cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
A targeted decision aid for the elderly to decide whether to undergo colorectal cancer screening: development and results of an uncontrolled trial
Creators: name: Lewis, Carmen L.
name: Golin, Carol E.
name: Ivey, Jena
name: Pignone, Michael
name: DeLeon, Chris
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2010

description: Abstract: Background: Competing causes of mortality in the elderly decrease the potential net benefit from colorectal cancer screening and increase the likelihood of potential harms. Individualized decision making has been recommended, so that the elderly can decide whether or not to undergo colorectal cancer (CRC) screening. The objective is to develop and test a decision aid designed to promote individualized colorectal cancer screening decision making for adults age 75 and over. Methods: We used formative research and cognitive testing to develop and refine the decision aid. We then tested the decision aid in an uncontrolled trial. The primary outcome was the proportion of patients who were prepared to make an individualized decision, defined a priori as having adequate knowledge (10/15 questions correct) and clear values (25 or less on values clarity subscale of decisional conflict scale). Secondary outcomes included overall score on the decisional conflict scale, and preferences for undergoing screening. Results: We enrolled 46 adults in the trial. The decision aid increased the proportion of participants with adequate knowledge from 4% to 52% (p < 0.01) and the proportion prepared to make an individualized decision from 4% to 41% (p < 0.01). The proportion that preferred to undergo CRC screening decreased from 67% to 61% (p = 0. 76); 7 participants (15%) changed screening preference (5 against screening, 2 in favor of screening) Conclusion: In an uncontrolled trial, the elderly participants appeared better prepared to make an individualized decision about whether or not to undergo CRC screening after using the decision aid.
A Semi-Analytic dynamical friction model that reproduces core stalling
Creators: name: Petts, James A.
name: Gualandris, Alessia
name: Read, Justin I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a new semi-analytic model for dynamical friction based on Chandrasekhar's formalism. The key novelty is the introduction of physically motivated, radially varying, maximum and minimum impact parameters. With these, our model gives an excellent match to full N-body simulations for isotropic background density distributions, both cuspy and shallow, without any fine-tuning of the model parameters. In particular, we are able to reproduce the dramatic core-stalling effect that occurs in shallow/constant density cores, for the first time. This gives us new physical insight into the core-stalling phenomenon. We show that core stalling occurs in the limit in which the product of the Coulomb logarithm and the local fraction of stars with velocity lower than the infalling body tends to zero. For cuspy backgrounds, this occurs when the infalling mass approaches the enclosed background mass. For cored backgrounds, it occurs at larger distances from the centre, due to a combination of a rapidly increasing minimum impact parameter and a lack of slow moving stars in the core. This demonstrates that the physics of core-stalling is likely the same for both massive infalling objects and low-mass objects moving in shallow density backgrounds. We implement our prescription for dynamical friction in the direct summation code NBODY6 as an analytic correction for stars that remain within the Roche volume of the infalling object. This approach is computationally efficient, since only stars in the inspiralling system need to be evolved with direct summation. Our method can be applied to study a variety of astrophysical systems, including young star clusters orbiting near the Galactic Centre; globular clusters moving within the Galaxy; and dwarf galaxies orbiting within dark matter halos.
description: 16 pages, 21 figures, Accepted for publication in MNRAS
Sex composition and its impact on future childbearing: a longitudinal study from urban Uttar Pradesh
Creators: name: Nanda, Priya
name: Rajan, Sowmya
name: Calhoun, Lisa M
name: Speizer, Ilene
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2018

description: Abstract Background The sex composition of existing children has been shown to influence childbearing decision-making and behaviors of women and couples. One aspect of this influence is the preference for sons. In India, where son preference is deeply entrenched, research has normally focused on rural areas using cross-sectional data. However, urban areas in India are rapidly changing, with profound implications for childbearing patterns. Yet, evidence on the effect of the sex composition of current children on subsequent childbearing intentions and behavior in urban areas is scant. In this study, we analyze the impact of sex composition of children on subsequent (1) parity progression, (2) contraceptive use, and (3) desire for another child. Methods We analyze prospective data from women over a four year period in urban Uttar Pradesh using discrete-time event history logistic regression models to analyze parity progression from the first to second parity, second to third parity, and third to fourth parity. We also use logistic regression models to analyze contraceptive use and desire for another child. Results Relative to women with no daughters, women with no sons had significantly higher odds of progressing to the next birth (parity 1 – aOR: 1.31; CI: 1.04–1.66; parity 2 – aOR: 4.65; CI: 3.11–6.93; parity 3 – aOR:3.45; CI: 1.83–6.52), as well as reduced odds of using contraception (parity 2 – aOR:.58; CI: .44–.76; parity 3 – aOR: .58; CI: .35–.98). Relative to women with two or more sons, women with two or more daughters had significantly higher odds of wanting to have another child (parity 1 – aOR: 1.33; CI: 1.06–1.67; parity 2 – aOR: 3.96; CI: 2.45–6.41; parity 3–4.89; CI: 2.22–10.77). Conclusions Our study demonstrates the pervasiveness of son preference in urban areas of Uttar Pradesh. We discuss these findings for future programmatic strategies to mitigate son preference in urban settings.
ISLOMDA AXLOQIY QADRIYATLAR
Creators: name: Muhabbat G‘Anijonovna Azamova
Publisher: name: Central Asian Research Journal for Interdisciplinary Studies (CARJIS)
Year: 2022
Subjects: din
fiqh
insonparvarlik
dunyoviy
diniy
iymon
insoniylik

description: Ushbu maqola asosan dinning tarixiy shakllari, dinimizning o‟ziga xos bo‟lgan xususiyatlari,undagi asosiy g‟oyalar to‟g‟risida aytib o‟tiladi.
An exploratory study of the influence of video viewing on preservice teachers’ teaching activity: normative versus developmental approaches
Creators: name: Gaudin, Cyrille
name: Flandin, Simon
name: Ria, Luc
name: Chaliès, Sébastien
Publisher: name: Form@re - Open Journal per la formazione in rete
Year: 2014

description: Very little empirical evidence is available concerning the influence of video viewing on preservice teachers’ teaching activity. This article presents an exploratory study putting into perspective the influence of two video-based vocational education programs on pre-service teachers’ teaching activity. These innovative programs have been designed on the same conceptual framework – an activity-based framework for work analysis (Durand, 2013) – but using two different theoretical and instructional approaches: the “normative” one (Berducci, 2004; Nelson, 2008) and the “developmental” one (Varela, 1989). With both approaches, the results highlighted that video viewing influence pre-service teachers’ teaching activity, provided that: (i) preservice teachers’ professional concerns “resonate” with what they are viewing, and (ii) preservice teachers adopt, adapt or invent a new way to act from what they viewed. Supported by self-confrontation interviews data, benefits and limitations of each approach are presented and discussed. Sono disponibili scarse evidenze circa l’influenza della visualizzazione di video sull’attività didattica di insegnanti in prima formazione. Questo articolo presenta uno studio esplorativo sull’impatto di due programmi progettati sulla base del medesimo quadro concettuale – un activity-based framework di analisi del lavoro (Durand, 2013) – ma con due diversi approcci teorici e didattici: quello “normativo” (Berducci, 2004; Nelson, 2008) e quello di “sviluppo” (Varela, 1989). In entrambi i casi i risultati evidenziano che la visualizzazione di video influenza l’attività didattica degli insegnanti in formazione, a condizione che: (i) gli interessi professionali degli insegnanti in formazione siano legati a ciò che essi visualizzano, e (ii) gli insegnanti in formazione adottino, adattino o inventino un nuovo modo di agire a partire da quello che hanno visto. Supportati da dati estrapolati da interviste di auto-confronto, sono presentati e discussi i vantaggi e i limiti di ciascun approccio.
description: Form@re - Open Journal per la formazione in rete, Vol. 14 No. 2 (2014): Video-enhanced Teacher Learning: New Scenarios for Teacher Development.
Utilization and expenditures of veterans obtaining primary care in community clinics and VA medical centers: an observational cohort study
Creators: name: Maciejewski, Matthew
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2007

description: Abstract Background To compare VA inpatient and outpatient utilization and expenditures of veterans seeking primary care in community-based outpatient clinics (CBOCs) and VA medical centers (VAMCs) in fiscal years 2000 (FY00) and 2001. Methods The sample included 25,092 patients who obtained primary care exclusively from 108 CBOCs in FY00, 26,936 patients who obtained primary care exclusively from 72 affiliated VAMCs in FY00, and 11,450 "crossover" patients who obtained primary care in CBOCs and VAMCs in FY00. VA utilization and expenditure data were drawn from the VA's system-wide cost accounting system. Veteran demographic characteristics and a 1999 Diagnostic Cost Group risk score were obtained from VA administrative files. Outpatient utilization (primary care, specialty care, mental health, pharmacy, radiology and laboratory) and inpatient utilization were estimated using count data models and expenditures were estimated using one-part or two-part models. The second part of two-part models was estimated using generalized linear regressions. Results CBOC patients had a slightly more primary care visits per year than VAMC patients (p < 0.0001), but lower primary care costs (-$71, p < 0.0001). CBOC patients had lower odds of one or more specialty, mental health, ancillary visits and hospital stays per year, and fewer numbers of visits and stays if they had any and lower specialty, mental health, ancillary and inpatient expenditures (all, p < 0.0001). As a result, CBOC patients had lower total outpatient and overall expenditures than VAMC patients (p < 0.0001). Conclusion CBOCs provided veterans improved access to primary care and other services, but expenditures were contained because CBOC patients who sought health care had fewer visits and hospital stays than comparable VAMC patients. These results suggest a more complex pattern of health care utilization and expenditures by CBOC patients than has been found in prior studies. This study also illustrates that CBOCs continue to be a critical primary care and mental health access point for veterans.
TU intern: die Hochschulzeitung der Technischen Universität Berlin
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 000 Informatik, Informationswissenschaft, allgemeine Werke
subject: Hochschulzeitung
subject: Technische Universität
subject: TU Berlin

description: Die Hochschulzeitung "TU intern" berichtet sowohl über Aktuelles aus der Universität als auch über landes- und bundesweite Themen. Sie wendet sich an Mitglieder und Alumni der Universität sowie an Politik, Wirtschaft und Medien. Die Druckversion erscheint neunmal im Jahr. Die leuchtende, fertige Außenhülle der "Rosa Röhre" ist das Titelthema der Dezember-Ausgabe. Intensiv beleuchtet werden aber auch die beiden neu bewilligten Sonderforschungsbereiche um die Neugestaltung sozialer und stadtbildprägender Räume sowie um den Ersatz von Rohöl. Der ehemalige Bundestagspräsident Norbert Lammert leistet einen ausführlichen Beitrag zu der Debatte um "Deutsch als Wissenschaftssprache", das SAP-Campusmanagementsystem steht kurz vor dem Start mehrerer ERM-Bereiche, in Lehre und Forschung geht es um einen neuen Masterstudiengang zum Gesundheitswesen in Ghana, um die Vielfalt in der Altersstruktur der TU-Studierenden und extra auf sie zugeschnittene Angebote sowie um Mobilität im öffentlichen Nahverkehr und den Einfluss der Digitalisierung im Autobau. Um Autos geht es dieses Mal auch beim "Blick in die Labore". Fotos von der "Crash-Anlage" der TU Berlin in Wedding geben einen spektakulären Einblick, was passiert, wenn ein Auto gegen die Wand fährt.
GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS BY INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED PLASMA OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY USING SLURRY ATOMIZATION
Creators: name: GRAY, ALISON RUTH
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 1985

description: Elemental analysis by the nebulization of slurries of geological materials into an inductively coupled plasma has been investigated. High-solids nebulizers, spray chambers and torches have been designed and optimized for aqueous slurry introduction. The influence of particle size on sample introduction and atomization efficiency was shown to be paramount. Kaolin particles greater than 8 um were not atomized in the plasma. When the plasma operating parameters were optimized by simplex only the injector gas flow-rate and viewing height were critical. Clay suspensions of known concentration, varying particle size distributions, and concentration s o f 0.2 to 20% w/v were prepared and major, minor and trace elements determined by slurry atomization. Equivalent atomization efficiencies were obtained for slurries containing particle size of 8 um. For slurries containing larger particles the use of-silicon in the kaolin as an internal standard corrected for variable atomization efficiency. The addition of dispersants greatly increased slurry atomization by decreasing flocculation. Aqueous ammonia (0.35% m/v) was optimal. For high concentration slurries (>8% w/v) nebulization was affected by viscosity and an added internal standard was used to correct this. Slurry atomization was successfully applied to a variety of kaolin analysis and showed promise for on-line monitoring. Dolomite and basalt samples were ground prior to application of the technique, due to problems with dispersion an internal standard correction provided best results. Preliminary investigation of partial dissolution and equal density slurry approaches suggested the former to be more promising.
Time-Dependent Modeling of Gamma-ray Flares in Blazar PKS1510-089
Creators: name: Saito, Shinya
name: Stawarz, Lukasz
name: Tanaka, Yasuyuki
name: Takahashi, Tadayuki
name: Sikora, Marek
name: Moderski, Rafal
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Here we present a new approach for constraining luminous blazars, incorporating fully time-dependent and self-consistent modeling of bright gamma-ray flares of PKS1510-089 resolved with Fermi-LAT, in the framework of the internal shock scenario. The results of our modeling imply the location of the gamma-ray flaring zone outside of the broad-line region, namely around 0.3pc from the core for a free-expanding jet with the opening angle Gamma, θ_\mathrm{jet} \simeq 1 (where Gamma is the jet bulk Lorentz factor), up to \simeq 3pc for a collimated outflow with Gamma, θ_\mathrm{jet} \simeq 0.1. Moreover, under the Gamma, θ_\mathrm{jet} \simeq 1 condition, our modeling indicates the maximum efficiency of the jet production during the flares, with the total jet energy flux strongly dominated by protons and exceeding the available accretion power in the source. This is in contrast to the quiescence states of the blazar, characterized by lower jet kinetic power and an approximate energy equipartition between different plasma constituents. We demostrate how strictly simultaneous observations of flaring PKS1510-089 at optical, X-ray, and GeV photon energies on hourly timescales, augmented by extensive simulations as presented in this paper, may help to impose further precise constraints on the magnetization and opening angle of the emitting region. Our detailed modeling implies in addition that a non-uniformity of the Doppler factor across the jet, caused by the radial expansion of the outflow, may lead to a pronounced time distortion in the observed gamma-ray light curves, resulting in particular in asymmetric flux profiles with substantially extended decay phases.
description: 11 pages, 7 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ
How Do Teachers Appropriate Learning Objects Through Critical Experiences? A Study of a Pilot In-School Collaborative Video Learning Lab
Creators: name: Lussi Borer, Valérie
name: Ria, Luc
name: Durand, Marc
name: Muller, Alain
Publisher: name: Form@re - Open Journal per la formazione in rete
Year: 2014

description: This two-year longitudinal study examined the collective and individual effects of a collaborative video learning lab (CVLL) in a French lower-secondary high-poverty school. The CVLL was designed to: i) determine the learning objects shared by the in-service teachers based on their actual teaching activities and ii) encourage them to participate in a collaborative inquiry on their filmed activity regarding the selected shared learning object, with the goal of supporting them as they appropriate more efficient teaching practices..The participants were novice in-service teachers (n=2) and experienced teacher-facilitators (n=2). Data consisted of cross-analysis of video recordings (n=37) from i) classroom teaching activity (n=11), ii) CVLL sessions (n=6), and iii) teachers’ observations and comments on both (n=20). The results revealed that novice and experienced teachers lived critical experiences in the CVLL regarding the shared learning object and show how they transformed their activity as teachers, mentors or facilitators. Questo studio longitudinale di due anni esamina gli effetti collettivi e individuali di un laboratorio di apprendimento collaborativo con video (CVLL) in una scuola secondaria inferiore francese con alto grado di povertà. Il CVLL è stato progettato per: i) determinare i learning object condivisi dai docenti in servizio in base alle loro reali attività di insegnamento e ii) incoraggiarli a partecipare ad un’indagine collaborativa sulle attività videoregistrate concernenti il learning object condiviso selezionato, con l’obiettivo di sostenerli nel fare proprie pratiche di insegnamento più efficaci. I partecipanti sono insegnanti novizi in servizio (n=2) e insegnanti facilitatori esperti (n=2). I dati raccolti consistono in un’analisi incrociata delle registrazioni video (n=37), da i) attività didattica in aula (n=11), ii) sessioni CVLL (n=6), iii) osservazioni e commenti degli insegnanti su entrambi (n=20). I risultati mostrano che gli insegnanti hanno vissuto esperienze significative nel CVLL per quanto riguarda il learning object condiviso e che essi hanno trasformato la loro attività come insegnanti, mentori o facilitatori.
description: Form@re - Open Journal per la formazione in rete, Vol. 14 No. 2 (2014): Video-enhanced Teacher Learning: New Scenarios for Teacher Development.
Gene expression in extratumoral microenvironment predicts clinical outcome in breast cancer patients
Creators: name: Troester, Melissa
name: Amos, Keith D
name: Roman-Perez, Erick
name: Carey, Lisa
name: Pirone, Jason R
name: Casbas-Hernandez, Patricia
name: Rein, Jessica
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2012

description: Abstract Introduction A gene expression signature indicative of activated wound responses is common to more than 90% of non-neoplastic tissues adjacent to breast cancer, but these tissues also exhibit substantial heterogeneity. We hypothesized that gene expression subtypes of breast cancer microenvironment can be defined and that these microenvironment subtypes have clinical relevance. Methods Gene expression was evaluated in 72 patient-derived breast tissue samples adjacent to invasive breast cancer or ductal carcinoma in situ. Unsupervised clustering identified two distinct gene expression subgroups that differed in expression of genes involved in activation of fibrosis, cellular movement, cell adhesion and cell-cell contact. We evaluated the prognostic relevance of extratumoral subtype (comparing the Active group, defined by high expression of fibrosis and cellular movement genes, to the Inactive group, defined by high expression of claudins and other cellular adhesion and cell-cell contact genes) using clinical data. To establish the biological characteristics of these subtypes, gene expression profiles were compared against published and novel tumor and tumor stroma-derived signatures (Twist-related protein 1 (TWIST1) overexpression, transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β)-induced fibroblast activation, breast fibrosis, claudin-low tumor subtype and estrogen response). Histological and immunohistochemical analyses of tissues representing each microenvironment subtype were performed to evaluate protein expression and compositional differences between microenvironment subtypes. Results Extratumoral Active versus Inactive subtypes were not significantly associated with overall survival among all patients (hazard ratio (HR) = 1.4, 95% CI 0.6 to 2.8, P = 0.337), but there was a strong association with overall survival among estrogen receptor (ER) positive patients (HR = 2.5, 95% CI 0.9 to 6.7, P = 0.062) and hormone-treated patients (HR = 2.6, 95% CI 1.0 to 7.0, P = 0.045). The Active subtype of breast microenvironment is correlated with TWIST-overexpression signatures and shares features of claudin-low breast cancers. The Active subtype was also associated with expression of TGF-β induced fibroblast activation signatures, but there was no significant association between Active/Inactive microenvironment and desmoid type fibrosis or estrogen response gene expression signatures. Consistent with the RNA expression profiles, Active cancer-adjacent tissues exhibited higher density of TWIST nuclear staining, predominantly in epithelium, and no evidence of increased fibrosis. Conclusions These results document the presence of two distinct subtypes of microenvironment, with Active versus Inactive cancer-adjacent extratumoral microenvironment influencing the aggressiveness and outcome of ER-positive human breast cancers.
Il Lesson Study giapponese: un efficace modello cross-cultural
Creators: name: Maltinti, Carla
Publisher: name: Form@re - Open Journal per la formazione in rete
Year: 2014

description: Il lesson study è uno dei modelli possibili per migliorare l’insegnamento in classe. Non ha lo scopo di studiare una lezione per ottenere performance perfette, ma accrescere la professionalità degli insegnanti attraverso l’analisi di “lezioni di ricerca”, pianificate, costruite, osservate in gruppo. È una pratica radicata da tempo nella tradizione scolastica orientale che sviluppa l’abitudine al miglioramento continuo e sostiene gli insegnanti per promuovere l’apprendimento degli allievi. Ricercatori e studiosi, ma anche molti educatori coinvolti in cicli di lesson study, hanno fornito, con il supporto di evidenze sperimentali, convincenti motivi sull’efficacia e la sostenibilità di questo modello che si sta diffondendo a livello mondiale. Sono qui presi in esame alcuni di questi aspetti, ripercorrendo le fasi che caratterizzano un ciclo completo di lesson study giapponese.
description: Form@re - Open Journal per la formazione in rete, Vol. 14 No. 2 (2014): Video-enhanced Teacher Learning: New Scenarios for Teacher Development.
Epistemic Gratitude - Experiment 2
Creators: name: Wang, Léo
name: Mercier, Hugo
name: Boyer, Pascal
name: Karabegovich, Mia
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: We test how beneficiary audience size influences the intensity of gratitude.
Assessment of measurement-data from nacellebased Lidar-devices regarding their usability for the estimation of turbulence intensity
Creators: name: Von Eisenhart-Rothe, Jakob
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: wind lidar; turbulence intensity; nacelle lidar;

description: Presentation at the Wind Energy Science Conference 2023 as part of the Mini Symposium "IEA Wind Task 52: Lidar-Assisted Control, Turbulence Estimation and Digitalization"
TU intern: die Hochschulzeitung der Technischen Universität Berlin
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 000 Informatik, Informationswissenschaft, allgemeine Werke
subject: Hochschulzeitung
subject: Technische Universität
subject: TU Berlin

description: Die Hochschulzeitung "TU intern" berichtet sowohl über Aktuelles aus der Universität als auch über landes- und bundesweite Themen. Sie wendet sich an Mitglieder und Alumni der Universität sowie an Politik, Wirtschaft und Medien. Die Druckversion erscheint neunmal im Jahr. Ethik, Technikphilosophie, Internetkommunikation und vieles mehr: die Februar-Ausgabe stellt die 24 neuberufenen Professor*innen des Jahres 2017 vor. Auf zwei weiteren Sonderseiten präsentiert die Universitätsbibliothek, wie sie TU-Wissenschaftler*innen beim Open-Access-Publizieren unterstützen kann. "Die Zukunft sollte nicht-kommerziell sein", sagt Vera Meyer dazu. Sie ist Open-Access-Beauftragte der TU Berlin und hat an der Open Access Policy der Universität mitgearbeitet. Das "Maximal-2-Grad-Ziel" der Erderwärmung sei kaum noch zu erreichen. Um wenigstens ein "3-Grad-Ziel" zu sichern, müsse auch die deutsche Regierung schnell und entschieden handeln, fordert Klimaökonom Ottmar Edenhofer. SAP-Manager Daniel Fritsch begleitet die große Herausforderung, eine integrierte Software-Lösung für die Verwaltung der TU Berlin zu implementieren und erklärt Dimension und Ziel dieses Projekts. Um Massenpanik, Zornpolitik, Stadtklima und Verkehrspolitik geht es unter anderem im Forschungsteil, Studierendenprojekte beschäftigen sich mit Wasser in Afrika, Satellitenexperimenten, Luftschiffen und Resozialisierung. Und zwei Alumni erzählen, wie es damals war, vor 50 Jahren, als an der TU Berlin der Vietnamkongress die Studentenrevolte befeuerte.
title: Volunteering in humanitarian non-governmental organizations
Creators: name: Franz, Barbara
Publisher: name: Quarterly on Refugee Problems - AWR Bulletin
Year: 2022
Subjects: social transformation
community
Reflective Solidarity
Inclusivity
Humanitarian NGOs
Refugee work
Volunteering
NGO volunteers
refugees

description: In America, in the midst of a populist wave during Trump’s presidency, activists who rejected the torrent of xenophobia, racism and Islamophobia volunteered to work with humanitarian NGOs that aid migrants, asylum seekers and refugees. These volunteers repeatedly engage in activities, such as driving refugees to their doctors’ appointments or teaching migrants English, that cause the volunteers to be exposed to and interact with people whose backgrounds and daily experiences are much different than their own. Personal relationships are formed between the volunteers and those they are helping, and these relationships produce solidarity and change the volunteers. Both the volunteer and the refugee must adjust to each other, which is usually obvious to the refugee, who is in a state of transition often associated with post-traumatic stress, massive confusion, and status diminishment, but often less obvious to the volunteer. “Affective solidarity” forms because of emotions and common interests, but “reflective solidarity” is based not on friendship or even sympathy, but on mutual respect and concern. The volunteer and the refugee may have different political opinions and beliefs (for example, many refugees were exposed to and believed anti-vax conspiracies theories about COVID-19 vaccines) but, if they establish reflective solidarity, these differences do not pull them apart. The changes in consciousness produced in volunteers through working with refugees can create transformation in and a new reality for the volunteers, which can contribute towards a larger societal change.
description: Quarterly on Refugee Problems - AWR Bulletin, Vol. 61 No. 1 (2022): Quarterly on Refugee Problems - AWR Bulletin (QRP)
Concordance between chronic patients' perception of reaching WHO guidelines on physical activity and the measurement of patients’ physical activity by the GPAQ
Creators: name: , Sidorkiewicz
name: Triconnet, Thibault
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine and Health Sciences

description: Study protocol of a cross-sectional study nested within the French national ComPaRe e-cohort to assess the concordance between chronically ill patients' perception of meeting WHO guidelines on physical activity and the measurement of patients’ physical activity by the GPAQ.
The breaking of the $SU(2)_L\times U(1)_Y$ symmetry: The 750 GeV resonance at the LHC and perturbative unitarity
Creators: name: Fabbrichesi, Marco
name: Urbano, Alfredo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: If the di-photon excess at 750 GeV hinted by the 2015 data at the LHC is explained in terms of a scalar resonance participating in the breaking of the electro-weak symmetry, this resonance must be accompanied by other scalar states for perturbative unitarity in vector boson scattering to be preserved. The simplest set-up consistent with perturbative unitarity and with the data of the di-photon excess is the Georgi-Machacek model.
description: 9 pages, 5 figures. v2: Minor changes, bibliography updated. v3: Minor changes
Viewer Discussion is Advised. Video Clubs Focus Teacher Discussion on Student Learning
Creators: name: Van Es, Elizabeth A.
Publisher: name: Form@re - Open Journal per la formazione in rete
Year: 2014

description: Video is being used widely in professional development. Yet, little is known about how to design video-based learning environments that are productive for teacher learning. One promising model is a video club (Sherin, 2000). Video clubs bring teachers together to view and analyze video segments from one another’s classrooms. The idea is that by watching and discussing video segments focused on student thinking, teachers will learn practices for identifying and analyzing noteworthy student thinking during instruction and can use what they learn to inform their instructional decisions. This paper addresses issues to consider when setting up a video club for teacher education, such as defining goals for using video, establishing norms for viewing and discussing one another’s teaching, selecting clips for analysis, and facilitating teacher discussions. Si consiglia la discussione tra osservatori. Nei Video Club gli insegnanti mettono a fuoco le modalità con cui gli studenti apprendono. Il video è stato ampiamente utilizzato per la formazione professionale. Tuttavia poche sono le conoscenze relative alla progettazione di ambienti di apprendimento basati su video che siano efficaci per la formazione degli insegnanti. Un modello promettente è il “video club” (Sherin, 2000). Video club uniscono insegnanti che guardano ed analizzano insieme segmenti video delle proprie rispettive classi. L'idea è che gli insegnanti, guardando e discutendo segmenti video centrati sul pensiero degli alunni, imparino ad adottare durante l’insegnamento pratiche d'identificazione e analisi di pensieri degli alunni degni di nota e possano poi utilizzare ciò che hanno imparato nelle decisioni didattiche. Questo articolo affronta le questioni da considerare quando si configura un video club per la formazione degli insegnanti, come ad esempio la definizione di obiettivi per l'utilizzo dei video, le norme per la visione e discussione dei rispettivi video, la selezione delle clip per l'analisi, l’agevolazione della discussione tra insegnanti.
description: Form@re - Open Journal per la formazione in rete, Vol. 14 No. 2 (2014): Video-enhanced Teacher Learning: New Scenarios for Teacher Development.
TU intern: die Hochschulzeitung der Technischen Universität Berlin
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 000 Informatik, Informationswissenschaft, allgemeine Werke
subject: Hochschulzeitung
subject: Technische Universität
subject: TU Berlin

description: Die Hochschulzeitung "TU intern" berichtet sowohl über Aktuelles aus der Universität als auch über landes- und bundesweite Themen. Sie wendet sich an Mitglieder und Alumni der Universität sowie an Politik, Wirtschaft und Medien. Die Druckversion erscheint neunmal im Jahr. Heizung, Kälteanlagen, Abluft: Um dem Klima zu dienen, erforschen die TU Berlin und die Universität der Künste, die sich einen Campus mitten in der City-West teilen, gemeinsam im Projekt "EnEff:HCBC", mit welchen Maßnahmen ein energieeffizienter Campus entstehen kann. Das TU-Präsidium, das in gleicher Besetzung zu einer zweiten Amtszeit angetreten ist, erklärt, welche Ziele in der nahen Zukunft erreicht werden sollen. Zum ersten Geburtstag des Einstein Centers Digital Future gratuliert die April-Ausgabe der "TU intern" mit zwei Sonderseiten, auf denen, neben Daten und Fakten, auch die acht Professor*innen, die inzwischen berufen sind, und ihre Forschungsthemen vorgestellt werden. In der Forschung geht es, nah am Frühling, noch einmal aufs Eis. Unter anderem erklärt ein Tribologe, wieso das Eis glatt ist und der Roboter "Curly" schlägt mit künstlicher Intelligenz die menschlichen Eisstock-Sportler beim Curling. Der Blick in die Labore der TU Berlin führt dieses Mal zu Hochspannung. Er zeigt, wie im Institut für Energie- und Anlagentechnik unter anderem echte Blitze erzeugt werden können.
Video-enhanced Teacher Learning: New Scenarios for Teacher Development
Creators: name: Santagata, Rossella
name: Stürmer, Kathleen
Publisher: name: Form@re - Open Journal per la formazione in rete
Year: 2014

description: .
description: Form@re - Open Journal per la formazione in rete, Vol. 14 No. 2 (2014): Video-enhanced Teacher Learning: New Scenarios for Teacher Development.
A randomized trial to reduce sugar-sweetened beverage and juice intake in preschool-aged children: description of the Smart Moms intervention trial
Creators: name: Tate, Deborah
name: Lytle, Leslie
name: Nezami, Brooke T
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2016

description: Abstract Background Obesity in young children remains a public health concern, and maternal weight is one of the strongest predictors of obesity in early childhood. However, parental adherence in interventions for young children is often low and existing programs have had mixed success. An innovative approach to treatment is needed that increases adherence among mothers and improves weight-related behaviors simultaneously in mothers and children. The objective of the Smart Moms randomized controlled trial (RCT) is to test the efficacy of a 6-month primarily smartphone-delivered program to reduce sugar-sweetened beverage and juice consumption among children ages 3–5 whose mothers are overweight or obese. This paper describes the study design and intervention. Methods/Design Mother-child dyads were eligible if the mother was overweight or obese, owned a smartphone, and if the child was between the ages of 3–5 and consumed 12 oz or more per day of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) and 100 % fruit juice. Participants were randomly assigned to the Smart Moms intervention or a waitlist control group. The intervention consisted of theoretically grounded and evidence-based behavioral strategies delivered through one group session, lessons on a mobile-optimized website, and text messages. Mothers submitted self-monitoring information via text message and received regular tailored feedback emails from interventionists. The primary outcome is change in child SSB and juice consumption and a secondary outcome is change in maternal weight. Discussion This Smart Moms study was designed to determine if a low-burden intervention delivered using mobile methods and targeted towards mothers could be effective at changing child sugar-sweetened beverage intake. Results will indicate if mobile-based methods can be a feasible way to engage mothers in family-based studies and will inform successful strategies to prevent childhood obesity through parent-targeted approaches. Trial registration Clinicaltrials.gov NCT02098902 (Registered March 25, 2014).
title: Will the welcome ever run dry?
Creators: name: Noyoo, Ndangwa
name: Kleibl, Tanja
name: Madew, Melinda
name: Matela, Minenhle
name: Lutz, Ronald
name: Boryczko, Marcin
Publisher: name: Quarterly on Refugee Problems - AWR Bulletin
Year: 2022
Subjects: Human categories
people on the move
social work
Ukraine
discrimination
N/A

description: This review summarises and chronicles inputs from several speakers who attended a conference titled: Will the Welcome ever Run Dry?: Interrogating the Hierarchy of Human Categories – The Case of Ukrainian Refugees in Europe. The conference interrogated the refugee crisis which had been precipitated by Russia’s unprovoked war against Ukraine. It was organised by Tanja Kleibl, Melinda Madew, Minenhle Matela, Ronald Lutz and Ndangwa Noyoo and held at the University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt on 17 March 2022. The conference participants were social work academics, practitioners, students and activists, and it was delivered in a blended mode. Crucially, it was meant to be a call to action to the social work profession around the world, especially in Europe. Also, the organisers wanted to cast a sharp light on the refugee crisis from a social work perspective and highlight the discrimination which was associated with this phenomenon. Indeed, media reports and other accounts had identified this disturbing trend, whereby African and non-European students from developing countries, who were equally fleeing the war zone with Ukrainians, were ill-treated and discriminated against by Ukrainian and Polish security forces. These officials allegedly allowed only Ukrainians and European-looking people to cross the border (Chebil, 2022; Pronczuk et al., 2022).
description: Quarterly on Refugee Problems - AWR Bulletin, Vol. 61 No. 1 (2022): Quarterly on Refugee Problems - AWR Bulletin (QRP)
Measurement error adjustment in essential fatty acid intake from a food frequency questionnaire: alternative approaches and methods
Creators: name: Heiss, Gerardo
name: Ibrahim, Joseph
name: Kaufman, Jay S.
name: Satia, Jessie
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2007

description: Abstract Background We aimed at assessing the degree of measurement error in essential fatty acid intakes from a food frequency questionnaire and the impact of correcting for such an error on precision and bias of odds ratios in logistic models. To assess these impacts, and for illustrative purposes, alternative approaches and methods were used with the binary outcome of cognitive decline in verbal fluency. Methods Using the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study, we conducted a sensitivity analysis. The error-prone exposure – visit 1 fatty acid intake (1987–89) – was available for 7,814 subjects 50 years or older at baseline with complete data on cognitive decline between visits 2 (1990–92) and 4 (1996–98). Our binary outcome of interest was clinically significant decline in verbal fluency. Point estimates and 95% confidence intervals were compared between naïve and measurement-error adjusted odds ratios of decline with every SD increase in fatty acid intake as % of energy. Two approaches were explored for adjustment: (A) External validation against biomarkers (plasma fatty acids in cholesteryl esters and phospholipids) and (B) Internal repeat measurements at visits 2 and 3. The main difference between the two is that Approach B makes a stronger assumption regarding lack of error correlations in the structural model. Additionally, we compared results from regression calibration (RCAL) to those from simulation extrapolation (SIMEX). Finally, using structural equations modeling, we estimated attenuation factors associated with each dietary exposure to assess degree of measurement error in a bivariate scenario for regression calibration of logistic regression model. Results and conclusion Attenuation factors for Approach A were smaller than B, suggesting a larger amount of measurement error in the dietary exposure. Replicate measures (Approach B) unlike concentration biomarkers (Approach A) may lead to imprecise odds ratios due to larger standard errors. Using SIMEX rather than RCAL models tends to preserve precision of odds ratios. We found in many cases that bias in naïve odds ratios was towards the null. RCAL tended to correct for a larger amount of effect bias than SIMEX, particularly for Approach A.
JISMONIY MASHQLAR YORDAMIDA MAKTABGACHA YOSHDAGI BOLALARNING JISMONIY SIFATLARINI RIVOJLANTIRISH
Creators: name: D. X. Umarov
name: L. Z. Xolmurodov
name: M. A. Tojiyev
name: A. E. Bobomurodov
Publisher: name: Central Asian Research Journal for Interdisciplinary Studies (CARJIS)
Year: 2022
Subjects: maktabgacha ta'lim
jismoniy rivojlanish
jismoniy tayyorgarlik
jismoniy sifatlar
jismoniy faollik
ta'lim

description: Mazkur maqolada maktabgacha yoshdagi bolalarning jismoniy tarbiya jarayonini samarali tashkil qilish, yoshga nisbatan bolaning jismoniy sifatlarini rivojlantirish hamda jismoniy rivojlanishi va jismoniy tayyorgarlik darajalarini rivojlantirishda maxsus jismoniy mashqlar majmuasi amaliyotga tadbiq qilingan.
title: Analysing national responses to environmental and climate-related displacement.
Creators: name: Negozio, Francesco
name: Rondine, Francesca
Publisher: name: Quarterly on Refugee Problems - AWR Bulletin
Year: 2022
Subjects: Climate Change
Disaster Displacement
Climate Refugees
Environmental Migration
Environment
Non-Refoulement
Complementary Protection
International Law
1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees
Environmental Displacement

description: Interlinkages between climate change, environmental degradation and displacement have been widely recognized by academics and States. However, unlike other categories of forced migrants, environmental and climate-displaced people crossing an international border are not entitled to any ad hoc protection regime under current conventional law. Nevertheless, it has been argued that International Human Rights Law and, to a minor extent, International Refugee Law forbid the expulsion of those migrants who are unable to return to their country in dignity and safety due to environmental reasons. While the role of International Law in dealing with environmental and climate-related displacement has been widely investigated by legal researchers, national immigration and asylum systems could be further examined. This paper aims at examining the existing legal options for the protection of environmental and climate-related displaced persons under the Italian and French legal frameworks. The Italian legal framework has been selected since it is characterized by two distinct kinds of complementary protection, both potentially addressing displacement induced by environmental hazards: the ‘special protection’ - which substituted the ‘humanitarian protection’ - and the ‘residence permit for calamity. While no explicit reference is made to climate and environmental reasons in the French legal framework concerning the residence of third-country nationals, a recent judgement issued by the Bordeaux Appeal Court could pave the way for a gradual inclusion of such phenomena under the umbrella of the possible reasons justifying the issuance of a residence permit to those at risk of displacement for environmental and climate-related reasons. Such a comparative analysis has the objective of giving a more practical thickness to the legal issues arising from environmental and climate-related displacement, including with the aim of identifying legal solutions to the new challenges posed by climate change and environmental degradation.
description: Quarterly on Refugee Problems - AWR Bulletin, Vol. 61 No. 1 (2022): Quarterly on Refugee Problems - AWR Bulletin (QRP)
Absolute dimensions of the metallic-line eclipsing binary V501 Monocerotis
Creators: name: Torres, Guillermo
name: Lacy, Claud H. Sandberg
name: Pavlovski, Kresimir
name: Fekel, Francis C.
name: Muterspaugh, Matthew W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report extensive high-resolution spectroscopic observations and V-band differential photometry of the slightly eccentric 7.02-day detached eclipsing binary V501 Mon (A6m+F0), which we use to determine its absolute dimensions to high precision (0.3% for the masses and 1.8% for the radii, or better). The absolute masses, radii, and temperatures are M(A) = 1.6455 +/- 0.0043 M(Sun), R(A) = 1.888 +/- 0.029 R(Sun), and T(A) = 7510 +/- 100 K for the primary, and M(B) = 1.4588 +/- 0.0025 M(Sun), R(B) = 1.592 +/- 0.028 R(Sun), and T(B) = 7000 +/- 90 K for the secondary. Apsidal motion has been detected, to which General Relativity contributes approximately 70%. The primary star is found to be a metallic-line A star. A detailed chemical analysis of the disentangled spectra yields abundances for more than a dozen elements in each star. Based on the secondary, the system metallicity is near solar: [Fe/H] = +0.01 +/- 0.06. Lithium is detected in the secondary but not in the primary. A comparison with current stellar evolution models shows a good match to the measured properties at an age of about 1.1 Gyr.
description: 11 pages in emulateapj format, including 8 tables and 11 figures. Accepted for publication in The Astronomical Journal
Additive manufacturing of dental ceramics: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Al Hamad, Khaled
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Prosthodontics and Prosthodontology
subject: Dentistry
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Additive technology has been used recently to fabricate dental ceramics such as zirconia. Previously, zirconia restorations were only fabricated with CAD-CAM milling technology (subtractive manufacturing). Additive manufacturing is a promising technology as it provides the ability to fabricate more complex structures and is more conservative in material waste in comparison with milling technology. This study will evaluate the available evidence on the application of this relatively new technology in the fabrication of dental ceramics of acceptable clinical standards.
Video-educazione: nuovi scenari per la formazione degli insegnanti
Creators: name: Santagata, Rossella
name: Stürmer, Kathleen
Publisher: name: Form@re - Open Journal per la formazione in rete
Year: 2014

description: .
description: Form@re - Open Journal per la formazione in rete, Vol. 14 No. 2 (2014): Video-enhanced Teacher Learning: New Scenarios for Teacher Development.