cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
High accurate pointwise (geo-)referencing of a k-tls based multi-sensor-system
Creators: name: Hartmann, J.
name: Trusheim, P.
name: Alkhatib, H.
name: Paffenholz, Jens-André
name: Diener, D.
name: Neumann, Ingo
Publisher: name: Göttingen : Copernicus GmbH
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Filter (signal processing)
subject: System model
subject: Point cloud
subject: Laser scanning
subject: Artificial intelligence
subject: Kalman filter
subject: Extended Kalman filter
subject: Mobile mapping
subject: Computer vision
subject: Computer science
subject: Laser tracker
subject: Konferenzschrift
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::500 | Naturwissenschaften::550 | Geowissenschaften

description: In recent years, the requirements in the industrial production, e.g., ships or planes, have been increased. In addition to high accuracy requirements with a standard deviation of 1 mm, an efficient 3D object capturing is required. In terms of efficiency, kinematic laser scanning (k-TLS) has been proven its worth in recent years. It can be seen as an alternative to the well established static terrestrial laser scanning (s-TLS). However, current k-TLS based multi-sensor-systems (MSS) are not able to fulfil the high accuracy requirements. Thus, a new k-TLS based MSS and suitable processing algorithms have to be developed. In this contribution a new k-TLS based MSS will be presented. The main focus will lie on the (geo-)referencing process. Due to the high accuracy requirements, a novel procedure of external (geo-)referencing is used here. Hereby, a mobile platform, which is equipped with a profile laser scanner, will be tracked by a laser tracker. Due to the fact that the measurement frequency of the laser scanner is significantly higher than the measurement frequency of the laser tracker a direct point wise (geo-)referencing is not possible. To enable this a Kalman filter model is set up and implemented. In the prediction step each point is shifted according to the determined velocity of the platform. Because of the nonlinear motion of the platform an iterative extended Kalman filter (iEKF) is used here. Furthermore, test measurements of a panel with the k-TLS based MSS and with s-TLS were carried out. To compare the results, the 3D distances with the M3C2-algorithm between the s-TLS 3D point cloud and the k-TLS 3D point cloud are estimated. It can be noted, that the usage of a system model for the (geo-)referencing is essential. The results show that the mentioned high accuracy requirements have been achieved.
En Sømandssang
Creators: name: (:Unas)
Publisher: name: Trykkeri: H.C. Høysager, Trondhjem
Year: 0
Subjects: Sjømenn

description: Førstelinje: Ak hør du Sømand, som pløier.
description: Innhold: 9 vers.
description: Inngår i trykk: 3de nye Viser [1]
The Other September 11th: El Mercurio Media Coverage After The Chilean Coup Of 1973
Creators: name: Gurr-Ovalle, Valeria Andrea
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2013

description: This thesis provides an exploratory overview of the role the El Mercurio newspaper played along with the military after the Chilean coup of 1973. The study reviews the contents of the newspaper's front pages, including their coverage of the events during the coup. The thesis will show how the paper revisited its coverage each year on the anniversary -- September 11th and 12th -- beginning with the years dominated by the military government, from 1973 through 1990, and continuing through the transition to democracy, from 1991 through 2007. The primary method used in the course of this examination is a content analysis, analyzing how propaganda was used during and after the coup, and to show media bias in favor of the government through the images frames and tone in the headlines used. The findings showed that positive messages and images favorable to the government were used during the dictatorship; however, after the dictatorship ended images of violence surrounded the annual commemoration of the Chilean Coup.
The role of information technology in enhancing the administrative capacity of the civil service: lessons from the USA
Creators: name: Debela, Tesfaye
Publisher: name: Journal of Business and Administrative Studies
Year: 2023

description: The New Public Management (NPM) model has inspired reforms both in the advanced as well as developing countries. However, due to the prevalence of a wide gap in administrative capacity, developing and advanced countries cannot have equal pace in implementing the NPM. The major objective of this paper is to demonstrate that the administrative capacity of a public organisation is a function of both high-level human resource capacity and the effective utilisation of Information Technology. In order to substantiate this, the paper elicited data from civil service employees in Ethiopia and USA, so that the gap analysis between the two countries can be discerned. In addition to this, the paper analyses the impact of IT on the trends of the civil service employees with different levels of capacities. The analysis led to two major findings. First, the increase in investment in IT had been negatively affecting the sizes of jobs that require low human resource capacity. Secondly, the increase in investment in IT had no impact on the size of jobs that require high-level of human resource capacity. Furthermore, the reduction in the size of the jobs that require low-level human resource capacity has an effect on the size of supervisors, which is the main proxy for measuring the hierarchical levels of an organisation. In conclusion, the experience of organisational change in developed countries such as USA can help developing countries to closely consider the dimension of information technology in the course of reforming their public service organisations.
description: Journal of Business and Administrative Studies, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2009): Journal of Business and Administrative Studies
Elskerens Tanker
Creators: name: (:Unas)
Publisher: name: Trykkeri: H.C. Høysager, Trondhjem
Year: 0
Subjects: Kjærlighet

description: Førstelinje: Naar Solen tænder sine Straaler.
description: Innhold: 7 vers.
description: Inngår i trykk: 3de nye Viser [2]
Tvende nye Viser
Creators: name: (:Unas)
Publisher: name: M. Urdal, Trykkeri: M. Urdal, Tromsø
Year: 0

description: Innhold: 2 blad.
description: Innhold: [1] Vær forvisset at til dette Bal. [2] O trøste den, som eenlig gaaer.
Eine Villenkolonie als Heilstätte. Die ehemalige Heil- und Pflegeanstalt Wiesloch
Creators: name: Mertens, Melanie
Publisher: name: Denkmalpflege in Baden-Württemberg – Nachrichtenblatt der Landesdenkmalpflege
Year: 2018

description: -
description: Denkmalpflege in Baden-Württemberg – Nachrichtenblatt der Landesdenkmalpflege, Bd. 47, Nr. 2 (2018)
O trøste den, som eenlig gaaer
Creators: name: (:Unas)
Publisher: name: M. Urdal, Trykkeri: M. Urdal, Tromsø
Year: 0
Subjects: Kjønn

description: Førstelinje: O trøste den, som eenlig gaaer.
description: Innhold: 10 vers.
description: Inngår i trykk: Tvende nye Viser [2]
Ein Fremdkörper im Stadtbild? Das Haus der Rottweiler Armbrustschützen
Creators: name: King, Stefan
Publisher: name: Denkmalpflege in Baden-Württemberg – Nachrichtenblatt der Landesdenkmalpflege
Year: 2018

description: -
description: Denkmalpflege in Baden-Württemberg – Nachrichtenblatt der Landesdenkmalpflege, Bd. 47, Nr. 2 (2018)
title: Fiscal Year 2005 FHWA-536 Report for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
Creators: name: Kreis, Steven Douglas
Publisher: name: Kentucky Transportation Center, University of Kentucky
Year: 2020

description: The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) requires state transportation agencies to submit a biennial report on local highway finances. The purpose of these reports is to provide FHWA with the data it needs to capture the financing of highway activities at the local level. Based on this information, it can identify trends in revenue, expenditures, investments, and program development, and in turn make decisions about future investments. The report, FHWA-536, asks agencies to report on four areas of local highway finance: 1) disposition of highway-user revenues; 2) revenues used for roads and streets identified by source and funding type; 3) road and street expenditures identified by purpose of activity; and 4) local highway debt status. This document summarizes data submitted to fulfill the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet’s FHWA-536 obligations in FY 2005. Total receipts were $345,316,724, an increase of $53,730,869 compared to FY 2003. Total disbursements equaled $346,188,072, an increase of $49,831,235 over FY 2003.
description: © 2020 University of Kentucky, Kentucky Transportation Center
Integrating reproductive health services into HIV care: strategies for successful implementation in a low-resource HIV clinic in Lilongwe, Malawi
Creators: name: Tweya, Hannock
name: Phiri, Sam
name: Haddad, Lisa
name: Speight, Colin
name: Samala, Bernadette
name: Mlundira, Linly
name: Chaweza, Thomas
name: Kachale, Fannie
name: Umpierrez, Denise
name: Feldacker, Caryl
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: BackgroundLighthouse Trust operates two public HIV testing, treatment and care clinics in Lilongwe, Malawi, caring for over 26 000 people living with HIV, 23 000 of whom are on antiretroviral treatment (ART). In August 2010, Lighthouse Trust piloted a step-wise integration of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services into routine HIV care at its Lighthouse clinic site. The objectives were to increase uptake of family planning (FP), promote long-term reversible contraceptive methods, and increase access, screening and treatment for cervical cancer using visual inspection with acetic acid.Methods and resultsPatients found integrated SRH/ART services acceptable; service availability appeared to increase uptake. Between August 2010 and May 2014, over 6000 women at Lighthouse received FP education messages. Of 859 women who initiated FP, 55% chose depot medroxyprogesterone acetate, 19% chose an intrauterine contraceptive device, 14% chose oral contraceptive pills, and 12% chose an implant. By May 2014, 21% of eligible female patients received cervical cancer screening: 11% (166 women) had abnormal cervical findings during screening for cervical cancer and underwent further treatment.ConclusionsSeveral lessons were learned in overcoming initial concerns about integration. First, our integrated services required minimal additional resources over those needed for provision of HIV care alone. Second, patient flow improved during implementation, reducing a barrier for clients seeking multiple services. Lastly, analysis of routine data showed that the proportion of women using some form of modern contraception was 45% higher at Lighthouse than at Lighthouse's sister clinic where services were not integrated (42% vs 29%), providing further evidence for promotion of SRH/ART integration.
Enhancing the resolution of urban digital terrain models using mobile mapping systems
Creators: name: Feng, Yu
name: Brenner, Claus
name: Sester, Monika
Publisher: name: Göttingen : Copernicus GmbH
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Point cloud
subject: Laser scanning
subject: Terrain
subject: STRIPS
subject: Mobile mapping
subject: Computer science
subject: Lidar
subject: Remote sensing
subject: Konferenzschrift
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::500 | Naturwissenschaften::550 | Geowissenschaften

description: Digital Terrain Models (DTMs) are essential surveying products for terrain based analyses, especially for overland flow modelling. Nowadays, many high resolution DTM products are generated by Airborne Laser Scanning (ALS). However, DTMs with even higher resolution are of great interest for a more precise overland flow modelling in urban areas. With the help of mobile mapping techniques, we can obtain much denser measurements of the ground in the vicinity of roads. In this research, a study area in Hannover, Germany was measured by a mobile mapping system. Point clouds from 485 scan strips were aligned and a DTM was extracted. In order to achieve a product with completeness, this mobile mapping produced DTM was then merged and adapted with a DTM product with 0.5 m resolution from a mapping agency. Systematic evaluations have been conducted with respect to the height accuracy of the DTM products. The results show that the final DTM product achieved a higher resolution (0.1 m) near the roads while essentially maintaining its height accuracy.
Pregnancies After the Diagnosis of Mild Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and Risk of Cardiometabolic Disorders
Creators: name: Rouse, Dwight J.
name: Chien, Edward K.
name: Reddy, Uma M.
name: Vandorsten, J. Peter
name: Wapner, Ronald J.
name: Landon, Mark B.
name: Tita, Alan T.N.
name: Casey, Brian M.
name: Saade, George R.
name: Thorp, John M.
name: Blackwell, Sean C.
name: Peaceman, Alan M.
name: Rice, Madeline Murguia
name: Varner, Michael W.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: To assess the association of subsequent pregnancy with subsequent metabolic syndrome and type II diabetes mellitus after a pregnancy complicated by mild gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM).
Die Landesdenkmalpflege
Creators: name: Redaktion, Die
Publisher: name: Denkmalpflege in Baden-Württemberg – Nachrichtenblatt der Landesdenkmalpflege
Year: 2018

description: Denkmalpflege in Baden-Württemberg – Nachrichtenblatt der Landesdenkmalpflege, Bd. 47, Nr. 2 (2018)
Business process reengineering in Ethiopian public organizations: the relationship between theory and practice
Creators: name: Debela, Tesfaye
Publisher: name: Journal of Business and Administrative Studies
Year: 2023

description: Since 1994, the government of Ethiopia has embarked on reforming its civil service organizations with the objective of improving the public sector service delivery system. The government sponsored a lot of management training programs to enhance the capacities of civil service employees and to implement Result Based Performance Management System in all of its civil service organizations. Though this brought some improvements in the performance of some civil service organizations, the effort required was too much as compared to the benefits obtained. Since 2004, the government has also endorsed Business Process Reengineering (BPR) as a foundation for strengthening Result Based Performance Management System in the Civil Service. Scientific Management, Systems Theory and Operations Management are the theoretical and methodological foundations of BPR. For this reason, most corporations used BPR as transformation tool during the 1980s and 1990s. However, the characteristics of government organizations are different from corporate organizations. These distinguishing features constrain government organizations from emulating the BPR experiences of corporate ones. Hence, it is important to introduce a conceptual framework and a working model that facilitate the implementation of BPR in a particular civil service organization. Venktramen has developed the five stages of organizational transformation model. These stages are automation, horizontal integration, BPR, network redesign and organizational scope redefinition. The model helps to determine from which perspective to reengineer the processes of an organization - either to seek efficiency or to enhance capacity. Matching the statuses of civil service organizations in Ethiopia to this model indicates that BPR should be considered to seek evolutionary changes. In conclusion, considering the human resource and the technological capacities of Ethiopian civil service organizations, BPR can bring incremental benefit and evolutionary transformation instead of dramatic and radical change for foreseeable future to come.
description: Journal of Business and Administrative Studies, Vol. 1 No. 2 (2009): Journal of Business and Administrative Studies
Vær forvisset at til dette Bal
Creators: name: (:Unas)
Publisher: name: M. Urdal, Trykkeri: M. Urdal, Tromsø
Year: 0
Subjects: Underholdning
Kjønn

description: Førstelinje: Vær forvisset at til dette Bal.
description: Innhold: 3 vers.
description: Inngår i trykk: Tvende nye Viser [1]
Additional file 1 of Antenatal and delivery practices and neonatal mortality amongst women with institutional and non-institutional deliveries in rural Zimbabwe: observational data from a cluster randomized trial
Creators: name: Noble, Christie
name: Mooney, Ciaran
name: Makasi, Rachel
name: Ntozini, Robert
name: Majo, Florence D.
name: Church, James A.
name: Tavengwa, Naume V.
name: Prendergast, Andrew J.
name: Humphrey, Jean H.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1: Supplementary Figure. Participant flow for analyses examining antenatal and delivery practices among non-institutional and to institutional deliveries.
Thematic role predictability and planning affect word duration
Creators: name: Rosa, Elise C.
name: Arnold, Jennifer E.
name: Zerkle, Sandra A.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: It is known that acoustic variation is influenced by the predictability of words and the information that they represent. What is unknown is whether acoustic reduction is also influenced by the referential predictability of thematic roles. We tested this question in two production experiments, where speakers heard a sentence with goal/source arguments, e.g., “Lady Mannerly [source] gave a painting to Sir Barnes [goal],” and described a picture of a subsequent action, e.g., “Sir Barnes threw it in the closet.” We analyzed the duration of full NP descriptions used to refer to the pictured character. We found that duration was shorter for references to the goal than the source, but only in Experiment 2, where the timing of the stimuli encouraged the participant to plan their response incrementally, and not Experiment 1, where participants could pre-plan their responses. The strongest finding across both experiments was that response latency predicted duration, and latency was influenced by the predictability of thematic roles: Goal continuations had significantly shorter latencies. Together, these findings suggest that thematic role predictability does affect acoustic duration, and may be related to the time needed for utterance planning.
Trende smukke Viser
Creators: name: (:Unas)
Publisher: name: Trykkeri: G. Kjeldseths Bogtrykkeri, Tromsø
Year: 0

description: Innhold: 2 blad.
description: Innhold: [1] Ridderen og Frøkenen. [2] En smuk Kjærlighedsvise. [3] Den forskudte Elsker.
title: ¹⁵N Heteronuclear Single Quantum Coherence backbone assignment of cyanomet isoform sperm whale myoglobin and permutant
Creators: name: Hall, James Morgan
Publisher: name: Western Washington University
Year: 2013

description:
The relationship between backbone dynamics and stability in circularly permuted globins is not well understood. HGL16 is a circular permutant of sperm whale myoglobin (sw Mb) in which the amino and carboxyl termini have been linked by 16 amino acids, (GlyGlyGlySer)4. New termini have been generated between the G and H helices. This permutant was shown to be 5.2 kcal/mol less stable than the wild-type protein. Backbone dynamic studies of permuted globins via 15N Heteronuclear Single Quantum Coherence (NHSQC) nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) experiments may help achieve a better understanding to the observed stability changes observed. The assignments of both wild-type sw Mb and HGL16 NHSQC spectra are necessary to perform backbone dynamics studies. HGL16 has been previously produced in E. coli cells, but with low soluble expression yields. Generating 15N HSQC spectra and assigning the backbone amide resonances for dynamic studies requires 15N/13C isotopic labeling. Isotopic labeling requires expression of myoglobins in a minimal medium, which typically gives significantly lower yields compared to protein expression rich medium. An alternate approach is expression of the labeled proteins in the apo-form as inclusion bodies, followed by reconstitution of the holo-form with the heme prosthetic group. Purification and reconstitution of the globins from inclusion bodies, gave higher yields compared to soluble expression in minimal medium. Mass spectrometry was used to verify the identities of the purified globins. Reconstituted proteins were characterized by UV-Vis spectroscopy, and one dimensional proton NMR. These findings show the heme binding in the reconstituted globin is very similar to that in the holoprotein purified from the soluble fraction. 15N /13C isotopic labeling in minimal medium was successful. Two dimensional NHSQC spectra for the cyanomet isoform of wild-type sw Mb and HGL16 were acquired, and the peaks were assigned using data from the following three dimensional experiments: HNCA, HN(CO)CA, HNCACB, CBCA(CO)NH. The assignment of the NHSQC spectrum of HGL16 permutein required additional data from HNCO and HN(CA)CO experiments.
Ridderen og Frøkenen
Creators: name: (:Unas)
Publisher: name: Trykkeri: G. Kjeldseths Bogtrykkeri, Tromsø
Year: 0
Subjects: Kjærlighet
Riddere

description: Førstelinje: En Ridder saa bold og en Frøken saa grand.
description: Innhold: 14 vers.
description: Melodi: Minattens Maane gik Skyen forbi
description: Inngår i trykk: Trende smukke Viser [1]
Global rotation estimation using weighted iterative lie algebraic averaging
Creators: name: Reich, Martin
name: Heipke, Christian
Publisher: name: Göttingen : Copernicus GmbH
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mathematical optimization
subject: Least squares
subject: Pairwise comparison
subject: Cross-validation
subject: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Lie algebra
subject: Pose
subject: Outlier
subject: Lossless compression
subject: Orientation (computer vision)
subject: Konferenzschrift
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::500 | Naturwissenschaften::550 | Geowissenschaften

description: In this paper we present an approach for a weighted rotation averaging to estimate absolute rotations from relative rotations between two images for a set of multiple overlapping images. The solution does not depend on initial values for the unknown parameters and is robust against outliers. Our approach is one part of a solution for a global image orientation. Often relative rotations are not free from outliers, thus we use the redundancy in available pairwise relative rotations and present a novel graph-based algorithm to detect and eliminate inconsistent rotations. The remaining relative rotations are input to a weighted least squares adjustment performed in the Lie algebra of the rotation manifold SO (3) to obtain absolute orientation parameters for each image. Weights are determined using the prior information we derived from the estimation of the relative rotations. Because we use the Lie algebra of SO (3) for averaging no subsequent adaptation of the results has to be performed but the lossless projection to the manifold. We evaluate our approach on synthetic and real data. Our approach often is able to detect and eliminate all outliers from the relative rotations even if very high outlier rates are present. We show that we improve the quality of the estimated absolute rotations by introducing individual weights for the relative rotations based on various indicators. In comparison with the state-of-the-art in recent publications to global image orientation we achieve best results in the examined datasets.
title: Unterbrechungen in gesprochener Sprache. Klassifizierung und Realisation in unterschiedlichen Gesprächssorten
title: Interruptions in Spoken Language. Classification and Realization in Different Conversational Settings
Creators: name: Cai, Guizhu
Publisher: name: Universität Würzburg
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 410 Linguistik

description: WespA. Würzburger elektronische sprachwissenschaftliche Arbeiten; 24
Promoting women and minorities owned enterprises in African countries.
Creators: name: N C Ozigbo  And P Ezeaku
Publisher: name: Journal of Business and Administrative Studies
Year: 2023

description: This paper attempts to examine the key issues relating to African women and minority owned enterprises development in the context of its relationship with economic development. The analysis is further broadened to underscore the determinants of women entrepreneurship development and the environment conducive for its operations. In addition, the policies that are necessary to make this environment favorable are discussed. The generic constraints faced are also listed out. The paper shows the need to accelerate economic development in African countries through promotion of women and majorities owned enterprises. Entrepreneurial orientations should be based on stimulating local entrepreneurial talent and subsequent growth of indigenous companies. This in turn would create jobs and add economic value to the region and at the same time keep scarce resources within the region. The paper recommends that African women and minority owned enterprises should be encouraged and taught to develop new entrepreneurial life styles, capacities, develop global sensitivity and strategic thinking capabilities. Therefore, greater gender equality, better institutions and more efficient economic functioning could possibly lead to access to opportunities, rights and voice.
description: Journal of Business and Administrative Studies, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2009): Journal of Business and Administrative Studies
En smuk Kjærlighedsvise
Creators: name: (:Unas)
Publisher: name: Trykkeri: G. Kjeldseths Bogtrykkeri, Tromsø
Year: 0
Subjects: Kjærlighet
Sjømenn

description: Førstelinje: Syv Aar er det siden jeg skuede mit Land.
description: Innhold: 10 vers.
description: Inngår i trykk: Trende smukke Viser [2]
Land Use Classification Using Conditional Random Fields for the Verification of Geospatial Databases
Creators: name: Albert, Lena
name: Rottensteiner, Franz
name: Heipke, Christian
Publisher: name: Göttingen : Copernicus GmbH
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Data mining
subject: Conditional random field
subject: Artificial intelligence
subject: Pixel
subject: Spatial database
subject: Land cover
subject: Computer vision
subject: Computer science
subject: Land use
subject: Remote sensing
subject: Database
subject: Geospatial analysis
subject: Konferenzschrift
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::500 | Naturwissenschaften::550 | Geowissenschaften

description: Geospatial land use databases contain important information with high benefit for several users, especially when they provide a detailed description on parcel level. Due to many changes connected with a high effort of the update process, these large-scale land use maps become outdated quickly. This paper presents a two-step approach for the automatic verification of land use objects of a geospatial database using high-resolution aerial images. In the first step, a precise pixel-based land cover classification using spectral, textural and three-dimensional features is applied. In the second step, an object-based land use classification follows, which is based on features derived from the pixel-based land cover classification as well as geometrical, spectral and textural features. For both steps, the potential of the incorporation of contextual knowledge in the classification process is explored. For this purpose, we use Conditional Random Fields (CRF), which have proven to be a flexible, powerful framework for contextual classification in various applications in remote sensing. The results of the approach are evaluated on an urban test site and the influence of different features and models on the classification accuracy is analysed. It is shown that the use of CRF for the land cover classification yields an improved accuracy and smoother results compared to independent pixel-based approaches. The integration of contextual knowledge also has a remarkable positive effect on the results of the land use classification.
Adoption of information and communication technologies to the development of small and medium scale enterprises MEs) in Africa.
Creators: name: N C Ozigbo  And P Ezeaku
Publisher: name: Journal of Business and Administrative Studies
Year: 2023

description: This study presents Information and Communication Technology (ICT) as a phenomenon that could assist entrepreneurs in small- and medium- scale enterprises fit into globalization to overcome poverty prevalent in most African countries. The study revealed the roles that ICT has played in the lives of entrepreneurs and how ICT can assist individuals develop competitive small enterprises. The study emphasized that the potential benefits of ICT on the development of SMEs in African countries are boundless, that consumers would have all the power to choose the best prices, given the friction free flow of information, and that businesses would find it easier to stay in touch with their customers and make better informed decisions. The study showed that most African countries’ SMEs are unable to take advantage of economies of scale and capture market opportunities requiring large productive run, standard inputs and consistent standards, often lack training, market intelligence and the capacity for technological innovation. The study also provided strategic framework to enhance the competitiveness of African countries SMEs to assist them compete both in regional and global markets. The study recommended that more research be carried out to develop in depth the strategic framework of information and communication technology for the development of sustainable small- and medium- scale enterprises in Africa. The recommendation is expected to assist the policymakers plan more positively for the general good of the society.
description: Journal of Business and Administrative Studies, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2009): Journal of Business and Administrative Studies
Nordmands Sang
Creators: name: Pedersen, J.L.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 0
Subjects: Patriotisme

description: Førstelinje: Mellem Fjelde, i Dale, paa Bakker.
description: Innhold: 26 vers, på 2 blad.
description: Melodi: Mellem Bakker og Berg ut mot Havet
Haaropkjøbervise eller Bismarcks Landsmænd i Norge
Creators: name: [Waaler, Oskar Sylvian]
Publisher: name: Trykkeri: G. Kjeldseths Bogtrykkeri, Tromsø
Year: 0
Subjects: Etnisitet

description: Førstelinje: "Hvad gjør ikke Tydsken for Penge"? man spør.
description: Innhold: 13 vers, på 2 blad.
description: Innhold: [1] Haaropkjøbervisen eller Bismarcks Landsmænd i Norge. [2] Livets Farvespil.
Soil Moisture Recognition and the Spatial Distribution of Storm Activity in the Mojave Desert Using High-Resolution ASTER and MODIS Imagery for Thermophysical Mapping
Creators: name: Skuse, Russell J.
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2013

description: Climate models suggest that the Mojave Desert ecoregion is vulnerable to becoming drier in the future, and as the human population grows and development increases, environmental stresses will likely increase. Determining the spatial distribution and variation of soil moisture on a regional scale is an essential component to climate change, hydrologic, and habitat analyses. Soil permeability and sediment stability are characteristics that have been shown to be measurable from remote sensing observations. The primary objective of this project is to map the mechanical composition of the surface materials in the Mojave Desert ecoregion with implications for soil permeability, sediment stability, and soil moisture. We are using advanced mapping techniques to determine the surface mechanical compositions of the Mojave, with data provided by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection radiometer (ASTER), which provides the spatial resolution necessary to map the composition and thermal properties of arid surfaces and is well suited for mapping the spatial distribution of soil moisture. A full-resolution mosaic of thermal infrared (TIR) and visible to near infrared (VNIR) ASTER images has been constructed for the entire Mojave Desert for mapping surface components. With a 16-day repeat cycle, ASTER provides the high resolution mapping perspective, but lacks the temporal sampling to adequately quantify changes over days to weeks. Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) data provides the temporal resolution needed to determine seasonal variations, although at a coarser spatial resolution. Our approach for mapping the Mojave Desert region involves using both ASTER and MODIS to provide the ideal spatial and temporal sampling to map individual storms and their effects on the seasonal conditions of the surface. The viability of the Mojave Desert ecosystem relies solely on infrequent storms and their temporal and spatial distribution over local regions and varied landscapes. Mapping the distribution of individual wetting events with regard to the geomorphology of the region can be a useful component for modeling potential changes as a function of climate change and human development providing a better understand of how random weather events contribute to the hydrologic cycle in the Mojave and potentially other arid regions around the world.
Emerging trends in disaster management and the Ethiopian experience: genesis, reform and transformation
Creators: name: Abebe, Mulugeta
Publisher: name: Journal of Business and Administrative Studies
Year: 2023

description: This paper aims to serve as a springboard for research in areas of disaster management in Ethiopia. While there have been critical issues that merit intellectual attention and resources, very little has so far been done in the area. This paper delved into the trajectories that Ethiopian disaster management has gone through. It reviews the checkered history of Ethiopian Disaster Management system (EDM) from circa mid-1970s. Having thrown some light on the lessons of experiences from other countries, it indicates the pitfalls EDM has recently faced, and suggests policy and institutional scenarios to overcome them.
description: Journal of Business and Administrative Studies, Vol. 1 No. 2 (2009): Journal of Business and Administrative Studies
Geometrical adjustment towards the alignment of vector databases
Creators: name: Dalyot, S.
name: Dahinden, Tobias
name: Schulze, Malte Jan
name: Boljen, J.
name: Sester, Monika
Publisher: name: Göttingen : Copernicus GmbH
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Mathematical optimization
subject: Data collection
subject: Artificial intelligence
subject: Least squares adjustment
subject: Computer vision
subject: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Data modeling
subject: Database
subject: Affine transformation
subject: Geospatial analysis
subject: Konferenzschrift
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::500 | Naturwissenschaften::550 | Geowissenschaften

description: Comparison of geospatial databases presenting similar spatial extent might show substantial differences. This is the consequence of different factors, such as: accuracy, scale, data collection and processing methods, level-of-detail, data models – to name a few. The differences are reflected in the geometric structure of objects, location, topology and the accompanying information. Geometric discrepancies are emerging, and sometimes even contradictions exist between the various data sources. Thus, the demand for processes that enable alignment of different data sources while maintaining spatial consistency is growing. Global solution strategies, such as an affine transformation, are incomplete solutions since discrepancies are still likely to exist due to the inability of such a global solution to account for the remaining errors due to local distortions. In order to account for the resulting random distortions, e.g., geometric conflicts, a localized geometric alignment process is implemented in this research. During this process the distortions (deviations) are quantified locally via sets of specifically selected observation constraints, to assure the spatial consistency of the vector data. This strategy exploits local spatial topologic and geometric relationships between corresponding line-features prior to the implementation of Least Squares Adjustment for the alignment, and observes local distortions and ambiguities that might exist. The outcome presents a significant improvement of the initial state by resolving local geometric distortions and discrepancies, suggesting a reliable solution for the problem on a statistically sound basis.
Mor Toskerud paa Drammensbanen
Creators: name: (:Unas)
Publisher: name: Trykkeri: J. Wulfsberg, [Drammen]
Year: 0
Subjects: Bykultur
Transport
Humor

description: Førstelinje: Ja, saa var det her en Da'n, jeg kjendte.
description: Innhold: 7 vers, på 7 sider blad.
description: Melodi: "Min Moder imens jeg var liden"
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Erindring om Emigrantskibet "Norge"s rædselsfulde Forlis og Undergang da det stødte paa en Klippe ved Rockall i Atlanterhavet Tirsdag den 28de Juni 1904 medhavende ca. 800 Passagerer, hvoraf henimod 600 druknede
Creators: name: (:Unas)
Publisher: name: Georg Nancke's Forlag, Trykkeri: Aktietrykkeriet i Trondhjem
Year: 0
Subjects: Emigrasjon
Forlis
Katastrofer
Ulykker

description: Førstelinje: Fra Hjemmet de drog, - de Store, de Smaa.
description: Innhold: 13 vers, på 2 blad.
description: Melodi: Sæterjentens Søndag: "Paa Solen jeg ser, det lider alt frem o. s. v.
Congressional Preferences and the Advancement of American Nuclear Waste Policy
Creators: name: Ternate, Rhoel Gonzales
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2013

description: The problem of nuclear waste disposal has existed since the time of the Manhattan Project in World War II. Although there exist a number of technological hurdles, the main cause that has consistently plagued a solution to nuclear waste has been the politics behind it. This thesis attempts to add to the political literature behind nuclear waste disposal by examining the nuclear waste disposal preferences of members of the United States House and Senate. It then compares and contrasts those preferences with a report by President Obama's Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future. The hope was to determine if the commission's recommendation, the controversial method of geologic disposal, would be an acceptable method to the Energy Committees of both houses of Congress or if there existed an alternative disposal method that found acceptance. The study's results found an alternative disposal method, reprocessing of nuclear waste, was acceptable to the Congressional committees, while there was a division of support in the committees in regards to geologic disposal. Even with these results, the lack of discussion of the issue of nuclear waste in the energy committees of Congress translated into a scarcity of data for the study. This in turn, weakens the explanatory effect of the results. However, given the weaknesses, this does not soften the importance of the study or the issue of nuclear waste. Future studies, as data becomes available, will help shed light on the preferences of members of Congress for nuclear waste disposal methods. This information will be useful in possibly resolving the problem of nuclear waste disposal by finding a political solution that the United States Congress, the President of the United States, and the American public find agreeable.
Erindring om Emigrantskibet "Norge"s rædselsfulde Forlis og Undergang da det stødte paa en Klippe ved Rockall i Atlanterhavet Tirsdag den 28de Juni 1904 medhavende ca. 800 Passagerer, hvoraf henimod 600 druknede
Creators: name: (:Unas)
Publisher: name: Georg Nancke's Forlag, Trykkeri: Aktietrykkeriet i Trondhjem
Year: 0
Subjects: Emigrasjon
Forlis
Katastrofer
Ulykker

description: Førstelinje: Fra Hjemmet de drog, - de Store, de Smaa.
description: Innhold: 13 vers, på 2 blad.
description: Melodi: Sæterjentens Søndag: "Paa Solen jeg ser, det lider alt frem o. s. v.
description: 2det Oplag.
Frihedssang for den norske Fjeldbonde
Creators: name: (:Unas)
Publisher: name: Trykkeri: T.A. Høeg, Trondhjem
Year: 0
Subjects: Patriotisme
Bønder

description: Førstelinje: Normænd om Dovres de urgamle Fjelde!.
description: Innhold: 7 vers, på 2 blad.
description: Melodi: Sønner af Norge
Precise Vehicle reconstruction for autonomous driving applications
Creators: name: Coenen, M.
name: Rottensteiner, F.
name: Heipke, C.
Publisher: name: Göttingen : Copernicus GmbH
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 3D modelling
subject: 3D reconstruction
subject: autonomous driving
subject: Object detection
subject: pose estimation
subject: 3D modeling
subject: Autonomous vehicles
subject: Image reconstruction
subject: Object recognition
subject: Stereo image processing
subject: Autonomous driving
subject: Average absolute error
subject: Objective functions
subject: Pose estimation
subject: Vehicle geometry
subject: Vehicle reconstruction
subject: Three dimensional computer graphics
subject: Konferenzschrift
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::500 | Naturwissenschaften::550 | Geowissenschaften

description: Interactive motion planing and collaborative positioning will play a key role in future autonomous driving applications. For this purpose, the precise reconstruction and pose estimation of other traffic participants, especially of other vehicles, is a fundamental task and will be tackled in this paper based on street level stereo images obtained from a moving vehicle. We learn a shape prior, consisting of vehicle geometry and appearance features, and we fit a vehicle model to initially detected vehicles. This is achieved by minimising an energy function, jointly incorporating 3D and 2D information to infer the model’s optimal and precise pose parameters. For evaluation we use the object detection and orientation benchmark of the KITTI dataset (Geiger et al., 2012). We can show a significant benefit of each of the individual energy terms of the overall objective function. We achieve good results with up to 94.8% correct and precise pose estimations with an average absolute error smaller than 3° for the orientation and 33 cm for position.
Invariant descriptor learning using a Siamese convolutional neural network
Creators: name: Chen, Lin
name: Rottensteiner, Franz
name: Heipke, Christian
Publisher: name: Göttingen : Copernicus GmbH
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: descriptor learning
subject: cnn
subject: siamese architecture
subject: nesterov's gradient descent
subject: patch comparison
subject: image descriptors
subject: features
subject: performance
subject: Konferenzschrift
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::500 | Naturwissenschaften::550 | Geowissenschaften

description: In this paper we describe learning of a descriptor based on the Siamese Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) architecture and evaluate our results on a standard patch comparison dataset. The descriptor learning architecture is composed of an input module, a Siamese CNN descriptor module and a cost computation module that is based on the L2 Norm. The cost function we use pulls the descriptors of matching patches close to each other in feature space while pushing the descriptors for non-matching pairs away from each other. Compared to related work, we optimize the training parameters by combining a moving average strategy for gradients and Nesterov's Accelerated Gradient. Experiments show that our learned descriptor reaches a good performance and achieves state-of-art results in terms of the false positive rate at a 95% recall rate on standard benchmark datasets.
Heidelberger Bevölkerung sieht „Grüne Gentechnik“ mehrheitlich kritisch
Creators: name: Sieck, Katharina
name: Ibing, Susanne
name: Groß, Petra
name: Hütter, Anne
name: Kirschnik, Raphael
Publisher: name: Forum Marsilius-Kolleg
Year: 2018
Subjects: Grüne Getechnik; ökologische Gründe; ökonomische Gründe; gesundheitliche Gründe; Wissensmangel; Heidelberg

description: In Deutschland wird das Thema „Grüne Gentechnik“ und der Einsatz von gentechnisch veränderten Lebensmitteln eher negativ bewertet und in den öffentlichen Debatten abgelehnt. Die vorliegende Studie hat in der Heidelberger Bevölkerung nach Gründen für diese Ablehnung gefragt. Dabei zeigte sich, dass vor allem ökologische Beweggründe für eine negative Haltung angeführt werden, während ökonomische und gesundheitliche Erwägungen weniger ausschlaggebend sind. Mangelndes Wissen über die Chancen und Risiken von „Grüner Gentechnik“ begünstigt eine ablehnende Haltung. Der geringe Wissensstand ist in Bezug auf gesundheitliche Risiken und Auswirkungen am stärksten ausgeprägt.

Schlagworte: Grüne Gentechnik, ökologische Gründe, ökonomische Gründe, gesundheitliche Gründe, Wissensmangel
description: Forum Marsilius-Kolleg, Bd. 16 (2018)
Oftedals-Visen
Creators: name: (:Unas)
Publisher: name: T.M. Knutzens Forlag, Trykkeri: Nikolai Olsens Bogtrykkeri, Kristiania
Year: 0
Subjects: Humor
Nyheter

description: Førstelinje: Det var sig en Pastor, han elsked Gods og Guld.
description: Innhold: 10 vers, på 2 blad.
description: Melodi: Det var sig en Frøken, hun eied Gods og Guld
„Zurück zum faktenbasierten Diskurs? Wie beeinflusst der Wissensstand die Einstellung zu Grüner Gentechnik?“
Creators: name: Würtz, Martin
name: Fruböse, Clemens
name: Rappold, Ronja
name: Doth, Philipp
name: Wilhelm, Samuel
name: Rupf, Jannes
Publisher: name: Forum Marsilius-Kolleg
Year: 2018
Subjects: Grüne Gentechnik; Mannheim; Wissensmangel; Einstellungen

description: Die vorliegende Studie verknüpft die Einstellung der Befragten mit ihrem Wissen über Grüne Gentechnik. Dafür wurde in der Mannheimer Innenstadt eine Umfrage mit N=102 Teilnehmern durchgeführt. Es bestätigte sich in Deutschland eine vorherrschende ablehnende Haltung gegenüber Grüner Gentechnik. Gleichzeitig zeigte eine Wissensabfrage bestehend aus drei grundlegenden Wissensfragen und einer Transferfrage, dass das Wissen über Grüne Gentechnik bei den Befragten gering ist. Von den insgesamt 102 befragten Personen konnten 41% die drei grundlegenden Wissensfragen und nur 9% der Befragten alle gestellten Fragen richtig beantworten. Diejenigen, die in dieser Studie als “gut informiert” eingestuft wurden, stehen der Grünen Gentechnik signifikant offener gegenüber als die restlichen Befragten und bewerten diese somit positiver. Insbesondere im Hinblick auf die vermuteten gesundheitlichen Auswirkungen sehen sie gentechnisch veränderte Lebensmittel deutlich weniger kritisch. Die Studie zeigt, dass das Wissen über Grüne Gentechnik einen großen Einfluss auf die Einstellung zu eben dieser hat. In diesem Sinne könnte besseres Verständnis der Thematik zu einem offeneren Diskurs über Grüne Gentechnik führen.
description: Forum Marsilius-Kolleg, Bd. 16 (2018)