cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The use and impact of prehospital 12-lead electrocardiograms in acute stroke patients
Creators: name: MUNRO, SCOTT
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2021

description: "Background
description: Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability. Emergency medical services (EMS) play a role in the recognition and management of patients. Prior to 2019, national guidelines for UK EMS recommended clinicians consider recording a prehospital ECG (PHECG) for stroke patients, however this recommendation was based on expert consensus, rather than evidence. This thesis examined the use and impact of EMS recording PHECG in acute stroke patients.
description: Methods
description: A systematic review was conducted to examine the use and impact of PHECGs in stroke patients, focusing on the prevalence of abnormalities and effect on prognosis and outcome. The results led to an overarching research question: what is the use and impact of PHECGs in acute stroke patients? A mixed methods study was conducted, incorporating a retrospective cohort study (Study 1) and cross-sectional qualitative interview study (Study 2). To answer the overarching research question, the findings were integrated.
description: Findings
description: Study 1 demonstrated an association between PHECG and worse functional outcome at hospital discharge; higher mortality; and no difference in hospital processes of care.
description: Study 2 found that paramedics have mixed attitudes towards PHECGs for stroke patients. Paramedic decision-making on recording PHECGs relies on intuitive and quasi-rational cognitive modes and requires a number of clinical, logistical and ethical considerations.
description: A greater understanding of the overarching research question was gained by integrating the findings of both studies. Half of patients enrolled in to Study 1 received PHECGs. This may be explained by the perceived relevance of the test; a paucity of research; weight given to national guidelines; patient and EMS staff gender. The lack of clinical benefit and prehospital time delays may be explained by factors other than recording of the PHECG, such as the first responding EMS resource, the background of the EMS crew and their experiences.
description: Conclusions
description: This thesis is the most comprehensive project investigating the use and impact of PHECG for stroke patients that has been undertaken to date. The findings from this thesis have informed national EMS guidelines and generated recommendations for future practice and research."
Lipoprotein (a), an independent cardiovascular risk marker
Creators: name: Saeedi, Ramesh
name: Frohlich, Jiri
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2017

description: Epidemiological and genetic studies have identified elevated levels of lipoprotein (a) ((Lp(a)) as a causal and independent risk factor for cardiovascular diseases (CVD). The Lp(a)-induced increased risk of CVD may be mediated by both its proatherogenic and prothrombotic mechanisms. Several guidelines recommend screening of Lp(a) level; however, there are few treatment options for the management of patients with elevated Lp(a). Several new medications for Lp(a) are under development. PCSK9 inhibitors, apolipoprotein (a)-antisense, and apolipoprotein(B-100)-antisense mipomersen have shown promising results. Lp(a) reduction will continue to be an active area of investigation.
The Dynamics of Water and Aqueous Ions in Cementitious Material
Creators: name: Abdu Rahaman, Arifah
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2023

description: A growing demand of concrete in the construction industry has resulted in an immense
description: increase of global cement production. As a consequence, the world sees a high amount
description: of energy consumption and carbon footprint generated from cement industry. To defeat
description: this environmental crisis, the behavior of water in cement at the nanoscale is imperative.
description: The properties of cement at the nanoscopic level is closely linked to the water dynamics.
description: A powerful method known as 1H Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) can be used to
description: probe the nanodynamics of spins in fluids contained in cement. 1H NMR measures the
description: spin-lattice or spin-spin relaxation rates due to the relative motion of pairs of spins in
description: cement nanopores. However, the interpretation of NMR dispersion curves is difficult due
description: to the complexity of fluid movement in cement.

description:

description: The work in this thesis presents Molecular Dynamic (MD) simulations as a method to
description: understand the water and ion transport properties atomistically. MD simulations assist
description: the development of new NMR theoretical models to interpret the NMR dispersion curve.
description: Starting with the investigation of pure water system, MD simulations validates the probability density function of 1H–1H water vector and the L´evy rotor model is used to estimate
description: the intramolecular contribution to the longitudinal relaxation rate. Accordingly, the model
description: from pure water is applied to the ion-1H vector and validated by MD simulations confirming the resemblance of Brownian motion for aquoions. Model fitting to NMR experimental
description: data from aquoions provide a good understanding of the dynamical processes in the relaxation rate response. Last but not least, cement hydration is explored by quantifying the
description: key dynamics of water under the influence of calcium ions through the planar pore model
description: simulations. The role of calcium in slowing down the water dynamics in sub–3 nm cement
description: nanopores, which may have a secondary effect to the relaxation rate, is also observed.
The catalytic hydro-dechlorination of 2, 4, 4’ trichlorobiphenyl at mild temperatures and atmospheric pressure
Creators: name: Johnson, Kevin
name: Xu, Juan
name: Yerkeson, Alyssa
name: Lu, Mingming
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), including all 209 congeners, are designated as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) due to their high toxicity and bioaccumulation in human bodies and the ecosystem. The need for PCB remediation still remains long after their production ban. In this study, a catalytic hydro-dechlorination (HDC) method was employed to dechlorinate 2,4,4’-trichlorobiphenyl (PCB 28), a congener found ubiquitously in multiple environmental media. The HDC of PCB 28 was experimentally studied at mild temperatures viz. ~20, 50, and ~77°C and atmospheric pressure. Et3N (triethylamine) was added as a co-catalyst. The dechlorination rates increased with temperature as well as Et3N dosage, and the HDC pathway was hypothesized based on the product and intermediates observed. The less chlorinated intermediates suggested that the position of the chlorine strongly impacted HDC rates, and the preference of HDC at para positions can be orders of magnitudes higher than the ortho. The activation energy was estimated in the range of 12.4–13.9 kJ/mole, indicating a diffusion-controlled HDC system. Implications: The remediation need for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) still remains long after their production ban around the world. The development of low-cost methods is highly desirable, especially for developing countries, in response to the Stockholm Convention. In this study, the dechorination of a ubiquitously present PCB congener was studied using a catalytic hydro-dechlorination (HDC) method in low temperatures up to ~77°C and was able to achieve near 100% dechlorination in 6 hr. Results indicated that the HDC process can be performed under mild temperatures and atmospheric conditions and can be a potential solution to real world PCB contamination issues.
Protecting health workers from infectious disease transmission: an exploration of a Canadian-South African partnership of partnerships
Creators: name: Yassi, Annalee
name: Zungu, Muzimkhulu
name: Spiegel, Jerry M.
name: Kistnasamy, Barry
name: Lockhart, Karen
name: Jones, David
name: O’Hara, Lyndsay M.
name: Nophale, Letshego
name: Bryce, Elizabeth
name: Darwin, Lincoln
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2017

description: Background: Health workers are at high risk of acquiring infectious diseases at work, especially in low and middle-income countries (LMIC) with critical health human resource deficiencies and limited implementation of occupational health and infection control measures. Amidst increasing interest in international partnerships to address such issues, how best to develop such collaborations is being actively debated. In 2006, a partnership developed between occupational health and infection control experts in Canada and institutions in South Africa (including an institute with a national mandate to conduct research and provide guidance to protect health workers from infectious diseases and promote improved working conditions). This article describes the collaboration, analyzes the determinants of success and shares lessons learned. Methods: Synthesizing participant-observer experience from over 9 years of collaboration and 10 studies already published from this work, we applied a realist review analysis to describe the various achievements at global, national, provincial and hospital levels. Expectations of the various parties on developing new insights, providing training, and addressing service needs were examined through a micro-meso-macro lens, focusing on how each main partner organization contributed to and benefitted from working together. Results: A state-of-the-art occupational health and safety surveillance program was established in South Africa following successful technology transfer from a similar undertaking in Canada and training was conducted that synergistically benefitted Northern as well as Southern trainees. Integrated policies combining infection control and occupational health to prevent and control infectious disease transmission among health workers were also launched. Having a national (South-South) network reinforced by the international (North–south) partnership was pivotal in mitigating the challenges that emerged. Conclusions: High-income country partnerships with experience in health system strengthening – particularly in much needed areas such as occupational health and infection control – can effectively work through strong collaborators in the Global South to build capacity. Partnerships are particularly well positioned to sustainably reinforce efforts at national and sub-national LMIC levels when they adopt a “communities of practice” model, characterized by multi-directional learning. The principles of effective collaboration learned in this “partnership of partnerships” to improve working conditions for health workers can be applied to other areas where health system strengthening is needed.
Ein Standardwerk zur Orde Baru
Creators: name: Vogelsang, Henning
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Buchbesrpechung von: Andreas Ufen, Herrschaftsfiguration und Demokratisierung in Indonesien (1965-2000). ISBN: 3-88910-266-2.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 19 Nr. 4 (2003): Wer's glaubt, wird selig! Religion und politische Kultur in Südostasien
Icaunhelia menchikoffi Vasseur & Lathuilière 2021, n. comb.
Creators: name: Vasseur, Raphaël
name: Lathuilière, Bernard
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Scleractinia
Icaunhelia
Icaunhelia menchikoffi

description: Icaunhelia menchikoffi (Beauvais, 1986), n. comb.
(Fig. 4)
Archaeosmilia menchikoffi Beauvais, 1986: 12, pl. 2, fig. 3 and txtfig. 4. — Vasseur 2018: 127-128, fig. 3.9.
TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype MNHN.F.R11594 (Beauvais 1986: 12, pl. 2, fig. 3 and txt-fig. 4). TYPE HORIZON. — Pliensbachian. TYPE LOCALITY. — Beni Tadjit, Maroc. STUDIED SAMPLES. — Nine specimens: holotype: MNHN.F.R11594; paratypes: MNHN.F.R11595, CPUN1703 A4-1, CPUN 2303 A1-5, CPUN 2303 A1-7, CPUN 2303 A1-8, CPUN 2303 A4, CPUN AM16177-7, CPUN AM16188-13. GEOGRAPHIC AND STRATIGRAPHIC RANGES. — Pliensbachian from Beni Tadjit and Amellagou (Morocco).
DESCRIPTION
Solitary corallum of various morphologies: tends to be cylindrical, ceratoid or subconical, circular to elliptic in outline. Radial elements are compact, free, straight or curved septa with smooth lateral faces. The inner edge is sometimes rhopaloid in depth. Septa show a lamellar mode of growth with successive deposits of sclerenchyme (as “glove fingers” according to Beauvais 1986), resulting in wedge-shaped septa characteristic of Archaeosmiliidae family. Endotheca sometimes observed, made of vesicular dissepiments in continuity with the wall and septa. Parathecal wall. An epitheca s.l. wraps the corallum. Calicular diameter: 11 to 26 mm – Number of septa: 12 to 20 – Septal density: 1 to 3 for 5 mm.
description: Published as part of Vasseur, Raphaël & Lathuilière, Bernard, 2021, Pliensbachian corals from the Western Tethys, pp. 1187-1291 in Geodiversitas 43 (22) on pages 1197-1198, DOI: 10.5252/geodiversitas2021v43a22, http://zenodo.org/record/5764379
Der angemessene Platz der Frau: Bett, Brunnen, Küche – Indonesische Frauen zwischen politisiertem Islam und Demokratisierung
Creators: name: Holike, Christine
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Der Sturz Suhartos versprach den Aufbruch in eine neue, demokratischere Ära — auch für die Frauen. Mittlerweile aber stockt der Reformprozess. Im Ringen um die politische Vorherrschaft gewinnt der Islam eine zunehmend politische Bedeutung. Ein Ausdruck davon ist das Auf keimen zutiefst konservativer Interpretationen des Islam, die in Forderungen nach der Einführung der Scharia- dem heiligen Gesetz Gottes — münden. Scharia, geht es nach ihren Verfechtern, heißt die Wiederherstellung von 'Recht und Ordnung'. In erster Linie führt dies jedoch zur Reglementierung des Alltagslebens von Frauen. Doch zunehmend ergreifen kritische Musliminnen das Wort.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 19 Nr. 4 (2003): Wer's glaubt, wird selig! Religion und politische Kultur in Südostasien
Gerechter Herrscher im Wartestand: Die Popularität der Dais in Indonesien und ihre Affinität zur Politik
Creators: name: Diederich, Mathias
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Indonesien hat seit Suhartos Sturz sehr viele Enttäuschungen mit der errungenen demokratischen Freiheit erlitten. In der Politik sind integre Persönlichkeiten Mangelware. Deshalb haben charismatische Erscheinungen unter den vielen religiösen Aktivisten im Lande starken Zulauf. Abdullah Gymnastiar, der Leiter des Pesantren »Daarut-Tauhid« in Bandung, nimmt hier eine absolute Sonderstellung ein.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 19 Nr. 4 (2003): Wer's glaubt, wird selig! Religion und politische Kultur in Südostasien
A feasibility, Randomised Controlled Trial evaluating a brief, online, group Cognitive Behavioural Therapy intervention to improve psychological outcomes for parents of children with food allergy
Creators: name: SHERLOCK, GINA
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2022

description: Background: Food allergy has been documented to have a profound impact on parents of children with food allergy, with caregivers reporting a significant impact on quality of life (QoL) and psychological distress. Parents have reported increased stress, anxiety, worry and low mood in relation to their child’s food allergy, and therefore interventions aimed at mitigating this impact are of prime importance. There has been emerging evidence to suggest that interventions involving Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) have the potential to improve these outcomes.
description: Method: This study used a feasibility, Randomised Controlled Trial design to compare a brief, online, group CBT intervention with a control group who did not take part in the intervention. Measures of food-allergy related QoL, worry, depression, anxiety, stress, and food-allergy self-efficacy were completed at baseline and one and three-month follow ups by 33 parents of children with food allergy. Participants in the intervention group also completed a feedback survey in order to comment on the acceptability of the intervention.
description: Results: This study showed that the RCT was, as a whole, feasible. A preliminary signal of efficacy was found for reducing worry, stress, anxiety, and the burden of food allergy on QoL. Food-allergy self-efficacy scores also improved. For parents who completed the intervention, the study was deemed acceptable. However, a higher drop-out rate in the intervention group in comparison to the control group indicated limitations to the feasibility of this study.
description: Conclusion: Promising initial findings indicate that a larger scale, adequately powered RCT is warranted. Changes to the protocol in order to improve participant engagement in the intervention group may be warranted in future studies.
Eine Religion der Gewalt oder des Friedens? Der Islam von christlicher Seite gesehen
Creators: name: Cahyadi, Telesforus Krispurwarna
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: In Indonesien hat man sich in letzter Zeit in Gesprächen, Diskussionen und Studien damit befasst, ob der Islam eine offene tolerante und friedfertige Religion ist. Es stimmen eigentlich alle darin überein, daß der Islam eine Religion des Friedens ist, was bereits die eigentliche Bedeutung des Worts Islam anzeigt. Doch kann man diese Diskussion nicht losgelöst von dem Phänomen der Gewalt und des Terrorismus sehen, die sich auf den Namen des Islam sowie auf seine Bereitschaft zum Kampf stützen.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 19 Nr. 4 (2003): Wer's glaubt, wird selig! Religion und politische Kultur in Südostasien
Parameterization of H2SO4 and organic contributions to volatile PM in aircraft plumes at ground idle
Creators: name: Jones, Stephen H.
name: Miake-Lye, Richard C.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Space Science
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Volatile Particulate Matter (vPM) emissions are challenging to measure and quantify, since they are not present in the condensed form at the engine exit plane and they evolve to first form in the aircraft plume and then continue to grow and change as they mix and dilute in the ambient atmosphere. To better understand the issues associated with the initial formation and growth of vPM, a modeling study has been undertaken to examine several key parameters that affect the formation and properties of the vPM that is created in the initial cooling and dilution of the aircraft exhaust. A modeling tool (Aerosol Dynamic Simulation Code, ADSC) that was developed and enhanced over a series of past research projects supported by NASA, DoD’s SERDP/ESTCP, and FAA was used to perform a parametric analysis of vPM. The parameters of fuel sulfur content (FSC), emitted condensable hydrocarbon (HC) concentrations, and the species profile of the HCs were used to construct a computational matrix that framed a wide range of expected parameter values. This computational matrix was executed for two representative commercial aircraft engines at ground idle and results were obtained for distances of 250 m and 1000 m downstream. From prior results, the most significant vPM emissions occur at the lowest power settings, so an engine power condition of 7% rated thrust was used. A primary goal of the parametric study is to develop an updated vPM modeling methodology and also to help interpret data collected in experimental campaigns. The parameterization proposed here allows the vPM emission composition and particle numbers to be estimated in greater detail than current methods. The aim is to provide additional understanding on how the vPM properties vary with fuel and engine parameters to increase the utility of vPM predictions. Implications: Volatile Particulate Matter (vPM) is an important contribution to the total PM emitted by aviation engines. While vPM is not currently a part of engine emissions certification regulations, vPM is used in aviation environmental impact assessments and for air quality modeling in and around airports. Current methods in use, such as FOA, were developed before many recent advances in experimental data acquisition and in understanding of vPM processes. The parameterization proposed here allows the vPM emission composition and particle numbers to be estimated in greater detail than current methods. These estimates can be used to develop inventories and provide a better estimate of total emission for most aviation engines. Its use in international regulatory tools can inform possible future regulatory actions regarding vPM.
Der Vorwurf bedarf des Beweises: Zur Debatte um die Zivilgesellschaft in Indonesien
Creators: name: Schumann, Olaf
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: In seiner Hamburger Dissertation hat Masykuri Abdillah eine umfangreiche Darstellung und Analyse unterschiedlicher Demokratieverständnisse vorgelegt, wie sie in den Jahren der »Neuen Ordnung« während der Präsidentschaft von General Suharto unter muslimischen Intellektuellen in Indonesien diskutiert worden sind. 1 In seiner deutschsprachigen Zusammenfassung weist er darauf hin, dass das Konzept der Demokratie so, wie es im internationalen Diskurs verhandelt wird, zwar ohne die Beteiligung von den Muslimen entworfen wurde, dass es aber inzwischen durch ijtihâd als Element der Erneuerung der (traditionellen) islamischen politischen Ordnung in den islamischen Diskurs integriert wurde.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 19 Nr. 4 (2003): Wer's glaubt, wird selig! Religion und politische Kultur in Südostasien
Astraeomorpha undetermined
Creators: name: Vasseur, Raphaël
name: Lathuilière, Bernard
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Scleractinia
Thamnasteriidae
Astraeomorpha
Astraeomorpha undetermined

description: Genus Astraeomorpha Reuss, 1854
SPECIES ORIGINALLY INCLUDED. — A. goldfussi Reuss, 1854 and A. crassisepta Reuss, 1854.
TYPE SPECIES. — A. crassisepta Reuss, 1864, designation byVaughan & Wells (1943). Strangely, these authors used the term monotypy but cited the two initial nominal species of the genus that they considered as subjective synonyms.
REMARKS
According to Roniewicz (1989) the genus is morphologically and microstructurally close to Parastraeomorpha Roniewicz, 1989 that differs in the lack of meniana and development of thick synapticulae, and horizontal axes of synapticulae whilst oblique in Astraeomorpha.
Initially only known in the Triassic of the Tethyan realm, the biostratigraphic distribution of this genus is here extended up to the Pliensbachian (Liassic).
The genus differs from Periseris Ferry, 1870 that shows a more pronounced trabecular structure providing teeth along the pennular edges. Septa are longer and more numerous in Periseris and the curved-upward pennulae are often visible in transverse section.
description: Published as part of Vasseur, Raphaël & Lathuilière, Bernard, 2021, Pliensbachian corals from the Western Tethys, pp. 1187-1291 in Geodiversitas 43 (22) on page 1198, DOI: 10.5252/geodiversitas2021v43a22, http://zenodo.org/record/5764379
Nachrichten
Creators: name: Jordan, Rolf
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Nachrichten der Region.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 19 Nr. 4 (2003): Wer's glaubt, wird selig! Religion und politische Kultur in Südostasien
Мониторинг формирования урожайности и качества сахарной свёклы в Республике Беларусь за 1966–2019 гг.
Creators: name: В. П. ГНИЛОЗУБ
name: И. В. ЧЕЧЁТКИНА
name: М. И. ГУЛЯКА
name: Е. М. КАШЕВИЧ
name: Е. А. ШКРАБА
name: В. С. ШКУТ
Publisher: name: Сахар
Year: 2020
Subjects: сахарная свёкла
погода
осадки
температура воздуха
урожайность
масса корнеплода
качество
сахаристость

description: В статье обобщены результаты исследований по динамике роста сахарной свёклы в Центральной части Республики Беларусь за период 1966–2019 гг. Изучено влияние погодных условий на рост и развитие растений сахарной свёклы в отдельные периоды вегетации.
Nachrichten
Creators: name: Bigalke, Nina
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Nachrichten der Region.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 19 Nr. 4 (2003): Wer's glaubt, wird selig! Religion und politische Kultur in Südostasien
Von asiatischen Werten und islamischen Tugenden
Creators: name: Jordan, Rolf
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Anmerkungen zur umstrittenen Rede von Malaysias Premier Mahathir vor der Organisation der Islamischen Konferenz (OIC).
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 19 Nr. 4 (2003): Wer's glaubt, wird selig! Religion und politische Kultur in Südostasien
Эффективность переработки сахарной свёклы в зависимости от её технологических качеств и особенностей ведения процесса. Часть 2. Исследование потерь сахарозы при краткосрочном хранении свёклы и пути их снижения
Creators: name: В. Н. КУХАР
name: А. П. ЧЕРНЯВСКИЙ
name: Л. И. ЧЕРНЯВСКАЯ
name: Ю. А. МОКАНЮК
name: П. М. БАРАБАНОВ
Publisher: name: Сахар
Year: 2020
Subjects: потери сахарозы
интенсивность дыхания
механические повреждения
длительность хранения

description: Представлены результаты исследования биохимических и микробиологических потерь сахарозы в корнеплодах свёклы механизированной уборки при различных сроках хранения. Приведена динамика изменения интенсивности дыхания корнеплодов свёклы с различным характером механических повреждений в течение первых 10 суток хранения. Даны рекомендации по уменьшению потерь сахара при краткосрочном хранении свёклы.
Differences in pediatric vertical ground reaction force between planovalgus and neutrally aligned feet
Creators: name: Pauk, Jolanta
name: Szymul, Joanna
Publisher: name: Institute of Machine Design and Operation, Wrocław University of Technology, Wrocław
Year: 2014
Subjects: force platforms, planovalgus, neutrally aligned feet, ground reaction forces

description: Acta of Bioengineering and Biomechanics; 02/2014; ISSN 1509-409X
Contact mechanics and wear simulations of hip resurfacing devices using computational methods
Creators: name: Ali, Murat
name: Mao, Ken
Publisher: name: Institute of Machine Design and Operation, Wrocław University of Technology, Wrocław
Year: 2014
Subjects: Archard wear law, biotribology, contact, finite element analysis, wear

description: Acta of Bioengineering and Biomechanics; 02/2014; ISSN 1509-409X
Evaluation of contact characteristics of a patient-specific artificial dysplastic hip joint
Creators: name: Mutlu, Ibrahim
name: Ugur, Levent
name: Celik, Talip
name: Buluc, Levent
name: Muezzinoglu, Umit Sefa
name: Kisioglu, Yasin
Publisher: name: Institute of Machine Design and Operation, Wrocław University of Technology, Wrocław
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biomechanics, pressure, hip dysplasia

description: Acta of Bioengineering and Biomechanics; 02/2014; ISSN 1509-409X
Environmental Audio Analysis by Non-negative Matrix Factorization
Creators: name: SOBIERAJ, IWONA
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2022

description: Environmental sounds occur in a complex mixture. Recognizing, isolating and interpreting different environmental sounds are easy and natural tasks for human listeners but remain challenging problems for machines. With proliferation of smart audio devices it is becoming ever more important to develop robust algorithms for analysis of such environmental sounds. In this thesis, we investigate methods based on Non-negative Matrix Factorization (NMF) for several tasks of environmental audio analysis. NMF as a dictionary learning method has been proven to learn compact representations of sounds, that can be used for source separation or classification, to name just a few. The experimental evidence presented in this thesis focuses on showing how we can adapt NMF via regularization for recognition and detection of environmental sounds.
description: Firstly, we approach the task of Audio Event Detection (AED), which aims to automatically recognize, label and estimate position in time of sound events in continuous audio signals. Using a carefully labelled dataset of real life recordings, we show how enforcing sparse representations and modelling temporal context in Coupled Sparse NMF improves accuracy of polyphonic AED.
description: Secondly, we tackle the problem of binary classification of weakly labelled audio. By weak labels we mean that each audio file has just a tag denoting the presence or absence of a sound of interest, without its specific location in time. We propose to address this challenge by adding a constraint to basic NMF, introducing a novel Masked NMF for learning on weakly labelled audio data. We show that Masked NMF performs well on the Bird Audio Detection task.
description: Finally, we propose an orthogonality regularizer for Masked NMF to perform AED on weakly labelled audio data. By adding a regularization term to Masked NMF, we show how the novel method can be used for monophonic AED. We conduct experiments on a dataset of rare audio events. Our results show that Orthogonality-Regularized Masked NMF is a promising method for monophonic detection of impact sounds.
Exploring Biochemical Literacy
Creators: name: Knight, Danielle Louise
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2023

description: The purpose of this thesis was to assist the ongoing development and enhancement of undergraduate biochemical literacy in the UK using pragmatic mixed-methods. Seven areas of biochemical literacy were conceptually proposed based upon guidance from learned societies: critical thinking, communication, self-management, information literacy, visual literacy, practical skills, and content knowledge (Chapter 3). These might be facilitated using varied approaches. Using a predominantly quantitative survey, the current most prevalent approaches to teaching biochemistry in HE were identified as large-group teaching, research-orientated teaching, research-led teaching, research-based teaching, and group work (Chapter 4). The popularity of teaching methods were affected by available resources. Additionally, educators whose teaching values were more CCSF-aligned than ITTF-aligned used a greater variety of methods.

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description: In Chapter 5, it was concluded that Virtual Learning Software (VLS) as a pre-session formative activity to support students, can significantly improve student self-efficacy in first-year undergraduate laboratory teaching. The increase in self-efficacy was associated with an increased feeling of preparedness attributable to formative feedback inherent in the software, allowing students to work better within time limits and feel less concerned about damaging equipment. The VLS was particularly beneficial for students with less laboratory experience and those who had an educational gap. In Chapter 6, the inclusion of regular formative feedback, the element of choice, and development of increased cohort identity into a skills-centred first-year, first-semester module positively impacted the student experience. The factors influencing student self-efficacy in their skills are complex and multifaceted but may be interrelated with their prior experiences and can be facilitated through many approaches.

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description: This thesis contributes to the discourse of UK HE biochemistry education, and could be used to inspire changes to programme curricula, or module development aimed to develop skills in the context of biochemical disciplinary knowledge.
Modeling of human circle of Willis with and without aneurisms
Creators: name: Ivanov, Dmitry
name: Dol, Alexander
name: Pavlova, Olga
name: Aristambekova, Asel
Publisher: name: Institute of Machine Design and Operation, Wrocław University of Technology, Wrocław
Year: 2014
Subjects: 3D design, aneurysm, circle of Willis, hyperelastic material, mathematical modelling, mechanical tests

description: Acta of Bioengineering and Biomechanics; 02/2014; ISSN 1509-409X
“They kind of found different ways of being together without being together” – family approaches to meeting children’s social needs during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Creators: name: BECKINGHAM, ELIZABETH CLAIRE
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2022

description: Before the COVID-19 pandemic, there was already considerable concern for the mental health and wellbeing of UK children, including those of primary school age. Friendship and resilience are two factors which can help children to cope in times of adversity. The pandemic and measures such as lockdown and school closures made it difficult for children to maintain their friendships in the usual ways and moreover were themselves an enormous source of stress and worry, which is likely to have further impacted the mental wellbeing of the nation’s children. This study sought to explore how families experienced the pandemic in terms of their children’s lack of access to their habitual routines and contact with their friends, by interviewing fifteen mothers of primary school-aged children during the summer and early Autumn of 2020. Interviewees revealed how they and their children attempted to meet children’s social needs during the first national lockdown and its subsequent easing, aware, through attunement, that isolation and loneliness was detrimental to their children’s wellbeing. Reflexive thematic analysis was used to analyse and interpret the interview transcripts, and three main themes were constructed which explored the resilience and adaptation that parents and children exhibited in order to meet the children’s social needs. The implications and contribution of this research, as well as its limitations, are discussed. Children’s wellbeing, healthy development and their ability to cope in adversity are reliant on time and space to be with their friends (Graber et al., 2016). Caregivers can offer support and facilitation of this (online and offline) contact when children’s normal means of socialising become unavailable.
Effect of arch type and body mass index on plantar pressure distribution during stance phase of gait
Creators: name: O’Brien, Davida Louise
name: Tyndyk, Magdalena
Publisher: name: Institute of Machine Design and Operation, Wrocław University of Technology, Wrocław
Year: 2014
Subjects: soft tissue, dermatologic disorder, stiffness, biomechanics, durometer, biomedical engineering

description: Acta of Bioengineering and Biomechanics; 02/2014; ISSN 1509-409X
Axosmilia Milne Edwards 1848
Creators: name: Vasseur, Raphaël
name: Lathuilière, Bernard
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Scleractinia
Axosmiliidae
Axosmilia

description: Genus Axosmilia Milne Edwards, 1848
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 561BD0F8-08B6-4FCD-A050-3319A15E0CFE
Axosmilia Milne Edwards, 1848: 467.
Pleurosmilia Fromentel, 1856: 853.
Axotrochus Beauvais, 1986: 23.
Parapleurosmilia Beauvais, 1986: 15.
TYPE SPECIES. — Caryophyllia extinctorium Michelin, 1841 (Michelin 1841: 9, pl. 2, fig. 3b), by monotypy.
REMARKS
Roniewicz (2008) differentiated Pleurosmilia Fromentel, 1856 and Axosmilia on the basis of the presence of exsert septa (Pleurosmilia) or an infundibuliform calice (Axosmilia). Given that some transition exists we choose here to consider this variability as intrageneric among the genus Axosmilia. In addition, the distinction is not supported by the type material of Pleurosmilia that shows an infundibuliform calice.
Beauvais (1986) made a distinction between Parapleurosmilia Beauvais, 1986 and Pleurosmilia Fromentel, 1856 based on the presence of a mid-septal line with calcification centers distant of approximately 20 micrometers and sparse lateral centers of calcification in the type material of Pleurosmilia but this argument is weak considering the preservation of the material used to create Parapleurosmilia that does not allow to confirm the lack of such structures.
description: Published as part of Vasseur, Raphaël & Lathuilière, Bernard, 2021, Pliensbachian corals from the Western Tethys, pp. 1187-1291 in Geodiversitas 43 (22) on page 1198, DOI: 10.5252/geodiversitas2021v43a22, http://zenodo.org/record/5764379
title: Tentacular Bodies, Times, Matters
title: Oceanic imaginaries in 21st century SF
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Hallam, Frances
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2024
Subjects: Blue Humanities
Science Fiction
Posthumanism
Ecocriticism
New Materialism
Literary Criticism

description: This thesis explores how oceans in 21st century SF (science fiction, speculative fabulation) engage with posthumanist modes of knowing in three works of contemporary speculative fiction that address real and speculative damage to our planet's oceans: Nnedi Okorafor’s Lagoon (2014), Rita Indiana’s Tentacle (2018) and Alexis Pauline Gumbs’ M Archive: After the End of the World (2018). I contend with Elizabeth DeLoughrey’s identification of a new oceanic imaginary, in which she argues that the oceans are becoming identified through their intra-active agency. These explorations are informed by the critical intersections of the blue humanities, ecocriticism and new materialism by Donna Haraway, Stacy Alaimo and Astrida Neimanis, whose work facilitates an understanding of human-oceanic material interdependencies, and the deep naturecultural effects of human histories of colonialism and hetero-patriarchy on our environments.I argue that SF, as a mode of imagining which estranges and calls into question the onto-epistemological boundaries of the human, is able to story the diverse more-than-human agencies that make up the materiality of the ocean. In critically analysing the oceanic imaginaries of three works of contemporary SF, I argue the texts are engaged in oceanic practices of dislocating and deterrestrialising. In doing so, they open us to posthuman and nonhuman ways of knowing and being in the Anthropocene.
Designing phase 3 sepsis trials: application of learned experiences from critical care trials in acute heart failure
Creators: name: Mebazaa, Alexandre
name: Laterre, Pierre F
name: Russell, James A
name: Bergmann, Andreas
name: Gattinoni, Luciano
name: Gayat, Etienne
name: Harhay, Michael O
name: Hartmann, Oliver
name: Hein, Frauke
name: Kjolbye, Anne L
name: Legrand, Matthieu
name: Lewis, Roger J
name: Marshall, John C
name: Marx, Gernot
name: Radermacher, Peter
name: Schroedter, Mathias
name: Scigalla, Paul
name: Stough, Wendy G
name: Struck, Joachim
name: Van Den Berghe, Greet
name: Yilmaz, Mehmet B
name: Angus, Derek C
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2017

description: Substantial attention and resources have been directed to improving outcomes of patients with critical illnesses, in particular sepsis, but all recent clinical trials testing various interventions or strategies have failed to detect a robust benefit on mortality. Acute heart failure is also a critical illness, and although the underlying etiologies differ, acute heart failure and sepsis are critical care illnesses that have a high mortality in which clinical trials have been difficult to conduct and have not yielded effective treatments. Both conditions represent a syndrome that is often difficult to define with a wide variation in patient characteristics, presentation, and standard management across institutions. Referring to past experiences and lessons learned in acute heart failure may be informative and help frame research in the area of sepsis. Academic heart failure investigators and industry have worked closely with regulators for many years to transition acute heart failure trials away from relying on dyspnea assessments and all-cause mortality as the primary measures of efficacy, and recent trials have been designed to assess novel clinical composite endpoints assessing organ dysfunction and mortality while still assessing all-cause mortality as a separate measure of safety. Applying the lessons learned in acute heart failure trials to severe sepsis and septic shock trials might be useful to advance the field. Novel endpoints beyond all-cause mortality should be considered for future sepsis trials.
Der Staatsislam und seine Architekten: Kulturelle Diskurse des Islams und Modernität in Malaysia
Creators: name: Horstmann, Alexander
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Das Bild des Islams ist auch in Malaysia durch vereinfachende und stereotype Abbildungen radikaler Strömungen innerhalb des Islams verzerrt worden. Um diesen Vorurteilen entgegenzuwirken möchte der Autor auf die Entwicklung islamischer Ideen in Malaysia eingehen, um die unterschiedlichen Positionen der Modernität des Islams in Malaysia zu veranschaulichen.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 19 Nr. 4 (2003): Wer's glaubt, wird selig! Religion und politische Kultur in Südostasien
Internalising symptoms and executive function difficulties in adolescents with and without developmental coordination disorder.
Creators: name: Omer, Serif
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2020
Subjects: Developmental Coordination Disorder
DCD
internalising symptoms
depression
anxiety
executive functions
mental health

description: Background: There is growing evidence that individuals with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) experience elevated internalising symptoms and executive function (EF) difficulties compared to their typically developing (TD) peers. Research also suggests that EFs are important for psychological wellbeing. Aims: This study aimed to explore whether adolescents with DCD experience greater levels of internalising symptoms and everyday EF difficulties than their TD peers. It also explored whether EF difficulties mediate the relationship between DCD status and internalising symptoms. Methods and procedures: Fourteen adolescents with a diagnosis of DCD and 29 TD adolescents (ages 12-15) participated. A cross-sectional survey was conducted to collect parent-reported EF difficulties and self-reported internalising symptoms. Outcomes and results: Self-reported internalising symptoms and parent-reported EF difficulties were significantly higher in the DCD group compared to the TD group. A bias-corrected, bootstrapped mediation analysis identified that the effect of DCD on internalising symptoms was mediated by parent-reported EF difficulties. Exploratory analyses identified that this indirect effect was greatest for symptoms of depression through behavioural regulation difficulties. Conclusions and implications: These findings support previous research indicating that adolescents with DCD experience greater levels of internalising symptoms and EF difficulties than their TD peers. This highlights the need for increased awareness, routine screening, and intervention for mental health and EF difficulties in people with DCD. The findings also highlight the potential benefits of targeting EF deficits in people with DCD to improve emotional wellbeing. However, larger scale, longitudinal research is needed.
Supervision experiences and job satisfaction of school psychologists in Victoria
Creators: name: Moore, Susan
name: Thielking, Monica
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This study set out to examine the current supervision arrangements for school psychologists in Victorian schools. Frequency of participation in professional supervision was explored in relation to type of employment and job satisfaction. The findings revealed that the frequency of participation in supervision activities for Victorian school psychologists in this study was less than adequate, with many psychologists reporting that they were unsatisfied with their supervision arrangements. Although school psychologists reported that they were generally satisfied with the nature of activities that make up their role, psychologists in the Government school sector appeared to be less satisfied when compared to psychologists working in Catholic and Independent schools. Overall, more psychologists working in Catholic schools reported that they participated in supervision than Government and Independent school psychologists. Furthermore, more psychologists working in Catholic schools had their supervision paid for by their school. Implications for school psychology and future research were discussed.
Legal Frameworks for Actualization of the Right to Sanitation in Informal Settlements of East Africa
Creators: name: ADOGO, JANE MORAA
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2022

description: Implementation of the right to sanitation refers to creating an environment where all people are able to access sanitation facilities which are physically available, safe, accessible, acceptable, affordable, together with the necessary services for managing the faecal matter until safe disposal or re-use. In urban areas, it is usually the responsibility of the households and local government agencies. However, in Kenya, Uganda, and Rwanda, like many other developing countries, sanitation in urban informal settlements is mismanaged and unregulated causing inadequate environmental situations and exposing residents to health risks. This research was undertaken in a larger research project known as the 3K-SAN research project depicting the three cities; Kisumu in Kenya, Kampala in Uganda and Kigali in Rwanda. Eight selected informal settlements in the 3K-SAN case study cities were investigated on the situation of access to adequate sanitation and corresponding respective government’s legal and institutional frameworks relating to the sanitation sector. The study adopted a mixed method methodology including; household surveys, focus group discussions, in-depth interviews, and deliberative forums, to obtain first hand perspective on the existing sanitation conditions, barriers for assessing the efficacy of approaches and regulatory issues.

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description: The findings are that a diversity of approaches is required, as there are highly variegated environments, barriers, and problems in which the right to sanitation must be actualised, with the emphasis that certain barriers inevitably require governmental measures entailing budgets and other resources. Analysis reveals the right to sanitation does not yet have international law status, however, there are political declarations that suggest that it may become (binding) law in the future. The principal effect of crystallization as international law would be to potentially render breaches of the rule admissible before international courts and tribunals or domestic courts when the constitution transcribes or ‘imports’ international law. The study concludes that there is an urgent need to expedite and strengthen the right to sanitation at the international and national levels given the large-scale lack of adequate sanitation in the world.

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description: The case study countries should provide an ‘enabling environment’ in terms of multi-level governance to spur efforts to solve the barriers to realising adequate sanitation conditions in the case study informal settlements. There is a need to review the existing regulatory frameworks and strategies for sanitation improvements specifically, the most cost-effective and sound measures should be pursued considering the legal, administrative, and logistical problems revealed by the empirical research.
Nachrichten
Creators: name: Kupfer, Kristin
name: Tavassolie, Babak
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Nachrichten der Region.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 19 Nr. 4 (2003): Wer's glaubt, wird selig! Religion und politische Kultur in Südostasien