cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
High-dimensional covariance matrix estimators on simulated portfolios with complex structures
Creators: name: García-Medina, Andrés
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Computational Finance (q-fin.CP)
subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the allocation of synthetic portfolios under hierarchical nested, one-factor, and diagonal structures of the population covariance matrix in a high-dimensional scenario. The noise reduction approaches for the sample realizations are based on random matrices, free probability, deterministic equivalents, and their combination with a data science hierarchical method known as two-step covariance estimators. The financial performance metrics from the simulations are compared with empirical data from companies comprising the S&P 500 index using a moving window and walk-forward analysis. The portfolio allocation strategies analyzed include the minimum variance portfolio (both with and without short-selling constraints) and the hierarchical risk parity approach. Our proposed hierarchical nested covariance model shows signatures of complex system interactions. The empirical financial data reproduces stylized portfolio facts observed in the complex and one-factor covariance models. The two-step estimators proposed here improve several financial metrics under the analyzed investment strategies. The results pave the way for new risk management and diversification approaches when the number of assets is of the same order as the number of transaction days in the investment portfolio.
Robust routing under dynamic traffic demands
Creators: name: Agrawal, Himanshu
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024

description:
In order to provide service reliability with reasonable quality, it is essential for the network operator to manage the traffic flows in the core network. Managing traffic in the network is performed as routing function. In the traditional traffic management, network operator can tune routing parameters to simply manage the traffic. But traditional routing methods are not designed to handle the sudden fluctuations in the traffic. As a result, this may apparently lead to the traffic congestions in some parts of the core network, leaving other part underutilized. In this thesis we explore issues related to the routing robustness in the face of traffic demand variations.

We investigate different routing methods for efficient routing using maximum link utilization (MLU) as a performance metric. The primary advantage of using link utilization is its ease to compute the network performance on real network data and synthetic data. Overloaded links might result in Quality of Service degradation (e.g. larger packet delay, packet losses etc.), so MLU might be a useful measure of network performance. For the experimentation, we have used unique data from the real operational network available in the public domain and the random data for large network topology instances.

Furthermore, we propose a simple routing algorithm called Robust Routing Technique (RRT) to implement a robust routing mechanism. This mechanism allows network operator to satisfy the networking goals such as load balancing, routing robustness to the range of traffic demand matrices, link failures or to the traffic changes caused by uncertain traffic demands. Simulation experiments with real network topologies and random topologies demonstrate that our routing solution is simple (for routing) and flexible (for forwarding). K-Shortest path implementation in RRT can be extended for Multi Protocol Label Switching.

Finally, we evaluate the performance of robust routing under dynamic traffic demands. We formulate the problem as a multi commodity flow problem using linear programming. We use congestion ratio to define the robust routing performance. We provide a variant to the existing robust routing mechanisms by modelling traffic demand due to Distributed Denial of service attacks or worms. Simulation results are compared with the popular OSPF traffic engineering algorithm to provide effectiveness to the proposed routing scheme. Simulation results are compared with the popular OSPF traffic engineering algorithm to provide effectiveness to the proposed routing scheme.
Reinterpreting Glover's garden
Creators: name: Mau, Barbara
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024

description: Reinterpreting Glover’s Garden is a research project identifying the Kilmore region’s indigenous flora, and developing an artist’s garden incorporating the extant species. The resultant garden follows colonial design principles and reinterprets the layout of John Glover’s garden in Tasmania.

John Glover selected Mills’ Plains, Tasmania, as his principle place of residence in 1832, and amongst other activities established an artist’s garden. This was possibly the first substantive garden in the Colony consciously designed by a person with recognised artistic sensibilities. It is the north-south orientation of Glover’s garden plan that underpins the layout of the Quarry Ridge garden. Colonial garden design incorporated introduced species, separated from indigenous plants, in a naturalised setting. The ‘colonial’ garden at Quarry Ridge has been exclusively planted with the indigenous flora of the region. By doing this, I hope to offer a more sustainable horticultural model for domestic gardeners. The trope of putting order into indigenous planting practices is a strategy to challenge those who are accustomed to formal gardens using introduced plants.

There are four garden spaces on the project site. The highest follows John Glover’s north-south garden orientation, overlaid with a formal colonial inspired layout. The garden overlooks a further three informal, indigenous planted series of Hill Gardens below. Land contours flow in long sweeping lines running north to south, in harmony with distant ranges on the horizon, close by vineyard rows and defining windbreaks of Leyland Cyprus. It was important to keep these existing linear contours in order to retain the series of modulating planes, visually moving from garden space to landscape, to horizon, from intimacy to infinity.
Three questions underpin this research:
1. How can colonial garden design be re-employed in a contemporary context to raise awareness of indigenous landscape loss?
2. How can I use knowledge of flora loss in the Kilmore region to reinstate a local indigenous habitat in the context of an artist garden?
3. How can I bring knowledge of site-sensitivity concepts in art practice to my artist’s garden?

The following strategies were employed to achieve the project objectives:
- Reinterpreting Colonial garden design to establish an indigenous garden at Quarry Ridge, Kilmore.
- Identifying Kilmore’s indigenous plants, collecting seed, propagation, and documenting the process of creating a site-sensitive garden appropriate to the Kilmore environs.
- Expanding the understanding and appreciation of Kilmore’s indigenous plants, their ongoing importance to the health and well being of indigenous fauna, and the importance of a sustainable indigenous ecological system
- Developing strategies to link new site-specific knowledge with existing artistic debate and practice surrounding global ecological change.
The source of the 2017 cosmic ray half-year modulation event
Creators: name: Aslam, O. P. M.
name: MacTaggart, D.
name: Battiston, R.
name: Potgieter, M. S.
name: Ngobeni, M. D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Space Physics (physics.space-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In 2017, as the solar cycle approached solar minimum, an unusually long and large depression was observed in galactic cosmic ray (GCR) protons, detected with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02), lasting for the second half of that year. The depression, as seen in the Bartel rotation-averaged proton flux, has the form of a Forbush decrease (FD). Despite this resemblance, however, the cause of the observed depression does not have such a simple explanation as FDs, due to coronal mass ejections (CMEs), typically last for a few days at 1 AU rather than half a year. In this work, we seek the cause of the observed depression and investigate two main possibilities. First, we consider a mini-cycle - a temporary change in the solar dynamo that changes the behavior of the global solar magnetic field and, by this, the modulation of GCRs. Secondly, we investigate the behavior of solar activity, both CMEs and co-rotating/stream interactions regions (C/SIRs), during this period. Our findings show that, although there is some evidence for mini-cycle behavior prior to the depression, the depression is ultimately due to a combination of recurrent CMEs, SIRs and CIRs. A particular characteristic of the depression is that the largest impacts that help to create and maintain it are due to four CMEs from the same, highly active, magnetic source that persists for several solar rotations. This active magnetic source is unusual given the closeness of the solar cycle to solar minimum, which also helps to make the depression more evident.
description: Submitted to the Astrophysical Journal. Total 15 pages, 8 figures and 2 tables
AI and Cultural Context: An Empirical Investigation of Large Language Models' Performance on Chinese Social Work Professional Standards
Creators: name: Qi, Zia
name: Perron, Brian E.
name: Wang, Miao
name: Fang, Cao
name: Chen, Sitao
name: Victor, Bryan G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Computers and Society (cs.CY)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Objective: This study examines how well leading Chinese and Western large language models understand and apply Chinese social work principles, focusing on their foundational knowledge within a non-Western professional setting. We test whether the cultural context in the developing country influences model reasoning and accuracy.
 Method: Using a published self-study version of the Chinese National Social Work Examination (160 questions) covering jurisprudence and applied knowledge, we administered three testing conditions to eight cloud-based large language models - four Chinese and four Western. We examined their responses following official guidelines and evaluated their explanations' reasoning quality.
 Results: Seven models exceeded the 60-point passing threshold in both sections. Chinese models performed better in jurisprudence (median = 77.0 vs. 70.3) but slightly lower in applied knowledge (median = 65.5 vs. 67.0). Both groups showed cultural biases, particularly regarding gender equality and family dynamics. Models demonstrated strong professional terminology knowledge but struggled with culturally specific interventions. Valid reasoning in incorrect answers ranged from 16.4% to 45.0%.
 Conclusions: While both Chinese and Western models show foundational knowledge of Chinese social work principles, technical language proficiency does not ensure cultural competence. Chinese models demonstrate advantages in regulatory content, yet both Chinese and Western models struggle with culturally nuanced practice scenarios. These findings contribute to informing responsible AI integration into cross-cultural social work practice.
Investigation of nanostructured thin films on surface acoustic wave and conductometric transducers for gas sensing applications
Creators: name: Arsat, Rashidah
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024

description: In this thesis, the author proposed and developed nanostructured materials based Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) and conductometric transducers for gas sensing applications. The device fabrication, nanostructured materials synthesis and characterization, as well as their gas sensing performance have been undertaken. The investigated structures are based on two structures: lithium niobate (LiNbO3) and lithium tantalate (LiTaO3). These two substrates were chosen for their high electromechanical coupling coefficient. The conductometric structure is based on langasite (LGS) substrate. LGS was selected because it does not exhibit any phase transition up to its melting point (1470°C). Four types of nanostructured materials were investigated as gas sensing layers, they are: polyaniline, polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), graphene and antimony oxide (Sb2O3). The developed nanostructured materials based sensors have high surface to volume ratio, resulting in high sensitivity towards di¤erent gas species.

Several synthesis methods were conducted to deposit nanostructured materials on the whole area of SAW based and conductometric transducers. Electropolymerization method was used to synthesize and deposit polyaniline nanofibers on 36° YX LiTaO3 and 64° YX LiNbO3 SAW substrates. By varying several parameters during electropolymerization, the effect on gas sensing properties were investigated. The author also extended her research to successfully develop polyaniline/inorganic nanocomposites based SAW structures for room temperature gas sensing applications. Via electrospinning method, PVP fibres and its composites were successfully deposited on 36° YX LiTaO3 SAW transducers. Again in this method, the author varied several parameters of electrospinning such as distance and concentration, and investigated the effect on gas sensing performance. Graphene-like nano-sheets were synthesized on 36° YX LiTaO3 SAW devices. This material was synthesized by spin-coating graphite oxide (GO) on the substrate and then exposin g the GO to hydrazine to reduce it to graphene. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and Raman characterizations showed that the reduced GO was not an ideal graphene. This information was required to understand the properties of the deposited graphene and link its properties to the gas sensing properties. Thermal evaporation method was used to grow Sb2O3 nanostructures on LGS conductometric transducers. Using this method, different nanoscale structures such as nanorods and lobe-like shapes were found on the gold interdigitated transducers (IDTs) and LGS substrate. The gas sensing performance of the deposited nanostructured Sb2O3 based LGS conductometric sensors was investigated at elevated temperatures. The gas sensing performance of the investigated nanostructured materials/SAW and conductometric structures provide a way for further investigation to future commerciallization of these types of sensors.
Ubiquity Press - "Keeping Up With The Standards"
Creators: name: Murdy, Abigail
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: university press standards
institutional publishing

description: This is a short presentation of Ubiquity Press by Abigail Murdy from the AEUP workshop “Keeping up With the Standards” in Riga, June 5-6 2018.
Additional file 9 of Endothelial CXCR2 deficiency attenuates renal inflammation and glycocalyx shedding through NF-κB signaling in diabetic kidney disease
Creators: name: Cui, Siyuan
name: Chen, Xin
name: Li, Jiayu
name: Wang, Wei
name: Meng, Deqi
name: Zhu, Shenglong
name: Shen, Shiwei
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Marine Biology

description: Additional file 9: Supplementary Table 2. The CXCR2 siRNA sequences.
Continuous time state-space model identification with application to magnetic bearing systems
Creators: name: Mohd Mokhtar, Rosmiwati
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024

description: This thesis presents the identification of continuous time linear multi-variable systems using state-space models. A data-driven approach in realization by the subspace methods is carried out in developing the models. In this thesis, the approach by subspace methods is considered for both open-loop and closed-loop continuous time system identification. The Laguerre filter network, the instrumental variables and the frequency sampling filters are adopted in the framework of subspace model identification. More specifically, the Laguerre filters play a role in avoiding problems with differentiation in the Laplace operator, which leads to a simple algebraic relation. It also has the ability to cope with noise at high frequency region due to its orthogonality functions. The instrumental variables help to eliminate the process and measurement noise that may occur in the systems. The frequency sampling filters are used to compress the raw data, eliminate measurement noise so to obtain a set of clean and unbiased step response data. The combination of these techniques allows for the estimation of high quality models, in which, it leads to successful performance of the continuous time system identification overall. The application based on a magnetic bearing system apparatus is used to demonstrate the efficacy of the proposed techniques.
Variation in successional dynamics shape biodiversity patterns over a tropical-temperate latitudinal gradient
Creators: name: Bracewell, Sally
name: Johnston, Emma
name: Clark, Graeme
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biogeography
recruitment
deterministic
stochastic
Population dynamics
beta-diversity
Ecological succession

description: Successional dynamics can vary due to a range of ecological and environmental factors, but our understanding of biogeographic variation in succession, and the processes contributing to community development across ecosystems, is limited. The pattern and rate of recruitment of dispersive propagules likely differs over large spatial scales and can be an important predictor of successional trajectory. Over a 20-degree tropical-temperate latitudinal gradient, we measured sessile invertebrates over 12 months of community development and successive 3-month recruitment windows to understand succession and how it is influenced by recruitment. Succession and recruitment patterns varied over latitude. In the tropics, fast temporal turnover, fluctuating abundances, and lack of successional progression suggest that the contribution of stochastic processes was high. As latitude increased, successional progression became more apparent, characterized by increasing species richness and community cover, and a shift to more competitive taxa over time. At temperate locations, species identities were similar between older communities and recruiting assemblages, however community composition became more variable across space over time. Such divergence suggests an important role of early colonisers and species interactions on community structure. These findings demonstrate differences in the processes contributing to community development and biodiversity patterns over latitude. Understanding such biogeographic variation in community dynamics and identifying the prevalence of different processes can provide insights into how communities assemble and persist in response to environmental variability.
description: Funding provided by: Australian Research CouncilCrossref Funder Registry ID: https://ror.org/05mmh0f86Award Number:
Funding provided by: UNSW SydneyCrossref Funder Registry ID: https://ror.org/03r8z3t63Award Number:
Additional file 10 of Endothelial CXCR2 deficiency attenuates renal inflammation and glycocalyx shedding through NF-κB signaling in diabetic kidney disease
Creators: name: Cui, Siyuan
name: Chen, Xin
name: Li, Jiayu
name: Wang, Wei
name: Meng, Deqi
name: Zhu, Shenglong
name: Shen, Shiwei
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Marine Biology

description: Additional file 10: Supplementary Table 3. Primer sequences of Mus musculus used for qRT-PCR.
SCKF-LSTM Based Trajectory Tracking for Electricity-Gas Integrated Energy System
Creators: name: Chen, Liang
name: Li, Yang
name: Cai, Jun
name: Gu, Songlin
name: Yan, Ying
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: This paper introduces a novel approach for tracking the dynamic trajectories of integrated natural gas and power systems, leveraging a Kalman filter-based structure. To predict the states of the system, the Holt's exponential smoothing techniques and nonlinear dynamic equations of gas pipelines are applied to establish the power and gas system equations, respectively. The square-root cubature Kalman filter algorithm is utilized to address the numerical challenges posed by the strongly nonlinear system equations. The boundary conditions in the gas system include the flow balances at sink nodes, and the mass flow rates of loads have to be predicted at each computation step. For the prediction of load mass flows, the long short-term memory network is employed, known for its effectiveness in time series prediction. Consequently, a combined method based on the square-root cubature Kalman filter and the long short-term memory network is proposed for tracking integrated gas and power systems. To evaluate the tracking performances of the proposed method, the IEEE-39 bus power system and GasLib-40 node gas system are used to form the testing system. Simulation results demonstrate high precision in tracking the dynamic states of power and gas systems. Two indexes are introduced for a numerical analysis of the tracking results, indicating that the accuracy of this method surpasses that of traditional measurements.
description: Accepted by IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics
University Of Groningen Press - "Keeping Up With The Standards"
Creators: name: Nieborg, Margreet
name: van Rheenen, Dorien
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: university press standards
institutional publishing

description: This is a short presentation of University of Groningen Press (UGP) by Margreet Nieborg and Dorien van Rheenen from the AEUP workshop “Keeping up With the Standards” in Riga, June 5-6 2018.
Additional file 11 of Endothelial CXCR2 deficiency attenuates renal inflammation and glycocalyx shedding through NF-κB signaling in diabetic kidney disease
Creators: name: Cui, Siyuan
name: Chen, Xin
name: Li, Jiayu
name: Wang, Wei
name: Meng, Deqi
name: Zhu, Shenglong
name: Shen, Shiwei
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Marine Biology

description: Additional file 11: Supplementary Table 4. Primer sequences of Homo sapiens used for qRT-PCR
FITS: Ensuring Safe and Effective Touchscreen Use in Moving Vehicles
Creators: name: Pool, Daan M.
name: Vardar, Yasemin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Touch interfaces are replacing physical buttons, dials, and switches in the new generation of cars, aircraft, and vessels. However, vehicle vibrations and accelerations perturb finger movements and cause erroneous touchscreen inputs by users. Furthermore, unlike physical buttons, touchscreens cannot be operated by touch alone and always require users' visual focus. Hence, despite their numerous benefits, touchscreens are not inherently suited for use in vehicles, which results in an increased risk of accidents. In a recently awarded research project titled "Right Touch Right Time: Future In-vehicle Touchscreens (FITS)", we aim to address these problems by developing novel in-vehicle touchscreens that actively predict and correct perturbed finger movements and simulate physical touch interactions with artificial tactile feedback.
description: 6 pages, 6 figures, conference
sj-docx-1-jmh-10.1177_15579883231163728 – Supplemental material for Improving Mental Health Help-Seeking Among Male University Students: A Series of Gender-Sensitive Mental Health Feasibility Interventions
Creators: name: Sagar-Ouriaghli, Ilyas
name: Godfrey, Emma
name: Tailor, Vinay
name: Brown, June S. L.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 111708 Health and Community Services
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 111099 Nursing not elsewhere classified
subject: 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-jmh-10.1177_15579883231163728 for Improving Mental Health Help-Seeking Among Male University Students: A Series of Gender-Sensitive Mental Health Feasibility Interventions by Ilyas Sagar-Ouriaghli, Emma Godfrey, Vinay Tailor and June S. L. Brown in American Journal of Men’s Health
sj-docx-2-spo-10.1177_17479541231179301 - Supplemental material for Relative energy deficiency in sport and the role of ultrarunning coaches according to two female ultrarunners
Creators: name: Stewart, Douglas G
name: Allen, Justine B
name: Kirkland, Andrew
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-2-spo-10.1177_17479541231179301 for Relative energy deficiency in sport and the role of ultrarunning coaches according to two female ultrarunners by Douglas G Stewart, Justine B Allen and Andrew Kirkland in International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching
Quasinormal modes of black holes embedded in halos of matter
Creators: name: Pezzella, Laura
name: Destounis, Kyriakos
name: Maselli, Andrea
name: Cardoso, Vitor
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the (axial) quasinormal modes of black holes embedded in generic matter profiles. Our results reveal that the axial QNMs experience a redshift when the black hole is surrounded by various matter environments, proportional to the compactness of the matter halo. Our calculations demonstrate that for static black holes embedded in galactic matter distributions, there exists a universal relation between the matter environment and the redshifted vacuum quasinormal modes. In particular, for dilute environments the leading order effect is a redshift $1+U$ of frequencies and damping times, with $U \sim -{\cal C}$ the Newtonian potential of the environment at its center, which scales with its compactness ${\cal C}$.
description: 12 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication in PRD
Community foundations: the asset-based development of an Australian community organisation as a foundational source for sustainable community development
Creators: name: Bryant, Sharon
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024

description: This study seeks to uncover the opportunities and challenges in building the foundations for sustainable community development at the local level, by enhancing the capacity of a community organisation. Challenging the traditional needs-based focus of community development, the research builds from the work of Kretzmann and McKnight by applying an asset-based approach to both community development and capacity building of community organisations. This study thus shifts the focus of community development away from its traditional application on 'disadvantaged' communities, to encourage social planning and development in a socially and economically diverse inner urban neighbourhood in Australia. The study describes the organisational development experiences of a community centre confronting the challenges of moving from the traditional deficit model of community development to an a sset- or strengths-based approach that is more in keeping with the philosophy of the sustainable communities' movement.

The study follows the experiences of the community centre through three cycles of action research. Two key outcomes were achieved as a result of this experience, this includes:

• A shift in thinking and practice in the organisation from a needs-based paradigm to include an asset-based perspective.
 • A shift in the strategic priorities of the organisation.

The analysis of the project outcomes and these influencing factors enabled a range of conclusions to be drawn including:

1. Local community organisations such as community centres are capable of playing a more prominent role in supporting comprehensive community initiatives for sustainable development. However, the importance of these organisations as a foundational infrastructure has been undervalued and their potential contribution misunderstood. More research and development is required to change this evaluation at all levels of operation.

2. Secondly, improving the role and strategic direction of such organisations in Australia needs to be reviewed to better understand their potential contribution to sustainable development at the local level, as well as their future purpose.

3. Thirdly, the capacity building of the Centre through an asset-based perspective proved a useful tool in developing it and the early signs were that it was moving towards an expanded role at the local level (although threats regarding the organisational sustainability of the community centre were also evident during the project).

4. Fourthly, governance and leadership issues must be addressed in developing these organisations due to their limited capability to staff projects beyond the bare bones.

5. Fifthly, the knowledge about strategy development and implementation is limited in such organisations and, I would argue, among local development professions themselves.
A Critical Guide to Unix
Creators: name: Attwood, Teresa K.
name: GOBLET Foundation
Publisher: name: F1000 Research Limited
Year: 2018

description: This Critical Guide in the Introduction to Bioinformatics series briefly introduces the Unix Operating System, and provides a subset of some of the most helpful and commonly used commands, including those that allow various types of search, navigation and file manipulation. Several keystroke short-cuts are also explained, which help to make the routine use of Unix commands more efficient.

Specifically, this Guide showcases some of the simplest, most frequently used commands to help new users to understand and gain confidence in using the Unix Operating System. On reading the Guide, users will be able to exploit a range of commands to:	manipulate files, directories and processes;	navigate directory structures and explore their contents;	search for files, and search and compare file contents;	direct command outputs into files or into other commands; and	explain what many simple commands mean and how they’re used.
sj-pdf-1-chl-10.1177_17475198231177955 – Supplemental material for Preparation, crystal structure, time-dependent density theory and properties of a novel organic-inorganic hybrid up-conversion luminescence tetranuclear complex
Creators: name: Zeng, Wen-Quan
name: Huang, Wei
name: He, Chuan-Hui
name: Zou, Rong
name: Jin, Wei-Kang
name: Yi, Xiu-Guang
name: Yang, Kun-Zhong
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2023
Subjects: Materials Engineering not elsewhere classified

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-chl-10.1177_17475198231177955 for Preparation, crystal structure, time-dependent density theory and properties of a novel organic-inorganic hybrid up-conversion luminescence tetranuclear complex by Wen-Quan Zeng, Wei Huang, Chuan-Hui He, Rong Zou, Wei-Kang Jin, Xiu-Guang Yi and Kun-Zhong Yang in Journal of Chemical Research
A Critical Guide to BLAST
Creators: name: Attwood, Teresa K.
name: GOBLET Foundation
Publisher: name: F1000 Research Limited
Year: 2018

description: This Critical Guide in the Introduction to Bioinformatics series provides an overview of the BLAST similarity search tool, briefly examining the underlying algorithm and its rise to popularity. Several Web-based and stand-alone implementations are reviewed, and key features of typical search results are discussed.

Specifically, this Guide introduces concepts and theories that underpin the BLAST search tool, and examines features of search outputs important for understanding and interpreting BLAST results. On reading this Guide, users will be able to:	search a variety of Web-based sequence databases with different query sequences, and alter search parameters;	explain a range of typical search parameters, and the likely impacts on search outputs of changing them;	analyse the information conveyed in search outputs and infer the significance of reported matches;	examine and investigate the annotations of reported matches, and their provenance; and	compare the outputs of different BLAST implementations and evaluate the implications of any differences.
Accounting for carbon emission trading: an Australian perspective
Creators: name: Mookdee, Tharatee
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024

description: The emergence of market-based mechanisms to reduce greenhouse gas emissions presents a challenge for accountants who are now required to reflect the new economic given to carbon credits and related assets in the company accounts. Given the absence of formal accounting guidelines, carbon market participants (liable entities and carbon credit providers) around the world are able to select accounting practices and reporting methods based on individual judgment.

The main aim of this thesis is to explore current accounting practices (asset classification, sequent measurement and impairment testing) of Australian carbon credit providers. In addition to exploring the underlying reasons for specific accounting practices, this study also aims to uncover emerging normative views drawing on expert opinions. The study was conducted using case-study methodology and in-depth interviews, supported by archival data and secondary data. The study used institutional theory to interpret research interviews. In general, it was found that disclosures of related accounting information are incomparable due to the lack of formal benchmark guidelines. While the research results show accounting practices for carbon credits and related assets are in accordance with existing general accounting standards and conceptual frameworks, the preferred asset classification of carbon credits varies among the case site participants, according to specific market requirements and economic uncertainty. Applicable values and valuation methods differ from case site to case site due to the nature of each company’s business, internal operations and economic factors. Impairment testing conducted by each organisation requires reference price indices from various sources, but basically they are determined by the nature of assets and professionals. Revenue and expense recognition greatly relies on accounting estimation made by in-house, on-hand and external forestry professionals from government agencies and private bodies. When trying to elicit an emerging normative viewpoint, the expert views indicate asset classification, valuation, impairment; revenue and expense recognition should be prepared conservatively, based on a true and fair view.

In conclusion, accounting policy makers and professional accountants in Australia need to address these issues to improve the quality of the accounting information in this area. Further research should focus on the implications and other developments of the carbon credit accounting practices.
sj-pdf-3-hpq-10.1177_13591053231176261 – Supplemental material for Assessment of implicit COVID-19 attitudes using affective priming for pro-vaccine and vaccine-hesitant individuals
Creators: name: Moro, Stefania S
name: Steeves, Jennifer K E
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: 110319 Psychiatry (incl. Psychotherapy)
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-3-hpq-10.1177_13591053231176261 for Assessment of implicit COVID-19 attitudes using affective priming for pro-vaccine and vaccine-hesitant individuals by Stefania S Moro and Jennifer K E Steeves in Journal of Health Psychology
A Critical Guide to UniProtKB
Creators: name: Attwood, Teresa K.
name: GOBLET Foundation
Publisher: name: F1000 Research Limited
Year: 2018

description: This Critical Guide in the Introduction to Bioinformatics series provides a brief outline of the UniProt protein sequence database, with a particular focus on the UniProt Knowledgebase – UniProtKB. The rationale for creating the resource, its contributing databases and the kinds of information they provide are discussed, and issues behind the quality of their annotations are explored.

Specifically, this Guide introduces the principal components of the UniProt Knowledgebase, and the differences between them. On reading this Guide, users will be able to:	identify and explain the characteristic features of UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot and /TrEMBL entries;	distinguish annotations that are computed, and hence not experimentally validated;	search UniProtKB using keywords, full sequences and peptides, and interpret the results;	analyse and track the provenance of annotations; and	infer which annotations are likely to be accurate and which erroneous.
A Critical Guide to the UniProtKB Flat-file Format
Creators: name: Attwood, Teresa K.
name: GOBLET Foundation
Publisher: name: F1000 Research Limited
Year: 2018

description: This Critical Guide briefly presents the need for biological databases and for a standard format for storing and organising biological data. Web-based interfaces have made databases more user-friendly, but knowledge of the underlying file format offers a deeper understanding of how to navigate and mine the information they contain, so that humans and machines can get the most out of them. This Guide explores the file format that underpins one of today’s most popular protein sequence databases – UniProtKB.

Specifically, this Guide introduces the concept of database ‘flat-files’, and examines features of the UniProtKB flat-file format. On reading this Guide, users will be able to:	identify key fields within UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot and /TrEMBL flat-files;	explain what these fields mean, what information they contain and what the information is used for;	analyse the information in different fields and infer structural and functional features of a sequence;	examine and investigate the provenance of annotations; and	compare annotations at different time-points and evaluate the likely impact of annotation changes.
A constructivist, mobile and principled approach to the learning and teaching of programming
Creators: name: Alsaggaf, Wafaa Adnan O
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024

description: Novices in programming courses need to acquire a theoretical understanding of programming concepts as well as practical skills for applying them, but in traditional learning environments students passively listen to the lecture without proactive practice-based learning. There is a need for a constructivist approach to learning based on the ability of the learner to construct his or her own knowledge from the concepts provided by the instructors. Therefore, learning that uses a practical approach offers more in-depth understanding to students and sustains students’ attention as well as encourages students to be active players in their own learning process. The ubiquitous use of mobile devices and the evolution of mobile device technologies have led to a growing interest in these devices as pedagogical aids in a constructivist learning approach where students can immediately practice the concepts being taught in the lecture on their mobile devices.
Internal radionuclide dosimetry of model and patient based voxelised phantoms using the GATE toolkit
Creators: name: Hickson, Kevin
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024

description: The desire for realistic patient specific dosimetry estimates of internally distributed radioactivity are realised by using Monte Carlo simulations of voxelised phantoms. The purpose of this thesis was to validate the GATE Monte Carlo package as a dosimetry tool and to investigate the accurate application of model and patient specific voxelised phantoms.

Validation of the GATE Monte Carlo package was performed by simulating the absorbed fractions of simple geometric spheres of uniform radioactivity compared to accepted values. Voxelised spheres have also been simulated and it was found that the GATE Low Energy physics package was the most suitable for simulations of voxelised phantoms.

The simulation of the scalable XCAT voxelised phantom has been performed to evaluate the effect of voxel size and patient organ mass on the calculation of dose factors. It was found that for organ self-irradiation significantly small voxels are required to ensure that insufficient voxel sampling does not effect the absorbed dose calculation.

A retrospective absorbed dose calculation of true patient images was then performed with a correction for insufficient voxel sampling. In this work the scalable XCAT phantom has also been used to show that a voxel size of 2 mm or less is suitable for accurate calculations of organ cross dose.

By comparing the scaled XCAT phantoms with patient and traditional phantoms it was concluded that considerable care is required when adapting model-based phantom results to individual patients. As differences in patient anatomy contribute significant variability to the dosimetry calculation, it is therefore recommended that where available individual patient specific dosimetry should be calculated using direct Monte Carlo simulation in favor of organ mass scaling.
C*-rigidity of bounded geometry metric spaces
Creators: name: Martínez, Diego
name: Vigolo, Federico
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Operator Algebras (math.OA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 53C24, 48L89, 51F30, 52C25, 51K05

description: We prove that uniformly locally finite metric spaces with isomorphic Roe algebras must be coarsely equivalent. As an application, we also prove that the outer automorphism group of the Roe algebra of a metric space of bounded geometry is canonically isomorphic to the group of coarse equivalences of the space up to closeness.
description: An extract of [arxiv:2403.13624], proving a particular case of its main theorem in the special case of bounded geometry metric spaces. 15 pages
sj-docx-1-dhj-10.1177_20552076231170493 - Supplemental material for Prediction of mortality risk and duration of hospitalization of COVID-19 patients with chronic comorbidities based on machine learning algorithms
Creators: name: Amiri, Parastoo
name: Montazeri, Mahdieh
name: Ghasemian, Fahimeh
name: Asadi, Fatemeh
name: Niksaz, Saeed
name: Sarafzadeh, Farhad
name: Khajouei, Reza
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 111708 Health and Community Services
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Cardiology
subject: 110306 Endocrinology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 110308 Geriatrics and Gerontology
subject: 111099 Nursing not elsewhere classified
subject: 111299 Oncology and Carcinogenesis not elsewhere classified
subject: 111702 Aged Health Care
subject: 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified
subject: 99999 Engineering not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Other engineering and technologies
subject: Anthropology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 200299 Cultural Studies not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Other humanities
subject: 89999 Information and Computing Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 150310 Organisation and Management Theory
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: Science Policy
subject: 160512 Social Policy
subject: FOS: Political science
subject: Sociology

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-dhj-10.1177_20552076231170493 for Prediction of mortality risk and duration of hospitalization of COVID-19 patients with chronic comorbidities based on machine learning algorithms by Parastoo Amiri, Mahdieh Montazeri, Fahimeh Ghasemian, Fatemeh Asadi, Saeed Niksaz, Farhad Sarafzadeh and Reza Khajouei in DIGITAL HEALTH
A Critical Guide to InterPro
Creators: name: Attwood, Teresa K.
name: GOBLET Foundation
Publisher: name: F1000 Research Limited
Year: 2018

description: This Critical Guide in the Introduction to Bioinformatics series provides an introduction to the InterPro database, the largest, most comprehensive, integrated protein family database in the world. The rationale for creating the resource, the nature of its contributing databases and the kinds of information they provide are discussed, and the role of InterPro in protein classification and function-annotation projects is outlined.

Specifically, this Guide introduces the principal components of the InterPro database, the differences between them, and how their integration creates a resource whose diagnostic power is greater than the sum of its parts. On reading this Guide, users will be able to:	explain how protein family databases are used to help annotate uncharacterised protein sequences;	identify InterPro’s constituent data resources and explain the main methods that underpin them;	search InterPro using keywords and full sequences;	analyse and interpret search results in terms of protein family hierarchies, their structural domains and functional features; and	track the provenance of InterPro’s annotations.
sj-docx-2-tai-10.1177_20499361231179668 – Supplemental material for Predictors of adverse safety events and unscheduled care among an outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) patient cohort
Creators: name: Billmeyer, Kaylyn N.
name: Ross, Jennifer K.
name: Hirsch, Elizabeth B.
name: Evans, Michael D.
name: Kline, Susan E.
name: Galdys, Alison L.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 111099 Nursing not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 111403 Paediatrics
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 111599 Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified
subject: 110203 Respiratory Diseases

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-2-tai-10.1177_20499361231179668 for Predictors of adverse safety events and unscheduled care among an outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) patient cohort by Kaylyn N. Billmeyer, Jennifer K. Ross, Elizabeth B. Hirsch, Michael D. Evans, Susan E. Kline and Alison L. Galdys in Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease
Additional file 1 of Diagnostic evaluation of institutions as a basis for designing the Brazilian maturity model of telehealth services
Creators: name: Silva, Angélica Baptista
name: Pisa, Ivan Torres
name: Messina, Luiz Ary
name: Pelogi, Andréa Pereira Simões
name: Tenório, Josceli Maria
name: Sousa, Fernando Sequeira
name: Santos, Daniela Lacerda
name: Maia, Jessi
name: de Andrade Filha, Ianê Germano
name: Guedes, Ana Cristina Carneiro Menezes
name: de Lima Lopes, Paulo Roberto
name: da Silva Maia, Paulo Ricardo
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: Medicine
Pharmacology
Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
Cancer
Science Policy

description: Supplementary Material 1