cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Non-Native English Speaking Online Doctoral Students Attitudes, Perceptions and Actions in response to written feedback
Creators: name: Olivier, GJ
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2017

description: Abstract Background. Previous research on written feedback has taken place mainly in campus-based settings. Written feedback to Non-Native English speaking Online Doctoral students is under-researched. Aim. The purpose of this study is to explore the attitudes, perceptions and actions of Non-Native English Speaking (NNES) Online Doctoral students toward the written feedback that they receive from their Native English Speaking (NES) doctoral research supervisors. This research will address questions about these students’ attitudes and perceptions regarding written feedback and the feedback providers. Furthermore, the investigation’s research findings point towards practical application by doctoral research supervisors. The Social Presence, Transactional Distance and Second Language Activity theories frame the interpretation of the findings. Sample. 100 online doctoral students completed the online survey of which 41 completed enough of the survey to be included in the study and 10 telephonic or Skype interviews were conducted. The survey respondents lived on different continents and represented seventeen distinct first languages, namely Afrikaans; Arabic; Chinese; Croatian; Dutch; French; German; Italian; Malay; Malayalam; Mandarin; Portuguese; Romanian; Russian; Spanish; Swedish; and Turkish. Method. A survey preceded and informed the 10 individual semi-structured interviews. An exploratory sequential, mixed methodological approach was used to develop an understanding of the main themes related to what NNES online doctoral students do with written feedback. Findings. This study focuses on the intersection of the online modality with the language issues encountered by NNES online doctoral students as opposed to campus-based NNES doctoral students or NES online doctoral students. The focus of this study is not a comparison between campus-based and online NNES and NES students but is intended to reflect upon issues that will promote the use of written feedback to improve the NNES online doctoral students learning experience. This study found that while NNES online doctoral students share many of the experiences of NNES campus-based students and NES online doctoral students, the combination of online and language issues compound the NNES online doctoral students’ ability to make good use of the written feedback that they receive. This combination of online and NNES has significant implications for policy, institutional guidance and practice. Keywords: Online learning; Doctoral studies; Non-Native English Online Doctoral Students; Native English Speaking Doctoral Research Supervisors; written feedback; attitudes
Compensation for Loss of Earnings During ECEC/School Closure
Creators: name: Daly, Mary
name: Ryu, Sunwoo
name: Polat, Ertugrul
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 440799
subject: Policy and administration not elsewhere classified

description: The government compensated for the loss of parents' earnings caused by the closure of ECEC settings and schools
Metafora Pada Lirik Lagu Closer Karya Inue Joe
Creators: name: Krisdayanto, Bagus
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Metaphor, Song lyric, Meaning

description: Methaphor on Closer song lyric by Inue Joe. Journal. Departement of Japanese Studies Faculty of Humanities. Dian Nuswantoro University. The research are the meaning of metaphor on Closer song lyric by Inue Joe and how the feel that was felt by poet towards the song that was created in the album.
title: ELUCIDATING THE STRUCTURE OF PEPTIDE SELF-ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS ON GOLD NANOPARTICLES
Creators: name: Colangelo, EL
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2017

description: Controlling gold nanoparticles (GNPs) surface chemistry is a fundamental prerequisite to tailor their properties and envision their assembly into complex nanomaterials from a “bottom-up” approach. Short peptides have been specifically designed to form self-assembled monolayers on GNPs surface and used to increase their stability. However, their structural characterization is often poorly investigated and challenging to assess. This body of work examines different approaches to elucidate the structure and organization of peptide self-assembled monolayers on GNPs. First, the current knowledge and the methods available to characterize the GNPs surface are reviewed. Second, the attempt at using benzophenone-derivative peptides, to provide insights into the molecular organization and compactness of mixed monolayers self-assembled on GNPs, is reported. Under irradiation at 350 nm, the carbonyl group of the benzophenone moiety crosslinks to an adjacent molecule. However, the photo-cross-linking reaction, monitored by FTIR spectroscopy in solution, was not detected on the GNPs surface. Third, to probe the accessibility of a functional group at the GNPs surface, fluorescently labelled peptides, quenched when bound to the gold surface, and bearing a cleavage site for thrombin enzyme at different positions along the chain, were inserted into different peptide self-assembled monolayers on GNPs. The timings of the increase in fluorescence, upon cleavage by thrombin, probed the accessibility, and hence the molecular environment, of the site within the different monolayers investigated. Fourth, a computational model for peptide-capped GNPs was developed using experimentally characterized CALNN- and CFGAILSS-capped GNPs as a benchmark. The molecular dynamics simulations not only reproduced the experimentally observed dependence of the monolayer secondary structure on peptide capping density and on nanoparticle size, but provided also further insights into the monolayers and inter-peptide interactions at the molecular level.
Establishment of the EBA Access Points for Distance Education
Creators: name: Daly, Mary
name: Ryu, Sunwoo
name: Polat, Ertugrul
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 440799
subject: Policy and administration not elsewhere classified

description: Approximately 1,500 mobile distance learning access points (buses and vans with computers and TVs) were provided
Fully connected optical beamforming network using microring weight banks
Creators: name: Nichols, Mitchell
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2024

description: Wireless communication in the millimetre wave bands has attracted significant research interest for fifth generation (5G) networks due to the large amount of unused bandwidth at these frequencies. However, there are significant challenges associated with millimetre wave communications due to the high path loss of the propagation environment and the high power consumption of millimetre wave transceivers. Hybrid beamforming with massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) has emerged as a solution to these problems by combining the performance and flexibility of digital beamforming with the energy efficiency of analog beamforming. Optical beamforming has recently been considered as a potential pathway to implement the analog component of a hybrid beamformer, which may offer improvements in size, weight and power consumption in comparison to conventional millimetre wave electronics. This thesis proposes a new approach to implement an optical beamforming system based on microring weight banks, which is a type of photonic tensor core using microring resonators as weight elements with wavelength-divison-multiplexing for input signal encoding. We analyze the performance of the photonic tensor core for millimeter wave signal processing and identify several limitations related to the signal delays through the optical circuit that may inhibit the scalability of an optical beamformer in a massive MIMO system. We propose a modified microring weight bank with tunable delay elements to equalize the path-dependent delay through the system. We also describe a procedure to calibrate a pair of microring weight banks as a phase shifter for beamforming applications. A numerical simulation was implemented to evaluate the performance of the system and a link budget analysis is provided to highlight the feasibility of the proposed optical beamformer, accounting for the signal-to-noiser power ratio and linearity requirements of a 5G base station. Finally, we perform an experimental demonstration of a small scale optical beamformer with phase shifters implemented by an on-chip microring resonator weight bank with integrated photodetectors and off-chip modulators. Our numerical and experimental results show that microring weight banks can be calibrated accurately for phase shifting in analog beamforming system with less than 2 degrees root-mean-square (RMS) phase error and 0.3 dB RMS amplitude error.
Prototypenanlage und Prozessuntersuchung zum elektrolytischen Plasmapolieren von Rohrinnenoberflächen
Creators: name: Cornelsen, Matthias Sören
Publisher: name: Universität Rostock
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 620 Engineering & allied operations

description: Ziel dieser Arbeit ist, durch eine Weiterentwicklung des Plasmapolierprozesses mit Hilfe einer innovativen Prototypenanlage samt Polierkopf den Nachweis zu erbringen, dass ein elektrolytisches Plasma auch an der Innenoberfläche von Rohren erzeugt und somit die Rauheit im Inneren des Rohres reduziert werden kann. Die Entwicklung eines Prozesses zum elektrolytischen Plasmapolieren von Rohrinnenoberflächen mit entsprechender Anlagentechnik und notwendigen Werkzeugen erfordert einen komplett neuen technischen Ansatz.
Parasite Patrol: Lifecycle Game
Creators: name: Nykyforuk, Christina
name: Summers, Mindi
name: Finney, Constance
Publisher: name: QUBES Educational Resources
Year: 2023

description: Parasite Patrol is a detective-style game about parasite lifecycles suitable for use in university or K-12 settings. The goal of the game is for participants to role-play parasite detectives who are investigating one of three parasite-infected hosts: a human, cow, or dog. Each host is infected with five parasites. Players must find all of the parasite clues for their host through a matching memory-style game. They must then use the information on the cards to create all five of the parasite lifecycles. The first team to correctly pin all of the parasite lifecycles onto their host wins the #1 parasite detective badge. Parasite Patrol consists of several sections: the gameboard, clue cards, clue card covers, and host cards that can be printed or used in an online format. We also provide a facilitation guide and discussion questions to accompany the game. More information about the creation of the game and evidence of activity effectiveness in an undergraduate setting can be found in the linked undergraduate honours thesis. We welcome suggestions and revisions from the community.
Additional file 1 of Using a patient-centred composite endpoint in a secondary analysis of the Control of Hypertension in Pregnancy Study (CHIPS) Trial
Creators: name: Metcalfe, Rebecca K.
name: Harrison, Mark
name: Singer, Joel
name: Lewisch, Mary
name: Lee, Terry
name: von Dadelszen, Peter
name: Magee, Laura A.
name: Bansback, Nick
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. CHIPS Study Group.
title: A DVD on Orthognathic Surgery: a randomised controlled trial assessing patients’ knowledge and satisfaction
Creators: name: Watt, EN
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2017

description: Title: BOS Orthognathic DVD: RCT assessing patients’ knowledge and satisfaction Objectives: To compare patients’ knowledge of orthognathic treatment and satisfaction with their multi-disciplinary clinic consultation, after receiving information in a standard format versus standard format plus BOS Orthognathic DVD. Design: Multi-centred, randomised controlled trial. Setting: Multi-disciplinary orthognathic clinics at four hospitals in Merseyside, UK. Participants and Methods: 106 participants, age >16 years, attending their first multi-disciplinary orthognathic clinic, were given information on orthognathic treatment in either the standard format – verbal and written or the standard format plus the BOS Orthognathic DVD. Primary outcome measures were participants’ knowledge of orthognathic treatment and satisfaction with their multi-disciplinary clinic consultation and information provided. Validated knowledge questionnaires were given prior to the multi-disciplinary clinic consultation and 4-6 weeks later. Satisfaction was assessed from participants’ response to 16 questions using visual analogue scale. Results of knowledge scores were analysed using ANCOVA at p<0.05, and satisfaction using non-parametric Mann Whitney Wilcoxon test. Results: Knowledge scores improved from baseline in both groups. Baseline knowledge had a statistically significant effect on participants’ follow-up score. No significant difference in knowledge score was found between groups at follow-up once the baseline score had been accounted for. No difference in general satisfaction was found between groups. However, satisfaction with the DVD was significantly less than general satisfaction (p=0.015). Conclusions: There was no difference in participants’ knowledge of orthognathic treatment or satisfaction when given information in the standard format or standard format plus the BOS Orthognathic DVD. Keywords: Consent, Orthognathic treatment; Patient information, knowledge; patient satisfaction.
title: Linking consumer satisfaction to consumer behavior and retailer revenues: an empirical analysis of e-commerce performance influencers
Creators: name: Chrystal, M
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2017

description: The aim of this research was to develop a validated set of actions that would lead to sustainable improvements in business performance and consumer attitudes for a production e-commerce website in the United States. In order to achieve the research objective a participatory action research methodology was utilized to generate quantitative and qualitative data and analysis through a mixed-methods approach. At completion, this effort was responsible for the development of new organizational knowledge and a series of managerial and business practice changes. The resulting business practice changes were credited with both short and longer-term business performance improvements. From an academic perspective, this research is one of the first to test a number of literature supported theories at real-world scale on a production e-commerce website. Of particular note are findings that extend the extant research into website consumer satisfaction measurement and the relationship between consumer feedback recency and issue identification. This thesis also highlights the importance of action research as a catalyst for organizational and individual meta-learning.
Additional file 2 of How to study a predator that only eats a few meals a year: high-frequency accelerometry to quantify feeding behaviours of rattlesnakes (Crotalus spp.)
Creators: name: Hanscom, Ryan J.
name: DeSantis, Dominic L.
name: Hill, Jessica L.
name: Marbach, Tyler
name: Sukumaran, Jeet
name: Tipton, Anna F.
name: Thompson, Morgan L.
name: Higham, Timothy E.
name: Clark, Rulon W.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 2. Cross-species model performance statistics.
title: Raman spectroscopy of molecular electronic junctions
Creators: name: Wattanavichean, N
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2017

description: Molecular Electronics uses molecules sandwiched between two metals as a model system to create tailored solutions for applications such as energy harvesting and sensing. Electrons tunnelling across such a junction are a↵ected by the properties of the molecule itself as well as the interaction between metal and molecule. In particular, charge transport is known to couple to molecular vibrations, which can act both to dissipate energy as well as increase conductance. This thesis therefore applies in-situ vibrational spectroscopies, surface-enhanced Raman scattering and vibrational sum frequency generation, to investigate molecular junctions. As a model system, 4-mercaptopyridine sandwiched between a gold surface and an elec- trochemically deposited second metal layer is used. Four aspects are studied in detail in this thesis. Chapter 3 presents a detailed study of surface enhanced Raman spectra of 4-mercaptopyridine on gold. All experimental vibrational modes are assigned and related to the symmetry of the adsorbed molecule with the help of density functional calculations. In particular, the e↵ect of hydrogen bonding on the ring breathing modes of adsorbed mercaptopyridine is revealed for the first time. In chapter 4, surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy is used to identify a spectroscopic signature of a successfully formed metal-molecule-metal junction after electrochemical deposition of a tran- sition metal layer. Chapter 5 then addresses the use of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy to identify charge transfer states of 4-mercaptopyridine by changing bias potential and excitation wavelength. A charge transfer state is found for protonated 4-mercaptopyridine at about 1.7 eV above the Fermi level, while the corresponding state for unprotonated 4-mercaptopyridine must lie at least 0.8 eV higher. Chapter 6 then explores the use of ultrafast vibrational sum frequency generation. The pyridine ring stretching modes are detected and metallisation of the 4-mercaptopyridine layer is seen to decrease the local order of the molecular layer. The influence of the mercaptopyridine charge transfer state can be seen in ultrafast pump - sum frequency probe spectroscopy of the gold substrate. This opens the prospect of investigating coupling between molecular vibrations and charge transfer in these junctions on a timescale of a picosecond or less.
title: Концепция интеллектуального развития подростков в детско-юношеском спорте
title: Монография
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Кузьменко Г.А.
Publisher: name: Московский педагогический государственный университет
Year: 2017

description: В монографии представлены концептуальные основы интеллектуального развития подростков в детско-юношеском спорте. Дано теоретико-методологическое обоснование предпосылок к разработке концепции интеллектуального развития подростков в современных условиях спортивной деятельности. Обоснованы понятийный аппарат, цель, задачи, принципы, модель, ключевые направления концепции интеллектуального развития подростков в детско-юношеском спорте, охарактеризована технология оценки эффективности ее реализации. Раскрыты педагогические условия интеллектуального развития юных спортсменов на этапах начальной подготовки и специализации. Монография адресована широкому кругу специалистов, ученых и прак- тиков, работающих в сфере детско-юношеского спорта и осуществляющих комплексное обеспечение подготовки спортивного резерва, а также студентам профильных вузов, изучающим курс «Психология физического воспитания и спорта», «Теория спорта», «Психолого-педагогическое мастерство\nтренера» и других профильных дисциплин.
description: The monograph presents a conceptual framework of the intellectual development of adolescents in youth sports. This theoretical-methodological substantiation of the preconditions for the development of the concept of intellectual development of teenagers in modern conditions of sport activity. Grounded conceptual framework, purpose, objectives, principles, model, key aspects of the concept of intellectual development of adolescents in youth sports, describes the technology of assessing the effectiveness of its implementation. Disclosed pedagogical conditions of intellectual development of young sportsmen at the stages of initial training and specialization. The monograph is addressed to a wide circle of specialists, scientists and practitioners working in the field of youth sport and performing complex maintenance of preparation of sports reserve, as well as students of specialized universities, studying the course "Psychology of physical education and sport, Theory of sport", "Psychological and pedagogical skills\of ptrainer" and other relevant disciplines.
Self-Isolation Support Grant in Scotland and Wales
Creators: name: Daly, Mary
name: Ryu, Sunwoo
name: Polat, Ertugrul
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 440799
subject: Policy and administration not elsewhere classified

description: A self-isolation support grant was provided in Scotland and Wales for people taking time off from work to care for children who received a public health request to self-isolate
title: Developing Capacity Building through Professional Development and Career Options: Insights from the Petroleum Profession
Creators: name: Al-Shidhani, S
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2017

description: This research addresses the subject and practice of capacity building through professional development and career ladders in the petroleum (oil and gas) upstream or Exploration and Production (EP) sector. It focuses upon petroleum professions concerned with the evaluation, development and production of petroleum resources – notably petroleum engineers and geoscientists. The study adopts an insider action research methodology, with a particular focus on a national oil company – Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) LLC, which operates in the Sultanate of Oman. PDO epitomises a typical EP company undertaking significant professional development efforts across its sizeable pool of petroleum professionals. Despite its wide operational remit, however, there are some key issues that have affected the firm and that warrant scholarly interrogation. Notable amongst these are challenges in developing specialists, technical professionals and managers who are competent and able to address the increasing technical, developmental, commercial, and managerial difficulties facing the oil and gas sector. Consequently, this study seeks to propose actionable remedial strategies to address these managerial skills and organizational capability gaps. This research thesis offers valuable literature review of the concepts and practices related to capacity building, professional development, and career aspects. This has enabled bridging conceptualization gaps underpinning professional development and career management in the EP petroleum sector, particularly in PDO, and identifying elements and aspects that were considered in evaluating the studied case. Further, by examining PDO’s organizational records and codes of practice, the study has established the company’s intended strategies and approaches, hence allowing identifying gaps with practices as assessed by engaging PDO’s executives, team leaders, and professionals.
Additional file 1 of Efficacy and safety of pyronaridine–artesunate versus artemether–lumefantrine in the treatment of acute uncomplicated malaria in children in South-West Nigeria: an open-labelled randomized controlled trial
Creators: name: Falade, Catherine O.
name: Orimadegun, Adebola E.
name: Olusola, Fiyinfoluwa I.
name: Michael, Obaro S.
name: Anjorin, Oluwafunmibi E.
name: Funwei, Roland I.
name: Adedapo, Aduragbenro D.
name: Olusanya, Abiola L.
name: Orimadegun, Bose E.
name: Mokuolu, Olugbenga A.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Additional file 1. Table S1: Paired sample genotyping data. Tables S1a–S1h and Tables S2a–S2h and Figs. S1–S8 of results showing liver enzymes, serum bilirubin, urea, creatinine, glucose and glucose of children enrolled in the study.
Additional file 2 of Efficacy and safety of pyronaridine–artesunate versus artemether–lumefantrine in the treatment of acute uncomplicated malaria in children in South-West Nigeria: an open-labelled randomized controlled trial
Creators: name: Falade, Catherine O.
name: Orimadegun, Adebola E.
name: Olusola, Fiyinfoluwa I.
name: Michael, Obaro S.
name: Anjorin, Oluwafunmibi E.
name: Funwei, Roland I.
name: Adedapo, Aduragbenro D.
name: Olusanya, Abiola L.
name: Orimadegun, Bose E.
name: Mokuolu, Olugbenga A.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Additional file 2. Table S3: Tables S3a and S3b showing gametocyte carriage among children treated with artemether–lumefantrine and pyronaridine–artesunate during the study.
Goa-1 and g protein signalling pathway modulation of the tap withdrawal response
Creators: name: Reiss, Aaron
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2023

description: Previous research on Caenorhabditis elegans by Giles (2012) and McEwan (2013) identified the goa-1 gene as a possible regulator of habituation of the tap withdrawal response because mutations in goa-1 caused abnormal habituation across multiple metrics. The original goal of this thesis was to use behavioural and genetic analyses to understand where and how goa-1 functions in habituation of the tap withdrawal response. I planned to use C. elegans with green fluorescent protein (GFP) inserted into wild-type goa-1 as well as tissue-specific degron strains to perform targeted degradation of the GOA-1 protein in subsets of cells. However, when I tested habituation the goa-1::GFP strain found that habituation for the probability of response looked similar to the probability of response habituation for the goa-1 null mutant, yet had a normal, wild-type phenotype for habituation of response duration. I compared our CRISPR goa-1::GFP strain to a second goa-1::GFP strain created by a different single copy insertion technique; the behaviour of this second goa-1::GFP was the same as our goa-1::GFP strain. I tested different mutant goa-1 strains to determine their effects on the habituation phenotypes, however, none of them matched the goa-1::GFP phenotype. Because the goa-1::GFP worms showed normal habituation of response duration I created three GOA-1::GFP degradation strains with pan-neuronal, ciliated neuron, and touch neuron specific degradation. The anatomical results showed that although goa-1::GFP degradation occurred, the behaviour results were inconclusive. Finally, I performed the habituation assay on worms with mutations in genes that were known interactors with goa-1 and found that mutations in dgk-1 led to similar habituation phenotypes as goa-1::GFP worms. The most likely explanation for the goa-1::GFP abnormal habituation phenotype is that the GFP interfered with a signalling pathway that activates the diacylglycerol kinase. These data suggest that the role of goa-1 in habituation of the probability of response is mediated through dgk-1.
REGULATORY AND LEGAL BASIS REGULATING ACCOUNTING
Creators: name: G.A. Adilova  Abdukarimova Sabina Botir qizi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: This article describes the regulation of relations in the field of accounting organization, accounting and reporting, as well as regulatory legal acts, laws, presidential decrees and resolutions on accounting, national and international accounting standards that regulate accounting at various enterprises.
title: Academic literacies and the Academic Pathway to Undergraduate Studies (APUS) Programme at Urban University Malaysia
Creators: name: Wong, M
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2017

description: Millions of young people transition from K-12 education to higher education each year. Many meet university entry requirements effortlessly, and yet there are also many who must further demonstrate sufficient readiness for higher learning despite having gained entry into university. For these “transition” students, higher education institutions have increasingly created pathway programmes in order justify letting lesser prepared students through their gates, but with intention to assist them up to speed academically. This thesis documents a research case study conducted on the Academic Pathway to Undergraduate Studies (APUS) (pseudonym) programme at Urban University Malaysia (pseudonym). The study aimed to determine the effectiveness of academic literacies, as a teaching and learning approach within the APUS programme in better preparing students for further study at the university. The articulations of APUS students on their ability to employ academic literacies post APUS were gathered as a means of gaining one perspective on the programme’s effectiveness. A third aspect of the study is the practitioner reflection done in order to locate possible curricular (or other) improvements to the programme based on the study’s findings. Academic literacies was used as the theoretical foundation for the study as it is also the current pedagogical framework for developing essential academic competencies within the programme. This study utilised a documentary analysis approach and student interviews as the two primary research methods, triangulated against a literature review. The study has produced five main findings revolving around misalignments in the learning outcomes of certain modules and between disciplinary assessments. A second finding shows that APUS students perform less well academically than their non-pathway disciplinary peers across all disciplines. It has also found that Computer Science-stream of the module find that the academic literacies component of the programme lacks relevance to their disciplinary learning. Despite the unearthing of these gaps within the programme, APUS students still find that the programme is helpful overall in their personal projections of what future academic competencies post-transition will be needed in order to be successful in completing a full undergraduate degree programme. The study concludes with several strategic recommendations for change to the programme.
Does Multilevel Stigma Moderate Single-Session Intervention Efficacy for Sexual or Gender Minority Adolescents?
Creators: name: Hollinsaid, Nathan
name: Hatzenbuehler, Mark
name: Fox, Kathryn
name: Schleider, Jessica
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Clinical Psychology
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: Adolescents
subject: Gender Minority
subject: LGBTQ
subject: Sexual Minority
subject: Single-session Interventions
subject: Stigma

description: We propose a secondary analysis of data from sexual and gender minority adolescents who participated in a nationwide RCT of single-session interventions for adolescent depression to examine multilevel stigma as a moderator of intervention efficacy.
title: Identifying and Exploring Discrepancies in Study Abroad Intent Amongst First-Year Japanese University Students
Creators: name: Nowlan, A
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2017

description: As participation in study abroad grows at higher education institutions around the world, involvement amongst Japanese students is decreasing. Action has been taken by various stakeholders to address the downward trend; however, this is being done under conflicting interpretations of internationalization. Applying an explanatory sequential mixed methods design (quantitative N=311, qualitative N=10) and pragmatic worldview, this study aims to identify some key factors that contribute to study abroad intent amongst first-year Japanese university students while generating actionable knowledge that may lead to improved domestic curriculum and interest in international opportunities. To accomplish this, the theory of planned behavior is employed alongside second-language (L2) acquisition models that reflect the inherent nature of study abroad involving a foreign language for most Japanese students. Through interpretation of the data, the research first aims to address the primary research question, involving differences between those with strong intent to study abroad and those with weak intent. Particular focus is placed on the attitudinal variable of international posture, as well as perceived benefits and deterrents to study abroad. Secondly, based on identified differences, the defining of a predominantly willing group of students as self-selecting is proposed. These students generally have higher achievement in the L2; prior international experience; greater international posture; a positive association between study abroad and purpose; and a flexible outlook on the traditional higher education practices and traditions in Japan. Finally, this thesis examines how certain self-selecting traits can be fostered in a classroom environment, thus potentially increasing interest in study abroad. If L2 educators can integrate an international dimension into the language curriculum, by means of transformative learning and internationalizing the curriculum, then domestic studies may benefit not only students who plan to study abroad, but also those who genuinely lack the means to participate.
Additional file 1 of The unrecognized role of fidelity in effectiveness-implementation hybrid trials: simulation study and guidance for implementation researchers
Creators: name: Trutschel, Diana
name: Blatter, Catherine
name: Simon, Michael
name: Holle, Daniela
name: Reuther, Sven
name: Brunkert, Thekla
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Science Policy

description: Supplementary Material 1
Assessing the habitat fragmentation of socioeconomically important tree species in Costa Rica
Creators: name: Sanabria, Guillermo Duran
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: forestry
Costa Rica
machine learning
spatial analysis

description: The suitable habitat of 29 timber species native to Costa Rica was assessed using landscape analysis and habitat models. The modeling was done using Maxent, 20 environmental layers and herbarium localities. GIS layers of forest cover and protected areas of the country were used to quantify the amount of suitable habitat covered by forest inside and outside the protected areas. The resulting layers were used to address the reduction of suitable habitat of each species due to deforestation, their degree of protection and the fragmentation of the remaining unprotected habitat. The risk of the species was measured using the IUCN Red List methodology and values given by gap analysis previously done in Costa Rica. The results show that the most threatened species are adequately protected and that three of the five most fragmented species outside the protected areas of the country are located in the same region, the Osa Peninsula. This project gives new inputs for the management of the Costa Rican forests, showing species and areas where resources should be focused.
Amblyseiinae Muma
Creators: name: Kreiter, Serge
name: Bopp, Marie-Charlotte
name: Douin, Martial
name: Nguyen, Duc Tung
name: Wyckhuys, Kris
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Mesostigmata
Phytoseiidae

description: Subfamily Amblyseiinae Muma Amblyseiinae Muma, 1961: 273.
description: Published as part of Kreiter, Serge, Bopp, Marie-Charlotte, Douin, Martial, Nguyen, Duc Tung & Wyckhuys, Kris, 2020, Phytoseiidae of Vietnam (Acari: Mesostigmata) with description of a new species, pp. 75-110 in Acarologia 60 (1) on page 77, DOI: 10.24349/acarologia/20204362, http://zenodo.org/record/3879894
description: {"references": ["Muma M. H. 1961. Subfamiles, genera, and species of Phytoseiidae (Acarina: Mesostigmata). Fla St. Mus. Bull., 5 (7): 267 - 302"]}
Essays on environmental economics : environmental regulations and climate change adaptation
Creators: name: Ravani Cecato, Bianca
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2023

description: In Chapter 1, I study how newspaper closures affect environmental monitoring and enforcement activities conducted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. First, I propose a model of regulatory behaviour where newspapers influence the regulator’s optimal probability of detecting environmental violations, by working as vehicles of information dissemination about firms’ environmental performance. I then use a difference-in-differences estimator to estimate the impact of newspaper closures on enforcement activities conducted by the Environmental Protection Agency. I find that a daily newspaper closure leads to a drop in the number of inspections, detected violations, and enforcement actions that is within a range of 8-22 percentage points of their yearly averages. In Chapter 2, I investigate two mechanisms that are behind the drop in monitoring and enforcement activities following a newspaper closure. First, consistent with the information mechanism I propose in the model presented in Chapter 1, I find evidence that newspapers serve as an informant to the regulator about potential sources of environmental violations, reducing the cost of detecting a violation. Second, I find that newspapers inform regulated facilities about enforcement activities conducted in other facilities within the same state and industry. The second information mechanism enhances compliance spillover effects of EPA activities, improving the effectiveness of regulation enforcement. Chapter 3 uses a longitudinal survey from Indonesia to examine whether the effects of droughts on individual consumption are mitigated by the ability to migrate. By instrumenting between survey migration with pre-existing migrant networks, we show that one standard deviation drop in annual precipitation in the origin location reduces consumption by 1.82% for non-migrant individuals, but that migrants are actually able to increase consumption. Given a one standard deviation drop in annual precipitation, the ability to migrate leads to an increase of about 13.9% in consumption over the medium run. Migration is a potentially important way to mitigate the costs of being exposed to extreme weather events that are a result of climate change, and these results suggest that removing barriers to migration is a promising strategy for mitigating climate damages.
Neoseiulus Hughes
Creators: name: Kreiter, Serge
name: Bopp, Marie-Charlotte
name: Douin, Martial
name: Nguyen, Duc Tung
name: Wyckhuys, Kris
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Mesostigmata
Phytoseiidae
Neoseiulus

description: Genus Neoseiulus Hughes Neoseiulus Hughes, 1948: 141.
description: Published as part of Kreiter, Serge, Bopp, Marie-Charlotte, Douin, Martial, Nguyen, Duc Tung & Wyckhuys, Kris, 2020, Phytoseiidae of Vietnam (Acari: Mesostigmata) with description of a new species, pp. 75-110 in Acarologia 60 (1) on page 77, DOI: 10.24349/acarologia/20204362, http://zenodo.org/record/3879894
description: {"references": ["Hughes A. M. 1948. The mites associated with stored food products. Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, H. M. Stationary Office, London, 168 pp."]}
Additional file 2 of The unrecognized role of fidelity in effectiveness-implementation hybrid trials: simulation study and guidance for implementation researchers
Creators: name: Trutschel, Diana
name: Blatter, Catherine
name: Simon, Michael
name: Holle, Daniela
name: Reuther, Sven
name: Brunkert, Thekla
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Science Policy

description: Supplementary Material 2
School-related Feeding and replacement
Creators: name: Daly, Mary
name: Ryu, Sunwoo
name: Polat, Ertugrul
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 440799
subject: Policy and administration not elsewhere classified

description: Food vouchers, parcels or cash transfers were provided both during term time and outside term time in all of the four UK nations for children who lost out on free school meals due to the closure of schools
Farrukhabad Janpad Ke Daridra Vyaktion Kee Samasyayen
Creators: name: Tomar, Neetusingh
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: Farrukhabad Janpad Ke Daridra Vyaktion Kee Samasyayen
Additional file 2 of Hepatic passaging of NRAS-mutant melanoma influences adhesive properties and metastatic pattern
Creators: name: Dietsch, Bianca
name: Weller, Céline
name: Sticht, Carsten
name: de la Torre, Carolina
name: Kramer, Martin
name: Goerdt, Sergij
name: Géraud, Cyrill
name: Wohlfeil, Sebastian A.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 2: Supplementary Tables. Table 1. A. Top twenty-five significantly upregulated genes of RNA Sequencing of WT31 and WT31_P5IV ordered by logFC. B. Top twenty five significantly downregulated genes of RNA Sequencing of WT31 and WT31_P5IV ordered by logFC. Table 2. A.Significantly upregulated genes of GO:0007155 (cell adhesion) of WT31 and WT31_P5IV filtered by logFC ≥ 1. B. Significantly downregulated genes of GO:0007155 (cell adhesion) of WT31 and WT31_P5IV filtered by logFC ≤ -1. Table 3. A.Significantly upregulated genes of GO:0030155 (regulation of cell adhesion) of WT31 and WT31_P5IV filtered by logFC ≥ 1. B. Significantly downregulated genes of GO:0030155 (regulation of cell adhesion) of WT31 and WT31_P5IV filtered by logFC ≤ -1. Table 4. A. Significantly upregulated genes of Integrin and disintegrin-like proteins of WT31 and WT31_P5IV filtered by logFC ≥ 1. B. Significantly downregulated genes of Integrin and disintegrin-like proteins of WT31 and WT31_P5IV filtered by logFC ≤ -1. Table 5. A. Significantly upregulated genes of HALLMARK oxidative phosphorylation of WT31 and WT31_P5IV filtered by logFC ≥ 1. B. Significantly downregulated genes of HALLMARK oxidative phosphorylation of WT31 and WT31_P5IV filtered by logFC ≤ -1. Table 6. A. Significantly upregulated genes of HALLMARK glycolysis of WT31 and WT31_P5IV filtered by logFC ≥ 1. B. Significantly downregulated genes of HALLMARK glycolysis of WT31 and WT31_P5IV filtered by logFC ≤ -1. Table 7. A. Significantly upregulated genes of HALLMARK mitotic spindle of WT31 and WT31_P5IV filtered by logFC ≥ 1. B. Significantly downregulated genes of HALLMARK mitotic spindle of WT31 and WT31_P5IV filtered by logFC ≤ -1. Table 8. A. Significantly upregulated genes of HALLMARK DNA Repair of WT31 and WT31_P5IV filtered by logFC ≥ 1. B. Significantly downregulated genes of HALLMARK DNA-Repair of WT31 and WT31_P5IV filtered by logFC ≤ -1. Table 9. A. Significantly upregulated genes of HALLMARK PI3K/AKT/MTOR-signaling of WT31 and WT31_P5IV filtered by logFC ≥ 1. B. Significantly downregulated genes of HALLMARK PI3K/AKT/MTOR-signaling of WT31 and WT31_P5IV filtered by logFC ≤ -1. Table 10. A.Primers used for qRT-PCR.
High-throughput wheat plant phenotyping using deep learning techniques
Creators: name: Zaji, Amirhossein
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2023

description: Wheat plant phenotyping is crucial for plant breeding and crop management. Traditional methods, however, are laborious and error prone. Computer vision and Deep Learning (DL) can address these issues by quickly and accurately analyzing wheat plant images, but data collection, annotation, and preprocessing for DL models can be costly and time-consuming. This thesis aims to reduce data preparation time for high-throughput wheat plant phenotyping using DL models. It explores the use of readily available sensors like cellphone RGB cameras for image acquisition and develops more efficient and automated annotation and preprocessing methods. The proposed aug- mentation algorithm reduces the number of training samples needed for accurate DL models, while transfer learning and other techniques are investigated to de- crease the amount of labeled data required. A state-of-the-art framework for localizing and counting wheat spikes using dotted annotation datasets and generation algorithms is proposed and evaluated. This approach is faster than bounding box and polygon annotation methods for wheat spike localization and counting. The computational component employs hybrid UNet architectures, and the proposed models demonstrate improved spike localization and counting compared to previous research studies. This research introduces Automatic Object Level Augmentation (AutoOLA), a novel augmentation algorithm that reduces DL model training sample requirements. AutoOLA augments spikes, leaves, stems, and backgrounds in wheat images separately using their optimized augmentation policies. Results indicate that AutoOLA can improve wheat spike counting by 60%. Stereovision cameras, which are more user-friendly, are employed for plant height measurement. An active learning model is used to annotate images from one camera and transfer them to the other camera’s images to expedite the process. Mask R-CNN is utilized for spike localization, and spike heights are estimated using depth layers. In conclusion, this thesis develops methods to reduce time and effort for apply- ing DL models in plant phenotyping. It investigates image acquisition with accessible sensors and develops more efficient annotation and preprocessing methods, including the proposed augmentation algorithm. By making DL models more accessible and scalable, this research advances plant breeding, genetics, and crop production.
COVID-19 Funding for Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Support Services in England and Wales
Creators: name: Daly, Mary
name: Ryu, Sunwoo
name: Polat, Ertugrul
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 440799
subject: Policy and administration not elsewhere classified

description: The COVID-19 Extraordinary Funding for Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Services was assigned across relevant sectors and organisations in England and Wales
Farrukhabad Janpad Kee Kanshiram Collony Ke Niwasion Kaa Vartman Swaroop
Creators: name: Tomar, Neetusingh
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: Farrukhabad Janpad Kee Kanshiram Collony Ke Niwasion Kaa Vartman Swaroop
COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund for Domestic Abuse Safe Accommodation in England and Wales
Creators: name: Daly, Mary
name: Ryu, Sunwoo
name: Polat, Ertugrul
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 440799
subject: Policy and administration not elsewhere classified

description: The COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund for Domestic Abuse Safe Accommodation was secured in England and Wales. This funding was used to support 166 relevant organisations including consortium partners. Consequently, 1,546 additional bedspaces were created