cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Response data compaction in BIST under generalized mergeability based on switching theory formulation and utilizing a new measure of failure probability.
Creators: name: Liang, Jing Yi.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: The present thesis deals with the general problem of designing and analyzing efficient space compression techniques for built-in self-testing of VLSI circuits using compact test sets. The techniques are based on identifying certain inherent properties of the test data responses of the CUT along with the knowledge of nonoccurrence of failure probabilities. To that effect, generalized mergeability criteria are developed in the thesis that utilize the well known switching theory concepts of Hamming distance, cover table, and frequency ordering of literals in conjunction with those of sequence weights (first-order and Nth-order) and derived sequences. The thesis also explores the effect on sequence mergeability under constraints of stochastic independence of multiple line errors and its outcome on the fault coverage. Extensive simulation experiments on ISCAS 85 combinational benchmark circuits with FSIM, ATALANTA, and COMPACTEST programs indicate that the proposed techniques achieve a relatively high fault coverage for single stuck-line faults with low CPU simulation time and acceptable area overhead for the designed compactors. The subject thesis also rates the performance of the designed compactors with that of the conventional linear parity tree space compactors. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Nano-mechanical properties of hydroxyapatite coatings with a focus on the single solidified droplet
Creators: name: Gross, K. A.
name: Saber-Samandari, Saeed
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Hydroxyapatite (HAp) is a common implant material choice for orthopaedic implants and is mostly used as a coating to improve the biocompatibility of implants and stimulate tissue growth. This is a desirable material for implants, but the thermal instability requires strict control of the processing conditions to produce a crystalline coating. A coating with well molten particles has been produced from flattened solidified droplets. This development has allowed further investigation of the coating surface with nanoindentation, profilometry and electron microscopy. Instrumented indentation testing, also known as depth-sensing indentation or nanoindentation, was used to gather information on the hardness and elastic modulus. It was found that the surface topography can lead to elevated values of the hardness and elastic modulus. The micromechanical properties will be higher when conducted on a sloped surface. It is recommended that any micromechanical data from a thermally sprayed coating be accompanied with topographic map of the flattened solidified droplet.
KaRMa-Starterkit
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Umweltbundesamt
Year: 2023
Subjects: Ratte

description: Zu den typischen Ursachen für einen Rattenbefall in der Stadt gehören weggeworfene Essensreste, verstreutes Vogelfutter, überquellende Mülleimer oder das Herunterspülen von Essensresten über das Klo in die Kanalisation. Um öffentlichkeitswirksam auf diese Verhaltensweisen aufmerksam zu machen, hat das UBA die Kampagne für ein nachhaltiges Ratten-Management (KaRMa) gestartet. Ziel ist es, den Lebensraum Stadt für Ratten unattraktiver zu machen. Das UBA stellt den Kommunen dafür verschiedene Plakate, Poster und Postkarten als Druckdateien kostenlos zum Download bereit: Kampagne für ein nachhaltiges Ratten-Management (KaRMa). Um sich vorab einen Eindruck über die verschiedenen Materialien zu verschaffen, können die Kommunen ein "KaRMa-Starterkit" auf dieser Webseite kostenlos bestellen. Ein Starter-Kit enthält ein ausgedrucktes A0 Plakat (gefaltet), vier DIN A4-Poster und vier Postkarten mit unterschiedlichen Motiven. Quelle: umweltbundesamt.de
Taking virtual postgraduate studies to inside jail reality: Swinburne University and the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre
Creators: name: Arnold, Josie
name: Vigo, Kitty
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper looks at the delivery of the Swinburne University of Technology, Lilydale Campus's Master of Arts (Writing) course to inmates at The Dame Phyllis Frost Centre. It explores how the course arises from a teaching philosophy that: combines practical and research interest in the students' journey; develops student-centred teaching strategies and methods that facilitate deep learning as well as a lifelong learning culture expressed in graduate attributes; has a curriculum base showing a commitment to a flexible learning environment promoting student choice and addressing questions of access and equity; follows a belief that learning is a potentially transformative and intellectually galvanizing opportunity. Further, it explores how this online course, which provides virtual reality lectures and tutorials as well as hypertext links to extra readings and activities was adapted to deliver into jail where the internet is unavailable.
Durchführung einer robusten Klimarisiko- und Vulnerabilitätsanalyse nach EU Taxonomie
Creators: name: Dorsch, Lukas
name: Kind, Christian
name: Loew, Thomas
name: Schauser, Inke
Publisher: name: Umweltbundesamt
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Taxonomie
subject: Vulnerabilität
subject: Bewertung
subject: Europa
subject: klimarisiken
subject: Anfälligkeit
subject: Leitlinien
subject: Empfehlungen
subject: Unternehmen
subject: Klima | Energie

description: Eine robuste Bewertung des Klimarisikos und der Vulnerabilität ist für Unternehmen erforderlich, die die Taxonomiekonformität gemäß der EU-Taxonomieverordnung in Bezug auf wesentliche Beiträge zur Klimaanpassung für bestimmte Wirtschaftstätigkeiten erreichen wollen. Die entsprechenden rechtlichen Anforderungen sind in Anhang 1, Anlage A der delegierten Verordnung 2021/2139 definiert. Um die Umsetzung dieser Anforderungen zu erleichtern, hat das Umweltbundesamt die Empfehlung "Durchführung einer robusten Klimarisiko - und Vulnerabilitätsanalyse nach EU Taxonomie" entwickelt. Diese Empfehlungen beschreiben wie ein Leitfaden, wie Unternehmen praktisch vorgehen können, um die gesetzlichen Anforderungen der Taxonomie zu erfüllen. Quelle: www.umweltbundesamt.de
description: Eine robuste Bewertung des Klimarisikos und der ⁠Vulnerabilität⁠ ist für Unternehmen erforderlich, die die Taxonomiekonformität gemäß der EU-Taxonomieverordnung in Bezug auf wesentliche Beiträge zur Klimaanpassung für bestimmte Wirtschaftstätigkeiten erreichen wollen. Die entsprechenden rechtlichen Anforderungen sind in Anhang 1, Anlage A der delegierten Verordnung 2021/2139 definiert. Um die Umsetzung dieser Anforderungen zu erleichtern, hat das Umweltbundesamt die Empfehlung "Durchführung einer robusten ⁠Klimarisiko⁠- und ⁠Vulnerabilitätsanalyse⁠ nach EU Taxonomie" entwickelt. Diese Empfehlungen beschreiben wie ein Leitfaden, wie Unternehmen praktisch vorgehen können, um die gesetzlichen Anforderungen der Taxonomie zu erfüllen.
New product development in New Zealand: performances and influencing factors
Creators: name: de Waal, Gerrit Anton
name: Knott, Paul
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This study is the first of its kind to assess the relative success of different new product development (NPD) strategies among 99 New Zealand firms. Of great concern is that none of the project strategies resulted in satisfactory profit margins. The findings indicate relatively poorer performance in measures of NPD process quality than in measures of product outcomes. Despite a general lack of formalised process and strategy among our sample firms, we find that when present, these factors correlate significantly with improved performance in specific measures of NPD effectiveness. Notably, more innovative projects produce better results than incremental innovations.
Secondary structure of the channel forming transmembrane segments from the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor.
Creators: name: Méthot, Nathalie.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: Biology, Neuroscience.

description: The goal of the research was to investigate the secondary structure and orientation of the channel forming transmembrane segments in the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) and their change in orientation upon desensitization. The long term objective is to further characterize the desensitized state of the nAChR as a basis of better understanding how the modulation of synaptic transmission is involved in brain function. FTIR spectroscopy was first used to probe the secondary structure of the nAChR and the changes in structure induced upon channel inactivation. Both qualitative and quantitative analysis of the secondary structure-sensitive amide I band of FTIR spectra of the nAChR support a mixed alpha/beta type protein with a predominance of alpha-helices. Stabilization of the nAChR in channel inactive conformations by either prolonged exposure to the agonist carbamylcholine, to the non-competitive antagonist tetracaine or upon reconstitution into membranes lacking anionic phospholipids and cholesterol revealed no changes in the amide I band, hydrogen/deuterium exchange kinetics or exchange difference spectra attributed to a change in protein conformation. Several approaches were directed toward the elucidation of the secondary structure of the transmembrane segments in the nAChR. Hydrogen/deuterium exchange experiments revealed the presence of an exchange resistant core of hydrogen peptides, corresponding to roughly 25% of the protein, mainly alpha-helical, and likely located in the solvent inaccessible transmembrane domain. 1H/2H exchange experiments at alkaline pH and upon reconstitution of the nAChR in egg phosphatidylcholine membranes to increase the rate and extent of exchange were performed and support a high proportion of alpha-helical peptides in the exchange resistant core of the nAChR. The amide I band of FTIR spectra of the transmembrane domain of the nAChR isolated by pronase under membrane disruption conditions (less than 3.7 kDa in size) revealed a very high content of alpha-helices. Similarly, we analyzed the secondary structure of individual transmembrane segments from the nAChR isolated by Dr. Michael Blanton at Texas Tech University and observed a high alpha-helical content. Taken together, these results support an alpha-helical transmembrane domain in the nAChR. Polarized FTIR spectroscopy revealed, for the first time, an average calculated tilt angle of roughly 41° of the transmembrane segments in proteolyzed nAChR and no detectable net change in orientation was observed upon carbamylcholine induced desensitization.
Effect of Cognitive Training on Daily Function in Older People without Major Neurocognitive Disorder: A Systematic Review
Creators: name: Fan, Brian J.Y.
name: Wong, Roger Y.M.
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: There is increasing interest in the effect of non-pharmacological treatments on preserving cognition and function in older adults without major neurocognitive disorder (dementia). However, its effect on everyday function in terms of instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) is unclear. We conducted a systematic review to examine whether cognitive training, independent of other interventions, can improve IADL function in older adults without major neurocognitive disorder. We searched multiple databases including MEDLINE, EMBASE, and PSYCINFO and found thirteen studies that met our inclusion criteria with 7130 participants in total. Six out of thirteen studies reported a significant change on validated IADL assessment. On subgroup analysis, five studies included older adults with normal cognition and one included mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Eleven out of twelve studies showed improvement in measures of cognition. None of the studies described changes in the ability to live independently. While variation in study protocol, outcome measurement, and effect size reporting precluded further inferential statistical analysis, our review found a sizable number of studies showing improvement in IADL. Cognitive training may have some benefit in improving IADL function in older adults without major neurocognitive disorder. Future long-term studies focusing on maintained IADL function and preserved independence are needed.
MODEST-2: A summary
Creators: name: Sills, Alison
name: Deiters, Stefan
name: Eggleton, Peter
name: Freitag, Marc
name: Giersz, Mirek
name: Heggie, Douglas
name: Hurley, Jarrod
name: Hut, Piet
name: Ivanova, Natasha
name: Klessen, Ralf S.
name: Kroupa, Pavel
name: Lombardi, James C.
name: McMillan, Steve
name: Zwart, Simon Portegies
name: Zinnecker, Hans
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This is a summary paper of MODEST-2, a workshop held at the Astronomical Institute ‘Anton Pannekoek’ in Amsterdam, 16-17 December 2002. MODEST is a loose collaboration of people interested in MOdelling DEnse STellar systems, particularly those interested in modelling these systems using all the available physics (stellar dynamics, stellar evolution, hydrodynamics and the interplay between the three) by defining interfaces between different codes. In this paper, we summarize: (1) the main advances in this endeavour since MODEST-1; (2) the main science goals which can be and should be addressed by these types of simulations; and (3) the most pressing theoretical and modelling advances that we identified.
La mostra: “Non è mai troppo tardi. Alberto Manzi”.
La mostra: “Non è mai troppo tardi. Alberto Manzi”.
Creators: name: Farné, Roberto
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2009

description: La mostra Non è mai troppo tardi: Alberto Manzi è stata allestita a Carpi, nel settembre 2007, nell’ambito del Festival di Filosofia, per rendere omaggio a una delle figure più significative della cultura pedagogica italiana dell’ultimo mezzo secolo.
description: The exhibition “It is never too late. Alberto Manzi” was held at Carpi in September 2007 as part of the Philosophy Festival, in homage to one of the most significant figures in Italian cultural pedagogy in the last half century
Characterisation of the murine CLK1 dual-specificity kinase.
Creators: name: Duncan, Peter I.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: Biology, Molecular.

description: Murine Clk1 (also known as Sty) was identified as a dual-specificity kinase capable of phosphorylating serine, threonine and tyrosine residues when expressed in bacteria. Expression of Clk1 is deveolpmentally regulated at the level of RNA expression. Embryonic cells express two mRNAs of similar size, whereas differentiated cells express two additional transcripts of larger size. Little is known about the bochemical and biological activity of Clk1 in mammalian cells. We demonstrate that the two embryonically expressed mRNAs are derived through alternative splicing of a unique exon (exon EB) within the Clk1 precursor mRNA. These mRNAs encode full-length catalytically active Clk1 and a truncated inactive polypeptide, Clk1$\rm\sp{T}.$ Larger incompletely spliced Clk1 transcripts accumulate in differentiated cells. When expressed in mammalian cells Clk1 possesses dual-specificity kinase activity and is capable of forming complexes with other molecules of Clk1 and Clk1$\rm\sp{T}.$ The regions involved in binding map to the amino-terminal non-catalytic domain of Clk1. Phosphorylation sites map to the amino acids encoded by the alternatively splice exon EB. Clk1$\rm\sp{T}$ and catalytic mutants of Clk1 co-localise with splicing factors in intranuclear speckles, whereas catalytically active Clk1 causes a redistribution of these factors within the nucleus. This activity requires the presence of amino acids encoded by exon EB. These results suggest a role for Clk1 and Clk1$\rm\sp{T}$ in the regulation of RNA splicing. Splicing of a Clk1 mini-gene, encompassing exon EB, in vivo is regulated by Clk1 and Clk1$\rm\sp{T}.$ Catalytically active Clk1 stimulates exclusion of EB leading to the production of Clk1$\rm\sp{T}$ mRNA. In contrast, Clk1$\rm\sp{T}$ promotes EB inclusion leading to production of Clk1 mRNA. Two Clk1-related human kinases, hClk2 and hClk3, also exhibit dual-specificity kinase activity and cause the redistribution of nuclear splicing factors. Similar to Clk1$\rm\sp{T},$ the hClk truncated isoforms, hClk2$\rm\sp{T}$ and hClk3, co-localise with splicing factors in nuclear speckles. hClk2 and hClk3 are able to influence the splicing pattern of a murine Clk1 mini-gene in vivo, indicating that they can also regulate precursor mRNA splicing. Taken together these results imply a role for the Clk family of kinases in the regulation of gene expression at the level of RNA processing.
Supplementary document for Fiber-based SORS-SERDS System and Chemometrics for the Diagnostics and Therapy Monitoring of Psoriasis Inflammatory Disease in vivo - 5031741.pdf
Creators: name: Schleusener, Johannes
name: Guo, Shuxia
name: Darvin, Maxim
name: Thiede, Gisela
name: Chernavskaia, Olga
name: Knorr, Florian
name: Lademann, Juergen
name: Popp, Juergen
name: Bocklitz, Thomas
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supporting information
Support for parents- the role of centres of children and parents
Sostegno alla genitorialità. Il ruolo dei Centri per Bambini e Genitori.
Creators: name: Schenetti, Michela
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2009

description: Following the phenomenological approach as a key for interpretation and proposal, the first element to be considered in order to develop a pedagogical scientific theory is the concept of lived experience (Erlebnis); as a matter of fact, such a concept represents a fundamental tool in order to understand human phenomena therefore avoiding to reduce them to mere explanations deriving from pre-established cause-and-effect extrinsic connections. For the reasons give here above, this research aimed to understand the lived experiences of the families which use the service; support the responsibilities of parents and their parental abilities; consider the role of the educator in a centre for children and parents; act upon the educational services involved in the research project so to favour innovation and the educational value.
description: Seguendo l’orientamento fenomenologico, come chiave interpretativa e propositiva, il primo elemento per costruire una scientificità pedagogica è il concetto di esperienza vissuta (Erlebnis) che rappresenta uno strumento fondamentale per comprendere i fenomeni umani senza ridurli a spiegazioni derivate da nessi estrinseci e precostituiti di causa effetto. Per questo motivo la presente ricerca empirica si è proposta di comprendere i vissuti delle famiglie fruitrici del servizio, di fornire sostegno alle responsabilità familiari ed alle capacità genitoriali, di riflettere sul ruolo di educatore di centri per bambini e genitori e di intervenire sui servizi coinvolti per favorirne l’innovazione e la valenza educativa.
Epistemological Trajectories  of Complexity. Ideas for a pedagogy based on connections.
Traiettorie di epistemologia della complessità. Spunti per una pedagogia delle connessioni.
Creators: name: Casirati, Valentina
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2009

description: This article looks at the epistemological implications of the ideas of Gregory Bateson when compared with those of Edger Morin. Both writers are linked by the same complex epistemological vision which aims at activating original connections between apparently distant disciplines such as biology and social sciences. Not recognising the complex game of interactions within the human mind means negating an essential part of the human being and renouncing our full realisation. The epistemological premises of complex thought revive the role of our awareness of the interdependence which links the human being to wider creatural systems, as an overriding dimension in pedagogically based educational procedures. It also represents an unique opportunity to set off significant changes regarding ethics and values in today’s constantly changing reality, aimed at greater solidarity, engagement and existential authenticity.
description: L’articolo indaga sinteticamente le implicazione epistemologiche del pensiero di Gregory Bateson in relazione all’elaborazione di Edgar Morin. I due autori, infatti, sono legati dallo stesso sguardo epistemologico complesso, teso ad attivare connessioni
originale tra ambiti disciplinari apparentemente lontani tra loro come quello della biologia e delle scienze sociali. Non riconoscere il gioco complesso delle interazioni entro cui la mente umana prende forma significa negare una parte essenziale dell’essere umano, rinunciando così al raggiungimento della nostra piena realizzazione. Le premesse epistemologiche del pensiero complesso rilanciano il ruolo della consapevolezza dell’interdipendenza che lega il soggetto umano ai sistemi creaturali più ampi, come dimensione prioritaria dell’agire educativo pedagogicamente fondato. Essa rappresenta inoltre un’occasione unica per innescare, nella
realtà imprendibili di oggi, cambiamenti etico-valoriali significativi orientati in direzione di solidarietà, impegno e autenticità esistenziale.
Catchment water quality model: sensitivity analysis and parameters estimation
Creators: name: Hossain, I.
name: Imteaz, M.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Investigations on water quality parameters are required to protect the aquatic environment and to determine appropriate management options for water quality issues. Usual practice of water quality investigations are performed through separate models in isolation, which can lead to inconsistencies and significant bias in the investigations. As a first step to develop a comprehensive integrated catchment-stream water quality model, a catchment water quality model was developed. The developed catchment water quality model can continuously simulate runoff water quality for different water quality parameters i.e. TSS (Total Suspended Solids), TN (Total Nitrogen), TP (Total Phosphorus). For pollutants build-up in the catchment one of three different pre-defined functions (Power, Exponential and Saturation) can be selected. For pollutants wash-off one of three different functions (Power, Rating-curve and Exponential) can be selected. Each function is defined by one/more parameters. This paper presents sensitivity of rainfall on runoff water quality and parameters estimation under different scenario.
The effects of stromal-derived factors and gonadotropins on rat ovarian surface epithelial cell proliferation and expression of c-Kit and Kit ligand.
Creators: name: Prevost, Manon.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Biology, Cell.

description: Although ovarian cancer is rare, it is the most deadly of gynaecological cancers. Unfortunately, still very little is known about the cells that give rise to 90% of ovarian cancers, the ovarian surface epithelial (OSE) cells, and much of the available data remains controversial. This project was designed to address the possible involvement of ovarian stromal/thecal cells in the regulation of OSE cell growth and Kit and KL expression. Such interactions are probably involved in normal OSE-stromal/thecal cell activities as well as in interactions occurring within inclusion cysts and leading to ovarian tumour formation. The regulation of rat OSE (ROSE) cell growth by theca-derived factors and gonadotropins was investigated by proliferation experiments and cell counts. The modulation of Kit and Kit ligand (KL) messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) expression in these cells by the same factors was investigated by Northern blot analysis and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
The pedagogical sense of  empowerment orientated counselling.
Del senso pedagogico del counseling empowerment oriented.
Creators: name: Tolomelli, Alessandro
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2009

description: The practice of counselling  is increasingly common in the so called “caring professions”. Within the various schools and approaches to counselling  currently in use in Italy we can add the practice of the empowerment orientated counselling interview, which sets out to be a particular interpretation of counselling , slightly detached from traditional schools. This article sets out the salient features  of the approach and  highlights the links between empowerment and pedagogical problematisation .
description: La pratica del counseling risulta sempre più utilizzata nelle cosiddette professioni di aiuto. All’interno dei diversi orientamenti e scuole di counseling attualmente esi-stenti in Italia, si inserisce la prassi del colloquio di counseling empowerment oriented che si propone come interpretazione peculiare del counseling distaccandosi parzialmente dagli indirizzi classici. Nel presente articolo si delineano i tratti salienti di tale approccio mettendone in evidenza l’intreccio tra Empowerment e Pro-blematicismo Pedagogico.
A comparison of the stanzaic "Le Morte Arthur" and the alliterative "Morte Arthure" applied to the stanzaic-alliterative "Awntyrs of Arthure" and "Golagros and Gawane"
Creators: name: Foley, Michael M
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1968
Subjects: subject: Literature, Comparative.
subject: Literature, Medieval.

description: Abstract not available.
Experimental empirical research in pedagogy. Theoretical reflections and methodological  order
Ricerca empirico-sperimentale in pedagogia… Alcuni appunti su riflessione teorica e sistematicità metodologica.
Creators: name: Vannini, Ira
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2009

description: In this short essay we would like to trace the main phases through which an educational research is developed in order to reflect on some important questions for the researcher during a survey. In the last decades the national and international debate on this topic has been very heated and complex; this work doesn’t pretend to be exhaustive but it aims at delineating the most significant moment characterising a survey path and at underlining the value of researching in education as praxis – of though and action – demanding to be theoretically founded, on one side, and methodologically rigorous, on the other side. In this essay the quantitative approach will be privileged to highlight its peculiarities and importance in educational research; nevertheless this approach will be critically analysed and discussed in the light of the most recent reflections on the paradigms for social sciences research and the possibilities and limits of theoretical and methodological integration between quantitative and qualitative approaches.
description: In questo breve saggio, si vogliono ripercorrere le fasi principali attraverso le quali si sviluppa un percorso di ricerca empirica e sperimentale in educazione, allo scopo di riflettere su alcune questioni importanti che si propongono al ricercatore durante il suo lavoro di indagine. Negli ultimi decenni, il dibattito nazionale e internazionale a questo proposito è stato molto vivace e complesso; la presente trattazione non pretende dunque di essere in alcun modo esaustiva, bensì mira a delineare i momenti più significativi che caratterizzano un itinerario di indagine e a sottolineare il valore del fare ricerca in educazione quale prassi – di pensiero e di azione – che esige di essere, da un lato, teoricamente fondata e, dall’altro lato, metodologicamente rigorosa. Nel saggio verrà prediletto l’approccio più propriamente sperimentale e quantitativo, al fine di evidenziarne le peculiarità e le valenze nell’ambito della ricerca empirica in pedagogia; tale approccio sarà tuttavia analizzato e discusso criticamente alla luce delle più recenti riflessioni sui paradigmi teorici della ricerca nelle scienze sociali e sulle possibilità e i limiti dell’integrazione, teorica e metodologica, tra approcci quantitativo e qualitativo.
Comparing fine particulate iron hydroxide adsorbents for the removal of phosphate in a hybrid adsorption/ultrafiltration system
Creators: name: Hilbrandt, Inga
name: Ruhl, Aki Sebastian
name: Shemer, Hilla
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2019

description: The use of micro-sized iron hydroxide adsorbents in mixed reactors is a promising technique for the removal of inorganic contaminants from wastewater within minutes of contact time. This study focusses on phosphate adsorption onto fine fraction granular ferric hydroxide (nGFH) and iron oxy(hydr)oxide agglomerates (IOAs) in a reactor with submerged ultrafiltration (UF) membrane. The performance of the hybrid adsorption/UF membrane system was evaluated for various adsorbents and phosphate concentrations, residence times and concentrations of co-existing ions. The membrane was not fouled at the experimental conditions used (up to 6.3 g/L adsorbent). Phosphate loadings of 20 and 60 mg P/g Fe (36.1 and 108.3 mol P/mol Fe) were reached for nGFH and IOAs, respectively (C0(P) = 4.5 mg/L, deionized water at pH 8, C(Fe) = 0.6 g/L). A shortened residence time of 15 min in the reactor led to a decrease in final loading of 6 mg/g compared to 30 min residence time (54 mg/g compared to 60 mg/g). An extension to 60 min did not result in higher loadings. An increase in adsorbent (IOA) concentration from 0.1 to 0.3 mg/L resulted in an increase of phosphate removal (27 to 35%). Simultaneously, loadings decreased from 50 to 35 mg/g. The application of the developed process for the treatment of artificial secondary effluent resulted in an increase of 87 and 60% in treated volumes until breakthrough (50%) for nGFH and IOAs, respectively, compared to deionized water. Thus, the combined process of adsorption and particle separation using a submerged membrane can be well adjusted according to water composition, initial pollutant concentrations and desired removals. © 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Corazza L., Internet e la società conoscitiva. Cyberdemocrazia e sfide educative, Trento, Erickson, 2008.
Creators: name: Giustini, Chiara
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2009

description: Laura Corazza in questo libro vuole proporre una riflessione sull'attuale società della conoscenza e analizzare le opportunità e i rischi dell'utilizzo delle nuove tecnologie dell'informazione e della comunicazione come strumenti di educazione democratica: se da un lato internet può essere uno strumento di democrazia, di partecipazione e di formazione per tutto l'arco della vita, dall'altro c'è il rischio di un uso distorto (e illegale) della potenzialità della rete, del condizionamento delle logiche di mercato, del digital divide e della manipolazione ideologica
Humanicide: from myth to risk
Creators: name: Stewart, Chris C.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The Fisher King myth provides an explanatory logic for reviewing globalisation: its past, present and potential.1 The conclusion is twofold.2 The real predicament of globalisation is simple survival. Then, the quality of that survival. Humanity is, for the first time in history, poised on multiple fronts to wilfully or negligently commit humanicide: the annihilation of our species to all but a stranded handful.3 Both survival and its quality involve the whole of humanity. They speak to the consequences that are integral to any choices we make, as individuals, communities, nations, and, as a species. This Fisher King mythic interpretation of Western globalization identifies the outlines of the risk profile for humanity in the 21st Century, and, speaks to a global agenda for action.
Open Science and Scientific Literature
Creators: name: Lazzeri, Emma
Publisher: name: Forschungzentrum Jülich
Year: 2019
Subjects: Open Access
Open Science
Scientific Literature
Scholarly Communication

description: doi:10.5281/ZENODO.3259827
description: An introduction to Open Science and Open Access to Scientific Literature, and European Commission mandate on Open Access for H2020 projects for the Panel 'Plan-S: from principles to practice', within the event 'By the Book6', Florence, Italy, Vila Finaly Thursday 27 June10:30-11:30.
The Medicalisation of Abortion: a Step to Equal Citizenship?
Creators: name: Vanhooren, Marlies
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: This poster was made to present my research project on abortion in Australia at the Ghent University - Research Day Law and Criminology. The project explores the impact of a health discourse on (and due to the community-based participated approach "with") Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People in Queensland, Australia.
DSP variants may be associated with longitudinal change in quantitative emphysema
Creators: name: Kim, Woori
name: Cho, Michael H.
name: Sakornsakolpat, Phuwanat
name: Lynch, David A.
name: Coxson, Harvey O.
name: Tal-Singer, Ruth
name: Silverman, Edwin K.
name: Beaty, Terri H.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2019

description: Background: Emphysema, characterized by lung destruction, is a key component of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified multiple genetic factors associated with cross-sectional measures of quantitative emphysema, but the genetic determinants of longitudinal change in quantitative measures of emphysema remain largely unknown. Our study aims to identify genetic variants associated with longitudinal change in quantitative emphysema measured by computed tomography (CT) imaging. Methods: We included current and ex-smokers from two longitudinal cohorts: COPDGene, a study of Non-Hispanic Whites (NHW) and African Americans (AA), and the Evaluation of COPD Longitudinally to Identify Predictive Surrogate End-points (ECLIPSE). We calculated annual change in two quantitative measures of emphysema based on chest CT imaging: percent low attenuation area (≤ − 950HU) (%LAA-950) and adjusted lung density (ALD). We conducted GWAS, separately in 3030 NHW and 1158 AA from COPDGene and 1397 Whites from ECLIPSE. We further explored effects of 360 previously reported variants and a lung function based polygenic risk score on annual change in quantitative emphysema. Results: In the genome-wide association analysis, no variants achieved genome-wide significance (P < 5e-08). However, in the candidate region analysis, rs2076295 in the DSP gene, previously associated with COPD, lung function and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, was associated with change in %LAA-950 (β (SE) = 0.09 (0.02), P = 3.79e-05) and in ALD (β (SE) = − 0.06 (0.02), P = 2.88e-03). A lung function based polygenic risk score was associated with annual change in %LAA-950 (P = 4.03e-02) and with baseline measures of quantitative emphysema (P < 1e-03) and showed a trend toward association with annual change in ALD (P = 7.31e-02). Conclusions: DSP variants may be associated with longitudinal change in quantitative emphysema. Additional investigation of the DSP gene are likely to provide further insights into the disease progression in emphysema and COPD. Trial registration Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT00608764 , NCT00292552 .
The implications of Mary O'Brien's "Philosophy of Birth" for feminist theological ethics.
Creators: name: Stevens, Joy.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Women's Studies.

description: This thesis explores the meaning of embodied existence in the discourse of difference feminism and in the articulation of feminist theological ethics. Specifically, the analysis centres on the embodiment of maternity, both as it has been depicted in the tradition of philosophical and theological thought and as contemporary feminists debate its significance. The salient question guiding this inquiry springs from a set of questions that have been energetically explored throughout the history of philosophy. What is the significance of the female body to the enterprise of intellectual discourse? To spiritual transcendence? To the capacity to reason? To the way in which ethics is perceived and "done"? In general, the tradition has tolerated the inclusion of female embodiment only insofar as it gave flesh to expressions of human depravity. Building on the work of Mary O'Brien, principally in The Politics of Reproduction, this thesis extends the original questions by exploring the meaning of maternal embodiment within the theoretical and structural creations of Western thought. The first chapter outlines the contemporary debate among several feminist writers regarding the place of difference in feminist theorizing. Each of these authors is particularly concerned with the dualistic encoding of Western society that has relegated woman to the periphery of meaning-making. The analysis reveals that, from differing standpoints, motherhood emerges in their work as the inscribed and fundamentally subverted foundation of patriarchal ethics. In chapter two, the thesis details Mary O'Brien's philosophy of birth as itself a dialectical encounter with the traditional themes and methodologies of masculine theory construction. The analysis reveals how Mary O'Brien retrieves a universal experience as a theoretical and concrete basis for feminism without rendering it static and resistant to change. O'Brien reworks some of the seminal concepts of philosophy and ethics in order to validate the material experiences with which women are variously familiar. The third chapter compares each feminist account with Mary O'Brien's work, drawing on strengths and weaknesses and on the complementary links that can be deduced. The use of predecessor theory, the tension between material existence and abstraction, and the feminist quest for subjecthood and autonomy feature prominently in this dialectical encounter. Finally, chapter four compares a traditionally inspired "theology of the body" by Benedict Ashley with feminist theological views of embodiment offered by Beverly Wildung Harrison and Lisa Sowle Cahill. Harrison and Cahill, it is revealed, bridge Ashley's quest to theologize embodied existence with Mary O'Brien's affirmation of birth as a resource for profound ethical insight. The thesis also draws out important links between Mary O'Brien's understanding of maternity and the clarion wisdom of feminist theological ethics.
The Childhood at the Border of Two States. The Representation of Private Memoirs.
The Childhood at the Border of Two States. The Representation of Private Memoirs.
Creators: name: Yakovlyeva, Viktoriya
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2009

description: This article attempts to represent private remembrances of childhood as collective narration of people who were children in the 1980s, especially in the 2nd half of the decade. It is based on the analysis of their interviews. The main attention is paid to the way in which they remember the collapse of USSR and the proclamation of independence of Ukraine
description: This article attempts to represent private remembrances of childhood as collective narration of people who were children in the 1980s, especially in the 2nd half of the decade. It is based on the analysis of their interviews. The main attention is paid to the way in which they remember the collapse of USSR and the proclamation of independence of Ukraine
The School  Musuem,  Bologna
Il Museo della Scuola a Bologna tra memoria e progetto.
Creators: name: D'Ascenzo, Mirella
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2009

description: This article follows the stages in the creation of  School Museum  carried out by the department of educational science at the university of Bologna . It focuses on the theoretical development of a museum dedicated to the material life of schools.
description: Il contributo ripercorre le tappe dei progetti di museo della scuola realizzati nel Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Educazione dell’Università di Bologna, focalizzando l’attenzione sull’articolazione teorica di un museo della vita materiale della scuola, di cui si ipotizzano alcune finalità e percorsi di allestimento.
Open Science Leadership - What Matters
Creators: name: Mayer, Katja
Publisher: name: Forschungzentrum Jülich
Year: 2018
Subjects: open science
transition
open policy
open science training

description: doi:10.5281/ZENODO.1434473
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!
Proposing an operational classification scheme for cooperative buyer/seller relationship levels
Creators: name: Clements, Michael D. J.
name: Dean, David L.
name: Cohen, David A.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Successful buyer / seller relationships have become recognised as essential for firms to remain competitive in the marketplace. Today's business climate encourages firms to not just compete on product or service attributes, but also on their ability to differentiate themselves from other firms. Supply chains provide firms this point of differentiation ensuring firms better competitive positioning as a result of being able to leverage themselves on the strengths of the supply chain, not just on the individual strengths of the firm. However, to maintain an effective role as a participant in a supply chain, firms must be able to develop and maintain cooperative relationships with other firms. In order to develop these relationships, firms need to be able to distinguish between different levels of relationship and be able to understand which relationships are worth developing further and which ones are not. Whilst supply chain literature acknowledges firm progression from transactional to relational exchange, there is less agreement of the number of levels of both buyer / seller relationships in this theoretical continuum. This article provides a theoretical continuum of relationship levels based on cross discipline literature and identifies objective classification criteria for relationship levels from both the buyer and the seller. Economic, behavioural and relational research is collectively used to explain the complexity of the ever evolving nature of interfirm relationships. The article concludes by establishing research model that proposes these levels of relationships are identifiable for both the buyer and the seller.
An Interdisciplinary Model For Teaching The Topic "Recording The Cardiac And Vascular Sound" Using The Interactive White Board
Creators: name: Buzatu, Aneta; Stoica, Daniela
Publisher: name: Editura Universitara
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: 0 Social sciences
subject: 37 Education
subject: 371 Instructional design
subject: 004:37 Elearning

description: The present paper intends to emphasize the connection between Physics and Anatomy by applying the notions regarding the sound propagation considering the heart function.
title: Checklists for surveying and assessing industrial plant handling materials and substances, which are hazardous to water
title: Installation-related water protection: Checklist 03: Pipeline
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Winkelmann-Oei, Gerhard
name: Platkowski, Jörg
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Gewässerschutz
subject: Risikomanagement
subject: Leitfaden
subject: water protection
subject: installation-related
subject: water pollution
subject: water pollutants
subject: risk management
subject: checklist
subject: guideline
subject: Chemikalien
subject: Chemicals
subject: Water

description: Based on recommendations by international river basin and water body commissions, a checklist concept was developed as a tool to efficiently evaluate the condition of installations handling substances and preparations hazardous to water. It comprises an overview of potential fields of action as well as specific checklists subdivided by functional units, sectors and risk areas.
A Traffic Engineering Approach to Differentiated Multicast Services over MPLS Networks
Creators: name: Barabas, Toni
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: IP multicast
PIM-SSM
QoS
Diff-Serv
MPLS-TE

description: Currently, a viable solution to provide multicast provision over a multiprotocol label switch with traffic engineering (MPLS-TE) domain is unavailable because of the missing link able to couple multicast traffic distribution with an MPLS-TE enabled network. This is due to the limited or less research investigation that was done in this area. Most of the investigation methods tackle the problem individually such as deploying internet protocol (IP) multicast in a plain network or MPLS domain but without considering a combination of both technologies that is aware of differentiated services requirements. This thesis presents an alternative solution for the multicast differentiated services provision problem over a MPLS-TE enabled network. The approach is exposed and analyzed through a practical solution that was developed within a network simulation environment. The research presented in this thesis orchestrates the already available technologies offered by the multicast protocols suite and differentiated services (DiffServ) aware MPLS-TE that allows applying separately the constraint-based routing and admission control to different classes of services. The novelty and solution of this thesis relies on using MPLS constraint-based routing concepts (e.g.traffic trunks) in order to solve TE issues revealed during multicast traffic distribution.
On Quality in Open Science
Creators: name: Peters, Isabella
Publisher: name: Forschungzentrum Jülich
Year: 2019
Subjects: open science
quality

description: doi:10.5281/ZENODO.3460397
description: Talk given at the OASPA Conference in Copenhagen (#oaspa19;  https://oaspa.org/conference/oaspa-2019-conference-program/ ). Title was changed from 'What is quality in open science?'.
'Be alert, not alarmed': governmental communication of risk in an era of insecurity
Creators: name: Bossio, Diana
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Part of the Australian government's domestic contribution to the global 'war on terror' is the ongoing 'Be Alert, Not Alarmed' campaign. The $15 million advertising and public relations initiative was intended to inform an increasingly insecure nation of how to report potential terrorist activities to appropriate authorities. The pervasive ambiguity that surrounds this campaign suggests much about the political benefits and effects associated with governmental communication of risk. Government communication often highlights state reliance on the oppositional discourse of threat and protection. The projection of fearful 'realities' are balanced with the state's evidence of its ability to control the unanticipated. Yet, in this constructed 'drama of the everyday', audiences receive no indication of what to 'be alert' for, nor why these advertisements are needed if there is nothing to be alarmed about. Risks are strategically deployed at politically beneficial times to legitimise the actions of incumbent authorities. Government communications strategies are produced to elicit social acceptance of these actions through the presentation of idealised narratives of individuals working within a collective national identity to defeat 'terror'. This paper will draw upon the 'Be Alert, Not Alarmed' campaign to theorise the effects of risk communication in an era of 'media-ted' global insecurity. The discourse of insecurity needs to be understood in light of its social constructed-ness. The control and strategic manipulation of the form, timing and valuing of information is a powerful method of creating a hegemonic discourse. The precarious balance between discourses of threat and control is an indispensable tool to a neo-conservative government intent on enhancing the justifiability of a 'war on terror'.