are no different to similar cohorts of university students. Furthermore, there is currently little evidence on the influence of ND tertiary training on the eating and body attitudes of students. Therefore, the aims of this research were: 1) To describe eating attitudes and behaviours of students undertaking tertiary training in ND degrees, 2) To explore associations between the eating attitudes and behaviours and other psychological and physiological factors, and 3) To examine the change in eating attitudes and behaviours of ND students over one year of university study.
Of a 'contested ground' and an 'indelible stain': a difficult reconciliation between Australia and its Aboriginal history during the 1990s and 2000s
Creators: name: Veracini, Lorenzo
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This article proposes an interpretative narrative of the evolution of Aboriginal history as a scholarly enterprise during the 1990s and in more recent years. The 1990s were characterised by attempts to synthesise the interpretative traditions resulting from previous decades of scholarly activity. In more recent years, the debate has shifted dramatically, dealing specifically with the genocidal nature of white Australia's policy towards Aboriginal peoples. The most important passages in this process are associated with the 1992 Mabo decision by the Australian High Court and the publication of the Bringing them home report of 1997.
Dalla Cina con rigore. Chung Kuo di Michelangelo Antonioni (molti?) anni dopo
Creators: name: Caponi, Paolo
Publisher: name: Università degli  Studi di Milano
Year: 2009

description: Dalla Cina con rigore. Chung Kuo di Michelangelo Antonioni (molti?) anni dopo
description: Altre Modernità, N° 2 (2009): Letterature e migrazioni
"Wir müssen digitale und nachhaltige Transformation stärker zusammendenken"
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2023
Subjects: Nachhaltige Entwicklung
Digitalisierung
Energiewirtschaft
Erneuerbare Energie
Wirtschaft
Klimaschutz
Künstliche Intelligenz

description: Mit dem Übereinkommen von Paris im Jahr 2015 sind die Klima- und Energieziele für 2050 gesteckt. Nun geht es darum, diese Ziele zu erreichen und notwendige Veränderungen in Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft anzugehen. Damit einher gehen Anpassungen in allen Wirtschaftssektoren und im beruflichen Handeln. Was bislang erreicht und auch versäumt wurde und was auf dem Weg zur klimaneutralen Wirtschaft, auch mit Blick auf die Qualifizierung von Fachkräften, dringend zu tun bleibt, erörtert Prof. Dr. Dirk Messner in diesem Interview. Quelle: bwp-zeitschrift.de
Piccole storie armene: Deserto nero e altri viaggi
Creators: name: Vallorani, Nicoletta
Publisher: name: Università degli  Studi di Milano
Year: 2009

description: Piccole storie armene: Deserto nero e altri viaggi
description: Altre Modernità, N° 2 (2009): Letterature e migrazioni
Immigration and public opinion: understanding the shift
Creators: name: Betts, Katharine
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Opposition to immigration has declined since 1996. This paper examines reasons why this has occurred. It finds that most Australians do not want population growth but a number of factors which previously fed opposition to immigration have declined. Unemployment has fallen; migrants can no longer access social welfare on arrival; family reunion has shrunk while skilled migration has grown; and structural multiculturalism is no longer promoted. It is also probable that most Australians think that the cuts made to the program after 1996 were larger than they actually were and that they do not understand the implications of the recent increase. But opinion is not uniform. Residents of outer Sydney are more concerned about immigration than others and a majority of Australians want fewer migrants from the Middle East.
“Everybody living with a chronic disease is entitled to be cured” : Challenges and opportunities in scaling up access to direct-acting antiviral hepatitis C virus treatment among people who inject drugs
Creators: name: Goodyear, Trevor
name: Ti, Lianping
name: Carrieri, Patrizia
name: Small, Will
name: Knight, Rod E.
Publisher: name: Elsevier
Year: 2022

description: Background: Recent advances in the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatments have led to the introduction of policy changes that include, in some settings, universal coverage of direct-acting antiviral (DAA) treatment for people living with HCV. However, people who inject drugs (PWID), a population with disproportionately high rates of HCV, often experience significant social and structural barriers to care, including when seeking treatment and care for blood-borne viruses. The objective of this study is to identify implementation challenges and opportunities for improving HCV-related care and scaling up DAA treatment for PWID living with HCV in a setting with universal DAA coverage since 2018. Methods: Informed by a critical interpretive framework, this study thematically analyzes data from in-depth, semi-structured interviews conducted between October 2018 and February 2019 with a purposive sample of 15 expert stakeholders (e.g., clinicians, community-based organization representatives, policy makers) related to HCV care provision, design, or research in British Columbia, Canada. Results: Our analysis revealed two key thematics: First, participants described existing challenges for scaling up DAA treatment, including how contextual factors (e.g., housing, stigma) restrict opportunities for PWID to engage in care. Participants also described how strained and compartmentalized health services are onerous to navigate for patients. Second, participants described opportunities for improving HCV-related care through various structural interventions (e.g., improved housing, decriminalization of substance use), and enhanced and more accessible models of care (e.g., decentralized, integrated, outreach-focused, and peer- and nurse-led services). Conclusions: These findings emphasize that several key service delivery and system-level adaptations are required in order to equitably scale up access of DAAs to PWID living with HCV, including policies and programs that are responsive to socio-structural determinants of health.
Like a Carsic River: Gay Independent Cinema from Underground Films to New Queer Cinema and Beyond
Creators: name: Grassi, Silvia
Publisher: name: Università degli  Studi di Milano
Year: 2009

description: Like a Carsic River: Gay Independent Cinema from Underground Films to New Queer Cinema and Beyond.
description: Altre Modernità, N° 2 (2009): Letterature e migrazioni
Homosexuality, AIDS and Representation in Jarman's Modern Nature and Smiling in Slow Motion
Creators: name: Parenza, Federica
Publisher: name: Università degli  Studi di Milano
Year: 2009

description: Homosexuality, AIDS and Representation in Jarman's Modern Nature and Smiling in Slow Motion
description: Altre Modernità, N° 2 (2009): Letterature e migrazioni
Playing Against the Odds: The Role of Mood, Experience and Risk in Decision-making
Creators: name: Morgan, Melinda S.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013

description: Past research in decision-making has typically utilized hypothetical measures or simplified gambles to investigate the decisions people make. This method has been criticized as it lacks ecological validity and omits background knowledge and experience from the decision process. Mixed findings in the literature have emerged in terms of the effects positive and negative affect on risk-taking. The Affect Infusion Model (AIM) consolidates the mixed findings by incorporating factors that affect the extent to which affect is infused in the judgment process (i.e. experience). The current research examined the effects of mood on risk-taking in a decision task that allowed for background knowledge and experience; the game of poker. Three studies were conducted to test the predictions of the AIM using a novel methodology. Mood was manipulated in all three studies. Study 1 found evidence of the moderating role of experience in the relationship between affect and risk-taking in a hypothetical poker decision task. The decisions of more experienced participants were less infused with affect than less experienced participants. Study 2 replicated the findings of Study 1 in a real-time poker task conducted in a laboratory setting. Study 3, using a similar design to Study 2, introduced a task incentive and an additional condition that provided real-time odds/expected value information during the decision task. An unexpected finding emerged with respect to the moderating role of experience in the relationship between affect and risk-taking. With the introduction of a task incentive, the decisions of more experienced participants were more infused with affect than less experienced participants during the first 20 minutes of the task. Evidence of a main effect of Mood and Odds Information was also found. An additional Mood X Odds Information effect on risk-taking emerged for decisions early in the decision task. The results obtained in the present research program are discussed with respect to their novel contributions to the decision-making and risk-taking literature.
Additional file 2 of Challenges and opportunities for telehealth in the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a qualitative case study in Greece
Creators: name: Gaveikaite, Violeta
name: Grundstrom, Casandra
name: Winter, Stefan
name: Schonenberg, Helen
name: Isomursu, Minna
name: Chouvarda, Ioanna
name: Nicos Maglaveras
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 2. Visualized GOLD Guideline Mapping Summary. IC = Integrated Care; TH = Telehealth; *Special Conditional Notes if patient is Exacerbating 1 Resting chronic hypoxemia for Long-term oxygen therapy 2 Non-invasive ventilation 3 Continuous positive airway pressure 4 Chronic Care Model 5 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24127811 6 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2713226
Locating a celestial black hole: Chinese-Aboriginal relatedness in North Queensland, 1873-1900
Creators: name: Moore, Peter
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2014
Subjects: Kuku-Yalanji
Kokomini
Guugu-Yimidhirr
Indigenous Australians
Chinese migrants
Cooktown
Palmer River
Atherton Tablelands
Relatedness Theory
cultural-contact

description: This thesis seeks to create a scaffold for further research into late-19th-century cultural contact between North Queensland Aborigines and Chinese migrants. Anglo-Celtic metanarratives continue to dominate Australian historiography with mono-cultural, economic and political continuities founded on European epistemologies and ontologies. With few exceptions, 19th-century-cultural-contact debates centre the Anglo-Celtic migrants' experiences with Indigenous Australians and non-Anglo-Celtic migrants. However, such historiography infers an inaccurate standpoint centring the Anglo-Celts' host status, and excludes a third significant contact experience between Indigenous Australians and non-European migrants. This is understandable, given the extant written evidence has been overwhelmingly created and preserved by Europeans to serve white-Australia's Anglo-Celtic perspective. Therefore, a more inclusive reconstruction of cultural contact, recognising differences and equality, requires the application of inductive analysis with a focus on discontinuities, in order to identify the events influencing the creation of the preserved evidence. Quandamoopah scholar Karen Martin's (2008) relatedness theory is applied as a framework exemplar, offering a new vocabulary that shifts perspective towards Indigenous agency and viewpoints as the original culture. This methodology is tested in an analysis of events recorded by late-19th-century Europeans in Cooktown, Palmer River and Atherton.
Adaptation to climate change in Nawairuku Village, Ra Province, Fiji
Creators: name: Currenti, Renee
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2018
Subjects: climate change
adaptive capacity
natural hazard
Fiji
Pacific Islands Region
vulnerability
resilience
community-based research
iTaukei
Indigenous

description: This thesis documents and describes how people in Nawairuku village in Ra Province, Fiji, are experiencing and adapting to climate change in the context of recent socio-economic changes. The research is distinct from other climate change impacts, vulnerability and adaptation research in the Pacific Islands region in that it focuses on people living in an interior village, whereas most previous research has been conducted with people living in urban areas in the coastal zone. An analysis of data collected through semi-structured interviews with 30 villagers, participant observation, and analysis of secondary sources reveals that recent socio-economic changes are influencing how people experience and respond to climate risks. In particular, the village is exposed and sensitive to an increase in the intensity of extreme weather events, namely cyclones and flooding, with consequences for agriculture, human health and well-being, and infrastructure. Despite a long history of coping with extreme weather events, responses to recent cyclones and floods have been mostly reactionary. Land ownership, changing agricultural practices, increasing autonomy of households from the central village leadership, and aid dependency were identified as key constraints to adaptation. Entry points to support adaptation include, providing people with skills training that would enable them to collaborate with aid organisations and the government to proactively climate-proof infrastructure and agriculture in ways that are consistent with local culture and ideals while keeping pace with climate change and new standards of extremes.
Supplementary document for Near octave-spanning breathing perfect soliton crystal in an AlN microresonator - 5267294.pdf
Creators: name: Weng, Haizhong
name: Afridi, Adnan
name: Liu, Jia
name: Li, Jing
name: Dai, Jiangnan
name: Zhang, Yi
name: ma, xiang
name: Lu, Qiaoyin
name: Guo, Wei-Hua
name: Donegan, John
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Experiment setup, devices characterization, and the Kerr comb results obtained from a smaller microring resonator
Heroin(e) Habits: Potential and Possibility in Female Drug Literature
Creators: name: Prowse, Nycole
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2016
Subjects: addict
agency
corporeality
drug literature
drug user
feminism
heroin
junk
opium
postmodernism
women
writing
Poststructuralism

description: No abstract available.
Determining the potential of forest biomass resources for bioenergy production in Queensland, Australia
Creators: name: Van Holsbeeck, Sam
Publisher: name: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Year: 2020
Subjects: forest biomass
bioenergy
biomass supply chain
location-allocation
facility location
biomass utilisation
geographical information systems

description: Research Highlights: This research determines the potential contribution of utilising forest biomass resources for bioenergy production. A strategic method was developed integrating spatial and programming techniques to examine the theoretical, available, technological, economical and environmental potential of forest biomass.
description: Background and Objectives: There are large volumes of forest biomass available, distributed over extensive geographic forest areas in Australia. However, it is a low-value, low-density resource which makes it sensitive to high procurement costs. Therefore, the use of forest biomass for bioenergy in Australia represents only 1% of the current total energy production. With the proper supply chain design and planning, forest biomass has the potential to be delivered at a low cost and low emissions to make it a competitive renewable energy solution. This research aims to (i) estimate the available forest biomass, (ii) identify potential locations for bioenergy production, (iii) model the optimal location for a bioenergy facility, and (iv) calculate the costs and emissions of the biomass supply chain.
description: Materials and Methods: A series of GIS and model-based optimisation tools combined in a decision support system enabled strategic, tactical and optimal decision making in locating bioenergy facilities and designing the biomass supply chain. The method was applied to a real case study in the state of Queensland, Australia.
description: Results: In the case study area, over 1 million dry tonnes of forest biomass could potentially be available on an annual basis and 128 strategic locations for bioenergy facilities were identified. The optimisation methods identified the most optimal location for bioenergy conversion and reduced the cost and emission of the supply chain, based on a range of parameters.
description: Conclusions: The use of forest biomass can significantly increase the viability of bioenergy markets. Several locations in the study area can produce bioenergy with reduced supply chain costs and emissions.
Additional file 1 of Challenges and opportunities for telehealth in the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a qualitative case study in Greece
Creators: name: Gaveikaite, Violeta
name: Grundstrom, Casandra
name: Winter, Stefan
name: Schonenberg, Helen
name: Isomursu, Minna
name: Chouvarda, Ioanna
name: Nicos Maglaveras
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1. Visualized Representation of CDVC tool for the care practice mapping. Each disease severity category had a different tool, in total four tools, distributed for 4 clinical stakeholders. Each stakeholder should report which procedure they provide to the patient in the table’s cross-section.
Country matters: a working solution
Creators: name: Browne, Peter
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Around 70 Afghan refugees are employed at the Burrangong meatworks in Young, New South Wales (NSW). This article discusses the reactions of the townspeople to the refugee workers, and the uncertain outlook for the men who are on three year temporary protection visas (TPVs). The Afghans have received strong support from the town and their employer is lobbying the Government to allow the men to stay on after their TPVs expire. However there have been incidents of racism and vilification from some residents and groups such as the right wing Australia First party. Without stronger political support for the Afghan refugees, the outlook for their future is not optimistic.
Can Leaders Influence a Learning Organization? An Exploratory Study of the Relationship Between Leadership, Organizational Learning Capability and the Mediating Role of Trust
Creators: name: Grover, Ira Ann
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: Transformational Leadership
Transactional Leadership
Learning Capabilities
Supervisor Trust

description: The purpose of this research is to study how organizations maintain their competitive advantage in today’s turbulent and highly competitive business environment, by striving to become a learning organization. The impact of factors such as leadership (both transformational and transactional leadership) and trust on an organization’s learning capability is empirically examined. This research adds to the existing body of literature in two ways. First, it argues that a transactional leadership style can influence learning, despite research spanning the last decade that has focused on transformational leadership theory as the dominant model of effective leadership. Therefore, the importance of both leadership styles, each having valuable differential effects is emphasized in this study. Second, the previously untested role of trust as mediating the relationship between leadership and organizational learning capability is examined. It is argued that without supervisor trust, the opportunities for a learning organization to reach its full potential and to subsequently develop learning capabilities is reduced. Findings from this study support the influence of both leadership styles on learning. Trust in one’s supervisor was also found to fully mediate the relationship between leadership and learning.
Additional file 3 of Challenges and opportunities for telehealth in the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a qualitative case study in Greece
Creators: name: Gaveikaite, Violeta
name: Grundstrom, Casandra
name: Winter, Stefan
name: Schonenberg, Helen
name: Isomursu, Minna
name: Chouvarda, Ioanna
name: Nicos Maglaveras
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 3. Visualized Representation of Policy and Practice. ABCD are the GOLD COPD disease classification categories. White represents exact or similar practices to policy; blue, some absent practices to policy; orange pattern, no similarity from practice to policy; white with crosses, no responses.
The Institutionalization of Restorative Justice: A Canadian Perspective
Creators: name: Broughton, Christopher M.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: Restorative Justice
Neo-liberalism
institutionalization

description: Restorative justice emerged in the western world as an alternative to the existing retributive penal system. An alternative that no longer relied on lawyers and judges to resolve criminal matters and community disputes, but rather empowered victims, offenders, and community members to do justice themselves. Throughout the past thirty years restorative justice has distanced itself from the traditional criminal justice system by focusing on repairing the harm caused by an offence rather than charging an offender for committing a crime against the state. This study focuses on the institutionalization of restorative justice. Specifically, this thesis conducts a content analysis of five Canada institutionalized restorative justice programs with the purpose of answering one primary research question. This question asks: are institutionalized restorative justice programs within Canada structured to reflect the core values of restorative justice? In order to answer this question, this thesis analyzes all the available textual documents pertaining to the five selected restorative justice programs for evidence of core restorative justice values and values associated with the co-opting institution, the retributive criminal justice system. This thesis concludes that yes, the five analyzed restorative programs are structured to reflect the core values of restorative justice. Although, the programs are also structured to reflect the core values of the current political ideology of neo-liberalism.
GUIDA PER LO SVILUPPO E L’ATTUAZIONE DI CURRICOLI PER UNA EDUCAZIONE PLURILINGUE E INTERCULTURALE
Creators: name: Beacco, Jean-Claude
name: Byram, Michael
name: Cavalli, Marisa
name: Coste, Daniel
name: Egli Cuenat, Mirjam
name: Goullier, Francis
name: Panthier, Johanna
Publisher: name: Italiano LinguaDue
Year: 2011

description: Language Policy Division Directorate of Education and Languages, DG IV Council of Europe, Strasbourg
description: Italiano LinguaDue, Vol 3, N° 1 (2011): GUIDA PER LO SVILUPPO E L’ATTUAZIONE DI CURRICOLI PER UNA EDUCAZIONE PLURILINGUE E INTERCULTURALE
QUALCHE RIFLESSIONE SULLA DIDATTICA DI L2 ISPIRATA ALLA RECENTE RICERCA ACQUISIZIONALE
Creators: name: Chini, Marina
Publisher: name: Italiano LinguaDue
Year: 2012

description: Sulla base di recenti studi di linguistica acquisizionale e di ricerche sull’apprendimento di L2 in classe, attente al ruolo dell’input e di fattori cognitivi (fra cui Doughty, 2003; Gass, 2003, 2005; Housen, Pierrard, 2005; Dörnyei, 2009; Sanz, Leow, 2011; Gass, Mackey, 2012), il contributo presenta alcune riflessioni in chiave applicativa, di didattica acquisizionale (Rastelli 2009), relative ai possibili risvolti didattici che tali studi possono suggerire nei contesti di istruzione di L2.  Fra i temi toccati vi sono il trattamento dell’input, il ruolo del noticing e dell’accessibilità al processing in L2, la focalizzazione sulla forma nella didattica, il feedback del docente e il suo approccio all’“errore” dell’apprendente, considerati alla luce di ricerche relative all’efficacia acquisizionale di tali elementi (Norris, Ortega, 2000; Russell, Spada, 2006; Ellis et al., 2009).     A few reflections on L2 language teaching inspired by recent research on language acquisition   Based on recent studies on language acquisition and on L2 learning in the classroom, with attention paid to the role of input and cognitive factors (see Doughty, 2003; Gass, 2003, 2005; Housen, Pierrard, 2005; Dörnyei, 2009; Sanz, Leow, 2011; Gass, Mackey, 2012), this paper presents a few reflections in terms of application of acquisitional teaching (Rastelli 2009), regarding the possible impact that these studies suggest in L2 teaching contexts.  The themes addressed regard input, the role of noticing and the accessibility of processing in L2, focusing on form in teaching, the feedback from the teacher and the approach used for  learners’ “errors” considered in light of studies regarding the acquisitional effectiveness of these elements (Norris, Ortega, 2000; Russell, Spada, 2006; Ellis et al., 2009).
description: Italiano LinguaDue, Vol 3, N° 2 (2011)
A Comparison of Dynamic Response and Brain Tissue Deformation for Ball Carriers and Defensive Tacklers in Professional Rugby Shoulder-to-Head Concussive Impacts
Creators: name: Rock, Bianca Brigitte
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: Concussion
Mild traumatic brain injury
Rugby
Head impacts
Dynamic response
Brain tissue deformation

description: The long-term consequences of repetitive mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBIs), or concussions, as well as the immediate acute dangers of head collisions in sport have become of growing concern in the field of medicine, research and athletics. An estimated 3.8 million sports-related concussions occur in the United States annually, with the highest incidence having been documented in football, hockey, soccer, basketball and rugby (Harmon et al., 2013). The incidence of concussion in the National Rugby League (NRL) corresponds to approximately 8.0-17.5 injuries per 1000 playing hours, with tackling having been identified as the most common cause (Gardner et al., 2014; King et al., 2014). The highest incidence of rugby concussive impacts is a result of shoulder-to-head collisions (35%) during tackles and game play (Gardner et al., 2014). Shoulder-to-head concussive events occur primarily on the ball carrier and secondarily on the tacklers (Hendricks et al., 2014; Quarrie & Hopkins, 2008). While some studies report that the ball carrier is at a greater risk of sustaining a concussion (Gardner et al., 2015; King et al., 2010, 2014), others have demonstrated a greater incidence of tacklers being removed from play for sideline concussion evaluation (Gardner et al., 2014). Given this discrepancy, the purpose of this study was to compare dynamic response and brain tissue deformation metrics for ball carriers and defensive tacklers in professional rugby during shoulder-to-head concussive impacts using in-laboratory reconstructions. Ten cases with an injured defensive tackler and ten cases with an injured ball carrier were reconstructed using a pneumatic linear impactor striking a 50th percentile Hybrid III headform to calculate dynamic response and maximum principal strain values. There was no significant difference between the two impact conditions for peak resultant linear and rotational accelerations, as well as brain tissue deformation. Differences between metrics in this research and past research where the impacting system was not reported were discussed. These differences reflect the importance of accounting for impact compliance when describing the risk associated with collisions in professional rugby.
Supplementary document for X-ray Source Translation Based Computed Tomography (STCT) - 5267468.pdf
Creators: name: Yu, Haijun
name: Lei, Li
name: Chuandong, Tan
name: Liu, Fenglin
name: Zhou, Rifeng
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: S1. Analysis of maximum translation distance of source;S2. Analysis of the number of translations in mSTCT
Single-domain Antibody Inhibitors of Clostridium difficile Toxins
Creators: name: Hussack, Greg
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2011
Subjects: Clostridium difficile
Toxin
Neutralization
Antibody
Single-domain antibody
Oral therapeutics

description: Clostridium difficile is a leading cause of nosocomial infection in North America and a considerable challenge to healthcare professionals in hospitals and nursing homes. The Gram-positive bacterium produces two exotoxins, toxin A (TcdA) and toxin B (TcdB), which are the major virulence factors responsible for C. difficile-associated disease (CDAD) and are targets for CDAD therapy. In this work, recombinant single-domain antibody fragments (VHHs) which target the cell receptor binding domains of TcdA or TcdB were isolated from an immune, llama phage display library and characterized. Four VHHs (A4.2, A5.1, A20.1, and A26.8) were potent neutralizers of the cytopathic effects of TcdA in an in vitro assay and the neutralizing potency was enhanced when VHHs were administered in combinations. Epitope mapping experiments revealed that some synergistic combinations consisted of VHHs recognizing overlapping epitopes, an indication that factors other than mere epitope blocking are responsible for the increased neutralization. Binding assays revealed TcdA-specific VHHs neutralized TcdA by binding to sites other than the carbohydrate binding pocket of the toxin. The TcdB-specific VHHs failed to neutralize TcdB, as did a panel of human VL antibodies isolated from a synthetic library. To enhance the stability of the C. difficile TcdA-specific VHHs for oral therapeutic applications, the VHHs were expressed with an additional disulfide bond by introducing Ala/Gly54Cys and Ile78Cys mutations. The mutant VHHs were found to be well expressed, were non-aggregating monomers, retained low nM affinity for TcdA, and were capable of in vitro TcdA neutralization. Digestion of the VHHs with the major gastrointestinal proteases, at biologically relevant concentrations, revealed a significant increase in pepsin resistance for all mutants and an increase in chymotrypsin resistance for the majority of mutants without compromising inherent VHH trypsin resistance. Collectively, the second disulfide not only increased VHH thermal stability at neutral pH, as previously shown, but also represents a generic strategy to increase VHH stability at low pH and impart protease resistance. These are all desirable characteristics for the design of protein-based oral therapeutics. In conclusion, llama VHHs represent a class of novel, non-antibiotic inhibitors of infectious disease virulence factors such as C. difficile toxins.
INDAGINI INTERNAZIONALI E NAZIONALI SULLA COMPETENZA DI LETTURA
Creators: name: Bertocchi, Daniela
Publisher: name: Italiano LinguaDue
Year: 2011

description: In questo articolo si analizzano le principali componenti della competenza di lettura: in altri termini, quali operazioni un individuo deve saper compiere con un e su un testo scritto per poter essere definito “lettore competente”? Le componenti della lettura sono identificate sulla base dei Quadri di riferimento di importanti indagini nazionali (INVALSI SNV ) e internazionali (OCSE PISA). I Quadri fianno riferimento a competenze di lettori madrelingua, ma le componenti di lettura, di per sé, devono essere sviluppate anche in L2. Vengono poi descritti i livelli di literacy (alfabetizzazione funzionale) presi come base da OCSE PISA per descrivere le competenze di lettura degli studenti quindicenni.  Dopo un’analisi dei risultati ottenuti dagli studenti Italiani nell’indagine PISA 2006 e dei risultati della Prova Nazionale al termine del primo ciclo di istruzione (esame di stato 2008-2009), si formulano alcune proposte per il miglioramento delle competenze di lettura degli studenti italiani, certamente possibile attraverso una opportuna e coerente didattica nei dieci anni di istruzione obbligatoria.     National and international surveys of reading competence   This article studies the main components of reading competence: in other words, what operations an individual needs to carry out in order to be defined a “competent reader” with respect to a written text? The components of reading are identified based on the Reference Frameworks of important national (INVALSI SNV) and International (OSCE PISA) surveys.  The Frameworks refer to the competences of mother tongue readers, but the components of reading, for itself, also need to be developed in the L2.  The literacy levels are also described on which OSCE PISA is based, in order to discuss the reading competence of 15-year old students.  After analyzing the National results of Italian students in the PISA 2006 survey and the results from the National test at the end of the first instruction cycle (State exam 2008-2009), a few proposals are made to improve the reading competence of Italian students, which can be attained thanks to opportune and coherent didactics over the 10-year period of obligatory schooling.
description: Italiano LinguaDue, Vol 2, N° 2 (2010)
LA LINGUA PER STUDIARE:  UNA RASSEGNA BIBLIOGRAFICA
Creators: name: Tassara, Marina
Publisher: name: Italiano LinguaDue
Year: 2011

description: I libri di testo adottati nelle scuole contengono parole sconosciute e costruzioni sintattiche e testuali complesse che rappresentano dei veri e propri “muri linguistici” per gli alunni stranieri che non possiedono una buona conoscenza della lingua italiana. Ciò facilmente determina un divario di competenze tra l’apprendente straniero e i suoi compagni e ritardi scolastici molto spesso incolmabili con conseguente perdita di motivazione e di autostima, senso di frustrazione e isolamento che a volte sfocia in un disagio psico-sociale. Tra gli strumenti adottati dalla scuola italiana per far fronte a questo problema vi sono i testi disciplinari ad alta comprensibilità che, pur mantenendo la maggior parte delle informazioni, le veicolano in una forma più semplice dal punto di vista linguistico. L’articolo fornisce una bibliografia di manuali ad alta comprensibilità il più possibile aggiornata suddivisa per ordine e grado di scuola e per materia scolastica, con l’intento di fornire agli insegnanti un aiuto nella scelta e nel reperimento dei testi.     Language for study:  a bibliography   Textbooks used in schools contain unknown words and complex sentence constructions that create real “linguistic barriers” for foreign students who do not know Italian well.  This creates an abyss between the competence of the foreign learner and his or her classmates and unsuccessful school performance which is often not made up for and leads to a loss of self-esteem, frustration, isolation, and ultimately to psycho-social malaise.  Among the tools utilized in the Italian school system to address this problem are highly comprehensible textbooks which, while containing most of the information, express the content in simpler language.  This article offers an up-dated bibliography of textbooks which are easily understandable, divided according to order and grade of school, for teachers to use in choosing the textbooks for their classes.
description: Italiano LinguaDue, Vol 2, N° 2 (2010)
Supplementary document for X-ray Source Translation Based Computed Tomography (STCT) - 5267468.pdf
Creators: name: Yu, Haijun
name: Lei, Li
name: Chuandong, Tan
name: Liu, Fenglin
name: Zhou, Rifeng
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: S1. Analysis of maximum translation distance of source;S2. Analysis of the number of translations in mSTCT