cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Essays in financial macroeconomics
Creators: name: Jamilov, Rustam
Publisher: name: London Business School
Year: 2021

description: This dissertation explores the relationship between financial frictions and the real economy. It studies three channels of macro-financial transmission: market power of financial intermediaries, credit portfolio risk that originates from granular borrowers, and aggregate implications of countercyclical bank income risk. The first Chapter of the dissertation develops a quantitative model with financial intermediaries that are heterogeneous along four empirically-motivated dimensions: balance sheet size, credit market power, default risk, and efficiency. The framework highlights a trilemma for bank regulation: financial competition, efficiency, and stability are incompatible – no policy intervention can improve all three facets simultaneously. This trilateral trade-off is shown to extend to numerous classic and new issues in macroeconomics and banking such as deposit insurance, capital requirements, the "too-big-to-fail" hazard, emergence of fintech lending, etc. The second Chapter (joint with Hélène Rey, Ragnar Juelsrud, and Sigurd Galaasen) provides the first bottom-up quantification of single-name credit concentration risk by applying a novel empirical approach to administrative matched bank-firm data from Norway. The study exploits granularity in the distribution of loan shares and shows that idiosyncratic shocks to large borrowers survive portfolio aggregation and impact bank outcomes, contrary to conventional theories. Moreover, granular credit shocks spill over to other firms through banks’ balance sheets, increase probability of default for the affected firms, thus having a significant impact on the real economy. The third Chapter (joint with Tommaso Monacelli) builds a quantitative macroeconomic model with aggregate uncertainty and heterogeneous financial intermediaries that face counter-cyclical idiosyncratic rate of return shocks. Counter-cyclicality of bank income risk is estimated directly from U.S. bank-level data, holds for the past 40 years, and extends to the most recent COVID-19 recession. The channel is found to significantly amplify and prolong economic downturns.
Additional file 1 of Computational Barthel Index: an automated tool for assessing and predicting activities of daily living among nursing home patients
Creators: name: Wojtusiak, Janusz
name: Negin Asadzadehzanjani
name: Levy, Cari
name: Alemi, Farrokh
name: Williams, Allison E.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Additional file 1. Barthel Index categories of functional abilities along with assigned scores. Reproduced from: http://www.strokecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/bartel.pdf .
The urgency of reforming Indonesia’s tax Law in the face of economic digitalization
Creators: name: Cahyadini, Amelia
name: Hutagalung, Josep Irvan Gilang
name: Muttaqin, Zainal
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Hematology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Tax reform in Indonesia occurred from 1983 to 2009. In the last few years, several changes have been made to the same tax law in a short period. This indicates the Indonesian government’s intention to reform the tax system fundamentally, but inconsistencies in determining the direction of long-term tax policy. It is necessary to research the concept of tax legislation in Indonesia to provide legal certainty in the context of tax reform in the era of digitalization. The research method used is normative juridical, with a qualitative research approach, and the research specifications used are descriptive-analytical. The results indicate that the Indonesian government is not optimal and inconsistent in formulating firm policies regulating taxes on digital activities. Second, the concept of permanent establishment formulated in a series of national regulations needs to include significant economic presence criteria to be able to reach digital platform companies. Third, the significant development of information technology needs to be accompanied by developments in the legal field that aim to become a legal framework for digital tax collection to minimize the loss of potential state revenue from the digital tax sector. Fourth, national tax reform is needed to adjust the international tax reform that is still being drafted through the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Consensus. Therefore, the Government of Indonesia needs to develop a comprehensive tax regulation concept that can ensure certainty, and provide justice, economic efficiency, robustness to avoidance, ease of administration, and incentive compatibility.
Fighting fisheries crimes in the fisheries industry: Practical training reflections of the efficacy of Namibia’s fisheries law enforcement
Creators: name: Warikandwa, Tapiwa Victor
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: Fisheries crimes pose a significant challenge to Namibian and international law enforcement organisations and/or agencies. Such crimes are typically distinguished by illegal actions that, in certain instances, are transnational and organised in nature. Illegal shipping of marine resources, illegal fishing, corruption, money laundering, and document and tax fraud are all examples of fisheries crimes. Fighting fisheries crimes in the twenty-first century is a vital priority for ensuring long-term development and protecting marine resources for future generations. It is an essential component of sustaining a justifiable blue economy, as well as resource sharing and beneficiation, which helps underprivileged groups like small-scale fishers to profit from Namibia’s exploitation of marine resources. Effective fisheries law enforcement is required in Namibia to combat fisheries crimes. To achieve efficacy in fisheries law enforcement in Namibia, traditional policing methods and instruments, as well as knowledge of law, criminology, police science, and fisheries management and conservation, are required. This is far from the case, as fishery inspectors and observers are routinely underfunded and undertrained, both financially and technologically. As a result, the goal of this study is to look into the effectiveness of fisheries law enforcement in Namibia in the twenty-first century. Data from the author’s Fisheries Law Enforcement training session, which took place from November 28 to 12 December 2022, in Walvis Bay, Namibia, was utilised to assess Namibia’s readiness in combatting fisheries crimes. The implemented training received excellent response from participants. However, the training showed significant shortcomings in Namibia’s fisheries law enforcement. As a result, recommendations on how to strengthen fisheries law enforcement in Namibia will be made in this article.
Evaluating series-connected and sub-array solar panel configurations under mismatch caused by partial shading
Creators: name: Faber, Simon
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2023

description: Industry-standard construction of solar panels involves connecting solar cells in series or parallel configurations with bypass diodes. This configuration of panels causes a reduction in efficiency when the intensity of light and temperature varies between cells due to series-connected strings being limited by the cell with the lowest current generation in the circuit. In this work, an alternative panel configuration is proposed where individual sub-arrays of series-connected cells are load-matched to minimize the losses due to mismatch from partial shading and variation of cell parameters due to manufacturer process variation. To evaluate and compare the performance of series-connected and sub-array panels, a mathematical expression for "Utilization Factor" (UF) is expressed as a ratio of the output power of a series-connected string over the maximum power available (MPA) from each cell in the string. The UF of a variety of panel and string configurations are determined using a solar simulator and an experimental testbed. The experimental results are verified using an equivalent circuit model simulated in LTSpice. The loss of power due to manufacturing process variation is ultimately deemed negligible for the cells used in experimentation. The losses due to partial shading are demonstrated as significant for any shading scenario and intensity. Ultimately, the potential use of load-matched sub-arrays to reduce the effect of cell mismatch and therefore reduce power lost due to partial shading conditions is evaluated through UF. These alternative configurations are demonstrated to provide up to a 60% increase in efficiency compared to series-connected bypass diode-protected panels under extreme partial shading conditions. However, these increases are highly dependent on cell variance due to partial shading conditions and manufacturing process variation. Therefore, practical use of alternative panel configurations is recommended when the user or manufacturer has prior knowledge of the panel's operating environment. This allows for the calculation of efficiency lost due to additional hardware compared to the efficiency gained from alternative panel configurations.
title: Ανάπτυξη συστήματος ελέγχου για ενεργητική ανάρτηση οχήματος
title: Development of a control system for an active car suspension
Creators: name: Προβατας Βασιλειος
Publisher: name: Technical University of Crete
Year: 2021

description: Σε αυτήν την διπλωματική, σκοπός αποτελεί  η ανάπτυξη ενός συστήματος ελέγχου στο σύστημα της ενεργητικής ανάρτησης ενός οχήματος. Αρχικά, έγινε μια βιβλιογραφική ανασκόπηση στα διάφορα συστήματα αναρτήσεων που υπάρχουν. Έπειτα πραγματοποιήθηκε η μαθηματική μοντελοποίηση του συστήματος της ανάρτησης στο πεδίο του χρόνου και έπειτα η μετατροπή του στο πεδίο της συχνότητας (μέσω Laplace), καθώς και στο πεδίο του χώρου κατάστασης. Όπως αποδείχθηκε, τα τρία αυτά μοντέλα είναι ισοδύναμα και με ελάχιστες διαφορές (γραμμικοποιημένο vs μη-γραμμικό μοντέλο) μεταξύ τους. Έτσι διευκολύνουμε την εξαγωγή  κάποιων χαρακτηριστικών για το σύστημα της ενεργητικής ανάρτησης και την προσομοίωση της στο περιβάλλον της Matlab. Εν συνεχεία, μέσω του γεωμετρικού τόπου των ριζών έγινε η ανάπτυξη των πρώτων ελεγκτών (P, PI, PID), όπου εφαρμοστήκαν στο κλειστό βρόχο του συστήματος της ανάρτησης μέσω της μεθόδου Ziegler-Nichols, και ακλούθησε η σύνθεση ελεγκτή με την μέθοδο Morari-Zafiriou. Οι παραπάνω ελεγκτές συγκρίθηκαν στα πλαίσια διαφορετικών σεναρίων.
Advanced Virtual Manufacturing Systems
Creators: name: Soori, Mohsen
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Virtual manufacturing refers to the use of computer-based technologies, such as computer-aided design (CAD), simulation software, and digital manufacturing tools, to create a virtual model of a manufacturing process. So, this virtual model can be used to simulate and test different methods of part manufacturing before any real production occurs in order to detect the possible errors and enhance the manufacturing productivity. Virtual manufacturing allows manufacturers to minimize costs and enhance productivity by identifying and addressing potential problems and errors before they occur in the physical production process. It also enables them to test new designs and processes without the need for physical prototypes or expensive equipment, which can speed up the product development cycle. Virtual manufacturing can assist manufacturers to make informed decisions about investments in new equipment, processes, and technologies. By simulating the impact of different scenarios, they can determine the most effective and cost-efficient approach to production. This Special Collection is inviting original research papers that offer an advanced virtual manufacturing systems to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and stay competitive in today's global marketplace.
Planned experiments or autonomous adaptation? An assessment of initiatives for climate change adaptation at the local level in Ghana
Creators: name: Atanga, Raymond Aitibasa
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: There are increasing concerns about the likely impacts of climate change on poverty, economic growth, and the overall development of poor countries. The need to adapt to the daunting challenges posed by climate change has resulted in a multiplicity of responses from various actors across scales. Evidence suggests that at the national and sub-national levels in Ghana, initiatives to address climate change are nascent. The objective of this paper is to uncover the nature of these initiatives, the actors involved and the successes and challenges for achieving sustainable outcomes through local-level interventions in Ghana. The paper adopted the qualitative cross-sectional case study design involving the use of key informant interviews, observations, focus group discussions and institutional reports. The findings suggest that initiatives for adaptation to climate change were largely autonomous since they were not necessarily outcomes from mainstream planning aimed at addressing climate change. Key actors behind the initiatives were governmental institutions, agencies, non-governmental organisations, and community leaders. The paper recommends that further efforts be made to integrate climate change adaptation initiatives at the local level of planning for proper targeting, coordination, collaboration, and sustainable adaptation.
Additional file 7 of Computational Barthel Index: an automated tool for assessing and predicting activities of daily living among nursing home patients
Creators: name: Wojtusiak, Janusz
name: Negin Asadzadehzanjani
name: Levy, Cari
name: Alemi, Farrokh
name: Williams, Allison E.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Additional file 7. Learning_Curves_Simplified_Re-Evaluation_Models. The file includes 36 learning curves for Simplified Re-Evaluation Models in CBIT.
Additional file 3 of Computational Barthel Index: an automated tool for assessing and predicting activities of daily living among nursing home patients
Creators: name: Wojtusiak, Janusz
name: Negin Asadzadehzanjani
name: Levy, Cari
name: Alemi, Farrokh
name: Williams, Allison E.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Additional file 3. Top ranked predictors of functional status. The table includes top 50 attributes across Re-Evaluation and Evaluation models. Previous evaluations results associated with the Re-Evaluation models (MREdτ) were included at the beginning of the table. Gender and race along with their ranking were also added at the bottom of the table for comparison.
Additional file 9 of Computational Barthel Index: an automated tool for assessing and predicting activities of daily living among nursing home patients
Creators: name: Wojtusiak, Janusz
name: Negin Asadzadehzanjani
name: Levy, Cari
name: Alemi, Farrokh
name: Williams, Allison E.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Additional file 9. Calibration_Plots_Full_Re-Evaluation_Models. The file includes 36 calibration plots for Full Re-Evaluation Models in CBIT.
Additional file 6 of Computational Barthel Index: an automated tool for assessing and predicting activities of daily living among nursing home patients
Creators: name: Wojtusiak, Janusz
name: Negin Asadzadehzanjani
name: Levy, Cari
name: Alemi, Farrokh
name: Williams, Allison E.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Additional file 6. Learning_Curves_Simplified_Evaluation_Models. The file includes 36 learning curves for Simplified Evaluation Models in CBIT.
Fintech literacy among millennials: The roles of financial literacy and education
Creators: name: Khan, Mohammad Tariqul Islam
name: Liew, Tze Wei
name: Lee, Xue Ying
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: While readily available fintech products are in rise for consumers, the lack of basic fintech literacy (FTL) may preclude them fully utilize its benefits. This study aims to investigate FTL, and then identifies if actual financial literacy, perceived financial literacy and demography predict FTL. Using millennials from Malaysia, the study reports that (a) millennials show medium level of FTL; (b) they display higher literacy on P2P lending, but lower on machine learning; (c) high fintech literacy millennials are male, younger, Chinese and highly educated; (d) actual financial literacy is positively associated with machine learning and crowdfunding literacy, whereas perceived financial literacy is negatively associated with robo-advisor’s literacy; (e) education has a significant positive impact on fintech’s definition, machine learning, blockchain, P2P lending and crowdfunding; (f) age has an inverse relationship with cryptocurrency and blockchain literacy. Ethnicity and gender also contribute to FTL. Implications are discussed for millennials and fintech service providers.
Masterarbeit_2023_Baitinger
Creators: name: Athenstaedt, Ursula
name: Vogrincic-Haselbacher, Claudia
name: Baitinger, Amelie
name: Köstenbaumer, Daniel
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences

description: Changing Smart Meter Attitudes by Persuasive Information: The Moderating Role of Affinity for Technology Interaction
Modelling the transport of thiocarbonyl catalysts through a bed of ore
Creators: name: Krishnamoorthy, Prashanth
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2023

description: Catalytic solutes have been reported to significantly enhance dissolution rates of copper from chalcopyrite. Ethylene thiourea (ETu), a thiocarbonyl compound which has been shown to have such a catalytic effect, is used as a model solute to study the distribution of solute in a column of crushed ore under a point source to simulate the effects of a single drip emitter. To best understand the transport of solutes the transport of water in a column should be quantified first. Using breakthrough curve analysis and a 2-D axisymmetric model for water transport the hydrology parameters are estimated and validated. Further, steady state infiltration tests of ETu solution are performed to generate ETu breakthrough curves which are compared with curves from metal ions such as copper and lithium to estimate solute transport properties such as adsorption and reaction. In the case of adsorption, the Redlich-Peterson isotherm is used successfully to describe the adsorption behavior of ETu in a column of crushed ore. Further, the kinetics of homogeneous reactions of ETu with other solutes in the leaching solution such as Cu²⁺, Fe³⁺ and O₂ are estimated by analyzing the sensitivity of model breakthrough curves and comparing them to experimental results. Thus, a parameterized model for ETu transport though a bed of ore is obtained which is used to estimate ETu breakthrough curves resulting from varying input concentrations, column heights and infiltration rates. The catalytic effect of ETu in the leaching of copper from chalcopyrite ore is analyzed from the perspective of the amount of ETu used to achieve the outcome defined as consumption index (CI). The apparent increase of copper extraction resulting from the doubling the feed concentration of ETu was found to be less efficient than doubling the irrigation flux with half the ETu concentration. Thus, the model is useful tool in providing insight and run what-if scenarios.
Marketing Hawaii's Agricultural Products
Creators: name: Peters, C. W.
name: Peters, C. W.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1961
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: The large producers of sugar and pineapple, Hawaii's principal agricultural products, process and distribute their own crops and those of smaller producers. Competition encountered by both products has been increasing and is expected to become stronger. Producers are meeting competition by promotion and product improvement. Hawaii imports many farm products. Most of these could be produced in Hawaii, but it is more advantageous to specialize in products in which the State has a comparative advantage. Production of poultry and eggs has expanded rapidly in recent years, and price premiums local products receive over imported products have declined. Further reductions are expected if local producers supply a larger share of the market. Producers have maintained the premium for locally produced pork by supplying a decreasing proportion of the growing market. Production of livestock and livestock products is limited by shortage of feed concentrates. Farmers on islands other than Oahu have hesitated to increase production for the Honolulu market because of the lack of fast, economical transportation among the islands. The State government and private interests are trying to improve transportation. Since World War II supermarkets have replaced many smaller retail food stores. As a result of an increase in direct buying by retailers from producers, several wholesale firms have discontinued business. Direct buying is expected to increase, causing big changes in marketing institutions and practices. Growth in population will swell the market for food products. Hawaiian farmers may also supply a larger part of the food bought for the Armed Forces stationed in the State. Aggressive marketing may develop more extensive export markets for coffee, some subtropical fruits, macadamia nuts, and other specialty products.
description: Reprinted from The Marketing and Transportation Situation July 1961
Additional file 5 of Computational Barthel Index: an automated tool for assessing and predicting activities of daily living among nursing home patients
Creators: name: Wojtusiak, Janusz
name: Negin Asadzadehzanjani
name: Levy, Cari
name: Alemi, Farrokh
name: Williams, Allison E.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Additional file 5. Learning_Curves_Full_Re-Evaluation_Models. The file includes 36 learning curves for Full Re-Evaluation Models in CBIT.
The effect of debt financing on the financial performance of SMEs in Zimbabwe
Creators: name: Manyanga, Wilbert
name: Kanyepe, James
name: Chikazhe, Lovemore
name: Manyanga, Tendai
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health

description: Globally, SMEs contribute immensely to economic growth and development in both developed and developing countries. This necessitate the need for funding for SMEs for them to contribute meaningfully and sustainably to economic growth and development. Nevertheless, SMEs funding remain a challenge in most countries especially developing ones. Therefore, this study aimed to establish the effect of debt financing (short-term debt, long-term debt, and trade credit) on the financial performance of SMEs in Zimbabwe. Financing SMEs has been a challenge for many SMEs worldwide. Notwithstanding that SMEs contribute immensely to the growth of an economy, SMEs remain underfunded especially in developing economies. Their contributions include poverty reduction, increased job opportunities, competitiveness, and productivity in the industrial sector. This study adopted a positivism philosophy and a cross sectional survey design. Quantitative data were gathered from 210 SMEs using a structured questionnaire with Likert-type responses. The findings show that debt financing (short-term debt, long-term debt, and trade credit) positively influences the financial performance in emerging markets. This study contributes to studies that prove a significant relationship between debt financing and financial performance in sectors other than SMEs. Thus, SMEs are advised to use debt financing to improve their financial performance.
Federalism as state form to overcome violent conflict in Ethiopia
Creators: name: Heyi, Nigussie Daba
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health

description: This article explores how federalism and conflict management are linked and the management of violent conflicts in Ethiopia. Drawing from literature reviews, reports, constitutions and other legal documents, the article argues that Ethiopia has experienced an outburst in violent conflicts over the past few years. An increase in radical, rival ethnic nationalisms in the situation of apparent brittleness of government structures created favorable environment for the violent conflicts in the country. Although federalism could help in managing conflict and protect minorities when supported by other power sharing arrangements, in Ethiopia it has not led to fair distribution of power and has not ended the past dominance of the center. Government and party brittleness have also resulted in a favorable environment to the spread of violent conflicts. In addition, opposing views of the ethno-nationalists and the Ethio-nationalists camps on the federal system the country should build also complicated the problem. This may hamper building democratic multinational federation. Thus, to manage the conflicts that erupt in the regions, building local institutions, proportional representations at different levels, and adequate representation of public interests in government policy making and the implementation process are crucial factors.
Additional file 1 of Musculoskeletal symptoms among adult smartphone and tablet device users: a retrospective study
Creators: name: Thorburn, Ella
name: Pope, Rodney
name: Shaoyu Wang
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1.
Double Longitudinal Helicity Asymmetries in Pion Production from Proton Collisions, Studies of Relative Luminosity Determination, and the Impact on Determination of the Gluon Spin in the Proton
Creators: name: Manion, Andrew
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: longitudinal spin asymmetry
polarization
π0
fragmentation
proton

description: This work present details of the 2009 measurement at PHENIX of Aπ0LL and its inclusion in the global analysis along with recent studies on systematic uncertainties, including a 2012 study that varied the angles of the beams in the PHENIX interaction region.
title: Geometric morphometric analysis of spore shapes improves identification of fungi
Creators: name: Ordynets, Alexander
name: Keßler, Sarah
name: Langer, Ewald
Publisher: name: Universität Kassel
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: fungal spores
subject: morphometry
subject: fungi
subject: principal component analysis
subject: taxonomy
subject: fourier analysis
subject: geometry
subject: sequence alignment
subject: 570
subject: Pilzspore
subject: Morphometrie
subject: Pilze
subject: Hauptkomponentenanalyse
subject: Systematik
subject: Harmonische Analyse
subject: Geometrie
subject: Alignment

description: Gefördert durch den Publikationsfonds der Universität Kassel
Additional file 1 of An improved method in fabrication of smart dual-responsive nanogels for controlled release of doxorubicin and curcumin in HT-29 colon cancer cells
Creators: name: Abedi, Fatemeh
name: Soodabeh Davaran
name: Hekmati, Malak
name: Abolfazl Akbarzadeh
name: Baradaran, Behzad
name: Moghaddam, Sevil Vaghefi
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file1: Figure S1. Calibration curves of Dox and Cur at pH 7.4. and Calibration curves of Dox and Cur at pH 5.4. the calibration curves of Dox and Cur at two pH values 7.4 and 5.4 were determined by measuring the absorption of Dox and Cur with known concentration using Shimatzu 1650 PC UV-Vis spectrophotometer. The absorptions as a function of Dox and Cur concentrations were recorded to construct calibration curves.
Additional file 1 of Design characteristics and inclusion of evidence-based exercise recommendation in fall prevention community exercise programs for older adults in Canada: a national descriptive self-report study
Creators: name: Touchette, Alexie J.
name: Oates, Alison R.
name: Menec, Verena H.
name: Sibley, Kathryn M.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1. Questionnaire Instrument. The questionnaire instrument developed and used in this study.
The securitisation of terrorism in Ethiopia: An old practice in a New discourse
Creators: name: Ayalew, Yared
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health

description: This study examines the securitisation of terrorism in Ethiopia with the objective of demystifying the way anti-terrorist legislation and counterterrorism discourse have been used to legitimise state terror in the country. To achieve this, the study adopts Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) as a method to analyse the data obtained from written and spoken texts. The analysis reveals that terrorism, defined as the threat or use of violence against non-combatants for political ends, has been endemic in Ethiopia. However, the narrative of terrorism as an existential threat to Ethiopia emerged immediately after the contested election of 2005. The Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF)-led government imported the Western counterterrorism discourse and officially adopted anti-terrorist legislation with the intention of disciplining the heightened political opposition and stifling critical voices that questioned its legitimacy in the aftermath of the election. Finally, it argues that the rebranding of terrorism as an existential threat to Ethiopia and the consequent adoption of anti-terrorist legislation are political strategies aimed at maintaining the ruling minority’s grip on political power by legitimising state terrorism in the country.
Additional file 1 of Increased investment in gametocytes in asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum infections in the wet season
Creators: name: Colins O. Oduma
name: Ogolla, Sidney
name: Harrysone Atieli
name: Ondigo, Bartholomew N.
name: Ming-Chieh Lee
name: Githeko, Andrew K.
name: Dent, Arlene E.
name: Kazura, James W.
name: Guiyun Yan
name: Koepfli, Cristian
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1. qPCR, RT-qPCR, and ddPCR conditions
Persistence of targetable genomes and proteomes through disease evolution in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Creators: name: Lorentzian, Amanda
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2023

description: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common childhood cancer. The five-year event free survival is 85% but the incidence of relapse is high and prognosis after relapse remains poor. To improve outcomes for those patients, precision medicine programs are designed to target specific genomic alterations. Although many biomarkers have been identified, targeted therapies have been less successful than expected. This is primarily a consequence of the aggressiveness of relapse cancers and the limited understanding of functional changes underlying genetic biomarkers. Ideally, the molecular and functional characterization of potential targets could start earlier to prepare for potential relapse. However, there are conflicting reports of how targetable lesions persist through disease progression and little known about progression in ALL proteomes. I hypothesize that the targetable lesions detected in childhood leukemias will be stable through disease progression and the combined genome and proteome analysis will better clarify dysregulated pathways. I first assessed the performance of a recently developed childhood cancer-specific next generation sequencing (NGS) assay in 28 childhood tumour specimens. The childhood cancer-specific assay detected almost 10% more targets than a broad cancer panel and both panels showed high concordance with whole-genome sequencing (WGS). I next investigated genomic stability and persistence of druggable events in paired diagnosis (Dx)-relapse (R) samples from 11 patients treated at BC Children’s Hospital, and whole exome sequencing data from paired Dx-R samples from 69 patients treated at St. Jude’s Hospital. Approximately 64% of patients had at least one druggable target retained between diagnosis and relapse. Six paired specimens were treated in-vitro with variant-matched targeted inhibitors, and although the sensitivity to inhibitors was low, IC50 doses of paired samples were highly correlated (r=0.8486). Similarly, a comprehensive proteome analysis of paired ALL specimens revealed high statistical equivalence (median = 85%) and similar abundance profiles of cancer-associated proteins between diagnosis and relapse. Finally, discovery whole-proteome analysis identified PARP1 as a potential new pan-ALL therapeutic target, and sensitivity to PARP1/2 inhibitors was confirmed via in-vitro drug assays. My thesis indicates that comprehensive interrogation of tumour genomes and proteomes through disease progression may provide support for implementing a prospective precision oncology approach.
Additional file 1 of Fracture-related outcome study for operatively treated tibia shaft fractures (F.R.O.S.T.): registry rationale and design
Creators: name: Metsemakers, Willem-Jan
name: Kortram, Kirsten
name: Ferreira, Nando
name: Morgenstern, Mario
name: Joeris, Alexander
name: Hans-Christoph Pape
name: Kammerlander, Christian
name: Sanjit Konda
name: Jong-Keon Oh
name: Giannoudis, Peter V.
name: Egol, Kenneth A.
name: Obremskey, William T.
name: Verhofstad, Michael H. J.
name: Raschke, Michael
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Hematology

description: Additional file 1. Study protocol proof of the Fracture-Related Outcome Study for operatively treated Tibia shaft fractures (F.R.O.S.T.).
Dynamics of warm-season marine heatwaves and their ecological impacts
Creators: name: Li, Xinru
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2023

description: Marine heatwaves in the summertime when temperatures may exceed organisms’ thermal thresholds (“warm-season MHWs”) have huge impacts on the health and function of ecosystems like kelp forests and coral reefs. While previous studies showed that MHWs have increased in frequency and severity over recent decades and are likely to become more frequent and severe under climate change, there has been less analysis of the thermal properties of warm-season MHWs. This dissertation aims to improve our understanding of the thermal properties of warm-season MHW in the past and future, and their impacts on marine organisms and ecosystems, which may help inform marine conservation and management under climate change. I first examined the trends in the thermal properties of warm-season MHWs at a global-scale from 1985 to 2019 using multiple metrics (e.g., duration, peak intensity, accumulated heat stress and heating rate), and found that the historical increase in accumulated heat stress was predominantly driven by the increased duration rather than the increased intensity. Next, I examined the ability of three Climate Model Intercomparison Project 6 models to simulate five key properties of warm-season MHWs, and found that the duration, accumulated heat stress and peak intensity are projected to increase. Meanwhile, the duration of pre-MHW exposure to sub-lethal heat stress and following recovery with no heat stress (i.e., “priming” conditions) and heating rate are projected to decrease, potentially reducing organisms’ ability to acclimate to heat stress. For some coral reef and kelp forest locations, the projected increases in the MHW duration and accumulated heat stress, however, are likely overestimated due to model limitations in simulating surface winds, deep convection and some other processes that influence MHW evolution. Lastly, employing comparative analyses and mixed-effects models with a global coral bleaching observation database and heat stress metrics, I demonstrated that priming conditions can mitigate some of the coral bleaching response to a subsequent MHW, provided the MHW is moderate. However, such protective effects of priming conditions may be decreasing due to climate change. The examination of priming frequency across coral reefs globally identified potential refugia where coral reefs have a higher likelihood of priming protection.
Cognitive Process Designer - An Open-Source Tool to Capture Processes according to the Linked Data Principles
Creators: name: Weller, Tobias
name: Maleshkova, Maria
Publisher: name: Karlsruhe
Year: 2016
Subjects: Process Modeling
Semantic MediaWiki
Business Process Model and Notation
Semantic BPMN
Semantic Annotations

description: Processes need to be captured in a structured way in order to analyze them by using computer-assisted methods. This circumstance becomes more important as the process becomes complex. Although there are standardized formats, they do not capture semantics of input/output parameters, involved persons or references to external data sources. Existing solutions provide tools to capture processes locally and specify new properties to extend the semantics of process languages. However, a collaborative platform to capture, discuss and share information is more advantageous, because processes are usually used and maintained collaboratively. In addition, users cannot define own semantics for their use-case scenarios and the proposed semantics and processes are not published according to the Linked Data principles. To address these problems we 1) provide an open-source tool to capture BPMN processes graphically in a Semantic MediaWiki; 2) allow users to define own semantics and 3) publish the information according to the Linked Data principles.
Additional file 1 of The importance of pre-training gap analyses and the identification of competencies and skill requirements of medical personnel for mass casualty incidents and disaster training
Creators: name: Goniewicz, Krzysztof
name: Goniewicz, Mariusz
name: Włoszczak-Szubzda, Anna
name: Burkle, Frederick M.
name: Hertelendy, Attila J.
name: Al-Wathinani, Ahmed
name: Molloy, Michael Sean
name: Khorram-Manesh, Amir
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1. Questionnaire. Original developed questionnaire for this study (English version).
Nationalism thoughts of Ahmad Hassan, M. Isa Anshary, and M. Natsir: A study of the works of Islamic thinkers in the city of Bandung, Indonesia
Creators: name: Yani, Zulkarnain
name: Farida, Anik
name: Nurmawan
name: Rusli, Ris’an
name: Alnizar, Fariz
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health

description: This study aimed to investigate the nationalist perspectives of Islamic thinkers in Bandung, Indonesia, specifically A. Hassan, M. Natsir, and Isa Anshary, and analyze their monumental works. A qualitative-descriptive method with a case study methodology was used. The data were obtained through a literature review of the works of these three individuals and interviews with various sources in Bandung, including representatives from NU, Muhammadiyah, and academic circles. The eight works under examination discussed the issue of nationalism from a religious perspective, a particularly intriguing and relevant topic. Furthermore, the scholars explored nationalism based on Islamic teachings, emphasizing that ethnicity, religion, and language should not impede the development of a shared sense. These differences were seen as opportunities to implement actual Islamic teachings in everyday life.
Internet As a Tool of Techno-Pedagogy in the Field of Large Scale Assessment
Creators: name: Dhal, Pravat
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: - - To define techno-pedagogy - To familiarize with the concept of internet - To understand the function of internet - To know the use of internet in large scale - To acquaint with the use of internet in large scale assessment - To identify with the use of internet in distance learning.
Suggestopedia, a Serious Competitive Game
Creators: name: Anca, Magiru; Ionel, Magiru
Publisher: name: Editura Universitara
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: 0 Social sciences
subject: 37 Education
subject: 371 Instructional design
subject: 004:37 Elearning

description: The paper aims to show both how suggestopedia, a class game, can become a way of delivering advanced conversational competence quickly and how it can be used as a warm up activity. What makes this game interesting and attractive is that learning occurs through suggestion while the students are in a deeply relaxed state which is induced by music. The
OZONE (O 3 ) GENERATOR PARAMETERS AND OZONE DISTRIBUTION LAWS RELATING TO ROOM SIZES AND MATHEMATISAL MODELING STEPS
Creators: name: Parpiyev Gafurjon Gayratovich Andijan Mechanisal engineyering institute support dostoral student
name: Yusupov Mukhtarjon Tojiboyevich Tashkent state esonomy university Assosiate Professor (PhD)
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: This artisle dissusses the importanse of the serisulture industry as one of the most important and promising sestors of agrisulture, the signifisant role of silk and sosoon produstion in the esonomiyes of many sountriyes around the world, and the problems ensountered in the operation of silkworm farms and best prastises for their elimination.

Also, when organizing preventive work in worm farms, the parameters of the ozone (O 3 ) generator and the laws of ozone distribution depending on the size of the room are sonsidered.

Keywords: Serisulture industry, silkworm house sanitation, disinfestion, temperature, humidity
Additional file 1 of Mapping evidence of nurses’ attitudes toward older adults in Africa: a scoping review protocol
Creators: name: Keutchafo, Esther L. Wanko
name: Kerr, Jane
name: Jarvis, Mary A.
name: Kuupiel, Desmond
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Geology
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1:. Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) guidelines