cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Influence of petroleum and gas trade on EU economies from the reduced Google matrix analysis of UN COMTRADE data
Creators: name: Coquidé, Célestin
name: Ermann, Leonardo
name: Lages, José
name: Shepelyansky, D. L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Statistical Finance (q-fin.ST)
subject: Social and Information Networks (cs.SI)
subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using the United Nations COMTRADE database we apply the reduced Google matrix (REGOMAX) algorithm to analyze the multiproduct world trade in years 2004-2016. Our approach allows to determine the trade balance sensitivity of a group of countries to a specific product price increase from a specific exporting country taking into account all direct and indirect trade pathways via all world countries exchanging 61 UN COMTRADE identified trade products. On the basis of this approach we present the influence of trade in petroleum and gas products from Russia, USA, Saudi Arabia and Norway determining the sensitivity of each EU country. We show that the REGOMAX approach provides a new and more detailed analysis of trade influence propagation comparing to the usual approach based on export and import flows.
description: 13 pages, 11 figures, 2 tables
Conversational Functions for Knowledge Building: a Study of an Online Course at University
Creators: name: Cacciamani, Stefano
name: Perrucci, Vittore
name: Khanlari, Ahmad
Publisher: name: Journal of e-Learning and Knowledge Society
Year: 2018

description: Interactions in online courses have been studied by analyzing Conversational Functions used by participants. Cacciamani, Perrucci Khanlari (2016) developed a coding scheme, named CF4KB, consisting of four Global Conversational Functions (GCF), each articulated in two Specific Conversational Functions (SCF). The aims of the present study were to explore: 1) What are the more frequently SCF used by the participants, both at the beginning and at the end of an online course, and if there are differences between the beginning and the end of the course in terms of SCF used; 2) If there is any specific pattern of SCF used at the beginning and at the end of the course and if there are any persistences in using the same SCF. For these aims, 152 messages posted in Knowledge Forum online environment by 24 university students (19 F and 5 M) were considered. The messages have been segmented into units of meaning and the 1451 resulting segments have been coded by two independent judges who applied the CF4KB. The analysis of frequencies evidenced the more frequently used SCF, at the beginning and the end of the course. Comparing SCF frequencies between the beginning and the end of the course, differences were detected. Results showed also different patterns in the use of the SCF at the beginning and at the end of the course. In addition, the persistence of one SCF was found. Implication of these results for the analysis of the interactions in online courses are discussed.
description: Journal of e-Learning and Knowledge Society, Vol 14 No 1 (2018): Journal of e-Learning and Knowledge Society - Focus on: New trends, challenges and perspectives on healthcare cognitive computing: from information extraction to healthcare analytics
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Creators: name: Systematische Uebersicht Der Käfer, Welche In Baiern Und Der Nächsten Umgebu
Publisher: name: Acta Albertina Ratisbonensia
Year: 2017

description: ...
description: Acta Albertina Ratisbonensia, Bd. 31 (1877): Correspondenzblatt
Education for Diversity in Initial Teacher Preparation Programmes: a Comparative International Study
Creators: name: Cardona, Maria Cristina
name: Tichà, Renata
name: Abery, Brian
Publisher: name: Journal of e-Learning and Knowledge Society
Year: 2018

description: Despite the growing diversity in school polulation, many teacher educators fail incorporating diversity-related content into the courses they teach. As a result, numerous preservice teachers lack quality learning opportunities to become well versed on issues of diversity in meaningful ways. This article reports the results of an international study which explores preservice teacher perceptions of opportunity to learning to teach in diverse inclusive classrooms. A questionnaire was used to document the perceptions of a cohort of kindergarten and elementary student teachers from Spain and the US. Results indicated that strong international differences existed in the perceptions of respondents towards opportunity to learn theoretical aspects of teaching for diversity (e.g., know intervention strategies to meet student diverse educational needs), opportunity to learning to teach inclusively (e.g., learn how to develop an inclusive curriculum), and opportunity to observe and analyse practical aspects of diversity teaching (e.g., conduct diversity-related field-work), all these differences favouring US respondents. The results highlight the need for increased attention to teaching diversity in preservice teacher education programmes. Implications for ongoing development of initial teacher preparation are discussed within the context of improving educators and student teachers’ training for diversity. Key words: Teacher education for diversity, opportunity to learning to teach, inclusive education, preservice teachers’ perceptions, international higher education.
description: Journal of e-Learning and Knowledge Society, Vol 14 No 2 (2018): Journal of e-Learning and Knowledge Society - Focus on: Teacher Induction: what can we learn from International Practices?
Does gravity have to be quantized? Lessons from non-relativistic toy models
Creators: name: Tilloy, Antoine
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It is often argued that gravity has to be a quantum theory simply because a fundamentally semiclassical approach would necessarily be inconsistent. Here I review recent Newtonian toy models of (stochastic) semiclassical gravity. They provide one option to implement a force semiclassically without getting into the known problems associated with mean-field. These models are not complete theories and should not be considered too seriously, but their consistency shows that semiclassical gravity is hard to dismiss on purely theoretical grounds.
description: 16 pages -- written for the proceedings of the DICE 2018 workshop in Castiglioncello -- provides a more detailed account of the technical arguments in arXiv:1802.03291
title: 03_0833
Creators: name: Wesley Baldwin, John
name: Baldwin, John W.
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: LaMOP
subject: Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris

description: L'ensemble de ces notes ont été crée par John Baldwin lors d'une de ses premières périodes de résidence à Paris. Ces documents comprennent tous les magistri qu’il avait pu rencontrer dans ses sources. Aux XIIème et XIIIème siècles, les universités n'existant pas encore, le titre de magister s'il évoque certainement une compétence n'est pas rattaché de façon systématique au passage par les écoles. De surcroît, les magistris sont le plus souvent désignés par leur seul prénom. La lecture de ces données est donc difficile et suppose un long travail pour tenter d'identifier un individu auquel on pourrait rattacher plusieurs mentions. John Baldwin avait donc renoncé à utiliser ces données pour donner un prolongement à sa magnifique étude sur les gradués d'université et leur emploi par les Capétiens et les Plantagenêts. Néanmoins, il a conservé ces données et elles sont potentiellement très utile dans le cadre de Studium, comme le sont toutes les mentions dans les volumes des Fasti Ecclesiae Gallicanae de chanoines portant ce titre de magister sans autres précisions. L'ampleur des dépouillements rend ces données très utiles et nous devons une grande reconnaissance à John Baldwin pour avoir pris la peine de faire photocopier ses fiches et de nous les avoir transmises amicalement.
Les données ainsi que les images des fiches sont accessibles sur le site Internet à l'adresse suivante : http://studium-baldwin.lamop.fr/.
Les transcriptions des fiches ont été effectuées par des étudiants de Paris 1 Panthéon - Sorbonne mais elles n'ont pas été corrigées par la suite.
description: Relation: https://lamop.hypotheses.org/
Intranstylum barendrechti Bierhof & Ross 1977
Creators: name: Mayén-Estrada, Rosaura
name: Pinto Utz, Laura R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Chromista
Ciliophora
Oligohymenophorea
Peritrichida
Vorticellidae
Intranstylum
Intranstylum barendrechti

description: Intranstylum barendrechti Bierhof & Ross, 1977
 Known Distribution. Germany, and The Netherlands.
 Hosts. Gammarus tigrinus.
 References. Bierhof & Ross 1977; Fernandez-Leborans & Tato-Porto 2000; Jankowski 2007.
description: Published as part of Mayén-Estrada, Rosaura & Pinto Utz, Laura R., 2018, A checklist of species of Vorticellidae (Ciliophora: Peritrichia) epibionts of crustaceans, pp. 301-328 in Zootaxa 4500 (3) on page 305, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4500.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5297657
From Educational Contexts to Addictions: the Role of Technology in Teaching Methodologies and in Prevention as an Educational Function
Creators: name: Toto, Giusi Antonia
Publisher: name: Journal of e-Learning and Knowledge Society
Year: 2018

description: Among the effects of neoliberalism, the diffusion of technologies, in negative the advance of individualism on the sense of community, is to be pointed out. Learning and cognition processes are influenced by the environmental experience, as technology has created a new environmental space to experience among digital natives. On the other hand, nowadays, technological addiction is an educational problem not to be underestimated given its pervasiveness and diffusion among teenagers. The purpose of this article is to examine some positive and negative effects of technology on teenagers’ life styles. From a methodological perspective, it will be provided a systematic review of the existing literature on both technological addictions, by examining negative effects on adolescents’ mental health, and on educational strategies aimed at promoting positive effects through the analysis of the relationships between technology and learning processes. By comparing empirical studies and international experiences, it can be suggested that education plays a key role in preventing behavioral addictions and promoting physical and mental wellbeing, given that the effective and guided use of technology could represent a precursor of positive and stable attitudes towards healthy habits and learning processes.
description: Journal of e-Learning and Knowledge Society, Vol 14 No 2 (2018): Journal of e-Learning and Knowledge Society - Focus on: Teacher Induction: what can we learn from International Practices?
Self force on a scalar charge in the spacetime of a stationary, axisymmetric black hole
Creators: name: Burko, Lior M.
name: Liu, Yuk Tung
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the self force acting on a particle endowed with scalar charge, which is held static (with respect to an undragged, static observer at infinity) outside a stationary, axially-symmetric black hole. We find that the acceleration due to the self force is in the same direction as the black hole's spin, and diverges when the particle approaches the outer boundary of the black hole's ergosphere. This acceleration diverges more rapidly approaching the ergosphere's boundary than the particle's acceleration in the absence of the self force. At the leading order this self force is a (post)$^2$-Newtonian effect. For scalar charges with high charge-to-mass ratio, the acceleration due to the self force starts dominating over the regular acceleration already far from the black hole. The self force is proportional to the rate at which the black hole's rotational energy is dissipated. This self force is local (i.e., only the Abraham-Lorentz-Dirac force and the local coupling to Ricci curvature contribute to it). The non-local, tail part of the self force is zero.
description: 28 pages, 9 figures
Additional file 1: of Gaps in communication between different staff groups and older adult patients foster unnecessary antibiotic prescribing for urinary tract infections in hospitals: a qualitative translation approach
Creators: name: Saukko, Paula
name: Oppenheim, Beryl
name: Cooper, Mike
name: Rousham, Emily
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Coding scheme with illustrative quotes. (DOCX 32 kb)
Bryocoris Fallen 1829
Creators: name: Konstantinov, Fedor V.
name: Knyshov, Alexander A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Miridae
Bryocoris

description: BRYOCORIS FALLÉN, 1829
FIGS 4, 5, 14, 20, 23, 29, 36, 57, 62, 68, 69, 80, 81, 96, 97
 Bryocoris Fallén, 1829: 151. Type species: Capsus pteridis Fallén, 1807 (by monotypy).
 Diagnosis
Recognized by the following combination of characters: antennal segment I slightly shorter than head width and distinctly longer than vertex width; labium slightly surpassing fore coxa, labial segment IV short, about twice as long as wide, slightly tapering at apex (Fig. 23); pronotal collar matt, narrow, equal to width of antennal segment I, finely scalloped posteriorly (Fig. 20); pronotum with shallow punctures; sides of scutellum finely scalloped or almost smooth (Fig. 29); costal margin of hemelytron pale yellow, sometimes darkened in apical one-quarter; genital capsule with large twin-coned process above left paramere (Figs 57, 62); left paramere more than three times as large as right paramere, with distinct sensory lobe and strongly bent apex (Fig. 69); both sexes, sometimes only females, occasionally or usually bracypterous (Fig. 5).
 The genus is most similar in body proportions and coloration to Cobalorrhynchus Reuter, 1906; however, species of Cobalorrhynchus clearly differ from species of Bryocoris in having claw-shaped, long, thin, and strongly tapering labial segment IV, brown line on the costal margin of hemelytron, and by the structure of genital capsule and left paramere.
 Diversity and distribution
 Bryocoris includes ten species: Bryocoris bui Hu and Zheng, 2000; Bryocoris concavus Hu and Zheng, 2000; Bryocoris formosensis Lin, 2003; Bryocoris gracilis Linnavuori, 1962; Bryocoris insuetus Hu and Zheng, 2000; Bryocoris montanus Kerzhner, 1972; Bryocoris nitidus Hu and Zheng, 2004; Bryocoris persimilis Kerzhner, 1988; Bryocoris pteridis (Fallén, 1807), and Bryocoris xiongi Hu and Zheng, 2000. Most of these species are restricted to southern China (Sichuan and Yunnan provinces, Taiwan). Bryocoris persimilis and B. montanus are known from the Russian Far East, with B. montanus also recorded from Japan (Yasunaga, 2000). The distributional range of B. gracilis extends from Sichuan and Hunan provinces of China, Taiwan, and Japan to New Guinea. Only B. pteridis has a wide trans-Palaearctic range, which is almost entirely confined to forest regions.
 Remarks
 Relatively little attention had been given to this genus until Hu & Zheng’s (2000) work on the Bryocoris of China. These authors described four new species, restored Cobalorrhynchus as a subgenus of Bryocoris, and provided an illustrated key to species and detailed diagnoses for both subgenera.
description: Published as part of Konstantinov, Fedor V. & Knyshov, Alexander A., 2015, The tribe Bryocorini (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae: Bryocorinae): phylogeny, description of a new genus, and adaptive radiation on ferns, pp. 441-472 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 175 (3) on page 460, DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12283, http://zenodo.org/record/5339134
Advances in quantum dense coding
Creators: name: Guo, Yu
name: Liu, Bi-Heng
name: Li, Chuan-Feng
name: Guo, Guang-Can
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Quantum dense coding is one of the most important protocols in quantum communication. It derives from the idea of using quantum resources to boost the communication capacity and now serves as a key primitive across a variety of quantum information protocols. Here, we focus on the basic theoretical ideas behind quantum dense coding, discussing its development history from discrete and continuous variables to quantum networks, then to its variant protocols and applications in quantum secure communication. With this basic background in hand, we then review the main experimental achievements, from photonic qubits and qudits to optical modes, nuclear magnetic resonance, and atomic systems. Besides the state of the art, we finally discuss potential future steps.
description: Accepted by Advanced Quantum Technologies (Invited review)
Initial Teacher Education and Learning English at Primary School in Tuscany: Creative Perspectives, Current Challenges, and Possible Approaches
Creators: name: Guerin, Elizabeth
Publisher: name: Journal of e-Learning and Knowledge Society
Year: 2018

description: This paper considers important contributions from language teaching and learning literature, so as to identify current challenges and issues related to initial teacher education in the preparation of trainee Primary School teachers to teach English in Primary School. It then examines the role of the English Language Learning-Teaching Methodology Workshops in initial teacher education in the Degree Course in Primary Education at the University of (Place) within the context of this recently instituted degree-course (2011). This is followed by a brief account of the English Language Learning and Teaching Methodology Workshop for the initial cohort (aa. 2011-2016), and the use of reference documents for language teachers (Council of Europe and National Guidelines) as a starting-point for the development of the methodology curriculum within the degree-course. The initial English Language teacher-training gap and a possible way to address the issue follows. The results of the study identify possible future directions and issues which, at least in the (Place) context, appear to be of major importance. Said issues also have a profound impact on teaching-learning contexts, and, most likely, demand meaningful actions if they are to be resolved in a productive way both for pre- and inservice teachers as well as their learners.
description: Journal of e-Learning and Knowledge Society, Vol 14 No 2 (2018): Journal of e-Learning and Knowledge Society - Focus on: Teacher Induction: what can we learn from International Practices?
Additional file 2: of Using the Fatigue Severity Scale to inform healthcare decision-making in multiple sclerosis: mapping to three quality-adjusted life-year measures (EQ-5D-3L, SF-6D, MSIS-8D)
Creators: name: E. Goodwin
name: A. Hawton
name: C. Green
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Histograms of source and target measures. (DOCX 119 kb)
Designing an effective and scientifically grounded e-learning environment for Initial Teacher Education: the Italian University Line Model
Creators: name: Benedetti, Fausto
Publisher: name: Journal of e-Learning and Knowledge Society
Year: 2018

description: Online didactics for adults has to meet the needs of an audience with peculiar constraints and goals. In particular, within a constructivist and connectionist perspective, it has to ensure the right balance between autonomy and socialization, while stimulating reflection upon experience and generating further meaningful experiences. In this contribution we present the educational model of the Italian University Line as an example of online didactics meeting the above defined requirements, also in the case of ITE – Initial Teacher Education. Finally, we present an ongoing experimentation of gamification, aiming at enhancing engagement and motivation.
description: Journal of e-Learning and Knowledge Society, Vol 14 No 2 (2018): Journal of e-Learning and Knowledge Society - Focus on: Teacher Induction: what can we learn from International Practices?
Additional file 1: of Using the Fatigue Severity Scale to inform healthcare decision-making in multiple sclerosis: mapping to three quality-adjusted life-year measures (EQ-5D-3L, SF-6D, MSIS-8D)
Creators: name: E. Goodwin
name: A. Hawton
name: C. Green
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy

description: Development of a conceptual framework describing the impact of fatigue on people with MS: a systematic review of the literature. (DOCX 163 kb)
Governing a State-wide Induction Program: Characteristics and Success Conditions of the Italian Model
Creators: name: D'Amico, Davide
name: Mangione, Giuseppina Rita
name: Pettenati, Maria Chiara
Publisher: name: Journal of e-Learning and Knowledge Society
Year: 2018

description: Starting from the EC Handbook conditions issued in 2010 (Conditions for successful induction Programs) and from a critical and in-depth reading of the induction governance model in Italy and its quali-quantitative evaluation, this work will attempt to validate or enrich governance principles to be applied to similar implementation contexts. Starting from the governance conditions, recognized as fundamental to an effective induction programme, one of the goals of this work is to understand how the conditions of success have been implemented in the Italian training model and, above all, how they have been characterized with respect to the design of network governance.
description: Journal of e-Learning and Knowledge Society, Vol 14 No 2 (2018): Journal of e-Learning and Knowledge Society - Focus on: Teacher Induction: what can we learn from International Practices?
Inflationary spectra in generalized gravity: Unified forms
Creators: name: Noh, H.
name: Hwang, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The classical evolution and the quantum generation processes of the scalar- and tensor-type cosmological perturbations in the context of a broad class of generalized gravity theories are presented in unified forms. The exact forms of final spectra of the two types of structures generated during a generalized slow-roll inflation are derived. Results in generalized gravity are characterized by two additional parameters which are the coupling between gravity and field, and the nonminimal coupling in the kinetic part of the field. Our general results include widely studied gravity theories and inflation models as special cases, and show how the well known consistency relation and spectra in ordinary Einstein gravity inflation models are affected by the generalized nature of the gravity theories.
description: 6 pages, equations (36,40) corrected
Conductance of Open Quantum Billiards and Classical Trajectories
Creators: name: Nazmitdinov, R. G.
name: Pichugin, K. N.
name: Rotter, I.
name: Seba, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyse the transport phenomena of 2D quantum billiards with convex boundary of different shape. The quantum mechanical analysis is performed by means of the poles of the S-matrix while the classical analysis is based on the motion of a free particle inside the cavity along trajectories with a different number of bounces at the boundary. The value of the conductance depends on the manner the leads are attached to the cavity. The Fourier transform of the transmission amplitudes is compared with the length of the classical paths. There is good agreement between classical and quantum mechanical results when the conductance is achieved mainly by special short-lived states such as whispering gallery modes (WGM) and bouncing ball modes (BBM). In these cases, also the localization of the wave functions agrees with the picture of the classical paths. The S-matrix is calculated classically and compared with the transmission coefficients of the quantum mechanical calculations for five modes in each lead. The number of modes coupled to the special states is effectively reduced.
description: 19 pages, 6 figures (jpg), 2 tables
Intranstylum brachymyon Precht 1935
Creators: name: Mayén-Estrada, Rosaura
name: Pinto Utz, Laura R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Chromista
Ciliophora
Oligohymenophorea
Peritrichida
Vorticellidae
Intranstylum
Intranstylum brachymyon

description: Intranstylum brachymyon Precht, 1935
 Known Distribution. Kiel Bay (Germany).
 Hosts. Gammarus locusta.
 References. Precht 1935; Morado & Small 1995.
description: Published as part of Mayén-Estrada, Rosaura & Pinto Utz, Laura R., 2018, A checklist of species of Vorticellidae (Ciliophora: Peritrichia) epibionts of crustaceans, pp. 301-328 in Zootaxa 4500 (3) on page 305, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4500.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5297657
The Convergence of British and American Methodism in the South Pacific
Creators: name: Cameron, Lindsay Logan
Publisher: name: The Australian National University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Methodist
Wesleyan
Ridgway
Kingsley
South Pacific

description: There have been several Methodist denominations in the South Pacific, two of which operated under the name "Wesleyan Methodist Church". The first was from Britain in the nineteenth century and the second from America in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The latter and numerically smaller of the two, the American Wesleyan Methodist Church, is ultimately the focus of this thesis, but an overview of British Methodism is necessary to provide a context for the emergence of the latter group. This thesis outlines the historic development of the American Wesleyan Methodist Church of Australia from the appointment of its founder, Rev. Dr Kingsley Ridgway, in November 1945 until its most recent National Conference, in September 2015. In addition to the domestic history of the denomination, the development of missions in Papua New Guinea, Bougainville, the Solomon Islands and New Zealand resulted in the formation of the South Pacific Regional Conference of the Wesleyan Methodist Church in 2012. A summary of the regional expansion and the structure of the Regional Conference is included. The motivation for the formation of a second Methodist Church in 1946 was a conviction by some evangelicals that Australian Methodism had ceased to genuinely reflect John Wesley's original priorities. This claim is evaluated by comparing South Pacific Methodism of the twentieth century against John Wesley's statements that Methodism must hold true to his original "doctrine, spirit and discipline" or become merely a "dead sect". The conclusion of this research is that British Methodism, as practised in Australia and New Zealand in the twentieth century, had largely ceased to be recognisable as Wesley's Methodism and that American Methodism, as practised by the Wesleyan Methodists in Australia in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, also fails to reproduce much of Wesley's spirit and discipline.
Australia's engagement with international climate change law under the First Rudd Government: a good international citizen?
Creators: name: Cordes-Holland, Owen
Publisher: name: The Australian National University
Year: 2015
Subjects: Australia
Good International Citizenship
GIC
Gareth Evans
Rudd Government
Climate Change
International Climate Change Law
UNFCCC
Climate Change Convention
Kyoto Protocol
Copenhagen Accord
Mitigation Target
CPRS
emissions trading
REDD
REDD+
LULUCF

description: This thesis examines whether Australia acted as a 'good international citizen' in its engagement with international climate change law (ICCL) during the term of the first Rudd Labor government (3 December 2007 – 24 June 2010). The assessment is undertaken by examining the Rudd government's engagement with the key development in ICCL during its term of office, namely, the 'post-2012' negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and Kyoto Protocol. Launched by the Bali Roadmap, December 2007, the period of negotiations reviewed by this thesis culminated in the adoption of the landmark Copenhagen Accord in December 2009. Given the complexity and breadth of issues addressed by the post-2012 negotiations, the thesis focuses on one major aspect of the negotiations, namely: the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions. This was the central issue for the post-2012 negotiations to resolve and the key negotiating priority of the Rudd government. The thesis undertakes its assessment by utilising the concept of good international citizenship – a foreign policy goal first espoused in Australia by former Labor Foreign Minister, Gareth Evans, in the late 1980s – and later endorsed by the Rudd government. While there is no agreed definition of good international citizenship, essentially it requires states to adopt a more ethical approach to foreign policy. This means that states must forego the dogged pursuit of narrow national interests, recognising that they have a responsibility to promote the common good of the international community, not just self-interest. The concept is associated with a number of attributes such as showing respect for international law and providing leadership in the international sphere. The ramifications of good international citizenship for governmental engagement with ICCL have received little attention in the literature, and thus this thesis explores the practical requirements of the concept in this field.
Cornufer Tschudi 1838
Creators: name: Brown, Rafe M.
name: Siler, Cameron D.
name: Richards, Stephen J.
name: Diesmos, Arvin C.
name: Cannatella, David C.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Amphibia
Anura
Ceratobatrachidae
Cornufer

description: SUBGENUS CORNUFER TSCHUDI, 1838
 Diagnosis
 Members of the subgenus Cornufer differ from other members of the genus Cornufer by having (1) a large male body size (65–150+ mm SVL, vs. male body size usually ∼ 25–40 mm); (2) terminal discs of fingers and toes non- to minimally expanded in Co. vitianus (vs. widely expanded in some arboreal riddle frogs of subgenus Aenigmanura, palm frogs of subgenus Palmatorappia, giant water frogs of subgenus Discodeles, and a few sticky-toed frogs of subgenus Batrachylodes), or widely expanded in Co. vitiensis (vs. non- to minimally expanded in some terrestrial riddle frogs of subgenus Aenigmanura, horned frogs of subgenus Ceratobatrachus, river frogs of subgenus Potamorana, and a few sticky-toed frogs of subgenus Batrachylodes). Additionally, both species are restricted to the islands of Fiji, where they are the only native ranoid frogs; they do not possess overlapping distributions with any other known ceratobatrachids. We are unaware of any morphological synapomorphies for this group, although our molecular data clearly provides strong support for Fijian frogs as a monophyletic group.
 Conversion of the name Cornufer (referring to the subgenus) to a phylogenetic name would result in two different clades bearing the name Cornufer. Therefore, we define a new clade name denoting the same clade (Fig. 2, Clade E) as the subgenus Cornufer.
 Content
 Cornufer vitiensis, Co. vitianus, and (provisionally) the extinct taxon Cornufer megabotoniviti (Worthy, 2001; Table 3). The subgenus Cornufer is equivalent in content to the unranked taxon Yanuboto.
description: Published as part of Brown, Rafe M., Siler, Cameron D., Richards, Stephen J., Diesmos, Arvin C. & Cannatella, David C., 2015, Multilocus phylogeny and a new classification for Southeast Asian and Melanesian forest frogs (family Ceratobatrachidae), pp. 130-168 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (Zool. J. Linn. Soc.) (Zool. J. Linn. Soc.) 174 (1) on pages 148-149, DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12232, http://zenodo.org/record/5337577
Demographic aspects of abortion in Eastern Europe : a study with special reference to the Czech Republic and Slovakia
Creators: name: Stloukal, Libor
Publisher: name: The Australian National University
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Abortion Czech Republic
subject: Abortion Slovakia
subject: Europe, Eastern Population policy
subject: Czech Republic Population policy
subject: Slovakia Population policy

description: During the post-World War II period, widespread resort to induced abortion became a well-known peculiarity of the demographic situation in Eastern European countries. The generally high East European abortion levels resulted from the interplay of several determinants. This study focuses first on population policies and the broader socio-economic and demographic conditions that characterized Eastern Europe during the period 1950-90. It is demonstrated that the emergence of the high-abortion regime coincided demographically with the final stage of secular fertility decline in the region, and politically with the establishment of Soviet-style socialism — a system typified by egalitarian social policies, low material standards of living, limited availability of contraceptives, and policies suppressing personal autonomy and perpetuating inequality between the sexes. Despite the many similarities of the countries under consideration, however, abortion levels differed regionally as well as temporally, reflecting local mores and the effects of country-specific policies related to family and birth control. With this in mind, using data from official registration sources, the study goes onto examine levels, trends, and selected demographic aspects of abortion in the Czech and Slovak populations, applying both period- and cohort-specific modes of analysis. The findings show that the dominant force behind the resort to abortion was the desire to prevent second and higher-order births in families, whereas its use to space childbearing or avoid it altogether was much less typical. Changes in abortion legislation generated some transitory behavioural responses, but had only limited effect on abortion patterns in the long term. There were substantial differences in the resort to abortion between Czech and Slovak women; this indicates that factors such as socio-economic status, religion, respect for certain social norms, and attitudes to contraception were powerful determinants of reproductive and birth-preventing behaviour. Overall fertility levels were not unaffected by changes in abortion legislation, but the net effects were less dramatic than a simple trend analysis would suggest because the observed fertility declines were partly produced by differences in childbearing patterns between cohorts. The study concludes by speculating about the broader institutional and sociopsychological correlates of abortion in the formerly communist-ruled countries of Eastern Europe, and by suggesting an agenda for future research.
A contribution of star-forming clumps and accreting satellites to the mass assembly of z ~ 2 galaxies
Creators: name: Zanella, A.
name: Floc'h, E. Le
name: Harrison, C. M.
name: Daddi, E.
name: Bernhard, E.
name: Gobat, R.
name: Strazzullo, V.
name: Valentino, F.
name: Cibinel, A.
name: Almeida, J. Sánchez
name: Kohandel, M.
name: Fensch, J.
name: Behrendt, M.
name: Burkert, A.
name: Onodera, M.
name: Bournaud, F.
name: Scholtz, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the contribution of clumps and satellites to the galaxy mass assembly. We analyzed spatially-resolved Hubble Space Telescope observations (imaging and slitless spectroscopy) of 53 star-forming galaxies at z ~ 1 - 3. We created continuum and emission line maps and pinpointed residual "blobs" detected after subtracting the galaxy disk. Those were separated into compact (unresolved) and extended (resolved) components. Extended components have sizes ~ 2 kpc and comparable stellar mass and age as the galaxy disks, whereas the compact components are 1.5 dex less massive and 0.4 dex younger than the disks. Furthermore the extended blobs are typically found at larger distances from the galaxy barycenter than the compact ones. Prompted by these observations and by the comparison with simulations, we suggest that compact blobs are in-situ formed clumps, whereas the extended ones are accreting satellites. Clumps and satellites enclose respectively ~ 20% and ~< 80% of the galaxy stellar mass, ~ 30% and ~ 20% of its star formation rate. Considering the compact blobs, we statistically estimated that massive clumps (Mstar >~ 10^9 Msun) have lifetimes of ~ 650 Myr, and the less massive ones (10^8 < Mstar < 10^9 Msun) of ~ 145 Myr. This supports simulations predicting long-lived clumps (lifetime > 100 Myr). Finally, ~< 30% (13%) of our sample galaxies are undergoing single (multiple) merger(s), they have a projected separation ~< 10 kpc, and the typical mass ratio of our satellites is 1:5 (but ranges between 1:10 and 1:1), in agreement with literature results for close pair galaxies.
description: 20 pages (plus appendix), 8 figures, 2 tables. Accepted for publication in MNRAS
On the higher order Hamilton theory in fibered spaces
Creators: name: Krupka, Demeter
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we will be considering a basic geometric problem, the extension problem of classical Hamilton-Cartan variational theory to higher jet prolongations on fibered manifolds.
description: 15 pages, PDF only
Some Consequences of the Generalised Uncertainty Principle: Statistical Mechanical, Cosmological, and Varying Speed of Light
Creators: name: Rama, S. Kalyana
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: Condensed Matter (cond-mat)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the dynamical consequences of Maggiore's unique generalised uncertainty principle (GUP). We find that it leads naturally, and generically, to novel consequences. In the high temperature limit, there is a drastic reduction in the degrees of freedom, of the type found, for example, in strings far above the Hagedorn temperature. In view of this, the present GUP may perhaps be taken as the new version of the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, conjectured by Atick and Witten to be responsible for such reduction. Also, the present GUP leads naturally to varying speed of light and modified dispersion relations. They are likely to have novel implications for cosmology and black hole physics, a few of which we discuss qualitatively.
description: Latex file. 15 pages. Version 2: Typo corrected. Version 3: References added. To appear in Physics Letters B
Sequential Star Formation in the filamentary structures of Planck Galactic cold clump G181.84+0.31
Creators: name: Yuan, Lixia
name: Zhu, Ming
name: Liu, Tie
name: Yuan, Jinghua
name: Wu, Yuefang
name: Kim, Kee-Tae
name: Wang, Ke
name: Zhou, Chenlin
name: Tatematsu, Ken'ichi
name: Kuno, Nario
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a multi-wavelength study of the Planck cold clump G181.84+0.31, which is located at the northern end of the extended filamentary structure S242. We have extracted 9 compact dense cores from the SCUBA-2 850 um map, and we have identified 18 young stellar objects (YSOs, 4 Class I and 14 Class II) based on their Spitzer, Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) and Two-Micron All-Sky Survey (2MASS) near- and mid-infrared colours. The dense cores and YSOs are mainly distributed along the filamentary structures of G181.84 and are well traced by HCO$^{+}$(1-0) and N$_{2}$H$^{+}$(1-0) spectral-line emission. We find signatures of sequential star formation activities in G181.84: dense cores and YSOs located in the northern and southern sub-structures are younger than those in the central region. We also detect global velocity gradients of about 0.8$\pm$0.05 km s$^{-1}$pc$^{-1}$ and 1.0$\pm$0.05 km s$^{-1}$pc$^{-1}$ along the northern and southern sub-structures, respectively, and local velocity gradients of 1.2$\pm$0.1 km s$^{-1}$pc$^{-1}$ in the central substructure. These results may be due to the fact that the global collapse of the extended filamentary structure S242 is driven by an edge effect, for which the filament edges collapse first and then further trigger star formation activities inward. We identify three substructures in G181.84 and estimate their critical masses per unit length, which are $\sim$ 101$\pm$15 M$_{\odot}$ pc$^{-1}$, 56$\pm$8 M$_{\odot}$ pc$^{-1}$ and 28$\pm$4 M$_{\odot}$ pc$^{-1}$, respectively. These values are all lower than the observed values ($\sim$ 200 M$_{\odot}$ pc$^{-1}$), suggesting that these sub-structures are gravitationally unstable.
description: 20 pages, 17 figures, article, accepted
Online TESOL Teacher Education: outcome of a Pilot Project
Creators: name: Filice, Serafina
name: Bardetti, Deana
Publisher: name: Journal of e-Learning and Knowledge Society
Year: 2018

description: The increasing use of English throughout the world has seen the growth of career opportunities for teachers of English as a second language (ESL). In fact, there is a widespread demand for teachers with up-to-date qualifications in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages). In addition, as teacher training is increasingly migrating from on-ground to online classrooms, there is a need to reach out to as many TESL teachers worldwide as possible. In fact, online education is expanding access to students internationally and domestically to students who would otherwise be unable to attend college (Christensen et al., 2011; Simpson, 2013). In this perspective, then, the online TESOL certificate program at Lesley University, Cambridge, MA aims at creating international partnerships with overseas teachers and promote the course. This article reports on the outcome of a pilot project that involved opening the online course to an Italian partner.
description: Journal of e-Learning and Knowledge Society, Vol 14 No 2 (2018): Journal of e-Learning and Knowledge Society - Focus on: Teacher Induction: what can we learn from International Practices?
Cluster expansions with renormalized activities and applications to colloids
Creators: name: Jansen, Sabine
name: Tsagkarogiannis, Dimitrios
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 82B05, 82D99

description: We consider a binary system of small and large objects in the continuous space interacting via a non-negative potential. By integrating over the small objects, the effective interaction between the large ones becomes multi-body. We prove convergence of the cluster expansion for the grand canonical ensemble of the effective system of large objects. To perform the combinatorial estimate of hypergraphs (due to the multi-body origin of the interaction) we exploit the underlying structure of the original binary system. Moreover, we obtain a sufficient condition for convergence which involves the surface of the large objects rather than their volume. This amounts to a significant improvement in comparison to a direct application of the known cluster expansion theorems. Our result is valid for the particular case of hard spheres (colloids) for which we rigorously treat the depletion interaction.
Model for Measuring the Implementation of Online Programs in Higher Education
Creators: name: Cardona-Román, Diana Marcela
name: Sánchez-Torres, Jenny Marcela
name: Duart, Josep
Publisher: name: Journal of e-Learning and Knowledge Society
Year: 2018

description: This study presents the results of expert judgment assessment of a model to measure the implementation of online programs in higher education. Online education is an innovative approach that has been used worldwide by several universities. The evaluation of the implementation of online education is, generally, focused in technology, content quality, instructor and service quality and learner satisfaction. However, it is weak in the structural and functional aspects of the universities. Therefore, a question needs to be answered: Are the dimensions and components of this model suitable for measuring the implementation of online programs? In order to answer that question, this work follows a descriptive statistical approach and four stages: 1. preparing the questionnaire for model assessment; 2. selecting experts; 3. application of the questionnaire; and 4. analysis of results. This study collected 39 completed responses from experts. The Aiken’s V coefficient was used as a measure to quantify the expert agreement. Findings illustrate the importance (88.4%), sufficiency (82%), influence (81.8%) and priority of the model components. As a conclusion, it was found that the dimensions and components of the model are suitable for measuring the implementation of online programs. The expert criterion is an important technique to support models designed from the literature. Limitations, as well as possible research directions, are also discussed.
description: Journal of e-Learning and Knowledge Society, Vol 14 No 2 (2018): Journal of e-Learning and Knowledge Society - Focus on: Teacher Induction: what can we learn from International Practices?
Heritage Education and Initial Teacher Training: an International Experience
Creators: name: Poce, Antonella
name: Agrusti, Francesco
name: Re, Maria Rosaria
Publisher: name: Journal of e-Learning and Knowledge Society
Year: 2018

description: The great interest and debate on teachers 21st century skills development is closely connected with a “new” approach to education and learning which inevitably affects the present and the future of the whole education system. Roma Tre University Museum Education Centre took part in the Erasmus+ DICHE project (Digital Innovation in Cultural Heritage Education) and carried out activities taking into consideration the project theoretical model: informing primary school teachers of new education practices in cultural heritage fruition which employ technologies and also include the evaluation of their effectiveness in learning in terms of competences development. A web app devoted to integrate technology in heritage fruition within primary school education was designed and implemented as one of the project core activities. This paper presents the development and the piloting of this application for mobile devices as a tool for teachers in training: the MuseTech web app.
description: Journal of e-Learning and Knowledge Society, Vol 14 No 2 (2018): Journal of e-Learning and Knowledge Society - Focus on: Teacher Induction: what can we learn from International Practices?