cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
sj-pdf-1-jcb-10.1177_0271678X231183742 - Supplemental material for Non-classical monocytes promote neurovascular repair in cerebral small vessel disease associated with microinfarctions via CX3CR1
Creators: name: Lecordier, Sarah
name: Menet, Romain
name: Allain, Anne-Sophie
name: ElAli, Ayman
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 110305 Emergency Medicine
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 110306 Endocrinology
subject: Medicine
subject: 110904 Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases
subject: 110320 Radiology and Organ Imaging
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biochemistry
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Neuroscience

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-jcb-10.1177_0271678X231183742 for Non-classical monocytes promote neurovascular repair in cerebral small vessel disease associated with microinfarctions via CX3CR1 by Sarah Lecordier, Romain Menet, Anne-Sophie Allain and Ayman ElAli in Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism
title: Effektmoderatoren des Geschlechtsunterschiedes in sozialer Dominanzorientierung
Creators: name: Schmidt, Daniela
Year: 2009

description: Untersucht wurde der von Pratto, Sidanius, Stallworth und Malle (1994) postulierte Geschlechtsunterschied in sozialer Dominanzorientierung (SDO). Auch nach Berücksichtigung aller anderen Faktoren (Kulturen, Ethnizität, Alter, etc.) erreichen die Männer im Schnitt einen höheren Wert in SDO als Frauen. Dies wird als Invarianz-Hypothese bezeichnet. Zur Überprüfung dieser Hypothese wurden 144 unabhängige Stichproben aus 86 Primärquellen in eine Meta-Analyse inkludiert. Es zeigte sich ein kleiner bis mittlerer Gesamteffekt. Weiters konnte festgestellt werden, dass der Geschlechtsunterschied durch Alter und Datenerhebungsjahr moderiert wird. Neben der Meta-Analyse wurden fünf unabhängige Stichproben aus fünf verschiedenen Ländern in Bezug auf SDO neu analysiert.
Flow experiences in Shakuhachi teaching via Skype
Creators: name: How, Meng Leong
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This study examined how flow experiences contributed to the teaching practices of seven shakuhachi teachers from Australia, North America, Europe, and Japan, who were engaged in teaching their students via Skype. Findings in this study suggested that the shakuhachi teachers’ gravitas of teaching and the observed effortlessness in their practices of teaching students contributed to their experience of flow during teaching via Skype. An epi-flow conceptual model was engendered via a review of extant Flow theory-related literature, and subsequently enriched by the data from this study to gain insight into some of the conceivably complex characteristics about the phenomena associated with the participating shakuhachi teachers’ flow experiences in teaching via Skype. Interpretative phenomenological analysis of their idiographic lived experiences, accessed through observations of shakuhachi teachers’ self-recorded videos from their vantage points, interviews, personal communications and an empathetic experiential case encounter of the virtual Skype instructional space by the researcher sharing with a beginner how to make simple sounds on the shakuhachi via Skype, yielded some intriguing findings that were weighed carefully for educational implications. This research found that flow could be experienced not merely as a ‘distortion’ of the sense of time per se, but rather as a complex unity of past, present and future in the lived moments of teaching ideations. In this there might be ‘vital simultaneities’ of actions and awareness, instead of actions and awareness being ‘merged.’ The shakuhachi teachers’ balance between skills and challenges was far from remaining in a state of equilibrium; it was dynamic. The teachers were performing at the edge between vicissitude and ‘business-as-usual’ due to an inherent network lag in Skype lessons. Despite this, the teachers retained a strong sense of control. Questioning was used by the shakuhachi teachers as exploratory feedback of their teaching actions via Skype. There could be a ‘blurring of boundaries’ between the shakuhachi teacher and the activities in the eduction space (to educe / to draw out the potential of the students) of the Skype instructional environment via anthropomorphization of artifacts (with the shakuhachi flute as ‘teacher’). During the teaching episodes, self-consciousness could disappear in four stages: unconscious incompetence; conscious incompetence; conscious competence; and unconscious competence. The shakuhachi teachers’ goals of assessing their students’ progress could be characterized as: linear, lateral, instantaneous, independent, and/or uplifting. Ultimately the autotelic quality of the experiences of shakuhachi teaching via Skype was dynamic.
Additional file 8 of Effect of a vapor barrier in combination with active external rewarming for cold-stressed patients in a prehospital setting: a randomized, crossover field study
Creators: name: Mydske, Sigurd
name: Brattebø, Guttorm
name: Østerås, Øyvind
name: Wiggen, Øystein
name: Assmus, Jörg
name: Thomassen, Øyvind
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Supplementary Material 8
title: Antizipiertes Bedauern bei der Kreditvergabe
Creators: name: Masak, Jan
Year: 2009

description: In der vorliegenden Untersuchung wurde der Einfluss des antizipierten Bedauerns auf die Entscheidungen bei der Kreditvergabe untersucht. Die Untersuchung war ein 2 (Feedback Immer vs. Feedback bei Nicht-Einigung) x 2 (Kreditnehmer vs. Bankangestellter) Design, bei dem die Versuchspersonen eine Verhandlung mit einem virtuellen Verhandlungspartner geführt haben. Insgesamt 358 WirtschaftsstudentInnen im Alter von 18 bis 63 haben an der Online-Untersuchung erfolgreich teilgenommen. Hypothesenkonform und den Erkenntnissen von Larrick und Boles (1995) entsprechend, verhalten sich die Versuchspersonen eher bedauernsaversiv als risikoaversiv und sind bereit für sie ungünstigere Alternativen zu wählen, wenn somit eventuelles Bedauern vermieden werden kann. In der vorliegenden Arbeit wurden auch, anders als in den bisherigen Arbeiten zu diesem Thema, der Verlauf der Verhandlung und die sukzessive Anpassung der Angebote festgehalten, welche zeigen wie die Personen von ihrem anfänglich gesetzten reservation price abweichen um das Bedauern zu vermeiden.
sj-docx-1-psx-10.1177_00323217231178979 – Supplemental material for Why Parties Gain Votes When the Public Perceives Them Shifting to the Right
Creators: name: Adams, James
name: Bernardi, Luca
name: Ezrow, Lawrence
name: Somer-Topcu, Zeynep
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 160607 International Relations
subject: FOS: Political science

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-psx-10.1177_00323217231178979 for Why Parties Gain Votes When the Public Perceives Them Shifting to the Right by James Adams, Luca Bernardi, Lawrence Ezrow and Zeynep Somer-Topcu in Political Studies
Additional file 9 of Effect of a vapor barrier in combination with active external rewarming for cold-stressed patients in a prehospital setting: a randomized, crossover field study
Creators: name: Mydske, Sigurd
name: Brattebø, Guttorm
name: Østerås, Øyvind
name: Wiggen, Øystein
name: Assmus, Jörg
name: Thomassen, Øyvind
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Supplementary Material 9
Supplemental Material - End-of-Life Discussions From the Perspective of Social Care and Healthcare Professionals in Palliative Care
Creators: name: Kuusisto, Anne
name: Saranto, Kaija
name: Korhonen, Päivi
name: Haavisto, Elina
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Supplemental Material for End-of-Life Discussions From the Perspective of Social Care and Healthcare Professionals in Palliative Care by Anne Kuusisto, Kaija Saranto, Päivi Korhonen, and Elina Haavisto in OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying.
The introduction of creative music education in Victorian state secondary schools, 1957 to 1988
Creators: name: Burke., Harry
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021
Subjects: classificationCode: 360303
subject: Music education

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
 Researchers can access this thesis by asking their local university, institution or public library to
 make a request on their behalf. Monash staff and postgraduate students can use the link in the References field.
Supplemental Material - The correlation of non-invasive hemoglobin (SpHb) testing and lab hemoglobin in surgical patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Kazma, Jamil
name: Ebner, Megan
name: Slota, James
name: Berger, Jeffery S.
name: Farooq, Fouzia
name: Smith, Emily
name: Ahmadzia, Homa K.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2024
Subjects: Cardiology
Surgery

description: Supplemental Material for The correlation of non-invasive hemoglobin (SpHb) testing and lab hemoglobin in surgical patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Jamil Kazma, Megan Ebner, James Slota, Jeffery S. Berger, Fouzia Farooq, Emily Smith, and Homa K. Ahmadzia in Perfusion.
Competition within random growth models
Creators: name: Turnbull, Shane
Publisher: name: Lancaster University
Year: 2018

description: This thesis is concerned with introducing competition into random models.
      It can be observed that there are two natural mechanisms for the evolution
      of a random model; either by growth or by self interactions. What we do is
      look at two types of models and introduce competition within them. The
      first model, the voter model, is an example of a self interacting model
      and we introduce growth into it. The second model, the Hasting-Levitov
      model, is a random growth model and we introduce competition within the
      model.

      In both cases we construct diffusion approximations to model these systems
      when the initial population is large for the first case and when the
      addition of incoming particles is small in the second. Once these
      diffusion processes have been constructed we then analyse the long term
      behaviour of them and find their asymptotic distribution, this is done by
      using the speed measure and scale function.
title: The Place of Trust: Young Masculinities, Relationality and Everyday Violence
Creators: name: McShane, Brian
Publisher: name: Goldsmiths, University of London
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: young people, urban cultures, masculinities, gender, violence, youth cultures, youth work, ethnography

description: This thesis argues for a re-thinking around young men, masculinities and urban cultures. It asks how are young masculinities practiced and what are the tensions that arise for young men in maintaining their gender identity? As a five-year ethnographic study of young men conducted through youth work spaces in South London, it gives a detailed account of the ways young men do gender and the relational practices through which vernacular cultures are made, maintained and (re)produced. Young masculinities are over-determined in the urban imagination readily explained through crime, gangs and violence and stereotypical representations of cultural productions and resistance. Bringing together literatures on urban cultures and space, young men in urban contexts, and masculinities it offers an understanding of how young men and masculinities can be better understood in relation to urban cultures and spaces. Moving across four youth work projects it examines the inter-personal and group relationships amongst young men giving an account of their emotional life, to show how belongings are practiced and re-made in the active production of urban multiculture. Young men carry their bodies in certain ways and embody distrust operating an instrumental relationship to language. But these practices are also active in building relationships and are used as ways to address uncertainties and develop knowledge in gendered ways. The thesis shows how young men navigate their peer relationships and the complex belongings of urban life through navigating exclusions and threats and remaking local identities linked to place whilst focusing on their futures, by maintaining codes of humour, respect and trust.
Australian women composers, performers and music teachers from 1890 to 1950
Creators: name: Jenkins., Louise E.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021
Subjects: classificationCode: 360302
subject: Music composition and improvisation
classificationCode: 360303
subject: Music education

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
 Researchers can access this thesis by asking their local university, institution or public library to
 make a request on their behalf. Monash staff and postgraduate students can use the link in the References field.
sj-docx-1-rse-10.1177_07419325231222482 – Supplemental material for Training Preservice Teachers to Make Data-Based Decisions: A Comparison of Two Interventions
Creators: name: McCammon, Meka N.
name: Wolfe, Katie
name: Gao, Ruiqin
name: Starrett, Angela
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2024
Subjects: Education
Psychology not elsewhere classified
Special Education and Disability

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-rse-10.1177_07419325231222482 for Training Preservice Teachers to Make Data-Based Decisions: A Comparison of Two Interventions by Meka N. McCammon, Katie Wolfe, Ruiqin Gao and Angela Starrett in Remedial and Special Education
title: Die Qualität der Mutter-Kind-Interaktion im Urteil sozial auffälliger und sozial unauffälliger Kindergartenkinder und deren Mütter
Creators: name: Koitz, Claudia
Year: 2009

description: Ausgangspunkt dieser Arbeit stellen die negativen Perzeptionen und Einschätzungsdiskrepanzen sozial auffälliger Grundschulkinder und Jugendlicher hinsichtlich der Qualität der Mutter-Kind-Interaktion dar. Ziel der vorliegenden Studie war es zu untersuchen, ob Urteile über die gemeinsame Interaktion von Müttern und Vorschulkindern in Abhängigkeit des Sozialverhaltens variieren. Dazu wurden die Perspektiven zur Interaktionsqualität von Müttern und sozial kompetenten (n = 23) und Müttern und sozial auffälligen (n = 27) Vier- bis Sechsjährigen mit dem Familien- und Kindergarteninteraktionstest (FIT-KIT; Sturzbecher & Freytag, 1999) erhoben. Die statistische Überprüfung mit einer zweifaktoriellen multivariaten Varianzanalyse mit Messwiederholung brachte hervor, dass Mütter im Vergleich zu ihren Kindern die Qualität der gemeinsamen Interaktion überschätzten. Zwischen auffälligen und unauffälligen Mutter-Kind-Dyaden konnten keine wesentlichen Unterschiede in der Einschätzung der Interaktionsqualität gefunden werden. Lediglich die Bewertung gemeinsamer Spaßsituationen fiel bei auffälligen Kinder und deren Mütter diskrepanter aus. Tendenziell unterlagen die Einschätzungen bei auffälligen Mutter-Kind-Paaren höheren Abweichungen, die einen negativen Verlauf mit zunehmendem Alter oder steigender Symptomstärke vermuten lassen. Werden in der psychologischen Praxis Interventionen gesetzt, welche eine Verbesserung der familiären Interaktionsmuster anstreben, ist aufgrund differierender Perzeptionen die Befragung aller Beteiligten zweckmäßig.
sj-docx-3-hej-10.1177_00178969231222542 – Supplemental material for Promoting school-based learning about nutrition and physical activity using Photovoice: A systematic review
Creators: name: Trask, Suzanne
name: D’Souza, Erica N
name: Pi, Sophia
name: Tu’akoi, Siobhan
name: Bay, Jacquie L
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2024
Subjects: Health and Community Services
Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified
Education

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-3-hej-10.1177_00178969231222542 for Promoting school-based learning about nutrition and physical activity using Photovoice: A systematic review by Suzanne Trask, Erica N D’Souza, Sophia Pi, Siobhan Tu’akoi and Jacquie L Bay in Health Education Journal
Open Science Leadership - What Matters
Creators: name: Mayer, Katja
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: open science
transition
open policy
open science training

description: This informal presentation was given at the dinner of the NL Open Science Platform to start the discussion about some of the other priorities Open Science leaders have to consider. Some slides are copied from or inspired by Tony Ross Hellauer, Jon Tennant and Melanie Imming. Thanks!
sj-docx-1-mpp-10.1177_23814683231226129 – Supplemental material for Resource Utilization and Costs Associated with Approaches to Identify Infants with Early-Onset Sepsis
Creators: name: Guan, Grace
name: Joshi, Neha S.
name: Frymoyer, Adam
name: Achepohl, Grace D.
name: Dang, Rebecca
name: Taylor, N. Kenji
name: Salomon, Joshua A.
name: Goldhaber-Fiebert, Jeremy D.
name: Owens, Douglas K.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2024
Subjects: Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-mpp-10.1177_23814683231226129 for Resource Utilization and Costs Associated with Approaches to Identify Infants with Early-Onset Sepsis by Grace Guan, Neha S. Joshi, Adam Frymoyer, Grace D. Achepohl, Rebecca Dang, N. Kenji Taylor, Joshua A. Salomon, Jeremy D. Goldhaber-Fiebert and Douglas K. Owens in MDM Policy & Practice
Laws and regulations governing the protection of copyright in cyberspace(Comparative Study on Global Documents, US Law, Canada, and Iran)
Publisher: name: ranian Research Institute for Information Science and Technology (IranDoc)
Year: 2020

description: Development of digital tools and emergence of cyberspace have not a long history, but the growth of them is very significant and they, increasingly involve more and more people, institutions, and processes. In virtual space a huge volume of content is created daily and internet users can access these content thourgh different forms. One of the key challenges in such a space is to protect the copyright and prevent it from violation. Although the protection of this right in  physical space is not very difficult and various rules and regulations guarantee this right, there are many challenges to the protection of copyright in cyberspace. However, the speed of the development and expansion of digital tools makes these challenges more complicated. In this situation, countries have either tried independently or through ratification of regional and international treaties to protect copyright on this new space. This study aims to investigate the global treaties as well as the law of the United States, Canada, and Iran to draw the key protections and challenges. In order to achieve this goal, legal documents related to this field are gathered and analyzed and while highlighting some key features of cyberspace in comparison to the physical space, the way in which the relevant provisions are maintained are explained.
Systematic Analysis of Law: A Case study of The Iranian Law on Preventing and Confronting Misconducts in Scientific Works
Publisher: name: ranian Research Institute for Information Science and Technology (IranDoc)
Year: 2020

description: Law is a set of institutional statements that oblige, prohibit, or authorize actions for actors in different situations. Understanding these language-based institutional statements will help to better understand processes and design more efficient policies. However, the linguistic complexities contained in the text of these propositions have made it difficult to process them. In order to overcome these problems, this paper presents a systematic way of processing rules in Persian language based on institutional grammar tool. Institutional grammar tool uses a general syntactic structure, including the five components: “attributes”, “deontic”, “aim”, “conditions”, and “or else”. “Attribute” is any kind of value that separates the actors subject to the institutional statement from other actors. “Deontic” expresses possible (permitted), must (obligatory), and must not (forbidden) meanings. “Aim” describes the action and consequence that the deontic component is concerned with. “Conditions” refer to variables that specify the time and place that an action is permitted, obligatory, or forbidden. “Or else” relates to the consequence of non-compliance. The most important component that should be considered more due to the characteristics of Persian language as the contextual language of this research is the “Deontic” component. In this regard, by examining the literature and studying the existing laws, the examples of expressing the deontic component in Persian language in the form of modal verbs, linking sentences and declarative sentences are identified and classified according to the different types of deontic. Finally, the proposed systematic method is used for analysing the law on preventing and combating fraud in carrying out scientific works. The results of this analysis indicate some shortcomings in this law. For example, some of the main actors who can contribute to the process of preventing fraud in scientific works have been neglected. The “or else” component has not been explicitly stated in many statements which may decrease the effectiveness of these statements as they may be treated as a norm, which are not obligatory, instead of rules. The results of this analysis led to a better understanding of the law and the identification of its shortcomings, which could be used for further corrections.
title: Uncertainty as Response Style in Latent Trait Models
Creators: name: Tutz, Gerhard
name: Schauberger, Gunther
Publisher: name: Universitätsbibliothek der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Rasch model; Partial credit model; Rating scales; Response styles; Ordinal data; Heterogeneity, Dispersion; Differential Item Functioning
subject: 510

description: It is well known that the presence of response styles can affect estimates in item response models. Various approaches to account for response styles have been suggested, in particular the tendency to extreme or middle categories has been included in the modelling of item responses. A response style that has been rarely considered is the noncontingent response style, which occurs if persons have a tendency to respond randomly and nonpurposefully, which might also be a consequence of indecision. A model is proposed that extends the Rasch model and the Partial Credit Model to account for a response style that accounts for subject-specific uncertainty when responding to items. It is demonstrated that ignoring the subject-specific uncertainty may yield biased estimates of model parameters. Uncertainty as well as the underlying trait are linked to explanatory variables. The parameterization allows to identify subgroups that differ in response style and underlying trait. The modeling approach is illustrated by using data on the confidence of citizens in public institutions.
Quantitative and Critical Analysis of Digital Library Research in Iran
Publisher: name: ranian Research Institute for Information Science and Technology (IranDoc)
Year: 2020

description: The purpose of this study was to analyze the quantitative and critical content of research conducted by Iranian researchers in digital libraries in terms of research method, research community, topics, authors and their organizational affiliation and results of previous researches. The research method is quantitative content analysis. According to the mentioned purpose, the authors’ information, titles, abstracts, keywords of articles and dissertations related to this field of researches were analyzed. The statistical population of the study consists of 208 Iranian research outputs (137 articles and 71 theses) in the field of digital libraries that were selected based on their internal validity criteria. And to extract the data needed for the research, the research was conducted with the aim of analyzing quantitative and critical content in the field of digital libraries. In terms of place of publication and research, in research articles, Iranian Journal of Information Processing & Management (12) frequency; in Extension Articles, Journal of Monthly Books (12) frequency; and in the theses, Islamic Azad University of Tehran - North Branch (12) frequency، gained the most statistics. In terms of topics used, the results showed that topics such as “evaluation of digital libraries”, “concepts of digital, virtual and electronic libraries”, “feasibility of creating digital libraries” and “digital libraries user interface” gained the most attention. The results of content analysis indicate that the issue of digital libraries in previous researches of recent years has been growing in recent years and new topics such as semantic web, mapping, semantic integration and organization in this area have attracted the attention of researchers. The research has also shown that first, the bulk of the research sought to introduce and promote the conceptual and exemplary nature of the digital library, the knowledge that is largely available in English. Second, much of the research is repetitive. Third, no research has been done on the development of the digital library in terms of concept or technology. In addition, the results of some previous methodological research show that the most prominent examples are research methods that are quite feasible. Overall, the study of the topics studied and their timing in the field of theory and practice of digital libraries in Iran led to the identification of research gaps in this field. Researchers are therefore encouraged to look at other aspects of digital libraries that have not been studied or devoted to less research.
Additional file 1 of Neuroprotective effect of acetoxypachydiol against oxidative stress through activation of the Keap1-Nrf2/HO-1 pathway
Creators: name: Qi, Yu
name: Liu, Ge
name: Jin, Shengjie
name: Jian, Rong
name: Zou, Ziqiang
name: Wang, Chenjing
name: Zhang, Yuanlong
name: Zhao, Min
name: Zhu, Haoru
name: Yan, Pengcheng
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Plant Biology

description: Supplementary Material 1
Monitoring Indicators of Research Data using I-MR Control Charts
Publisher: name: ranian Research Institute for Information Science and Technology (IranDoc)
Year: 2020

description: Key performance indicators are a useful tool in the field of operations management and help senior managers in the organization continually to improve their processes. In research information systems, data is considered as a valuable resource throughout the research process and much of the added value created in this process depends on the quality of the research data. Data quality control, on the other hand, is one of the most important activities to ensure that the quality of an organization’s output is optimal, and is nowadays achieved through a powerful tool called control chart. In this paper, indicators such as accuracy, completeness and precision have been developed to monitor the performance of research information systems. The dissertation / thesis data of postgraduate students throughout the country that are disseminated in the GANJ System are monitored using the I-MR control chart. The results of continuous monitoring of data quality in different indices shows that in some of the newly integrated systems, there is a great deal of fluctuation in some indicators such as lack of familiarity with the system and information recording and lack of adequate training in some indices such as accuracy and precision. Lastly, providing timely feedback to students on data quality issues, appropriate notifications when completing fields for graduate students, and providing visual training and formulating necessary guidelines introduced as corrective actions to improve data quality and production process capability.
Modelling the fabrication and electronic properties of aluminium oxide tunnel junctions
Creators: name: Cyster, Martin
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 510403
subject: Condensed matter modelling and density functional theory
classificationCode: 510404
subject: Electronic and magnetic properties of condensed matter; superconductivity
classificationCode: 510803
subject: Quantum information, computation and communication

description: Aluminium based tunnel junctions are currently used as elements in superconducting circuits for the construction of qubits and other mesoscopic electronics. Material defects have been observed in tunnel junctions for many years and manifest in the energetics of the device as two-level systems. A large number of models have been proposed to explain the microscopic origin of the observed two-level system physics.

In this work we simulate the fabrication of junctions using large scale molecular dynamics simulations and investigate their structural properties. By developing a model for electronic transport in three-dimensions based on the non-equilibrium Green function formalism we are then able to link the atomic positions and charges with the normal-state resistance of the tunnelling barrier. The methodology we develop allows for different material defects models to be included in the calculation. Insight is gained into how the electronic properties of the junction are affected by both small and large changes in its structure.
Impact of Information Security Regulations on SMEs in Ecuador
Creators: name: Mancheno, Cesar
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Cybersecurity
Data Protection Regulations
Personal Data Protection Law
Compliance Challenges

description: Impact of information security regulations on SMEs in Ecuador significantly affects their competitiveness, profitability, and sustainability. Implementing information security policies, procedures, and controls, as well as complying with regulations such as the Personal Data Protection Law, requires the allocation of financial and human resources, posing a challenge for many SMEs due to their limited budgets and technical expertise. Despite this, non-compliance can lead to penalties and business losses, highlighting the importance of these measures to ensure information security and business continuity. The level of awareness about these regulations varies, and while some companies are investing in training and security technologies, many still face significant obstacles to fully adapt.
description: El impacto de las regulaciones de seguridad de la información en las PYMEs en Ecuador afecta significativamente su competitividad, rentabilidad y sostenibilidad. La implementación de políticas, procedimientos y controles de seguridad de la información, el cumplimiento de normativas, como la Ley de Protección de Datos Personales, exige la asignación de recursos financieros y humanos, lo que supone un desafío para muchas PYMEs debido a su limitado presupuesto y conocimientos técnicos. A pesar de esto, el incumplimiento puede resultar en sanciones y pérdidas comerciales, lo que resalta la importancia de estas medidas para garantizar la seguridad de la información y la continuidad del negocio. El nivel de conciencia sobre estas regulaciones varía, y aunque algunas empresas están invirtiendo en capacitación y tecnologías de seguridad, muchas aún enfrentan obstáculos significativos para adaptarse completamente.
Dévaluation interne
Creators: name: Virone, Alessia
Publisher: name: RESuME
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Competitiveness
subject: Compétitivité
subject: Deflation
subject: Déflation
subject: Monetary Policy
subject: Politique monétaire
subject: Structural Reforms
subject: Réformes structurelles

description: La dévaluation interne est un ensemble de mesures qui visent à baisser le taux de change réel entre deux économies sans toucher au taux de change nominal grâce à des réformes dans les politiques du marché du travail, de la production et/ou de la fiscalité.
Making a choice: The Melete Effect and establishing a poetics for choice-based narratives
Creators: name: Velissaris, Nicholas
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 360504
subject: Interactive media

description: In this dissertation, I establish a poetics for Choice-Based Narrative and situate this form as a foundational form of Interactive Narrative. A Choice-Based Narrative is a story that allows for choices to arise at designated junctures within a given experience. The story is predetermined in advance by the creative writer or author of the experience and can have many different outcomes. The spectator (viewer/audience/reader/user) then participates in the process of making a choice and the result of their choice impacts the direction of the narrative. These types of narrative exist in a diverse range of mediums across the creative and performing arts including interactive film, interactive theatre, hypertext, Interactive Fiction, video games and books. As a part of this creative practice research an original Choice-Based Narrative was written. This work, The Melete Effect, was used as a process to understand how Choice-Based Narratives are written and structured. Through a series of iterations (pre-defined writing periods) the development of the narrative shaped and pushed the direction of this practice-led research. This resulted in establishing a new body of literature and in providing a brief historical overview of the form. This research also involved several author, illustrator and editor interviews with those involved with the Choose Your Own Adventure series published by Bantam Books (1979 to 1998) which was a book series critical to the development of this form. It was through this research that several new Praxi (methodologies) for creating Choice-Based Narrative were discovered. These Praxi were designed to aid practitioners in further developing their own practice and to provide an insight into the creative writing process. They consist of the Story Choice Framework (an approach designed to assist creative writers in developing Choice-Based Narratives), the notion of Sans Medium (that narrative can exist without a medium container) and Tessellations (a new method for visual representation of Choice-Based Narratives). Finally this research established that there are four qualities that all Choice-Based Narratives share: they are episodic and epic, they use priming and misdirection, genre is used as a narrative shortcut and that they allow counterfactuals to influence characters and plot. These four qualities represent the poetics of Choice-Based Narrative and represent an original contribution to this field of research.
Development of lab-on-a-chip devices for automated zebrafish embryo bioassay
Creators: name: Zhu, Feng
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 400305
subject: Biomedical instrumentation
classificationCode: 400702
subject: Automation engineering
classificationCode: 401705
subject: Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)

description: Zebrafish embryos have become one of the most popular model systems in biomedical and environmental research. However, current testing protocols using conventional multiwell plates rely heavily on time-consuming and labour-intensive manual handing. Static culture environments and low-throughput data collection are outdated with regards to meet the requirements of modern compound library screening. Herein, this research presents steps towards the development of a miniaturised and automated system for manipulating zebrafish embryos by using both innovative microfluidic lab-on-a-chip technologies and three-dimensional printing technologies.
Four steps were taken to achieve this goal: (i) 3D printing technologies were explored to fabricate the lab-on-a-chip device. While 3D printing provided rapid manufacture of devices with high definition and optical transparency, as evidenced by SEM and confocal microscopy results, it caused significant toxicity in fish embryos after long-term exposure. (ii) The toxicity profile of a selection of 3D printing polymers was then extensively investigated using standard biotests. A chemical analysis was performed to reveal the compounds contributing to the toxicity. (iii) To avoid the use of toxic materials, a chip-based embryo trapping array was fabricated using biocompatible material PMMA. The chip allowed for automatic embryo loading, continuous reagent perfusion, and convenient image acquisition. The device was validated using both CFD simulations and biological experiments using reference toxicants. In addition, the embryo chip device was further developed to enable real-time metabolic level detection. (iv) A miniaturised and automated imaging platform, together with the high-throughput embryo trapping array and customised fluidic actuators, were prototyped.
Poisson algebra of quasilocal angular momentum and its asymptotic limit
Creators: name: Yoon, Jong Hyuk
name: Oh, Seung Hun
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the previously proposed quasilocal angular momentum of gravitational fields in the absence of isometries. The quasilocal angular momentum $L(ξ)$ has the following attractive properties; ({\it i}) it follows from the Einstein's constraint equations, ({\it ii}) it satisfies the Poisson algebra $\{L(ξ), L(η) \}_{\rm P.B.} =({1/16π)}\, L( [ξ, η]_{\rm L} )$, ({\it iii}) its Poisson algebra reduces to the standard $SO(3)$ algebra of angular momentum at null infinity, and ({\it iv}) it reproduces the standard value for the Kerr spacetime at null infinity. It will be argued that our definition is a quasilocal and canonical generalization of A. Rizzi's geometric definition at null infinity. We also propose a new definition of an {\it invariant} quasilocal angular momentum $L^{2}$ such that $\{ L^2, L(ξ) \}_{\rm P.B.} = 0$, which becomes $(ma)^{2}$ at the null infinity of the Kerr spacetime. Therefore, it may be regarded as a quasilocal generalization of the Casimir invariant of ordinary angular momentum in the flat spacetime.
Additional file 2 of Neuroprotective effect of acetoxypachydiol against oxidative stress through activation of the Keap1-Nrf2/HO-1 pathway
Creators: name: Qi, Yu
name: Liu, Ge
name: Jin, Shengjie
name: Jian, Rong
name: Zou, Ziqiang
name: Wang, Chenjing
name: Zhang, Yuanlong
name: Zhao, Min
name: Zhu, Haoru
name: Yan, Pengcheng
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Plant Biology

description: Supplementary Material 2
Developing the self-regulated learner - a study in year 9 science
Creators: name: Taylor, Deborah Anne
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This study investigated self-regulated learning (SRL) as a relationship between metacognitive self-regulation, motivational self-regulation and behavioural self-regulation and focussed on whether year 9 science students were able to develop SRL strategies. The teacher/researcher, through a PEEL lens, designed an intervention which embedded opportunities for student reflection on learning and understandings in a usual classroom setting. Scheduled sessions were used to develop a common learning language which students used to reflect on learning and metacognition that was taking place from week to week. These sessions also provided a forum for the teacher to share her pedagogical reasoning (PR), develop an understanding of student/teacher roles during learning events, and of the value of formative assessment and effective feedback. Of course, the main intention was to introduce students to a greater repertoire of SRL strategies which they learned to activate and reflect on through the use of detailed achievement score graphs. Qualitative data were collected via classroom observations, use of student learning journals, the teacher/researcher's own teaching journal, collection of artefacts and responses from semi-structured interviews. From these observed data, students were categorised as High self-regulated learners (HSRL), Average self-regulated learnings (AvSRL) or Low self-regulated learners (LSRL) during the baseline stage and were re-categorised at the end of the intervention stage. It was found that the HSRL students flourished and in fact, migrated towards each other and away from LSRL students; this had a greater effect on the learning of LSRL students who floundered as a result. The AvSRL students bifurcated forming two new groups known as AvSRL-A (demonstrating SRL behaviours closely related to those of HSRL students) and AvSRL-B (demonstrating SRL behaviours closely related to those of LSRL students); students made a choice to either "opt in" or "opt out" of science lessons and this had a direct effect on student learning. Quantitative data were collected via a modified version of the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ) and was triangulated with the qualitative data described above. It confirmed that, despite all students demonstrating developing SRL skills, the spread of the class had widened. That is, this research found that although year nine science students were able to develop SRL strategies, the extent to which this occurred and the ways in which this manifested itself, varied within the class and in fact, increased the spread between those who could and those who could not.
Identifying, Prioritizing and Modeling the Affecting Factors on the Implementation of Effective Information Technology Governance Using Fuzzy Delphi, DEMATEL and Analytic Network Process
Publisher: name: ranian Research Institute for Information Science and Technology (IranDoc)
Year: 2020

description: Today, due to the importance and expansion of the use of information technology, many organizations are witnessing problems and inconsistencies regarding the non-fulfillment of business needs due to the high volume of investment in information technology. One of the reasons for this discrepancy is the lack of alignment between the IT strategy and the business strategy, and therefore the lack of effective implementation of information technology governance. Therefore, the most important goal of this research is to provide a model for identifying and ranking the factors affecting IT governance. For this purpose, combined approach of fuzzy DEMATEL and fuzzy ANP has been used. In this study, the data of 20 experts in the field of information technology is collected through a questionnaire. Therefore, the research method is descriptive survey based on the nature and data collection and in terms of purpose, it is a practical development. In order to achieve the goals and answer the research questions, this research has been done in three main phases. In the first stage, by reviewing the literature and evaluating the results of studies, a context for the comprehensive identification and extraction of factors and sub-factors affecting IT governance and their classification is provided. Following, for the screening the identified variables, fuzzy Delphi technique has been used and with the opinion of experts, the classification of 21 key sub-factors among the 7 main factors have been confirmed. In the second step, internal relationships between the main factors are calculated using fuzzy DEMATEL method and the location of the network is plotted. Finally combined DEMATEL and fuzzy ANP and fuzzy ANP method has been used to weigh the factors and rank them. One of the most important results of the current research is to identify the causes and prioritize the effective factors in implementing information technology governance in organizations. These priorities indicate that, among other factors, the position of information technology in organizational structure in the weight of networks analysis has the first priority. Also, by DEMATEL method the IT strategy factor with the highest output vector has been identified as the most influential factor and the support and skills of senior IT managers with the highest total output and input vector have been identified as the most interactive factor.
Intramedullary spinal cord Metastasis
Creators: name: PATEL, SANKET
Publisher: name: EURORAD
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Spine
subject: Thorax
subject: MR
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Neoplasia

description: Clinical History Image Findings Discussion Find Diagnosis Differential Diagnosis
description: male, 47 years
description: Clinical History: 47 years old male presents with c/o sudden onset Para paresis (paralysis of both lower limbs) and acute urinary retention with constipation since 1 day. He is known case of left Lung cancer and was on chemotherapy since 3 months. On physical examination, ... Final Diagnosis: Intramedullary spinal cord metastasis from Lung cancer.
Additional file 1 of Development and validation of machine learning models and nomograms for predicting the surgical difficulty of laparoscopic resection in rectal cancer
Creators: name: Li, Xiangyong
name: Zhou, Zeyang
name: Zhu, Bing
name: Wu, Yong
name: Xing, Chungen
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Supplementary Material 1
Factors Affecting  the Development of Competencies in Information and Communication Technology for Faculty Members: A Qualitative Study
Publisher: name: ranian Research Institute for Information Science and Technology (IranDoc)
Year: 2020

description: The purpose of this study was to identify the factors affecting the competencies of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) of faculty members of Islamic Azad University of Tehran in order to improve the status quo. The present study was applied in terms of data quality and in terms of research method of content analysis. Participants in this study were selected based on theoretical principle of saturation, including 16 faculty members, such as professors, managers and ICT specialists who were selected through purposeful and theoretical sampling. The data collection tool is a semi-structured interview. Data were analyzed using MAXQDA software in three stages of open, axial and selective coding. Data validation was done using the verifiability method by the contributors. Based on research findings, effective factors on the development of ICT competencies of faculty members were identified and categorized in four categories including four environmental and technical factors, cultural factor, legal factor, technological factor, and nine dimensions and 37 indicators.