cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Novel detection and removal of hazardous biocide residues historically applied to herbaria
Creators: name: Purewal, Victoria Jane
Publisher: name: University of Lincoln
Year: 2024
Subjects: C100 - Biology
W160 - Fine art conservation

description: This research is concerned with the detection and removal of hazardous biocide residues from historic applications to herbarium collections. There are two main aims: • To develop a rapid, cost-effective and non-destructive screening method for identifying toxic residues on herbarium sheets; and • To establish the most suitable decontamination method for the removal of naphthalene from herbarium collections, maintaining the integrity of the specimen. The research outlines how the presence of fluorescent marks on specimen sheets throughout the herbarium, at Amgueddfa Cymru- National Museum Wales (AC-NMW), is indicative of mercury(II) chloride contamination. Compelling evidence is given to support the hypothesis that the observed fluorescence is due to the reduction of Hg(II) to Hg(I) during the oxidative degradation of cellulose, occurring as part of the natural ageing process. The rate of fluorescence development is shown to be increased by the presence of naphthalene, and is estimated to take at least 30 years to develop. From the results obtained, it is evident that a hand-held UV-A lamp can provide a rapid and effective method of identifying samples within a collection that are contaminated with mercury, thus providing a rapid and economical means to prioritise which collections require immediate re-mounting. Furthermore, this method will enforce the implementation of safe, standard procedures to protect personnel and visitors when handling the collections, plus enable the removal of a large amount of hazardous chemical from the herbarium environment. It is also demonstrated, through decontamination tests, that the air-drying of contaminated specimen sheets is a more efficient method of removing naphthalene, than either freeze-drying or oven-drying. It is also the most cost-effective, and the least damaging to the specimen. It is shown that the efficacy of the decontamination is dependent upon the paper type. Thin, unfinished, papers are more efficient at losing naphthalene than the heavier, finished and coated papers, as their porous structure allows the naphthalene to remain more mobile. These results provide important information about which specimen sheets are more likely to be successfully decontaminated by the air-drying procedure and can inform the selection and prioritisation process.
Faunistisch-ökologische Untersuchungen zur Coleopterenfauna des Spitzberges bei Tübingen
Creators: name: Meyer, Karl-Heinrich
Publisher: name: - NO PUBLISHER DEFINED -
Year: 1958

description: Jahreshefte des Vereins für Vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg : zugl. Jahrbuch d. Staatlichen Museums für Naturkunde in Stuttgart
description: Bd. 113, 1958
Novel detection and removal of hazardous biocide residues historically applied to herbaria
Creators: name: Author, Unknown
Publisher: name: University of Lincoln
Year: 2023
Subjects: C100 - Biology
W160 - Fine art conservation

description: This research is concerned with the detection and removal of hazardous biocide residues from historic applications to herbarium collections. There are two main aims: • To develop a rapid, cost-effective and non-destructive screening method for identifying toxic residues on herbarium sheets; and • To establish the most suitable decontamination method for the removal of naphthalene from herbarium collections, maintaining the integrity of the specimen. The research outlines how the presence of fluorescent marks on specimen sheets throughout the herbarium, at Amgueddfa Cymru- National Museum Wales (AC-NMW), is indicative of mercury(II) chloride contamination. Compelling evidence is given to support the hypothesis that the observed fluorescence is due to the reduction of Hg(II) to Hg(I) during the oxidative degradation of cellulose, occurring as part of the natural ageing process. The rate of fluorescence development is shown to be increased by the presence of naphthalene, and is estimated to take at least 30 years to develop. From the results obtained, it is evident that a hand-held UV-A lamp can provide a rapid and effective method of identifying samples within a collection that are contaminated with mercury, thus providing a rapid and economical means to prioritise which collections require immediate re-mounting. Furthermore, this method will enforce the implementation of safe, standard procedures to protect personnel and visitors when handling the collections, plus enable the removal of a large amount of hazardous chemical from the herbarium environment. It is also demonstrated, through decontamination tests, that the air-drying of contaminated specimen sheets is a more efficient method of removing naphthalene, than either freeze-drying or oven-drying. It is also the most cost-effective, and the least damaging to the specimen. It is shown that the efficacy of the decontamination is dependent upon the paper type. Thin, unfinished, papers are more efficient at losing naphthalene than the heavier, finished and coated papers, as their porous structure allows the naphthalene to remain more mobile. These results provide important information about which specimen sheets are more likely to be successfully decontaminated by the air-drying procedure and can inform the selection and prioritisation process.
‘Inter-services’: a qualitative phenomenological study of leadership perspectives on guest per-trip engagement within tourist attractions
Creators: name: Gajadhar, Carlton
Publisher: name: University of Lincoln
Year: 2024
Subjects: N800 - Hospitality, leisure, sport, tourism & transport
N830 - Tourism

description: Tourist attractions appreciate the importance of innovation in their attraction, products and services to entice visitors to attend. Therefore, initiatives to examine areas where attractions could innovate to improve and enhance the visitors’ experience are welcomed. A way of doing this is to seek to understand their specific customer journey, as this could be considered vital for getting an increased insight into opportunities for increased experience for the visitor in exchange for their currency. Using the customer journey model, there may be an opportunity of starting building the relationship with their guests much earlier than presently. An untapped area is where a relationship could start is from the time the visitor purchases a ticket in advance electronically to the time they arrive at the location. This area is called 'inter-services' and can be implemented in any customer journey model. There is an opportunity for attractions and consumers to build trust and a relationship with each other during this stage. Both parties would get the maximum opportunities of increased engagement, experiences and increased transactions which may not necessarily have taken place previously.The aim of my dissertation was to find out tourist attractions’ views regarding ‘inter-services’ and if it is an important area for attractions to concentrate on when starting to build trust and relationships with their visitors in advance. This was done by interviewing senior figures from five high-profile London attractions to find out their views regarding this area. Each attraction interviewed is from a different area of the tourist attraction spectrum, from museums to concert halls, which will give a general overview of what the current situation is regarding this idea of ‘inter-services’. Interacting with dedicated tourism groups on LinkedIn also gave an overview of what the tourism industry feels about this area. A number of different themes were explored such as technology, social media, human resources and marketing. The majority of attractions interviewed were aware of this area, however, all attractions currently had a very basic element of this in place. Overall the ‘inter-services’ in the tourist industry is in an infancy stage. Development depends on‘INTER-SERVICES’ - Copyright © 2014 Carlton Gajadhar 4finance and a willingness to experiment with technology as a key factor in delivering this sort of service.
Ringfunde südwestdeutscher Mäusebussarde (B. buteo)
Creators: name: Zink, Gerhardt
Publisher: name: - NO PUBLISHER DEFINED -
Year: 1958

description: Jahreshefte des Vereins für Vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg : zugl. Jahrbuch d. Staatlichen Museums für Naturkunde in Stuttgart
description: Bd. 113, 1958
‘Inter-services’: a qualitative phenomenological study of leadership perspectives on guest per-trip engagement within tourist attractions
Creators: name: Author, Unknown
Publisher: name: University of Lincoln
Year: 2024
Subjects: N800 - Hospitality, leisure, sport, tourism & transport
N830 - Tourism

description: Tourist attractions appreciate the importance of innovation in their attraction, products and services to entice visitors to attend. Therefore, initiatives to examine areas where attractions could innovate to improve and enhance the visitors’ experience are welcomed. A way of doing this is to seek to understand their specific customer journey, as this could be considered vital for getting an increased insight into opportunities for increased experience for the visitor in exchange for their currency. Using the customer journey model, there may be an opportunity of starting building the relationship with their guests much earlier than presently. An untapped area is where a relationship could start is from the time the visitor purchases a ticket in advance electronically to the time they arrive at the location. This area is called 'inter-services' and can be implemented in any customer journey model. There is an opportunity for attractions and consumers to build trust and a relationship with each other during this stage. Both parties would get the maximum opportunities of increased engagement, experiences and increased transactions which may not necessarily have taken place previously.The aim of my dissertation was to find out tourist attractions’ views regarding ‘inter-services’ and if it is an important area for attractions to concentrate on when starting to build trust and relationships with their visitors in advance. This was done by interviewing senior figures from five high-profile London attractions to find out their views regarding this area. Each attraction interviewed is from a different area of the tourist attraction spectrum, from museums to concert halls, which will give a general overview of what the current situation is regarding this idea of ‘inter-services’. Interacting with dedicated tourism groups on LinkedIn also gave an overview of what the tourism industry feels about this area. A number of different themes were explored such as technology, social media, human resources and marketing. The majority of attractions interviewed were aware of this area, however, all attractions currently had a very basic element of this in place. Overall the ‘inter-services’ in the tourist industry is in an infancy stage. Development depends on‘INTER-SERVICES’ - Copyright © 2014 Carlton Gajadhar 4finance and a willingness to experiment with technology as a key factor in delivering this sort of service.
Die Lepidopterenfauna von Württemberg. II. Microlepidopteren. Kleinschmetterlinge (9. Fortsetzung und Schluß)
Creators: name: Wörz, Albert
Publisher: name: - NO PUBLISHER DEFINED -
Year: 1958

description: Jahreshefte des Vereins für Vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg : zugl. Jahrbuch d. Staatlichen Museums für Naturkunde in Stuttgart
description: Bd. 113, 1958
"Changing it up": children's lived experiences of a reverse integration wheelchair sport intervention in the east of England
Creators: name: Bright, Jonathan LA
Publisher: name: University of Lincoln
Year: 2024
Subjects: C600 - Sport & exercise science
L340 - Disability in society

description: Despite recent developments, related to adapted physical activity programmes,much is still needed to enhance the contributions these programmes maketoward rearticulating conceptions of disability (Fitzgerald, 2005). Research oftensuggests that negative attitudes concerning individuals living with a disabilityhave been prevalent from early Egyptian, Greek and Roman civilizations to themodern day (Arokiasamy et al., 2008). Miller et al., (2004, p.9) found that‘abusive and oppressive behavior arose from the belief that disabled individualsare inferior to others’. Considering this, merely the term ‘disability’ has the prefixof ‘dis’ suggesting a perceived inferior and negative relationship betweendisability and ability (Fitzgerald, 2005).The key aim of this study was to investigate if perceptual changes in secondaryschool pupils’ of disability sport could be altered during a Lincolnshire CountySports Partnership intervention entitled ‘The LSP Wheelchair Basketball Project.’The intervention utilised a reverse-integration method of delivery, incorporatingwheelchair basketball into pupils PE lessons for a 12-week period. Bourdieu’stheoretical standpoint was used to provide theoretical foundation for the studywhile Chris Shilling’s work (2003) provided context specific, theoretical foundationto explain potential perceptions of participants prior to the intervention. 97 pupilsaged between 10 and 12 took part in this research. All pupils, regardless ofphysical status, took part in the intervention. Non-Participant observations weremade over the 12-week intervention period at one school in the city of Lincoln.This highlighted key behaviour themes among pupils, which were then discussedin guided group interviews. Results indicated an evolution of three keyperceptions participants possessed prior to the intervention. Participantperceptions of disabled individuals changed from sympathy, limiting andcontrived respect (pre-intervention) to perceptions of empathy, commonality andgenuine respect. Furthermore, a comparison group provided evidence that thesechanges had occurred solely due to the lived experiences of participants whoencountered the intervention.
"Changing it up": children's lived experiences of a reverse integration wheelchair sport intervention in the east of England
Creators: name: Author, Unknown
Publisher: name: University of Lincoln
Year: 2023
Subjects: C600 - Sport & exercise science
L340 - Disability in society

description: Despite recent developments, related to adapted physical activity programmes,much is still needed to enhance the contributions these programmes maketoward rearticulating conceptions of disability (Fitzgerald, 2005). Research oftensuggests that negative attitudes concerning individuals living with a disabilityhave been prevalent from early Egyptian, Greek and Roman civilizations to themodern day (Arokiasamy et al., 2008). Miller et al., (2004, p.9) found that‘abusive and oppressive behavior arose from the belief that disabled individualsare inferior to others’. Considering this, merely the term ‘disability’ has the prefixof ‘dis’ suggesting a perceived inferior and negative relationship betweendisability and ability (Fitzgerald, 2005).The key aim of this study was to investigate if perceptual changes in secondaryschool pupils’ of disability sport could be altered during a Lincolnshire CountySports Partnership intervention entitled ‘The LSP Wheelchair Basketball Project.’The intervention utilised a reverse-integration method of delivery, incorporatingwheelchair basketball into pupils PE lessons for a 12-week period. Bourdieu’stheoretical standpoint was used to provide theoretical foundation for the studywhile Chris Shilling’s work (2003) provided context specific, theoretical foundationto explain potential perceptions of participants prior to the intervention. 97 pupilsaged between 10 and 12 took part in this research. All pupils, regardless ofphysical status, took part in the intervention. Non-Participant observations weremade over the 12-week intervention period at one school in the city of Lincoln.This highlighted key behaviour themes among pupils, which were then discussedin guided group interviews. Results indicated an evolution of three keyperceptions participants possessed prior to the intervention. Participantperceptions of disabled individuals changed from sympathy, limiting andcontrived respect (pre-intervention) to perceptions of empathy, commonality andgenuine respect. Furthermore, a comparison group provided evidence that thesechanges had occurred solely due to the lived experiences of participants whoencountered the intervention.
The effect of seat type on stroke kinematics and trunk rotator activity during kayak ergometer paddling
Creators: name: Palomo, Daniel LÃ³pez-Plaza
Publisher: name: University of Lincoln
Year: 2024
Subjects: C600 - Sport & exercise science

description: Kayakers have traditionally used a fixed seat but in 2005 a “swivel seat”, able to rotate in the horizontal plane, was approved for use in races. While anecdotal evidence has suggested that the swivel seat may improve performance, the available data are limited and mainly physiological. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of the swivel seat on kinematics and trunk muscle activation during paddling on ergometer.Nine experienced kayakers volunteered for this study and each completed two maximal trials of 30 s on the ergometer, one with the swivel seat and the other with a fixed seat. Three-dimensional motion analysis and performance data were collected at 200Hz during the central 10 s of each trial. Surface electromyographic (EMG) signals were recorded at 2000Hz bilaterally from the rectus abdominis, external oblique, internal oblique, latissimus dorsi and the erector spinae muscles.The use of the swivel seat was observed to improve performance through a significant increase in peak flywheel RPM (p = 0.033), right paddle recovery time (p = 0.043) and paddle antero-posterior displacement (p = 0.015). Shoulder rotation increased when using the swivel seat but trunk rotation decreased significantly (p = 0.019). In addition, EMG analysis suggested greater activation of the trunk muscles during the swivel seat condition, where body position was closer to the recommended upright orientation and the knee range of motion was increased (p < 0.01).
The effect of seat type on stroke kinematics and trunk rotator activity during kayak ergometer paddling
Creators: name: Author, Unknown
Publisher: name: University of Lincoln
Year: 2023
Subjects: C600 - Sport & exercise science

description: Kayakers have traditionally used a fixed seat but in 2005 a “swivel seat”, able to rotate in the horizontal plane, was approved for use in races. While anecdotal evidence has suggested that the swivel seat may improve performance, the available data are limited and mainly physiological. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of the swivel seat on kinematics and trunk muscle activation during paddling on ergometer.Nine experienced kayakers volunteered for this study and each completed two maximal trials of 30 s on the ergometer, one with the swivel seat and the other with a fixed seat. Three-dimensional motion analysis and performance data were collected at 200Hz during the central 10 s of each trial. Surface electromyographic (EMG) signals were recorded at 2000Hz bilaterally from the rectus abdominis, external oblique, internal oblique, latissimus dorsi and the erector spinae muscles.The use of the swivel seat was observed to improve performance through a significant increase in peak flywheel RPM (p = 0.033), right paddle recovery time (p = 0.043) and paddle antero-posterior displacement (p = 0.015). Shoulder rotation increased when using the swivel seat but trunk rotation decreased significantly (p = 0.019). In addition, EMG analysis suggested greater activation of the trunk muscles during the swivel seat condition, where body position was closer to the recommended upright orientation and the knee range of motion was increased (p < 0.01).
Extraction of rhenium from super alloy; CMSX-4 utilising analytical methods
Creators: name: Pepper, Katherine Anne
Publisher: name: University of Lincoln
Year: 2024
Subjects: F180 - Analytical chemistry

description: Rhenium (Re) is an important rare earth metal, used in super alloys due to its desirable mechanical properties, which is of particular importance in the aerospace industry. The increasing demand for rhenium in the commercial sector and scarcity of this rare earth metal determines a requirement for the recovery and recycling of rhenium bearing scrap metal.The extraction and purification of rhenium from the Rolls-Royce™ nickel based superalloy CMSX-4 was investigated utilising a fractional distillation process to produce pure ammonium perrhenate, removing contaminants produced though the process. Complimentary analytical techniques were researched; these being Raman spectroscopy, fourier transform infra-red spectroscopy and x-ray fluorescence spectroscopy, to provide new analytical methods for the identification of ammonium perrhenate and process contamination at an atomic and molecular level.It has been determined that this unique distillation process can isolate rhenium and consequently 100% pure ammonium perrhenate can be produced when specific parameters are adhered to, eliminating and reducing process contamination. Standard analytical methods, these being atomic absorption spectroscopy and ion chromatography permitted the investigation of other complimentary techniques. Therefore it was ascertained that Raman spectroscopy is a rapid technique that can provide information on process contamination, additionally it was deduced that fourier transform infra-red spectroscopy can provide essential data on ammonium perrhenate, contamination and concentrations.
Extraction of rhenium from super alloy; CMSX-4 utilising analytical methods
Creators: name: Author, Unknown
Publisher: name: University of Lincoln
Year: 2023
Subjects: F180 - Analytical chemistry

description: Rhenium (Re) is an important rare earth metal, used in super alloys due to its desirable mechanical properties, which is of particular importance in the aerospace industry. The increasing demand for rhenium in the commercial sector and scarcity of this rare earth metal determines a requirement for the recovery and recycling of rhenium bearing scrap metal.The extraction and purification of rhenium from the Rolls-Royce™ nickel based superalloy CMSX-4 was investigated utilising a fractional distillation process to produce pure ammonium perrhenate, removing contaminants produced though the process. Complimentary analytical techniques were researched; these being Raman spectroscopy, fourier transform infra-red spectroscopy and x-ray fluorescence spectroscopy, to provide new analytical methods for the identification of ammonium perrhenate and process contamination at an atomic and molecular level.It has been determined that this unique distillation process can isolate rhenium and consequently 100% pure ammonium perrhenate can be produced when specific parameters are adhered to, eliminating and reducing process contamination. Standard analytical methods, these being atomic absorption spectroscopy and ion chromatography permitted the investigation of other complimentary techniques. Therefore it was ascertained that Raman spectroscopy is a rapid technique that can provide information on process contamination, additionally it was deduced that fourier transform infra-red spectroscopy can provide essential data on ammonium perrhenate, contamination and concentrations.
A novel Auto-ML Framework for Sarcasm Detection
Creators: name: Imtiaz, Sharjeel
Publisher: name: University of East London
Year: 2022

description: Many domains have sarcasm or verbal irony presented in the text of reviews, tweets, comments, and dialog discussions. The purpose of this research is to classify sarcasm for multiple domains using the deep learning based AutoML framework. The proposed AutoML framework has five models in the model search pipeline, these five models are the combination of convolutional neural network (CNN), Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM), deep neural network (DNN), and Bidirectional Long Short-Term Memory (BiLSTM). The hybrid combination of CNN, LSTM, and DNN models are presented as CNN-LSTM-DNN, LSTM-DNN, BiLSTM-DNN, and CNN-BiLSTM-DNN. This work has proposed the algorithms that contrast polarities between terms and phrases, which are categorized into implicit and explicit incongruity categories. The incongruity and pragmatic features like punctuation, exclamation marks, and others integrated into the AutoML DeepConcat framework models. That integration was possible when the DeepConcat AutoML framework initiate a model search pipeline for five models to achieve better performance. Conceptually, DeepConcat means that model will integrate with generalized features. It was evident that the pretrain model BiLSTM achieved a better performance of 0.98 F1 when compared with the other five model performances. Similarly, the AutoML based BiLSTM-DNN model achieved the best performance of 0.98 F1, which is better than core approaches and existing state-of-the-art Tweeter tweet dataset, Amazon reviews, and dialog discussion comments. The proposed AutoML framework has compared performance metrics F1 and AUC and discovered that F1 is better than AUC. The integration of all feature categories achieved a better performance than the individual category of pragmatic and incongruity features. This research also evaluated the performance of the dropout layer hyperparameter and it achieved better performance than the fixed percentage like 10% of dropout parameter of the AutoML based Bayesian optimization. Proposed AutoML framework DeepConcat evaluated best pretrain models BiLSTM-DNN and CNN-CNN-DNN to transfer knowledge across domains like Amazon reviews and Dialog discussion comments (text) using the last strategy, full layer, and our fade-out freezing strategies. In the transfer learning fade-out strategy outperformed the existing state-of-the-art model BiLSTM-DNN, the performance is 0.98 F1 on tweets, 0.85 F1 on Amazon reviews, and 0.87 F1 on the dialog discussion SCV2-Gen dataset. Further, all strategies with various domains can be compared for the best model selection.
Analiza wpływu składu surowcowego wyrobów odzieżowych na wybrane parametry fizjologiczne człowieka
Creators: name: Zimniewska, Małgorzata
Publisher: name: Zeszyty Naukowe. Włókiennictwo
Year: 2020

description: W pracy przeprowadzono analizę wpływu składu surowcowego odzieży na parametry elektromiograficzne mięśni użytkownika. Materiał badań stanowiła odzież wykonana z tkanin lnianych, poliestrowych oraz mieszankowych lniana - poliestrowych. Analizie poddano odpowiedzialne za kreowanie komfortu właściwości tkanin przeznaczonych na odzież oraz parametry mikroklimatu w strefie skóra - odzież. Parametry elektromiograficzne mięśni obu kończyn górnych rejestrowano metodą EMG przed i po pięciogodzinnym osłonięciu ciała badaną odzieżą. Analizę wyników badań przeprowadzono z użyciem metod statystycznych dla zmiennych powiązanych i niezależnych. W oparciu o rezultaty badań stwierdzono, iż odzież wytworzona z tkanin poliestrowych jest przyczyną zmian parametrów elektromiograficznych mięśni, świadczących o wystąpieniu zjawiska desynchronizacji jednostek ruchowych. W przypadku odzieży lnianej, zmian o charakterze desynchronizacji, nie stwierdzono.
description: Zeszyty Naukowe. Włókiennictwo, Tom 995 Nr 63 (2007): Zeszyty Naukowe Politechniki Łódzkiej. Włókiennictwo
Aligning governmental and organizational missions: building a model of FE organizations in Malta
Creators: name: Zarb, Nicholas JA
Publisher: name: University of Lincoln
Year: 2024
Subjects: X341 - Academic studies in further education

description: Purpose: This thesis proposes a first conceptual model using data gathered in 2012, to delineate the assessed alignment between the Maltese government’s policy for the further education sector (FE) and FE organizations’ missions. Although alignment models exist, no research has been published detailing the FE sector and the usefulness of such models in small island states.Methodology: Since alignment is multifaceted, a complementarity blended approach was used to help uncover its complexities. Data were collected from seven FE vocational and academic organizations via questionnaires to academic staff; interviews with principals and other internal and external stakeholders; content analysis of mission statements.Findings: Assessing alignment to create the conceptual model showed that there is only moderate alignment between organizational mission and government policy while organizational missions in practice differ significantly from organizational mission statements. Due to their brevity, mission statements can only capture a part of such organization mission. There may be occasions where organizational realities exceed the expectations of a mission statement thus turning conventional wisdom on its head.Significance: By utilizing systems theory a new conceptual model based on inputs, outputs, organizational processes and feedback is proposed together with a new metaphor of an operating theatre to add to existing metaphorical explanations of the field. Such an alignment model explains the FE sector in the small island state of Malta. The use of a complementarity blended method may be useful to explain educational alignment in other small states.
Aligning governmental and organizational missions: building a model of FE organizations in Malta
Creators: name: Author, Unknown
Publisher: name: University of Lincoln
Year: 2023
Subjects: X341 - Academic studies in further education

description: Purpose: This thesis proposes a first conceptual model using data gathered in 2012, to delineate the assessed alignment between the Maltese government’s policy for the further education sector (FE) and FE organizations’ missions. Although alignment models exist, no research has been published detailing the FE sector and the usefulness of such models in small island states.Methodology: Since alignment is multifaceted, a complementarity blended approach was used to help uncover its complexities. Data were collected from seven FE vocational and academic organizations via questionnaires to academic staff; interviews with principals and other internal and external stakeholders; content analysis of mission statements.Findings: Assessing alignment to create the conceptual model showed that there is only moderate alignment between organizational mission and government policy while organizational missions in practice differ significantly from organizational mission statements. Due to their brevity, mission statements can only capture a part of such organization mission. There may be occasions where organizational realities exceed the expectations of a mission statement thus turning conventional wisdom on its head.Significance: By utilizing systems theory a new conceptual model based on inputs, outputs, organizational processes and feedback is proposed together with a new metaphor of an operating theatre to add to existing metaphorical explanations of the field. Such an alignment model explains the FE sector in the small island state of Malta. The use of a complementarity blended method may be useful to explain educational alignment in other small states.
Real-Time Jamming Detection via Deep Learning
Creators: name: Ali, Rasha Abdulsalam M.
Publisher: name: Manara - Qatar Research Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 40
subject: Engineering

description: Wireless communication systems are vulnerable to intentional jamming that can result in significant disruptions to critical infrastructure, military communications, and civilian networks. Early detection of such attacks is critical to mitigate their impact and prevent further damage. Classical jamming detection approaches, which are commonly employed in stationary networks, entail the jammed receiver determining the occurrence of the jammer by measuring the impact of the jamming behavior in terms of packet loss and received signal strength. Accordingly, these techniques only allow for post-event analysis. In mobile contexts, such as those involving drones or vehicles, the impact of jamming tends to increase as the receiver moves closer to the source of the interference. Hence, it is possible to detect jamming activity earlier in these scenarios, before any packet loss or other communication issues occur. In this thesis, we investigate the possibility of detecting jamming before it affects the quality of the radio link. We used this approach for early jamming detection in mobile context to anticipate events and prevent losing the power of communication, and hence, improving the ability to maintain real-time awareness and resilience. We executed a comprehensive data collection process, as a result, by adjusting different scenario setup parameters, this method can detect the existence of a jammer with a precision more than 0.99,Despite the fact that the bit error rate is zero (below 0.01), early detection is possible.
Correcting Estimation Bias in Randomized Clinical Trials With a Test of Treatment-by-Biomarker Interaction
Creators: name: Kiichiro Toyoizumi
name: Matsui, Shigeyuki
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Cancer
subject: 60506 Virology

description: The key elements in recent drug development aiming toward personalized medicine involve the development of baseline predictive biomarkers to predict the responsiveness to new treatments. When biological evidence to support the biomarker hypothesis is not strong, it is particularly important to evaluate the clinical validity of a predictive biomarker based on data from clinical trials. All-comers randomized clinical trials stratified with biomarker measurements can provide the opportunity to evaluate the predictive value of the biomarker, and a test of treatment-by-biomarker interaction is applied for this purpose. If the interaction is significant, it is natural to proceed to a subgroup analysis that evaluates treatment efficacy within biomarker-based subgroups. However, estimation bias can arise when using the standard estimation method without regard to the significant interaction because of the correlation between the interaction test and subgroup analysis. In this paper, after evaluating the bias function for the standard estimators, we provide bias-corrected point and interval estimation methods, including polynomial approximations of the bias function previously developed for a fallback analysis plan. The magnitude of bias reduction and precision of the proposed estimators are assessed via simulations. Applications to biomarker-stratified, randomized phase III trials in oncology are provided. Supplementary materials for this article are available online.
The impact of playground markings on the physical activity levels and play behaviours of foundation stage children
Creators: name: Hill, Emily
Publisher: name: University of Lincoln
Year: 2024
Subjects: C600 - Sport & exercise science
X320 - Academic studies in primary education

description: Background: Levels of inactivity amongst children are increasing, having a profound impact on health. Prior research suggests that this issue of inactivity is becoming more prominent from the early years of childhood (5 years and under). School playtime is highlighted as a prime opportunity for foundation stage children (3-5 years) to engage in active free-play. Painted playground markings are a proposed stimulus to engage children in physically active,social and creative play (Stratton and Mullan, 2005; Ridgers et al., 2007).Objective: The aim of this research is to identify if the installation of painted playground markings has an impact on the physical activity levels of Foundation Stage children during playtime. Identifying if the intervention encourages inactive children to engage in higher intensities of physical activity and any effect on play behaviours.Method: A comparison of 2 schools with painted playground markings to 2 schools with no markings. The physical activity and play behaviours of 77 foundation stage children (M = 55 months ± 7 months, N = 39 male) from 4 schools was assessed through the implementation of a multi-method research design. Actigraph accelerometers, the observation tool System for Observing Children's Activity and Relationships during Play (SOCARP) and semistructuredInterviews with school staff were all utilised.Results: No significance (p?0.05) for markings affecting the levels of the participant physical activity. Interviewees stated that markings had a limited impact. Participants engaged in small groups, locomotor activity and little or no social interactions with their peers. Participants spent 38% (mean) of playtime in moderate-vigorous activity.Discussion: No significance (p?0.05) between schools and the amount of time spent in physical activity intensities. Participants perceived to be too young to know how to interact with and play on the markings. Interviewees stated gendered perceptions of play dynamics. There is an evident need for associated playground training to maximise the use of markings for this age group.Conclusion: Scope to combine markings with guidance from supervisors/young leaders (post the associated training), equipment and playground structures to create an optimum playground environment to encourage the active play of foundation children.
The impact of playground markings on the physical activity levels and play behaviours of foundation stage children
Creators: name: Author, Unknown
Publisher: name: University of Lincoln
Year: 2023
Subjects: C600 - Sport & exercise science
X320 - Academic studies in primary education

description: Background: Levels of inactivity amongst children are increasing, having a profound impact on health. Prior research suggests that this issue of inactivity is becoming more prominent from the early years of childhood (5 years and under). School playtime is highlighted as a prime opportunity for foundation stage children (3-5 years) to engage in active free-play. Painted playground markings are a proposed stimulus to engage children in physically active,social and creative play (Stratton and Mullan, 2005; Ridgers et al., 2007).Objective: The aim of this research is to identify if the installation of painted playground markings has an impact on the physical activity levels of Foundation Stage children during playtime. Identifying if the intervention encourages inactive children to engage in higher intensities of physical activity and any effect on play behaviours.Method: A comparison of 2 schools with painted playground markings to 2 schools with no markings. The physical activity and play behaviours of 77 foundation stage children (M = 55 months ± 7 months, N = 39 male) from 4 schools was assessed through the implementation of a multi-method research design. Actigraph accelerometers, the observation tool System for Observing Children's Activity and Relationships during Play (SOCARP) and semistructuredInterviews with school staff were all utilised.Results: No significance (p?0.05) for markings affecting the levels of the participant physical activity. Interviewees stated that markings had a limited impact. Participants engaged in small groups, locomotor activity and little or no social interactions with their peers. Participants spent 38% (mean) of playtime in moderate-vigorous activity.Discussion: No significance (p?0.05) between schools and the amount of time spent in physical activity intensities. Participants perceived to be too young to know how to interact with and play on the markings. Interviewees stated gendered perceptions of play dynamics. There is an evident need for associated playground training to maximise the use of markings for this age group.Conclusion: Scope to combine markings with guidance from supervisors/young leaders (post the associated training), equipment and playground structures to create an optimum playground environment to encourage the active play of foundation children.
title: Tamm–Horsfall protein in humane urine: sex-dependent differences in the excretion and N-glycosylation pattern
Creators: name: Mo, Boris
name: Scharf, Birte
name: Gutheil, Christian
name: Letzel, Matthias C.
name: Hensel, Andreas
Publisher: name: University of Muenster, Institutional Repository MIAMI
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: 547 Organic chemistry

description: Tamm–Horsfall protein (THP) is a highly N-glycosylated protein from epithelial cells of the ascending limb of Henle loop. It is secreted into the urine as part of the innate immune response against uropathogenic pathogens. As women are more likely to suffer from urinary tract infections, biomedical studies were conducted to investigate sex-differences in THP excretion, as well as differences in the THP N-glycosylation pattern. A total of 238 volunteers (92 men, 146 women, 69 with hormonal contraceptives) participated in this study, providing urine samples. Women showed a clear tendency to have higher THP concentration and excretion rates than men (p < 0.16). Regular intake of hormonal contraceptives had no significant influence on urinary THP concentration compared to no regular intake. The individual N-glycosylation pattern of THP in urine samples from randomly selected individuals (10 female, 10 male) was investigated after enzymatic release and MS analysis of the oligosaccharides. Female subjects tended to have an increased proportion of oligomannose type N-glycans and non-fucosylated glycans, whereas men had an increased proportion of fucosylated complex-type glycans. The higher level of oligomannose-type glycans in THP from women might be explained by a self-defence mechanism to overcome the higher infections pressure by the female anatomical properties.
description: Finanziert über die DEAL-Vereinbarung mit Wiley, Springer oder Elsevier 2019–2023.
How do women under the care of eating disorder services experience sibling relationships: a phenomenological perspective
Creators: name: Smith, Jennifer Anne
Publisher: name: University of Lincoln
Year: 2024
Subjects: C800 - Psychology

description: Eating disorders are increasing in our society and prior research has consideredthe role of families, carers, partners and children in the development of thesedifficulties. Siblings, however, have been largely overlooked. The role of siblingrelationships is not well understood, despite siblings being a long term,significant feature of many individuals with eating disorders’ lives. This studyaims to investigate the experiences of women with eating disorders and theirsibling relationships.Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) was used to investigate thelived experiences of three women with diagnosed eating disorders. The womenwere interviewed, using a semi structured interview schedule designed for thestudy, and transcripts were analysed closely, following the principles of IPA.ResultsThree superordinate themes were identified for each participant. These are‘Seeking Balance’, ‘Being Bad’ and ‘I Don’t Correlate’ for Amy, ‘Not BeingNoticed’, ‘Mealtimes are Stressful’ and ‘Everyone Runs Around After Her’ for Joand ‘Being The Runt’, ‘Being Pushed Out’ and ‘Lost Identity’ for Sarah. Foursubthemes were also identified. These were ‘Being Cut Off’ for Amy, ‘BeingPushed Out’ and ‘Shying Away’ for Jo and ‘Being Ridiculous’ for Sarah.ConclusionThe sibling relationships in this sample were characterised by competition,rivalry, lack of understanding, conflict and distress. Many of the experiencesshared were negative and were related as damaging to the individual.However, each relationship also contained strengths and all participants desiredimproved relationships and closeness with their siblings. Findings arediscussed in terms of their implications for our current knowledge and furtherresearch.
title: 01_2245
Creators: name: Wesley Baldwin, John
name: Baldwin, John W.
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: LaMOP
subject: Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris

description: L'ensemble de ces notes ont été crée par John Baldwin lors d'une de ses premières périodes de résidence à Paris. Ces documents comprennent tous les magistri qu’il avait pu rencontrer dans ses sources. Aux XIIème et XIIIème siècles, les universités n'existant pas encore, le titre de magister s'il évoque certainement une compétence n'est pas rattaché de façon systématique au passage par les écoles. De surcroît, les magistris sont le plus souvent désignés par leur seul prénom. La lecture de ces données est donc difficile et suppose un long travail pour tenter d'identifier un individu auquel on pourrait rattacher plusieurs mentions. John Baldwin avait donc renoncé à utiliser ces données pour donner un prolongement à sa magnifique étude sur les gradués d'université et leur emploi par les Capétiens et les Plantagenêts. Néanmoins, il a conservé ces données et elles sont potentiellement très utile dans le cadre de Studium, comme le sont toutes les mentions dans les volumes des Fasti Ecclesiae Gallicanae de chanoines portant ce titre de magister sans autres précisions. L'ampleur des dépouillements rend ces données très utiles et nous devons une grande reconnaissance à John Baldwin pour avoir pris la peine de faire photocopier ses fiches et de nous les avoir transmises amicalement.
Les données ainsi que les images des fiches sont accessibles sur le site Internet à l'adresse suivante : http://studium-baldwin.lamop.fr/.
Les transcriptions des fiches ont été effectuées par des étudiants de Paris 1 Panthéon - Sorbonne mais elles n'ont pas été corrigées par la suite.
description: Relation: https://lamop.hypotheses.org/
How do women under the care of eating disorder services experience sibling relationships: a phenomenological perspective
Creators: name: Author, Unknown
Publisher: name: University of Lincoln
Year: 2023
Subjects: C800 - Psychology

description: Eating disorders are increasing in our society and prior research has consideredthe role of families, carers, partners and children in the development of thesedifficulties. Siblings, however, have been largely overlooked. The role of siblingrelationships is not well understood, despite siblings being a long term,significant feature of many individuals with eating disorders’ lives. This studyaims to investigate the experiences of women with eating disorders and theirsibling relationships.Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) was used to investigate thelived experiences of three women with diagnosed eating disorders. The womenwere interviewed, using a semi structured interview schedule designed for thestudy, and transcripts were analysed closely, following the principles of IPA.ResultsThree superordinate themes were identified for each participant. These are‘Seeking Balance’, ‘Being Bad’ and ‘I Don’t Correlate’ for Amy, ‘Not BeingNoticed’, ‘Mealtimes are Stressful’ and ‘Everyone Runs Around After Her’ for Joand ‘Being The Runt’, ‘Being Pushed Out’ and ‘Lost Identity’ for Sarah. Foursubthemes were also identified. These were ‘Being Cut Off’ for Amy, ‘BeingPushed Out’ and ‘Shying Away’ for Jo and ‘Being Ridiculous’ for Sarah.ConclusionThe sibling relationships in this sample were characterised by competition,rivalry, lack of understanding, conflict and distress. Many of the experiencesshared were negative and were related as damaging to the individual.However, each relationship also contained strengths and all participants desiredimproved relationships and closeness with their siblings. Findings arediscussed in terms of their implications for our current knowledge and furtherresearch.