cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: The use of natural resources
title: The Use of Natural Resources. Resources Report for Germany 2022
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Lutter, Stephan
name: Kreimel, Julia
name: Giljum, Stefan
name: Manstein, Christopher
Publisher: name: Umweltbundesamt
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Ressourcenverbrauch
subject: Ressourceneffizienz
subject: Nachhaltigkeit
subject: resource consumption
subject: resource efficiency
subject: raw materials
subject: sustainability
subject: transformation
subject: Climate | Energy
subject: Economy | Consumption
subject: Air
subject: Waste | Resources
subject: Water
subject: Sustainability | Strategies | International matters
subject: Digitalisation

description: Germany made a commitment to the conservation of natural resources through the Resource Efficiency Programme (ProgRess). The German Environment Agency supports the implementation of ProgRess through a range of measures, including the production of this report on the use of natural resources in Germany, which is being published for the third time after 2016 and 2018. The report analyses new figures on the interrelationships of raw material extraction, raw material trade, the role of the economy and consumption. It also covers environmental impacts of raw material extraction and other natural resources. Finally, a "Special" looks at the use of raw materials in the future. Quelle: www.umweltbundesamt.de
description: Germany made a commitment to the conservation of natural resources through the Resource Efficiency Programme (ProgRess). The German Environment Agency supports the implementation of ProgRess through a range of measures, including the production of this report on the use of natural resources in Germany, which is being published for the third time after 2016 and 2018. The report analyses new figures on the interrelationships of raw material extraction, raw material trade, the role of the economy and consumption. It also covers environmental impacts of raw material extraction and other natural resources. Finally, a "Special" looks at the use of raw materials in the future.
Transition Rates for 3s3p² ⁴P–3s3p4s ⁴P° Transitions in Al i
Creators: name: Froese Fischer, Charlotte
name: Babb, James F.
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: Fully relativistic calculations have been performed for two multiplets, 3s3p² ⁴P and 3s3p4s ⁴P°, in Al i. Wave functions were obtained for all levels of these multiplets using the grasp programs. Reported are the E1 transitions rates for all transitions between levels of these multiplets. Transition energies and transition rates are compared with observed values and other theory. Our calculated transition rates are smaller by about 10% than observed rates, reducing a large discrepancy between earlier calculations and experiments.
Soil organisms as an essential element of a monitoring plan to identify the effects of GMO cultivation
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2013
Subjects: Monitoring
Bodenorganismen
Gentechnisch veränderte Organismen
Eichung
Probenahme

description: After a release of genetically modified organisms, monitoring of potential adverse effects on the environmentis mandatory. The protocol used for monitoring should be previously tested in practical studies andmust be standardised. Moreover, sampling methods and the evaluation of results must meet current scientificand technical standards. Due to their particular role in maintaining soil quality and in a multitude ofecological processes in agro-ecosystems, soil organisms belong to those groups for which VDI guidelinesare being developed. The guideline 4331 Part 1 describes fundamental criteria for the selection and sampling of soil organisms for GMO monitoring and gives guidance for sampling design, sampling strategyand statistical evaluation. In the guideline three approaches are followed: (1) a compilation of previouslyknown effects and exposure pathways, (2) a documentation of ecological functions of soil organisms (ecosystemservices) as well as (3) a description of characteristic species compositions in the soil. The aim wasto develop a selection matrix that helps to choose the appropriate animal groups to be sampled. Besidesthe habitat type and the ecological relevance, the selection matrix also considers the suitability of animalgroups in terms of practical issues and, in specific cases, anticipated effects. Further parts of the guideline4331 will describe sampling methods for relevant soil animal groups.Quelle: BioRisk (2013)8, S. 73-87
The Dynamics and Dynamic Discharge of the Ice Masses and Tidewater Glaciers of the Canadian High Arctic
Creators: name: Van Wychen, Wesley
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: Glacier Dynamics
Dynamic Discharge

description: Speckle tracking of synthetic aperture RADAR imagery (Radarsat-1/2, ALOS PALSAR) and feature tracking of optical (Landsat-7 ETM+) imagery is used to determine the entire surface velocity structure of the major ice masses of the Canadian High Arctic in 2000, 2010-2015 and for select tidewater terminating glaciers from 1999-2010. At the termini of tidewater glaciers, surface ice velocities are combined with measured/modelled ice thicknesses to derive an estimate of mass loss via dynamic (iceberg) discharge. The total dynamic discharge for the ice masses of the southern Canadian Arctic Archipelago (SCAA: Baffin and Bylot Islands) is between ~17 and 180 Mt a-1 (0.017 to 0.180 Gt a-1) for the period 2007-2011, compared to a dynamic discharge of ~2.47 ± 0.88 Gt a-1 for the northern Canadian Arctic Archipelago (NCAA: Devon, Ellesmere, Axel Heiberg Islands) for the period 2011-2015. A comparison of these values with rates of mass loss via climatic mass balance (surface melt and runoff) indicates that dynamic discharge accounted for ~3.1% of total ablation for the NCAA in 2012 and ~0.11% of total ablation in the SCAA between 2007 and 2010. This reveals that total ablation in the Canadian Arctic is currently dominated by surface melt and runoff. The glacier velocity dataset provides the most comprehensive record of ice motion and dynamic discharge in the Canadian Arctic to date and reveals a large degree of variability in glacier motion within the region over the last ~15 years. Most of the major glaciers in the NCAA have decelerated and their resultant dynamic discharge has decreased over the observation period, which is largely attributed to cyclical phases attributed to surging and pulsing. On pulse-type glaciers, variation in ice motion is largely confined to regions where the bed is located below sea level. A notable departure from the overall trend of regional velocity slowdown is the widespread acceleration of the Trinity and Wykeham Glaciers of the Prince of Wales Icefield (the largest glacier complex in the Canadian Arctic), which cannot be explained by surge or pulse mechanisms. The increased discharge from these two glaciers nearly compensates (within error) for the decrease in iceberg discharge from other glaciers across the study region and indicates that total dynamic discharge from the Canadian Arctic can be sensitive to the variations of ice flow of just a few glaciers.
Data set for "Linking gas-phase balance and processes at the solid catalyst surface processes with pulse series method"
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Dynamic processes
subject: transient analysis
subject: unsteady-state operation
subject: DDC 540 / Chemistry & allied sciences
subject: DDC 600 / Technology (Applied sciences)
subject: DDC 620 / Engineering & allied operations
subject: Methanation
subject: Power-to-Gas
subject: Methanisierung

description: This data set contains a combination of single pulse and series experiments investigating the low-temperature CO methanation. From this data, all results can be reproduced. The data set is probably useful for the validation of microkinetic models.
title: Infraschall von Windenergieanlagen
title: Infrasound from wind turbines
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Myck, Thomas
name: Wothge, Jördis
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: UMID
subject: Gesundheit

description: Windenergieanlagen sind für eine nachhaltige Energieversorgung wichtig. Bei der Errichtung und dem Betrieb dieser Anlagen stehen die gesundheitlichen Auswirkungen von Infraschall häufig im Fokus öffentlicher Diskussionen. Geräuschmessungen und Lärmwirkungsstudien zeigen, dass die Infraschallpegel von Windenergieanlagen unterhalb der menschlichen Wahrnehmungsschwelle liegen. Nach dem derzeitigen Stand der Forschung gibt es keine Evidenz dafür, dass durch Infraschall von Windenergieanlagen gesundheitliche Beeinträchtigungen verursacht werden. Allerdings liegen bisher nur die Ergebnisse von Querschnittsstudien und experimentellen Untersuchungen vor. Es sollten daher epidemiologische Langzeitstudien in der Umgebung von Windenergieanlagen durchgeführt werden, um mögliche bislang nicht bekannte Langzeiteffekte zu identifizieren. Das Umweltbundeamt (UBA) beabsichtigt, im Jahr 2021 ein vorbereitendes Forschungsvorhaben für eine solche Untersuchung zu vergeben. UMID : Umwelt und Mensch - Informationsdienst ; Umwelt & Gesundheit, Umweltmedizin, Verbraucherschutz / Boden- und Lufthygiene (Berlin) Institut für Wasser- - (2021), Heft 1, Seite 95
description: Wind turbines are important for a sustainable energy supply. The health effects of infrasound are often the focus of public discussion during the construction and operation of these installations. Noise measurements and noise impact studies indicate that infrasound levels from wind turbines are well below the human perception threshold. According to the current state of research, there is no evidence that infrasound from wind turbines causes adverse health effects. However, so far only the results of cross-sectional studies and experimental investigations are available. Therefore, long-term epidemiological studies in the vicinity of wind turbines should be carried out to identify possible long-term effects not yet known. The German Environment Agency intends to award a preparatory research project for such an investigation in 2021. UMID : Umwelt und Mensch - Informationsdienst ; Umwelt & Gesundheit, Umweltmedizin, Verbraucherschutz / Boden- und Lufthygiene (Berlin) Institut für Wasser- - (2021), Heft 1, Seite 95
description: Die aktuelle Ausgabe der Zeitschrift UMID stellt europäische Hitzeaktionspläne vor und zeigt die Hitzevorsorge in Bundesländern und Kommunen. Ein weiterer Schwerpunkt ist COVID-19: Erkrankungsschwere in der ersten Welle, Corona und die Auswirkungen auf die Luftqualität, Abwassermonitoring, Desinfektion mittels UV-C-Strahlung und der ⁠BfR⁠-Corona-Monitor zur Risikowahrnehmung in der Bevölkerung.
title: Gesellschaftliche Auswirkungen der Covid-19-Pandemie in Deutschland und mögliche Konsequenzen für die Umweltpolitik
title: Gesellschaftliche Auswirkungen der Covid-19-Pandemie in Deutschland und mögliche Konsequenzen für die Umweltpolitik
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Klatt, Anne
name: Schwirn, Kathrin
name: Spengler, Laura
name: Löwe, Christian
Publisher: name: Umweltbundesamt
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Umweltpolitik
subject: Pandemie
subject: Corona
subject: Coronavirus
subject: Corona-Krise
subject: COVID-19
subject: Nachhaltigkeit | Strategien | Internationales

description: Die Covid-19-Pandemie hat das gesellschaftliche Leben plötzlich und heftig verändert. Neben den vielfältigen, teilweise gravierenden negativen Folgen der Pandemie hat die Krise auch Situationen und Bilder erzeugt, die in â€Ìnormalenâ€Ì Zeiten utopisch erscheinen. Einige der Folgen werden sich verflüchtigen, andere sehr wahrscheinlich längerfristig in die Zukunft hineinwirken. Die Pandemie hat dadurch den sozialen Kontext für umweltpolitisches Handeln verändert. Vor diesem Hintergrund geht dieser Diskussionsbeitrag zwei Fragen nach: Welche gesellschaftlichen Auswirkungen der Pandemie sind umweltpolitisch relevant? Und wie könnten und sollten umweltpolitische Akteure darauf reagieren? Quelle: https://www.umweltbundesamt.de
description: Die Covid-19-Pandemie hat das gesellschaftliche Leben plötzlich und heftig verändert. Neben den vielfältigen, teilweise gravierenden negativen Folgen der Pandemie hat die Krise auch Situationen und Bilder erzeugt, die in „normalen“ Zeiten utopisch erscheinen. Einige der Folgen werden sich verflüchtigen, andere sehr wahrscheinlich längerfristig in die Zukunft hineinwirken. Die Pandemie hat dadurch den sozialen Kontext für umweltpolitisches Handeln verändert. Vor diesem Hintergrund geht dieser Diskussionsbeitrag zwei Fragen nach: Welche gesellschaftlichen Auswirkungen der Pandemie sind umweltpolitisch relevant? Und wie könnten und sollten umweltpolitische Akteure darauf reagieren?
Sigma-1 Receptor (σ – 1R) Activation and Modulation of NMDA Receptor Surface Expression
Creators: name: Hristova, Elitza
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: Sigma-1 receptors
NMDA receptors
Hippocampus

description: The sigma-1 receptors (σ-1Rs) are endoplasmic reticulum (ER) resident proteins shown to have chaperone-like functions, and are widely distributed throughout the central nervous system (CNS). They reside at a specialized membrane called mitochondria- associated ER-membrane (MAM) and can modulate numerous voltage- and ligand-gated ion channels. One of these channels is the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR), and σ-1R ligands are able to enhance the potentiation of NMDARs, but the mechanism involved remains poorly understood. Using various biochemical techniques, we show that 90 min following an i.p. injection of σ-1R agonists ((+)-SKF 10,047 (SKF), (+)- Pentazocine (PTZ), or PRE-084 (PRE), there is an increase in the expression of GluN2- containing NMDARs in the rat hippocampus. These results suggest that σ-1R activation is able to enhance NMDAR function by modulating protein expression levels both in the cytosol and on the cell surface. This suggests that σ-1Rs could be excellent therapeutic targets for many neurological disorders, and for the development of novel antipsychotics.
How and why do participatory women's groups (PWGs) improve the quality of maternal and child health (MCH) care? A systematic review protocol
Creators: name: Preston, Robyn
name: Rannard, Sam
name: Felton-Busch, Catrina
name: Larkins, Sarah
name: Canuto, Karla
name: Carlisle, Karen
name: Evans, Rebecca
name: Redman-MacLaren, Michelle
name: Taylor, Judy
name: Turner, Nalita Nungarrayi
name: Yeomans, Lee
name: Sanguineti, Emma
name: Passey, Megan
name: Farmer, Jane
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Introduction: Community-based Participatory Women's Groups (PWGs) have proven to be an effective intervention to improve maternal and child health (MCH) outcomes in low/middle-income countries (LMICs). Less is known about how PWGs exert their effects in LMICs and virtually nothing is known about the contextual issues, processes and power relationships that affect PWG outcomes in high resource settings. The aim of this systematic review is to synthesise and critically analyse the current evidence on how and why PWGs improve the quality of MCH care. We aim to demonstrate how PWGs function and why PWG interventions contribute to social and health outcomes. Methods and analysis: The protocol will follow Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Protocols guidelines. The databases Medline (Ovid): Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (Ebsco); Informit health suite Scopus, Australian HealthInfoNet, the Cochrane Library and other sources will be searched under broad categories: intervention, context and outcomes to 30 June 2019. Ethics and dissemination: As only secondary data will be analysed; ethical approval is not required. The review will be disseminated to relevant organisations and presented in peer-reviewed papers and at conferences. This will be the first attempt to summarise the current available evidence on the characteristics, contextual influences and mechanisms that are associated with the outcomes and effectiveness of PWGs.
title: The Influence of a Values Affirmation Intervention on Students' Mathematical, Social, and Epistemological Empowerment
Creators: name: Bala, Carrie Olson
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2022

description: The purpose of this study was to better understand the influence of educators’ attention to identity construction as tenth grade Emergent Bilinguals and native English-speaking students develop mathematical, social, and epistemological empowerment in a mathematics classroom. I incorporated a framework detailing critical consciousness as a mediator between students’ identity construction and their empowerment development. I employed a mixed methods transformative design, utilizing quantitative and qualitative methods to analyze the influence of a values affirmation intervention on students’ critical consciousness and empowerment. To follow, I incorporate integrated analysis to highlight emerging and differing patterns in the empowerment data, the specific characteristics which may have contributed to these themes, and the need for multiple measures. Approximately 80 tenth-grade Emergent Bilingual and native English-speaking students were recruited from a western high school to participate in the study. Results suggest that students of different identities experience empowerment differently in the mathematics classroom. Findings provide a foundation suggesting that efforts to attend to students’ identities may positively contribute to their empowerment. In particular, values affirmation interventions correspond with improved mathematical empowerment outcomes, particularly for Emergent Bilingual students, but are associated with limited or negative influences on students’ social and epistemological empowerment outcomes. Findings also suggest that both reflection and traditional assessments are necessary to adequately capture students’ development in the mathematics classroom. I recommend further research to develop techniques which highlight students’ empowerment, specific to their language and gender identities.
Bonfire of the vanity presses: self-publishing in the field of Australian poetry: exegesis and artefact
Creators: name: Prater, David
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This thesis explores the practice of self-publishing in the field of Australian poetry. Self-publishing today can be seen as part of a long tradition of alternative publishing. Despite changes in the technologies of self-publishing, including the continuing reinvention of non-book publishing activities, poetry remains an area of the arts where the self-published book contains both symbolic and social capital. Rather than offering a basic defence of selfpublishing or a textual analysis of self-published works, the Exegesis 'reimagines' self-publishing within what Bourdieu might term the 'field' of Australian poetry. The thesis also incorporates an Artefact composed of published, self-published and privately-published books. Despite technological changes in the way books are published, it argues that non-mainstream print publishing forms such as the chapbook still play a significant role in fostering innovation in poetic forms. In doing so it seeks a more sophisticated understanding of the literary field, and the role of books as signifiers of prestige within that field.
The New Spaghetti Western: the Southern
Creators: name: Mancini, Arianna
Publisher: name: Iperstoria
Year: 2019
Subjects: Django Unchained; Quentin Tarantino; spaghetti western

description: The release of Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained in 2012 has stirred a renewed interest in Western films. The film pays homage to the Italian sub-genre of Spaghetti Westerns and has the ambition to create a completely new genre, the “Southern”. This constitutes an important evolution in the history of the genre, especially after the transformation carried about by the “Eurowesterns” between the 1960s and the 1970s. In this paper I will consider the importance of the Italian and European Westerns in the development of the genre in recent times, both in Europe and the rest of the world. With its blending of American Western and Spaghetti Western, Django Unchained is an innovative contribution to a tradition started in the 1960s and, at the same time, an anticipation of a potential development of the genre.
description: Iperstoria, No 2 (2013): Django Unchained di Quentin Tarantino
Sufficiency as policy
Creators: name: Spengler, Laura
Publisher: name: Nomos
Year: 2018

description: Kann Technik allein alle Umweltprobleme lösen, oder braucht es auch "weniger" Konsum? Diese Frage wird schon lange in den Umweltwissenschaften diskutiert und kann mit Blick auf zumindest einige Umweltprobleme heute mit "Ja" beantwortet werden. Es reicht jedoch nicht, wenn wenige Einzelne freiwillig ihren Verbrauch an umweltrelevanten Gütern einschränken ("Suffizienz"), um insgesamt nachhaltige Konsummuster zu erreichen. Suffizienz muss auch auf politischer Ebene zum Thema werden. Es bestehen jedoch mit Blick auf mögliche Freiheitseinschränkungen Bedenken, ob sich eine Verringerung des Konsums in einem liberalen Staat politisch umsetzen lässt. Dieses Buch zeigt die Notwendigkeit und Wege der Rechtfertigung einer Politik der Suffizienz in liberaldemokratischen, wohlhabenden Staaten aus politisch-philosophischer Sicht auf. Weiterhin werden Umsetzungsmöglichkeiten sowie deren Grenzen diskutiert. Am Ende steht der Vorschlag einer Konzeption für eine Politik der Suffizienz. Quelle: http://www.nomos-shop.de/
Mumbo Django: Afroamericanità e western
Creators: name: Bordin, Elisa
Publisher: name: Iperstoria
Year: 2019
Subjects: Django Unchained; Quentin Tarantino; African American

description: Il dibattito che è seguito all’uscita americana dell’ultimo film di Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained (2012), è stato tale che scriverne crea non pochi problemi a chi vuole affrontare il film in modo critico. Da dove dovremmo cominciare? Dal dibattito imperante che personaggi del calibro di Spike Lee e Ishmael Reed hanno incanalato sull’uso improprio, da parte di un regista bianco, della memoria della schiavitù e dell’uso del termine nigger? Consideriamo Django Unchained una slave narrative? O lo consideriamo un western? È un film sulla scia della blaxploitation degli anni Settanta? Sia che si scelga la prospettiva di razza, sia che si opti per quella del genere western, o ancora che si presti attenzione a questioni linguistiche ed estetiche, Django Unchained si aprirà come una matrioska, stimolando molteplici discussioni dovute alla natura intertestuale della pellicola e alla capacità di Tarantino di lavorare e raccontare attraverso diversi generi filmici. Tante sono le discussioni possibili, le connessioni e le citazioni interne al film che scegliere un aspetto e seguirlo con rigore accademico è complicato: non si può, infatti, parlare di Django senza parlare di western; non si può parlare di Django senza parlare della rappresentazione dei neri per opera dei registi bianchi nel cinema; non si può parlare di Django senza parlare di razzismo linguistico e di come questo viaggi globalmente, e la lista dei temi che Django Unchained tocca può continuare.
description: Iperstoria, No 2 (2013): Django Unchained di Quentin Tarantino
Implementation and performance analysis of a multimedia synchronizer.
Creators: name: Brimont, Renaud Marcel.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: Synchronization is a crucial problem for distributed multimedia systems and has been the subject of a great many research investigations at all levels of a multimedia system, and on several of their components concerned with the issue of synchronization: the databases, the communication system, the operating system, the documents, applications themselves. Indeed, in the case of multimedia presentational applications, an efficient management of communication resources and the eventuality of having the data of different media types stored on distributed media-storing database servers requires the use of independent network connections for the transmission of each medium to a remote workstation. In this thesis, the implementation of a complete software synchronization control system for presentational application is described. In the target application--a News on Demand Application--a user wants to retrieve a multimedia document from a distributed database. Each medium present in the article is stored independently from the others and retrieved by its own media server. The synchronization among the media is achieved in two steps. Using a pre-defined scenario and QoS guarantees supported by ATM based virtual connections, a delivery schedule is derived and passed to each server, so that they can transmit the appropriate media subjects at the scheduled times, compensating for the delays and delay variations introduced by the network, and eventually the decoders. Additionally the Stream Synchronization Protocol (SSP) performs rescheduling operations at the client site to recover from jitters on the network and provide the user with a better and more acceptable service. The various components (database, client application, graphical interface) of this system, their software modules, and their interactions are described thoroughly. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
The Postmodern Feminine Beauty Ideal in Shrek
Creators: name: Goracci, Giada
Publisher: name: Iperstoria
Year: 2019
Subjects: Shrek; feminine beauty ideal

description: This analysis deals with the postmodern feminine beauty ideal in the computer-animated film Shrek, and considers the impact this has had on the resultant change of the feminine representation in contemporary film productions and fairy tales. More specifically, the analysis will focus on the representational value of female characters in classic fairy tales, compared with the postmodern revision carried out by gender studies. This approach aims at offering some observations on the changes occurred in the classic framing of feminine roles, considering Fiona, Shrek’s wife, as an example of ‘contemporary princess’.
description: Iperstoria, No 2 (2013): Django Unchained di Quentin Tarantino
Klimaschutz und Emissionshandel in der Landwirtschaft
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Klimaschutzinstrument
subject: Ökologische Landwirtschaft
subject: THG-Emission
subject: Marktentwicklung
subject: Klima | Energie
subject: Abfall | Ressourcen
subject: Climate | Energy
subject: Waste | Resources
subject: Landwirtschaft
subject: Soil | Land

description: Obwohl rund 13 Prozent des ⁠Treibhausgas⁠-Ausstoßes in Deutschland direkt oder indirekt aus der Landwirtschaft stammen, fehlen bislang noch konkrete Klimaschutzziele und Handlungskonzepte für diesen Bereich. Das ⁠UBA⁠-Papier untersucht deshalb die Möglichkeiten und Grenzen eines Emissionshandels in der Landwirtschaft. Es zeigt, dass noch erheblicher Forschungsbedarf besteht und der Emissionshandel durch weitere Instrumente flankiert werden müsste. Dazu gehört auch eine Reform der EU-Agrarpolitik.
kiz Jahresbericht 2002/2003
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Jahresbericht
subject: kiz
subject: DDC 020 / Library & information sciences
subject: Universities; Germany; Ulm
subject: Kommunikations- und Informationszentrum
subject: Universität Ulm

description: Rechenschaftsbericht des Kommunikations- und Informationszentrum (kiz) für das Akademische Jahr 2002/2003
Framing Issues in The Specialised Discourse Of Diplomacy: A Quantitative and Qualitative Approach
Creators: name: Spinzi, Cinzia
Publisher: name: Iperstoria
Year: 2019

description: Relevant international issues, such as terrorism, immigration, climate change, human security, cybersecurity and so on, imply the construction of complex ideological and axiological discursive positions, which stem from a web of unavoidably superimposed emotional and moral evaluations, often interwoven with logical observations (Spinzi 2016). All transactions whether promoting ideologies and values or selling products are a way of profiting from the general representation of a nation, and strategic communication contributes to this by increasing appreciation and influencing people’s behaviour. Embracing the perspective that transformations in social life are led by discourse (Fairclough, 2006a: 24-25), this study explores the specialized ‘realm’ of diplomacy that expresses the foreign policy of a country. This research is an enquiry into the communicative and, more particularly, persuasive strategies used by British foreign ministers to pursue their ideological design and to construct a positive image of their country’s policy by claiming unity. In the context of foreign policy, language choices, which carry significant communicative intent, are regularly made “to galvanize the audience to achieve a commonality of purpose” (Burhanudeen, 2005: 37) through the enactment of specific linguistic frames. This study assumes a cognitive perspective on the language of diplomacy outlining the ways in which speakers negotiate solidarity with their audience by ‘naturalizing’ a variety of ideological positions through the particular frames chosen. Frames are conceptual structures reproducing particular areas of knowledge and experience (Fillmore 1982, 1985). Data come from an ad-hoc corpus which includes online speeches by the British foreign ministers from 1997 up to the present times and online interviews published in different online newspapers. In this work, I will focus on those framing devices which appeal primarily to the power of reason, from assertion to typecasting and semantic categories (Scott 2013). When considering such mechanisms, the present work has two main areas of interest: linguistic and institutional. From the linguistic point of view, our interest concerns those lexical and grammatical patterns which express the point of view of the speakers (Stubbs, 1996: 20), namely their way of projecting the world, their way of persuading and positioning their audience to accept what they say. From the institutional point of view, it is crucial to determine “how is discourse organized” in order to “appear factual, literal, objective, authoritative” (Partington 2003: 5; Stubbs 1996: 97) and persuasive.
description: Iperstoria, No 10 (2017): Specialized Discourses and ESP on the Web
The WORLD Model Development and The Integrated Assessment of the Global Natural Resources Supply
Creators: name: Sverdrup, Harald Ulrik
name: Koca, Deniz
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Systemanalyse
subject: Rohstoffverknappung
subject: Global natural resources
subject: systems analysis
subject: system dynamics modelling
subject: supply of resources
subject: resource scarcity
subject: Sustainability | Strategies | International matters

description: The report describes the WORLD6-Model which was adapted in the SimRess project. WORLD6 model is developed to simulate potential future supply and scarcity of a numberof natural resources. The main objective of this report is to outline the overall structure of the WORLD6 model and provide a detailed description of the “resources” module implemented in the model. In the WORLD6 model, resources are clustered under METALS, MATERIALS and ENERGY sub-modules. For each of the modelled resources, model simulation results were presented and an associated integrated assessment was provided under separate sections of this report. In general, the WORLD6 model simulation results suggests that most of the supply peaks for metals, materials and fossil fuels will occure around the middle of this century. This will lead to some of the most serious industrial, political and social challenges of our times and will require careful preparation and research in order not to disrupt the functioning of society. Substantially better degree of recycling offers a long term sustainable and secure supply of most resources.
The Discourse of News Values. How News Organizations Create Newsworthiness.
Creators: name: Caleffi, Paola-Maria
Publisher: name: Iperstoria
Year: 2019
Subjects: Discourse Analysis; Corpus-Assisted Analysis

description: Review of The Discourse of News Values. How News Organizations Create Newsworthiness by Monika Bednarek and Helen Caple
description: Iperstoria, No 10 (2017): Specialized Discourses and ESP on the Web
T cell-specific constitutive active SHP2 enhances T cell memory formation and reduces T cell activation
Creators: name: Cammann, Clemens
name: Israel, Nicole
name: Frentzel, Sarah
name: Jeron, Andreas
name: Topfstedt, Eylin
name: Schüler, Thomas
name: Simeoni, Luca
name: Zenker, Martin
name: Fehling, Hans Joerg
name: Schraven, Burkhart
name: Bruder, Dunja
name: Seifert, Ulrike
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: T cell receptor signaling
subject: Src homology region 2 domain-containing protein-tyrosine phosphatase 2 (SHP2)
subject: SHP2 gain-of-function mutation
subject: T lymphocyte
subject: effector memory T cells (TEMs)
subject: DDC 570 / Life sciences
subject: DDC 610 / Medicine & health
subject: Receptors, Antigen, T-cell
subject: T-Lymphocytes
subject: Immunity, Cellular
subject: src homology domains
subject: T-Lymphozyt
subject: T-Lymphozyten-Rezeptor
subject: Src-Proteine

description: Upon antigen recognition by the T cell receptor (TCR), a complex signaling network orchestrated by protein-tyrosine kinases (PTKs) and protein-tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs) regulates the transmission of the extracellular signal to the nucleus. The role of the PTPs Src-homology 2 (SH2) domain-containing phosphatase 1 (SHP1, Ptpn6) and Src-homology 2 (SH2) domain-containing phosphatase 2 (SHP2, Ptpn11) have been studied in various cell types including T cells. Whereas SHP1 acts as an essential negative regulator of the proximal steps in T cell signalling, the role of SHP2 in T cell activation is still a matter of debate. Here, we analyzed the role of the constitutively active SHP2-D61Y-mutant in T cell activation using knock-in mice expressing the mutant form Ptpn11D61Y in T cells. We observed reduced numbers of CD8+ and increased numbers of CD4+ T cells in the bone marrow and spleen of young and aged SHP2-D61Y-mutant mice as well as in Influenza A Virus (IAV)-infected mice compared to controls. In addition, we found elevated frequencies of effector memory CD8+ T cells and an upregulation of the programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1)-receptor on both CD4+ and CD8+ T cells. Functional analysis of SHP2-D61Y-mutated T cells revealed an induction of late apoptosis/necrosis, a reduced proliferation and altered signaling upon TCR stimulation. However, the ability of D61Y-mutant mice to clear viral infection was not affected. In conclusion, our data indicate an important regulatory role of SHP2 in T cell function, where the effect is determined by the kinetics of SHP2 phosphatase activity and differs in the presence of the permanently active and the temporally regulated phosphatase. Due to interaction of SHP2 with the PD-1-receptor targeting the protein-tyrosine phosphatase might be a valuable tool to enhance T cell activities in immunotherapy.
Language at Work: Analysing Language Use in Work, Education, Medical and Museum Contexts
Creators: name: Castello, Erik
Publisher: name: Iperstoria
Year: 2019
Subjects: English Linguistics; Language Use

description: Review of Language at Work: Analysing Language Use in Work, Education, Medical and Museum Contexts , edited by Helen de Silva Joyce.
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Enhancing TCP traffic flow performance with a proportional and integral rate controller: Theory, design, and performance evaluation
Creators: name: Cong, Jun
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: This thesis proposes a new network traffic congestion control algorithm---the PIR (Proportional and Integral Rate) controller. It is designed to overcome the shortcomings of RED and some other related AQM (Active Queue Management) techniques developed in recent years. That is to avoid unnecessary packet losses and stabilize the queue length in the router. It can also prevent the throughput reduction in the presence of wireless links. We proved the stability of the PIR controller theoretically and conducted the performance analysis and comparison for the PIR controller and some other common traffic congestion control schemes.
Entrepreneurship and mass media: audiences' perceptions of entrepreneurship stories in mass media
Creators: name: Klyver, Kim
name: Hindle, Kevin
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Entrepreneurship has received increasingly attention, both politically and scientifically, during the last couple of decades. After the Oil Crises in the 1970s, it was acknowledge that large businesses could no longer be seen as the sole driver of economic development. A stronger focus was devoted to entrepreneurship, new business formation and the role of small business growth. Since then, politically, many resources have been devoted to promote entrepreneurship. A common characteristic of many Danish political initiatives (besides their purpose of improving entrepreneurial capacity) is that they intend to function through secondary socialisation. They try to change, reinforce or shape the values of the Danish population in order promote the commitment and desire to become an entrepreneur. Many of these initiatives work through mass media - either directly or indirectly - and are, thus, based on the assumption that mass media might be able to influence Danish peoples' vocational choices. Intuitively, assuming that mass media influence peoples' decisions through secondary socialisation is reasonable. However, theory on mass media states that this simple linear relationship between mass media and its audiences' decisions is questionable. There might be a relationship, but it is not simple and linear. Mass media is important for every person in order to define the world in which they live and in order to define themselves, but it is not reasonable to think that we understand the role of media, if we imagine a simple linear effect from mass media on its audiences. Previous research on mass media and entrepreneurship is more or less non-existent - only very few studies have dealt with this issue. From a scientific point of view and especially from a political point of view this is critical. Therefore, there seems to be a need to explore the mechanism(s) between mass media stories about entrepreneurship and the nature of entrepreneurship taken place in a country. In this study, we explore how mass media communication about entrepreneurship is perceived by its audience - or more precisely: how mass media communication about entrepreneurship is perceived by different people?
Barbara Antoniazzi. The Wayward Woman: Progressivism, Prostitution, and Performance in the United States, 1888-1917
Creators: name: Fusco, Serena
Publisher: name: Iperstoria
Year: 2019
Subjects: American Studies; Wayward Woman

description: Review of The Wayward Woman: Progressivism, Prostitution, and Performance in the United States, 1888-1917 by Barbara Antoniazzi.
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A systematic examination of portfolio assessment to promote teacher professional growth.
Creators: name: Sutherland, Stephanie D.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Education, Administration.

description: The portfolio has been cited as a vehicle to promote ongoing reflective thought by the individual. The practice of self-analysis is deemed to provide the opportunity to assess one's own strengths and weaknesses through the examination of work samples as well as to get feedback on one's performance from others. The focus of this study is to closely examine portfolio assessment as an innovative strategy to promote professional growth and development among teachers. Researching the literature on teaching portfolios, one finds relatively few articles describing the process currently used. Due to the fact this is an innovative strategy, the topic is not clearly defined, nor is there a body of empirical research on the subject. The empirical studies located tended to focus on the portfolio process, neglecting both the conditions and consequences. This research, although only a first try, will help to provide the needed inquiry into this promising strategy, thereby making a contribution to the scarcity of empirical research. The present study is exploratory in nature and employs a qualitative orientation to data collection. Further, it is guided by a conceptual framework, highlighting the conditions, process and impacts of the portfolio process. A framework was utilized to provide some structure but allowing for emergent themes and unanticipated consequences. This is a single case study (school) in which data was collected from seven participants (teachers, administrators). This school had been experimenting with teaching portfolios for the past three years. The focus for the portfolios was to promote professional growth among the teaching staff. The findings and limitations of the present study are discussed in addition to the challenges and possible directions for future research.
The Social Tricks of Advertising: Discourse Strategies of English-Speaking Tour Operators on Facebook
Creators: name: Bianchi, Francesca
Publisher: name: Iperstoria
Year: 2019

description: The current paper is intendedto provide a description of the linguistic and discourse strategiesdisplayed by generalised and budget tour operators in Facebook, with particular emphasis on the techniquesemployed to promote destinations. To this aim, a corpus including 326 posts wascreated.The postswereanalysed by means ofcorpus linguistics methods–including POS tagging, keyword analysis, and analysis ofcollocations–, while the images accompanying the postswereanalysed within the framework ofvisualgrammar theory.Keyword analysis showedthatthe posts underinvestigation, despite being written texts, arecloser to spoken communication rather than written informal communication. Theanalysesalsoshowed amplepresence of linguistic and rhetorical techniques typicalof tourism promotion. Furthermore, the analyses provedthat the tourism operators considered are expert conversation managers who have developed a range ofstrategies to influence conversation. Finally, comparison between the current results and previous empiricalstudies suggest that promotional strategies and thus ‘the language of tourism’ varies not only from culture toculture, but also depending on text type (e.g. website vs. Facebook page), tourism service provider (e.g. hotelchains vs. tour operators), andtarget (e.g. luxury vs. non-luxury tour operator)
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Thrombin induces cell surface exposure of the plasminogen receptor annexin II: A novel link between coagulation and fibrinolysis.
Creators: name: Peterson, Erica Ann.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Biology, Cell.

description: Recent studies demonstrated a role for annexin II (A2) and its ligand p11 in fibrinolysis. Since thrombin is a potent cell modulator obligately produced at the site of clot formation, the hypothesis was addressed that thrombin regulates fibrinolysis by increasing cell surface A2 and p11. Immunofluorescence and biotinylation established that thrombin significantly increases both on human umbilical vein endothelial cell (HUVEC) and human foreskin fibroblast surfaces. Intracellular antigenic analyses revealed increased p11 but unchanged A2, suggesting that transbilayer trafficking of A2 is controlled by p11. The thrombin receptor activating peptide similarly affected cells indicating signaling through protease activated receptor 1. A direct effect on fibrinolysis was shown by observations of increased plasminogen binding to HUVEC that was inhibited by anti-p11 antibody, and activation of plasminogen by tissue plasminogen activator. These data suggest a novel link between thrombin and fibrinolysis, and other processes that may involve A2, such as cytomegalovirus infection.
Monitoring corrosion processes via visible fiber-optic evanescent wave sensor
Creators: name: Türkmen, Dervis
name: Krug, Achim
name: Mizaikoff, Boris
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: fiber-optic evanescent wave sensor
subject: visible attenuated total reflection
subject: sapphire fiber
subject: iron-sensitive dyes
subject: corrosion detection
subject: corrosion monitoring
subject: SPECTROSCOPY
subject: DDC 540 / Chemistry & allied sciences
subject: Fiber optics
subject: Iron
subject: Spectrum analysis
subject: Eisen

description: Ferrous objects, especially those that are additionally exposed to harsh environments, e.g., high humidity, have the common problem of suffering aggressive corrosion processes. Without a precaution, this leads in many cases to a limited functionality followed by treatment steps, and expensive repairing costs, as well as to defects/uselessness and even to safety problems, e.g., bridge-collapsing, escaping gas and liquids from pipelines, or leaking oil tankers destroying the ecological system. Conventionally applied methods are confined to laboratory use due to bulky instruments, and are, therefore, time-intensive and may cause erroneous results. Therefore, a sensor based on fiber-optic evanescent wave spectroscopy (FEWS) working in the visible spectral range was developed. The sensor system is comprised of an uncoated single crystal sapphire fiber as a waveguide operating in the visible spectral range in combination with a laser diode as a light source at a specific wavelength and a photodiode for signal detection. Within this study, the potential of the developed sensor was investigated. The corrosion process was simulated by implementing a corroded iron bar inside the measuring cell. When corrosion starts, iron ions are released leading to a complexation reaction with the dye. The results showed the potential use of the developed sensor system enabling implementation for online and on-site detection and monitoring of components susceptible to corrosion.
Communicating the Image of Venice: the Use Of Discourse Markers in Websites And Digital Travel Guidebooks in English
Creators: name: Cesiri, Daniela
Publisher: name: Iperstoria
Year: 2019

description: The study investigates a corpus of websites and digital travel guidebooks–collected in a corpus–that promotethe city of Venice using English as alingua francato convey the promotional message. The study examines acorpus of texts already used in three previous contributions to conduct a more detailed analysis of the stylisticfeatures present in the digital texts. The aim is to understand how the promotional message is conveyed to avaried audience who has different linguistic and cultural backgrounds. In particular, it is here investigated theuse of discourse markers (DMs), and their semantic and pragmatic relationships with respect to the context ofoccurrence. To do so, Bruce Fraser’s definition and classification of DMs will be used to analyse the corpus .Results show that the DMs investigated share the common pragmatic function of ‘topic orientation markers’,i.e., they signal an aspect of the organization of the ongoing discourse. Semantically, however, they havedifferent–but very specific–relationships with the surrounding segments of discourse. More specifically, theauthors of the texts preferably use DMs to signal that a warning, a reminder, or some advice, will follow in thenext segment
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