cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Storyboard: Excess, computer-generated
Creators: name: Mallos, Melina
Publisher: name: The University of Melbourne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 390101
subject: Creative arts, media and communication curriculum and pedagogy
classificationCode: 390401
subject: Comparative and cross-cultural education
classificationCode: 470212
subject: Multicultural, intercultural and cross-cultural studies

description: The Excess Storyboard was created during the COVID-19 pandemic, in which people had to pivot and imagine new ways of using new media for learning, information gathering, social interaction and work. The many young faces looking back at me are thus also a representation of who I am. Language, culture, and location reverberate as digital waves. The study participants and I shared the same cultural background, spoke the same languages, had similar interests, belonged to similar online communities, and were all relying on new media while experiencing lockdown in the same physical location: Melbourne. This created a strong Melbourne experience; the bond may have been different, or weaker, if I had invited participants from other destinations outside of Greece. In terms of excess, the space between me and the participants represents the information that is yet unknowable. I am looking into the mirror but am confronted with the images of the participants, who exemplify and reveal parts of myself – some parts that I have experienced, and others that I am compelled to question regarding my identity as a Greek migrant to Australia. In this research study, I was compelled to look back on my migration experience, and my participants to look forward as new migrants whose lives have taken root in Australia.
Excess Storyboard: A/r/tographic Artefact
Creators: name: Mallos, Melina
Publisher: name: The University of Melbourne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 390101
subject: Creative arts, media and communication curriculum and pedagogy
classificationCode: 390401
subject: Comparative and cross-cultural education
classificationCode: 470212
subject: Multicultural, intercultural and cross-cultural studies

description: The Excess Storyboard was created during the COVID-19 pandemic, in which people had to pivot and imagine new ways of using new media for learning, information gathering, social interaction and work. The many young faces looking back at me are thus also a representation of who I am. Language, culture, and location reverberate as digital waves. The study participants and I shared the same cultural background, spoke the same languages, had similar interests, belonged to similar online communities, and were all relying on new media while experiencing lockdown in the same physical location: Melbourne. This created a strong Melbourne experience; the bond may have been different, or weaker, if I had invited participants from other destinations outside of Greece. In terms of excess, the space between me and the participants represents the information that is yet unknowable. I am looking into the mirror but am confronted with the images of the participants, who exemplify and reveal parts of myself – some parts that I have experienced, and others that I am compelled to question regarding my identity as a Greek migrant to Australia. In this research study, I was compelled to look back on my migration experience, and my participants to look forward as new migrants whose lives have taken root in Australia.
Soft Landing oder Hard Landing?
Creators: name: Harnisch, Sebastian
Publisher: name: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia
Year: 2021

description: The analysis of the economic, social and political crisis in North Korea indicates that three different scenarios for unification on the Korean peninsula are possible. Against this background the article investigates recent developments in North Korea as well as the diplomatic efforts of concerned states to engage the Kim regime: the Four-Party talks, the Beijing Talks between the two Koreas, and the Missile Talks between the North and the United States. The article concludes that for now a violent breakdown of the North Korea regime ("hard landing"- scenario) is possible but not very likely. The same applies to a "soft landing"- scenario, a peaceful melt down of the dynastic Kim regime. In the medium term, however, chances for regime survival are expected to wither in spite of recent North Korean advances in acquiring and blackmailing international support.
description: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, Nr. 69 (1998): ASIEN (Oktober)
The Social Construction of Addiction and Sexual Deviancy: A Comparative Analysis of the Experts in Policy Debate
Creators: name: O'Brien, Haillie
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2017
Subjects: Social Construction
Addiction
Sexual Deviancy
Sexual Offending
Spector and Kitsuse
Social Problems

description: Sexual deviancy and addiction are two concepts that have undergone considerable development in the way in which they are constructed. Since the 1800s both concepts have come to the attention of the medical field, psychological field and the criminal justice system which have made numerous attempts to regulate and treat them within these realms. By using the lens of social construction and Spector and Kitsuse’s theory of social problems, this project explores how experts describe sexual deviancy and addiction. Important considerations involving the significance of victims and a victim status emerge from the analysis, as the differentiating factors between demands for treatment for addiction, while sexual deviancy experiences an increasingly punitive regime.
The impact of fathers' physical and psychosocial work conditions on attempted and completed suicide among their children
Creators: name: Aleck, Ostry
name: Stefania, Maggi
name: James, Tansey
name: James, Dunn
name: Ruth, Hershler
name: Lisa, Chen
name: Amber, Louie
name: Clyde, Hertzman
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2015

description: Background: Adverse employment experiences, particularly exposure to unemployment and the threat of unemployment, have been strongly associated with several adverse mental and physical health outcomes including suicide. However, virtually no research has been conducted on the trans-generational impact of parental working conditions on attempted or completed suicide among their children. Methods: We conducted a nested case control study based on a cohort, gathered in the western Canadian province of British Columbia, of male sawmill workers and a second cohort of their children. Physical and psychosocial work conditions to which fathers were exposed during the first 16 years of their children's lives, measured using the demand/control model, were linked to hospital suicide records (attempted and completed) among their children. Results: Two hundred and fifty children in the cohort attempted or committed suicide between 1985 and 2001. Multivariate models, with partial control for father's mental health outcomes prior to their child's suicide demonstrate, 1) a strong association between low duration of father's employment at a study sawmill and attempted suicide for their male children, 2) elevated odds for attempted suicide among female children of fathers' employed in a sawmill job with low control and, 3) a strong association between fathers in jobs with low psychological demand and completed suicides among male children. Conclusion: Exposure of fathers to adverse psychosocial work conditions during the first 16 years of their children's life was associated with greater odds for attempted and completed suicide among their children.
Access to Tuberculosis Treatment for Migrant and Refugee Populations in Tak province, Thailand
Creators: name: Tschirhart, Naomi
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2017
Subjects: Tuberculosis
Migration
Migrants
Refugees
Thailand

description: Objectives: The aim of this project was to examine tuberculosis (TB) treatment access among migrant and refugee populations in a Thai border province. To study TB control from a wider perspective, we also sought to understand how migrant and refugee cases are enumerated in the public health surveillance system and explored treatment providers’ responsiveness to treatment barriers. Methods: We used a concurrent mix-methods design with an overarching qualitative emphasis and an embedded smaller quantitative survey. To gain perspectives on treatment accessibility we conducted focus group discussions with TB, tuberculosis and human immunodeficiency virus co-infection (TB/HIV) and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) patients. We also held key informant interviews with TB treatment providers and public health officials in Tak province and did a survey of community health volunteers. We analyzed the data using thematic analysis and descriptive statistics. Results: We found that migrants are travelling long distances with active TB to seek treatment in Tak province and that legal status influences migrants’ eligibility for TB care. Migrants in our study reported more barriers to accessing TB treatment than refugees. TB/HIV and MDR-TB treatment options for migrants in Tak province are limited and are heavily reliant on donor funding. We found that migrant and refugee TB cases are under reported in the public health surveillance system. Organizations in Tak province are highly collaborative and we identified two NGOs who have developed programs that are responsive to migrants’ needs. Conclusions: Our research suggests that in Tak province, Thailand access to TB treatment occurs at the intersection of health system accessibility, population ability and legal status. Interventions to improve treatment access and adherence to TB treatment necessarily extend outside of the healthcare system and address the social determinants of health.
Digital Methods Porn, oder: Warum die Welt ohne nachnutzbare Workflows nicht zu retten ist
Creators: name: Baillot, Anne
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Präsentation zum Vortrag "Digital Methods Porn, oder: Warum die Welt ohne nachnutzbare Workflows nicht zu retten ist", der am 04. Juli 2024 an der Universität Rostock in der Ringvorlesung "Digital Humanities im Fokus: Methoden, Anwendungen und Perspektiven" gehalten wurde. Die Folien sind auch hier verfügbar: https://shs.hal.science/halshs-04636449.

Abstract:

Die Digital Humanities haben sich in den letzten Jahrzehnten entlang einer Reihe von Tools, Daten und Komputationsprozessen entwickelt. Als Ergebnis steht der Community eine breite Palette an Ansätzen zur Verfügung. Jedoch führt der akademische Innovationsdrang dazu, dass in beinahe jedem Projekt das digitale Rad neu erfunden wird.

In diesem Vortrag möchte ich zeigen, warum wir uns heute dringender denn je auf Datenqualität und Workflownachnutzbarkeit konzentrieren sollten, um in Zeiten der Ressourcenknappheit weiterhin qualitative Forschung leisten zu können. Dabei gehe ich auf Fragen der Evaluation ein: Was ist ein guter Workflow? Wie kann die unsichtbare Arbeit an Daten und methodischer Reflexion aufgewertet werden? Um diese Fragen zu beantworten, stelle ich neuere Arbeiten u.a. der DHd-AG Greening DH und von DARIAH vor.

Kurzbio:

Anne Baillot ist Professorin für Germanistik und derzeit Researcher in Residence beim DARIAH-ERIC in Berlin. Sie studierte und promovierte in Germanistik und Ideengeschichte in Paris, leitete dann in Berlin die am Institut für deutsche Literatur der HU Berlin angesiedelte Emmy Noether-Nachwuchsgruppe „Berliner Intellektuelle 1800-1830“. In diesem Zusammenhang entwickelte sie die digitale Edition Briefe und Texte aus dem intellektuellen Berlin um 1800 und wurde dabei zu einer bedingungslosen Verfechterin von Standards und Open Access. Nach der Habilitation 2016 in Paris erhielt sie 2017 einen Ruf an die Le Mans Université. Sie forscht derzeit zum ökologischen Fußabdruck digitaler Technologien in Kulturerbe und Geisteswissenschaften (Monographie: From Handwriting to Footprinting. Text and Heritage in the Age of Climate Crisis, 2023)
d-Limonene, a Renewable Component for Polymer Synthesis
Creators: name: Ren, Shanshan
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2017
Subjects: terpene
limonene
polymerization
reactivity ratio estimation
pressure sensitive adhesive

description: d-Limonene (Lim) was used in various polymer formulations to achieve a more sustainable polymerization. Lim is a renewable and essentially non-toxic compound, derived from citrus fruit peels, that may replace some of the many toxic and fossil-based chemicals used in polymer synthesis. Bulk free-radical polymerizations of n-butyl acrylate (BA) with Lim were performed to investigate Lim co-polymerization kinetics and estimate the monomer reactivity ratios, important parameters in the prediction of copolymer composition. Kinetic modeling of the BA/Lim copolymerization was performed with PREDICI simulation software. The model supports the presence of a significant degradative chain transfer reaction due to Lim. This reaction mechanism is due to the presence of allylic hydrogen in Lim. Nonetheless, relatively high molecular weight polymers were produced. It was concluded that Lim behaves more like a chain transfer agent than a co-monomer. Terpolymerizations of BA, butyl methacrylate (BMA) with Lim were then performed. In order to predict the terpolymer composition, the monomer reactivity ratios for BA/BMA were estimated. By applying the three pairs of co-monomer reactivity ratios to the integrated Mayo-Lewis equation, terpolymer compositions were ably predicted up to high monomer conversion levels. Lim was then used as a chain transfer agent to prepare core-shell latex-based pressure sensitive adhesives (PSA) comprising BA and styrene via seeded semi-batch emulsion polymerization. By varying the concentration of Lim and divinylbenzene crosslinker, the core polymer microstructure was modified to yield different molecular weights and degrees of crosslinking. The core latex was then used as a seed to prepare core-shell latexes. By changing the Lim concentration during the shell-stage polymerization, the molecular weight of shell polymer was also modified. The latexes were characterized for their microstructure and were cast as films for PSA performance evaluation. The PSA performance was shown to be highly related to the polymer microstructure. Tack and peel strength showed a decrease with increasing Lim concentration. Shear strength went through a maximum with a core Lim concentration increase from 0 to 5 phm.
Zivilgesellschaftliche Beteiligung am Rote Khmer- Tribunal
Creators: name: Meinzer, Nils
Publisher: name: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia
Year: 2021

description: National and international NGOs are important actors of Cambodia’s civil society. Some of them are focusing their work on the Khmer Rouge-Tribunal that currently takes place. The following study describes the role of the involved organizations and analyzes the strategies of the NGOs and the extent they are able to contribute to the trial’s success. The results of the study are based on expert interviews with executives of 9 local and international NGOs. The key findings are underscoring that especially the NGO’s efforts of conducting outreach programs and disseminating information to the rural population could be regarded as critical success factors. In addition the NGOs try to ensure the fairness of the legal procedure by monitoring the court and reporting possible legal violations.
description: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, Nr. 107 (2008): ASIEN (April)
Medienkompetenz der kambodschanischen Bevölkerung
Creators: name: Adam, Martin
name: Binder, Juliane
name: Steffens, Theresa
Publisher: name: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia
Year: 2021

description: This study deals with the media ability and expectations of cambodian receivers in the con-text of the so-called „Khmer Rouge Trial". The Khmer Rouge, a political movement which claimed to develop communism based on the traditional rural population, controlled Cambodia between 1975 an 1979. During the time of their rule, Cambodians had no access to any media. According to Freedom House it wasn't until 2006 that the cambodian press could be seen as “partly free”. In the course of research on the spot interviews with 18 Cambodians between the age of 20 and the age of 69 were made. The interviewees were distinguished by residence (city or countryside) and wealth (upper middle class, lower middle class and lower class). Based on the media ability concept by Groeben, these interviews consisted of three main parts: Questions concerning the interviewee's average media use, their knowledge and opinion about the trial and their comprehension and opinion in concern of differently biased stimuli. This method enabled us to ex-amine whether the interviewed Cambodians are used to media perception, if they are able to identify and understand different political opinions offered by the media and how aware of the function of the media. The main finding is a distinct correlation between the media ability and the position within the social hierarchy but rather unexpectedly no serious differences between people from the city and those from the countryside could be found. This study mainly confirms a strong connection between wealth and education as a necessary precondition for media ability.
description: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, Nr. 107 (2008): ASIEN (April)
La mise en forme des situations problèmes. Étude sur la formulation des manquements en établissement carcéral
Creators: name: Danais-Raymond, Esther
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2017
Subjects: Renvoi
Manquements
Mise en forme
Rapport disciplinaire

description: En détention, lorsqu’un détenu ne respecte pas le règlement de l’établissement, les agents correctionnels doivent écrire un rapport relatant les faits qu’ils transmettent au comité disciplinaire chargé d’évaluer la situation et de sanctionner le détenu. Notre recherche vise à identifier 1) la nature des manquements qui retiennent l’attention des agents correctionnels et 2) la manière dont ces derniers présentent la situation jugée problématique dans leur rapport de façon à ce qu’elle soit acceptée par le comité de discipline. Notre recherche est informée par la sociologie pragmatique de Boltanski et Thévenot. L’analyse de discours par répertoires interprétatifs a permis d’étudier les versions linguistiques utilisées par les agents pour justifier ou expliquer en quoi la situation est jugée problématique (Wetherell & Potter, 1988) dans tous les rapports disciplinaires d’un même établissement de détention du Québec sur une période d’un an. Au final, ce sont vingt répertoires interprétatifs qui ont été identifiés. L’analyse a permis d’éclairer la façon dont ces situations sont mises en forme pour susciter l’intérêt de la part de l’autorité officielle de la prison et les rationnels des agents justifiant le renvoi des situations problèmes.
Journalistinnen in Kambodscha - Barrieren und Kompensationsstrategien
Creators: name: Günther, Friederike
name: Laatz, Elise
name: Schmidt, Sabrina
Publisher: name: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia
Year: 2021

description: The following study concentrates on the working conditions, resources and strategies of female journalists in Cambodia. It acts on the theory of Gender Mainstreaming which says present gender hierarchies are based on socially constructed role attribution. Its main object is to find out weather there are ambitious and prospective actors for supporting a transformation towards gender equality. Thus the study's focus lies on the correlation between traditional role expectations (understanding) and the requirements and potentials of a modem, ambitious generation of women in the media sector. The „3R-methode“, a regular instrument of Gender Mainstreaming, was used to develop central questions in depth interviews. These were conducted with 11 female journalists and employees of different Cambodian radio stations. One of the main findings is that most of the women use their job to influence the social image of women in a positive way. Their social engagement indicates them trying to promote an improvement of the social and medial status of women.
description: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, Nr. 107 (2008): ASIEN (April)
Printjournalismus in Kambodscha
Creators: name: Jalilvand, David
name: Krebber, Felix
name: Prümmer, Charlotte
Publisher: name: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia
Year: 2021

description: The following study describes print-journalism in Cambodia regarding journalists in the context of the media system, their cultural and social standards, functions of media system, roles of journalists and political and social structures. The structure of the analysis reflects on “onion model” by Weischenberg. The qualitative study is based on interviews made while accompanying print journalists of native-language and foreign-language in Phnom Penh. An important aspect are effects of Khmer- Rouge-trial on the media system. A main focus is on working-conditions of journalists, freedom of press and its threats like corruption and repression. One of the main findings is the weak role of print journalism in the democratic system. In spite of all positive transformation there is a need to support print journalism in Cambodia during its process of transformation.
description: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, Nr. 107 (2008): ASIEN (April)
Are Heavier drinkers' Views on Situational Drinking Norms Affected by Recent Experience of Harm from others' Drinking?
Creators: name: Room, Robin
name: Anderson-Luxford, Daniel
name: Kuntsche, Sandra
name: Laslett, Anne-Marie
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 4203
subject: Health services and systems
classificationCode: 5203
subject: Clinical and health psychology
classificationCode: 4206
subject: Public health
classificationCode: 5201
subject: Applied and developmental psychology
classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Objective: The relation is investigated between situational drinking norms which accept heavier drinking and the experience of harm from others’ drinking. How does the experience of such harm relate to the acceptance of heavier drinking in drinking situations? Methods: Respondents in a 2021 combined sample from random digitally dialed mobile phones and a panel survey of Australian adults (n = 2,574) were asked what level of drinking is acceptable in 11 social situations, including 3 “wet” situations where drinking is generally acceptable. Besides their own drinking patterns, respondents were also asked about their experience of harm from others’ drinking in the last 12 months. Focussing on respondents’ answers concerning the wetter situations, regression analyses were used to examine the relation between experiencing such harm and views on how much drinking was acceptable in the situations. Results: Heavier drinkers were more likely to have experienced harm from others’ drinking. Among heavier drinkers, those who experienced such harm generally did not differ significantly in their normative acceptance of any drinking in “wet” situations but were more accepting of drinking enough to feel the effects. Discussion: From these cross-sectional results, experiencing harm from others’ drinking does not seem to result in less acceptance of drinking to intoxication; rather, experiencing such harm was associated with more acceptance of heavy drinking. However, these findings may be the net result of influences in both directions, with the acceptance of intoxication in wet situations being more common among heavier drinkers, whose drinking exposes them to harm from others’ drinking.
Rhetorical Afterlife of Photographic Evidence
Creators: name: Muse, John
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: Literature
subject: Art

description: This manuscript, The Rhetorical Afterlife of Photographic Evidence: Roland Barthes, Avital Ronell, Roni Horn, relates what photographs are to what they’re said to be and to how they’re said to be this what. I argue that photographs are vulnerable to and dependent upon rhetorical constitution, not only for their sense, but also for their reference. But rather than establish the rhetorical life of photography, rather than only show how photographs become what they’re said to be, I also show how photographs reveal the limits of the rhetorical life. In the structure of photographic reference I discover a temporal predicament, one that the rhetorical life neither overcomes nor avoids, but which constitutes its very urgency.
CSCCE Community Manager Case Study: Anna Nourse
Creators: name: Nourse, Anna
name: Pratt, Katie
name: Sidik, Saima
name: Woodley, Lou
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: CSCCE
CSCCE Community Manager Case Study
scientific community manager
University of South Carolina
Patient Engagement Studio
UofSC Patient Engagement Studio

description: This case study features Anna Nourse, Program Manager for the University of South Carolina's Patient Engagement Studio. It is part of an ongoing collection created by the Center for Scientific Collaboration and Community Engagement. It is part of our research into the nature of community manager roles and how they vary across the STEM ecosystem. You can find out more about the project, and view additional case studies in the collection, on our website. To find the case studies on Zenodo, click here. About CSCCE The Center for Scientific Collaboration and Community Engagement (CSCCE) champions the importance of human infrastructure for effective collaboration in STEM. We provide training and support for the people who make scientific collaborations succeed at scale - and we also research the impact of these emerging roles. Find out more about us on our website: CSCCE.org.
The Role of lysine Acetylation on the Regulation of Phospholipid Homeostasis in Yeast
Creators: name: Dacquay, Louis
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2017
Subjects: Lysine acetylation
NuA4
Phospholipids
Phospholipid-Binding Proteins
Lipid droplet formation
Inositol/choline responsive elements
Phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate
Oxysterol-Binding Proteins

description: Actively proliferating cells constantly monitor and re-adjust their metabolic pathways to ensure the replenishment of phospholipids necessary for membrane biogenesis and intracellular trafficking. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, multiple studies have suggested that lysine acetylation has a role in coordinating phospholipid metabolism, yet its contribution towards phospholipid homeostasis remains uncharacterized. In this study we undertook a genetic screen to explore the connection between lysine acetylation and phospholipid homeostasis. We found that mutants of the lysine acetyltransferase complex, NuA4, shared a negative genetic interaction with a mutant of Sec14, a lipid-binding protein that regulates Golgi phospholipid composition. Through transcriptome, genetic, cell biology, and chemical analysis, we discovered that the growth defects between NuA4 and Sec14 mutants is likely derived from impaired fatty acid biosynthesis suggesting a role for NuA4 as a positive regulator of fatty acid biosynthesis. Secondly, we discovered that acetylation on the conserved lysine residue K109 inhibits the localization and function of the Oxysterol-Binding Protein Osh4- a lipid-binding protein that antagonizes the function of Sec14 at the Golgi. Furthermore, regulation of Oxysterol-Binding Proteins by acetylation may be a conserved mechanism as we found that Osh1, a homologue of Osh4, was also acetylated on the equivalent lysine residue. Altogether, we have demonstrated that lysine acetylation can target multiple different phospholipid metabolic pathways which implies that it has a very important role for the regulation of phospholipid homeostasis.
Female smokers beyond the perimenopausal period are at increased risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Gan, Wen Qi
name: Man, S. F. P.
name: Postma, Dirkje S.
name: Camp, Pat
name: Sin, Don D.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2015

description: Background: Recent reports indicate that over the next decade rates of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in women will exceed those in men in the western world, though in most jurisdictions, women continue to smoke less compared with men. Whether female adult smokers are biologically more susceptible to COPD is unknown. This study reviewed the available evidence to determine whether female adult smokers have a faster decline in forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) compared with male adult smokers and whether age modifies the relationship between cigarette smoke and lung function decline. Methods A systematic review and a meta-analysis was performed of population-based cohort studies that had a follow-up period of at least 3 years, measured FEV1 on at least two different time points, and presented FEV1 data stratified by gender and smoking status in adults. Results Of the 646 potentially relevant articles, 11 studies met these criteria and were included in the analyses (N = 55 709 participants). There was heterogeneity in gender-related results across the studies. However, on average current smokers had a faster annual decline rate in FEV1% predicted compared with never and former smokers. Female current smokers had with increasing age a significantly faster annual decline in FEV1% predicted than male current smokers (linear regression analysis, R2 = 0.56; p = 0.008). Age did not materially affect the rate of decline in FEV1% predicted in male and female former and never smokers (p = 0.775 and p = 0.326, respectively). Conclusion As female smokers age, they appear to experience an accelerated decline in FEV1% predicted compared with male smokers. Future research powered specifically on gender-related changes in lung function is needed to confirm these early findings.
Kambodschas Medien - Eine Einführung
Creators: name: Ritter, Martin
Publisher: name: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia
Year: 2021

description: Since beginning of the democratic transformation 1993 began a liberalisation course of the Cambodian media system. Many new media companies developed. Despite this positive development, numerous deficits can be determined. Media are in the possession of the government, contents are controlled and journalists are not enough qualified. These deficits will stop the next years. A large step toward democratic system is not to be expected. Introductory this article shows the structure of the media systems of Cambodia. It is basis for the next articles. The next articles analyze, in what respect the mass media the Khmer-Rouge-Trial support. 15 students answered to this question from different view. Thus arrive the political participants, the medium enterprises and the recipients into the focus. The students will show whether mass media contribute to the acceptability of the Khmer- Rouge-Trial.
description: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, Nr. 107 (2008): ASIEN (April)
Who are the primary health care registered nurses in British Columbia?
Creators: name: Wong, Sabrina T.
name: Watson, Diane E.
name: Young, Ella
name: Mooney, Dawn
name: MacLeod, Martha L. P.
Publisher: name: Centre for Health Services and Policy Research (CHSPR)
Year: 2014

description: In order to illustrate the kind of work PHC-R nurses undertake, this report includes three vignettes drawn from 24 in-depth interviews collected in the study, The Nature of Nursing Practice in Rural and Remote Canada. The vignettes reveal that RNs are involved in core activities of PHC, suggesting that RNs are part of a PHC network that patients depend upon in order to meet their health needs. While this report does utilize new concepts to categorize CRNBC data, current PHC policy and planning activities require more up-to-date and more detailed information. There is still much to learn about the health of British Columbians and the PHC system, and much work to be done to improve the administrative data infrastructure that can inform PHC planning and evaluation in the province.
Material handling system for Thermoforming Workcell
Creators: name: Hirt, Tyler
name: Murphy, Timothy
name: Wagler, Jadan
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2017

description: Spencer Industries in Dale, Indiana has a thermoforming cell operated by a single person.
The operator is tasked with loading plastic sheets into the thermoforming machine, unloading
formed sheets from the thermoforming machine, loading and unloading parts to be trimmed by a
CNC router, performing quality inspection, and packing the parts. Our project is a proposed
automated material handling system that will load and unload the thermoforming machine and
allow the operator more time for other parts of the process, specifically quality inspection. The
three major components of the proposed design include a motion system to move the plastic sheets,
a tool for the motion system to load the plastic sheets, and an unloading system to unload the
finished parts from the machine.
Grzegorz Michalski (michalski g.) The efficiency of liquid assets investment: taxed and not taxed healthcare organizations case
Creators: name: Michalski, Grzegorz
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2012
Subjects: Economics

description: Healthcare financial manageent decisions in liquidity investment strategies. Grzegorz Michalski (michalski g.) The efficiency of liquid assets investment: taxed and not taxed healthcare organizations case
Status Consumption in High Tech Products Upgrading Purchase: A Study of the Extended Theory of Planned Behaviour Model.
Creators: name: Gu, Cheng
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2017
Subjects: Consumer
status consumption
smartphones

description: The smartphones’ market is characterized by its fast evolving environment. In such an environment, the key concern for each company is how to continually encourage consumers to upgrade to the latest version before their existing model expires, which also highlights the importance of continual product enhancement. Consumers choose high-tech products not only for their functional values, but also for their symbolic values. This phenomenon is even more prevalent among products that tend to be conspicuously consumed. The high portability and multi-functional capabilities of smartphones make their use highly visible to users’ social surroundings, and consumers may choose to upgrade their existing smartphones for the perceived symbolic values provided by newer and enhanced models. The great success of the iPhone inspired the current research to further investigate the antecedents of upgrade intention and to uncover the symbolic value that smartphones provide to consumers. Reference group conformity is not the only way to fulfill symbolic values of selected products. Consumers also have the tendency to actively express their ideal self-image through acquiring and displaying material symbols and an ideal self-image sometimes also refers to a self-image with higher social status. Building upon the Theory of Planned Behavior (Ajzen, 1991), the proposed research model also explores the possible moderating effect of status consumption on the TPB model. A survey will be administered to university students (smartphone users) to collect primary data to measure the effectiveness of the new proposed research model. The results of this study provided a better understanding of consumers’ upgrading purchase intentions toward smartphones. Additionally, this study finds that status consumption is partially related to smartphone purchases, which could also be extended to other technological products categories.
Deep learning algorithms for detecting freezing of gait in Parkinson’s disease: A cross-dataset study
Creators: name: Sigcha, Luis
name: Borzì, Luigi
name: Olmo, Gabriella
Publisher: name: University of Limerick
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 321006
subject: Sport and exercise nutrition

description: Freezing of gait is a complex and disabling symptom of Parkinson’s disease, which has a significant impact on the patients’ quality of life and increases the risk of falls and related injuries. This study aims to evaluate the generalization capability of deep learning algorithms in freezing of gait detection. To address this task, various machine learning and deep learning algorithms were implemented, fine-tuned, and evaluated using diverse data splitting and validation strategies. The experiments performed yielded mixed results. Although the implementations demonstrated competitive performance in single-dataset settings (area under the curve ranging from 0.77 to 0.94), all approaches showed limited robustness in cross-dataset tests and suboptimal generalization across different datasets (area under the curve ranging from 0.65 to 0.84). These results highlight the importance of standardized data collection procedures to ensure uniformity. The specification of sensor settings and predefined sensor locations can foster homogeneity in datasets, even when dealing with diverse subjects and environments. Such standardization efforts are crucial for advancing generalized methodologies in the detection of freezing of gait, applicable to both research and clinical applications
Pre-Service Teachers' Perspectives: Discussion Boards to Foster Critical Thinking and Knowledge Growth
Creators: name: McElroy, Brianna
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2017
Subjects: Critical Thinking
Knowledge Growth
Objective Knowledge Growth Framework
Discussion Boards

description: In today’s society it is expected that individuals completing teacher education programs harness the skill of critical thinking before entering into the classroom practice. This qualitative case study focuses on three (3) pre-service teachers’ experience in a teacher education course that was redesigned to foster and develop critical thinking skills and knowledge growth by the introduction of online discussion forums. This study was guided by the following question “How has the implementation of online discussion boards in the redesign of the two sections of a mandatory course of the Bachelor of Education program at a Canadian university supported the development of pre-service teachers critical thinking and contributed to their knowledge growth related to course content”? Data was collected from three (3) participants enrolled in the course, using semi-structured interviews and the data from the online discussion threads. Results show participants do not have a unified understanding of critical thinking and that online discussion boards can impact participant’s critical thinking development and knowledge growth provided they are given a strong foundation in the content area and have adequate time to reflect on the information presented. As well, findings revealed that participants used online discussion boards as a type of social media interface. By examining the participant’s perceptions and postings of online discussion boards, this study provides insights into how critical thinking can be developed in pre-service teachers through an online medium. Additionally, this study considers and how these skills might be translated into classroom practice.
Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy : An update on drug therapy
Creators: name: Therapeutics Initiative (University Of British Columbia)
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2023

description: Therapeutics Letter 58 provides an update on drug therapy for benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH). Conclusions: Alpha blockers improve symptoms on average by 2-3 points more than placebo (35 point AUAscale), a difference patients perceive as ‘slight benefit’. Alpha blockers do not reduce complications, but increase dizziness, postural hypotension and asthenia (ARI 3-8%, NNH 13-33). 5-a-reductase inhibitors reduce acute urinary retention (ARR 2%, NNT 50), and BPH surgery (ARR 2-3%, NNT 33-50), but impair sexual function (ARI 3%, NNH 33). There is insufficient evidence that combining the two drug classes provides additional benefit. Most BPH trials do not report total serious adverse events and mortality. This prevents an assessment of the overall clinical impact of drug treatment.
DIGITAL DIALOGUES: A JOURNEY INTO MUSEUM EDUCATION THROUGH MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGY EXPLORATION
Creators: name: Eleanor, Rose Thompson
Publisher: name: AMERICAN SERIAL
Year: 2024
Subjects: Museum education, Multimedia learning, Information technology, Digital museums Cultural enrichment

description: Modern learning is evolving beyond the confines of traditional educational settings, encompassing a broad spectrum of learners and diverse learning environments. Museums, traditionally regarded as cultural repositories, are now at the forefront of this evolution. They serve as dynamic hubs for interaction, cultural memory preservation, inspiration, education, information dissemination, and research. In this context, multimedia learning materials and advanced information technology have emerged as catalysts for transformative museum education.

Multimedia learning transcends traditional boundaries, offering a multitude of formats, from computer-based courses with animations and narratives to textbooks enriched with illustrations and texts. Concurrently, the rapid advancement of information and communication technologies (ICT) is revolutionizing museum operations, elevating accessibility, transparency, and the overall visitor experience. Digital museums, empowered by ICT, are surmounting geographic and temporal constraints, fostering increased visitation, and enhancing the quality of each visitor's encounter.

This study delves into the integration of multimedia technology in contemporary museums, focusing on Manchester, UK. Through on-site visits and interviews with museum staff, it seeks to gauge the impact and utilization of multimedia learning materials. The People's History Museum in Manchester serves as a primary source for original multimedia materials, enriching our understanding of the evolving landscape of museum education
null Zusammenhang von Diabetes mellitus und Hypertonie im Sinne einer chronischen Hypervolämie
Creators: name: Sondermann, Marcus
Publisher: name: Universität Rostock
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences Medicine

description: In dieser Interventionsstudie wurden 24 Patienten einer Therapie zugeführt. Es wurden die Körpervolumina und Laborparameter gemessen. Hierbei konnte der HbA1c um 0,65 % gesenkt werden. Die Hypertonie konnte jedoch nicht gesenkt werden. Das extrazelluläre Volumen und das NT-proBNP sanken, wenn auch nicht signifikant, leicht. Es zeigten sich auch Zusammenhänge zwischen der Osmolalität und dem Copeptin und der Osmolalität und dem systolischen Blutdruck. Aufgrund der Komplexität der Stoffwechselkreise konnte ein Zusammenhang zwischen Hypervolämie und einer Hypertonie nicht bestätigt werden.
THE INFLUENCE OF LUTFIY ON UVAYSI'S CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT
Creators: name: Adizova, Iqboloy
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: This article is dedicated to the study of the literary influence of Lutfii in the development of the work of the unique poet of Uzbek classical literature, Jahonotin Uvaisi. This issue is covered by the example of a tatabbu' ghazal connected to Lutfiy's ghazal of the poetess. Uvaysi's attitude to the work of her teachers, the lessons she learned from their schools of skills are clarified.
Irrigation, gender, and social geographies of the changing waterscapes of southeastern Anatolia
Creators: name: Harris, Leila
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2017

description: Most theorists understand gender geographies as highly differentiated and shifting, in terms of both time and space. If gender is historically and geographically contingent then the analysis of gender should be attentive to the particular conditions that materialize the very idea of gender, giving it the appearance of being fixed and natural. The physical landscape, or waterscape in the case of southeastern Turkey, is potentially central to the ways that gender is invoked and lived in particular settings, with important effects. Using case-study work on irrigation-related changes in southeastern Turkey, I consider gender in relation to livelihoods and work practices, landholdings, and ethnicity revealing that, in addition to conditioning differential outcomes for residents of the plain, these categories of social difference are themselves fundamentally renegotiated and recast in relation to waterscape change. I argue that explicit consideration of environmental conditions and practices is central to understanding the operation of gender in certain contexts, as well as to understanding the lived experiences of women and men, providing insights for gender theory and politics.
Ontogenetic and Gender Dimensions in a Normative Study of the Dreams of Canadians
Creators: name: Dale, Allyson
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2017
Subjects: Dream content
Gender differences
Ontogenesis Continuity hypothesis
Threat simulation theory

description: The current dissertation examined gender, cultural, and ontogenetic dimensions in the dreams of Canadians. Normative studies in the United States, Europe, and other countries have documented normative data including gender differences and compared their findings to American data to investigate cultural differences. The purpose of the present study was to extend research of this nature by establishing normative data for Canadians. Furthermore, age differences in dreams have been mostly investigated for females, with only a few studies with males, and have used a variety of methodologies and age ranges. Another objective of this study was to document, for the first time, the ontogenetic pattern of the main dream content categories from adolescence to old age for males and females. The rigorous and detailed dream diary method was used to collect dreams which were analyzed using the Hall and Van de Castle method of content analysis. The first paper consisted of two dreams each from 150 male and female young adult Canadians, ages 18-24, totaling 600 dream reports. Findings provided support for the threat simulation theory as there were more negative than positive themes overall. Furthermore, dream gender differences were consistent with those in waking and the similarity of Canadian and American culture was reflected in dream imagery, supporting the continuity hypothesis of dream formation. The final two papers examined the ontogenetic patterns of dream content for females and males respectively. The second paper consisted of 75 females across 5 age groups from adolescence to old age (12-17, 18-24, 25-39, 40-64, and 65-85) and the third paper consisted of 50 males across the same age groups with the exception of 31 males in the oldest group (65-85). The ontogenetic patterns of dream content from adolescence to old age reflected waking developmental patterns as proposed by social theories, neurobiological research, and recognized features of aging, supporting the continuity hypothesis. In terms of the theoretical implications, this work provides support for the hypothesis of the threat simulation theory pertaining to the prevalence of negative content in dreams. It also provides support for the continuity between waking and dreaming hypothesis of dream formation. Implications of these findings regarding our understanding of the sources of dream formation are described. Finally, limitations and future directions, for research examining the evolution of gender differences across the lifespan, are discussed.